May Running

[solobiker]

7Rider..I think you did great!! And from your pic I would not consider you a "big blue meatball".

Short 3 mile run for me. I guess I could call it a recovery run as I did a fairly long hike with a snow climb over the weekend so my legs are still pretty tired. Trying to get into better shape for longer alpine climbs Too bad the weekend is so far away until my next trip up to the mountains.

[solobiker]

This was part of the "climb" I did. Not too steep in this pic...but plenty of high steps and of course great views!!

[Blueberry]

This was part of the "climb" I did. Not too steep in this pic...but plenty of high steps and of course great views!!

Wow! Just wow! That's an amazing photo.

[OakLeaf]

Nice job 7rider, especially with the injury! Hope it settles back down quick. No way do you look like a meatball, you look great. You said it yourself, even for the elites, how you place is mostly about who shows up, so not to even worry about that part. You did great.


Solo, that's not the steep part? Beautiful.


I'm still trying to deal with this back and neck ... besides the neck issues that I've been having for weeks now, the injury apparently primed about four discs in my middle and lower back, so that the change in activity has got me going with paresthesias all up and down my right side. Sigh. At least there's no pain and not a lot of weakness, just the numbness, and it is getting gradually better with PT.

Still not a lot of running - getting stuff done in the garden, plus since my back has me spending all my computer time standing up, that takes some energy as well (which is a good thing, and one I plan to continue after my back heals). But I got out for about 4.5 yesterday. Got tired of waiting for the sun to come out and hit it in the clouds, and of course the sun started poking through as soon as I got home.

[7rider]

Wow! Just wow! That's an amazing photo.

What she said! Awesome photo. Cool hike!

And thanks, everyone, for the words of encouragement. I must be a little "off" to so enjoy such a hard race. But I know that one day I'll nail it, and then I will really feel like I've arrived.

[Crankin]

I feel like dropping out of the running club...

Went out to do 2.75-3 miles and even drove to the center of town, so it would be flat, as that seems to help me transition to longer runs. I just felt crappy. Not pain crappy, but just aching all over and dead. I tried to run through it by slowing, but after about 2 miles I stopped. I walked a bit and then run again for about 1/8 of a mile and that was it.

The only thing I can think of was yesterday I did a very hard boot camp class and my muscles are definitely tweaked from the lifting and sprints, etc. It's also humid out. These are just my excuses, but I think that after the 5K, I will forget about running until the cycling season runs down, like in November. The classes are actually more beneficial to me, in terms of health and weight management.
Or maybe I am just in a mood.

[skhill]

The planned run for today was 5 mile tempo. Don't know what was going on, but I just felt awkward and uncoordinated. Very weird. So I stopped at just 3 miles. Didn't help that there was a very fast guy out running the same mile-long loop...

Just one of those days!

[emily_in_nc]

FINALLY! After a month of HOT HOT HOT temperatures that I just couldn't motivate myself to run in (83+ at 6:30 am), our weather changed. It rained most of the night, and this morning was spitting rain with a temperature of 76 degrees! I know it may seem amazing, but that actually feels cool here. I laced up my running shoes for the first time since April 18th and went out for a beach run. Figured on just two miles since it had been so long, but I felt so good in the overcast cool, I went three.

Have felt fantastic all day -- I've missed this! I will be taking advantage of rainy season weather to run as much as I can.