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DavePNW


    7 miles, and woo hoo, my quad pain is nearly gone! Just a little residual stiffness. I’m happy with how quick the recovery was, considering how bad it was the first two days. Still not interested in doing a whole lot of downhill running anytime soon. Fortunaty the LR route for Saturday looks pretty flat, by Seattle standards.

    Dave

    Docket_Rocket


    Former Bad Ass

      Yay for no pain! My glute is still hurting since Sasha tried to kill me last week by making me trip and fall.

       

      She has been on Prozac for a week and we are hoping she starts acting like a normal cat. Yesterday both Gracie and Kahlua came by her spot and she didn't heeved and hawed like she was being killed. Smacked them both and they moved on so I call that progress.

       

      I have 5 and weights later.

      Damaris

      sdWhiskers


        4 miles. Felt a little less humid out there.

         

        It's taken my cat this past week to adjust to us being back from vacation. He's been following us everywhere with lots of meowing. I think he's finally settled down and stopped hating us for leaving him.

        Docket_Rocket


        Former Bad Ass

          4 miles. Felt a little less humid out there.

           

          It's taken my cat this past week to adjust to us being back from vacation. He's been following us everywhere with lots of meowing. I think he's finally settled down and stopped hating us for leaving him.

           

          We had that with Hershey when he was the only cat decades ago. And that's why we ended up with 5 cats; now they are entertained and they don't miss us much when we go. Maybe Sasha would since she is sorta living upstairs by herself.

          Damaris

            36 minute run/stand warmup on the mill … knock on wood regular run tomorrow

            sdWhiskers


               

              We had that with Hershey when he was the only cat decades ago. And that's why we ended up with 5 cats; now they are entertained and they don't miss us much when we go. Maybe Sasha would since she is sorta living upstairs by herself.

               

              My relationship agreement with DH only allows for 1 cat  

               

              Docket_Rocket


              Former Bad Ass

                 

                My relationship agreement with DH only allows for 1 cat  

                 

                This was my husband's meme, lol.

                 

                May be an image of 4 people, cat and text that says 'First we get a cat Then we say no more cats Then we get another cat And another cat... Until we have ALL THE CATS!'

                Damaris

                Baboon


                delicate flower

                  Whatdaya do there, Ace! I swam 2500 yards, and just got back from a 7 mile run that was, like, a regular run.  Not a struggle and nothing hurt (speaking of no pain).  Missing all of July though, I have not acclimated to the summer, so I was feeling the heat even though it was only 80 degrees.  Anyway, this was encouraging.

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                  Fredford66


                  Waltons ThreadLord

                    9 with 6 at FM pace this morning.  My goal for the race is 9:00.  I averaged 8:57 today, so pretty close.  I doubt I could have done 26.2 at that pace today, but I have 3 more months to train.

                    5k 23:48.45 (3/22); 4M 31:26 (2/22); 5M 38:55 (11/23); 10k 49:24 (10/22); 
                    10M 1:29:33 (2/24); Half 1:48:32 (10/22); Marathon 4:29:58 (11/23)

                    Upcoming races: Running is Back 10k, 5/12; Greta's Run 5k, 5/19

                     

                    DavePNW


                      9 with 6 at FM pace this morning.  My goal for the race is 9:00.  I averaged 8:57 today, so pretty close.  I doubt I could have done 26.2 at that pace today, but I have 3 more months to train.

                       

                      I read that as "fuck me" pace. I have a lot of those runs. Anyway, never in my history of marathoning have I done an MP training run and said 'yeah I feel like I can do 26.2 at this pace." Then when race day comes - sometimes I can. Sometimes I can't.

                      Dave

                      Baboon


                      delicate flower

                        This BANANA BALL thing that is on ESPN 2 right now is a train wreck.

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                        DavePNW


                          This BANANA BALL thing that is on ESPN 2 right now is a train wreck.

                           

                          Do I want to know what this is?

                          Dave

                          scottydawg


                          Barking Mad To Run

                            My run this morning from Thousand Oaks YMCA. Planning on 3 easy miles after my very hilly run on Tuesday. However, lke a wandering dog, lol, I saw a road I had not been down before - 'wonder where that goes?" - and so went exploring. Ended up doing a couple of fair-sized hills and 3.42 miles. Took me a while as I walked a bit more on the hills.

                             

                            Route: Went down Henderson Pass; turned right onto Shadow Cliff Road and went exploring in this neigborhood I had not been in before. Shadow Cliff took me out to Heimer Road and it seem like I was on Heimer FOREVER. Finally stopped and asked one of the residents how the heck do I get back to Henderson Pass? I wanted to keep going forward cuz I am stubborn and have this thing about not gong back the way I came out, lol - unless it's a race. So on I went until I found the street the guy told me to take and that FINALLY got me back to Henderson Pass, just down from a riding stables place, with a big sign on it "LEARN TO RIDE." Finally I kne where I was, lol, and back to the Y I went, straight up Henderson Pass. Got delayed - and forgot to stop my watch, so my run-time shows longer than it actually was - when I stopped to clear off some cardboard boxes that were out in the road right in the middle of the lanes; don't want any traffic accidents happening! Finally got back to the Y, with my last mile almost non-stop, Nice to get back to the Y in the A/C, it was pretty humid out. Sat cooling down in the Y's A/C and drinking some Gatorade Zero.

                             

                            All-in-all, aside from being a wandering doggie, lol, a pretty good outing.

                             

                             

                            "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt

                            DanFuller


                            5K Specialist

                              Did an extra run tonight that isn’t on the C25K. 99 degrees. Did my first full nonstop mile of the year.

                              Personal Bests:

                              800M - 2:38 (5/28/13) | 1 Mile -5:54 (5/28/13) | 3K - 11:55 (12/29/12) | 2M - 13:00 (12/1/12) | 5K - 20:00 (4/12/13) | 13.1M - 1:37:24 (2/3/13)