This is right. I just tested it.

Thanks for the feedback.

Yes, in the Texas Heat even at 5am it's about 88F and sometimes 90%+ humidity. It's nasty.

The last 4 weeks average is 10 miles a week. So, not much volume.

I want to enjoy running. I enjoy almost all fitness activities. I really enjoy improving performance. Even though I don't "love" running, I like it enough and want to be good at it enough that I'll stick with it. I'm the type of person that obsessed over a goal or something I'm passionate about.

I was making good progress on a half marathon plan. Halfway through, got up to 9 miles on my long run. Very slow pace intentionally but also because I'm slow and new to running. I took a full week off because stress is starting to effect me physiologically. Yesterday was my first run back, also got a running coach, and it sucked!

One mile warm up, repeated a fartlek 3 times of 3 minutes on, 1-1/2 minutes jog, 2 minutes on, 1 minute jog, and 1 minute on, 30 seconds jog. Another mile cool down. Got caught in the rain on the coold down too, lol.

My hamstrings are shot. Tomorrow I have another tasty one that I am but also am not looking forward to.

4 mile run and ending with 6x100m sprints.

I'm aiming for a sub 2-hour half next year.

Took a week off after my longest run ever on Saturday the 18th. I did 16 miles; ran 4 miles at a jog, 4 miles as a harder pace (10:30/mile for me), and repeated it twice. It was a grest run by my feet were killing me after. Got major blisters since I was wearing (the wrong) new shoes.

Started back up yesterday morning. Did 6 miles and then 6x 100m sprints. Tomorrow I'll do 7 miles and then Saturday I'll do another long run. Not sure what I'll do since my running coach was injured and hasn't prescribed me workouts this week.

My race is the Chevron Houston Marathon in January, but I'm only running the half. My first race ever.

Thank you! I literally just read that on the getting started post. However, what if someone else creates the same username as me on another instance?

I'm using a Garmin Fenix 7, plus the chest HRM strap. I feel like wrist only wouldn't be as accurate. With that said, might not be a bad idea so scrap the chest one since I'm trying NOT to focus on HR so much and go more by effort. Not sure yet.

Thanks for the support. I'm going to take your advice but I just wanted to add that I'm on week 10 of building. It started with two 2 miles and a 3, and built up each week. I'll just keep trucking along.

Thanks. I hope so! I hope my body can handle it though. I'm fit, but not running fit, and I think with mental stress my body is having a hard time recovering.

I'm not sleeping very good and my Garmin watch shows my HRV dropping. Any advice?

My lungs aren't burning at all. I have my breath still, it's my legs

Mmmmm, gadgets.

Unbelievable. Congratulations!

I see. Thanks for the insight.

Good question. I also hardly even hear anyone on 10/15

That's great news. It's so ironic that every wreck less driver in a beater car I see has a paper plate.

Maybe they just don't have antennas for 17+?

Just installed it on Linux mint, but but using it full screen. Trying to share space with my weather station.

Also, I don't yet understand what all the data means.

Yeah, it's no joke. My weather station in my backyard hit a heat index of 122f with an actual temp of 99f and rel. humidity of 56% at that time.

Edit: my memory was off. Image attached. Maybe worse than I thought, lol!

I don't EDC a knife. I use my countycomm mini pry bar almost daily to:

• pull out staples from documents
• pull out metal shavings from shoes
• open packages

Interesting idea. I'm not sure that would work. I sweat so much I can't imagine anything sticking. I have pretty sensitive skin, too. I had to wear a 24-hour holter monitor and I literally still have a spot on my skin where the patch was in the shape of a square from months ago!

So similar. In high school and college ball, I was ALWAYS at the back of the pack with the "fat guys". I have wondered if I have something biologically that makes it so, or if I'm just a punk and need to suck it up and run more to get better. I guess I'll find out, lol!