IM3898 The hydration pack do you get bounce with it? It looks very similar to a hiking water pack I have holds more water but is also a vest may try it on my next run just to see maybe save some money...otherwise my birthday is this month!!!! IT IS VERY HOT here in the summer and I am already drinking everything on my belt in a 6 mile run,and I am having to moniter it on a 12 miler and its not even hot yet! And its all desert and NO WHERE to stop for water ,I was thinking of doing caches for my next 12 or 1/2 I do.

Deva - that's the best part - NO bounce or at least I certainly don't feel it...so great & light weight. I love it.

Used again last night for smooth 5.5 mile run around 9 p.m. - it was nice & cool out which was great!

Thank you TRIP! I'm so excited but obviously nervous - I've run a bunch of half marathon's but no fulls! I would be petrified w/ that much responsibility haha - you always hear comments after a race about the water stations!! It may be cute but I HATE when they have little kids helping out at them b/c they have no idea what they are doing and it's like hi- I'm kind of in the middle of a race here! Yes...I'm that grinch lol.

I have to have minor surgery in June for a painful neuroma so I'm hoping that by removing that, I'll be in better running condition!

IM3898 Thanks for info I ran with my hydration pack today it joslted water noice a little annoying it holds over 2.5 liters,I put 1 liter in it flop a bit it wasn't bad but to do 13.5 with it on not sure I could handle,I also have a camel back small maygive that a try on next run.

Had a short run today 3.5 with the pack fantasic day out!

Cherrypie: Enjoy you 1/2 mary...RUN LIKE SOME ONE LEFT THE GATE OPEN!

Ran sat 3.6 . Took Sun off. Man this thread almost hit page 2

Mother's Day Five Mile Race yesterday - I finished 51/275 with 40:50!! I beat last years time by 4 min, 25 seconds!!! SOooooooooooooooo happy with that. It was a bit sunny/hot for part of the run but last year I had just stared running about a month prior and started too fast - this year I was more prepared.

IM 3898 great time on your race!I was just thinking how we have all improved!

As for me 6.5 today.

3.6 today Wed. just got back and its 82 already sweatin like a little piggy! And it not even 9. Should have gone sooner but did weight workout first.

Deva - you put me to shame...I got lazy last night and finished my book/ate mac & cheese instead of my planned 4 miler...oh well today is another day...

Wish me luck all - getting an MRI WITH CONTRAST tonight [totally freaked out about the contrast injection...] on my right foot to confirm it is in fact a neuroma causing allllllllll this foot pain for the last year. If it is, I'm cutting that s8cker out...I can't deal w/ the constant foot pain when running anymore - I've tried cortison shots, alcohol shots, custom orthodics & different sneakers...it ends today!!!

lm - I am a total BABY when it comes to needles and I had a contrast MRI for a mass in my brain in 2010 and it was no biggie at all.

I really hope you get an ANSWER and a SOLUTION!!!! Sending major good vibes to you!

I ran 7 yesterday, got back to work and thought - hmmm... that seemed short... I never in 1 million years thought I would think of 7 as a shortish run!! Also, no residual soreness from my 1/2 mary - thought there might be. Time was a little slow but not too bad....

Jen

No running for me right now. My ankle is sort of locked, so I have a limited range of motion. I'm allowed to swim and do yoga and have PT exercises to do. I can run again in 2-3 weeks if it's getting better.

Sorry Nikel - it s8cks to be limited - I totally understand that feeling. How long do you have PT for?

It's 83 in NY today but I am DEFINITELY running tonight - it's times like today that I regret doing nothing on Tues when I should have ran b/c tonight I could have enjoyed a frozen cocktail oh well - gotta do it - summer is wayyyyyy too close for comfort. Got the MRI last night and I was a baby for nothing - barely felt the injection!

Can you do water "running"? One time I got injured while training for the NYC marathon and my coach threw me in the pool with an "aqua jogger" belt and I did a lot my training there... I didn't really "like" it very much... but it was nice to still be able to sort of have the feeling of "running"...

I still use an aqua jogger belt and do some "runs" in pool in the summer just for a change of pace and when I start to get a little bit "tweaked" from the pounding of running on the roads...

I could probably do water running. I've been swimming as cross training though, so I feel like I'm getting enough of a workout. I make sure and do some laps with the kickboard and some with the flippers, to make sure my legs get a little extra work.

She told me to take at least 2 weeks off. I've got a 10k right at the 2 week point, so I'll probably do it, just at an easier pace. If it still hurts then (it doesn't hurt anymore, but I obvs haven't tried running again) I'll have to go back and get it taped.

Nickel: good for you cross training with the swimining read where you want to do a tri,YOU GO GIRL!
Im3898 hope you get your test results soon and all is good,once when I got the contrast thing the guy hit the wrong spot and my arm hurt like **** and it was icy cold AND then I had to lay still! ( I have to get one every year for my acoustic neuroma)(balance nerves)

As for me today ran 9 with a head wind on the way home that made me go so slow felt like I was walking on a treadmill.

I was going to post this in the C25K thread, but it's enough of a milestone for me to feel like it belongs here.

I ran 20 minutes straight today!!! Something that, honestly, I *never* thought I would be able to do....especially jumping from just eight minutes, I could not believe it when my C25K "coach", Coach Block, bellowed, "Halfway there!!" I almost thought my iPod was broken. *L*

I've signed up for my first 5K on Father's Day. I'm hoping to be able to run the entire thing, but I'd be satisfied just to finish it.