October 2015 Running Challenge
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@Elise4270 OA= over all
@kristinegift Thanks for sharing your experiences with us. You should still be proud.0 -
@Elise4270 OA= over all
@kristinegift Thanks for sharing your experiences with us. You should still be proud.
Thanks! I feel better after all the kind words/"that's still a good time, duh" messages on my profile post this morning. Still wish I'd been less blase about my preparation though; I know I could have at least had more energy in the tank going in!0 -
October Goal—stretch goal 120 km, realistic goal 100 km
10/1—rest getting a cold I think…
10/2—10.18 km
10/3—rest, taking care of errands and resting up for…
10/4–10.73 km
10/5—typhoon day, good thing it’s a traditional rest day anyway
10/6–5.16 km
10/7—rest
10/8–5.49 km
10/9—rest
10/10–13.92 km
10/11—3.34 km recovery run
10/12—5.12 km
10/13—2.89 km
10/14—rest
10/15—5.38 km
10/16—rest
10/17—5/24 km—2 laps around a hilly park
10/18—15.53 km
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kristinegift wrote: »@Elise4270 OA= over all
@kristinegift Thanks for sharing your experiences with us. You should still be proud.
Thanks! I feel better after all the kind words/"that's still a good time, duh" messages on my profile post this morning. Still wish I'd been less blase about my preparation though; I know I could have at least had more energy in the tank going in!
You are amazing to me! Be proud!
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Getting cold here and my muscles feel so tight. Have been stretching before, but they are just not feeling loose at all. Especially right anterior thigh. I start having a deep ache on the anterior thigh, slightly toward inner leg about 2 inches above my knee, and a corresponding ache on the anterior and external thigh about an inch below my hip joint. Very painful for the first couple and might loosen up slightly by mile 3. Any ideas from those of you that have been at this for awhile??
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Wasn't feeling too well at the beer festival (surprisingly, not from drinking too much beer!) Failed at eating enough after running 10km.. Only had a few snacks and had a drink with an energy drink mixed with it - Started giving me chest pains, quite scary and painful. A decent night sleep did the trick though and feel fine today. Don't think I'll be going near those energy drinks for a loooong time!0 -
Wasn't feeling too well at the beer festival (surprisingly, not from drinking too much beer!) Failed at eating enough after running 10km.. Only had a few snacks and had a drink with an energy drink mixed with it - Started giving me chest pains, quite scary and painful. A decent night sleep did the trick though and feel fine today. Don't think I'll be going near those energy drinks for a loooong time!
Oh that happens to me with afternoon coffee if I have a small lunch! My heart goes too fast and I can't focus my brain. It's so unpleasant! Glad you're feeling better!0 -
@shanaber - I did the Holiday Half last year. It's a nice race!
@kareF - glad you're feeling better. I've had a couple of episodes of not eating enough after running and it always feels awful!
@skippygirlsmom - Being in the Navy I have to suggest Navy as an alternative to AF for Skip
If she really wants to travel, my last couple of floats on my ship took us to the Philippines twice, two different ports in Australia, and Guam - all without me having to spend money on plane tickets. I'm also traveling around Japan on my weekends and I hear the next float will take us to some different countries, though I haven't heard which ones yet.
As for Okinawa - it is the home of the 3rd MARDIV (Marines), along with a Naval Hospital, and an AF base. So my guesses would be @MamaMollyT is there because either she or her spouse is in the USMC, USN, or USAF Okinawa is fairly tropical in terms of weather. Maybe a bit colder in the winter - I've only been in the spring/summer so far when we pick up the Marines for our floats.
Tried to get up for a run this morning. Missed most of my runs last week due to my semiannual Physical Readiness Test - PRT (which I passed, but skipped my usual runs to make sure I wouldn't hurt myself or tire myself and not pass it). However, once I woke up this morning I realized I caught the stomach bug that's going around my work, so here I sit on my recliner resting for the morning. I think my big adventure today will just be going to the store to get food for the work week.
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@5BeautifulDays LOL on the goose poop! That's better than a rancid armadillo anyday! I admire everyone that gets out with their dogs! Mine are mongrels! You have a beautiful dog!
Aww, thanks. He's the Mutt King, though, and definitely would be in good company with your dogs. He only *looks* like a border collie, lol!
Also, I don't think rancid armadillo is something I *ever* want to smell!0 -
October goal 75 miles
10/1 big fat...REST day
10/2 3.15
10/3 4
10/4 7.55
10/5 rest
10/6 4
10/7 4.14
10/8 snorkel 3 hours
10/9 rest
10/10 6.17
10/11 lazy
10/12 3.25
10/13 5.68
10/14 3.33
10/15 rest
10/16 Tropical Storm Nora hit us with torrential rain, horizontal/vertical and maybe even upside down lightning strikes....making it unsafe to run either on pavement or on the lanai-covered but still outdoors treadmill. Instead, I lay on a blanket on the floor of the large walk-in shower, cuddling three terrified dogs.
10/17 3.26
@kristinegift : this big old turtle is awed by your sub 1:45....and can only dream of such a thing!
Total 44.53
Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date:
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@vandinem Congrats of making it half way to your goal distance!
@kristinegift Sorry to hear you missed your goal with your HM! BUT that is a fantastic time!!!!! You should be proud of any race you finish - I think it's amazing! About the caffeine drinks- I honestly haven't had one in a few years.. Very surprised at how it affected my HR!
@juliet3455 What kinds of fuel-foods do you take with you on a HM aside from protein bars? Good to know about the raisins! Love that I have 'my' pace finally and am injury-free!
@msf74 How did your run with friends go?
@9voice9 Congrats on your weight loss with fitbit so far! I love the challeneges and find the motivation is really good!
@Stoshew71 Seriously your posts are always awesome!! Thanks so much for posting the article about not comparing miles to other runners.. I love the support here on this very thread! Very cool!
@shanaber Lots of races coming up! Good luck with all of them!
@5BeautifulDays What a gorgeous puppy you have!
@chicoadm07 Awesome to hear you had a great run! I feel really slack on rest days and struggle with not running lol
@Elise4270 Good luck with your upcoming races! I have my first 10k race next week! I did a 5k a few years ago though was forced to walk 3/4 of it from shin splints. I can't wait to run the whole race this time!
@kstar_lee How old is your little Whitney? Both gorgeous!!
@ACSL3 Yes.. I'm still learning how to properly fuel my body for running. I only started running more than 5k last week in all honesty I need to start reading up on how to look after myself better with more distance! Any tips?
Hope you feel better soon too! Lots of bugs going around at the moment!
I think I have caught up on everyone's posts now.. Sorry if I've missed you!0 -
1/10 6.2
4/10 6.68
5/10 6.32
6/10 3.0
8/10 7.04
13/10 3.1
17/10 6.2
total 38.54
target 50 miles0 -
@kareF - I'm still learning too. I recently learned that after distances >5-6 miles I tend to be not hungry right away but then I go from not hungry to so hungry I'm nauseous in what feels like the blink of an eye. I have decided that for me, though, sushi is my favorite post-long run meal
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Have decided to increase my target to 50 miles this month. I know it's still low compared to most but I'm getting there!
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I'm happy and proud for the way I manage the marathon. No negative thoughts, no pain, I wanted to enjoy it and I did it. I didn't care about the time (3:39:20 in the end, considering I sort of pulled a muscle in my bum on Thursday and I was terrified I was not able to move, its not bad at all for a first marathon for my expectations) - it was great to be supported by the Amsterdam people, to give the high five to the kids, to overtake the smart guys that run at sub 3h for the first half and then they are out of breath in the last miles eheh. Now time to celebrate!0
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patrikc333 wrote: »I'm happy and proud for the way I manage the marathon. No negative thoughts, no pain, I wanted to enjoy it and I did it. I didn't care about the time (3:39:20 in the end, considering I sort of pulled a muscle in my bum on Thursday and I was terrified I was not able to move, its not bad at all for a first marathon for my expectations) - it was great to be supported by the Amsterdam people, to give the high five to the kids, to overtake the smart guys that run at sub 3h for the first half and then they are out of breath in the last miles eheh. Now time to celebrate!
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patrikc333 wrote: »I'm happy and proud for the way I manage the marathon. No negative thoughts, no pain, I wanted to enjoy it and I did it. I didn't care about the time (3:39:20 in the end, considering I sort of pulled a muscle in my bum on Thursday and I was terrified I was not able to move, its not bad at all for a first marathon for my expectations) - it was great to be supported by the Amsterdam people, to give the high five to the kids, to overtake the smart guys that run at sub 3h for the first half and then they are out of breath in the last miles eheh. Now time to celebrate!
Congratulations! That's a great time!
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Have decided to increase my target to 50 miles this month. I know it's still low compared to most but I'm getting there!
I saw something just this week, quote by Roosevelt "Comparison is the thief of joy". Hold fast to your personal progress!
Your always faster than the guy/girl on the couch! (As I lay on the couch.…).0 -
01/10 3miles
02/10 0
03/10 0
04/10 0
05/10 3miles (joined challenge)
06/10 3miles
07/10 3.5miles
08/10 0
09/10 0
10/10 0
11/10 3.5miles
12/10 3miles
13/10 3.5miles
14/10 3miles
15/10 0
16/10 3.5miles
17/10 0
18/10 3.5miles
Congratulations on you marathon @patrikc333 - great time0 -
10/1 4.75 -- I would like to do 6+ miles in the coming days, so, am resting tomorrow!
10/2 rest day
10/3 6.51 -- first 10k, longest run (time), and farthest run (distance)
10/4 rest day--this was a horrible day, could not get any exercise done and felt miserable
10/5 no running, but good elliptical workout
10/6 5.53 -- excellent run. the weather was cool and crisp, my muscles cooperated and all went well
10/7 3.11 -- recovery run? that's what i thought of this one. felt good though!
10/8 5.61 -- very good run.
10/9 3.11 -- a little over 9 minutes mile pace!
10/10 rest, the elliptical hour
10/11 5.00
10/12 rest, great elliptical session
10/13 6.52 — very nice run: farthest I went since i started running; fastest 10K (well, second and faster at 10:33 per mile.
10/14 3.2
10/15 3.37
10/16 no run today — good elliptical session though
10/17 2.25 — shake up run getting ready for my 5K race tomorrow
10/18 5.65 — I ran a 5K race in 25:49 (not a PR but very close to one, 25:19 three weeks ago). Pace was 8:16. But, and this is special, I did not feel satisfied and went for a 2.54 mile run!
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patrikc333 wrote: »I'm happy and proud for the way I manage the marathon. No negative thoughts, no pain, I wanted to enjoy it and I did it. I didn't care about the time (3:39:20 in the end, considering I sort of pulled a muscle in my bum on Thursday and I was terrified I was not able to move, its not bad at all for a first marathon for my expectations) - it was great to be supported by the Amsterdam people, to give the high five to the kids, to overtake the smart guys that run at sub 3h for the first half and then they are out of breath in the last miles eheh. Now time to celebrate!
That is absolutely awesome. What a great run! Congratulations!
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Date Miles MTD ------ ----- ----- Oct 03 6.0 6.0 Oct 04 11.2 17.2 Oct 06 4.3 21.5 Oct 08 6.3 27.8 Oct 10 8.3 36.1 Oct 11 6.0 42.1 Oct 14 4.3 46.4 Oct 15 5.1 51.5 Oct 18 10.0 61.5
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10/1 - 8 miles
10/2 - 5 miles
10/3 - 5.1 miles
10/4 - rest day Allen's son is in the Nat'l Guard and was supposed to jump yesterday. We were headed there when they cancelled the jump
10/5 - 10.1 miles
10/6 - 5.1 recovery miles
10/7 - rest day
10/8 - 6.6 miles of hilly hills not big hills just rolling up and down and up and down
10/9 - 5 miles my first mile I thought was crappy because I thought my watch said 10:50 and it felt like 10:50. Turned out it was 10:05 which I didn't realize until I pushed harder and my next split was 9:47. Ended up with a 9:49 pace... so happy especially after dancing too much and too late at the Miranda Lambert concert last night!
10/10 - 5 miles - 9:55 pace don't know what's gotten into me. Ran with Skip who is home from Disney.
10/11 - 5.1 miles
10/12 - rest day
10/13 - 11.1 miles (yes I want my .1)
10/14 - 5 miles - recovery run with Skip, cool morning about 44F at run time.
10/15 - 5 miles - another cool morning, I wanted to add a few miles but I got out late so had to stick to my usual run
10/16 - 3.5 miles I don't know if the stress of this week got to me, if Allen leaving yesterday got to me or my legs just rebelled this morning LOL From step one to failure on my 6 mile run today I felt like crap. Got to about 3 miles and said the hell with it and went home. Oh well 3.5 is better than 0!
10/17 - rest day XC meet - Skip did great 22:18 top 25 placed and she finished 23rd. She cut 2.5 mins her off time from this race last year.
10/18 - 4.3 miles with the trail running group we joined. Wow ran trails I would never try alone, when they call a trail "goat trail" they mean it, up up up a narrow rock trail. I was in the middle of the pack, Skip killed it staying at the tail end of the "fast" group.
83.9 of 120 miles
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@acsl3 Skip talked about the Navy too. She's got time since she's only a sophomore, but if she does decide to go the military route her plan is to take someone who can throw the BS flag at the recruiter if they promise something they can't give.
@5beautifuldays I'm laughing at the goose poop. My old dog would roll in anything dead she could find. ugh!
@kstar_lee precious picture
@kristinegift Girl you did awesome! I had the exact same talk with Skip yesterday. She cut 2.5 mins of her time from the course she ran yesterday from last year. She was 12 seconds behind her PR and was upset. I told her, all courses are different you need to STOP comparing apples and oranges look at last year. We heard the course yesterday was actually 3.2 so technically she would have PR'd if it was 3.1 but she doesn't need to know that ha ha! When she looked at the overall race finishing 23 out of 172 runner and the fact she killed last years time was so close to her PR while others were much slower her feelings changed and she was so happy with the race. You are an amazing runner! About the pee holding...ouch, ugh, yuck! horrible way to run.
@karef I have a friend whose son almost died from drinking energy drinks, please please everyone be very careful. He was literally sitting in his car one morning and called his dad and said "I'm not sure where I am, I can't remember how to drive and I can't move". He was finally able to describe where he was and his dad (who lives 3,000 miles away) got on another phone call a friend near the son who was able to get to him and get him to the ER. At 19 they believe he had a mini stroke caused by the energy drink(s), he was drinking a few a day. Very scary.
@patrikc333 fantastic race!! Congrats
@shna super 5K!
Runners when they get new shoes LOL so true
http://runhaven.com/2015/10/17/9-things-runners-get-new-pair-running-shoes/
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@shanaber I think we should organize a group run. It'd be an awesome tradition to start maybe 2-3 times a year in various areas.
I think I'm gonna be OK to continue running. So I'll be the first to say "I'm in"!
Maybe we can start adding the races we plan on running with our mileage and others can join in? Ideas?
I have the rock and roll half in Dallas March 19-20th..
I also plan on the SOS again in Lawton OK on October 2016.
I like the idea of adding races so that MFP/Running Groups people would get a chance to say hi at events.
Or maybe because I'm the sad sack who finishes the race, wanders around the pavilion alone and asking for someone to take a picture before getting in the car and going home.
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »@kristinegift Girl you did awesome! I had the exact same talk with Skip yesterday. She cut 2.5 mins of her time from the course she ran yesterday from last year. She was 12 seconds behind her PR and was upset. I told her, all courses are different you need to STOP comparing apples and oranges look at last year. We heard the course yesterday was actually 3.2 so technically she would have PR'd if it was 3.1 but she doesn't need to know that ha ha! When she looked at the overall race finishing 23 out of 172 runner and the fact she killed last years time was so close to her PR while others were much slower her feelings changed and she was so happy with the race. You are an amazing runner! About the pee holding...ouch, ugh, yuck! horrible way to run.
Sometimes it just takes someone else to help us put it in perspective. Also, Skip is killing it in these races lately! What grade is she in again? She'll be winning races by the time she's a senior!0 -
@shanaber I think we should organize a group run. It'd be an awesome tradition to start maybe 2-3 times a year in various areas.
I think I'm gonna be OK to continue running. So I'll be the first to say "I'm in"!
Maybe we can start adding the races we plan on running with our mileage and others can join in? Ideas?
I have the rock and roll half in Dallas March 19-20th..
I also plan on the SOS again in Lawton OK on October 2016.
Ooh, I love this idea! And I'm shopping for spring races. Looking at the Yuengling Virginia Beach 26.2 in March if I can convince some folks from my local running group to join. But need to run my last fall race before planning too far ahead for the spring/summer.@shanaber I think we should organize a group run. It'd be an awesome tradition to start maybe 2-3 times a year in various areas.
I think I'm gonna be OK to continue running. So I'll be the first to say "I'm in"!
Maybe we can start adding the races we plan on running with our mileage and others can join in? Ideas?
I have the rock and roll half in Dallas March 19-20th..
I also plan on the SOS again in Lawton OK on October 2016.
I like the idea of adding races so that MFP/Running Groups people would get a chance to say hi at events.
Or maybe because I'm the sad sack who finishes the race, wanders around the pavilion alone and asking for someone to take a picture before getting in the car and going home.
Haha, I do the same thing at the end of races. It's just so awkward to stand around when there's no one else there with you! Plus, I always get so cold, that all I want to do is go home and take a hot shower!0 -
kristinegift wrote: »skippygirlsmom wrote: »@kristinegift Girl you did awesome! I had the exact same talk with Skip yesterday. She cut 2.5 mins of her time from the course she ran yesterday from last year. She was 12 seconds behind her PR and was upset. I told her, all courses are different you need to STOP comparing apples and oranges look at last year. We heard the course yesterday was actually 3.2 so technically she would have PR'd if it was 3.1 but she doesn't need to know that ha ha! When she looked at the overall race finishing 23 out of 172 runner and the fact she killed last years time was so close to her PR while others were much slower her feelings changed and she was so happy with the race. You are an amazing runner! About the pee holding...ouch, ugh, yuck! horrible way to run.
Sometimes it just takes someone else to help us put it in perspective. Also, Skip is killing it in these races lately! What grade is she in again? She'll be winning races by the time she's a senior!
@kristinegift thanks - she's a sophomore.0 -
0/2 - 3.6
10/4 - 11
10/7 - 3
10/8 - 5.7
11/11 - 11.9
11/18 - 13.3
47.6/60
I ran in the Lewsville (TX) That Dam Half Marathon this morning. It's called that because it actually the course goes out on over a dam that's closed to the public most of the yeer.
It was my second half and I hadn't been diligent about as training as my first back in April. Plus it had been so hot here that my training times had been discouragingly slow. But it was cool this morning and my times were better than expected. Mile 11 and 12 were actually my fastest. I ended up finishing 18 seconds behind my April time.
Lesson learned. Running in the heat just sucks. Am going to go to work on knocking down my time for spring. I really want to get a sub 2...which will be about 1 minute faster per mile.
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