Did a little run on the treadmill to try out the Allbirds. They run well and do feel like Brooks Ghost. No sloppiness, soft landing. Love the socks, too.
Got my hour run in today. I’ve toyed with carrying ID in the past, but never do at this point. But I do always carry my phone (I generally only listen to podcasts when running, which gets me out of the house), which has my husband’s contact info as “ICE”, so I figure that counts.
I’m still very impressed with all of you.
@MomofWildChild I impressed older S last week when he got a pair of AllBirds and I told him I had heard of them! I wouldn’t have if not for here. I was intrigued by the Ghost comparison so I looked them up. The site says they have a 7mm heel drop? The Ghosts have a 12mm. I need 12s. My grouchy ATs were not very happy with 10mm in the Launch’s. I could wear them on good days, but not all the time. I was bummed because I do like the looks of them. Maybe if I was 20 years younger without grouchy body parts.
@ClassicMom98 Could you get a pair of the wool runners just for casual shoes? They are wonderful. Not a big drop, but they are great! That’s probably what your son got- or maybe the tree runners. All the cool kids have them- and an assortment of older ladies, as well! 
You can return your allbirds for 30 days, so if you wear them and they don’t work, they can be returned.
Decided to go back out to the trails for another 3.1 miles. Did not wear my new shoes, which turned out to be a good idea, I think. I fell on the trail, a big fall on the ground splat! Nothing harmed, good thing trails are soft, tripped on a root. But I was covered in leaves.
And my husband stepped in dog poo. Had to put his shoe in the trunk, it smelled so bad!
Ran 2 miles this morning and then another 2+ before dinner in honor of the Women’s Training Program (would have been the second night). Walked with H at lunch. Got my steps in - no problem.
@FallGirl, that’s impressive!
Glad you didn’t get hurt @deb922 ! I hate falling! Ewww on the dog poop.
Unfortunately, I know they won’t work for running shoes. I have a 20 year history of damage build up in my ATs.
For non-running, I don’t like shoes that enclose my feet. I take off running shoes as soon as I can! I own 4 pairs of non running shoes. A pair of black Clark’s. A pair of black Clark’s clogs for when my ATs are bad. And in the summer I have two pair of flip flop sandals. Brown Skechers and black earth spirit (Walmart). I replace my shoes when they are 2 years old. I am a cheap skate and a fashion don’t in general.
My workout was pretty good today, but I’m in a blah mood. Work was ugly yesterday, and my rotten attitude is still here. I should get over it after my conference call shortly. I hope so.
My run was a fair amount better than yesterday, and the rain held off. (yay!) And, it was 10* cooler - bonus. The video was “strength and power.” I’m not sure I had either, but I gave it my all. Funny how when I previewed the video yesterday, I thought it looked too easy. LOL. If that was easy, then I’ve got a long ways to go. I spent my 30-60 sec breaks laying on the floor mirroring the dead bug in the corner. We became good buds by the end.
4.1 humid miles this morning. Not a great one- needed to do some walking. I’ll get there. At my age, a major injury sets you back a lot more than it did 30 of 40 years ago. I’m just SO glad I can get out there and have that period of sanity.
I like the idea of the Virtual Great Race Across Tennessee since it is 123 days and I’ll need to pace myself carefully. Some of the entrants (over 17,000) did 10 miles a day each of the first 3 days and had never done that before. I wonder what the odds are of them making it to the end? You need to average 5.04 miles a day.
@MomofWildChild - that’s a lot of miles!
Today was Sunrise Yoga. followed by a walk with H. Did a strength video on break from WFH. I could get used to this.
In fitness-related news, Golds Gym files for Ch 11 protection (hopes to exit it by August 1).
How many calories a day do y’all eat?
I haven’t tracked in a while, but probably 1400 or so on weekdays, 1500-1600 on weekends. I’m 5’-6". I used to have more like 1300 during the week, but we’ve gone back to drinking wine with dinner every day.
I aim for 1800-2200 calories. MyFitnessPal is set for a daily calorie goal of 2000.
My daily protein goal is 150 grams. I try to keep fat calories on the low side because they add up so quickly, and save the bulk of the calorie allotment for protein & carbs.
I’m female, 56, 5’6", and I’m not sure what I weigh. 135-140# is my guess.
My fitness goal is to add more muscle mass and continue to slowly add weight to the bar.
My “My Fitness Pal” app says I should eat around 1700-1800 daily. But I only log and track here and there if I need to get back on track.
I try not to focus so much on calories as the content of the meal. The nutrition. Clearly a piece of cake for breakfast is going to eat up a lot of my “calorie quota” but more importantly for self nutrition awareness, it’s not going to contribute anything nutritionally to my body.
I do need to get back on track occasionally. And I usually find that I can pretty easily accommodate that 1700-1800 usually with “leftover calories” I could have when I add in exercise.
Five miles a day? I think that sounds do-able. Some could be walked, some run. The way my SAH has been going, I run on my run days and sit on my non run days. A five mile daily goal would be good for me.
Daily calories? Way too many these days. 2-2500? Are cookies a food group? Not swimming is hurting me.
It turns out that while the Race Across TN is billed as 1000K, it is really longer- 635 miles, so about 5.1 per day. Like you said, with walking, it is doable. Barring injury or illness…
I don’t count calories, but my body fat tests indicate that in order to maintain weight, which I do, I need roughly 3,000 +/- calories/day. I’m a bit taller than average, lean male.
I took Monday off and I got to my workout in the AM today, which is quite rare. My workouts are generally late afternoon, evening affairs.
Today’s workout, after warmup, was a 5x5 of front squats. Two conditioning HIIT’s today.
The first one consisted of rowing, pull-ups, DB snatches and thrusters. Time cap was 30 minutes, but got it done in 26:30. The second HIIT was much simpler combination of 3 sets of single DB step ups, good mornings and weighted overhead lunges. That took roughly 12 minutes not including 2-minute rest periods in between sets.