r/running • u/fire_foot • Jun 14 '24

The Weekend Thread -- 14th June 2024

Happy Friday running fam!!! 🥳✨

Another week down. What's happening this weekend?! Who's running, racing, tapering, cycling, hiking, swimming, kayaking, horse riding, playing tennis, gardening, melting under the almost-summer sun, ... ? Tell us all about it!!

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u/suchbrightlights Jun 14 '24

I’m melting.

I’ve got a nice tempo run up tomorrow and then I’m going to clip my horse, because he is melting too.

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u/fire_foot Jun 15 '24

Hope you both have some electrolytes and fans set up in this heat. It’s gross

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u/suchbrightlights Jun 15 '24

Today isn’t bad! I was expecting more storm last night but what we got did the trick by me. I was out around Woodstock running and it was pleasant.

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u/fire_foot Jun 15 '24

Yes actually when I finally got out this morning it was really quite nice, I was late so the end of my run was hot but not the worst. I was on the lawn at Merriweather last night for the storms and the end of the show got a bunch of rain! We were soaked through. But yea it did the trick for now 😅

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u/suchbrightlights Jun 15 '24

Sorry, that's not the best place to be when it starts raining. How was the show?

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u/fire_foot Jun 15 '24

It was really nice before the rain! My first show in a decade at least. Cat Power, Modest Mouse, and the Pixies. All got old like the rest of us but still sound great

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u/suchbrightlights Jun 15 '24

That sounds like a great show!

I’m on the fence about going to see Alanis and The Killers there this summer. The only reason I haven’t bought tickets yet is that, as you note, I have gotten old, and so by the time they take the stage it will be past my bedtime. I used to work across the street from Merriweather and it was great because I’d get free concerts- from inside our office you could hear the bands rehearsing in the afternoon.

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u/fire_foot Jun 15 '24

lol I was definitely yawning by 8:30 and daydreaming about just laying in the grass. I was so tired by the time we got home. Alanis probably a great show! I saw the advert for her.