October 2015 Running Challenge
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Yep aiming to smash that goal over the weekend... assuming I can walk tomorrow, that is
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@Clarewho - Awesome!!
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!
10/01: 4.34
10/04: 4.92
10/06: 4.96
10/08: 1.69
10/10: 4.78
10/12: 5.12
10/14: 1.65
10/15: 5.04
10/17: 5.35
10/19: 2.69
10/20: 5.41
10/22: 2.21
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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
10/19—rest
10/20—5.10 km
10/21—rest
10/22—complete rest day—no running no weights
10/23—5.37 km0 -
Thank you everyone for the encouragement. It's really great to feel like I'm improving a bit.0
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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
Oh boy, I cannot believe I got all my miles in today. Did my 5-ish solo before my group run and paced 7:50-range, then did easy paces (see: talking, laughing) for the group miles. My right hamstring is still a bit whiny after what I put it through in Baltimore, but besides going up stairs and holding the refridgerator door open with my foot, it doesn't seem to be much of a bother. By the end of both my runs, I barely noticed it. I was going to test it out on my own and then go to the group run or not depending on how it felt, so I was relieved that it got progressively BETTER during my run, rather than worse. Phew!
And as I hoped this morning, the group run did kick me in the pants a bit and get me out of my funk. Feeling more mentally prepared to take on the weekend's miles!
160.6/220
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snorkel 3 hours: porcupine fish
That's what those are? Good to know. I went snorkeling in Guam and saw some but wasn't sure what they were.
Got up early did 3 miles of hills this morning. Now my right IT band is irritated - will do some more foam rolling this afternoon after work
I went to the headband site that was mentioned here and bought two headbands. They can do custom headbands so I wanted to get something for my race in Dec (I looked at pictures and saw that people dress up in Christmas stuff). I wanted it to say Ho Ho Ho and couldn't decide on the coloring, that's why I bought too haha
I got one green one with glittery red lettering and one dark red with glittery green lettering. I figure my Mom might want one too, but even if she doesn't I'll pick the one that I like better and maybe put the other on my camelbak or something. 0 -
Out of Town on Special Work Assignment in No Where Land for 4 days and no viable running Time ( Darkness ) or areas ( no trails or dreadmill ) = 132 new posts. Will catch/comment on a limited few.
H#ll yes. Go Girl. My last race they even had a big BIG PA system at the finish - EGO Boost - hearing them call out your Name and Home Town when you are still 200-300 meters out from the line.Can I expect this kind of support at my first race? Registering tomorrow...
@kareF You have received some great advice from so many, hard for any one person to put it all in a coherent sequence. Looking forward to your post race comments.
@Clarewho I have never been in a race that was so large they had "starting pen groups" . Just have fun.
The first 10K run - great job - Darn Now what is next? Improve time? Even Pace?
@skippygirlsmom " Congratulations to Skip " Extrapolate her 3 mile 20:37 PR out to 10km and she would be The First Place Finisher at most of the events I was in this year. Not First Junior, Not First Female - First all categories!!!!!! Yes we run at a slower pace for a 10km versus a 3 mile ( ~5km ) but she is RoadRunner versus Wiley Coyote Fast. She has at least 10 minutes on my PR. Neal in 9:38!!!! Smokin Time.0 -
Tonight I had one of those fantastic runs, that feel great from start to finish.
My intent was to warm up for a mile then run 5 miles as my hoped for HM pace of 9:09 (which would give me a 2 hour finish). A slight pressure on the back of my knee that I haven't felt since July gave me some pause, but it actually started feeling better the more I ran.
After strapping on my new Brooks, I finished my w/u and kicked in to a higher gear to reach my HM pace, but instead of hitting 9:09, I ran the five miles at 8:53. I doubt I could keep that up for 13.1 miles, but it sure gives me more confidence going into next week!
After the 5 miles I finished with a cool down and ended up with 6.8 miles. As I approached my house my neighbor saw me coming and came out with a beer for me (I love my neighbors!).
An easy 6 is scheduled for tomorrow, followed by 10 on Saturday. I'm still trying to decide how I'll taper my last week before the half.
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 <-- New PR!
10/11 - Life Day
10/12 - Life Day
10/13 - Packing
10/14 - Packing
10/15 - Deer Hunting
10/16 - Deer Hunting
10/17 - 5 miles (preceeded by deer hunting)
10/18 - 15.1 miles
10/19 - Rest
10/20 - 8.5 miles
10/21 - Rest
10/22 - 6.8 miles inc 5 mi@8:53
Goal: 150 Miles
Progress: 81.6 Miles
Remaining: 68.4 Miles
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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 13/10 - 13.1 miles 14/10 - 13.3 miles 15/10 - 10.3 km 16/10 - 12.3 km 17/10 - 12.3 km 18/10 - 26.2 miles - Amsterdam Marathon 19/10 - 12.3 km 20/10 - 13.1 miles 21/10 - 13.4 miles 22/10 - 10.3km 23/10 - 13.4 miles tot 426/500km
super super super tough this morning, so double satisfaction now
with the new lamp I can run even inside a cave, it is a mini sun so I could enjoy my park run this early morning instead of hoping to not trip over.
today was rabbit day, met a million of them
pace was horrible, but I don't care this week, just hope my leg comes back to be at 100%, I'm a bit fed up of this weird feeling and I just want to be back to run without any probs
can relax now, this week is almost gone and tomorrow I'm going to sleep and relax, run a 10k, then sleep, relax and sleep again, nothing planned on purpose
I cannot believe how time flies, a week ago I was in Amsterdam, now I'm in jail.... ehm this office, it is so so so unfair...
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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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