June 2015 Running Challenge

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  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    edited June 2015
    @skippygirlsmom ya, I hate pictures. So I keep trying to find one I like enough to see every time I log in... And I gotta new do... Minus a good 6 inches of hair..
  • Ohhim
    Ohhim Posts: 1,142 Member
    Was up above 90 by the time I met up with my running friend today, so we ended up sticking with the shaded trails (and corresponding elevation tradeoffs). Off to the pool now to cool off with some more laps.

    6/2 - 5 miles
    6/3 - 4.5 miles
    6/4 - 5 miles
    6/6 - 0.5 miles
    6/7 - 10 miles
    6/9 - 4.5 miles
    6/10 - 7 miles
    6/11 - 6 miles

    Total: 42.5 miles
    Goal: 140 miles
    Remaining: 97.5 miles
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Herculean feat to get off the couch but I did! Woot woot!
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  • _nikkiwolf_
    _nikkiwolf_ Posts: 1,380 Member
    @mwyvr : I love the picture! Is that your dog?

    @steff274 Welcome! I'm sure nobody will mind if you "back track" your earlier runs :-) Good luck on your 10k on Sunday!

    @missmelis98 I would take the day before the race off - both because it's the day before the race, as well as to make sure your plantar fascitis has a chance to get better. I'm sure you'll have fun in the mud; I will have to look for a fun run like that at some point too, I think.

    @7lenny7 yes, you have to post a picture of your running buddy Kody! Can't wait to see one.

    @JoRocka : well done in that horrible heat! I was already nearly dying today in ~75F today, and who knows how much humidity. Those are the times I really miss spring and autumn and winter...

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    So.... Made my goal! I might get another run in on Saturday morning before leaving on vacation, but after that I'm not sure. There will be lots of hiking and little or no internet, so I don't know how much running and logging will be going on, hence the short goal. Still, it feels a bit weird to say "that's it" when barely a third of the month has gone by!

    1.6.15 - 3.2km
    2.6.15 - 14.0km
    4.6.15 - 4.3km
    7.6.15 - 5 + 1.2 km
    8.6.15 - 6.3 km
    11.6.15 - 6.9 km
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  • mwyvr
    mwyvr Posts: 1,883 Member
    edited June 2015
    _nikkiwolf_ wrote: »
    @mwyvr : I love the picture! Is that your dog?

    @_nikkiwolf_ yes indeed, that's Kady The Wonder Dog. She's run almost every km of the 1,034km I've run since starting last fall and she doesn't like the heat any more than most of us, perhaps a lot less, which is why she's smiling in the shady forest I'm sure. I swear on warm days when I ask her if she wants to go for a run she hums and haws... but never on cool days!

    @JoRocka - I love the collage! Bravo for getting out there in the heat!
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @skippygirlsmom ya, I hate pictures. So I keep trying to find one I like enough to see every time I log in... And I gotta new do... Minus a good 6 inches of hair..

    Looks great
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    edited June 2015
    Got out this afternoon to run. It was warm, 91 degrees and 71% humidity. Had to add in a lot of walking since I'm not acclimated to that.

    6/2 - 4.1 miles
    6/3 - 4 miles (8.1 total)
    6/4 - 4.1 miles (12.2 total)
    6/6 -13.4 miles (25.6 total)
    6/8 - 6 miles (31.6 total)
    6/9 - 6 miles (37.6 total)
    6/10 - 6 miles (43.6 total)
    6/11 - 6 miles (49.6 total)

    Goal 130 miles


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  • Harpin_Maddog
    Harpin_Maddog Posts: 52 Member

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  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,385 Member
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    @whatmerunning you'll love this, don't feel so bad look what us women endure.

    http://runhaven.com/2015/04/24/7-things-female-runners-deal/

    Between @WhatMeRunning's post and this article I was rolling on the floor laughing! Some of the comments on the article were hilarious - especially the chronograph/metronome :laugh:
    However maybe there is a solution mentioned in the those comments and no it is NOT duct tape - an ace bandage wrap (kind of like a non-bra man bra)! My suggestion was going to be a bit of moleskin but the sticky part might hurt worse coming off. I do use it over the occasional blister or irritation on my feet without issue. It stays in place and doesn't hurt coming off.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Date...... Miles..... Time..... Notes
    7 June.... 4.04...... 35.24.... Solid- M.3 started to get tight- but felt good. Very happy for sub 9 min splits.
    10 June.... 1.0........15....... lord. deadmill-
    11 June.....2.52...... 22 Min- outside 90* with almost 50% humidity. Felt good!!! slow but good (was genuinely surprised it was under 10 min/mile LOL)

    Puts me at 7.5 for this week! m

  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
    June goal 68 miles

    6/1 3.95
    6/2 3.3
    6/3 4.03
    6/4 rest
    6/5 3.84
    6/6 3.30
    6/7 bike 6.25
    6/8 3.82
    6/9 strength training
    6/10 2.29
    6/11 3.57

    Total 28.10

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

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  • Abakan
    Abakan Posts: 361 Member
    Remus42 wrote: »
    @RunTimer and @shanaber I forgot how amazing yoga is. And it's such a great way to stretch out muscles. Which is good for me because I was never stretching before or after runs...my bad I know.

    My back has gone into spassum, so no running for me I can barely walk. Do you think yoga could help put my back right? I think I'll look up yoga on you tube and have a go.
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,385 Member
    @JoRocka - love the pictures and great job with your run in that heat and humidity, that is an awesome pace!!
    @Elise4270 - can you eat something with your medicine so it doesn't impact your stomach/intestines so much or will that limit the absorption and effectiveness of the medicine?
    @_nikkiwolf_ - hope you have a wonderful vacation!!
    @mwyvr - Love Kady the Wonder Dog! She looks like she loves running the trails! Hobbes (in my picture) is my 4-legged Training Partner and has been on pretty much all of my runs since he was old enough to run with me. When it is hot we go really early and stick to the dirt trail that is cooler than the paved and if it gets really bad before we can get home, I douse him all over with water.
    @7lenny7 - Hobbes definitely pouts if I leave him behind at home. He also Must Have Activity or he becomes a wild crazy dog. If he doesn't get to run he pretty much must go to doggy day care to run amok with all the other dogs and burn off the extra energy.
    @WhatMeRunning - love the new picture! was wondering if people actually bought and wore the Half Fanatics shirts in races. I have never seen anyone in any races here wearing one. I may just have to get one before my next half!
    @missmelis98 - like others have commented, I too would recommend taking the day off before your race and resting your foot, maybe icing and/or stretching it.

    Date.......Miles......Total
    06/01.....5.49.......5.49
    06/02.....4.71.....10.20 - Race pace +Strength training
    06/03.....0.00.....10.20 - Rest
    06/04.....4.15.....14.35 - Sprints +Strength training
    06/05.....4.89.....19.24 - Easy
    06/06...12.43.....31.67 - Hard fought long run
    06/07.....0.00.....31.67 - Rest
    06/08.....4.67.....36.34
    06/09.....5.81.....42.15 - Race pace +Strength training
    06/10.....0.00.....42.15
    06/11.....7.78.....49.93 +Strength training

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  • isulo_kura
    isulo_kura Posts: 818 Member
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    1/6 - Recovery
    2/6 - 14.4 miles (2 runs Trail) Hill repeats
    3/6 - 11.2 Miles (Trail easy pace)
    4/6 - 12.9 Miles (Trail) More Hills
    5/6 - Recovery
    6/6 - 7.3 miles Trail including a bounce
    7/6 - Recovery day moved due to previous bouncing
    8/6 - 18.4 miles Road
    9/6 - 6 miles with an eager Labrador
    10/6 - 9.1miles Trail
    11/6 - 14.6 miles trail (Ultra Pace)

    Not Updated for a few days. Mileage a bit down because of life. I'm trying to slow myself down to get my pace dialled in for the Ultra so I ran to my HR yesterday and realised how hard it was to keep my HR to 135bpm but it worked and I slowed. Yesterday I ran one lap of the Ultra course. Looking at it I may need a machete come July. One of the easier bits of the course the field adjacent they have just moved some Highland cows in. When they're a few feet away they're big very big. The fence really doesn't look strong enough. ;)

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  • isulo_kura
    isulo_kura Posts: 818 Member
    edited June 2015
    WhatMeRunning wrote: »
    When I woke up at 5am this morning my RHR was just slightly elevated so I debated if I should run. I checked the forecast and it was going to start raining very soon. My nips are destroyed from all of the wet runs lately...bodyglide only goes so far apparently. So I decided to not run. An hour later my RHR was down towards normal...and it didn't rain! GAH!!

    So now I'm looking at the forecast and I can run in the mid 80s this afternoon. My Saturday long run looks like a total washout. So my brain is saying don't trust the forecast and get my planned 6 miles in today, rest tomorrow and pull off the planned 16 miler Saturday and 8 on Sunday. But my poor nips are saying I should skip today and do the 16 miler tomorrow when it will be dry, then play it by ear Saturday and Sunday for the 2nd long run.

    It's the first time in my adult male life that my nips are contributing to decisions. This is awkward.

    @WhatMeRunning Compression tops. I wear a compression top no matter the weather below my running top. Good quality ones wick away the sweat so in hot weather I find your no hotter than you would be with a single top. Since I've been wearing them I have never had a nipple issue and unlike band aids they don't fall off. I run in the rain a lot and never have a nipple issue. I wish when I started running someone had told me this as it would have saved an awful lot of pain
  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,878 Member
    June 1 - 5.1 miles
    June 2 - strength training
    June 3 - 5.3 miles
    June 4 - strength training
    June 5 - 5.35 miles
    June 6 -34 mile bike ride
    June 7 - 42 mile bike ride
    June 8 - 2 miles
    June 9 - Strength Training and Yoga class
    June 10 - 6.63 miles -
    June 11 - rest day
    June 12 - 3.21 miles - easy run; strength training


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    Wow! couldn't check in yesterday and there were 84 new posts this morning!
    Cracked up at the nips story @WhatMeRunning!
    @SonicDeathMonkey80 - Great pictures and awesome running!
    @jorocka - love the pictures!

    Amazing how much better you can feel after a run. I was feeling really blah last night and this morning and when I got back this morning from the easy run -- felt great! And still do!
  • SuzLink
    SuzLink Posts: 32 Member
    I'm v slow..... Hope to get out & about soon with better weather

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  • MommysLittleMeatball
    MommysLittleMeatball Posts: 2,064 Member
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  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    @stoshew71 okay so the alarm went off this morning and I rolled over and got up and thought, it's bright for 4:20 and looked at the clock it was 5:05...so I hit the snooze 3 times and that is my story on why I wasn't at the run this morning. Honestly I really wanted to go, I had my work clothes in the car and everything last night. LOL

    Fine, you will just have to run with us Saturday morning then.

    @stoshew71 what time and where is that?

    5:30 AM at Panera BS.

  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    Date Miles today. Miles for May
    6/1 10.6 miles - 10.6
    6/2 10 miles - 20.6
    6/3 6.2 miles - 26.8
    6/4 6.2 miles - 33
    6/5 6.55 miles - 39.55
    6/6 15 miles - 54.55
    6/7 REST DAY
    6/8 9.6 miles - 64.15
    6/9 10.3 - 74.45
    6/10 8 miles - 82.45
    6/11 8 miles - 90.45
    6/12 6.2 miles - 96.65

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