ILX running running thread

Quick 4 miles, 12 tomorrow. Marathon in two weeks. The taper begins...

http://corbinmaxey.com/Portals/44/Blog/Tapir.jpg

gree hee hee

TS: taper vs. tapir?

That guy's definitely a taper, I've seen him down the front with his minidisc at loads of gigs.

aw, <3 tapir

ran about 5 blocks today

Unbelievable.

lol was so exasperated earlier catching up on the reactions to the world cup final I went for a 5 mile run to clear my head and batted it out the park in 36:16; I need to get angry more before I run : )

my new running buddy f'd up his knee :(

12 miler on Sunday was interrupted by the CUTEST STRAY/LOST/ABANDONED DOG EVER who is now happily living it up at our place while we look for his owners (assuming they want to be found...):

http://austin.craigslist.org/laf/1836974914.html

omg <3 I'll take it off your hands how much p&p?

Depends how the vet bill this afternoon shapes up. ;-)

3 miler this morning, I had some itb pain return in my left leg. I'm going to step it back and do run/walks. Definitely on my weekend long runs, and maybe even during the week. I just need to hide the pace readout on my garmin. Would just depress me to look at it.

just did 10 to where the sky becomes the sea ~it was magical~

ACADIA

(that was a guess)

lol jus halifax but the fog and the ocean was quite otherworldly this evening

well u r in canada

i mean i know u know where i am, facebook psychic

i don't ~do~ facebook

sure sure good guess

5 miles tonight. the air was so fucking thick and hot i about died

Thinking about buying one of those GPS watches that have the heart rate monitor on them, as what I've read suggests that running is most effective when you know your heart rate. Anybody tried these before?

Incredible photo from this week's Badwater Ultramarathon (which I believe starts in Death Valley and culminates 135 miles later at Mount Whitney) that pretty much speaks for itself. WOW...

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs200.snc4/38314_451520487316_340040187316_6503828_2730281_n.jpg

Ouch, mad scope for blisters there.

Jeff, I'm rooting for you and yr itb btw. My wife has similar issues and it was incredibly frustrating for her.

took 9 days off from running (id only been doing it for 4 weeks or so), and returned to it tonight for a short 3.5 mi. wow, i felt great. my legs/knees didn't hurt, i felt refreshed. after my alpine century ride on Sunday, i'll be running focused until imogene in Sept.

btw, school of seven bells' new album is dead perfect for running on the track

Woke up at 5 am to get an 8 miler in today. Exhausted. Whole body ache after that one, but no specific ITB pain.

up at 5:30 to do 4 mi. Supposed to be 100 deg today, but nice and cool this morning.

I've been encompassed by aches and pains. I'm keeping the ITB in check, but my abs and groin have been bothering me the most. This is from playing tennis a MONTH ago. But it's the one thing that's holding me up from really kicking it out there. Talked to the doc today, he said I could either rest for several weeks, or keep running and just let it heal slower. I chose the latter.

Half marathon on 8/1. Should be interesting.

started up running again, did 1 mile today. felt okay afterwards. hope to go up to 2 miles by next week.

$12 running shoes from wal-mart are really heavy, hah.

jeff, sorry to hear about this stuff. i wont give you any advice other than "focus on your total wellness."

ha got through the century w/ no lasting damage, back to running tonight!

So sad that this is becoming the thread of injury and woe. I'm not running again either, calf went pop once more last week, so another two weeks off for me. Gah!

Not injured, but can recommend not trying to run 4 miles at 9pm without eating anything all day. Ran out of gas after 1.5 miles.

first exercise of any type since the half mara 3 weeks ago was 90 mins of football on monday. hurt but enjoyed it and came through only a little stiff. think i'll try for 7-8 miles over the weekend, but I may be cycling this instead.

I have totally welched on all running :-( Too hot and humid for me (Tehresa, I am in awe of your continuing to run around here). I was supposed to run an 8K and pulled out, even though it was at 8.45pm. Volunteered as a course marshal instead, which was fun. An ancient cat came out to help me by sitting next to my traffic cones.

running in the rain is much more tolerable than riding a bike in the rain, keeps you cool. having glasses in the rain, however, always sucks.

i went hiking in TN for a week, so i didn't run at all because i was hiking all the time
now i'm back and feeling unmotivated because it's so HOT, but i did run a teensy bit yesterday and will resume regular sched tomorrow. not feeling injured, just too hot.

5 miles this morning. Really nice out, albeit very humid.

havent been running that much, too hot

the hottest 10 mi i ever ran were the 5 mi i ran in tn in august for real

I have started running again specifically because of the heat

I sorta love running in the heat

yeah I kind of like the feeling of ~true sweatiness~ cause it makes you feel like you really worked hard even if you just ran for a mile or two or whatever. it's hard to push yourself in the heat tho

yeah in general i loathe running in the heat but when i actually get off my ass to do it i feel like a champion health star when i'm done

sweat in the eyes is the worst

Just run with your eyes closed.

i've been doing it sometimes. it sucks. especially running next to a (small) river you can't jump into. my glasses also slide down my face.

oh i couldn't run with glasses on. contacts or anything, but no way with glasses.