April 2015 Running Challenge
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StartedJanuary12th wrote: »
Sounds good, thank you!skippygirlsmom wrote: »StartedJanuary12th wrote: »I'm just starting out. This is my first week with C25K training but I'm extremely excited to be finally working towards my dream of being a runner/jogger. Will you be doing this again for May?
Welcome to running and to the challenge. Yes we do this every month. @stoshew71 sets it up, cause he's good like that!
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No goal cause I'm a slacker, but 34 miles done so far. Next month gonna set goal of 50.0
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9 miles today for a new longest distance ever for me. My pace was 10:00. It wasn't easy to do it on less than fresh legs, at 5.4 miles I hit a wall that made each foot I was able to put in front of the last one a miracle! But I am so grateful for my new chiropractor & massage therapist. They have me doing a lot of physical therapy exercises at home & I know I would not be able to push longer distances without their care. So that brings my total up to 76.03; 7.97 miles to go
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April 1 - rest
April 2- 6.01 miles
April 3- 5.15 miles
April 4 - 34 mile bike ride
April 5 - 20 mile bike ride - hilly ride.
April 6 - 6.01 miles
April 7 - Weight Training
April 8 - 4.89
April 9 - 6.02
April 10 - 5.03
April 11 - 34 mile bike ride
April 12 - 40 mile bike ride
April 13 - 4.25 miles
April 14 - Weight Training
April 15 - 5.1 miles
April 16 - rest
April 17 - Weight Training
April 18 - 5.15
April 19 - 41 mile bike ride
April 20 - 4.32
April 21 - rest
April 22 - 5.25
April 23 - 5.36
April 24 - Weight training
April 25 - 34 mile bike ride
April 26 - 67 mile bike ride
April 27 - 3.15 easy, slow run to recover from biking
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No run for me today but so many things happened here over the weekend that I had to reply.
@peeanoe - Congrats on the 5k!
@Wendy1Fl - Way to smash the 8 and 9 mile barriers!
@csman49 - Congrats on the new record!
@gabbo34 - Wow! Great time for a first HM! And for being one spot out of the top 3 in your age group!
@kristinegift - Congrats on smashing your PR! Woot!
@Training2BeFast - Fantastic time, and congrats on the new PR!
@briebee7 - Most impressive sticking it out on those hills against the wind. Huge kudos!
Congrats to all who have hit their monthly goals so far!0 -
April
5th - 4.6km (walk)
6th - 5km
7th - 5.5km
8th - 6.6km
9th - 10km
11th - 17.5km cycle (turbotrainer, not counted)
14th - 3.68km
15th - 7.4km
16th - 2.68km (walk)
17th - 2km (walk) plus 500m pool swim (not counted)
18th - 10km
19th - 500m lake swim (not counted)
20th - 10.1km
21st - 660m pool swim (not counted)
22nd - 9.1km
24th - 3.5km (walk) plus 10km cycle (turbotrainer, not counted)
25th - 5km
26th - 5km cycle (turbotrainer, not counted)
27th - 11.25km
I've pre-added this evening's planned run on the assumption that i probably wont get time to add it after. If it doesn't happen then i'll delete it.
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9 miles today for a new longest distance ever for me. My pace was 10:00. It wasn't easy to do it on less than fresh legs, at 5.4 miles I hit a wall that made each foot I was able to put in front of the last one a miracle! But I am so grateful for my new chiropractor & massage therapist. They have me doing a lot of physical therapy exercises at home & I know I would not be able to push longer distances without their care. So that brings my total up to 76.03; 7.97 miles to go
Great job on the mileage this weekend. Just be careful pushing personal distance records on back to back days. Ramping up mileage in a short period of time without recovery can be a recipe for an overuse injury. (Have have a t-shirt for doing that at the end of the November challenge. ) 0 -
4/1 - 3.8 miles (trail)
4/4 - 11 miles
4/5 - 3 miles
4/7 - 5 miles
4/8 - 3 miles
4/9 - 7 miles (speedwork)
4/11 - 12 miles
4/12 - 3 miles
4/15 - 3 miles
4/16 - 3 miles
4/19 - 13.1 miles @ Gazelle Girl Half Marathon, 2:24:10, new PR!
4/21 - 4 miles
4/22 - 4 miles
4/24 - 14 miles
4/26 - 3.5 miles (trail)
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1 - 12mi, intervals
2 - 6mi, easy
3 - 8mi, easy w/strides
4 - 10mi, easy
5 - 20mi, long run
6 - 5mi, easy
7 - 7mi, intervals
8 - Rest
9 - 8mi, easy
10 - 6mi, easy w/strides
11 - 6mi, easy
12 - 14mi, easy
13 - 5mi, easy
14 - 6mi, intervals
15 - 4mi, easy
16 - Rest
17 - 3mi, easy
18 - 26.3mi, Carmel Marathon
19 - Rest
20 - Rest
21 - Rest
22 - 4mi, easy
23 - 6mi, easy
24 - Rest
25 - 13.1mi, easy
26 - 6.1mi, easy
Kentucky Derby half marathon on Saturday with a couple of MFPers, @lbelle987 and @JTick , followed up by Free Your Sole 10K with my girlfriend on Sunday. Yes, I stopped at McDonalds during the race. I was deathly hungry, having been up since 3:30am on nothing but a banana, Froot Loops, and coffee.
Total: 175.9mi
April goal: 197mi
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Date Miles today. Miles for April
4/1 6.2 miles - 6.2
4/2 5.35 miles - 11.55
4/3 REST DAY (TAPER)
4/4 13.1 miles - 24.65 <<< Oak Barrel HM in Lynchburg, TN (1:44:13)
4/5 REST DAY
4/6 10.5 miles - 35.15
4/7 REST DAY (also travel day as I am in Md this week)
4/8 5 miles - 40.15
4/9 4.2 miles - 44.35
4/10 REST DAY/TAPER
4/11 REST DAY/TAPER
4/12 13.2 - 57.55 <<< Bridge Street HM (1:39:26 PR - 53 OA, 5 AG)
4/13 REST DAY
4/14 6 miles - 63.55
4/15 8.15 miles - 71.70
4/16 REST/TAPER
4/17 REST/TAPER
4/18 13.1 - 84.8 <<<<< GEORGIA PEACH JAM HM (1:44:38 - 45 OA, 9 AG)
4/19 REST DAY
4/20 8.25 <<<< 93.05
4/21 9 miles 102.05
4/22 6.2 miles - 108.25
4/23 8.25 miles - 116.5
4/24 REST DAY
4/25 15 miles - 131.5
4/26 REST DAY
4/27 10.5 miles - 142.5
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April 25 - 3.1 (Super Hero 5k) - Came in third in my age group!
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@gabbo34 Congratulations on your first half and 4th in AG.
@kristinegift Congratulations on your half. I am originally from NJ. What exit are ya? :-)
I grew up in Union County, lived in Bayonne for a bit, moved down to Eatontown, then Brick before moving to Alabama.
@csman49 Congrats man on your PB.
@briebee7 Congrats on your marathon.
@sonicdeathmonkey80 - I think McDonalds needs to sponsor you and put you in a commercial for how speedy their service is that it didn't slow down your race. :-)
Ba da da dum! I'm Loving it!
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@briebee7 Congrats on your second marathon! Great time for an hilly and windy race Big Sur is on my bucket list... It looks soooo amazing!
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3/30 - 7 Mi easy
3/31 - 10 Mi steady state
4/1 - 6 Mi recovery
4/2 - 7 Mi steady state
4/3 - 4 Mi easy double stroller
4/4 - 22 Mi long
56 mile week (39 in April)
4/6 - 7 Mi easy
4/7 - 10 Mi steady state
4/8 - 6 Mi easy double stroller
4/9 - 11 Mi easy
4/10 - 7 Mi easy
4/11 -10 Mi easy double stroller
51 mile week
4/13 - sick...
4/14 - 7 Mi easy...still sick no fun crap crap crap
4/15 - 10 Mi easy...blah
4/16 - 11 Mi feeling a bit better
4/17 - 7 Mi steady state back to normal
4/18 - 13 Mi Trail
48 mile week
4/20 - 11 Mi steady state
4/21 - 12 Mi easy
4/22 - 7 Mi recovery
4/23 - 14 Mi long
4/24 - 7 Mi recovery lunch run
4/25 - 8 Mi easy
59 mile week
197/200 total
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@kristinegift Congratulations on your half. I am originally from NJ. What exit are ya? :-)
I grew up in Union County, lived in Bayonne for a bit, moved down to Eatontown, then Brick before moving to Alabama.
No idea what exit I am! But I live in Princeton. I moved out here just last September for grad school Pretty sure I drove through Eatontown yesterday (but then again I could be mistaken as my NJ geography is awful). 0 -
Congrats to all the awesome finishes this weekend! THe McD's break in the middle of a race is epic
April 2 – 3.13 mi
April 4 – 6.31 mi
April 7 – 3.23 mi
April 8 – 3.25 mi
April 10 – 3.25 – 5k Glow Run. Running at night, through the woods. Official time 29:10 for 13th place overall.
April 11 – 4.09 mi
April 12 – 4.27 mi
April 14 – 2.18 mi
April 15 – 3.08 mi
April 17 – 3.08 mi
April 18 – 4.12 mi
April 20 – 2 mi
April 22 – 3.5 mi
April 24 – 3.12 mi 24:08 5k
April 26 – 6.32 mi0 -
@kristinegift since you are in Princeton technically you don't have an exit. In case you don't know the big joke (at least for people who live outside of Jersey) is that everyone lives off an exit off the garden state parkway, so when you say you are from Jersey people say "what exit?"
@stoshew71 and his beautiful family followed me from Ocean County NJ to Huntsville Alabama LOL
@briebee7 Great race - how awesome is it that your mom was there to give you your medal.
@training2befast - awesome and I agree with someone above - you aren't training you are there!
@wendy1fl great long run! woohoo
@sonicdeathmonkey80 - love the McDonald's stop, BTW if you stopped at McDonald's while running next to me and didn't bring me back an egg mcmuffin I would have to trip you LOL
@mrskgrady awesome job on the 5K
I'm sure I missed people - congrats to everyone this weekend!!!
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4/1 - rest day
4/2 - 4.4 miles - getting ready for HM on the 12th
4/3 - 4.4 miles
4/4 - rest day
4/5 - 4.9 mile
4/6 - 3.48 miles
4/7 - rest
4/8 - 3.48 miles
4/9 - rest
4/10 - rest
4/11 - rest
4/12 - 13.1 miles my first half marathon so excited 2:17.58 14 AG/555 OA
hit a huge wall at 10.2 miles, my legs were spent, before that I was in front of the 2:15 pace group but I'm so proud of myself, I never stopped running and even had time to stop and hug my Skip at mile 10 :-)
4/13 - rest
4/14 - rest again
4/15 - yep one more rest
4/16 - legs said one more day (so did the thunder and lightening LOL)
4/17 - 4.5 miles
4/18 - 5.6 miles
4/19 - 4.5 miles
4/20 - rest
4/21 - 4.5 miles
4/22 - where did the day go didn't get out there day
4/23 - 4.5 miles
4/24 - walked Macy 2 miles
4/25 - 7.4 miles
4/26 - 4.5 miles with Skip
4/27 - 4.5 miles - Skip slept in, after running with me yesterday she also went to the Varsity soccer practice even though she plays JV The coach invited any JV player who wanted to go, she was the only one who went. Got herself some Varsity Coach kudos for coming out.
73.8 mile out of 130 - I'm so never reaching my goal this month.
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Ran the La Jolla half this weekend with my Godson's wife, her first. It was warmer than expected but not too windy. Actually pretty nice conditions. I stayed with her and helped her set a pace initially then towards the end she was not feeling well and we walked all but the last 0.25 to the finish. We still made it right at the time she wanted. It was a good hill workout for me and a really beautiful course. I would like to run it again next year but I won't forget the sunscreen next year - I got so sunburned!
This ^^^ was mile 5 - all down hill. The big hill on the left in the distance is what we went up to the top of the plateau (~500 ft) and across and then down again. It stopped most runners but the tough one is another hill at mile 12!
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@kristinegift @briebee7 @training2befast (and the rest of y'all awesome racers) - THANK YOU for sharing your race experiences.
@gabbo34 - Congrats! You responded to my post for help with HM training about a month ago. I took your advice on the HH training, & it seems to be working for me when I'm not sidetracked. Your great finish in Arlington is motivation for me to keep pressing on.
@sonicdeathmonkey80 - Screenshot of the mapped run route thru McD's is my absolute favorite!
You folks ROCK!! Thanks for inspiring me & making me jealous. My attempts at long (for me) runs have been derailed by school/sporting events; but, I'm still trying to run consistently. Don't know if I'll be ready for a HM as soon as I wanted to be. Now if I can get these kids of mine to let me break in to their chaotic soccer/baseball/swim schedules I'm going to find race, really I am! 0 -
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kristinegift wrote: »
@kristinegift Congratulations on your half. I am originally from NJ. What exit are ya? :-)
I grew up in Union County, lived in Bayonne for a bit, moved down to Eatontown, then Brick before moving to Alabama.
No idea what exit I am! But I live in Princeton. I moved out here just last September for grad school Pretty sure I drove through Eatontown yesterday (but then again I could be mistaken as my NJ geography is awful).
I did a quick lookup on your race. Sounds like a nice route. Not only did you have to drive through Eatontown (Exit 105 off the GSP) but you ran through the back side of my old work site (Ft. Monmouth).
Princeton is exit 67 off I-295 (from the south) or exit 8 from the Turnpike for those coming from the North.
I remember we used to have our State Wrestling Finals in Jadwin Gym in Priceton back in my day.
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Great job @shanaber looks so beautiful!0
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Wow - super popular race weekend. Congrats to all race finishers (especially the full @briebee7 and half marathoners @SonicDeathMonkey80 @Training2BeFast @shanaber @gabbo34 and @kristinegift).
Final 8 mile taper "long" run yesterday. Quiet week ahead for me until I fly north and race my full on Sunday alongside a few of you in the 'burgh.
4/1 - 8 miles
4/2 - 5 miles
4/4 - 8 miles
4/5 - 20 miles
4/7 - 5 miles
4/8 - 8 miles
4/9 - 5 miles
4/12 - 20 miles
4/14 - 5 miles
4/15 - 8 miles
4/16 - 6 miles
4/18 - 4 miles
4/19 - 12 miles
4/21 - 4 miles
4/22 - 5 miles
4/23 - 4 miles
4/25 - 3 miles
4/26 - 8 miles
Total: 138 miles
Goal: 145 miles
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Ran the La Jolla half this weekend with my Godson's wife, her first. It was warmer than expected but not too windy. Actually pretty nice conditions. I stayed with her and helped her set a pace initially then towards the end she was not feeling well and we walked all but the last 0.25 to the finish. We still made it right at the time she wanted. It was a good hill workout for me and a really beautiful course. I would like to run it again next year but I won't forget the sunscreen next year - I got so sunburned!
This ^^^ was mile 5 - all down hill. The big hill on the left in the distance is what we went up to the top of the plateau (~500 ft) and across and then down again. It stopped most runners but the tough one is another hill at mile 12!
Good stuff! I have two friends who were pacing out there (1:35 and 1:50). I ran AFC last year 0
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