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Morning Penguins, 20 week Cowtown Marathon Training W1D1, active rest day.
Off to the gym this morning for the spin & HIIT classes again.
on my way to badass
Still waiting for the perfect race picture. 5K PR-33:52 , 10K PR 1:11:16, First HM 2:42:28
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Good Morning PAD and SF and Pengs.
Had a great time voluncheering at Chicago Marathon. But, sadly missed Docket, so many runners. Glad you had a great time Docket. I'm still a little hoarse from 4 hours of screaming "Kick Butt" !!! Or was it from the noisy bar we went to with DD's after the race?
Good luck with training PAD.
Keep trucking sapf.
Congrats on the PR, Brilliant.
Short run for us today. Getting ready for next weekend's Half.
Welcome back Rach !!
Have a great week.
Hi everyone, probably a rest day for me. I got a pretty decent pic from Sat 15k, I'll try to post it when I get home.
How's the foot, Mitch?
It's okay. I did 5 miles in the same shoes yesterday, and natta!
Good luck, Lauren!
PAD- That quote was my marathon approach, haha! Always nice when training plans start off with RD! What plan are you using?
SF- Have a good run with your RP!
Jerry- I'm glad you got out to volunteer again! Any inspiration to run it after seeing all of the fanfare?
Mitch- Glad the foot is feeling better.
As for me- SRD #8. Hansons say take two weeks off, and since there's a possibility that I ran myself into the ground with my training, it makes sense to follow it. I will go for a walk today.
Morning! SRD, although I might do a PiYo workout to stretch. I am sore but not THAT sore.
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Good luck, Lauren! PAD- That quote was my marathon approach, haha! Always nice when training plans start off with RD! What plan are you using? SF- Have a good run with your RP! Jerry- I'm glad you got out to volunteer again! Any inspiration to run it after seeing all of the fanfare? Mitch- Glad the foot is feeling better. As for me- SRD #8. Hansons say take two weeks off, and since there's a possibility that I ran myself into the ground with my training, it makes sense to follow it. I will go for a walk today.
I thought they took two recovery weeks but not with no running. Really? I would go crazy!!!!
I doublechecked last night. No running.
Penguin Power!
Thanks Jerry.
PAD - good luck with the spin and HIIT. There's a spin studio near my apartment, maybe I'll sign up for a package to keep me entertained and challenged over the winter. I used to do a bunch of spin classes.
SF - have fun with the 9.3 :-)
Mitch - glad to hear your foot is okay
Zel - enjoy the rest, you earned it
D - when is your next big race?
AFM: Yoga today between students. It is a weird day for me because they have off from school. One of them wants to meet at noon and I generally do 2pm yoga on Monday, so I think I'll just meet with him in my yoga clothes. I'll throw on a big sweatshirt so he doesn't have too much exciting to look at =P (oh 17 year old boys)
Upcoming Races: Run as One 4M (4/24) * Japan Run 4M (5/8) * Brooklyn Half (5/21)
sapf, NYCM.
It's funny Zel, about the first 25% of runners look terrific at 16 miles, then the rest are the Walking Dead. So, no DW was not inspired to let me run. Ironically, She's the one that should run the FM. She would kill it.
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Morning, Penguins!! DH came to bed way late last night, so we slept in instead of walking this morning. Maybe we'll do a loop when I get home this evening. PAD -- Have fun actively resting!!Stone -- have a good 9.3! (What an odd number!)Jerryb -- glad you had a good time at Chicago! Did you drink D's Mtn. Dew for her?Hog -- have a good RD!!Zelanie -- Hope you're not getting bored resting!!Docket -- glad you're feeling good today!!sapf -- enjoy the yoga!!I saw Rach wandered back into the igloo, hiya Rach!!
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.