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Hi pens. I had a rad RAD last night. I hate putting it off that long, but I just love to run through the park and under the stars at night. Today is supposed to be 20 degrees cooler, so I'll probably run in the daytime.
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Hi Zel. Glad it is cooling off there.
SRD. LR tomorrow.
Afternoon! Went to Barre class and I have nothing else unless I make up for the miles I missed on Tuesday.
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Warmup & 2 mile race this morning. My legs are toast. Taking it easy the rest of the day for trail running in the morning.
We drove down to Maryland for my granddaughter's 6th birthday lunch, then back home this afternoon. Probably not running today unless I get inspired after dinner.
Ginny, that sounds like a fun day.
Santa Rosa HM for me today.
Good luck, Brilliant!
8.1 run/walk. DP was 71 but it wasn't all that bad. 21.6 for the week so just made my goal.
Good luck Bri. Did you ever run one of the "Destination Races" wine country HM's? We want to do one in CA some day. Or are there better ones?
Dog sitting the pitty today. Possibly the SIL as well.
Hope it went well, Brilliant!
I have 18-20 with 10 @ MP sometime soon.
Jerry - good job doing your run in the heat and humidity. What's up with the SIL?
D - good luck with the hard 20 on the TM. Are you following a different program for this one?
Brilliant - so, how did it go?
PAD - I hope your trail run went well.
Z - I'm glad it's cooling off for you finally.
Another 90+ day, so I did 8 on the TM.
I am following one of my coach's plans. Thought it was 20 but since I am doing a race in 3 weeks, I switched to 18 and didn't remember. So, 18 with last 8 @ MP. I'm tired.
It was just OK: 2:16:40. I was hoping for 2:10 or so; not a PR but close. But I ended up with some numbness in my right leg from my sciatica issues after mile 10 which really slowed me down. Well, it was a fun weekend anyway.
I'm sorry your race wasn't as good as you hoped. I hope you can get the sciatica healed. I've had it, but not bad enough that it affected running. Still, a weekend in wine country is fun.