May 2015 Running Challenge

Ohhim · May 2015

Back in the hot & sweaty south. Balked at running mid-day in the low 90s, but it paid off as we got some light rain around sunset which helped with the humidity & temperature, and I got a neighbor to tag along.

5/2 - 2 miles
5/3 - 26.2 miles (3:44 total time, 8:33 pace)
5/7 - 6 miles
5/9 - 4 miles
5/10 - 12 miles
5/12 - 4 miles

Total: 54 miles
Goal: 100 miles
Remaining: 46 miles

mwyvr · May 2015

To date: 95.43km
Tue May 12 5:28PM	7.54 A 'rest' day. Oops.
Mon May 11 4:20PM	10.01
Sun May 10 9:52AM	6.09
Sat May 9 1:56 PM	14.16
Fri May 8 12:05 PM	7.67
Thu May 7 5:38 PM	4.19
Wed May 6 4:05 PM	10.02
Tue May 5 7:25 PM	8.49
Sun May 3 5:32 PM	6.5
Sat May 2 4:16 PM	13.13
Fri May 1 1:57 PM	7.62

ddmom0811 · May 2015

May 1- strength training
May 2- cycling - 34 miles
May 3 - rest day/walked 4 miles
May 4 - 4.1 miles + Strength training
May 5- 5.2 miles
May 6 - rest
May 7 - 5.1 miles
May 8 - Strength training
May 9 - 39 miles biking
May 10 - 5K and 36 miles biking
May 11 - Strength training
May 12 - 5.5 miles
May 13 - 3.53 miles - Just a few miles because I’m going to trying to do a group bike ride tonight.

31flavors · May 2015

3.6 miles yesterday

davetheperson · May 2015

My GPS watch screwed up, so I had to estimate 2.3 Miles. I don't believe I did 3 miles in 25 minutes, especially not this morning.

5/3/15 3 Miles 32:59:43 11'06"
5/6/15 2.5 Miles 26:01:45 10'10"
5/7/15 3.25 Miles 32:33:16 10'10"
5/8/15 1.5 Miles 14:31:78 9'40"
5/10/15 4 Miles 45:15:64 11'32 Ben Franklin Bridge
5/12/15 2 Miles 21:52:45 10'54"
5/13/2015 2.3 Miles 25:00:00 11' Estimate GPS watch screwed up
Total Miles: 18.55

Stoshew71 · May 2015

Date Miles today. Miles for May
5/1 REST DAY - 0
5/2 16 miles - 16.0 <<< Madkin and Weeden Mountains on RSA (1,208ft elevation gain)
5/3 REST DAY - Went hiking ~4 miles with the wife at Monte Sano instead
5/4 10.35 miles - 26.35 << slow recovery miles. Still feel sore from weekend
5/5 10 miles 36.35
5/6 8 miles - 44.35 << easy paced
5/7 5.25 miles - 49.6 << fast paced
5/8 15 miles - 64.6 << Friday night long run
5/9 REST DAY <<< Georgia Aquarium
5/10 REST DAY
5/11 10.5 miles - 75.1
5/12 10 miles - 85.1
5/13 8.25 miles - 93.35 << easy effort

JimCrackinDandy · May 2015

chazdiezal · May 2015

May goal 65 mi

5/3...10 mi
5/4... Rest
5/5... 2 mi
5/6... 4 mi
5/7... 2 m
5/8... Rest
5/9... 4 mi
5/10...2 mi Cross/Walk
5/11...Rest
5/12...2 mi
5/13...3 mi

skippygirlsmom · May 2015

Elise4270 wrote: »

I need to try to get in a run even if my rear hurts and my back is threatening to flare up. I could just turn on my garmin and drive around the park then tell everyone I ran a 3:11 marathon..crazy story
http://m.runnersworld.com/general-interest/questions-arise-over-how-a-pennsylvania-dad-qualified-for-boston?page=single

Interesting story. I guess I just don't understand the fun in cheating (if he did) to reach a goal. If you want to qualify for Boston work your *kitten* off like every one else who has to do it. I've been in 2 or 3 5Ks here locally the last year where a guy wore a women's chip and "she" placed. What have you accomplished getting a $3.00 medal, a coupon from the local running store and cheating a real runner out of their earned finish. It's beyond me.

@kristinegift glad the calf is feeling better!

baldielove13 · May 2015

5/12: 7 miles

So far: 46.3 out of 100 miles

briebee7 · May 2015

DATE ... MILES
5/1 ... 4
5/2 ... 6
5/3 ... 10
5/4 ... 3.5
5/7 ... 5.5
5/9 ... 8
5/10 ... 10
5/11 ... 6
5/12 ... 5
5/13 ... 7

65/150 goal

briebee7 · May 2015

skippygirlsmom wrote: »

Elise4270 wrote: »

I need to try to get in a run even if my rear hurts and my back is threatening to flare up. I could just turn on my garmin and drive around the park then tell everyone I ran a 3:11 marathon..crazy story
http://m.runnersworld.com/general-interest/questions-arise-over-how-a-pennsylvania-dad-qualified-for-boston?page=single

Interesting story. I guess I just don't understand the fun in cheating (if he did) to reach a goal. If you want to qualify for Boston work your *kitten* off like every one else who has to do it. I've been in 2 or 3 5Ks here locally the last year where a guy wore a women's chip and "she" placed. What have you accomplished getting a $3.00 medal, a coupon from the local running store and cheating a real runner out of their earned finish. It's beyond me.

@kristinegift glad the calf is feeling better!

I missed this when Elise posted it. I read his response to his kids school after Boston and was very impressed by it. Though in retrospect the letter was a bit arrogant. Hopefully he did not in fact cheat to get into Boston but ultimately that is his guilt to bear if true. And cheating certainly negates any "life lessons" he claims he was trying to instill in his kids by taking them out of school for Boston.

dennie24 · May 2015

I think I am going to miss my goal this month. My right calf has been bugging me for a bit. I rested it for a few days and did two slow miles yesterday. When I tried to run today it felt pretty bad so I think I am going to rest it some more this week. I had my doctor take a look on Monday and she didn't seem concerned. I'm worried because the Bolder Boulder is in 12 days.

Remus42 · May 2015

May 6 - 5k
May 7 - 6k
May 9 - 8k
May 12 - 5k
May 13 - 5k

Elise4270 · May 2015

dennie24 wrote: »

I think I am going to miss my goal this month. My right calf has been bugging me for a bit. I rested it for a few days and did two slow miles yesterday. When I tried to run today it felt pretty bad so I think I am going to rest it some more this week. I had my doctor take a look on Monday and she didn't seem concerned. I'm worried because the Bolder Boulder is in 12 days.

Good luck with the calf. I had soleus pain for nearly a year, and I believe my shoes were to blame. Massage and changing shoes helped. Hope it lines out before your race.

Wendy1Fl · May 2015

5/12 3.66 miles – Doomsday Hill up & down 3x Pace 10:11
5/11 Yoga Bliss Hips
5/10 9.53 miles - a distance record for me Pace 10:39
5/9 5.53 miles Pace 10:00
5/8 Yoga Bliss Hips
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: 37.93; 78.27 to go

Elise4270 · May 2015

I didn't understand the desire to cheat at a run either. Who knows, maybe the guy really did qualify. Its just odd he can't back it up since he is apparently wearing a gps watch in the qualifying run at the finish.

He's really stepped in it. The running community isn't going light on this fellow.

@Stoshew71 you are fast, do you think this guy could qualify with a 3:11 and run a 4:01 at Boston? Is there typically that much variability in marathons?

isulo_kura · May 2015

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
08/5 - Recovery
09/5 - 17.3 Trail
10/5 - Swapped a recovery day due to twinge in calf
11/5 - 10.8 miles -2 runs one trail and one on the road
12/5 - 8.2 miles Trail Hill repeat
13/5 - 11.8 miles Trail

SonicDeathMonkey80 · May 2015

Elise4270 wrote: »

I didn't understand the desire to cheat at a run either. Who knows, maybe the guy really did qualify. Its just odd he can't back it up since he is apparently wearing a gps watch in the qualifying run at the finish.

He's really stepped in it. The running community isn't going light on this fellow.

@Stoshew71 you are fast, do you think this guy could qualify with a 3:11 and run a 4:01 at Boston? Is there typically that much variability in marathons?

I run a 3:19 and am running a 5:30 this Sunday. Personally I wouldn't race what I'd consider a "destination" race like Boston (I jogged Chicago in 3:52 just to enjoy the sights) unless I ran it every year, so this by itself doesn't make Rossi a cheater. The fact that no other races he's done (from Athlinks) supports his 3:11 in any race predictor makes him suspicious. That and he's a douche who drew a lot of attention to himself by shaming an innocent school administrator.

juliet3455 · May 2015

Anyone doing the ZuLu challenge - Tough Mudder in Grande Prairie,AB this weekend?
http://zuluchallenge.ca/

mwyvr · May 2015

I have added No-see-ums / Midgies / Sandflies to the food database. For many of us, 'tis the season to ingest them!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/update_nutrition_facts/195994609?date=2015-05-13&show_controls=true

skippygirlsmom · May 2015

mwyvr wrote: »

I have added No-see-ums / Midgies / Sandflies to the food database. For many of us, 'tis the season to ingest them!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/update_nutrition_facts/195994609?date=2015-05-13&show_controls=true

Hysterical and thank you! I hope no-see-ums are zero calories!

SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »

I run a 3:19 and am running a 5:30 this Sunday. Personally I wouldn't race what I'd consider a "destination" race like Boston (I jogged Chicago in 3:52 just to enjoy the sights) unless I ran it every year, so this by itself doesn't make Rossi a cheater. The fact that no other races he's done (from Athlinks) supports his 3:11 in any race predictor makes him suspicious. That and he's a douche who drew a lot of attention to himself by shaming an innocent school administrator.

@SonicDeathMonkey80 but you are doing a pace group this weekend correct? You haven't decided geez I think I'll just jog a 5:30 this weekend so I can see the sights.

If I made a big deal out of it every time Skip's school administrator and I didn't agree I'd spend a lot of time being a jerk. So they didn't excuse the kids, big deal. When Skip was in middle school, they gave her excused absences to volunteer at Special Olympics, the Principal at the 9th grade level won't unless the kids are involved in a school sponsored club that is attending. She is for one SO event but not for the 2nd one we volunteer at...guess what I'm not going to lose my mind over one unexcused absence. Life is too short. Why we feel the need to call people out over everything we think we are entitled to amazes me. Skip misses very little school, so if I decided to take a long weekend and go somewhere with her I don't lie and say she's sick or anything I put on the note, "went to the beach on Friday :-)" they can decide if that's excused or not I couldn't care less.

_nikkiwolf_ · May 2015

@SBRRepeat : great to read the girls did well on the race! And that's a really georgous view in the photo.

@mwyvr OMG, I hate when I inhale / swallow a bug on the run! Sometimes I keep "feeling" them in my mouth until I get home and get a chance to brush my teeth...

Good thing I'm net logging my food now that the "ingest a sandfly"-season is here - I could never log the beasties correctly, since usually they don't hover before my eyes long enough for me to identify just what it was that ended up in my face...

2.5.15 - 4.1km
4.5.15 - 3.9km
6.5.15 - 4.2km
8.5.15 - 5.3km
10.5.15 - 11.7 km
11.5.15 - 3.6 km
13.5.15 - 6.8 km
___
39.6km (of 100km) done

WhatMeRunning · May 2015

I'm curious how one should weigh a no-see-um for accurate logging.

baldielove13 · May 2015

5/13: 2 miles

So far: 48.3 miles out of 100

kimlight2 · May 2015

kimlight2 wrote: »

kimlight2 wrote: »

I am going to try for 25 miles this month.

5/7 - 2.25
5/12 - 3.25

19.5 to go

ddmom0811 · May 2015

mwyvr wrote: »

I have added No-see-ums / Midgies / Sandflies to the food database. For many of us, 'tis the season to ingest them!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/update_nutrition_facts/195994609?date=2015-05-13&show_controls=true

LOL! Love bugs are the worst tasting bugs. Not that I'm a bug eating expert. But they are out in force in May and Sept. Love bugs are asleep when I run in the dark but when biking I've eaten a few. And Love bugs are always stuck together because they are always mating apparently - so you always get 2 for 1.

lsabeIIe · May 2015

05/01 10 Km
05/05 5 Km
05/08 5 Km
05/13 5 Km

Elise4270 · May 2015

ddmom0811 wrote: »

mwyvr wrote: »

I have added No-see-ums / Midgies / Sandflies to the food database. For many of us, 'tis the season to ingest them!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/update_nutrition_facts/195994609?date=2015-05-13&show_controls=true

LOL! Love bugs are the worst tasting bugs. Not that I'm a bug eating expert. But they are out in force in May and Sept. Love bugs are asleep when I run in the dark but when biking I've eaten a few. And Love bugs are always stuck together because they are always mating apparently - so you always get 2 for 1.

LOL! EW! We have these slow flying black bugs, or gnats that land in your eyes. I've inhaled bugs, no idea what I ate.

Ohhim · May 2015

Feeling a bit rudderless as I'm between plans and still in marathon recovery mode. Due to the non-plan, I went out in the mid-day heat planning to run 6, but ended up wimping out and just running 5 hot and sweaty miles.

Still, I'll dig up something this weekend to plan out my next few weeks - preferably involving shorter long runs than the usual marathon plans, and just go from there. May do a half ironman in a month, so jumping into an advanced half marathon plan might be in order for that.

5/2 - 2 miles
5/3 - 26.2 miles (3:44 total time, 8:33 pace)
5/7 - 6 miles
5/9 - 4 miles
5/10 - 12 miles
5/12 - 4 miles
5/13 - 5 miles

Total: 59 miles
Goal: 100 miles
Remaining: 41 miles

May 2015 Running Challenge

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