#Half Marathon PR

[babylawyerruns]

1:51:22 in my half marathon!! This felt great! I am so happy!!!!

[equinesandeducation]

Had the pleasure of joining the "Farmer's Cabbage" race today, a 10k race that rewards every finisher with a grocery bag filled with all the ingredients for Stamppot 🤤 Was still smiling in the photo, but after getting out there it started POURING down. Didn't know it was physically possible to get this wet, but here we are! Did get a PR on my 10k with headwind pretty much the whole way, so there's that

[bsaka7]

just ran 13 miles at a 10 flat which I don't think I've ever done in a non-race setting in my LIFE my like... easy tempo pace is like... 10:30-11:30 GENEROUSLY so idk wtf this is!!!!! legitimately this random monday long run is probably my second fastest half marathon of all time??????

like ig I've been running faster than normal bc im usually on the treadmill where I clock sub-10s bc i hate it so much but that's only 3 miles??? and I ran this at a lower altitude than i live bc i went into town???? did I retain more fitness over winter than I thought????? it was perfect weather???? but like I really did mostly feel like i was taking it easy??????? sorry i can't text my running friend about this bc we're training for a half together and she's rlly nervous and I don't want to make her feel like she needs to be pushing herself bc its gonna be fun and I'm gonna run at her pace . bc I'm proud of it...

[rulesforthedance]

Basically sports are never going to be a Totally Fair And Equal playing field where the only thing that determines your success is how hard you work because there are always going to be a million different types of bodies and genetic potentials in any category you might think to create. AND it is worth having SOME categories to make sports a little closer to fair and give more people a chance to be competitive. But the categories people choose to obsessively, rigidly police, the things about which people will say "THIS thing has to be EXACTLY EQUAL, nevermind all the other things that are not equal that I will never mention"... are. Telling

[roylustang]

LITCHERALLY UNPRECEDENTED second long run of a back-to-back long run FASTER than the first one 145 healed 623 brought back to life

[frances-baby-houseman]

Do I want to run the half marathon in my town on June 2? I have enough of a base that I only really need to throw in a few long runs to be able to run a half without much other training. I wouldn't be hunting for a PR or anything, but it would be fun? idk. I need to decide so I can squeeze in a handful of long runs, though! I want to do it bc it's a great race but I am a little wary bc I am VERY STRESSED about my commitments this spring and I need a break, but ALSO sometimes having the structure of long run weekends helps me process stress better.

Pricing goes up on Sunday so I have to decide by then lol.

[didee-anne]

I reached my goal of squatting my body weight and a half today! 4 sets of 3 reps @ 185lbs!

I need to work on being consistent with my depth but I’m so happy with how it went considering this was the first time I’ve ever tried to squat that weight.

I don’t plan on increasing the weight for a bit and I’m not sure when or even _if_ I should look into a lifting belt when I do? Any advice on that would be appreciated.

Lifting is going really well right now but running has taken a back seat. I need to change that because my next half is in September and I’d like to PR it. I’m not fast by any means; I’m aiming for a 2:30 time but that sounds so daunting. It’ll be my fourth half marathon and Rory’s second and the first one we’ve done together so I’m really excited for it even though I don’t love running.

This kind of was all over the place but whatever.

[inshelliesworld]

Buckle up. This is long.

Last night after dinner w/my fam I watched the SAG awards so I am a little behind on the conversation around the Chris Evans Clown Show Comedy Hour. However I read a couple of asks received by @nancydrewwouldnever about how he’s been looking like the Raggedy Andy version of his normal self these past few months and I couldn’t agree more.

I thought so watching the SMA videos People put out.

Back during my more naïve days, I just thought he was possibly exhausted and that could very well still be true. But after the rabbit hole I’ve been down for the past couple of months, I am of the opinion he's exhausted for a different reason than work requirements. Which is just that – my opinion: observation mixed with speculation.

I don’t think this RS – if it is rooted in PR like I think it is – was ever intended to last this long. From what I have gathered, the Netflix show and movie for which AB would have benefited the most having a lot of attention were originally supposed to both release in the first half of 2022. One or both were delayed, the show being very delayed -from first/second quarter all the way to the last quarter of the year. So not only did she lose out on a bump for the movie, but by the time her show finally launched it pretty much had already been axed by NF. So when Mr. SMA 2022 does the CP Marathon (horribly) with her, the only project she has going on at the time is hanging by a thread.

That's her fault for being lazy and entitled. A million golden opportunities were missed by her/her team, but I feel like Chris wasn’t going to sell anything very well anyway, as he likely was being pissy about this situationshit lasting so long. Which led me to thinking that “laser focus” press question was a plant to tie back to the earlier article BUT made me think it could possibly have been contrived as a way to signify the end of their "RS" had it gone to plan. The question would allow room for him to insinuate he was single again and “focused on finding the right partner” to “pour himself into” bc “awe, shucks, I’m just so unlucky in love…” 💀

BUT THAT CAN’T HAPPEN… he can’t signal the end of something that hasn’t yet been announced. So it looked to the viewer, and especially his fandom, that he was signaling his singlehood – and for his fans, to debunk the rumors flying around about his Lolita. NOW he has to stutter around and trap himself in word prisons and go take a quick pap sprint the same time as SMA announcement bc that’s when the show drops and do more photos and BS to sell the OVER year-long narrative when they were really prepped to do a 9ish-mos storyline. All the OG pics and scares (IMO) that were preemptively shot not only look slightly better but they also would have fit in with starting the RS storyline Fall 2021 and, if nothing would have been delayed, the end falling somewhere Summer 2022.

I think this is why he does such a shit job selling it. He struggles to sell intimacy anyway, but he’s not even giving it the ole college try bc he’s pissed off that it’s taken more time than he expected and dragging his feet. I mean…. All these rumors about the same chick for months HAS to have a negative impact on his harem, right?? 😂 Now she’s pissed that he’s dragging his feet – or maybe she wanted it to turn into more than what it is and he’s noped the fuck out – so she throws a hissy fit with the yoga cert mess, her mom’s pic, and her OF shower pictorial.  

It's possible had this not dragged along for this long, all the dirt that has surfaced RE: her and her sOuLMaTes being racist, antisemetic, fat phobic, basically all around horrendous ppl that has TANKED his image and lost him a good portion of his fandom would have maybe not surfaced. The mess would have been announced, been annoying, and been over before anyone cared enough to dig that much - or at least make that big of a deal about it, bc he would have been rid of her. I know that this dumpster fire mimics SS a lot but I think that Chris agreeing to a much shorter version in the beginning is why there are SO MANY pictures all at once. He probs didn't want to do this for the 2 years or whatever that SS committed to.

I think he has thrown his own tantrum of “I ain’t doin this shit anymore” and has left it to someone else to handle which is why he is AWOL from everywhere, including going out to dinner with his friend/castmates, and not doing his own SM anymore (I personally don’t think he’s posting anything at all right now himself). Seems he’s also made sure that he/his team control the mass narrative to the GP.

I think they’re riding this shit show out until the end, letting their teams do whatever they need to do. Even if she has the DESIRE to show up for anything like the Twitter reading (was she even invited? Was she wanted by her castmates/showrunners? Hollywood is show BUSINESS afterall so even if she wasn’t wanted she would be expected to show up to make good on production companies’ investments & save face?) the situations aren’t really going to be great for her. There would be – and SHOULD BE – backlash involving the discriminatory posts, which she obvs has no intentions of denouncing. IMO she should have done it anyway for her fans, but her not doing it goes a long way to prove her entitlement, lazy ass attitude, and ungratefulness. But from the looks of  those Star Power reports from IMDB that someone shared, it’s not her that’s hurting… it’s HIM. 🤡

He’s suffering greatly, which is also deserved, and he very likely knows it. It has taken a noticeable toll on his looks, his presence, his gait, and his energy. He looks like a shell of his former self bc he is. And he’s seemingly off licking his wounds until he can start his Chris Evans Redemption Tour.

I would like to put it out into the universe that my birthday is next month and it falls within their usual “drop” timeframe so it would be a fantastic birthday gift if March’s bomb was the BUA.            

[cam-strong]

Race Day! 13.1 miles

What a beautiful place for a half marathon!

I was so dying at the finish there 🫠 lol

But what a great race! My goal was 2:45 and I ran it in 2:55, which is still a 3 min PR from last month. The best part was, I felt so much better physically and mentally in this race. I ran straight for 10.75 miles until we came back up around the Diamond Head crater (which I crushed on the way out!). I kept a decent pace for much longer, and am so proud of my effort out there.

I’ll be ramping down road mileage for a few weeks as we head into vacation at the end of June. More time on the bike, and probably a few much needed yoga sessions (and sneaking in some trail runs, too). Then it’s time to plan the training cycle for the December marathon! I’ll probably find a few more shorter races to pepper in there, too. 🏃🏼‍♀️❤️

[doggernaut]

Hi, hello, if you've read It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two in the past day or so and are wondering what perfect storm of frustration/depression/anxiety contributed to its creation, have at it:

April 2022: After 20 years of marathoning, I ran a marathon PR at my dream race, 10/10 would do again, top 5 life moment.

May 2022: Asthma attack during a track workout, spent the entire summer rebuilding my lung capacity.

September 2022: Bruised the ball of my right foot, lost more training time (also started grad school, this is important later).

October 2022: Foolishly ran a out-of-state marathon anyway, started experiencing Covid symptoms the day I got home (did I get Covid on the plane to Chicago or at school... based on the timing it was probably school and I likely had it while racing, but who knows).

November 2022: Three weeks out from Covid I ran another out-of-state marathon. (I KNOW but listen. These two specific races were planned years before and got deferred due to Covid cancellations. I also ran the second of the two extremely slowly. Almost an hour and a half slower than my PR.)

November 2022-December 2022: Technically no longer testing positive for Covid but still coughing constantly due to a sinus infection and then some other infection. (RSV? It was going around.)

January 2023: No longer coughing, began slowly and reasonably training for the Boston Marathon in April.

February 2023: Knee pain?!?!

March 2023: Knee still in pain, can barely walk, let alone run. Hauled myself off to PT only to discover the cause of my knee pain is actually an imbalance, possibly due to overcompensating due to the lower back/hip pain I developed after sleeping on the couch for two weeks while I had Covid.

April 2023: Ran the Boston Marathon on minimal training and didn't do too bad, all things considered.

Summer 2023: Able to run slowly but comfortably. Had a glorious five weeks of running while studying in New Zealand. Even got down to tempo pace for a mile or two at one point.

September 2023: Returned home, tried running, couldn't breathe.

October/November 2023: Saw an allergist after a month and was diagnosed with a mold allergy (mold season in Seattle is ... bad ... but also never affected me before). The doctor concluded that this allergy and the exacerbation of my asthma in the aftermath of Covid is possibly due to having had Covid.

Started a daily inhaled steroid to help my lungs. Started being able to get through easy (3 mile) runs. Weaned myself off of it.

January 2024: New start! Committed to building back with daily runs and/or strength training sessions. Running does not feel as good as it used to. I have lost a lot of core strength over the past year and it makes a huge difference in how I feel during a run. Everything feels like a huge effort and thinking about ever being able to do a speed workout again is daunting, but at least I can run.

January 20, 2024: Fell down the motherfucking stairs in my house and severely bruised my tailbone, setting myself back YET AGAIN.

All of this is boring and unimportant if you are not me but if you're looking for context, this is it! I don't claim to be, like, a superstar athlete or anything but for the past decade or so I've been an "age group" runner, performing at or near the top of my age group in local races, running in the lead pack in group runs, hitting pretty tough (and I realize, somewhat arbitrary) qualifying standards (the Boston Marathon was a dream for a long time, and I finally got there), and seeing my times drop despite being in my forties now. It's hard, and humbling, to fall too far behind in such a short time. And it's hard to see my friends still excelling and feel like I'm being left behind. This is why Jack is kind of a sad, anxious mess in that fic! Because I am a sad, anxious mess!

[augment-techs]

Had weird thoughts about Dino Thunder after marathoning it and had to write it down.

Tommy: Black, Red, White, Green Grid compatible, but could also probably carry on like a strobe light if given half the chance, because he is The Special, so I'm not getting into the meaning.

Conner: Red Grid compatible, but, like, how ROCKY was Red Grid compatible. Is better in a small group, so they can share the burden. Kind of wish they'd done more with him in Beyond the Grid than just that one panel with Terona.

Ethan: Blue Grid compatible, but the entire time I watched the series my brain kept thinking a very stupid thought in that--should he be? Given all of the stuff all of these teens went through in equal measure, he seems to be the one to get in over his head or have shit tossed at him almost as much as Trent. I kinda feel like he would make a very good Green.

Kira: I get why she's Yellow. Yellow needed someone as sassy and in the moment/down to earth as her to ground the boys. I get it. But she should have either had a different Dino Zord or been given Pink as a secondary color. It kinda pisses me off.

Trent: They should have made his clone earlier to have made the secret keeping bullshit draw out and actually mean something. I'm happy that he's a White Ranger with a PAST that is not all sunshine and rainbows and is clearly mentally ill due to the strain and whatever was happening the entire time with Anton and Mesagog; but also I feel like he could have pulled in extra attention from Hayley, Devin, and Cassidy--because he's the member of the team with that vibe and it was SO wasted.

Hayley: Everyone has already said this, but I'll say it too. She should have been gay and hooked up with Elsa at the end, but more than that, she felt WAY more like an additional SPECIAL Ranger than most other tech support in PR. She would have been lovely in Gold or Silver, just sayin'.

Cassidy: They CODED her Purple. They coded the shit out of her and it pisses me off that it never went anywhere. She is regal, bossy, go in or go home; but more than that she has the Purple indicator of The Planner. A lot of her plans didn't go anywhere, but some of them DID and that feels important to a member of a comedy duo. Although I am a little grateful that this wasn't obvious because her hooking up ONCE with Ethan lead to--

Devin: Ethan was actually friends with this little softie who is so incredibly Orange coded that it makes me want to cry. Cass might be the Planner, but Devin is the DOER--he questions, he hesitates, but he gets the job DONE. And when we get to the end of the season, somehow unsurprisingly, he is gamer buddies with Ethan in a way that works for both of them. The Blue/Orange dynamic that could have been a building block for MORE to come. All these thoughts basically just boil down to my BEGGING the universe that when the comics get into the Dino Thunder series, some things get addressed that were missed on. Please.

[aurumacadicus]

Just saw a post of a TikTok saying cardio/running doesn’t make you skinny and as someone who runs regularly I want to add something without derailing the post.

Most of the thin people you see in pictures/on podiums were thin before they started running. If they weren’t, they also changed their diets substantially in conjunction with their exercise. People who run competitively or do long distance running want to be as fast as possible and to do that isn’t just physical; it’s caloric, too. To run long distances and run them well requires fuel. Every time I pick up running again (I’m a fair weather runner, I hate being out in the cold), because I don’t eat before my run, I am starving by the time I get home. Yeah you’re burning calories, but extended running is a strain on the body. It’s why long distance runners carry snacks (nutrient-dense stuff made specifically for running) that they eat at certain points of their runs to make sure they have the right amount of fuel for their bodies.

My older sister, when she trains for marathons, has bought a meal plan to make sure she gets the right amount of food for the distances she goes. I have a copy somewhere I can get a picture of to show you if you’re interested. The food is healthy but it’s also calorically dense. Carb loading isn’t a joke, it’s something common in long-distance runners. My mom has made offhand remarks that she’s surprised my sister isn’t skinnier with all the running she does and I’m just like. Have you seen how much she eats? She’s constantly trying to top her marathon PR and to be fast as fuck you’ve got to be fueled as fuck. This year she’s training for a half-Ironman so I get the feeling if she’s not working out she’s going to be eating.

So like. I’m sorry if I ever made you think I ran to lose weight and that you could too. I run because my sister runs and we like to do it “together” (she zooms around the track and waves each time she passes me, I huff and puff and feel accomplished because I did something, we finish at the same time and complain about the same fucking insects that bothered us). I run because it doesn’t require a gym membership, just a good pair of sneakers and a sports bra, which I already own. I run because I like the way my legs look after I build muscle on them. I run because I also have a drive to beat my 5K PR and have dreams of running a 10K.

I do not run because I want to be skinny. That’s just setting myself up for failure. I burn three hundred calories maybe when I run and I eat it all back because I’m not in a position to change my diet right now. And I’m okay with that.

[metastablephysicist]

thinking about 2023.

i read 15 books this year. not a ton, but a good amount for how many things i have going on. a good chunk of it was lesbian pulp from the fifties (i don't get why people were frothing at the mouth for beebo brinker. between the domestic violence and dog murder. well. she sucks).

didn't get any papers published, although there's one in the works. i survived another two semesters of grad school. made friends with people in my field from other universities and labs. i still need to finish this one coding project i had.

didn't do as much with the union as i would have liked to. hoping i will have more free time next year.

in that same vein, i wish i had spent more time with my friends this year. so much of my time went to work and school. i fit in some camping/hiking/etc over school breaks but i wish there had been more of it.

i did do some things i'm proud of! i got married and had a nice little party. ran a marathon. pr in the half marathon. dog training has been slow but successful.

in 2024 i'm going to try to limit time online, cook more (& different foods), and get better at going to the dentist (something i am currently very good at avoiding. hate the dentist. not the actual person but like. the experience). feels like very easy and achievable goals. we'll see :)

[hawkeyedflame]

my high school PR for the 5k was 23:04. nothing remotely special, but not the worst. i was always above average but not enough to solo advance beyond the district meets. i believe i ran this PR my senior year, so that time was the culmination of 5+ years of training.

last week i ran a 5k in 22:42, fully 22 seconds faster than i ever ran in high school, and also 1:05 faster than a 5k i did in mid-october. i started running again in the beginning of august, so about three and a half months before this race. i wasn't doing any targeted training, i was just running however i felt like running. i also didn't strategize very well during the race and left a lot of potential on the table.

the fact that 3 months of running after 10 years of being completely sedentary and also very sick, and i'm faster than i've ever been before and definitely nowhere near my physical limits... it's just crazy. the power of a carnivore diet really can't be overstated.

i also ran a 1:45 half marathon a couple weeks ago and i think i'll be able to run a sub-3:30 in the full marathon i'm running in april. i wager i can run a sub-3 marathon within the next 18 months if i continue running consistently. i'm about to become one of those insane people who runs the 50+ mile ultramarathons lmao, just because my body can do it without the need to guzzle carbs every 10 miles of running

[musingsoflulu]

how did your road marathon go?!

Aw thanks for asking! A few weeks ago, I started developing right hip pain after sustained speed efforts. I also just wasn’t feeling excited or ready to race 26.2 miles. I hadn’t built my mileage or my speed up to the level I needed to for a PR due to a rocky training block while navigating some health stuff (I’m fine!).

I ended up going down to the half marathon distance and ran it in 1:47:01. Not a half PR but a solid effort. I wanted it to be over by mile 5 so probably a good thing I didn’t have to run 26 miles 😂 and now I am excited to just get back out on the trails and for summer adventures in general. I have NO other races planned this season and I’m excited about it!

And Logan was as supportive as ever yesterday. I saw him at mile 10 and teared up because wow, this is my person!!! 🥹🥹🥹

[robinruns]

So this bitch came to Madison, ran my PR race and did it all in the name of JKR. Fuck terfs. I'm gonna come for this piece of shit's record and I'm gonna do it for LGBT+ youth.

I used to run for myself. Now I'm apparently running on spite. Fuck cancer, fuck terfs. I'm running to take down all my enemies now.