August Runs (Read 847 times)

One of the nicest things about this forum is that it is not full of knuckleheads who are constantly bragging about how far or how fast that they run. In fact, it seems just the opposite. As a proud member of the "good gawd he's slow" contingent I have to say it's kinda nice. It's bad enough that everyone passes me on the trail. Why would I want to go online and read posts from those people about how they passed me? lol. Anyway, I did think, however, that it would be nice to have a monthly thread to give those who normally don't brag an opportunity to show off a bit. Also, I thought it would be kind of cool if, at the beginning of the month, everyone took just a few minutes to reflect on their runs the previous month and appreciate them a bit. So, with all that in mind I thought I'd start this thread and ask two questions. If it is well received I'll try to remember to do it every month. 1) What was your longest run last month, and how fast did you do run it? For me it was a 21k that I ran in a whopping 2:24:06. See, now you KNOW I'm not bragging. 2) What was your favorite run last month? Mine was a 15k that I ran when I really didn't want to run at all. I had gone all day on only 2 hours sleep and was exhausted to the point of stupid. To compound matters, I ran at like 7pm and all I had eaten that day was a bowl of cereal in the morning. It was hot and humid ( just the way I like it ) but by the 12th k I was sweated out, out of water, and just a little daft. I actually took a wrong turn that took me two blocks in the wrong direction. Once I realized my mistake I made a right to circle back, but at the next block I turned the wrong way again! I would up running four blocks out of my way on a route that I know like the back of my hand. End result, I ran 15k plus 4 blocks and finished absolutely exhausted. But, I somehow managed the second fastest 15k I have ever run. So yeah, I liked that run.

Kiddo, in my book if you ran 22 miles you DID run forever. That's pretty awesome.

Longest Run in August - 19 miles in 2:49:00 Best run - First long run of the month, 11.24 miles in 1:36. Cooler weather had set in and it felt absolutely awesome despite a faster pace.

Longest run was about 8 miles, but August is too hot outside unless your early or late during the day, and you must have got a runners high on only 2 hours of sleep, in the fall I might move it up to a 10 mile run, but anything after about 8 miles and my legs start giving in which is one of the things I am working on.

Longest Run= 7 miler that took me about 1:45. It felt awesome though Favorite Run= 5 miler on Sat. My pace was 13:50/mi which for me was FAST! But my fav. part about it was that my brother (who is MUCH faster than me) ran the last half with me. It is really a lot of fun having someone to chat with while you run.

Longest run was a 9.85 run at a 10:16 pace. August was my highest mileage month by less than a mile. Had quite a few good runs, but last night's was probably the best. Running the Nike run with my sister and brother in law. Just seeing my sister getting into running and running with the both of them was a lot of fun.

My longest run: I ran several 12 milers. The one that seemed the longest was when I tried a new pair of shoes and caused a sore knee. The time was about 1:54:00. My favorite run was last Sunday morning. Another 12 miler, but my knee didn't hurt very much. It was a beautiful morning. My time was about 1:51:00.

Longest run: 20 miles this past Sat. took 3:08 Favorite Run: Leesburg 20K- ran it in 1:42... I've not liked this race in previous years but this year the weather was mild so I was ready for a PR.