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Good morning Penguins!
Today is National Chocolate Caramel Day, yum.
I can do stairs normally today so I'm meeting a friend for an easy 3.
Hey guys. Worked yesterday, then drove with coworkers up to a conference, then sat through the conference keynote, then still managed to run 8.5 on the hotel TM. Today is theoretically 12 hours of conference activities, plus I'm hoping to get another TM run in. Wish me luck!
Wow that is a busy day zel! Good luck
Good morning Brill, nice to hear you can walk stairs normally now. Ha ha
PT exercises later for me. No longer going to PT just hoping all these exercises will eventually strengthen whatever is not strong enough. Shin still hurts. Going to trigger point (painful) massage tomorrow.
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Traci
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Morning pens! Just finished 8.55 with 5 at GHMP. So much easier mentally to do long tempo type workouts outside than on the treadmill, though I definitely did not appreciate the hills at the beginning. Rolled my ankle on a rock at the very end, it feels fine now but keeping my fingers crossed that it doesn't turn into anything bad - might take tomorrow off just to be safe.
Morning! I don't like chocolate but give me all the caramel!
20 miles with 5 easy, 10 @ MP + 10%, last 5 at MP done this morning (took part of the morning off). Good thing I am working from home. Pilates later.
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Nice runs, D and Lauren!
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Morning all!
I felt fine during my easy 2.5 yesterday, but later in the evening my right calf was really tight/sore and today my left foot feels pretty unhappy with me. I'm going to try for like 3 easy miles with a lot of stretching today to see if I feel any better. I forgot to roll after my run yesterday which is possibly what caused the calf weirdness - as for the foot I really have no idea. Certainly all super slow easy running until I'm feeling fully better.
Zel - I'm impressed - full day of conferences and then 8.5 miles on the TM - great job!
Allison - good luck with your easy 3 today - take it super duper easy
Traci - good luck with doing PT exercises on your own - I've found that without an enforcer there I tend to slack off =/
Lauren - sorry to hear about the ankle - taking tomorrow off is probably a smart idea
DR - amazing job - 20 miles on a Thursday? :-)
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Brilliant - good luck on the easy three. I'm glad you're feeling better.
sapf - I hope the foot and calf aren't anything big. Try walking a bit before you run.
Damaris - good job on the LR. Is this the week you go to Puerto Rico? How can you not like chocolate? I thought everybody likes chocolate.
Z - good job getting your runs in while travelling. Hope the conference is worthwhile.
Traci - good luck with the PT. I hope it helps.
Lauren - good job on the tempo run. I actually like doing speedwork on the TM because then I don't have to worry about the pace, the TM does it for me. Of course, the result is I'm terrible at self-pacing.
AFM: I have five miles later. We're expecting snow tomorrow, but today is just cold and gray.
Ginny - the one thing I'm good at in life is self-pacing, haha Once I get up to speed I just shut my brain off and let my legs go on autopilot.
Zel, good luck with the treadmill tonight!
Damaris and Lauren - nice running this morning!
Traci, hope you have fun strengthening your shins today.
Jill, I hope your 3 miles are easy and fun and that you feel better soon.
Ginny, have a nice 5.
AFM - ended up with 3.7 slow miles. I think I'll rest again tomorrow; I didn't really feel "normal" out there today. Nothing hurt a lot, just overall soreness.
3.2 done - felt fine during the run thankfully :-) I rolled my foot with my "foot rubz" ball beforehand and I felt better. I think that my body just still has some residual soreness.
Of course since I'm running reduced recovery mileage I'm looking at full plans.
Return To Racing
3.5 tempo run @10:00. I'll have a Pixie.
Barking Mad To Run
Happy Thursday! Thanks for starting us off, Brilliant! I was a bit under the weather last night - chills and sweats, cold an hot, all at the same time..don't know from what. Went to bed pretty early, slept for about 10 hours, and felt much better. Of course, totally missed my alarm going off, so called in to my boss and took a 'mental health day' today. Went out to Randolph Air Force Base in the late morning and did my did a run/walk to see if I could sweat even more stuff out of my system. Apparently I was feeling much better because when I started my workout, I felt a bit sluggish for my 1st run interval. By my second I was feeling better. By my third, I was feeling great....so I kept going. I ended up with 5 miles in just a little over 55 minutes....the farthest I've gone in quite a while! My weekly 'long' run has been 4 miles, but I guess it's 5 miles now, lol.
Besides the holiday Brilliant showed, March 19 is also National Poultry Day....
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Mmmmm. chocolate and caramel, two of my favorite food groups
Hi, Brilliant, I hope you're feeling better. You are amazing for making it through the LA Marathon in that heat! Forgot to ask, didja see any celebrities?
Zelanie, hope the conference is enjoyable and that you can get in a TM run!
Traci -I'm sorry about your shin and hope the massage helps.
Lauren - Ow for the rolled ankle at the end of your run! Not cool, Mother Nature, not cool!
Docket - I meant to check back but forgot even what day's thread it was that you mentioned the meeting with David Cassidy; how was it? Did ET show up and I missed you on TV?
sapf - happy stretching, I'm going to have to Google "foot rubz" and hope the results are work-appropriate
Hi, Ginny, hope your five was/is nice. It's weird to hear you're expecting snow when on the radio this morning they were talkng about the Lake Tahoe resorts closing this weekend for lack of snow.
Jerry - do you mean like Pixie Stix or some kind of beer or...?
AFM, I canceled my session with the trainer tonight because I have a bunch of errands to prepare for DH's birthday party this weekend, but with luck I can squeeze in a quick run through the neighborhood loop. I got a pink blinkie vest-strappy thing for Christmas that I haven't tried out yet, so tonight might be a good night for it.
I can. I will. I am.