March 2016 Running Challenge
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1---3.57 walk
2---7.06
3---3.55
4---7.47 walk
5---5.75
6---3.03
7--- work late, DOMS, rain
8---work late, headache, rain
9---6.61cramps
10---5.05 cramps
11---5.41
12---7.33
13---worked, slept
14---2.3 walk
57.15 miles/150
Upcoming races:
03/19/16 Rock N Roll 5K Dallas
03/20/16 Rock N Roll Half Dallas
04/24/16 OKC Memorial undecided distance
10/16/16 THAT dam half, Lewisville TX
11/05/16 Jenks Half Jenks OK
Run the year 2016 396.24 / 20160 -
7 km slow recovery run along the River bank in Town watching the Ice Starting to break into slabs and drop into the open channels - then dam up on each other until the pressure caused the Ice to shatter and start moving again.
03/01 – 0.0 Km – 0.0 - 140 km
03/02- 10.0 Km – 10.0 - 130 km
03/04- 11.0 Km – 21.0 - 119 km
03/05- 13.0 Km – 34.0 - 106 km
03/06- 8.0 Km – 42.0 - 98 km
03/12- 20.0 Km – 62.0 - 78 km
03/13- 6.0 Km – 68.0 - 72 km
03/14- 7.0 Km – 75.0 - 65 km – 338.8 Km YTD
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »odd question, How do you make yourself gear back, when you have a LLLOOONNNGGG time to prepare for a race.....like 26 weeks until the half marathon I'm registered for.
26 weeks isn't as long as you think. A structured training program will be anywhere from 12 to 20 weeks in length. That leaves you with 8 to 14 weeks before you start a structured program, depending on what program you decide on. And it is common advice to allow more weeks than the program calls for, in case you need to develop yourself a little slower.
I'd start with identifying the training program you'll use. Look at how big a base is calls for. Spend the time between now and when the program starts building your base. For example, if the program wants you to have a base of 20 miles a week, you don't just go run 20 miles this week. You start with wherever you are, and build slowly. You take the time to hold the weekly mileage steady if it doesn't feel easy to run that much. Get to where you can run 20 miles a week, 3 weeks in a row, and not feel particularly beat up at the end of the third week, and that's a 20 mile base. Ideally, you want to feel like you could keep running 20 miles a week for however long life and your schedule let you have the time to do so.
Then when you start the structured training program, you've done your homework. A program designed for someone with a base of 20 miles a week is going to feel more challenging than base building, but achievable . . . assuming you really have that 20 mile base.
And if you do happen to build a 25 mile base when the program only asks for 20, the program ought to feel that much easier to you.
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Found 2 pictures of me running Johnny's. The first is before mile 2, on the way out; the close up is at the same point on the way back. All the people in green tutus are somewhere behind me; tutus aren't very aerodynamic.
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Managed to eke out my 8 miles today. It was about 85 degrees when I started my run a little before 5pm. I stopped and walked a few times, stopped once because I felt like something was stabbing me on the top of the foot (never found the culprit, but it went away after taking my shoe off), and stopped once to sit down for a short break. Not the most pleasant run, but better than I expected given the temp.
43.8 of 100 miles completed for the month.
Upcoming races:
3/20 - A2A Marathon (Ardmore, OK)
5/14 - Fleet Feet Half Marathon - Four Seasons Challenge #1 (Tulsa, OK)
7/4 - Firecracker 5K - Four Seasons Challenge #2 (Tulsa, OK)
9/17 - The Q Doubler - Quarter Marathon + 5K - Four Seasons Challenge #3 (Tulsa, OK)
11/5 - Jenks Half Marathon (Jenks, OK)
12/17 - Rudolph Run 5K - Four Seasons Challenge #4 (Tulsa, OK)
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@skippygirlsmom aww poor Skip, she's just too cute. It'sawesome that she's still getting faster!
@moyer566 love the race pic. @MobyCarp can not believe you didn't wear the tutu...
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March Running Totals (miles)
[2/28 – 7.78 easy]
[2/29 – 7.22 easy + 4 strides]
3/1 – 9.31 warm up + 8 x Yasso 800s
3/2 – 6.02 easy
3/3 – 15.05 easy
3/4 – scheduled rest day
3/5 – 17.01 2 easy, 13 MP, 2 easy
Weekly total 62.39 vs. target 62
3/6 – 7.70 easy
3/7 – 8.17 easy + 4 strides
3/8 – 11.67 warm up, speed work, cool down
3/9 – 11.03 easy
3/10 – 8.92 warm up, speed work, cool down
3/11 – scheduled rest day
3/12 – 15.10 easy 2 solo, pace 8, race 5
Weekly total 62.59 vs. target 62
3/13 – 11.00 – 4 easy, 3 MP, 4 easy
3/14 – 5.74 easy + 4 strides
3/15 –
3/16 –
3/17 –
3/18 –
3/19 –
Weekly total TBD vs. target 68
Goal – 56, 62, or 68 miles per week, per training plan
Expected March total - ~282 miles
Today's notes – It was nice to finally have daylight for an evening run! Today was an easy day, and it was short because the specified workouts this week are long. I need to keep the easy days short to fit within the target miles, even though this is a peak mileage week.
Upcoming races:
March 26, 2016 Spring Forward Distance Run 15K (Mendon, NY)
April 18, 2016 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)
April 24, 2016 Flower City Challenge Half Marathon (Rochester, NY)
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3/1 - nada
3/2 - 3.9 miles
3/3 - 3.8
3/4 - 3.29
3/5 - 3.25
3/6 - 6.3
3/7 - 1.2
3/8 - 2.53
3/9 - 2.4
3/10 - 2.02
3/11 - 1.48
3/12 - 4.45
3/13 - 3.9
3/14 - 1.56 (walking)
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Pi day 2016 run is in the books
3/2-3.53
3/5-6.00
3/6-3.13
3/7-3.26
3/9-3.23 (5k pr)
3/12-7.01 (personal distance PR)
3/13-2.25 (getting closer to doing a true recovery run)
3/14-3.14 went way too fast, but I blame it on a not fun encounter with a parent, and then Quiet Drive's cover of Time after Time coming on the playlist twice
Total- 33.58/560 -
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
3/8 - 5 miles
3/9 - 5.3 miles
3/10 - rest day
3/11 - 7.1 miles
3/12 and 13 - life days
3/14 - 6.5 miles
42.9 out of 100 miles
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3.14.16 - 6 m. 1 w/u and 5 miles on TM set at incline. 6 miles for the week. 108.5 miles for March.
Upcoming Runs:
4.3.16 - Knoxville Marathon
5.1.16 - Flying Pig Marathon
5.29.16 - Buffalo Marathon
6.18.16 - Grandma's Marathon0 -
3/1 - Last swim lesson with Davis
3/2 - 3.28 Treadmill run
3/3 - ** 3.27 Lunch walk
3/4 - ** 2.11 Lunch walk
3/5 - 5.4 Sloan's Lake (includes cool down)
3/6 - 2.92 Treadmill make-up run
3/7 - Rest
3/8 - 2.31 Treadmill run
3/9 - ** 2.65 Lunch walk
3/10 - 2.92 Lunch run
3/11 - Rest
3/12 - Rest
3/13 - Lazy
3/14 - 3.87 (includes cool down)
02/20 Snowman Stampede 10 mile race -cancelled due to injury
04/24 Graffiti Run with grandkids - "Memaw's Mini Posse" is our team name!
04/30 Greenland Trail Race...8 mile
05/15 Colfax Marathon (Half)
08/07 Tri for the Cure Sprint Triathlon
09/05 Labor Day Mini Marathon (Half)
10/16 Rock-n-Roll Denver Half
**Ticker is RUN mileage only. Saving walking mileage if I need it to meet goal!**
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March Goal: Run often
3/1 3.44
3/2 9.27
3/3 rest
3/4 3.30
3/5 meh
3/6 3.70
3/7 3.12
3/8 struggling
3/9 mightily
3/10 5.00
3/11 more meh
3/12 4.05
3/13 4.01
3/14 3.14
Total 38.63
Upcoming races:
3/20 Big Island International 1/2 marathon
6/26 SHEPower Virtual 1/2 marathon
11/13 Las Vegas Rock n Roll 1/2 marathon
Ticker is my goal for 2016 and accumulation to date:
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March Goal - 50km walking
March 15 - 7.3km
March total - 41.8
8.2km to go
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1 Mar – 3 km
2 Mar – 4 km
5 Mar – 5 km
6 Mar – 10 km – first time ever!
8 Mar – 7.5 km
10 Mar – 5.1 km
12 Mar – 5 km – parkrun PB!
13 Mar – 10 km
15 Mar – 7.5 km
Total: 57.1 km
Goal: 60 km
Nearly at goal!0 -
Guys, I DID IT! I ran 3.45 miles non-stop for the first time since I started back with this. I can't believe it, i've gone from running intervals to doing a whole 5k. When our coach at Running Club said tonight we'd be running the entire route non-stop I just thought "no way i'll manage that, i'll just do the best I can" but once I started I just kept going and going. Super happy, i've amazed even myself. Happy, happy, happy!
@CariTJR Yay you! Well done! I was incredibly happy the first time I did 5K (in December). Love that feeling!0 -
3.1 - sick
3.4 - 7.2 km
3.5 - 5.6 km
3.6 - 10.1 km
3.8 - 7.5 km
3.9 - 5.3 km
3.10 - 7.7 km
3.13 - 12.2 km
55.7 km so far - goal is 120 km
Races / Training Runs:
3.20 - Ghent Urban Trail 10 km0 -
Interesting thread, lets see:
3.1 - 3.7 km run, 3.6 km walk
3.2 - Crossfit
3.3 - 1.8 km walk
3.4 - 4.4 km run
3.5 - 2.8 km run
3.6 - 6.2 km run
3.7 - Yoga
3.8 - 4.7 km run and 1.5 km walk and 1:10:00 strength training
3.9 - Elliptical does not count, rain
3.10 - Elliptical does not count, rain
3.11 - 10.2 km run
3.12 - rest
3.13 - strength training
3.14 - 4.9 km run
I set a goal of 150 km and according ro runkeeper which I prefer to keep I did 25km.
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1.5 last night and 4 this morning -
So, I used an orthotic on the right side only - and just noticed as I was lining my shoes up after the run today that the colors of the left insole and the right orthotic actually match the outside of my running shoes. It's the little things that make me smile. Have a great day, y'all!0 -
About halfway through March but only 1/3 through my miles... Uh oh0 -
Love it! That's the best feeling every.WhatMeRunning wrote: »Felt kind of crappy starting out on my 5 miler today but finished it up feeling like a rock star!
Those sound like fun runs to me! Even if avoiding tourists. You didn't make it over the GG bridge? I was there in August and ran over it - just so I could say I did.[*]11 - 6.4mi Fisherman's Wharf Run - Embarccadero: Tourist dodge 'em
[*]12 - 5.2mi "Hate NYC..it's cold and it's damp and all the people dress like monkees" run
@moyer566 - love that picture!
@skippygirlsmom - two great pics, even if the second one breaks my heart. What an amazing daughter you have! So glad you love her coach - it makes all the difference.
@AdrianChr92 - sounds pretty complicated to work out that knee but good to get it figured out now!
@CariTJR - that's awesome! Congrats!
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
March 8 - recovery/rest day
March 9 - 5.1 miles + strength training
March 10 - 5.02 miles
March 11 - strength training
March 12 - 35 miles bike
March 13- 62.5 miles biking Tour de Cure
March 14 - 4.12 miles - PI run + 0.98
March 15 - Recovery day
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@mommared53 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
7-3.77, it felt nice. lots of people out so dog couldn't come with. i have to keep working on socialization
8-nothing yet
9-yoga
10-new medicine-nauseous
11-yoga
12-Great Pi Race 5k. great time with some horrible hills. I would have had an amazing time without them and as it was i still beat my last 5k by 2:37min. Stepdaughter to be got second in her age group. i was 20 out of 36.
13-rest day
14-4.87mi happy bunny
15-no run (yet) knee and kidneys are sore.
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 12-Great Pi Run 32:17
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
@Elise4270 @ddmom0811 thanks
@skippygirlsmom great photos.
aerial yoga is not nearly scary. especially when you do low aerial yoga. 6in off the ground. it's like yoga and foam rolling all in one
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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
3/8: Rest day
3/9: 12 miles (am), 5 miles (pm)
3/10: 8 miles (am), 6 miles with Thursday crew (pm)
3/11: Rest day
3/12: 5.6 miles (2.5 mile warm up and 5k race)
3/13: 18 miles
3/14: Impromptu rest day
3/15: 6 miles (am)
How are we already half way through March?! Time moves too quickly these days!
Legs are feeling better. My right calf/ankle/shin area is still super tender though. Foam rolling is torture and while it isn't messing with my gait/form at all, it's annoying. I really regret wearing the shoes I did for my race on Saturday. I'm hoping I can get through today and tomorrow's miles, then having two days off in DC will do my legs some good. Fingers crossed!
Upcoming Races:
3/12: Run O' The Mill 5K: New PR! 21:55
4/3: Caesar Rodney HM (Wilmington, DE)
4/16: River Horse 6K (Ewing, NJ)
5/1: New Jersey Marathon (Lots of towns, NJ)0 -
Agh.. Running a bit behind now, as I caught a stomach bug and have been useless the last few days. Starting to feel better and hoping to get back out there tomorrow!! Hope everyone is having a good week so far.0
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Ok... I gotta be honest... I signed up for this challenge and have been tracking my runs just not posting them... I am a little intimidated by the number of posts on this thread...
Anyhow... to date I have done 61.3 miles.0 -
brhollifield wrote: »Ok... I gotta be honest... I signed up for this challenge and have been tracking my runs just not posting them... I am a little intimidated by the number of posts on this thread...
Anyhow... to date I have done 61.3 miles.
Don't be intimidated.....you have twice the mileage that I do0 -
Started Week 7 of C25K, and did 25 minutes straight with no issues! I was VERY excited!
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brian_gunther wrote: »Started Week 7 of C25K, and did 25 minutes straight with no issues! I was VERY excited!
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3/3 - 3.25 miles on indoor track
3/5 - 4 windy miles.
3/6 - 6.5 flat, windy, hot (72°) miles...sweaty.
3/9 - 3.46 miles
3/10 - 4.45 miles on treadmill (Trek class)
3/11 - 4 miles on indoor track + weights
3/12 - 7.5 hilly miles
3/13 - 4 miles on indoor track + weights
3/14 - Rest day...seriously sore from squats and dead lifts on Sunday
3/15 - 4 miles on treadmill + weights (early a.m. thunderstorm kept me inside)
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Guys, I DID IT! I ran 3.45 miles non-stop for the first time since I started back with this. I can't believe it, i've gone from running intervals to doing a whole 5k. When our coach at Running Club said tonight we'd be running the entire route non-stop I just thought "no way i'll manage that, i'll just do the best I can" but once I started I just kept going and going. Super happy, i've amazed even myself. Happy, happy, happy!
That is always the best feeling ever the first time you do it.
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