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Former Bad Ass
I'm falling asleep as we speak!
9 miles with hubby tonight.
Damaris
Skirt Runner
I woke up in plenty of time to run this morning with plenty of energy. Unfortunately, I also woke up with awful stomach pain. That is completely my fault. Thinking I was over the gastritis, I stopped taking the omeprezol a few days ago. Bad idea. I took my pill and waited out to see if the pain would go away in time to run. It did not I did however watch the entire 52 minute Marathon Challenge PBS special on YouTube and learned lots about what training does to my body while I laid in bed..... that's kind of like running right? Yeah, I know, not so much. I started a thread with the link to the video if anyone is interested....it's a really interesting video.
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)
I started a blog about running :) Check it out if you care to
Jess runs for bacon
Morning everyone!
Kristin, feel better. I saw that video a few weeks ago, at first I felt bad about dropping out of the marathon til I saw their times.
i start my new job (finally) on Monday so taking the opportunity to go run around NYC. Should be fun!
Have fun lilac!!! Wish I could join you....pesky work!!!
Some of their times were really really good!!
Morning everyone! Kristin, feel better. I saw that video a few weeks ago, at first I felt bad about dropping out of the marathon til I saw their times. i start my new job (finally) on Monday so taking the opportunity to go run around NYC. Should be fun!
Barking Mad To Run
After work today, I am picking up my packet for my 5K on Halloween tomorrow night and then I will be heading to the YMCA to do a hill run in the area around the Y. Nice to use the Y as a base, because it is raining pretty good today so I will probably get soaked on my run - cuz I don't do the treadmill thing, I have to run outside - so nice to have the hot showers waiting for me back at the Y.
Good luck with your hubby run, Damaris. And....WAKE UP!
Sorry about the return of the gastritis, Kristin, hope you feel better!
Happy NYC running, Lilac!
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt
And congrats on the new job Lilac!
delicate flower
GOOD MORNING and I have two good runs to report and I know few people care but I'm going to tell you about them anyway....
Last night: 8.2 miles at 7:56 pace. Medium effort. Felt pretty sluggish the first two miles, but then my legs magically woke up. Good run.
This morning: I hit the gym early for a treadmill speed workout. I hadn't done one of those in over five weeks because of my race schedule, so I was kind of dreading it. 1/2 mile intervals. 8 miles at 7:03 avg pace. Speed interval paces went 6:21, 6:01, 5:53, 5:40, 5:35, 5:35, 5:43, 5:45. I felt great and nailed that workout. At no point did I feel like I couldn't finish the intervals (been there before). Good stuff. Then I drove 45 minutes to work, got out of the car, and my legs were like WTF.
World Series game six tonight which means late to bed. *sigh* Gonna be a looooong day.
Kristin, hope your stomach feels better.
lilac, enjoy running around NYC!
Have a great day, y'all!
<3
lilac, hoping to see you soon!
Happy October 30th!
On this day in history:
Henry VII of England was crowned king in 1485 at Westminster Abbey, finally ending the War of the Roses.
In 1775, the first US Navy was formed. In 1864, Helena, the capital of Montana, was founded.
In 1938, Orson Welles panics the USA with a radio broadcast of HG Welles' "War of the Worlds".
In 1989, August A Busch III (Anheuser-Busch company/family founders) becomes CEO of St Louis Cardinals....beer for everyone!
In 2012, Walt Disney purchased Lucasfilm Ltd and its rights for Star Wars and Indiana Jones for $4.05 billion...Mickey...come over to the Dark Side.....
Today's Holidays
National Candy Corn Day - something I actually like!
Mischief Night - On which people play harmless (hopefully harmless) pranks on friends, family, etc, in anticipation of Halloween. This night seems to have its beginning in Ye Olde England
Create A Great Funeral Day - Based on the book Creating Your Own Funeral or Memorial Service: A Workbook,by Stephanie West Allen, and first begun in 1999. The idea behind Create a Great Funeral Day is to think about how you would like to be remembered and to let others you love know how you’d like your life celebrated.
Today's Holidays National Candy Corn Day - something I actually like!
I didn't know this but it is now MY NEW FAVORITE HOLIDAY!
Dad on the run.
No sure why but I found this rather funny this morning...
and my legs were like WTF.
Docket - WAKE UP!!!!!!!!
Kristin - That sucks about the stomach issues, hope you feel better soon
Lilac - Congrats on the new job and enjoy the run around NYC!
Baboon - some serious speed you got going for you, can I borrow some?
AFM - I went for a 35 min run lastnight, covered 3.6 miles and the best part, wait for it.... PAIN FREE!! I'm not sure exactly why, but I'm not complaining. I started doing the Jillian's 30DS again and I did that 25 min workout right before my run, it had squats, side lunges and lunges in it plus I rolled right after the workout and then went and ran. My hips and quads felt tired the first mile but after that it started feeling better. The area around the knee felt rather stiff but I'll take stiff over hurting.
Edit : Just saw the national candy corn post. Have any of you mixed your candy corn with salted peanuts? mmm mmm mmm.
Chasing the sub 20 5K.
I love candy corn!
Hip Redux
Candy corn is gross. Sorry folks. DOWN WITH ORANGE WAXY SHITTY CANDY.
Heh.
I am having trouble sleeping lately which is so not me. I think this not working out thing is leaving me with way too much energy at night. I usually hit the bed and BLAM asleep.
Sigh.
In other news, I have purchased no Halloween candy. And I don't feel like handing it out this year. Am I turning into Scrooge? We get like 5 kids, so it's a lot of waiting around hoping the doorbell will ring.