Is it already June?  It's Day 6 of Week 13 for me.  Yoga.

9 mile this morning at 7:40 pace.  Was suppose to be a recovery run at 8:30's but my training partner is a Puerto Rican greyhound named Raphael.  I ran 1st 4.5 with him with a couple miles below 7:00 pace.   Guess I'll try a long slow run again tomorrow.  Next goal race is 5K in Hebronville, TX July 7th and hope to get close to my master's p.r. of 18:49.  Really last chance in TX heat and humidity before late fall.   I'm sure the painted pony will appreciate our new thread.

ksrunr
drinking the wind

"..the painted pony.."  SNORK!


Oh you mean the Swart Stallion?  

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Originally posted by Ileneforward:

"..the painted pony.."  SNORK!

Oh you mean the Swart Stallion? !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/biggrin.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/biggrin.gif|border=0!

Heh, I hear worse things in the Army. Since most of you don't hang out in the Weightloss thread, here's a story from today:

This afternoon I was walking down to the PX in shorts and t-shirtwith pistol and ammo of course; we have to carry a weapon everywhere, including the chow hall.<br /><br />I passed an officer, who congratulated me on my recent chess result, and added, "Good luck in San Diego! Hey, maybe you'll get a movie contract while you're out there!"<br /><br />A passing enlisted soldier said to his buddy, kinda-sorta under his breath, "Yeah, gay p0rn." <br /><br />I could have pretended not to hear, but couldn't help laughing out loud.  !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/biggrin.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/biggrin.gif|border=0!<br /><br />Dark Horse<br /><br />--

I'm a dark horse, running on a dark race course

Things are a bit cooler on trails.  Tonight I headed out for Twin Lakes/Nature Study.  As I was reaching the end where I turn, a woman went by in the other direction.  Took me a bit to catch her and then we ran together for the duration of my run.  It was fun, and she helped me keep a reasonable pace.  I tend to pick it up on trails.  She's a Friar and runs X-C and track, staying with friends at Iona College (which is half-a-mile from the trail head).

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Originally posted by bobscamman:

Hey there Pro our workouts today were eerily similar!

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Hey that is a coincidence! But how did you do that at such a low HR? My HR goes to 150 when I put my shoes on. An easy run is 140's. How about your easy run HR?

Very comparable stats too. You are ahead in the long races, and vice versa in the 5k.
-Criag

My heart rate was 52 at the end of a very strenuous hour of yoga yesterday.

Last night, at a retirement party, I learned that guys will agree to just about anything after drinking 4 beers before dinner. We did 8 miles this morning. I chose the distance and they chose when to pick up the pace. It was lots of fun and the engineer in the group tried to explain the "point of inflection" and "line of discontinuity" as we ran uphill and the grade changed during the incline. The guys were fast, but I could last. That put me at 27 miles for the week.

I feel confident that I will achieve my October goal after checking the course. I have to complete the 10 miles in 2.5 hours.  I have one 5k in 2 weeks and another next month.  I'm still deciding which local race to enter in August.  Thanks for all your help, guys!  Stay cool.