July 2015 Running Challenge
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My knee is feeling good, but it's super hot and humid today, plus I'm on call...which means I'm home bound...so starting up again tomorrow. Going to Bikram Saturday (hopefully) to stretch some of these super tight muscles!
@skippygirlsmom I don't understand why they put treadmills in front of mirrors like that...my gym does it...I ended up staring at the ceiling through the mirror why I got stuck on one of them.. oh and my iPod died..so I was a hot mess as well, it was torture!
@Stoshew71 you are killin it!
@Runningmischka your little one is such a doll!0 -
July Goals:
13 runs. (4)
67km (20km)
10 minute intervals (7min)
6km long run. (5km)
5km under 40min (40.52m)
2 July.......5km.........5.30min int......42.53m
4 July.......5km.........6min int...........43.23m
6 July.......5km.........6.30min int......43.31m
8 July.......5km.........7min int...........40.52m
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Well I feel better, thanks for sharing that!
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Hi new to this. Late starter. 70 mile. Good luck and safe running0
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@dennie24 - I think that's a great plan too. I have restarted 3 times over with C25k due to diff. injuries. You prob. will find that you won't need all the time they give you to advance, but.... you may want to take your time. Remember running is running, whether you are training for a marathon or a 5k, you're out there! It's better to run easy than to push yourself into another injury. Glad your pain free Sweetie!
@ddmom0811 - Enjoy your stay in NY! (and be safe)
@Stoshew71 - Thanks for sharing the Humid Running Tips. My favorite tips-- "opt for a shaded path (versus heat-absorbing roads), run close to water (bodies of water offer breezier conditions), and take walk breaks. It's essential to hydrate properly and let go of any time-based goals—run by feel instead of pace"0 -
I'm in (a few days late!)... Training for another half marathon this fall and running some shorter races in the meantime. I ran ~90 miles in June, so I'm aiming to top that this month--let's say 100 miles. I've done ~23.5 so far in July!
4 miles yesterday and 6.25 today, and I'm up to 33.75! It's been so hot and humid here in Boston--my pace is really suffering.
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Looks like lots of people are staying on track, which is awesome and inspiring. Today was supposed to be a cross-train for me, but I decided to define "cross training" as watching the final 6 Episodes of Star Trek:Voyager. I never did make it to the gym to cross-train, but ate as if I had spent a couple of hours there.
Back on track tomorrow - 4 miles Thursday. 10 on Friday or Saturday.
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July 01 - 6.3 miles
July 02 - 3.3 miles
July 03 - REST
July 04 - 6.4 miles (10K + 0.2 warmup)
July 05 - 4.3 miles (3.0 + 1.3)
July 06 - REST
July 07 - 5.2 miles
July 08 - 4.9 miles
July Goal: 90 miles
Miles so far: 30.4
Miles left: 59.6
I had a meeting in Austin, MN (Home of SPAM!) this afternoon so I brought my running gear, found a trail and ran. It was a nice trail through the woods and along an old rail line. Had planned on going 3 but there was more to see so I kept going. I wasn't feeling up to par so tomorrow will be a rest day.
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Question for those who have been running for a while...when do you buy new shoes? Do you go by miles or by feel? I've been told by some that you can tell when you need new shoes because you start getting some pain in your feet, knees, or whatever. I really don't want to wait until I feel pain so I'm leaning towards replacing my shoes after a certain number of miles. As a big guy, 230 pounds (I love typing that! I was 258 just 4 months ago), I'm considering replacing after 300 miles, thinking my weight will be compressing the midsoles quite a bit. My current pair have 134 on them now.
The other thought I had is that when they get to 150 miles or so, buy another pair and then alternate between then two. When I first bought these, Brooks Glycerin 12, it was a tough decision between these and Asics Gel Nimbus 17 so I may get the Asics next time.
Let me know your thoughts if you would please. @Stoshew71 if you'd rather I post questions like this outside the thread, just say the word.0 -
@7lenny7 - My first pair of running shoes were Brooks Glycerin 12's as well, and I am a 240 pound runner. I also assumed they would wear out a bit early so I bought another pair of shoes after 150 miles to rotate (Brooks Dyad 8's). After my first pair hit 250 miles I bought a pair of Glycerin 13's (love them) to rotate in when the first pair gave up. At about 300 miles I switched to using my original Glycerin 12's only on shorter runs to avoid having to deal with much pain. They hit 318 miles before I could first say I had any pain, and it is hard to pin it fully on the shoes...but I assumed they would crap out by about this point so I retired them last week.
I have to admit, I really liked rotating through 3 pairs of shoes and I am thinking of getting either a new pair of Glycerin 13's (did I mention I love those?) or maybe trying out some Hoka's. I hear those can get some impressive mileage.0 -
Question for those who have been running for a while...when do you buy new shoes? Do you go by miles or by feel?
Sort of both. I've been wearing Saucony Kinvaras for so long that I know that I have to start to phase them out around 300-400 miles because they're too lightweight to do much good after that. My pair that has about 420 miles are super worn down and I basically never wear them anymore (plus there are holes in both the toe boxes!). However, I just bought a pair of Saucony Rides and since I've never worn that model before, I'll decide more by feel than mileage. Because it's a sturdier shoe, I assume I'll wear them through 500-600 miles before having to ditch 'em. I cycle between 3 pairs of shoes (plus I have one water proof pair for rainy days), so once one starts to get real worn out and is nearing its mileage limit, I replace it and add the new shoe into the rotation.0 -
Easy six miler this morning. Rest day tomorrow, then another weekend of ridonkulous mileage. Next week is a rest week though. That should be nice.
7/1 - 12 miles
7/2 - 6 miles (18 miles total)
7/4 - 16 miles (34 miles total)
7/5 - 12 miles (46 miles total)
7/7 - 6 miles (52 total)
7/8 - 12 miles (64 total)
7/9 - 6 miles (70 total)
Goal 200 miles
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@7lenny7 I have been rotating 2-3 pairs of running shoes: Brooks Ghost 6, Saucony Guide, Brooks Ghost 7. When it comes to replacing a pair, I personally go by their approximate mileage (around 500 miles) and by feel. For example, my Ghost 6 probably have less than 500 miles, but they are definitely not suited for running anymore. I cannot bring myself to throwing them out just yet, so now I use them for walks with my dog and/or stroller walks.
I actually have a shoe allowance: 2 pairs of running gear per year at most
I am being serious here. If I didn't, then running shoes would have been the only type of shoes I'd have. Hahaha 0 -
I have about 6 pairs that I rotate. I usually go to Burlington Coat Factory or Kohl's and see if I can find a really good deal. Or the expo's of some of the major races have steals. Every so often I go to the Outlet Stores and see what they have in the them as well. I don't like paying a lot for shoes since I go through so many of them. Between 400-500 miles is about the time I need to retire a pair.0
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@LittlePinkShotgun - a 6:05 pace sounds pretty awesome to me, especially since I am pretty sure I would never be able to go that fast!
It would be fast if it was minutes per mile but my pace is in minutes per kilometer... it converts to 10 min per mile (ish).
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7/2 - 2.34 miles
7/4 - 6.1 miles
7/6 - 2.94 miles
7/7 - 4 miles
7/8 - 2.42 miles
Total: 17.98 miles, remaining: 82 miles
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7/1 - 2 miles
7/2 - 3 miles
7/4 - 4 miles
7/5 - 6 miles
7/8 - 4.7 miles
7/9 - 2.3 miles
Early morning run today (4:30 am). I carry lights, but don't use them unless there is traffic, which is rare that early in the morning. I had just made my last turn around (0.4 miles from home) and spotted an animal in the road. Hoping it wasn't a skunk, I turned on my light. It was my cat! She must have followed me when I passed the house the last time. She stuck with me all the way home and made sure that I noticed her food dish was empty when I got back.
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Aresende90 wrote: »
@skippygirlsmom I don't understand why they put treadmills in front of mirrors like that...my gym does it...I ended up staring at the ceiling through the mirror why I got stuck on one of them.. oh and my iPod died..so I was a hot mess as well, it was torture!
If I see myself in the mirror while running, I tend to think -- boy, I hope I don't make all those goofy faces while I'm out road running.
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There is some impressive mileage in here! I am still doing the C25k and walking on days I am not doing the program. I am up to 10.79 miles this month:
7/1- 1.5
7/3- 1.6
7/4- 3.25
7/5- 1.6
7/6- 1.26
7/8- 1.58
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Question for those who have been running for a while...when do you buy new shoes?
Before I give way too much detail - my simple response is 400 miles.
I run in the Brooks Adrenaline GTS, Right now I have a pair of GTS 12s that I just relegated to "hiking and yard work" at about 450 miles. one GTS 14 with about 300, one GTS 15 with 150 and another GTS 15 with about 50. I run them to about 400 miles. Most places I've read, and people I've talked to, say 300-500 miles is good so I split that right down the middle. I use the Nike+Running app which allows me to tag each run with a shoe and count the miles for me. The other thing I do is look at the bottom, at about 400miles is where the front part of the shoe (where my foot hits) starts to get smooth. It's just like when car tires get bald. I suppose the surface you're running on would make a difference there (my guess is I lose more material running on blacktop than I would running on bark chips).
The other thing I do is bag up all my shoes when one pair gets to 400 and take them into my shop and have them look them over and see if I'm still in the right shoe.
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7/1 - 3.3 miles - usually my rest day, but keeping my streak alive (3 more days!)
7/2 - 4.6 miles while eating lots of breakfast gnats yuck!
7/3 - 2.3 miles - short run today - took a new running partner who hasn't run in a while. She did great! It was cooler and raining.
7/4 - 6.2 miles - last day of my Memorial Day to 4th of July 41 Days of Awesome running challenge.
7/5 - rest day and travel to El Paso ugh what a trip
7/6 - 2.5 horrible dreadmill miles
7/7 - 4.2 miles and 2.25 - went and ran where my boss told me. It was beautiful. It was like 90 and no shade during the run and my breathing is taking a beating, but it was worth to 30 min drive to get there.
7/8 - 5.5 miles
7/9 - 3.7 miles
34.5 miles out of 100
@bigorangemichael - ha ha I look in the mirror and think the same thing. I like to think I look like FloJo when I run I don't want to see what I really look like
I rotate 2 pair of runners but they are same Brooks Glycerin 12s I love them! I agree on the Expo for shoes, I got Skip the ones she wears (normally $130) for $40 at the last expo we went to. She also get a 15% discount at Fleet Feet because she's on the cross country team so that helps. I change stop using them at around 400 miles. Skip at around 250 - 300, she wears inserts in her shoes so sometimes at 250 we just get her new inserts (like we will tomorrow) and she can wear them for another 100+ miles if her foot hasn't grown to put her in the next size. She'll get new spikes tomorrow and she can't wait!
Beautiful sunrise during the run this morning. I'm going to miss running in this little park, so many nice people out there.
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OooOooo! Shoe talk, I could talk running shoes for hours. A favorite conversation of mine. I'm a firm believer in that rotating is good for multiple reasons, but most importantly, it allows me a decent excuse for a small collection. My absolute, hands down favorite all time running shoe is the Bare Access Trail from Merrell. My heart seriously swoons when I look at them, even though they smell like dead fish and rotten mushrooms. Accidentally left them in my bathroom overnight once with the door closed, that is one mistake I will never make again. Also have the Bare Access Ultras, Karhu Flow Trails, NB 870, and just ordered some Minimus Trails. I have only several months ago began running more regularly so yet to have a decent pair need to be retired, but am tracking mileage on them.0
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I'm always amazed at how many "serious amateur" runners end up in Brooks. I absolutely love mine.
FWIW: I put another 4 on them today. Still on track.
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6 more miles today including another 4 mile speedwork ladder @ 6:52/miles.
@7lenny7 I definitely rotate between (at least) 2 pairs of shoes as I run nearly daily and like to give my shoes a day to uncompress. That way I can always have a pair that is ready for an upcoming race (my lower mileage ones), and I now replace them about every 300-400 miles. When I was in the 260lb range (starting off), I got about 250 miles/pair out of my shoes (started off with reebok rezig's due to cushioning which felt great but didn't do well on wear), but have been getting closer to 400 miles/pair now that I'm down to 160 and mostly run in Asics nimbus & cumulus. I also just picked up some flatter shoes for track/speedwork/5k-10ks (DS trainers & tri noosas), but no idea what sort of mileage I'll get out of those.
7/1 - 6 miles
7/2 - 6 miles (w. 0.25-mile-0.25 ladder @ 1:45 pace)
7/3 - 5 miles w. strides
7/5 - 13 miles
7/6 - 6.5 miles
7/7 - 7 miles w. strides
7/9 - 6 miles (w. 0.25-mile-0.25 ladder @ 1:43 pace)
Total: 43.5 miles, 1 speedwork session
Goal: 140 miles, 5 speedwork sessions
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Thanks for all the input so far on shoe replacement! I use a Forerunner 305 when I run and have it set up to track my shoe miles. So far I have 134 miles on my Glycerins.
I'll have to try the Glycerin 13's sometime, but in looking up what the differences are between the 12's and the 13's, I found that Brooks is currently having a Summer Clearance Sale and I bought another pair of Glycerin 12's for $98! I'll run in those for a few weeks so if there's a problem I can return them within the 30 day guarantee, then put them up until my old pair are worn out. Meanwhile, I'll buy the Asics Gel Nimbus 17's to alternate with my Brooks.0 -
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