sapf - yay! I get to run in the same - going to snow all day Wednesday and a little bit Wednesday night. It's also the start of the winter running game, so what better way to kick that off too?

Traci - yup! Also, re: your sub-30 5K, instead of trying to gun for it every week, maybe try some longer intervals at or near goal pace (like 3x1 mile, 6x800, 5x1000) once a week for the next few weeks and then see if you can hit it? You'll get more time running at goal pace that way, since you get recoveries in between reps.

sapf - yay! I get to run in the same - going to snow all day Wednesday and a little bit Wednesday night. It's also the start of the winter running game, so what better way to kick that off too?

 

Traci - yup! Also, re: your sub-30 5K, instead of trying to gun for it every week, maybe try some longer intervals at or near goal pace (li Ifke 3x1 mile, 6x800, 5x1000) once a week for the next few weeks and then see if you can hit it? You'll get more time running at goal pace that way, since you get recoveries in between reps.

Okay. I'm gonna do that!  If I do the 3x 1 mile how long:far should I rest ?

Definitely a dentist day.  Not for me fortunately, but we did get to go to the dermatologist to burn some sun damage off DH's face.  He goes twice a year to get frozen.

PAD - a lot of people run doubles.  As long as you get the miles in, it works.  Just don't do two hard ones right next to each other - i.e. easy a.m., then intervals in the evening, then easy the next morning, not a tempo run.

D -have fun at the gym

HM - good luck getting everything done before the holiday.  That cheesecake sounds great.

Jack - Angels Landing is a good hike, but I also like the one on the opposite side of the canyon.  But then, they're all beautiful.

Lauren - I may try the streak.  I only run 5 days a week now, but I could do a mile on the TM before or after dinner. Trouble is we may be travelling after Christmas, so mine would end early.  Good job on getting all those miles in.  You must be feeling completely recovered from your surgery. Yea!

sapf - you know the warm weather isn't going to last, right?  What HM is in January in NY?

Scotty- Happy Thanksgiving.  I hope you have a great trip.

Brilliant - I love those kind of days.  Good job.

Traci - you might try shorter intervals first - 1/4 mile or 1/2 mile, to get used to the speed of the TM.  I know when I go 5k pace on the TM, it feels way too fast, so I do short speed intervals and long ones only at tempo pace. My one and only speed session with the local club we did two minutes hard/5k pace, with 1 minute walk, followed by 4 minutes at tempo pace with two minutes walking.  And yes, the holiday streak is Thanksgiving to New Years.

SF - I hope you have a big freezer for all the meat.  Good job on the three, even if they weren't pretty.

AFM:  it was a gorgeous day here, 65 and sunny, but I spent it running errands instead of outdoors, aside from our usual morning walk with Ben.  I did get four recovery miles on the TM just as it was getting dark.  Legs felt surprisingly good after yesterday's long run.

I was supposed to do a turkey trop on Thanksgiving, but the current forecast is 6 - 10 inches of snow on Wednesday.  I don't know if they'll even have the race (will the streets and parking areas be plowed?) and we have a 2 1/2 hour drive to Maryland afterwards.  It gets more iffy if I run the race, drive 1/2 hour home to get showered and changed, then drive 2 1/2 hours which would more likely be three or more with snow and ice on the road, so I'll probably miss it.  I'm disappointed.  OTOH, the forecasters are wrong more often than right, so the storm may miss us completely.

Long run rest day for us, but I did go to my gym and DW went to Curves.