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Any races this weekend? Good runs? Rounding out your annual mileage to make an even number? Did you beat the pace bunny?
I'm due for a 7 mile MP run which I hope to do on the railtrail in Shippensburg so I can practice reining in my pace on flat ground. I beat the pace bunny. I don't know if I'm OCD enough to run an uneven number in order to make an even number for the year. Probably not.
Happy New Year! I ran 10 on the TM with stomach issues just now. Drinking water with lemon to see if the stomach calms down enough.
Hope your MP run went well, Ginny.
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Did you run after eating? I hope you feel better.
My run was good, though the wind was high enough (15-20 mph) it made my return miles a bit more difficult than I expected.
Nope. I run before dinner. I had lunch late but I don't think it was food related. Thanks.
Nice run.
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Going for a nice New Year's Day walk with the dog and the husband. I was asleep by like 10pm last night. So much for an exciting nye.
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7 yesterday on the trails to finish 2016.
We had a predictive trail run today. You predict what your time will finish 4, 8, or 12 miles. The person closest to their predictive time wins. Running naked, no watches phones or Garmin.
I was second in the 4 mile with 38 seconds.
PAD - I've heard of those runs. Especially on trails, that would be hard to do unless you really know your paces.
D - I hope your TM run today went better than yesterday.
Jill - I hope you enjoyed your walk.
I did 10 miles on a beautiful sunny day. It was a cutback week, which was good because I didn't have a lot of energy and my pacing was bad. The watch somehow got changed from lap pace to current pace, which really screwed me up. I hate current pace.
Happy New Year! I only managed 7.25 on the TM today before I called it quits. The cold is almost gone but with the lack of sleep last night (long story short - but nightmares, etc.), I am not surprised. Will try my LR tomorrow.
Jill, I wish I could say I slept since 10pm. Nice.
PAD, nice job on the predictive run.
Ginny, nice 10.
I ran 5k to a 5k that my club puts on to volunteer. I helped out a bit, congratulated the winner, then jogged the course. Then I helped clean up, and ran home. Since then I have been totally wiped out. I'm hoping that's the weather and not what running 9 miles does to me these days. It was 34 and raining fairly hard when I left, and then I had an hour of standing around and freezing while trying to hand out safety pins. It warmed up to maybe 38 degrees and not quite raining by the time I got home, but it was still 4.5 hours in the cold, alternating running and freezing.
Jill- Hope that you had a good walk!
PAD- Congrats! Prediction runs sound fun. Glad you got to do one.
Ginny - It is nice that a cutback week for you still has a 10 miler. I usually have current pace, too, but I like it for intervals where I figure it's better to aim for a consistent target instead of speeding up or slowing down to get the overall interval right
D- Sorry you had such a rotten night. I hope that your cold is better soon and that you are able to get some rest.