March 2016 Running Challenge
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03/02 4.5 miles Legs took a while to warm up seriously thought of turning back home at mile 1 but persevered with it and turned into a really good run.
03/04 4.6 miles Kept it comfortable rather than the build up that was suggested legs wanted a slight break
03/06 8.7 miles Bit hillier than I normally do so was rather happy to find that I could run up the hill on the route.
03/08 4.5 miles
03/13 11 miles Longest run so far!
03/17 4.5 miles Rather comfortable run to set me up before my first race on Sunday, probably my last run until then as I don't want to exacerbate the blister on the arch of my foot.
03/20 6.3 miles I completed my first ever race and I completed both my goals first was to run a faster 10k than I had in training which I did by nearly 2 minutes and second was not to come last which I managed to do by 3 people, was soo happy with my time thought I'd gone off far too quick but managed to maintain it for most the race ended up walking a bit at 8 & 9 km but it left me with some energy to 'sprint' for the line and stay in front of the 2 women I'd just overtaken. Enjoyed how friendly it was with so many of the runners on their way back giving me a little cheer. Will show off the bling in my next post
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03/20 Canterbury Riverside 10k 1:16:12
05/29 Edinburgh Half marathon0 -
03/01 3.23
03/02 3.19
03/03 3.17
03/04 3.27
03/05 6.83
03/06 8.15
03/07 3.17
03/08 3.43
03/09 3.59
03/10 6.25
03/11 2.70
03/12 0.00 (16 mile bike ride)
03/13 7.01
03/14 3.09
03/15 3.28
03/17 3.34
03/18 5.21
03/19 4.90
03/20 7.01
03/21 2.79
TOTAL 85.5
GOAL 100
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Two this morning, which is better than 0.0.
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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), 8 miles (pm)
3/16: 10 miles (am), 7 miles with Wednesday crew (pm)
3/17: DC mini-vacation
3/18: DC mini-vacation
3/19: 7.2 miles
3/20: 20 birthday miles!
3/21: 6 miles with Joe to Go crew
Good run with the coffee crew today! Nice recovery run. Plus the sun started to come up halfway through the run so we finished in daylight. Not many stayed for coffee, but I got a free bday latte courtesy of my honorary Running Mom I wasn't really sore at all from running long yesterday, and my calf feels even better than it did this weekend. Hopefully with a rest day scheduled tomorrow I'll be good as new by Wednesday!
And birthday celebrations last night were great. I ate enough to feed a small family at Cheesecake Factory, and my friends sneakily let it slip to the waitress that it was my birthday, so I got a song and a candle with my cheesecake. And two of the girls from my Oiselle team got me a fun running goodie bag filled with gummy bears (my carb load candy of choice!), picky bars, and a Nike running shirt (I had sent the link to one of them asking if I should buy it, and she said "No, save your money!" and then they bought it for me: so clever!). All in all, a great runtastic birthday!
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 -
Rest day here, after covering 12 miles in 3 days over the weekend, I need it. Not a lot compared to some here, but the base building continues tomorrow0
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As @Virkati pointed out nobody here is going to discourage people from being active. I started by walking and later when walking no longer seemed all that challenging I started adding a little running for short bursts on my walks. Over time I started running instead.freakymistkd wrote: »After having a busy weekend I've been unable to go for a walk for a couple of days. Tonight I was feeling like I needed to go for a walk but the last couple of times I walked alone at night I really spooked myself and now I just don't feel like it's a nice walk instead I'm tense for the whole hour. Anyway still wanting to "move" I have just finished walking on the spot for an hour and a half and the app on my phone "lifelog" has recorded my steps but also estimates that I have walked 7.6km. My question is, should I count it towards my goal of walking 50km this month? Or would that be cheating?
Thanks
There are people here who walk in addition to running. Some track their walking mileage and some don't.
There is also a March 2016 Walking Challenge thread in the Challenge forums as another option.
It is up to you what you track, and how. I have seen people track their time spent running instead of distance. The idea is to set your goal and work at it. There is no shame in missing a goal, just try again the next month.0 -
Not sure if this story would have made it across the pond but it's well worth a read. Comedian Eddie izzard has ran 27 marathons in 27days for charity.
an incredible achievement in almost anyone's book (save a few idiots in the comments section)http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/mar/20/eddie-izzard-tired-yet-triumphant-after-running-27-marathons-in-27-days
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@jringer1 When is your half? Hope you feel better this week
@meganridenour Great pic!
@07KatieP13 Yippee!
@MNLittleFinn Enjoy the rest day :-D I'm building base miles also.
My plan today is 3 trail miles. It's a 1.5 mile loop that I'll do twice. This section always kicks my butt so I'm anxious to see how it goes today. It doesn't SEEM hilly but I'm always surprised how many "floors" my fitbit registers here compared to when I'm doing what I consider hills. LOL0 -
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.
16-no run-kidney's still hurt
17-carpool-no run. grumble.
18-carpool and slush fell from the sky this morning. so I vinyasa/power aerial yoga-ed
19-car shopping
20-family stuff
21-6.13mi not easy not too hard. well the first 15 min were awful but then it settled in.
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 5k 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
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@greenolivetree Base building is a pain, but I know it's getting better. The we miles over the weekend was 3/4 of what I do in a normal week. Going to be upping my weekday runs in another week or so....That will be real fun....0
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W7D3 in the books! 25 minutes straight again, no stopping. That's 3 sessions in a row! Next stop: Week 8 and 28 minutes straight!
Feeling good about this! (knocks on wood)
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brian_gunther wrote: »W7D3 in the books! 25 minutes straight again, no stopping. That's 3 sessions in a row! Next stop: Week 8 and 28 minutes straight!
Feeling good about this! (knocks on wood)
You got this.0 -
Happy Belated Birthday @kristinegift & @whatang
Congratulations on your 10 miler @ariceroni
Nice one on your relay @CivicSista
welcome @jringer1
@HonuNui Way to go on barely finishing. Prayers for your son.
@skippygirlsmom Congratulations to Skip.
@MobyCarp Way to listen to your body. Go off plan if need to be.
Nice medals @Elise4270
@zmcgrandles Congratulations on your first race.0 -
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
3/8 8 miles - 51.15
3/8 4.1 miles - 55.25 << daily double
3/9 6.2 miles - 61.45
3/10 8 miles - 69.45
3/10 4 miles - 73.45 << another daily double
3/11 6.25 miles - 79.70
3/12 16.25 miles - 95.95
3/13 REST DAY
3/14 10.75 miles - 106.7
3/15 8 miles - 114.7
3/15 4.1 miles - 118.8 << daily double
3/16 6.6 miles - 125.4
3/17 9.35 miles - 134.75
3/17 4 miles - 138.75 << lunch time daily double
3/18 6.2 miles - 144.95
3/19 15.15 miles - 160.1 << 2,297 ft. elev of trail running
3/20 REST DAY
3/21 6.65 - 166.75 << sore Monday morning;
Upcoming races:
Oak Barrel HM - 4/2
Bridge Street HM - 4/10
Cotton Row Run 10K - 5/30
Firecracker Chase 10.2 miler - 6/25
It was a slow start this morning that progressed into easy pace and a few bursts after the blood got pumping. I plan to do another 6 at lunch time.
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Last week was one to forget, it was a miserable one. Planned for at least an 8K long run and had to return after 1K. Still not able to understand why do I get exhausted so soon, at the end of 1K, I was getting all exhausted like I have been running for hours. Need to get this nourishment thing correct, I was out of energy.
Don't know if I will be able to finish the monthly target, next is the Easter week donno how much will I be able to run. need some long run to pull the spirits back.
Bad run.. bad run...
Date.................KM...................Total
3/2..................04.13.................04.13 (Walk)
3/3..................02.62.................06.75 (Walk / Run)
3/4..................03.40.................10.15 (Walk / Run)
3/5..................04.37.................14.52 (Walk / Run)
3/6..................01.52.................16.04 (Run)
3/10.................01.58.................17.62 (Walk)
3/12.................05.16.................22.78 (Run / Walk)
3/15.................05.65.................28.43 (Run / Walk)
3/19.................01.31.................29.74 (Run / Walk)
Upcoming Races: 10 April (5K) - Technically the first 5K
We all have days like that. For me the first mile is always the worst one, and once I push through that I am okay.
But it sounds like you are more than just exhausted, so maybe just a little under the weather. Although that first mile issue seems to be getting better and better for me, the more I run.0 -
@MNLittleFinn I first started running summer of 2014 and couldn't run a mile. I kinda did everything wrong, ran very few miles, 2-3 days a week, and ran 5k at 8:08 pace. I had inury after injury. LOL Nothing major but so much time off. So after 8 weeks off Nov/Dec, I tried to start over Jan 1 and do it right this time. Before, it was like every run had to be faster than the one before. Big mistake.
@brian_gunther Great work!
@rohanivan Sorry about the exhaustion. Are you sleeping well?0 -
greenolivetree wrote: »@MNLittleFinn I first started running summer of 2014 and couldn't run a mile. I kinda did everything wrong, ran very few miles, 2-3 days a week, and ran 5k at 8:08 pace. I had inury after injury. LOL Nothing major but so much time off. So after 8 weeks off Nov/Dec, I tried to start over Jan 1 and do it right this time. Before, it was like every run had to be faster than the one before. Big mistake.
I finally broke that bad habit on my last 2 runs. One was slower than the one before. Found that I actually enjoy the running more going slower.....Adding 1min/mile did it for me. I CAN do 6 miles at a 9:24, but I found that doing 10:40 feels good, and 11:40 is even better. This base building is all so that I can start a training plan for half marathon in June, and I'll actually be DROPPING miles at first when I start it. This is intentional, so I feel good about the training.0 -
Last week was one to forget, it was a miserable one. Planned for at least an 8K long run and had to return after 1K. Still not able to understand why do I get exhausted so soon, at the end of 1K, I was getting all exhausted like I have been running for hours. Need to get this nourishment thing correct, I was out of energy.
Don't know if I will be able to finish the monthly target, next is the Easter week donno how much will I be able to run. need some long run to pull the spirits back.
Bad run.. bad run...
Date.................KM...................Total
3/2..................04.13.................04.13 (Walk)
3/3..................02.62.................06.75 (Walk / Run)
3/4..................03.40.................10.15 (Walk / Run)
3/5..................04.37.................14.52 (Walk / Run)
3/6..................01.52.................16.04 (Run)
3/10.................01.58.................17.62 (Walk)
3/12.................05.16.................22.78 (Run / Walk)
3/15.................05.65.................28.43 (Run / Walk)
3/19.................01.31.................29.74 (Run / Walk)
Upcoming Races: 10 April (5K) - Technically the first 5K
We all have days like that. For me the first mile is always the worst one, and once I push through that I am okay.
But it sounds like you are more than just exhausted, so maybe just a little under the weather. Although that first mile issue seems to be getting better and better for me, the more I run.
Maybe a cut back week is in order? I hit that often when I wasnt pacing properly and was training too fast. Might sleep a little more, eat a little better, like you said, and drop your running miles. I usually trade 1 or 2 run days for walks. The monthly goal is just a best guess. It's not horrible to miss it. It's just learning to train smart.0 -
@username301 - I recall hearing a few weeks ago about Eddie Izzard starting off on that journey and enjoyed reading stories posted on the Marathon Maniacs facebook page when he finished. I think it is super impressive. Until a few weeks ago I was not aware he did a lot of marathons.0
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I'm not sure the sale is still on. There's free shipping on the Believe Journal. I love mine.
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Promo code proudtobeirish, they are ~20USD. The free shipping is to the US and Ireland.0 -
First day of the cutback week with a 4 mile out and back to the store to get some beet roots. Going to start adding some beets into the diet now that I am no longer grossed out by them. I am still grossed out a bit by the canned ones however. I think I'll use them in my typical post run meal smoothie.
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
3/8 - 5 miles
3/9 - 5 miles
3/10 - 5 miles
3/11 - Rest
3/12 - 12 miles
3/13 - 5 miles
3/14 - 5 miles
3/15 - 5 miles
3/16 - 5 miles
3/17 - 5 miles
3/18 - Rest
3/19 - 12 miles
3/20 - 5 miles
3/21 - 4 miles
110/150 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 -
I'm so glad to be off today! Not horribly sore, today. Last HM my hip flexors had me down a week. This time it's my calves/soleus. Hot bath, lots of food
and a RR planned for the day. I left 2 girls at home while I was gone. My daughter said " I'm so glad you bought food cuz Kat eats" (her cousin). A grocery store trip may be in order. Maybe. I really hate Walmart.
I'd really need to catch up on the posts! There are so many great efforts! I love having running company here. Under Armour (owner of MFP) should hold an annual convention and offer free travel for those in this thread. Cuz we are ALL awesome.0 -
@WhatMeRunning ...first of all, I read "beer notes" instead of "Beet Roots"...dunno, just don't know where my brain was going with that! And second...what's the deal with beet roots that you'd run four miles round trip to get them? Sounds like I missed an important memo!!0
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@WhatMeRunning ...first of all, I read "beer notes" instead of "Beet Roots"...dunno, just don't know where my brain was going with that! And second...what's the deal with beet roots that you'd run four miles round trip to get them? Sounds like I missed an important memo!!
Oh, nothing that big really. They definitely have loads of iron and help in transport of oxygen through the blood. There are some indications that taking beet juice before a 2 to 4 hour run has a measurable performane gain of 1% to 2% reduction in time due to the nitrates in the beets, but that's not necessarily why I wanted to get some. I'm more interested in having the added nutrients in them that are lacking in basically everything else...and maybe out of curiosity to see if it has an impact on endurance. I had a 4 mile run planned and I know from one of my routes that I hit the 2 mile mark right in front of a grocery store. So I did not have to add it to a shopping list for later, I just picked them up while on my run today! 0 -
@ariceroni - I am impressed with that 10 miler. In the races I've been in, the people who run in costume have typically been middle to back of the pack runners; but a sub-8 mile pace should put you well ahead of middle of the pack, and not just in your age group! Speed plus a nice theme costume is something I don't see very often.
@HonuNui - Wow, tough race, with a tough Life Happening backdrop. Good for you, gutting it out and achieving your goals. Sometimes you just have to remember that Dead Last Finish beats Did Not Finish, which beats Did Not Start. And you didn't even finish dead last. Some people might say, why do the race when you have son who has just been diagnosed with cancer? I say, it's a form of taking care of yourself so you'll be able to do what you need to do for your son. Good job!
@Elise4270 - Great bling picture, and I love Where's the Finish as the expansion of WTF! I think I'd eat in a revolving tower too, if I ran in a city that has one.
@zmcgrandles - Congrats on completing your first race, and on meeting your goals! I remember my first race was a 5K, and my goal was to be able to run the entire way. I made it, but just barely. Same old classic rookie mistake, going out too fast and trying to keep up with people who were faster than me.0 -
Had a slow week, only 20k. A have a goal of 100k so 25k a week, right? But no, this week it did not happen.
It's cold again, so back to running inside (boring...).
To get things worse, Friday had a laser treatment done to my eyes, so Saturday was feeling, dizzy and sick. Couldn't run.
Sunday to EATING events, a brunch with my friends and a birthday party in a sugar shack, oh gawd... Woke up early to run at the gym.
Hope to catch up this week, but not sure they're announcing SNOW for Wednesday. Reeeally?0 -
Ok, full race report time. My sister flew in to Tulsa at about 9am Saturday, and we drove directly from the airport to Ardmore (exactly 3 hours). After checking into the hotel, we decided to spend the afternoon at Turner Falls. Our training plan called for a 2 mile run, but we decided to just hike around instead. Climbed lots of stairs and steep paths to look at the castle and the big waterfall, then scaled some rocks to go into a cave. Unfortunately, when we got all the way up, there was a family with a bazillion young kids hanging out on the cliff, running around and yelling at each other. They wouldn't get out of the way, so we decided to turn back. Really shocked that none of them ended up taking a dive off that cliff--so not a place to take little kids, especially badly behaved ones. Anyway, the trip to the falls was fun, and a good way to work out the traveling stiffness. Plus, it let us drive most of the race route to get a feel for what to expect.
The marathon itself was a point to point course, and we had to ride a school bus to the start line at Turner Falls overlook. The bus left at 6:40am for the 7:30 start time. At the start, it was about 34 degrees. We opted for long sleeves and shorts. Wish I'd had a cheap blanket or something that I could just dump after the start, as it was a tad chilly. I made good time on the first half of the race, relying on my camelbak and running past all the water stops. All of my first half miles were mid 9s to mid 10s. Definitely took advantage of the largely downhill first half to boost my time without wearing myself down too much.
After I hit the halfway mark, I started using the water stops--walking through them, alternating Gatorade and water, and taking half a banana at one. The second half of my race was all low 11s to high 12s. This part was much hillier. Nothing steep, but several long and sloping ones. I started feeling some aching in my quads at around mile 18 (keep in mind, my longest training run was 17 miles, and that was before a 4 week hiatus due to injury). The aching died down at around mile 20 and I got a second wind around the time I hit mile 21 (I think that one was 10:50 pace). About mile 22, we headed north into the wind, and I felt like I was barely moving. I walked several times from then until the end of the race, but managed to keep under 13 minute miles throughout. The finish was 1 lap around the high school track.
My gun time ended up being 4:52:02, and chip time was 4:51:56. I came in 4/4 in my age group. The person who came in 3rd finished in 4:08, so I didn't have a snowball's chance of beating any of them! Tough competition this year.
Overall, I'm happy-ish with my time. I know it would have been better if I hadn't injured myself, which is a bit disappointing. I had originally hoped for 4:30, but had to let that go due to reduced training. But I still finished in under 5 hours, which was my new post-injury stretch goal.
I just can't believe it's over. I finally ran the race I've been training for for months. Now what do I do with myself? I'll have to think on that over the next week as I rest up. Considering adding some speed work and trying to improve times for upcoming shorter distance races (half, quarter, 5k)...0 -
pcarvalho3 wrote: »
Had a slow week, only 20k. A have a goal of 100k so 25k a week, right? But no, this week it did not happen.
It's cold again, so back to running inside (boring...).
To get things worse, Friday had a laser treatment done to my eyes, so Saturday was feeling, dizzy and sick. Couldn't run.
Sunday to EATING events, a brunch with my friends and a birthday party in a sugar shack, oh gawd... Woke up early to run at the gym.
Hope to catch up this week, but not sure they're announcing SNOW for Wednesday. Reeeally?
We have the same goal - you're doing well! You'll make it. I just relocated a large bag of Cadbury Mini-Eggs and a canister of Pringles (yes, both) to a back office because I can't control myself today. And it was my easy run day, so precious few little calories for me ... diet of chocolate and water isn't terribly satisfying. 0 -
@ariceroni love the outfits, well done!
@meganridenour lovely pic, tho that looks like the water is realllllly high?
@skippygirlsmom my husband used to do long haul, gone for about 3 weeks at a time. Not quite as long as yours, but I know how ya feel. Kinda sucks eh!
@Elise4270 Wow that is a lot of bling, lol. My race that i signed up for is expecting about 4k runners. Kinda freaking me out. I try to avoid high pop encounters...
@freakymistkd count it if it counts to you! The only ones we're accountable to here is ourselves And I don't blame you, outside alone at night freaks me out.
Ok apparently I'm having an higher anxiety day today. It's thinking about my stupid hip that's doing it. Shouldn't run on it I don't think, biking will probably aggravate it (hell, driving did today). I mean technically I should probably do NOTHING! Bursitis, arthritis, something along those lines I'm thinking.
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