7 easy miles. Had to start at 515am and then loop around the neighborhood a million times because MrW worked early

 

Plan is to have solid mileage this week because I leave for Japan on Sunday. My work schedule there is very busy so it will be hard to get many miles in. Hopefully I can figure out how to use a TM that's all in Japanese. Coach is a coworker and is also going on this trip so at least she's on top of my schedule. She's also running CIM (but will finish an hour earlier, lol) so has similar mileage to get in while we're traveling.

Worst case scenario you can go by the time on the treadmill and guesstimate the distance based on how you feel. 👍

 

I ran 16 on the TM. Too hot and humid to do it outside, especially with no clouds. I did 4 x (2 MP + 1 easy). It sucked. I got my ferritin tested last week and it is down a bit, despite being really good about taking the pills. Currently I'm at 23, with normal starting at 22 according to the new test (used to be 15 I think?). I know it's too low for me. I don't know what to do next  because it is really affecting my ability to run, as well as the way I feel when I'm doing it.

What mg are your pills? I noticed a lot of them are quite low. I looked til I found a "high dose" and then doubled that. But now that I'm not training for anything I keep forgetting to take them. 

ran 3 easy followed by 20 minutes on the stationary bike. run felt ok; hammy thing still there, and can feel it while sitting at work today, but I think it's getting better...still hoping to do Free Press marathon in October but beginning to think peeling off half way is more likely.

LRB - nice run this weekend! That's a race I was hoping to do for the first time this year but...definitely a difficult course

 

Plan is to have solid mileage this week because I leave for Japan on Sunday. My work schedule there is very busy so it will be hard to get many miles in. Hopefully I can figure out how to use a TM that's all in Japanese. Coach is a coworker and is also going on this trip so at least she's on top of my schedule. She's also running CIM (but will finish an hour earlier, lol) so has similar mileage to get in while we're traveling.

Also, FTR - my last trip to Japan was 3 weeks out from a marathon, so I was pretty concerned. Ended up getting all my scheduled runs in, though not without some challenges. I left home on Sunday, but needed to get up super early to squeeze in a 22-miler before going to the airport. And thanks to the international date line, on my log it looks like no runs on the outbound travel day and 2 runs on the return travel day. The latter was one run in Japan in the AM, one run in the afternoon after getting back home, which was a miserable jet-lagged slog. Anyway, long story short, that marathon ended up being my PR and Boston qualifier. YMMV. 

I ran 8

 

Not sure where you'll be, but I have managed to find places to run outside most places I've traveled, Japan included. And always did early morning before any work stuff started. Good luck!

That's what I did last trip. This time, my days are scheduled starting at 6am. Japan is pretty safe but I don't need to be running outside in the dark at like 4-5am in a unfamiliar city.

Still no news on Boston for us folks on the cut line.