September 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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@rheddmobile - oh no! Can't believe that the bags were hidden and they still did a smash and grab. I get pretty complacent about leaving stuff in my locked car so it's a reminder that bad stuff can happen. So sorry.
Congrats on your race @martaindale! Great time!
@MNLittleFinn great race reports.
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
09/01/19 :::: 11.5 :::: 11.5
09/02/19 :::: 5.5 :::: 17.0
09/03/19 :::: 3.0 :::: 20.0
09/04/19 :::: 6.7 :::: 26.7
09/05/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 26.7
09/06/19 :::: 4.7 :::: 31.5
09/07/19 :::: 13.1 :::: 44.6
09/08/19 :::: 5.2 :::: 49.8
09/09/19 :::: 5.7 :::: 55.5
09/10/19 :::: 5.6 :::: 61.1
09/11/19 :::: 2.7 :::: 63.8
I arrived at the conference center in Princeton for my meeting this afternoon and had enough time before dinner to get a run in. But it was 90 degrees out! Shockingly hot after the last couple of weeks at home. I couldn't pass up the chance to run, though, so I went out for a while. I knew there were some trails around but I thought they'd be more like bike paths or wide walking trails. But it was a narrow woodsy trail and I wished I had brought my trail shoes! I did some roads and some of the trail. I cut it short because it was so hot and I forgot my water (after I filled the bottle and set it ready to go). And my legs felt pretty terrible after yesterday's tempo run. I wanted to at least get to 3 miles but I found myself back at the hotel and was just done. Hoping the next couple of days are cooler and I can get some more running in.7 -
@rheddmobile That really sucks!
If you don't mind me asking, where exactly did you park? I don't think I'm at much risk as I normally park at the visitor center and if I'm running Greenline, I'll go past the bison to get there. So maybe more out of curiosity and where to watch.2 -
5.20 miles tonight
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T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »@rheddmobile That really sucks!
If you don't mind me asking, where exactly did you park? I don't think I'm at much risk as I normally park at the visitor center and if I'm running Greenline, I'll go past the bison to get there. So maybe more out of curiosity and where to watch.
I was at the GreenWAY which is a different trail system entirely - go west down Walnut Grove, turn southeast and follow Humphreys boulevard until it turns into Wolf River Boulevard, the trailhead is the one just over the line into Germantown. It’s confusing but there is both a Greenline and an unconnected Greenway in the Wolf River bottoms (although the trail systems do meet up if you cross under Walnut Grove). If you look on Google earth where we were is labeled Germantown Greenway west parking lot, roughly across from the opera house. It’s also where the Greenway bathrooms are, which is why we park there.
The Shelby Farms visitor center used to be notorious for vehicle break ins, but we haven’t had a problem there since all the renovations a few years back, and it seems like most of the time there’s enough foot traffic that it would discourage people. The parking areas up by Pine Lake and Mullins Station are still bad though. According to the cops today the whole trail area gets hit fairly regularly.
We sort of knew it would happen eventually and made a point not to leave “valuables” in the car, without really thinking how all our random little stuff added up to quite a dollar sum.
Anyway I hope whoever stole my extra socks feels proud when they go through our stuff and find a diabetes testing kit and an asthma inhaler. So stupid.5 -
rheddmobile wrote: »T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »@rheddmobile That really sucks!
If you don't mind me asking, where exactly did you park? I don't think I'm at much risk as I normally park at the visitor center and if I'm running Greenline, I'll go past the bison to get there. So maybe more out of curiosity and where to watch.
I was at the GreenWAY which is a different trail system entirely - go west down Walnut Grove, turn southeast and follow Humphreys boulevard until it turns into Wolf River Boulevard, the trailhead is the one just over the line into Germantown. It’s confusing but there is both a Greenline and an unconnected Greenway in the Wolf River bottoms (although the trail systems do meet up if you cross under Walnut Grove). If you look on Google earth where we were is labeled Germantown Greenway west parking lot, roughly across from the opera house. It’s also where the Greenway bathrooms are, which is why we park there.
The Shelby Farms visitor center used to be notorious for vehicle break ins, but we haven’t had a problem there since all the renovations a few years back, and it seems like most of the time there’s enough foot traffic that it would discourage people. The parking areas up by Pine Lake and Mullins Station are still bad though. According to the cops today the whole trail area gets hit fairly regularly.
We sort of knew it would happen eventually and made a point not to leave “valuables” in the car, without really thinking how all our random little stuff added up to quite a dollar sum.
Anyway I hope whoever stole my extra socks feels proud when they go through our stuff and find a diabetes testing kit and an asthma inhaler. So stupid.
Ah, I didn't even realize there was another whole trail system. And yes, there is always a ton of foot traffic there at the visitor center. I drive a Prius and even park in one of the hybrid parking stalls if possible. It's so close to the building, the wheelhouse, and the road that it would be unlikely for someone to be able to find much of a time window to break into my car. Even if someone were as far away as the bathrooms, they would hear the car alarm and see it.0 -
I had the best day today! DH went off to his Hanford nuclear reactor tour so the plan for me was to take Hobbes out for a 30min run and running out as far as that took me and then walk back. I ended up running about 45 mins because it was just so nice out and the area/views were so enjoyable I didn't want to stop. We did walk/run back from that point and stopped frequently to sit on benches, watch all the squirrels and take pictures. It was really lovely.
Date........Miles.......Total
09/01......8.27........8.27
09/02......6.34......14.61
09/03......0.00......14.61 - + Strength Training
09/04......5.26......19.87
09/05......0.00......19.87 - + Strength Training
09/06......4.31......24.18
09/07......3.86......28.04
09/08......0.00......28.04 - to Reno
09/09......2.78......30.82 - to Boise
09/10......0.00......30.82 - to Richland
09/11......6.83......37.65
2019 Planned and Completed Races
02/03/19 - Surf City Half Marathon Deferred to 2020
05/11/19 - Santa Barbara Wine Country HM
09/15/19 - Jack and Jill Downhill HM - Boise
11/23/19 - USA Women's HM
02/02/20 - Surf City Half Marathon17 -
@rheddmobile - Wow! That is terrible! I am so sorry it happened to you. I try not to keep much in my car for that very reason.0
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Hello everyone
I've just found that community
My name is Ana, from Bulgaria, and I hope you will apologize my not very good English ☺️.
I am a newbie runner- running since January, but not very consistent. The biggest distance I've run is 5km(33 minutes). My goal is to run 2 times a week, 5 km, for the best time I can.
I know that is not much, but I'm doing other sports and running is additional. Because I like it, and because I need endurance 20 -
September goal: try to keep up
9/1 3.30
9/2 2.00
9/3 rest
9/4 4.70
9/5 rest
9/6 3.12
9/7 Travel to> O'ahu CME conference<travel from
9/8 3.00
9/9 snorkel 3 hours: black sided hawkfish and female spotted coral blenny9/10 lazy
9/11 4.5
Total : 21.72
@rheddmobile I'm sorry...some people stink
@mbaker566 I'm sorry for the puppies and that you had to get in the middle of it.....
Upcoming races:
Revel Kulia Half Marathon 1/18/20
Ticker is my goal for 2019 and progress to date:
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@rheddmobile I'm sorry...some people stink
@mbaker566 I'm sorry for the puppies and that you had to get in the middle
^^^^ this!
I'm up in the hills this week. No computer. Typing sucks.
Plan said 3 miles today, 9 miles Saturday. There's a storm coming this way apparently. So at 7am I decided it was still 9/11 somewhere, and went out and ran 9.11 miles as my own little personal tribute to all those who can't run.
While I was out there it dawned on me that although I consider myself a runner now, I really haven't done manybproper long runs. If I remember right that was only my 3rd 9 miler, and I only did one 10 miler before my HM. No wonder I'm hungry!11 -
anichkata1 wrote: »Hello everyone I've just found that community
My name is Ana, from Bulgaria, and I hope you will apologize my not very good English ☺️.
I am a newbie runner- running since January, but not very consistent. The biggest distance I've run is 5km(33 minutes). My goal is to run 2 times a week, 5 km, for the best time I can.
I know that is not much, but I'm doing other sports and running is additional. Because I like it, and because I need endurance
Welcome!1 -
rheddmobile wrote: »T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »@rheddmobile That really sucks!
If you don't mind me asking, where exactly did you park? I don't think I'm at much risk as I normally park at the visitor center and if I'm running Greenline, I'll go past the bison to get there. So maybe more out of curiosity and where to watch.
I was at the GreenWAY which is a different trail system entirely - go west down Walnut Grove, turn southeast and follow Humphreys boulevard until it turns into Wolf River Boulevard, the trailhead is the one just over the line into Germantown. It’s confusing but there is both a Greenline and an unconnected Greenway in the Wolf River bottoms (although the trail systems do meet up if you cross under Walnut Grove). If you look on Google earth where we were is labeled Germantown Greenway west parking lot, roughly across from the opera house. It’s also where the Greenway bathrooms are, which is why we park there.
The Shelby Farms visitor center used to be notorious for vehicle break ins, but we haven’t had a problem there since all the renovations a few years back, and it seems like most of the time there’s enough foot traffic that it would discourage people. The parking areas up by Pine Lake and Mullins Station are still bad though. According to the cops today the whole trail area gets hit fairly regularly.
We sort of knew it would happen eventually and made a point not to leave “valuables” in the car, without really thinking how all our random little stuff added up to quite a dollar sum.
Anyway I hope whoever stole my extra socks feels proud when they go through our stuff and find a diabetes testing kit and an asthma inhaler. So stupid.
Let's hope the police get some useful prints and make an arrest that ends in a successful prosecution.3 -
9-1 4k recovery
9-2 7k easy
9-3 6k easy
9-4 rest
9-5 7k moderate
9-6 rest
9-7 7k moderate
9-8 7k easy
9-9 rest
9-10 7k easy
9-11 7k moderate
9-12 rest
September Total: 52k
September Goal: 135k
January Total: 131k
February Total: 159.5k
March Total: 183k
April Total: 126k
May Total: 128k
June Total: 161.5k
July Total: 151k
August Total: 133k
Monthly average: 146.6k
Next year when you pop in here claiming your December 2019 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
Run at least 4 5k races.
Get under 30:00 and a PR for 5k.
Average at least 135k per month, which would put me over 1,000 miles for the year.
Run the Year Team: Five for Nineteen
Scheduled rest day today. Golf and trout fishing instead of running.
2019 Races:
4-13 Shine the Light 5K - 31:12 chip time; First Place male 65 and older
6-30 Strides for Starfish 5K - 31:34 chip time; 31/77 overall; second male 65 and older (no official category)
7-27 Solon Home Days 5K - 31:11 chip time; 95/141 overall; 4/6 age group (male)
8-31 Race for Freedom 5k - 31:39 chip time; 32:00 Garmin time; Third Place male 60 and older
9-14 Gift of Life 5k - off the schedule; insufficient recovery time
10-13 Haunted Hustle 5k6 -
T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »rheddmobile wrote: »T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »@rheddmobile That really sucks!
If you don't mind me asking, where exactly did you park? I don't think I'm at much risk as I normally park at the visitor center and if I'm running Greenline, I'll go past the bison to get there. So maybe more out of curiosity and where to watch.
I was at the GreenWAY which is a different trail system entirely - go west down Walnut Grove, turn southeast and follow Humphreys boulevard until it turns into Wolf River Boulevard, the trailhead is the one just over the line into Germantown. It’s confusing but there is both a Greenline and an unconnected Greenway in the Wolf River bottoms (although the trail systems do meet up if you cross under Walnut Grove). If you look on Google earth where we were is labeled Germantown Greenway west parking lot, roughly across from the opera house. It’s also where the Greenway bathrooms are, which is why we park there.
The Shelby Farms visitor center used to be notorious for vehicle break ins, but we haven’t had a problem there since all the renovations a few years back, and it seems like most of the time there’s enough foot traffic that it would discourage people. The parking areas up by Pine Lake and Mullins Station are still bad though. According to the cops today the whole trail area gets hit fairly regularly.
We sort of knew it would happen eventually and made a point not to leave “valuables” in the car, without really thinking how all our random little stuff added up to quite a dollar sum.
Anyway I hope whoever stole my extra socks feels proud when they go through our stuff and find a diabetes testing kit and an asthma inhaler. So stupid.
Ah, I didn't even realize there was another whole trail system. And yes, there is always a ton of foot traffic there at the visitor center. I drive a Prius and even park in one of the hybrid parking stalls if possible. It's so close to the building, the wheelhouse, and the road that it would be unlikely for someone to be able to find much of a time window to break into my car. Even if someone were as far away as the bathrooms, they would hear the car alarm and see it.
Although it seems odd to recommend a place where we were just victims of crime, I wanted to point out that the Germantown Greenway is actually our favorite trail system for short to medium runs - perfectly beautiful trails along the Wolf and assorted creeks and lakes, and it’s very easy to get a 5 or 6 mile run out of it without passing the same spot twice. Plus about 4 miles of medium quality trail (some gullies, tree roots, mostly even single track) back in the woods. We haven’t been hit in two years before now, but if you ever want to try it out without parking where we did, the east end of the Greenway emerges right next to the Breakaway Running on Germantown road, and there’s a large group that meets up there to run.
Also, I keep meaning to mention my favorite place to eat along there would be a good spot for you as a dedicated carnivore stopping in Memphis. The One & Only BBQ (on Germantown road, a block away from where Walnut Grove hits it) will be happy to serve nothing but smoked meat with no added sauce, and they have chicken as well as beef brisket and pulled pork. The dry rub ribs might have some sugar in the rub but it seems to be very little. It’s not the best bbq in Memphis by a long shot, but they open early and close late, seating and staff are pleasant, and the owner is a runner.6 -
Quick update! Hope everyone is ok!
01 Sep - 5.6 miles (outside)
02 Sep - 2 miles (treadmill)
04 Sep - 3.3 miles (outside)
05 Sep - 1.75 miles (treadmill)
07 Sep - 10 miles (outside)
09 Sep - 2 miles (treadmill)
10 Sep - 3 miles (treadmill - now to dark to run around my way in the AM)
11 Sep - 1.9 miles (treadmill)
29.55 miles of ??6 -
@Anitchka16 welcome, we're glad to have you here! Don't worry about your English, you post was easy to understand and your English is much, much better than my Bulgarian.
@rheddmobile that just sucks! Why do some people have to be such *kitten*!
@martaindale awesome race! particularly in light of the disorganization. Hopefully they do get that worked out because it certainly is a great cause.
@shanaber I would LOVE a tour of a nuclear reactor! I used to design electrical systems for power plants, but never for a nuke.
7 trail miles last night doing a bit of reconnaissance and trail maintenance for the Friday night group run I'm planning (17 miles on Friday the 13th, full moon, 7pm until midnight!). I organized it on our local trail running group FB page and it looks we'll have 15 people showing up...not bad for my first FB event. Temperature should be in the 50's but with cloud cover so I'm not sure we'll be able to see the moon.
Odd thing about the run...Garmin is showing that I ran it on Tuesday and not last night. My Garmin shows the correct time and date so I have no idea what happened. Hopefully it's just an anomaly.
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rheddmobile wrote: »T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »rheddmobile wrote: »T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »@rheddmobile That really sucks!
If you don't mind me asking, where exactly did you park? I don't think I'm at much risk as I normally park at the visitor center and if I'm running Greenline, I'll go past the bison to get there. So maybe more out of curiosity and where to watch.
I was at the GreenWAY which is a different trail system entirely - go west down Walnut Grove, turn southeast and follow Humphreys boulevard until it turns into Wolf River Boulevard, the trailhead is the one just over the line into Germantown. It’s confusing but there is both a Greenline and an unconnected Greenway in the Wolf River bottoms (although the trail systems do meet up if you cross under Walnut Grove). If you look on Google earth where we were is labeled Germantown Greenway west parking lot, roughly across from the opera house. It’s also where the Greenway bathrooms are, which is why we park there.
The Shelby Farms visitor center used to be notorious for vehicle break ins, but we haven’t had a problem there since all the renovations a few years back, and it seems like most of the time there’s enough foot traffic that it would discourage people. The parking areas up by Pine Lake and Mullins Station are still bad though. According to the cops today the whole trail area gets hit fairly regularly.
We sort of knew it would happen eventually and made a point not to leave “valuables” in the car, without really thinking how all our random little stuff added up to quite a dollar sum.
Anyway I hope whoever stole my extra socks feels proud when they go through our stuff and find a diabetes testing kit and an asthma inhaler. So stupid.
Ah, I didn't even realize there was another whole trail system. And yes, there is always a ton of foot traffic there at the visitor center. I drive a Prius and even park in one of the hybrid parking stalls if possible. It's so close to the building, the wheelhouse, and the road that it would be unlikely for someone to be able to find much of a time window to break into my car. Even if someone were as far away as the bathrooms, they would hear the car alarm and see it.
Although it seems odd to recommend a place where we were just victims of crime, I wanted to point out that the Germantown Greenway is actually our favorite trail system for short to medium runs - perfectly beautiful trails along the Wolf and assorted creeks and lakes, and it’s very easy to get a 5 or 6 mile run out of it without passing the same spot twice. Plus about 4 miles of medium quality trail (some gullies, tree roots, mostly even single track) back in the woods. We haven’t been hit in two years before now, but if you ever want to try it out without parking where we did, the east end of the Greenway emerges right next to the Breakaway Running on Germantown road, and there’s a large group that meets up there to run.
Also, I keep meaning to mention my favorite place to eat along there would be a good spot for you as a dedicated carnivore stopping in Memphis. The One & Only BBQ (on Germantown road, a block away from where Walnut Grove hits it) will be happy to serve nothing but smoked meat with no added sauce, and they have chicken as well as beef brisket and pulled pork. The dry rub ribs might have some sugar in the rub but it seems to be very little. It’s not the best bbq in Memphis by a long shot, but they open early and close late, seating and staff are pleasant, and the owner is a runner.
Thank you for the suggestion, I'll have to check it out this weekend.
Last Sun., I found the Brickhouse buffet in Bartlett. It was very good, had BBQ ribs on the buffet, meatloaf, shrimp, and then had a carving station with prime rib roast, ham, filet mignon, and even a turkey. I keep wanting to go back for more of that prime rib, but I think that is a Sunday item. I'm thinking of visiting on Sat. this weekend and will check those spots out before heading down.
ETA: I looked online and it seems like I can park where I normally would and just go south to get to the Greenway instead of north to get to the Greenline... from what I can tell, I just go half-way around the lake next to the visitor center before breaking off to go southwest. I know I have seen the bike crossing signs at a major intersection on the east-west road that goes by Shelby Farms.
But the map I found online shows an intersection with the Greenline that is "under construction." I can't recall seeing this intersection, but have run on some of the dirt trails along the Wolf River accessible from the Greenline (west of the jail). I guess I will have to explore from the other direction heading towards the Greenline to see what I find.0 -
@Anitchka16 welcome, we're glad to have you here! Don't worry about your English, you post was easy to understand and your English is much, much better than my Bulgarian.
@rheddmobile that just sucks! Why do some people have to be such *kitten*!
@martaindale awesome race! particularly in light of the disorganization. Hopefully they do get that worked out because it certainly is a great cause.
@shanaber I would LOVE a tour of a nuclear reactor! I used to design electrical systems for power plants, but never for a nuke.
7 trail miles last night doing a bit of reconnaissance and trail maintenance for the Friday night group run I'm planning (17 miles on Friday the 13th, full moon, 7pm until midnight!). I organized it on our local trail running group FB page and it looks we'll have 15 people showing up...not bad for my first FB event. Temperature should be in the 50's but with cloud cover so I'm not sure we'll be able to see the moon.
Odd thing about the run...Garmin is showing that I ran it on Tuesday and not last night. My Garmin shows the correct time and date so I have no idea what happened. Hopefully it's just an anomaly.
Thank you 😊0 -
September goal: 45 mi running
9/10: 3.2, walk 1.9
9/11: walk 5.3
You all are so inspiring, need to pick up my game...6 -
@7lenny7 are you aware of FullMoonRuuners? They have some pretty cool groups in lots of different places all over the world. I haven't managed to be in the right place to join one yet but hope to some day1
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@7lenny7 - You can look up the history of Hanford online. It was the primary plutonium production site for WWII. Of course it is closed now and there is a cleanup going on but he found it fascinating, how it was built (by Dupont) and how it functioned. We went to Los Alamos, NM earlier this year and that is also a fascinating place. We spent a day there and I think he could have spent even longer.
Congratulations @martaindale on a great race despite the chaos and confusion!
@Anitchka16 - Welcome! As @7lenny7 said your English is definitely better than our Bulgarian!
No run for me today as we are heading back to Boise. I will run a short run tomorrow then Saturday is packet pickup! I am getting pretty excited for the race! I did get in almost 22k steps yesterday with all our running and walking along the river here and 9 miles total per the watch.
On our way back to Boise we are going to stop at the Pendleton Woolen Mills for a tour. It has been in the current location since 1909 in of course Pendleton OR. I can remember having their jackets and shirts when I was a kid. I am pretty excited about going there but we don't have a lot of use for the wool products in CA 😁6 -
9.01: 4.5M Easy (4.5)
9.02: 4.5M Easy&Intervals (9)
9.03: 4.5M Easy (13.5)
9.04: Scheduled Rest Day
9.05: 4.5M Pace (18)
9.06: 8.5M Long (26.5)
9.07: Scheduled Rest Day
9.08: 5.0M Easy Run (31.5)
9.09: Skipped Intervals (31.5)
9.10: 5.0M Easy Run (36.5)
9.11: 4.5M Easy & Intervals Make up from Monday (41)
I made up Monday's intervals yesterday (Scheduled Rest Day). Ran 2.5 at a nice pace, then ran 8 1/4s at 7:08 pace. I accidentally reset the treadmill about .5M before the intervals started so I had to do some fancy math in my head to add my times and distances together. Today I'm going to do my long run of 90 minutes and 9 miles (I make myself hit both distance and time) but lucky me gets to do this on the treadmill since the park is now closed for the weekend. Oh well. It won't be fun, but it's necessary. And I have to change the litter in the cat box when I get back so that's always something to look forward to. <eyeroll> I want to train my cat to pee and poop in the toilet.4 -
September goal: 110 miles
9/1: 8.86 miles
9/3: 6.31 miles
9/4: 6.25 miles
9/5: 6.25 miles
9/8: 10.55 miles
9/10: 6.25 miles
9/11: 6.25 miles
9/12: 6.26 miles
56.98/110 miles completed
I really enjoyed my run this morning. I ran 6.26 miles. I listened to Zombies Run, but I turned the chases off since I just wanted to do an easy run. I ended up with a pace of 10.25 which is pretty decent for me. It was only 72°F this morning and even though the humidity was 87% and the dew point was 68°, it didn't seem too bad. I saw the high school cross country team at the park. Most of them did not look too enthusiastic about being up there at 6:30 in the morning. But I was enjoying myself. Some days the uneventful runs where you just run are the best ones!
@martaindale Great job on your race! Hopefully it will be better organized next time.
@shanaber What a lovely place to run/walk. Hobbes looks like he enjoyed it too!
@HonuNui I always love your snorkeling pictures!
@anichkata1 Welcome to the group!
2019 races:
2/2/19: Catch the Groundhog Half Marathon - PR 2:15:17
5/18/19: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon - Cancelled due to weather
2020 races:
5/16/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon7 -
Good morning all! Looking at a full moon on tomorrow Friday the 13th.... can we tell how excited I am about how my students will be? Looking at locking up my 2020 race calendar in the near future. I hope you are all having a Runderful Thursday!9
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eleanorhawkins wrote: »@7lenny7 are you aware of FullMoonRuuners? They have some pretty cool groups in lots of different places all over the world. I haven't managed to be in the right place to join one yet but hope to some day
@eleanorhawkins I hadn't heard of them and looking online, I can't find anything near here. I think Spain had a group. It's not so much that I seek full moon runs, as much as the timing of this one was perfect as it's on a Friday the 13th and I was actually wanting to schedule a group night run on this particular course. It just all came together.
@shanaber now that's a different kind of power than what i worked with!
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T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »rheddmobile wrote: »T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »rheddmobile wrote: »T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »@rheddmobile That really sucks!
If you don't mind me asking, where exactly did you park? I don't think I'm at much risk as I normally park at the visitor center and if I'm running Greenline, I'll go past the bison to get there. So maybe more out of curiosity and where to watch.
I was at the GreenWAY which is a different trail system entirely - go west down Walnut Grove, turn southeast and follow Humphreys boulevard until it turns into Wolf River Boulevard, the trailhead is the one just over the line into Germantown. It’s confusing but there is both a Greenline and an unconnected Greenway in the Wolf River bottoms (although the trail systems do meet up if you cross under Walnut Grove). If you look on Google earth where we were is labeled Germantown Greenway west parking lot, roughly across from the opera house. It’s also where the Greenway bathrooms are, which is why we park there.
The Shelby Farms visitor center used to be notorious for vehicle break ins, but we haven’t had a problem there since all the renovations a few years back, and it seems like most of the time there’s enough foot traffic that it would discourage people. The parking areas up by Pine Lake and Mullins Station are still bad though. According to the cops today the whole trail area gets hit fairly regularly.
We sort of knew it would happen eventually and made a point not to leave “valuables” in the car, without really thinking how all our random little stuff added up to quite a dollar sum.
Anyway I hope whoever stole my extra socks feels proud when they go through our stuff and find a diabetes testing kit and an asthma inhaler. So stupid.
Ah, I didn't even realize there was another whole trail system. And yes, there is always a ton of foot traffic there at the visitor center. I drive a Prius and even park in one of the hybrid parking stalls if possible. It's so close to the building, the wheelhouse, and the road that it would be unlikely for someone to be able to find much of a time window to break into my car. Even if someone were as far away as the bathrooms, they would hear the car alarm and see it.
Although it seems odd to recommend a place where we were just victims of crime, I wanted to point out that the Germantown Greenway is actually our favorite trail system for short to medium runs - perfectly beautiful trails along the Wolf and assorted creeks and lakes, and it’s very easy to get a 5 or 6 mile run out of it without passing the same spot twice. Plus about 4 miles of medium quality trail (some gullies, tree roots, mostly even single track) back in the woods. We haven’t been hit in two years before now, but if you ever want to try it out without parking where we did, the east end of the Greenway emerges right next to the Breakaway Running on Germantown road, and there’s a large group that meets up there to run.
Also, I keep meaning to mention my favorite place to eat along there would be a good spot for you as a dedicated carnivore stopping in Memphis. The One & Only BBQ (on Germantown road, a block away from where Walnut Grove hits it) will be happy to serve nothing but smoked meat with no added sauce, and they have chicken as well as beef brisket and pulled pork. The dry rub ribs might have some sugar in the rub but it seems to be very little. It’s not the best bbq in Memphis by a long shot, but they open early and close late, seating and staff are pleasant, and the owner is a runner.
Thank you for the suggestion, I'll have to check it out this weekend.
Last Sun., I found the Brickhouse buffet in Bartlett. It was very good, had BBQ ribs on the buffet, meatloaf, shrimp, and then had a carving station with prime rib roast, ham, filet mignon, and even a turkey. I keep wanting to go back for more of that prime rib, but I think that is a Sunday item. I'm thinking of visiting on Sat. this weekend and will check those spots out before heading down.
ETA: I looked online and it seems like I can park where I normally would and just go south to get to the Greenway instead of north to get to the Greenline... from what I can tell, I just go half-way around the lake next to the visitor center before breaking off to go southwest. I know I have seen the bike crossing signs at a major intersection on the east-west road that goes by Shelby Farms.
But the map I found online shows an intersection with the Greenline that is "under construction." I can't recall seeing this intersection, but have run on some of the dirt trails along the Wolf River accessible from the Greenline (west of the jail). I guess I will have to explore from the other direction heading towards the Greenline to see what I find.
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Yesterday I got to run 1.67 miles. I’d planned more, but found out just before I was going to leave that I’d left my good shoes in the trunk of the car, which my husband had taken to work. I decided to run in my old shoes, which I’ve been using exclusively for walking since early this spring. Of course now I have no idea if my various aches and pains were from the shoes or from still recovering from Sunday, but either way, I decided to keep the run short and I’m glad I went out anyhow. It might not be a bad idea to move a second pair of shoes into rotation, but we’re tight on cash right now. So it goes.
Lots and lots of rain today, so instead of going to the gym I’ve decided to catch up on work and play with my training schedule. I feel good about cutting the 26K, because as much as it sounded like fun, I just didn’t feel like I had the time to train for it properly. One under-trained race per year is quite enough for me.
So now I have two much more achievable-feeling goals for the next month: get ready for the 10K/10Mile races on the Twin Cities Marathon weekend, and pacing @7Lenny7 at the Loopet Loppet the week after that. I figure in both cases the main issue is going to be running while tired, not the distances per-se. So next weekend I’ve got an all-day walking event on Saturday, and then on Sunday I’m planning to bike 4 miles to the trailhead where the Loppet is going to be held and run the course plus a little bit on each end (7.4 miles). The next weekend I’m thinking I’ll run the long route to the gym (3.5 miles) on Saturday, then put in a long slow run on Sunday (9.4 miles).
Given those adjustments, I’m lowering my monthly goal from 70 miles to 60. The spirit is willing, fingers crossed that the legs are too.
@Anitchka16: Welcome! 5K is one of the few metric units I can actually convert in my head. I wonder why! I'd say running because you like it is probably the best reason out there to run, followed by the endurance benefits.
September Goals: Run 60 miles, lift minimum 2x/week, 15 minutes/day of moderate cardio, 15 minutes/day of mobility.
2019 Races! (bold registered)
January 26: Securian 10K, St. Paul, MN Chip time: 1:05:07
February 16: Half Fast 10K DNS - weather
March 23: Hot Dash 5K, Mpls, MN Chip time: 0:28:39 (*PR!)
May 19: Women Run the Cities 5K, Mpls, MN Chip time: 0:33:02
June 8: PHRC Pensieve 10K (virtual)
June 12: ESTRS French 5K, Plymouth, MN DNS - injury
June 29 Lift Bridge 5K, Bayport MN Chip time: 0:32:51
August 3: Beat the Blerch 10K, Carnation, WA
September 2: MDRA Victory Labor Day 5K, Mpls, MN Chip time: 0:33:04
September 8: Sioux Falls Half Marathon, Sioux Falls, SD Chip time: 2:47:13
October 5: TCM 10K, St. Paul, MN
October 6: TCM 10Mi, Minneapolis to St. Paul, MN
October 13: Loopet Loppet (5 mile pacer)
November 28: Turkey Trot St. Paul 10K, St. Paul, MN
December 14: Reindeer Run 10K, Mpls, MN4 -
Also, so sorry to hear about that theft, @rheddmobile. That really sucks.0
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September 1 – 8.17 miles
September 2 – 4.2 miles
September 4 – 6 miles
September 5 – 8.5 miles
September 7 – 8 miles
September 9 – 4.72 miles (am) and 1 mile (pm bootcamp pre-test)
September 10 – 45 minutes weight conditioning
September 11 – 5.01 miles
September 12 – 5.11 miles
Total – 50.71 miles of 100 mile goal
I’ve ran the past two days while attending a conference in Orlando, FL. Holy smoke Batman, it’s humid down here! I don’t know how you do it @ddmom0811. My splits certainly reflected the weather. I was as slow as an elephant in molasses.
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@rheddmobile I'm sorry to hear about your car, that's so annoying, and replacing all that stuff will be an expensive pain. That sucks!
@Anitchka16 welcome! I'm just over the border in Romania. You have a beautiful country, I was in Sofia in May and it was great, I loved having the mountains right there by the city! I've been to Bansko as well and loved it. Hoping to go to Veliko Tarnova soon. Where abouts are you?
Just ran a lovely 8.4km in the forest. Scared myself silly seeing a snake, then laughed myself hoarse at a girl on rollerblades trying to walk two dogs, they tied her up in knots and then pulled her over. Twice.
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