April 2015 Running Challenge

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  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    kristinegift wrote: »
    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    kristinegift wrote: »
    Stoshew71 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. :-)

    @kristinegift and @stoshew71 But don't embarrass yourself, as a life long Jerseyan I can tell you that you should ask for Pork Roll and not Taylor Ham LOL Be sure to have fries with brown gravy on them. :-) Oh yeah and send me down some pizza PLEASE!!!

  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
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    skippygirlsmom wrote: »

    @kristinegift and @stoshew71 But don't embarrass yourself, as a life long Jerseyan I can tell you that you should ask for Pork Roll and not Taylor Ham LOL Be sure to have fries with brown gravy on them. :-) Oh yeah and send me down some pizza PLEASE!!!

    @skippygirlsmom Shall we get into an argument on whether or not it's called a hoagie or a sub? ;-)


    http://kcbx.net/~tellswor/sign-nj.htm
    Sorry @kristinegift for the 13th statement in the link above.


    And for those that get offended easily, please do not click here. It's one person's guide to ethnicity groups easily catogorized on the map of New Jersey:
    http://media.nj.com/ledgerupdates_impact/photo/2011/12/-73d3c8bf7dd38bb7.jpg

  • italysharon
    italysharon Posts: 195 Member
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    April 1: 4.14
    April 2: 5.01
    April 3: nada nada mermalada
    April 4: 6.12
    April 5: 3.29
    April 6: 5.26
    April 7: 1.5 & Pump
    April 8: nothing
    April 9: 1.5 & Pump
    April 10: 6 miles outside
    April 11: nothing
    April 12: 7 miles outside
    April 13: nothing
    April 14: 2 miles ™ & Pump
    April 15: 3.25 outside… awful! painful! done.
    April 16: 3.25
    April 17: 0 :-(
    April 18: 4 ™
    April 19: 2 ™
    April 20: 5 miles
    April 21: nothing
    April 22: 5 miles
    April 23: nothing
    April 24: 2.25 miles ™ … kids off from school is killing my running schedule
    April 25: 6.25 ™
    April 26: 4.2 ™
    April 27: 5.5 outside … kids back in school!

    2 1/2 days left…. 7.5 miles! I got this!

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  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,391 Member
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    Another hot and not so windy run this morning. I am looking forward to cooler weather this weekend and into next week!

    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!!
    04/28.....5.06...126.64 - + Strength Training

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  • Ohhim
    Ohhim Posts: 1,142 Member
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    Short 3 miler as part of my taper week, so I did it mid-day in the heat & humidity (80 degrees, 80%) then hit the weights afterwards as it felt a bit too short. Ended up riding 45 miles yesterday as my shorter 8 mile Sunday long run also felt too easy.

    I think I'm missing the point of a pre-marathon taper :smile:

    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
    4/28 - 3 miles

    Total: 141 miles
    Goal: 145 miles
    Remaining: 4 miles
  • Wendy1Fl
    Wendy1Fl Posts: 102 Member
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    @Stoshew71 Thanks for the articles/links, I will be passing my free time with them today ;).

    4/27 5.8 miles – Pace 10:38
    4/26 9 miles – Pace 10:00
    4/25 8.71 miles – Pace 9:45
    4/20 8.44 miles – Pace 10:42 miles
    4/19 5 miles Doomsday Hill 5 times up & down
    4/13 5.83 miles slow & easy
    4/12 5 miles speed intervals 1:15 fast, 1:45 slow 1st 3 miles, then slow last 2 miles.
    4/10 8 miles in 1:17 – pace 9:62; I took 13 minutes off my last 8 miler!
    4/8 2.63 miles – Doomsday Hill twice up & down - Pace 10:00 minute miles
    4/7 2 miles – Hilly trail run
    4/4 7.46 miles on 1 hr, 15 minutes (Bloomsday Course) – Pace 9:00 minute miles
    4/3 4 miles speed intervals 1:10 fast, 1:50 slow.
    4/2 2.5 Miles - I dunno pace because the Garmin is broken again. Grr. But I do know it was slow.
    4/1 7.46 miles Pace – 10:00
    Total: 81.83; 2.17 to go


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  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »

    @kristinegift and @stoshew71 But don't embarrass yourself, as a life long Jerseyan I can tell you that you should ask for Pork Roll and not Taylor Ham LOL Be sure to have fries with brown gravy on them. :-) Oh yeah and send me down some pizza PLEASE!!!

    @skippygirlsmom Shall we get into an argument on whether or not it's called a hoagie or a sub? ;-)


    http://kcbx.net/~tellswor/sign-nj.htm
    Sorry @kristinegift for the 13th statement in the link above.


    And for those that get offended easily, please do not click here. It's one person's guide to ethnicity groups easily catogorized on the map of New Jersey:
    http://media.nj.com/ledgerupdates_impact/photo/2011/12/-73d3c8bf7dd38bb7.jpg

    LOL @stoshew71 sub - enough said :smile: that's the first time I saw the map, too funny
  • ShortMrsN
    ShortMrsN Posts: 177 Member
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    02/04 - 9.10km
    03/04 - 7.00km
    10/04 - 6.62km
    17/04 - 5.06km
    20/04 - 8.51km
    24/04 - 8.51km
    29/04 - 6.02km

    Not going to make it this month....... but I did manage to equal last months goal :)


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  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,878 Member
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    Ohhim wrote: »
    I think I'm missing the point of a pre-marathon taper :smile:
    LOL - I am no where near that point yet, but I still know what you mean.

    @stoshew71 - Thanks for all the great posts and the group. I've successfully avoided grading tonight to read tons of it!
    Training2BeFast wrote: »
    @karllundy Congrats on the new PR. My legs are good, but my shoulders are sore too. Weird lol.
    At the Good Form Running clinic my daughter and I did, they filmed us running and they right away said my daughter's shoulders/neck were tense. She didn't tell them but she had been suffering with sore shoulders for weeks. She has since learned to relax them while running along with other little tips they gave. May not be the same thing you do, but just passing it along.
  • SBRRepeat
    SBRRepeat Posts: 384 Member
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    Ohhim wrote: »
    I think I'm missing the point of a pre-marathon taper :smile:

    I did a short three miler as a part of my taper today, too...
    Then I did a thirty minute open water swim and a ninety minute bike ride.

    I too, cannot taper.
    On the other hand, met this guy on my bike ride today:

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    63ish miles this month. Fail.
  • Aine8046
    Aine8046 Posts: 2,122 Member
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    Aine8046 wrote: »
    In for 50 miles!
    April 1st - 3.5 miles
    April 4th - 3.9 miles
    April 6th - 4.3 miles
    April 8th - 5.5 miles
    April 10th - 5.5 miles
    April 12th - 4.5 miles
    April 14th - 5.4 miles
    April 16th - 5.1 miles
    April 18th - 4.8 miles
    April 21st - 3.2 miles
    April 23rd - 4.1 miles
    April 25th - 5.2 miles
    April 28th - 3.2 miles

    Total: 58.2 miles


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  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
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    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    kristinegift wrote: »
    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    kristinegift wrote: »
    Stoshew71 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. :-)

    Haha, when I find a diner I'll keep that in mind ;) Princeton =/= the rest of New Jersey. It's a very inauthentic NJ experience, living here! haha
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
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    karllundy wrote: »
    OK, was unable to post here over the weekend and Monday, but congrats to everyone who raced this weekend! Way to rock it! @briebee7 @SonicDeathMonkey80 @Training2BeFast @shanaber @gabbo34 and @kristinegift

    I am sure I missed people, sorry!

    It was a beautiful day for an HM in Des Moines for the Hy-Vee/Drake Road Races! Missed my goal by 32 seconds, but still a PR of 1:55:32! Oddly, my left shoulder hurt, but my legs were good.

    Congrats on the PR! And YAY IOWA! I'm missing my home state quite dearly these days.
  • gabbo34
    gabbo34 Posts: 289 Member
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    @karllundy Great job on the PR!!!
  • lippiestickmama
    lippiestickmama Posts: 15 Member
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  • johnsonnelly
    johnsonnelly Posts: 103 Member
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    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 - Travel
    April 10 - 3.1 miles (5k)
    April 11th-16th - House remodel and no time to run. :(
    April 17 - 3.1 miles (5k)
    April 18th - 21st - Painting every hour that I did not work.
    April 22 - 3.1 miles (5k)
    April 23rd -25th - House remodel
    April 26 - 3.1 miles (5k)
    April 27 - 2.1 miles (early run...will run again)
    April 28 - 3.1 miles (5k)


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  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,391 Member
    edited April 2015
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    Ohhim wrote: »
    Short 3 miler as part of my taper week, so I did it mid-day in the heat & humidity (80 degrees, 80%) then hit the weights afterwards as it felt a bit too short. Ended up riding 45 miles yesterday as my shorter 8 mile Sunday long run also felt too easy.

    I think I'm missing the point of a pre-marathon taper :smile:
    I know, right? It is so hard not to just run!!


    @SBRRepeat - love your new friend! So soft and fuzzy!

  • csman49
    csman49 Posts: 1,100 Member
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    SBRRepeat wrote: »
    Ohhim wrote: »
    I think I'm missing the point of a pre-marathon taper :smile:

    I did a short three miler as a part of my taper today, too...
    Then I did a thirty minute open water swim and a ninety minute bike ride.

    I too, cannot taper.
    On the other hand, met this guy on my bike ride today:

    atjy6lyynz3c.jpg


    63ish miles this month. Fail.

    @SBRRepeat What kind of cat is that?

  • jtarmom
    jtarmom Posts: 228 Member
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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
    4/29 - 3.18 miles



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  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,878 Member
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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 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
    April 29 - 5.12 ... so close! I'll get my goal tomorrow!


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