Fall Running Thread

[rocknrollgirl]

Skipped my short Thurs run again yesterday. It was really warm and gross. That is my story and I am sticking to it.

Tuesday however we opted for the trails instead of the rail trail. We did and out and back 5 miler. The out was sloggy. Blech. At the mid-point turn around I took a gel and about 5 mins into the return I felt like I was in a Red Bull commercial. Felt great. I was smiling, and feeling grateful to be out, and look how pretty the woods are, and no, no, I cannot take that call from the sponsors right now, I am on world record pace...step aside husband... ( just kidding, it is a joke between he and I ).

I do need to get the Thurs run squared away. We are in a long stretch at school and it has been a tough start to the year for me, I think that has something to do with my end of the week droop. But we are heading into a break next week. Time to recharge.

[emily_in_nc]

I walked and ran just a bit (1 to 1.5 miles, no GPS so I'm having to estimate) on Thursday morning, but my right side Achilles is feeling just a bit tender again, so no running for me tomorrow. It's not nearly as bad as before, stairs are fine, but when I pinch it gently, it feels tender, and I noticed it being a bit stiff at the beginning of yoga today. So it may be awhile yet before I can run more than a mile or so. We did a lot of stairs up and down to our third-floor room in the hotel we stayed at Mon-Wed, and they were rather steep, so I am hoping that's what has it tweaked again and not running.

[rocknrollgirl]

I got out for a good trail run yesterday, just under 7 miles. Solo run this week, my husband was mt biking with some of our riding buddies. Normally we ride on Sat and do our longer run on Sunday, but I have a saddle sore, for lack of a better term, and so I opted not to go ride. It also gives him an rare opportunity to go ride with a group of guys a not have to worry about how I am surviving. I know he is not comfortable with me being off in the woods by myself, but to his credit, he did not say a word.

It was SO beautiful yesterday morning. Crisp, like 27 degrees or so, and I was actually in the woods before sunrise, so I got to see it come up through the trees. I was going to take a picture, but that required taking my pack off. I did get a picture of steam rising off the lake when I was done. Very pretty.

I did pretty well, just ran my own pace, added on a mile. I got up and did a few easy miles on the road this morning to work out a few stiff corners, and I will head off to gooey yoga this morning to stretch.

[Crankin]

Nice picture, Rocknroll.
I am envious of everyone running. I so want to be a runner, at least on a moderate basis, but my body rebels. I even bought some nice trail running shoes, because I like it better than road running. But, even that hurts my hips and mildly affects my knees.

[yellow]

Beautiful, RnR. That is the perfect temperature. Fall running is so lovely.

I love running in the woods solo (well, here we don't really have woods; more like occasional groves of trees interspersed with rock outcrops and oak brush fields). I have no idea what hubs thinks about it. I feel safer out there than I do when running in urban areas.

This was from a run a couple of weeks ago (this area is now covered with snow). Happy fall! More pictures, ladies! Where do you run?

[BikeDutchess]

Gorgeous running photos!

[rocknrollgirl]

Beautiful, RnR. That is the perfect temperature. Fall running is so lovely.

I love running in the woods solo (well, here we don't really have woods; more like occasional groves of trees interspersed with rock outcrops and oak brush fields). I have no idea what hubs thinks about it. I feel safer out there than I do when running in urban areas.

This was from a run a couple of weeks ago (this area is now covered with snow). Happy fall! More pictures, ladies! Where do you run?

Yellow,
That is beautiful. Solo running in that country would cause heart palpitations around in this house. I understand my husband's concerns, there is a story behind it, so I do not let it bother me, as long as he does not try and stop me from going. Normally he is with me so it is not an issue. But we have talked about it, we acknowledge his concerns and I do my best to try and quell his concerns. Short of not going. He would not ask and I would not acquiesce. Well he might, but he knows I would still go

Remind me to tell you all the mountain lion story some time.....

[emily_in_nc]

Absolutely gorgeous photos, RnR and Yellow. I would be happy to run in either of those settings! I'm running in a very different kind of place that looks like this:
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It's pretty, to be sure, but there's a lot of landmines (dog poop) from unleashed dogs running around, and it's hot and sticky. Last winter when we were here I ran mostly at the track, but there is NO shade there, and at least this MUT has quite a few areas of shade at the time I run (mornings).

[emily_in_nc]

Nice picture, Rocknroll.
I am envious of everyone running. I so want to be a runner, at least on a moderate basis, but my body rebels. I even bought some nice trail running shoes, because I like it better than road running. But, even that hurts my hips and mildly affects my knees.

I feel your pain. Every time I get to running on a regular basis, something seems to happen to thwart it. From a bad cold with cough to a broken toe to my current Achilles issue, sometimes it seems like it's just not meant to be. My knees and hips have been good, but my feet are giving me fits! I'm not giving up, though. I'm stubborn like that.