Most enjoyable run of my life today

cool story. You captured the essence of a good tempo. Fast but enjoyable.

+1

Nice run!

What time were you out there?

old coach man wrote:

Ton of rain and wind on the c&o canal, puddles, chilly

Felt like a little kid again

Warm up mile at 830

6 mile tempo

710

735

702

658

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611

How old are you? With those type of times, you can't be that old. Maybe we should run together. I currently don't run but mgiht be motivated to train if I had someone to train with. Do you live in DC?

Bravo !

I had a good one today too- love it when running is just fun.

I like this post. It makes me want to go run.

Thanks for capturing what it's all about!

rojo wrote:

old coach man wrote:

Ton of rain and wind on the c&o canal, puddles, chilly

Felt like a little kid again

Warm up mile at 830

6 mile tempo

710

735

702

658

652

611

How old are you? With those type of times, you can't be that old. Maybe we should run together. I currently don't run but mgiht be motivated to train if I had someone to train with. Do you live in DC?

I live in MD and I'm in the prime of my life

You in Baltimore?

+1

Thanks for bringing back some great memories. Tempos on the towpath were my favorite workout. I'd do 8 miles and try to negative split each one. The first two were usually just warmup and then I would slowly crank the pace down. The mile markers are reasonably accurate and average out over the course of a run.

Now if you were a millennial we would be able to see about 15 selfies of yourself having a spectacular time during your rave run.

Glad I could bring the memories back wxboy. It's an easy place to find a nice rhythm.

I for one have Vietnam style flashbacks of being a mid distance guy at gtown getting crushed on 8 mile towpath tempos during xc. Soul crushing.

But several years removed this post actually makes me kind of wistful for the towpath.

Want a cookie?

Sounds like a good one. Not technically what you'd call a "tempo" run since your tempo pace is most likely around 6:30-40 pace. Good progressive run.

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:

I for one have Vietnam style flashbacks of being a mid distance guy at gtown getting crushed on 8 mile towpath tempos during xc. Soul crushing.

But several years removed this post actually makes me kind of wistful for the towpath.

or..."sole crushing"... :-)

rojo wrote:

old coach man wrote:

Ton of rain and wind on the c&o canal, puddles, chilly

Felt like a little kid again

Warm up mile at 830

6 mile tempo

710

735

702

658

652

611

How old are you? With those type of times, you can't be that old. Maybe we should run together. I currently don't run but mgiht be motivated to train if I had someone to train with. Do you live in DC?

I'm in my early 50s and I can do a workout like that. And so can lots of other 50ish guys. Get out the door, rojo.

you two should get a room

twisted scissor wrote:

rojo wrote:

How old are you? With those type of times, you can't be that old. Maybe we should run together. I currently don't run but mgiht be motivated to train if I had someone to train with. Do you live in DC?

I'm in my early 50s and I can do a workout like that. And so can lots of other 50ish guys. Get out the door, rojo.

I hear that

Good stuff. Nothing like letting er' rip in the rain. Even when you back into it and just go with it.