March 2016 Running Challenge
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1-nothing yet
2-yoga
3-sicker yet. sick sick sick
4-still sick
so since i had no running to blog about i made a blog with some running memes.
Happy Friday
5-nothing
6-nothing
7-intended to run this morning with the dog but I slept thru 4 alarms. i hope to get something in either inside or outside tonight
RACES:
Jan 16-Frosty 5k-33:43:123 (gun time-don't have chip time)
Feb 13-Steve Cullen Run 8k chip time: 53:37
Feb 15 Puppy Love Virtual Run 10k runkeeper time: 1:13:20
Mar 14-Great Pi Run
May 7-Door County Half Marathon
?Jun 11-Rock n Sole 5 or 8k? honeymoon might interfere
June 19th through Sunday, July 10th SHE Power Virtual Half
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kristinegift wrote: »3/1: Rest day
3/2: 12 miles (am), 5 miles (pm)
3/3: 7 miles speedwork (am), 6 miles with Thursday crew (pm)
3/4: Rest day
3/5: 7.3 miles
Ugh, what a slog. It took me three hours to just get out of bed and out the door this morning. And then I just felt like crap for the entire hour+ that I was out. My calves are so unbelievably tight because I wasn't able to foam roll all week because of the placement of the injuries on my hands from last weekend's fall. Pain or not though, I'm going to have to foam roll today. I had to stop 3-4 times to stretch out at park benches and curbsides, and that is not going to be doable on a 15 miler tomorrow.
Here's to hoping foam rolling cures all my woes! But for the immediate "woe is me" of a poor run... spicy ramen with eggs is the way to go! 10:30 am isn't too early for lunch is it?
Upcoming Races:
3/12: Run O' The Mill 5K (Clinton, NJ)
4/3: Caesar Rodney HM (Wilmington, DE)
5/1: New Jersey Marathon (Lots of towns, NJ)
PS: I watched this video two or three times yesterday.... maybe my legs were inspired?
https://youtu.be/XhmSVzhLltY
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3/1: Rest day
3/2: 12 miles (am), 5 miles (pm)
3/3: 7 miles speedwork (am), 6 miles with Thursday crew (pm)
3/4: Rest day
3/5: 7.3 miles
3/6: 15.2 miles
3/7: 6 miles with Joe to Go crew
6 easy peasy miles with the coffee folk this morning. Now that it's almost light when we start at 6 am, our group has more than doubled! It used to be about 5-6 of us, topping out at 8. Today we had 15 people join in! I have a feeling this morning group could rival the Thursday evening group once summer rolls around!
Calves still super tight. Gonna do more foam rolling today and tomorrow. I got some good massage recs from the group today so I may have to dig in my pockets to find a few extra dollars to get a pre-marathon sports massage. My calves need someone to really knead them out. They're gigantic (seriously; all this running and my calves are still about 15 inches around!) and so when they get tight they pull on my shins quite a bit. Not usually painful but can be quite uncomfortable.
Upcoming Races:
3/12: Run O' The Mill 5K (Clinton, NJ)
4/3: Caesar Rodney HM (Wilmington, DE)
5/1: New Jersey Marathon (Lots of towns, NJ)0 -
3/1 2.03
3/2 3.53
3/3 Rest (tweaked hammy)
3/4 Rest (tweaked Hammy)
3/5 6.00
3/6 3.13
3/7 Rest (twisted my knee on a walk with the family on Sunday)
Total: 14.69
I really need the ice to go away, this melting and refreezing makes for a lot of slippery, uneven road surfaces. Going to rest my knee today and see how it is tomorrow. Was planning rest today anyway, not really wanting to run more than 2 days in a row yet.0 -
17.3 so far for the month.
Maybe I'll break 70? Well. I better. Haven't been good about coming to the challenge topics
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NEWBIE WELCOMES: @ccnagain
@Stoshew71: Congrats on the age group bronze!
@_nikkiwolf_: I’ve also done a race where you got “announced” coming in and it was pretty cool.
@shilshilshil: WTG on your first 10K!
@MNLittleFinn: nice 5K PR! I’m still hoping for my first sub 30:00
@kateparry84: Yeah, I think music (or SOME form of distraction) is a must when you start doing hitting 5+ mile runs. I think I’d want to put a bullet in my brainpan if all I could hear was my breathing for an hour at a time. (Although it’s kinda cool to hear my footsteps sync up with the beat of the tunes in my ear..)
Some real talk for the newbies: You may never "love" running, you may just "do" running. I mostly love the big calorie burns I get from it for weight loss purposes.
Every run I go out on is a struggle. I never go out thinking "I got this!"
But..(encouraging part coming)..you do get stronger and faster. At a mile I was thinking "I'll do a walk interval at 1.5 miles." I got to 1.5 and said "I'll wait until 2." At 2, I decided to go until 3. At 3, I slowed down a bit with the intention of walking at 3.5 because I "knew" I wouldn't be able to do the sprints otherwise. Suddenly the robo-female voice of my app was telling me to SPRINT...and.I.DID!?! I would never have believed I could when I started out Saturday. And I was dreading Sunday’s 6 miles but I managed to get it in.
03/01: PLAN:4 miles easy. Windy, pace between 12:15-12:30 for all splits.
03/02: PLAN:REST DAY..planning on some walking/weights (Walked at work but night walk didn’t happen)
03/03: PLAN:4 miles plus “strides”? (I think that’s what they would be called..they will be intervals of sprinting following the main easy run) I didn’t have enough time this morning to get in 4 plus but I wanted to make sure I didn’t skip out on running so I took my clothes with me to work (hour commute) and did what I could there. 2.65 miles at a fast pace (for me) of 10:50. I’ll plan on getting the 4+ in tonight, this will just be a bonus. EDIT: Overtime at work, really late by the time I fixed dinner, fresh coating of slick snow, decided strides not a good option tonight
03/04: PLAN: Rest Day
03/05: PLAN: 4 easy miles. 4.67 miles easy plus 4 20 second strides. 44 degrees, mist-light rain.
03/06: PLAN: 6 easy miles. About 45 degrees, slight wind. 6.03 miles. Did two walk intervals of ¼ mile each, thought it was pretty good for being on “dead” legs.
03/07: PLAN: REST DAY (and I’m-a take it!)
RACES UNDER CONSIDERATION
03/12 Pi Day 5K?
04/02 WARM Quest to End Poverty Run Westerville, OH
04/09 World Race for Hope Columbus, OH (Proceeds to anti-slave trafficking)
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23 miles last week (including Feb 29th) is my new weekly high. With the temps here in Chicago looking to be in the 50's for the foreseaeable future I'm hoping to increase that gradually the rest of the month.
One thing that has me worried about meeting my goal this month and in future months is cycling. I was planning to take today off before doing a longish run tomorrow but the temps are up and I really really want to go put 40 miles on my bike. I'll need to get to the point where I'm content with either activity promoting better fitness. That said, I don't want heavy bike miles to take away from continued running progression.
3-2: 5 Miles
3-3: 5 Miles
3-5: 3.9 Miles
3-6: 4.8 Miles
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Had a follow-up with the orthopedic surgeon today. Now that the fibula has healed and isn't hiding other symptoms any more, I'm having an MRI to check my peroneal tendons for tears. He thinks I may have a partial tear from years ago that has not healed, so may require injections or surgery. We'll see once my insurance approved the scans...
On the plus side, I can run on it, as he says I won't do any more damage to it by doing so. Just dealing with the same old stiffness and popping I've had forever.0 -
March 3 - 3.35 miles
March 5 - 3.1 miles (Steps for Freedom 5k)
March 6 - 7.6 miles
A cold and snowy 5k on Saturday, but still a good time.
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3/1 - 4 miles
3/2 - 3.5 miles
3/3 and 4 - travel days
3/5 - 5 miles
3/6 - 6.5 miles
3/7 - rest day (at least for now)
19 out of 100 miles
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@ceciliaslater - Great to hear you are healed up! Hope that tendon works out to be a big benefit later!
@MrsKGrady - Congrats on the winterland 5k!
It looks like there is a lot of great progress this month for a lot of people. Hope it is a good month for everyone.
Today I ran 5 more easy effort base building miles. It was windy today and I was running into the steady 25mph wind for half a mile uphill which took a bit out of me. Still a good run but slower than normal due to that wind.
3/1 - 5 miles
3/2 - 5 miles
3/3 - 5 miles
3/4 - Rest
3/5 - 12 miles
3/6 - 5 miles
3/7 - 5 miles
37/150 Miles
Upcoming races:
4/9 - Rock the Parkway half marathon (Kansas City, MO)
4/16 - Garmin Wickedly Fast half marathon (Olathe, KS)
4/23 - Race for Hope half marathon (North Kansas City, MO)
5/1 - Buffalo Bell Stampede half marathon (Leavenworth, KS)
5/14 - Running with the Cows half marathon (Bucyrus, KS)
6/2 - Hospital Hill 5k 7pm PRE-RUN (Kansas City, MO)
6/3 - Hospital Hill half marathon 7am RE-RUN (Kansas City, MO)
10/15 - Kansas City Marathon 26.2 (Kansas City, MO)
11/5 - Jenks half marathon (Jenks, OK)
11/6 - Kansas half marathon (Lawrence, KS)
11/12 - Longview half marathon (Kansas City, MO)
11/13 - Gobbler Grind half marathon (Overland Park, KS)
11/19 - White River half marathon (Cotter, AR)
11/20 - Pilgrim Pacer half marathon (Lenexa, KS)0 -
Skip and I just signed up for a Super Hero race and generally I'm not a dress up to run kinda person, but we are doing this for fun with a bunch of friends. Anyone know where I can buy moisture wicking super hero gear? thanks!
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@skippygirlsmom - I have seen the Under Armour Marvel superheroes shirts at Academy sports here.0
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Thinking about my long run day coming up on Saturday, would it maybe be better to set a time goal of 60 minutes and just see how far I go? Rather than trying for the 6-6.5 miles I was thinking of? Take the emphasis off the distance and put it on the keep going?0
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@ceciliaslater Hope the tear is miniscule and you can continue to get stronger. Best wishes!
15-20 mph winds and some rain at the end made for an interesting run. Almost got t-boned by a car coming out of an alley. City running...
Other than that I'm really happy with how it went. My goal was to go easyish because my legs weren't feeling too good. Just wanted to stay under an 8 minute mile for the entire distance. Mission accomplished.
3-2: 5 Miles
3-3: 5 Miles
3-5: 3.9 Miles
3-6: 4.8 Miles
3-7: 8.6 Miles
27.5 of 96
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »Thinking about my long run day coming up on Saturday, would it maybe be better to set a time goal of 60 minutes and just see how far I go? Rather than trying for the 6-6.5 miles I was thinking of? Take the emphasis off the distance and put it on the keep going?
Maybe. I started running with time goals rather than distance. But if you're OK with the 6-6.5 miles turning in to 80 minutes then go for the distance. Just keep in mind, that if you aren't acclimated to running that long, you may need to bring water, fuel and electrolytes.0 -
3/1 Easy 2 miles
3/3 1 mile on Treadmill.
3/4 2 miles on Treadmill
3/7 1.5 miles on treadmill.
18.5 to go.
First mostly pain free run in over a month!!!!
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »Thinking about my long run day coming up on Saturday, would it maybe be better to set a time goal of 60 minutes and just see how far I go? Rather than trying for the 6-6.5 miles I was thinking of? Take the emphasis off the distance and put it on the keep going?
Maybe. I started running with time goals rather than distance. But if you're OK with the 6-6.5 miles turning in to 80 minutes then go for the distance. Just keep in mind, that if you aren't acclimated to running that long, you may need to bring water, fuel and electrolytes.
I'm pretty good for 5-6 Miles, and I'm working on upping my distance. My issue is going a good pace, I tend to go too fast. Maybe I'll set my run for the 6-6.5 range and just be content knowing that if I push too hard, I'll be walking some of it.0 -
Hi All -
I can't believe it is already the 7th and I have barely had time to catch up here and now there are 21 pages! I am reading through but I am not going to go back and comment on everything at this point.
Welcome to everyone - Newbies and all the returning friends from previous challenges!
I got a LSR in on Saturday. Wanted to go for 15 but only managed 12 and my legs were dead with that. I am starting to think I need to rethink my eating and calories overall and have started to do some reading on the subject. I found this interesting:
http://www.mapmyrun.com/blog/the-ultimate-guide-to-weight-management-for-runners-5147/?utm_source=silverpop&utm_medium=email&utm_content=weight_button&utm_campaign=newsletter&spMailingID=50810682&spUserID=MTYwMjQ5NTI5MTkzS0&spJobID=880039810&spReportId=ODgwMDM5ODEwS0
If you have some recommended reading on this topic let me know.
This is my last week of running for at least a few weeks as I have my hand surgery a week from today so I am going to try to get as many runs in as my schedule will allow. I am also hoping they will release me to run after 2 weeks when I get the stitches out.
Date..........Miles.........Total
03/01.......0.00..........0.00
03/02.......4.16..........4.16
03/03.......0.00..........4.16
03/04.......6.23........10.39
03/05.....12.13........22.52
03/06.......0.00........22.52
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Sunshine and 57 deg in Michigan today! Finally ran with only one layer. Very wet feet (snow melt) but generally a nice 3.55 mile run around town. I could get used to this...please, no more snowy days!
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@WhatMeRunning thanks for the tip. I didn't know about IT band (yep, newbie here). I'll pay a bit more attention tomorrow to feel where the pain is and will be careful to stop and switch to cross-training if necessary0
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01/03 3.5miles
02/03 3.5miles
04/03 3.5miles
05/03 3 miles
07/03 3 miles
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »@skippygirlsmom - I have seen the Under Armour Marvel superheroes shirts at Academy sports here.
Thanks @whatmerunning I'll check there tonight. I'm seeing lots of shirts, but only men's dri fit.
@shanaber good luck with the hand surgery. My doc said to wait until the stitches were out so that is probably going to be the way to go.
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Date Miles today. Miles for March
3/1 7.25 miles - 7.25
3/2 4 miles - 11.25
3/3 9 miles - 20.25
3/4 3.5 miles - 23.75
3/5 6.2 miles - 29.95
3/6 2 miles - 31.95 << race warm-up
3/6 5 miles - 36.95 << 8K race
3/7 6.2 miles - 43.15
Upcoming races:
UAH Spring Road Race 8K - 3/6
Oak Barrel HM - 4/2
Bridge Street HM - 4/10
Cotton Row Run 10K - 5/30
Firecracker Chase 10.2 miler - 6/25
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Ch1psNQueso wrote: »23 miles last week (including Feb 29th) is my new weekly high. With the temps here in Chicago looking to be in the 50's for the foreseaeable future I'm hoping to increase that gradually the rest of the month.
One thing that has me worried about meeting my goal this month and in future months is cycling. I was planning to take today off before doing a longish run tomorrow but the temps are up and I really really want to go put 40 miles on my bike. I'll need to get to the point where I'm content with either activity promoting better fitness. That said, I don't want heavy bike miles to take away from continued running progression.
My biking has definitely forced me to not raise my running goal, however I am still improving with both sports. The thing I really like is that it seems like if I get a lot of mileage in one sport, I can still do the other sport the next day. Different muscles. Some days I have biked and run or done my strength training with one or both, but I got a little carried away with it for a while. So I try to just do a max of two workouts only once a week. I wanted to run four times a week, bike 4 times, weights 2x and one day of rest. But since there are only 7 days a week and that was 10 workouts in 6 days it just wasn't working! I was getting too tired and couldn't eat enough.
March 1 - 5.05 miles + 1 hour spinning
March 2 - strength training
March 3 - 5K for Orlando City Soccer (not sure why they need $) + 1 mile warmup
March 4- strength training
March 5 - 43 mile bike ride (went 9 more than the usual 34 mile Sat ride).
March 6 - 51 mile bike ride
March 7 - 5 miles
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I'm way behind on posting, and I'm really struggling with my (short, I know) runs right now. I'm just going to keep on, though and hope it works itself out.
3/1 - 2 mile run
3/2 - 3 mile walk
3/3 - 2.25 mile run
3/6 - 2 mile run
Upcoming Races:
12/3/16 SA Rock N Roll - 5K/10K
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I'm way behind on posting, and I'm really struggling with my (short, I know) runs right now. I'm just going to keep on, though and hope it works itself out.
3/1 - 2 mile run
3/2 - 3 mile walk
3/3 - 2.25 mile run
3/6 - 2 mile run
Upcoming Races:
12/3/16 SA Rock N Roll - 5K/10K
@sleepigrl Your runs look like mine. I'm going pretty short too, except my long Saturday run. Just keep at it, you can do it!0 -
Nice easy recovery run today. I find these really help after my long run when my legs are still sore. An easy 5 k and they feel a lot better.
This week it's deload week. I feel like I need this and it's recommended to take one every 4-5 weeks I hear. So I'm cutting from my long run and intensity. I'll probably do around 20k this week.
.....Date.....Distance...Pace (min/km).........................Random thought of the day
March 01 - rest
March 02 - 5 km............(4:42).........Stop bouncing like Bambi you idiot you gonna kill your knees
March 03 - 7 km............(6:00)............................Bend at the ankles not the waist.
March 04 - 3.5 km.........(7.46)....................A metronome app helps with your cadence
March 05 - rest
March 06 - 15 km..........(6:00)............Need to taper long run next week but don't want to
March 07 - 5 km............(7:08).........................,.............Treadmills suck
03/04: Bucharest 10k and Family run
16/04: Color Run Bucharest
15/05: Bucharest Half Marathon0 -
I'm way behind on posting, and I'm really struggling with my (short, I know) runs right now. I'm just going to keep on, though and hope it works itself out.
3/1 - 2 mile run
3/2 - 3 mile walk
3/3 - 2.25 mile run
3/6 - 2 mile run
Upcoming Races:
12/3/16 SA Rock N Roll - 5K/10K
In what way are you struggling? Is it just a motivation thing? Or are you running out of steam part way through? I ask because it's very common for newer runners to go out too fast and end up flailing to the finish line, so to speak. I've done it myself (and still do on occasion). Assuming that's the "struggle" you're referring to:
Even if you think you're already going slow, if you can't talk (full sentences) without gasping, you need to slow down further. Of course, that's assuming you are trying to build up your mileage with easy running!
Just skimming through this board, you'll see easy run paces ranging anywhere from 7:00/mile to 15+/mile.
Keep getting out there and doing your thing. It will get easier!0
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