March 2015 Running Challenge
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SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »italysharon wrote: »Saw this in the cold weather article - @Stoshew71 - thanks!- Do you all drink this much? If so, do you have to use the bathroom a few times during a long run? … or do you start drinking this much after 1 hour? I find that I don't need to drink for runs 1 hour or less, but I am wondering if I should start drinking earlier for runs over an hour. I usually wait until after 1 hour to start drinking.
That is effing insane.
Lol! Maybe if your conditioned for this! Perhaps some of the water is to douse yourself?
I have to stop 2 miles in to pee every time. No way I'm drinking water on cool days! I'd have to stop every half mile. I hate the running with a full bladder feeling... Thanks goodness for the port-a-pottys in the park lest i get sited for indecient exposure.
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Run #8 =5.25 miles / 32.25 miles run so far with a monthly goal of 43 miles0
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SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »italysharon wrote: »Saw this in the cold weather article - @Stoshew71 - thanks!- Do you all drink this much? If so, do you have to use the bathroom a few times during a long run? … or do you start drinking this much after 1 hour? I find that I don't need to drink for runs 1 hour or less, but I am wondering if I should start drinking earlier for runs over an hour. I usually wait until after 1 hour to start drinking.
That is effing insane.
Lol! Maybe if your conditioned for this! Perhaps some of the water is to douse yourself?
I have to stop 2 miles in to pee every time. No way I'm drinking water on cool days! I'd have to stop every half mile. I hate the running with a full bladder feeling... Thanks goodness for the port-a-pottys in the park lest i get sited for indecient exposure.
If you're stopping every 2mi to pee, you're drinking too much. Some people insist on "salting up" with pickle juice, mustard, salt tabs, etc. For one, nobody is likely running in Badwater 135 conditions and second, salt can do funny things like make you want an excessive amount of water. Hyponatremia (over-hydration) will affect you more quietly than dehydration.0 -
Marchok, count me in for 80km.
2nd - 10.01km
3rd - 4.12km
5th - 2.63
7th -
-run 1 - 5.6km
-run 2 - 5km
10th - 15km
12th - 5km
14th - 5km
16th - 11km
18th - 10.8km
20th - 7.14km
Felt really tired out there today, i did 25 minutes of swimming yesterday, i'm not much of a swimmer, felt like that had knocked a lot out of me. Right ankle a bit stiff.
Anyway, that's my March target met
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Lol! I use this really complicated process about hydration when I run: I drink whenever I get thirsty and then when I am no longer thirsty, I stop drinking.SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »italysharon wrote: »
That is effing insane.0 -
3/20 3 miles. The weather was beautiful for a first day of spring run. My calves felt so tight today though so I am going to be spending a good amount of time with my foam roller so that hopefully my 6 miler tomorrow will be comfortable. I did have my first encounter with a dog coming after me while I was running. I am so so glad that yelling, "NO! GO!" worked because I was really freaked out. I need to remember to bring along my pink Mace thing that I just received from Amazon.
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3/1 - 6.5 miles
3/2 - 3.9 miles - miserable windy 20 mph with gusts, I hate wind even when it's 100 out LOL
3/3 - rest day
3/4 - 6.1 miles a beautiful 64F at 5:30 am when I ran - ran in a tank top. I love Alabama, tonight it will be 25F with a winter storm watch
3/5 - ice day
3/6 - ice day
3/7 - 8.4 miles
3/8 - lazy day
3/9 - 3.5 miles
3/10 - 6.5 miles
3/11 - 4.4 miles - yes yes yes it's been a bit since I was a sub 10:30 pace...10:27 but hey it's sub 10:30
I felt great today! Wish I'd paid better attention to the time, it got way dark and I had to head home. Didn't have my lights with me.
3/12 - rest day
3/13 - lazy day LOL
3/14 - 8.4 miles - cut 4 mins off my time from when I ran this course on 3/7 :-)
3/15 - 3.5 miles
3/16 - 4.5 miles
3/17 - 6.3 miles
3/18 - planned rest day
3/19 - 3.5 miles
3/20 - 3.5 miles
69 out of 70 miles - UGH so close I can smell that darn flower!
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SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »italysharon wrote: »Saw this in the cold weather article - @Stoshew71 - thanks!- Do you all drink this much? If so, do you have to use the bathroom a few times during a long run? … or do you start drinking this much after 1 hour? I find that I don't need to drink for runs 1 hour or less, but I am wondering if I should start drinking earlier for runs over an hour. I usually wait until after 1 hour to start drinking.
That is effing insane.
I was thinking the same thing. First I wouldn't want to carry that much water with me, second I'd be peeing the whole time.
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Date... Miles.... Total
3/1... 3.5.. 3.5
3/2... 6... 9.5
3/3... 6... 15.5
3/4... 6.5... 22
3/7... 20.5... 42.5 (5100 ft elevation gain)
3/10... 6... 48.5
3/11... 5.75... 54.25
3/12... 5... 59.25
3/13... 3.5... 62.75
3/14... 13... 75.75
3/15... 10... 85.75
3/17... 6.25... 92
3/18... 3... 95
3/19... 6... 101
3/20... 6... 107
107/160 goal0 -
skippygirlsmom wrote: »SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »italysharon wrote: »Saw this in the cold weather article - @Stoshew71 - thanks!- Do you all drink this much? If so, do you have to use the bathroom a few times during a long run? … or do you start drinking this much after 1 hour? I find that I don't need to drink for runs 1 hour or less, but I am wondering if I should start drinking earlier for runs over an hour. I usually wait until after 1 hour to start drinking.
That is effing insane.
I was thinking the same thing. First I wouldn't want to carry that much water with me, second I'd be peeing the whole time.
I agree - I would be having to pee every 5 minutes! Not to mention trying to carry all of it with you. No thanks!0 -
SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »italysharon wrote: »Saw this in the cold weather article - @Stoshew71 - thanks!- Do you all drink this much? If so, do you have to use the bathroom a few times during a long run? … or do you start drinking this much after 1 hour? I find that I don't need to drink for runs 1 hour or less, but I am wondering if I should start drinking earlier for runs over an hour. I usually wait until after 1 hour to start drinking.
That is effing insane.
Lol! Maybe if your conditioned for this! Perhaps some of the water is to douse yourself?
I have to stop 2 miles in to pee every time. No way I'm drinking water on cool days! I'd have to stop every half mile. I hate the running with a full bladder feeling... Thanks goodness for the port-a-pottys in the park lest i get sited for indecient exposure.
If you're stopping every 2mi to pee, you're drinking too much. Some people insist on "salting up" with pickle juice, mustard, salt tabs, etc. For one, nobody is likely running in Badwater 135 conditions and second, salt can do funny things like make you want an excessive amount of water. Hyponatremia (over-hydration) will affect you more quietly than dehydration.
I drink a sugar free red bull before I run. Caffeine is a kidney stimulant. No way I'm drinking too much water. Just one pee stop per run.
@LoneWolfRunner I like your approach.0 -
LoneWolfRunner wrote: »
Lol! I use this really complicated process about hydration when I run: I drink whenever I get thirsty and then when I am no longer thirsty, I stop drinking.SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »italysharon wrote: »
That is effing insane.
lol, I think I'll stick with this method!
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Happy Spring People! Now if it would just stop snowing...
March 1: 5 miles Tread mill
March 2: 5 miles ™
March 3: 2 miles ™ + strength
March 4: 5 miles ™ no runners high today
March 5: Rest
March 6: 5.5 miles ™
March 7: skied with the kids at Gunstock
March 8: nothing
March 9: 7.75 miles OUTSIDE!
March 10: Pump
March 11: Nada
March 12: 5.3 Miles OUTSIDE! woo hoo, so dam hilly and windy, but felt great :-)
March 13: Nothing
March 14: Nothing
March 15: Nothing
March 16: 10.25 outside. great!
March 17: Pump
March 18: 3.75 outside with friend+ 1 ™
March 19: Nothing
March 20: 6 hilly miles outside
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SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »italysharon wrote: »Saw this in the cold weather article - @Stoshew71 - thanks!- Do you all drink this much? If so, do you have to use the bathroom a few times during a long run? … or do you start drinking this much after 1 hour? I find that I don't need to drink for runs 1 hour or less, but I am wondering if I should start drinking earlier for runs over an hour. I usually wait until after 1 hour to start drinking.
That is effing insane.
Lol! Maybe if your conditioned for this! Perhaps some of the water is to douse yourself?
I have to stop 2 miles in to pee every time. No way I'm drinking water on cool days! I'd have to stop every half mile. I hate the running with a full bladder feeling... Thanks goodness for the port-a-pottys in the park lest i get sited for indecient exposure.
If you're stopping every 2mi to pee, you're drinking too much. Some people insist on "salting up" with pickle juice, mustard, salt tabs, etc. For one, nobody is likely running in Badwater 135 conditions and second, salt can do funny things like make you want an excessive amount of water. Hyponatremia (over-hydration) will affect you more quietly than dehydration.
I drink a sugar free red bull before I run. Caffeine is a kidney stimulant. No way I'm drinking too much water. Just one pee stop per run.
@LoneWolfRunner I like your approach.
I like a Red Bull before a run too
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******* RUNNING ** CYCLING **** RUN TOTAL ** CYCLING TOTAL
03/01: REST DAY
03/02: 05.25 miles || 28.00 miles => (05.25/140) || (28.00/600)
03/03: 00.00 miles || 13.88 miles => (05.25/140) || (41.88/600)
03/04: 06.50 miles || 22.00 miles => (11.75/140) || (63.88/600)
03/05: 09.01 miles || 27.50 miles => (20.76/140) || (91.38/600)
03/06: 00.00 miles || 20.22 miles => (20.76/140) || (111.60/600)
03/07: 00.00 miles || 54.87 miles => (20.76/140) || (166.47/600)
03/08: 00.00 miles || 15.73 miles => (20.76/140) || (182.20/600)
03/09: 12.00 miles || 00.00 miles => (32.76/140) || (182.20/600)
03/10: 05.75 miles || 25.00 miles => (38.51/140) || (207.20/600)
03/11: 07.80 miles || 00.00 miles => (46.31/140) || (207.20/600)
03/12: 00.00 miles || 14.50 miles => (46.31/140) || (221.70/600)
03/13: 08.00 miles || 30.00 miles => (54.31/140) || (251.70/600)
03/14: 08.40 miles || 28.50 miles => (62.71/140) || (280.20/600)
03/15: 00.00 miles || 48.90 miles => (62.71/140) || (329.10/600)
03/16: REST DAY
03/17: 09.00 miles || 16.00 miles => (71.71/140) || (345.10/600)
03/18: 10.00 miles || 00.00 miles => (81.71/140) || (345.10/600)
03/19: 05.00 miles || 00.00 miles => (86.71/140) || (345.10/600)0 -
The endomondo app has a little line about hydration. I suppose it means what I should drink after the run. I just ignore it and use the @lonewolfrunner method of drinking. Plus it's hard to figure out what .93L is.
The thing I usually look at is the humidity and am always happy when it is <99%.
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2 Mar - 4.13
3 Mar - 4.11
5 Mar - 4.17
6 Mar - 3.67
7 Mar - 3.6 Nice wx for outdoor run at golf course
11 Mar - 3.5
12 Mar - 3.5
13 Mar - 2.0
18 Mar - 3.45
19 Mar - 3.65
20 Mar - 3.670 -
3/9 = 1.25 mile run outside
3/11 = 2.75 mile walk on treadmill
3/13 = 3 mile run/walk on treadmill
3/16 = 3 mile run/walk on treadmill
15 miles left to go this month0 -
1 - 12mi, easy
2 - 8.2mi, easy
3 - 8.2mi, tempo
4 - 10mi, easy w/FF
5 - 8mi, intervals
6 - 8mi, easy+3.2mi, tempo
7 - 18mi, easy
8 - Rest
9 - 7.2mi, easy
10 - 6.3mi, easy
11 - 6.5mi, easy
12 - Rest
13 - 5.2mi, easy w/strides
14 - 3.14mi, easy
15 - 13.1, race
16 - 3mi, recovery
17 - Rest
18 - 6mi, easy
19 - 8mi, easy
20 - 6mi, easy w/strides
6x20s strides at ~5:00 pace
Total: 139.1mi
Mar goal: 250mi
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SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »CodeMonkey78 wrote: »SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »
Train to the calculators rather than to your own body, and you'll get injured or explode on your races. Easy pace is easy pace, let your body guide it - not a calculator.
And anyone who says easy pace is marathon pace or faster is either sandbagging their racing or overtraining and asking for injury.
^^ Truth.
Don't get me wrong, I use McMillan (McRun app) for most of my workout pacing. I think the problem lies in a general misunderstanding (of course, not you Doug) that the pace ranges are hard numbers when they are really statistically estimated workout ranges. If the pace does not feel right or elevates the HR to the wrong zone, each runner has to throw pride out the window and slow down.
TL; DR; Listen to your body.
They're useless unless someone is an elite who has PRs that all correlate, per McMillan. I think most hobby runners like us match up until the predicted marathon time. Plug a recent marathon time in there and those easy paces change drastically.
I only use them as a workout guideline to help take me from where I am to where I want to be. I think of these ranges in the same aspect of Yasso 800s: there has been no proof to show that you will run your predicted marathon time if you can complete 10 Yassos in your prescribed time. Either way, both are decent for workout purposes only.
Despite the prescribed workout pace range, I just listen to my body. If it feels wrong or too fast, I slow down, run more miles, and do my best to keep at least 80% of my runs at an easy pace. Long and slow equals speed..0 -
Beautiful spring morning but didn't have the time to run anymore than 2.5 miles
66.8miles completed....... 3.2 miles to go.0 -
Really interesting posts on pace and diet, thanks for the info.0
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3/1--Rest day
3/2--3.32 miles(treadmill)
3/3--Strength Training
3/4--3.34 miles(treadmill)
3/5--Strength Training
3/6--rest day
3/7--rest day
3/8--rest day
3/9--3.27 miles
3/10-strength training
3/11-3.3 miles(treadmill)
3/12-strength training
3/13-3.28(treadmill)
3/14-3.38(week 16 completed)
3/15-rest
3/16-3.12(Outside w/ the Zombies)
3/17-Strength Training
3/18-3.16(Outside w/ my Zombie peeps making me drop my supplies because I refuse to start off too fast)
3/19-Strength training
3/20-Strength training & 3.33 miles(treadmill)
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Just to show how out of shape I am and how far I have to go, if I had to run at 75% of my max it just be a fast walk (which is probably why I still do walk breaks until my hr hits 150-160). My resting hr is 58. Max 186,192+ if its hot out... A comfortable run for me is about 175.
Maybe by this time next year my numbers will be better.
@Elise4270: don't be discouraged about how "out of shape" you think you are. We ALL have a long way to go. Even if/when we get there, we will set new goals, push to do better, and set out to smash our new goals
Just keep up the good work, stay consistent, and continue putting in the miles -- you'll be surprised at where you're at in a year!
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SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »italysharon wrote: »Saw this in the cold weather article - @Stoshew71 - thanks!- Do you all drink this much? If so, do you have to use the bathroom a few times during a long run? … or do you start drinking this much after 1 hour? I find that I don't need to drink for runs 1 hour or less, but I am wondering if I should start drinking earlier for runs over an hour. I usually wait until after 1 hour to start drinking.
That is effing insane.
Holy hell! That's nucking futs.
I may need to pack a Camelbak full of beer to help me feel a little bit better during the piss/puke breaks.0 -
LoneWolfRunner wrote: »
Lol! I use this really complicated process about hydration when I run: I drink whenever I get thirsty and then when I am no longer thirsty, I stop drinking.SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »italysharon wrote: »
That is effing insane.
You and that damn logic again.. 0 -
March 2nd-5.9k
March 4th-4.24k
March 9th-6.06k
March 11th-6.43k
March 12th-7.05k
March 13th-4.78k
March 16th- 7.14k
March 17th- 4.28k
March 19th- 6.22k
March 20th- 6k
Total: 58.1/800 -
CodeMonkey78 wrote: »SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »italysharon wrote: »Saw this in the cold weather article - @Stoshew71 - thanks!- Do you all drink this much? If so, do you have to use the bathroom a few times during a long run? … or do you start drinking this much after 1 hour? I find that I don't need to drink for runs 1 hour or less, but I am wondering if I should start drinking earlier for runs over an hour. I usually wait until after 1 hour to start drinking.
That is effing insane.
Holy hell! That's nucking futs.
I may need to pack a Camelbak full of beer to help me feel a little bit better during the piss/puke breaks.
Well I don't think the logistics of that'll work. Uh, its carbonated. Sounds like dam fine fun though!0 -
First outside run of the year!!! Felt awesome :-)
HAPPY SPRING!
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LoneWolfRunner wrote: »
Lol! I use this really complicated process about hydration when I run: I drink whenever I get thirsty and then when I am no longer thirsty, I stop drinking.SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »italysharon wrote: »
That is effing insane.
Relevant song lyrics I've always enjoyed:
"I'll eat when I'm hungry / I'll drink when I'm dry / and if the moonshine don't kill me, I'll live 'til I die!"
edited to add a youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du8Naz_iAg4
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