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2015 Races
2XU HM - 29 Mar
Morning guys...
Home alone as DW and DS stays with inlaw... Knocking off in a while.. 10M planned for MLR..
Had a little too big a serving of chicken rice for lunch... Feeling a little bloated now.. Maybe no dinner or a light one today..
7pm from where I am..
Damaris, Hope you enjoy the FM. Godspeed!
Bin, thanks for the start, enjoy the quite time.
I got 5 in yesterday and hope for a few this afternoon. I'm taking Bella to vet for check up and spay today too. Dental appt wasnt too bad, need to schedule time to repair broken tooth, but DW is in the middle of getting her work done, so I will have to wait a bit longer to schedule mine.
Mmmmm...beer
Good morning everyone!
Bin & Mitch, hope you both have good runs today!
8.2 miles done this morning.
Hope everyone has a great day!
-Dave
My running blog
Goals | sub-18 5k | sub-3 marathon 2:56:46!!
Good morning everyone.
I'll run tonight, 3 - 5 miles depending on how my legs feel.
Morning! SRD. Work and then later my flight.
Damaris
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Will run for beer.
Bin - Good morning. Good luck with the chickin/rice syndrome.
Mitch - broken tooth from getting lippy with DW? LOL
Dave - well done on the 8 already!
PF33 - GOOD morning! Have a great run later.
Damaris - have a great flight.
AFM - 8.28 miles yesterday. I hit a 25k loop I'd not been on before - its fun getting out in the middle of nowhere, all alone, then realizing you don't know where you're at. Seriously... there was one intersection of three trails I stopped and didn't immediately know which direction I was supposed to go. So, I picked the trail most traveled (my apologies to Robert Frost). I would have liked to do the entire 25k but didn't have the time. I'll be on that trail again soon - beautiful out there.
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Blah woke up sick. Hoping it's just allergies...
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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Kristin - yuck! Hope you feel better.
Morning penguins! Unfortunately, my knee didn't behave for my run yesterday, so I will be calling a doctor today. Hopefully I can get in without too much of a wait!
In other news, the birds ate fully half the seed yesterday and are back at it again this morning! We are going to have some fat finches! We do have a cat, but she spends most of her outside time at the door asking to be let back in. I am wondering when the big guy from across the street will find it, though!
Bin- Love that 10 mile MLR! It always made me feel so accomplished!
Mitch- Hope Bella recovers quickly from her spay!
D2- Nice run!
Margo- Hoping the legs feel great today!
D- Have a great time in PR! Hope you get to spend lots of time with your dad and have a fun race!
Vance- Sounds like a great trail! Glad you found your way out, though!
Kristin- Feel better!
One Half So Far
Mornin, folks. Did what I THINK was a tempo run yesterday. 1.5 miles really easy for warmup, 2 REALLY fast miles (8:16 and 8:33, which for me is flying) and another 1.5 slow back home. Should do 3 easy today for recovery.
Bin: Enjoy the quiet time and the 10M.
Mitch: Hopefully all is well with the (I'm assuming it's a) puppy today.
D^2: gj on the 8.2. Doubling up again today?
Margo: Have fun, no matter how far you go.
Damaris: Have a somewhat tolerable flight. (No point wishing you a good one, such a thing does not exist.)
Vance: Yeah, that's fun. GJ on the 8.2
Kristin: Feel better! (That's an order, by the way.)
Zel: BOO. Hope your knee gets better soon! Also, wouldn't worry about the finches until they start falling off the feeder from being too heavy to fly
Off to give tests today. Easy day for me.
Have a happy and healthy day, amigos!
~Jeff~
PR: 5K 26:34 (Would have been faster if I hadn't had to tie my shoe), 5M: 43:10, 10K: 54:51. First HM 4/14/13 2:03:23
6/1: Moonlight 5M, Springfield 43:10
7/4 Butte to Butte 10K, Eugene
7/21 Run in the Country HM, Coburg
Another HM sometime in October or November. Several to choose from.
Dad on the run.
Good morning everyone! It's Thursday, that means we have a run tonight with our friends and then we always go out and eat on Thursday nights. Not sure if its going to be a Mexican or Pizza night
My legs feel pertty thrashed today after my retarded self thought it would be a good idea to do speed work when my legs were still sore from leg night :/ Oh well, maybe a nice slow recovery run today will help work some of the soreness out.
Chasing the sub 20 5K.
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Hi Pens...
Bin: Try quinoa instead of rice. There is lots of protein and NO bloating. Also, the compression socks are nice to wear on recovery runs, thanks!
hog: good miles! Sorry about the tooth. NO FUN!!
D2: Is it another double day?
PF: How are the legs? Still a bit sore? I am just about over it.
Docket: Safe and happy travels to you and good luck.
N-Bug: I would suggest a map or a compass!
Kristin: I hope it's just allergies. How's Dave?
Zel: Sorry about the knee trouble. It's a good thing you are going to see a doctor.
J.Drumm: That IS a tempo run! Good work!
JBJ: Recovery runs are nice. Be sure to go as easy as you can.
As for me, I will get in another four miles today at some point. We are having a two day heat wave so it could be 95 today and tomorrow and then back down to the 70's on Saturday. If it is too hot I will get my run in when most of you are asleep tonight (9:00 my time). Have a good day.
Morning all!
Bin - I hope you were able to run, despite the full stomach.
Mitch - sorry about the broken tooth. I hate dentists. Hope Bella's surgery is without complications.
Dave - nice start to the morning. Of course, 8 miles doesn't take you nearly as long as it takes me.
Margo - hope the legs are recovering well.
Zelanie - good luck at the doctor's. I hope nothing is seriously wrong.
Kristin - hope you feel better.
Damaris and Tomas - hope you have a good trip and a great race.
Vance - your run yesterday sounds a lot like mine.
Jeff - sounds like a tempo run to me. Good for you.
Jimmy - have fun with your run this evening. Sounds like you do what I do - I ran, therefore I get ice cream.
AFM: today is a rest day. I hope to take the dog to the woods, or at least the park, to take advantage of the beautiful spring weather. This weekend is the annual neighborhood yard sale, and my husband wants to clear the garage of some garbage, so we won't get out much for the next two days.
Jeff & Jack, no double for me today, driving down to see my brother for a few days. I set a completely arbitrary rule for myself, which is why I ended up doubling yesterday, no less than 8 miles a day, so if for whatever reason I get less than 8 on my morning run, I'll double up that day. Simply based on wanting to keep my mileage up to continue base building over the summer. 8 miles is a very comfortable daily distance for me, so I went with that. I'll still allow for rest days, won't be streaking, but I'm going to try to keep them to no more than one a week.