Running to Turkey 11/15-End of November

[Bike Chick]

Got 7 miles in last night after work. It was dark so I went into town and ran at the park.....lap after lap after lap. BORING! So after the 3rd lap, I took off up a side street and weaved around the neighborhood for a couple miles then back to the park. I hate running in the dark.

[7rider]

I hate running in the dark.

Yeah...I'm not looking forward to it. Thus far, I've been able to hurry home and get out at dusk, so I can get a quick couple of miles in before full dark. Won't happen for much longer, and the Wednesday workouts are going to be hard - they're getting longer, which forces me out earlier in the a.m., when it's still full dark (but, getting lighter...so I finish in light).

Yesterday, I struggled through 4 miles on the dreadmill. On a positive note, the foot pod on my Forerunner 210 worked like a champ and I loved being wire free with my Sony W-series MP3 player.

[TsPoet]

Yeah...I'm not looking forward to it. Thus far, I've been able to hurry home and get out at dusk, so I can get a quick couple of miles in before full dark. Won't happen for much longer, and the Wednesday workouts are going to be hard - they're getting longer, which forces me out earlier in the a.m., when it's still full dark (but, getting lighter...so I finish in light).

Yeah, I've been trying to find a headlamp - to see with, I stay off the roads so don't need to be seen by the coyotes. But, nothing stays stable enough to do anything.

[skhill]

Why was that chicken crossing the road? She sure didn't look like she knew, just kinda ambling along. But she was causing a bit of a traffic backup; we don't really expect to see chickens going walkabout in this urban neighborhood. But considering the number of folks who keep chickens around here, I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often...

Besides the escaped hen, I also saw several houses decked out for Christmas on my 10 miles this morning. Beautiful morning for a run-- 40 F and overcast so it didn't matter that I didn't take along my sunglasses. When I head out before dawn, I never remember to bring them...

[katluvr]

Ok, so I am not reporting my run, but what I am doing is standing outside the hotel about to pick up my packet for Sunday's half marathon. I can't believe it is this weekend. Oh well, I'll just do the best I can!
Hopefully I'll have a good race report to post.
K

[jessmarimba]

Yeah, I've been trying to find a headlamp - to see with, I stay off the roads so don't need to be seen by the coyotes. But, nothing stays stable enough to do anything.

Not sure what the stability issues are? As in the light bounces around too much? (My sis gets seasick from running with a headlamp) Or they flip down too easily?

Another solution are those mini maglite flashlights. They're a comfortable weight that sets right in a relaxed hand, you don't really need to hold on to them. I use one with a headlamp for night trail runs b/c it gives a little more dimension to the obstacles on the trail.


katluvr, I'm sure you'll do great! Go get 'em!

[colby]

Ok, so I am not reporting my run, but what I am doing is standing outside the hotel about to pick up my packet for Sunday's half marathon. I can't believe it is this weekend. Oh well, I'll just do the best I can!
Hopefully I'll have a good race report to post.
K

Woohoo! Good luck!!

[OakLeaf]

Good luck kat!

[Susan Otcenas]

I went to The Running Event in Austin this week. TRE is an industry trade show/education seminar event. I learned a TON while there.

Since everyone who attends is a runner (almost all are shop owners or employees), they did a timed 5K run on Wednesday @ 7am. Damn, these people are FAST. There were several hundred entrants. Average men's finishing time was 20 minutes (winner was sub-15:00). Avg female was right at 24 minutes.

Despite setting a new PR (27:48! Yay! ), I was still almost last across the line.

[colby]

I went to The Running Event in Austin this week. TRE is an industry trade show/education seminar event. I learned a TON while there.

Since everyone who attends is a runner (almost all are shop owners or employees), they did a timed 5K run on Wednesday @ 7am. Damn, these people are FAST. There were several hundred entrants. Average men's finishing time was 20 minutes (winner was sub-15:00). Avg female was right at 24 minutes.

Despite setting a new PR (27:48! Yay! ), I was still almost last across the line.

o_O average 24 minutes! Wow! (And congrats on the PR)

[OakLeaf]

Wow, that IS a fast group - WTG on the PR Susan!

Two towns over they were having a Thanksgiving farmers' market, which they do every year - other markets are done for the season. So I went up there with a plan to go to the market, do a little run on the MUP and pick up the new helmet I'd ordered from the LBS ...

So they were doing registrations for the Turkey Trot at the farmers' market. What the heck - even though it's been close to a year since I did any training for shorter distances. With that in mind, I just did four on the MUP, the first 5K at an enthusiastic pace once I was warmed up.

I've been fighting some stomach thing for the last couple of days. Hopefully it will clear up in time for Thanksgiving!

[solobiker]

I got in a nice 6 mile run just before sunset. I felt pretty good..although I ran at a slightly slower pace then usual. It was my goal to get to 6 miles by Thanksgiving. Wooo Hooo

[indigoiis]

Ran an 8 mile trail race today. It was not my fastest but it was faster by half minute than last year... I was hoping for a better improvement, but really, I'm just glad I didn't twist an ankle or trip and take a digger. So yay!

1:19:04.

[Jolt]

I haven't been very good about posting my runs lately. Today was about an hour trail run; I found some nice trails that I hadn't run before and that turned out to be really good. No idea what my mileage was but I'm sure it was less than 6 since I was going fairly slow.

[Bike Chick]

9 mile run yesterday morning and for some reason this one hurt more than usual. Maybe it was mental. Maybe it was just not a good day to run. Either way, I got through it. It wasn't pretty but it's finished. HM in 2 weeks!