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Shirley there must be a fair number of slobs around here who manage to run a bit between hangovers and meat comas. What you got? Anyone running Houston tomorrow?

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So I started "serious" recreational distance running 17 years ago....18 marathons and over a dozen half marathons in the books, and this morning, during an innocent 3 miler in the dense fog, it finally damn near happened....I came way too close to trusting an untrustoworthy fart.  Ran the last mile clinched like a motherfucker and happy I wasn't wearing white short.

Be careful out there my friends....

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I retired earlier this year, joined a running club in SA.  I am way, way out of shape.  Got two things against me, overweight and old.  

In August I could not run a half mile without stopping. After training with the running club, San Antonio Road Runners, we are getting close to the December 5th SATX 5k.  It will be run at night.  This morning ran a "preview run". total misnomer imo, as it was only a preview for the half-marathon folks.

We ran during the daylight for a change, and it was below 70 degrees.  I improved significantly...ran the entire course without stopping, and completed in 42 minutes for a pace of about 13:40 per mile.  Goal is now to finish the December 5th 5k in 43 minutes or less. Already paid for the winter training(January through March) and the goal for the end of season run on April 19th will be somewhere in the 38 to 40 minute area. 

I don't feel a runner's high like I used to, but I am feeling a lot better especially after doing something like I did today. 

 

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45 minutes ago, JGrayDBU said:

I retired earlier this year, joined a running club in SA.  I am way, way out of shape.  Got two things against me, overweight and old.  

In August I could not run a half mile without stopping. After training with the running club, San Antonio Road Runners, we are getting close to the December 5th SATX 5k.  It will be run at night.  This morning ran a "preview run". total misnomer imo, as it was only a preview for the half-marathon folks.

We ran during the daylight for a change, and it was below 70 degrees.  I improved significantly...ran the entire course without stopping, and completed in 42 minutes for a pace of about 13:40 per mile.  Goal is now to finish the December 5th 5k in 43 minutes or less. Already paid for the winter training(January through March) and the goal for the end of season run on April 19th will be somewhere in the 38 to 40 minute area. 

I don't feel a runner's high like I used to, but I am feeling a lot better especially after doing something like I did today. 

 

Awesome. Good for you!

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I haven’t run in a couple years. I did some half hearted running earlier in the year but gf and I are doing a 5K on Turkey Day. Kinda looking forward to it tbh. I want the exercise especially considering my bikes are in storage 

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I started running about 6 weeks ago after never really being a runner. At first I was just walking a couple of miles while my son was doing soccer practice. Started to jog for a few minutes at a time during the walks and worked up to running a couple of miles without stopping. After a month or so I decided to train enough to try and beat my sons in the Turkey Trot this year. My older son is a swimmer so it’s going to be tough for me to get him, but he’s going to have to suffer to do it. 

My goal initially was to run the 5k in under 30 minutes, but now I think I can get under 28. I’ve done some interval runs, a few tempo runs, base runs, and held my target race pace for 2 miles yesterday. I got a Garmin Forerunner and that has been really helpful with pacing and tracking my progress. It has a race predictor feature and thinks I can run a 5k in 24:55, but my fastest mile time so far is only 8:42. 
 

I definitely get the runners high now and crave getting out there. I’m 46, but am hoping that since I don’t really have many miles on my knees that I can keep it up. I feel so much better and my mental health is better too. 

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