ILX running running thread

i have been on and off this thread for years now because i do this do a good job/stop pattern all the time. but i have gone running for the past 3 days and i'm going today! then i can't go tues or weds because of work obligations and dark. it's all because of the 10k runner iphone app and mapmyrun app! kinda lame to carry my phone running but it truly helps.

Four miles today. First snowy run of the season, but just a little slick. I realized the other day that I pretty much have no goals for this year, which is very unlike me.

Persuaded a couple of local friends to head out on this incredibly windy morning. It was mildly scary, but good to have done.

May sign up for a 10k trail race. Like a real trail too, with roots, logs, and stuff that will probably trip me.

Trail races are great, I love them but def not the place to set any sort of blazing pace. Have fun!

I've been doing alot of miles over past 3 months, 20-30 per week which is a ton for me. Feeling fine though; have finally mastered getting up early and starting runs before dawn. Love it. Half-marathon at end of Jan, weather permitting.

Haven't been running here at there, keeping low mileage as to not get injured, only running 3 times a week.

Friend is doing this race this year: http://thecolorrun.com/chicago/ seems like a bad idea.

Ooof, the trail race was difficult. Running through six inches of fresh snow doesn't work very well for me. I can't wait to run on pavement again. Sweet, sweet pavement.

welp just got suited up to run and apropos of nothing it started pouring rain from the sky

i am going through a MAJOR running slump. it's kind of awful. maybe i just needed a break or something, but i have had to diversify my energy-spending activities because i couldn't get myself to run 3x a week. so i was not doing anything at all, and that was bad (BAD!) for my mental health.

honestly, i think that exercise-as-mental-health-activity is the biggest motivator i have. physical benefits are great and all, but if i don't move around A LOT i get really crazy.

no one wants that, much less me.

in sum, more dancing, less running.

yah im mostly in it for the mental health too

btw dudes re those barefoot running shoes i bought a few months ago i cannot recommend the whole concept highly enough, ive run in them prob less than 10 times on short runs but the effect its had on my form is PRONOUNCED, you can just feel everything so much better, not sure whether im aiming to eventually use them full time or just as a training tool but my lord how fascinating

it's funny when you're running at your pace and you pass someone and they pick it up like they're trying to race you.

intense competition

you can count on me to not be that person

i passed some guy yesterday and he picked it up right away. he ws one of those dudes who runs like it's chariots of fire, all glorious w/an invisible finish line somewhere ahead.

once you pass someone never let them repass otherwise ur pussy

hmm it seems to have stopped raining but now im afraid to get caught in a 33 degree downpour what strange weather

maybe i will just go on a shorter run than planned idk

in the end i broke him

no mercy

i was gonna buy shoes & start soon but now i am old enough to have regular back pain, it seems

running will maybe help w/yr back pain

being a doctor i feel u should know this

yeah there are good and bad days

I am a doctor on a planet with diff gravity

oh i see

now it is pouring rain again i give up

literally so much rain

tomorrow perhaps i will try to run a half, maybe even break out the ol satellite watch eh

Run in the rain!

dude it is literally 33 degrees out!

j0e, a half marathon?

(i have no idea if you are a distance guy)

yah

Here's a video of the start of my trail 10K a week and a half ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnbA9yN4JPk&list=FLrRAPzA2FRWMzLg5IhXfjHQ&feature=mh_lolz

It was difficult.

i usually run like 7-10 so its a bit of a stretch, but im at my dads in vt for the week and its v beautiful and inspiring around here for running when its not pouring rain

lol @ racing through the snow, sup w/that one guy in shorts

i do 7k every other day, schedule and weather permitting. though i guess i've been slacking of late.

I should note it was also 16 degrees that day. I was in tights and three top layers and was freezing. And there was a very wet creek crossing.

i was able to get out last night for a quick 4 miles. it was like 55° and awesome

nice1 dude, sounds like fun (except for the freezing part) xp

ok i think its for real clearing up now i can see some sky

keep getting back in my stride, then keep getting sick, fuck you shitty chronic health, i WILL run you into the ground. once the weather improves i guess it'll be easier.

Finally back to running after 18 months off, managed to get through the whole of January without any injuries recurring, so effing glad about this development.

so my run yesterday: finallly got out after the rain, took this ~9mi route over this lol hueg hill/v sm mountain featuring a steep ass 2mi climb, at the top it was getting dark so i took this back backroad shortcut that i thought i knew where it came out that ended up being plowed only half way so i ran a half a mile through 3in of super wet snow in the near dark sliding all over the place, also i was inside of a cloud, it came out kinda where i thought and the rest of the run was a few miles of gentle downslope on a muddy slushy icy road in the dark, one of the gnarlier runs ive done, it was needless to say AWESOME

i was impressed how much stronger i was than the first time i did that route a couple years ago and couldnt come close to getting to the top of the hill w/o walking half of it

/braggin sesh fin

lol just mapped it and the shortcut only cut .3mi

yesterday was so great running in shorts on feb 1st. really like this lack of winter

lol @ also i was inside of a cloud,

that is a good story, lots of nature, v descriptive
a+

ty ;)

Heading out now for a gallop, temperature is exactly freezing point but apart from that it looks like an ideal day.