tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104840882214526893.post8093236983065521538..comments2023-09-23T04:19:38.630-05:00Comments on tfaar : Redefining NormalShannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12448886852257091786noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104840882214526893.post-79200510413999728772012-04-22T10:43:44.525-05:002012-04-22T10:43:44.525-05:0035 is amazing! I'm sure your Ultra Hubby will...35 is amazing! I'm sure your Ultra Hubby will tell you that walking hills is normal! <br /><br />Feeling that speed change is amazing, isn't it? It hit me on a short 2 mile run the day before a 6k trail race. I was hoping to do the race at an 8:30 to 9 pace. I did the training run at an easy pace and did it in 8:30 a mile. I felt "springy" is what I remember telling people. I finished 3rd the next day! I then hit 21 and under in 4 5k's through the spring and summer, even setting my PR on a Weds and then Sat 5k after doing a really tough 1/2 the Sunday before. Something just clicked. <br /><br />Kids? Yeah, they change us, too. If I didn't see them eating and wanting the junk I was eating, I never would have changed my diet and gotten off my ass. I didn't want them to be like me. Now, I do (well, with the diet and exercise at least!).<br /><br />I hit 35 miles once last September during a 12 hour Endurance Run. I was only planning on 20, but felt great and was smiling the whole way. It was an amazing experience! I ended up doing a 50k a month later and am hooked on Ultras! But it came at a cost- an overuse injury: a partially torn adductor muscle that I've bene rehabbing since October (I did aggravate the injury by...pushing to far too soon!). Today I'm hoping for 1.25 pain free miles. All part of those changes :)Erik Ammonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00425900877907841211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104840882214526893.post-28605915643151369282012-04-21T08:17:32.594-05:002012-04-21T08:17:32.594-05:00Maybe your legs don't need a rest! I don'...Maybe your legs don't need a rest! I don't know. I have gotten used to my six-day-a-week schedule, and I like that. I do other things besides running, though, so I feel that gives the legs a bit of a break. Maybe you are ready to join the running streak club?<br /><br />Yeah, 35 miles. I don't get it either, but different strokes for different folks, as my dad is fond of saying. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104840882214526893.post-36100435124033967262012-04-21T05:54:20.368-05:002012-04-21T05:54:20.368-05:0035 miles! Amazing! I love that you both run. Still...35 miles! Amazing! I love that you both run. Still trying to convert my husband.<br /><br />I'm already mourning the post-marathon resting after next weekend. The new normal is training every day, and I'm sad to lose that. But my legs need a rest. Or do they?Yo Momma Runshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02303930412601863052noreply@blogger.com