July 2015 Running Challenge
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@7lenny7 Love the sailing track, just love it. It's been too long since I last sailed. Both my wife and I sailed before we met and married but haven't together since. Some summer we'll charter and get the kids addicted. Or we'll leave the kids behind. ;-o
Despite two rest days this week I can't shake feeling I don't feel rested so will look deeper into that this week. Despite reservations, headed out this afternoon thinking I'd do only 10km as I was feeling only so so but after loop 1 felt ok-ish and decided to do a second loop around the lake for 21.3km today. Will enjoy a second beer even more.
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Month to date: 098.41 km Goal: 200.00 km / 124 miles (59% completed) Stretch Goal: 242.00 km / 150 miles (49% completed) +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Sun Jul 12 21.29 km Lake trail x2 (61.37 km weekly total, 1,173 meters climbing) Sat Jul 11 06.20 km City streets Fri Jul 10 11.11 km Mountain trail run Thu Jul 09 10.79 km Mountain trail run Wed Jul 08 ----- Rest day Tue Jul 07 11.98 km Mountain trail run Mon Jul 06 ----- Rest day Sun Jul 05 07.66 km Trail run (86.10 km weekly total, 2,209 meters climbing) Sat Jul 04 18.90 km Mountain trail run Fri Jul 03 09.84 km Stanley Park Thu Jul 02 11.93 km Mountain trail run Wed Jul 01 09.99 km River trail run
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7/1 - 1.75mi Today was going to be a rest day because my quads are tight and sore but I did it. It was slow and I went on a sandy path instead of pavement to see if it helped and I do feel a little better.
7/3 - 3.1mi Did my usual hilly path thru the park. Waited until evening to go but it was nice. Completed the first of 2 virtual 5k's. Now I have the rest of the month to improve my time LOL.
7/6. - 1.6mi Went for a birthday run with my son, which, While I love spending time with him I hate running with him because i am to much slower than him and he always wants to walk LOL.
7/7. - 3.1 mi Got up at 4:30am to get a run in before work and make up for yesterday. Think I will skip yoga today, I am sure I will pay for it later this week.
7/10 - 1.85mi Couldn't get my butt out of bed this morning and I paid for it. Very humid, slow run on a hilly trail. I knew I couldn't do the 3 miles I had planned so I worked on powering uphill and maintaining the faster pace after the downhills on the hilly trail I picked.
7/12 - 1.5 mi Another run with son but better than the last one. We went on a hilly park run and he was asking for a walk break after about a half mile LOL. He will learn not to start out fast and mess around if I keep my steady pace and keep passing him.
12.9 done and 17.1 to go.
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Took Saturday and Sunday off, back to the program today with a 5k.
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Another rest day today as my HR was 10 bpm higher than normal rested state. I got out of the routine of taking my RHR for a couple weeks, I might be paying for that!
Hopefully things get back to normal quickly...like tomorrow. 0 -
7/1: 6.5 miles
7/2: 6.5 miles with the Thursday running crew
7/3: Rest
7/4: 3.1 miles (New 5k PR of 23:42!)
7/5: 12 miles
7/6: 4 miles easy recovery pace
7/7: 5 miles of easy "I'm drowning in humidity" pace
7/8: 4 miles
7/9: 5 miles -- quick, fun ones with the Thursday running group!
7/10: Rest
7/11: 3.1 miles
7/12: 14.3 miles
7/13: 4 miles easy recovery pace
The view from the canal trail was great today. No one else was in sight for most of the run, and I didn't even listen to music. It was really quiet (except for the birds!) and calm, and so it was easy to keep my pace slow since I wanted to take it all in
67.5/175 miles
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Date Miles today. Miles for July
7/1 REST DAY
7/2 7.5 miles - 7.5
7/3 REST DAY
7/4 13.2 miles - 20.7
7/5 REST DAY
7/6 7.3 miles - 28
7/7 7 miles - 35
7/8 REST DAY
7/9 5.25 miles - 40.25
7/10 REST DAY
7/11 13.4 miles - 53.65
7/12 8.1 miles - 61.75
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I haven't been able to run the last few days due a banged up toe (dropped a bed frame on it).
I'm trying to be smart and am taking the time to allow it to heal but I feel like I just might lose my mind.
I shall live vicariously through you all for the next day or two 0 -
7/1 - took the 0-fer today after taking my wife to the ER at midnight, I slept in
7/2 - 5 miles on a perfect morning for a run in DSM...you all should be jealous!
7/3 - 4 miles
7/4 - 7 miles, visiting in-laws, partial "trail run" through road construction
7/5 - rest day
7/6 - 3.1 miles; planned for 5 but got completely washed out by huge rain
7/7 - seem to have got a summer cold...slept in, no run
7/8 - getting worse...ugh! May be a sinus infection. Nothing worse than being sick in the summer!
7/9 - still sick...blah.
7/10 - heading out of town for a baseball tournament...still have a cold.
7/11 - FINALLY! 3.5 miles on hotel treadmill (22.6 for month)
7/12 - more baseball...son's team won 9 year-old state championship! Woo hoo!
7/13 - 4 miles at 5:00 a.m., 81° and humid...air you can wear (26.6 for the month so far). Will catch up with everyone's weekend later today.0 -
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
7/10 rest day
7/11 - 3.1 miles Strong Girls 5K run today.
7/12 - 5.6 miles - HOT HOT HOT
7/13 - 3.5 quick miles - working with the big boss today so I had to be in when he got in.
46.7 of 100 miles
@kristinegift love the picture of my beautiful Jersey
@littlepinkshotgun OUCH! feel better soon0 -
@skippygirlsmom Flip flops are great, cheap and good for the feet! My traps were empty yesterday, but there is a storm blowing in now. Fingers crossed, I could use a date. = )
@419er Love the creativity of your name! Glad I asked. Thanks for sharing.
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »While I felt less beat up at 5am today I decided to take a break today and slept in. A little regret but more satisfaction about it than regret. I do need to get my appetite under control during this upcoming reduced mileage week. It seems to be rest days when the appetite worked up from the previous days miles kicks in so I'm trying to be extra mindful of what I eat.
Exactly. My rest days could more accurately be described as eat/nap/eat/nap/walk/eat days. No worries though, calories work like rollover minutes.0 -
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@419er my husbands dream job is missionary work. Of course, he and I are complete opposites, but the one thing we share is the similar dream job. Although, I'd like to have done doctors without borders (but I never made it to med school.)
For most of my life my wife had a yearning for missionary work, and I thought missionaries were weird losers who dressed funny and showed up at church every few years to show pictures of their vacation and beg for money. Needless to say, my attitude changed 0 -
@kristinegift Lovely picture! I've been listening to music less and less while I run, too. Sometimes I'll turn it on and just play it on low without headphones my last couple of miles.
@Elise4270 Love doctors without borders program. I work in health care and have been contemplating joining the peace corps.0 -
Another 7 done today. This is the longest I have been 100% on track with my Nike+Running coaching program - 2 full weeks plus 1 day out of 16 weeks.
I'm traveling again this week, which always messes with training. I may end up with 6 on the treadmill Tuesday, although I'm hoping to find a nice trail somewhere around Mall of America in Minneapolis.
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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
7/9 - 3.56
7/10 - 4.01
25.37 total miles; 74.6 miles left to go
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I'm traveling again this week, which always messes with training. I may end up with 6 on the treadmill Tuesday, although I'm hoping to find a nice trail somewhere around Mall of America in Minneapolis.
@419er, you'll be in by neck of the woods! How close to the Maul of America (as I like to call it) do you want to be? Will you have a car available? I could provide you with suggestions.0 -
7/1 - 4.05
7/3 - 6.91
7/5 - 4.02
7/6 - 3.05
7/8 - 4.52
7/9 - 8.37
7/11 - 4.29
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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
7/12 - 3 miles
I'm a little behind for the month. I had some moles removed on Thursday and I didn't get back to running as quickly as I thought I would (2 were in places that tend to chafe when I run). Hopefully I will get caught up by the end of the month.
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July 1 - Rest day (sort of - helped son & daughter-in-law move and clean old apt for 8 hours)
July 2 - 2.2
July 3 - rest
July 4 - 2.1 - c25k/w5d3
July 5 - rest
July 6-8 - Camping trip with my girl scout troop lots of hiking but no running
July 9-12 - sick
July 13 - 2.8 - c25k/w6d1
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melaniefave41 wrote: »@skippygirlsmom Flip flops are great, cheap and good for the feet! My traps were empty yesterday, but there is a storm blowing in now. Fingers crossed, I could use a date. = )
Happy hunting!!! My man is out of country for a year, I understand the need for a date ha ha!
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Arh getting behind on my logging! 13.2 miles yesterday and the ticker is updating properly now I'm at a PC.
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@419er, you'll be in by neck of the woods! How close to the Maul of America (as I like to call it) do you want to be? Will you have a car available? I could provide you with suggestions.
I'm staying less than a quarter of a mile from the mall. I will *not* have a car available, but if Uber is available early enough in they day I could catch a ride somewhere close. I do need to leave for Willmar fairly early.0 -
Pokes in- caught up on pages 12-18- congrats Skip/Skips Mom- that's awesome.
I see a lot of "resting feeling beat up" which is good in it's own way- resting as needed is important!!!
I'm super lame- zero running- been super swamped with dance and stressed at work. I was really upset I didn't get to run this weekend - but it is what it is. LOL- 1/2 marathon training starts this coming weekend so I best be getting my ish together!!!
I think* think* (code for hope) I found a hill run location not far from work- so WINNING!
But wanted to congrats- go everyone for all their hard work thus far!!!0 -
@419er, you'll be in by neck of the woods! How close to the Maul of America (as I like to call it) do you want to be? Will you have a car available? I could provide you with suggestions.
I'm staying less than a quarter of a mile from the mall. I will *not* have a car available, but if Uber is available early enough in they day I could catch a ride somewhere close. I do need to leave for Willmar fairly early.
That knocks out my best suggestions (Circling Lake Harriet and/or Lake Calhoun).
This trail starts near the Hilton MSP Airport Hotel, is paved, and would be an out & back as long as you care to make it. Bad part is, much of it runs next to an interstate...not my favorite place to run. I only suggest this because it's very close and paved.
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6659668
A better option, just a bit further away at Fort Snelling State Park, are the gravel trails that circle Pike Island. Two loops would get you close to 7 miles. Beautiful setting! A day permit ($5 I think) would be required for a car, but Uber could drop you off at the gate and you'd be pretty close. I have a 10K that runs in this park on Saturday. Here's the trail I suggest:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6659675
and here's a map of the park:
http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_parks/spk00154_summer.pdf
A closer unpaved trail with a big initial elevation drop, but then it settles down is here:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6659682
It's been a couple years since I've been on this trail, but I recall it being a very easy trail.
For any of these routes, but especially the last two, consider using a mosquito repellent. They're quite nasty in Minnesota.
I hope you find a route that works for you so you're not stuck running in place!
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »7/11 - 3.1 miles Strong Girls 5K run today. I don't have the office times, but I have me at 29:06 and Skip was 23 something, she forgot to stop her watch LOL. Not PRs for either of us but we both finished in FIRST place in our age groups. I'm so excited, I never finished first before and yeah for Skip who moved up to the 15 - 19 AG. Cool bling for the win, these are ceramic tiles, plus a gift card for the running store...of course we were just there yesterday and did some damage getting inserts and spikes for Skip. My Mom was at the race today, she lives in Tampa and it was the first time she saw Skip run, she's a proud Grandma!
37.6 miles out of 100
Fantastic! I love that you run together and enjoy it together so much! Good job and congrats!
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Another run done, fingers crossed, running is going well at the moment with 25/70km done and another PB at 5km!
Also signed up for a 10km in a fortnight, which will be my first 10km and my first race since injury. So excited!!!
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@419er, if you don't mind travelling a bit further, Lake Harriet is about 15 minutes away (drive time) from MOA, depending on traffic. There are paved trails that completely encircle it, and Lake Calhoun. Catch it at any place on the lake and you're good to go. Bikes & inline skates have a separate trail so that's a nice feature. These lakes are the jewels of the city it might be worth making an extra effort to go there.
Lake Harriet is 2.7 miles around. Lake Calhoun is 3.1. It takes 6.8 miles to cover both lakes, plus the short trail in between, and get you back to where you started. The drawback to this route is that it is very popular.0 -
@419er, you'll be in by neck of the woods! How close to the Maul of America (as I like to call it) do you want to be? Will you have a car available? I could provide you with suggestions.
I'm staying less than a quarter of a mile from the mall. I will *not* have a car available, but if Uber is available early enough in they day I could catch a ride somewhere close. I do need to leave for Willmar fairly early.
I stayed near the Mall recently and enjoyed just running through "Old" Bloomington to the west of there. It was quiet in the early morning. It'll be fast, because it was pancake-flat.
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