The Running Thread

[guestT]

I literally would rather kill myself than run on a treadmill for more than an hour.

[guestT]

You must be close to tapering now, eh verb? Race in like 3 weeks?

[verb_to_trust]

October 14. I still have a few more heavy weeks left.

[guestT]

Ah, I was thinking it was mid-September.

[guestT]

Signed up for a 6-hour trail race in September. Pray for me.

[verb_to_trust]

My legs are shot right now. Maybe it's time to start breaking in a new pair of Bostons.

[guestT]

That's your body asking for Hokas.

[verb_to_trust]

That's not it! I remember when my last pair of 6s did this too. They were the awesome creamsicle colorway so I held on a couple hundred more miles than I should have. It's funny how running shoes can still look good but at a certain point they are toast regardless.

[verb_to_trust]

Robs taking it easy this week. I think I have a shot at the top spot.

[Dev]

I set a new distance record today. 15km. It was a good run too. I stuck to natural terrain as much as possible and it worked out a lot of tension in my legs.

[guestT]

Nice job dev.

I think the crown is yours this week, verb. I might run a little after work tonight but then I'm probably done til Monday.

[run2death]

My hamstring continues to give me trouble on hard surfaces.

I thought I'd be able to hit 10 miles on this morning's canal run, but it twinged at 8 1/2 miles and I shut it down.

Frustrating as hell.

[verb_to_trust]

My basement flooded this weekend due to the non stop rain. Lost two days due to virtually no window for outdoor runs and moving the treadmill. Ugh.

[verb_to_trust]

Slipped into the new Boston 7s. Man, what a difference. I chewed up the last pair pretty good but the colors were so vibrant it was hard to tell. Maybe had 7 or 8 hundred on them?

[Dev]

Yeah, I'm a big fan of my Boston's now. They are kind of for pussies but whatever. So comfy.

[guestT]

Sorry about your basement, verb. That sucks. It's been pouring here lately but nothing like what southern WI and northern IL have been getting.

[guestT]

Picking a 50K plan that peaks in a month where either I or my wife are out of town basically every weekend was not the best idea I've ever had.

[verb_to_trust]

My soon to be wife just started a new job and has some concerns about our honeymoon plans in October. I told her we would just plan on something when she feels settled in and comfortable taking the time off. I want to be supportive. So Mt Desert Island will not be my first marathon. It looks like I could do Madison in November but I don't know if that will be grand enough to waste my marathon bullet on. Maybe I should just take the training I did this year and apply it to a plan for Chicago next year.

[guestT]

That's a bummer. Isn't the Twin Cities marathon that same weekend?

edit: October 7.

[verb_to_trust]

I cracked 20 a few times this summer and am a lot more fit as a runner than I was last year. Now I know I can do it and when the time does come to bust my cherry I will be even stronger.