Red Mosquito

Ilium wrote:5.26 miles in around 34:50 today. I think the pace was 6:29

Nice work, speedster.

Headed down to New Orleans tomorrow (long drive in the rain) for Mardi Gras so planning to get a last full out balls on gym visit tonight.

7.5 miles in 69 minutes

I was dreaming of trail running all day and as luck would have it, I got a call from the wife right before I left work saying she was gonna take a nap with the baby and my eldest daughter had lots of homework to do. I had "cleanish" running gear in my car and actually wore a pair of NB101s to work (usually wear Chucks). I hit my favorite trail knowing that I was in pretty piss poor shape for a technical trail with 2,000+ feet of elevation change. I took it extremely easy on the way up to the saddle and reached the midway point in 38. I felt great and let it go on the backside of the mountain. I got really dialed in and reached that place in my mind where I was thinking 3 or 4 footfalls ahead, like a game of chess with the mountain. As I turned back toward the front side of the mountain I was greeted by the beginnings of a glorious sunset. I was just killing it at this point, running as fast as I possible could... jumping over boulders, ducking under branches and almost eating shit a couple of times. I made it to the trailhead in 69, which meant I did the back half in 31 minutes. My PR for the trail is 59 minutes and despite the fact that the second half is mostly downhill, it's usually an even split because the back half is way more technical. So I was probably only about 1:30 off my PR pace for the back half of the run. I guess you could say I was sandbagging the first half, but I was legitimately worried about having to walk the back half after bonking the uphill. Great fucking run.

For the life of me I just don't understand how you guys can run like you do.

Biff Pocoroba wrote:Headed down to New Orleans tomorrow (long drive in the rain) for Mardi Gras so planning to get a last full out balls on gym visit tonight.

Mardi Gras? You lucky bastard. Have fun.

Not great tonight, i did get my 2nd best time on the mile with a 9 minute 45 second mile, but then wasn't up for doing much more so i just walked for another minute then called it a night

man alive I do not want to go to the gym tonight.

4/5 wrote:For the life of me I just don't understand how you guys can run like you do.

yeah running distance blows

dkfan9 wrote:

4/5 wrote:For the life of me I just don't understand how you guys can run like you do.

yeah running distance blows

I don't ever see myself running 10 miles or anything close, but some nights i do enjoy the running, and wanna go as far as i can

i think i'd enjoy it a bit more if running on concrete wasn't so hard on my back and running around in circles wasn't more boring than nascar.

10 miles in 68 minutes

I kinda knew that Tuesday's trail run threw the switch and I was ready for training mode. I was planning races and runs all day in my head and I started to get the running twitches about noon. Hit the gym at 5 and was able to grab a treadmill that maxed out at 90 instead of 60 minutes. Set it one notch below 7 minutes (6:53?) and off I went. Pretty much cruised until mile 8, when my right calf tightened up. I downed about half my water (which I hadn't touched) and it seemed to loosen up. Managed a half-mile finishing kick and finished in 68 minutes. Instead of my planned vanity workout, I stood in the outdoor pool for 10 minutes in hopes it would help my calf. It should be fine and won't stop my planned 14-miler on Saturday.

dkfan9 wrote:i think i'd enjoy it a bit more if running on concrete wasn't so hard on my back and running around in circles wasn't more boring than nascar.

u gotta run in the woods then

warehouse wrote:

dkfan9 wrote:i think i'd enjoy it a bit more if running on concrete wasn't so hard on my back and running around in circles wasn't more boring than nascar.

u gotta run in the woods then

when it warms up

I had so much fun running on the treadmill tonight. Man. I just covered up the screen, turned on my music, didnt worry about pace or anything and just ran. Forest gump style Got a runners high by the 20 minute mark or so. Good times.

Strat wrote:I had so much fun running on the treadmill tonight. Man. I just covered up the screen, turned on my music, didnt worry about pace or anything and just ran. Forest gump style Got a runners high by the 20 minute mark or so. Good times.

I really need to start covering the screen, my eyes are just drawn to it. How far did you end up going?

Strat wrote:I had so much fun running on the treadmill tonight. Man. I just covered up the screen, turned on my music, didnt worry about pace or anything and just ran. Forest gump style Got a runners high by the 20 minute mark or so. Good times.

The closest thing to god is that runner's high. It's addictive. Can't live without it. I want to die running.

i definitely dont want to die running but i hear ya cluckin.

I sometimes just get a big smile on my face and chills down my back. its part physical excursion and part music high. Its nice.

My son now has croup and my wife is sick again, so no trail run today before work. The worst part is that I get a nice view of South Mountain (the place I was gonna run) on my way to work. So there it was, just tempting my running hard-on.

Did a 55 minute swim before lunch and heading out for a 70 minute trail run in about 15 minutes. I'm starting to enjoy swimming and my trail run has this one bend at about the 55 minute mark that I refer to as the come shot of the run. You just finish a hill, you know there's only one hill and fifteen minutes left. You round this slow corner, the trees open up and you take in the lake surrounded by mountains. That corner, with my heart beating hard makes me so happy to be alive. I never get tired of it.

surfndestroy wrote:Did a 55 minute swim before lunch and heading out for a 70 minute trail run in about 15 minutes. I'm starting to enjoy swimming and my trail run has this one bend at about the 55 minute mark that I refer to as the come shot of the run. You just finish a hill, you know there's only one hill and fifteen minutes left. You round this slow corner, the trees open up and you take in the lake surrounded by mountains. That corner, with my heart beating hard makes me so happy to be alive. I never get tired of it.

Kill it, brother!