Skirt Runner
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PRs: 5K- 28:16 (5/5/13) 10K- 1:00:13 (10/27/13) 4M- 41:43 (9/7/13) 15K- 1:34:25 (8/17/13) 10M- 1:56:30 (4/6/14) HM- 2:20:16 (4/13/14) Full- 5:55:33 (11/1/15)
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Morning. Apparently it is Hug A Runner Day. So....virtual hugs to you.
I am changing around all my runs this week because it is unlikely I will run much this weekend if at all because I'm going to be staying at a friend's house with old friends that I haven't seen in almost a year, and generally see only once or twice a year because the 4 of us life in 4 different states. We will likely be out late, and cramming lots of in and catching up into the weekend....I will bring running stuff but am not optimistic about being able to sneak out for anything significant. So I decided to try to do my long run tomorrow.....which means getting up at 4:30am....ouch.....so I took a rest day today to sleep in and bank some sleep so hopefully I can wake up!
delicate flower
Good morning, and if today is Hug a Runner Day, then I AM COLLECTING SO FORK IT OVER!
10 miles on the treadmill yesterday. I'll hit the treadmill again today before taking it back outside tomorrow. The treadmill feels so much easier on my joints, and my body is liking the minimal impact this week. Sort of feels like a cutback week but with all the mileage still.
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Supp yo!
Today is an ST day (stretch my tail), which I did exclusively this morning, and will continue throughout the day whenever I get the chance. So if you happen to see some dude touching his toes at the water fountain, that will be me.
Runs4Sanity
I didn't want to get up this morning, I made the mistake of drinking coffee last night before bed and didn't get much sleep at all. I almost wore my capris this morning but got to thinking........ 30 degrees seems more like tights weather so I threw on my tights instead and grabbed an extra layer for the top so I had on an under armour long sleeve thing and another long sleeve thing, my ear band thingy and my warm gloves - oh and a good pair of warm socks which I am so glad I grabbed them because within the first mile trying to cross a flooded area I stepped into water and could feel the icy chill in my feet bones - luckily my feet never went numb. Rocky didn't even act as if his doggie pack was on him, so that is good. It was slow going, I mean slow for the first 3 miles but as the sun began to come up things got better. We got 7 miles done which puts me over my 1,000 miles goal for 2013, as of this morning I have 1,006.9 miles and I didn't worry about that extra .1 because I've got a 5k next Thursday so I'll make it up there.
Had chicken noodle soup for breakfast
*Do It For Yourself, Do It Because They Said It Was Impossible, Do It Because They Said You Were Incapable*
PRs
5k - 24:15 (7:49 min/mile pace)
10k - 51:47 (8:16 min/mile pace)
15k -1:18:09 (8:24 min/mile pace)
13.1 - 1:53:12 (8:39 min/mile pace)
26:2 - 4:14:55 (9:44 min/mile)
Caretaker/Overlook Hotel
I'll be hitting the weights later. Didn't do a thing last night as I'd been doing a bunch of core work & tempting fate working around the knee.
Weights should feel good as it'll make me exhausted. I should probably stretch too, but we'll see. Stretching is tough for me to be consistent with.
Randy
Barking Mad To Run
Crazy damn Texas weather. This morning it's a bit chilly at 49 degrees or so, but by this aftertoon we will be back in the 70s. A cold front will roll in on Friday morning and the temp that night will be 39 degrees! With a 'high' on Saturday of only 59 degrees. Great, right in time for the two 5Ks I will be doing this weekend. I hate cold weather! Crazy damn Texas weather. Will do 3 or 4 miles today after work in our lovely weather.
Today's Holidays
Hug A Runner Day
Beaujolais nouveau Day - a red wine made from Gamay grapes
Peanut Butter Fudge Day
Name Your PC Day - The name of mine, at times, is "You stupid piece of CRAP!"
Use Less Stuff Day - A day for reminding people to conserve resources and reduce waste. Or, in my case, reduce WAIST by using less food-stuff.
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt
Supp yo! Today is an ST day (stretch my tail), which I did exclusively this morning, and will continue throughout the day whenever I get the chance. So if you happen to see some dude touching his toes at the water fountain, that will be me.
Where's my hug?
Supp BBB!
lmao!
HOORAY! I now feel loved.
Morning! I settled on a very silly track workout last night. 6 x 400 at tempo. Running such short intervals at tempo (OK, I cheated and ran them a bit fast) felt very silly, but I wanted some practice for my legs at race pace, and I didn't want anything that would take too much to recover from since I didn't taper last week. Still, legs felt good! 4 more days!
kristin- Hiya!
Phil- Glad you're enjoying the TM miles.
LRB- Glad you're keeping up with the stretching.
FreeSoul- Sounds COLD!
redrum- Stretch! It's important!
Scotty- Morning!
Morning, all! And hugs!
Yesterday was an early 8 easy miles with the full moon casting shadows - so awesome, despite the chilly temps. I even turned off my headlamp for a while on a stretch of road that is usually totally dark, just to see my moon-shadow running partner. I also had a strength training class and increased the weight I used for several things.
Today I plan to hit the rail trail for 10 miles, with some intervals thrown in. Probably 4 miles of 5 mins at 5k effort, 5 mins easy. It is raining at the moment, though, so I may wait a bit to see if it clears up. 41* and dry is great running weather. 41* and rain isn't as much fun.
Kyukido tonight - punching and kicking!
20,000 miles behind me, the world still to see.
Run to live; live to run
Hugs for everyone!!
rest day. Oh how hard it is for me to be good and take more rest. I know my hip is not ready to jump back into my normal. Hard to not run today as I'm in ATL and my favorite hilly neighborhood is here. I will run it tomorrow.
Marjorie
Morning! Got my allergy shot this morning and now I'm catching up with work. Boss decided to do a noon attorney meeting AND we have a training at 1pm. I guess he does not eat lunch? FTS.
Run and kickboxing tonight. The fibroid was very painful last night so when the alarm sounded at 5am to run I shut it up and slept some more.
Damaris
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