Running: June 6-12

[indigoiis]

Kacie - you look so incredibly fit! Wow! When you say you got sick on your high altitude trail run, did you get like, really sick (bolting) or were you just nauseous? I am traveling out West, and being from sea level, want to do some trail runs while on vacation. I think the town we are staying in is base 2,500 ft. and some of the trails are up in the 5 - 7s. Do you think that will affect me?

Anyhow, the marathon I am training for is the Amica in Newport, RI. It is where I grew up and is particularly meaningful to me. I did my first half last year there.

I heart trail running, too. Something about it makes one feel faster.

[colby]

I did 400m/.25mi repeats last night. This week at work was rough. Several days of late nights (we're talking 12:30-3:30AM) starting Tuesday through Thursday. I got Monday and Tuesday's workouts in, then it fell apart, so I had to pick back up. Only got in a short bike ride this morning but I might ride again tonight.

This weekend I'm not sure what's in store, I think it's a brick and a dedicated swim day. I will be going out to try on new full-sleeved wetsuits (which I intended to do a couple weeks ago, but I'm not really worried) and riding some hills when I ride.

9 days - #2185 - all the money's in the bank, now it's time to write the big check and have some left over for a nice dessert!

[Jolt]

90 degrees + humidity + mosquitoes + forgetting the bug spray = a yucky run! 40-minute trail run; would have liked it to be longer but I just wasn't having a good run so I cut it shorter. Tomorrow is supposed to be hot too...

[skhill]

My streak of a PR in every race is over. It's both a relief and a bit of a disappointment. But it was fun while it lasted!

This was a 5k, in a thunderstorm (yuck), in 27:48. I went out way too fast, with a 7:55 first mile, then slowed down too much in the second mile. Still, that was 6th in my age group, and a lot faster than I could have run a 5k one year ago.

The race was put on by the university's women's basketball team, and all the players were there. And now I know for a fact that the heights listed on the roster are flat-out lies-- at 5'6" I'm the same height as our 5'8" star shooting guard, and taller than all the point guards!

[rocknrollgirl]

8 very, very humid miles on the rail trail today. We stashed water at the half way point and somebody took it.

BAD KARMA ON YOU WATER STEALERS!

Needless to say we were not happy.

[divingbiker]

Had a PR at a 5k yesterday--32:54, 13/43 in my age group. For me, this is very fast.. I rode my bike there at the crack of dawn, so it's even more remarkable. Hope this bodes well for my sprint tri next Sunday.

(Why are we still in the June 6-12 thread, when it's June 20???)

[colby]

(Why are we still in the June 6-12 thread, when it's June 20???)

It's just a jump to the left....

2 hour ride and 45 min run yesterday. Nice day for it, too. A few hours later the sky lit up with lightning and it started to rain. Now it's back to clouds, but supposed to be back to sun.

[Jones]

I ran the "World Famous Mud Run" at Camp Pendleton, so much fun. It has been so hot here that I hadn't run in a week so this was a tough run for me. I finished right in the middle of my age group and was very happy with that.