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@BruinsGal_91 did you happen to hit up Timp in your hiking adventures in UT? My girlfriend from UT loves the trail out that way! On this episode of Jessica's wildlife encounters! I was fairly deep into the bush this morning and around 4AM I'm running, I'm running...I'm stopping hard because this giant buck in my path is…

Love to you @RespectTheKitty ! I had a really dark meds adjustment period with my OCD over the winter and my running took the hit, athletics and mental illness are a bizarre marriage sometimes. Know that there will always be another mile ahead for you to run when you are ready but there will never be another you- be kind…

How did they fare at Golden @juliet3455 ? I've been looking at Golden for next year (though I think if I race BC again next year it'll probably be Squamish 50/50)! @garygse is much better than I am because my "tapering" today involved me going out again after the kids went to bed for a quick 9 because I wanted to try out…

So about that rest day....Paisley problems, Paisley problems :D . Sitting at 399 miles on the month after conversion...why didn't I run longer?! Haha September 1- 23 September 2- 60 September 3- 30 September 4- 20.6 September 5- Off September 6- First Day of School September 7- 23.4 September 8- 16 September 9- 70…

@juliet3455 that sounds so fun I'm going to look at that for next season as a chill event post LSU. And I feel you on the event photos! Basically every photo I have from this year makes me wonder why my husband even married me :D @Elise4270 sorry about your piri- hip pain is some BS I am no stranger to. You're brave…

Yes and its going to test my will to live -_- . I love the training process but taper is awful

@garygse that pace tat is so cool, I've never seen those before! Might have to grab one if I race RDM again next year... @juliet3455 where is Roots and Ruts out of? @MNLittleFinn congrats to your mama on the AG placement! Big race for her for sure! Thought about Whistler a lot during my run this morning. Thankfully my new…

@sarahthes congrats on your race (and a bit ;) )! Love that the puppers medalled up too! On track to exceed goal tomorrow morning- gotta love high volume training <3 September 1- 23 September 2- 60 September 3- 30 September 4- 20.6 September 5- Off September 6- First Day of School September 7- 23.4 September 8- 16…

September 1- 23 September 2- 60 September 3- 30 September 4- 20.6 September 5- Off September 6- First Day of School September 7- 23.4 September 8- 16 September 9- 70 September 10- 20.1 September 11- 20.1 September 12- 20.1 September 13- Off September 14- 8 September 15- Off September 16- 80.7 September 17- 7.3 September…

Reasons I hate tapering distance- my legs had way more in them, my brain was screaming "Just run 60.". Being sensible is some *kitten* -_- . Three weeks, three weeks... September 1- 23 September 2- 60 September 3- 30 September 4- 20.6 September 5- Off September 6- First Day of School September 7- 23.4 September 8- 16…

Look at you @cameronheel , you look fantastic! Well done!

@skippygirlsmom Gorgeous photos! The one of Skip and her coach that you posted is especially awesome- you can see they have a fun bond! @MobyCarp glad you got 2 miles in! I think you are very smart to play around with your rest days to avoid reinjuring yourself. Hopefully you're feeling 100% again quickly! @juliet3455…

Congrats @seanevan10 , I liked Higdon plans when I was training against shorter distances- you'll do great! @skippygirlsmom I don't know why I didn't see them yesterday when I read your post about Skip's mud run (phone weirdness?) but they are awesome! What is the deal with senior pictures anyway? Do American high schools…

I get up at 3AM to run- it probably helps that my 3 under 5 have me trained pretty well to survive on little sleep :D

@garygse its fixing to be -3 here tomorrow morning when I head out- come on up to the Great White North if you want some chill coming at you :D Confession: I am not pro donuts, pie, hot dogs or egg nog (especially not egg nog). I did get super fat off of pumpkin spice oreos and sushi though haha ;) !

@MNLittleFinn I love that you are tracking elevation gain in your goals now- thats more relevant to Duluth than the distance in a lot of ways imho. You go mountain goat! @KatieJane83 it sounds like my one bout with ITBS but I am neither a doctor nor do I play one on TV. I'd get into your ortho to confirm @PastorVincent it…

@MNLittleFinn I bought a 'Really Useful Products' Brand clear smaller rubbermaid type deal with a snap lid and a handle. I was told that you want something easily laid out, easy for transport and that you won't be sad about ruining/breaking. A couple of people who raced LSU recommended rubbermaids so I went with that.…

@ctlaws44 I'll try ;) haha! And dude I have said that exact same thing about races needing to start doling out shorts. I get why they don't where a lot of people wouldn't be as interested but come on people, I go broke on shorts lol @juliet3455 I can't wait until I have your level of trail running wisdom- I'm over here…

@amymoreorless Your poor behind! My rule of thumb is if its even somewhat runnable I hit it hard and fast on the up (if its a hands on knees or scramble type situation I switch to power hiking obviously). Like @PastorVincent mentioned I keep very short strides on incline and I drive hard on my forefoot (I am naturally a…

A black bear would definitely outrun me on 500m, but I would still go down swinging. Never say die and whatnot ;)

@MobyCarp yay Boston! October is going to be a great month because RUNNING!!! @_nikkiwolf_ I like both the fact that you are on the mend and that you bought kitty pottery @PastorVincent dude are donuts going to be the hot dogs of autumn? What will be Octobers' contraversial food stuff?! I say candy corn volunteers as…

Love your race report @juliet3455 ! You run the most interesting trail races. If Jaja in Ponoka opens to public registration this year you should do it- faux Barkley fun! @sarahthes I am admittedly biased since its local but Edson's Eddie's Half is really nice if you are looking for a combo of road, non-technical and…

@MNLittleFinn its going to be a glorious crash and burn- as previously discussed I will be eaten by bears lol. Poor Skip @skippygirlsmom ! At least everyone is united in their never again sentiments but it sucks that they chose it for her senior year :/ @kristinegift that is such a cute race shirt- congrats on a donut well…

@MNLittleFinn we both know I have a triathlon watch I need to feel like I earned! lol. @katharmonic I'm glad you've at least indirectly talked about it. The reality of being a crazy person runner is that I have yet to have anyone want to run a full race with me! I think it would be interesting!

Missed a ton with Ben being gone again and being overrun by small people :( @katharmonic re: your friend I would just be up front with her that you know she's got this, you'd love to hang out with her early on (which will prevent you from going out too fast) but that you have a personal time goal you are hoping to meet.…

This is amazing Kelly! Way to see the forest for the trees- m&m's can't beat you babe! What a beast, good for you! Things are interesting here right now. Tomorrow is my peak long run before Whistler (80k/50mi since I train to 100% of race distance) and aside from being out half the skin on my right foot training has gone…

@MNLittleFinn as ever you know I am game to run horrible, awful, magical things. Also open to meeting up at Fat Dog instead if it works out better since I need that one too for the plan. @juliet3455 its always the short girls that are dynamos haha! I honestly love the appeal of LSU's ridiculously bad conditions weather…

@skippygirlsmom the shirt from Sinister 7 (a similarly difficult 100 mile mountain ultra out of Blairmore) is way better designed and they refer to the finishers as 'Sinners' which tickles me. But you get more street cred if you solo CDR it seems :D . Meanwhile Lost Souls 100 in Lethbridge is all heat and coulee running…

Canadian Death Race- its a killer :D :D :D http://www.canadiandeathrace.com/what-is-the-canadian-death-race

@_nikkiwolf_ I'm sorry about your knee :( . Did you bust it up on descent? Descent is not my friend, give me all the climbing lol @MNLittleFinn and @juliet3455 2019 actually works well into my five year racing plan- lets CDR together! All the ball busting mountains in that one if you're looking for mountainous good times…