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Took a RD yesterday.
Weights and a mile this morning, group tonight.
Morning! I have weights and 6 miles tonight, after my allergy shot. Leaving work at noon for that, yay.
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Barking Mad To Run
My wife got me up at 3:30 this morning to take her to the airport for a conference she is going to in Vegas. By the time she was ready to actually go, it was closer to 4:30, sheesh. Dropped her off at the airport and then off to the local Y, which conveniently opens at 5 a.m. I did a run/walk through the neighborhood and city park adjacent to the Y. For getting up so early, I actually felt pretty good, so god in fact that although I was originally planning an easy 3-mile outing, I ended up doing hill work - 6 hills along the way of varying sizes, a couple of them pretty steep - and completing 4.6 miles in 52 minutes. Actually, I was out there a little longer than an hour, but I only recorded my actual run/walk time. I stopped my timer when was in the park and walked down a trail to enjoy watching some deer that were out and about; and then on one of the hilltops, I walked down another trail and enjoyed seeing a beautiful sunrise come up over a golf course. After each of those times I then restarted my timer when I got back to doing my/run walk.
I'll tell you what, though....running along the paved trails in the semi-darkness with woods on either side if you is kinda creepy. I could hear 'critter sounds' on either side of me - a skunk crossed the trail ahead of me at one point - I gave that one a wide berth! - and a couple of deer came barreling across the trail in front of me at another point, sheesh - and got a Wizard of Oz feeling...lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
Glad I got my run/walk in this morning...weather folks have predicted the after-work temp will be 96 high with a heat index of 102, yikes! I much prefer warm weather over cold, but that is a bit too warm even for me.
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Singer who runs a smidge
Morning, Penguins!! It was still 89 with a "feels like" of 100 last night at 9:00, so we didn't run. Tonight will also depend on the weather. We could technically switch to morning running, which is what we usually do for the summer, but our PT routine is fairly habitual in the morning and I'd hate to switch it up and then be too lazy in the evening to do PT. Right now I figure keeping up PT is more important than running, since the heat won't last forever. The install for our solar panels is starting today -- DH said they're there and unloading the truck. I kinda wish I could be there to watch, but considering Dusty is going to bark ALL day, maybe it's better I'm at work!PAD -- woo-hoo for your weights and mile, enjoy the group run!!Docket -- have a good 6 and weights, hope the allergy shot is easy, and woo-hoo for leaving early!!scotty -- Wow, that's an early morning, but sounds like you made the most of it!!
When it's all said and done, no one remembers how far we have run. The only thing that matters is how we have loved.
Good morning Penguins!
PAD, have a great group run tonight.
Damaris, enjoy the weights and run and ...shot.
Scotty, good job on the hill work!
Hopesmom, good luck with the solar installation.
6 miles done with my run club this morning. I almost didn't go (I still have the running blahs) but I'm glad I did. Easy pace but some hills thrown in, so it was a good workout.
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Hi pens! I'M WEARING NORMAL SHOES TODAY! And walking with my whole foot! Definitely not run-ready yet, but if I can walk without contorting my foot and leg now the transition back to running should be a little easier when it happens. I have my ugly velcro shoe wrapped up in a shopping bag in my purse just in case I need to switch back to it.
70 minutes pool running done this morning, weights done just before lunch.
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Took a RD yesterday. Weights and a mile this morning, group tonight.
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PAD - sounds like you are in for a rough session tonight. Good luck.
Damaris - I hope the shot doesn't take too much out of you.
Scotty - sounds like a lovely run. I always enjoyed being out at dawn and dusk hiking. I rarely do it running though.
HopesMom - I hope you get some cooler weather soon so you can do some running. Can you at least walk at night?
Lauren - hurray for normal shoes! You've done well with the pool running. I think you'll be surprised at how well that maintained your fitness. Just go slowly when you do start running again, because your feet and ankles will need to get used to weight bearing again.
Brilliant - sorry you're still in a funk. OTOH, you've had a really busy/stressful summer with the move and racing. Taking it easy for a while isn't a bad idea. Unless, of course, you're supposed to be training for another long race. I'm glad your group run was fun.
Hi Sly!
Not too hot, but very humid here today (83 feels like 93). I'll either do an easy run outside if the clouds stick around or some speedwork on the machine later.
Hi everyone, 7 easy last night, with 7 and speed work tonight.
Lauren, glad to hear your toe is on the mend!
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52* DP. I think we can do 5 this afternoon.
Glad you didn't run over the skunk, Scott. Gail would have to extend her trip.
Hi pens! I'M WEARING NORMAL SHOES TODAY! And walking with my whole foot! Definitely not run-ready yet, but if I can walk without contorting my foot and leg now the transition back to running should be a little easier when it happens. I have my ugly velcro shoe wrapped up in a shopping bag in my purse just in case I need to switch back to it. 70 minutes pool running done this morning, weights done just before lunch.
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Solar installation, snag 1. The guy had called me the other day and told me that he'd like to install DC optimizers under each panel. That way, if some are shaded, the others perform at full capacity. It costs more, but he thinks we'll have greater capacity even if he installs one fewer panel, so he offered us that option at the same price, and I agreed it sounded good.
Only to find out this morning that this removes the option of the dedicated outlet which we could use if the power went out, as long as the sun was shining. Which the guy still thinks is an overall better option for us, but he was highly apologetic that he forgot to mention that little detail.
But we will have the option of online monitoring. So I guess I could sit at my desk at work and see how much sun we're using ...
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Hi pens ! Urd yesterday because of travel issues. Today I got 2 miles done in the morning before I decided the air quality in Strasbourg wasn't good for my lungs. I'm on th high speed train back to Paris now so after dinner I'm going to try to get the missing four miles of my run done. I figure I can run around the Eiffel Tower while hubby drinks some beer or wine in the park and then I can have a post run beer when I'm done. Tomorrow will be cross training as we are going to visit chateaus and cycle around the Loire valley.
Lauren - yay for normal shoes
hsm - yay for alternate energy sources. We've passed quite a few wind turbines on the train
pad - enjoy your group run
dr - do you still have to take Claritin or other antihistamines with allergy shots?
scotty - nice long run
Brill - I'm glad you're getting back to running
ginny - this trip has me missing access to the air conditioned treadmill. It got up into the high 90s in Strasbourg today. We chose the hotel we stayed at because it had a fitness center - which had a single treadmill in a room without air conditioning
Hog - are you training for anything specific?
Hi speedy sly.
Jerry - I'm jealous of your weather.
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Once our panels are in too we can have our sun race your sun then.
I just ran one of the shuffliest shuffles that I have ever shuffled. Audiobooks seem to do that to me, but it was a good book. Plus I was moving so slowly smoothly that I didn't scare away the bunny rabbit or the doe with her two fawns. And I ran into a friend who I hadn't seen in more than a year and we got to catch up a bit. Now I really should pack.
Lauren- Hooray for real shoes! And for rocking the pool running!
It was so nice, we did 6.
No solar panels in our neighborhood. Too many oxygen producing trees.