What did you do?

[bethram]

4.2 miles running hills today at 9:20 pace. It seems like I'm slower this summer than last summer, but I'm not concerned. I don't have any dreams of setting a PR in a race with 60,000 participants at the Peachtree on the 4th, but I wouldn't mind placing in my age group in the 10k the following week.

 

[Sumrdog]

Yesterday was 3.1, 2@7, 1@6:30, .1@6. Today was bike cross training.



Nothing wrong with a race that small. The one I did in CO last December had about that many combined for the 5k/10k/half. I think 288 total for the half. A well managed race can easily survive off of 100 or so runners yearly.

I just signed my daughter and I up for the Whitefish Lake Run 5k on Saturday and I am really looking forward to how small it will be, 500 runners or less I think. No need to arrive 2 hours early and I am sure they will hold the start if there is a line for the potty's...

 

[JillC LI]

@Mad Stitch your small race sounds like a lot of fun. Enjoy!

As for me, 3.1 miles this morning. Did 1 of the middle miles at 9 min pace and another at 9:15 min pace. So humid that I could not see out of my completely fogged glasses. Ugh.

 

[Sumrdog]

2.6 with my 11 year old daughter. I upped the run walk interval for her to run 4 walk 1 minute and we averaged 11:35 min/mile! Just a week ago she was up around 13...She is starting to feel how much better she is getting!

 

[Texas84]

Have to get new running glasses. Going to take 10 days and they're telling me to be careful running with the daily progressive lenses. But I don't want to take 10 days off. I accidentally ran a half with them and I was fine.

Anyhoo, slowest 3 miles in quite a while this AM. Just not feeling it this week. But some storms hit last night and took out the humidity. Beautiful morning. So had that going for me.

Yesterday morning had an awesome view of the crescent moon and Venus.

 

[JillC LI]

2.6 with my 11 year old daughter. I upped the run walk interval for her to run 4 walk 1 minute and we averaged 11:35 min/mile! Just a week ago she was up around 13...She is starting to feel how much better she is getting!

That's great. My DD is 12 now, and a year from this August she has to be able to run 1.5 miles in 15 minutes to make the high school school swim team. She can swim 3 miles but cannot run 1 currently. Next year I promised her that I would do a run/walk program with her to get her to be able to run 2 miles straight, and then we will work on speed until tryout day. She's dreading it. LOL.

 

[AUPr8Hd]

Getting caught up on the week

Mon: 12-9-6-3 of squat snatch, burpees and pull-ups
Tues: (AM) 1000m row, 15 GHD situps, 750m row, 20 toes to bar, 500m row, 60 situps; (PM) 3 miles @ 11:05 pace
Wed: 7x1 back squats working to a heavy 1rm

Tuesday's run felt remarkably good. I'm sure the lower temps and humidity helped immensely

 

[LindsayLoves]

Another easy 5.2 miles @ 9:02/mile with a nice water break in there. The hotter it gets the slower I go, no real plan for this week so I am just trying to get in some decent mileage and get my body used to the heat.

 

[LindsayLoves]

That's great. My DD is 12 now, and a year from this August she has to be able to run 1.5 miles in 15 minutes to make the high school school swim team. She can swim 3 miles but cannot run 1 currently. Next year I promised her that I would do a run/walk program with her to get her to be able to run 2 miles straight, and then we will work on speed until tryout day. She's dreading it. LOL.

Your daughter sounds like me in high school - I would run miles on the soccer field but the second you put me on an oval and told me to run a mile it was pure torture. Hopefully she will find some joy in it, especially with you helping her along the way.

 

[Sumrdog]

Your daughter sounds like me in high school - I would run miles on the soccer field but the second you put me on an oval and told me to run a mile it was pure torture. Hopefully she will find some joy in it, especially with you helping her along the way.

My daughter had been less than enthusiastic...But by entering her in the Disneyland 10k she knows that she has to commit. Now after a few weeks she is starting to realize the fun of improving...I recommend the Run Disney motivational method if you can make it happen!

 

[bethram]

My daughter had been less than enthusiastic...But by entering her in the Disneyland 10k she knows that she has to commit. Now after a few weeks she is starting to realize the fun of improving...I recommend the Run Disney motivational method if you can make it happen!

My daughter who will be 11 in a couple days has been running 5ks for a couple years years and enjoys them, but she has no desire to run anything further. One day I'll get her over to the dark side Maybe a Disney race is the way to go.

 

[dreamfinder]

1/4, 1/2, 1/4, 1/2, 1/4, .1 all at 6 min pace, with 1/4@7:30 pace breaks in between.

 

[bethram]

3.7 miles this morning at 8:36 pace workinsg on speed until I was transitioning from the street to a sidewalk and rolled my ankle by landing half on/half off the sidewalk. I walked for a minute or so before I started running again but not as fast as I had been and cut my run a bit short. I did day 19 of the ab challenge when i got home.

 

[dreamfinder]

3.7 miles this morning at 8:36 pace workinsg on speed until I was transitioning from the street to a sidewalk and rolled my ankle by landing half on/half off the sidewalk. I walked for a minute or so before I started running again but not as fast as I had been and cut my run a bit short. I did day 19 of the ab challenge when i got home.

Doh. Hope the ankle is ok.

 

[JillC LI]

I had two options:
(1) get up at 7am for work today and get up at 6am to beat the heat for an 8 mile run tomorrow, OR
(2) get up at 5:20am today and run 8 miles before work, then sleep in tomorrow.

I chose the second option.

 

[AUPr8Hd]

4x1000m repeats last night at (hopeful) 10k pace.

Intervals were pretty consistent (6:43, 6:45, 6:40 & 6:41). I'd love to be able to do that at Peachtree. But, I'm not so sure the weather will allow it

 

[bethram]

Doh. Hope the ankle is ok.

It's all good, thanks!

 

[Texas84]

9 miles at 0700 with the progressive lenses. I didn't trip and fall once. Very nice morning, party cloudy to keep the direct sun off and 70F with a breeze. After a really bad week was really strong today. T-3, W-3, Th-3, Sat-9. Grabbing a bite then back out to cut the grass before the World Cup starts.

 

[Sumrdog]

Whitefish Lake 5K this morning with my daughter. It was a solid, steady, soaking ran with a temp of 50 degrees but us and another 280 runners who were not turned away by the weather, trudged it out. We finished in about 37 minutes which is excellent for my 11 year old daughter who I just got off the couch about a month ago. The race was really well supported for how small it was, we had chip timing, lots of free snacks and tech tees by North Face in men and women's cut! I would really recommend this little run if you find yourself vacationing in North West Montana. There was also a 10K which I think had about 150 runners. Now I am trying to warm up!

 

[imagination30]

I just received the final race instructions for my half marathon this weekend. There are only 609 people registered! I've never been in a race so small. This may be the inaugural and last Cedar Point Race Weekend.

I looked in to running it , but my dad and I was just up there last week , if it couldn't have been a week early I could have done it!, I might do it next year if they have it!