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Great race reports @MegaMooseEsq and @7lenny7!

September Miles - 13.88/?, walk 3.97 09/02 - 0.88; walk 2.69 09/04 - 3.67 09/06 - 1.54; walk 0.5 09/08 - 4.91 09/10 - 2.88; walk 0.78 Sunday and today were easy runs on the schedule. I'm looking forward to my first speed work tomorrow! @mbaker566 Wow lady! That sounds horrific and looks so painful. Thank you for saving the…

@7lenny7 But... but... the Water and Sea Salt are not labeled as Organic! :lol:

There is now a Disagree button! Oh yeah... this is a running thread. I ran my "Benchmark" run for the 10k Garmin Coach plan this morning. I followed that up with dog walks, but after half a mile it started to rain so I'm counting the rest as a run. The Benchmark run shows "Good job" by the coach, so I'm starting strong!…

September Miles - 4.55/?, walk 2.69 09/01 - travel 09/02 - 0.88; walk 2.69 09/03 - rest 09/04 - 3.67 I ran with the dogs this morning. Jackson actually was more intent on running than Kira, but they both did great considering they've not run for a month. I'm on the board with a real run again!

I found you and caught up! My September running goal is... I don't know. I'll run a few days this week, then I'm going to start a Garmin Coach 10k plan on Sunday. I have no races on the horizon and I've not followed one of these before so I'm curious, but I have no idea how many miles this will give me. I know! My…

August Miles - 11.82/55, walk 8.32+ 08/01 - 3.03 08/02 - rest 08/03 - walk 2.61 08/04 - walk 2.14 08/05 - 5.02 08/06 - walk 0.5; Yoga 08/07 - 1.2; fall 08/15 - walk 2.07 08/18 - walk 1 08/20 - 2.57 After my fall earlier in August, I took a full week off from exercise. My husband took over dog walking while I healed. I…

Oh yeah absolutely. That's a finisher's medal. I wouldn't dream of even trying to get one of those without doing the race!

@kgirlhart @luciebrucie @shanaber @Elise4270 @PastorVincent @T1DCarnivoreRunner Thanks all. As I said, I would probably wear it anyway ( I trained for this dangit ) but was curious what others thought. A former coworker not only didn't like the idea of wearing the shirt during the race (even short races or fun runs) but he…

I'm still undecided about the race on Sunday. I have until 4pm today to cancel hotel reservations. The skin on my knees still hurts when it stretches, though it's better. My shower didn't hurt this morning, and I can "run" up/down the stairs. We could change to a 5k/10k at packet pickup if we go, which is probably the…

Haha! Absolutely. Avoiding any type of injury is a win. Good luck with your races this weekend!

HAHAHAHA! I totally get it. I love running with my dogs, but it certainly does make it challenging to lean forward. But now that you mention it, I probably wasn't leaning back yesterday. Another lesson learned the hard way!

Thank you, @shanaber, @zamirasoni, @polskagirl01, @kgirlhart, @skippygirlsmom for your well wishes. I'm developing some lovely bruises that will make for some interesting race pictures, assuming I can run. My left knee is my troublesome side and of course is a site of pain now. My stomach doesn't look that bad but ohhh it…

I intended to do 3 miles this morning. The run was abruptly ended after 1.2. I knew I can't run as fast as my dogs, but we proved it this morning. There were 2 deer on the other side of a chain-link fence. I saw them a split second before the dogs but didn't stop running in time. I should have immediately released my…

Today is a rest day. I'll do yoga at lunch if I can get away from my desk in time. I wasn't able to do that yesterday so we'll see. The temperature forecast for the half this weekend is looking to be wonderful... I'm now hoping that wildfire smoke isn't an issue. So far, so good. We've got lots of smoke here but the race…

August Miles - 8.05/55, walk 4.75 08/01 - 3.03 08/02 - rest 08/03 - walk 2.61 08/04 - walk 2.14 08/05 - 5.02 After a smoky morning walk yesterday, I found myself feeling a little off the rest of the morning. So rather than go out and run, I took a nap. Must have needed it. When I woke up, my husband and I went out to a…

Welcome to all the new runners. @quilteryoyo Happy Birthday! @rheddmobile There are two rather small cemeteries within my current running distance. I run on the road next to one of them relatively often, but wouldn't go inside. It just doesn't feel right to me. @katharmonic Congratulations! That's so inspiring.…

On the board on the first day of the month with a run in my new shoes (same model, new color). I'm hoping they'll be "broken in" enough for my race next weekend. They worked great this morning, but 3 miles isn't 13.1. August Miles - 3.03/55, walk 0 08/01 - 3.03

I ran 90 miles this month!! July miles - 90.05/75, walk 23.28 07/01 - Yoga; walk 1.82 07/02 - 4.58; Yoga 07/03 - 3.02 07/04 - rest 07/05 - 4.5 07/06 - rest 07/07 - 8.07 07/08 - Yoga 07/09 - 4.97 07/10 - 3.08 ; Yoga 07/11 - 4.96 07/12 - Yoga; walk 1.07 07/13 - Yoga; walk 2.03 07/14 - 6.21 - 10k PR (1:09:19) 07/15 - walk…

Thanks @shanaber and @eleanorhawkins. I have been following the Hal Higdon novice 1 plan. I also moved days around so I wasn't running 3 days in a row. My massage last night was perfect as she focused almost exclusively on my lower half, getting some spots that really needed it. Now I just have to keep up with my yoga,…

Compare yourself now to 10, 20 and 30 years ago. What improvements do you love? What do you look forward too? What do you miss and how do you deal with that? Follow up with what would your 15 year old self think of you today. 30 years ago, I was 18... fresh out of high school and living with my boyfriend. I remember going…

July miles - 86.92/75, walk 22.14 07/01 - Yoga; walk 1.82 07/02 - 4.58; Yoga 07/03 - 3.02 07/04 - rest 07/05 - 4.5 07/06 - rest 07/07 - 8.07 07/08 - Yoga 07/09 - 4.97 07/10 - 3.08; Yoga 07/11 - 4.96 07/12 - Yoga; walk 1.07 07/13 - Yoga; walk 2.03 07/14 - 6.21 - 10k PR (1:09:19) 07/15 - walk 1.33 07/16 - 5.16; Yoga 07/17 -…

July miles - 83.17/75, walk 22.14 07/01 - Yoga; walk 1.82 07/02 - 4.58; Yoga 07/03 - 3.02 07/04 - rest 07/05 - 4.5 07/06 - rest 07/07 - 8.07 07/08 - Yoga 07/09 - 4.97 07/10 - 3.08 ; Yoga 07/11 - 4.96 07/12 - Yoga; walk 1.07 07/13 - Yoga; walk 2.03 07/14 - 6.21 - 10k PR (1:09:19) 07/15 - walk 1.33 07/16 - 5.16 (incl 100m…

July miles - 83.17/75, walk 21.24 07/01 - Yoga; walk 1.82 07/02 - 4.58; Yoga 07/03 - 3.02 07/04 - rest 07/05 - 4.5 07/06 - rest 07/07 - 8.07 07/08 - Yoga 07/09 - 4.97 07/10 - 3.08 ; Yoga 07/11 - 4.96 07/12 - Yoga; walk 1.07 07/13 - Yoga; walk 2.03 07/14 - 6.21 - 10k PR (1:09:19) 07/15 - walk 1.33 07/16 - 5.16 (incl 100m…

@Avidkeo Congratulations! July miles - 68.43/75, walk 15.7 07/01 - Yoga; walk 1.82 07/02 - 4.58; Yoga 07/03 - 3.02 07/04 - rest 07/05 - 4.5 07/06 - rest 07/07 - 8.07 07/08 - Yoga 07/09 - 4.97 07/10 - 3.08; Yoga 07/11 - 4.96 07/12 - Yoga; walk 1.07 07/13 - Yoga; walk 2.03 07/14 - 6.21 - 10k PR (1:09:19) 07/15 - walk 1.33…

Bahahahahaa :lol: :heart:

@Teresa502 - thanks for replying to my questions. I do the same as you online... thinking of a response but typically just liking posts (whether here, on Facebook or other sites). @shanaber - thank you as well. You are definitely encouraging here. Re your strength question, I usually do barefoot or wear Reebok cross…

July miles - 61.17/75, walk 13.51 07/01 - Yoga; walk 1.82 07/02 - 4.58; Yoga 07/03 - 3.02 07/04 - rest 07/05 - 4.5 07/06 - rest 07/07 - 8.07 07/08 - Yoga 07/09 - 4.97 07/10 - 3.08; Yoga 07/11 - 4.96 07/12 - Yoga; walk 1.07 07/13 - Yoga; walk 2.03 07/14 - 6.21 - 10k PR (1:09:19) 07/15 - walk 1.33 07/16 - 5.16 (incl 100m…

July miles - 52.11/75, walk 10.53 07/01 - Yoga; walk 1.82 07/02 - 4.58; Yoga 07/03 - 3.02 07/04 - rest 07/05 - 4.5 07/06 - rest 07/07 - 8.07 07/08 - Yoga 07/09 - 4.97 07/10 - 3.08; Yoga 07/11 - 4.96 07/12 - Yoga; walk 1.07 07/13 - Yoga; walk 2.03 07/14 - 6.21 - 10k PR (1:09:19) 07/15 - walk 1.33 07/16 - 5.16 (incl 100m…

@quilteryoyo I don't know your age, but you can use an age-graded calculator (there's one here http://www.mastersathletics.net/index.php?id=2595 and another https://www.runnersworld.com/advanced/a20801263/age-grade-calculator/) to give you an age-graded result for your 10k time this year and compare that to 2009. Your…