The Running Thread - 2018

[LSUlakes]

ATTQOTD: We are road-tripping to Fayetteville for a campus visit at the home of the Razorbacks on Thursday than on to Rolla for a campus visit with Missouri Science and Tech.

Hopefully these will kick start my 17 year old into getting more interested in researching life after high school.....

So certainly not a traditional July 4th for us this year.

When is the visit to LSU? I could give you a running tour of campus and the lakes, places to eat, and where one should avoid living. Plus you get to see Mike the Tiger! I would also like to add another SEC school to the list... Florida Gators, its only ~1:45 to WDW. Trips to check on in the kiddo and see the mouse = win win!

 

[FFigawi]

QOTD: What are your plans for the 4th? Any traditions, spending time in the parks, ect?

5k at a local brewery followed by a pool party, with playing nurse to my wife after her hip surgery mixed in there too.

 

[Capang]

ATTQOTD: 4th of July is my 10 year wedding anniversary. We always celebrate the same, watching fireworks with the same friends every year.

 

[Bree]

ATTQOTD: We will be driving SIL house this afternoon. It’s my son’s 15th birthday today! We are going to the Japanese Hibachi place then having cake. I think my BIL has plans to grill stuff for the 4th. All I know is that I’m making Mac & Cheese (real stuff not the box). I’d like to go see fireworks, but I’m probably the only one interested in doing that

 

[LSUlakes]

Page 400! Looked backed at last years thread and we did not hit 400 until August 9. I guess the great food and beverage debates has added some content this summer. lol

ATTQOTD: 4th of July is my 10 year wedding anniversary. We always celebrate the same, watching fireworks with the same friends every year.

Happy anniversary to you!

 

[ZellyB]

How do you hold your water bottles on your runs?

I have a Nathan handheld bottle and then some other brand I can't remember. I don't love a handheld bottle, but I hate the hydration vests and belts just as much, so I just put up with them.

No big plans for the forth. Just hang out with family and have a cook out.

 

[gjramsey]

When is the visit to LSU? I could give you a running tour of campus and the lakes, places to eat, and where one should avoid living. Plus you get to see Mike the Tiger! I would also like to add another SEC school to the list... Florida Gators, its only ~1:45 to WDW. Trips to check on in the kiddo and see the mouse = win win!

Good questions and valid points. Hopefully this will get him started to looking at more things! I think he has ruled out anything in the NE (I think he is allergic to cold like his mom) and California (which kills Disneyland visits!)

 

[TheHamm]

Second this! Not safe on most Chicago suburban roads from either vehicles or bicyclists who think the rules of the road do not apply to them.

@BuckeyeBama if you end up in the Aurora/Naperville area the Fox River trail is nice, if a bit hilly in some places. DuPage County also has some decent forest preserve gravel paths.

Is it nice enough I should drive 30 minutes to get there? I will be at the national lab later this month, and I think I can run onsite there, but if not I have no idea where to go.

QOTD: What are your plans for the 4th? Any traditions, spending time in the parks, ect?

We had traditions before we had kids, but with the late sunset most fireworks start close to 10, long after the munchkins crash. We have traveled for the last several years, but with only Wednesday as a vacation day it is not so convenient, thus it is an opportunity for new traditions! I signed up for the 5K in town and hope it is not as hot and humid as it is predicted, and DH got us invited to someone's lake party. Here is hoping we are all exhausted and go to bed by 8pm!

 

[GreatLakes]

How do you hold your water bottles on your runs?

I rarely do. I plan my runs past drinking fountains in the summer and usually don't need water until I'm approaching 10 miles. I also will place a water bottle in my mailbox and plan to run past the house before I carry anything on me. I may carry an empty HydraPouch with me to dump water over my head at the drinking fountains. If it is extremely hot out I do have a Nathan handheld water bottle but I probably use it only a few times a year and usually on the trails.

I have no desire to have water bottles strapped to me unless I really need it and I rarely do.

QOTD: What are your plans for the 4th? Any traditions, spending time in the parks, ect?

I usually do a race in the morning and then we have friends with a pool that do a 4th of July cookout every year. This year I'm doing a 10K and my wife is doing a 5K with our son in the running stroller.

We used to go to fireworks in the evening but our current dog is afraid of them so we stay home with him. We can see the next city over's fireworks from our front yard since they shoot them off about 2 miles away.

 

[kleph]

When is the visit to LSU? I could give you a running tour of campus and the lakes, places to eat, and where one should avoid living. Plus you get to see Mike the Tiger! I would also like to add another SEC school to the list... Florida Gators, its only ~1:45 to WDW. Trips to check on in the kiddo and see the mouse = win win!

I have to highly recommend Tuscaloosa unless you consider sadness in November a strong selling point.

 

[Chaitali]

For hydration, I have a hand held water bottle that I use for most runs. For the really long marathon training runs last year (after the water fountains were turned off) I had a camelback that I used.

For the 4th of July, no big plans here. Sometimes we invite people over for a low key bbq but this year, I have a work trip that I have to fly out for early on the 5th. So this year just a movie in the afternoon and grilling for ourselves in the evening.

 

[Disney at Heart]

4th of July tradition: Go to Atlanta July 3, stay at a hotel near the start line, run Peachtree Road Race on July 4. (This will be only my 6th, but DH is getting close to 30.) We used to ride MARTA downtown for the parade and then stay for the Lennox Mall party and fireworks that evening, but they quit having them last year. Back in the day when the boys were very young, we'd stay at Suisse'otel on the fireworks side on the highest floor we could get and watch from there. Like Disney, they would pipe in the music. Now we'll just head home after the race and cook out.

Water bottle: I have the hand-held amphipod to use on hot summer runs which are usually 6+ miles. When it is a "feels like" of 86 before 6 a.m. and about 90 by the time I finish, I would probably suffer from dehydration without it. It's not a matter of liking to carry it, but a matter of "I don't want to die on this run!"

 

[baxter24]

ATTQOTD: No plans because we will be driving back home from visiting the in laws in Alabama. We may be able to make it home in time for fireworks but that depends on how early we leave and traffic.

 

[JulieODC]

We are usually away, but this year are at home. We will likely go for a hike, let the girls play in the sprinklers, and eat/drink!

I’m trying my hand a homemade fried chicken for the first time!

 

[CheapRunnerMike]

To our posters to the north and a day late, Happy Canada Day!

Thanks!

QOTD: What are your plans for the 4th? Any traditions, spending time in the parks, ect?

I'll be taking my daughter to the Open Water Swimming Provincial Championships where she'll be swimming in the 2K event. I will have to raise a glass to all of my American friends later that night though, and the Naughty Neighbour American Pale Ale is always a good choice

 

[huskies90]

QOTD: What are your plans for the 4th? Any traditions, spending time in the parks, etc?

ATTQOTD: We sorta had a tradition since we were at Disney for the last four 4th of July's. But with both kids in college now, we have shifted our family trip to their January break since summers are now about working for them and January is better weather and the Disney marathon. In fact, this is the first time we are not going in the summer since 2010 which kinda feels weird for me not having a summer trip. As for this year's 4th. No plans especially with it being mid week. We going out after work tonight and might just relax and go to a movie tomorrow.

 

[Dis5150]

ATTQOTD: No plans other than driving my mom to Sam's (if they are open?) since her a/c in her van isn't working. DH is working a side job so no plans to do anything special.

 

[kbenson13]

You can just divide the time by the mileage. Convert the total time into minutes first. Total time - 1000 minutes. Total miles = 100. Average pace = 10 minutes/mile.

That works. I’ve always found it easier to just convert the mph value to min/mile.

Just divide 60 by the mph value. The integer is the minutes. Multiply the fraction by 60 to get the seconds. For example:

5.5 mph = 10:55/mile

60/5.5 = 10.91 = 10:00
0.91 * 60 = 0:55
Total = 10:55

Thanks y'all. That sounds easy enough but it sure would be great if my running apps just did that conversion for me....

 

[kbenson13]

ATTQOTD: As a divorcee that has recently got engaged, I'm in the process of creating all new traditions. But on deck for this year is a Daniels T run from heck (in a place hotter than heck) followed by a local kid-friendly Independence Day parade and then on to a backyard pool party with our combined kids. Should be a fun, if exhausting day!

 

[Dis_Yoda]

ATTQOTD: Go to beach yoga at 9AM for the first time in over a year. The afternoon/evening will be a home relaxing, drinking and watching tv and distracting my old dog from the fireworks.