5 this morning on the TM at a hotel in Toronto. No great outdoor running options apparent, so I just got in a quick indoor run before meetings. Bleah.
QOTD: 17:47 road 5K, two weeks ago on my 45th birthday. (Probably ran a little faster in high school cross country, but like blargendarg I was somewhat "training allergic" and never gave it a good effort.) I like racing 5Ks - they can really hurt, but they're over pretty quickly and there's very little recovery necessary.
Cooled off to mid 80s so did 9. It was a LOT better than my run on Monday where the heat index was 113.
qotd: 21 something back in 2007. That was my 2nd and final 5k. A 5k sounds like 20ish mins of pain to me now.
Talking about the title of this.... that's kind of a personal question isn't it ????
Anyway, planning to do 5 miles after work today.
qotd: 20:51 road, did it about 13 years ago. I probably haven't done a 5k since then.
2/17/24 - Forgotten Florida 100 Mile, Christmas, FL
Good for you!!! Don't you do physical work at work? That's gotta be hard.
I do but luckily in a position where I can pick and chose.
A little late but I was in the mountains for 5 days carrying a house on my back. Sitting in a little dive pizza place in an unknown town in Idaho sipping, okay guzzling Blue Moons and catching up on life at RA. Chiming in because of the QOTD.
QOTD--Back in a former life the 5k was it for me, 17-18 minutes of gut wrenching pain pushing and carrying a pace way above redline. Playing mind games like if it hurts this bad at this pace it can't possibly hurt more if I apply more pressure. DNA and genetics were at work for me as despite my singular focus, my intense track workouts, and embracing of the pain the best I could do was 17:20. Same as AT, still pretty quick and good for a lot of hardware at smaller races but nothing special. I will hit a new age bracket in a few months and am very tempted to focus on some of those again. I loved that distance. Of course reality also sets in and I think I should line up a cardiologist.
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A little late but I was in the mountains for 5 days carrying a house on my back. Sitting in a little dive pizza place in an unknown town in Idaho sipping, okay guzzling Blue Moons and catching up on life at RA. Chiming in because of the QOTD. QOTD--Back in a former life the 5k was it for me, 17-18 minutes of gut wrenching pain pushing and carrying a pace way above redline. Playing mind games like if it hurts this bad at this pace it can't possibly hurt more if I apply more pressure. DNA and genetics were at work for me as despite my singular focus, my intense track workouts, and embracing of the pain the best I could do was 17:20. Same as AT, still pretty quick and good for a lot of hardware at smaller races but nothing special. I will hit a new age bracket in a few months and am very tempted to focus on some of those again. I loved that distance. Of course reality also sets in and I think I should line up a cardiologist.
That's pretty cool... funny how you can't often tell who used to be a middle distance nut. The way you describe the feeling really resonates with me. And if you love the distance, I say DO IT. Line up a sneak off race and go get you some hardware!
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