I was slow to get on the board so I decided to go big today and get out in front of the bunny.
I'll say!! TWENTY MILES? You're off to an amazing start!
6 miles for me today - felt fine which already shows I've made progress in terms of my hilly Saturday route.
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Perfesser: nice goals! Flying around the world again Are you focusing on ultras more?
Trey: ambitious plan to run 24hrs. Are you following a specific training plan?
Don't have any specific goals myself, other than getting 3-4 runs in each week. Right now I don't care about distance, though on the TM I think a minimum of one mile and outside a minimum of 2.3K (doggie walk loop) should be the least I should do. Once I get the hang of running my day instead of the day running me, I'll look into distances.
Did an UB w/o on Monday, my first one miler of the year on Tuesday and a cardio w/o this morning. So far so good.
DutchieRun the day, or the day runs you.
Welcome snowsickle. Going from 1000 miles to 2000km is exactly what I did last year, so definitely achievable. Lots of small runs will get you there easy.
Dutchie: goals for the year ahead. Length of the Lake 67k ultra in 6 weeks, Tarawera 85 or 100k Ultra (chasing Russ) in March, maybe Rotorua marathon in April, then Marton to Wanganui 66k ultra in August. Throw in some 1/2s and that's my year. Feel I will spend most of the time recovering rather than running Oh, and I want to do 2012km in 2012.
Good to see everyone back logging the miles
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Wow, I thought I was being aggressive on my goals for 2012 but you guys are making me feel like a wimp. Russ and Puke have more miles of ultras planned than I have overall miles planned. Trey is planning on coming off a major setback with a 24 hr endurance run. What's next? Olympic trials anyone?
My meager plans for 2012 are just to set PR's at all of my distances and qualify for 2013 Boston. I'll have to work on some more goals later so I can keep up with you guys.
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I also ran 1000 miles last year and am shooting (stretching?) for 2000K this year. I'm on week 1 of training for my first marathon, so we'll see how this goes!
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Welcome Kira! You can do it!!
Hi everyone.
Pretty disastrous first attempt at a "progression workout" yesterday (documented here in HMT thread for anyone who needs a laugh at my expense ) needed to be followed by a very easy 5 miler today.
Out in front of the bunny for now but tomorrow is a rest day so will probably be back behind by Friday!
For me here are the goals:
2017 Goals1) Run more than 231 miles2) Be ready for HM in the spring
Matt, I went through the very same experience when I first used my Garmin - it was very frustrating/annoying and I quit using that feature. Nice run for you today.
I'm battling fatigue lately for no apparent reason...which can make it tough to "saddle up" but I'm going to back away from the computer and head out for 8 miles now.
Second run of the year is in the bag. A mere 2 miler, but I did it
Happy: maybe you're a little overtrained?
You could be right Dutchie since last week was a high mileage one for me and December was a higher mileage month. Sure needed that to keep the holiday treats from ending up on my butt - but it wasn't planned, just happened that way.Due to other commitments this week, my running has been every-other-day, which should help if more rest is the answer. If it doesn't, my guess is it's from not eating right and not enough yoga...not enough practice of body awareness in general.
My Garmin 305 died the other day. Tried all the usual things, resets etc. No luck. Bugger.
Been running technology free since.
Had a rest day on Tuesday, so took my son and my dad exploring in Karangahake. This is an old gold mining area with lots of tunnels (some open to explore), tram tracks and batteries etc.
Here are some photos for you HappyFeat. Karangahake to Dickey Flat
Managed a 9k run on Wednesday, biked 10km to work and 10km back on Thursday, then had a brain melt and ran to work and back today for another 20km.
Slow day planned for tomorrow. With a long run hopefully on Sunday.