April 2016 Running Challenge
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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
4/23 17.5 miles - 196.4 << Long run on Madkin & Weeden Mnts 1193 ft elev
4/24 REST DAY
4/25 8 miles - 204.4 << have a daily double planned for later on today
4/25 4 miles - 208.4 << daily double
4/26 8 miles - 216.4
4/26 4 miles - 220.4 << daily double
4/27 6.2 miles - 226.6
4/28 9.5 miles - 236.1
4/28 5 miles - 241.1 << daily double and some trails
4/29 6.2 miles - 247.3
4/30 17 miles - 264.3
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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Argh, had a nightmare of a week
I teach pupils with special needs and when one lost his temper during the week he stamped on my foot and bruised it. I couldn't have run with decent form because I was hobbling around even when walking. So I'm going to hope that the rest will have done me good, only a week out from my next half. It does mean I didn't get my 10miler in though, so I'm not feeling as prepared for this half marathon as I would like too. Grr, I'm really annoyed 
: and I missed my monthly target, which should have been easy. This week has been a stinker in every sense of the word, it's messed up my whole month.
Oh well, on to a bigger and better month in May...
Well done to everyone who met their goals this month! And good luck to all racing tomorrow
3rd April - 13.1 miles - Half PB 2:04:35
5th April - 2.43 miles
6-8th April - away
9th April - 3.09 miles
10th April - 6.4 miles
12th April - 3.67 miles
14th April - 4.53 miles
17th April - 7.37 miles
19th April - 7.18 miles
22nd April - 3.07 miles
23rd April - 3.04 miles
24th April - 3.25 miles - 5km PB 26:11
30th April - 3.22 miles
MTD - 60.24/65 miles
Upcoming races:
8th May - Run Hackney Half Marathon
2nd Oct - Tonbridge Half Marathon
30th Oct - River Thames Half Marathon
9th April 2017 - Brighton Marathon2 -
Congrats on your races @5BeautifulDays, @ROBOTFOOD and anyone I may have missed who raced today!
And congrats to all of the people meeting and exceeding their goals! Anyone falling short, there is always next month!2 -
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Goal of 70 Miles for April
4/2 – 8.77 Mi
4/6 – 5.55 Mi
4/11 – 4.28 Mi
4/20 – 3.59 Mi
4/23 – 6.09 Mi
4/26 – 4.75 Mi
4/28 – 5.57 Mi
4/30 - 5.83 Mi
Progress toward Goal 44.43 / 702 -
10 km run through the East Riverbank Hill Trails. The East side is a lot steeper than the West so we do most of our running on the west. Bottom of the valley is about 330m and top is roughly 570m ( depending on where you call top of valley ) Went up Kaufman Hill which is one of the steepest in the area; 240m Gain over 2 km-a real leg buster. Then 4km along the Top of the valley and 4km downhill on a real rabbits warren of crossing trails, some turn and take you back up, some track parallel across the slope, some go straight down and some zigzag. So a nice run once you finish the battle to the top of the hill.
We lost one member of our group during the run. He turned onto a wide well used crossing trail when we kept going straight across into the bush on the single track that we were on. Once you get 20-30 meters apart you can't see the people around you due to the Thick Forest cover so its easy to get separated. He followed our club guidelines in that if you get separated and lose touch to just head down to a pinch point or back to the starting point. No cellphone coverage in quite a few of these places due to all the little hills and ridges which create Cell Phone Black Holes.
04/01 – 0.0 Km – 0.0 - 140 km
04/02 – 10. Km – 10 km- 130 km
04/03 – 8.0 Km – 18 km- 122 km
04/04 – 12 km – 30 km – 110 km
04/06 – 6.0 km – 36 km – 104 km
04/08 – 5.0 km – 41 km – 99 km
04/09 –16.0 km – 57 km – 83 km
04/11 –6.5 km – 63.5 km –76.5 km
04/16 – 21km – 84.5 km – 55.5 km
04/21 –8.5km – 93.0 km – 47.0 km
04/23 –10km –103.0 km – 37.0 km
04/27 –11km –114.0 km – 26.0 km
04/30 –10km –124.0 km – 16.0 km – YTD 514.8 km
16 km short of goal. Lost a week in the middle of the month due to the HM and Ski Trip, plus I had to many days in the swimming pool which cut back on my available Running time.
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April Goal: Run often
4/1 couldn't
4/2 4.05
4/3 3.15
4/4 ennui
4/5 snorkel 3.5 hours
4/6 6.30
4/7 3.65
4/8 5.81
4/9 rest
4/10 6.20
4/11 strength train
4/12 3.00
4/13 rest
4/14 3.96
4/15 meh
4/16 4.12
4/17 strength train
4/18 4.05
4/19 4.02
4/20 snorkel 3.5 hours
4/21 too rough to snorkel: parasailed instead!
4/22 6.70
4/23 3.15
4/24 rest
4/25 3.15
4/26 meh
4/27 3.18
4/28 4.10
4/29 meh(again)
4/30 6.01
Total 80.40
Upcoming races:
6/26 SHEPower Virtual 1/2 marathon
11/13 Las Vegas Rock n Roll 1/2 marathon
late reply @shanaber : no, first time parasailing, and yes, I messed up the camera, thinking I was "record"ing when instead I was "stop"ping so that photo is about the only decent shot of the trip
Son is upbeat and tolerating chemo well...thanks!
Re: shoes: currently rotate 4 pair of asics, 1 mizuno, 1 new balance. Have some pumas and sauconys from early in my running "career" which just never worked right (before I knew that good stores did fitting/running tests), but are too good to toss. Like the idea of donating!
Ticker is my goal for 2016 and accumulation to date:
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Got in my final 3 mile tuneup run today after my pre race 2 day rest, and despite the rest, perfect weather and a relatively level surface, my heart rate at a 3:10 Pace was about 4bpm higher than my first few miles of last year's pittsburgh marathon (which I ran eyeball bleedingly tough even splits at). Given that result, and tomorrow's ugly weather, I think I'm going to just set aside a BQ attempt and join the 3:15 pace group tomorrow as it should be more manageable - especially in my race costume.
4/1 - 0.5 mile
4/2 - 6.5 miles
4/3 - 20 miles
4/5 - 4 miles
4/6 - 8 miles
4/8 - 2 miles
4/10 - 13.1 miles (Ironman Florida 70.3, 1:40:14 run, 5:07 total time)
4/13 - 9 miles
4/14 - 21.5 miles
4/15 - 7 miles
4/17 - 13.5 miles
4/18 - 6.5 miles
4/19 - 8 miles
4/20 - 7.5 miles
4/21 - 8 miles
4/23 - 6 miles
4/24 - 7 miles
4/25 - 5.5 miles
4/27 - 3.5 miles
4/30 - 3 miles
Total: 160 miles
Goal: 160 miles
Done
Upcoming races:
5/1 - Pittsburgh Marathon
9/25 - Ironman 70.3 Augusta
10/9 - Chicago Marathon
11/5 - Ironman Florida5 -
Did 13 today... gave me 155 for the month4
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Gosh so many pages to read. I'll have to come back tomorrow to do that. Spent the last 2 days at Sectionals with Skip, she didn't qualify for State but had a great meet.
@kristinegift enjoy tomorrow and thanks for the mile!!!!3 -
Good luck @kristinegift and @Ohhim tomorrow on your marathons. We are waiting on great things.1
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Sorry @skippygirlsmom that Skip didn't qualify for State. She had a heck of a year tho.0
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Had an awesome long run this morning. It rained overnight so it was cool and a bit sloppy starting out but turned into a cool partly cloudy lovely day to run. If I hadn't had an appointment to get to I would have just kept running and maybe would have gotten to my goal. As it is I am only a bit under 3 miles short - not bad for my first month post surgery.
@ddmom0811 - Congrats to your programming team on an awesome 1st place! I laughed out loud at your toe nail story!! Would love to know what you said to everyone and their reactions especially if they are not runners!
@louubelle16 - hope your toe is ok! Next week and next month have to be better for you!
@skippygirlsmom - hope Skip is doing ok after sectionals! @Stoshew71 is right she had an amazing year and not making state should not take away at all from what she has accomplished this year!
Congrats to everyone who raced today and good luck to all who are racing tomorrow!
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
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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 ^^^
04/30.....10.09......117.34
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 Marathon3 -
@Stoshew71 nice collection. @MobyCarp With all the miles you put on some how I thought you would have had a closet full of shoes and spares. @kristinegift Taper crazies are over now its Pre-race Jitters. Go get it Lady.
No Full Marathons or Ultras for me yet - maybe next year for a full if I can find one early in the season or late fall when the temps are cooler. I have a couple of Semi-Local ( 4 hrs drive ) Mountain HM's that I want to do first.0 -
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April 7 - 1.6 miles
April 10 - 6.34 miles (Zombies Run virtual 10k+)
April 14 - 2.86 miles
April 15 - 3.16 miles
April 17 - 3.11 miles (Race for the Place 5k)
April 26 - 2.75 miles
April 27 - 2.76 miles
April 29 - 1.61 miles
April 30 - 5 miles
Welp...I didn't meet my goal this month. I got hit with bronchitis and it totally kicked my butt. Glad to be back in the game, though.
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@stoshew71 and @shanaber thanks. She is so happy with the year she had. She was more upset not to PR her 800m since she's been getting faster every meet. I told her if she continues to cut time in the next two years the way she did over the past two years she'll be running a 5:30 1600 and a 2:30 800 and she was like wow. She really likes cross country more so she can't wait to see how she does there because she's been doing so much speed work during track. I'm going to hire her a running coach for the summer, she asked for that for her birthday. @stoshew71 I think I'm going to call Runninglane I hear so many good things about them. I wish someone like Brandon gave private coaching
I really appreciate you all letting me brag on her this year, I'm really so proud of her.4 -
My goal for April, as I started late, was 50km. Thanks to HM training I managed 58km!
Will have to see what Mmay brings!
Well done everyone1 -
@skippygirlsmom - what a great present! Tell her we are all cheering her on!
Oops it's May - better go find that thread and set a goal!
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Wow, I really need to save the last few pages of this thread, to re-read them every time I start to worry about the number of running shoes in my apartment
My current collection is harmless compared to what some of you guys have!
- Brooks Pure Flow 3 (Nov 2014) 399 km
- Saucony Guide 7 (December 2014) 607 km
- Saucony Cortana 4 (Jan 2016) 285 km
- On Cloudflyer (April 2016) 19.6 km
- ASICS Gel-Fuji Runnegade (April 2016) 23 km
and those, but they don't really count
- Icebug ENLIGHT-L RB9X (December 2014) 67.1 km --- my snow running shoes - didn't get much snow since buying them...
- Saucony ProGrid Paramount 2 (July 2010) 574 km --- "retired" to my parents place; will be donated as soon as I get a chance to swap them for the Guides.
From looking at these notes, I didn't buy any running shoes in 2015. Can you imagine that? I sure seem to be making up for that this year! Half the space in the shoe drawer is taken up by running shoes now. Maybe I need to start storing some in the car or at work
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Regarding using all those running shoes: made my April goal, with 213.3 km of 200 km.
Or maybe 219.3km, depending on how to count the last 6km. Those were on Saturday night around 2am, so Strava and runningahead already count it for May. I might do the same, just so that I can copy/paste my monthly milage from there, rather than doing the calculations myself...
In any case, I'm looking forward to the May challenge. Hope to see all of you there, and hopefully as uninjured as possible!
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Ok. Finally added it all up. 97 km for a goal of 140 km. But no injuries, hit 150 km including bike and hiking. A few PRs. It's all good. Looking forward to May.2
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4/1 - 3.5 miles on indoor track + weights/abs
4/2 - Life day
4/3 - 10 miles. Very windy.
4/4 - Rest day.
4/5 - 4 miles on the treadmill, then weights/abs.
4/6 - 4.3 miles. Cool, damp and breezy.
4/7 - 4.5 miles on treadmill (Trek class)
4/8 - Rest day...lots of housework/painting/yardwork
4/9 - 4.05 mile trail race...super fun with local microbrews at the end! Had way more fun than I expected!
4/10 - Skipped my long run due to back pain / spasms. Not sure if they were from the trail race or from moving my son's room. Had to skip my planned 10+ mile long run. Hope it gets better fast!
4/11 - Woke up with continued back pain. Getting cranky.
4/12 - 4.4 miles. Chilly, but tolerable. Back was tender, but not painful.
4/13 - 5.43 miles. Went further than planned, because it was beautiful out.
4/14 - 3.48 mile evening run.
4/15 - 10.01 miles. UGLY. Hot, humid early afternoon run. Went out too fast. Had to take a short walk break in the middle.
4/16 - Rest day.
4/17 - 5.19 miles. Cool, comfortable.
4/18 - 4.72 miles.
4/19 - 3.98 miles while my daughter had soccer practice
4/20 - Unplanned rest day.
4/21 - 4.8 miles on treadmill (Trek class)
4/22 - 4.0 speedy miles on indoor track, then weights/abs
4/23 - 11.05 miles long run
4/24 - Rest day.
4/25 - 3.5 miles. Small taper leading up to HM on Saturday.
4/26 - 4 miles.
4/27 - Unplanned rest day / life day.
4/28 - 4.5 miles on treadmill (Trek class) - reduced my regular pace and did "hills" at lower incline than instructed
4/30 - 13.33 miles of soggy, windy, cold half marathon. Finished in 1:54:52. Not a P.R., but almost a minute of my time from the same race last year. I will take it!
117.54 / 130 for the month. Without the two missed days from back being sore, would have just hit my goal. Oh well, May is a new month.0 -
The link is posted a few pages back, but in case anyone is looking for the May Challenge.....
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10381153/may-2016-running-challenge0 -
Made 3 more miles on Saturday for total of 30 for April. Goal shattered. May?0
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Just finishing out my log.
4/1 - 5 miles on the bike around town, 3 mile walk, 45 min strength training
4/2 - 4.5 mile run, 3 mile walk
4/3 - rest day
4/4 - 3 mile run, 23 min strength training
4/5 - 4.25 mile run
4/6 - rest day
4/7 - 20 min light walk
4/8 - 3.1 run, 1.5 mile walk
4/9 - 5 mile run, 25 min stretching and foam rolling, 35 min strength training
4/10 - 1 hour indoor low impact cardio
4/11 - 1 hour strength training/pilates/stretching/foam rolling
4/12 - 5 miles biking, 50 mins low impact cardio indoors
4/13 - 30 mins light walking
4/14 - 30 min pilates, 15 min walking
4/15 - 3.1 mile run with 1.3 miles of warm-up/cool down time, another 2.5 miles walk later
4/16 - 2 mile run, 35 min lower body strength& pilates
4/17 - rest day
4/18 - 3 mi run, 30 min ab workout, 10 min upper body
4/19 - 1 hr indoor cardio, 30 min lower body pilates
4/20 - rest day
4/21 - 30 min light walking
4/22 - 6 miles walk/hike (part natural trail/part concrete trail), 35 mins strength training
4/23 - 6 mile bike ride, 2.5 miles walking
4/24 - 30 min lower body pilates, only 6 min upper body strength b/c my arm felt weird
4/25 - 5 miles walking, not all at once
4/26 - 30 min indoor cardio, 1 hour strength+pilates
4/27 - 40 min light walking
4/28 - 3.2 mile run - YAY!
4/29 - 3 hours cleaning a large building :-D
4/30 - 4 mile run
35.1 of 60 miles April running goal1 -
4/1 - 3 miles
4/2 - 5m
4/4 - 3m
4/5 - 4m
4/6 - 4m
4/8 - 3m
4/9 - 5m
4/11 - 3m
4/12 - 2.5m
4/13 - 4.5m
4/14 - 1m
4/15 - 3m
4/16 - 5m
4/18 - 3m
4/19 - 4m
4/20 - 3m
4/21 - 2m
4/22 - 6m
4/23 - 3.1m
4/25 - 3m
4/26 - 5m
4/27 - 4m
4/29 - 3m
4/30 - 8m
Total to date: 90.1 miles
Apr Goal: 85 miles (106.0% complete)
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Oops wrong thread...0
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juliet3455 wrote: »
That honey experiment worked great! I plan on using honey for my marathon in on the 14th.
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