October 2017 Running Challenge
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October 1 - 16 km
October 2 - 16 km
October 3 - 16 km
October 4 - 16 km
October 5 - 16 km
October 6 - 16 km
October 7 - rest day
October 8 - 21 km
October 9 - 16 km
October 10 - 16 km
October 11 - 16 km
October 12 - strength training/stairmarster
October 13 - 16 km
October 14 - strength training/stairmarster
October 15 - 18.5 km
October 16 - rest day
October 17 - 16.5 km/ stairmarster
October 18 - 16 km run /strength training
October 19 - raining no run
October 20 - 16.5 km run
October 21 - 11.5 km run / strength training
October 22 - 5 km run joined local running group
October 23 - 19.5 km long run
October 24 - 11.5 km run
October 25 - strength training
October 26 - 18.5 km run
October 27 - 13.5 km run
October 28 - 20 km run/ strength training
Total km - 348 km out of 350 km
Did my run later in the day and struggled I think I'm much better at early morning runs.2 -
Yesterday was a longer run...still doing recovery, but pretty much at the end of it all now. And as I'm not training for anything in particular, there'll be no real higher mileage just yet; probably some HM distances, but that's it for now.
02 - 5.26
03 - 4.06
04 - 4.07
06 - 2.80
07 - 2.01
08 - 26.21
11 - 2.06
14 - 6.89
17 - 4.07
19 - 5.56
21 - 5.59
22 - 4.05
23 - 4.08
24 - 7.05
25 - 4.07
27 - 8.34
Total: 92.17 / 100 miles
Oh, and that watch face that I said I would look at coding (the one that wasn't available for the FR935). Yeah, that's all done now. I had fun coding it, and I may submit it to Garmin, but as it's a replica of an existing watch face, it may be wiser to just keep it to myself to avoid any potential issues.
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Trying to get the umph to run this morning. Ligh rain, dark, and 42F. Sigh...3
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Cold ten miles this am. First long run since the marathon. Felt good.
Question, now that I'm not training for a marathon how do I handle long runs if I want to have fun and participate in some Saturday 5k or 10k races? Saturday is still going to be my long day. I'm not treating the races as important events where I'm all in trying for my peak performance but I do want to have fun and see what I can do. My next serious race will be in March.
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10/1-6.2 miles 1270 Feet Elevation
10/2- REST
10/3- 9
10/4- 7
10//5- 9
10/6- 5
10/7- 15
10/8- 5- Felt like being lazy
10/9- REST
10/10- 5
10/11- 5
10/12- 5
10/13- 5
10/14- 8.1- 1476 Feet Elevation
10/15- REST
18/16- REST
10/17- 4
10/18- 3
10/19- REST
10/20- REST
10/21- 62.2
10/22- Recovery
10/23- Recovery
10/24- Recovery
10/25- Recovery
10/26- Recovery
10/27- Recovery
10/28- 3.1
Total Miles: 156.6
Total Elevation: 2746
October goal: Survive 100k training taper and Wild Duluth 100k
Nominal Mileage goal: 100 miles.
Elevation goal: 15000ft
Today's notes:When @JessicaMcB was back running again 3 days after her 80k, I was amazed. I don't have that recovery ability. However, after 6 days of telling myself lies about how I worked hard and deserved a week off, I hauled my lazy *kitten* out of bed at 0500 and made myself get in an easy 5k this morning.
We had out first Snowfall of the year Thursday night/Friday morning, so there was a glaze of ice on the road, making for slower going than I'd like, but I got it done at a decent 9:28 pace and average HR of 149.
Temp was 25F (-3.8C) with a decently stout north wind. That said, with wool socks, running pants, polar fleece zip-up wind shell, hat and gloves I was feeling pretty over dressed, but these first runs are always an experiment, trying to remember/figure what is the best to wear.
2017 Races Scheduled
6/16- William A Irvin 5k
6/17- Grandma's Marathon 4:24:06
7/15- Eugene Curnow Trail Marathon 7:22:23
8/12- UMTR FatAss "Not Quite" 50k DNF, too darn hot out
8/19- Rampage at the Ridge 5k OCR
9/23- Ely Marathon 6:24:36
10/21 Wild Duluth 100k 18:15:51
11/23- TBD 5k Turkey Trot???
2018 races (possible)
4/13- Zumbro Endurance Race
5/19- Superior Trail 25k5 -
Oh, and that watch face that I said I would look at coding (the one that wasn't available for the FR935). Yeah, that's all done now. I had fun coding it, and I may submit it to Garmin, but as it's a replica of an existing watch face, it may be wiser to just keep it to myself to avoid any potential issues.
...Or you could contact the author of the original one.
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PastorVincent wrote: »Oh, and that watch face that I said I would look at coding (the one that wasn't available for the FR935). Yeah, that's all done now. I had fun coding it, and I may submit it to Garmin, but as it's a replica of an existing watch face, it may be wiser to just keep it to myself to avoid any potential issues.
...Or you could contact the author of the original one.
Y'know, you're absolutely right, I'll do that later.1 -
Y'all nerds sure are up early... I love all the cool stuff you nerds can do though. Can one of you bring me some donuts and bacon? Ooo ooo ooo or make an app for that.
ETA I played an online test... I'm a geek. So funny... I get called nerd a lot..
http://www.playbuzz.com/elizabethderryberry10/are-you-a-geek-a-nerd-or-a-dork4 -
10/1 rest
10/2 5.5miles 50m:22s
10/3 5miles 45m:30s
10/4 9miles 1h:24m:02s
10/5 6miles 55:m:30s
10/6 11miles 1h:45m:40s
10/7 4miles 38m:39s
10/8 rest
10/9 6.56miles 61m:30s
10/10 5miles 47m:01s
10/11 7miles 1h:06m:10s
10/12 4.42miles 48m:00s
10/13 12miles 1h:53m:24s
10/14 5miles 48m:31s
10/15 rest
10/16 5.8miles 55m:37s
10/17 7miles 64m:13s
10/18 9miles 1h:20m:51s
10/19 5miles 46m:17s
10/20 12miles 1h:51m:25s
10/21 5miles 48m
10/22 rest
10/23 6.6miles 1h:01m:37s
10/24 5miles 50m:35s
10/25 7miles 1h:07m:32s
10/26 4miles 38m:44s
10/27 14miles!!! 2h:11m:18s
10/28 5miles 46m:50s
Yesterday afternoon I really didn’t see how it would be possible to run 5 miles today after running 14 miles! I’m happy to say that I stayed upright the whole time and I feel pretty good!!
Now I’m going to shamelessly take my kids around town to score free candy (There are a ton of harvest fests going on today!) 5 -
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Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
10/01/17 :::: 13.1 :::: 13.1
10/02/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 13.1
10/03/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 13.1
10/04/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 13.1
10/05/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 13.1
10/06/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 13.1
10/07/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 13.1
10/08/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 13.1
10/09/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 13.1
10/10/17 :::: 1.7 :::: 14.8
10/11/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 14.8
10/12/17 :::: 2.4 :::: 17.2
10/13/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 17.2
10/14/17 :::: 3.3 :::: 20.5
10/15/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 20.5
10/16/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 20.5
10/17/17 :::: 5.3 :::: 25.8
10/18/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 25.8
10/19/17 :::: 2.8 :::: 28.6
10/20/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 28.6
10/21/17 :::: 6.2 :::: 34.7
10/22/17 :::: 5.4 :::: 40.2
10/23/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 40.2
10/24/17 :::: 6.0 :::: 46.2
10/25/17 :::: 3.1 :::: 49.3
10/26/17 :::: 2.3 :::: 51.6
10/27/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 51.6
10/28/17 :::: 7.6 :::: 59.2
Got my long run in after all! The "excuse" I thought was going to keep me from running this weekend didn't manifest as a real reason not to run, so I dragged myself out this morning for the group long run. And was glad I did, as it was a gorgeous fall morning. Ran with a couple of new people, even did some hills which I have been avoiding recently. My legs are now good and tired, and I'm ready for a nice nap, or more likely a hike with the dog first and then a nice nap.
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PastorVincent wrote: »
The new diet fad! Looks like food with none of the digestible calories!1 -
PastorVincent wrote: »
The new diet fad! Looks like food with none of the digestible calories!
No... its actual food
Example: https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/3d-food-printers-how-they-could-change-what-you-eat/
And others. They started coming out several years ago when they were talking about installing a pizza printer on the ISS: https://www.theverge.com/2014/1/24/5342180/watch-this-3d-printer-make-pizza-fit-for-astronauts
An "app for that" is closer than you likely think...1 -
Blog post on my race, with all the details, including my surrent struggle over the fact that I finished after cut off but still got finisher's gear.
http://teachertrailrunner.blogspot.com/2017/10/first-post-first-ultra-wild-duluth-100k.html3 -
10/1 – 6 miles
10/2 – rest day
10/3 – 8 miles
10/4 - 5 miles
10/5 - 10 miles
10/6 - 5 miles
10/7 - rest day
10/8 - rest day
10/9 - 6 miles
10/10 - 7 miles
10/11 – rest day
10/12 – 6 miles
10/13 - unscheduled rest day
10/14 - college visit with Skip
10/15 - 3.1 miles for AIM
10/16 - 6 miles
10/17 - rest day - meet day so technically I ran 4 miles ha ha
10/18 - 7 miles
10/19 - 5 miles
10/20 - rest day
10/21 - 7 miles
10/22 - life day too much going on
10/23 - 5 miles
10/24 – 7 miles
10/25 – rest day aka garbage day ha ha
10/26 – 6 miles
10/27 – 3 miles
10/28 - 5K Spooktacular Race
106 of 100 miles
I'm giving myself 4 for today. I did about a mile warm up then the 5K. At 5:30 am it was pouring, I mean pouring and 39 degrees. By 6:30 it was 41 and stopped raining so my friend and I did our 5K. She is a few age groups younger than me and faster than I've been lately, which I hate because she would be a great pacer for me. I was happy with the weather, chilly to start. I didn't realize until I got the start that they didn't have a starting mat, I had me at 33:03 and they had me at 33:12. I finished 4th in my AG and about 230 overall (and so did my friend). We were both happy to be 2 minutes behind the 3rd, I hate being like 3 seconds behind the person in the AG in front of me ha ha. We had a great time and I'm happy with my race.
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Y'all nerds sure are up early... I love all the cool stuff you nerds can do though. Can one of you bring me some donuts and bacon? Ooo ooo ooo or make an app for that.
ETA I played an online test... I'm a geek. So funny... I get called nerd a lot..
http://www.playbuzz.com/elizabethderryberry10/are-you-a-geek-a-nerd-or-a-dork
Fun! I got NERD (all caps according to the test gurus). I will bring you donuts if you will clean my house. I am over cleaning on the weekend, but I don’t want to during the week either.3 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »Blog post on my race, with all the details, including my surrent struggle over the fact that I finished after cut off but still got finisher's gear.
http://teachertrailrunner.blogspot.com/2017/10/first-post-first-ultra-wild-duluth-100k.html
Dude, you completed a 100k course. That is what matters! You rock!
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cburke8909 wrote: »Cold ten miles this am. First long run since the marathon. Felt good.
Question, now that I'm not training for a marathon how do I handle long runs if I want to have fun and participate in some Saturday 5k or 10k races? Saturday is still going to be my long day. I'm not treating the races as important events where I'm all in trying for my peak performance but I do want to have fun and see what I can do. My next serious race will be in March.
@cburke8909 - There's not a whole lot of difference between running 10 easy miles because a training plan calls for it and running 10 easy miles because you want to. Working a race into the long day is pretty much the same, one way or the other. You just run more miles before and/or after the race.
Examples: If I wanted to run 10 miles including a 5K, I'd run an easy preview of the course, run the 5K as a race, and run 4-ish miles afterward. For a 10K, I'd run a long 3 or short 4 miles as an out and back on the end of the course for my warmup, then run the race. Last January, I had a 5 mile race on a course I hadn't seen before on a day I needed 15 miles. So I ran my warmup as a preview of the course, ran the race, and ran the course in reverse after the race. I've also had a 10 mile warmup for a 5 mile race on a day that called for 15 miles.
You figure out what to do that is the most fun for you while also supporting what you want to do with the race.
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RunRachelleRun wrote: »Y'all nerds sure are up early... I love all the cool stuff you nerds can do though. Can one of you bring me some donuts and bacon? Ooo ooo ooo or make an app for that.
ETA I played an online test... I'm a geek. So funny... I get called nerd a lot..
http://www.playbuzz.com/elizabethderryberry10/are-you-a-geek-a-nerd-or-a-dork
Fun! I got NERD (all caps according to the test gurus). I will bring you donuts if you will clean my house. I am over cleaning on the weekend, but I don’t want to during the week either.
Oh man. I pay someone to clean. And @PastorVincent said I can have 3d donuts, 3d bacon, and new 3d organs/smarter brain.
It feels like 37f out with 12-20mph winds... I'm torn... Not sure what to wear.1 -
1/10-6.5
2/10-10.1 (longest run to date, first time in double figures!)
3/10-REST
4/10-3.1 (running club)
5/10-6.0
6/10- T25 workout
7/10-5.2 (parkrun)
8/10-5.0
9/10-REST
10/10-4.5
11/10-7.2 (running club)
12/10-4.5
13/10-6.6
14/10-5.6
15/10-REST
16/10-6.5
17/10-4.0
18/10-3.4
19/10-REST
20/10-5.1
21/10-3.4 (parkrun)
22/10-1.2 (parkrun with daughter) & 6.8
23/10-REST
24/10-3.4
25/10-5.1
26/10-8.5
27/10-REST
28/10-5.8 (Race - beachy head 10k)
Total - 117.2/120 Miles1 -
Today I completed the Beachy Head 10k. It was pretty brutal. There was an elevation gain of 966ft. The course was mainly extremly steep uphills (see pictures) or just as steep downhills which were very slippy! It was such a beautiful course and I really enjoyed it. I think knowing I wouldnt get a PB tool some pressure off just to enjoy the race as well. My time was 1hr 13mins which given the course I was pretty pleased with.10
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- beautiful but cold
- finishing! (s
- marathon racers starting - we all had to run up that hill at the start (it actually continues round the corner as well) then back down at the finish
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10/1 = 15 miles
10/2 = 6.5 miles and strength training
10/3 = rest day
10/4 = 8 miles
10/5 = 6.5 easy miles and strength training
10/6 = kettlebell workout
10/7 = 7 miles
10/8 = 16 miles
10/9 = 8 miles
10/10 = Vinyasa yoga class & 5.5 mile hike
10/11 = 8.5 miles
10/12 = rest day (because of stupid work crap)
10/13 = 7.5 miles and 30 minutes of weights at the gym
10/14 = 5.5 miles
10/15 = 17 rainy miles (run/walk intervals with the group)
10/16 = 8 miles and 20 minutes of strength training
10/17 = Vinyasa yoga class
10/18 = 9 miles
10/19 = 6.5 miles
10/20 = 7 miles
10/21 = 18 miles
10/22 = rest day
10/23 = 6 miles & 30 min. Kettlebells
10/24 = vinyasa yoga class
10/25 = 8.5 miles
10/26 = 3 mile walk with the puppies
10/27 = vinyasa yoga class
10/28 = 13.2 miles - Halloween Half Marathon
I ran my first Half Marathon this morning — 2 hours and 4 minutes — and didn’t die!!!
It was so much fun! A freak cold front dropped the temps to 36 degrees. I was frozen the first 10 miles... until I got to THE HILL. LOL
I can’t wait to do it again. Now I have to run one in under two hours.....
188.5/175 (September goal miles)
Upcoming Races:
10/28 = Hill Country Halloween Half Marathon
11/23 = Georgetown Turkey Trot
12/10 = BCS Marathon
1/6/18 = River Road Run Half Marathon15 -
Congratulations @carolineb81 ! That is some elevation for a 10K - well done. Beautiful photos.
And fantastic time @amymoreorless ! Congrats. Glad you had fun.
@Elise4270 I've got to find someone to do that. I'm so bad at hiring people - definitely not my skill set.
I woke up all ambitious and decided to do strength before my run. My legs felt pretty good before, but after the strength, I was spent, and I still had to a fast finish run scheduled and it was to be my first 60 min non-stop run. It was bloody hard.
I was listening to How Bad Do You Want It? by Matt Fitzgerald and wanted to quit so bad when the fast finish part started. So he was talking about anger being a motivator, and I came up with a lovely mantra: "Matt Fitzger is a Motherf*er." I'm not usually one for swearing, but hey, he got me through.
Yesterday: 2.36 miles (800m and 400m x 2 time trials for track and field)
Today: 4.26 miles (fast finish)
MTD: 50.3 / 50 miles !5 -
October Running Totals (miles)
10/1 – rest day
10/2 – 5.07 easy
10/3 – 5.05 easy
10/4 – rest day
10/5 – 6.01 easy
10/6 – rest day
10/7 – 10.09 paced run
10/8 – 7.20 easy to MP
10/9 – rest day
10/10 – 6.09 mostly easy
10/11 – 6.30 group run
10/12 – 6.12 easy
10/13 – rest day
10/14 – 11.02 paced run
10/15 – 6.51 rainy run
10/16 – rest day
10/17 – 6.02 easy plus intervals
10/18 – 6.39 group run
10/19 – 5.87 warmup, XC practice
10/20 – rest day
10/21 – 11.54 paced run
10/22 – 7.19 easy plus a stride
10/23 – rest day
10/24 – 7.43 warmup, speed work, cool down
10/25 – 7.00 easy
10/26 – 6.54 warmup, speed work
10/27 – rest day
10/28 – 12.46 easy
October running total to date – 139.90
Nominal challenge goal: 100 miles
Real goals: Get healthy enough to run 5 days a week. Avoid re-injury. Build base.
Today's notes – No paced run today, so I got to sleep to a normal time. The weather forecast called for rain by early afternoon, so I got out to run around 9:30 and ran in nice weather; it is raining as I type this. Took a route with hills, because I haven't run all that many hills while recovering. Thought it was 12 miles, but it turned out to be a long 12.
Early on, I slowed myself down several times on the theory that I should keep this easy before racing tomorrow. Then came the long hill in mile 5; my heart rate went through Zone X and into Zone 3 on that one, and I felt it. After that, it was natural to stay close to my normal assignment of an 8:00 pace. Mile splits ranged from 7:51 to 8:04, other than the outlier 8:23 for mile 5 with that hill. After Garmin ticked over 12 miles, I deliberately picked up the pace a little to be sure I'd average below 8. This is a vanity thing, so the MFP status would report an 8 minute pace instead of a 9 minute pace. Ended up averaging 7:33 for that tag end, and 7:59 for the run overall.
I'm not yet back in shape. It shouldn't be this hard to run 12 miles at an average pace of 7:59, even on this route. But I won't get back in shape unless I do some runs like this. So I'm working on it.
On the hypochondria front, the recovering ankle ached off and on from mile 6 till I was done. Then it was fine after I stretched and I was just puttering around the house. Iced it down anyway, since my podiatrist indicated that was the thing to do. At noon I took the last prescription anti-inflammatory; by this time tomorrow, I'll be simply in training instead of in a medical protocol to recover.
In other news, on my rest day yesterday I committed to another race. The club will pay my entry fee, but I put some money down for a spot on the club's bus to USATF Club National XC Championships on December 9.
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) DNS - injury
September 3, 2017 Oak Tree Half Marathon (Geneseo, NY) DNS - injury
September 17, 2017 MVP Rochester Marathon (Rochester, NY) DNS - injury
October 29, 2017 Pete Glavin XC Race #4 6K (Brighton, NY)
November 23, 2017 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY)
December 9, 2017 USATF Club National XC Championship 8K (Lexington, KY)
2018 races:
January 6, 2018 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY)
April 16, 2018 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)
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Finally caught up. Huh, I should have read that study about April kids many years ago, back in school. Would have been the perfect excuse to explain to my sports teachers why I couldn't jump far or high or run fast. Does it also explain why I failed at gymnastics and all theam sports? ^^
@seanevan10 Congratulations on the great 5k PR! That is a really awesome medal.
Re: running as a cheap hobby:
I don't know about triathlons, but I do a little bit of cycling too, and that's not a cheap hobby either.
@garygse Happy birthday!
@Dazzler21 I'm really sorry about your knee! Do you know what's wrong with it?
@fitoverfortymom I hope your calf is feeling better!
@7lenny7 Congratulations on the 3000miles! And your trail run in the dark wth Kody sounds absolutely brilliant. Love the mud pits and the glowing eyes!!
@ACJones82 Congratulations on making your yearly running goal, great work!
@PastorVincent Your first run with the new watch without waiting for the GPS fix reminded me of this:
I often switch on my watch before putting on my shoes, so it has time to find it's satellites before I leave the apartment. It loses them again in the staircase, but usually locks onto them again within very few seconds of walking out the door. And I don't know about Garmin, but my Tomtom gets "quick GPS" data when I sync it with my phone or computer, so even if I forget to start it inside, it's normally quite fast as long as I synced it within the last few days. It only takes forever on days when it's cold, raining and I'm short on time
About the roadID: I've got mine on the seperate ankle band they sell. When I'm running or cycling in the dark, I also add the little LED light from their shop to the same ankle band for a little extra visibility (in addition to the other lights I'm carrying around).
@rusgolden Congrats on the great race results this month!
@MobyCarp All the best for your race tomorrow!
@JessicaMcB I've got one pair of Altra Intuition 3.0. But I can't say how long they will hold up, I only ran 160km in them so far - I only bought them in April and alternate them with 1x Inov-8, 1x Asics, 3x Saucony (all of those five are 4-6mm drop) and 1x Merrell (also 0mm drop). I have too many running shoes...
Although two of those are trail shoes, the Merrell are minimalistic shoes I only use for short runs, so they don't count, right?
I like low-drop shoes, but I can't really say that I feel much of a difference between 4mm and 0mm. 12mm on the other hand feels really weird, but I guess it strongly depends on what you are used to.
@fitoverfortymom I need a wide toebox too. Or not wide in general, but suitable to match my "Roman" foot shape, and a lot of shoes are too angled and squash/hurt my littlest toes. For me, Altra, Saucony, Inov-8, Asics and Merrell work. Salming, Newton and New Balance don't. As for Brooks, the PureFlow 3 was great, but they changed the fit and the newer version huts my feet. I bought the PureFlow 5 online, based on liking the previous version, and regretted it a lot. I even went a size up; just gave me extra space in front of the big toe and still squashed the others.
@BruinsGal_91 Have a great race tomorrow! With a bib number like that I'm sure you'll do amazing
@skippygirlsmom Great that the weather didn't keep you from running your race!
@hjeppley The zombie run sounds really cool! I wanted to do one two years ago, but then they cancelled it a week before the event without explanation. But I use the "Zombies, Run!" app a lot, so I still get my share of the undead
@carolineb81 Congratulations on the 10k! The pictures look really great.
@amymoreorless Awesome! That's a great half marathon time, congratulations!
I didn't run today, but I did a little detour at the end of my bike ride today to pick up my bib for the Geneva 20km tomorrow. It's the first time they are doing this race, but I was already really impressed with the organisation of the bib pick up. And by the fact that there was free food before I even had to run a single step! After two hours on the bike without any food I was rather hungry, so the boxes full of free apples and croissants were a very welcome sight 10 -
@MNLittleFinn you are ultra strong buddy, they wouldn't have given you the finishers gear if you weren't! Good on you for blogging btw, I wax far too poetic to produce concise work lol
So provided Ben doesn't last minute decide to go hunting tomorrow I'm going to do one last good quadnihilation at Wilmore and try to log an unsupported 100k. Its just going to be too rough trying to log 10-12 hour runs when its -30 from a frost bite perspective you know?
Ahhhh to live is an awfully big adventure
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@JessicaMcB you got this, an unsupported 100k is awesome.1
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@_nikkiwolf_ Much laughter here at those two pictures. Though the woman in the cartoon needs a new Garmin. She's got the Forerunner 305. Having said that; I actually saw a guy at race earlier this year with one of those. And I've still got my old 205. It probably still works, but I have no idea where the charger is.3
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@carolineb81 Pretty sunrise there! Looks like a good showing of runners too! Congrats!
@amymoreorless Yay! Congrats on your first HM! Double yay for not dying!
@RunRachelleRun heh you should email him and let him know your mantra. I am sure he would appreciate it!
@JessicaMcB An unsupported 100k?? Wow. You are really making me look fat and lazy!
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