Be careful Dave! You don't want that turning into PF (that's how mine always starts, with my shins hurting).

First day of the running club....and already ran 5.3 this morning. I'm hoping the 11:30 run has a better turnout than the 5:30 run did, but man was it beautiful out there! 65, low humidity (wow, it's actually 76% humidity, didn't feel like it!)

I really need to make it a habit to run early, so much nicer out there.

I'll report back this afternoon. Have a great day!

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Dave--be careful!!! That's how this blasted claf strain started...

I was feeling pretty beat up this morning. I was so hoping my coach didn't have my schedule posted so I'd have a legitimate reason to go back to bed. I wasn't so lucky... 30-40min easy run. Figured I'd get out there and see what I could do. Actually, once I got out there and got moving, I felt pretty good! Did my 'short 4' route, and hit the lap button, but never really looked at the data.

3.8m, 35:40, 9:01pace
8:42 (.9m), 9:07, 9:22, 8:27(.9m)

Not bad. Not bad at all!!!

I did email my doctor, but haven't heard back from him. I suspect I'll be in to see him this week. This light headedness thing is pretty scary. This morning as long as I was in z2 I was fine. As soon as I inched towards z3, I would start to get light headed.

I hate to post on here because when you miss a day posting its like you missed a church service.

In my quest for a sub 20 5k (My best was 20:17 on 33 miles per week average since January) I decided to get serious and aim for 50 miles for 4 straight weeks.

Well week one is over and I hit 50 miles although it is very difficult to run all those dagblanged miles in one week. Yesterday I was feeling under the weather (same thing happened in my previous 50 mile week - this is the 2nd in my life)...seems too many miles takes its toll on your body.

Anyway I fit 5 miles on the treadmill last night so I knew I would have to wake up early and hit the streets this morning to get miles in. 50 may be too much this week but I set the alarm for 5:30 anyhow.

Well I woke at 4:30 and decided to try to run. Sore throat but I am serious about sub 20 so out I went. I ran 7 miles in about 58 minutes. I didnt want to go too fast so I imagined I was running a marathon. Miles averaged about 8:15 towards the middle of my run. I felt very strong around mile 4. I am at 150 miles for the month and should break my monthly record of 152 tomorrow if not this afternoon.

Dave watch the pace. Under 8 minutes is fast unless you are a fast runner. Sorry I don't know your race speeds.

Flo good job...doubles will increase your miles and fitness quickly.

mailbox...I was starting to tire after 7 today and thought 10 miles would be hard. Its all relative I guess....ho hum 21-22 mile run for you...Good running.

4boysmom...health is more important than anything. Good pace. I hope you feel better soon and they help cure what ails you.

Morning everyone

Dave - 75 and 91% humidity. Major yuck. Nice workout tho. Hope you're shin's a minor annoyance and nothing more.

flo - Good start to your running club. Hope the afternoon goes well. Glad you got some decent weather for it.

mailbox - Nice weekend of running. How often do you run with your dad?

4boys - Nice going this morning. Good luck with the doctor. Hope you're ok.

Addy - Gorgeous photo. How near the water are you in SC?

Flyer - When's your next shot at a sub 20?

R4F - Love your forward looking positive attitude.

3 recovery miles for me this morning. Legs felt pretty good. Core workout this afternoon.

Sounds like some typical up and downs for a Monday morning.

I'm in a bit of a down mode myself. I'm still in a bad mood about yesterday's soccer game. Simply put we got our ***** kicked. Worse, I got beaten by a speedy forward on a footrace to a ball, the kind I always win. Well, he blew right by me and went straight to goal and scored. That never happens to me. I'm not taking it well.

Most likely I will take out my frustration on some hills this evening. Then I can put this behind me and focus on my 5k race Thursday night.

Hopefully I'll be in a better mood tomorrow.

Hey y'all,

A nice, hot, 4 mile run today. I ran on a part of the cross county trail that I hadn't run on before, so that was fun. At one point a doe ran out from the bushes and across the trail in front of me and then off to the right into another green area.

Another busy day for me, as I'm between jobs right now. Gotta head to job number 2 in about 40 minutes. Time for lunch!

Hope y'all have a good day and good workouts!

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Hi everyone. I'm posting from work...

It's ok though. I'm pretty sure my boss is ok with
us working on the internet, especially since everyone
in the office plays games when we're in downtime.

I plan to do an hour on the elliptical machine tonight,
and then go out for about an 8 mile run. If you read back
on this last week, my activity was pretty abundant, and
I think (like Nirvana) that I'm overtraining.

My big toe on my left foot is killing me. It is extremely sore,
particularly on the outer portion of my foot, and especially
hurts when I walk without shoes. I don't know what that
could be. I have never had anything like that before.

Well, great runs to you all. Sounds like everyone is having
a typical Monday out there...

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