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What a gorgeous sky, @Teresa502! It hit 76 degrees here yesterday so I had a lovely, sunny, summery run. But I think the 10K tomorrow morning is supposed to be in the high 30s with showers. And there’s a winter storm in the mountains that ends tomorrow morning, so we may try to squeeze some late-season snowboarding in this…

Just joining back in—this was such a wonderful community for me and I was scrolling through the April pages happy to see familiar names! April goal here: I’ll go for 70? I’m doing a HM on May 1, so it’s pretty determined as long as I keep up with the plan. I struggled with plantar fasciitis in the Fall of 2019 and then…

Wow, I’m finally caught up, and so appreciating you all and your presence here! I’m in the FT work from home, FT homeschooling situation, so it’s been a challenge to make it to the boards. But I’ve been running! April goal: 50 mi 4/2 4 mi 4/5 6 mi 4/7 4 mi April total: 14 mi Reading through, I’m just in admiration of the…

In for 50 this month!

Hi everyone! I haven’t been around for a while—was trying to deal with plantar fasciitis in the fall plus fitting in running with travel.. I started training for the Vancouver HM in May, now cancelled of course, but running is going ok! Will jump in for April, and have been thinking of you all from here in Seattle where…

I’m still here, and was following and liking the October thread between 50 and a few hundred posts behind, and just caught up there and in this one. I didn’t even really tally my runs because I’ve been almost completely sidelined for now by plantar fasciitis. No fun. I’m going to hope to start the PT’s “return to running”…

I’m still hanging in here with my PF. I saw the sports med doctor, who I liked, and got a referral to a runner physical therapist. He also does needling, but I’m not there yet. But the waits have been so long! I finally got to move the physical therapist up a week, so will see him this Thursday. I would have been antsier,…

I love these! And was just at Cutthroat Lake on Sunday, so here’s another photo for the group!

I sometimes consider group activities, but really enjoy running, biking, etc by myself—I guess the bonus is that I’m never last! It also makes it never occur to me to compare myself with others regularly (races are different, of course, but even so, it’s really all about the PR). I’d suggest giving the social exercise…

Monthly goal: None yet—I’m doing a lot of swimming but will hope to run after the 12-15th or so. Maybe 25 miles? What is your approach to the upcoming holidays and abundance of food? How will it affect or effect your training or goals? I’m hoping I’ll be back to long runs before all the carby comfort foods appear. Also,…

Thanks so much for posting this, @Elise4270! I’ve been googling away, and this added some ideas to what I’ve been doing until I can get an appt. I had no trouble reading the pics! And biking ended up working out fine yesterday, with a bit of a late start. So we only got about 16 mi in before it got dark (and I still have…

I’m still just hanging out here. I found out that taking two days off swimming and altering my freestyle catch fixed my upper back issue, so at least I can keep up some aerobic fitness reasonably easily. But I do find the miles swimming are so much more boring.. I’m still having some pain when I walk, almost every time, so…

I hope things go well today, @Elise4270!

I’m very curious about aqua running, but not sure where I can do it—more googling!

What a long long haul! I’m so glad you got some sleep, and good luck getting into the habit of using crutches inside...!

Thanks, @shanaber and @Elise4270 for the suggestions and encouragement! I’ll look up sports chiropractors in the area and see who’s around. I’m nursing away with icing, compression socks, inserts, stretching, foam rolling, not running. I’m not walking pain-free yet, but maybe by my trip next week? I swam a mile on Friday…

Yeah, I kind of don’t even know where to start! It turns out that I can’t get in to see the sports medicine doc until 10/15. And I’m in the middle of travelling for work every other week until Thanksgiving. Then I have two snowboarding trips planned before Xmas. No sob story there, I just would love a working foot for all…

Popping in here after being MIA for a while.. @Elise4270 I hope things are coming along with your healing!! I seem to have a bit of acute plantar fasciitis, and so am spinning my wheels. I’d finally gotten back into the swing of things after a July that really set me back running-wise, and now seem to be sidelined again.…

I've been MIA all summer and just read through the whole September thread--I've missed you all! My quick recap: I set a high (for me) goal of something like 80 mi for July and then just blew it, and was at less than 10 mi/week all month. My work has gotten overwhelming and stressful for the past two summers, and it's not…

I’m super impressed with all the running in the heat! We are still pretty chilly here, with highs in the low 70s, and now it’s unseasonably rainy too. Good for gardens & the watershed, but we’re just wondering where summer is. We went for a hike on Sunday, and the top (a ridge) was so windy and chilly I had on a technical…

@Avidkeo Wow, that’s gorgeous. I’m so glad that all is going so well with your move, too! (And that sounds like a fun plan!)

I loved New Zealand and wished I could stay longer! I’ve already put low fare alerts on for the next few sets of holidays to see if I can go back with my family...😀

Got my weekend long run in! Though I think it was a bit longer than it needed to be, as the last 2 miles were pretty much a slog. My last long run was pushed to Monday and then I had what ended up as a 34-hour trip home, so I think I’m still recovering. It was a gorgeous day for a run, though—sunny, low 70s, low humidity.…

Contemplating my next long run today (and digesting my breakfast), here are a couple more NZ photos.. Waikato River run on 6/26 in Hamilton from Hamilton gardens: Lake Karapiro run on 6/29: Mountain biking in the Redwoods (my friend thought it pretty funny that she’d take someone from the US to the Redwoods!): The 12+ hour…

Finally joining in for July! I managed 3 runs in New Zealand, which wasn’t bad considering a really packed work schedule. And even got some mountain biking in with some online friends I’ve known for 16+ years and never met. We ended up going to Rotorua because they were coming from Palmerston North, and I was coming from…

It’s well past the end of June, but I’m finally together enough to tally my miles—more in the July thread when I can! June goal: 60 miles 6/1 9 mi 6/2 cross (17.9 Bike Bingo bike miles w/kids) 6/3 5 mi and cross (8.5 mi bike commute) 6/4 3.1 mi tempo run (or pace run? Not sure what each of these means, now that I think…

Got two runs in so far during this hectic week between trips—yesterday I ran again with my colleague (yay!) and then today I did 5 miles after work. The weather has been cool and the runs have been comfortable—I’ve just been a bit preoccupied, but so glad to be able to get these in. Last year I went with another colleague…

Back from my week in Detroit—my colleague and I rocked the 5K on Wednesday, and had a great time. Two days later she even asked when we were going to run next, so I think she’s hooked! We tried to go on one more run, but got caught in too much traffic and didn’t have time. Then I got home on Saturday morning, ran two super…

Got in a run (with my colleague!) on this Detroit work trip—woohoo! Not too hot at all but super humid. I’m used to much drier air in Seattle. But all went well, and not too many days missed yet! I think I’ll probably only get in one more before I come home on Saturday, but should be back in good time for a long run this…

More running than posting here at the moment because of all of this upcoming hectic work travel, which starts crack of dawn tomorrow. But I got a nice and easy 10 miles in today and 5 on Thursday, and now I’ll just squeeze it in where I can for the next few weeks. I’m traveling with a colleague (who is also a friend), but…