Just the post I needed to get through the rest of my evening. So glad you were able to focus on an often-neglected part of our training. I'm totally going to eat crepes after my run on Saturday. Thanks for the inspiration.
YES!! So glad that someone else is training for the After Party! Lushes unite!
I love the idea of taking photos with random people!!! I think we need to call Galloway and have him incorporate party training, potty stops and photo ops! I hope you make the after party walkdmc- if you do, you can buy me my first beer
YES!! So glad that someone else is training for the After Party! Lushes unite!
kristenrice said:No running for me today (yet). It is so nice out, but I ran 4.5 yesterday and my toe still hurts. The second toenail on both feet grows UP, towards the top of my shoe. It doesn't get jammed up in the END of my shoe, it gets crammed up against the TOP of the shoe. I have no idea how to prevent this
. It's only my second toes (which are not longer than my big toes) which is odd. All of the other toenails grow out...the second toes grow UP. A while back, I'd gone 7 miles and my toes hurt so bad afterwards. The toenails turned black and blue the next day and took about 6 weeks to finally fall off. Now, the second toes on both feet are all black and blue (and really thick
??) so I am taking today off and hoping to try and run tomorrow morning before work. I've heard (from the salon that does my pedicures and the folks at the running store) that this is not an uncommon problem, but nobody had any suggestions for me. How about you guys...anyone have this problem? What do you do?
actually when I lose them, it feels better than when they are bruised or blistered (under the nail I mean). I try to thnk of it as a "runners battle wound!"
walkdmc said:
?...I am now...then he tells me that he locked the dogs outside in the backyard. The big one (a bullmastiff/malamute mix) I don't worry about, but the little one (a terrier/hound/something??? mix) has escaped before. He manages to find or create holes between the fence slats and gets out. We think we plugged them all, but I cannot sleep soundly knowing that he is outside in the backyard. So I try letting them in...little dude comes in but big girl is all sprawled out on the deck, enjoying the clear, cool night air....fine, stay there. Little dude came into our room and laid down to sleep...until he realized that his big sister wasn't around. So now he won't stop whining! Ugh! I think DH finally got up and put him outside too because when the alarm went off at 4am, they were both back outside.
. UGH!!! I should have gone across the street one more time for a nice, even 3.25 miles. My pace? 12:30 exactly
. It felt good, I wasn't too winded and I still got in at a 12:30 pace. I looked at my splits and the second mile was faster than the first (obviously, since I walked the first 1/4) and my third mile was faster than my second. Oh how I wish I could have kept going! 
Good luck to all you other pavement-pounders! Get out there and run....LUSHES UNITE
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YES!! So glad that someone else is training for the After Party! Lushes unite!
It'll be nice to focus on something other than miles!
. I think a celebratory warm-up afternoon of 'ritas are on my horizon!! 
YES!! So glad that someone else is training for the After Party! Lushes unite!
Maybe we can bring nametags to the pre-race meetup. "Hello my name is PlutoBaby aka Kimberley and a proud member of Lushes Unite." 
Oh you've got it!! How about staying up a half hour later two nights a week as maintenance, and then staying up 1, 2, 4 and 5 hours past my bedtime on consecutive long run weekends? Every other Thursday do a Magic Guzzle and time myself drinking an imported beer?
The kids went off to granny and papa's house last night for a sleepover and DH had to get up at 4am for work, so I figured I'd go to bed nice and early (9pm) and get up at 4am also so I could try for 5 miles before work. (I don't have to be in until 1pm today, but since the kids spent the night at granny's house, I told work I'd come in around 8am) So I popped a melatonin at 8:30 and crawled into bed around 9...and then it began. The dogs (one is 15 months, the other is 6 months) decided that it was play time. They ran all through the house, barking, whining and carrying on, non-stop. About 1am, it was quiet...DH says, "You awake?"
Sorry for the rambling...back to my point...I dragged my sleepy self out of bed at 4:15am and finally hit the road at 4:45. I had no delusions of grandeur since I was so tired. I was thinking that 3 miles would be my distance goal but I was determined to be at or under 12:30 no matter what. It was nice and cool outside (49 degrees!) with no clouds and a bright, full moon. I was throroughly enjoying my run and, again, wished I had more time. I did my 1/4 mile walk to warm up then started the 4/2 intervals. I hit my inhaler one time which cleared my chest tightness right up and it never returned. I made it back home and stopped my watch without looking...oops...3.24 miles
I will probably try to run tomorrow and then I will see what the weekend brings. It is my 4-day weekend ON so running time will be at a premium.
After battling with trying to fall asleep most of the night, I finally gave up at 4:45 and dragged my butt onto the elliptical. Thankfully it's only in the garage so iI don't have too far to go. I don't know how you manage to actually RUN that early! Is there supposed to be some other reason for participating in this insanity???
Hi, I'm Kelley, and I apparently have an addiction to running and beer. 
So, so true! My new goal is to only run races with beer at the end. I did a local 5k for a Sommerfest, so obviosuly there was beer at the finish. Plus a Tap N Run where have beer stations (in addition to water) during the 4k course.
Maybe I shouldn't admit these things as a newbie?
I'll drink just about anything though 
...or am I the only one
The kids went off to granny and papa's house last night for a sleepover and DH had to get up at 4am for work, so I figured I'd go to bed nice and early (9pm) and get up at 4am also so I could try for 5 miles before work. (I don't have to be in until 1pm today, but since the kids spent the night at granny's house, I told work I'd come in around 8am) So I popped a melatonin at 8:30 and crawled into bed around 9...and then it began. The dogs (one is 15 months, the other is 6 months) decided that it was play time. They ran all through the house, barking, whining and carrying on, non-stop. About 1am, it was quiet...DH says, "You awake?"
Sorry for the rambling...back to my point...I dragged my sleepy self out of bed at 4:15am and finally hit the road at 4:45. I had no delusions of grandeur since I was so tired. I was thinking that 3 miles would be my distance goal but I was determined to be at or under 12:30 no matter what. It was nice and cool outside (49 degrees!) with no clouds and a bright, full moon. I was throroughly enjoying my run and, again, wished I had more time. I did my 1/4 mile walk to warm up then started the 4/2 intervals. I hit my inhaler one time which cleared my chest tightness right up and it never returned. I made it back home and stopped my watch without looking...oops...3.24 miles
I will probably try to run tomorrow and then I will see what the weekend brings. It is my 4-day weekend ON so running time will be at a premium.
