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January 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

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    Orphia wrote: »

    @Orphia our cool change came through today thank goodness! I’ll be able to drag myself out tomorrow morning and do a decent run without melting lol

    Dunno how I’d go in qld with the humidity 😬
    Happy Australia Day 🇦🇺
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    edited January 2019
    @Elise4270 Sock game! Polka dots with Sherpa lining, these are my recovery socks! Ignore my messy rug. BTW I think @7lenny7 posted a picture of his mud room and it looks like he has the same rug in his mud room that I have in mine.
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    Those. Look. Awesome. If I had socks like that, I’d never go to work... hmmm, I might get some.
    ETA. I want a blanket like that. I’m so tired. TGIF. I need to run. This week has been a wash. Maybe next week it’ll be bright and sunny and I’ll manage my days better.
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    Jan 24 2= 30.21/30 MONTH ONE GOAL ACCOMPLISHED!! TBD walking

    Great job! Keep it up!

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    7lenny7 wrote: »

    Maybe I'm an outlier but I think "easy run" is a great name for an easy run. I do look forward to them and I do take them easy, most of the time, and my HR and pace data bears that out. But the name doesn't really matter as long as the runner understand what the purpose is.

    I have definitely done plenty of easy runs easy. Watching my breathing and heart rate, and slowing to a walk if needed. But ever since I started running, if it's possible to be a lazy runner, I've felt like that's me.
  • Posts: 6,668 Member
    7lenny7 wrote: »

    Maybe I'm an outlier but I think "easy run" is a great name for an easy run. I do look forward to them and I do take them easy, most of the time, and my HR and pace data bears that out. But the name doesn't really matter as long as the runner understand what the purpose is.

    I will join you in outlier land then. :)
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    I too take 'easy run' at its name... typically by the time I hit it in my run plan I am in need of it anyway.

    I don't live where it gets really cold and even though I grew up in Idaho and we got snow it was never in the -degrees. So a question for those of you who do and who have dogs. How do you get them to go out or take them for walks and runs? Doesn't it hurt their noses, paws and ears? I can't imagine getting Hobbes the Vizsla out to run in those -degrees... he freezes with a jacket when it is in the high 40's.
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    shanaber wrote: »
    I too take 'easy run' at its name... typically by the time I hit it in my run plan I am in need of it anyway.

    I don't live where it gets really cold and even though I grew up in Idaho and we got snow it was never in the -degrees. So a question for those of you who do and who have dogs. How do you get them to go out or take them for walks and runs? Doesn't it hurt their noses, paws and ears? I can't imagine getting Hobbes the Vizsla out to run in those -degrees... he freezes with a jacket when it is in the high 40's.

    My favorite term for an "easy run" is "a run".

    Per the doggos, I don't take my schnauzer yorkie mix out for more than about 5 minutes when the temperature is in low single digits or below. It was -9 this morning and I cut us through the alley for a half-block lap. He doesn't tolerate boots or coats well, unfortunately. He'll occasionally hop along on three legs when it's cold, which freaked me out at first but has never been a sign of any serious damage so now I just take that a sign that we're not going to do more than a block.
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    Scott6255 wrote: »
    Wishing you all the best on your marathon @amymoreorless!! Hope it isn't too hot and/or wet. You'll do great no matter what.

    Indeed! Go out and have a fantastic run @amymoreorless !
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    shanaber wrote: »
    I too take 'easy run' at its name... typically by the time I hit it in my run plan I am in need of it anyway.

    I don't live where it gets really cold and even though I grew up in Idaho and we got snow it was never in the -degrees. So a question for those of you who do and who have dogs. How do you get them to go out or take them for walks and runs? Doesn't it hurt their noses, paws and ears? I can't imagine getting Hobbes the Vizsla out to run in those -degrees... he freezes with a jacket when it is in the high 40's.

    Stella pretty much requires a walk every day. I put a coat on her when the temp is below 20. She doesn't care for it, but she will agree to it for the sake of the walk. I use Musher's wax on her paws. It's kind of a pain to get it on, but if I don't take the time to do it, she gets ice in her paws and hops on three legs. Of course, this only seems to bother her for a few seconds, but it bothers me. I also worry about the salt getting in her paws. I have never tried boots, but I'm pretty sure that would be a fiasco. Stella loves the snow so much and doesn't seem to mind the cold, so I bundle up and off we go. She does not really care for walking in the rain though, so we keep the walks short on rainy days.
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