October 2015 Running Challenge
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@karllundy My real name is Stanley. The polish nickname for Stanley is Stashew (or Stashiu/Stashu), although I spell it with an o - Stoshew. I'm actually German not Polish. I turn 44 this December (born in 1971), thus my name: Stoshew71.0
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Rest day for me today - well actually my body just refused to get out of bed when the alarm went off at 4am! HM in just over 2 weeks, so I get worried when I miss a workout and I have been missing quite a few! Some psychology in declaring them rest days LOL!
My MFP name - I usually use AfricaChick as I am "a chick from Africa" - born in Namibia and grew up in South Africa, living in the US at the moment, but the name was taken when I registered on MFP (grrrrrr...) therefore the extra S!0 -
skippygirlsmom wrote: »@krdews that is fantastic!!! Glad you don't live near me so you don't kill me in our AG ha ha!
@karllundy my name is just that. Skip is my daughter's nickname, it comes from two things, years back our friends would call everyone Skip don't ask me why it was just a thing. "hey Skip" when someone walked in the door. Also a saying I've only heard in Jersey - question "are you going down the Shore?" Reply "Damn Skippy" aka "you bet I am". When she was a younger I called her Gomer, my mother hated it and lost her mind that I would call her that, it's fitting though. She's silly, lovable, naive and her way of looking at life and her thinking are definitely Gomer Pyle (now I'm really showing my age). I still call her that from time to time. Okay long story short, it's her nickname and the rest is self explanatory. BTW all her friends call her Skip and most of her friend's parents and teachers do too. Her coaches call her "lil bit" and the other calls her "Squirp". It's pretty funny because when I use her real name at a meet or soccer game half the parents don't know who I'm talking about and they will go "oh you mean Skip?".
Damn Skippy. hahahaha Gehdowdahea!0 -
Did my first "official" half marathon Saturday, it was absolutely an amazingly beautiful day - temp at the start of race was 43 degrees, watched the sun come up over my great city and at the end of the race was a sunny 63 degrees. I ran my pace @ 10.02 finished #997 of a total of 4389 participants and #39 in my demographic (F50-54). for the October challenge I am at 49%
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Congratulations! Amazing sense of achievement, right? And it sounds like conditions were perfect!0 -
Did my first "official" half marathon Saturday, it was absolutely an amazingly beautiful day - temp at the start of race was 43 degrees, watched the sun come up over my great city and at the end of the race was a sunny 63 degrees. I ran my pace @ 10.02 finished #997 of a total of 4389 participants and #39 in my demographic (F50-54). for the October challenge I am at 49%[img][/img]
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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
Can't run. At all. Sharp knee pain, below my knee cap to the outside. Doesn't feel like ITBS,but who knows. Less than 2 weeks before my half marathon and doesn't look like I'll be able to run it. Anyone every have this before?
I tried to run 3 this morning, made it about .25 and had to stop. Changed sneakers and tried again, still hurt after about .25 too much to continue. Came inside and did 20 mins on the elliptical.
I'm really upset about not being able to run, and also about probably losing out on the $95 entrance fee.![exercise.png[\img]](http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/wuCzxtU/exercise.png[\img])
Oh no! I don't know what it is (I am completely ignorant when it comes to how our bodies function!!), but maybe your focus should move to recovery (rest; treatment; see a doctor / physical therapist) and rely on the training you already have in the bag to still run your half, even if you have to take it really slowly!
I can "hear" and feel your frustration! Take care of yourself!0 -
Can't run. At all. Sharp knee pain, below my knee cap to the outside. Doesn't feel like ITBS,but who knows. Less than 2 weeks before my half marathon and doesn't look like I'll be able to run it. Anyone every have this before?
I tried to run 3 this morning, made it about .25 and had to stop. Changed sneakers and tried again, still hurt after about .25 too much to continue. Came inside and did 20 mins on the elliptical.
I'm really upset about not being able to run, and also about probably losing out on the $95 entrance fee.
@jtarmom Try these links, and maybe see a sports ortho.
http://runnersconnect.net/running-injury-prevention/runners-knee-symptoms-causes-and-research-backed-treatment-solutions-for-patellofemoral-pain-syndrome/
http://www.runnersworld.com/health/knee-injuries-from-running
http://www.runnersworld.com/sweat-science/hip-weakness-and-knee-pain
http://www.runnersworld.com/injury-prevention-recovery/5-things-runners-should-know-about-knees
http://www.runnersworld.com/tag/runners-knee
http://www.runnersworld.com/health/cure-runners-knee
http://www.runnersworld.com/ask-the-sports-doc/pain-relief-for-patellofemoral-syndrome
http://running.competitor.com/2014/08/injury-prevention/beating-runners-knee_143
http://running.competitor.com/2014/08/injury-prevention/running-knee-injuries-101_1109380 -
Pretty decent article on newbie running mistakes:
http://running.competitor.com/2014/06/training/new-runner-5-common-mistakes-newbies-make_1064610 -
10/13-Workout A-Strong Curves
10/14-5.3 miles
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@stoshew71- THANK YOU for the links! I'm going to go through all of them and I have an appt with the PT this afternoon.
@SAfricaChick - that's what I'm hoping. I'll rest and use the elliptical (while working on whatever muscle group is weakest) and I'm pretty confidant that as long as I keep some kind of cardio up I'll be OK for the race next weekend.
@5BeautifulDays , @skippygirlsmom , @ddmom0811 - thank you! Hopefully I can figure out what is going on.
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Pretty decent article on newbie running mistakes:
http://running.competitor.com/2014/06/training/new-runner-5-common-mistakes-newbies-make_106461
I'm sharing this with a coworker. She doesn't understand why my first year of consistent running I will not attempt a marathon. It's on her bucket list. It's on my long term list only after I have reached shorter distance milestones and the desire has to be there. Thanks for sharing
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Pretty decent article on newbie running mistakes:
http://running.competitor.com/2014/06/training/new-runner-5-common-mistakes-newbies-make_106461
I'm sharing this with a coworker. She doesn't understand why my first year of consistent running I will not attempt a marathon. It's on her bucket list. It's on my long term list only after I have reached shorter distance milestones and the desire has to be there. Thanks for sharing
Exactly - I did my first half marathon on my 1-yr anniversary of starting to walk as part of weight loss effort. After 6 months of ONLY walking I slowly started including a minute of running every so often and took 6 months to build to the HM. Now more than a year after that first half marathon I am finally training for my first full marathon (it will be 2.5 years after I first started walking and just more than 2 since I started running). Not everybody needs to be that careful (I have very little natural ability and I am 47!) but injuries hurt and they cause us not to be able to get our "running fix" - I would rather use my way LOL
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Just a almost half way through the month update.
Cause I haven't updated since the beginning of the month.
If anyone wants to add me I am always up for more friends, especially the running kind.
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »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.
71.1 of 120 miles
@5beautifuldays how do you like rowing?
@jorocka I'll have to look at your pix at home, work is blocking them
@marissaxzxzxz sometimes you can't look at the scale, I try to go by how my clothes fit.
@jtarmom since the pain seems to be getting worse, it might be time to see a doc or PT
@kristinegift I wish we lived closer so Skip could run with you, I know I hold her back and she would do great with a running partner like you.
Aww, well who knows where I'll land after graduation
Even though you might feel like you're holding her back, on the flipside, it's good for her to take some runs at a much easier pace. Good for recovery! 0 -
kristinegift wrote: »skippygirlsmom wrote: »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.
71.1 of 120 miles
@5beautifuldays how do you like rowing?
@jorocka I'll have to look at your pix at home, work is blocking them
@marissaxzxzxz sometimes you can't look at the scale, I try to go by how my clothes fit.
@jtarmom since the pain seems to be getting worse, it might be time to see a doc or PT
@kristinegift I wish we lived closer so Skip could run with you, I know I hold her back and she would do great with a running partner like you.
Aww, well who knows where I'll land after graduation Even though you might feel like you're holding her back, on the flipside, it's good for her to take some runs at a much easier pace. Good for recovery!
If @kristinegift moved closer to you @skippygirlsmom, she then would be moving closer to me as well. This area is awesome for runners.
http://www.huntsvilletrackclub.org/
http://www.werunhuntsville.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Werunhuntsville/
http://www.runninglane.com/wrh
Plus very low cost of living but very developed area. They say it's like a northern city stuck in the middle of the South. With NASA & U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Research Development & Engineering Center & Army Aviation Center of Excellence, we literally have rocket scientists that live down here.
1 Hour south of nashville, 3 hours from Atlanta, 1 and half from Chattenooga, and we sit in the beautiful foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Great places to run and very easy to get lots of elevation.
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kristinegift wrote: »skippygirlsmom wrote: »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.
71.1 of 120 miles
@5beautifuldays how do you like rowing?
@jorocka I'll have to look at your pix at home, work is blocking them
@marissaxzxzxz sometimes you can't look at the scale, I try to go by how my clothes fit.
@jtarmom since the pain seems to be getting worse, it might be time to see a doc or PT
@kristinegift I wish we lived closer so Skip could run with you, I know I hold her back and she would do great with a running partner like you.
Aww, well who knows where I'll land after graduation Even though you might feel like you're holding her back, on the flipside, it's good for her to take some runs at a much easier pace. Good for recovery!
If @kristinegift moved closer to you @skippygirlsmom, she then would be moving closer to me as well. This area is awesome for runners.
http://www.huntsvilletrackclub.org/
http://www.werunhuntsville.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Werunhuntsville/
http://www.runninglane.com/wrh
Plus very low cost of living but very developed area. They say it's like a northern city stuck in the middle of the South. With NASA & U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Research Development & Engineering Center & Army Aviation Center of Excellence, we literally have rocket scientists that live down here.
1 Hour south of nashville, 3 hours from Atlanta, 1 and half from Chattenooga, and we sit in the beautiful foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Great places to run and very easy to get lots of elevation.
Just saying. ;-)
You've almost got me sold. But how hot are your summers? 0 -
kristinegift wrote: »kristinegift wrote: »skippygirlsmom wrote: »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.
71.1 of 120 miles
@5beautifuldays how do you like rowing?
@jorocka I'll have to look at your pix at home, work is blocking them
@marissaxzxzxz sometimes you can't look at the scale, I try to go by how my clothes fit.
@jtarmom since the pain seems to be getting worse, it might be time to see a doc or PT
@kristinegift I wish we lived closer so Skip could run with you, I know I hold her back and she would do great with a running partner like you.
Aww, well who knows where I'll land after graduation Even though you might feel like you're holding her back, on the flipside, it's good for her to take some runs at a much easier pace. Good for recovery!
If @kristinegift moved closer to you @skippygirlsmom, she then would be moving closer to me as well. This area is awesome for runners.
http://www.huntsvilletrackclub.org/
http://www.werunhuntsville.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Werunhuntsville/
http://www.runninglane.com/wrh
Plus very low cost of living but very developed area. They say it's like a northern city stuck in the middle of the South. With NASA & U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Research Development & Engineering Center & Army Aviation Center of Excellence, we literally have rocket scientists that live down here.
1 Hour south of nashville, 3 hours from Atlanta, 1 and half from Chattenooga, and we sit in the beautiful foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Great places to run and very easy to get lots of elevation.
Just saying. ;-)
You've almost got me sold. But how hot are your summers?
We have air conditioning and swimming pools. You get used to the heat. Plus heat training does great things for the cardiovascular system, just drink plenty of liquids. And you will have to get up super early like the rest of us do to get in a run. Plus think of winters being mild.
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kristinegift wrote: »kristinegift wrote: »skippygirlsmom wrote: »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.
71.1 of 120 miles
@5beautifuldays how do you like rowing?
@jorocka I'll have to look at your pix at home, work is blocking them
@marissaxzxzxz sometimes you can't look at the scale, I try to go by how my clothes fit.
@jtarmom since the pain seems to be getting worse, it might be time to see a doc or PT
@kristinegift I wish we lived closer so Skip could run with you, I know I hold her back and she would do great with a running partner like you.
Aww, well who knows where I'll land after graduation Even though you might feel like you're holding her back, on the flipside, it's good for her to take some runs at a much easier pace. Good for recovery!
If @kristinegift moved closer to you @skippygirlsmom, she then would be moving closer to me as well. This area is awesome for runners.
http://www.huntsvilletrackclub.org/
http://www.werunhuntsville.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Werunhuntsville/
http://www.runninglane.com/wrh
Plus very low cost of living but very developed area. They say it's like a northern city stuck in the middle of the South. With NASA & U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Research Development & Engineering Center & Army Aviation Center of Excellence, we literally have rocket scientists that live down here.
1 Hour south of nashville, 3 hours from Atlanta, 1 and half from Chattenooga, and we sit in the beautiful foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Great places to run and very easy to get lots of elevation.
Just saying. ;-)
You've almost got me sold. But how hot are your summers?
We have air conditioning and swimming pools. You get used to the heat. Plus heat training does great things for the cardiovascular system, just drink plenty of liquids. And you will have to get up super early like the rest of us do to get in a run. Plus think of winters being mild.
I don't think it's any hotter here than Jersey to be honest, I find Jersey to be more humid. The major downfall...5 hours to an ocean!!!!! But everything else @stoshew71 said is dead on. What's funny is Stan and I lived about 20 mins apart in NJ and now live about 20 apart here in AL. Small world.
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Pretty decent article on newbie running mistakes:
http://running.competitor.com/2014/06/training/new-runner-5-common-mistakes-newbies-make_106461
I'm sharing this with a coworker. She doesn't understand why my first year of consistent running I will not attempt a marathon. It's on her bucket list. It's on my long term list only after I have reached shorter distance milestones and the desire has to be there. Thanks for sharing
I get asked all the time, when are you going to do a full marathon. Never. Though I'm in awe of folks who do. I do 5Ks because they are fun (and I like the chance of winning gift cards to Fleet Feet), I do 8Ks because I LOVE that distance, I do 10Ks because they are more of a challenge and everyone where I live needs to run the Cotton Row 10K freaking hill at least once LOL and I run/ran a half because that distance challenges me to be my best and doesn't kill me. I'm good running for about 2.5 hours, double that and add some, no thank you. Plus I'm old I wouldn't finish a full until after my social security check started. 0 -
skippygirlsmom wrote: »kristinegift wrote: »kristinegift wrote: »skippygirlsmom wrote: »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.
71.1 of 120 miles
@5beautifuldays how do you like rowing?
@jorocka I'll have to look at your pix at home, work is blocking them
@marissaxzxzxz sometimes you can't look at the scale, I try to go by how my clothes fit.
@jtarmom since the pain seems to be getting worse, it might be time to see a doc or PT
@kristinegift I wish we lived closer so Skip could run with you, I know I hold her back and she would do great with a running partner like you.
Aww, well who knows where I'll land after graduation Even though you might feel like you're holding her back, on the flipside, it's good for her to take some runs at a much easier pace. Good for recovery!
If @kristinegift moved closer to you @skippygirlsmom, she then would be moving closer to me as well. This area is awesome for runners.
http://www.huntsvilletrackclub.org/
http://www.werunhuntsville.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Werunhuntsville/
http://www.runninglane.com/wrh
Plus very low cost of living but very developed area. They say it's like a northern city stuck in the middle of the South. With NASA & U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Research Development & Engineering Center & Army Aviation Center of Excellence, we literally have rocket scientists that live down here.
1 Hour south of nashville, 3 hours from Atlanta, 1 and half from Chattenooga, and we sit in the beautiful foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Great places to run and very easy to get lots of elevation.
Just saying. ;-)
You've almost got me sold. But how hot are your summers?
We have air conditioning and swimming pools. You get used to the heat. Plus heat training does great things for the cardiovascular system, just drink plenty of liquids. And you will have to get up super early like the rest of us do to get in a run. Plus think of winters being mild.
I don't think it's any hotter here than Jersey to be honest, I find Jersey to be more humid. The major downfall...5 hours to an ocean!!!!! But everything else @stoshew71 said is dead on. What's funny is Stan and I lived about 20 mins apart in NJ and now live about 20 apart here in AL. Small world.
@skippygirlsmom I used to also say, "And no damn good pizza." But I actually found a fairly decent place. Not quite exactly like home, but better than most the others around here.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Venice+Pizza/@34.714244,-86.66891,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x4260e8c3d4fc48d7
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