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[colby]

I guess technically it was on the 31st, but I already closed the tab I had that thread open in, so.... yesterday I ran somewhere approaching 18 miles (my GPS didn't want to stay on or connected so I just ran the same route as last week's 14 miles and added an approximate 5 mile loop, which accounting for how I added them together without overlap comes out to probably under 18 but more than 17). I decided to get as close as I could to skipping 16 and going straight to 18, but I let go of running at race pace for the last 3 miles. I did run them faster, but not at race pace.

It felt pretty good, though it was at my "endurance pace" so I guess we'll see how that translates when the time comes. I wouldn't say it's effortless but it's certainly not what it used to be.

I think my problem with the Bikila are that the toes don't flex as much as I want them to (or as much as the KSOs do). I feel like my toes are frozen in a specific position and can't curl downward because of the extra rubber pattern on the toes and forefoot. Maybe they'll get softer with more wear and my feet will adapt, but as it was they made my toes almost feel cramped by the end of the trip.

I left late again for varying reasons, it was still a bad idea, though I ran into a lot of trick or treaters at the end.

[OakLeaf]

Congrats Kacie! That's so cool to get to run with your mom.

You'll do fine in the 50K, it's got to be a breeze after an Ironman, right?

[skhill]

Just an easy 3 miles this morning. But I noticed something awesome-- all the 6 or so bike commuters I saw had lights! Not all were wearing helmets, tho...

[Bike Chick]

Just an easy 3 miles this morning. But I noticed something awesome-- all the 6 or so bike commuters I saw had lights! Not all were wearing helmets, tho...

That's cool about seeing the commuters but not cool about no helmets

I just had a 2 mile recovery run today so I ran 1.3 miles to the polls, voted, then ran home!

[colby]

I am in Santa Clara (CA) this week for travel and today I headed out for a tempo run. I started running away from the hotel, and serendipitously ran into a multi-user path that runs for miles in either direction! Perfect. I ended up only making it 5-6 miles, I had to get to my conference.

It's WARM here. At home the high is in the 50s, here the high temp is in the 70s. I ended up running around 11:00 this morning, which was tooooooooo toasty after running in the late day through sunset on Sunday. I'll try to leave earlier tomorrow, but knowing my schedule, that might not work out.

[skhill]

First run in my new vff bikila!

I've had them about a week, so I've worn them a bit-- walking the dog, to a class at the Y, etc. But I held off on running in them until after the HM. So today I did my first 5 miles in my "normal" shoes, then stopped by the house and switched over for one more mile. I felt kinda naked and conspicuous out there! It was fun, and felt good. And somehow, I ended up running that mile a whole lot faster than I thought!

Looking forward to running in these vff a lot more, at least until the frigid winter mornings arrive....

[OakLeaf]

Just a little one again - it's still seeming that little things are taking a lot out of me, so I'm taking my time. Three and a quarter @8:50 on the fitness trail in town. It does feel good to run.

I need my next goal, though. Toying with aiming for a 1:50 half. Maybe one of the Disney events - I'd lean more toward the Princess half than the one they do the same weekend as the marathon. Anyone done that one? Anyone planning to run it this year?



PS - DH and I walked to our polling place, right at a 5 mile RT. It was nice to drag him out of the house and a nice day for a walk.