September 2015 Running Challenge
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Wow so many from the USA
anywhere else? ? Welcome all 
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Womens running is having a cover contest.... Some awesome ladies here might look good on that cover! I, of course, entered... Lol!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/204303227/hooded-cape-cloak-for-women-in-black?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=cape&ref=sr_gallery_5
This took me to a site that allowed me to buy a hooded cape.
Did you mean this one?
http://womensrunning.competitor.com/cover-runner-contest
Yup. Sorry I'm on mobile and its not always easy to navigate...
The cape is awesome, no?
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Haven't posted for a couple of weeks because I've had an injury so no running for me, although I have kept up with all your posts which has help me stay positive .
Took a 2 mile hill walk today to see how my hamstring would hold up and apart for a bit of discomfit when I first started up hill it soon settled down and felt fine. I'm continuing to use the foam roller twice a day and have done pilates almost every day. Tomorrow I'll be doing a short slow run to see how my hamstring holds up.
Thanks to everyone for posting, it's great to see how your all doing. I love all the pictures, imfo and funny posts, I'm totally eddicted and even log on in the middle of the night if I can't sleep as lots of you in the USA are posting while were sleeping over here in the UK.
I live in a little village by the sea in North Wales.
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dawniemate wrote: »Hi fellow runners. ...whereabouts in the world are you all? As we all post frequently it made me wonder ' where are you '??. I'm in Manchester in the UK:)
I'm a VA/CA transplant now living in the Dirty Jersey.
Oh @jorocka you hurt me so! Okay depending on where you live I'm willing to agree.
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@dawniemate I'm in Virginia, USA--near Washington, DC (that's important, because this place is nothing like the rest of VA, in good and bad ways!)
9/1 Strength training and elliptical
9/2 6.5 miles (6 at 11:29 and .5 at 15:00) on the treadmill
9/3 4.5 miles at 11:59 on the treadmill
9/4 3 miles at 11:00 on the treadmill and strength training
9/5 Rest Day
9/6 5 miles-nice trail run with 4 at 11:35(ish) and 1 walking
9/7 1.5 miles at 12:00 with my 10 year old.
9/8 1.5 miles super-slow walking on the treadmill on max incline plus strength training
9/9 7.75 miles on my local park trail at 12:33
9/10 3.25 walking the doggy for my rest day
9/11 3.00 at 11:30 on the treadmill and strength training
9/12 Rest
9/13 Rest
9/14 4.5 at 12:30 on my park trail.
9/15 3.25 at 10:46 on the treadmill and strength training
9/16 2.75 at 11:17 on the treadmill (short run, since I had to go to a meeting)
9/17 7.5 at 12:20 on the park trail
9/18 3.25 @ 11:25 on the treadmill, plus strength training
9/19 Rest
9/20 4.25 at 12:00 through the neighborhood
9/21 3.25 at 11:32 on the treadmill
9/22 3.5 at 11:50 on the treadmill, plus strength training
9/23 "rest day" 5 miles dragging recalcitrant dog around the lake at Nana's pace of 2.5 mph for two hours. I'm counting it because I wore my running shoes, lol!
Goal: 75 miles
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September goal 65 miles
9/1 3.51
9/2 3.35
9/3 rest
9/4 3.16
9/5 life day
9/6 6.19
9/7 a "I'm too darned lazy to move a muscle" day
9/8 snokeling 3 hours
9/9 3.15
9/10 3.34
9/11 3.35
9/12 rest
9/13 Hilo Bay 5k: 3.12, 2nd place in my AG
9/14 3.3
9/15 rest
9/16 6.06
9/17 lazy
9/18 3.48
9/19 4.01
9/20 1 hour of surreal snorkeling
9/21 3.52
9/22 6.30
9/23 3.15
@dawniemate : Hawaii, USA (home of great snorkeling!!)
Total 58.99
Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date:
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September goal 100km
9/1—Rest
9/2–-5.3 km
9/3–-6.24 km
9/4—exploring
9/5—rest, exhausted from exploring couldn’t get my butt up
9/6—12.5 km, walked three times, but that’s okay
9/7—rest
9/8–5.06 km
9/9–5.44 km
9/10–5.15 km
9/11—rest
9/12–6.13 km
9/13—the big 35 birthday…rest after a night of drinking and indian food
9/14—weights at the gym, start of the k2fit challenge. Traditional rest day for me
9/15–5.17 km—half way through the month and half way to my goal of 100 km! 51/100 km
9/16—run tracker said 5.89 km, but I know the run is about 5.3 km
9/17–5.29 km, finally seem to be back to hitting under 7 min per kilometer
9/18—long work day so rest
9/19—longest run yet 13.42 km in 1 hour 40 min.
9/20—rest
9/21—rest again
9/22–5.05 km
9/23–6.44 km
9/24–5.24 km—run was a slog,0 -
Date Miles MTD ------ ----- ----- Sep 01 5.2 5.2 Sep 04 9.1 14.3 Sep 05 3.7 18.0 Sep 06 5.0 23.0 Sep 07 3.7 26.7 Sep 10 6.2 32.9 Sep 12 10.6 43.5 Sep 13 5.0 48.5 Sep 15 5.0 53.5 Sep 17 5.0 58.5 Sep 19 8.0 66.5 Sep 21 5.0 71.5 Sep 22 6.2 77.7
6.2 miles to get me to 77.7, because I like the number 7! The calculator says I'm on pace for the month but for some reason I'm feeling crunched for time.
@dawniemate - Hingham MA by way of Pittsburgh PA!
@skippygirlsmom - I am late to mention it but that was a perfect resolution to the story about Stroller Lady. Good on you for paying it forward, and let's hope we see her in the October Challenge!
@jtarmom - Love the 45-degree angle on your profile pic!0 -
Missed the Wednesday Night Group Run due to Work. Did a short 5.5 km run on the River Bank trail in the twilight- good practise for Oct-Nov-Dec-Jan-Feb when all my mid week runs will be in the dark.
9/1 - 0 - 0 - 140 km goal
9/3 - 6 km - 6 - 134 km to go
9/4 - 6 km - 12 - 128 km to go
9/7 - 7.4 km - 19.4 - 120.6 km to go
9/12 - 11.4 km - 30.8 - 109.2 km to go
9/13 - 6.5 km - 37.3 - 102.7 km to go
9/14 - 6.8 km - 44.1 - 95.9 km to go
9/16 - 8.2 km - 52.3 - 87.7 km to go
9/18 - 10 km - 62.3 - 77.7 km to go
9/19 - 6.8 km - 69.1 - 70.9 km to go
9/20 – 17 km – 86.1 – 53.9 km to go
9/22 - 10.5 km – 96.6 – 43.4 km to go
9/23 – 5.5 km – 91.6 – 37.9 km to go
@dawniemate Peace River, AB. Canada 5 hr drive north of Edmonton,AB0 -
I came home from work to find out that my son skipped soccer practice because he wasn't feeling well. He has a game tomorrow so I decide to skip the Twins game so he could get to bed early and I went running with Kody. He turned out to have a bit of intestinal distress and had to stop several times for him.
3 days until my next race. A 5K put on my our church.
9/01 - Rest
9/02 - 6.1 Miles, 11:03 pace, 137 HR, 72F
9/03 - 5.0 Miles, 10:53 pace, 142 HR, 77F
9/04 - 8.1 Miles, 12:11 pace, 136 HR, 83F
9/05 - Family Day! - Innertubing down a nearby river and going out to eat.
9/06 - 7.7 Miles (5.2 + 2.5), First run: 11:05 pace, 139 HR, 76F, Second run with the kid. Also got in a 3 mile walk with Kody.
9/07 - 13.1 Miles <-- New distance PR! 10:59 pace, 138HR, 68F
- 2.3 Miles with The Kid
9/08 - Rest
9/09 - 8.5 Miles, 10:41 pace, 142 HR, 69F
9/10 - 9.2 Miles, 11:04 pace, 138 HR, 60F
9/11 - Road trip
9/12 - 5.1 Miles, 10:13 pace, ??? HR, 52F <no GPS>
9/13 - 5.1 Miles, 11:18 pace, 140 HR, 65F
9/14 - 8.5 Miles, 10:38 pace, 146 HR, 80F
9/15 - 8.5 Miles, 11:24 pace, 134 HR, 80F
9/16 - MN Twins game - 12 inning game after a 1hr rain delay. Got home at 1:15am!
9/17 - 8.5 Miles, 10:53 pace, 136 HR, 66F
9/18 - Rest
9/19 - 6.7 Miles, 10:01 pace, 136 HR,
9/20 - Gluttony
9/21 - Gluttony
9/22 - 8.6 Miles, 10:38 pace, 138 HR, 68F
9/23 - 5.5 Miles, 10:31 pace, 133 HR, 69F
Goal: 135 Miles
Progress: 116.5 Miles
Remaining: 18.5 Miles0 -
Hi everyone it's nice to meet you all from all round the world, keep on running
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10km this morning
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01/9 12 miles
02/9 12 miles
03/9 10k
04/9 12 miles
05/9 10k
06/9 34.1k
07/9 10k
08/9 20k
09/9 20k
10/9 10k
11/9 20k
12/9 10k
13/9 39.1k
14/9 10k
15/9 20.1k
16/9 20.4k
17/9 10k
18/9 20.4k
19/9 10k
20/9 42.5k
21/9 10k
22/9 20.2k
23/9 20.4k
24/9 10k
439km/500
wet run again, without ipod, cause I wanted to listen to what was around me for once
come on Friday evening, come soon!0 -
9/1 - 5.25 miles
9/2 - 3.55 miles
9/3 - strength training + cycling class
9/4 - rest
9/5 - 34 mile bike ride
9/6 - 12.82 mile run.
9/7 - 36 mile bike ride
9/8 - rest
9/9 - 5.06 miles + strength training
9/10 - cycling class
9/11 - 6.02 miles + strength training
9/12 - 34 mile bike ride
9/13 - 62 mile bike ride
9/14 - rest day.
9/15 - 3.3 miles. + cycling class after work.
9/16 - 11.03 miles + strength training
9/17 - cycle class
9/18 - 3.5 miles - trainer cancelled
9/19 - 34 mile bike ride
9/20 - 40 mile bike ride
9/21 - rest day … I keep telling myself… rest is when you make improvements.
9/22 - 3.65 miles + cycling class
9/23 - 4.08 miles + strength training
9/24 - cycling class
Just realized I had my dates messed up in ticker. Wow, Sept is flying by! Weird how the month is flying by, yet Friday night is taking forever to get here.
I won't hit my goal, but I'm okay with that with all the biking and lifting I'm doing. Plus, I finally have a month where I actually did get one rest day in a month.0 -
9/1: Rest
9/2: 7 miles
9/3: 8 miles am and 6 miles pm with the Thursday crew
9/4: 6 miles
9/5: Rest
9/6: Brunch and walking around museums > running 6 miles in a new town
9/7: 18 miles
9/8: Rest
9/9: 10 miles
9/10: 7 miles speedwork am, 6.4 miles pm with Thursday crew
9/11: Rest
9/12: 5 mile race (set new 5 mile and 5k PRs!)
9/13: 12.3 miles
9/14: 5 miles
9/15: Rest
9/16: 7 miles
9/17: 8.2 miles am & 7.4 miles pm with Thursday crew
9/18: Rest
9/19: 6 miles
9/20: 20 miles
9/21: 5 miles
9/22: XT-12 miles stationary bike
9/23: 7 miles speedwork
9/24: 10.2 miles am
Garmin tells me that the route I planned today -- which I thought would be some fun rolling hills -- was actually 1027 feet elevation gain (and 1056 lost, so yay net downhill!). If that's not an error with my data, then holy moly, I found all the moutains of Princeton! Got another 6.4 or so this evening with my running group before a pizza & beer night with my department, so guess who is going to eat EVERYTHING?
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »dawniemate wrote: »Hi fellow runners. ...whereabouts in the world are you all? As we all post frequently it made me wonder ' where are you '??. I'm in Manchester in the UK:)
I'm a VA/CA transplant now living in the Dirty Jersey.
Oh @jorocka you hurt me so! Okay depending on where you live I'm willing to agree.
LOL I live out side trenton- and I drive INTO trenton for work- so - it's pretty much like the dirty jerz LOL
My man lives in Bergen county- so it's not remotely like the dirty jerz- it's beautiful up there- I wish we could live together up there- but it is nonsensical for me to go there- everything for me is here- including my dance studio- unless I started dancing in the city- I couldn't commute down to the studio as often as I would need- so alas- he will move to me. But it's so surprising how varied NJ really is- I was blown away when I first moved here- I've grown to like it- this place surprisingly suits me.0 -
Date Miles today. Miles for September
9/1 10.5 miles - 10.5
9/2 6.6 miles - 17.1
9/3 9.5 miles - 26.6
9/4 6.85 miles - 33.45
9/5 20 miles - 53.45
9/6 REST DAY
9/7 10.4 miles - 63.95
9/8 10.25 miles - 74.2
9/9 7 miles - 81.2
9/10 10 miles - 91.2
9/11 6.5 miles - 97.7
9/12 21.5 miles - 119.2
9/13 REST DAY
9/14 10.5 miles - 129.7
9/15 10.5 miles - 140.2
9/16 6.35 miles - 146.55
9/17 10.1 miles - 156.65
9/18 6.3 miles - 162.95
9/19 20 miles - 182.95
9/20 REST DAY
9/21 10.6 miles - 193.55
9/22 10.5 miles - 204.05
9/23 6.5 miles - 210.55
9/24 5.25 miles - 215.80
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »dawniemate wrote: »Hi fellow runners. ...whereabouts in the world are you all? As we all post frequently it made me wonder ' where are you '??. I'm in Manchester in the UK:)
I'm a VA/CA transplant now living in the Dirty Jersey.
Oh @jorocka you hurt me so! Okay depending on where you live I'm willing to agree.
She's near that Camden/Trenton area, so we will let her pass on this one. ;-)0 -
9/1 - rest day
9/2 - 5.2 miles treadmill "hill" workout with HM training group
9/3 - 4.5 miles around the 'hood...heat and humidity is back 74° and sticky at 5:30 a.m.
9/4 - 4 miles in the humidity...pretty good pace today
9/5 - 8.2 mi with HM training group...tough, ended with a 1/2 mile hill...twice.
9/6 - unplanned rest day
9/7 - 5.76 miles of intervals with HM group
9/8 - 4 miles in drippy, sprinkly and still humid weather...where is fall?
9/9 - 4.5 miles, super comfortable. 64° and lower humidity...yay!
9/10 - 5 miles treadmill/trek class...super sweaty
9/11 - 4.4 miles...beautiful, cool morning...went downhill a bit after the run, though. Car issue.
9/12 - 9.66 miles with HM group...beautiful weather!!
9/13 - rest day
9/14 - 5.43 miles of intervals / tempo with HM group
9/15 - 4 miles of easy, comfortable running
9/16 - 5.3 miles of hill repeats with HM group...I think I may die this morning...so hard!
9/17 - rest day...semi-planned. Tomorrow and Saturday will have easy runs, with a 10-mile race on Sunday a.m.
9/18 - 4.37 miles; nice weather; hips and glutes were still sore from Wednesday's hill work
9/19 - 4.0 miles, easy run on a beautiful morning in DSM
9/20 - 10.13 miles; Capital Pursuit 10-Mile; GORGEOUS morning to run and super happy with my time / pace...wish every run could be like this!
9/21 - No run; had to go for my annual physical...turn my head and cough. It is nice not to hear "You should lose weight / exercise more / go on a diet" like I always used to.
9/22 - 4.44 miles; humid today.
9/23 - 5.01 miles of hill repeats with HM group...thankfully not as hard as last week.
9/24 - 4.51 miles0 -
9/24 -- 2.81mi0
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »dawniemate wrote: »Hi fellow runners. ...whereabouts in the world are you all? As we all post frequently it made me wonder ' where are you '??. I'm in Manchester in the UK:)
I'm a VA/CA transplant now living in the Dirty Jersey.
Oh @jorocka you hurt me so! Okay depending on where you live I'm willing to agree.
She's near that Camden/Trenton area, so we will let her pass on this one. ;-)
exactly LOL I get so sad I have no good pictures to show you all- I have to drive for my long runs and then I get pictures- otherwise- I'll be taking pictures of houses- cemeteries and cracked side walks. LOL
I forgot to tell you all on my 4-6 mile runs- I have to run past not one- not two but THREE cemeteries! (well- one of them is technically a pet cemetery which I'm not sure is worse or not LMAO)
I'm not sure if it's hysterical- foreshadowing- or creepy! Haven't decided.0 -
9/1 - 3.5 miles - way too many pushes on the snooze this morning!
9/2 - rest day walked the doggie instead
9/3 - 5.1 miles
9/4 - 10 miles last 2 were HOT HUMID and MISERABLE LOL
9/5 - rest day - cross country meet - Skip did great 24th in her division 23:37 no where near a PR but it was so hot and humid you could hardly stand to be out there to watch let alone run. Proud of my girl.
9/6 - 5.1 miles
9/7 - 5.2 miles of trail running - OMG we had so much fun!!! Skip wanted to practice trail running for her meets and folks gave me some great recommendations of trails to run. We went out this morning and had a blast. The first trail was marked as easy/difficult so it was some easy packed dirt and some gravel with harder roots and rocks to climb. The second was difficult and some parts were about 2' wide and quite a climb (for me LOL). We loved it!
9/8 - 5.1 miles
9/9 - 5.5 miles
9/10 - 7.2 miles nice slow pace this morning, just wanted to get the miles in. Still pretty humid (97%) but the temp was 69 so it was nice. Annoying little doggie chased me this morning and nipped at my heels, honestly people it's dark out keep your doggies inside so they don't get run over.
9/11 - 5.3 miles - cool 64 but humid 100% morning, but nice weather for a run
9/12 - xc meet rest day
9/13 - 2 miles - was going to rest, but did 2 miles at the lake to move my legs
9/14 - 6.2 miles - good night 46 degrees in Alabama in September who would have thought it!
9/15 - 5.4 miles
9/16 - rest day
9/17 - 8 miles - started off ugly and then got great and felt good. Negative splits the whole way...that never happens
9/18 - 5.6 miles
9/19 - XC meet - rest day
9/20 - 10 miles felt good the whole run (that never happens) every mile under 11 mins most were around 10:34 the last was 9:56 giving me a 10:33 overall pace. I'd have to check but that has to be my best 10 miler. Taking Skip to see US Women's World Cup team play Haiti this afternoon. Can't wait.
9/21 - 5.2 miles in the rain - well drizzly
9/22 - 5.2 miles
9/23 - rest day
9/24 - 7 miles
106.6 of 120 miles
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »dawniemate wrote: »Hi fellow runners. ...whereabouts in the world are you all? As we all post frequently it made me wonder ' where are you '??. I'm in Manchester in the UK:)
I'm a VA/CA transplant now living in the Dirty Jersey.
Oh @jorocka you hurt me so! Okay depending on where you live I'm willing to agree.
She's near that Camden/Trenton area, so we will let her pass on this one. ;-)
exactly LOL I get so sad I have no good pictures to show you all- I have to drive for my long runs and then I get pictures- otherwise- I'll be taking pictures of houses- cemeteries and cracked side walks. LOL
I forgot to tell you all on my 4-6 mile runs- I have to run past not one- not two but THREE cemeteries! (well- one of them is technically a pet cemetery which I'm not sure is worse or not LMAO)
I'm not sure if it's hysterical- foreshadowing- or creepy! Haven't decided.
@jorocka @stoshew71 - I remember you mentioning Bergen County and thought that was where you lived. Yeah you are definitely not in the bestest of Jersey. I was born in Newark so I have no room to talk. LOL Now @kristinegift she has it going on where she is, some amazingly beautiful places in the Princeton area. I grew up in Lake Parsippany and it was awesome as a kid, but moved down "the Shore" when I was in my early 20s until I moved here 8 years ago. Except for it being so expensive, Jersey really is a great place, lots to do and see, close to so much and did I mention "the Shore"?
@kristinegift great run today and considering you'll be doing 2 run yummy food!!! Mountains in Princeton, that is so funny, no seriously you have probably found the only elevation in that area
@7lenny7 sorry the boy is sick, hope he's better soon...same for Kody
@ddmom0811 you have gotten in a lot miles especially considering the biking and lifting. Glad you are finally taking those rest days.0 -
skippygirlsmom wrote: »dawniemate wrote: »Hi fellow runners. ...whereabouts in the world are you all? As we all post frequently it made me wonder ' where are you '??. I'm in Manchester in the UK:)
I'm a VA/CA transplant now living in the Dirty Jersey.
Oh @jorocka you hurt me so! Okay depending on where you live I'm willing to agree.
She's near that Camden/Trenton area, so we will let her pass on this one. ;-)
exactly LOL I get so sad I have no good pictures to show you all- I have to drive for my long runs and then I get pictures- otherwise- I'll be taking pictures of houses- cemeteries and cracked side walks. LOL
I forgot to tell you all on my 4-6 mile runs- I have to run past not one- not two but THREE cemeteries! (well- one of them is technically a pet cemetery which I'm not sure is worse or not LMAO)
I'm not sure if it's hysterical- foreshadowing- or creepy! Haven't decided.
On my Monday morning run, I pass 2 cemeteries. LOL
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »skippygirlsmom wrote: »dawniemate wrote: »Hi fellow runners. ...whereabouts in the world are you all? As we all post frequently it made me wonder ' where are you '??. I'm in Manchester in the UK:)
I'm a VA/CA transplant now living in the Dirty Jersey.
Oh @jorocka you hurt me so! Okay depending on where you live I'm willing to agree.
She's near that Camden/Trenton area, so we will let her pass on this one. ;-)
exactly LOL I get so sad I have no good pictures to show you all- I have to drive for my long runs and then I get pictures- otherwise- I'll be taking pictures of houses- cemeteries and cracked side walks. LOL
I forgot to tell you all on my 4-6 mile runs- I have to run past not one- not two but THREE cemeteries! (well- one of them is technically a pet cemetery which I'm not sure is worse or not LMAO)
I'm not sure if it's hysterical- foreshadowing- or creepy! Haven't decided.
@jorocka @stoshew71 - I remember you mentioning Bergen County and thought that was where you lived. Yeah you are definitely not in the bestest of Jersey. I was born in Newark so I have no room to talk. LOL Now @kristinegift she has it going on where she is, some amazingly beautiful places in the Princeton area. I grew up in Lake Parsippany and it was awesome as a kid, but moved down "the Shore" when I was in my early 20s until I moved here 8 years ago. Except for it being so expensive, Jersey really is a great place, lots to do and see, close to so much and did I mention "the Shore"?
@kristinegift great run today and considering you'll be doing 2 run yummy food!!! Mountains in Princeton, that is so funny, no seriously you have probably found the only elevation in that area
@7lenny7 sorry the boy is sick, hope he's better soon...same for Kody
@ddmom0811 you have gotten in a lot miles especially considering the biking and lifting. Glad you are finally taking those rest days.
My wife Jennifer is from Bergen county. She went to HS in Hackensack.
Who wants a house out in Hackensack? Is that all you get for your money?
It seems such a waste of time, if that's what's it all about. Mama if that's moving up, then I am moving out.
I was from Union County, Rahway to be exact. And not where the prison is. That happens to be in Avenel next door. Just because they got their mail through our post office in the day, we get known for the prison.
Then we moved to Eatontown and then Brick down the shore. Although, once you already live at the Shore, you go to the beach. Only Benies go to the Shore. ;-)
NJ is so expensive because everyone is out to get ya. You know some people in this country have no idea what a toll plaza on the Parkway is? yet everyone in NJ is accustomed to having to hand a guy a dollar for every 20 miles they have to drive on the highway.
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9/1 rest day -- elliptical
9/2 4.2 miles -- wasn't that easy for some reason, but done!
9/3 rest day -- elliptical
9/4 3.17 miles -- that was probably the most difficult run since I've started seven weeks ago. The humidity was so defeating and soul crushing!
9/5 rest day--too hot/humid, elliptical
9/6 rest day--too hot/humid, elliptical
9/7 3.32--running again!
9/8 rest day -- no workout
9/9 3.52
9/10 2 -- decided to run two days in a row for first time
9/11 3.18 -- another day of running (three days in a row)
9/13 3:11 -- took a day off bc of heel pain (did elliptical though) -- fasted 5K: pace 9:51/mile.
9/14 4.51
9/15 4.12
9/16 rest day
9/17 4.75
9/18 rest day (elliptical)
9/19 4.35
9/20 4.56
9/21 rest--elliptical
9/22 5.25
9/23 rest day
9/24 2.8 -- last run before my 5k race on Sunday
52.84/50
Comments on preparing for a 5k race on Sunday are welcome. I saw a website that seems really good suggesting I rest on Friday and do little comfortable short running on Saturday--just to keep myself flexible! Anything else I should pay attention to?
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Comments on preparing for a 5k race on Sunday are welcome. I saw a website that seems really good suggesting I rest on Friday and do little comfortable short running on Saturday--just to keep myself flexible! Anything else I should pay attention to?
"I saw a website that seems really good suggesting I rest on Friday and do little comfortable short running on Saturday"
^^^^ this is very dependent on the type of runner you are and how your training went. Some people do better with a shakeout run the day before. It really depends. Have you ever taken 2 days off from running before? How did you feel when you returned? Do you feel you do better with one day rest or no?
What are your expectations from this race? PR or is this your first 5K? If it's your first, just go out there and enjoy the experience.
Do not get caught up by the crowd and other runners. Know what your pace is and stick with it. Do not go out too fast even if others around you are.
Line up with the same people that expect to finish about the same time as you. Do not line up towards the front if you are not expecting to finish it very fast or take walk breaks. Line up towards the back then.
Thank all the race volunteers. Without them, the race could not happen.
Also, check this link out:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/279198/running-tip-so-you-are-about-to-do-your-first-race/p1
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In in it for 50
- 02 - 6.2
- 04 - 4.3 (Fisherman's Wharf..dodging tourists)
- 07 - 5.1 (pre race workout)
- 08 - REST DAY
- 09 - 3.5 (5K JPMCC Corp Challenge (under 7m mil..best ever !!)
- 09 - 4.8 ..but missed the buss so had to run home
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