Saturday in the sun . . .

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Saturday in the sun . . .

Postby NMG » Sat Jul 04, 2015 7:15 am

Just a shade under 12K for me bright and early this morning before the heat starts to pick up. Headed to the football game tonight, it should be a gorgeous evening!
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Re: Saturday in the sun . . .

Postby marymac442 » Sat Jul 04, 2015 8:08 am

Heading out shortly for 19k, hoping our route has shade or a breeze. Après run one of the gals is having a brunch for all of us yummy.
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Re: Saturday in the sun . . .

Postby purdy65 » Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:32 am

17 k in the beautiful sunshine .;)
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Re: Saturday in the sun . . .

Postby Habs4ever » Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:46 am

12k in very smokey humid conditions.
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Re: Saturday in the sun . . .

Postby Caocao » Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:50 am

10 miles on the trails in Gatineau Park.
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Re: Saturday in the sun . . .

Postby ian » Sat Jul 04, 2015 11:05 am

Running club plus some junk miles for 23K. Our lake now has three tiny cygnets.
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Re: Saturday in the sun . . .

Postby Nicholas » Sat Jul 04, 2015 11:57 am

Slow 16K on the trails in Kanata this morning. Longest run in over a year and it felt like it.
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Re: Saturday in the sun . . .

Postby jharbeck » Sat Jul 04, 2015 12:59 pm

Another run to the pool. 7.8 km, then swim and dive and beer and burger.
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Re: Saturday in the sun . . .

Postby NMG » Sat Jul 04, 2015 1:30 pm

Gimp wrote:Slow 16K on the trails in Kanata this morning. Longest run in over a year and it felt like it.


Where abouts did you go Gimp? Are you running in Stony Swamp?
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Re: Saturday in the sun . . .

Postby marymac442 » Sat Jul 04, 2015 2:25 pm

marymac442 wrote:Heading out shortly for 19k, hoping our route has shade or a breeze. Après run one of the gals is having a brunch for all of us yummy.


Survived - there was shade for all but about 4k and more breeze than expected so it was tolerable. The 500 m hike up the hill to get back to breakfast was tougher than it looked on paper :?
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Re: Saturday in the sun . . .

Postby Dstew » Sat Jul 04, 2015 3:25 pm

7 K in about 2 hours.

3.5 K and 700 meters of elevation change to the top of Prairie mountain and then back down.
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Re: Saturday in the sun . . .

Postby ultraslacker » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:38 pm

12 miles done... on very tired legs. I think that's the only sucky part of ultra training--forcing yourself to run on tired legs when you just want to rest and eat! :)
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Re: Saturday in the sun . . .

Postby Nicholas » Sat Jul 04, 2015 7:16 pm

NMG wrote:
Gimp wrote:Slow 16K on the trails in Kanata this morning. Longest run in over a year and it felt like it.


Where abouts did you go Gimp? Are you running in Stony Swamp?

No, today we ran from Halzeldean Mall, across Eagleson Road and down those trails to the TransCanada trail and East to Corkstown Road.
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Re: Saturday in the sun . . .

Postby Sustain26 » Sun Jul 05, 2015 5:55 am

Yes, it's Sunday, but I ran this yesterday (season best):

according to Garmin: 22.54 km, 3:27 hrs., avg. pace 9:10/km, ascent 1230 m.

I can do better, pretty sure of that. It's a hilly course, some trails in Mount Royal park and adjacent regions, but I can
adjust to reduce the pavement and increase trails (much less pounding!). I've had to adjust my style because the daily
commute is 98% pavement - awful!

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Re: Saturday in the sun . . .

Postby NMG » Sun Jul 05, 2015 11:12 am

Gimp wrote:
NMG wrote:
Gimp wrote:Slow 16K on the trails in Kanata this morning. Longest run in over a year and it felt like it.


Where abouts did you go Gimp? Are you running in Stony Swamp?

No, today we ran from Halzeldean Mall, across Eagleson Road and down those trails to the TransCanada trail and East to Corkstown Road.


Cool, that's a really nice route! I'll often do that when I want to extend my normal 8K route and turn it into a longer run.
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