I went out to run 5mi more for 25 total, but then decided as a consolation for Shan talking about not running a mara today, that I'd run 6.2mi more instead for a 26.2 total, to accomplish a regular Shan Saturday mileage

 YEAH for you!!!!! and thanks!!!!

That's some great running for the Blister folks this weekend.  Damn, Perry. 

 

I totally agree with you about Bears.  They scare the crap out of me.

 

 

I managed a very nice 5 miler today down in Georgia.  100% humidity and about 80F.  Poured down rain about halfway through.  No earphones allowed on base so I enjoyed the sounds of nature which included screaming cicadas and what sounded like a couple of wild turkeys.  Also saw 4 deer.  Some good hills and a fast pace.  Eventually I'll get around to uploading the runs into my log.

 

I'm here in GA all week.

Perry got back.

 

I'm here all week.  Try the veal.

Long day yesterday.  Up early for my long run - 11 miles to wrap up a cutback week.  I actually said I'm only running 11 miles to myself and then chuckle at how that would've played out in my head a year and a half ago when I wasn't running at all.  I was glad when this run was over - it was quite warm and I was tired.

Block party went great last night - hopefully there will be some more pics on my FB page soon.  There are a couple that I uploaded during the event, but buttloads left to post.  Probably had 500-600 teens there.  Great fun, but a lot of work and didn't get home until 1 last night and then stayed up until about 2 winding down.

Glad I don't run on Sundays!  Have a great one.

That's one heck of a big block party, wow.

 

There was a bears thread somewhere, and at least one person from Alaska was talking about encountering bears as a routine occurrence. Of course I forget that Alaska is huge, so I guess it probably varies a lot from place to place.

 

I got 26.2mi total for yesterday, but in different segments, not all at once - and my quads are still sore.

 

PS: I'd like to do 20mi as a progression run or as a fast finish run, but I never seem to have the energy (or drive) to actually do that...

pace - what's in a week?

 

erika - what series?

 

how do I keep missing things!!!!

 

TY - only 11 - that's soo fun!!!

 

AP - sorry to hear you are sore! what do you think that's from?

 

4 and change today... silly... A friend and I went to a local school where the cross - country series was run this summer on the recommendation of the running store guy... she said she's help me find it... well we never found it or at least not all of it. We ended up running some trails. When we were finished we found my car had automatically locked itself - in all the years i've owned the car it has NEVER done this!! oh well it's always an adventure!

Automatically locking cars? As they just sit there? That'd be scary... I have enough bad habits that that would be a real drag at times.

Shan, my series is a local running club thing, sponsored by Flint Hills, the refinery nearby (based in where, Oklahoma?). Here's the link to the page telling all about it, if you're really interested.

http://www.runningclubnorth.org/rcn_mcup.htm

And here's the standings as they are now. http://www.sportalaska.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=42

We're through the Golden Heart Trail Run 5k, so you can see the standings.

22.5 today, from the start of the Equinox course thru mile 11.4, then back along the main road instead of the trail to avoid the mud. What a mess! Rained hard all night, and rained all day either hard, light or drizzle. Yuk. I really don't like running in the cold rain so this was a very hard run for me. Still... managed 10:07 average pace up that monster hill (didn't even go all the way). Glad that's done. Wraps up 66.7 miles for the week, which is a new PR and a LOT of miles for me. I am so ready for taper! Here's the profile of my run, don't look at the paces cuz they're all over the place (lots of walk breaks).