garygse Member

Time to dust off that old quote: "The first mile is a liar." :smile:

@Scott6255 Congrats on your race and AG! @polskagirl01 Congrats on your HM and great pics! @johnisrunning Fantastic race result, despite the heat. I'm also a huge fan of HR-based training.

@shanaber I think they're wanting to get it moved back to April...I'll have aged up a group by then giving me an additional 5 minutes, so I'll be good if the cutoff is 6:56 or less. @RunsOnEspresso I go walking!

@kgirlhart, @katharmonic, @quilteryoyo Thanks again guys! Well I'm not gonna let a minor detail like that get in the way of a good fun fact. 😄

Fun fact: I can now tell people that I'm officially faster than Danica Patrick. 😄

Thanks @martaindale ! Yeah, I guess I meant in comparison to previous marathon training. 😄

@WhatMeRunning Thanks man...yeah my legs were toast at the end!

Thank you!

@Scott6255, @Tramboman, @rheddmobile, @quilteryoyo, @katharmonic, @shanaber: Thanks everyone...I just got back from Boston yesterday, and boy what a trip that was! As Scott mentioned, the time I ran it was 3:18:04, which is another BQ in itself, but whether it's enough to avoid the cutoff time is another thing. Those hills…

That describes me to a fault...I didn't so much as have a dependency problem, but more a lack of control, which was only exacerbated after the first couple of drinks. Never once did I think "Well I'll just Irish up these Cheerios". I decided that I wanted to at least cutback on my drinking, so I made a deal with myself…

Sorry for the late reply guys! Yeah, I decided to lurk and see how everyone was doing...it's been a while, for sure. :smile: I'm still out there running, racking up the monthly mileage, and slowly starting to dread the arrival of the Texas heat again...but I gotta train through the summer for Boston in the fall. Hope…

Yeah, I snuck in and deleted it...figured no one would mind!

February 2020 https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10782619/february-2020-monthly-running-challenge

Hey, that's more than just something...it's awesome!

Happy Birthday @Scott6255 and @shanaber! Congrats on running the year and all, but you do know it's 2019, right? :wink:

If you're going for a BQ, consider reading Advanced Marathoning (if you haven't already). It's inspirational, full of great advice, and it certainly helped my understanding of how to train better. Best of luck!

Gotta say I don't fully agree with you on that point. Obviously this is just my opinion, but taper is a reduction in mileage, not effort, so a three-week taper for me would be something like: Taper week 1: 80% (of max weekly mileage) Taper week 2: 60% Taper week 3: 40% At least for marathon training, that worked out just…

Another vote for the Garmin 935. @PastorVincent already went over everything, but man...talk about serious battery life. After two years of very heavy use, battery life has obviously deteriorated a bit, but it was last charged over a week ago, and has logged just shy of 80 miles worth of running, with still over 10% charge…

I wouldn't be disappointed; you listened to your body and did what you thought was best. A wise move if you ask me. You'll get to your goal soon enough...it just didn't happen today, that's all.

This. I've always said that the body has an amazing ability to do incredible things, and the mind has an amazing ability to convince us otherwise.

Loved the race report @7lenny7, and congrats on that 50K PR...awesome, just simply frickin' awesome! And good luck with the next race.

@martaindale For quickly drying shoes, consider an electric shoe dryer...they're really really really handy for when you're running outdoors in the winter and spring. I use this one from DryGuy and it's been absolutely great. The temps had dropped a few degrees this morning (82F at 3am), but the dew point was down to 69F…

@PastorVincent Maybe it should be changed to "train in any weather that a race would be permitted to go ahead in". @quilteryoyo Congrats on a great 10K result!!! @Squish815 Check if your watch (or phone app) has the ability to set alerts, that's what I do. That way, it's simply a case of leaving it to your watch to let you…

I haven't been as active in these threads lately, but like so many others, I have to express my sadness over the news of @MobyCarp, a truly great runner who offered invaluable advice to all, no matter their level of ability. I dedicated my run to him this morning as a tribute, and as I ran, I thought about the nuggets of…

@PastorVincent Nice camera, but be wary of that slippery slope! At some point, you'll convince yourself that you need more lenses (the Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM prime lens is particularly awesome for the price), a couple of decent flashes (one as the main flash that can be either on or off-camera, and another smaller flash…

This morning was 82F at 3AM, with the dew point at 76F. It was humid AF and with 15 mph winds coming in from the south, I bailed just shy of 12 miles. I was also wearing some lime green shorts, and this morning I found out that when they're completely soaked through with sweat, they become rather see-through. Needless to…

Re directly spelling out what you want as a gift: a co-worker at a previous company once said that he told his wife he wanted a box for Christmas. So she bought him a flag pole. Just think about that for a second...I honestly don't know who was trolling who in that household. It was a pleasant morning for a run today.…

I've been on call all week, and thankfully today is the last day (until my turn comes around again)...so it prevented me from running late last week due to various production issues going on. Yay. 03 - 15.56 04 - 13.82 05 - 15.62 10 - 14.32 11 - 13.44 12 - 13.51 Total: 86.27 / 200 miles

Yeah, I've also triggered them in the early hours of the morning running as slow as 8 mph. And just think about that 13 mph PR for a bit...then think that that's the speed that Eliud Kipchoge averages for his marathon races. It's mind-boggling. :astonished:

@RunnerGirl238 Congrats on a great race!!! @PastorVincent I've considered Vaseline in the past, but didn't want to deal with the potential mess. Body Glide is awesome and I use it a lot, but when it comes to convenience, I just really like how easy the roll-on bottle of SportShield makes it so quick and simple to apply to…