May 2015 Running Challenge

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  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
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    After resting this week I tested my achilles at the ScoutStrong HM at Kansas Spredway that I signed up for, running slow the whole way. I had no problems with it at all! I did have a bonk at the end due to changing this one up too much! I had been chatting with someone going my pace all race though and she stuck with me cheering me through the end. I don't think she posts here, but if she does, thank you Shannon!

    5/2 - 6.07 miles
    5/4 - 3 miles
    5/5 - 3.01 miles
    5/6 - 3.02 miles
    5/9 - 13.1 miles 2:37:20.4 new PR
    5/11 - 3.04 miles
    5/16 - 13.1 miles 2:53:02


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  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
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    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
    5/14 8 miles - 101.35 << CRR preview + 2
    5/15 5.5 miles - 106.85 << recovery pace
    5/16 15 miles - 121.85 << Sat long run


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  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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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
    5/9 - 2.4 miles - just a quick run to get my legs moving
    5/10 - 3.5 miles of Mother's Day fun with Skip way hot at 85 degrees
    5/11 - active rest day walked the Macy 3 miles
    5/12 - 6.5 miles
    5/13 - rest day - well I walked 3 miles with Macy and cut the yard so my feet were moving LOL
    5/14 - 5.5 miles
    5/15 - 5.3 miles
    5/16 - 3.2 miles - 5K and a little extra with warm up

    Skip ran with me. She finished 1st overall female and ran about a 25:45, she forgot to stop her watch so we got that time from the guy in front of her. It wasn't timed. I did 3.15 (according to my wonderful new Garmin) in 30.01. What a great race, so much fun, wonderful people. Love the placer medals, they were hand made by one of the sponsors. It was gold, the picture doesn't do it justice, it was also on a red rawhide cord. So sorry I didn't get one!

    53.8 out of 120 miles completed


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  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    @sonicdeathmonkey80 and @9voice9 it took me a minute to realize you both had the same medal. Love it, great job!
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
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    You know all you lovely adventurous trail runners (Mwyvr and Wendy1Fl) are inspiring me. I did check out Rails to Trails as SonicDeathMonkey suggested. Thank You. There's a few trails, like the Montour Trail, that I hope to run in the next month or so. I'll let you all know! Thanks for your encouragement. Now, just pray for my knees and ankles :)
    Hope the flooding is quickly receding Miss ShortmrsN . Glad you were all able to get home safely. Kids feeling better?
    How's your calf Miss Kristinegift ? I see you are still running well. Don't worry about taking a temporary delay. You'll be making 20 plus miles again soon!

    Calf is good, thanks for asking! I've got my 20 miler on the agenda for tomorrow, and then a hard taper before my marathon on the 31st! I think the calf issue was due to a shoe I tried out, and I sent those back this week.
  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,878 Member
    edited May 2015
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    Skip got her bling! Well done, both of you!!!

    @9voice9 -- well done!!!
  • dennie24
    dennie24 Posts: 251 Member
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    Congrats to all the racers this weekend! I love the pictures of all the running companions.

    5/16 7 miles. I was scheduled for 8 but made it to 7 and felt that was enough for today. I haven't ran much this week in order to let my calf rest and I really felt it today. I hope that Jeff Galloway is correct in saying that you can't do a long run too slow because it was pretty slow today. I am getting really nervous about the Bolder Boulder in just over a week.
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  • LoneWolfRunner
    LoneWolfRunner Posts: 1,160 Member
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    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
    5/9..................19.00..............53.75 (30k trail race)
    5/10..................7.75..............61.50
    5/11.................Weight training
    5/12..................7.00..............68.50
    5/14..................8.00..............76.50
    5/16................14.50..............91.00


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  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,407 Member
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    Date.......Miles......Total
    05/01.....9.20.......9.20
    05/02.....0.00.......9.20 - Rest
    05/03.....4.33.....13.53
    05/04.....6.42.....19.95 - Running with a friend
    05/05.....0.00.....19.95 - Strength Training
    05/06.....5.13.....25.08
    05/07.....0.00.....25.08 - Travel day (flight cancellations, etc...)
    05/08.....0.00.....25.08 - Extended travel day
    05/09.....4.13.....29.21 - Treadmill
    05/10.....0.00.....29.21
    05/11.....5.25.....34.46 - Treadmill
    05/12.....3.76.....38.22 - Treadmill
    05/13.....0.00.....38.22 - Travel day
    05/14.....7.51.....45.73 - +Strength Training
    05/15.....0.00.....45.73 - unplanned rest for my tight hip
    05/16.....8.17.....53.90

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    Got in a good longish run today. Plan called for 10 but 8 was all I could manage. My hip is still tight but felt better after the 1st couple of (slow, slow, slow) miles. Tomorrow is planned rest with possibly a beach run depending on the weather.
    @skippygirlsmom - sounds like a fantastic race! so glad both you and the SkippyGirl did so well and she got some bling!!
    @9voice9 - congratulations placing in your age group! That is an awesome accomplishment!
    @CodeMonkey78 - congratulations on your race too! Looks like you placed as well! Also I love the excel chart! I do something similar with my stats as well - geeks unite! :laugh:
    @WhatMeRunning - so glad the achilles did well for your half this weekend. Great job finishing 2 a week apart!
    @Wendy1Fl - Wow you are really picking up some speed girl! Great job!!

  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    edited May 2015
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    @shanaber @ddmom0811 I don't think I can do hand held either. I googled some hydration belts just before heading out to buy a lead for doggie runs. We wound up at a TJ Maxx and I thought to look for one, and dang if they didn't have the very ONE I was looking at from $38 to $20, hells to the yeah! So I'm going to give it a try.

    I like the sport beans. I used them last season on longer bike rides. I couldn't find any today. My husband likes the gooey ones. I think I'll pass on the sticky packets. So, think I'll make Gatorade (or the likes of) in one of my 3 bottles for carbs until I make it to one of the other stores for sport beans.

    Congratulations to all the racers! @skippygirlsmom @SonicDeathMonkey80 @9voice9
  • JimCrackinDandy
    JimCrackinDandy Posts: 146 Member
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    Kristinegift - so glad to hear things are better with the calf. Yep, send those sneaks back. Have a great 20miler tomorrow!
  • jennkain97
    jennkain97 Posts: 290 Member
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  • annekka
    annekka Posts: 517 Member
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    Up to 30.73 km, Sunday's are supposed to be my long run days but I've been ill all week and I swear it must be 100% humidity even at 6 AM so that did me in. Also, I'm not sure my new shoes are working for me. But I'll write this week off and start anew this week.
  • LoneWolfRunner
    LoneWolfRunner Posts: 1,160 Member
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    From last week's race...
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    From last week's race...

    Nice!
  • lilcmac22
    lilcmac22 Posts: 47 Member
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    @LoneWolfRunner That's awesome! Congrats!

    Today we did an out and back trail to a bouldering field on a lake. We went out, climbed for a while, and then had fun jumping off the massive boulders into the lake.

    5/16- 1.5 M Trails. Goal achieved, so now I am curious how many miles I can do in a month. Never thought I could do 45!

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  • Aine8046
    Aine8046 Posts: 2,122 Member
    edited May 2015
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    Aine8046 wrote: »
    Same here! Up for 70!

    May 2nd - 6.8 miles
    May 5th - 3.2 miles
    May 7th - 3.3 miles
    May 10th - 6.2 miles
    May 12th - 3.7 miles
    May 14th - 4 miles
    May 16th - 9.4 miles

    Total: 36.6 miles

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  • mwyvr
    mwyvr Posts: 1,883 Member
    edited May 2015
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    To date: 121.82km
    Sun May 17 9:30AM	??.?? Hoping for a solid long run.
    Sat May 16 8:09PM	0.00 Opted for rest; 94.5km run in prior unbroken streak. Doggy sad!
    Fri May 15 1:28PM	7.70 
    Thu May 14 6:27PM	4.67
    Wed May 13 3:53PM	14.02 
    Tue May 12 5:28PM	7.54 
    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
    

  • Ohhim
    Ohhim Posts: 1,142 Member
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    Nice easy solo run tonight once the breeze picked up. Not sure how fun 12 miles will be tomorrow, so I may just postpone it until Monday when I'm back in the more moderate north.

    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
    5/14 - 4 miles
    5/15 - 3 miles
    5/16 - 5 miles

    Total: 71 miles
    Goal: 100 miles
    Remaining: 29 miles
  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
    edited May 2015
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    May goal 65 miles

    5/1 3.32
    5/2 3.34
    5/3 3.18
    5/4 rest
    5/5 4.21
    5/6 4.00
    5/7 3.15
    5/8 rest
    5/9 6.16
    5/10 4.01
    5/11 strength training
    5/12 snorkeling 3 hours
    5/13 3.37
    5/14 rest
    5/15 3.47
    5/16 3.8 (with my buddies, as usual...) mkt8ggxzq2g2.jpg


    Total 42.01

    (Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date)

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