May 2016 Running Challenge

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  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    PoppetsMaster wrote: »
    WhatMeRunning wrote: »
    ...the new Glycerin 14's arrived at my doorstep!
    I had to google these to see what has everyone so excited (besides the universal giddiness of new running shoes) and I was amazed!

    "The Brooks Glycerin 14 road-running shoes put soft, pillowy cushioning underfoot..." AND a 10mm drop!

    Holy shlt! That shoe would have me in the hospital a half-mile down the road... lol

    Do you have to orders those from Mattress Discounters?? :)
    Serta ain't got nuthin' on deez Brooks! :tongue:

    These feel good. I might even dare to wear them at the half this weekend.
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    https://instagram.com/p/BFULdTeLHQD/embed/
  • PoppetsMaster
    PoppetsMaster Posts: 200 Member
    edited May 2016
    I am more comfortable in these... I can roll them up and put them in my pocket.


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  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    edited May 2016
    Yeah, these are diametrically opposite shoes in both cushioning and heel drop! :lol:

    I can stuff an entire change of clothes in my shoes. :smile:
  • PoppetsMaster
    PoppetsMaster Posts: 200 Member
    WhatMeRunning wrote: »
    These feel good. I might even dare to wear them at the half this weekend.

    You definitely should. The worst thing that could happen is that your feet could get all comfy and fall asleep.

  • PoppetsMaster
    PoppetsMaster Posts: 200 Member
    As you all can see, @MNLittleFinn, @WhatMeRunning and I don't have real jobs...
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    PoppetsMaster wrote: »
    As you all can see, @MNLittleFinn, @WhatMeRunning and I don't have real jobs...

    Lunch break while the kids are at lunch.....
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    I'm already starting to feel guilty about tomorrow's rest day....but with the goal of a distance PR on Sat, I know I need to get the rest in first.
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    I'm back from my "meeting".

    And I'm really not sure what to call my job. People ask me what I do and I often have a hard time explaining. So I just say I'm in IT and leave it at that.

    This is actually just an AI bot that I spawned speaking on my behalf while I grab lunch.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    @RespectTheKitty Good job. It is hard to not run once you really get into it.
  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @RespectTheKitty Good job. It is hard to not run once you really get into it.

    So true! When I'm not running, I want to be running. It's really hard to not overdo it. :smile:
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    RespectTheKitty wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @RespectTheKitty Good job. It is hard to not run once you really get into it.

    So true! When I'm not running, I want to be running. It's really hard to not overdo it. :smile:

    yup. I'm really thinking about skipping my rest day tomorrow, but my planned LR for Saturday will be a distance PR, so I'm going to try to be good.
  • PoppetsMaster
    PoppetsMaster Posts: 200 Member
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    yup. I'm really thinking about skipping my rest day tomorrow, but my planned LR for Saturday will be a distance PR, so I'm going to try to be good.

    Screw that... just go for it... its about time you learn the sweet heaviness of doing a long run on tired legs...

  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    edited May 2016
    PoppetsMaster wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    yup. I'm really thinking about skipping my rest day tomorrow, but my planned LR for Saturday will be a distance PR, so I'm going to try to be good.

    Screw that... just go for it... its about time you learn the sweet heaviness of doing a long run on tired legs...

    If my MTC joint wasn't giving me issues, I would. But there is the whole I shouldn't injure myself thing. Tomorrow is XT day too, so there is that, squats, lunges and core work....yay.
  • PoppetsMaster
    PoppetsMaster Posts: 200 Member
    I was teasing. Mostly. And as an ongoing caveat, you will always be better off listening to @Stoshew71 and @WhatMeRunning and @MobyCarp rather than me... lol... I am allergic to science stuff so my advice is borderline irresponsible.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    PoppetsMaster wrote: »
    I was teasing. Mostly. And as an ongoing caveat, you will always be better off listening to @Stoshew71 and @WhatMeRunning and @MobyCarp rather than me... lol... I am allergic to science stuff so my advice is borderline irresponsible.

    My problem is, I usually take that advice! LOL. If I wasn't in a routine, I'd probably run tomorrow, but I have a decent run/recovery routine at the moment. If/when I bump to 6 days a week, Friday will be the run I add, as a recovery between Thursday's Stamina runs and my Saturday Long Runs. Just not there yet
  • PoppetsMaster
    PoppetsMaster Posts: 200 Member
    I run 5 days a week... take Mondays and Fridays off... Fridays let me rest up for my long weekend runs and Mondays let me recover from them... I lift weights on those days.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    Those are my same days off of running.
  • PoppetsMaster
    PoppetsMaster Posts: 200 Member
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    My problem is, I usually take that advice! LOL.

    Now I feel like a really bad dad.... I better not even get into how much bourbon I drink...

  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    PoppetsMaster wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    My problem is, I usually take that advice! LOL.

    Now I feel like a really bad dad.... I better not even get into how much bourbon I drink...

    I prefer Rye, so it's OK
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    Date Miles today. Miles for May
    5/1 REST DAY
    5/2 6.2 miles - 6.2 << Taper and cutback week. 5K race Wednesday morning
    5/3 6.2 miles - 12.4
    5/4 4.4 miles - 16.8 << PEO-AVN 5K Fun Run (was only 2.9 miles; plus 1.5 w/u)
    5/4 3.1 miles - 19.9 << got some extra miles squeezed in
    5/5 7.5 miles - 27.4
    5/6 4 miles - 31.4
    5/7 REST DAY << Sick +daughter's birthday party
    5/8 REST DAY
    5/9 9 miles - 40.4 << Madkin Mountain (634 ft elev gain)
    5/9 4 miles - 44.4 << Daily Double
    5/10 8.3 miles - 52.7
    5/10 4 miles 56.7 << Daily Double
    5/11 6.2 miles - 62.9
    5/12 9 miles - 71.9


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    Upcoming races:
    UAH 8K - 3/6 <<< 34:33 3 in AG
    Oak Barrel HM - 4/2 <<<< 1:38:00 3 in AG
    Bridge Street HM - 4/10 <<< 1:36:33 3 in AG
    PEO-AVN Team Day 5K - 5/4 <<< 19:10 (2.9 mi) 1 in AG 5 OA
    Cotton Row Run 10K - 5/30
    Firecracker Chase 10.2 miler 6/25


    Got so busy this morning that i never got a chance to check in. Here I thought I get into the office early at 7:30. But no, find out that I had an 8:00 morning meeting in a completely different building 10 minutes away and I still needed to take a shower down stairs.

    I come in straight from my group run into the office to beat the gate traffic getting onto the base. There is a gym and showers downstairs in my building complex that I just go into after I take a quick look at my work email and log my runs. Find out the guy scheduling the meeting this morning forwarded the email to me at 6:45 this morning when everybody else got it yesterday afternoon. Gees! Anyway, checking in now. Gees. 95 updates since yesterday afternoon. Don't you people have lives... wait. Don't answer that. :smirk:

  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    louubelle16 wrote: »
    So anyway, hopefully my hating running was actually just a little phase and I'm back on track now! I should still make goal this month, although it looks like I'm a long way off, but my training plan says I will still be over. I think I will also keep on hiding the running watch for a bit and just get back to running for fun. I have a couple of months before I need to start training again (thank goodness).

    @louubelle16, a great idea! Sometimes those things we use to track our progress end up impeding us. The joy of running is just that...joy from running, not knowing splits.

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