[aphigirl01]

45 minutes on the elliptical this morning. Followed up with weights and ab work. Might go for a bike ride after work.

 

[Grizzly]

Morning!<br><br>
4.65 on the hill in the moonlight. Venus was almost bright enough to run by as well.

 

[Lofcaudio]

14 miles for me in just under two hours. A friend joined me for 10 of the miles and we enjoyed the cooler weather (58°F).

 

[Alex]

Nice, easy recovery run at practice tonight...

 

[Jensparks]

8-10k tune up race on the plan for today (having moved this weeks' schedule all around due to the weather), which I decided to do on the treadmill since it's 90 frikken frakken degrees out!<br><br>
About 2 miles into it my left quad started letting me know that it wasn't fully recovered from Saturday's 11 mile race/9.3 mile cooldown, so I cut today's "race" to a 5k instead.<br><br>
1 mile warmup: 9:22<br>
5k "race" on the tm: 24:19 (7:51)<br>
.9 mile cooldown: 8:10 (9:05)<br><br>
Other than the slightly tight quad, feeling pretty good. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Very Happy">

 

[Arrojo]

Nice race jensparks! I assume you won? <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Wink"><br><br>
Track workout tonight. 4 x 1200 with 400 rest. Should be character-building in this heat.

 

[Jensparks]

Should be insanity building, anyway. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/razz.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Razz"><br><br>
I'm not sure if I won. We're going to have to watch the footage later to see, it was a close race, the guy next to me seemed to be step for step, but I think I got him right at the last few meters or so. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Very Happy">

 

[Alex]

PR for me today for the slowest run ever. 5 miles at 10:06 pace. Calves feel like they'll explode soon and the rest of my body just plain hurts. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/sad.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Sad"><br><br>
I'm gonna go take a nap.

 

[equinox marathon 43]

Hi all!<br><br><b>sparky</b> - Is some of the burnout you were feeling starting to fade now that your in the taper? I know that happened with me.<br><br>
Great running all.<br><br>
Here's my report for the day:<br><br><b>Daily Run Report</b><br><br><b>Date:</b> 09/26/2007 <b>Time:</b> 15:25<br><b>Run Type:</b> Just A Run<br><b>Distance:</b> 8.0 miles<br><b>Total time:</b> 01:25:36.4 <b>Average Per Mile:</b> 00:10:04.3<br><b>Course:</b> OTHER COURSE<br><b>Max HR (for entire workout):</b> 173<br><b>Average HR:</b> 148<br><b>Shoes:</b> Mizuno Wave Ascend 2 - 06/2007 <b>Date Entered Service:</b> 06/26/2007 <b>Ending Mileage:</b> 132.22<br><b>Weather:</b><br><b>Temperature:</b> 89 <b>Temperature Type:</b> Ambient Air <b>Time:</b> Start<br><b>Temperature:</b> 88 <b>Temperature Type:</b> Ambient Air <b>Time:</b> End<br><b>Temperature:</b> 93 <b>Temperature Type:</b> Ambient Air Heat Index <b>Time:</b> Start<br><b>Temperature:</b> 92 <b>Temperature Type:</b> Ambient Air Heat Index <b>Time:</b> End<br><b>Dew Point:</b> 66 <b>Time:</b> Start<br><b>Dew Point:</b> 67 <b>Time:</b> End<br><b>Wind speed:</b> 5 <b>Max Gust:</b> 13 <b>Direction:</b> SSW<br><br><a href="http://www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=16028" target="_blank">MERRIMACK RIVER TRAIL</a><br><br>
Plan tonight was an 8 mile general aerobic run. I opted to do it on the trail because it was close to 90 degrees out with a heat index over 90.<br><br>
It was a bit cooler on the trail being in the shade than would have been on pavement.<br><br>
Nice and quiet out there. I did not see another person. I felt pretty good. A bit warm though.<br><b>Run Segments<br>
Name Time Distance AvgMile HR AvgHR Total Time</b><br>
4m out 00:39:46.2 4.0 00:09:56.6 161 146 00:39:46.2<br>
4m back 00:40:48.6 4.0 00:10:12.1 156 154 01:20:34.8<br>
Recov-1 00:03:00.6 0.0 00:00:00.0 102 125 01:23:35.4<br>
Recov-2 00:02:01.0 0.0 00:00:00.0 100 99 01:25:36.4

 

[milergal]

Nice treadmill race, Jensparks. Hope your calves feel better soon, Alex. Ouch.<br><br>
4.5 miles for me. Not a bad run. It should have been faster, but my legs were feeling creaky.

 

[sistergoldenhair]

9 miles for me tonight after work. After a very busy day, I like to look at medium long runs as relaxation and stress relief. I didn't even bring my watch tonight. The run was in a new area I've started going to which is half beautiful riverfront homes, and half deserted country roads where you feel like Forrest Gump. I finished as the sun went down and saw 4 deer at the end.<br><br>
jensparks, I bet you'll be feeling better next week.<br><br>
Alex, take it easy!

 

[roots]

Nice running Aphi, Grizzly, Lofcaudio, Alex, Jensparks, Arrojo, EQ, milergal, and SGH! <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Very Happy"><br><br>
Incredibly balmy 88F this afternoon. Waited out the showers and ran at 9pm. Muggy.<br><br>
5 miles easy. Cooled down with 6x strides.<br><br>
Looking forward to speed session tomorrow. With 11 days to go, I'm getting a bit antsy.

 

[Jensparks]

Nice trail run EQ ... I love the trails especially when it's nasty hot out.<br><br>
I'm feeling better, am definitely thankful for a 3 week taper. I cut back Pfitz's schedule... which some may or may not think is a good idea, but for me personally I think it is. I'm doing 12-13 instead of 16 this weekend, and only 9 next week (1 week pre-marathon) instead of the 12 on the schedule. It just seemed too high to me, and I'm going with my gut now. I've had a lot of racing the past few weeks and it's time to relax a little bit before the big day!