50+ Masters Training and Racing Open Forum

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Yes, life is good. Perhaps I should cut a nice melon today.

Well you can certainly color me surprised to see this kind of sexually explicit content on this thread. But since Igy opened the door, I’d like to take this opportunity to ask another question albeit on a different tangent from the post above.

I suspect we’ve all heard of the benefits - real or imagined - that caffeine has on running/racing. Lately there has been similar discussion as to the benefits of Viagra (or similar) on one’s running performance. Does anyone here have any firsthand experience or indirect knowledge to support (or refute) this claim?

Thanks in advance for your insights.

Not sure what to say other than evidently you have a loose screw somewhere.

It’s actually been an ongoing discussion in the running community for at least a couple of years now. I’m surprised that you are not aware of it.

syracuse wrote:

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Yes, life is good. Perhaps I should cut a nice melon today.

Well you can certainly color me surprised to see this kind of sexually explicit content on this thread. But since Igy opened the door, I’d like to take this opportunity to ask another question albeit on a different tangent from the post above.

I suspect we’ve all heard of the benefits - real or imagined - that caffeine has on running/racing. Lately there has been similar discussion as to the benefits of Viagra (or similar) on one’s running performance. Does anyone here have any firsthand experience or indirect knowledge to support (or refute) this claim?

Thanks in advance for your insights.

There have been a few Viagra and running threads on letsrun. If you can tolerate the immature posts, there is some good information there. Here’s one...

https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?board=1&id=9236953&thread=5806237#9236953

Ghost, I only took your comment about melons as being hungry for some fresh fruit, never thought of anything else. Seems like us senior citizens should enjoy the "fruits of our labors" :)

Amkelley, took a bit of a risk out of your "playbook" today and ran a long-for-me run today, only 11 days before my next half marathon. Ran 10.25 miles, the longest in well over one month, and only my 2nd run this year in double figures. It's closer to my 1/2 than I would normally do, but really felt the need to do something longer to wake my legs up to a 2 hour run next weekend, as well as just remember what the building fatigue feels like. I know 10 isn't really very long, but I have only been up to running about 25 miles/week this year so far. I should be getting plenty of R & R before then!

Mike,

I have no idea what that poster was referring to. Anyway had a Kiwi fruit instead. Kind of a treat lately after learning easy to eat with a grapefruit spoon. Previously I tried to peel it. Huh! Your training seems to be coming along nicely. Best wishes on your half. You are more ambitious than I am.

Igy

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Mike,

I have no idea what that poster was referring to.

Igy

Apparently you kind find just about any nonsense on the Urban Dictionary. Here is another example “Igy”:

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=igy

Opps “can find”...

How about this one:

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Syracuse

The cat sitting in my lap:

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cecil

Bunch of B.S. made for an ignoramus....

So can we now get back to the challenges and joys of training as an aging Master's runner?!

Thanks Igy, trying to score a few points for our team, ironically called Pain Train!

And then recover in time for a track mile 16 days later! Such fun and slightly crazy, too.

Mike,

Once one gets in shape you can race it all. Look at Gene Dykes for example. Or, in his base training before the 1960 Olympic 800m Peter Snell was training on a hilly 22 mile course. Look forward to seeing your result. As for myself, the desire to race is returning, but the fitness is still lacking.

Igy

Thanks for the links and articles. I had seen some of those LRC threads before and they helped pique my interest in this subject.

I did ask my question regarding Viagra and running specifically on this thread for what may be an obvious reason. That is, I’m more likely to get firsthand accounts here than I am on a thread dominated by high school or college runners. No offense intended, that’s just demographics.

So if any of you are willing to chime in with your own accounts of combining running and Viagra, I think it would add a great deal to the discussion. Thanks in advance to any of you willing to share,

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syracuse wrote:

Thanks for the links and articles. I had seen some of those LRC threads before and they helped pique my interest in this subject.

I did ask my question regarding Viagra and running specifically on this thread for what may be an obvious reason. That is, I’m more likely to get firsthand accounts here than I am on a thread dominated by high school or college runners. No offense intended, that’s just demographics.

So if any of you are willing to chime in with your own accounts of combining running and Viagra, I think it would add a great deal to the discussion. Thanks in advance to any of you willing to share,

.

No personal experience with it (yet. Lol). But since the subject has been brought up I've been researching this quite extensively. In this fairly recent study, Sildenafil increases serum testosterone levels by a direct action on the testes. Interesting, since some of us want to increase the age-related decline in T levels without going on TRT.

I thought this was kind of funny ? (I follow Team Sky throughout the cycling season).

I once took Viagra just before heading out the door for a run. Never again. I got a little lightheaded and somewhat queasy. No fun.

You know for several years this thread was a bastion of sanity in the sea of fucknuttery known as the main message board--but that's no longer the case is it? Sigh. Will leave it at that.

Back to better things.

Allen yes I plan to do Boilermaker, and it's my next big race. Just not feeling super ready for Bolder Boulder, although it's only a half hour away so I'll definitely be there. Maybe just not ready to knock one out of the Flatirons, so to speak.

And speaking of which, good to see that you're still planning on running it this year cush. Hope to see you there! (and 16:08 at 50+ sounds pretty damn fast to me!)