JessicaMcB Member

Pssssh you know you're training smart and at least your trainer didn't fire you :D . Low key stressed out about figuring that out before Christmas

In for 626k to get to 5000 on the year :)

Kate has an ear infection and pink eye so she is home from school and Mia is so fussy. 99% sure I won't be able to log any more until tomorrow morning (Ben comes home tonight) so kind of a pathetic close to the month. Closing the month at 703k/439mi and my YTD is hovering at 4374k/2733mi. 5000 on the year is in the realm…

@PastorVincent even with multiple batteries on me everything manages to die on me eventually. Doesn't bother me much though. @_nikkiwolf_ gorgeous cookies! @skippygirlsmom when myself and one of the guys read about that race email on Facebook we both agreed that if we ever have the opportunity we should attend that turkey…

I always thought the shots fired would be over Halo Top :D

Multiple DVT survivor, what a bad *kitten*! Why are men's masters runners always so much better than me!!! Lol

Put them inside a tied off pillow case to avoid lace pull. Mom tips yo

@MNLittleFinn I do that all the time lol Soooo I did a thing... http://womensrunning.competitor.com/2017/11/real-runners/50-mile-race-real-runner_83393

Yes you'll get to enjoy the descent that took out my knees more times than I can count lol! The climbing is awesome, so much vert! The downs though man- they have three or four areas that have signage to reflect that they are meant to be taken as bum slides

@MNLittleFinn yes I've done steeper than Grande too, it's just such a suffer fest because none of the single track is stable at all (largely loose rock, *kitten* is shifting under your feet even more than normal tech- this is considered the hardest part of CDR for a reason lol) and it's six or so km of it down. Just...its…

Haha @juliet3455 everyone will be so confused in the second one- "Who the eff is Jessica McBride :D ?" . I want the Scott Jurek one too, I'm going to bring that to my shirt lady! @PastorVincent I think thats a good plan for breaking in the shoes. Power lines are, in my experience of them, some of the most challenging…

@PastorVincent sadly I am also firmly in camp "buy trail shoes". I am currently *kitten* once my Nomad TR die (soon, so soon) because they have been disconned. You need the tread and option to attach gaiters easily if you do a lot of tech- road shoes won't be helpful in this respect. I have run tech in Guide 10's, it's…

@PastorVincent re: the 50k my favorite quote relating to ultra running comes from T.S. Eliot, "Only those who are willing to go too far can possibly find out how far one can go.". Chase it man, the unknown only has as much power as you allow it to have

Solo @7lenny7 , I won't officially race again until I hit Gord's in February. My goals are very exact in the 2018 season so I'm going to have to actually be careful with my races this year :#

Thanks @PastorVincent , sucked hard knowing I wouldn't get to attempt 100 again until 2018 now. But not parenting from a big cat's large intestine took priority it seems- Ben has a business trip all week after all :D

I am very irritated to say my 100 mile attempt today was cut short by a *kitten* cougar. Only got 131k in on the day after dealing with thick fog, frozen rain and temps much lower than initially reported for fourteen and a half hours. Saddest part, my body was handling *kitten* perfectly, my piriformia didn't act up once.…

@sarahthes thanks! No need to worry about yotes, they are terrified of people. Make a loud noise and they're long gone. Off leash dogs however are very dangerous. I have run into bears, bucks and caribou in rut, moose, a Bob cat once and a whole host of other creatures in my travels- the only animals to ever attack me have…

OP 2 hours a day is so not necessary to losing weight. I lost the bulk of mine before I could even run a sustained 5k. Calorie deficit through diet for weight loss, exercise for enriching your life imho. Also I just wanted to echo @Machka9 that while being conditioned to a 2+ hour a day cardio load before taking it on is…

@juliet3455 in addition to my OCD meds which are technically an SSRI I hit Vit D way above "recommended levels" to keep my head above water October-March. Hopefully the photo therapy works <3 @sarahthes you are killing it getting out in the Alberta winter running scene in your first year! I have trail friends who have been…

Hang in there @MobyCarp :( . I'm sorry you're a hurting unit right now- I too suck at pulling back. Taking today and tomorrow off- reasoning behind two consecutive off days will be apparent on Sunday ;) November 1- 18+8 November 2- 22 November 3- 20 November 4- 42 November 5- 20 November 6- 18 November 7- 18 November 8- 19…

@PastorVincent just slaying the race day! The guy in the Pumpkin Pi costume had me cry laughing! Please tell me he was like 1st overall, everyone needed to see that on the podium :D @skippygirlsmom Me and Skip apparently have the same tendency to talk the race away, haha ;) Congrats to her on her AG placement!…

Happy Thanksgiving to all you American contributors! Love the turkey trots! Thanksgiving is kind of a non-holiday in Canada imo- you eat a turkey, the end. @MNLittleFinn I would probably let him know in case he wants to adjust the rest of your programming for the week around it. Love that you are trying to make a trail…

@HonuNui your poor face! Crazy pupper

@7lenny7 is on to my piriformal syndrome coping strategy :D Go @MNLittleFinn !!! Cut run short this morning at 20 because we had a huge dump of snow last night and we have a bunch of elderly neighbours with no help. Shoveled for an hour and a half and came in. Calves are oddly massive even for me today, is shovelling pump…

130 +/- 5 for the last year and a bit. I run about HM distance or longer T-F, Marathon+ Saturday, 30kish Sunday training for competitive performance against 100 miles. Chase the things that set your soul on fire right <3 ? I also walk 15-20K steps a day in carting my kids to school and general momming.

@MNLittleFinn um obviously I am terribly mysterious :D Speed work this afternoon. Back at it in the morning! November 1- 18+8 November 2- 22 November 3- 20 November 4- 42 November 5- 20 November 6- 18 November 7- 18 November 8- 19 November 9- 18 November 10- 28+6 November 11- 38 November 12- 20 November 13- Off November…

5'10" and I maintain between 3500 and 4000 gross

@skippygirlsmom That is so exciting! Congrats to Skip- I hope this is the beginning of a streak of wonderful happenings in your house <3

Welcome back @ceciliaslater ! Soooo white mascara is in now right? :D November 1- 18+8 November 2- 22 November 3- 20 November 4- 42 November 5- 20 November 6- 18 November 7- 18 November 8- 19 November 9- 18 November 10- 28+6 November 11- 38 November 12- 20 November 13- Off November 14- 19 November 15- 19 November 16- 24…

You know what my thoughts on this are- get off the road man!