March 2015 Running Challenge

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  • autumnblade75
    autumnblade75 Posts: 1,660 Member
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    3/1 - 2.25 miles - walking, and another 2.25 miles - walking
    3/2 - 1 mile - running, 1 mile - walking, and another 2 miles - walking
    3/3 - 5 miles - walking ***that single mile of running was a mistake***
    3/4 - 2.25 miles - walking, and another 1.5 miles - walking
    3/5 - 2.25 miles - walking
    3/6 - 1.75 miles - walking
    3/7 - 2.25 miles - walking, and another 1.75 miles - walking
    3/8 - 2.1 miles - walking, and another 4.25 miles - walking
    3/9 - 2.5 miles - 1.16 running, 1.34 walking (we'll see if I was ready, yet), and another 2 miles - walking
    3/10 - 2.7 miles - 2 running, 0.7 walking (I couldn't NOT run with new running shoes! The ankle feels... 3/10 for pain? But the run felt good. I'll have to accept it.)
    3/11 - REST
    3/12 - 3 miles - running
    3/13 - 2 miles - walking (the blister didn't allow for any of my running shoes, so no running.)
    3/14 - 2.5 miles - 1.25 walking, 1.25 running, and another 2.1 - walking
    3/15 - 5.5 miles - walking, 1 mile - running
    3/16 - 3 miles - 1.5 walking, 1.5 running, and another 2.5 miles - walking
    3/17 - 2.1 miles - walking
    3/18 - 3 miles - 1 walking, 2 running
    3/19 - 3.5 miles - walking
    3/20 - 3 miles - running
    3/21 - 3 miles - 1.5 walking, 1.5 running
    3/22 - 4 miles - running, and another 3.5 miles - walking
    3/23 - 2.5 miles - 2 running, 0.5 walking
    3/24 - 5.5 miles - 5 running, 0.5 walking
    3/25 - 5.5 miles - 5 running, 0.5 walking
    3/26 - 5.3 miles - 5 running, 0.3 walking
    3/27 - REST
    3/28 - REST
    3/29 - PR of 49:32 at the Shamrock Shuffle in Chicago! ...I mean, 5 miles - running
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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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 :smiley: 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
    3/21 - rest day and beach day! Did walk about 3 miles at the outlets :smile:
    3/22 - 5.3 miles Goal!
    3/23 - rest day - went on an air boat ride with Skip and saw some alligators - too fun!
    3/24 - 9.5 miles
    3/25 - rest day
    3/26 - 4.4 miles
    3/27 - rest day
    3/28 - rest day - my thighs were sore and I knew I wanted to run some of my HM course on Sunday so I rested 2 days
    3/29 - 12.1 miles my goofy iPod stopped tracking miles at 3 but I'm sure this is about right. Ran my HM course - I was panicking the other day but now that I ran it, I like it.

    100.3 out of 70 miles

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  • pittsingersg
    pittsingersg Posts: 29 Member
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    I'm in for April

    I'm shooting for 50
    I will log my runs and share at the end. I would love to hear about your results also. If anyone wants to add me as a friend, feel free. We can motivate each other.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    @abakan Great 10K in the rain!
    @ddmom0811 Hope you are enjoying your freezing visit with Mom. I hate when my hands get cold. I brought running gloves, but felt they were useless I went to wearing some ski gloves and hands stay nice and toasty
    @elise4270 Super finish and PR.
    @autumnblade75 Congrats on the 5 mile PR
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
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    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
    21 - 18mi, easy
    22 - 11mi, easy
    23 - 7mi, easy w/strides
    24 - 8mi, easy
    25 - 12mi, easy w/intervals
    26 - Rest
    27 - 8mi, easy
    28 - 16mi, first 6 easy, last 10 @MP
    29 - 10mi, easy

    Ran in a local 10 mile race put on by my club. Finished in 1:24ish, but just a training run.


    Total: 229mi

    Mar goal: 250mi


  • autumnblade75
    autumnblade75 Posts: 1,660 Member
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    @autumnblade75 Congrats on the 5 mile PR

    Thank you. It was entirely unexpected, after all the trouble with my ankle. I think I'm still in shock. The ankle is doing well, now. I think my treadmill is calibrated poorly - 5.5 mph feels difficult, but now I know that I can average 10 minute miles for 5 consecutive miles. So the treadmill MUST be "off." That's ok, I guess, if this is what happens...

    I had to walk for a minute just after the 4 mile marker - I got a stitch in my side - but it eased up quickly, and I finished running. It was a pretty good race, very crowded. Way too cold to stand around in the corrals for so long - part of that was my own impatience. 32 degrees walking to the site from the train, 36 degrees on the way back. It started sleeting just before I made it into the train station. I'm glad I was finished running.

  • JustWant2Run
    JustWant2Run Posts: 286 Member
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    1--- 6mi
    2--- REST DAY
    3--- 8mi
    4--- 7mi
    5--- 10mi
    6--- 7.25mi
    7--- 18.05mi
    8--- 6mi --- (Weekly total: 56.3 miles)
    9--- REST DAY
    10--- 10mi
    11--- 8mi
    12--- 8mi
    13--- 7mi
    14--- 20mi
    15--- 7mi --- (Weekly total: 60.0 miles)
    16--- REST DAY
    17--- 8mi
    18--- 7 mi
    19--- 8 mi
    20--- 7mi
    21--- 14.4mi
    22--- 6mi --- (Weekly total: 50.4 miles)
    23--- REST DAY
    24--- 10mi
    25--- 8mi
    26--- 16.86mi
    27--- 8mi
    28--- 12.30mi --- (Weekly total: 62.16 miles)
    29--- REST DAY

    Done: 234.86/200mi goal
  • SBRRepeat
    SBRRepeat Posts: 384 Member
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    Was going to do a 5-6 mile recovery run today, but I took one look at my Brooks and couldn't make myself put them on. I'm due a bike focused training cycle- three months of focusing on run mileage is getting tough.

    60 minute yoga class and a 24 mile bike ride for me today. Got caught in a lovely hail storm about two miles from home. :smile:
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
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    Date Miles today. Miles for March

    3/1 6.5 miles - 6.5 <<<< 1.5 w/u plus 8K race
    3/2 5 miles - 11.5
    3/3 8 miles - 19.5
    3/4 8 miles - 27.5 <<< new shoes today (ASICS Gel Noosa Tri 8's)
    3/5 6 miles - 33.5 <<< TM intervals (ice covered streets)
    3/6 8 miles - 41.5 <<< TM progressions @ recovery & easy paces
    3.7 15 miles - 56.5 <<< Madkin and Weeden Mtns long run (1,299 ft elevation gain)
    3/8 6.2 miles - 62.7
    3/9 8.5 miles - 71.2
    3/10 8 miles - 79.2
    3/11 6.2 miles - 85.4
    3/12 9 miles - 94.4
    3/13 REST DAY
    3/14 15 miles - 109.4 << Madkin and Weeden again
    3/15 REST DAY
    3/16 10.15 miles - 119.55
    3/17 10 miles - 129.55
    3/18 6.2 miles - 135.75
    3/19 9.75 miles - 145.5
    3/20 REST DAY - <<<<< It was just a busy day and I woke up late to run
    3/21 15 miles - 160.5
    3/22 REST DAY
    3/23 10.5 miles - 171
    3/24 10 miles - 181
    3/25 REST DAY
    3/26 5.25 - 186.25 <<< starting a mini taper for my half in Knoxville this weekend.
    3/27 REST TAPER
    3/28 REST TAPER
    3/29 - 13.1 = 199.35 << Knoxville Half (1:40:02 I got a PR)

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  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
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  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
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    March Goal 75 miles

    3/1 rest
    3/2 2.34 run, then I lifted and carried 25 60#bags of cement to help DH build an observation deck...
    3/3 rest because I couldn't walk....see above^^^
    3/4 3.44
    3/5 3.96
    3/6 3.35
    3/7 strength training (with bar and dumbbells, not cement bags!)
    3/8 3.85 followed by a whale watching cruise
    3/9 4.12
    3/10 rest
    3/11 strength training
    3/12 3.22
    3/13 3.08
    3/14 3.36
    3/15 13.18 at Big Island International 1/2 marathon: I PR'd....for my WORST 1/2 marathon time. But, I met my goals: 1. Finish upright. 2. Don't finish last.
    3/16 rest because^^^
    3/17 3.59
    3/18 lazy
    3/19 3.54
    3/20 2.32
    3/21 sick
    3/22 chores
    3/23 2.25 + snorkeling 4 hours
    3/24 5.25
    3/25 3.39
    3/26 Strength training
    3/27 4.31
    3/28 it took all I had to get in the front door after work....
    3/29 3.6....here is a pic of the observation deck with sliding roof (whose cement pouring killed my back on the 2nd....)and DH's first pic from the telescope for which it was built!
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    Total 72.15
    (Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date)

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  • Ohhim
    Ohhim Posts: 1,142 Member
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    Took a quick weekend trip out of the country, doing my Saturday run on the treadmill, as it was 17 degrees (farenheit) outside and I didn't pack any super-warm running clothes. Still, I ended up waiting until I landed back in my warmer climate before doing my long run super-late tonight. Only 5 more miles to go (planned for Tuesday) to hit my target for the month.

    3/1 - 17 miles
    3/3 - 5 miles
    3/4 - 8 miles
    3/5 - 5 miles
    3/7 - 8 miles
    3/8 - 18 miles
    3/10 - 5 miles
    3/11 - 8 miles
    3/13 - 5 miles
    3/14 - 5 miles (race PR, 7:21 pace)
    3/15 - 12 miles
    3/16 - 1 mile
    3/17 - 5 miles
    3/18 - 8 miles
    3/19 - 5 miles
    3/21 - 5 miles
    3/22 - 20 miles
    3/24 - 5 miles
    3/25 - 8 miles
    3/26 - 5 miles
    3/28 - 5 miles (treadmill)
    3/29 - 12 miles

    Total: 175 miles
    Goal: 180 miles
    Remaining: 5 miles
  • iofred
    iofred Posts: 488 Member
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    30-March: 7.5K - supposedly recovery run ... very little recovery with 12% gradients though
    Total miles for March: 104

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  • SBRRepeat
    SBRRepeat Posts: 384 Member
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    Stoshew71 wrote: »
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    Congrats on the PR!
  • rnjcb
    rnjcb Posts: 86 Member
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  • csman49
    csman49 Posts: 1,100 Member
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    csman49 wrote: »
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    ok, count me in for 80km.
    March
    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

    23rd - 11.03
    24th - 9.14km
    26th - 12.82km

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    I've been suffering with the dreaded Man-Flu. Knocked me right out. In bed by 6:30pm friday, barely been out of bed since. Nutrition gone out of the window, as have any thoughts of exercise. So i think i can call this as my month complete.

    Target: 80km
    Result: 115km

    The following PB's were set THIS MONTH (mostly on that last run)
    12min test - 2.5km *NEW PB
    1 hour - 11.04km *NEW PB
    1km - 4m37 10 seconds off (set in August 2013)
    1mile - 7m36 *NEW PB (3rd March 2015)
    3km - 14m31 *NEW PB
    3 miles - 24m09 *NEW PB
    5km - 24m55 *NEW PB
    10km 53m46 *NEW PB

    Need to get over this illness and get back on track, half marathon in 6 weeks.
  • Daisy471
    Daisy471 Posts: 409 Member
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    3/1 - 8 miles
    3/3 - 4 miles
    3/4 - 3.5 miles
    3/5 - 3 miles
    3/6 - 4 miles
    3/8 - 9 miles
    3/10 - 4.5 miles
    3/18 - 3 miles
    3/21 - 3 miles
    3/22 - 6.2 miles, Muddogs 10k, PR!
    3/24 - 6 miles
    3/26 - 3 miles
    3/28 - 10 miles

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  • dennie24
    dennie24 Posts: 251 Member
    edited March 2015
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    Congratulations to all the PR's. :)

    3 miles for me this morning and goal!
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  • DM01234
    DM01234 Posts: 317 Member
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    Final for March: total miles ran = 52.25 / monthly goal = 43

    3/2 = Run 3.5 Miles
    3/4 = Run 3.5 Miles
    3/6 = Run 3.65 Miles
    3/9 = Run 3.75 Miles
    3/11 = Run 3.75 Miles
    3/16 = Run 4.25 Miles
    3/18 = Run 4.8 Miles
    3/20 = Run 5.25 Miles
    3/22 = Run 3.25 Miles
    3/23 = Run 3.5 Miles
    3/25 = Run 4.25 Miles
    3/27 = Run 4.30 Miles
    3/30 = Run 4.50 Miles
  • Abakan
    Abakan Posts: 361 Member
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    csman49.. wrap up keep warm, hope you feel better soon.