The Running Thread

[leggo PE]

But trail running is super different from road running, and I would not hesitate to say, never faster!

 

[Road Guy]

Our trails near the house are very flat and “un trail” like, more like a 12’ wide multi use trail but just not paved, I think one of those scooters people ride in at the grocery store could probably make it

 

[leggo PE]

Our trails near the house are very flat and “un trail” like, more like a 12’ wide multi use trail but just not paved, I think one of those scooters people ride in at the grocery store could probably make it

Oh, I see. Well, trail running is still better for you than road running, so there's that!

 

[P-E]

Just completed my third week of running at least three miles three times a week.  Having a beer to celebr...,um carboload for my fourth week. 

 

[leggo PE]

Haven't been running much lately, but I went sea kayaking yesterday! Well, it was in a bay, not exactly open water. It was fun! Makes me interested in sea kayak camping.

 

[mudpuppy]

Haven't been running much lately, but I went sea kayaking yesterday! Well, it was in a bay, not exactly open water. It was fun! Makes me interested in sea kayak camping.

Did you see any whales?  My wife has a friend that lives in Sacramento that has some footage of a whale surfacing right near her kayak.  Looked really cool!

I've done a little kayak camping here in Michigan on Lake Superior.  It was fun, especially getting to camp in places that people can't walk to.

 

[leggo PE]

Did you see any whales?  My wife has a friend that lives in Sacramento that has some footage of a whale surfacing right near her kayak.  Looked really cool!

I've done a little kayak camping here in Michigan on Lake Superior.  It was fun, especially getting to camp in places that people can't walk to.

Nope, we didn't see any whales. I think the water we were in was too far inland (Tomales Bay) and likely shallow for whales to make it there. There have been a bunch of whales off the coast around these parts this summer, though!

We did see what we think was a harbor seal, and a bat ray!

 

[FLBuff PE]

 

[csb]

I run a 15K this weekend, which is a first for the distance. 

Before you ask, here's some help:

5K=3.1 miles

10K=6.2 miles

15K=9.3 miles

I feel like I've had to explain that to a lot of people who are familiar with the distance conversion on the first two, yet can't seem to add them together. 

 

[leggo PE]

I love the 15k distance! That's probably my favorite distance to run in races, followed closely by half marathons. Similarly, people seem to have trouble realizing that a half marathon is indeed half of a marathon, 26.2 miles / 2 = 13.1 miles. Or maybe they just don't know how long a marathon is in the first place...

Edit: Good luck! Have fun!

 

[csb]

I love the 15k distance! That's probably my favorite distance to run in races, followed closely by half marathons. Similarly, people seem to have trouble realizing that a half marathon is indeed half of a marathon, 26.2 miles / 2 = 13.1 miles. Or maybe they just don't know how long a marathon is in the first place...

Edit: Good luck! Have fun!

I'm a big fan of 5K marathons. 

 

[Road Guy]

btw.. since were talking 3.1's (I don't do metric system)  I am at my kids HS XC meet and the winning girls time (also from our HS) was .....17:58  if you needed some time to shoot for @NJmike PE ?

 

[Supe]

Definitely shoot for that, and not whatever time @DVINNY's daughter runs.  I always see him posting on Facebook, and given the the set of parents she's inherited her cybernetic DNA from, I can only assume she has Terminator T1000 levels of endurance at Usain Bolt speed levels.

 

[P-E]

btw.. since were talking 3.1's (I don't do metric system)  I am at my kids HS XC meet and the winning girls time (also from our HS) was .....17:58  if you needed some time to shoot for @NJmike PE ?

That is fast.  Doubt I could break 18:00 anymore.

 

[NJmike PE]

btw.. since were talking 3.1's (I don't do metric system)  I am at my kids HS XC meet and the winning girls time (also from our HS) was .....17:58  if you needed some time to shoot for @NJmike PE ?

HA!!!! I finished at 35'20". I did finished in the top 10 for my age group though. that said, I did finish right where I expected to for my first run. I was expecting about 36 mins

 

[leggo PE]

I signed up for this Ragnar challenge called the 7 Summits Challenge... The goal is to run/climb a certain elevation every day this week, starting today and ending on Sunday. Today is 320'. Not bad! Gotta get it in after work.

 

[leggo PE]

Elevation goal today is only 10' higher (330'), but I plan to get it by running some stairs. (Hopefully) quick and dirty, get it done! It'll be at a public track/stadium that's on my bike commute home. Just gotta run them about 8 or 10 times, is all.

 

[leggo PE]

Still going strong on my daily elevation challenges! I'm even keeping super honest and not counting any of the elevation I climb from my commute (about 600' +/- round trip). Today is 410', tomorrow is 460', and Sunday tops out at 581'.

Legs were rather fatigued in yesterday's run, so I took it slowly. I'm thinking I'll do stair repeats today, stairs up a hill tomorrow, and a longer run with a few hills in it on Sunday.

 

[NJmike PE]

I'm going to try and make it a regularity to run 3 mi every weekend, in addition to my regular weekly workouts

 

[leggo PE]

@NJmike PE yes! Routine is key. I have been in a really weird running routine recently, so I'm kind of using this week of running every day as a reset and will attempt to insert more regularly scheduled runs back into my life starting next week.