May 2015 Running Challenge
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1 - 6.2mi, trail
2 - 8.4mi, 5k, kids run, treadmill challenge
3 - 13.1mi, Pittsburgh half marathon
Fun times at the Pittsburgh Marathon weekend!
Total: 6.2mi
May goal: 120 (through 17th)
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1st May - 4.1 miles (2.1miles C25K and 2miles extra running)
2nd May - 3.1 miles (walking)
3rd May - rest day0 -
Very happy with my race today, starting with the 3:45 pace group, but moving up a bit as my heart rate was cooperating. My fueling strategy (involving pancakes from pamelas for lunch yesterday, and 10 gels on course), worked out pretty well, as I didn't bonk at 20 like I've done on prior races. Finished in 3:44:16, maintaining a consistent 8:30-8:35 pace for much of the race. Given the impending summer heat, I'll hold off until January (Disney) for my next full marathon. Didn't run into @Training2BeFast or @SonicDeathMonkey80 at the start this morning as they were likely in the A/elite corral given their half paces, but hope their races went well.
5/2 - 2 miles
5/3 - 26.2 miles (3:44:16 total time @ 8:34 pace)
Total: 28.2 miles
Goal: 100 miles
Remaining: 81.8
I was in corral D drinking beer and wine on the course
congrats, and good strategy and excellent finish time given the heat you dealt with! 0 -
May 1- strength training
May 2- cycling - 34 miles
May 3 - rest day/walked 4 miles
May 4 - 4.1 miles + Strength training
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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
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@skippygirlsmom - Love that you get to run with your daughter!
@ohhim - Great race! Totally jealous of that "late lunch"!
@Wendy1Fl - fabulous race! Sounds fun!
@SonicDeathMonkey80 - you continue to rock!
5/2 - 5.25 beautiful miles through my neighborhood
5/4 - 5 miles, indoor track0 -
1 - 6.2mi, trail
2 - 8.4mi, 5k, kids run, treadmill challenge
3 - 13.1mi, Pittsburgh half marathon
4 - 7mi, easy
Total: 34.7mi
May goal: 120 (through 17th)
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5/2 - 10 miles
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@ohhim - congrats on the great PR!
@Wendy1Fl - awesome job! Especially for your first race
@SonicDeathMonkey80 - great pictures! Looked like a fun time.
5/1 - 4 miles
5/2 - 6 miles
5/3 - 10 miles
20/150 goal. I overslept and didn't get a chance to run this morning. I will run 6 this evening though since my mom with have my kids. Evening runs are normally very hard to squeeze in!0 -
May 1- 3.5 ™ …thats tread mill
May 2- 0 …
May 3- 6 ™
May 4- 5 Newport Cliff walk
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2 races done - 13.1 and 1 mile Dash.
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May 1 - 2.2 miles
May 2 - 3.1 miles
May 4 - 3 miles
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5/4 = 5.00 miles
5.00 miles total
45.00 miles until goal0 -
May 2 – 3.78 mi0 -
I am going to try for 25 miles this month.0
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Beautiful weekend, but NO real running for me. Over the course of 3 days I have managed to bust my calorie budget in excess of 3,500 net - aggregate - at least a whole lb - who knows the real total because I have no idea all of the food I ate
after indulging in many high calorie, zero nutrition alcoholic drinks. HOWEVER, I would do it all over again for the wonderful time that was had: great weather, OUTSTANDING music at Memphis' Beale Street Music Fest, memorable time with a friend! Sometimes living life is more important than logging meals or meeting exercise goals 
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5/1--3.27 miles
5/2--8.56 miles
5/3--rest
5/4--4.1 miles
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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
May Total
21.5 / 200
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Trying this for first time -
Miles Goal (Walk + run) - 200
5/2 - 4.5 (running)
5/3 - 20 Miles (Walk)
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1st May - 4.1 miles (2.1 miles C25K and 2 miles extra running)
2nd May - 3.1 miles (walking)
3rd May - rest day
4th May - 2.1 miles (C25K)0 -
@Ohhim - great job on the pace and PR! Seems that what you are doing is working. I am in process of getting my weight back down to where I was when I got my last half PR. Have just 2 pounds to go. It is not a huge amount but I know I feel better and run better at the lower weight.
@SonicDeathMonkey80 - love the pictures!
@Wendy1Fl - you had a great race and wow stopping to help someone too! Awesome! I am sure those tears were a result of some of the stress and pressure you were putting on yourself to just get through it and finish!
@labyars - It is definitely important to have fun and enjoy life without worrying about calorie counts and exercise once in a while! Sounds like you had a great time!
I met up with an older 'elite' runner I see sometimes on my trail and he invited me to run with him. I have been intimidated in the past to run with him because I was afraid of being too slow. We ran at his pace and chatted the entire time and it was great! The miles and time went by so fast and then it was time, unfortunately for me to go back to work. He was telling running and racing stories and I could have just kept going and listening.
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
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@Ohhim - Congrats on going a full without bonking and making great time!
@isulo_kura - That soundspretty freaking insane! Glad you did not lose a shoe.
@Wendy1Fl - Super classy move helping her out! Sounds like you made a great run out of the lost time and had a more rewarding run in the end than if you had made your goal time.
3 mile easy run today. Probably the first easy run I've done. And yes, it actually was easy.
5/2 - 6.07 miles
5/4 - 3 miles
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I WILL make my goal this month!
5/1 0.8miles
5/2 2 miles
5/3 0.8miles
5/4 2 miles
Total:5.6 miles
Goal: 30 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 -- resting, stretching, rolling calves; cross-training tomorrow, hopefully will be good by Wednesday!
Total: 17.2 miles
Goal: 155
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@wendy1f1 - Awesome job, for you and helping the lady! I wish I could explain your tears, but I can't even explain my own! I cry at commercials, weddings, graduations, baptisms, and the worst -- people meeting at the airport when they come out of the security and greet their friends/relatives -- yes, these are strangers! I've learned to just look straight ahead and not watch any reunions at airports! It's ridiculous. I haven't cried at a race before but that will probably happen too! I guess you were just so excited that you finished, and just full of emotion, so it just all came out! PS I probably would have cried if I saw you helping that lady, lol.
@shanaber - That's so cool that you got to run and hear some stories! A new running buddy!
@ohhim - love the pancake picture with the shoe next to it! Never heard of that place, but never been to PA, except to Amish country as a kid, to those restaurants where they serve family style and I just remember thinking "what is shoo fly pie and why would I eat that?"
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5/1 - 3.4 miles
5/3 - 10.5 miles
5/4 - 3 miles![exercise.png[\img]](http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/w01r4fO/exercise.png[\img])
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Goal 75
5/4 - 5.51 miles
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I'm in for 50 again....a little short this past month, but feeling more fit!
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@Wendy1Fl Good for you for stopping AND for hitting your goal, that's amazing!
I definitely cried at mile 9 of my first HM, no idea why. I was just running along, trying not to die and, boom, waterworks.
For some reason, mile 9 is always the hardest mile for me, whether doing a training run or racing, whether it's a 9 mile or 15 mile run. I always get weirdly emotional, even if I'm just trotting down the local trail.
Also, let's call today another unscheduled rest day. Spent the whole day in bed with the flu.
0/75- off to a great start.0 -
@sonicdeathMonkey80 - I think I was offered beer at 7 spots along the course this year (Mile 1/2 - strip both sides, Mile 5 - after 3rd bridge crossing in Mexican war streets, Mile 9 & 10 - beginning and end of south side, Mile 23 - Bloomfield, Mile 24 - in front of church brew works) - so I can definitely understand that approach to the race. Given I had 7 friends cheering at different spots, with some forethought, 13 "beer miles" could have been feasible. With 70 bands on the course, 10 DJs, cheer squads, marching bands, and plenty of unofficial (and official) water/food/beer stops, the Pittsburgh marathon is more of a fast migrating party than necessarily a race - glad you were able to partake in that element.
Managed to walk 4 very slow miles today (and did a bit of swimming - arms only) but not adding them to the total. In fact, no running planned until at best Wednesday. Still, I'll correct my total as I just noticed that my post-marathon math was a bit fuzzy.
5/2 - 2 miles
5/3 - 26.2 miles
Total: 28.2 miles
Target: 100 miles
Remaining: 71.8 miles0
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