The Weekend Thread for Friday, August 22, 2025

[u/AutoModerator]

Another week is coming to a close!

What’s good this weekend? Who’s running, racing, tapering, recovering, hiking, camping, cheering, volunteering, kayaking, swimming, knitting, baking, reading, sleeping, .. ? Tell us everything.

[u/Original_Rub5793]

Working on getting to a 3 mile run under 30 minutes. 2 months ago I couldn't run a mile without stopping.

[u/bargainbinprep]

Excited to volunteer Philly 10K! On my bucket list to run it some day if I ever have that kind of money.

[u/blue_macaroni → u/bargainbinprep]

Thanks for getting up early to volunteer!! Is it a very expensive race? Sounds like a fun race course around South St.

[u/Nervous-Chipmunk8829 → u/bargainbinprep]

Thanks for volunteering! And thanks for the great idea! I'm in the same boat. I didn't know that races could get so expensive when I started with Disney in mind lol

[u/Gods_red_ruler]

Second week of running, planning to run 10 km in about 2 months. Today I did 7 km (4.35 miles) in 45 minutes. At the moment, my breathing is the biggest bottleneck.

[u/lucitribal]

Today's a rest day for me. I'm still getting my step count up, but no running.

Tomorrow's gonna be this week's long run and Sunday's a base run.

After this easy week, next one's gonna be a bit of a ramp up with several thresholds.

[u/runner7575]

Ran 7 miles today, then did my crossing guard training.

Going to the beach tomorrow, my happy place

[u/suchbrightlights → u/runner7575]

Are the beaches OK where you are? My state’s were all closed the last few days because of ocean conditions with the storm.

[u/runner7575 → u/suchbrightlights]

We can go to the beach but not swim.

[u/flight_capcom]

Pulled my hamstring 12 days ago doing yoga. Felt a pop and developed a bruise on my outer thigh. Rested about a week and a half of no running and pain was gone, so decided to test it out today. Felt soreness about 2 minutes in and took it easy the rest of the way. Now probably at least another few days of no running before I test it again :(

[u/suchbrightlights → u/flight_capcom]

Ow! That sounds like no fun. Do you have a PT you can call for another opinion if it doesn’t start acting right soon? Hamstrings are annoying.

[u/flight_capcom → u/suchbrightlights]

That's probably my next step if it doesn't start to get better in the next week or so. I can walk on it just fine with no pain but running seems to irritate it still. Hopefully it's just a mild strain.

[u/MrPine5]

Completed the garmin 10k plan with a time goal of 55 min. Ended at 56:30. A bit disappointed but noticed some areas I could improve on.

[u/MrPine5 → u/[deleted]]

Weekly mileage was on the low end, roughly around 15 miles. Mainly felt my endurance wasn’t there on race day. My two longest runs were 6 and 6.5 miles and that was early on in the training plan. No fault on plan but mainly family obligations having to cut runs short.

[u/Nervous-Chipmunk8829 → u/MrPine5]

That's a phenomenal time. I'm sorry you don't see it that way but you should be really proud. You are putting in the effort it takes to eventually get to a 50-minute 10k, then a 45-minute one and so on. You're another step closer!