November 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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Hey all. Non running day, so went on a 20k bike ride. My first in forever, and probably my first non commuter bike ride! I had an absolute blast.
Both legs are feeling better. Pain in my left shin has eased up after a couple of deep massages. And right calf continues to be pain free. Ill start HM training on Monday! Probably going to follow Hal, cause why not. Haha. I'll be aiming for a 2:30 HM. My PB is 2:03 on a mostly downhill course, this one is pretty much completely flat.
I can't wait!7 -
quilteryoyo wrote: »
@Teresa502 and @skippygirlsmom Where is the girl from in TN? I haven't been listening to the news lately, so missed it if it was on there. That's awesome. So glad it was sanctioned, so holds up.
She goes to Science Hill High School in Johnson City. The article in Sunday's paper states she ran it in 15:58:42 - still impressive either way!
@Teresa502 that was a typo on my part, I knew it was 15:58, I actually had to go back and look at what I typed. LOL So many boys running under 15 that 14 was on my mind. Very impressive2 -
@AlphaHowls You are amazing. How long do you plan on keeping up the HM streak?
Congratulations @mybumwobbles ! That's a great accomplishment!
@jensey602xx Welcome.
@Avidkeo That looks like a great place for a bike ride. Lots of cows to cheer you on! Glad you are pain free and looking forward to hearing about your adventures with Hal.
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No run today. We took the dog on an adventure. We drove 2ish hours, went on a very bumpy road, then hiked about a mile to a little waterfall. We took our time on the hike back and stopped at all the spots along the creek to look and take photos. Doggo loves going in the water. She was happy and slept on the highway portion home.
I took a few cell phone photos but was mostly practicing with my platypod and getting the smooth water look.6 -
That's great that you got a 10K PR @Camaramandy648! Those were really tough conditions to do that in. If you were in Irving and heard a gun range nearby, that narrows it down to about a dozen
Ha, I was trying to think if we run trails anywhere there isn’t a gun range nearby. I don’t think there’s one near Stanky Creek. But there is at Shelby Farms and WC Johnson and the Greenline and the Greenway.3 -
@Camaramandy648 Great race! It’s awesome that you were able to go someplace new and exciting.2
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Here is a couple of cell photos from today.
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@quilteryoyo wrote: »@AlphaHowls You are amazing. How long do you plan on keeping up the HM streak?
*bursts into song* "One day at a Time"One Day at a Time
Lynda Randle
One day at a time, sweet Jesus
Thats all I'm asking of You
Just give me the strength to do everyday
What I have to do
Yesterday's gone, sweet Jesus
And tomorrow may never be mine
Help me today
Show me the way
One day at a time
I'm only human
I'm just a woman
Help me believe in what I could be
And all that I am
Oh, show me the stairway
That I have to climb
Lord, for my sake, teach me to take
One day at a time
One day at a time, sweet Jesus
That's all I'm asking of You
Just give me the strength to do everyday
What I have to do
Yesterday's gone, sweet Jesus
And tomorrow may never be mine
Help me today
Show me the way
One day at a time
Oh, do you remember
When You walked among men
Well, Jesus, You know
If You're looking below
That it's worse now than then
Oh, there's pushing and shoving
And it's crowding my mind
So, Lord, for my sake
Teach me to take
One day at a time
One day at a time, sweet Jesus
That's all I'm asking of You
Just give me the strength to do everyday
What I have to do
Oh, yesterday's gone, sweet Jesus
And tomorrow may never be mine
Help me today
Show me the way
One day at a time
Lord, help me today
Show me the way
One day at a time
One day at a time4 -
Beautiful photos @RunsOnEspresso !
10k on the Greenline today. Usually Monday is our trails day, Tuesday is lifting, and Wednesday is our long run Greenline day, but we are taking Wednesday as a rest day and and planning to race hard Thanksgiving morning. That would put our next run on the holiday weekend when probably a ton of people will be on the Greenline, so we are planning to go out to the far side of the Wolf River where no one goes and do trails then.
Planned an easy run but the weather was nippy and just didn’t want to run easy, more like a tempo run. Ended up with a 1:03:58 Strava 10k pr, which is like 6 minutes slower than my real pr but faster than I have been in a while! Strava freaked out and drew a straight line across a mile of my cool down walk, fortunately the glitch happened after we stopped running.
Saw the same hawk I took a picture of once before, on the exact same pole. It swooped down, caught a mouse and ate it as we went by.
A dude in some sort of work vehicle honked his massive air horn at me and made me leap clean out of my skin!4 -
@RunsOnEspresso beautiful! Sounds like a lovely day.
@mybumwobbles welcome and great job!
@62Rich you've got this holiday streak! And yeah, I think you're safe to say you'll crush your highest mileage year. Great job - keep it up!
@quilteryoyo glad you gave yourself some rest and hope the twinge is all gone. Good job getting your run in today. Just keeping something consistent, even if it's not a lot at a time, will keep you from losing too much ground. You are very active all around so that's definitely in your favor.
@AlphaHowls I mean, everything about your run streak is impressive but 120 days of a HM or more? You are a fabulous beast! Happiest 50th birthday - boy do you make 50 look good!
@Avidkeo that ride looks lovely. Yay for starting HM training next week!
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
11/01/20 :::: 5.3 :::: 5.3
11/02/20 :::: 3.0 :::: 8.3
11/03/20 :::: 1.8 :::: 10.1
11/04/20 :::: 3.0 :::: 13.1
11/05/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 16.2
11/06/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 19.3
11/07/20 :::: 13.1 :::: 32.4
11/08/20 :::: 3.3 :::: 35.7
11/09/20 :::: 1.5 :::: 37.2
11/10/20 :::: 1.5 :::: 38.7
11/11/20 :::: 3.9 :::: 42.5
11/12/20 :::: 2.0 :::: 44.6
11/13/20 :::: 7.0 :::: 51.6
11/14/20 :::: 3.6 :::: 55.1
11/15/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 58.3
11/16/20 :::: 2.0 :::: 60.2
11/17/20 :::: 2.7 :::: 62.9
11/18/20 :::: 1.6 :::: 64.5
11/19/20 :::: 2.0 :::: 66.5
11/20/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 69.6
11/21/20 :::: 8.0 :::: 77.6
11/22/20 :::: 3.3 :::: 80.9
11/23/20 :::: 3.3 :::: 84.2
OK, this was a tough workout day. I got a text message in the afternoon from my trainer because there was a possibility the gym was going to close. They are shutting things down by zones where Covid rates are increasing. So he planned to move our mace class to tonight in case it shuts down tomorrow. But I also normally have a strength training session on Monday nights so he figured we could do both, which means two hours straight of working out. Plus I hadn't run yet. And he had warned us that something in the mace class this week was "ridiculously hard".
Fortunately I was working at home so I went out in the late afternoon with Stella to get a run in. We did about 2.3 miles, at a fairly good overall pace for her but with the usual frequent stops/starts. Then I had to quickly go and sign and pay for a dishwasher and having it installed - which buying a major appliance right now is not very easy - and then get to the gym for this extravaganza. I got there in time to do just a mile warm-up on the treadmill, which I pushed the pace a little more than I normally do to get that squeezed in. Strength training was mostly upper body - lots of pullups included. Then the mace class. It was indeed challenging and although he promised that was mostly lower body, there was plenty of arms and shoulders involved in swinging the mace. The ridiculously hard part was the last set of 3 exercises we did in 3 rounds of 50 seconds on, 10 off were kneeling chest presses with the mace, these sumo kettlebell high pulls, and then mountain climbers. I've never felt so sure that mountain climbers were going to kill me.
So I'm pretty sure everything will hurt tomorrow. Latest word we got at class though is that the gym is NOT going to close right now because the zip code is not one of the ones in the "orange zone". It certainly could still happen at any moment but as of now they plan to stay open.6 -
I've been quiet this month, but have 69.26 miles for Nov. I can't even remember if I set a goal this month... not that it matters, I guess. It's been a very stressful month so far and doesn't look like it is getting any better any time soon.
It doesn't snow here, but maybe it rains at some point... to adapt from Charlie Chaplin's idea where he said he likes to walk in the rain so nobody can see his tears.12 -
ContraryMaryMary wrote: »Well, I finally did it. I finally ran a 1:45 half marathon. It was the Kerikeri Half on Saturday, a course with a reputation for giving PBs. It's a point-to-point event through the countryside, beautifully bovine and sunshiny and lovely. What makes it fast is that it's predominantly downhill.
In a bid to get over myself and to prevent overthinking, and at my coach's recommendation, I changed the settings on my watch to only give me 7km intervals - the course divides pretty nicely into three parts. The first 7km is uphill - steadily up with two distinct 'hills', for the second 7km you're descending pretty quickly, then the final 7km is a gentle downhill with a few small ups to the finish line in town.
My plan was to start at a steady clip and focus on getting through the uphills, then to run fast on the steep downhills, maximising the use of gravity without actually having to work too hard, then for the final third, to keep pushing until I reached the end.
I woke feeling great. The body was completely niggle-free and feeling loose and relaxed. I enjoyed a gentle 2km jog to the shuttle bus in the early morning cool, arriving at the start line with time for a coffee and to enjoy the atmosphere.
The weather was mostly helpful - fairly cool at the start (about 15 degrees Celsius), but with high humidity. When the sun came out it got quite hot quite quickly but fortunately the humidity burned off so the heat wasn't too much of a hinderance. I did have a drink at every water stop (every 3km) when normally during a half I'd only take on water with my gels (twice).
I executed my plan as intended, managing to ignore my watch for most of it - my coach actually suggested I run without one but, as you know, if it doesn't go on Strava, did it even happen? I'm glad I did have it though, as I only managed to pass the 1:50 pacer at the 12km mark but was reassured by my watch that he was running too fast rather than me going too slow.
It also took about 12km to shake the utter knob who was running while wearing a speaker so we alllll could enjoy his taste in music. I had a strong urge to push him into a ditch but though it might add a few seconds to my time so restrained myself. What kind of a tool does something that selfish though? I was lucky that I wasn't trying to listen to music of my own as his was very loud, and I found it took away from the rural remoteness and quiet beauty of the run.
The downhills were tougher than I remembered - it's hard running fast downhill while staying in control, maintaining a good technique and resisting the urge to brake. When I did hit the few small climbs later in the race, my quads quickly told me how hard they'd been working.
The final few kilometres were a real mental challenge, fortunately, I had my eye on the prize so kept pushing. I knew that my husband and children would be at the 19km mark (outside the house we were staying in) to cheer me on, and then it was just a quick trot through town to the finish line. Just to make things interesting the last 200 metres were on spongy grass (how could they do that to beaten up legs?) but with the finish line in sight, this was no time to slow down.
I came in at 1:45:04 and was stoked. The course was a smidge long too, so my Garmin recorded a new half marathon PB of 1:44:10, which I am over the moon about. I actually got new PBs for 5km and 10kms, 1 mile, 5 miles and 10 miles too.
I also managed second in my age group, which was an unexpected bonus - however, the woman who beat me ran a very impressive 1:30!
Today, the body feels great, although the quads keep reminding me about the brutal downhill running every time I go up or down stairs.
Pics:
Coffee at the start line.
For some unknown reason, the photographer positioned himself at the top of the hill at 7km - hard to look fast or composed at that point!
The final 200m were on lush green grass - an absolute killer on the legs.
Finisher's bling. One very happy runner.
Ahhhh so exciting! Congratulations! I think i may have to make a concrete plan to join you next year! I love that run. And yes the grass is a killer. I remember doing that and thinking "why!"4 -
Long run day
It's funny you guys brought up shooting ranges because where I grew up, it would be normal to hear random shooting, but here it's not. So the closer I got to the farthest forest on my route, I kept hearing shooting. Or maybe someone was just messing around with fireworks. Either way, once I got to the end of the closest houses, best I could tell was that the sound was coming from the forest that I had just run 12km to get to... so I turned around and added a little bit of distance in the previous [quieter] forest instead. And I found a nice tractor path that connected to another part of my route. Ended up with 22 km, not what I planned but definitely long enough.
I didn't have any problems with it, but am also wondering if it is National Let Your Dog Run Free day
November Goal - 100 Miles - DONE!
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That sounds like a great day @RunsOnEspresso ! Love the photos! Beautiful!
Hahahaha @AlphaHowls ! I love that song, by the way. When I was able to go to the nursing home for the sing-a-longs on Sunday mornings, I would sing that one a cappella at least once a month, upon request.
Congratulations on your great 10K time @rheddmobile ! I'm sure the worker thought he was being hilarious.
You are a beast @katharmonic . So, is the trainer going to repeat the class tonight, since the gym didn't close?
Big hugs to you @T1DCarnivoreRunner ! I hope the stress lessens soon.
Great run @polskagirl01 ! Glad you turned around. Better safe than sorry.4 -
11-1 7k treadmill
11-2 rest + resistance bands
11-3 7k slow + yoga
11-4 7k easy + resistance bands
11-5 7k easy + yoga
11-6 7k moderate + resistance bands
11-7 7k moderate + yoga
11-8 7k moderate
11-9 rest
11-10 7k slow + yoga
11-11 7k easy + resistance bands
11-12 7k easy + yoga
11-13 7k easy + resistance bands
11-14 7k easy + yoga
11-15 7k treadmill
11-16 7k slow + resistance bands
11-17 rest + yoga
11-18 7k easy + resistance bands
11-19 7k easy + yoga
11-20 7k easy + resistance bands
11-21 7k almost moderate + yoga
11-22 7k easy
11-23 7k slow + resistance bands
11-24 rest + yoga
November Total: 140k
November Goal: 170k
January Total: 161k
February Total: 167k
March Total: 181k
April Total: 191k
May Total: 200k
June Total: 156k
July Total: 180k
August Total: 172k
September Total: 176k
October Total: 189k
2020 Total through October: 1773k / 177k per month
Sunny, frosty, and low 30s F today. But it's a glorious rest day!!!!! Yoga always feels so good on a rest day.
When you pop in here claiming your December 2020 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
Return to a good running weight of 175 lbs
Run at least 4 5k races
Get a 5k PR
Average at least 138k per month, to meet my Run the Year pledge of 1,020 miles - Completed 10-11
Stretch goal: If I can average 169k per month, I can run 2020k in 2020
Run the Year Team: Pavement Pounders -- Completed 9-29
2020 races:
9-8 to 9-13 "Virtual Boston with Vincent" Time goal 5:15:00; actual time 4:47:014 -
Really beautiful pictures @RunsOnEspresso!
Geez @katharmonic that sounds like a brutal workout! I don't think I could have handled all that. Your really are a beast!!!!
Looked at the weather on my phone when I got up, and saw 55F and 13mph wind. Wasn't thrilled with that, but decided I could tough it out. So got all ready and stepped outside. Either I failed to notice or the little rain icon wasn't displayed on the screen, but it was raining lightly when I got outside. Thought for a few minutes about just going back in and running on the treadmill, but in the end I just sucked it up and ran in the rain. It got harder as I kept getting further away from the house, so my pace increased. Only did 4 miles, but each mile was about :30/mi faster than the last.
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11/3 – 5.03 miles
11/4 – 4.08 miles
11/5 – 4.06 miles
11/7 – 6.25 miles – Roan Mountain 10K
11/8 – 4.60 miles
11/9 – 5.07 miles
11/11 – 6.22 miles – Ekiden challenge
11/12 – 5.08 miles
11/14 – 12.05 miles
11/16 – 5.32 miles
11/18 – 5.39 miles
11/20 – 5.19 miles
11/21 – 3.14 miles – YWCA Turkey Trot - Virtual
11/21 - 8.96 miles
11/23 – 4.01 miles
11/24 – 5.31 miles
89.73 of 120 miles
It was dark and cold (32F) when I headed out at 5:45 am. It’s always hard getting out the door when I’m running from home but I never regret it. No street lights in my neighborhood so I got to see all the beautiful stars lining the sky. As day was breaking, the horizon started to lighten up and houses and barns began taking shape. I stopped at a neighbors house and petted their chocolate lab. He’s normally asleep in the doghouse on the patio but he was in the yard this morning and looked like he needed a good rub. He thoroughly enjoyed it and it was good for my soul.
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Thankfully no @quilteryoyo. I'm sure he's saving up something good for a Thanksgiving morning workout, as long as things stay open though.quilteryoyo wrote: »You are a beast @katharmonic . So, is the trainer going to repeat the class tonight, since the gym didn't close?
@T1DCarnivoreRunner hang in there. Sorry about the stress. A good cry in the rain is a good release though. Hugs.
Good run in the rain, @Scott6255. Sometimes that "let's just get this over with" pace can be good.
@Teresa502 good job getting your early run in, with a nice boost from a little dog love.
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
11/01/20 :::: 5.3 :::: 5.3
11/02/20 :::: 3.0 :::: 8.3
11/03/20 :::: 1.8 :::: 10.1
11/04/20 :::: 3.0 :::: 13.1
11/05/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 16.2
11/06/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 19.3
11/07/20 :::: 13.1 :::: 32.4
11/08/20 :::: 3.3 :::: 35.7
11/09/20 :::: 1.5 :::: 37.2
11/10/20 :::: 1.5 :::: 38.7
11/11/20 :::: 3.9 :::: 42.5
11/12/20 :::: 2.0 :::: 44.6
11/13/20 :::: 7.0 :::: 51.6
11/14/20 :::: 3.6 :::: 55.1
11/15/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 58.3
11/16/20 :::: 2.0 :::: 60.2
11/17/20 :::: 2.7 :::: 62.9
11/18/20 :::: 1.6 :::: 64.5
11/19/20 :::: 2.0 :::: 66.5
11/20/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 69.6
11/21/20 :::: 8.0 :::: 77.6
11/22/20 :::: 3.3 :::: 80.9
11/23/20 :::: 3.3 :::: 84.2
11/24/20 :::: 1.4 :::: 85.5
Just the minimum today with a treadmill warmup before yoga class. Same trainer teaches this yoga class and I think he threw in a couple of things today just because he knows they are hard for me. Because he cares, I think, rather than because he is sadistic and cruel. LOL. I don't know if I've mentioned hero pose (where you kneel and sit back on or between your feet) before and how hard that is. It's so tight and painful right above my knees - I think it's the quadriceps tendon. Anyway, he wants me to work on it by sitting high up on blocks to start and thinks I can gradually work on stretching it and lowering down into the pose.
I just need 14.5 miles to make my goal of 100 for the month. That should not be a problem, and depending on weather maybe I'll have some extra this week with the days off for the holiday. I'm a little sad there isn't a Turkey Trot (in-person) this year but hopefully I'll meet up with a few people for our own version.4 -
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Really beautiful pictures @RunsOnEspresso!
Geez @katharmonic that sounds like a brutal workout! I don't think I could have handled all that. Your really are a beast!!!!
Looked at the weather on my phone when I got up, and saw 55F and 13mph wind. Wasn't thrilled with that, but decided I could tough it out. So got all ready and stepped outside. Either I failed to notice or the little rain icon wasn't displayed on the screen, but it was raining lightly when I got outside. Thought for a few minutes about just going back in and running on the treadmill, but in the end I just sucked it up and ran in the rain. It got harder as I kept getting further away from the house, so my pace increased. Only did 4 miles, but each mile was about :30/mi faster than the last.
I just can’t handle the combo of wind and cold rain! Good job getting out there!3 -
71.8/90 miles
11/2: 5 miles
11/3: 3.1 miles
11/6: 5 miles
11/7: 6.5 miles
11/10: 5.1 miles
11/11: 3 miles
11/12: 5.2 miles
11/14: 7.6 miles
11/16: 5.1 miles
11/17: 3.1 miles
11/19: 4.7 miles
11/21: 8.1 miles
11/23: 3.5 miles
11/24: 6.8 miles
Forgot to log yesterday's morning run so logging 2 today.
I switched up my plan a little to accommodate work and holiday stuff so I did a short, easy run yesterday before work and a longer pace workout today. It's been a little cooler this week which is nice and a little cloud cover, which I really appreciate.
I'm definitely seeing the benefits of the summer running. My pace workout this morning was a little more than a 10k and I beat my race pace from last month! It didn't even feel really hard. I was working to run a maintainable hard pace for about 6 miles. My splits ended up within 15 secs of each other and negative. I'm so pleased with my progress this year! It feels so good!!6 -
Guh this morning was WET! like soaked to the bone as soon as you step outside wet. Still managed 3.2k. Woo hoo.
My FB memories reminded me that it was this day 3 years ago I officially lost 20kg (45lb). So I have now officially kept it off for 3 years! Statistics show if you manage 3 years, it becomes your new normal apparently. Woo hoo!
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11/4: 1.6 miles
11/6: 1.5 miles
11/9: 1.6 miles
11/10: 1.6 miles
11/14: 1.6 miles
11/18: 1.7 miles
11/19: 1.6 miles
11/20: 1.6 miles
11/24: 1.6 miles
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@Scott6255 Rain and wind makes for negative splits. Good job!
@Teresa502 Sounds like you had a great run. Petting a dog is always good for the soul.
Congratulations on your progress @martaindale !
Whoo Hoo @Avidkeo ! You look great and keeping it off for 3 years is amazing! Welcome to your new normal!
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Guh this morning was WET! like soaked to the bone as soon as you step outside wet. Still managed 3.2k. Woo hoo.
My FB memories reminded me that it was this day 3 years ago I officially lost 20kg (45lb). So I have now officially kept it off for 3 years! Statistics show if you manage 3 years, it becomes your new normal apparently. Woo hoo!
You're one of a kind!!!3 -
November Goal: 100 Miles
11/1: 11.02 miles
11/3: 4.35 miles
11/4: 4.35 miles
11/7: 13.51 miles
11/11: 4.51 miles
11/12: 5.27 miles
11/15: 8.51 miles
11/17: 6.02 miles
11/18: 6.10 miles
11/19: 6.07 miles
11/22: 10.03 miles
11/24: 6.09 miles
85.83/100 miles completed for November
1261.85/1000 miles for Run the Year Team Pavement
I had a nice 6 mile run this morning. It was a little windier than I like it, but the temperature was comfortable and I enjoyed it. I realized today that on Sunday I hit 2020 K for the year. I can't run 2020 miles by myself in a year, but I can run the year in kilometers. 😊
Congratulations on your fantastic half @ContraryMaryMary!
Thanks @Teresa502!
Beautiful photos @RunsonEsspresso!
@katharmonic I find hero pose difficult too. It is painful for the tops of my feet.
Congrats @avidkeo!
Sorry you are going through a bad time @T1DCarnivoreRunner.
I've gotten behind on this thread again, so I know there was a lot of awesome stuff I didn't mention.
2020 races:
11/7/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon4 -
Thanks guys
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Anyone got a Garmin Fenix 6pro?
I have a Vivoactive 4s and I LOVE it. Absolutely love it. But the battery kinda sux and I'm charging it every 3 days or so.
I see the Fenix 6 Pro has music (a must for me) and a longer battery. Everything else is kinda a bonus. Looking around, I see that the Fenix has among the best battery though the GPS is only 6hrs so only 1 longer than the Vivoactive.
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@katharmonic Hero pose is really painful for me too. I went to a yoga class a few weeks ago, and it was killing me around the knees - not because I was in my knees, but more so the muscles around the knees straining/tight? I haven’t experienced that with any other positions. Maybe I need to look at training with blocks too.
@Avidkeo, awesome job maintaining your goal!
No run last night, but I attended body pump. I plan to have an easy run tonight, and then tomorrow is my virtual Turkey Trot 10k.4
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