The Running Thread

[Bammer]

75/106

I had to take a few days off last week because I ran two miles barefoot on the beach and got some painful blisters

[96583UP]

i hate running barefoot on the beach

feels very unnatural

and likely to cause injury

would rather run/bike a boardwalk, walk to water, and swim in water

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Easily top 3 best feeling runs I’ve had. The second mile was faster than it felt, and I never really felt taxed until I tried to sprint the last .15ish. Mile paces below

1- 9:25
2 - 9:10
3- 8:25

[doug rr]

Easily top 3 best feeling runs I’ve had. The second mile was faster than it felt, and I never really felt taxed until I tried to sprint the last .15ish. Mile paces below

1- 9:25
2 - 9:10
3- 8:25

what are you running away from?

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Easily top 3 best feeling runs I’ve had. The second mile was faster than it felt, and I never really felt taxed until I tried to sprint the last .15ish. Mile paces below

1- 9:25
2 - 9:10
3- 8:25

what are you running away from?

Your fat mom.

[The Argonaut]

Glad you're feeling good, Lenny. Impressive numbers

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Glad you're feeling good, Lenny. Impressive numbers

Thank you. I fully expect my next few to go back to mediocre though.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

4.22 in 42:00...I was sprinting out the last stretch and would have liked to have gone further. I wanted to do a casual, longer run so i'm happy overall.

[Bammer]

80/113

I went on a completely different route today and saw an 8’ tall Xmas snowman decoration fully inflated in someone’s front yard.

Rational hate.

[Bammer]

2023 stats because I know you all care very much:

January
18/31
1.96 miles avg at 8:08 pace
35.3 miles total

[Bammer]

2023 stats because I know you all care very much:

January
18/31
1.96 miles avg at 8:08 pace
35.3 miles total

February
20/28
2.2 miles avg at 8:01 pace
44.08 miles total

[Bammer]

2023 stats because I know you all care very much:

January
18/31
1.96 miles avg at 8:08 pace
35.3 miles total

February
20/28
2.2 miles avg at 8:01 pace
44.08 miles total

March
27/31
2.43 miles avg at 7:41 pace
65.78 miles total

[Bammer]

2023 stats because I know you all care very much:

January
18/31
1.96 miles avg at 8:08 pace
35.3 miles total

February
20/28
2.2 miles avg at 8:01 pace
44.08 miles total

March
27/31
2.43 miles avg at 7:41 pace
65.78 miles total

April
21/30
2.29 miles avg at 7:39 pace
48.09 miles total

[lennytheweedwhacker]

I'm f'n jealous of your pace. I hate it so much.

Fail run tonight and I was trying to take it easy.

[Bammer]

I'm f'n jealous of your pace. I hate it so much.

Fail run tonight and I was trying to take it easy.

You probably have to take it with a small grain of salt because most days I stop the timer for a couple minutes while I let the dog go potty. Then start up again, so I get like 2 minutes of rest and it doesn’t affect my pace.

I also pause the timer when waiting at big/long intersections.

Which leads me to a question for durdles … assuming you are running in the city and encounter a LOT of intersections, are you just standing there a lot while the (pace) clock continues to roll?

[lennytheweedwhacker]

I'm f'n jealous of your pace. I hate it so much.

Fail run tonight and I was trying to take it easy.

You probably have to take it with a small grain of salt because most days I stop the timer for a couple minutes while I let the dog go potty. Then start up again, so I get like 2 minutes of rest and it doesn’t affect my pace.

I also pause the timer when waiting at big/long intersections.

Which leads me to a question for durdles … assuming you are running in the city and encounter a LOT of intersections, are you just standing there a lot while the (pace) clock continues to roll?

Hey that's still really good though. If I stopped for 2 minutes I'm guessing I could shave 30 secondsish off each mile.

Running in bit cities with intersections like that would drive me nuts.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

I ran 3 miles tonight for the first time in almost a month. I survived. That is all.

[epilogue]

I ran 3 miles tonight for the first time in almost a month. I survived. That is all.

Good work!

[JuanHamm]

Nice work Lenny. Were you being chased or just running for exercise?

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Nice work Lenny. Were you being chased or just running for exercise?

It started out as exercise, but then Joe started chasing me. He's very quick and handsy.