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Z penguins. I like it! Almost here. Weeee
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Traci
Return To Racing
Good morning, PAD and Traci and Pengs.
31DP. 5 miles planned this morning.
Hat..check
Gloves..check
turtle neck..check
sweatshirt..check
tights..check
thick socks..check
Go, Z!
Tower of Terror 10 miler with my hubby tonight.
Damaris
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Tower of Terror sounds like almost as much fun as running through Boystown.
5 Miles done. A crisp 49 this morning.
Does anyone have any preferences for foam rolllers? Plain foam, grid pattern, hard, soft??? My plain old foam roller is getting too soft and crooked.
I have a black foam roller I got from amazon for like $20.
I heard 6" PVC pipe works too and is lots cheaper???
Thanks for the support, guys! I will try to give that 140% of mental and physical. Shakeout run for me today. 2-3 miles, then up to the hotel.
PAD- Sounds like perfect weather!
Traci- Thanks!
Jerry- I have a black plain foam roller and I like it. At the Blerch race, they had those hard black patterned ones, and those were really good. I got in a car and drove for 4 hours after running and was fine. So I might by one of those if I had to replace mine.
D- Have fun!
Good luck to all our racers this weekend. You know we're rooting for you to do well and have fun.
Jerry - it's too early to be that cold. I'm not ready for winter yet. It's supposed to be another really cold one. Wasn't the sweatshirt overkill though? I'm okay in long sleeves down to about 35. A few degrees below that and I add a vest. I haven't tried to run below 29, though I'll probably end up doing that this winter, so I need to figure out what to wear.
PAD - that's freezing for Texas. I bet it felt good though.
Damaris - will you wear a costume? Tower of Terror sounds like a Halloween themed event.
Z - I'm so excited for you. Really looking forward to your race report.
Good morning Penguins!
Jerry, I can't imagine it being that cold already. I had to get my run in early today because we are under a heat advisory. 100+ later today.
Z - you go girl!!
Damaris, sounds like fun, I hope you write a report.
8 miles for me this morning.
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Goooo Zelanie!! Can't wait to hear how it went!!
Finally managed to get out after dark last night, 3.7 miles with a couple of strategically placed strides (read: along sidewalks that actually had streetlights :P). Was actually pretty nice, the main road in my town has sidewalks that are maintained really well, kind of a boring run during the day but at night having good footing is reassuring. Assuming I can get up to marathon-training mileage next year I can definitely see making a second run in the evening one or two days per week a regular thing.
Helped with setup for tomorrow's race, picked up my number and race swag, bought pasta to make for dinner tonight. Cleaning, laundry, and cooking planned for the rest of the day, I should get some writing done too but I'll wait until the kid's in bed later before I attempt it.
Decided to run over the bridge at 3 miles, so we ended up with 6 @ 10:17. Glad I bundled up, but I did have to shed the gloves near the end. Nice with few bikes on the path, but we did stop to chat a few times.
Thanks Traci, and Zel.
Ginny, You are right, I did wear a short sleeve tshirt over the mock turtle neck.
Hi Brilliant and Lauren.
Lauren, I have to say that I am so happy to see how your training has been going lately. Go get em tomorrow!
Aww thanks I will!!