Anyone here tried this new thing called "jogging" ?

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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,836
    What it looked like as I finished the run this morning.  🌅

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  • beano.79
    beano.79 Posts: 785
    F Me In The Brain said:
    What it looked like as I finished the run this morning.  🌅

    👌 Great.
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,126
    F Me In The Brain said:
    What it looked like as I finished the run this morning.  🌅

    That is beautiful. Nice reward for finishing your run. I never get out early enough to see that. 
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,836
    Yeah, I didnt even notice until I pulled out the headphones and turned my watch off.  Looked up and went, whoa!  Walked around for a few minutes during cool down to enjoy it.
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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    I've continued slogging through my runs since I started back a couple of weeks ago. They're already becoming a bit easier.

    The highlight today - a hummingbird buzzed up and hovered about 5 feet in front of my face and let me get to within a couple of feet before it zoomed off. I didn't want my little running buddy to leave.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,836
    That would have been cool if the bird stayed with you for a while!
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  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,126
    oftenreading said:
    I've continued slogging through my runs since I started back a couple of weeks ago. They're already becoming a bit easier.

    The highlight today - a hummingbird buzzed up and hovered about 5 feet in front of my face and let me get to within a couple of feet before it zoomed off. I didn't want my little running buddy to leave.
    I love hummingbirds. I never see them in NYC. That is so awesome you got so close to one. Glad the running is going well. 
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,126
    I’m visiting my parents for the first time in a long time. They have both been fully vaccinated for over a month and I had a negative Covid test the day before I came here. I did a run in their neighborhood this morning. If you all remember my post from last time I was here there are fairly steep inclines all over their neighborhood. I can’t avoid them. So today was hard with the inclines but I did my usual 5 miles. It was really nice having different scenery though. Also, no mask was needed. I didn’t pass a single person on my run. When I run at home I still have to wear a mask at least around my chin so I can pull it up when I pass someone. But here my face and neck can feel the breeze. 

    I am wearing a mask in their house though. Even though my parents have been vaccinated I haven’t had my turn yet. 
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,836
    Great news!  
    I'm happy for you all that you get to be together again.  
    The run sounds great as well.  What a treat to be able to run wlo a mask!

    I haven't seen my mother, brother, not sister and their family members since Christmas 2019.  
    I don't live close enough to "distance visit" as we do with my wife's family.
    Seeing my mom is the first priority for me once I am vaccinated and the time period after is done.  

    Running a virtual 5k tomorrow as part of my 45 min scheduled run.  Will try to run a decent time but I know I'll have to continue to the end of the 45 mins so I don't want to go too hard during the first 3.1 miles of my time.  Will be fun to try and push it, some, and also 45 mins will represent the longest time out there in a long time.  

    It would be more fun to have a rabbit but I'll have to wait until races are going again and people are vaccinated before getting that chance. 
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,836
    Also....on the hills.  Last weekend, where we went hiking I finally found some major hills I can run around here.    For sure going to do that, soon.  Sure it will hurt but it'll be a fun change.
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  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,126
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Great news!  
    I'm happy for you all that you get to be together again.  
    The run sounds great as well.  What a treat to be able to run wlo a mask!

    I haven't seen my mother, brother, not sister and their family members since Christmas 2019.  
    I don't live close enough to "distance visit" as we do with my wife's family.
    Seeing my mom is the first priority for me once I am vaccinated and the time period after is done.  

    Running a virtual 5k tomorrow as part of my 45 min scheduled run.  Will try to run a decent time but I know I'll have to continue to the end of the 45 mins so I don't want to go too hard during the first 3.1 miles of my time.  Will be fun to try and push it, some, and also 45 mins will represent the longest time out there in a long time.  

    It would be more fun to have a rabbit but I'll have to wait until races are going again and people are vaccinated before getting that chance. 
    I hope you get to see your family soon. My whole family (except for me) all live within 20 minutes of each other. So, while I am here I am also seeing my brother, sister, and all the nieces and nephews (with masks on). I had only been back here one time since Thanksgiving 2019. Usually, I am here about 4 times a year. 

    Good luck with the 5k. I can’t believe how much progress you have made in the short time you have been back to running. Running the hills today was hard but somewhat satisfying. I am doing one more run here on Sunday and then heading back to NYC on Monday. 

  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,836
    Hope the day is awesome for you today and tomorrow is a great run!

    My watch tells me it was not a PR, but I have not run a 5k since I started running longer distances since they all cancelled last year.  It was a Race PR, which is what I was hoping for.  The pace was a bit behind a 5k I did which was actually 3.4 miles instead of 3.1 and so even though my time was longer on that, I was faster.  (And it had a big ass hill)

    S'ok, I will take it where I can get it. 
    Was under 9 mins per mile, which is good for me.  
    Overall, the 45 mins was good to do.  Was much slower after I started the clock again to finish out the time post 5k, I had hoped to get to 5 miles and was a quarter short.  
    Still ...almost 5 miles ...45 mins.  Best work since November, I'll take it and enjoy some vodka tonight.  ;)



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  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,126
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Hope the day is awesome for you today and tomorrow is a great run!

    My watch tells me it was not a PR, but I have not run a 5k since I started running longer distances since they all cancelled last year.  It was a Race PR, which is what I was hoping for.  The pace was a bit behind a 5k I did which was actually 3.4 miles instead of 3.1 and so even though my time was longer on that, I was faster.  (And it had a big ass hill)

    S'ok, I will take it where I can get it. 
    Was under 9 mins per mile, which is good for me.  
    Overall, the 45 mins was good to do.  Was much slower after I started the clock again to finish out the time post 5k, I had hoped to get to 5 miles and was a quarter short.  
    Still ...almost 5 miles ...45 mins.  Best work since November, I'll take it and enjoy some vodka tonight.  ;)



    Excellent. Definitely have a drink tonight. Your time was great. Under 9 min per mile is something I could never do even without any injuries 😂. I am happy if my time hovers around 10:30 per mile. 
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,836
    GlowGirl said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Hope the day is awesome for you today and tomorrow is a great run!

    My watch tells me it was not a PR, but I have not run a 5k since I started running longer distances since they all cancelled last year.  It was a Race PR, which is what I was hoping for.  The pace was a bit behind a 5k I did which was actually 3.4 miles instead of 3.1 and so even though my time was longer on that, I was faster.  (And it had a big ass hill)

    S'ok, I will take it where I can get it. 
    Was under 9 mins per mile, which is good for me.  
    Overall, the 45 mins was good to do.  Was much slower after I started the clock again to finish out the time post 5k, I had hoped to get to 5 miles and was a quarter short.  
    Still ...almost 5 miles ...45 mins.  Best work since November, I'll take it and enjoy some vodka tonight.  ;)



    Excellent. Definitely have a drink tonight. Your time was great. Under 9 min per mile is something I could never do even without any injuries 😂. I am happy if my time hovers around 10:30 per mile. 
    I won't have A drink.  ;).   A few, perhaps.  
    Will be interesting to see where my time slots.  I'm usually in the middle on these things....much slower than some, faster than others.
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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Hope the day is awesome for you today and tomorrow is a great run!

    My watch tells me it was not a PR, but I have not run a 5k since I started running longer distances since they all cancelled last year.  It was a Race PR, which is what I was hoping for.  The pace was a bit behind a 5k I did which was actually 3.4 miles instead of 3.1 and so even though my time was longer on that, I was faster.  (And it had a big ass hill)

    S'ok, I will take it where I can get it. 
    Was under 9 mins per mile, which is good for me.  
    Overall, the 45 mins was good to do.  Was much slower after I started the clock again to finish out the time post 5k, I had hoped to get to 5 miles and was a quarter short.  
    Still ...almost 5 miles ...45 mins.  Best work since November, I'll take it and enjoy some vodka tonight.  ;)




    Strong work. Enjoy the celebration.

    I have stopped timing myself :lol: . Cowardly, perhaps, but it wasn't adding to my enjoyment of the process and I'm not looking to win any races (or at this point even enter any races, mostly because there aren't any). I just run, see how I feel, and try to push myself if it feels like I'm not doing what I could. 
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,836
    That sounds good.  
    You know that I track everything so finding a way to gauge (distance/time) is key for me.  My brain fights the idea of not tracking things.  :lol:. 
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  • beano.79
    beano.79 Posts: 785
    Happy Monday 🥴 sounds like you all had productive weekends! 

    I did a last long run on Friday, I'm going to reduce the miles a little through April to make sure I'm fresh when the 100 miler training begins in may.

    Also found this promo of the postponed event I am now doing next April... Very excited for this.. 100km over 2 days.

    https://youtu.be/6mL6RT7vNbc
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,836
    Dude, I just spent a bit of time on their site.  That is friggin' awesome.  I'm not a trail runner but that makes me want to be.  Would love to hear about this after you complete.
    Who knows, perhaps something to aim for. 

    Went back to check the virtual logs for how people finished up this weekend.
    104/748
    67/283 M
    25/95 M 40-49

    I was in top hundred until last night - which I thought was cool.  Never been in the top 100 of a race that lots of people participated in. 
    Still haven't!  :lol:       
    25/95 for my age/gender bracket isn't awful.  I know I am not fast but the competitor in me does kind of struggle with seeing that I could have been 15/95 if I just had been a minute faster.   (Of course, if I finished there, I would bitch that I could have been 9/95 if I had just been a minute faster than that.  :lol:)   

    How these things go, I suppose.

    One thing I question, however, is the honesty of the people submitting the results.  I have been in races pre-Covid where the top times were much faster, it was a "slow" field, so it is not that....it is 2 listings, in particular.
    Both with the same last name, finishers # 2 and #4 out of 748.

    #2 is 12 years old, #4 is 10 years old.

    I would expect most teenagers who run to whip my ass, I know my teen self would have, but a 10 year old?  Seems suspect.

    They do have a spot for you to upload your GPS tracker but I don't think it was mandatory and it does not show on the results page. 
    I'm sure nobody gives 2 shits (I certainly don't, it was fun to time myself and post a result) but it made me question the results when a 10 year old is supposedly 7 minutes faster over 3.1 miles. 

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  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,126
    beano.79 said:
    Happy Monday 🥴 sounds like you all had productive weekends! 

    I did a last long run on Friday, I'm going to reduce the miles a little through April to make sure I'm fresh when the 100 miler training begins in may.

    Also found this promo of the postponed event I am now doing next April... Very excited for this.. 100km over 2 days.

    https://youtu.be/6mL6RT7vNbc
    I watched the video. Wow. I wish I could do something like that. It looks amazing. I would probably spend most of it walking. Those rock climbs look pretty serious. What kinds of times to people post in those types of events. What are you aiming for?
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,126
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Dude, I just spent a bit of time on their site.  That is friggin' awesome.  I'm not a trail runner but that makes me want to be.  Would love to hear about this after you complete.
    Who knows, perhaps something to aim for. 

    Went back to check the virtual logs for how people finished up this weekend.
    104/748
    67/283 M
    25/95 M 40-49

    I was in top hundred until last night - which I thought was cool.  Never been in the top 100 of a race that lots of people participated in. 
    Still haven't!  :lol:       
    25/95 for my age/gender bracket isn't awful.  I know I am not fast but the competitor in me does kind of struggle with seeing that I could have been 15/95 if I just had been a minute faster.   (Of course, if I finished there, I would bitch that I could have been 9/95 if I had just been a minute faster than that.  :lol:)   

    How these things go, I suppose.

    One thing I question, however, is the honesty of the people submitting the results.  I have been in races pre-Covid where the top times were much faster, it was a "slow" field, so it is not that....it is 2 listings, in particular.
    Both with the same last name, finishers # 2 and #4 out of 748.

    #2 is 12 years old, #4 is 10 years old.

    I would expect most teenagers who run to whip my ass, I know my teen self would have, but a 10 year old?  Seems suspect.

    They do have a spot for you to upload your GPS tracker but I don't think it was mandatory and it does not show on the results page. 
    I'm sure nobody gives 2 shits (I certainly don't, it was fun to time myself and post a result) but it made me question the results when a 10 year old is supposedly 7 minutes faster over 3.1 miles. 

    Great job!! Just keep reminding yourself that you had a pretty serious injury just a few months ago. I agree that the 10 year old sounds a bit suspect. But you never know. Once actual races come back and they give everyone the chip, you will get more honest times. But, for now having fun is the main point. 

    I am heading back to NYC in a few hours so I saw the last of the hills yesterday - until I come back in a few months. I am actually sore from those damn inclines. 

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