How many miles did you run today?

[FlyingMonkey]

From Tuesday this week until the end of August, I will mostly be at my folks' place in Hampshire, UK. It's a totally different kind of terrain than where I am now. Rolling chalk downland with lot of footpaths and woodland trails and narrow hedged lanes. Apart from being nice to be back, it will really add to my training. I've already mapped out my routes...

 

[SirGrotius]

Wow that looks ideal. I did about 4-5 miles yesterday, and today did a bike ride. I find at 40-ish I need to stagger my runs.

 

[Dusty Heaters]

Looks like a beautiful route.

Thanks, it really is. Having lived in many other places where access to a ‘nice’ area, or at least one where you don’t have to pause/check for cars, was at least a drive away; I consider myself very fortunate to live less than 400m from 30+ miles of dedicated pedestrian paths that weave along the Mississippi.

 

[Fueco]

4 mostly flat miles with temps in the low 90s (it’s a dry heat!).

 

[FlyingMonkey]

My last run in Canada for just over 5 months today: my mid-range supposedly easy (or marathon-pace) run of 13.5km (about 8 1/2 miles). Felt pretty good despite the still lingering cold, and I actually ran a bit too fast. Was aiming at 5:20min/km pace and actually ran about 5:07. I guess that tells me my easy pace really should be somewhere in between now.

 

[imatlas]

Slowed it down a hair but ran a similar distance today as my last run on Friday, so 4.5 miles @ 9:53 per mile. Felt really good, like I still had some gas in the tank. I’m really focused on avoiding further tendonopathy: Yesterday was mostly a rest day but I went to a Pilates class, today I did some dynamic stretches before heading out and a bunch of static stretching and roller work after, all of which is paying off in happy tendons and ligaments.

 

[Dusty Heaters]

The beat goes on.

 

[jbarwick]

Same 12 trail miles from Tuesday completed on Saturday. I felt off a little in the morning but still went for the run over lunch. Each of the 3 laps felt progressively worse leading to quite a bit of walking on lap 3. After thinking about it, lap 1 must have been pretty quick as I had similar overall times.

Yesterday was ~13 miles on the roads around the house. Thought I would get 13.1 for a half marathon but my estimate on added distance was off. Felt good with nothing notable other than needing a lot of water. I've been finishing these runs with pop sickles with my son so it is a nice treat.

 

[FlyingMonkey]

No run today. Running gear is all packed, and we're waiting at the airport. Next run will be a long one on Tuesday. I hope I don't seize up too much during the flight...

 

[jbarwick]

3.4 miles last night since my wife took the night off from Barre class. Usually this run is ~2.8 miles but I added a few cul-de-sacs into the mix. Each cul-de-sac is its own climb and the last was had be wondering how much ft. gain I could add to my normal run my shortening the distance but adding more cul-de-sacs if that makes any sense.

 

[Fueco]

3.5 miles with the dogs. The temperature dropped all the way to 92 while we were out.

 

[imatlas]

3.5 miles with the dogs. The temperature dropped all the way to 92 while we were out.

Woof.

2.5 miles at a comfortable pace after a HIIT session with my trainer.

 

[Dusty Heaters]

6 miles (call it a little under 10k) Monday and Tuesday. Starting to feel more cumulative fatigue building in the legs.

 

[FlyingMonkey]

Well, I had carefully mapped out all my routes here, but I still got lost on my first day during my long run. The result was that I did 25.5km (almost 16 miles) instead of the planned 22, on a mixture of road and paths, and ran completely around the forest I had intended to run through. Felt okay, except for not knowing where I was. And it's lucky I was intending to run slow, because all the stopping and trying to work out where I was meant it took a lot longer that it should have. Luckily my family hadn't sent out search parties...

 

[jbarwick]

8.5 miles last night. The humidity is still crazy in the evening so even adjusting my planned longer runs for the evening will not help the hydration situation. I'll just be dehydrated in the dark instead of the daylight.