I planned on 15.25 miles this morning.  Woke up very early to a tough morning of 82° and 65%.  So I just ran easy to get the miles in.  Got to 14 miles, felt okay, so decided to add a few miles and ended up withy 17.2 miles at 9:31 pace.  Slow but steady, and the HR stayed down nicely except the last couple.

 

Bill

Nono,

Ahhh the beach   I went Friday with DW and had great time. Wish we lived a little closer so we could go more often.

 

Bill,

 Just getting in the miles is all that is need especially in the HH. Great job!

 

Slo,

 Give yourself a few weeks to get back in the swing. You have had a rough month or so.

 

 10 miles this morning under cloudy skies.although I was dripping sweat by the third mile the heat did not build so it was pretty comfortable. 79 degrees and 60% but not bad. 1:36:06 so 9:40s pace. I'll take it right now.

 

Great runs for all who follow

Larry

Good morning.

 

I just managed to get in my run before it got hot.   However I see that it is already 92 degrees to not really cool.  However the start was more like 84 degrees.    Anyway, I did manage to get in 11.6 miles that finishes off my week nicely.

 

I am  glad that Dave had the opportunity to open my cancelled daily yesterday.   Everything has a purpose. 

 

Glad to hear that Tom got through his medical testing so well.

 

Good runs to all.   Have a great Sunday.

 

Joey

Good day everyone.  I guess if there is a good time to be injured, doing it during the hot, humid days of July is a good choice.  I would be stir crazy if I was wasting the beautiful fall weather.  Sorry to read about all your sufferings out there.

 

I am notorious for wasting time.  Even in kindergarten I received "N" for unsatisfactory on my report card for "using my free time wisely."  But I don't spend all my time clicking refresh on forum threads.  Some of it is spent watching Dora the Explorer and Go Diego Go with my granddaughter.  I know enough Spanish now to count to 10, say - open, close, up, down, stop, please, thank-you, let's go, and call for help.

 

Last fall/winter, I read, "How to Read a Book" by Mortimer Adler.  I think it was the best thing I ever read.  It's challenge was to read books that are above you, to stretch you.  After that, I gave one of the books on his list a whirl - "Confessions" by Augustine.  And now I have picked up a book that I tossed aside at about page 40 because I was struggling in it.  I decided to pick it back up this weekend and apply my new training.  It's probably not anything well known, "The way of the (modern) world" by Craig M Gay.  It's still a bit of a struggle but I am trying to apply Adler's principles.

 

So, if I'm not improving my fitness, hopefully I am at least improving my mind.  And I get to do that in a comfy chair in an air conditioned house.

 

Hi there!  Life is so busy.  I just can't get to this daily.  We brought our niece back with us from NC.  Trying to get caught up from vacation and have some fun with her.

Lots of great double digit and long runs today!  Woo Hoo to nono!  Diver-20 good ones!  Breger, Halla, Walt, CYN-run run run!!!  Good job!

Slo- don't worry.  You are going to be fine.  

Tom- my favorite rain running song is "Please Don't Stop the Rain" by James Morrison (not Jim M)  I love running in the rain.  Especially during this hot weather!

I've been nursing a pretty sore shin.  Today I ran 3.5 on an indoor track, 20 min recumbent bike, 25 min elliptical, and a plethora of other form drills and core exercises.  A very well rounded workout, I must say.  

Nono- Have fun at the beach!  I'm stuck inland chillin' by the pool!  

 I'm hoping to do a 2hr run tomorrow(or Tues).  Fingers crossed I feel up to it.  

Even in kindergarten I received "N" for unsatisfactory on my report card

 

 

“N”?  Am I missing something here?  

 

Lots of great running out there in the H&H today....

 

Diverdoc – congratulations on your PR for weekly mileage!  As well as your speedy H&H 20-miler.

 

Walt and CNYrunner – you two speedy runners compliment each other wonderfully – very nice run today!

 

Being an early morning runner, I look at the outside temp. every morning when I get up, and I must admit (although you will never hear me complain about the heat) that it is unusual for there to be such a long stretch of 70-something temps at 5am here, as it has been most of the last 7-8 weeks.  Usually even in the peak of summer it will still be high 60’s before dawn.  The humidity, though, well that’s just a given in the Miami Valley…

 

The plan today was to get 20 miles in, with no worries about pace.  Good thing, too, because about 2 miles into my run I began to have digestive difficulties.  Okay, let’s just be honest here, I had the runs on my run.  I had to stop at every portopotty I came across (4) on the river path and a couple patches of woods, too.  Plus stops at the 7 water fountains I passed as well.  But I got the run in, and managed to avoid having an embarrassing accident.  Barely.

 

20 miles in 72° - 82° and 93%.  Ave running pace (not counting the stops) for the first 18 miles was 10:07, but the last two miles were abysmally slow as the wheels came off and I took some walk breaks.  Wait, maybe we can call that Cool Down miles…..  Mostly, though, I'm just grateful I was able to get out there and run at all....

 

Then lunch and 1.5 hours at the pool, which included 45 minutes of pool running and swimming and general water play with the kids, followed by a nap.  (aaahhhhhh)

 

Now I’m enjoying a cup of coffee while the smell of the carnitas simmering fills the house, contemplating doing some yardwork (the weeds are threatening to take over the house), before I settle down to watch a couple episodes of Glee with the kids.  (I checked out Season One from the library.)

 

Happy Sunday!

Wow, some excellent long runs today! Nice double digits, Nono.  I'm finally  back in double digits myself, after my vacation.  Byll, great that you felt strong enough to add another 2 miles to your run today. Walt and Karin, I'm jealous that you guys got to run together!  Of course, there's no way I could keep up with either of you... 

 

Diverdoc, great 20 miler, and weekly PR! Holly, glad you had lots of bathrooms and water fountains on your 20 miler today - way to git 'er done.  I hope our library gets Glee - I'd love to see it.  Dg, congrats on a great 14 miler that wasn't sucky like last week's run!

 

Dave, enjoy that AC today.  I was glad I was injured during a bad time to run, also - Jan and Feb. 

 

I got up early and ran 3 miles around the neighborhood with the dogs - it was only 55° at 7:30.  But then when I came home to drop the dogs off, DH and DD had gotten up early too, and wanted to go hiking before it got too hot, so we all went over to the local state park and hiked a steep 2.5 mile loop.  They came home, and I ran another 7.1 miles on the park trails.  By the time I was done, it was in the mid 70's and sunny, but there was a breeze so it was OK.  I carried water, and refilled it at one of the picnic areas.  So a total of 10.1 running and 2.5 hiking, although actually a lot of the 7.1 trail miles were hiking too, as the trails are very steep.  So I logged it in as 12.6 miles.   I'm thinking of signing up for a half in August.