October 2015 Running Challenge
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This being my first 6 months running and for sure my first monthly challenge on here I took advice and aimed for a low mileage goal. When I run this weekend I will pass my challenge and still have time to go more. It's hard to believe how good that feels.
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@patrikc333 - oddly enough one of my running buddies works in a jail part time which leads to the usual early release jokes when he gets out in time to join for some afternoon runs.
Just an easy 3 miles yesterday mid afternoon in 80 degree heat w. 80% humidity before lifting - so much for the cooler Florida weather. Returning to the north today (wedding for a buddy this weekend), so I postponed my speedwork session to today.
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
10/12 - 7 miles
10/14 - 9 miles (4 w. neighbor, 5 solo)
10/15 - 1 mile (pre lift warm up)
10/16 - 5 miles (w. strides at end)
10/18 - 14 miles (8.5 easy Z2, final 5.5 at HM pace)
10/19 - 6 miles
10/20 - 10 miles (3 w. neighbor, 7 w 3-2 mile fast repeats)
10/21 - 6 miles
10/22 - 3 miles
Total: 143.5 miles
Goal: 170 miles
Remaining: 26.5 miles0 -
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
Oct 13 - cycling class
Oct 14 - 5.21 miles + strength training
Oct 15 - 4.25 + cycling class
Oct 16 - Strength training
Oct 17 - 34 mile bike ride
Oct 18 - 77 mile bike ride.
Oct 19 - rest
Oct 20 - 5.06 miles + cycling class
Oct 21 - 4.66 miles
Oct 22 - cycling class
Oct 23 - 5.1 miles -- humidity came back.
Still a nice run, peaceful and stars were out. Saw just one rabbit (hopping) and no dead armadillo or opossums.
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10.1: 6
10.3: 1.1
10.4: 9
10.8: 5.2
10.9: 2.5
10.11: 10
10.12: 1.5
10.13: 4
10.15: 5
10.17: 7.5
10.19: 2.5
10.20: 4.5
10.22: 4
Yesterday's run was tough. My legs never really felt good under me, which is such a mind f*** going into my race on Sunday. I'm trying to focus on the fact that I was able to push through, and pace actually was excellent (I think because I just wanted it OVER so I ran fast), but its hard to deal with the insecurities. My body hasn't felt 100% for nearly two weeks. I think I really, really need to focus on food and rest for the next few days. No dairy, lots of sweet potatoes and brown rice, and water. Its amazing how much a happy or unhappy gut can affect the rest of you.
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This last bit was more like a walk, but still, it's mileage ...
10/19 - 3.99 miles
10/21 - 4.96 miles
10/22 - 4.53 miles
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10/1: 8 miles am and 6.2 pm with the Thursday crew
10/2: Rest day
10/3: 10 miles with Saturday crew
10/4: 13.1 - Princeton Half Marathon (new HM PR: 1:43:38)
10/5: 5 miles recovery style
10/6: O Holy Rest Day........
10/7: 7 miles hills
10/8: 10 miles (am), 6.4 miles (pm) with the Thursday crew
10/9: Rest day
10/10: 20.5 miles
10/11: 4 miles
10/12: Rest day
10/13: 8 miles, very hilly!
10/14: 7 miles speedwork
10/15: 8 miles (am), 3.4 miles (pm) with the Thursday crew
10/16: 2 miles to shake off the drove-for-3.5-hours feeling
10/17: 13.1 miles - Baltimore Half Marathon (1:44:24)
10/18: Rest/Lazy Day
10/19: 5 miles
10/20: XT: 15 miles indoor bike (aka: 1 episode of Blindspot)
10/21: 7.7 miles speedwork (2ish mile warm up, 3.5 miles speedwork, 2ish mile cooldown)
10/22: 5.2 miles (am), 4.6 miles solo and 6.4 miles with Thursday crew
10/23: O Holy Rest Day!
160.6/220
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This being my first 6 months running and for sure my first monthly challenge on here I took advice and aimed for a low mileage goal. When I run this weekend I will pass my challenge and still have time to go more. It's hard to believe how good that feels.Just did 10k distance for first time
very happy!
skippygirlsmom wrote: »Somebody_Loved wrote: »@Clarewho - Awesome!!
Not only am I so proud of everyone's accomplishments, but I am also so proud of how we all rally behind each other no matter how big or how small the celebration may seem. Any improvement small or bit is a huge accomplishment in my opinion. Great job guys!!!!
I even noticed your effort @miss_vicky_5 !!!
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Somebody_Loved wrote: »Today I was doing a treadmill run and got a horrible side stitch after about a mile and a half. I tried to run through it, focus on breathing and for some reason it didn't want to let up. I walked a bit after that and will get a run in tomorrow. The upside is that my hip and legs felt awesome today - foam rolling, stretching and relaxing have definitely helped!
Glad the hips and legs feel great today.
http://www.runnersworld.com/ask-coach-jenny/four-ways-to-stop-the-dreaded-side-stitch
http://www.runnersworld.com/injury-prevention-recovery/how-to-beat-side-stitches
http://runnersconnect.net/running-injury-prevention/side-stitches-abdominal-pain-causes-and-treatments/
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Date Miles today. Miles for October
10/1 6.6 miles - 6.6
10/2 6.75 miles - 13.35
10/3 22.1 miles - 35.45
10/4 REST DAY
10/5 10.75 miles - 46.2
10/6 10.5 miles - 56.7
10/7 6.6 miles - 63.3
10/8 10 miles - 73.3
10/9 6.75 miles - 80.05
10/10 3.88 miles - 83.93 <<< Warrior Dash
10/11 REST DAY
10/12 10.25 miles - 94.18
10/13 10.5 miles - 104.68
10/14 6.75 miles - 111.43
10/15 10.5 miles - 121.93
10/16 5.75 miles - 127.68
10/17 20 miles - 147.68
10/18 REST DAY
10/19 10.5 miles - 158.18
10/20 11 miles - 169.18
10/21 6.65 miles - 175.83
10/22 11 miles - 186.83
10/23 5.79 miles - 192.62
Slow recovery day. Paces on today's run: (9:24 9:22 10:03 10:06 10:56 {9:20 -only .79 miles})
As you can see, today's miles are much slower that yesterday's. Slow recovery days always follow my speedier days. This will help me get a greater effort on my long run for tommorow. I could have pushed it harder, but I allowed my body to dictate what the pace should be. As opposed to yesterday's run which my watch dictated what pace to run.
Variety in workouts and always run your easy runs easy so that you can run your hard runs harder.
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Not only am I so proud of everyone's accomplishments, but I am also so proud of how we all rally behind each other no matter how big or how small the celebration may seem. Any improvement small or bit is a huge accomplishment in my opinion. Great job guys!!!!
Between the knowledge I've gain and the awesome support provided here, I know these monthly challenge threads have been one of the biggest factors in the success of my training. There have been several times I thought to ease up, be it to slow down in a race or to cancel a planned, but the thought of everyone here out getting it done has motivated me to keep going.
I know I'll be thinking about this great group when I'm running my half next weekend!
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So I decided to rest today, combo of sore tooth, sore thighs and I need a long run tomorrow with the HM coming up in a few weeks. Plus well, the bed was feeling mighty good this morning. My poor Skip, it's the coaches job to let the front office know for the morning announcements of how clubs/teams did. She didn't even give them the meet info so they didn't announce her new school record. She said Mom I know it's bragging, but I wanted my name announced. I said it was on Facebook and twitter, she said can I post a pix of me running and say I broke the record on snap chat? I said sure if you are humble in your post.
@juliet3455 thank you on the kind words on Skip. She is really working hard this year, putting in extra miles, doing more speed work, core workouts. She has also decided she needs to do a field event to help with the chance of getting to run in college so she's going to try the triple jump in the Spring. I said you know you are 5' tall right? She said well it's that or the pole vault ha ha!!!! Coach said she's fast and is leggy so it's a good choice.
@acsl3 I didn't know about the custom headbands I need to go and look
@7lenny7 Great pace!
@patrikc333 new lamp sounds good
@suzu_2 you are thisclose to goal, great job this month
@smithie092015 you know what they say bad run during the week makes for a great run on the weekend. You have trained, trust that training, you'll do great
@kristinegift "O Holy Rest Day" LOL!!!!0 -
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10/1 8.25 treadmill run at just around 12:00
10/2 3.75 treadmill run at 11:28
10/3 rest
10/4 3.0 @ 12:03 outside
10/5 unplanned busy busy "rest" day
10/6 5.25 @ 11:40 on the treadmill, plus strength training
10/7 6.0 @ 12:05 on the park trail (and 2.5 walking to and from school/warm up/cool down--not counted)
10/8 rest
10/9 5.25 @ 11:14 on the treadmill, plus strength training
10/10 rest
10/11 4.5 @ 11:49 on the park trail, just a nice, enjoyable run on a beautiful Sunday morning
10/12 4.0 @ 12:00 on the treadmill, nice and easy
10/13 3.5 @ 10:48 on the treadmill, plus 20 minutes rowing machine instead of weights (changing things up!)
10/14 9.0 @ 12:32 twice around the lake on the park trail.
10/15 Yoga day
10/16 2.5 @ 12:03 around the neighborhood
10/17 Rest
10/18 3.1 @ 10:52 Race day at GMU
10/19 5.0 @ 12:10 Trail run at the local park trail--31degrees--brrr!
10/20 3.0 @ 10:38 (!) on the treadmill, 1 mile cool-down walk and strength training
10/21 3.0 @ 10:35 (!!) on the treadmill (plus .5 walk)
10/22 4.75 @ 14:00 just a nice lope around the lake with the doge.
10/23 3.25 @ 11:58 on the treadmill and strength training.
10/24 Rest day in anticipation of the MCM10K on Sunday!
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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
19/10 0
20/10 3.5miles
21/10 3miles
22/10 0
23/10 4miles
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@Stoshew71 - Thanks for the links!
@tdbernrd - Admittedly I found the video hilarious, but I think running a marathon/half marathon - running general is something to be proud of! I'm running my first 5k on Sunday and you can bet I'll be giving myself props on Instagram.
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@tdbernrd I saw this today, too funny! I have to say when I decided to run my first HM I didn't tell anyone, except @stoshew71 because it made it so real. I told a few others when it got closer and then I facebooked the crap out of it after I was done LOL0 -
I'm in for 150 although it seems I'm late to the party. :-)0 -
Got in over three miles of walking so far today with sis in law, the baby, and dogs.
Yesterday I officially registered for my first 5k. Last day of week seven tomorrow.
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Great updates, everyone..
@Stoshew71 , great vids..and the Batman slap..captures how I feel when I talk about my knees to some people
October
Oct 03 - 6.0mi
Oct 07 - 6.8mi
Oct 10 - 5.8mi
Oct 13 - 9.8mi
Oct 16 - 7.4mi
Oct 17 - 1.5mi
Oct 19 - 9.0mi Turkey season..had to creep by a slow moving bird
Oct 22 - 7.2mi Dodging tourists along Fisherman's Wharf
2015 500m
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This was hilarious.
The statistics are incredible. 15 weeks of training and never once did she utter the words carbo loading. I just said it and all I ever ran was a 5K.0 -
10/3 2.91
10/4 5.16 (8.07)
10/5 3.21 (11.28)
10/7 3.12 (14.4)
10/8 3.29 (17.69)
10/9 3.00 (20.69) power walking on the treadmill after PiYo
10/10 rest day
10/11 12miles on the bike with the hubby. Been over a year since I have gotten on my road bike. Not counting these easy miles for my total. I'll do my long run in the morning. Time for some football.
10/12 a few miles on the bike running errands.
10/13 3.52 (24.22)
10/15 3.78 (28)
I'll be out of town until late Sunday. I might find some time to run, but not going to kill myself trying. Back at it on Monday. Have a great weekend to you all and run run run.
10/19 5.98 (34) - far too many beer calories consumed this weekend. I felt it today.
10/22 5.29 (39.29)
10/23 3.08 (42.37) procrastination put me out the door mid-morning and 77F. I over heat quickly, such an uncomfortable run today. But it always feels good in the end.
10/24 rest day
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Good luck to everyone running this weekend! Looks like rain here.. Hope it holds off until after the race!0
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Super resistant to going out today, a bit moody and cranky. Had a nice run. At one point looked up and saw a large hawk turned golden by the setting sun above, wings spread wide. Still feeling moody but less cranky.
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16km this morning for a total of 194km in October. Monthly goal is 250km. My husband is out of town next week so I have to try and get as much in this weekend as I can (can't get out otherwise with the kids).This being my first 6 months running and for sure my first monthly challenge on here I took advice and aimed for a low mileage goal. When I run this weekend I will pass my challenge and still have time to go more. It's hard to believe how good that feels.
Congrats! You're doing amazing!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 storm
10/17 3.26
10/18 deeply unmotivated....and too busy watching football..
10/19 7.15
10/20 snorkel 3 hours
10/21 3.35
10/22 life day: mucked out the chicken coop, scrubbed floors and bathtubs.....I would have much rather run.....
10/23 8.12
Total 62.15
Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date:
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »@acsl3 I didn't know about the custom headbands I need to go and look
It's under the link for Team Monogram. I think it's supposed to be where you can pick your favorite sports team, but it has a blank spot where you put the team name in and I put "Ho Ho Ho" instead. The most awesome part? I got an email saying they noticed I was doing a Christmas theme and did I want to switch my green color do a different one that's not on the website but they have it and it would fit the theme better. They just made a customer for life! I love awesome businesses like this that pay attention to the small details in one persons order
skippygirlsmom wrote: »
@tdbernrd I saw this today, too funny! I have to say when I decided to run my first HM I didn't tell anyone, except @stoshew71 because it made it so real. I told a few others when it got closer and then I facebooked the crap out of it after I was done LOL
Haha, that's what I do too. With the exception of here, I don't talk about running much outside of my immediate family, but then after the race it's all over FB!
I don't think it's bad to talk about running or to give yourself props for it @tdbernrd - the only reason I don't talk about it is because I'm slow and I get embarrassed about that. I love it here, because I know no one cares that I'm slow, you all are just supportive no matter what, which is awesome. However, if I was faster - you bet I'd be talking about it more at work
7 miles in this morning. A bit stiff at the beginning, but after the first mile I always get into my groove and it feels very natural and better.
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Good luck and have fun to everyone racing this weekend. I'm headed on a trip for a 5 day class next week, so I leave tomorrow on the plane and get back the 31st. I should have internet in the hotel so hopefully I stay up to date on everyone.
Not sure how much running I'll get in because I don't know the hours for the class and it'll be in an area I'm not familiar with which can make me nervous. But even if I'm not here much next week I'll be back in time for the beginning of the Nov thread
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A quick escape from the office at 4pm and nabbed 10km of trail run - up hill both ways- or at least that is how it felt. Top part of trail was a mud bowl and the shoes kept getting loaded up causing a serious loss of traction. not to mention bloody heavy. Will probably blow through my goal this weekend as we have 2 planned runs, Long run tomorrow and a shorty on Sunday. I could be hurting tomorrow because of the Mud Loading on the shoes today.
To all those racing this weekend - serious or fun runs - Enjoy the race events- Pre and Post.
10/04 – 7.1 Km – 7.1 Km – 92.9 Km to go
10/05 – 7.0 Km –14.1 Km – 85.8 Km to go
10/07 – 12.5 Km –26.6 Km – 73.4 Km to go
10/10 – 16.8 Km –43.4 Km – 56.6 Km to go
10/15 – 9.96 Km – 53.36 Km – 46.64 Km to go
10/16 –11.5 Km – 64.86 Km – 35.14 Km to go
10/18 –10.0 Km – 74.86 Km – 25.14 Km to go
10/23 –10.0 Km – 84.86 Km – 15.14 Km to go – YTD - 10 + 312.66 = 322.66 Km
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