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Where are you? Philly? Cancelling due to a forecast.

I know a bunch of the guys recently recommended Nike shorts. Teamexpress is having a sale $25 off orders of $99 or more. What short do you recommend?

Steve is da man when it comes to this! I do lots of running in the trails and have two pairs of trail shoes, both made by running shoe companies (Asics and Brooks). Neither is entirely waterproof. Fit-wise they are just like my regular running shoes. In fact, the Brooks are regular running shoes with a different "more" waterproof upper. My Asics are heavier souled and a bit more "industrial" but still have not been waterproof on super rainy/muddy trails.

My gut would have me stick with running shoes that are tried and true... both brands of trail shoes I have I have also run many, many miles with their shoes on the roads.

Yup, I meant the North Face one, I thought it was in Madison.  Whoops.  Not looking for a PR at all, but I've been LOVING having a specific race to keep me training for, which is why I've been looking at marathons.  It helps my motivation a ton, and the idea of a marathon came up in conversation with a friend who suggested I run one with her.  I had said that I just want to beat Oprah's time, originally, but I honestly would just love to finish one first.  So let's just throw out 4.5-5 hours? 

How wet do you think you'll get? From what I've read, the waterproof trail shoes don't breathe well (sweaty feet), and they get waterlogged if you end up stepping in a stream or puddle. I went with a pair that has a water resistant fabric but is still has an open weave to allow water to drain from the shoes. I wear wool socks to keep my feet warm when they get wet. For fit, I went to my local running shop and they helped me order a pair of trail shoes that are most similar to the road shoes I wear. Also, some trail shoes are designed for rocky trails while others are better for muddy conditions, so it's worth thinking about the types of trails you'll be running on. Good luck! Trail running is a blast!

I just looked at the ones you linked, and they looked pretty heavy-duty. Check the weight - 28.5 oz! You might be happier with some lighter-weight shoes. For comparison, the mens version of the shoes I have (Asics Trail Sensor) is 13.5 oz.

i run in these.   really like em'.

i don't like socks below the ankle on trails, to much crap gets in my normal low cut running socks, balega's.  i tried a pair of wrightsocks on sunday's run...didn't like them. 

Nike Tempo Two-in-One 7" Men's Running Shorts.  but i don't see them on teamexpress. 

seems tony ran goofy with the flu.  ha!  now sam has it.  and jarrett down here.  sucks. 

I have it too.

We had a mess run through our house just before Christmas.  Fortunately it cleared before the holidays.

It hit hard and left fast.  I hope it leaves all of you fast too!

Get better.

ugh, take care of yourself, doug!!!

people around me are dropping like flies, i am just sucking down the emergenC like a crazy person.

Speaking of heart rates I win the max heart rate prize of the week.  Max heart rate was 215!!!!   Funny thing was I felt completely fine. Except I was waiting for my Garmin to call the EMTs for all the times it was beeping at me to slow my HR down.   Had forgotten to mention my crazy high HR to the coach. He just laughed and said, "maybe we'll do that 2 mile TT sooner rather than later to get your zones all set." 

Everything is covered in ice in NC.  Makes getting out very difficult.  Hope everyone is doing well.

My flight to New York was cancelled tonight.  Now stuck in Madison with no gear.  It's all sitting at the airport.  Suppose I could run in jeans, boots, and my santa sweater.
 

Hubby's flight to Boston cancelled.,...he's stuck in Chicago.   AND I just had an earthquake jolt me out of bed.  I'm guessing it was close to 5.0.  Wondering if Kim felt it?

That's what the "notes" section of the spreadsheet is for.  The data probably explain why my legs feel like hell.  If I increased time and intensity (too much) over the last week, then I would expect to feel the effects of it.  I like to collect both qualitative and quantitative information in my training log.  So if you ask me which factors to take into consideration... I would say "all factors that make sense..." and these may change from time to time.  I think you're making assumptions about the use of a "single minded" approach.  

Oh, and I count calories too :P

Did I mention that I'm Type A ??

good luck racers,  nada here.   stuck home again today. 

started the new year off with another bike fit.  so far the changes are great.  new saddle coming on the way, a cobb shc170.  a bit thinner up front to hopefully get rid of some chaffing issues going on. 

Well I had my 1st swim lesson last night and it went pretty well, started with warm up laps and then worked on drills, the main thing for the next few weeks he said was we would work on breathing. The 4 Things we did were:

1. Kick on our back a few lengths with arms fastened to the side

2. Kick on our back and rotate to each side for a few kicks while keeping mouth out of water

3. Kick on our back and rotate to each side while having mouth submerged, we would breath before rotating to next side

4. Trying to breath in that lil "pocket" of air created when the water rises over your head and dips back down, so if don right one eye is still submerged and you can see the outside walls.

I initially struggled with the side rotations because as soon as i rotated to a side i would sink, but later got the hang of it, the lil "pocket" breathing drill surprisingly I didn't do that bad until he made us do some lengths breathing on the opposite side from what we normally do if we weren't bilaterally breathing. OMG I felt like a fish outta water while in water lol if that makes sense.

All in all it was a good class and I will incorporate these drills into my weeks swim sessions

Made it in to work here in NC. Almost no one on the raods. I feel about 80%. Still hacking up some "solid" phlegm. Might try to workout tonight.

I have read most of the posts about numbers. I too am an engineer. So here is my point of view. Numbers can be useful, but many time the situation is too complex to easily define with numbers. Things like humidity, temperature., time of day, what you ate, how you slept, how stressed you are, what your previous workouts were like, etc. can all affect your performance. That is why listening to your body is important as it RPE.

Keep track of everything you can think of and over time you can see trends as well as improvement. Bear in mind a great deal of training is building a strong base. Your performance during these workouts is not critical. The tempo workouts will tell you more about how you are improving.

So basically do NOT be a slave to the numbers. You can go crazy that way.

JMTCW,

Doug

This is good and should show results. If you can master this then you will not be pulling youe head up to breathe, which would cause your lower body to drop in the water and creat a lot of drag. The more you can keep your body up at the surface, the less drag in the water you'll have. Good luck.