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@AprilRN10 Ouch! I'm sorry you got hurt! I hate falling, but I love trail running. Stumbles are common, but most of the time I catch myself before I hit the ground. Speaking of tumbles, I went back to the lake and ran this morning. I ran 4 miles (walked 1 more) and while the running itself wasn't hard, it felt "wrong". I…

My salad is really uninspiring right now. I want grilled cheese and potatoes with salt and peanut butter cookies! I didn't have a ton of time this morning, but I got out and ran a couple of miles at a local pond. I'm hoping tomorrow I can get to the bigger lake and a longer run.

I'm definitely sore today and decided to wait until tomorrow to get out and run. I banged up my left side, and my husband recently broke his right arm falling off his bike, so we're quite the gimpy pair, lol! Your race sounds like fun, @katharmonic ! I can't imagine drinking beer after running...I'd be running somewhere,…

Very similar situation here. I started at 287 in 8/14, got down to 163 in 2/16 , and had regained up to 216 over the past couple of years. I've lost 11 pounds in the past month, and I'm back to running/walking about 10-12 miles per week. I already feel much better and plan to stick it out until I'm back to around 175.…

I finally got outside to run this morning. Some crazy person had let every person in the county plus their 2.5 children into the park to ride their bikes and go fishing, so the trail was a little crowded, but it was still glorious to be outside. At least it was glorious until I decided to do my best imitation of a movie…

I guess my treadmill work on Monday was harder on my old knees than I thought, so I wound up taking yesterday off to take Advil and rest. Back to the treadmill today. I did 2 miles of intervals and then walked a mile. Hopefully I won't feel so jolted tomorrow and can try again. My favorite race so far was a trail 10K with…

Plain yogurt, cottage cheese, beans with a little mild taco sauce. You can make little "lasagnas" with ricotta and spaghetti sauce. A soft-boiled egg with a little butter is good. So are scrambled eggs (I couldn't eat a whole egg for months, but it's easy to grab a bite if you're making some for other folks). If you are…

That is on my list of things to look for on Amazon tonight, lol! It's definitely not winter here! I live in northern Virginia, about 15-20 miles from the swirling vortex of awful that is Washington, DC.

I DID it! I went to the gym and ran 3 horrible dreadmill miles (and walked another). I really miss the ones at my old gym--they had a little personal fan on them that made it more bearable. 7/1 Kayaking 7/2 3 miles run, 1 mile walk

@polskagirl01 I am inspired to try to find a trail half in the spring (the earliest I'm going to be able to run a half, I'm afraid). I am here right now to tell you all that I am going to go the gym and run on the dreadmill today even if it kills me. I don't want to. I hate it. But with highs near 100 for the week it is…

I didn't quite make my June mileage due to a busier than expected vacation week and some crazy weather, but I don't think it was an unrealistic goal. So I'm in for 40 again for July and hopefully I'll hit it this time!

Yes, my dog is just a pet, and a neurotic mess of one, too. Your description of that terrible night is horrifying and has me in tears. My cousin's wife died in her sleep from a hypo. It is my biggest fear with my son. We've had some tech difficulties with his CGM (we're getting a new one soon) and I much prefer it when my…

Our useless dog "alerts" to both highs and lows by barking at my son and acting like he is a burglar. He also is terrified of the smell of insulin. We can keep him out of an area by putting a sharps box of used bd needles nearby. He's cute though. Both of them, actually. :)

Day 10 of no air conditioning... (thankfully, we were gone for a fair chunk of it, and until today the weather has been tolerable). It is so hot in my house that I can't even face getting hotter and sweatier than I am now. The replacement system is coming tomorrow, thank goodness. I ran 2 miles yesterday. I may try to go…

Hey everyone! I have *skimmed* through almost 400 posts...y'all are nuts and wonderful. I've been away for a week in Maine, and while some hiking and dancing (we went for a wedding reception) were accomplished, I never actually managed to run, making it pretty unlikely that I'll make my 40 mile goal for the month. I did…

There is a series of trail runs around here called the Backyard Burn that I think does something like that with the medals. If I can get my mileage up, I want to do the fall series. They do 5 races and you can choose 5 mile or 10 mile options (although I think they're a little loose with the mileage...the 5 miler is…

I got up at 6:30 with the best of intentions to run before it got too hot and muggy. But instead of putting on my shoes, I put on some coffee, and then next thing you know, I've had 2 cups of coffee and I'm enjoying sitting on the deck with the kiddos and it's 10:30! So I did a 2 miler in the heat and humidity and mostly…

I am apparently on a short running break while I deal with the consequences of a little medical procedure--which is no fun, but I don't feel like my groove has been thrown, at least not yet. My plan is to get out for a nice long walk this evening when it cools down a little. As soon as I'm able to run again, I'm looking at…

I headed out to the lake trail this morning and did 4 miles (with a mile walk to cool down). My left hip is giving me some issues still, but nothing that makes me feel like running is bad for it. Sort of just stiff and tight, I guess? I need to do squats and far more stretching, I think. I feel everyone who is talking…

I was a little sore yesterday, so I took a rest day...I'm not sure that was a great idea because today I felt like someone had super-glued my hips in place. :( Even so, I did 2.5 miles, and all that a little faster than normal for me right now. Then I walked another 2.25. I felt much better once I got home and had a hot…

Our times were identical (I think she may have hopped over the start line a little ahead of me), so we think she just placed in front of me alphabetically. It didn't really matter to me, I just thought it was funny. There are loads of races (more than one a weekend if I'm willing to drive 20-30 minutes) around here, so…

@Orphia You are the BOMB! Congratulations! I went out for my 5k this morning (which right about now feels pretty piddly, lol) with my sister. It was her first race ever, and my first since late 2016. The weather was muggy but comfortable, and it was a little hazy so we weren't in full sun. I think the course was hillier…

@ariceroni I think you are officially twice as fast as me...and you ROCK! Congratulations!

Thank you! @mbaker566 My ticker should say 15...it has decided to betray me, lol.

People....I ran 5 miles! (It almost killed me, but I did it) Considering that at the beginning of May a single mile was painful, I think I'm doing ok :) No run tomorrow, and Sunday is race day. I'm super excited! (Yep, something is definitely wrong with the tickers...it's adding the miles but not updating when you post.)

Today was a scheduled no-run day. I took my 13 year old (who had the day off because of graduation at her secondary school) to get her toes done and a haircut and lunch. We normally do that sort of stuff for birthdays, but her birthday is in November and always seems to fall in the middle of a cheer competition, so we…

@skippygirlsmom Congrats to your grad! @shanaber That was an awesome article (although if I told her that I'm slow, she'd have to widen her eyes when she heard how actually slow I am, lol!) I did another trip around my lake today, in trail shoes, but they weren't needed. Everything has drained away to mostly firm mud at…

I did two quick miles this morning...might have run a little hard for me, but it felt great at the end!

I ran 4 miles today! Rather, I sort of squelched through 4 miles today. I was so eager to get outside and run that I didn't really adequately prepare for the state of the trail around my local lake and wore my street shoes. Thankfully, they're old , ratty, street shoes! Anyway, it was a great run, if slow and squelchy. I…

The third day of June and I ain't done nuthin yet! :) Oh, but I made a ticker...yay me! I spent the 1st (my birthday) chaperoning middle schoolers around Busch Gardens and had an awesome time. I walked around 6.5 miles over the course of the day, according to my companion's fitbit. I wonder if all the times we got…