April 2016 Running Challenge
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@_nikkiwolf_ We've had a dirt cheap membership to a gym available only to employees of my husband's company for almost 2 years and I haven't stepped foot in there yet.
@Elise4270 You sound like my husband with physical therapy!
Well the past couple days were easy because I never run midweek anyway. But Friday-Sunday are my favorite run days so now I'm kinda sad and anxious. Tried hopping on my left leg yesterday. Knee pain is mild. I could run but tomorrow the pain would be back. So I wait. The stabbing pain in my rear went away, although once yesterday I had a sharp pain where my sciatic nerve runs down my glute and my left foot went numb awhile. Boo. Gonna get myself in better shape and be back running soon
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April
1-no run yet, maybe later
2-13.2mi
3-nothing
4-nothing
5-5.35
6-yoga tonight
7-nope
8-late night tonight(ani difranco concert), so no run this morning
9-nothing
10-nothing
11-4.27mi
12- slept in
13-yoga (foam rolling-esque aerial yoga)
14-nothing
15-nothing
16-my bacholette party-lots of dancing
17-recovery from party.
18-nothing
19-4.86mi hard one
20-5.00mi and yoga
21-nothing
22-yoga 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 12-Great Pi Run 5k 32:17
May 7-Door County Half Marathon
May 28-Top Gun Run 5k
June 19th through Sunday, July 10th SHE Power Virtual Half
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4/1- Rest
4/2- 6.23 miles
4/3- 4.01 miles
4/4- Rest
4/5- 4.02 miles
4/6- Rest
4/7- 4.02 Miles
4/8- Rest
4/9- 6.24 Miles
4/10- 4.01 Miles
4/11- Rest
4/12- 4.14 Miles
4/13- 2.2 Miles (first Wednesday Run)
4/14- 4.13 Miles
4/15- Much needed Rest
4/16- 8.2
4/16- 1.4 <- Second little jog, with wife
4/17- Rest <- made myself rest
4/18- Rest <- Normal scheduled Rest day
4/19- 4.1
4/20- Rest<- Part of cut back/heal up
4/21- 4.28 Miles
4/22- Rest<- Core work tonight
Monthly Mileage Goal: 56.99/60
Monthly training goal: Continue to let my foot heal up and work my way into training for my July 4 HM. Training Starts Tuesday, so I may take tomorrow easy and only do 5 miles, instead of the 6 I've been doing.
Oh, and part of me thinks I need this for the 4th of July HM: https://www.underarmour.com/en-us/men-s-under-armour-alter-ego-captain-america-compression-shirt/pid1273691-4102 -
Date Miles today. Miles for April
4/1 REST DAY
4/2 14.3 miles - 14.3 <<< 13.1 HM + 1.2 warmup
4/3 REST DAY
4/4 4.2 miles - 18.5 << will try and get a second lunch time run in
4/4 4.0 miles - 22.5 << daily double, 3E +1HMP
4/5 8 miles - 30.5
4/6 4.2 miles - 34.7 << easy recovery 4 (taper week)
4/7 6 miles - 40.7
4/8 5 miles - 45.7
4/9 3.3 miles - 49
4/10 14.2 miles - 63.2 << 13.1 + 1.1 w/u
4/11 6.2 miles - 69.4
4/12 9 miles - 78.4
4/12 6.2 miles - 84.6 << daily double
4/13 6.2 miles - 90.8
4/14 9.6 miles - 100.4
4/14 6.2 miles - 106.6 << daily double
4/15 6.2 miles - 112.8 << recovery run
4/16 16 miles - 128.8 << LSD run with a fast finish
4/17 REST DAY
4/18 10.5 miles 139.3
4/19 8 miles 147.3 << Tempo pace for a few miles
4/19 6.2 miles 153.5 << daily double
4/20 6.2 miles - 159.7
4/21 9 miles - 168.7 << Madkin Mnt + some tempo work
4/21 4 miles - 172.7 << daily double
4/22 6.2 miles - 178.9 << recovery day
Upcoming races:
UAH 8K - 3/6 <<< 34:33 3 in AG
Oak Barrel HM - 4/2 <<<< 1:38:00 3 in AG
Bridge Street HM - 4/10 <<< 1:36:33 3 in AG
PEO-AVN Team Day 5K - 5/4
Cotton Row Run 10K - 5/30
Firecracker Chase 10.2 miler 6/25
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kristinegift wrote: »
Great group run! A bit faster than I expected to run since my calves are pretty darn tight after my cramp yesterday. A rest day tomorrow + some good foam rolling and I should be good to go by the weekend. Definitely didn't drink enough today to run in 70* heat though. Hydration is gonna be KEY leading up to NJM. Gonna have to start purposefully drinking starting now probably since I live my life in a state of constant dehydration.
I totally read the bolded parts wrong and thinking damn girl. No wonder you are able to run all those miles. Maybe I need to take a couple of shots of Jack before my long run. lol
Then I thought to myself, she means water dummy, not alcohol. LOL
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »
Oh, and part of me thinks I need this for the 4th of July HM: https://www.underarmour.com/en-us/men-s-under-armour-alter-ego-captain-america-compression-shirt/pid1273691-410
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »
Oh, and part of me thinks I need this for the 4th of July HM: https://www.underarmour.com/en-us/men-s-under-armour-alter-ego-captain-america-compression-shirt/pid1273691-410
Go for it.
Found a pair of RaceReady shorts with American flags on them too........
http://www.raceready.com/product/mens-active-v-notch-short/0 -
4/1: Rest day!
4/2: 5 miles
4/3: 13.1 Caesar Rodney HM!
4/4: 3 miles with Joe to Go crew
4/5: Rest day
4/6: 10 miles (am), 6 miles (pm)
4/7: 7 miles tempo (am), 6 miles with Thursday crew (pm)
4/8: Rest day
4/9: 22 miles << Last super long run for this training cycle!
4/10: 10 miles
4/11: 6 miles with Joe to Go crew
4/12: Rest day!!!
4/13: 10 miles @ marathon pace
4/14: 8 miles (am), 6.4 miles with Thursday crew (pm)
4/15: Rest day!!
4/16: 10.75 miles + 6k (3.75 miles) race = 14.5 miles
4/17: 7.1 miles
4/18: 6 miles with Joe to Go crew
4/19: Rest day!
4/20: 8 miles
4/21: 6.4 miles with Thursday crew
4/22: Rest day!
Core work this morning. Did 10 extra bodyweight squats and then my legs were really shaky on my bridges. Oops. Foam rolled my calf some more which is still a bit tender from my calf cramp two days ago. I am definitely starting to get the taper madness phantom aches/pains/problems. I am super paranoid about every tiny weakness or tight spot being a sign of injury. I just wanna run this marathon and get it over with!
Upcoming Races:
3/12: Run O' The Mill 5K: New PR! 21:55
4/3: Caesar Rodney HM: New PR! 1:40:13
4/16: River Horse 6K (Ewing, NJ)
5/1: New Jersey Marathon (Lots of towns, NJ)
5/15: Princeton 5k << social event, not racing!
6/11: Pacers Princeton Halfway Half (Princeton, NJ)
7/4: a fourth of july race somewhere!
11/20: Philadelphia Marathon (Philly, PA)
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5BeautifulDays wrote: »Since we're visiting with our PA family, I'm hoping that tomorrow morning I'll get to run on the Perkiomen Trail, which is one of my favorite places. And I'll get to try out my new Guides!
Fun story about the Perkiomen Trail (I'm full of fun stories these days):
I am not a bike person. Well, I'm actually getting into spinning much to my own surprise. However, the last time I was on a bike was when I, my boyfriend, and a few friends decided it would be a good idea to rent fat bikes this past January to ride around Rothrock State Forest on their snow-covered trails. All the other people I was with were rowers and bikers. When I say rowers, they are all very naturally athletic and quite fit people (other than my boyfriend, who is a very good rower, strong biker, and averagely fit). One even did a cross-country bike trip a couple years ago. I run, and I'm not even all too good at that. I sucked at the fat tire. It was fun, but it was awful at the same time.
The last time I was on a bike previous to my little fat bike adventure was circa 2008. My boyfriend at the time (not my current one) and I decided to take our bikes onto the Perkiomen Trail. He lived in Pottstown at the time. I used the mountain bike my parents bought me more than a decade prior. No one had been on the thing in years. I replaced the tire tubes and rode the thing around the neighborhood a little. It seemed fine so figured I would be good to go. All was well on the ride until about 8 miles out from the car on the trail when my pedals fell off. I fixed them the best I could with no tools. A couple miles later, now about 10 miles from the car, they fell off, again. We turned back, and I stopped about every mile to tighten the pedals with my fingers. That was my last time on that bike, and the first and last time I was on the Perkiomen Trail. It was a nice trail, though. I just wish I could have enjoyed it a bit more.
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »Oh, and part of me thinks I need this for the 4th of July HM: https://www.underarmour.com/en-us/men-s-under-armour-alter-ego-captain-america-compression-shirt/pid1273691-410
You definitely need this for your 4th of July HM!
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instantmartian wrote: »You definitely need this for your 4th of July HM!
I'll be the slowest Cpt. America ever.....LOL....I'm really thinking about getting it, but $68 for a shirt is kind of ridiculous.....still.....1 -
Nothing to see here folks. Rest day today. Move along.
4/1 - Rest
4/2 - 14 miles
4/3 - 5 miles
4/4 - 5 miles
4/5 - 5 miles
4/6 - 8 miles
4/7 - 5 miles
4/8 - Rest
4/9 - 13.1 miles
4/10 - 5 miles
4/11 - 5 miles
4/12 - 5 miles
4/13 - 8.3 miles
4/14 - 5 miles
4/15 - Rest
4/16 - 13.3 miles
4/17 - 5 miles
4/18 - 4 miles
4/19 - 4 miles
4/20 - 4 miles
4/21 - 4 miles
4/22 - Rest
117.7/160 miles
Upcoming races:
4/9 - Rock the Parkway half marathon (Kansas City, MO) 2:30:17.6 new PR
4/16 - Garmin Wickedly Fast half marathon (Olathe, KS) 2:28:39.52 new PR
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)
9/25 - Broadway Bridge half marathon (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)1 -
yeah....nothing to see, rest day with another HM tomorrow, and probably another PR....just nothing to see....WhatMeRunning wrote: »Nothing to see here folks. Rest day today. Move along.
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We'll see about the PR. I am planning to run it by feel at a long run pace since it is officially a "down week". So, yeah, whatever that means.MNLittleFinn wrote: »
yeah....nothing to see, rest day with another HM tomorrow, and probably another PR....just nothing to see....WhatMeRunning wrote: »Nothing to see here folks. Rest day today. Move along.1 -
WhatMeRunning wrote: »We'll see about the PR. I am planning to run it by feel at a long run pace since it is officially a "down week". So, yeah, whatever that means.
Good plan running it by feel. You've been on a tear lately, so I wouldn't be surprised if you PRed this week, but taking it a little easy isn't a bad idea either.0 -
kristinegift wrote: »
Core work this morning. Did 10 extra bodyweight squats and then my legs were really shaky on my bridges. Oops. Foam rolled my calf some more which is still a bit tender from my calf cramp two days ago. I am definitely starting to get the taper madness phantom aches/pains/problems. I am super paranoid about every tiny weakness or tight spot being a sign of injury. I just wanna run this marathon and get it over with!
I hear ya girl. I understand that feeling oh so well. Two weeks before my October marathon, my husband and I took a week long vacation to Acadia National Park. I hadn't really planned it that way, but it worked out to be one of the best things for me. I was tapering, but forgot all about it. I did some running while there, but mostly did a lot of hiking, climbing and canoeing, which satisfied my need for physical activity and kept my brain occupied. It's definitely a great way to curb the taper madness!
And a side note on hydration. Great move to start drinking now (no, @Stoshew71, not Jack!). I know what you mean about always living on the edge of dehydration. That is definitely me. A month before my Charleston marathon, I got seriously ill. Like, very close to being hospitalized. In hindsight, I think the whole situation was magnified because I was very dehydrated. It taught me a valuable lesson about hydration. A week before Columbus I started drinking a bottle of Gatorade and a glass of fruit juice every day. I know without question that it helped.
Hang in there through the taper crazies. Just over a week left to go...you got this!!!
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@WhatMeRunning You are lucky to have so many HM's all in KS. I am really limited in how many I have available to me within a 5-6 hr drive. Anything further away than that requires a few extra days off work for travel.
I noticed that the 9/25 - Broadway Bridge half marathon (Kansas City, MO) is only 3 weeks out from 10/15 - Kansas City Marathon 26.2 (Kansas City, MO) . My coach and running club member would say that those are a little too close together to allow for a properly timed last long run and Taper.
Swimming last Night and Technically a Rest day today - but I hear my running shoes or Hiking Boots calling out my name!!!.
Saturday Long Mystery Run with the local club. These tend to be EPIC - Brilliant or Disasters.1 -
Having never trained for a race before, and having my first "official" training run coming up on Tuesday (4-5 runs a week).....I was wondering is it normal to be totally amped up and anxious while waiting for the "official" training to begin? I'm really wanting to run today, but it IS a rest day.0
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@pthyay Well done for passing your target! 0
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »Having never trained for a race before, and having my first "official" training run coming up on Tuesday (4-5 runs a week).....I was wondering is it normal to be totally amped up and anxious while waiting for the "official" training to begin? I'm really wanting to run today, but it IS a rest day.
The way I see it, you already started training.
Having never subscribed to the idea of an official "training plan" and always wrote my own workouts I am not sure I have a good opinion on this. Although, I was excited to get started on trying something new that I planned.
I usually have Sunday's as my rest day. There were so many Sunday's that were nice out (especially after a long winter) that I would think boy it would be great to go for a run today. Instead I would just enjoy a nice walk.0 -
4/1-2.5 miles running with the puppy
4/2-16 miles
4/3- rest day
4/4-4.5 miles
4/5-6 miles w/ 3 @ tempo
4/6-5.1 miles
4/7-7 miles
4/8 3.3 miles
4/9 20 miles
4/10 rest day
4/11 yoga only
4/12-8 miles
4/13-3.3 miles
4/14-5.4 miles
4/15-5.1 miles
4/16-6.5 miles
4/17-16 miles
4/18 yoga
4/19-4.6 miles
4/20-6 miles w/ 3 @ tempo
4/21-2.5 miles running with the puppy
Ran with Stella, my puppy, again last night. I was going to do a solo run afterwards, but we were having so much fun, I had to chose between the two because of time. Of course, I chose running (well, run/walking) with the pup. She is really starting to get it and it makes me so happy. I know in time she is going to be a great running partner.
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »Having never trained for a race before, and having my first "official" training run coming up on Tuesday (4-5 runs a week).....I was wondering is it normal to be totally amped up and anxious while waiting for the "official" training to begin? I'm really wanting to run today, but it IS a rest day.
Believe it or not, it is pretty normal. I would say you have caught the bug!0 -
Yes, I had originally left that 9/25 Broadway Bridge run out of my schedule for that reason. Prior to that the 10/15 KC Marathon was my only planned race for the fall (I may have added a mid November half or two though). Then when I saw how easily I could set up the 6 halfs in 3 weekends in November by adding two somewhat nearby out of state runs I decided that would by my primary fall focus. I am always changing my mind when setting up plansjuliet3455 wrote: »I noticed that the 9/25 - Broadway Bridge half marathon (Kansas City, MO) is only 3 weeks out from 10/15 - Kansas City Marathon 26.2 (Kansas City, MO) . My coach and running club member would say that those are a little too close together to allow for a properly timed last long run and Taper.
To train for the November half's I am getting my weekly mileage up into full training territory but building to regular back to back long runs. The plan is 60 miles/week for two 3 week cycles with weekend long runs of ~16 and ~12 miles and a midweek long run of ~12 miles.
Since the change in focus I am not sure I will run the 10/15 KC Marathon as a full, I might drop to the half. The reason being if I run that as a full I know I will want to get a good time, and then I only have 3 weeks to bounce back and do those 6 halfs in 3 weekends. That is more worrisome to me than the 9/25 half and 10/15 full. Main reason being I would follow up the 9/25 half the next day with a 12 mile long run and run both as training runs (not racing the 9/25 race but it is SUPER HILLY so it is a great training run)
I still have plenty of time to drop down to the half, and part of me wants to fit in at least one full. So I am waiting to see how training goes this summer before finally committing to the downgrade to the half.
Hope the mystery long run is a great one!0 -
Yes. Totally normal. A lot of time, thought, adjusting, etc. goes into that planning, and then as you start heading into it you keep looking at it, maybe making further tweaks, etc, until finally somewhat falling into a groove and going with it after a few weeks. At least that is how it always goes with me.MNLittleFinn wrote: »Having never trained for a race before, and having my first "official" training run coming up on Tuesday (4-5 runs a week).....I was wondering is it normal to be totally amped up and anxious while waiting for the "official" training to begin? I'm really wanting to run today, but it IS a rest day.0 -
Yeah, all of my running has been training and base building. I think the difference is that I now have a somewhat set schedule, with the Strava plan, and have actual workouts I'll be doing (some hill days and speed workouts)The way I see it, you already started training.
Having never subscribed to the idea of an official "training plan" and always wrote my own workouts I am not sure I have a good opinion on this. Although, I was excited to get started on trying something new that I planned.
I usually have Sunday's as my rest day. There were so many Sunday's that were nice out (especially after a long winter) that I would think boy it would be great to go for a run today. Instead I would just enjoy a nice walk.
I think I just like to eat, and running lets me eat as much as I want.....lporter229 wrote: »Believe it or not, it is pretty normal. I would say you have caught the bug!WhatMeRunning wrote: »Yes. Totally normal. A lot of time, thought, adjusting, etc. goes into that planning, and then as you start heading into it you keep looking at it, maybe making further tweaks, etc, until finally somewhat falling into a groove and going with it after a few weeks. At least that is how it always goes with me.
Training plan is one I got from strava, but I already tweaked it, added hill repeats to some easy runs and flip flopped the sat/sun runs so I have a recovery run after long run, instead of an E run, then a LR.....but I think I'm looking forward to being in the plan, so any changes are based on what I'm doing, rather than just thinking/looking ahead.1 -
4/01: Off, rest day
4/02: 12 miles, long and easy
4/03: 8K race - 36:36 (7:22 pace) - new PR! + 1 mile warm up
4/04: 4 miles, easy
4/05: 5 miles, easy
4/06: 5 miles total, 2 miles @ 7:38 (LT) pace (am)
4/06: 4 miles, easy (pm)
4/07: 5 miles, easy
4/08: Off, rest day
4/09: Half Marathon - 1:53:11 - treated as a long run with strong finish
4/10: 4 miles, easy
4/11: 6 miles, easy
4/12: 7 miles total, 3x1 mile repeats @ 7:19 pace
4/13: 6 miles, easy (am)
4/13: 4 miles, easy (pm)
4/14: 8 miles total, 5 miles @ 7:45 (goal HM) pace
4/15: Off, rest day
4/16: 6 miles, easy
4/17: 13 miles, long and easy
4/18: 6 miles, easy
4/19: 7 miles total, 3x1 mile repeats @ 5K effort
4/20: 5 miles, easy (am)
4/20: 4 miles, easy (pm)
4/21: 6 miles, easy
4/22: Off, rest day (+ core)
Total: 136.70 miles
Races I'm registered for:
04/03 - Shamrock Shuffle (8K) 36:36 - new 8K PR!
04/09 - Chi Town Half Marathon 1:53:11 - took it nice and easy
04/24 - Ravenswood Run (5K)
05/22 - Chicago Spring 13.1
05/28 - Soldier Field Run (10 miles)
07/21 - Esprit de She 5K
09/10 - Magnificent Mile Half Marathon
09/25 - Chicago Lifetime 5K
10/09 - Chicago Marathon
10/30 - Hot Chocolate 5K
11/27 - Space Coast Half Marathon2 -
Yeah, but $60 for a shirt that I'll only wear a couple times is a bit much for my blood.MNLittleFinn wrote: »Oh, and part of me thinks I need this for the 4th of July HM: https://www.underarmour.com/en-us/men-s-under-armour-alter-ego-captain-america-compression-shirt/pid1273691-4100 -
Yeah, but $60 for a shirt that I'll only wear a couple times is a bit much for my blood.MNLittleFinn wrote: »Oh, and part of me thinks I need this for the 4th of July HM: https://www.underarmour.com/en-us/men-s-under-armour-alter-ego-captain-america-compression-shirt/pid1273691-410
That was my thoughts exactly...Though I do wear UA shirts on all of my warm weather runs....and I only have 3 right now, so I would probably wear it more than that......still $60 for a shirt.....0 -
Got a question - I've gotten to where I enjoy my 9-10 mile long runs on Saturdays, but I've only put in ~13 miles this week. What's the impact to doing a 9+ mile long run tomorrow (given that previous to returning to work this week and trying to adjust my running schedule, I've been averaging 30+ miles/week for the last 6 months or more)?0
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