October 2015 Running Challenge
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@Elise4270 - I hope you have a quick recovery....0
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@ddmom0811 - now that I'm back, Florida weather almost seems bearable as I did my first run tonight
@mwyvr - Definitely starting to understand the beauty appeal of trail races, as the footing/ankle twist risks always seemed to put me off racing over that type of terrain. Great pics.
Got in a balmy 8 miler tonight as I was back in Florida. Although I initially dreaded the run, postponing it until late tonight, I'm glad I finally went out as the weather subsided to the point that my "easy" HR range pace actually matched the recommended JDaniels "easy" training speed for my VOMax range. Humidity was still over 85%, but with the mercury down to 70, it was almost comfortable. Still, in another 2 months I'll be in perfect running weather here so I really don't have the right to complain.
10/1 - 7 miles
10/2 - 8.5 miles
10/3 - 4 miles (pace run at 1/2 marathon speed)
10/4 - 9 miles
10/5 - 8.5 miles
10/6 - 8.5 miles
10/7 - 8 miles
10/8 - 8 miles (w. 0.25-0.5-0.75-1-0.75-0.5-0.25 pyramid @ 6:35 pace)
10/9 - 9 miles
10/10 - 4 miles
10/11 - 8 miles
Total: 82.5 miles
Goal: 170 miles
Remaining: 87.5 miles0 -
@skippygirlsmom Love the shoes!!
@mwyvr The photos are really nice! Must be nice running in the forest too!
@MamaMollyT Congratulations on your achievement!
I am about to do my first 10km run in 2 weeks.
@Elise4270 Sorry to hear about your injury.. Hope it isn't as bad as they think and you are back on your feet in no time!
@juliet3455 Wow 16.8km! How are your legs feeling after that?
@snha Let me know if you decide to change to the 10k run! I still can't believe I ran 7.5km yesterday! Today my hip is a bit tight but otherwise, my legs are feeling fantastic! So so proud of myself!
I will run again in 2 days time and see how I go
1/10.......rest day
2/10.......rest day
3/10.......3.0 km
4/10.......3.0 km
5/10.......rest day
6/10.......2.0 km
7/10.......3.5 km
8/10.......rest day
9/10.......rest day
10/10.....5.0 km.......slowed pace & ran injury-free and longest distance for the first time!
11/10.....7.5 km
12/10.....rest day
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01/10 - 10.3km 02/10 - 13.1 miles 03/10 - 10.3km 04/10 - 22.1 miles 05/10 - 10.3km 06/10 - 13.1 miles 07/10 - 13.3 miles 08/10 - 10.3km 09/10 - 13.2 miles 10/10 - 10.3km 11/10 - 22.2 miles 12/10 - 10.3km tot 219/500km
steady and quite 10k this morning, if I was feeling tired on Saturday I was feeling in control today, didn't push, just had a decent pace
lost 300meters when saving the run on my garmin, anyone else with the same experience? prob 1/10 I save the run, but it restarts and then it seems to miss 2-300 meters at the end of the run
no music today, I enjoyed the sound of my steps, even if wind was moving some leaves and I felt like being chased!0 -
5k before breakfast. Boom!
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Congratulations @JoRocka for a great HM. I hope I can do half as well (see what I did there? No one? Daaaaaw) when I attempt my first next year.
Lots of great stories of the rich tapestry of running life in this thread - the highs, the lows, and everything in between. Too many folks to mention but you are all amazing
Date: 2/10 Length: 7.1 km Duration: 0:39:33 Total: 7.1 km of 100 km
Date: 4/10 Length: 12km Duration: 1:12:50 Total: 19.1 km of 100 km
Date: 6/10 Length: 8.2km Duration: 0.50:02 Total:27.3 km of 100 km
Date: 7/10 Length: 8.6km Duration: 0.55:23 Total:35.9 km of 100 km
Date: 11/10 Length: 8.1km Duration: 0.42:45 Total:44 km of 100 km
Tricky run on Saturday. My Asics calls it a "build up" run. The idea is to hold an easy pace for the first few kms, then a moderate pace for a few more and then a high (but not all out pace) for the last few kms. It was much harder to execute than I imagined as holding a moderate pace was challenging. I tended to veer from easy to high without a consistent pace. A bit more practice is needed. Good fun though.0 -
Sky was cloudy but temperature was nice for my 4:30am run. Came around one corner this morning and had a slight pause ... wondering what this big orange thing was down the street and realized it was about an 8 foot tall blow up pumpkin.
Oct 1 - cycling class
Oct 2 - rest - traveling
Oct 3 - rest
Oct 4 - 13.1 HM!
Oct 5 - rest - traveling
Oct 6 - cycling class
Oct 7 - 4.71 + strength training
Oct 8 - 3.01 slow and steady
Oct 9 - strength training
Oct 10 - 34 mile bike ride
Oct 11 - 40 mile bike ride
Oct 12 - 5 miles
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10.1: 6 miles
10.3: 1.1 miles
10.4: 9 miles
10.8: 5.2 miles
10.9: 2.5 miles
10.11: 10 miles
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Sky was cloudy but temperature was nice for my 4:30am run. Came around one corner this morning and had a slight pause ... wondering what this big orange thing was down the street and realized it was about an 8 foot tall blow up pumpkin.
Oct 1 - cycling class
Oct 2 - rest - traveling
Oct 3 - rest
Oct 4 - 13.1 HM!
Oct 5 - rest - traveling
Oct 6 - cycling class
Oct 7 - 4.71 + strength training
Oct 8 - 3.01 slow and steady
Oct 9 - strength training
Oct 10 - 34 mile bike ride
Oct 11 - 40 mile bike ride
Oct 12 - 5 miles
Haha, I had the same reaction the other morning to some Halloween decor: a "man" doing a handstand.... was a pumpkin-headed scarecrow (also doing a handstand). Definitely got my heart racing in the dark though!
Also, great miles today after 74 weekend miles on the bike!0 -
10/1 3 mile walk and circuit training
10/2 4.5 mile run
10/3 rest day
10/4 rest day (unintentional)
10/5 1.5 mile walk and circuit training
10/6 4 miles run
10/7 2 mile walk and circuit training
10/8 5 mile bike ride
10/9 1 mile walk
10/10 3 mile run / 5 mile walk
10/11 1 mile walk / 7 mile bike ride
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1/10 3.72
3/10 3.28
5/10 2.4
7/10 4.17
8/10 1.57
10/10 1.48
12/10 3.32
Total= 19.94 /50 miles
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10/2 - 4.16 miles
10/3 - 6.22 miles
10/5 - 3 miles
10/7 - 3.23 miles
10/10 - 3.28 miles
10/11 - 12 miles
So....running a 5k race right before my last long training run was probably not a great idea. Lots of aches and pains on the 12 miler, actually had to call it about a hundred feet short because of pain on the 'good' knee. Taking a rest day today and tomorrow - lots of ice and glute exercises...![exercise.png[\img]](http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/wuCzxtU/exercise.png[\img])
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Decided to take a rest day today. Legs were feeling tired and a bit sore, also Allen is only home for a few more days.
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October 3 - 3.1 miles (Superhero 5k)
October 7 - 3.65 miles
October 10 - 4.21 miles
October 11 - 3.11 miles (Halloween Hustle Trail Race)
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Wow - a couple days off-work, and I get so far behind on reading your wonderful posts!
01-Oct: 2.64 miles; 3.09 miles (walk)
02-Oct: 0.00 miles; 2.44 miles (walk)
03-Oct: 6.27 miles
04-Oct: 0.00 miles
05-Oct: 3.62 miles
06-Oct: 3.21 miles
07-Oct: <Life Day>, but 2.38 miles (dreadmill)
08-Oct: 6.54 miles
09-Oct: 5.57 miles
10-Oct: 6.82 miles
11-Oct: 6.47 miles
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OTOH - it let me catch up on my mileage! Yay me!
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@kristinegift - Wow! Congrats on the mileage best!
@JoRocka - NICE! Excellent HM!
@mwyvr - the trail pictures are great...and I can really get behind your new profile pic!
@ddmom0811 - HA! That happened to me last winter with a giant snow man! Hazards of running early, I guess.
10/1 - 3.1 miles on the 'mill; plus 5.8 miles / 20 minutes on stationary bike.
10/2 - Had to skip run/workout for a life insurance physical (bloodwork, etc.). Then, they couldn't get me to bleed, so I'm gonna have to do it again! Grrr!
10/3 - 11.5 miles with HM group; cool, beautiful weather!
10/4 - waaaayy overslept!
10/5 - not off to a good start this month; kids up half the night with illness / asthma issues
10/6 - 4.75 miles on a beautiful, cool morning.
10/7 - 4.85 miles of hills with HM group
10/8 - 4.65 miles
10/9 - 0. Up half the night, again! Now feeling a bit under the weather. It's too early for this stuff, isn't it?
10/10 - 7.92 miles with HM group. Cool morning, flat loop...nice run!
10/11 - 3.15 mile "recovery" run. Slower pace with one of my 9 year olds...love getting to run with my kids! Sore hip though.
10/12 - 4.75 miles. Beautiful weather! Hip better, but not perfect. Fired up for 5k and HM this weekend!
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@Elise4270 - Ouch! Take care of yourself and feel better soon!
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@5beautifuldays I'll let you know if I like the shoes, all the reviews are good
@juliet3455 I'll have to take the photo for you. Between Skip and I it's insane. She has 3 pair of "road" shoes, 2 pair of spikes and now trail shoes.
@elise4270 I hope you're 100% soon!
@karef great run on Sunday!
@msf74 I saw that, great play on words
@ddmom0811 LOL I can just see you getting startled at the pumpkin. I agree with @karllundy it's one of the hazards of running early. Between not wearing my glasses and the dark there are morning I'm running along and need to do a WTH check at something in front of me.
@karllundy glad the hip is getting better. Woohoo for HM 5K weekend!0 -
I've only 16k done. Better get my *kitten* moving! Hoping to achieve 50 by the end of the month.0
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I am in. It will keep me motivated to report to others. Finals in my University class are done, so I have more time to get going.
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10/1: 0
10/2: 0
10/3: 0
10/4: 0
10/5: 2
10/6: 3
10/7: 0
10/8: 3.5
10/9: 0
10/10: 9
10/11: 0
Off to a bad start this month but its getting better.
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It's getting colder (yea, I know..excuses excuses)
I'm in it for 45
October
Oct 03 - 6.0mi
Oct 07 - 6.8mi
Oct 10 - 5.8mi
2015 500m
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I had hoped to get 5 or 6 miles in yesterday but ended taking longer at my mom's than expected (we moved her into senior living and are now getting her house ready for sale)
It's going to be tough for me to get miles in this week (and doubtful I'll make my monthly goal). I'm taking my youngest son deer hunting starting Thursday and since I was busy with Mom's house all weekend, I'll need to get packed and ready for deer hunting after work today through Wednesday.
10/01 - Camping
10/02 - Camping, hiking
10/03 - Camping, hiking
10/04 - 5.6 miles running, hiking
10/05 - 7.9 miles
10/06 - Rest
10/07 - 9.7 miles
10/08 - 5.0 miles
10/09 - Rest
10/10 - 18 miles, 10:29 pace, <--Distance PR!
10/11 - Life Day
Goal: 150 Miles
Progress: 46.2 Miles
Remaining: 103.8 Miles
@shanaber, here are a couple of pictures from my 18 mile run Saturday on that "rails-to-trails" trail. It's one of MANY we have in her Minnesota. The bright spot on the right of the first photo is the Cannon River that runs along much of the route. This trail has become my new favorite place to run, but it's unfortunate that it's an hour from my house. This particular trail is 20 miles long and has very few road crossings, lots of tree cover, and not too much traffic. If anyone is interested in a few more pictures they can be found here:
http://1drv.ms/1L8bR6g
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@7lenny7 looks awesome! Enjoy the hunting...had deer sausage and venison chili this weekend, life is good.0
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I had a great run today. I had to use the treadmill at work since I won't have time to run outside when I get home tonight. I was dreading it, especially after the booze-filled weekend I had. Well, the saying "never judge a run by the first mile" was so true for me today.
I was hating it the first few minutes and told myself to just get to 30 minutes and then I could stop. By that point I was in the zone and kept going to finish my workout. When I was done I was drenched in sweat and felt phenomenal! So glad I didn't stop when I first wanted to.
10/01: 4.34
10/04: 4.92
10/06: 4.96
10/08: 1.69
10/10: 4.78
10/12: 5.12
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Beautiful afternoon. Pure blue sky. The trees are turning, every day is different.
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