I might also add that my wife went to the wool socks also.

Thanks

Hey everyone!  I'm new to this chat, but loved the concept and hoping it will inspire me.  I started running over a year ago and loved it, I ran 2 marathons, 4 half marathons, a few 10k and 5ks during that time.  My times kept getting faster and faster and I ended up losing about 35 lbs during that time!  But my life has gotten crazy over the past few months and I've notice myself slowly losing the desire and motivation to get out there on my training runs.  I have only gotten out once in the past 2 weeks!  So yesterday I stepped out and ran 5 miles at about a 9min pace, it wasn't that fast for me, but it felt amazing!  I wanted to share and hopefully get some motivation from the rest of you who are out there on almost a daily basis!

JasonCR, Tip #1: When a cute girl with a swinging ponytail passes you. Just use her as you pace setter. Keeping up with her is much more fun than a guy. Girls do the opposite by following a slightly faster paced guy. Whatever motivates you do it. Following those swinging ponytails works for me.  Lol.   Regardless nice time in the half!

My last run was this morning, I'm about 8 weeks new to running, started every other day,  3 days per week. Just started 4 days, actually it's just every other day now so 4 days & 3 days per week alternating. That's new. Today I did a test run to see where I'm at with HR & time. I tend to run too fast outside and needed to slow down a bit, I decided to double my intervals for the day and was happy with the results, lower HR and felt pretty good throughout, for a 5k + distance.  I have the stamina to run further at a time, still run walking at this point, and I've feel comfortable up to an hour or so. I feel like my knees though, or all the stuff around them, that's going to take a few months to catch up. It's kind of tough because if I'm not running faster, I feel held back, I just don't want to screw it all up before my legs are actually strong enough to do the whole running distance and speed that know I can do.

Happy with it & patiently training.

Ran 6.93 miles this morning. I've ran around 7 miles before but this was my first official LSD. I even brought food with me! Ran through a new neighborhood nearby that I never visited before. Really enjoyed the scenery.  Also listened to the Marathon Training Academy podcast along the way. Had a great time!

Hi, I ran 3.5 this morning and 1.62 in my neighborhood tonight. I bought a used jog stroller for the kiddo and wanted to try it out

Saturday's morning run felt really good. I went a bit over 9 miles in less than 2 hours, which is a solid pace for me. Better yet it was over a moderately hilly course instead of the table smooth course I did my last 9-miler. I am really beginning to feel good.