January 2012 Running - Snow, stay away!

[emily_in_nc]

4 mile beach run this morning. Hot. Still waiting for that elusive cold front. I guess like much of the eastern US, Belize really isn't going to even get their usual version of winter this year.

[OakLeaf]

I lopped another 43 seconds off my 5K PR at Daytona this morning - 23:42. My target was 24:10 so I happy.

Still not good enough for any hardware. It's a dang arms race out there, those gals are getting faster, faster than I'm getting faster! The consolation is that I was over than a minute out of an AG podium. I'd be kicking myself if it'd been close.

Beautiful day for racing - 47° and sunny, not too much campfire smoke. I treated myself to an almond croissant from the French bakery on the way home.

[katluvr]

Wow! Awesome 5k time and congrats on the PR.
Yes it is amazing how the people in my age group keep getting faster and I just feel like I am getting older!

4 mile run this AM to help w/ all the food & drinks I have indulged in the past 2 days. We have company and it's a lot of fun (and calories).
This run felt better than my last run.

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[skhill]

Wow, Oak, that's huge! Almost 30 sec. faster than your goal... And my experience aging into a new age group this year is that older=faster, around here. I'm faster than most everyone in their 30s, but there are a bunch of women in their 50's that leave me in their dust...

Today was supposed to be a long run. But weather is crappy, so it was the treadmill. I was still planning on going 9 miles anyway, but just ran out of gas at about 6 miles. Weird. I had my usual breakfast, and should have been good for 9 or 10 miles on that, but somehow I ran out of gas early. Maybe the warmer temps in the gym had an effect?

[indysteel]

Wow, Oak! Great job on your PR!

[emily_in_nc]

That's a wonderful time, Oak! I just want to break 30 minutes.

Congratulations!!

[jessmarimba]

I haven't been posting b/c I haven't been running much lately (injuries...bleh) but I went to a Newton clinic this morning and it was really fun. I'm not sure if I liked it b/c they pretty much told me what I was hoping to hear (I seem to have learned to run on my own the way they teach, so going to the clinic was pretty self-affirming!) but it was something to think about, seeing as it's the opposite of how my coach is telling me to run. Just a different perspective.

Shoes are sooooo expensive though!! Yikes.