Random thoughts thread

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by IntotheOcean

I dont think hes putting the phone on the seat. He got clazzio leather seat covers *shrugs* I was mostly curious

Hm... I haven't heard any problem from Clazzio seats.

I would take it off & make sure something isn't triggering the problem

[M-17]

Originally Posted by Giccin

For some reason after I hit 5 miles my legs are telling me no. NO MORE. Lol I probably think wayy too much when I'm running and not really enjoying the run. Plus my sides start hurting (I think it has to do with not doing enough breathing exercises during the warm up run) and I start getting shin splints (which I believe is either because of my shoes which I find aren't that unlikely and because I don't do calf raises against something to get them warmed up).

That and I don't know what to do to distract myself from thinking about how I'm running or how my breathing is and how tired I'll get. I was more of a sprinter than a long runner. :/ Basketball, softball, track and occasional 2 hand touch football. I also did cross country but I could never EVER get as far as the people doing 13 mile runs (excluding warm up and cool down) in a day within an hour. :/

Iono. I got the sprinter thighs. Lol But any help I would love. :happy0180:

As weird as this may sound, but I think you need to add yoga to your workout routine. Some people use it to overcome lack of focus and stress before and after runs. Only a couple have done this and have really come a long way from huffing and puffing from less than a mile. From that point they went to 3 miles to 5, 8, 10, and about 12 miles since last summer. So yeah I'm sure I don't have to tell you how important it is to stretch since yoga is practically that... wait I'll already did.
Anyway I'm getting ready to try yoga again as part of working myself back into rebuilding my stamina. So if you want an update I'll let you know how that works out.

Another factor that you're not getting pass 5 miles might lie within your pace. Finding the right pace, breathing technique (rhythm), and keeping your mind keen on one thought/goal can change everything. There's definitely different approaches to this if you're trying to finish the race or from being the first one to the finish line. I tend to visualize my goal and my focus sets in on beating my competitor. So if I'm in the gym or outside and I see there's another runner around the area I pretend they're the one(s) beating me in a race. Taunting me or showing little to no effort that they're better than me. That's where I find my focus. I become more determined to pass them, beat them, dust them in my own game. And it works most of the time, cause it doesn't matter if the person is better than you or not. It's just my inner competitiveness that gets me over the hill/wall to my goal.
And then of course there's making sure you're eating enough carbs/calories to burn off during your long distance runs.
And getting enough rest in between runs or knowing when to take a break so your body can adjust itself and regain your composure.


Just thinking about running reminds me of HS when I was only in for sprinting and realized I can't rely on that in college. So my goal went from a mile to 3, then 5. I could probably have done more, but I only needed to be condition for 5 then. But after college I fell off once I started getting into weight lifting more. Now winter is almost over (hopefully) and I told myself I need to get back to running again for this year. So my goal will be 3, 5, 7.... then 10 miles for the beginning of summer. I'll see how that goes.

[6-Shift]

NickD your signature is sick!

[NickD]

Thanks brah

[Shagaliscious]

Did anyone else see the price of a Land Cruiser!!!!!!
$78,555 starting msrp

Why wouldn't you just buy a Lexus for that?
LX 570 Starting at $81,530

[Zaku]

Wow way to go accounting, they forgot to pay the bill on time for my entire work place and now none of our phones works.

[NickD]

Originally Posted by Shagaliscious

Did anyone else see the price of a Land Cruiser!!!!!!
$78,555 starting msrp

Why wouldn't you just buy a Lexus for that?
LX 570 Starting at $81,530

Or buy 3.75 fr-s's!

[ichitaka05]

So freaking busy~~~~ WTF... what am I doing last? Where am I? & who am I? LOL

but seriously, so freaking busy!

[Shagaliscious]

Originally Posted by NickD

Or buy 3.75 fr-s's!

It would be smarter to buy 3 FR-S's for that money then 1 Land Cruiser. I will now look at Land Cruiser owners completely differently. They are ballin', or just is massive debt, lol. They have a lot of nice features, but it just doesn't make sense that is so close to the price of the Lexus equivalent.

[6-Shift]

Originally Posted by Shagaliscious

Did anyone else see the price of a Land Cruiser!!!!!!
$78,555 starting msrp

Why wouldn't you just buy a Lexus for that?
LX 570 Starting at $81,530

It's been that way for a LONG time. It's more of a brand loyalty thing at this point for most owners, it's the nicest Toyota available by far and some families will basically only get Land Cruisers at this point because they love them so much. Although as far as ballin goes the LX 570 blows the roof off basically everything...when my mom was looking for a new SUV we looked at both and WOW Lexus really knows how to make an interior. Lol she decided on a diesel BMW x5, no complaints here

[wrxgoose]

So after 10 minutes of struggling, i finally went to the instruction manual and managed to fold my back seat down. Then, i proceeded to fit 20 large pizzas in the back of my car. So much space!

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by wrxgoose

So after 10 minutes of struggling, i finally went to the instruction manual and managed to fold my back seat down. Then, i proceeded to fit 20 large pizzas in the back of my car. So much space!

Those pull straps are the devil.

[wrxgoose]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Those pull straps are the devil.

They really are. I figured itd be like a normal car, have latches or buttons or something

[OrbitalEllipses]

Yep. Myles at RaceComp had to show me how to get the rear seats down at a meet.