The Running Thread - 2018

[Waiting2goback]

@LSUlakes your situation stinks but you are strong and your family will come out stronger on the other side of this.

 

[DIS-OH]

@LSUlakes —sorry to hear the news...

Favorite race swag—-going to have to say my Coast-to-Coast medal.

Most used race swag—Our local YMCA has a New Year’s Day run called Hair of the Dog. The race shirts are cotton long sleeve T’s with really nice designs. DH and I have several years worth of these shirts, but we have a rule that we both cannot wear the same year’s shirt at the same time!

 

[AntimonyER]

Sorry to hear about Dixie. We just lost one of ours this summer, Linus. He was my favorite. Enjoy the remaining time, and spoil the crap out of them.

ATTQOTD: I got a long sleeve t-shirt from the last race I ran, which wouldn't normally be a big deal, but with all the weight I have lost, I had none in my current size, so that was a sorely needed addition to my wardrobe.

 

[TheHamm]

I have a gear question: Is there a reason you would go with a vest over a jacket for winter running? I do not particularly remember my core being cold during a run last Jan/Feb, but maybe only because I was distracted by cold butt/legs/nose/eyeballs.
Another gear question: I have a pair of fleece leggings. I could not fit a second pair of leggings over the top. Do you layer some other style of pants over the top or just find thicker pants?

 

[LSUlakes]

QOTD: With dog stuff on my mind lately it's only natural that todays question will include your pet. I realize not everyone has a pet, so todays question may not pertain to you. If you have a pet that can, do you take it for runs or walks? If so how far have you gone with it?

ATTQOTD: I tried several times to take Dixie out for runs. Being a beagle I figured she could handle anywhere from 1-4 miles. Well that was a disaster lol. She would run for maybe 50 yards and then pick up a scent that she had to investigate. So our runs turned into short sprints and stops. She does the same when walking as well.

 

[LSUlakes]

This week we have the following folks with races:

08 - @evre13 - Kiawah Half Marathon (2:20:00 / N/A)
08 - @KSellers88 - Kiawah Island Marathon (NG / N/A)
08 - @TCB in FLA - Kiawah Half Marathon (NG / N/A)
08 - @Sanchez - Kiawah Half Marathon (1:34:00 / N/A)
08 - @jennamfeo - 12k's of Christmas (1:19:00 / N/A)
08 - @Dis5150 - Casa Half Marathon (2:40:00 / N/A)
08 - @KevM - 12K o’ Christmas (NG / N/A)
09 - @jennamfeo - Scottsdale Half Marathon (2:15:00 / N/A)

Best of luck to each of you this weekend! If you need to revise your goal, please let me know.


I also realized that it's the last month of the 2018 running thread and what a amazing year it has been! We only have a few folks left with runs for December, so if you are running one and would like to add, please let me know.

 

[PrincessV]

ATTQOTD: My 20-year-old cat does not run and does not leave the house. But she very much enjoys watching me when I'm on the treadmill, and loves to practice yoga with me! ♥

@LSUlakes. I went through it with my other cat when she was 18 and diagnosed with renal failure. It's hard, but you really will know when it's "time."

 

[LSUlakes]

Speaking of years end, I looked back on how many pages the previous years had got to. The first two years were very close with 652 and 651. With 3 weeks left to go we are at 711 today. It looks like this year was a good year with new posters contributing and I recall a lot of talk about best beers, wines, pizzas, tea, ect lol. Thanks to everyone who reads and post!

 

[MissLiss279]

I have a gear question: Is there a reason you would go with a vest over a jacket for winter running? I do not particularly remember my core being cold during a run last Jan/Feb, but maybe only because I was distracted by cold butt/legs/nose/eyeballs.
Another gear question: I have a pair of fleece leggings. I could not fit a second pair of leggings over the top. Do you layer some other style of pants over the top or just find thicker pants?

So when it is really cold, here are some things I will do:
-not much wind, but really cold: tights with fleece like sweats over them
-Extreme wind, but not too bitterly cold: fleece lined tights with loose wind pants over them
-Wind, and really cold: all of the above tights (maybe fleece lined), fleece like sweats, and wind pants over it all.

Can’t comment on the vest, because I haven’t tried that myself, so I’m interested in answers also.

 

[MissLiss279]

ATTQOTD: I have a Doberman, and I occasionally take her with me to run. I will usually take her for 2-4 miles if I have a run that isn’t too complex. She is weird sometimes. She’ll start to slow down the farther you get away from home (or the car), and I always worry ‘is she okay?’ But then as soon as we turn around, she picks up speed and is trying to drag me back home.
During the summer I don’t run as much with her (unless I happen to be running in the morning). I think it is too hot and am afraid that the concrete/asphalt will burn her paws.

 

[Dis_Yoda]

ATTQOTD: We have two dogs - an almost 11 year old Cocker Spaniel who I did a 5k with once and it was a disaster as he would jump on my legs whenever I tried to run with him. The Cocker/Doxie Mix we had that passed away last year was too aggressive to go running with.

Our 10 month old Rhodesian Ridgeback will be a running buddy once he is old enough to start running (about 2 more months before we’ll do up to 1.5 miles with and 18 months until we go over that). We have done a lot of training with him to make sure he’s good on leash and we’re getting him used to the waist leash now so he stays to our side. I’ve also made sure that he doesn’t care about cars, bikes, airplanes flying over to keep his focus.

 

[AntimonyER]

ATTQOTD: I had taken Linus out a few times, (he was what we like to call a heinz 57, but was a bigger variety, about 60 lbs) when I had a stretch of jogging like 6 years ago, especially when it was cold out, he loved the cold. He was too old when I started running again last year, and had hip issues. The rest of my animals aren't running worthy (shih-tzu, yorkie, wire-hair terrier mix, 4 cats and a bearded dragon).

 

[AFwifelife]

ATTQOTD: I have a very home bodied golden/lab mix who only enjoys walks for the most part. When he was younger, my husband would run 2 miles with him but I don’t think he would get too far now. I also have a cat who would be a terrible running partner but he does enjoy all the extra showers I have to take because of running. He loves sitting in the shower with me then drinking all the water when the shower is off.

 

[camaker]

ATTQOTD: We have an English Bulldog (see avatar pic), so any kind of significant walking with him is right out, much less running. We found out early on that his walking limit is ~1 mile. Just a little past that and he registers his dissatisfaction by laying down in the grass and refusing to budge until he's had sufficient rest (in his mind). There have been a number of times that I've had to pick him up and carry him home. I think I've carried him as far as half a mile before. Not super easy given that even though he's relatively compact he still weighs ~60 lbs.

 

[PrincessV]

I also have a cat who would be a terrible running partner but he does enjoy all the extra showers I have to take because of running. He loves sitting in the shower with me then drinking all the water when the shower is off.

Mine, too! She gets quite put out on weekends when I don't roll out of bed and straight into the shower, and will attempt to lead me there repeatedly.

 

[Slogger]

ATTQOTD: Our previous Lab used to run with my wife several times a week and even did a few Turkey trots.

The golden retriever/lab "twins" that we have now are too distracted by everything and eachother to run with me. I guess there are too many good smells outside.

 

[rteetz]

QOTD: With dog stuff on my mind lately it's only natural that todays question will include your pet. I realize not everyone has a pet, so todays question may not pertain to you. If you have a pet that can, do you take it for runs or walks? If so how far have you gone with it?

I don’t have a pet currently. I used to have a dog but he wasn’t much of a long walk type.

 

[apdebord]

@LSUlakes it sounds like you're making the best decision regarding Dixie by keeping her comfortable. Sorry to hear it wasn't better news.

ATTQOTD: I have 2 dogs, Simon ("mini" schnauzer, almost 7yo) and Dusty (Lhasa Apso, very senior). We have never tried to run with Dusty. We've tried with Simon, especially because he still has puppy energy and is a big boy, but he is very dramatic about running (see attached pictures). I posted in the thread last year, but we did do a 1 mile puppy trot with them October 2017. My husband pushed Dusty in a puppy stroller and I ran with Simon on the leash. We were so close to a sub-9 minute mile, but Simon found some freshly laid mulch about 100 yards from the finish line which was very appealing to him, so he had to take a break. I think we finished in 9:01.

Yesterday's ATTQOTD: My blanket from Richmond is getting a lot of use. J&A normally gives out decent finisher items, but my favorites are the mason jar style glasses we got 1 year for a couple of races. I use them all the time.

 

[ZellyB]

ATTQOTD: We have a VERY OLD golden retriever who mostly just lays on the floor. We have two very small dogs (yorkie and yorki-poo) who LOVE to go for walks. We take them every year for our local Turkey Trot 5K and they love it. A 5k is about max for them though and that's just at a brisk walk/sometimes slow run. Their little legs can't keep up a run for any extended time. We take them for walks at other times on occasion, but usually not very far, but they do enjoy it a lot.

 

[garneska]

ATTQOTD: My girl on the left used to run with me. When i got her in 2008 she was CRAZY and young. I had to run the crazy out of her. She is part German Shepard and part Great Pyrenees. She is super smart. I could only take her on weekends to run with me. She would see me at the top of the stairs in running clothes and go nuts. She knew it was time to run. She went as far as 12 miles with me. I was slower then. Usually she did 6. When she was a littler older she would go about 4 and then i would hand her off to my husband who was walking our Great Pyrenees. I tried to run him once but he went about 50 yards and then he was done. He preferred walking. I think her last few times running were the end of 2012 when training for Jan 2013. i know by summer of 2013, i was seeing the paw drag. In sep 2013 she had her MRI and they had no explanation for the issue. By March 2014 she was in the cart full time without the the use of her back legs. The vet gave us 2 to 3 years back in 2013. She just got back from the fort and is not walking near as much in the cart but she is much older now and just happy she will be with us at the Fort in Jan. She is friendly so always an open invitation to come visit and pet her.