How many miles did you run today?

[Wing0]

End of the month wrap up. Good marathon prep and even better taper. Race day is Saturday and I’m ready to sub 3 26.2

 

[Fueco]

6.2 mostly trail miles with the dogs, giving me 20.2 miles for the weekend. Temps in the upper 30s.

 

[jbarwick]

7 miles today then yard work

 

[FlyingMonkey]

Back after hamstring recovery - 16km (just under 10 miles) today at easy pace (just over 6/km). Speedwork tomorrow and then I want to get in a tempo and a long run before we leave on Sunday. It's already spring here, and the cherry blossoms are almost out. I'm really going to miss this - apparently it's still freezing back home.

 

[Fueco]

6.2 miles with the dogs. It’s beautiful out today, with temps in the upper 50s. Of course, the trails are still mucky.

 

[FlyingMonkey]

Simple 1k intervals in Yoyogi Park last night (the track is closed for two weeks for repairs). Said goodbye to my club. Sad.

 

[FlyingMonkey]

Okay, so I was in the Seibu department store in Ikebukuro yesterday, and of course I checked out the sports section - and what do you know? They had a load of older model Brooks shoes for $30 a pair! So I picked up a pair of Ghost 9s - these are much plusher and with more of a drop than the Asterias I've been running on recently. And they also last at least twice as long too, apparently. So ideal for the increased distances (at slow pace) I plan on running this year. I'll keep my (new) Asterias for speedwork, tempo and racing. I also counted up the distances I've run since I got my current Asterias and it is right at the top end of the lifespan that people seem to think they have. I wonder if the foam has got a more compressed and hardened now, and whether than might be yet another factor in my sudden recent spate of hamstring injuries.

 

[jbarwick]

Okay, so I was in the Seibu department store in Ikebukuro yesterday, and of course I checked out the sports section - and what do you know? They had a load of older model Brooks shoes for $30 a pair! So I picked up a pair of Ghost 9s - these are much plusher and with more of a drop than the Asterias I've been running on recently. And they also last at least twice as long too, apparently. So ideal for the increased distances (at slow pace) I plan on running this year. I'll keep my (new) Asterias for speedwork, tempo and racing. I also counted up the distances I've run since I got my current Asterias and it is right at the top end of the lifespan that people seem to think they have. I wonder if the foam has got a more compressed and hardened now, and whether than might be yet another factor in my sudden recent spate of hamstring injuries.

Ghost 9's? Talk about old. I am running in 12's currently but love the 12mm drop as it fits my running well.

I got in 7 miles Monday, had work travel tuesday (tornado missed us but devastated some areas in Nashville), then got another 7 miles in yesterday.

Getting in afternoon miles this week as I am working from home and the office is closed.

 

[jbarwick]

7 miles at lunch. Decided to lower my segment time on Strava and took off 20 seconds. I don't know who set it up but it is an odd segment and the times aren't very fast.

 

[FlyingMonkey]

Ghost 9's? Talk about old.

Not quite 4 years - I guess that's 'old' in terms of commercial product cycles - and I always try to buy NOS models of whatever I use. Very little has changed substantively in that time for the Ghost, which has always been a bit old school anyway. That's what I want. And for $30, it's a ridiculous bargain: I don't think I'd buy a pair of 12s at full price just to try them out. I'll be probably be wearing them in a couple of years' time, if the Ghost turns out to be what I need!

 

[FlyingMonkey]

My last Ueno Park tempo loop today: 7.2km (4 1/2 miles) at 4:30/km pace.

 

[Wing0]

Well the marathon was yesterday and I managed to take a massive Pr

before now my best full was 3:09:02

 

[Dusty Heaters]

Congrats on a great race and even better PR!

 

[Fueco]

I ran 8 miles yesterday morning (without the dogs). I was going to run longer, but I wasn't feeling it. It was also the warmest weather I've run in since Autumn, and I think I was a bit dehydrated going in.

 

[FlyingMonkey]

That's a great time, @Wing0 - well done!