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During my first FM, I grabbed the wrong pair of shoes, the ones with 350 miles on them instead of the ones with 30 miles on them. They literally exploded around mile 10, felt like no cushioning whatsoever. I had giant blisters on the entire bottom of my feet, I had never seen anything like it. I stopped at an aid station…

@critterfull1220 Congrats on your first 1/4 mile! Welcome to the group. Lots of very supportive and knowledgeable peeps in here! This morning, I set out to do 3 miles, slightly hungover... I kinda zoned out on my run and it felt good to sweat. Next thing I know, I'm at 5.5 miles, so I ran around the block to make 6 miles.…

3.25 easy run this morning.

Like @Stoshew71 said, set your alarm and do it before the rest of the day eats away at your free time. I find it easier to do in the morning because I'm still half asleep. I learned this in the Army. There were days where I would wake up at breakfast after PT was done! :) Plus, you feel good the rest of the day knowing you…

I wonder if you can pick chicken or beef? :p

No runs for me over the weekend, but the wife and I hiked a small piece of the Appalachian Trail on Monday. It was our 4 yr anniversary. She had always wanted to see some of the trail and I had done almost 100 miles of it years ago. Hit the road again this morning for 5.05, rounding out my monthly distance to 34 miles.

Gym today, no run. Good luck to everyone racing today!

So I was going to do a 2 mile, flat, easy run... Didn't really work out like that. So I got 5.1 for today.

No run for me today, I hit the gym for some weight training. Hope everyone had a good run today!

You can try https://nutritionix.com/brands/restaurant or menustat.org/ or calorieking.com/. I'm sure there are others out there. I am betting that it will end up being more calories than you think.

So after I got home, I kicked my shoes off and noticed something unusual... Is that a screw?! I went and got a screwdriver, the only time I can ever recall having to use a screwdriver on shoes, and backed it out. I'm very glad this wasn't 1/4" or 1/2" longer! I looked inside and it did not go all the way through. Whew!…

Today was a 12 min speed test for 10k training plan in Endomondo, then I ran out the remainder of 4.25 miles to get back to the car.

Got in 5.1 this morning. Was barely raining and felt great!

@RespectTheKitty Just do you, and have fun! Don't worry about races, unless you find yourself wanting to do another. @angelb1983 Welcome! We all started somewhere. Congrats on setting a goal! @JessicaMcB Impressive terrain! Glad you made it through! @KatieJane83 Nice! Congrats on the race. @hanlonsk Great job on your first…

I'm in for 70 miles this month (I hope!). Last month I barely made 65. 6/1 - 4.5 miles 6/2 - 5 miles

Got 4 in this morning to barely meet my monthly goal. Happy Memorial Day everyone! Please remember what this day is about, and be safe out there!

Took a nice hike with my wife this morning. Some nice scenery and great weather. .

Great weather this morning, so I got another 5 in today. Hope to get a 5 - 6 mile hike in tomorrow.

Has anyone tried a forearm phone holder, something like this? Seems like it would be easier to get to than on my bicep. And armbands don't usually have long enough straps for me.

Another 5 on the treadmill today. Probably taking tomorrow off.

Watching Bloodsport and waiting for 81 Windows updates to download and apply.

Got another 5 down this morning, but it was raining so I hit the treadmill.

Only time for 2.5 before work this AM.

@midwesterner85 I almost turned off with the10k people this morning bc I was the zone and had ear buds in. They were yelling directions, it just wasn't registering with me until last second. Congrats on the PR and first place in your age group!

5k this morning! A race PR for me, at least in recent years! I would have done a little better, but the first 1/2 mile of the course was packed with strollers, people chatting, and general obstacles to negotiate before open pavement. Still, not a bad time for a middle-aged, fat guy! I like the shirts. It's going to be down…

I went out and got some fancy new Brooks this weekend. And everyone knows red cars are faster, so my new shoes being red, they cut 3 minutes off of my 5 mile time today! ;)

5 miles today. Wasn't feeling it.

A fairly slow 4.5 to stretch out from yesterday's 10k run. I'm thinking I might should have set my goal higher. I have more time since I can work from home a few days a week, saving me about 3 hours of commute time on those days.

So today was supposed to be a long, slow 4.5 mile run. I couldn't keep my pace that high and ended up running faster than intended. Then, I decided I wanted to run more, so I just did a 10k. :)

I work out only in the morning. When I was in the military, I found it great to work out in the morning because you can literally be 1/2 asleep for a lot of it and not even realize you are doing it. I usually get up early, have 2 cups of coffee, one sipped, one with some ice and chugged, take care of business and head out…