September Running Challenge! (Page 20)

Sounds like a great time, Matt! Good look to them!

Waita' get the long run in early. That isn't always easy to do.

Today 14.5 miles

AM 6.5 Purpose: recovery

PM 8 Purpose: base milage, hilly route focusing on being mindful of form and footfalls

Dear Steve, 

that's Usain Bolt. He may be a little faster than us but you totally have him in the ability to sport the Lederhosen. 

The next challenge will be getting my other runs in during the weekend.

Yeah I've seen enough info on the race to see that it's a fast course.  Another guy from our area doing is someone who makes me feel slow.  He's in my AG (25-29), and is definitely in the running for a WC slot.

Did a 1 mile WU and a 5 mile tempo-type run yesterday. There was a pretty stiff breeze coming off the coast and it slowed me one way, but got the glorious tail wind the other. It was one of my fastest mile splits this training cycle. Then did 8 strides in my ever-continuing attempt to get my legs to turn over faster. Maybe should have done these more frequently, but I'll do them after both mid-week runs coming into the marathon. 

Nice job everyone. That August HIM sounds like a good one!

Nice new avatar Adrienne. 

Yaaaaay, glad you enjoyed it! Great job! And have fun with the 11-miler. Plan a route where you can see something cool while you run. I love doing that and it makes the time fly by

Awesome! Yeah, strides are nice to do after a lot of easy runs. Especially during marathon training when you are doing a lot of easier running.

I am really looking forward to hearing all about Chicago!!!!

And thanks 

Today, 8 miles. All recovery-ish

AM: 6

PM: 2ish

I was really sore and a little beat down this morning but the active recovery really helped. 

I've been out of town for a few days and am catching up.

Ran 6 miles today.  Stopped at Green Lake in Seattle on the way home which is one of my favorite runs.  Purpose was along the lines of an LT run.

I'm feeling pretty ready for the marathon but I've run five in the last year and a half with none of them ended well.  I can't figure it out.  I've been hydrating more on my long run and that seems to have helped.  We'll see.  Don't feel like I've been pushing hard enough to require much of a taper.  Probably keep with the normal routine until Thursday and Friday then either rest or very easy.

Nice job on the 6 and good luck on the 11 miler.  Do you have a plan for hydration and maybe some nutrition?  Long runs like that are a great time to work on those things.

Sometimes my sh*tiest runs are right before a race. Maybe that's the case with you? Anyhow--give your body the recovery it deserves to tear it up next weekend. :-)

Yes, being smart pays off. No injuries--for any of us. 

Ran 13 miles today as I taper down for Oct. 13th marathon. This was probably one of my worst runs lately as far as how I felt. My legs were like lead and my right hip flexor was screaming. I managed to ignore it and I did stop and walk it out and stretch it out a bit. I had a deep tissue massage on Thursday, so that might have something to do with it. I'm a bit paranoid about staying healthy going into this.

Purpose: Stay upright for 13 miles, practice hydration, form and nutrition. Results? I felt like I was going to bonk early on so I had some honey stingers and 1/2 a gel around mile 9. I just wasn't that hungry this morning so I started with a less than 1/2 tank. But, it's done.