The Running Thread - 2018
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SheHulk
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Lol what's with the background music?
Dis_Yoda
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Just let me know the name. I’m sure I can get my husband to pick some up from work on Monday.
I do recommend the St Augustine Bourbon and Gin
Keels
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It's called Lula - I'm not sure if they distribute outside of the restaurant/distillery.
Lula Distilling
They do an all-you-can-drink vodka brunch on the weekends ...
Dis_Yoda
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One of these days I will visit NoLa and drink at Lula.
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I think you're going to like it. I'm looking forward to trying their new recovery drink mix.
Keels
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The food is sooooooooooo good. You would really enjoy it!
Dis_Yoda
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And it’s not a MLM like the other recovery drink taking of my feeds!
Bree
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AZMermaid
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Ran Run the Runway 10K today.
The Good: This race was 5 min from my house= more sleep! I spun for 40% off at another race so it only cost $22! It was a good size, 250 people with a nice wide runway. I PRed by almost 4 min (over Thor, no pictures, but Disney crowded) 1:11.13.
The Bad: As feared, it was hot (77, which yikes... that’s not really that hot)and there was no shade. Miles 3-4.5 were basically straight on a slight incline. The water spacing was odd. There was water at like 1.5 miles (prob for The 5kers), 3 and 5.5. That was a long haul. The 5K started 10 min after us on the same course, slight crowding as the faster runners caught up. I was Hoping to be under 1:10... so I’m not totally thrilled with my time.
The ugly: I went straight to the refreshments afterward. They were out of the full size electrolyte waters and regular waters that were there when DH finished 10 min earlier. They had some that they were filling half full Dixie cups with, like the ones at the aid stations. There were like 10 green bananas left. I finished Before 60 other 10K Runner’s too. I think I saw Gatorade beforehand, but DH said there was none when he finished. There were plenty of apples and oranges left though. Because we finished after the 5k people, I’m guessing they finished it all, which is fine, but there should have been enough for everyone. It felt unsafe. Then to add insult to it, as we walked through e little expo on the way out, the table with the electrolyte water had like 5 boxes full. DH did tell them that they were out at the finish line, so hopefully they went over. I’m considering emailing the race director.
The course also had a split between the 5K and 10K that should have been marked well before it was. When I got there, there were people going both ways. I figured it out.. but it was confusing. I did look at the map beforehand, but that was a lesson to me to look more closely, especially on a shared course.
The Good: This race was 5 min from my house= more sleep! I spun for 40% off at another race so it only cost $22! It was a good size, 250 people with a nice wide runway. I PRed by almost 4 min (over Thor, no pictures, but Disney crowded) 1:11.13.
The Bad: As feared, it was hot (77, which yikes... that’s not really that hot)and there was no shade. Miles 3-4.5 were basically straight on a slight incline. The water spacing was odd. There was water at like 1.5 miles (prob for The 5kers), 3 and 5.5. That was a long haul. The 5K started 10 min after us on the same course, slight crowding as the faster runners caught up. I was Hoping to be under 1:10... so I’m not totally thrilled with my time.
The ugly: I went straight to the refreshments afterward. They were out of the full size electrolyte waters and regular waters that were there when DH finished 10 min earlier. They had some that they were filling half full Dixie cups with, like the ones at the aid stations. There were like 10 green bananas left. I finished Before 60 other 10K Runner’s too. I think I saw Gatorade beforehand, but DH said there was none when he finished. There were plenty of apples and oranges left though. Because we finished after the 5k people, I’m guessing they finished it all, which is fine, but there should have been enough for everyone. It felt unsafe. Then to add insult to it, as we walked through e little expo on the way out, the table with the electrolyte water had like 5 boxes full. DH did tell them that they were out at the finish line, so hopefully they went over. I’m considering emailing the race director.
The course also had a split between the 5K and 10K that should have been marked well before it was. When I got there, there were people going both ways. I figured it out.. but it was confusing. I did look at the map beforehand, but that was a lesson to me to look more closely, especially on a shared course.
AZMermaid
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I’ve noticed that with McMillan. It seems like it’s just the same per mile pace?
Oh! I see The other one posted. I was trying to predict my half time based on the 10k... not necessarily the other way around and train for a certain pace.
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That’s a tough one. You know her best but if she is all for it, why not. Worst case, she never rides it again, you scare her for life, but you will HAVE to buy that ride photo. : )
I think one has a better chance of getting money from the government than runDisney.
SarahDisney
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Apparently I missed an Instagram party ... but since I'm terrible at IG anyway.
Also ... I have nothing to contribute to the alcohol discussion. Other than that I had to take a bottle of red wine out of the fridge the other day. I love my mother, but she doesn't understand that not all wines go in the fridge.
Re TOT: I dont know why anyone would go on that terrifying death trap, but to each their own ...
Also ... I have nothing to contribute to the alcohol discussion. Other than that I had to take a bottle of red wine out of the fridge the other day. I love my mother, but she doesn't understand that not all wines go in the fridge.
Re TOT: I dont know why anyone would go on that terrifying death trap, but to each their own ...
sourire
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Recap of the Hot Chocolate 15k
Yesterday was a cold and windy day in Philadelphia, but it was definitely better than the 5 inches of snow that had been previously predicted - phew! The course was basically an out and back: starting at the Art Museum, up the Ben Franklin Parkway, then up and back MLK drive along the Schuylkill River (did I mention the wind coming off the river?). Not the most exciting of routes, but it is basically flat which is nice.
DH and I ran the 5k version last year, and found the organization in both instances to be very good. I suppose this race series is a well oiled machine given that it takes place in so many cities. There were a ton of corrals: A to H for the 5k, and I to T for the 15k. Others have touched on this before, and I also find their corral placement odd. If you submit a finish time, you get placed in a "preferred corral"...so something like I to N, with everyone else who does not submit a finish time placed behind that. But that means that some very fast people could be starting from the way back, or there could be walkers starting closer to the front, though the front corrals had signs saying "No walkers in this corral". They had a ton of pacer groups with everything from 7 min/mi to 15 min/mi spread throughout the back corrals, so you'd be running along at your 11 min/mi pace and then a bunch of ppl would come charging up in an 8:30/mi pace group and blow on by. Thankfully, the course was never too crowded.
The plan going in (after discussion with Coach DB) was to keep it around race pace until about mile 6, and then if things were feeling good, to kick it up a notch in the last 3 miles. All was going well, and although we were running into the wind on the way up the river, I figuratively felt like I had the wind at my back! I was able to run that last 5k with miles that began in 10:xx, which is huge for me.
I listed my goal here as 1:41. Current fitness predicted around 1:44:30, so anything better than that was going to be a great result! Technically it's a PR, b/c I've never done a 15k before. Finish time was 1:42:08; avg pace of 10:58/mi! WOOOO!
Major thanks to Coach @DopeyBadger for another solid training plan, sound pacing advice, and for helping me to continue to crush all sorts of goals!
Thanks for reading, and hope everyone is having a good weekend!
Yesterday was a cold and windy day in Philadelphia, but it was definitely better than the 5 inches of snow that had been previously predicted - phew! The course was basically an out and back: starting at the Art Museum, up the Ben Franklin Parkway, then up and back MLK drive along the Schuylkill River (did I mention the wind coming off the river?). Not the most exciting of routes, but it is basically flat which is nice.
DH and I ran the 5k version last year, and found the organization in both instances to be very good. I suppose this race series is a well oiled machine given that it takes place in so many cities. There were a ton of corrals: A to H for the 5k, and I to T for the 15k. Others have touched on this before, and I also find their corral placement odd. If you submit a finish time, you get placed in a "preferred corral"...so something like I to N, with everyone else who does not submit a finish time placed behind that. But that means that some very fast people could be starting from the way back, or there could be walkers starting closer to the front, though the front corrals had signs saying "No walkers in this corral". They had a ton of pacer groups with everything from 7 min/mi to 15 min/mi spread throughout the back corrals, so you'd be running along at your 11 min/mi pace and then a bunch of ppl would come charging up in an 8:30/mi pace group and blow on by. Thankfully, the course was never too crowded.
The plan going in (after discussion with Coach DB) was to keep it around race pace until about mile 6, and then if things were feeling good, to kick it up a notch in the last 3 miles. All was going well, and although we were running into the wind on the way up the river, I figuratively felt like I had the wind at my back! I was able to run that last 5k with miles that began in 10:xx, which is huge for me.
I listed my goal here as 1:41. Current fitness predicted around 1:44:30, so anything better than that was going to be a great result! Technically it's a PR, b/c I've never done a 15k before. Finish time was 1:42:08; avg pace of 10:58/mi! WOOOO!
Major thanks to Coach @DopeyBadger for another solid training plan, sound pacing advice, and for helping me to continue to crush all sorts of goals!
Thanks for reading, and hope everyone is having a good weekend!
PrincessMickey
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Y'all are such enablers, I spent so much money this week. I was looking for a pair of flats when the question came up this week so I now have a pair of Tieks on the way. I was also browsing REI looking for something I could use my REI garage coupon on, bought a new backpack with the other coupon, and came across the smart wool skirt. 30% off plus my 20% off coupon equals no more cold butt!! That will be here Monday, wish I had it for Friday's cold run. https://www.rei.com/rei-garage/product/107899/smartwool-corbet-120-skirt-womens
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Finished the B&A Trail Half Marathon today in 1:32:33. I was hoping to finally get under 1:30, but it was not to be. It was a windy course and the wheels started falling off around the midpoint. Oh, well - at least 1:32 was good enough for a 2nd in my age group. Really, it should've been 3rd, because the 1st runner in 45-49 was also first masters, so he got that prize and not the age group award, and I got bumped up to 2nd. I'll take it!
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