The Runner's thread

[YankeeVol]

She'll be doing a 1-mile kids run when I do my next 5K

 

[volfanbill]

She'll be doing a 1-mile kids run when I do my next 5K

That's awesome

 

[volfanbill]

Last run during my trip home yielded this view

 

[Nerd-Vol]

Last run during my trip home yielded this view

Where are you? It looks fantastic!

 

[volfanbill]

Where are you? It looks fantastic!

we drove up to Marion, VA today at Hungry Mother State Park. The one before that is north of Morristown across the border at Wilderness Road State Park. You can literally run or bike down the Wilderness Trail. It's done up really fancy, so I kept to the trails around the park instead

 

[YankeeVol]

Id take pics of where I run in Alaska but I don't carry my phone.

 

[volfanbill]

Id take pics of where I run in Alaska but I don't carry my phone.

I'm glad you don't. I don't need that kind of jealousy in my life at the moment.

 

[VOLatile]

Almost signed up for a marathon without training, but I was talked into running a leg of the relay instead. I haven't really run since July... This work/school schedule has been whipping my butt.

 

[volfanbill]

Almost signed up for a marathon without training, but I was talked into running a leg of the relay instead. I haven't really run since July... This work/school schedule has been whipping my butt.

What race?

 

[VOLatile]

What race?

Quad Cities Marathon. It's flat and easy. Goes through 5 cities and over the Mississippi River twice. I've run the relay twice before. Maybe I'll run all five legs over 5 years and say I've run it. It's this Sunday.

 

[Nerd-Vol]

3.11mi in 24:41. The cooler temps help a lot.

 

[MG1968]

I ran 5 miles nonstop today. It was a slow pace, and I wasn't exhausted when I stopped. I think it's a pace (12:52/mile) that I can use to run the 1/2 marathon relay I'm signed up for on October 16th. There's certainly room for improvement, but if you remember, I just started running again this past May after a couple decades' worth of weighing over 300lbs.

I think I may have experienced my first runner's high today. It's something I want more of now that I've had it.

 

[VOLatile]

Well... It became very apparent today as I ran my leg of the marathon relay, the 5k beforehand, and the last 4 miles pacing a friend...that I haven't run in a long time and the only shape I'm in is round

 

[Nerd-Vol]

3.1 in 24:12

Getting faster is going to take a lot of work.

 

[MG1968]

3.1 in 24:12

Getting faster is going to take a lot of work.

A 29 second improvement in a week is nothing to be ashamed of.

 

[YankeeVol]

6.67 in 53:46 yesterday

2.1 today

 

[VOLatile]

Friends completed the Leadman back in August. Pretty awesome feat.

Schulz, Grimes complete 282-mile Leadman to honor brother | Sports | qconline.com

 

[Nerd-Vol]

A 29 second improvement in a week is nothing to be ashamed of.

Thanks! I just know that from here on out getting quicker is going to get increasingly more difficult.

3.1 in 23:59

 

[VOLatile]

2.8 @ 9:39/mi. About 1/2 effort tonight.

 

[MG1968]

6 miles @ 12:11/mile. I beat my 4 mile interval time by 90 seconds over my run a little over a week ago.

 

[Nerd-Vol]

6 miles @ 12:11/mile. I beat my 4 mile interval time by 90 seconds over my run a little over a week ago.

Nice work!

 

[VOLatile]

2.2 on dirt at 10min pace. Felt good, knee is coming around slowly.

 

[MG1968]

5k @ 33:22 which is another personal record. First mile was 10:02. I'm not sure that's a pace I can maintain when I run 10k next Sunday, but I'm going to try.

 

[YankeeVol]

Finished 1st overall in the 5K this morning. 20:56

 

[MG1968]

My last 3 5+ mile runs have been getting faster. Today, I was averaging 11:30/mile. My last 4 mile splits dropping from 48 to 46:30 to 44:57 today. And that felt slow.

The cooler weather is really helping.