Happy Friday everyone! Jenny, I am so glad you are feeling better. Good job on your run! And even better that you didn't feel like dying - ha! Sure is hard going back to work after vacation! What kind of work do you do?

It's my rest day again, and again, I am feeling really good. Maybe next week I will add yoga to my rest day. Today I took a trip to Nashville for a few things that I am not able to get here. I had a nice lunch and did some shopping (primarily groceries). Stopped at Fleet Feet. We do have a Fleet Feet here where I live but it is small. Anyway, the one that I went to today is much larger but even they had a very low amount of stock. I wasn't looking for anything in particular, just kind of checking it out. They had very little in the way of running gear, the store was just kind of...empty! Oh, and I ordered (online) some winter running tights - Becky told me about these, they are by Athleta and they are super cozy and warm and since I tend to be very cold in the winter (even if it isn't cold out) I fell in love with these. I had a coupon so I got one pair - so I will have two now and maybe later I will get a third because even though they are super pricey, they are my favorites! They were delivered today.

Hope everyone is enjoying the day!!! Run Happy!!!

Happy Monday! It is still RAINING here. Some flooding too and it is going to rain again tomorrow. I didn't plan to run today but I did want to do some cross training. I tried out a cardio workout that is geared toward runners....lots of stuff that I don't like, such as burpees, lol, but I did it and it was actually quite enjoyable. There were the burpees, jumps, skipping, bear crawls and a lot of other things that I know to be good for running (from when I had a personal trainer). It was a good workout and I was able to do most of it without modifying so that was a win! Hope everyone is having a great day! Run Happy!

I am checking in so late today! It was raining most of the morning into the afternoon but finally I felt confident enough that I wouldn't be caught in a huge downpour so I did my run. It was quite late but the weather here is lovely so no worries - I didn't wear my baseball cap because I didn't expect rain but then it was very cloudy at some points during my run and I was pretty sure I was going to get a little wet. But it didn't rain. Temperature was about 65 or so, and the humidity is very low. There was quite a strong wind as well. This is a HUGE difference from what we have been seeing for the past few months! The run was supposed to be 90 minutes but I started the wrong workout (these workouts are on my Garmin) so I had to stop and start over - so it looks like I only did 82 minutes but it was actually 90. It was supposed to be 5 mins. walking warmup and 5 mins. walking cooldown. And 80 minutes of running. I can't say it went that great - my overall running was within the pace set forth by the training plan but I did walk a lot. After the first 50 minutes my knee was not loving it at all. I need to do more hip opening stretches and yoga. But I am satisfied overall as I did stay in the correct pace range and it was a hilly course.

I got home and took my shower and then while we were eating my husband noticed I was shivering. I tell you, I am not good with cooler weather - I know this isn't COLD but for some reason I seem to tolerate the heat better!

Take are, hope everyone is doing well!!!

Hello!!! Sounds like the beautiful weather is headed your way Sharon! We actually got in the 40s this morning, whoa! That is a huge change! A cockatoo, how very cool!!!! I like birds. I had budgies as a child and young adult, but not in maybe 30 years or so.

Ran this afternoon, very pleasant afternoon, about 70 degrees and low humidity. I had continuing education in the morning so couldn't go earlier. It was a very short workout this time, ten minute warmup, ten minute cooldown and only about 8 minutes of speedwork. My Garmin has been so incredibly RUDE lately telling me my runs were UNPRODUCTIVE but today FINALLY said it was PRODUCTIVE so YESSSSSS!!!!! Can you tell I am happy about that? Today's workout was strides/cadence drills.

I've been so much more careful the past couple of weeks about not overtraining and hurting my back but I am feeling good so I want to rev it up a bit. I am just not sure it is smart though. Tomorrow is supposed to be a rest day but I might do a little bit of something - active recovery instead of full recovery.

Sharon, outdoor work is very hard! You are so fit. I do not enjoy yard work at all but I might do some stuff this fall as our yard really needs it.

Today is a rest day for me. My back hurts a bit today, so I will try to stay active around the house and maybe do some sort of short lower back workout and stretches. It's going to be beautiful out, about 85 degrees F, so I will lounge around in the pool too. Sometimes I can do stretches in the water too!!!

Hello! Jenny, sounds like your run went well despite the cold and not feeling so great! I hate the cold too. Sometimes I put a lozenge/cough drop in my mouth to help my lungs, but I am kind of fearful of choking on it when I run. Hope you continue to feel better!! Take care!

Becky!!! So glad to hear from you, it sounds like you are doing well and I can't wait to hear about your walks around the lake once you get back to that point! Who is walking the dogs while you are are unable to? I am so glad you have the support of the hip replacement group to help you!

We don't have much in the way of fall color yet, just a tiny bit and it is very warm here this week, highs in the mid-80s but the evenings are cooler and the humidity is less. I ran this morning, decided to do my long run today even though it wasn't scheduled until Thursday. It didn't go so great for two reasons. My rheumatologist has me take Tylenol before my long runs and I forgot this morning. And then I accidentally left my water bottle on the table. My run was warmup/cooldown and 90 minutes of running for a total of 100 minutes. For that long, it is warm outside so I think water was needed. I did fine for the first 60 minutes but the last 30 minutes was a disaster and I walked almost the entire last two miles. I had expected about 7.25 miles and I only did around 6.75. My right knee and lower back was sore and then when I got home I realized that my left hip is very very tight. I have been doing hip stretches every day but sometimes that causes inflammation for me so I don't know. My pace for the first four miles was within the range for the slow run pace but the last two miles, ugh. My race is less than two months away - I will just keep on training and working at it!

Run Happy!!!

Hello hello hello!!! Hope all of you are doing well! My tough training plan...I was not sure if I would be able to run today after yesterday's long run but I did! Last night I did some lower back yoga but when I got up this morning my hips were still very painful. This is from RA probably so maybe I just need to get up earlier and loosen up. I did some dynamic warmups, and that probably helped, and that was a good thing because my training plan always calls for a five minute walking warmup, but this time I accidentally hit the lap button on the Garmin so my warmup ended up being only one minute!!! But the run when pretty well! Then I did core work and then a very short yoga session for my hips and lower back. Some days I can really tell I am doing better - like on my core workout today. I just need to be patient and stick to it and maybe I will get back to my old self again!

Sharon, can you remind me of how you are doing the Gilad workouts? Are you watching them on your PC? I want to do them with in front of the TV but I don't want to pay for a subscription and I was not sure how that works...seems like I can watch a few of the workouts on YouTube. It is really confusing.

Have a terrific day all!!!!

Hello!

I will be thinking of you and your DH Sharon, and I hope that your son can visit soon because I know how much that helps make things better! What training plan are you using?

I did my run this morning, this week's workouts were tough ones and probably it didn't help that I had to tweak the schedule a little but I felt like I didn't do as well as I wanted to. Today was a progression run and I was to run at the slow pace for 20 minutes and then 10 minutes at 5k pace, which once upon a time this particular pace was my slow pace, now it is too fast for me, even for just ten minutes. So the ten minutes WAS faster, just not as fast as it should have been. Maybe a combination of being tired (didn't sleep well last night, already running a lot this week, and being warm and humid). Next week's workouts don't look as hard as this week's.

I did my upper body workout this morning, haven't done any yoga yet. I need to run to the store and DH has the pool heater on so I will get some pool time too!