September 2015 Running Challenge
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9/1 - 2.06 ( walking)
9/2 - 2.76 (running/walking)
Week 2, Day 2 of CT5K!
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4 mile easy run today. It's interesting noting the added difficulty in keeping my pace down the day after a tempo, steady run or fartleks. Just a few weeks ago in my base building phase when doing high mileage at easy pace I had an easy time doing 6 to 8 mile easy pace runs the next day after a 12 miler (also done at easy pace). The problem now is just that I start out a little bit fast on my easy runs. It feels like the right pace, but isn't, and I have to really be careful on that last mile or two to avoid running too hot. I'll adapt soon, I'm sure. All that time this summer running at this pace and it is so easily forgotten with just a simple tempo run.
9/1 - 6 mile steady run (6 total)
9/2 - 4 mile easy run (10 total)
Goal 166 miles
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Shanaber: Thanks for the links, I had a look at the videos, I'll have to invest in a foam roller. I think probably a weeks rest from running would help so I was thinking of doing some spin classes and swimming instead although I'm not sure if the spinning will just be using the same muscles and not help at all.
ddmom0811: Thanks for your input, I'll get a foam roller and get started, It seems like the way to go.0 -
9/1: Rest
9/2: 7 miles
Lots of shuffling around of runs this week! Had to accommodate the Izzard show last night, and then working in a trip to DC to visit a friend this weekend. And somehow tomorrow is Thursday already! Where did the week go?!
7/200
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So humid today0
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1-rest
2-5.03
5.03/80+
Snakey run. Water snake and a grass snake. Good run-ish.. Pace aint so hot. But definitely feeling stronger with each run.0 -
The baseball game was a good one. The Twins beat the White Sux 3-0! Since the game was a short one, just 2hr, 30min, and it was quite a bit cooler tonight that tomorrow is supposed to be, I decided to run when I got home and ended up getting 6.1 miles in.
I'm logging it all on 9/02, though technically some of the mileage was run on 9/03. I didn't start after 11pm. I do love those late night runs.
Time for bed!
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runwithtoppa wrote: »NEWBIE!
I started running in early August, and my goal at the moment is to run a non stop mile!
Instead of trying to aim for X amount of miles for Sept, I'd like to keep a log of my daily non stop distances. And aim for 15 runs (I run every other day) and get as close to 15 miles as I can
2/9 - 0.70 mile
Welcome to the group :-)0 -
September goal 65 miles
9/1 3.51
9/2 3.35
Total 6.86
Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date:
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01/9 12 miles
02/9 12 miles
03/9 10k
tot 49km / 400km
fast 10k today, first mile was very tired, then improved a lot
lots of cows on the fields (still sleeping) - they made me laugh as they are really curious
tomorrow will go to my other favourite park, hope it won't be too dark
not long now before I'll need to find alternative routes due to dark, will end up prob to run in the town
looking forward to saturday, I desperately need new shoes0 -
1/9 2.61km
3/9 5.01km0 -
Hi, I'm starting a little late - hope that's okay. I'm actually not going to start until Monday, but my goal for Sept 7-30 is 40 miles. I ran a half-marathon last December and then I stopped running for a while, but I'm ready to get back into it
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Had an awesome run this morning. What a beautiful view. I love watching the sun come up.
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9.1.15... 3.04...26:30- late 10 PM run
9.2.15... 5.27.... 48 minutes: Woke up a little late- wanted to hit the road around 5:15- left at like 5:35- oh well- was worried about time due to it being the first five miler- I did okay - 48 minutes roughly- super busy yesterday didn't get a chance to update
9.3.15... 3 miles- 27- super slow this morning- my legs felt stiff and heavy- lungs were tight to- just rough and slow all the way around.
August: 66.23 of 75 miles
September 11.31 of 104.5
Total Half Training Mileage
104.39 of total 225
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9/1: Rest
9/2: 7 miles
9/3: 8 miles
Ran last night at 7 pm and then this morning at 6:30... was really feeling the tempo run from last night! So I just kind of plodded along for a lot of today's run and tried to enjoy the quiet of the morning. I'll have to redeem myself at my running group tonight!
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01/09 - 4.52 km
02/09 - 3.04 km - A nice evening run
03/09 - 4.56 km - Lunchtime run but without my run buddy :-(
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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
First 3 miles tempo pace. Finished with 6x 30 sec strides and 1 mile c/d.
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another 3.5 miles for me today, 7 in total. cant wait to get my garmin forerunner next week :-)0
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I'm starting a bit slow, nursing a mild back injury. 80 mile goal this month!
9/02: 1.25 - 1.25
9/03: 4 - 5.25
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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
8.6 of 120 miles
Felt good this morning, but at mile 3 I remembered I was going to try to do my long run tomorrow since I took the day off from work. Summer is back in Alabama, 74 and 96% humidity at 5:30 this morning. Had to add my favorite picture.
@runwithtoppa .7 non stop is awesome, I like the idea of tracking your non stop distance.
@cancersurvivor2014 12 min mile to 11 min mile is huge - congrats
@aresende90 your dog is adorable. The big running store here sponsors pub runs but I've never gone, I might need to try it out
@whatmerunning I'm laughing hysterically at your ticker!! Since I've moved down here I've turned into a MAJOR college football fan if my team isn't on I'll watch any team play. I've always been a big football fan but more of the NFL. Since I can rarely see my Giants down here, and I refuse to watch the Titans, I can sit all day on Saturday watching college games. High school too, I never went to single HS game when I was in HS but go all the time now Go figure!
@abakan you will develop a love hate relationship with your foam roller
@elise4270 SNAKES!!! no thank you
@7lenny7 so you basically ran from one day to another, nice
@acsl3 welcome
@jennifer8348683 beautiful picture
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Joining the challenge this month! I only ran 32 miles in August, so I'm shooting for 50 in September (especially since I have a half marathon this weekend that will catapult me to that goal quicker!
9/2 - 2 miles
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September goal: 35 miles
9/1 - 3.1 miles
9/2 - strength day, no run today
9/3 - 2 miles
September: 5.1 of 35 miles
@Jennifer8348683 - beautiful picture!0 -
I am so happy I joined these challenges. This group is awesome and watching your amazing results (and the good spirit behind them) definitely pushes me forward.
Newbie Question: I see many of you run daily and sometimes even twice in a day. I always thought I should alternate by running one day and resting the next. Do I (does the body) need a rest day after each day of running? From the patterns here, it seems many of you take one day of rest a week, but not every other day. Any words of wisdom?0 -
I am so happy I joined these challenges. This group is awesome and watching your amazing results (and the good spirit behind them) definitely pushes me forward.
Newbie Question: I see many of you run daily and sometimes even twice in a day. I always thought I should alternate by running one day and resting the next. Do I (does the body) need a rest day after each day of running? From the patterns here, it seems many of you take one day of rest a week, but not every other day. Any words of wisdom?
@snha, I'm a new runner myself, having started 4 months ago, but I can tell you what worked for me.
In the beginning, I was running every other day. I definitely needed a recovery day after each and every run, even though my mileage wasn't that great. My body just wasn't used to running and the recovery was required to allow it to adapt to my new activity. In my first 7 weeks I only ran 3 or 4 days per week. I then ran 4 or 5 days per week for 7 weeks, and now only for the last 2 weeks have I run 5 or 6 days per week.
I encourage you to start SLOWLY. If you're enjoying it, it will be hard, but from my experience with two separate bouts with nagging injuries which caused me to reduce my running, it's the right thing to do. When you do start increasing your frequency, don't have a big bump in total mileage. For instance...
Let's say I'm running 3 miles three days per week and I want to add a 4th day. Instead of adding a 3 mile run on the 4th day (which is a 33% increase in your weekly mileage), drop the two back to back days to 2 miles each so now I'm running 3+3+2+2 = 10 miles, which is just an 11% increase. Perhaps the next week I'd bring one of the 2 mile runs up to 3 miles if my body handles the increase well (Weekly total now at 11 miles). The next week I might add another mile so they're all 3 mile runs. Rather than add even more mileage the following week, I might hold the total for a week to make sure my body is catching up to the increase in weekly distance.
The key thing is to listen to your body. I feel general aches every day from my running, but it's an all over, "good" kind of ache. If I feel a pain that I can point to and say, "it hurts right here", that tells me I may have overdone it and need to back off a bit.
My body has always been able to recover, adapt, and heal quickly and I'll admit I have exceed the conventional wisdom for distance increase, but I have listened to my body and backed off when needed. It's what worked for me.
Great question, btw!
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so I'm kind of excited- Map My Run sent me my monthly update- and instead of 66 miles- it says I ran 72.3!!! WOOT WOOT- was much closer to my goal of 75 than I thought! Huzzah!
@snha if you're on a program it should tell you when to run. And really the amount/volume of running should be dictated by your goal and need for rest- some people need more down time- some people can run more.
My Program has me running Tuesday, Wed, Thursday and Saturday or Sunday (a long run on the weekend but they don't care when) so I get 3 days off- which is fine- 4 days of running is more than enough volume for me.
When I'm done training I'll probably drop down to 2-3- I don't need to be running that much honestly.0 -
1/9/15 - 2 miles
3/9/15 - 2 miles
the last half a mile started with a flat out sprint when an angry off leash pitbull decided he didnt want me there, owner didnt give a monkeys and i ended up sprinting in a semi circle across the grass trying to get away lol0 -
Today was College Day with my Panera Pounders group. Every year on the opening week of college football we sport our favorite teams. I was sporting my Purdue Boilermakers (graduated in 1995). Offcourse mostly everyone else wore either Alabama or Auburn. Go figure. We did get in a run after the picture.
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Missed a couple days and had to read 6 pages to catch up! Yay us!
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.
Welcome to all the "new" runners here! Glad to have you and hope you enjoy hanging out as much as I do.
@Jennifer8348683 - beautiful! Where are you?0
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