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Another thing I've found is that my body tolerates different things based on the weather. There are many more things that I just can't handle when I'm running in higher heat and humidity. I need as empty a stomach as possible when it's hot (over 80F) and humid and I'm not as hungry afterward. Since I'm generally less…
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I've been running regularly with my Border Terrier for over a year now. He's currently 3 years old. He's done up to 8 miles with me. I do not ever take him out if it's over 75F though, and only that when it's overcast, or dusk or dawn. He doesn't sweat and doesn't have anything to insulate his feet from asphalt. He can…
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Hi everyone! Congratulations on the half marathon, Laura! That's a terrific time for your first one! Hope you're not too sore now that you're a couple days out. Welcome back to the US, Sherry, hope you have a lot of fun on your vacation and with your family. I'm sure that they all are looking forward to seeing you. I way…
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I ran my planned 7 miles this morning. I took it quite slow and easy, so I really didn't have much trouble with it. At one point I passed two women, one of whom was coaching the other. She encouraged her friend/client by using me as an example. "She's passing you!" "Run with her at her pace." I wish I could say that I felt…
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I set up goals. I don't necessarily reward myself for achieving each of the goals, but I do take note of it and am pleased by my improvement. I keep statistics so that I can look back and see the improvement. And I do look back and use it to motivate myself to keep going. I'm aiming for 1) better weight -- not necessarily…
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Today's saying really fits me today. I'm hungry. I'm tired. My muscles hurt. Yesterday was (accidently) a rest day, yet I don't feel rested. I need more sleep. Yet, I do belive that I am getting fitter and healthier in general and that continues to be my goal. Tuesday I had a hard workout with my trainer. I don't know why…
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No bootcamp today. :( I ran a little late, so was 5 minutes late for class. Then they had changed the meeting place, so I never found them. Everyone who had attended the first class knew, but I didn't. I ran for about a half mile after I realized that no one was there for boot camp, but that's all I got in this morning.
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I weigh myself when I remember in the morning, so sometimes it's daily, sometimes twice a week. I keep track of it with my smartphone app and I update MFP when I've stayed that way for a week or so. I don't consider it a 'real' weight for MFP if it's just after I've done a run in the morning or immediately after I've been…
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Love all of these personal bests! My goal at this moment (since March, it's been my goal) is to increase mileage, so that 20-25 miles a week feels normal to me. I'm hoping to stay at that level throughout the summer, but start transitioning my various runs to specific workouts, like hill, tempo, farklet, etc rather than…
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Today is my trainer workout. Normally I really look forward to this, but this week is predicted to be hot. It's supposed to still be 90F at 7 pm when the workout starts. I'm still going to run there though. The workout itself is inside and air conditioned, but I'm not sure how well as it's never been this hot when I've…
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It's an interesting chart, but doesn't take sun into account. There is a huge difference between running in full sun/midday vs dawn or dusk, at the same temps.
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June 1-9 ran 25 miles June 10&11: was sick, didn't run June 12: 4 miles June 13: 6.5 miles June 14: 3 miles in the morning; 3 miles in the evening June 15: Nosework trial June 16: 4 miles in the morning; 2 miles in the evening June 10-16: ran 22.5 miles RAWR!
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Hey Laura, I know how you feel. I love to be with my family and friends and I love going home and getting away from them too. Glad you got the walk in. Light days are needed. I went to a K9 nosework test yesterday. It was the highest level (NW3) and I was mainly going to get some experience as it's a hard jump from…
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Oh I forgot to finish my post last night. I also did a slightly shorter than 3 mile run in the evening with Fells. I needed to get my mileage in and I won't be able to do too much running today, Sunday.
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Long day today! I must have been confused about the date for the fun run and shoe try out at the running store because when I got there it was closed and it was clear that nothing was going on today. So, since I was there, I just ran around Annapolis for a bit. It seemed that I was among hundreds of runners! Everyone going…
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Sounds like it was a good exercise day, Sherry! For you and the kids. Hope the weather wasn't too bad, Marla, and you were able to get a run in. It is funny because we had violent thunderstorms here, too! But the stopped early enough for me to get a run in. Great workout for you too, xcalygirl! Hope you got your run in…
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That's a terrific NSV!
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Well my "back to real life" after my vacation didn't go so well. I was really feeling bad for the past two days. Missed work. Cancelled my trainer workout and haven't gotten my runs in. I committed myself to running at least 22 miles each week (Tuesday to Monday) in June and I'm on the third day and have no miles in as…
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First "week" done: June 1: 13 miles June 3: 3 miles June 5: 2.5 miles June 6: 2.5 miles June 9: 4 miles for 25 miles RAWR!
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Hi all, I'm back from Ontario. I went back and read all the days that I missed and you all are doing great! I got some running in while I was at the dog show, but a lot more walking. I was over 20k steps all the days that I was there without making any real effort to walk anywhere, just getting to where I need to go. The…
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I would either talk to the owner(s) or call animal control. The benefit of calling animal control is that you can be a bit more anonymous and if/when this dog does bite someone, the owners can't claim that they didn't know that he was threatening people. Animal control won't do much except talk to the owners, if they do…
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Sounds like a terrific evening, Tim!
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Congratulations on the True Grit Race from me, too! Sounds like it was hard work, but a lot of fun! I know what you're feeling with the running yesterday. I, too, felt like I was running through syrup when I did my run last night. In my case it didn't help that it was warm, humid, and the air was filled with honeysuckle…
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Good Morning! I might take a rest day today, or it could be called a pack and get ready for my trip day. I'm leaving tomorrow morning for Hamilton, ON and the Border Terrier Canada National Specialty (on June 6) and the Border Terrier Club of Ontario specialty (on June 7). Both of my dogs and I are entered in 6 rally…
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I use a lot of plastic containers. You can get them in all shapes and sizes and I do. I also use plastic bags. Any bag that didn't contain raw meat or anything really messy is then added to my collection of potential dog poop bags. I travel a lot with the dogs and so need those bags on me often. Now that I think about it,…
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Today I just walked. After dinner the dogs and I took off and did some geocaching again. We were out for about 2.5 hours. We found two and couldn't find one. The one we couldn't find was marked very hard though, so perhaps if I try again later I might figure it out. We paralleled my running route through a lot of it so I…
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I've been making running goals on my other threads, so something different here. My goal for June is three body weight/body conditioning workouts per week throughout June (with June 1-9 counting as the first week and then all the following weeks having 7 days). So, I WILL do a workout every Tuesday (trainer day), Thursday,…
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Tim, your progress has been amazing! Love to read about you and your wife's races. Have fun tomorrow!
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W5D3 is a really important run, both mentally and physically. Doing that meant that I was a runner, at least in my own eyes. Of course now, I can't believe it was that hard. As I do this most Tuesdays .... on the way to my workout. :) The walking around the music festival was a lot like my geocaching on Saturday afternoon,…
