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@Teresa502 Congratulations on your race. It sounds like it was great fun! @John772016 Congratulations on finally getting to run outside even if only for one day! It must have felt weird after a long winter to be actually making ground ;). Today I went to the gym and met my friend there. We did legs yesterday, so we did…

@quilteryoyo Great job with the gym routine along with everything else! I have to agree with @SummerSkier Nothing beats shoes and puppies, although @tarun_yadavA does post nice food pics ;). @CaityP27 I agree with the others. If it takes slowing it down to make the routine more enjoyable in the beginning, it’s a great…

Hi everyone! I was too busy on the weekend to post my run. We are starting a house renovation project and the roof is coming off, among other things, so we have to move everything out of our top floor and put it somewhere… One of the main uses of our top floor was storage and I had multiple moving boxes of clothes that are…

@ContraryMaryMary Great pictures! It Looks Like a beautiful place to live and walk around! @AlphaHowls I don’t think you’re crazy, I think you’re inspirational :)! @CaityP27 Great job getting in what you can with illness and uncomfortable weather! @kgirlhart Those shoes look very nice!!! I did my long run today. I needed…

Hi everyone! I was having difficulty logging on yesterday, but I did run 8.4km. Today’s run was 9.2km and guess what I saw today while running? Something I have never seen running around before and didn’t even know lived in the forest so close to town. Two wild 🐗 boars! They crossed the path a good 100 meters ahead of me…

@Zaxa2021 Nothing wrong with taking a short break to let your body recover! You’ll get to where you want to go with the pace eventually!!! @ContraryMaryMary I’ll take you up on that sunshine offer ;). At least for a day or 2! I’m glad your Garmin is being nice to you, motivating even :). Mine is just being “civil” at the…

Hi everyone! Today was my interval day and it’s actually been fun-ish (big emphasis on the -ish) to do them at the gym, so that’s what I did. I am definitely more focused just on running on the treadmill because once I set the pace I don’t have to think about it - just make sure not to fall off the back end of the…

@yirara You are in the February thread :). Check out the one for March: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10933730/march-2025-monthly-running-challenge/p1?new=1 Good luck on your run today!

Hi everyone! I got my first run for March in 11.11km ;). It was around freezing, but otherwise perfect running conditions. The weather is supposed to warm up a bit this week and there will be sunshine!!! I’m looking forward to it :). 11.11/300 km for March!

Hi everyone! @WarmJellyfish I am sorry to hear about your ribs! Sounds painful. @tarun_yadavA Looks painful ;). Just remember, the skin will grow back stronger. I must admit I had some chaffing issues myself today ;). My workout went so well this morning. It was kind of a magical run. The weather was dark and there were…

@Scott6255 I hope your monthly goal comes true!!!! @AlphaHowls Thanks for setting March up! I will again say ca. 300km. I won’t have as much time to do my long runs this month due to work commitments and will be tapering towards the end (Hanover marathon is April 6!), but there are more days than in February and I am…

Today I wanted to get some weight lifting and strides in, so I did a treadmill run. I did a 30 minute warm up, then 15x 1 minute strides with 1 minute recovery. I only truly pushed the pace for the last one. Tomorrow I have a really hard run planned and I am hoping my legs will be fresh enough to be up to the task. I felt…

@martaindale I think your plan sounds reasonable as you are basing it on past experience and the amount of days you would prefer to be out running. At the end of the day, almost every run is done for training, so if the training is not fun or isn’t a good match, you might eventually resent it. It sounds like you want to…

Hi everyone! I did my long run this morning. It went well. The last hour wasn’t easy, but I did feel a bit better than I did during last week’s long run, so hopefully my body is adapting. That, or my body felt more energised by the caffeine gels I had with me this time ;). It was quite chilly when I started but warmed up…

@martaindale That sounds like a really hard race! I do one evening race a year in my city (just an 5km) but find it so difficult to NOT be hungry before the race and still be fuelled enough to have a great race. I think it’s no easy feat! Great job completing your race while feeling so bad! I hope your recovery goes well!…

I had a 30 minute tempo run with a 30 minute warm up and cool down planned. I was a bit slow on some of my splits but felt really good running at the same time. After the tempo part was over and I was supposed to slow down, I just couldn’t really slow down that much. So that made the overall pace actually quite fast in…

Hi everyone! @tarun_yadavA Good job getting to the gym! You are very disciplined and go with what works! As a previous college rower, maybe the rowing will help you be even a bit stronger of a runner in 3 weeks, even if you aren’t burning quite as many calories. I got my fastest overall 10km time while rowing and haven’t…

@tarun_yadavA So sorry you are sidelined, but glad it seems like if you let your foot recover that you can run pain free again! Your foot does look quite flat. @ContraryMaryMary It sounds like you had a successful park run! I’m glad your daughter will return despite “hating it” ;). Today I did a 6.5km recovery run on the…

Hi everyone! I did my long run outside today. It started out icy and below freezing, but eventually the sun came out and the weather ended up being quite nice. It was quite a hard run though! I was really fighting myself the last 8 or so kms. My legs felt a bit jelly-like and there were lots of ups and down segments. I got…

Hi everyone! Today was another shorter run for me 6.1km. I met my friend again at the gym and we did weight lifting stuff together. It was quite nice and I am feeling stronger (and more sore) already. Tomorrow is hopefully my long run. I am thinking warm thoughts because it has been a very cold week and tomorrow is…

@martaindale @ContraryMaryMary @John772016 It is quite rude to be labelled unproductive ;). I think what confuses my Garmin is that it doesn’t accurately get my pace on the treadmill, plus it’s warmer in the gym, so heart rate is higher, etc. I don’t know why I am making excuses for my watch ;). In any case, I don’t “need”…

Hi everyone! Yesterday I didn’t post, but I had a nice run 11.2km run. I felt pretty lethargic but got it done. It was beautiful out, as the cold weather finally got rid of our never-ending cloud cover and the sun was out. And, after a week of being labelled unproductive my watch finally told me I was doing “ok”😅. Today I…

@kgirlhart I feel you!!! @ContraryMaryMary At least you talked him down from several weeks to several days ;). I hope you can get back out again in no time! @chris_in_cal Agree with the others, don’t think, just go! That’s what I always tell myself and most of the time it works! But seriously, I went on a run this morning…

@WarmJellyfish Sorry about your diagnosis. Good thing you got it checked out. Hope you are feeling a better soon! I got dressed for the outdoors this morning, planning to drag myself out for a ca. 30km run. I just sat in the car not wanting to get out into the falling snow and freeze. I knew I would feel better once I…

Hi everyone, I ran 14.5km this morning. It started snowing after a few km, but the snow felt more like hail. Luckily it wasn’t too windy and stopped after a while. Other than that, it was a nice but uneventful run. 125.8km/301km.

@Teresa502 Your hiked sounded very adventurous. I liked the pictures and can understand why you wouldn’t want to do that route again! @martaindale 8 states in one year! That’s quite a feat! It must have been fun registering for so many races :)! @AlphaHowls Nice bike :)! Way to get creative! I went on a very easy run this…

Hi everyone! @quilteryoyo Hope you are feeling good today and not veering off in one direction or the other! I decided to do my speed work for the week this morning. I did 8x 800 meter repeats with 400 meters easy recovery in between. During my last marathon training cycle I did this workout and totally tanked it. It was…

@John772016 There was almost no wind, and, he was the only other runner I saw in the 3+ hours I was out :). I’m guessing he just doesn’t like other people. @WarmJellyfish I’m glad you are finally starting to feel better! @ContraryMaryMary Great job with you HM! That course sounds quite difficult! I’m glad you reached your…

@tarun_yadavA I definitely have cooties ;). Have fun on your night out. @chris_in_cal Hope your leg feels better soon! It looked pretty muddy out and I wanted to spare my second pair of new shoes a cleaning on their test run, so I opted for the treadmill. I wasn’t planning to run as far as I did but after warming up, my…

Hi everyone! I “tricked” myself into running 29.1km this morning. I was so sore the first few kms but my legs eventually loosened up. It was really misty with low visibility the whole way. I think that was a blessing as I was running more or less by fields and couldn’t see how infinitely far I had to go ;). I did have a…