November 2016 Running Challenge
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Fast Before the Feast 5k race report. It was 34 degrees and cloudy with some light wind. I was running with my brother who's 2 years older and in the next AG.
Mile 1: went out too fast first half mile was sub 7 pace. I slowed worn a bit and ended the first mile in 7:35.
Mile 2: pretty much flat, and ran a 7:34.
Mile 3: only major uphill of the course, killed my pace after going out too fast. 7:46 pace
Final 1/10 mile: dropped the hammer best I could and managed 7:09 right at the end.
Finish time was 23:22, good enough for a PR and 4th in AG, a first for me. My brother 40 seconds behind me got 3rd in his AG7 -
November goal: 75 miles
11/1: 3 miles (m)
11/2: Rest Day
11/3: 3 miles
11/4: 3 miles (m)
11/5: 3 miles
11/6: 2.75 miles
11/7: 3 miles (m)
11/8: 3 miles
11/9: Rest Day
11/10: Rest Day
11/11: No running per Doc
11/12: No running per Doc
11/13: No running per Doc
11/14: No running per Doc
11/15: No running per Doc
11/16: 4 miles
11/17: 4 miles
11/18: 4 miles
11/19: 4 miles
11/20: 5 miles
11/21: 5 miles
11/22: 5 miles
11/23: Rest Day
11/24: 5 miles (m)
My Total/November: 56.75 miles
Mike's Total: 14 miles
My run was thwarted by a rainstorm yesterday so I ended up just taking a rest day. Fun Thanksgiving Day run with Mike and Fergus this morning. Mike stuck with me the whole 5 miles. I like when he is along cause he pushes my pace a bit and I ran this 5 miles faster than any of my previous runs with each mile well under 13 minutes. (I usually average right around 13 - 13.25 minutes per mile.) I also found a 10K race to do in January and am looking at a couple to choose from in February. I think I am going to shoot for one race each month if I can find them. I am so just feeling really good today.
I think my shoes are done. The left one is making a weird floppy noise with each step, though I can't find anything loose anywhere. It just doesn't "feel " quite right either. These are my Newtons that I had back in 2005 when I was running and I have no idea how many miles they have on them. They are looking pretty worn. I was trying to get them to make it to the end of the month, but I think I am going to have to swap them out in the next day or so. Fortunately, I have another pair that only has a few miles on it; I hope they can get me through the end of January or so before I have to buy another pair.
On the shoe count - I love shoes. I only have a couple of pairs of running/walking shoes. But, I have about 30 pairs of dress shoes, sandals and heels. There is no such thing as too many shoes! I have a feeling I am going to be spending some $$$ on running shoes in the near future.
Have a great day everyone!
Upcoming Race:
12/3 Snowball Run 5K, Kingwood TX
1/22 Choco Loco 10K, Houston, TX
OK, so the ticker does eventually update, it just seems to take it a while.
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Out for a recovery run following yesterdays HM effort. Was an "easy" 30 minutes (4.4k) - I was very tired but actually my legs didn't feel anywhere near as bad as I would have expected. After yesterdays 21k I wore compression shorts for about 6 hours and compression calf sleeves overnight. Today it was my hamstrings that were (slightly) tight, but nothing that a proper warm up wouldn't have sorted if I'd have bothered to do one! Glutes were fine, and my calves actually felt good and better than they have in days so yay to my compressport sleeves! Interestingly my upper body was pretty stiff all over - probably because I neglected that in post run stretch yesterday, so have made sure to stretch all over this afternoon.
I hope all you US runners have a great thanksgiving, and a great start to the streak for those of you partaking. Nothing special planned this side of the pond - probably another early night to continue recovery.
2-Nov: 13.1k - 3 laps of hilly route.
4-Nov: 6.26k - Planned 11k easy, but cut short as very stiff/tired.
7-Nov: 11.25k long run.
9-Nov: 6k fast
12-Nov: 18k long run [Distance PR] Very wet.
14-Nov (AM): 5.1k easy. Wet and sluggish (no warm-up)
14-Nov (PM): 10k as 5k tempo + 5k intervals
16-Nov: 8.3k - 2 laps of hill circuit
19-Nov: 7.4k trail run at approx HM pace.
20-Nov: 11.5k - planned 19.5k long run but cut short due to tight left achilles.
23-Nov: 21.2k HM pacing practice [Distance PR]
24-Nov: 4.4k (30 mins) recovery run1 -
Hi all
My effort:
1/1: 7.4k
11/3: 6.3k
11/4: 6.1k
11/5: 18k
11/7: 10k
11/8: 3k
11:9: 2k
11/10: 9.5k
11/11: 2k
11/12: 9.2k
11/14: 3.2
11/15: 10.4k
11/17: 8.8k
11/18: 2.1k
11/19: Rest
11/20: 21.2k
11/22: 8.3k
11/23: 2.5
11/24: 6
Up until now: 136k
Left:4k
Happy Thanksgiving!2 -
11/1: 3
11/4: 4.2
11/6: 6
11/8: 3
11/10: 4
11/13: 7
11/16: 2.3
11/18: 4
11/20: 8
11/24: 5
46.5 of 60
Training for: Key West Half Marathon, Jan 15, 2017
Peaceful, quiet, snowy 5 miles in the park this morning. Thankful to get off the beaten path. Have a great day, all!
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11/1: 8.5 miles
11/2: 6.7 miles
11/3: 3.6 miles (am), 6 miles (pm)
11/4: Rest
11/5: 14 miles
11/6: NYCM spectating!
11/7: 3 miles
11/8: 3 miles (am), 6 miles (pm)
11/9: 4.5 miles
11/10: 5.5 miles (am), no pm run
11/11: 4.4 miles
11/12: 10 miles
11/13: 5.5 miles
11/14: 3.3 miles
11/15: Rest day finally!
11/16: 6 miles
11/17: 3 miles with the Thursday crew
11/18: Rest/expo day
11/19: 3 miles
11/20: 26.4 miles - Philly Marathon
11/21: Rest/1.2 miles walk
11/22: Rest
11/23: Rest
11/24: 4.1 miles
First run since the marathon and it felt surprisingly good! I did a 2 mile loop while the oven pre-heated for my pizza and then 2 more while it cooked. Came into the house as the timer had 30 seconds left. Perfect timing! Now gorging myself on pizza, watching Netflix, and lounging around the rest of the day.
I helped time our local Turkey Trot this morning and that was quite the experience. Helped put together timing mats, entered over 100 race day registrants (and my coworkers registered ~150 between the two of them) into the timing system, and then helped tear everything down. I was frozen by the end -- numb toes, frozen fingers -- and came away with way more respect for the timing staff & race volunteers. I think they have it harder than the runners on cold days!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Fall Race Season & Next Year:
10/8: Coe College Homecoming 5k: 21:26
10/16: Superhero Halloween Half Marathon: 1:42:24
11/20: Philadelphia Marathon: 3:52:00
3/26/17: Philly Love Run HM
5/14/17: Delaware Marathon Running Festival HM
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@RespectTheKitty - hugs to you. Glad you are running!
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Did a group ride this morning we went 51 miles. I was surprisingly strong today, compared to last weekend. Then I ran 1 mile to start off my holiday streak. Oh my gosh my legs were so tight when I started the run!
11/1 - 4.3 miles
11/2 - strength training
11/3 - rest day
11/4 - 4.5 miles + strength training
11/5 - 34 miles biking
11/6 - 9 miles
11/7 - 3 miles
11/8 - 4.1 miles
11/9 - rest/mourning day
11/10 - 5 miles
11/11 - 4.1 miles + strength training
11/12 - 4.1 miles
11/13 - 51 miles biking
11/14 - 4.1 miles
11/15 - 5 miles
11/16 - strength training
11/17 - 5 miles
11/18 - rest day
11/19 - 44 miles biking
11/20 - 27 miles biking
11/21 - 4.1 miles
11/22 - 4 miles
11/23 - 4 miles
11/24 - streak starts 51 miles biking and 1.1 mile run
11/25
11/26 - S
11/27 - S
11/28
11/29
11/30 - 5K
Upcoming races
11/30/16 - I/ITSEC 5K
2/5/17 - Daytona Beach HM
2/26/17 - Disney Princess HM Orlando
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November Running Challenge
2nd - 4.05 miles
3rd - 4.27 miles
5th - 4.60 miles
6th - 7.28 miles
7th-12th - injured
13th - 5.37 miles
15th - 3.20 miles
16th - 3.40 miles
18th - 3.08 miles
19th - 8.38 miles
20th - 4.03 miles
22nd - 3.01 miles
23rd - 5.50 miles
24th - 3.07 miles
MTD - 59.24/80* miles
*Adjusted down due to injury
Upcoming races:
17th Dec - Lee Valley VeloPark Half Marathon
9th April 2017 - Brighton Marathon2 -
Managed 3.5 miles this morning (plus 1 mile walk) which I think felt okay other than I got tired. I'll see how my shin and foot react as I resume running. I was up all night with sick hubby so I'm literally running on fumes at this point. I only slept 9:30-11:30pm. It was 40F with light wind. My legs were stinging from the cold until the running warmed me up. Thanksgiving lunch at inlaws. I need to go home and nap! Great job everybody who ran this holiday morning 1
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Very hot, dry and windy here today. Not ideal running weather but I wanted to get a Turkey Trot 10k in even though I wasn't actually running in a race. When I got near the house I realized I was close to 7 miles so I just kept running the cul-de-sacs until I hit 7+
Date........Miles.....Total
11/01......0.00......0.00 - + Strength Training
11/02......4.66......4.66
11/03......0.00......4.66 - + Strength Training and Rally Obedience (2 classes!)
11/04......4.29......8.95
11/05......0.00......8.95 - Agility Trial
11/06......0.00......8.95 - Agility Trial
11/07......4.23....13.18 - + Agility class
11/08......3.00....16.18 - + Strength Training
11/09......4.41....20.59
11/10......0.00....20.59 - to Napa
11/11......0.00....20.59 - Wine
11/12......5.02....25.61 - Wine country run + Wine
11/13......0.00....25.61 - Back to reality
11/14......3.67....29.28
11/15......5.06....34.34 - Sunset run
11/16......0.00....34.34 - + Strength Training
11/17......4.60....38.94 - + Rally Obedience
11/18......5.58....44.52
11/19......0.00....44.52 - Dog Beach
11/20....10.32....54.84 - Long almost rain run
11/21......4.52....59.36 - After the rain run + Agility class
11/22......4.86....64.22
11/23......0.00....64.22
11/24......7.28....71.50
My completed and upcoming Races - Let me know if you will be running too!
02/07/16 - Surf City Half Marathon
02/20/16 - Divas Half Marathon - Temecula
07/04/16 - SHEPower Virtual Half Marathon
07/31/16 - San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon
08/21/16 - Tiki Beach 10k, Huntington Beach
09/18/16 - Beat the Blerch Half Marathon, Seattle
11/19/16 - USA Invitational Half Marathon (Yay, I qualified again!) - CANCELED!!
12/18/16 - San Diego Holiday Half Marathon
02/05/17 - Surf City Half Marathon1 -
16th: 0.86 miles running - treadmill, strength training and Pilates - MTD 21.81
17th: 2.51 miles, speed, with a bit of hill training with my running club - MTD 24.32
18th: 0 miles - MTD 24.32
19th: 2.56 miles Wk7:D3 C210k. , sharp sleet for a chunk of the run - MTD 26.88
20th: 0 miles - MTD
21st: 0 miles walking, treadmill, strength training and Pilates - MTD 26.88
22nd: 0 miles - MTD 26.88
23rd: 0 miles, strength training and Pilates - MTD
24th: 3.44 miles speed training (1/4 mile loops) with my running club - MTD 30.32
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November Running Totals (miles)
11/1 – 1.77 easy
11/2 – 2.09 easy
11/3 – 2.43 (1.67 + 0.76) easy
11/4 – rest day
11/5 – 2.60 easy
11/6 – 3.19 (2.60 + 0.59) easy
11/7 – rest day
11/8 – 2.15 easy
11/9 – 3.10 easy
11/10 – 2.04 easy
11/11 – rest day
11/12 – 3.70 easy
11/13 – 3.64 easy
11/14 – 3.05 easy
11/15 – 3.38 warmup + easy speed work
11/16 – rest day
11/17 – 4.76 warmup + easy speed work
11/18 – 4.25 easy + one stride
11/19 – 5.18 easy + one stride
11/20 – 5.00 easy to moderate
11/21 – 5.05 windy
11/22 – 5.26 warmup, easy speed work, cool down
11/23 – rest day
11/24 – 6.91 Race with Grace 10K + cool down run
November total to date – 69.95
Nominal Challenge Goal – 30 miles
Real Goals: Continue recovery. Complete Race with Grace 10K on Thanksgiving without setting recovery back, even if I have to walk most of it.
Today's notes – Thanksgiving Day, time for my 6th annual running of Race with Grace ("RwG"), which is the 26th annual running of this 10K. It was a few degrees warmer than the forecast, 34 F (1 C) when I got up this morning. Revised forecast called for showers and rain through race time. Above-freezing temperature plus rain gave me confidence to wear road shoes instead of trail shoes; in past years, I've worn trail shoes because of uncertain road conditions, only to find I could have got away with road shoes.
Last year, I didn't get the long sleeve tech shirt because I registered early enough to get the 25th Anniversary Jacket:
This year, I went with some cash and found that there was one size medium long sleeve tech shirt left from last year. I bought it, and watched the volunteer cross out "tech shirts" on the list of items for sale:
That will go nicely with this year's shirt:
With this year's shirt, I now have 4 RwG long sleeve tech shirts; the other two years I ran the race, I registered too late and got a cotton shirt. I wanted the 2015 shirt to complete the set, though I wore the 2013 shirt inside the 25th Anniversary jacket for the actual race. (Didn't even consider wearing my Boston Celebration jacket till I saw runners wearing Boston jackets from 2010, 2015, and 2016 in the crowd.)
Besides the people who are running this as a race, there are always a few people in costume. I found time for a picture before the race:
It was 36 F (2 C) at gun time. Coach had advised me to start out easy, then pick it up if I still felt good halfway through. I took this in context, knowing that the first half of RwG is net downhill and the second half is net uphill. I had it in mind to run an even pace, which means more effort in the second half.
I passed the mile marker as the volunteer called out 6:51. That's about my half marathon pace when I'm healthy. Okay, take that as about what I want to run while still recovering from Achilles tendonitis. Glanced at the Garmin from time to time, and was content as long as the current pace said 7:00 or a little faster. It didn't always; I saw it as slow as 7:15 on some uphill stretches. "Uphill" is relative here; there isn't all that much elevation change, but it's enough to feel at true 10K race pace.
Got halfway through, and the leg still felt fine. So I tried to up the effort and hold the pace on the net uphill second half. Tried to go faster on the downhill segments of the second half, if only because the uphill will slow me a bit naturally. Passed a lot of early start walkers and slow runners, and a few people who appeared to be regular start; but for the most part, my place was sorted out by mile 4. Felt good enough at mile 5 to put a little more effort in, right where it's a slight uphill for most of the rest of the way. Tried to take off after the mile 6 marker, and put on a decent finish line stride after the last turn. A younger guy with a better finish line sprint passed me just before the line; I think it was a guy I'd been trailing for a couple miles before passing him between mile 5 and mile 6.
I saw 42:17 or 42:19 on the clock as I started my stride to the finish. Stopped my Garmin timely, and it said 42:39. My official time turned out to be 42:38, for a 6:53 average pace. That's 1:45 slower than last year; but last year I was totally healthy for RwG. Garmin reported 6.24 miles, not bad considering I made no effort to run good tangents until after mile 6 and had to run wide to pass early start walkers quite a bit. Coach later told me that several runners noticed their official times were about 10 seconds slower than the clock when they crossed the line; that would be consistent with what I saw of the clock and my Garmin. But I started the Garmin right at the gun, and stopped it right after I crossed, so my belief is that the official time is correct and the finish line clock was off a bit more than they usually are.
Looking at my Garmin results, I see mile splits of 6:50, 6:51, 6:50, 6:53, 6:48, 6:55, and a 6:19 pace for the bit beyond mile 6. That's pretty much what I wanted to do, a steady 6 miles at about healthy half marathon pace then kick it up a bit at the end. I felt good enough to start a slow cool down run with some people from my running club; due to advice from my recovering leg, I turned back from that earlier than everyone else did.
The results have me as 46th of 799 overall; that's a small turnout for this race, but no doubt the rain kept some of the last minute runners away. I guess I could say I was Zero out of 30 in the age group; because I won the First Senior (60+) male aware, I was ineligible for an age group award.
No bling for this race. As First Male Senior I got a plain white envelope with a crisp new $50 bill inside. I will also get 10 Rochester Runner of the Year Age Group points, which will put me at 40 points and 3rd in my age group for the series. That's not bad for only running 4 races in a series that scores the best 6 results.
Came home, cleaned up, and schlepped the sweet potato pie I baked yesterday over to my daughter's place for Thanksgiving dinner. Had a nice chat with her, and left most of the leftover pie with her. We agreed that my first attempt at making sweet potato pie was a success. I overate, but not as much as is traditional on Thanksgiving Day.
I'm quite happy with how the day went.
2016 races:
January 1, 2016 Resolution Run 7.5 mile (Mendon, NY) finished in 53:58
January 9, 2016 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY) finished in 1:30:59
March 12, 2016 Johnny's Runnin' of the Green 5 mile (Rochester, NY) finished in 32:32
March 26, 2016 Spring Forward Distance Run 15K (Mendon, NY) finished in 1:05:24
April 18, 2016 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA) finished in 3:23:01
April 24, 2016 Flower City Challenge Half Marathon (Rochester, NY) finished in 1:36:50, targeting MP
May 15, 2016 Highland Hospital Lilac Run 10K (Rochester, NY) DNS - injury
June 19, 2016 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY) DNS - recovering from face plant
July 16, 2016 Shoreline Half Marathon (Hamlin, NY) finished in 1:31:11
August 13, 2016 Bergen Road Race 5K (Bergen, NY) finished in 19:07 (5K PR)
September 4, 2016 Oak Tree Half Marathon (Geneseo, NY) finished in 1:31:37
September 18, 2016 Rochester Marathon (Rochester, NY) DNF a mile from finish
October 15, 2016 Finish Strong 15K (Hilton, NY) DNS – Achilles tendonitis
October 22, 2016 Scare Brain Cancer Away 5K (East Rochester, NY) DNS – Achilles tendonitis
November 24, 2016 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY) finished in 42:32, First Senior (60+) Male
December 10, 2016 USATF National Club Cross Country Championships 8K (Tallahassee, FL)
2017 races:
January 7, 2017 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY)
April 17, 2017 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)6 -
Just got in a few easy runs both Tuesday and Today (as I biked 100 miles up to Thanksgiving yesterday and just did some walking in the evening).
Looks like I'll need to average about 7 miles/day to hit my number, and should get there by the 30th.
11/1 - 5 miles
11/3 - 1 mile
11/4 - 2 miles
11/5 - 27 miles (26.2 plus two very long runs through transition)
11/9 - 3 miles
11/13 - 22 miles (10K race + 2 miles of re-positioning + 14 miles of marathon pacing)
11/17 - 5 miles
11/18 - 6 miles
11/21 - 12 miles
11/22 - 7 miles
11/24 - 8.5 miles
Total: 98.5 miles
Goal: 140 miles
Remaining: 41.5 miles
2016 Race Schedule:
Disney Marathon - Jan 6 - 3:29:09
Gasparilla 15K - Feb 20 - 1:01:59
Ironman 70.3 Florida - Apr 10 - 5:07:51
Pittsburgh Marathon - May 1 - 3:08:25
Ironman 70.3 Augusta - Sep 25 - 4:43:56
Chicago Marathon - Oct 9 - 3:04:57
Ironman Florida - Nov 5 - 10:21:27 (3:38:20 marathon time)3 -
Date:: :::: Miles :::: Nov total (goal = 75)
11/01/16 :::: 5.7 :::: 5.7
11/02/16 :::: 2.9 :::: 8.5
11/03/16 :::: 2.2 :::: 10.7
11/04/16 :::: 2.0 :::: 12.7
11/05/16 :::: 6.4 :::: 19.1
11/06/16 :::: 2.5 :::: 21.6
11/07/16 :::: 0.0 :::: 21.6
11/08/16 :::: 0.0 :::: 21.6
11/09/16 :::: 2.4 :::: 24.0
11/10/16 :::: 0.0 :::: 24.0
11/11/16 :::: 2.4 :::: 26.5
11/12/16 :::: 7.2 :::: 33.7
11/13/16 :::: 3.1 :::: 36.8
11/14/16 :::: 2.8 :::: 39.5
11/15/16 :::: 5.6 :::: 45.1
11/16/16 :::: 2.7 :::: 47.9
11/17/16 :::: 0.0 :::: 47.9
11/18/16 :::: 2.2 :::: 50.0
11/19/16 :::: 7.3 :::: 57.3
11/20/16 :::: 3.0 :::: 60.3
11/21/16 :::: 2.6 :::: 62.9
11/22/16 :::: 5.7 :::: 68.6
11/23/16 :::: 3.1 :::: 71.7
Turkey Trot in Cedar Rapids, Iowa today - got a new 5k PR! 31:19 official time, which was about a minute faster than my previous best time. Also, according to Strava, I had my best 1k, 1/2 mile, 1 mile, and 2 mile efforts. I was so excited!
@kristinegift - I enjoyed the run in your hometown of CR today. Great crowd and well-run race. And we got lucky with the weather being pretty good!
Hope you all had a good Thanksgiving today - or regular Thursday running for the rest of you all.2 -
November walking miles
1---6.24
2---travel/pt/doc
3---3.1 walk, 25 minute swim, 2.8 walk
4--- travel
5---3.19
6,7,8--- Nada, pt, Nada
9---4.7
10---4.77
12---3.0
14---4.45
15---4.4, 0.1x2
16---4, pt, 0.1x3
17--- 5.16 walk
18---3.71, 0.1x1
19,20,21---nada, skiped PT, nada
22---3.60, 0.1x1
23---4.20 0.2x3
24---1.11 walk, Streak!
58.47/50+
Not Advisable races:
12/11/16 BMW Dallas Marathon, Half (registered) DNS
Run the year 2016 898.42/ 2016 (DNF)
Advisable races:
March 19th 2017 RNR Half Dallas, TX
March 26th 2017 A2A 5k Ardmore, OK
April 30th 2017 OKC Memorial Marathon, Half0 -
01 November – 10.3 km
03 November – 10 km
5 November – 5.1 km parkrun
8 November – 7.3 km
9 November – 3.1 km
10 November – 11 km
12 November – 7.6 km including parkrun
13 November – 21.3 km in the rain
15 November – 10.2 km
17 November – 9 km
19 November – 5 km parkrun PB 26:39
20 November – 14 km with 518 metres elevation
22 November – 10.2 km
24 November – 10.3 km
25 November – 7.4 km
Goal: HM, then Zen Mode
Total: 141.8 km
I have a thing about Fibonacci spirals in nature. Zen Mode fun with Strava and MapMyWalk today!
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Didn't make it out with my running club last night as it was bitterly cold with a sharp wind and I didn't have gloves with me - I get Raynauds so wanted to at least have pinkish fingers by the end of it!!
ran on the dreadmill instead for 4 miles. There were no 'mile' treadmills available so I had to run on the kilometre one which was interesting as I had no clue what sort of speed to aim for. I'm British and we are fairly bilingual when it comes to the metric/imperial thing, but not so much with kilometres. Just doesn't make sense to me.
So in some ways it was nice. I ran by feel, and though I was slow but my tomtom suggested a faster pace than I thought. Todays TV offerings were two different news channels with absolute gobbledegook for subtitles. I KNOW that's not what they were saying even though the sound was off!!
Off to watch a rugby game tonight - except I'll be supporting the away side so hope I don't get lynched!!
Have a sports massage booked for the morning to iron out some niggles - I have a niggle on the hamstring, and calf, and also my shoulder, all on the right side of my body so am hoping we can work out what's going on there.3 -
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Went out for a chilly run yesterday (ony in the 30's fahrenheit, so it could be a lot worse).
Look, I might make it to 30 after all. I'm hiking today and tomorrow (camping out overnight). I won't count the hiking mileage because it isn't running... but I am not an ultralight hiker and I'm bringing way too much food and a basic light stove for coffee only (weight will even out probably considering I normally bring a gourmet stove and heavy fuel canister). So with the hills and weight, I'll get a bit of a workout regardless.3 -
midwesterner85 wrote: »So two weekends ago I bought my daughter a new pair of running shoes, and told her they were only for running. Guess what I saw on floor in the entry way after she came home from college...yep, her running shoes. I could tell from the dirt she had been wearing them more than just for running, if she even did do any running. I'm not happy and may tell her that's the last pair of running shoes I buy for her.
Maybe she needs some walking around shoes too? Or just bonding with them.
Perhaps this.
I'm starting to get ashamed of how many shoes I am starting to have... and I just bought 2 pair last weekend because I needed some new walking around shoes and they had a special for 1/2 off your 2nd pair. Prior to that, I bought a new pair of hiking boots less than 1 month ago. Problem is that I never seem to get rid of the old. My old hiking boots have a hole in one of them... I have worn them only once since buying the new, but why can't I bring myself to throw them out? The old "walking around" shoes are now my "yard work" shoes - the reason I needed new is that they are very worn and they are stained from lawn mowing anyway. It just seems like I now have so many shoes - 3 formal (at varying levels of fancy), 2 hiking boots, 1 work boots, 1 yard work, 1 road running, 1 trail running, 1 gym, and 1 everyday walking around / shopping / whatever.
ETA: Oh yea... and a "walking around in house, but not something I would wear in public" pair... not slippers, technically. And I have a pair of water shoes and flip flops. Listing these out makes me feel even worse. It's crazy. I probably should get a shoe organizer.
I can totally relate to this....too many shoes....I will throw the ones with holes away. I have a shoe tree (organizer) but still so many that the organizer can't hold all of them.Like you, my old shoes become yard shoes. Only 2 pair of running shoes thus far!
Say, anyone else collect outerwear....I have quite the collection.. I just drool over a pretty coat.
I have over 300 pairs. Every shape and color and pattern. I have lots of leopard print. I love shoes. I have at least 8 pair of running shoes in rotation and 4 pairs in boxes. I have to stay out of the Nike outlets or I bring more home.0
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