8.6 miles this morning! My longest run ever. It was an easy, very pleasant run. Perfect weather, in the 70's with a nice breeze. My goal for today was 7, but I felt energized so I pushed myself further. When I saw 8.6, I was beside myself with glee. Felt amazing!

Literally did nothing for 2 weeks. Ran 3.36 miles yesterday and ran in a 10k today. I didn't have a time goal. I just wanted to finish. I did ok, finished around 1:13:00. Lots of hills and temps reaching a high of 95 today. It was about 80+ during the race. I also bought a nathan's water bottle the day before. So glad I did.

...tentative.  I ran an easy 3.5 miles in my Vibrams (chip and seal road - viscious on bare feet!) on Satrday morning.  It was my first run since getting a nasty cold in my chest.  I'm still hacking up wads of congestion but feel well enough, if not quite strong yet.  I hoped to run again  today, Memoria lDay, but between kids,some intense gardening, and the temp going up to 92 or so, I'm bagging it until manana.

I'm glad to read about ll you out there having good runs.  It keeps my spirits up!  Keep running well, my friends!

@Navre-bad days are so disheartening. Maybe next time will be better.

I ran an easy 4 miler today, easing back in from my long run on Saturday. I am learning that taking a day off from running after my long run and then just doing an easy run the first day back out works for me. The only thing is today my ponytail holder broke a little less than midway through. I kept running for about a mile looking at the ground for something! Oh well, I gave up and decided to just go with it. I felt ridiculous, like I was trying to be a supermodel running for a photo shoot or something. LOL When I had that thought I just laughed and thought 'Oh well'.

My hat is off to all of you who run in heat and humidity, and in the city!  I don't know how you do it.

My family took a brief trip to Washington, DC over the long weekend, and I ran twice.  Both times, it was at least 80 degrees and 90%+ humidity by 8am.  It was brutal for this fair-weather newbie, who is used to running in temps between 50 and 65 degrees, even on a sunny mid-day.  (Our average high temp in July is 68 degrees.  Not average temp--average HIGH.)  I ended up quitting early and walking part of the route, drenched in sweat.  Of course, I then spent the entire day on my feet standing and walking around all the museums.

If it hadn't been for the heat, though, it would have been awesome.  I walked from our hotel, then ran along the Ellipse, along the ponds past the Vietnam memorial, up and down the steps of the Lincoln memorial, past construction on the reflecting pool (no pool there currently) past the Washington monument to the rest of the mall and back along the Ellipse.  One day, I will run that loop, adding the Jefferson Memorial, during cherry blossom time.  I think that would be incredibly beautiful!

101 degrees and slow!  We actually broke our record high yesterday and of course I was out running in it.  Made sure to hydrate really well, but I could definitely tell the heat slowed me down!  I'm running a 2 mile race tomorrow at 5 PM though...I'm kind of hoping the fact that I'll be somewhat used to running in the heat will help me out lol!

Thanks it'll be my first race, so I thought just starting out with a 2 miler would be good (and it's benefiting the MS storm victims!).  Unfortunately when I agreed to do it, I didn't realize we would be in such a heat wave!  It is Mississippi though, so I doubt it will be getting any cooler until September or October ha!

Great run Navre. 25:08 is a great time for your first race and especially for running into the wind.  Im gonna have the same problem managing tomorrows race. Right now Im training for long distance running so Im not sure what pace I should run for the 5k without burning out. I guess Ill go out of the gate as fast as I can then turn it down if I need to.

Congrats on your 5k!!