August 2017 Running Challenge
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Anyone in Rexburg Idaho for the eclipse?
When I get back from this Solar Eclipse expedition, I plan on getting some miles in. Some high mtns too. With killer vertical.
Not officially announcing I'm back, but soon. That includes posting to Strava.
Gotta update and dust off my Garnin.
11 days to think of a September goal
Can't wait to see those upwards miles!
@ROBOTFOOD Welcome back. Hope you have a good viewing.
You need to look into the Golden Ultra with it's Vertical Mile
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For those who are interested, Ian Sharman won his 4th Leadville yesterday.5
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fitoverfortymom wrote: »Oh, and hello! New to the thread, but not MFP. I am approaching one year of successful weight loss going from 256 at my highest to clocking in at about 162 (GW 150, but taking my time getting the rest of the way there while I focus on building an active lifestyle).
Wow, @fitoverfortymom, what an impressive accomplishment! My drop was 40, and I know what it took to do, and what its taken to keep it off. You definitely get a "woo" from me!
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Tide was wrong for my beloved beach run, so I ran the bike path along the beach road instead; a poor substitute! Did do my cool down walk and dip, so all was not lost. 81 degrees with 100% humidity and 0 wind at 0645.
There's never any elevation on my runs, so I felt obligated to show the bridge I ran over. Probably all of 8' elevation, but hey; enough to show on the chart!
Almost to my first monthly goal. Pretty happy about that.
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@MobyCarp and @skippygirlsmom - Thanks for the toenail advice. It happened in March and I have been letting it grow out - it just seems to keep splitting - but I will just be more patient. I have bigger problems to focus on now anyway....
I WILL NOT MAKE MY GOAL THIS MONTH.
August goals are 90 miles and figuring out what all the info from my new watch means about my training.
Aug 3 - 10 miles
Aug 4 - 6.2 miles
Aug 5- 7.5 miles
Aug 6- too rainy/ wimpy
Aug 7- 7 miles
Aug 10- 7.3 miles
Aug 12 - 12.2 miles
Aug 13 - 4.8 miles
Aug 14 - 2.1 miles - short sunset river run - but with 610 feet of elevation gain
Aug 17- 7.7 miles
Aug 19- 10 miles
Aug 20th - diagnosed with DVT
Total 74.8/90 goal -
So I spent the early morning hours today in the ED getting treatment for completely occluded left iliac vein, mostly complete occlusion of the profunda and some partial distal occlusion in the calf. I may not have figured out what all the data from my new watch means - but I did figure out why those hills have been kicking my butt the last 2 weeks. UGH! I should be fine now that I have medication - but I can't even hobble from the bed to the bathroom without major problems. And.... I was supposed to be going with my husband in 2.5 weeks for our first non-working vacation together since the kids were born. We were (I am still holding out some misguided hope for "are") hiking the Tour du Mont Blanc, a nice hike through the French, Italian and Swiss Alps.
OK - I hope that is the end of my whining. Really, this isn't so bad.
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8/1 = 4.5 miles
8/2 = kettlebell strength training
8/3 = 7.5 miles (six - 6 minute speed intervals)
8/4 = 3.5 miles (track workout- 800m sprints & 200m recovery walk)
8/5 = 4.5 miles
8/6 = 15 miles
8/7 = 3 miles on the dreadmill & strength training 45 minutes
8/8 = 8 miles & vinyasa yoga class
8/9 = 7.5 miles Tempo run
8/10 = 5 miles run/walk
8/11= kettlebell strength training
8/12 = 5.5 miles
8/13 = 13 miles (10 with the running group run/walk; 3 solo running miles)
8/14 = 8 miles & 40 minutes strength training
8/15 = vinyasa yoga class
8/16 = 7.5 miles interval run
8/17 = 4.5 miles
8/18 = 4.5 miles & 30 minutes strength training
8/19 = 3 miles (5k race)
8/20 = 16 miles (run/walk training thingy with the running group)
Long and hot 16 miles. Eight miles into it my stomach started turning me. Not a pleasant 8 miles back...
(August miles) 120.5/150 (August goal miles)
Upcoming Races:
10/28 = Hill Country Halloween Half Marathon
12/10 = BCS Marathon
1/6/18 = River Road Run Half Marathon3 -
8/1: 3.1
8/3: 4.0
8/5: 4.0
8/8: 4.1
8/10: 2.3
8/12: 5.5
8/14: 2.4
8/20: 2.1
Total: 27.5/44
Alas, back to school ate me. Plus I've had a week of totally unexplained leg issues - random muscle pain and weakness, calf cramps, joint aches. Sometimes better, sometimes worse, unaffected by rest, stretching, elevation, foam rolling, massage. My guess is something viral / systemic.
Finally caught up on sleep, and went out for a 9am run. 82 degrees, 82% humidity, bright sun without a speck of shade. A bit past two miles, I took a sip of my lukewarm water, and in less than a minute I had stomach cramps. Walked it off, started running again, cramp came back. So I gave up and walked the rest of the way. Overall, a pretty crappy run, but a crappy run is better than no run.6 -
wishiwasarunner wrote: »@MobyCarp and @skippygirlsmom - Thanks for the toenail advice. It happened in March and I have been letting it grow out - it just seems to keep splitting - but I will just be more patient. I have bigger problems to focus on now anyway....
I WILL NOT MAKE MY GOAL THIS MONTH.
August goals are 90 miles and figuring out what all the info from my new watch means about my training.
Aug 3 - 10 miles
Aug 4 - 6.2 miles
Aug 5- 7.5 miles
Aug 6- too rainy/ wimpy
Aug 7- 7 miles
Aug 10- 7.3 miles
Aug 12 - 12.2 miles
Aug 13 - 4.8 miles
Aug 14 - 2.1 miles - short sunset river run - but with 610 feet of elevation gain
Aug 17- 7.7 miles
Aug 19- 10 miles
Aug 20th - diagnosed with DVT
Total 74.8/90 goal -
So I spent the early morning hours today in the ED getting treatment for completely occluded left iliac vein, mostly complete occlusion of the profunda and some partial distal occlusion in the calf. I may not have figured out what all the data from my new watch means - but I did figure out why those hills have been kicking my butt the last 2 weeks. UGH! I should be fine now that I have medication - but I can't even hobble from the bed to the bathroom without major problems. And.... I was supposed to be going with my husband in 2.5 weeks for our first non-working vacation together since the kids were born. We were (I am still holding out some misguided hope for "are") hiking the Tour du Mont Blanc, a nice hike through the French, Italian and Swiss Alps.
OK - I hope that is the end of my whining. Really, this isn't so bad.
@wishiwasarunner Oh no! Sorry, sending good vibes your way this afternoon.1 -
August Goal: 60 miles
8/1: 4 miles
8/2: 3.1 miles
8/3: 2.2 miles
8/5: kr30dc day 1
8/6: 5.4 miles; kr30dc day 2
8/7: 3.1 miles; kr30dc day 3
8/8: 2.7 miles; kr30dc day 4
8/9: 3.1 miles; kr30dc day 5
8/10: kr30dc day 6
8/11: kr30dc day 7
8/12: kr30dc day 8
8/13: 6.3 miles; kr30dc day 9
8/14: kr30dc day 10
8/15: 3 miles; kr30dc day 11
8/16: 2.5 miles; kr30dc day 12
8/17: 3.2 miles; kr30dc day 13
8/20: 7 miles
45.6/60 miles completed
Wonderful long run this morning. I went 7 miles so I don't feel like I need to put long in quotes. I went 6.3 last Sunday and I was planning run the same route. But I miscalculated a little. Last week I drove to the park because I was going to go by the grocery store after and today I just ran from the house and didn't take into consideration that that added. 5 miles there and .5 miles home. I got up a little earlier than I usually do on Sunday and it was nice because it was only 77°F when I went. It was up to 85°F when I got home, but for August in Texas it was really nice.
I did skip the kr30dc the last few days. I hate to be a quiter, but I was finding it to be more of chore. I never find yoga to be a chore so I may just stick with what I know I love. I do like some of the exercises he does though so maybe I will work some of them in occasionally.
@wishiwasarunner I'm so sorry to hear about the DVT. Hope you are better soon.
@sarahthes Welcome to the group. I'm looking forward to hearing your race report.
@fitoverfortymom Welcome. @mobycarp and @pastorvincent have great advice. I am a fairly new runner and just recently went from 3 to 4 days of running. This group is very welcoming and a wealth of good information.
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8/1: 7 miles of Track Tuesday
8/2: 7.1 miles easy
8/3: 8 miles "tempo run"
8/3: 6.3 miles group run
8/4: Rest day
8/5: 6 miles
8/6: 16 miles
8/7: 6 miles group run + lift/strength
8/8: 7 miles Track Tuesday
8/9: 5 miles + lift/strength
8/10: 6.8 miles "tempo Thursday"
8/10: 6.1 mile
8/11: Rest day
8/12: 6.4 miles
8/13: 15.8 miles
8/14: 3.2 miles
8/15: 9.4 miles of Track Tuesday
8/16: 5 miles
8/17: 8 miles "tempo run"
8/17: 7.4 miles
8/18: Rest day, hallelujah
8/19: 7.5 miles
8/20: 16 miles
160 miles of 250 goal miles
Today's long run was really great. We finally had a break in the weather (yesterday at 6 am it was 70F and 100% humidity and today was 63F and 80%; the dew points were almost 10 degrees different between yesterday and today), and I felt amazing for pretty much all of this run. I started at 6 am doing a 6 mile loop with two of the women in my running group, and we kept it nice and easy and chatty the whole way. Then we met with a larger group at 7 and did a hilly route. Everyone but me did the 5.5-6 mile cut-back version of the route, so I extended the 8 mile route out to 10 so that I didn't have to do a 2 mile loop at the end.
From mile 9.5-10.0 was a fun, steep downhill, so from mile 9.5-13.5 is when I did my four fast tempo/MP miles, and then the last 2.5 miles were recovery miles jogging it in. The four fast miles felt really good. It was refreshing to switch gears to the low-8:00/sub-8:00 range and feel strong. The last 3 long runs that I've done have honestly felt pretty *kitten* so having a good, strong run today was a good confidence booster (especially after Wed and Thurs runs kicked my butt).
I think I'm still going to take an extra rest/easy day this upcoming week and use it as a cutback week. I won't be meeting my 250 goal, but this is the first 200+ month that I'll have on the books since last October. Most of the year, I've been in the 120-150 range. It's nice to be back to moderately high volume and a real training schedule again. I've definitely seen a huge improvement in my mood. Wishing I hadn't been such a bum April-June now!
Upcoming Races:
Oct 8: Steamtown Marathon
Oct 22: Perfect 10 (10 Miler)
Nov 5: Princeton Half Marathon (pacer)7 -
@wishiwasarunner that sounds painful! Yikes. Hope all will be well with meds.
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
08/01/17 :::: 5.5 :::: 5.5
08/02/17 :::: 2.4 :::: 7.9
08/03/17 :::: 5.0 :::: 12.9
08/04/17 :::: 2.5 :::: 15.4
08/05/17 :::: 10.2 :::: 25.7
08/06/17 :::: 3.0 :::: 28.7
08/07/17 :::: 3.5 :::: 32.2
08/08/17 :::: 6.0 :::: 38.2
08/09/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 38.2
08/10/17 :::: 3.9 :::: 42.0
08/11/17 :::: 2.1 :::: 44.1
08/12/17 :::: 10.4 :::: 54.5
08/13/17 :::: 3.3 :::: 57.8
08/14/17 :::: 3.2 :::: 61.0
08/15/17 :::: 5.1 :::: 66.1
08/16/17 :::: 3.1 :::: 69.1
08/17/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 69.1
08/18/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 69.1
08/19/17 :::: 10.5 :::: 79.7
08/20/17 :::: 2.8 :::: 82.4
Goal = 120 miles
It was hot out but texted my running friend and we rallied to get a short run in today. I think I need a good soak tonight and get a massage booked soon. The legs are really feeling it.
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no miles in the first week)
Aug 1.....no run.....MTD 0 miles
Aug 2.....no run.....MTD 0 miles
Aug 3.....no run.....MTD 0 miles
Aug 4.....no run.....MTD 0 miles
Aug 5.....no run.....MTD 0 miles
Aug 6.....10 miles..MTD 10 miles
Aug 7.....no run.....MTD 10 miles
Aug 8.....3.1 miles..MTD 13.1 miles. 1st run of 1/2 marathon training program.
Aug 9.....3.2 miles..MTD 16.3 miles 2nd run of 1/2 marathon training program
Aug 10...4 miles.....MTD 20.3 miles 3rd run of 1/2 training program
Aug 11...0 miles.....MTD Rest Day
Aug 12...0 miles.....MTD Cross-training day per plan. Did 1 hour of cycling.
Aug 13...7 miles.....MTD 27.3
Aug 14...0 miles.....MTD 27.3 Rest Day
Aug 15...3.1miles...MTD 30.4
Aug 16...4.1miles...MTD 34.5
Aug 17...5 miles.....MTD 39.5
Aug 18...0 miles.....MTD 39.5
Aug 19...0 miles.....MTD 39.5 Cross-training day, did 11 miles of cycling
Aug 20....7 miles....MTD 46.5
My 10K race is next Saturday so I ran a practice at nearly full effort and was able to shave almost 5 minutes off of my previous best time and broke the 1 hour barrier for the first time. My time was 55:51 and previously my best was 1 hour 30 seconds. Definitely looking forward to trying to better this next Saturday. Everyone have a great Sunday!
Upcoming races:
Kellie's Krew 10K, Aug 26, Dunn NC
FCYC Glow Run 5K, Sep 16, Fayetteville NC
Turkey Trot 1/2 Marathon, Nov.(date to be determined) Pinehurst NC9 -
Hello everyone! As usual, I don't check in for 2 days and come back to 4 pages of posts Awesome running!
I think I am on track to reach my goal for this month, but September might be more difficult as I go back to school (which is work for me, I am not that young, sadly) Keep it up, ladies and gentlemen!
Goal: 120
Currently: 85
8/1 - 6 miles
8/2 - 0, strength training
8/3 - 8 miles
8/4 - 0, rest day
8/5 - 7 miles
8/6 - 6 miles
8/7 - 6 miles
8/8 - 7 miles
8/9 - strength training, Body Pump
8/10 - 0 miles, rest day (although busy day at work)
8/11 - 9 miles. My first 9-miler in a long run, it felt terrific. I could have kept going longer, but my empty stomach reminded me of its existence around mile 7.
8/12 – 0 miles, unplanned rest day, did not feel well
8/13 – 6 miles, easy
8/14 – 6 miles, easy and fast (for me that is)
8/15 – 8 miles
8/16 – strength training with BodyPump
8/17 – 0 miles, planned rest day
8/18 – 10 miles
8/19 – 0 miles, unplanned rest day, but stayed moving all day, just busy
8/20 – 6 miles, easy Sunday run
Upcoming races:
September 24 – Bachman Valley Half Marathon. Goal – to beat my previous PR of 1:50
October 22 – Gettysburg Blue-Gray Half Marathon.
November 5 –Gettysburg Battleground Half Marathon.
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Most abbreviated race report ever: First half split was 1:48, was feeling good- BAM runners trots from hell. Didn't even manage a sub-4, no Boston for Jessica.
August 1- 13.4
August 2- 17.3
August 3- 16.5
August 4- 17.3
August 5- 40
August 6- 20
August 7- Off
August 8- 24.5
August 9- 34.6
August 10- 15.3
August 11- 20
August 12- 21
August 13- 14.8
August 14- Off
August 15- 16.3
August 16- 8.2
August 17- 11.2
August 18- Off
August 19- Off
August 20- 42.2 [Edmonton Marathon, 4:01:18]
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JessicaMcB wrote: »Most abbreviated race report ever: First half split was 1:48, was feeling good- BAM runners trots from hell. Didn't even manage a sub-4, no Boston for Jessica.
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That's still a great race. Sorry that your GI system rebelled against your plan. There are some things that are hard to control
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August Running Totals (miles)
8/1 – 9.06 warm up + speed work
8/2 – unplanned rest day
8/3 – 15.02 easy
8/4 – rest day
8/5 – 14.07 pacers' run
8/6 – 7.85 easy 60 minutes
8/7 – rest day
8/8 – 16.00 with hills
8/9 – 9.61 warmup + 10K race
8/10 – extra rest day
8/11 – planned rest day
8/12 – 6.30 warmup + 5K race
8/13 – extra rest day
8/14 – rest/recovery/worry about injury day
8/15 – 5.21 easy
8/15 – 0.66 daily double/aborted warmup
8/16 – rest/injury
8/17 – rest/injury
8/18 – rest/injury
8/19 – rest/injury
8/20 – 0.53 easy rehab test
August total to date – 84.31
Nominal challenge goal: 260 miles
Real goals: Stay healthy. Train well toward the Rochester Marathon. Win my age group at Pound the Ground 10K on August 9. [Done, 41:26 4th overall] Run a respectable sub-20 5K at Bergen on August 12. [Done, 19:47] Run the USATF Masters Mile (road) in under 6 minutes on August 25.
Today's notes – Went out just before lunch to test whether I could run today. I knew at about 0.3 mile that this would not even be a complete warmup, but managed 0.53 mile in 4:08 before it was time to stop so I could live to run another day. Garmin says it was 75º F (24º C) with 69% relative humidity; my porch thermometer said it was 81º F (27º C). It was sunny, and there was minimal wind. Even in that weather, I didn't really work up a good sweat. My HR barely made it out of zone 1.
Qualitatively, the limiting factor seemed to be more the Achilles than the probably ankle sprain; but that may have just been because I have an ankle support that addresses the sprain more than it does the Achilles. I'm not terribly impressed with a half mile, but that's more than I could run yesterday. I think I'll be able to run a mile by Friday; racing a mile seems dubious. But no firm decision on Michigan Mile yet. It may come down to a running test on Thursday morning.
Obviously, I'll miss my nominal mileage goal this month. Training toward a marathon has been interrupted; the best I can hope for now is to be healthy enough to complete it. And a sub-6 mile on August 25 does not seem possible at this point. Oh, well. I met my goals for the other two races this month, though 20-20 hindsight says I should have taken a DNS at Bergen.
2017 races:
January 1, 2017 Freezeroo #2 (Resolution Run 7.5 mile) (Mendon, NY) Finished in 50:45
January 7, 2017 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY) Finished in 1:32:40
January 14, 2017 Freezeroo #3 (Pineway Ponds Park 5 mile) (Spencerport, NY) Finished in 33:42
January 28, 2017 Freezeroo #4 (Hearnish 5 mile) (Victor, NY) short course, finished 4.88 miles in 32:50
February 4, 2017 USATF Cross Country National Championship Masters 8K (Bend, OR) Finished in 35:39, team won the 60+ Men's cross country championship
February 11, 2017 Freezeroo #5 (Valentines Run "In Memory of Tom Brannon" 8 Mile) (Greece, NY) sat out due to training schedule
February 25, 2017 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY) short course, finished 4.34 miles in 27:51
March 11, 2017 Johnny's Runnin' of the Green 5 mile (Rochester, NY) finished in 33:25
March 18, 2017 USATF Masters 8K Championship (Shamrock 8K, Virginia Beach, VA) finished in 30:59, PR for 8K
April 17, 2017 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA) finished in 3:49:42
April 30, 2017 USATF Masters 10K Championship (James Joyce Ramble, Dedham, MA) finished in 39:54, PR for 10K
May 21, 2017 Lilac Run 10K (Rochester, NY) finished in 40:04
May 27, 2017 Canandaigua Classic Half Marathon (Canandaigua, NY) finished in 1:33:06
June 9, 2017 Charlie McMullen Mile (Fairport, NY) finished in 5:44.90, PR for mile
June 18, 2017 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY) finished in 19:32
July 4, 2017 Firecracker Four Mile (Fairport, NY) finished in 25:42
July 15, 2017 Shoreline Half Marathon [1:40 pacer] (Hamlin, NY) finished in 1:39:05
July 28, 2017 Karknocker 5K (East Rochester, NY) finished in 19:28
August 9, 2017 Pound the Ground 10K (Mendon, NY) finished in 41:26
August 12, 2017 Bergen Road Race 5K (Bergen, NY) finished in 19:47
August 25, 2017 USATF Masters Mile (Hap Crim Michigan Mile, Flint, MI)
September 3, 2017 Oak Tree Half Marathon (Geneseo, NY)
September 17, 2017 MVP Rochester Marathon (Rochester, NY)
November 23, 2017 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY)
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1---5.49mi/ 8.85km
3---4.23 / 6.8
5---4.55 / 7.3
6---9.14 l 14.7
8---2.85/4.6
10---2.87, 1.98/4.6, 3.2
11---shot, travel day.
13---6.21/10
14---SL
16---2.02/3.3
18---2.22/3.6
19---6.69/10.8
20---6.08/10 walk, since I'm sore
Total 54.33/87.6
Goal 89 miles/144 km
Upcoming races:
Sept 30 Festival 5k Tishomingo Ok.
Oct 1 Spirit of Survival, Lawton OK. Quarter Marathon
Oct 4 AIM for the Cure- 5K, virual run
Dec 2- POOP trail run, Hoping for a half! Norman OK.
Pre-op PR's
1 mile 8:27 5k 24:42. 10k 1:00.52. HM 2:17.28
Post-op Training PR's 1 mile 10:04 5k 34.27 10k 1:12.491 -
I survived! I'm pretty happy with my time, 38:36 for a first 5K when I've only been running since the end of May. I was expecting to be somewhere in the 40-45 minute range so it was a nice surprise. I didn't manage to run the whole thing because I started off waaaaay too fast. I ran until I got to the signs for the turnaround, then walked through that, and run/walked my way to the finish line with a fair bit more running than walking. So overall I'm very happy with how it went and have some ideas for how I will do things next time.
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August Goal - 120 Miles
8/1/17 - 4.02 Easy
8/2/17 - 4.15 Easy
8/3/17 - 4.0 Easy
8/4/17 - 4.5 Easy
8/5/17 - 6.0 Easy
8/6/17 - 3.0 Easy - 28.71 Week
8/8/17 - 5.01 Easy
8/9/17 - 5.01 Easy
8/10/17 - 5.01 Easy
8/11/17 - 5.0 Easy
8/12/17 - 7.5 Easy
8/13/17 - 2.51 Easy - 30.04 Week
8/15/17 - 5.01 Easy
8/16/17 - 5.01 Easy
8/17/17 - 5.01 Easy
8/18/17 - 5.02 Easy
8/20/17 - 7.0 Easy - 27.06 Week
Total 82.78 of 120
Life got in the way of yesterdays run and heat and humidity cut today's run a bit short. It was 73 degree at 6:30am and humidity seemed high, didn't catch the actual number but at that time of day it's typically 80-85%, and it felt like it today. As soon as the sun started to peak out it really steamed up. I planned on getting to 9-10 today but when i got back to the house at 7 to get water the HR was above what I'd like it to be and going out for another 3 would make recovery longer. Even though i didn't get my weekly mileage goal i can't complain. My legs had plenty left in them today to keep going but common sense won today. My weekly average pace was down another 6 seconds a mile with HR edging up slightly due to today's run and just generally a hotter week this week than last. It looks like the first part of next week will continue to be 70+ in the morning but mid to low 60's will return for the back half.4 -
@sarahthes we were at the same race, small world! Congrats on your 5K, Edmonton was a nice course!
@wishiwasarunner thanks, just really frustrated at this point that none of my races this year were close to what I know I can do from training. On the positive side my knees stayed in the whole race.6
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