Cyclists with a "Running" Problem

[Lexx]

Zinc, do some reading, but one of the best supplements to reduce the severity and duration of colds.

Something like Zinplex

[Hacc]

Woke up this morning and it feels like I am starting to get a cold. I cant afford to miss a couple of days of training. These are the important months of Comrades training. Any good meds I can take to boost my immune system and keep it healthy. I started taking airmune, and will get myself a B12 Shot this morning.

Sorry to hear that Lexx, that sucks. Try and rest, even for only one or two days and try to get more sleep. I usually drink a mixture of Corenza C, Airmune and Linctagon and then I get into bed.

[Mudsimus]

Dont know Zinplex, I just use Vital. There is some mixed reviews on the effectiveness, but it really works for me.

[Lexx]

Sorry to hear that Lexx, that sucks. Try and rest, even for only one or two days and try to get more sleep. I usually drink a mixture of Corenza C, Airmune and Linctagon and then I get into bed.

Rest, now that's a bad word I don't like to hear  .

But I guess it was prob inevitable seeing as these are the hardest Comrades training months. And having a Wife and Son that was a little bit sick last weekend didn't help either.

[Stretch]

hope it doesn't flare up lexx. It is round about this time that I start having an orange a day. and also take a few vit c tabs every morning

 

I have a hectic April coming up...gonna need to keep my immune system on full alert

 

7th..drive up to joburg..drive back 8th

13th fly to Cape Town - 2 oceans - fly back 18th

21st Fly to Tanzania - Fly back 30th

[Lexx]

hope it doesn't flare up lexx. It is round about this time that I start having an orange a day. and also take a few vit c tabs every morning

 

I have a hectic April coming up...gonna need to keep my immune system on full alert

 

7th..drive up to joburg..drive back 8th

13th fly to Cape Town - 2 oceans - fly back 18th

21st Fly to Tanzania - Fly back 30th

Yoh, that's hectic. Think the pharmacies is making a lot of money between March and June every year of the runners.

[ScottCM]

Unfortunatelly I couldn't finish the Addo 100 Miler this year (161km). I started suffering from nausea very early on, from say 20km in. This was on the Friday and it was already pretty warm. The night went ok and I hoped that like last year when the sun comes up I'll be a new man and nail it to the finish. Nausea never went away and had to stop every few kilos for dry heave and empty my stomach a bit. I eventually arrived at checkpoint 11 @ 96km around 11am on Saturday, dehydrated and still naar, the temperatures now past 40 degrees. I left there 30 minutes later after a shoe change and some sunblock. Next up was arguably one of the hardest parts of the course, hectic hills in hectic heat. At 102.6km, my body was done. I was fit enough and strong enough, but the conditions had me at the wrong time of the day at the wrong spot on the route. I sat down, as I had done plenty times in the previous 80km or so. 15 minutes later I heard a quad coming down the hill from the next checkpoint. It was the medic. He highly suggested I call it quits. I protested, but they had final say. 20 minutes later, at the next checkpoint, it took 3 towels dipped in ice-water to drop my temperature. I'll admit, I shed a few tears. Quitting isn't me. As as sat at the checkpoint the marshals started packing up camp. They had to wear gloves as the poles and the canvas was extremely hot. I later heard that on the hill where the medic called my race, temperatures of 50 degrees were measured. It was out of this world hot.

 

I finished the 100 Miler last year, and I will again next year.

 

Heartbreaking J, but nevertheless congrats on still running 103km's. That in itself is a feat that many runners will never achieve. Keep your spirits ups

[Hacc]

Has anyone done the Irene 48km? What is the route like? 

This is my next race in less than 2 weeks.

[Jackes]

I'm sharing the illness feeling.  Have been snotty with a sinus/cold the last week, my wife is out for a week and a half already unable to run with runners knee.    

 

Really great going in the peak C training month and 3 weeks before Omtom...  Really gatvol and starting to stress now. 

Edited March 22, 2017 by Jackes

[Mr Winter]

Has anyone done the Irene 48km? What is the route like? 

This is my next race in less than 2 weeks.

 

I've also been searching for a route profile and not been able to find anything as yet

[Andrew Steer]

I've also been searching for a route profile and not been able to find anything as yet

All I was able to find...

 

"The route through Irene’s suburbsand Midstream Estates is fast and flat with no significant climbs allowing runners to achieve better times."

 

Some of my friends are running, and my wife who wants to up her seeding... I think it's too close to OMTOM for me though, so I'm just gonna be doing the half and maybe a little extra warm down km's

[Andrew Steer]

I haven't felt 100% healthy in well over a month... I'm just ignoring it though, pumping the vitamins, eating healthy and trying to get in enough rest. I need to get in some good miles these next 10 weeks. Going to also be focusing a lot on my muscle strengthening etc - want to try really get on top of this bloody ITB, those Comrades hills are very unforgiving

[CobusV]

All I was able to find...

 

"The route through Irene’s suburbsand Midstream Estates is fast and flat with no significant climbs allowing runners to achieve better times."

 

Some of my friends are running, and my wife who wants to up her seeding... I think it's too close to OMTOM for me though, so I'm just gonna be doing the half and maybe a little extra warm down km's

Not running nor helping at the race this year...

 

Route is the same as last year. Link from Irene's website:

http://www.irenerunner.co.za/modern-athlete-irene-ultra-and-half-marathon.html

 

And a quick strava search revealed this:

https://www.strava.com/activities/540918807

[Hacc]

Not running nor helping at the race this year...

 

Route is the same as last year. Link from Irene's website:

http://www.irenerunner.co.za/modern-athlete-irene-ultra-and-half-marathon.html

 

And a quick strava search revealed this:

https://www.strava.com/activities/540918807

Thank you Cobus, the strava profile does not look "flat and fast". I am running the 48km but will be taking it easy before OMTOM. 

 

The route looks like an out and back. Is that correct?

Edited March 22, 2017 by Hacc

[Andrew Steer]

Thank you Cobus, the strava profile does not look "flat and fast". I am running the 48km but will be taking it easy before OMTOM. 

 

The route looks like an out and back. Is that correct?

Elevation 390, a fair bit easier than ODD at 635, but yeah... not quite flat   

Gotta love marketing. 

[CobusV]

Thank you Cobus, the strava profile does not look "flat and fast". I am running the 48km but will be taking it easy before OMTOM. 

 

The route looks like an out and back. Is that correct?

 

Nope, does not quite look flat to me either. And I think the 390m elevation gain is a bit under estimated as well...

 

I'm not going to do anything too long or dramatic before OMTOM. My long runs for the next 3 weeks will probably be: 26km, 30km and 23km. Weekly mileage will be in the order of 70km per week, with this week not more than 50km (while I try to recover from the past weekend).