How many miles did you run today?

[Michigan Planner]

10.5 miles this morning.

I can report that the G-Shock integrates pretty smoothly with Strava. I was wearing the watch today and tracked my run on RunKeeper (I like some of RunKeeper's training features better than Strava's but like the rest of the interface on Strava better). A couple moments after my run was completed and I turned off the GPS, I got a notification that Strava had logged my run, complete with HR information and pace analysis. The distance and the route that the watch's GPS logged, tracked to within one 100th of a mile of what RunKeeper showed, but I did actually start the watch a moment or two before RunKeeper so I'll say they were right on the money.

There are still tons of training features I need to figure out how to use properly, and I did need to log into Strava to specify which shoes I wore today, but so far so good!

Took an extra day off yesterday to let my body recover from Sunday, but had to get up early today to beat the heat. Did a 14.3km (just under 9 mile) steady run, aiming at under 5:10/km, including strides in the last km. Total of 1:13:17, which is 5:07/km. I also took my new hydration vest out for the first time and it made me wish I'd had it on Sunday... next week apparently will see a drop in temperatures which is much better (for me, at least).

It was 75° with 98% humidity at 6:00 a.m. here (it got up to 92° yesterday afternoon) but rain is supposed to come through tomorrow and then the temps are supposed to drop down into the 60s through the first part of next week which will be a nice reprieve from the heat and humidity.

 

[FlyingMonkey]

I remeasured my main routes today and it turns out the 14.3km run I've been doing fairly regularly is actually 14.6km - which makes my pace today a little bit better.

 

[jbarwick]

7 miles in the rain today. Instead of my usual podcasts while I run, I was just in my mind. Felt good.

 

[Fueco]

7 mile trail run followed by some fishing. I caught two brown trout, but more importantly got to soak my legs in the cold water. Temps in the upper 60s to low 70s. Max altitude was around 6600 feet.

https://www.strava.com/activities/3522513361

 

[Man with Apple]

Gorgeous trails @Fueco looks like an awesome place to run. Where is this at?

 

[sugarbutch]

7 mile trail run followed by some fishing. I caught two brown trout, but more importantly got to soak my legs in the cold water. Temps in the upper 60s to low 70s. Max altitude was around 6600 feet.

https://www.strava.com/activities/3522513361


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Catch and release? Or do you carry a cooler on these runs?

 

[Fueco]

Gorgeous trails @Fueco looks like an awesome place to run. Where is this at?

I ran at Betasso Preserve, which is about 9 miles from my house, a bit west of Boulder.

 

[Fueco]

Catch and release? Or do you carry a cooler on these runs?

I went a bit up Boulder Canyon in my car after the run. I do generally catch and release. I actually haven’t eaten anything I’ve caught for a couple of years. My usual rule is that if I’ve accidentally maimed a fish, I’ll take it (this is not common with barbless hooks).

Edit to add that there is another ~7 mile trail loop that does cross one of the branches of Boulder Creek. I didn’t go there today because those trails are open to mountain bikes all the time, so I figure they’d be more crowded.

 

[Dusty Heaters]

4 relaxing miles aided by the rhythmic tunes of Chuck Mangione. You kids are probably too young to know who that is.

 

[sugarbutch]

4 relaxing miles aided by the rhythmic tunes of Chuck Mangione. You kids are probably too young to know who that is.

Were you chasing the clouds away?

 

[Michigan Planner]

4 relaxing miles aided by the rhythmic tunes of Chuck Mangione. You kids are probably too young to know who that is.

Remember when Chuck was in that Mega Lo Mart explosion?

 

[imatlas]

Nobody blows a flugal horn like Chuck.

 

[sugarbutch]

Generation X is representin' like a mug up in this *****

 

[FlyingMonkey]

Got up at the crack of dawn again today, this time for an 8.2km (a hair over 5 mile) tempo.

It was humid but it's clouding over, and everything feels like this hot weather is going to break soon... I felt quite good today though, and although I was running in a very controlled way, I was still considerably faster than my recent tempo runs (this was the shortest one I've done recently, which no doubt helps).

Overall: 0:34:20, or 4:11/km.

 

[edinatlanta]

Did 5ish miles today no real walking. Really thinking 3 to 6 beers the night before i run is key.