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Oops. That should have said 50 miles! I decided, last week, to start back on a "beginner" half marathon training plan starting this week. "Beginner" referring to someone who runs, but not distances. I am currently a bit pudgier than I have been by a good 10 lbs which was already about 10-15 lbs over what I should be,…

Kind of random, but definitely running related: How was the Run and Ride 5K at Cedar Point? I'd like to run that next year if I can make it work. I am overdue for a Cedar Point visit!

I am so sorry to hear about your father. I lost my mom this past October at a rather young age (she was 58), and it took me a while to recover physically and emotionally. In all honesty, I still don't have interest in many of the things I did before she got sick last July, and I'm not entirely sure if I ever will. Good…

I'm in for 40 miles. It's time for me to get serious about this whole running, cross training, and eating better thing, again, with my next half coming up in mid-September. I promise I'll actually log my miles in July! :smile:

Largest race: 2016 Blue Cross Broad Street Run (10-miler) 34,446 finishers Smallest race: 2012 Rattlesnake Run (5K) 132 finishers - only time I ever placed in a race! haha

That does sound life changing! My biggest half had about 17,000 people, and my biggest race had about 40,000 registered (though the weather was way super crappy, and I don't think nearly that many people actually showed up to race). I'm looking forward to reading a race update. I'd love to know what you thought about…

My next half is the Philly Rock and Roll in September. One of my most favorite bands ever, Guster, announced that they will be the finish line band this year! This adds so much more motivation for me to finish sooner so I can see as much of their set as possible, and I might actually have a good finish line photo for once,…

While the majority of the people in attendance were definitely in their mid-20s (we had a group of frat guys camping to our left, and a group of recent college grads to our right...and a group of girls our age next to them), there are seriously people there of all ages - I saw a kid in a stroller that was probably about 3,…

I did go to Firefly! I was there in 2013, and again this year. I had tickets for 2014, but had to sell them due to a wedding in California the same weekend, and last year, my boyfriend couldn't take off to go. The dynamic has changed a bit since the first time we were there (I credit the number of EDM bands for bringing…

I have 299 unread posts, so I don't think I'll be able to get through all of them. I was away at a music festival since Wednesday evening. I got home around 3am this morning, and I'm currently attempting to at least half function at work on less than 2.5 hours of sleep. I don't think it's going so well. Coffee, coffee,…

Definitely not overkill as far as I'm concerned! That's a great idea using it for a watch strap! Sometimes, it's nice to know I'm not insane...and if I am, at least there are others in this world just as crazy as I am. :wink: Congratulations and best of luck with everything!

RE: Road ID: I used to carry my ID with me everywhere I went. I have a serious paranoia of something happening to me somewhere and no one being able to identify me. I witnessed a tragic event involving a friend when I was living in Australia in 2004, and if it wasn't for me and a few friends who were with her, no one would…

@moyer566: Great photos! Thanks for sharing, and congratulations! @PoppetsMaster: I'm glad you survived with minimal damage. I cannot even imagine how scary of a situation that was for you. I'm hoping for a speedy recovery! @5BeautifulDays: I love summer. I really do. I will take 90 degrees over 40 degrees any day. I just…

Congratulations, @moyer566! I love the photos! I am one of those people that just wipes my nose with my hand or blows my nose into my hand and wipes it on my pants/shorts when I'm running. It's incredibly gross, though long sleeves make it a little less gross, but it gets the job done and offers temporary relief. I had…

Blocked ears are never fun! It throws me so off balance and I can't concentrate on a darned thing when my ears are blocked. I cannot even imagine having my ears blocked for more than a week or two at a time. I feel for you! Usually, with a sinus infection, I'm out of running for about five to seven days before I can…

I tumbled off the wagon and was run over by the rear wheel last month. Not only did I have little to no motivation after my craptastic race on May 1, I ended the month with two weeks of illness. I had a fever for a week straight. My doc says it was sinus infection, but as someone who had dealt with chronic sinusitis for…

I completely fell off the wagon in May. I got lazy at the beginning of the month, and then I was super sick with a sinus infection and a fever I couldn't shake for a week towards the end, so my goal went right out the window. I have a lot of life happening in June, so I'm going to set my goal at a super conservative 30…

I wouldn't necessarily call myself an "experienced trail runner," but I do enjoy a good trail run, and I wish I had some more serious trails to run that are closer than a half-hour drive away (not including tourism traffic). I have, however, done quite a few 10K trails runs, and one 25K trail run that turned into more like…

I was away at a wedding all weekend, so I had a lot of catching up to do this morning. RE: The laundry discussion: I definitely re-wear running clothes, sometimes. Like many others, I do the smell check. However, now that I will not run two consecutive days (because of my, probably unreasonable, fear of another overuse hip…

I don't think so. After studying the thing, it looks like someone didn't know how to make the column wider in Excel or something or decided to make it narrow to better fit the spreadsheet into the PDF. Last place was 1:56:12...I think. I had figured out what happened. I think they decided to confuse the crap out of people…

Well, at least we know that "piss" and "tits" are acceptable. By the way, when you quote the post, it's definitely not censored. You did, in fact, post all seven of George Carlin's Seven Dirty Words. :lol:

So, I was poking around the website for the 10K trail run I have coming up in a couple weeks. I decided to check out last year's results, as I always do. I always like the little reassurance that I know I have a very good chance of not coming in last. Not that this should really matter in the grand scheme of things, but my…

@moyer566: I like Maine Coons, too! They're huge, cuddly, and pretty awesome. They were on my short list of cat breeds when I was trying to figure out what I wanted, but I decided I didn't want to deal with the fur, though, in hindsight, I'm not sure Bengal fur is any better - it's very short and very fine, which is…

@kimlight2: I have two Bengals that I (lovingly) refer to as "the furry terrors." About 98% of the time, there is a cat in my face whenever I try to do something, and about 50% of that time, said cat is getting itself into trouble. This morning, for instance, as I was getting my lunch together in the kitchen, the boy…

Oops! Duplicate post. :flushed:

hahaha Crazy cat ladies, unite! :smiley: My kitties tend to be quite the handful, but I guess that's what I get for deciding I need a specific breed of cat that is known to be a handful. I wanted them to make/keep my life interesting, and that they certainly do! I, too, prefer cats to humans on most occasions. haha

I'm glad to provide some entertainment! If you haven't been able to figure out from my profile photo, I might be a bit of a cat lady, myself. :wink: (My boy is the cat in the front. He is quite the handful, to say the least!) I seem to always go into a slump around this time of year, though I can't tell you why.…

I have been a huge, getting-fat slacker over the past couple months. I don't know what my issue is. That being said, I really, really need to get my rear in gear this week - I have a 10K trail run in less than three weeks. Funny little kind-of-running-related story: Saturday afternoon, as I was sitting on my butt in front…

I think if I was out running and saw people with these contraptions strapped to their feet my reaction would be to stop and stare and probably give them a dumbfounded look. I have never seen or have heard of such things, before! I feel like I would inevitably end up flat on my face with a few broken teeth if I ever…

I had over 200 posts to read. I skimmed them, but I don't really have the time to reply as I would like, so here are my general comments: Congrats to all of those with races this past weekend. I read about some PRs, some first races, and some struggles. You all deserve a giant congrats...yes, even those who feel as though…