May 2015 Running Challenge
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Got another 5.5 miles in today - total - 48 as of 05/070
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I am meeting a potential new running partner tonight. He is a super cute 1 year old shephard/lab mix named Forrest Gump (LOL, I pledge to start each run declaring 'Run, Forrest!' if it works out). He is being re-homed due to a move. He has gone through all obedience classes up to advanced, and has earned his Canine Good Citizenship Certificate. I can't find a human running partner (I stopped short at putting an ad on Craigslist - not THAT desperate yet). I've asked everyone I know. Since I far prefer trail runs to city running, I just don't feel safe doing that with my little pug/jack russell mix. She is scared of our hamster! She is too small to be any kind of deterrent if we are scoped as prey. Besides, I have built her endurance up to 6 miles, but she seems to be tapping out at that distance and I don't feel right pushing her any further. Pepper spray only goes so far. If a predator is high on Meth, crack, or Bath Salts it won't stop him. A large dog, however, can disable him so that he can't attack. I may sound neurotic here, but my sister was assaulted running alone 3 years ago. This is what law enforcement told us after the attack. I never feel safe running without a partner since that happened. Fingers crossed Forrest is everything his Mommy has promised me...
5/6 6 miles Pace: 10:00
5/5 5 miles Pace: S-L-O-W 12:12
5/3 8.21 Miles; Bloomsday race 7.62 miles Pace 9:23
Total: 19.21; 96.99 to go
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05/01: 3.75mi, Easy PM Run
05/01: 3.23mi, Interval training my wife, active recovery for me
05/02: 1.65mi, Race warmup
05/02: 4.30mi, 7km Road/Path Hybrid Race; OA: 12/106, AG: 4/8. Cobblestones claimed my ankle about 1.5mi in.
05/02: Frustrated and did not record cool down, so fuhgettaboutit..
05/02: 13.98mi ** Cycling
05/03: 4.62mi, Interval training my wife, active recovery for me
05/03: 3.76mi, Slight progression to test ankle
05/03: 1.20mi, Cool down
==> Total weekly miles: 50.3*
05/04: 5.25mi, Easy lunch run
05/04: 4.19mi, Interval training my wife, active recovery for me
05/05: 5.00mi, 5k tune up, 800m x 400m progression repeats + easy
05/05: 4.53mi, Interval training my wife, active recovery for me
05/06: 4.00mi, Lunch run helping a coworker dial in pace for his first race, tempo intervals for me
05/06: 21.71mi ** Cycling
05/07: 4.00mi, Easy lunch run and pacing two coworkers
Current total...49.47
Remaining.....150.530 -
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01/5 - Recovery
02/5 - 15.1 miles Trail
03/5 - 8.1 miles Trail
04/5 - Recovery
05/5 - 10.6 miles Trail
06/5 - 12.1 Miles Trail (split into 2 runs)
07/5 - 10.3 Road
Only scheduled road run of the week and easy paced 10
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I am meeting a potential new running partner tonight. He is a super cute 1 year old shephard/lab mix named Forrest Gump (LOL, I pledge to start each run declaring 'Run, Forrest!' if it works out). He is being re-homed due to a move. He has gone through all obedience classes up to advanced, and has earned his Canine Good Citizenship Certificate. I can't find a human running partner (I stopped short at putting an ad on Craigslist - not THAT desperate yet). I've asked everyone I know. Since I far prefer trail runs to city running, I just don't feel safe doing that with my little pug/jack russell mix. She is scared of our hamster! She is too small to be any kind of deterrent if we are scoped as prey. Besides, I have built her endurance up to 6 miles, but she seems to be tapping out at that distance and I don't feel right pushing her any further. Pepper spray only goes so far. If a predator is high on Meth, crack, or Bath Salts it won't stop him. A large dog, however, can disable him so that he can't attack. I may sound neurotic here, but my sister was assaulted running alone 3 years ago. This is what law enforcement told us after the attack. I never feel safe running without a partner since that happened. Fingers crossed Forrest is everything his Mommy has promised me...
5/6 6 miles Pace: 10:00
5/5 5 miles Pace: S-L-O-W 12:12
5/3 8.21 Miles; Bloomsday race 7.62 miles Pace 9:23
Total: 19.21; 96.99 to go
Good luck with Forrest Gump! I hope it works out! And if it does.... pictures please!!0 -
I am meeting a potential new running partner tonight. He is a super cute 1 year old shephard/lab mix named Forrest Gump (LOL, I pledge to start each run declaring 'Run, Forrest!' if it works out). He is being re-homed due to a move. He has gone through all obedience classes up to advanced, and has earned his Canine Good Citizenship Certificate. I can't find a human running partner (I stopped short at putting an ad on Craigslist - not THAT desperate yet). I've asked everyone I know. Since I far prefer trail runs to city running, I just don't feel safe doing that with my little pug/jack russell mix. She is scared of our hamster! She is too small to be any kind of deterrent if we are scoped as prey. Besides, I have built her endurance up to 6 miles, but she seems to be tapping out at that distance and I don't feel right pushing her any further. Pepper spray only goes so far. If a predator is high on Meth, crack, or Bath Salts it won't stop him. A large dog, however, can disable him so that he can't attack. I may sound neurotic here, but my sister was assaulted running alone 3 years ago. This is what law enforcement told us after the attack. I never feel safe running without a partner since that happened. Fingers crossed Forrest is everything his Mommy has promised me...
Sounds awesome!0 -
9 miles so far this month. Added 2.5 miles this morning.0
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@Wendy1Fl : I hope you had a great run with Forrest!
Windy couple of days here - I don't mind the rain so much, but I'm too scared of getting hit by branches or trees to venture out into the storm. At least there was a quiet half hour yesterday, so I got a short run in. But a longer run is more than overdue... Hopefully the weather will be nicer tomorrow!
2.5.15 - 4.1km
4.5.15 - 3.9km
6.5.15 - 4.2km
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12.2km (of 100km) done
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I would like to do 50 miles in May!
05/01/15 - 2.27 Miles
05/02/15 - None
05/03/15 - None
05/04/15 - None
05/05/15 - None
05/06/15 - 3.01 Miles
Total - 5.26 Miles0 -
Just spend about 30 minutes catching up for the week. Loved reading about everyone's runs and races - congrats to all. I'm also glad the dog incident had a safe ending....scary stuff. Sorry to hear about the injuries....hopefully they mend quickly!0
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5/4- 5.51 miles
5/6- 2.49 miles
5/7- 6.32 miles
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5/1: 5.2 miles
5/2: REST
5/3: 12 miles (scheduled: 20; left calf was not having it today)
5/4: REST
5/5: 1 mile (meant to bike to rest my calf, but the bike room was closed for asbestos removal )
5/6: 5 miles
5/7: 6.1 miles
Total: 29.3 of 155
Calf is getting better, but I decided to play it safe rather than do my scheduled 8 today. But! I got to try out a pair of New Balance Boracays that the NB rep brought in for the Thursday running group at the local store, and then she sent us home with free t-shirts and pint glasses!
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Finally got my first run of the month in!
5.1 miles on a mix of local MTB trails and pavement. Did last half mile at my 5k pace just to see how I felt. It was great
5.1/75 miles0 -
5/1 - 3.4 miles
5/3 - 10.5 miles
5/4 - 3 miles
5/6 - 3.4 miles
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5/7- 4.7m trail, 25.2 to go
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5/1 0.8miles
5/2 2 miles
5/3 0.8miles
5/4 2 miles
5/5 0.5 miles
5/6 -
5/7 0.8 miles
Total:6.9 miles
Goal: 30 miles
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03/05 - 5.04km
This week has been a complete write-off
I have had one or two of the kids home sick everyday this week so no chance to run (night time isn't an option now that daylight saving has ended)
Will start fresh next Tuesday (can't see me running Sunday morning given how I feel now)
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5/2 - 5.25 beautiful miles through my neighborhood
5/4 - 5 miles, indoor track
5/5 - 4 miles, treadmill (soggy, foggy day here); another 5 on stationary bike
5/6 - 4 miles, indoor track; weights / abs
5/7 - woke up feeling like #$*%...so decided to go back to sleep. May run this evening if I feel better.
5/8 - 4 miles, indoor track; weights
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5/8 2 easy miles. I have a dr appointment on Monday to hopefully find out why my heart rate at an easy pace has been going up the past month or so instead of down. 2 miles in the 14mm rage should not have gotten my heart rate up to 182. Any ideas?
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Week 1 Mileage
5/1: 2
5/2: 6
5/3: 0
5/4: 4
5/5: 5
5/6: Rest day
5/7: 3
Total: 20 miles0 -
DATE...............MILES............TOTAL
5/1...................6.25.................6.25
5/2...................6.50...............12.75
5/3...................6.00...............18.75
5/4...................Weight training
5/5...................5.25...............24.00
5/6...................5.00...............29.00
5/7...................5.75...............34.75
5/8...................Weight training (Trail race tomorrow)
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5/1- rest day
5/2 - 5 miles 8K Steeple Chase Race
5/3 - 3.5 miles
5/4 - rest day
5/5 - 6.3 miles
5/6 - 3.5 miles - decided to cut it short a bit so I could go home and get Macy for a walk
5/7 - 4.5 miles
5/8 - 4.6 miles
27.4 out of 120 miles completed
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@kristinegift I love free stuff!!! I hope the calf feels better
@SBRRepeat glad you were finally able to get a run in and are feeling better
@shortmrsn nothing worse than the kiddos being sick. I hope everyone is 100% soon.
Good luck to everyone running races this weekend. Don't know about the weather every where else, but it's been awesome here! I love 80s and no humidity!0 -
5/1 - 6 Mi jog
5/2 - 8.5 Mi double stroller happy fun time
5/3 - got lazy
53.5 Mi week
5/4 - 7 Mi steady state
5/5 - 14 Mi long
5/6 - 4 Mi double stroller happy fun time
5/7 - 14 Mi long
May Total
53/200
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I jammed my left big toe into a raised piece of sidewalk about a month ago. It was rather painful and just would not get any better. I finally went for x-rays yesterday because I was getting sick of it bltching at me when I'm running on it. Doctor just called and said it is fractured. I wish he would have waited until Monday to call. I have a 30k trail race tomorrow.0
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Miles so far.
5/01 - 4.83 miles
5/04 - 2.04 miles
5/05 - 4.10 miles
5/07 - 2.44 miles
5/08 - 3.27 miles
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