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Today is World Teacher Day, apparently. It's also a RD. How are you all doing?
From the Internet.
Morning pens!
My run streak came to an end at 20 days - I woke up yesterday still feeling the effects of Saturday night's wedding festivities, so I opted to nap and go eat greasy fair food instead of running.
Good tempo workout this morning though: 2x1.5 miles, 7:56 average for the first 1.5 and 7:53 average for the second. 7.5 miles total with warmup and cooldown. I won't be in PR shape for my 5K this weekend, but after today's run I'm looking forward to seeing how close I can get and then I will make a plan to kick some butt in a late November race.
Penguin Power!
Lauren - it is awesome that you've mostly held onto your fitness
Zel - enjoy the rest day!
I am sore from yesterday for sure. I am definitely doing yoga and a massage today and perhaps a short streak/recovery run. Thankfully I only have one student today so I can mostly relax and recover. I don't think that I get to celebrate World Teacher Day since I'm just a tutor now.
Upcoming Races: Run as One 4M (4/24) * Japan Run 4M (5/8) * Brooklyn Half (5/21)
Singer who runs a smidge
Morning, Penguins!! I'm looking forward to the forecasted return of at least a little sunshine today, hope it pans out! At least DH and Dusty were able to go for a walk this morning, he (Dusty) was beginning to go a little stir-crazy. I even had to turn on the heat this weekend! Ne w kitty Maggie has discovered that the best place to sleep is on my neck, so there was a point this weekend where I had Kaycee between my legs, Chewie on my lap, and Maggie on my neck. I think they've settled in ok. DH is going to see if our vet has any openings on Thursday to get Maggie all checked out, and hopefully get an appointment to get her spayed (assuming she isn't).Zelanie -- have a good RD!!Lauren -- sounds like a good workout, woo-hoo!!
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.
17 done this morning.
Former Bad Ass
Morning! I have Pilates and that's it for me today.
BBL. I have several deadlines today and need to file a ton of crap.
Damaris
I just spent three hours staring at a computer waiting for it to finish an analysis. Sheesh! Tomorrow I'll start with the short analysis, and then let the long one proceed by itself without my impatient thumb-twiddling.
Is the short of 2 hours or something? Sheesh.
Nah, the short one took something like 20 minutes. I just didn't know the long one was going to be so long when I started!
Return To Racing
5 Run-Walk. Felt surprisingly fast today. We head to Boston on Wednesday for a wedding, so it will be difficult to fit running in between driving and the food marathons.
Had you known, you would have brought breakfast, lunch and dinner.
HopesMom - sounds a bit frustrating. Next time, go for a walk while the computer is cogitating
Z - I didn't think you did rest days. Hope you enjoyed Teacher's day.
Lauren - that's a fast set of tempo intervals. Nice.
Jill - massage and yoga sound like a good way to recover from a hard race
PAD - that's a nice logn run. When is your next marathon?
D - I hope you enjoyed your rest day. Are you excited about Chicago? Do you still get excited about marathons?
Jerry - was it a cool day? Have fun in Boston. Maybe you can run there the day after the wedding.
I had another good run today. It was a beautiful clear sunny day, cool and breezy. We went out to the county park so Jim walked Ben 2 miles while I ran 6 in the park and in the neighborhood beyond. I ran faster than usual, because I was feeling happy. Our plans have changed, I think, and I may be able to run a marathon in Arizona in February. I'm leaning toward Lost Dutchman. I've wanted to do that one since I heard about it, because it starts in the Superstition Mountains, where I hiked a few years ago. It would be a warmer run than Gettysburg, but February in Arizona is usually nice.
I usually get excited about goal races but this one has me meh. All training long. not sure why.
Probably because you won't have your own personal MountainDew aid station this year