Tabbycat here.

I did 3.1 miles this evening without stopping, just to see if I could. (I had to walk a bit in last Saturday's 5K when the steamy temperature was over 90 without a hint of breeze). I guess I'm just not a good morning runner, because it was easy tonight. (Of course, we had a cool front on Sunday and the temperature was a pleasant 70-something without the humidity of Saturday, so that could have been part of it.)

Two more 5K's this month...

Just some new news on running. My husband who is an ultra marathoner--was told by his doctor to stop running longer distances. His doctor found a left branch block in his heart--(not serious for him anyway)--which is exercise induced. He noticed his heart skipping a beat here and there after a half marathon and decided he had better check it out. He went through all kinds of tests, etc.

Anyway the doctor--(who is a runner himself) told him to keep running to stay in shape but no more distances over 5 miles. Apparently they're starting to find out--that the benefit of running longer distances hits a plateau eventually, and those that are running shorter distances actually catch up to the longer distance runners--at the fitness and health ratio. IOW--for the longer distance runner--it becomes no longer beneficial for them to keep running long distances.

Now he's in his 60's so I don't want younger people to get intimidated by running longer distances.

Here is an article regarding the endurance athlete's heart--that they've been studying for decades.

http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/123/23/2723.full

Kscott - glad your husband had everything checked out. How scary! I've read here and there on this topic recently. Thanks for posting the link to the study!

I woke up yesterday morning at 4:50 am and went for a slow 3 mile run. I hate getting up early but it's always nice once I get going. I always see the same people at the park at that time

14 miles in so far this month and I'm about to leave for a 5 mile run. It's so warm and sunny and I have the day off. I HAVE to run!

Great run, Tabbycat! I seem to be slower in the AM too. I like on my days off that I can go mid afternoon as that seems to be my best time to go. I am usually tired after work but mornings are the worst!

Thanks Lizzi--I found the issue and article to be real interesting too.

Got 4 miles in with puppy on Wed. {good thing it was early it PORED RAIn all the rest of the day} We sure need it got 1 hr of weights,today is a work day and usually have my pain issues after a work day...MAYBE not today

Joined a local running club - all girls which I really enjoyed!

3.2 miles on Tuesday night.

Lucky! I wish I could join one. They are all about 30-45 minutes in traffic from where I live and after work I just can't make myself drive out there. Thursday and Friday's are my rest days from running but I did do a strength training class on Thursday night. Today, I run a 5k. It has a late(r) start for a Saturday am run. It starts at 10 am. At least the weather is great and I don't have to worry about heat.

Tabbycat here.
Another sultry day on the Texas coast. I started a run about noon and the heat and humidity were so wicked I started to feel bad. (I'm not 55 any more!) The sun was blazing too. So I only went about a mile and a half, then cooled off in the swimming pool.
I'll try again on Monday evening... tomorrow is a full day with orchestra. Or maybe I can try tomorrow in the early morning. The next 5K is a week from today, and if the weather report is correct we should have a cool front by then.

Tabbycat,
That heat sounds brutal. I hope it cools off by your 5k.

I ran my 5k this morning. I was so nervous I didn't even post about this: I stepped off the pavement while running on Tuesday and thought I didn't injure myself and couldn't believe it as I could have broke my ankle. What I did was stretch the tendon in the bottom of my foot(plantar fasciitis). I didn't really realize it/admit it till Wednesday after I ran. It did bother me pretty bad then and I started icing it, wearing sneakers all day, and taking Aleve. By Friday, it was 90% better. This morning it felt good enough to run on and I experienced no pain! And now I feel it just enough to know its there but not bad at all. I ended up getting 2nd in my age group even though I was a minute slower than last week and I walked SEVERAL times. I think I paced myself too fast to be able to walk so much and finish only a minute later. I am feeling a little burnt out. Two 5ks a weekend has become too much and have left me feeling run down. I know I could run that distance as a training run but as a second race, its too much... Lesson learned. Thankfully I only signed up for today's this weekend.

Did 10.06 today! And it totally sucked! It was so warm - about 75 and the sun was out. It was nice but I should have started much earlier. I ran the first 7.5 miles but had to run/walk the rest home. My stomach was sooo unhappy. And I ran out of water/gatorade. I was so thankful for the police officer who was patroling the path - he gave me a bottle of water

But its been too long since I've had a double digit run - way back in April and that was a race!

I'm pretty sure I'm going to be doing a marathon next year - so I need to build my miles back up. But I was so not ready for 10 today!

Ran a nice, easy 3.5 miles on Saturday - beautiful weather.

Monmis - I am lucky! I only wish I had taken advantage sooner! While I do enjoy solo running, it's nice to have the option to join a group sometimes. I'm going to try to do it every Tues.

Lizzy - that's such a nice police officer!

Nice work everyone!

lm389: Glad you had a good run Saturday. The weather for my 5k Saturday was great and the skies opened up and it started storming as soon as they gave out the medals. In fact, I barely made it to the car before it started and I'm guessing the sound system was taken down and put away in a hurry.

I ran a little under 5 miles this am. Then, since I'm off work this week, I went to one of my favorite morning classes at my gym. Its called KettleFusion and is a combo of kettlebells and cardio. I did a fast mile on the treadmill a little faster than my race pace. From what I read, increasing mileage will help me decrease my 5k time and some speed work as well. I am adding an additional day of running to my schedule and am going to do some speedwork.

Did first day of my week 5 of a C25K program. I am using ease into 5K.

Well the neat thing was up till now I could feel my lungs and circulation getting better but my legs it was still hard to the running. My legs felt noticably stronger though running yesterday.

Perhaps my legs are catching up now. That would be nice.

Tabbycat here.
I did a 3 mile run this evening. It's still warm and muggy but not as bad as Saturday was. I sure am ready for cooler weather!

diamondgeog-Glad to hear C25k is going well for you. I loosely followed it in July when I started running.

Tabbycat-Sounds like a good run!

Its nice and cool here lately. I love Fall! Today, since I'm off, I'm doing my training run on a relatively new bypass built in town. It is 2.75 miles(5.5 miles out n back) and has a wide sidewalk with very few intersecting roads. I have seen a lot of people run on it at any given time of the day. It will be a nice change from running 1 mile laps in the dark at home. Afterwards, I'm headed to the gym for a strength training class.