On the road back
Yapper: nice to see you again What marathon will you be training for? If your near the midpoint, than your doing way better than me. Congrats.
Looks like Thunder Road in Charlotte in December will be my 2010 marathon. Maybe next year I can double my marathon racing.
Dog-Love
Dutchie: Just past you again and I will say that my 4.8 mile run felt really good today. I changed out some shoes (now in Sauconys) and had a bit of stiffness to start (kind of normal when you are over 50) but the rest of the run was fun and I only took one break to pet a 4 month old aussie huskie mix.
Think I will bike tomorrow and then try a long one with my daughter on Saturday. After all I am supposed to run a marathon in 3 weeks.
Injury recovery
maybe tomorrow
That's today's running haiku
MTA: Has Trey gone AWOL again? We may have to form a 2000km forum firing squad for desertion.
"Able to function despite imminent catastrophe"
"The most common question from potential entrants is 'I do not know if I can do this' to which I usually answer, 'that's the whole point'.--Paul Charteris, Tarawera Ultramarathon RD.
"They just couldn't believe that somebody would do all that running for no reason."--Forrest Gump
Boston Marathon 15 April
Big Sur Marathon 28 April
Bighorn 50 Mile 15 June
Tahoe Rim Trail 100M 20/21 July
Did nothing today Injury recovery maybe tomorrow That's today's running haiku MTA: Has Trey gone AWOL again? We may have to form a 2000km forum firing squad for desertion.
I'm gonna write that haiku down somewhere
How many runners in that firing squad?
For 9-10 days I've been hyper-energetic. Feeling great and getting way more done than I usually do on 5-5.5 hrs of sleep. I knew I was gonna crash at some point. Well, I started crashing on Wednesday
Dutchie I go running in the early morning, before my brain figures out what I'm up to.
Run the day, or the day runs you.
Actions determine state of mind - Aristotle
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Speaking of dumb...
Thursday I ran 3x mile repeats... each one faster, with a 1/4 mile jog between... with a warm up and cool down... Not a throw up yer breakfast type workout, but it was some decent work...
Then, my schedule kinda rearranged during the day, and I found out I could run an all comers track meet. So there I was 12 hours later racing high school kids in the 1500... and if that wasn't enough, I came back for the 800 less than 2 hours later...
I was whooped good...
Today I ran an easy 6... My legs were pretty tired and beat up... they feel better after the run tho...
Hamstring is probably 90%... I seem to have full strength, but it is tight sometimes... I have not tried to sprint on it yet...
Longish run tomorrow...
-Kelly
Getting back in shape... Just need it to be a skinnier shape...
I'm gonna write that haiku down somewhere How many runners in that firing squad? For 9-10 days I've been hyper-energetic. Feeling great and getting way more done than I usually do on 5-5.5 hrs of sleep. I knew I was gonna crash at some point. Well, I started crashing on Wednesday
Dutchie,
I don't mean to seem like a stalker but, you're in Europe so, based on your post times, either you're up really late or really early!
Spike seems like a "morning dog". That's funny because Georgia is a morning dog, she's up and ready to roll at what we used to call (in the military) O-dark:30. OTOH Daisy is definitely a night dog, like me, she takes awhile to get started in the morning.
LOL Perfesser, I always try to figure out what the time difference is with everyone I was actually up really early. I try to be out of bed by 4h45 AM at the latest. Have coffee and surf the forums. Sometimes way too long and I miss a run . Try to leave the house before 6AM for a run. But for runs up to 5K, I've been known to go out as late as 6h45 AM.
Spike is definitely a morning runner, especially in Summer.
This morning it started to rain so I waited. Big mistake. By the time we left, it was already 20C and very humid. Sweat was just dripping of me. I was getting a major headache too. Maybe I wasn't hydrated well enough.
Anyways, we all made it back after a really slow and difficult run (me).
Crabby: seems we are running together for now. Sweet!
Kelly: you're injury doesn't seem to bother you much anymore judging by your workouts.
Yapper: are you an experienced marathoner?
Heck no, but I want to be. I've only done one (Richmond 2009) and thought that would be enough, but now I want to do another, which will be in Charlotte, NC this December. So doubling my marathon racing in 2011 would just mean doing 2 instead of 1.
Got faster as the run went on... finished probably 30 secs a mile faster than I was at about mile 1 or 2...
My hamstring isn't holding me back... Most days it lets me know it's there, and I have to monitor my pace and make sure my stride is good... Today I could forget about it for maybe half the run or a bit more...
Next week I'll cut back some on the mileage with a race on Saturday... I'm sure it will help...
Hiked 4 miles RT up to the top of Mt. Storm King (4000 ft. elev.) this afternoon. The scenic draw is the views of Lake Crescent. DH and I spent an hour at the top appreciating the views. Here are some pics.
MTA: I misrepresented the actual climb. So a correction. The trail doesn't go to the tip-top and only goes from 700 feet to 2700 feet. I was just looking it up since it didn't feel that strenuous!
Use your momentum...keep going. You know you can make it.
Kind of in a down mood... was kinda hard to get out the door... Holidays like today get me down... Oh well...
Friends and family, god and country, summer BBQ's and trips to the water park, I can see how that would drag a person down.
No running for me this weekend we were just too busy. Went to fireworks two nights in a row. Yesterday we spent the day at Water Country USA. It was a little crowded but not as bad as we thought it would be. It has been beautiful weather for spending time outside. Unfortunately the entire state of VA is about ready to dry up and blow away.
VIFL 14K 9 Feb - 58:31 (PR)
Boston Marathon 15 Apr
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