{"id":118,"date":"2008-07-16T16:37:30","date_gmt":"2008-07-16T23:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irun100s.com\/daveharper\/?p=118"},"modified":"2008-07-17T01:30:09","modified_gmt":"2008-07-17T08:30:09","slug":"turned-a-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/irun100s.com\/daveharper\/?p=118","title":{"rendered":"Turned a corner?"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Has my running turned a corner?\u00a0 FINALLY?\u00a0\u00a0 I think so!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Only a short run, a little over 4 miles, but for the first time in months, I REALLY felt good.\u00a0 I ran hard, pushed the hills,\u00a0and was very surprised\u00a0that while I certainly wasn’t what I’d call fast,\u00a0a couple 3 minutes off my best for that course,\u00a0it was a time that fits in with a lot of training runs I’ve done when in much better shape.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Keep in mind, I normally run in the hottest part of the Florida day(1-3 oclock), or evening thunderstorm conditions so humid I need gills to breath, so even when in good shape, it’s really difficult to run well in mid-summer.\u00a0\u00a0Most runs this year have turned into a test of survival, slow jogging (badwater shuffle type stuff), or taking walk breaks.<\/p>\n

This run was\u00a0hot, muggy, and with humidity better suited for a catfish than a human, but I was truckin!\u00a0\u00a0 Pushed the pace,\u00a0 push hard on a uphill, then\u00a0back off and recover without almost stopping.<\/p>\n

I’m sure it helps that I’ve lost 8 lbs in the last 3 weeks.\u00a0 With Tamara’s help, I’ve been very focused on a quality diet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Well, that’s not much news, but it’s good news to me!<\/p>\n

\u00a0Congratulations to all the Badwater runners that just finished the 31st Badwater Ultramarathon.\u00a0 First time in three years that I have not been out there putting it all on the line.\u00a0 I missed it.\u00a0 A buddy of mine was wearing a SPOT GPS tracking device, so I could go online, and see his updated track every 10 minutes.\u00a0 It was very cool.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0OH, and good luck to the VOLSTATE runners that start their 500k (320 miles!!!) trek in Tennessee tomorrow.\u00a0 Some supported with a crew, and some that, believe it or not,\u00a0will\u00a0go the whole 500 kilometers with NO support\u00a0crew.\u00a0\u00a0They carry what they need, and stop and buy anything else.\u00a0 10 day time limit.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

THAT sounds like fun next year, huh?!<\/p>\n

Oh, check this price of gas for folks going through Death Valley…<\/p>\n

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Has my running turned a corner?\u00a0 FINALLY?\u00a0\u00a0 I think so!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Only a short run, a little over 4 miles, but for the first time in months, I REALLY felt good.\u00a0 I ran hard, pushed the hills,\u00a0and was very surprised\u00a0that while I certainly wasn’t what I’d call fast,\u00a0a couple 3 minutes off my best for that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/irun100s.com\/daveharper\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/irun100s.com\/daveharper\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/irun100s.com\/daveharper\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/irun100s.com\/daveharper\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/irun100s.com\/daveharper\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/irun100s.com\/daveharper\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/irun100s.com\/daveharper\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/irun100s.com\/daveharper\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/irun100s.com\/daveharper\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}