July 2015 Running Challenge
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18 minutes today. I decided to do each week of c25k two times instead of three. I am getting antsy with these really short runs when I am used to doing 45 minutes+four times a week but I am really trying not to hurt myself again.
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My training plan calls for 159...
7/02/15 - 3 miles
7/04/15 - 7 miles
7/05/15 - 6.32
7/06/15 - 7 miles
7/08/15 - 7 miles
7/10/15 - 8.06 miles
7/11/15 - 3 miles
7/12/15 - 11.03 miles
7/13/15 - 5 miles
7/14/15 - 5.5 miles
7/15/15 - 5.58 miles
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@CrimsonWhite So the ankle held up fine for 4.75 miles? That's good, the rest days paid off well then
@7lenny7: Having proof that fitness is good for your health is great! And a new race shirt and new shoes are pretty nice things too. After reading that I kind of feel like I need some new running stuff...
@shanaber: All the best for your knee, I hope the rest day will make it better.
@rajnigandha21 Glad to hear things are better and you can go out and enjoy a nice run again.
@kimlight2 Well done for going out there despite the soreness. Sounds like you were rewarded with a few nice sights; the most exiting things I sometimes see on a run are rabbits or squirrels.
@CaitlinAnne111 Welcome! I think more or less everyone starts out with lots of walking. Not having totally accurate miles shouldn't be to tragic - when I started running the first time, I didn't have any fitness gadgets, so I had no idea at all about the distance I ran. I just set the goal of run/walking 30 minutes, and when I could run 30 minutes, I just ran a bit longer every now and then. I bought a beautiful little notebook in which I noted the dates and time spent running. Really really low-tech, but somehow that worked too ;-)
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Yesterday evening, I didn't have much time for running, so I decided to go a bit faster and ended up going 4.8km @ 6:30min/km (well, that's fast for me).
Today I would have hads lots of time after a TRX class, but only managed 3km @ 7:30min/km. Happens to me nearly every time I go for a run after that class - after the cool-down and walking back to the car to store my stuff there, I feel totally fine. As soon as I take of running, I realise that maybe after 45 minutes of TRX I'm not as rested as I thought ;-)
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@kellyship17 - Congratulations on your personal best! Way to go!
@CaitlinAnne111 - Welcome to the group!
@tdbernrd - I have never tried going backwards on the elliptical sounds tough!
@KOW75 - take care of that plantar fasciitis. I was out for several months last summer with mine and these are a few things the sports doc had me do and that I have found helped. Stretching and rolling the arch of the foot with a frozen water bottle (also helps the swelling) or a foot massage ball. Stretching my calves before and after I run. I also do this stretch specifically for my feet before every run and it has really helped. http://www.runnersworld.com/stretching/toes-posePlantar fasciitis is kicking up again. Trying to soldier on.
Rest day for me today and looking at my run plan up to the half I am not on target to make my goal. It will be the first miss but I should still be close.
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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
7/14: 5 miles
7/15: 8 miles - Caught in the rain!! Left heel tightness is subsiding and is definitely manageable, but right leg, wtf? Last week my right calf was being a butt, and now my ankle is being a butt! It's gotten much better in the last 24 hours with some heating wrap pads, icing, rolling, etc, and even stopped bugging almost entirely from mile 5 to the end. I think I'm going to switch my rest days back to Tuesdays from Fridays next week and see if that takes care of things, as I keep giving myself these minor injuries on Tuesdays. Curse you, Tuesday!
80.5/175
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3.7 today. Goofed off a lot on the trail, as I tend to do..... Heard a squirrel chattering away above, then got hit in the head with a stick and had another land right by me. Booger had good aim. And low tolerance for my nonsense, lol! Traps were bare, but there is more rain in the forecast for this weekend. 45.3/80
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3.3, and with that I'm 50% of the way with 50% of the month gone!
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Took two rest days, one intentional, one not so much but no regrets.
Today ran my "MAF" HR for 85% of 22km, forcing myself to take it easy as I'm hoping for rapid recovery. Did great with that, felt good, but wasn't willing to walk the last 3km uphill to our home.
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Month to date: 141.51 km Goal: 200.00 km / 124 miles (70% completed) Stretch Goal: 242.00 km / 150 miles (59% completed) +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Wed Jul 15 21.89 km City + river path run Tue Jul 14 ---- Beer, er, Rest Day Mon Jul 13 ---- Rest Day 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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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 09 - Core work
July 10 - 6.0 miles (4.7 + 1.3)
July 11 - Sailing!
July 12 - 7.1 miles <-- Distance PR
July 13 - 4.6 miles
July 14 - 3.1 miles
July 15 - 3.2 miles
July Goal: 90 miles
Miles so far: 54.4
Miles left: 35.6
This was to have been a rest day but then I remembered I signed up for the Running Room's 20 minute challenge. Show up, run or walk 20 minutes, get a free running hat. I ended up running 3.2 miles in 36 minutes.
The Running Room is a Canadian based running store but they have a presence in a few states. They were good hosts so I felt compelled to buy something (at a 15% discount for their promotion) and ended up buying some Gu chews, Honey Stingers, and Nuun. I've never used any of that stuff and now that I look at it, I wonder why I bothered buying it now. Wouldn't gummy bears be about the same as the gu chews & honey stingers? I have them, so I'll try them on my longer runs, but let's just call me skeptical.
Saturday I have a hot & muggy 10K to run. I know I want to rest on Friday. Thursday I"m not sure. On one hand, I probably shouldn't run 5 days in a row, but on the other, I don't want two days off in a row and the high is only supposed to be 71F. I'm betting I'll run.0 -
@7lenny7 That challenge sounds great! I love free stuff! And it's funny that you compare GU and Stinger chews to gummy bears. I've been thinking about abandoning my gels and taking gummy bears and other real foods after lots of people in my running group have talked about eating gummies & fruit and drinking Coke during marathons, lol.0
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kristinegift wrote: »@7lenny7 That challenge sounds great! I love free stuff! And it's funny that you compare GU and Stinger chews to gummy bears. I've been thinking about abandoning my gels and taking gummy bears and other real foods after lots of people in my running group have talked about eating gummies & fruit and drinking Coke during marathons, lol.
The hat was nice, but not nearly as functional as my North Face running hat. That thing is amazing how it sucks the sweat off my brow. I thought it was overpriced when I bought it for $26, but it's worth every penny.
I openly proclaim ignorance in such matters as these gels and chews, but the when the salesguy described them as "like gummy bears", that made me think, 'hmmmm'. I did try a Nuun tablet today and it tastes great. The way I sweat I could see an electrolyte being helpful on long runs, but I don't want to carry water, so I may have to split my run into loops and just keep it at my truck. I'm still a ways from needing that, though, I'm only up to 7 miles for my long run.
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Back in the hot humid south, so ended up running late this evening with a slower neighbor. Just put in the required 4 miles to hit my monthly target, but I'm curious how speedwork will go tomorrow.
7/1 - 6 miles
7/2 - 6 miles (w. 0.25-0.5-0.75-mile-0.75-0.5-0.25 pyramid @ 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. 0.25-0.5-0.75-mile-0.75-0.5-0.25 pyramid @ 1:43 pace)
7/10 - 6 miles
7/11 - 5.5 miles
7/12 - 10.5 miles
7/13 - 8.5 miles
7/14 - 5 miles
7/15 - 4 miles
Total: 89 miles, 2 speedwork session
Goal: 140 miles, 5 speedwork sessions
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melaniefave41 wrote: »3.7 today. Goofed off a lot on the trail, as I tend to do..... Heard a squirrel chattering away above, then got hit in the head with a stick and had another land right by me. Booger had good aim. And low tolerance for my nonsense, lol! Traps were bare, but there is more rain in the forecast for this weekend. 45.3/80
LOL. Better hunting next time!
I used honey stingers during my HM. Not sure if they do anything either but the make me thirsty. I have a friend who eats mini tootsie rolls. I just brought caffeinated gum, the girl at the running store recommended it. She said you don't get thirsty and she thought that it helped on long runs. I haven't tried it yet.0 -
kristinegift wrote: »@7lenny7 That challenge sounds great! I love free stuff! And it's funny that you compare GU and Stinger chews to gummy bears. I've been thinking about abandoning my gels and taking gummy bears and other real foods after lots of people in my running group have talked about eating gummies & fruit and drinking Coke during marathons, lol.
The hat was nice, but not nearly as functional as my North Face running hat. That thing is amazing how it sucks the sweat off my brow. I thought it was overpriced when I bought it for $26, but it's worth every penny.
I openly proclaim ignorance in such matters as these gels and chews, but the when the salesguy described them as "like gummy bears", that made me think, 'hmmmm'. I did try a Nuun tablet today and it tastes great. The way I sweat I could see an electrolyte being helpful on long runs, but I don't want to carry water, so I may have to split my run into loops and just keep it at my truck. I'm still a ways from needing that, though, I'm only up to 7 miles for my long run.
I like the sport beans. They have vitamin b and c, electrolytes and carbs. I can't see doing the candy. But I don't have a huge calorie burn. Maybe a bit before a long run or a race i might though.
The running hat sound awesome! I have a hydration belt for the really hot runs. I also park and run a loop to stop and grab water out of the car. Carrying water and Gatorade is a bit of a distraction.0 -
I forgot to add one previous run.rajnigandha21 wrote: »Due to sudden flu attack and health issues in my family could not work out at all. Lost 14 days.
Anyway ran 4.2 km today. Feeling good.
15/07/15 4.2 km
Goal: 50 km
15/07 4.2 km
02/07 4.2 km
Goal: 50 km
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kristinegift wrote: »baldielove13 wrote: »When I was in NYC the past week I would give a wave or nod to the runners I passed and no one would even look at me. Here in VA, and when I get home in FL, that's just the standard. People give a wave back or wave first. I just kept on waving and smiling at people to see if anyone would respond - a couple did!
I grew up doing that in CA and also in VA... so here it's weird I catch myself smiling or saying hi- or good jog here in NJ and people look at me like I"m crazy- or they just seriously don't make eye contact.
Yes- the struggle of being a friendly runner!
LOL I'm from MD, and I live in NJ now. It's like people are afraid to speak or smile up here. I think it's funny.
It's so true! I'm from Iowa and am currently living in NJ, so I'm always accidentally making accidentally eye contact and awkwardly smiling at people who would much rather pretend to ignore my existence entirely!
Same here. It always feels weird, but I can't help but at least smile or nod when I pass someone. Oh well, somebody will eventually say hi lol.0 -
7/15: 5 miles
So far: 68.3 out of 115 miles0 -
6.3 miles this morning.
28C or 82 deg F at 0700 this morning with 70% humidity - love the Cyprus summer!!
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kristinegift wrote: »@7lenny7 That challenge sounds great! I love free stuff! And it's funny that you compare GU and Stinger chews to gummy bears. I've been thinking about abandoning my gels and taking gummy bears and other real foods after lots of people in my running group have talked about eating gummies & fruit and drinking Coke during marathons, lol.
The hat was nice, but not nearly as functional as my North Face running hat. That thing is amazing how it sucks the sweat off my brow. I thought it was overpriced when I bought it for $26, but it's worth every penny.
I openly proclaim ignorance in such matters as these gels and chews, but the when the salesguy described them as "like gummy bears", that made me think, 'hmmmm'. I did try a Nuun tablet today and it tastes great. The way I sweat I could see an electrolyte being helpful on long runs, but I don't want to carry water, so I may have to split my run into loops and just keep it at my truck. I'm still a ways from needing that, though, I'm only up to 7 miles for my long run.
I like the sport beans. They have vitamin b and c, electrolytes and carbs. I can't see doing the candy. But I don't have a huge calorie burn. Maybe a bit before a long run or a race i might though.
The running hat sound awesome! I have a hydration belt for the really hot runs. I also park and run a loop to stop and grab water out of the car. Carrying water and Gatorade is a bit of a distraction.
I actually do take gummie bears on my long runs. Or sometime little winegum "coke bottles" and stuff like that. Cheap and sold in every supermarket... If I ever run really really long distances, I might have to look into more advanced fueling options with electrolytes, but until now the gummie bears worked well for me - and they taste good
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A bad 5k on the treadmill last night and a much better 10k this morning running hills...waiting for the pain to kick in
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If I don't say it enough, I love you guys! You're all inspirational! And most of all, like @skippygirlsmom 's video, you all love to talk Running!!!
4 miles today, tapering. Off to Erie this afternoon with the Lovely Family. So excited for the Half this weekend there!
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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 REST DAY
7/13 8.1 miles - 61.75
7/14 9 miles - 70.75
7/15 3.6 miles - 74.35
7/16 8 miles - 82.35
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Hate doing this on my blackberry I can't figure out cut and paste. So...
7/16 - 5 miles around the Grand Ole Opry and Opryland Hotel grounds.
56 out of 100 miles
You old Country folks (like me) would have loved Opry last night. 54 years ago last night Bill Anderson joined the Opry. He sounded amazing. Gaitlyn Bros and Bellamy Bros were there fantastic. The Issaic Family sang a version of the Lord's Prayer that had the hair on my arms standing on end. Mom loved it!0 -
Least we have each other.
http://www.runnersworld.com/general-interest/comedy-sketch-pokes-fun-at-how-much-runners-talk-about-running
Too funny, too true!
That is hilarious. "Fiber before oragami." "App that tracks exactly what I'm gardening." "we're training. For charity!"
We are ALL guilty as charged. And unrepentant.
Definitely guilty as charged! I try not to talk about it with non-runners but it's not easy.
@ohhim - I'm back in Florida too. Glad to be home except for the heat! Didn't even attempt to get up early this AM but I will tomorrow. Walked outside at 8am and thought OMG how did I run in this 3 weeks ago?
July 1 - rest
July 2 - 3.75 run/walk combo
July 3 - 5 miles
July 4 - 5.76 miles
July 5 - walked 5 miles in morning to scout out a place to do long run. Then walked another 6 all around the city.
July 6 - rest
July 7 - 8.6 - fun run to Roosevelt Island and then around the island. Weather is great for me!
July 8 - 4.1 miles
July 9 - 3.51 miles - last run with daughter until HM in October.
July 10 - 5.2 miles in the hills of Virginia.
July 11 - 3.5
July 12 - 4.3 very slow miles
July 13 - rest
July 14 - 9.26 miles
July 15- rest day - driving back to FL day.
July 16 - strength training
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You really don't need sports beans or gels or gummy bears or the sorts for any race that lasts under 90 minutes. Water yes, but not carbs. If you are running aerobically (keeping your pace below your lactate threshold) your body should learn to burn fat for fuel and you should have plenty of glycogen stores as long as you are eating right during training and leading up into your race.
It's better to get up 2 or 3 hours before your race and have a small meal of light carbs as opposed to worry about gu's and gels and sorts on the run. Marathon however is different or any race lasting more than 2 hours. In those situations you have to supplement with fueling because running low on glycogen is a reality in longer races.0 -
7/2 - 2.34 miles 7/15 - 4.6 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
7/13 - 4.5
7/14 - 5.3
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You really don't need sports beans or gels or gummy bears or the sorts for any race that lasts under 90 minutes. Water yes, but not carbs. If you are running aerobically (keeping your pace below your lactate threshold) your body should learn to burn fat for fuel and you should have plenty of glycogen stores as long as you are eating right during training and leading up into your race.
It's better to get up 2 or 3 hours before your race and have a small meal of light carbs as opposed to worry about gu's and gels and sorts on the run. Marathon however is different or any race lasting more than 2 hours. In those situations you have to supplement with fueling because running low on glycogen is a reality in longer races.
Amen! I HATE dealing with stuff while I run. I generally don't even worry about water for anything under 10 miles. Nor do I consume anything other than water during a HM. Just my feelings. Haven't done a full, so can't speak to that.
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JimCrackinDandy wrote: »If I don't say it enough, I love you guys! You're all inspirational! And most of all, like @skippygirlsmom 's video, you all love to talk Running!!!
4 miles today, tapering. Off to Erie this afternoon with the Lovely Family. So excited for the Half this weekend there!
Good luck, can't wait to hear all about it!0 -
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