The Running Thread

[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

May
17/31
2.05 miles avg at 7:19 pace
34.85 miles total

June
22/30
2.11 miles avg at 7:24 pace
46.62 miles total

July
16/31
2.13 miles avg at 7:26 pace
34.2 miles total

August
18/31
2.14 miles avg at 7:16 pace
38.61 miles total

September
17/30
2.49 miles avg at 7:15 pace
42.48 miles total

October
17/31
2.18 miles avg at 7:26 pace
37.06 miles total

November
17/30
2.36 miles avg at 7:23 pace
40.24 miles total

December
18/31
2.36 miles avg at 7:22 pace
42.51 miles total

[Ello Sailor]

A self-pyramid. Those are rare.

[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

May
17/31
2.05 miles avg at 7:19 pace
34.85 miles total

June
22/30
2.11 miles avg at 7:24 pace
46.62 miles total

July
16/31
2.13 miles avg at 7:26 pace
34.2 miles total

August
18/31
2.14 miles avg at 7:16 pace
38.61 miles total

September
17/30
2.49 miles avg at 7:15 pace
42.48 miles total

October
17/31
2.18 miles avg at 7:26 pace
37.06 miles total

November
17/30
2.36 miles avg at 7:23 pace
40.24 miles total

December
18/31
2.36 miles avg at 7:22 pace
42.51 miles total

Capstone (or is it cornerstone?) post: Annual totals are 228 jogs at 2.23 miles each for a total of 509.82 miles at around a 7:30 pace.

[tragabigzanda]

Finished out the year this morning with a 6.5 mile run. That brought my total to 27.5 on the week and 106.1 total on the month. Great finish to the year. Feel strong and energetic.

Total miles in 2023: 906

JAN: 73.3
FEB: 70.6
MAR: 48
APR: 50.3
MAY: 67.7
JUN: 92.3
JUL: 100.4
AUG: 100. 8
SEP: 87
OCT: 66.6
NOV: 42.8
DEC: 106.1

Happy New Year runners!

Way to go man!

[Bammer]

Durdle with some impressive numbers

[knee tunes]

A self-pyramid. Those are rare.

Black eyed angels swam with me

[washing machine]

Less than two weeks 'til Houston half marathon. My training has been on and off, so I don't think I'll be setting any PRs this year. Still should be a fun race and a way to kick off momentum for 2024.

2023 mostly sucked for running, but I did have a great race last spring.

[Bammer]

I’m going to stick with a goal of 500 miles this year, but average closer to 5 miles each time and run less days per week. Not gonna worry about the pace so much anymore.

[washing machine]

I’m going to stick with a goal of 500 miles this year, but average closer to 5 miles each time and run less days per week. Not gonna worry about the pace so much anymore.

That's the best way to enjoy your runs consistently, IMO.

I love the sport as a vehicle to simply disconnect.

[washing machine]

11 hard miles in some intense rain and wind. I was testing out a new janji top and some body glide against chaffing ahead of Sunday's race. Happy to report that the gear did the job.

[tragabigzanda]

First run since the holiday was brutal

[washing machine]

3rd half marathon in as many years. First time to run the Houston race, believe it or not. You couldn't ask for better weather. Crisp, in the 40s, no wind. I paced my sister to her PR and had a great time running with her. I usually run alone, but it was a nice change to spend 13 miles connecting with my sis. When you have someone to talk to, the miles fly by. My brother raced too, his first one. It was so cool to do this with my siblings, especially considering we lost our grandmother over thanksgiving. Good bonding time.

34,000 people ran this race. It could have gone chaotic at the start/finish, but corrals and lines were organized. The food and hangout area post-race was in the massive GRB Convention Center and everyone had plenty of room. Start time was 7:00am but my pace group didn't cross for another 20 minutes afterwards. 2:07 finish for me at a 9:45 pace. My technical "worst" performance in these last three years by a long shot, but this was my favorite race. I went out with no goal and ended up having an awesome time taking it all in.

New post race favorite: a gluttonous dousing of gravy over pancakes, lined with scrambled egg and sausage and rolled up like a taco...all washed down with chocolate milk.

[tragabigzanda]

Awesome post Reid! That breakfast roll up sounds delicious/disgusting.

[washing machine]

That breakfast roll up sounds delicious/disgusting.

Ha, yes! I must have looked like such a Karen in the food line, but famished race brain is a thing.

Volunteer: Biscuits, pancakes or both?
Me: Just pancakes, thank you!
Volunteer: Gravy on the side?
Me: Here, please *motions to pancakes*
Volunteer: ...
Volunteer: You mean on that sausage?
Me: Nope. Pancakes. Cover them with that gravy goodness!
Volunteer: okayyyy whatever you say!

[tragabigzanda]

Wait so this was your own creation? That changes everything, you’re a genius.

[washing machine]

For sure. The food line was cafeteria style, sponsored by H-E-B grocery.

Scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuits, gravy, all the condiments. Salsa on my eggs and gravy cake protein roll up for yours truly.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

I gots to get past this treadmill mental block.

[epilogue]

After years away from the game, I'm back in! Just signed up for three races this year. Tomorrow NYRR will drop a lot more and I'll snag some of those as well. Going to 9+1 this year so I can run the NYC Marathon next year.

[Bammer]

2024

January
10 runs at 4.5 miles avg.
Pace 7:49
45.02 total miles

[Ello Sailor]

Kenya's marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum (24) and his coach were killed in a traffic accident on Sunday.

The dude was only 35 seconds away from being the first person to run a marathon in under two hours. There's no way he wouldn't have made that eventually. Fuckin' thing sucks.