April 2015 Running Challenge
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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
18--- 6.2mi
19--- 12mi --- Week total: 50.22 miles
20--- Rest day
21--- 6mi
22--- 8mi
23--- 6mi
24--- Rest day (taper!)
25--- Rest day (taper!)
26--- 13.1mi (Result: 1:44:27)
27--- 7mi
Total: 214.33 miles
Goal: 250 miles0 -
kristinegift wrote: »
@kristinegift - You're amazing! A day after a HM and you're out running....my legs are absolutely shot today!
Haha, thanks! The HM is just part of marathon training, so gotta keep on truckin'! Though to be fair, I was a bit sore after actually pushing myself in the race yesterday. Hope you're run-ready again soon!
Amazing how what once probably dragged you down is now just another day
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4/1 - 3.44 miles
4/3 - 5 miles
4/4 - 5 miles
4/6 - 4 miles
4/8 - 3 miles
4/10 - 3.5 miles
4/12 - 8 miles
4/13 - 3.5 miles
4/15 - 3.47 miles
4/17 - 3.25 miles
4/18 - 9 miles
4/20 - stair workout
4/23 - 3 miles
4/24 - 3.3 miles
4/26 - 6 miles
4/27 - 3 miles![exercise.png[\img]](http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/wpy4IyQ/exercise.png[\img])
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Congrats to everyone who raced this last weekend @peeanoe, @csman49, @gabbo34, @kristinegift, @Training2BeFast, @briebee7, @SonicDeathMonkey80, @MrsKGrady along with anyone else I missed. You are all awesome and I love seeing all the race pictures and medals!!
@SonicDeathMonkey80 - my Godson lives in Temecula (near San Diego) so when he is running a race there he will invite me to join him. He has been running less than a year and has already gotten the racing bug - this was his 3rd half (3rd we have run together as well) and there have been a few 5 and 10Ks in between. I have another one that he may join me in again in SD but he needs to get his time down a bit to qualify.
I also can't believe I ran a half as a training run and got right back out there today even though it was very hot and very windy! Just another day as you said to @kristinegift!
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
04/18.....5.50.....90.94
04/19.....0.00.....90.94 - Rest
04/20.....4.64.....95.58 - Taper Week
04/21.....0.00.....95.58 - Rest
04/22.....4.62...100.20 - + Strength Training
04/23.....0.00...100.20 - Strength Training
04/24.....4.17...104.37
04/26...13.10...117.47 - La Jolla Half
04/27.....4.11...121.58 - Hot and windy run to get the stiffness out! GOAL!!
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SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »kristinegift wrote: »
@kristinegift - You're amazing! A day after a HM and you're out running....my legs are absolutely shot today!
Haha, thanks! The HM is just part of marathon training, so gotta keep on truckin'! Though to be fair, I was a bit sore after actually pushing myself in the race yesterday. Hope you're run-ready again soon!
Amazing how what once probably dragged you down is now just another day
So true! I used to hobble around for 2-3 days after an HM when I did them in high school. Way to put it all in perspective for me 0 -
I love the pics of all the folks running together at races. The one thing i hope to do in the future is find some friends to do HM's with...or join a running club or something. It seems like a lot of the fun is comradery before and after the race. When you go solo, it feels like you just sorta show up, run...hang around a bit and leave.
A race question for you vets. One thing that threw me off was my running app was counting off distance faster than the race markers. It was just a little bit each mile...but added up to about a .25 mile for the race. I'd only run a couple of 5ks before and the distance was dead on. Is that pretty normal?...I imagine a GPS is an approximate distance..but can be bit off. Just wondered for training purposes if I'm going as shorter distance than I thought....0 -
April Goal 60 miles
4/1: unplanned and unwelcome rest
4/2: planned rest
4/3: 3.43
4/4: 4.44 (no, I didn't plan that.....)
4/5: work and church and company for dinner...oh my
4/6: 4.15
4/7 snorkel 2.5 hrs
4/8 3.20
4/9 3.67
4/10 rest
4/11 3.86
4/12 3.29
4/13 too lazy to move
4/14: I don't normally post until I have a run to report...but today's 4 hours of snorkeling was too good to not report....turtles and whales and eels and: OCTOPUS!!!! (oh my....)
4/15 4.76
4/16 2.76
4/17 3.22
4/18 3.17
4/19 rest/travel
4/20 3.35
4/21 rest
4/22 4.04
4/23 strength training
4/24 4.08
4/25 3.22
4/26 rest
4/27 5.32
Total 59.96
(Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date)
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@gabbo34 - yep mine is typically off by the end of the race by anywhere from .1-.25 miles depending on the course. This time it even started giving the pace info on an off amount - 5.24 and 5.99 miles instead of 5.25 and 6 miles. It was weird but it was the first time I had used less than a mile for the pace/distance information. It was only off by 0.1 by the end of this race though. I have checked my training distances with other online mapping tools and the distances match up so I figure it is close enough.
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@gabbo34 Have a read of this: http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2009/03/racing-line-understanding-how-courses.html
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108km so far in April, aiming for 10 - 12km each of the next two days for ~ 130km for the month. Next month I'd like to do 160km and a lot more mountain trail running.0
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Someone on here (sorry can't remember who!) pointed this out to me after a 5K I did in December when I mentioned that the route was much longer than a 5K. Anyway, since reading that article, I have done a few races and I have been able to get my gps to be very close to the signs because I have tried to use the turns to my advantage. Not that I was taking huge turns prior to that...but I guess I just didn't think about it too much.@gabbo34 Have a read of this: http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2009/03/racing-line-understanding-how-courses.html
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 and weight training
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
April 28 - Weight training
2 more days to get my miles in! Can't wait!
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I noticed the difference too and wondered if it could be due to how I ran compared to how the course was measured. This pretty much confirms that! Nice read (and paint skills).@gabbo34 Have a read of this: http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2009/03/racing-line-understanding-how-courses.html0 -
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
4/28 10 miles - 152.5
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@gabbo34 Have a read of this: http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2009/03/racing-line-understanding-how-courses.html
Awesome article!!! Thanks for sharing it! It explains a lot. It makes sense how it adds up over the course of a race.0 -
I love the pics of all the folks running together at races. The one thing i hope to do in the future is find some friends to do HM's with...or join a running club or something. It seems like a lot of the fun is comradery before and after the race. When you go solo, it feels like you just sorta show up, run...hang around a bit and leave.
A race question for you vets. One thing that threw me off was my running app was counting off distance faster than the race markers. It was just a little bit each mile...but added up to about a .25 mile for the race. I'd only run a couple of 5ks before and the distance was dead on. Is that pretty normal?...I imagine a GPS is an approximate distance..but can be bit off. Just wondered for training purposes if I'm going as shorter distance than I thought....
Being 0.25 long off for a 5K is a lot, but it's pretty standard (probably the higher end of average) for a half/full. Most of mine are about +0.05 for a half and +0.10 for a full. My last half measured 13.15 and full was 26.26. Your Garmin is a training/pacing tool - not an accurate means of measuring a course.0 -
I'm an absolute beginner but in for the experience. Some of you guys above are posting some amazing runs 0
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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.
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Thank you for pointing this out, I had not thought of putting myself at risk. I shall err on the side of caution and back off the distance for a bit. Does anyone have an article or good personal experience regarding the rate one should be increasing their distance? I have been told that as long as I don't exceed 10% of my record I would be ok, but I didn't think of the danger of increasing my distance record two days in a row.
@Wendy1Fl In our group page, I have a Folder (under announcements) that I started listing for everyone for "Running related sites and references". Here's a shortcut to it: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1269023/running-related-sites-and-references#Item_16
Near the bottom of that list is a bunch of articles I collected and listed under the heading "Increasing Milage in training (Runner's World)"
Have a look and good luck. if you have any more questions let me know. Rule of thumb that I follow when increasing distances. No more than a mile a week. For every 3 weeks in a row that you increase miles, consider a cut back week where you run 2 or 3 miles less just for that week, before increasing again. Your long run should only be 25%-33% of your total weekly miles (closer to 25% the better). So if one of your runs is super long, make sure your other runs for the week can support that.
For everyone else that has not joined the group, please do so here:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/21182-monthly-running-challenges
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kristinegift wrote: »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.skippygirlsmom wrote: »@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?"
I'm sure I missed people - congrats to everyone this weekend!!!
This poor Princetonian is learning so many Jersey things today!
@kristinegift Go to any diner in NJ and order a Egg Cheese and Taylor Ham (or pork roll) on a hard roll (with a side of home fries). Then tell me what you think. :-)
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