weekly check-in

[ilanarama]

Hello, runners! Congratulations to those of you who raced this past weekend (and thanks for posting links to race reports here). If you didn't race, tell us how your last week of running was, and what your plans are for the upcoming week.

Here's something inspirational that was going around my Facebook runner-friends last week:

Comments

[ilanarama]

I ran 47 miles last week to celebrate my 47th birthday!

Other than that, nothing special. Recovering from my last race and tapering for my next.

[melusina]

That is awesome! (Also,happy birthday!!)

[sophinisba]

Yay, you are so cool.

[cyphomandra]

Congratulations!! Happy birthday!!

[nanila]

Wow, go you! What a great way to mark your birthday. Having just celebrated mine, I'm going to aim to follow your example next year.

[gnomad]

Last week I took my triathlon recovery week very seriously and only did one swim, a couple of laps around the track, and, well, ok, a 50 mile bike ride. But other than that, it was all rest, all the time. Tomorrow I start my 6 week running training plan, which has me running 5x a week. I'm hoping to increase my speed to a 10 min/mile by Halloween (my next 10K race), so we'll see how that goes.

[ilanarama]

Ooh, 5x week should definitely assist with that goal. And hee, 50 miles on the bike is SO not recovery!

[sophinisba]

I ran about twenty miles last week and signed up for a 10K I'd been dithering about. That will be Oct. 2nd and I'm excited that two of my local friends will also be running it. I'm planning on going to check out the beginning and end of the route tomorrow, though I don't intend to run the whole thing until the day of.

[ilanarama]

Woohoo! I will be running slightly longer that same day, so if you start feeling weak you had better suck it up. :-)

[sophinisba]

Eep, I tried going on the route today and got a bad stitch in the first ten minutes. It's going to take an awful lot of sucking up (or, you know, walking). :(

[ilanarama]

One bad run doesn't mean a thing! Run well this week, take a couple of days off before the race, and nail that puppy!

[lyras]

Thanks for the video! I have now passed it on to my facebook friends. :)

Last week - I ran most days, and I'm enjoying it! I've reached the stage where I pull on my running gear on autopilot. No need to talk myself into it any longer.

[ilanarama]

Oh, that's wonderful. I think that makes a huge difference - when you're looking forward to running, rather than thinking, "ugh, I have to get up and run." It just becomes a part of your life!