re: Official Running Log/Marathon Training Thread

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Trail running is my real passion

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I made this switch from street races to mostly trails this year. Did a 50k Trail relay last weekend and just signed up for a full 50k in September. I’ll sprinkle some shorter races throughout the year. I am hooked

Today was an easy 6. I didn't get a chance to run over the weekend with a bunch of daughter events. Legs felt great. Maybe because they were rested.

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Is everyone over him being a dirtbag liar? Not kept up with him. Reformed prick? Mr. Nice guy now? If so, I can respect that.

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Here's my take on Lance A. I've followed him from the beginning. A guy who doesn't know his real dad, his step dad that gave him the Armstrong name treated him like shite, so yeah, dude is going to have a pretty big chip, FTW attitude. To me the shitty thing he did was try and destroy the people wanting to tell the truth. I don't think people give one shite about the doping part.

Is he reformed or nice now? He's a little better now that's he had to show a little humility. I think he's just trying to move past all that past crap and hit reset.

I did a half marathon trail run near Muir Woods outside San Francisco a couple of years ago while there for a convention, that is still my favorite race I've run. I was staying in SF and had to pay $75 for a 5am Uber that was one of the scariest rides of my life, as the driver wordlessly and recklessly navigated fog covered hills, dropping me off in a damp, cold field. The race ran through woods, down near the beach and then up mountains with breathtaking views of the Pacific. Afterwards there was no reception to call Uber and no one would give me a ride back to SF, so I hiked up to the Muir Woods entrance and called a cab from a landline. Another $100 and I was back in SF before my wife got out of bed.

Weather looks to be shite all week. Managed to get a few in yesterday and planning treadmill speed work tomorrow. Yay

I don’t know what to think with elevation because of the same thing. Most of my group uses garmin but the crew as a whole has polars, garmins, suuntos, and people that use their phones.

We can all run the same route and come away with 100 foot variations in our elevation.

Heck. Last week in Vegas I ran with a guy and we stayed side by side for 5 miles. We booked it across the bellagio fountains to finish and I finished a good 5 seconds ahead of him. When we looked at results he had a 10 second faster pace.

It’s quite literally, not rocket science.

I'm waaay too scared of snakes to do trails. In high school we never really thought about it and would run through anything. But rolling up on a rattlesnake at Tunica and moccasins on trails around the house turned that around quick.

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Just finished my first half (austin half marathon) in 2:05, which is ok I suppose. I didn’t really train other than running a 10k last weekend. There was some brutal uphill that slows you down but overall it wasn’t too bad from a cardio standpoint at all, but my legs wanted to break off. The worst part though was forgetting headphones in the car. Thanks to those who gave me advice .

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Congrats!

I did Austin as well, but have been dealing with a hip injury so just paced my girlfriend who was running the full for the first half.

That is a very dificult first half marathon. I live in Arlington VA which is nothing but hills and Austin was very comparable. I thought the section in north austin with the sort ups and downs was significantly tougher than the long grind up Congress

Shamefully did my first run in over 3 weeks. Humid, pushing my 25 lb toddler in a stroller, got in what felt like 2 decent miles to get the lungs and blood pumping again. Don't know if the half marathon will happen or not. The closer it gets, the more iffy I feel.

When is your race again? You put in a 10 mile several weeks back didn't you? Get some more runs in like you did today and you should be able to finish without much problems.