Sounds like you're making great progress Scratch!Anyways, covered around 4.5 miles. Now I need a shower.
Great, a new version of Death Race 2000!Bonus points for those wearing dark non-reflective clothing at the same time
I should have put a funny face on my comment. I'm glad you have nice weather to run in during the cooler months.Why do you think it's my high mileage time? Especially considering I'm a displaced NW Montanan. I know what real winters are and I love OR winters. Not so cold that I can't still run in shorts and short sleeve shirts. It is funny though to see people here and how they dress during "winter", winter jackets, beanies, gloves... You'd think we were in the middle of a blizzard. Haven't you ever noticed how I give Mike such a hard time for how much he wears during the winter? Lol!
That's a cool link!Not quite 11 miles in similar humidity to Scratch I expect. The first 2 were comfortable and followed by a slow, comfortable 5 with a very capable newby in VFF who is just getting distance in (the 10% rule was tested this morning!) the last 4 or so were mostly spent chatting with a guy who's hoping for 3:05 in the NYC marathon to get his BQ.
A mix of paces, good conversation, a little bouldering thrown in for good measure - the only thing not to like was the humidity.
Sounds like you even had fun finishing injured! Hope you heal up soon. Congratulations!Good week for me!
Tuesday- 2.5 miles (hill repeats)
Wednesday- 6 miles
Thursday- 4 miles
Saturday- 10k trail race
My race went awesome! I placed 3rd in age group and 14th overall. It was my first time placing in my age group- but it was a really small race so that probably helped . I wore VFFs because I knew there would be rocks and I didn't want to deal with them barefoot today. The first two miles were straight up and then it was mostly downhill the rest of the way. I will write up a more detailed race report later. Near the end I tripped on a root and went down hard, onto more roots with my right knee. However, I have a debilitating competitive streak and couldn't let the person behind me who I knew was in my age group pass me so I hobbled the last mile as fast as I could. My Bikilas did something to my left Morton's toe, too. So I'm probably out from injury for a few days but I got 3rd place in AG! Woo!
The sidewalk here is 3' wide with some very little being 5' wide. Some is adjacent to the street while other is set back 3' or so. Every 50' or so is a driveway approach (about 12' wide) where the slope starts at the street and rises 8" (to yard level) within the 3' width of the sidewalk. Some driveways are adjacent to one another. That means one encounters 2 of those slopes within a few feet of each other. There is a joint every 5' in the sidewalk. Trees, etc., push up one section while leaving the next section in tact creating a difference of up to 2" (I've had 2 epic falls in my running escapades and one of them was caused by this type of grade difference). Trees hang low over the sidewalk, bushes and shrubs grow onto the sidewalk and gravel from xeriscaping (landscaping) and dirt and debris from parking lots spill onto the sidewalk. The are a couple of sections on my path were the sidewalk is great and I use it. The rest of the time I'm in the bike lane, on the shoulder (running against traffic), or even running right down the middle of street . I run between 4:00 and 5:30 AM, wear a headlight, have a red flasher on my back and do not use ear buds.You bring up an interesting topic. I have noticed a lot of runners who run on the road in the bike lanes instead of on nice wide sidewalks right next to them. Last night on my way home from school I saw power walkers doing the same thing. What gives? Anyone know why people would rather put their lives in the drivers hands (who are more and more distracted with their cell phones while driving) instead of running or walking on sidewalks? I just don't understand and I don't get why running on the road would be appealing when you have a much safer sidewalk available 5 feet away...
One reason I've switched to mostly running on the trails late in the evening, unfortunately they officially close at dark so if I were to do a night run I'd legally have to do it on the road. I can understand local metro parks closing at night, but the long distance rail trails that span between towns are often open all the time, except for the one by me.
The driveways affect me the same way, as well as the shrubbery!The sidewalk here is 3' wide with some very little being 5' wide. Some is adjacent to the street while other is set back 3' or so. Every 50' or so is a driveway approach (about 12' wide) where the slope starts at the street and rises 8" (to yard level) within the 3' width of the sidewalk. Some driveways are adjacent to one another. That means one encounters 2 of those slopes within a few feet of each other. There is a joint every 5' in the sidewalk. Trees, etc., push up one section while leaving the next section in tact creating a difference of up to 2" (I've had 2 epic falls in my running escapades and one of them was caused by this type of grade difference). Trees hang low over the sidewalk, brushes and shrubs grow onto the sidewalk and gravel from xeriscaping (landscaping) and dirt and debris from parking lots spill onto the sidewalk. The are a couple of sections on my path were the sidewalk is great and I use it. The rest of the time I'm in the bike lane, on the shoulder (running against traffic), or even running right down the middle of street . I run between 4:00 and 5:30 AM and wear a headlight and have a red flasher on my back and do not use ear buds.