What did you do?

[Greenlawler]

Four miles today at a slow pace.

 

[Swissmiss]

Four miles today at a slow pace.

And me probably at least twice that at an even slower pace walking between the two parks in Disneyland Paris

 

[Greenlawler]

First long run of the Dopey 2023 season

Did 12 today in just at 2 hours.

Would have in all honesty done 13 but I ran out of time as I had to take one of my kids somewhere.

As I got to about mile 4 I thought "why the bleep am I doing this again?"

At mile 8 I thought "you know this is not so bad"

At mile 11 I thought "good gosh let's get this over with."

 

[Greenlawler]

Well gang today is the first day I can kind of comfortably walk since Sunday lol.

I made a go of a laughable 4 miles yesterday, just to keep up "fitness levels". I will give it another go today.

 

[Swissmiss]

Trying to get myself back into my pre-summer rhythm; ran 5K tonight.

 

[Greenlawler]

Today I was actually able to do a respectable 4 miles at a faster pace. Gonna be honest "faster" means 10 minute miles lol.

 

[Swissmiss]

Today I was actually able to do a respectable 4 miles at a faster pace. Gonna be honest "faster" means 10 minute miles lol.

It’s all about perspective - because for me “faster“ means I manage to get under 12 minute miles

 

[Greenlawler]

I decided to go Higdon training. I ran 7 miles today. It's amazing how much faster I can run on a treadmill when I have something interesting to watch. Thank you college football.

Ran the first 5 at a 9 minute mile.

Ran the last two at a 8 minute mile pace.

I knew I could push it because this was the shortest run I would do up till Dopey.

 

[Swissmiss]

I decided to go Higdon training. I ran 7 miles today. It's amazing how much faster I can run on a treadmill when I have something interesting to watch. Thank you college football.

Ran the first 5 at a 9 minute mile.

Ran the last two at a 8 minute mile pace.

I knew I could push it because this was the shortest run I would do up till Dopey.

Thought of you yesterday running when I was running (did 5K); I was trying to push it but nowhere near a 10 min mile

 

[Greenlawler]

Thought of you yesterday running when I was running (did 5K); I was trying to push it but nowhere near a 10 min mile

It is nice to be thought of. Appreciate it 100%.

 

[Swissmiss]

I seem to be slowly getting back in a groove - ran just under 3.5 miles tonight with my running buddies.

 

[Greenlawler]

Ran 14 miles today, took it a little slower at 10:30 minutes per mile.

Forgot to put on Body Glide.....Most painful shower in a very long time.

 

[Swissmiss]

My groove ended when my teen got sick and work got crazy so now I’m trying to get it back - managed to get out of the office early enough to go to an aquagym class the other night and ran 5k tonight. Gotta ramp it up a bit because I’ve got a 10k in a month and at the pace I’m running I might get passed by the walkers

 

[OG Runner]

My groove ended when my teen got sick and work got crazy so now I’m trying to get it back - managed to get out of the office early enough to go to an aquagym class the other night and ran 5k tonight. Gotta ramp it up a bit because I’ve got a 10k in a month and at the pace I’m running I might get passed by the walkers

It is an unusual feeling. I got passed by a race walker near the end of a 10k. Turns out "walking" he was doing a 10 minute per mile pace.

 

[Swissmiss]

It is an unusual feeling. I got passed by a race walker near the end of a 10k. Turns out "walking" he was doing a 10 minute per mile pace.

Oh I’ve been passed by walkers on numerous occasions. Some were true race walkers; others were walkers who didn’t understand that being a walker means no jogging even if you feel like it.

 

[Greenlawler]

Been a few days, man this section is really slowing down.

Last Sunday I ran 17. It was brutal, starting at about mile 13 my calves started cramping, but I limped to a finish.

Took me 3 hours and 20 minutes.

Monday and Tuesday I hit the eliptical because I could not have run if I had to.

 

[Demarke]

Been a few days, man this section is really slowing down.

Last Sunday I ran 17. It was brutal, starting at about mile 13 my calves started cramping, but I limped to a finish.

Took me 3 hours and 20 minutes.

Monday and Tuesday I hit the eliptical because I could not have run if I had to.

I’ll add a bit

Last weekend, did some hiking Saturday in Montreat, NC then ran the Black Bear Half Marathon in Hendersonville on Sunday. Felt pretty good through 8-9 miles, but had to Galloway it the rest of the way in. Finished just over 2:20:00.

Then did a local 12k this morning. Felt pretty good, but was hilly and had to walk a few of the inclines, finished around low 10:00’s per mile pace, which I think is about a minute off my pace last year.

I’m counting each of these as part of my patented “last minute, bare minimum training plan” for the NY Marathon in three weeks

 

[Greenlawler]

Did an 11 mile run today.

Did it in 1 hour and 52 minutes.

No problems just a pleasent run. Not looking forward to the 18 next Sunday.

 

[Greenlawler]

All right finished my 18 miles in 3:20.

Started getting calf and hamstring cramps around mile 12 again (third time in a row on longer runs)

Had to walk/stretch for about a half mile around mile 15. After that half mile I started back slow, gradually building back up to my beggining pace for the last two miles.

What baffles me is how little I have been sweating on these long runs. Maybe it's because I am running at a more relaxed pace for a long period of time?

 

[Greenlawler]

17 miles last Saturday....ughhhh brutal. Took me ten minutes longer to run this 17 than the 18 two weeks ago.

But it's done, only three long (over 15 miles) runs left.

On the good side, no cramps this week, probably because I took it so slow.