April 2015 Running Challenge
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Good luck @SonicDeathMonkey80 and @Daisy471!
And to anyone else racing this weekend I may have missed!0 -
..forgot to add today in...
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
4/4 - Rest
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
4/12 - Rest
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
125/200 total
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Date....kms.....Total
01/04- 5.4kms (stinking treadmill)-5.4
02/04- 5.33kms- 10.73
03/04- 10kms- 20.73
04/04- rest
05/04- 5.45kms- 26.18
06/04- rest MY BIRTHDAY
07/04- 5.0kms- 31.18
08/04- 7.5kms- 38.68
09/04- 9.0kms- 47.68
10/04- 7.61kms- 55.29kms
11/04- rest stupid wind
12/04- 6.6kms- 61.89
13/04- 10.2kms- 72.09
14/04- rest
15/04- unplanned rest
16/04- another unplanned rest
17/04- 7.25kms- 79.34
Was all dressed and ready to head out for a morning run yesterday before the busy afternoon started and lo and behold....there was a grass fire just 300 metres from my house. YIKES! I decided I better stick around just in case we needed to evacuate, started getting stuff together for the cats, and grabbing some important stuff. Thank goodness the wind wasn't blowing directly towards the houses! Scary scary. All is well though. So today I got my butt in gear after too many days off. I felt amazing! Stopped after 7k, but I sure felt like I could have kept going! What a great feeling!!!!
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4/1: 5 miles
4/2: 7 miles
4/3: 4.2 miles
4/4: REST!
4/5: 18 miles
4/6: 4 miles
4/7: XT rowing and biking
4/8: 5 miles
4/9: 10 miles
4/10: 3.1 miles
4/11: 8.5 miles
4/12: REST
4/13: 6 miles
4/14: Rest
4/15: 6.2 miles
4/16: 8 miles
4/17: 6 miles
Current total: 91 miles
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@cooter_mom - grass fires and the wildfires we get here are so scary! Glad you are safe and none of the houses were hit!
@mmabry72 - Congratulations! Great time and place for your trail 5K!!
Good Luck to everyone racing this weekend and have fun!!
Date.......Miles......Total
04/01.....4.07.......4.07 - +2 mile walk
04/02.....5.20.......9.27 - + Strength Training
04/03.....6.48.....15.75
04/04...13.10.....28.85
04/05.....0.00.....28.85 - Rest - 3 mile walk on the beach
04/06.....7.20.....36.05 - + Agility
04/07.....6.24.....42.29 - + Strength Training
04/08.....0.00.....42.29 - Rest + Strength Training
04/09.....4.37.....46.66 - Surprisingly good tempo run
04/10.....6.20.....52.86
04/11.....8.23.....61.09 - Hill repeats, trail run and more hills!
04/12.....0.00.....61.09 - Rest - 3 mile walk on the beach
04/13.....7.40.....68.49
04/14.....5.36.....73.85 - + Strength Training
04/15.....0.00.....73.85 - Rest
04/16.....5.57.....79.42 - + Strength Training
04/17.....6.02.....85.44 - easy run in the heat
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Why do it? so i can say to myself I did. the fat me still tells the fitter me that I am not worthy. i find differenet challenges and do them. if i didnt try different things I would never learn what I like and dont like, goes for fitness as well as foods, jobs, etc.
I have always did some running, completeing a handfull or two halfs, a bunch of 10ks and 5ks. thought I would shoot for a marathon. when training for smaller events running never became a job like it has when training for this marathon. its like a i have a 2nd job that I work part time with a naggy boss. after all these months, whatever fun that was for me running there has been sucked out and hench the hating the running now. but I stick to my goals and follow through.
Well when you put it that way it makes sense. I have other running friends who trained for marathons and say the same as you, it took over their lives.0 -
@SBRrepeat - you have my admiration on volunteering for such a project. You are a great person!
@SonicDeathMonkey80: all the best for your marathon, and @Daisy471 for your half. Have fun, both of you
@cooter_mom: a grass fire so close to my house would freak me out too. Glad nothing happened! The run afterwards was probably a great way to work off the stress from that scare.
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Usually I run in the evening, but today I got up earlier to run before work. Won't become a habit, I think - the weather was perfect, and if I had had a choice, I would have kept on going. Having to turn back to be in time for work really spoiled some of the fun.
17.04.2015 - 4.3 km
52.4 km (of 100 km) done
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@cooter_mom that is too close.
Good luck to everyone running races this weekend. I'll following you online Doug.
Stan has a half tomorrow too. Busy racing weekend!0 -
@cooter_mom wow! I'd have to stand out there with a shovel and hose.
I should reign in my running miles. I received a diagnosis of piriformis syndrome yesterday. I'm hoping that I haven't done any permanent nerve damage. I probably won't though. Well, maybe I will since the knee is fickle. So I think I'll heal up a bit and shoot for a gait analysis end of April-early May to address my biomechanics.
Good luck everyone on your upcoming races.
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1--- 8mi
2--- 8mi
3--- 20mi
4--- 6 mi
5--- 12mi --- Week total: 66.3 miles
6--- Rest day
7--- 14mi
8--- 8mi
9--- 12mi
10--- 8mi
11--- 8mi
12--- 20mi --- Week total:70 miles
13--- Rest day
14--- 8mi
15--- 10mi
16--- 8mi
17--- 7mi
Total: 156 miles
Goal: 250 miles0 -
April 1 - 3.1 miles (5k)
April 2 - 3.1 miles (5k)
April 3rd, 4th, and 5th - Travel/Rest
April 6 - 3.1 miles (5k)
April 7 - 3.1 miles (5k)
April 8th & 9th - Worked too late to run
April 10 - 3.1 miles (5k)
April 11th - 16th - Remodeling house and no running was possible...messed up my month.
April 17 - 3.1 miles (5k)
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Okay, after having been travelling (for business ... definitely not pleasure) and being chased by @ddmom0811 see the run-logging so far since the 5th of April ... need to add more runs if I want to reach the start, as I have only just got past 50 miles with more than half the month disappeared
- Date Run (K)
07-Apr 6.2K
10-Apr 6.4K
11-Apr 9.6K
12-Apr 6.4K
13-Apr 3.2K
15-Apr 5K
17-Apr 4K
19-Apr 9.7K
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@iofred -lol - I was worried about you with your black spots!
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
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April 1 - 6k
April 2 - 5.5k
April 4 - 4k
April 8 - 4k
April 9 - 6.5k
April 10 - 4k
April 11 - 7k Awesome day for a run. Take that 7k.
April 13 - 6k
April 15 - 5k Updating my runs from the other day. Going to hit up another one today and
will be back to post that shortly.0 -
April 1 - 6k
April 2 - 5.5k
April 4 - 4k
April 8 - 4k
April 9 - 6.5k
April 10 - 4k
April 11 - 7k Awesome day for a run. Take that 7k.
April 13 - 6k
April 15 - 5k Updating my runs from the other day. Going to hit up another one today and
will be back to post that shortly.
April 18 - 8k Another beautiful spring day.0 -
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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
43.9 mile out of 130
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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
Nailed my goal with 30 seconds to spare! The key to marathons is pace, pace, pace. Choosing it, maintaining it, and training it properly.
Total: 146.7mi
April goal: ~180mi
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