November 2015 Running Challenge
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November goal 75 miles
11/1 4.42
11/2 rest
11/3 3.18
11/4 9.47
11/5 rest
11/6 3.25
11/7 6.25: 1st (and last
) in my age group!
11/8 redeye to mainland (but 5+ miles walking on the Strip....)
11/9 travel vegas to phoenix.....jetlagged
11/10 5 in the desert: I ain't in the rainforest anymore, Toto! (as I wipe my bloody nose and wet my dry lips...)
11/11 4.21
11/12 travel
11/13 walking in vegas
11/14 HURT MY BACK!
11/15 13.45 Las Vegas RocknRoll 1/2 marathon.
11/16 travel
11/17 3.21
11/18 3.34
11/19 rest
11/20 3.47
11/21 3.5
11/22 5
Total 67.75
@kristinegift : all that and a PR too! Well done!
Upcoming races:
3/20 Big Island International 1/2 marathon
Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date:
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10/2 5 miles
10/3 3.5 miles
10/5 5.5 miles
10/7 2 miles
10/11 6 miles
10/14 4 miles
10/16 3 miles
10/20 6 miles
10/22 3 miles
38 miles total out of a goal of 50 miles.0 -
Date Miles today. Miles for November
11/1 REST DAY
11/2 10 miles - 10
11/3 11 miles - 21
11/4 4 miles - 25 << Recovery Day
11/5 11 miles - 36 << Threshold Day
11/6 6.2 miles - 42.2 << Recovery Day
11/7 15 miles - 57.2 << Long Run (1 week till Huntsville Half)
11/8 REST DAY
11/9 REST DAY
11/10 7 miles - 64.2 << Brueggers taper run (.5 w/u, 2.5 ~ghmp, 4 easy)
11/11 4.1 miles 68.3 << Easy taper run in my neighborhood.
11/12 5 miles 73.3 << PPounders taper run (all easy paced)
11/13 REST DAY
11/14 1 miles 74.3 <<< Warm-up before 1/2
11/14 13.1 miles - 87.4 << Huntsville Half marathon (1:39:38)
11/15 REST DAY
11/16 5.5 miles - 92.9
11/17 10.5 miles - 103.4
11/18 5.65 miles - 109.05 << Rainy Recovery Run
11/19 10.55 miles - 119.6
11/19 4.1 miles - 123.7
11/20 6.2 miles - 129.9
11/21 22 miles - 151.9 << That will be my biggest long run this year. Now it's time to taper for RCM.
11/22 REST DAY
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »@kristinegift great PR even if it wasn't what you were looking for. Darn hamstring.
@ddmom0811 great run!
Rest day today - well drive day 10+ hours on the road to see my Mom. Talked to one of my dear friends, her hubby has been fighting cancer for about 6 years. He hasn't been doing well and looks like only a few more days at most. He and Skip are very close. We will head to the other coast to see them. If you're so inclined please say a prayer for them.
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I'll post the ticker later. Ran my 6.4 with a new run buddy, then ran the Thanks for Giving 5K which was a food-raiser (?) for a local gym. Wasn't stressed about time or anything, so I got to talk with a couple of young runners (8 and 9 y/o), and actually ran with one of 'em for a little while on the course. I finished ahead of that one, and saw him coming towards the chute, and prodded him into sprinting the last few yards (instead of the leisurely stroll he'd been doing just before that).
Turns out I got 2nd in AG (31:23), so not bad. But it just means that I've got another medal to pass along to We Finish Together...
Congratulations!!!louubelle16 wrote: »Runkeeper kept pausing on my walk today.. Every few mins the lady would say I had paused my activity and I had to keep telling the app to continue, even though the screen said it was still recording my walk. It's never played up before so I'm not sure now
Hmm, sounds like the new update is full of bugs and glitches. Definitely time for a new app I think! I'll try Nike again and see how I get on. I used to use it before I took running seriously and used to like it.
My wife used to use Endomundo and she really like it. She has my old Garmin now.Nope. We all have different physiology. My resting HR is 53 and Max is 211. I'm 45F, 125lbs, 5'5". A good, comfortable HR for me is 165-180 (8:3-9:5 pace), depending on the temps.
My advice is to track it, and set your individual HR zones.Amandajs232 wrote: »
I bought a heart rate monitor and using various calculations I see online an easy run should have me around 120 -137 or 139 -152 depending on the method. I am 37 with a resting heart rate of 60. When I jog at 7-7.5kph my heart rate is 155-158. Any advice on what it should be for an easy run and what it should be for a slightly faster but reasonably long run?
60-65% of your Max Heart Rate is easy and should be the same as your long run.
You should be able to hold a conversation. If you can only mutter 2 or 3 words and then barely catch your breath, then you are running too fast. Use that method with your HRM to see what your heart rate is when you can run and still hold a normal conversation.
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kristinegift wrote: »11/22: 26.5 miles -- Philadelphia Marathon: PR 4:02:32
Counting the race as 26.5 because the course ran fairly long long. From the third mile marker and on, I was coming to the marker .25 or more after my watch buzzed. By the end of the race, this was torture, as the race did NOT go as planned.
Congratulations on your PR. Sorry you had hamstring problems and the cramping.
8:00/mi is what I am setting for my GMP now. It's not a BQ pace but it is what it is. I will try to BQ next year instead.
Did you run the tangents?skippygirlsmom wrote: »
Rest day today - well drive day 10+ hours on the road to see my Mom. Talked to one of my dear friends, her hubby has been fighting cancer for about 6 years. He hasn't been doing well and looks like only a few more days at most. He and Skip are very close. We will head to the other coast to see them. If you're so inclined please say a prayer for them.
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I made a new 180 bpm song. Best Day of My Life - American Authors
http://picosong.com/bXNd/
The rest of my songs are:
https://disqus.com/home/channel/180bpmrunningsongs/
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Just a quick check in for me as I have been away all weekend, I will read through all the posts tomorrow.
I survived the HM and didn't get shuttled off (yea!)! I didn't PR and was off my entry time by 4 mins overall, but I am ok with it. I was doing fine (on pace to PR) until mile 10 and then I just died. By the last mile I was walking quite a bit - I literally had nothing left and my side, hamstrings and calves were aching. On the plus side I ran all the hills, even the monster at miles 2-3.
I can say looking at the results that I was way out of my league! These people are fast! There were 123 women in the 55-59 division and I came in at 101 and most of those 100 in front of me finished in well under 2 hours (wow!)!! The highlight for me was seeing Meb on the sidelines cheering us all on. Some runners even managed to stop and take a selfie with him. I realized too late or I would have too
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@shanaber - congrads on the HM
@kristinegift - sorry to hear that your body didn't agree with your race plan - still good to PR. Given you otherwise seem to be in good shape, are you considering adding a winter marathon? Although Disney is finally sold out, Houston is pretty popular (1/17) and I definitely would recommend a great smaller marathon in my neighborhood (Clearwater Distance Classic) if you are looking for a warmer weather winter race and boston qualifier.
With weekend guests visiting for a mixed rowing/crew + running duathlon, I tagged along and decided to just register for the 5K section by itself as I'm not much of a rower. Still, as 99% of the participants were rowing, the 5k solo division consisted of me, a young kid, and no official mid-course turnaround sign. 4 miles after starting I made it across the finish line (ahead of the kid) to a confused race announcer who didn't think I was in the race as most participants were part of a rowing club, and sporting crew gear. Regardless, my watch was under 21 minutes when I passed the 5k mark, so I'll call it a PR for now, but have another 5k in 2 weeks that I'll be able to redeem myself at. Otherwise, tonight's 16 mile long run felt pretty comfortable, as my knees didn't start getting sore until the last 2 miles.
11/1 - 4 miles
11/2 - 4 miles
11/3 - 9 miles
11/4 - 6 miles
11/6 - 2 miles
11/8 - 6.2 miles
11/9 - 4 miles
11/10 - 11 miles
11/11 - 5 miles
11/12 - 11 miles
11/14 - 3 miles
11/15 - 15 miles (w. 1:32:46 LV half marathon)
11/17 - 7 miles
11/18 - 4 miles
11/19 - 8 miles
11/21 - 4 miles
11/22 - 16 miles
Total: 119 miles
Target: 220 miles
Remaining: 101 miles0 -
@kristinegift Congratulations on the marathon and PB! Awesome.
@shanaber Yay you!
@Ohhim Well done on the 16 miles! Wow!0 -
06/11 - 13.5 miles
07/11 - 10.3 km
08/11 - 22.2 miles
09/11 - 10.4 km
10/11 - 13.2 miles
11/11 - 13.4 miles
12/11 - 10.4 km
13/11 - 11.1 km
14/11 - 10.3 km
15/11 - 16.2 miles
16/11 - 10.4 km
17/11 - 13.2 miles
18/11 - 13.5 miles
19/11 - 10.4 km
20/11 - 13.5 miles
21/11 - 12.2 km
22/11 - 30.6 km
23/11 - 10.4 km
Nice long week end for me
Friday I managed to go to the park and complete my toughest HM of the week - was off so left at 730, what a difference from 430! no wonder why I hurt my leg, the ground was terrible - leg was still painful but ok while running
but by end of the day I was in agony, it never hurt so much as on Friday evening, and I thought - that's it.
after walking up with no pain - and I don't even comment, I still don't understand how can that be possible - I did a 12k exploratory run on Saturday. It was super super super windy, I run half way upwind, and while I was dreaming about finally coming back with a tornado behind my back, the wind changed of course direction!
then I decided to avoid the park for a while, I don't think it's time to rest, but I'm not crazy, so I want to avoid excessive hills and I want to run on as much roads as possible to help my leg healing. Did a 30k run, almost pain free, was really really really happy, it was nice to remember the feeling of running with no pain. only problem....-2C! my hands froze after 2 km, but we are almost in December and after loosing a lot of weight I'm always cold and my hands freeze even with 6C, so I need to suck it up (and of course I bought my 21342352354th pair of thermal gloves, that didn't work)
but no rude people, no loose dogs, no irregular ground, "only" 30k, it was nice
today 10k, -1C, road was frozen so I had to be very careful, I cannot take more antinflammatory now for a while so leg was a bit painful, but at least at the start of the run now I can bend it and it's something annoying rather than properly painful
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@kristinegift & @shanaber : congratulations on both your racing results over the weekend. Onwards and upwards.
@patrikc333 : good to hear you are feeling somewhat better.
@Orphia : you seem to be going from strength to strength with your running. I'm sure you have a full 5k run in you so keep up the good work.
I am completely better now. Woo! Do I have anytime to get out for a run until Friday at the earliest due to work and social commitments? No. Boo! Looking forward to getting back into it though (and so is my waistline - I have been eating like I was still running and I am feeling a bit squishy round the middle.)0 -
Unplanned rest day - headed to see my friend. Thank you for the prayers her hubby passed during the night. I dread telling Skip. Thankfully he's at peace now and no longer in pain.0
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kristinegift wrote: »11/22: 26.5 miles -- Philadelphia Marathon: PR 4:02:32
Counting the race as 26.5 because the course ran fairly long long. From the third mile marker and on, I was coming to the marker .25 or more after my watch buzzed. By the end of the race, this was torture, as the race did NOT go as planned.
Congratulations on your PR. Sorry you had hamstring problems and the cramping.
8:00/mi is what I am setting for my GMP now. It's not a BQ pace but it is what it is. I will try to BQ next year instead.
Did you run the tangents?
Tried to run the tangents! Everyone I talked to from my team said that from the start the mile markers seemed off. One of my teammates was a seeded runner -- so not much zig-zagging to be done in that corral! -- and she said the first mile marker was long. But an extra .3 over the course of 26.2 miles seems like run of the mill stuff. It was just tough mentally because I knew I'd have to run extra and I really didn't want to, lol.
Looking forward to hearing about your marathon in a couple weeks! Will an 8:00 pace still be a PR for you then?Just a quick check in for me as I have been away all weekend, I will read through all the posts tomorrow.
I survived the HM and didn't get shuttled off (yea!)! I didn't PR and was off my entry time by 4 mins overall, but I am ok with it. I was doing fine (on pace to PR) until mile 10 and then I just died. By the last mile I was walking quite a bit - I literally had nothing left and my side, hamstrings and calves were aching. On the plus side I ran all the hills, even the monster at miles 2-3.
I can say looking at the results that I was way out of my league! These people are fast! There were 123 women in the 55-59 division and I came in at 101 and most of those 100 in front of me finished in well under 2 hours (wow!)!! The highlight for me was seeing Meb on the sidelines cheering us all on. Some runners even managed to stop and take a selfie with him. I realized too late or I would have too.
I'm sorry you didn't PR, but until mile 10 sounds like a good race! And that is so cool that Meb was there!! Also that medal is gorgeous@shanaber - congrads on the HM
@kristinegift - sorry to hear that your body didn't agree with your race plan - still good to PR. Given you otherwise seem to be in good shape, are you considering adding a winter marathon? Although Disney is finally sold out, Houston is pretty popular (1/17) and I definitely would recommend a great smaller marathon in my neighborhood (Clearwater Distance Classic) if you are looking for a warmer weather winter race and boston qualifier.
I thought about it for a hot minute after the race! (I wanted to at least do sub-3:45 in Philly to get guaranteed entry to Chicago next year.) But I really cannot afford to travel to a race (and Houston would be during finals here, because Princeton is weird). I think I will spend December and January rehabing this hamstring and doing some strength and cross-training before jumping back into marathon training again in late January/early Feb. I've got a May race picked that has about 40 feet of elevation gain and is a big BQ-er for New Jersians, so as long as I don't injure myself right before the race again, I think I'll definitely BQ there!skippygirlsmom wrote: »Unplanned rest day - headed to see my friend. Thank you for the prayers her hubby passed during the night. I dread telling Skip. Thankfully he's at peace now and no longer in pain.
I'm so sorry to hear that. My thoughts will be with you all.0 -
1-0 miles
2-3.72 miles
3-4.86 miles-I think. Phone restarted during my run
4-rest day
5-sick day. was supposed to do another 4.5 but I have a hacking cough that makes breathing hard. Head colds I can run with; chest colds, not so much
6-rest day.
7-sick
8-sick
9-3.2 miles, still sick but couldn't stand it any more
10-5.28 miles. a little slow but I'm still sick. so slow is fine
11-yoga day
12-5.22 fastest day yet
13-yoga day
14-9.56 awesome miles
15-rest day
16-3.77-this one felt awful, i wanted to quit after mile 1. plus yoga and strength
17-4.99 felt better than yesterday
18-yoga day
19-4.97
20-yoga day-unless the snow storm prevents me from going
21-9.56-it felt very cool to be one of the first ones up during the snow. I got tired and achy here and there but overall it felt like a great run
22-rest day
23-yoga this morning, maybe run this afternoon
upcoming race: 8k turkey trot with cinnamon buns at the end
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11/1-Rest
11/2-Strength Training
11/3-5.0 miles
11/4-3.2 miles+ strength training
11/5-5.2 miles
11/6-4.5 miles +yoga
11/7-Nada
11/8-Another crappy day of nada
11/9-4.5 miles
11/10-5.1 miles+ strength training
11/11-4.4 miles
11/12-3.0 miles (dreadmill intervals @ 5K pace)
11/13-3.7 miles
11/14-5.0 miles
11/15-10.0 miles
11/16-Strength Training
11/17-5.6 miles
11/18-3.2 miles w/ Hubby
11/19-5.3 miles
11/20-Strength Training
11/21-5.4 miles
11/22-11.0 miles
Congrats to everyone who raced this weekend. Quite a bit has posted since I last checked in so I haven't had a chance yet to read about all of your awesomeness, but I know you all kicked butt!
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@kristinegift nice job!
it happened to me as well in amsterdam, mile markers were 3-400m after the GPS mile lap, so my garmin gave me in the end 42.6km - wondering, GPS or course error?0 -
@skippygirlsmom - Sorry for you and Skip's loss. Rough one.
@kristinegift - Congratulations! Way to push through!
@shanaber - Nice race! Cool to see Meb!
11/1 - rest day / Halloween Hangover
11/2 - 5.25 miles, 55° at 5:30 a.m. in Iowa! Nuts, but I love it!
11/3 - 4 miles on indoor track followed by weights / abs. After running mostly outside for six months, you can run pretty fast on a flat, indoor surface.
11/4 - 5.1 miles, again about 55° at 5:00 a.m. Getting spoiled by the weather!
11/5 - woke up with some major heel pain...a touch of plantar fasciitis perhaps. Decided to take my rest day early and try again tomorrow.
11/6 - 4 miles on indoor track + weights / abs. Heel feeling better, but not completely pain free.
11/7 - 6 miles on a gorgeous morning!
11/8 - 4 miles on another gorgeous day! Tried to get my daughter to come with, but she just wanted to walk...so I did that first.
11/9 - 4 miles on indoor track, followed by lots of stretching
11/10 - Rest Day.
11/11 - 4 miles on indoor track, then weights and abs.
11/12 - 5.1 miles on treadmill (Trek class)...always seems to be the most difficult run of the week.
11/13 - Unplanned rest day due to catastrophic appliance failure in my home
11/14 - 6.2 chilly but lovely miles in DSM...running out of these kinds of days I am afraid.
11/15 - 4.7 beautiful miles around my neighborhood...lots of stinky female gingko trees
11/16 - planned rest day
11/17 - 4 miles on indoor track, with weights and abs after (soggy, rainy day here...definitely November)
11/18 - 5 miles before it started dumping cold rain again. Not sure why, but this was a GREAT run! Felt good, relaxed, enjoyed the damp, windy and warm-for-November weather. Runs like this are super!
11/19 - 5 miles on treadmill (Trek class)...lots of speed work
11/20 - 0. It appears I caught a cold from @skippygirlsmom Decided to take it easy to make sure I have the energy to deal with the 5-10" of snow coming our way this afternoon.
11/23 - 4 miles on indoor track, weights and abs after. Cannot remember the last time I went 3 days in a row without running. Totally lazy this weekend. Closest thing to a workout was shoveling the driveway for an hour on Saturday.
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@dharwood68 - here is my shitzu mix. I don't think he could go 1/2 a mile with me. Amazed yours can! I am thinking of getting a running dog partner one of these days. But it would have to be able to stand the Florida heat.
The rescue place suggested a Rhodesian Ridgeback because they are from Africa, but I think they said that because they had a bunch of puppies of that breed ready to be rescued. I can't get one until school's out, so I will be home to train him/her.
I have a friend who had a Rhodesian Ridgeback and they are pretty good if you are looking for an exercise partner. Her's could handle the heat and humidity plus she would bike crazy miles and the pup could keep up, she just had to build her mileage slowly over time.0 -
11/9- 5k
11/11- 5k
11/21- 5k
Total-15k
Goal- 20k0 -
01-Nov: 2.61 miles (walk)
02-Nov: 4.47 miles; 1.00 miles (walk)
03-Nov: 4.45 miles
04-Nov: <Life Day> but 4.47 miles (walk)
05-Nov: 3.27 miles; 3.00 miles (walk)
06-Nov: 3.56 miles; 1.75 miles (walk)
07-Nov: 6.42 miles
08-Nov: 4.00 miles
09-Nov: 6.42 miles; 2.56 miles (walk)
10-Nov: 4.46 miles
11-Nov: <Life Day>
12-Nov: 4.46 miles
13-Nov: 4.55 miles
14-Nov: 9.55 miles
15-Nov: 3.32 miles
16-Nov: 4.47 miles; 2.28 miles (walk)
17-Nov: 4.48 miles
18-Nov: <Life Day> but 2.12 miles (walk)
19-Nov: 3.36 miles
20-Nov: 3.32 miles
21-Nov: 9.50 miles
22-Nov:
23-Nov: 5.38 miles
24-Nov:
25-Nov: <Life Day>
26-Nov:
27-Nov:
28-Nov:
29-Nov:
30-Nov:
Upcoming Races:
05-Dec: Reindeer Run 10K, Macon, GA
16-Jan: Museum of Aviation 5K, Warner Robins, GA
19-Mar: Cherry Blossom 10K, Macon, GA
16-Apr: Running for Ronald 5K or 10K, Macon, GA
PLUS planning on starting a streak on Thanksgiving Day....
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Grats to @kristinegift for the PR, and to all the folks who ran over the weekend.0
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I completed C25K today!!!!
yay!!!
After nearly 2 weeks of sucky runs, today's was amazing.
This morning's weather was perfect: 62F / 17C (which only happens a handful of times here, since I live on the surface of the sun and all...)
Anyway, I was able to run the whole 40 minutes (after struggling with 28) and even sprinted at the end.
My heart rate (which is normally very high) was under control the whole time, which I believe is because I wasn't struggling to keep cool like I normally am)
I am scheduled for my Turkey Trot and the weather should be about 10 degrees warmer, but that's still quite cooler than usual. So I am hoping to have a good time -- I am there aiming to run the whole 5K, not set PRs or anything, lol.
Tomorrow I am going to yoga, as usual. Maybe skip my normal kettlebell session so my hamstrings are not super tight, I am not sure.
And then, I would normally run on Wednesday. But since the 5K is Thursday, I've read that it would be better to not run the day before a race if you are unaccustomed to doing so
So I am not sure what "workout" to do on Wednesday...
Maybe more yoga...
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »Unplanned rest day - headed to see my friend. Thank you for the prayers her hubby passed during the night. I dread telling Skip. Thankfully he's at peace now and no longer in pain.
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Thanks everyone.0
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Date Miles today. Miles for November
11/1 REST DAY
11/2 10 miles - 10
11/3 11 miles - 21
11/4 4 miles - 25 << Recovery Day
11/5 11 miles - 36 << Threshold Day
11/6 6.2 miles - 42.2 << Recovery Day
11/7 15 miles - 57.2 << Long Run (1 week till Huntsville Half)
11/8 REST DAY
11/9 REST DAY
11/10 7 miles - 64.2 << Brueggers taper run (.5 w/u, 2.5 ~ghmp, 4 easy)
11/11 4.1 miles 68.3 << Easy taper run in my neighborhood.
11/12 5 miles 73.3 << PPounders taper run (all easy paced)
11/13 REST DAY
11/14 1 miles 74.3 <<< Warm-up before 1/2
11/14 13.1 miles - 87.4 << Huntsville Half marathon (1:39:38)
11/15 REST DAY
11/16 5.5 miles - 92.9
11/17 10.5 miles - 103.4
11/18 5.65 miles - 109.05 << Rainy Recovery Run
11/19 10.55 miles - 119.6
11/19 4.1 miles - 123.7
11/20 6.2 miles - 129.9
11/21 22 miles - 151.9 << That will be my biggest long run this year. Now it's time to taper for RCM.
11/22 REST DAY
11/23 7 miles - 158.9
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Just a quick check in for me as I have been away all weekend, I will read through all the posts tomorrow.
I survived the HM and didn't get shuttled off (yea!)! I didn't PR and was off my entry time by 4 mins overall, but I am ok with it. I was doing fine (on pace to PR) until mile 10 and then I just died. By the last mile I was walking quite a bit - I literally had nothing left and my side, hamstrings and calves were aching. On the plus side I ran all the hills, even the monster at miles 2-3.
I can say looking at the results that I was way out of my league! These people are fast! There were 123 women in the 55-59 division and I came in at 101 and most of those 100 in front of me finished in well under 2 hours (wow!)!! The highlight for me was seeing Meb on the sidelines cheering us all on. Some runners even managed to stop and take a selfie with him. I realized too late or I would have too.
Good job on your Half even though it wasn't a PR. Seeing Meb must have been an awesome experience, even if you missed a photo-op. :-)skippygirlsmom wrote: »Unplanned rest day - headed to see my friend. Thank you for the prayers her hubby passed during the night. I dread telling Skip. Thankfully he's at peace now and no longer in pain.
I am so sorry. :-(kristinegift wrote: »
Tried to run the tangents! Everyone I talked to from my team said that from the start the mile markers seemed off. One of my teammates was a seeded runner -- so not much zig-zagging to be done in that corral! -- and she said the first mile marker was long. But an extra .3 over the course of 26.2 miles seems like run of the mill stuff. It was just tough mentally because I knew I'd have to run extra and I really didn't want to, lol.
Looking forward to hearing about your marathon in a couple weeks! Will an 8:00 pace still be a PR for you then?
That's a bummer about it being long.
My current marathon finish is 3:50:16 so an 8:00/mi pace would give me a 3:30:00 finish, so yeah, that would be a Huge PR.beachhouse758 wrote: »I completed C25K today!!!!
yay!!!
After nearly 2 weeks of sucky runs, today's was amazing.
This morning's weather was perfect: 62F / 17C (which only happens a handful of times here, since I live on the surface of the sun and all...)
Anyway, I was able to run the whole 40 minutes (after struggling with 28) and even sprinted at the end.
My heart rate (which is normally very high) was under control the whole time, which I believe is because I wasn't struggling to keep cool like I normally am)
I am scheduled for my Turkey Trot and the weather should be about 10 degrees warmer, but that's still quite cooler than usual. So I am hoping to have a good time -- I am there aiming to run the whole 5K, not set PRs or anything, lol.
Tomorrow I am going to yoga, as usual. Maybe skip my normal kettlebell session so my hamstrings are not super tight, I am not sure.
And then, I would normally run on Wednesday. But since the 5K is Thursday, I've read that it would be better to not run the day before a race if you are unaccustomed to doing so
So I am not sure what "workout" to do on Wednesday...
Maybe more yoga...
Any suggestions?
This being your first 5K, yeah. Just take the whole day off on Wednesday. Call it your first taper.
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Great article on training slower to race faster....
http://running.competitor.com/2014/06/training/train-slower-race-faster_522420 -
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