Spilt a fair bit of blood on my hill repeats yesterday, hadn't taken that bad a spill for almost a year. Hit the vitamin I pretty hard last night and feeling better than I thought I would. If all goes well I'll get a easy 5 miler in after work.

qotd: roughly what mileage run do you start worrying about nutrition?  Typically anything under 10 miles I do without, more than 10 I usually start carrying calories

Good afternoon all.. slow day here. Last night the Lady and I ran 6.5 over at Green Lane on the rocky side of the park. Warming up again. Went back to shirtless running. Really crowded out there, relatively speaking. I saw 4 other trail runners and numerous dog walkers and hikers. I suspect everyone is cashing in on the last month or so of evening daylight. This evening? I think I will run my loop on the easier side of the lake.

QOTD: Normally about 3 hours. Runs 2 hours or less I usually I don't even carry fluids, 2-3 hours a handheld or two with water or sports drink, 3+ hours I will carry some gels in my handhelds as well. Now if I am racing say a trail half I will probably pop a gel or two.

Planning on a little over 7 with DS tonight after he gets home from work. That all depends on him not getting caught up in too much traffic. Just found out there was a fatal accident on the route that he uses to come home. Traffic's all backed up going the opposite way that he will be traveling but the rubberneckers always block things up.

QOTD: Any distance. I tend to have blood sugar crashes at the most inopportune times so I always carry something with me. Normally, however, I don't plan on actually eating anything unless I'm over 8 miles. Between 8-10 I just wait to see how I feel. Anything over 10 and I at least take a gel at the 8 mile mark, around 5 miles if I'm on harder trails. Of course with Tailwind that alters this plan and then I may not eat until 10-12 miles unless I know I'm going long then I still eat something around 5-8 miles. If that sounds complicated, it's because my stomach can be complicated .

Slow day here.  Everyone must be running, vacationing, traveling, actually working, or just plain lazy.

Queen - hope the heart palpitations turn out to be nothing.

blarg - hope it is simply muscular.

QOTD: I rarely carry anything including water for <2 hours --except for hot humid days and then I do.  Over 3 hours I have water with tailwind.  Over 4.5 hours I might try and pack something solid to eat.

Good Luck, Sandy, I hope you'll have a great race!

I love those tatami mats and traditional rooms. Funny detail, when I lived in Japan, even when our Japanese hosts owned "Western" furniture, every time when we "Westerners" were visiting them, they (and we all) would end up sitting on the floor in front of a (low, almost Japanese style) couch table, with our backs against the couch or recliner. After I had returned, I would still always sit on the floor in the evenings (after work, to watch TV, or do something else), with my back against the couch! 

Took me years before I would lie or slouch on a couch or in a recliner the "normal" way again!