The Running Thread

[washing machine]

I ran straight thru downtown and back in the wee small hours after work last night. Felt like some sort of zombie film roleplaying. Eerie but thrilling.

[tree_]

be careful cosby is free now

[ghost]

I ran straight thru downtown and back in the wee small hours after work last night. Felt like some sort of zombie film roleplaying. Eerie but thrilling.

That looked fun. I've had a couple races that started pre-dawn, but only done a couple of night runs ever. Seems like a totally different vibe.

[washing machine]

I ran straight thru downtown and back in the wee small hours after work last night. Felt like some sort of zombie film roleplaying. Eerie but thrilling.

That looked fun. I've had a couple races that started pre-dawn, but only done a couple of night runs ever. Seems like a totally different vibe.

I've done a run at that hour a few times, but this was the longest route so far. Feels a little disorienting for your pace not having long range vision, but I'm not really going for speed or anything on a run like that. Just zoning out to Mogwai on headphones and eating up some weekly mileage to blow off steam. Probably wouldn't try it anywhere but the well lit downtown corridor around here though, for safety reasons.

[ghost]

All of the runners who finished in the "golden hour" of this year's Western States, the final hour before the 30 hour cutoff. Made me a little misty-eyed.

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I was thinking yesterday about all those training runs r2d did on a track with a backpack full of beans. Anyone remember that? And then on race day he was leading until the course marshalls sent him the wrong way. What a beast.

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Oh man. I missed that story I guess.

R2D was a very hostile personality and I do not miss him, except in this thread. Seems like running was his most fluent language. RM's own Micah True.

[tragabigzanda]

i hate in sports when someone says "i got it!" but then they miss it.

[washing machine]

Treadmill: 3.75 miles
Walk to/from gym: 2 miles

Total of 11k steps / 540 cals

I'd kudos you on Strava if I could. How many miles for the week?

[washing machine]

Currently deciding whether or not to push harder next week or scale back then build on that for rest of July. I am at close to 15 mile weeks at this point and I recover well from my runs. I go for 4 runs a week, a bike day, a cross train day of pushups etc, and a rest day.

I would like to get to a 10k by the end of this month, but I just don't want to overdo it and burn out. Done that too many times. Feel like a good goal next week would be something closer to 10-12 miles with some time doing short runs on my barefoot shoes (which need very low mileage lest I burn up my calves.)

Any advice appreciated here. Should I keep pushing past 15 mile weeks til I get to the 10k run goal or give myself a "down week?"

[Bammer]

First run with the new dog this morning

[wease]

Did it chase any cats?

[dad]

Did it chase any cats?

hot lady cats, specifically.

[ghost]

Currently deciding whether or not to push harder next week or scale back then build on that for rest of July. I am at close to 15 mile weeks at this point and I recover well from my runs. I go for 4 runs a week, a bike day, a cross train day of pushups etc, and a rest day.

I would like to get to a 10k by the end of this month, but I just don't want to overdo it and burn out. Done that too many times. Feel like a good goal next week would be something closer to 10-12 miles with some time doing short runs on my barefoot shoes (which need very low mileage lest I burn up my calves.)

Any advice appreciated here. Should I keep pushing past 15 mile weeks til I get to the 10k run goal or give myself a "down week?"

I say unless the 10k goal is really important to you, do whatever seems most sustainable to you long term. Running > not running. The longer distances will come eventually.

[ghost]

I dunno if it's just the heat wave sapping my will to run long, but I'm starting to think about going a totally different direction fitness-wise next year. Running would still be part of it, but not the centerpiece. Like weight lifting, cross fit, or working with a trainer. It's been a solid year now of feeling like I'm going through the motions. Plus my kid's blossoming into a little hiking fiend, which makes me feel like an asshole running for 3 hours on a Sunday while she plays Nintendo.

pretty sure i posted something similar last year then fucked it all up by impulse buying a fall 2021 marathon registration

[tragabigzanda]

i hate in sports when someone says "i got it!" but then they miss it.

[ghost]

looks like r2d is doing one of those run 1 mile each hour for 24 hours challenges today

[epilogue]

looks like r2d is doing one of those run 1 mile each hour for 24 hours challenges today

It's good to know he's still running.

[washing machine]

Currently deciding whether or not to push harder next week or scale back then build on that for rest of July. I am at close to 15 mile weeks at this point and I recover well from my runs. I go for 4 runs a week, a bike day, a cross train day of pushups etc, and a rest day.

I would like to get to a 10k by the end of this month, but I just don't want to overdo it and burn out. Done that too many times. Feel like a good goal next week would be something closer to 10-12 miles with some time doing short runs on my barefoot shoes (which need very low mileage lest I burn up my calves.)

Any advice appreciated here. Should I keep pushing past 15 mile weeks til I get to the 10k run goal or give myself a "down week?"

I say unless the 10k goal is really important to you, do whatever seems most sustainable to you long term. Running > not running. The longer distances will come eventually.

10k goal is pretty important from a morale standpoint. Physically, I don't feel like I'm at risk of burning out right now. Quite the opposite, actually. I feel like I am on the verge of breaking through to a new level and going farther. Pace doesn't matter to me though I do find myself naturally trying to get faster. Mental is a different game.

My fear of burning out doesn't really make much sense when I type it out, unless you just look at in the context of "fear of the unknown." Anyways, using this week to scale back slightly this week and get work in on those barefoot shoes I have. Did two miles in the woods today and it was fun and muddy as all get out. Pace was shit but that's not what it was about.

I dunno if it's just the heat wave sapping my will to run long, but I'm starting to think about going a totally different direction fitness-wise next year. Running would still be part of it, but not the centerpiece. Like weight lifting, cross fit, or working with a trainer. It's been a solid year now of feeling like I'm going through the motions. Plus my kid's blossoming into a little hiking fiend, which makes me feel like an asshole running for 3 hours on a Sunday while she plays Nintendo.

pretty sure i posted something similar last year then fucked it all up by impulse buying a fall 2021 marathon registration

I've been watching you build from nothing at the start of the year to some beastly runs this last month. Pretty sure you said that last year too. Do what feels right, obviously, but it's been a joy and an inspiration to follow your runs around that college town this summer.

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https://www.runnersworld.com/trail-runn ... lo-blanco/

I'm on the chapter about the Copper Canyon Ultra in Scott Jurek's memoir Eat & Run today and he describes how these email exchanges went with him and Caballo Blanco inviting him to run with the Tarahumara. Some friction there at first. I bet those emails would be fun to read.