September Running Challenge! (Page 17)

Great job!!! That is a long way especially in the heat.

Heck yeah Mary!

That is some serious strong work.  Nice job :)

Good luck Ron!  Please take a pic in your race shirt :)

5.1 miles

5 mins @ Z2

30 mins @ Z3

5 mins @ Z2

I'm noticing that I'm getting to the point where I find myself saying "Matt, you're faster than this" when running at these easier paces.  Maybe this run focus is already starting to click.  I haven't felt this good about my run in a while.

 I have a half marathon next month, so maybe I can qualify for some faster pacing then.

Congrats on that run! Tough stuff.

I read your upcoming race lineup. Seriously? Holy Crap, man. Have a great trip to Dayton and an even better run. 

6ish  today, mostly on trails:

2.5 AM

4.0 PM

Purpose: RECOVERY   yesterday's run really took it out of me. It was almost 80 degrees and had about 1,000 ft. of climbing

*I know yall are scoffing at the 80 degree thing, but consider I'm a Seattlite ... and it's almost October.

We don't have anything like that here, but ours are beautiful in a different way.  I'll take some pics and post when I go.  

I did see a four foot fox snake across the path on my run today.  That was cool.

You mentioned your hill strategy in you RR.  Can you talk about that a little bit here?   Form and pace wise what do you try to do on the hills and is that also what you do when you're training? 

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5, purpose: endurance, super easy miles. 

NICE!  Mary, I don't know if you do stuff like this, but I would recommend making a list of all of these firsts and putting it somewhere you can see it regularly.  We joke in our house about having a "feel good file" filled with little things that make you feel better if you're having a bad day.  You sure have racked up a lot to put in your feel good file :)

This will be your first winter as a runner, right?  Do you have running tights?

I'm a little picky about mine, and will use different ones for 10 degree temperature differences.  Specialized makes a really nice windproof cycling tight that doubles as a running tight.  I don't know if it gets that cold there, but those are my go-tos once it gets into the teens or below here for runs. If it's below zero I wear an fleece lined Under Armor pair with the Specialized ones on top.  As long as I keep moving, that will get me through :)

One thing to make sure of is that they are long enough.  I hate it when there's a gap between the bottom of my tight, and my socks.  You can remedy with different socks, but it's just nice when the tight is long enough on its own. 

Gang, I have an ankle thing going on, so I'm gonna need to duck out of this one for the rest of the month. 

Purpose: to get healed up and start running again :)

I'm not sure what some cyclists are thinking. My DH rides a lot and is pretty considerate and friendly, but I agree, some just have a scowl and don't respond. Then again, on my latest long run a few had smiles or nods, etc. 

Ditto--Bill!