April 2016 Running Challenge
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greenolivetree wrote: »WhatMeRunning wrote: »
I picked up 2 pair actually. Another pair of Ghosts (to replace my dying Glycerin 12's) and a pair of Brooks Dyads. I wore some Dyads last year and liked them a lot but felt I liked the Glycerine just a little bit better so I stuck with the Glycerines from then on. Now I'll get to compare Glycerines, Ghosts and Dyads over the next few months. I don't think my feet could be any happier. Another reason I picked up the Dyads is that I have a pair of Mizuno Wave Riders that I am OK with but am not comfortable taking on long runs (they are super clompity-clompy). So the Dyad's can fill in a bit of a gap. My current rotation will be:MNLittleFinn wrote: »WhatMeRunning wrote: »I ordered new shoes!!
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Whatcha get this time? More Ghosts? I'm thinking about getting a 4th pair of shoes since I'm running 5 days a week now.
2 pair Glycerine 13's
2 pair Ghost 8's
1 pair Dyad 8's
1 pair Mizuno Wave Riders
1 pair Hoka Challenger (these are my dedicated trail shoe currently)
Since I am training 6 days/week and have 6 pairs of road shoes, I will obviously have to buy another pair to make sure I am alternating shoes each day from week to week. That was another reason I got the Dyads.
I have a $20 off coupon at my local shoe shop so I am picking up a 3rd pair of Glycerines probably this weekend so I can rotate through 7 pair.
Yeah, I might have a running problem.
And they say women buy too many shoes
I could never criticize a woman's collection of shoes since taking up running!
As mentioned earlier though, about going to the local running shop for another pair of shoes.. the deed is done.
So I had a $20 off coupon. They told me they were having a sale on Brooks at $15 off per pair. So I could get $35 off my Glycerines. But if I bought another pair of Ghosts I would be saving $50 bucks! Who could possibly say no to that???
So I may have acquired 4 pairs of shoes overall today.
I am sure this makes sense. Right?2 -
WhatMeRunning wrote: »greenolivetree wrote: »WhatMeRunning wrote: »
I picked up 2 pair actually. Another pair of Ghosts (to replace my dying Glycerin 12's) and a pair of Brooks Dyads. I wore some Dyads last year and liked them a lot but felt I liked the Glycerine just a little bit better so I stuck with the Glycerines from then on. Now I'll get to compare Glycerines, Ghosts and Dyads over the next few months. I don't think my feet could be any happier. Another reason I picked up the Dyads is that I have a pair of Mizuno Wave Riders that I am OK with but am not comfortable taking on long runs (they are super clompity-clompy). So the Dyad's can fill in a bit of a gap. My current rotation will be:MNLittleFinn wrote: »WhatMeRunning wrote: »I ordered new shoes!!
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Whatcha get this time? More Ghosts? I'm thinking about getting a 4th pair of shoes since I'm running 5 days a week now.
2 pair Glycerine 13's
2 pair Ghost 8's
1 pair Dyad 8's
1 pair Mizuno Wave Riders
1 pair Hoka Challenger (these are my dedicated trail shoe currently)
Since I am training 6 days/week and have 6 pairs of road shoes, I will obviously have to buy another pair to make sure I am alternating shoes each day from week to week. That was another reason I got the Dyads. I have a $20 off coupon at my local shoe shop so I am picking up a 3rd pair of Glycerines probably this weekend so I can rotate through 7 pair.
Yeah, I might have a running problem.
And they say women buy too many shoes I could never criticize a woman's collection of shoes since taking up running!
As mentioned earlier though, about going to the local running shop for another pair of shoes.. the deed is done.
So I had a $20 off coupon. They told me they were having a sale on Brooks at $15 off per pair. So I could get $35 off my Glycerines. But if I bought another pair of Ghosts I would be saving $50 bucks! Who could possibly say no to that???
So I may have acquired 4 pairs of shoes overall today.
I am sure this makes sense. Right?
Nice! I'd do the same! I have enough shoes to open up a store lol. Used running shoe store?
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He / She that's has the most Toys Shoes Wins 3
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April Running Totals (miles)
4/1 – scheduled rest day
4/2 – 13.31 easy
4/3 – 7.83 easy
4/4 – 4.59 easy 30 minutes + 4 strides
4/5 – 14.14 warm up + speed work
4/6 – 5.18 easy
4/7 – 11.45 – short warmup, long speed work
4/8 – scheduled rest day
4/9 – 7.30 speed work
4/10 – 11.67 easy
4/11 – 3.87 easy
4/12 – 7.78 warm up, speed work, cool down, commute
4/13 – 3.92 easy
4/14 – 7.30 warmup + light speed work
4/15 – 3.86 easy
4/16 – travel day, no running
4/17 – 2.70 very easy
4/18 – 26.39 Boston Marathon (couldn’t' run good tangents)
4/19 – travel day, no running
4/20 – 4.05 recovery run
4/21 – 5.28 easy
4/22 – 4.00 easy
4/23 – ad hoc rest day
4/24 – 13.26 Flower City Half
4/25 – planned rest day
4/26 – extra rest day
4/27 – 4 to 6 miles 3rd rest day
4/28 – maybe 2 or 3 easy miles 4th rest day
4/29 – 4.00 easy
4/30 –
April total to date – 161.88
Nominal Challenge Goal – 200 miles
Real Goals: Taper well. Arrive at Hopkinton healthy. Run Boston well. Recover well.
Today's notes – After taking 4 rest days in a row, today marked my not-so-triumphal return to running.
In addition to the leg issues, some time this week I came down with a cold. On Wednesday it was pretty obvious, to the point where my boss didn't want me to breathe in her direction. On Thursday, a work at home day, I was pretty miserable. Last night I soaked up almost 10 hours of sleep, and could have soaked up more if I'd called in sick to work. But I got up, and went to work. Somehow got some work done. The leg felt good on my walk at lunch, and the trial running periods were 100 to 200m, slowing to a walk more out of concern that I wasn't really dressed for running than because anything hurt or didn't work right. A mild cough associated with the cold was actually more annoying that the state of my running chain.
So this evening I set out to run a familiar 4.3 mile route with 3 small hills. By evening, I had a very light shower, almost a mist, to run in, as opposed to the near-perfect running weather that I didn't run in the last 4 days. Felt the odd sore spots at first, then warmed up and after 400m or so felt pretty good. Up the small hills presented no problem. Still felt it a bit on the downhill, applied the lessons from training for downhill. Noticed a pace of 7:20 after going down the last hill, forced myself to slow down. The idea is to run easy, not to run MP. It felt like my judgment of what was easy was shot, and I need to learn how to run easy again. But the stats on the run looked reasonable for easy after the fact, so maybe I just happened to notice the fastest points and corrected reasonably well.
By about 3 miles, I realized I've got a dull ache in my right hip abductor. It doesn't really hurt, but it reminds me it's there. So I took a minor jog in the route to shorten the planned 4.3 miles to 4 even. Still felt pretty good, but that pesky hip abductor complained pretty loudly when I went to stretch it. Oops. Worked to stretch it out, found my long-unused ice bag, and applied an ice pack to the hip abductor for about 25 minutes. Then I made sure to take my next dose of ibuprofen on time.
Tomorrow's paced run is 9 or 18 miles. I reported off from pacing, as I clearly can't commit to 9 miles tomorrow. That will let me sleep late, giving the hip abductor more time to heal up. I'd like to run 4 to 6 miles tomorrow, but it really depends on how that hip abductor reacts to today.
The good news is, my cough was gone and my cold was much improved after my run. This has happened before, where a good run has cleared out a cold. I don't understand why it happens, but it does. The different thing this time is, it may not have totally been a good run on the recovery front. I'll know better tomorrow how to judge today's run.
People have been impressed with the fact that I BQ'd at my first marathon, and ran Boston as my second marathon. Yeah, I suppose that's unusual. The down side is, I ran Boston and I don't really understand recovery from a marathon. I'm learning that as I go along, in part by making mistakes. I just hope I don't make any huge, non-recoverable mistakes as part of the learning process.
2016 races:
January 1, 2016 Resolution Run 7.5 mile (Mendon, NY) finished in 53:58
January 9, 2016 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY) finished in 1:30:59
March 12, 2016 Johnny's Runnin' of the Green 5 mile (Rochester, NY) finished in 32:32
March 26, 2016 Spring Forward Distance Run 15K (Mendon, NY) finished in 1:05:24
April 18, 2016 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA) finished in 3:23:01
April 24, 2016 Flower City Challenge Half Marathon (Rochester, NY) finished in 1:36:50, targeting MP
May 15, 2016 Highland Hospital Lilac Run 10K (Rochester, NY)
June 19, 2016 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY)
July 16, 2016 Shoreline Half Marathon (Hilton, NY)
September 18, 2016 Rochester Marathon (Rochester, NY)
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I think @PoppetsMaster might have one of the best and widest variety of shoes in his collection
My collection of 7 - 3 in rotation and 4 in the closet.
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »My current rotation will be:
2 pair Glycerine 13's
2 pair Ghost 8's
1 pair Dyad 8's
1 pair Mizuno Wave Riders
1 pair Hoka Challenger (these are my dedicated trail shoe currently)
Yeah, I might have a running problem.
Pick up your game, slacker. With my recent addition of the Merrell Bare Access Ultra and the Merrell Mix Master Speed, I have increased my collection to 14. Yeah, you may have a problem, but how many times you been to rehab for sniffing Shoe-goo and telling yourself those shoes with 800 miles on them are still just fine?
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My current collection...
Merrell: Trail Glove(trail), Road Glove, Road Glove 2, Bare Access 3, Bare Access Ultra, Mix Master Speed(trail)
New Balance: MR00, Hi-Rez, MT1010(trail), MR00v2
Altra: Samson
Inov8: Bare-X200, Ultra 270(trail)
Montrail: Fluid-flex(trail)
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@juliet3455 ... that's a sweet collection...0
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juliet3455 wrote: »
I think @PoppetsMaster might have one of the best and widest variety of shoes in his collection
My collection of 7 - 3 in rotation and 4 in the closet.
Haha! Maybe @7lenny7 will weigh in.PoppetsMaster wrote: »WhatMeRunning wrote: »My current rotation will be:
2 pair Glycerine 13's
2 pair Ghost 8's
1 pair Dyad 8's
1 pair Mizuno Wave Riders
1 pair Hoka Challenger (these are my dedicated trail shoe currently)
Yeah, I might have a running problem.
Pick up your game, slacker. With my recent addition of the Merrell Bare Access Ultra and the Merrell Mix Master Speed, I have increased my collection to 14. Yeah, you may have a problem, but how many times you been to rehab for sniffing Shoe-goo and telling yourself those shoes with 800 miles on them are still just fine?
I think I need more shoes.....
I have 8 pair, but only 3 or 4 I run in. A pair I've yet to come to love, and 3-4 pair that are retired for walking and yard work.
Hey everyone- For entertainment these last few days of the month- HOW MANY SHOES DO YOU HAVE?0 -
Only 3 pairs....and I'm debating if my wife will let me get away with a 4th....my first pair is at just over 100 miles...That means it's time to look for a replacement, right???0
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I have 21 pairs of running shoes. 4 are completely destroyed.3
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@MobyCarp My husband thought I was crazy for running in winter with a cold but I swear running makes me feel better and clears it all out
I'm calling 3 hours cleaning the church my exercise today. Did that to help a friend whose mother passed away yesterday. All that mopping was good for my obliques! When I announced after dinner that I was skipping my workout today, my husband said "It's about time!" I'm not sure what that means. But he says to order myself the Garmin heart rate strap for Mother's day so yay! But I'm kinda scared of what I'm gonna learn about my heart rate
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »Only 3 pairs....and I'm debating if my wife will let me get away with a 4th....my first pair is at just over 100 miles...That means it's time to look for a replacement, right???
Uh ya. Tell her all the other runners have 21 pair.
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HR monitor ordered. Plus another UA tee. Because I wanted free shipping. You can never have too many of those either though! I only have 2 in-use running shoes (and 2 cross-trainers for indoor workouts and about 6 more athletic shoes for walking/shopping/whatever) but the "active wear" I own is getting to be insane.2
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@ROBOTFOOD 21 - 4 = 17 Functional shoes @ $100.00 min = $1,700.00 minimum Active Shoe investment.
The True value is Priceless as the health benefits far outweigh the financial cost.
I Bow to your Shoe Collection. That is one Crazy Collection of Shoes Dude - Good on Ya.
Looks like I need 10 more pairs
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My local Running Store keeps sending me little Teasers such as this pic
Now if our Running Shoe closet's could look like that we would all be very happy runners.3 -
@juliet3455 1 pair of Kinvaras every 2mo would be perfect!!
3 pairs of HOKAS that were $150 ea But I do buy previous season stuff too.
I'm just as bad with running clothes too. Someone take my credit card!!1 -
I have 5 pairs active in rotation not counting my trail runners that I use just for agility. I also have 3 pairs in retirement that I just can't seem to part with and my 1st pair of Skoras may join them (love them so much but they have so many miles on them!).
I needed some things at the mall for my trip to Dallas next week so I went this afternoon (I hate going and only go under duress). I didn't find any of the things I needed but managed to spend over 2 hours looking at running clothes in various stores. I didn't actually buy anything but it was touch and go for a while
Date..........Miles.........Total
04/01.......5.44..........5.44
04/02.......8.33........13.77
04/03.......0.00........13.77
04/04.......5.25........19.02 - + Agility
04/05.......5.21........24.23 - + Strength Training (one armed)
04/06.......0.00........24.23
04/07.......5.86........30.09 - + Strength Training (one armed)
04/08.......4.34........34.43 - Rain run!
04/09.......0.00........34.43
04/10.......0.00........34.43
04/11.......6.20........40.63 - + Agility
04/12.......5.30........45.93
04/13.......0.00........45.93
04/14.......6.30........52.23 - Fartleks
04/15.......6.40........58.63 - Back to base building
04/16.......0.00........58.63 - + Agility
04/17.......0.00........58.63 - + Agility
04/18.......5.46........64.09 - + Agility
04/19.......5.26........69.35 - + Strength Training
04/20.......0.00........69.35
04/21.......5.48........74.83 - + Strength Training
04/22.......3.00........77.83
04/23.......7.36........85.19
04/24.......0.00........85.19 - + Agility
04/25.......5.35........90.54 - + Agility
04/26.......6.26........96.80
04/27.......0.00........96.80 - + Strength Training
04/28.......5.31......102.11 - Tempo run + Strength Training
04/29.......5.14......107.25 - Recovery from ^^^
Upcoming Races - Let me know if you will be running too!
06/25/16 - SHEPower Virtual Half Marathon
07/31/16 - San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon
09/xx/16 - Beat the Blerch Half Marathon, Seattle
11/19/16 - USA Invitational Half Marathon (Yay, I qualified again!)
xx/xx/xx - Nike Women's Half Marathon, Los Angeles
12/18/16 - San Diego Holiday Half Marathon1 -
Haha @PoppetsMaster , @ROBOTFOOD , @juliet3455 @WhatMeRunning for running shoes one-upmanship. I definitely can't weigh into this, as I only wear 1 pair at a time, with my old pair as walking shoes.
Apr 1 – Rest
Apr 2 – 27.55 km
Apr 3 – Rest
Apr 4 – 8.59 km
Apr 5 – 8.72 km
Apr 6 – 13.32 km
Apr 7 – Rest
Apr 8 – 8.58 km
Apr 9 – 27.59 km
Apr 10 – Rest
Apr 11 – 9.1 km
Apr 12 – 8.58 km
Apr 13 – 15.37 km
Apr 14 Rest
Apr 15 – 8.57 km
Apr 16 – 28.2 km
Apr 17 – Rest
Apr 18 – Rest
Apr 19 – 8.13 km
Apr 20 – 7.62 km (am); 7.63 km (pm)
Apr 21 - Rest
Apr 22 – 8.58 km
Apr 23 – 12.53 km (cutback week)
Apr 24 - Rest
Apr 25 – 9.37 km
Apr 26 – 9.36 km
Apr 27 – 16.13 km
Apr 28 – Rest
Apr 29 – 7.35 km
Apr 30 – 29.01 km
Total: 279.9 km / 240 km
Races:
5 June Rocky River Run 21km
3 July Gold Coast Marathon
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Holy crap, I've got shoe envy.
I've only been using my Nikes since February. My Asics weren't supporting my flat feet enough.
Need to buy more shoes!
OK, since I lose the shoe competition, how's THIS for a smoothie?
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2 April – 5 km parkrun
3 April – 10 km PB 1:02:23
5 April – 8.2 km
7 April – 7.1 km
9 April – 5 km parkrun PB 29:12 Sub-30 goal achieved!
10 April – 15 km ran to the next town and back!
12 April – 8.4 km
14 April – 7 km
16 April – 5 km parkrun PB 28:43!
17 April – 12 km
19 April – 10 km
21 April – 7 km intervals
23 April – 5 km parkrun PB 28:35!
24 April – 13.8 km
26 April – 10 km
28 April – 8.2 km
30 April – 5 km
Total: 141.7 km
Goal: 100 km – rocked it!
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@orphia - lol, I've got shoe envy too.
@shanaber- sounds a like typical shopping trip for me.
I have 4 retired shoes and 3 in the rotation but getting ready to retire one of those. Why is it so hard to throw away the retired shoes? Just can't do it. I better learn how - this is just from a little under two years running, I can imagine as the years go by the retired collection will be too much.
4/1- 5.1 miles in the rain
4/2 - rest/travel day
4/3 - 34 miles on bike
4/4 - 5.1 miles (intervals)
4/5 - 5.1 miles - intervals (although slower than yesterday)
4/6 - 22 miles on bike + Strength training
4/7 - 4.2 miles - slow and steady
4/8 - strength training
4/9 - 34 miles on bike
4/10 - 50 miles on bike
4/11 - 5.1 miles - recovery run from all the biking + strength training
4/12 - 4.2 miles
4/13 - rest day (biking rained out).
4/14 - 4.8 miles
4/15 - sick day
4/16 - 4.2 very slow miles (feeling better)
4/17 - 35 miles on bike
4/18 - 5 miles (intervals)
4/19 - strength training
4/20 - 4 miles + 24 mile bike ride
4/21 - 5 miles
4/22 - strength training
4/23 - 34 miles on bike
4/24 - 50 miles on bike
4/25 - 3.9 miles - recovery run
4/26 - 5.2 miles - intervals! Or Fartleks.
4/27 - 4.2 miles + 24 mile bike ride
4/28 - rest day
4/29 - 5 miles - intervals. + strength training
4/30 - 5 miles - fartleks - GOAL!
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@MobyCarp Re: marathon recovery -- Personally, I always get sick after a marathon. Running keeps you pretty healthy and boosts your immune system, but then a marathon takes quite a toll on all systems, and after a the race your mileage decreases. I just plan to spend the week after a marathon succumbing to all the illnesses I fought off while training. That sort of forces me to recover, because I feel like crap and don't want to run anyway!0
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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- 2.0<- Wife’s second run!
4/23- 6.3
4/24- Rest <- took a day after pushing on my 10K TT yesterday.
4/25-Rest
4/26-5.1
4/27- 3
4/28- 5.0
4/29- Rest
4/30- 7.05
Totals According to Garmin): 85.5/60
Notes on today's run: Today's assignment was a long run of 50-75 minutes, I didn't feel right only running for 50 minutes when my weekday easy runs are all 5 miles, so I went for the 75 minutes, ended up running 1:14:32 and 7.05 miles.
Decided to try running on a local trail today. Got TOTALLY turned around and ended up going the wrong direction and having to pull out my phone and use the satellite map on Maps to figure out my way back. This let to some much faster than planned running because, when I get distracted I tend to run faster.
Also, it turns out that my Brooks Glycerin 13's make pretty good trail shoes, despite not being made for it...However, I now need to get some trail shoes.2 -
@MobyCarp - Running generally helps a cold for me too. The only exception was last summer when I overdid my training and made a cold much worse on a 16 mile long run. Between the accumulated fatigue and the cold I was down for a couple weeks. I never truly recovered my pace and strength because I still ran the marathons I trained for (although at a very slow pace). It wasn't until I stopped running for a few weeks after those marathons that I recovered.
@Orphia - That smoothie looks pricey!
As for shoes, I'm currently at 9 pair in rotation after yesterdays bonanza. So I am not quite at "shoe junkie" status yet, but headed down that path perhaps. I guess the day I catch myself putting on a new pair in a public bathroom to wear home hoping the wife doesn't notice is when I should worry. Currently I'm only at the stage where I'm stashing the 2 pair in the car that I bought last night to sneak in while wifey snoozes in this morning (Guess what I'm doing after posting).
Oh, I didn't mention this earlier, but I also picked up clothes. Basically extras of the items I like best of all I've tried the last year or two. So I got 2 new pair of Nike running shorts, 3 new UA compression shirts, and 2 packs of Adidas boxer briefs (TMI?). The only thing left to order is more Injinji midweight crew socks. That will be done after smuggling in the shoes and clothes from the car.0 -
@MNLittleFinn - I have run trails in Glycerin too and was surprised at how well they worked. Definitely get some real trail shoes though. You may also want to look at something with a lower drop, but I would not go full on to zero drop, you need an adjustment period. A lower drop can help the ankles on the trickier parts of trails.0
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »Currently I'm only at the stage where I'm stashing the 2 pair in the car that I bought last night to sneak in while wifey snoozes in this morning (Guess what I'm doing after posting).
This scenario rings a bell. Sometimes I just wait a few weeks to wear something, then when my hubby says "More new running gear?" I can say "No, I've had this awhile."
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@WhatMeRunning was looking at Brooks PureGrit 4 for trailshoes, they have a 4mm drop as opposed to the 10 on my Glycerins1
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