Thundering Thursday

[IronGoddess]

Going to head out into the sun and run 10k part of that with the boys school as part of the Terry Fox run. Oldest son said please DO NOt talk to me, youngest son Yeah I love mom coming into my class. AHHHHH

[kpoire]

Nice weather for cycling this morning. I suspect that won't be the case when I go for a run at lunch nor for the cycle home...

Have a great day everyone!

Down to the Ottawa river, up 'Monster Hill' behind the parliament, past the Supreme Court of Canada, back along the river to the canal down to Pretoria bridge and back to Confederation Park. Drizzly but nice for running. Just under 8.5km in total

[chunkymonkeymelonhed]

10K done.

[Andy Aitch]

Heliotrope- is that Trout lake?

You bet. I got the fog horns from Burrard Inlet this morning too, I like those.

[Marg]

Nice weather for cycling this morning. I suspect that won't be the case when I go for a run at lunch nor for the cycle home...

Have a great day everyone!

Down to the Ottawa river, up 'Monster Hill' behind the parliament, past the Supreme Court of Canada, back along the river to the canal down to Pretoria bridge and back to Confederation Park. Drizzly but nice for running. Just under 8.5km in total

That route sounds familiar!
As I explained to Andy, take Monster Hill, multiply distance times 3 (at least) and increase the incline and you have the hill at Melissa's!

[Darth Tater]

I decided to run more TM intervals today...at a harder overall average than on Tuesday:

10 min warm-up at 6.7 mph, followed by 2 minute intervals of 8.2 mph/8.6 mph/9.0 mph/9.0 mph/9.0 mph, with 2 minute recoveries at 6.7 mph, except after the last interval, which was 5 min at 6.7 mph, and a 2 minute walking cool-down. 35 minutes total, 6.65 km (5:16/km).

[Ken B]

A bit late reporting today's run as I was out looking for a number of missing butts.

As my next marathon is dramically downhill I was out running hills. I use a nice little 1.3 km hill. My average pace uphill was 6:45 min/km and my average pace downhill was 5:22 min/km. I did three repeats. I also ran down a longer, less steep decline to get to the hill. Average pace as a warmup was 5:58.


The race on October 30 has elevation stats as follows:

Max Elevation: 3998 feet
Min Elevation: 1099 feet
Total Ascent: 285 feet
Total Descent: 2946 feet.

Most of the ascent is in the first 10 km on gently rolling terrain. After that it is all downhill with the exception of one small ascent at about the 30 km mark

This should be an interesting event for sure.

[runJrun]

Good morning maniacs! 10km planned for lunch today - looking forward to it as the weather looks beautiful out. My poor toenail fell off last night so I have my toe wrapped as it is sensitive!

Have a good day!

Not the best run of all time - legs felt like lead - must be from the race this weekend and the bazillion lunges and squats I did last night. Run done.

[Habs4ever]

16.7k LSD.

[Tori]

Busy at our house tonight with another round of chiro and zone testing for me.

Just got the call that my zone testing was cancelled so I get a refund. A run on the TM for me then at home.

[IronGoddess]

10 km done longest in my running history. Did 6.6 then stopped for an hour and ran with the boys school which was awesome!!!! Then finished with a run home such a great day.

[mcshame]

it's raining like crazy out there again and it's only going to get worse. 50-80mm is being called for. Also, 2:45 to get into work today, 2 accidents and Trans Canada Eastbound shut down. Looks like the 16k I need to do tomorrow may be being done in poor conditions. That would be 3 runs in the rain this week! Ugghhh, I hope this is not a sign of things to come in Niagara...
Good news, I can't feel my nail anymore on my big toe. That is improvement of having it hurting me

[turd ferguson]

Picking up 2 race kits tonight at different ends of town - Ambulance Chasers 5k tomorrow night, Run for the Cure Sunday.

Treadmill intervals tonight.

[Avis]

I didn't lose my butt - it just kinda sank.

Gosh, I hope you won't be offended if I say that made me laugh out loud. Sorry!

So, I'm a short boney rectangle, just wonderful.

Well, my butt will be the last to go, that will be the day! I hear you on the shrinking boobs, though.

[Avis]

A rest day for me, and it's just as well with the pouring rain we've had. Spent the time building an ark.

[toobusy]

13.25 k done, 8:07 with one emergency potty stop

[ultraslacker]

well that was a slog. I set out for 20 miles and barely got 15... and those 15 were slow and painful. No idea why... just wasn't there today. I guess I'll keep it light until the race now. :)

[Dean Simon]

15k at 4:45. Building again. Have a great friday.

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[Dr. S]

A rest day for me, and it's just as well with the pouring rain we've had. Spent the time building an ark.

Happy to see another Quebecois on the boards!

Forced rest day, I've decided to skip my 5 miler b/c of the pouring rain. I hope to run it tomorrow

[PinkLady]

A bit late reporting today's run as I was out looking for a number of missing butts.

Oh, do let me know if you find mine!

Pool running done, and kept my Ipod Shuffle dry. Swam laps for another 30 minutes, then took an Aquafit class.

Goodness, I'm REALLY hoping I can start running on the treadmill at the very least by next week. It's too time consuming to need to workout for 2.5 hours in the pool just to feel like I got a decent cardio session in. Not to mention having to drive 20min to get to the pool in the first place!

I won't be sorry not to run outside in this rain though!

[bruyere]

This week has been such an exercise write-off.

Sunday: Walked around and traveled home.
Monday: went out for a drink and a bite after work.
Tuesday: ultimate, pub, and tea at my place
Wednesday: out for a drink and a bite after work.
Today: ALMOST went for a run, but instead, my friend and tossed around the idea of a run and instead he's just going to come for dinner.

Frankly, I don't really care, and am kind of saying #@%-you to this week!
Maybe tomorrow?


I'm still debating whether or not to kayak 22kms and camp on the weekend.

[chunkymonkeymelonhed]

This week has been such an exercise write-off.

Sunday: Walked around and traveled home.
Monday: went out for a drink and a bite after work.
Tuesday: ultimate, pub, and tea at my place
Wednesday: out for a drink and a bite after work.
Today: ALMOST went for a run, but instead, my friend and tossed around the idea of a run and instead he's just going to come for dinner.

Frankly, I don't really care, and am kind of saying #@%-you to this week!
Maybe tomorrow?


I'm still debating whether or not to kayak 22kms and camp on the weekend.

You know which side of the debate I'm on.

[marymac442]

6km in 35:38 on our "hilly" Sussex route.

I managed to make it up the 1200 m hill without stopping - I've been popping Zinc & Echinacea all last night to fend off a sore throat but was feeling some effects in my lungs - not too bad though.

One more 14 - 16 ish effort on Saturday and then its time to start taking this taper thing serious and start taking it slower and easier until 10-10-10

[turd ferguson]

Picking up 2 race kits tonight at different ends of town - Ambulance Chasers 5k tomorrow night, Run for the Cure Sunday.

Treadmill intervals tonight.

Done.

[bruyere]

This week has been such an exercise write-off.

Sunday: Walked around and traveled home.
Monday: went out for a drink and a bite after work.
Tuesday: ultimate, pub, and tea at my place
Wednesday: out for a drink and a bite after work.
Today: ALMOST went for a run, but instead, my friend and tossed around the idea of a run and instead he's just going to come for dinner.

Frankly, I don't really care, and am kind of saying #@%-you to this week!
Maybe tomorrow?


I'm still debating whether or not to kayak 22kms and camp on the weekend.

You know which side of the debate I'm on.

Well, you might get your wish... I just spent the evening making dinner and eating and drinking with my friend, so I've done no camping prep. And I'm still wary of kayaking THAT much with a group when I only know one member. I know he'll take care of me and all, but ... Hm. I don't know. I'm annoying myself by being lazy about this, but I think I might be lazy about this.