April 2016 Running Challenge
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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
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.
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)1 -
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
April total to date – 140.62
Nominal Challenge Goal – 200 miles
Real Goals: Taper well. Arrive at Hopkinton healthy. Run Boston well. Recover well.
Today's notes – Thursday is speed work. But this week, Thursday is a chat with Coach about recovery. Recovery is harder than taper, because there's no set end date when you can run again. It's all about listening to your body and not overdoing it. That's something many of us struggle with.
So Coach said walk/run intervals are good to start with, listen to my body, less is more. I ended up running about 5 miles in chunks of about 2, 2, and 1 mile with breaks between. That was decided because yesterday's 4 mile run was actually broken at 2 miles by a minute or two at a stop light, so I'm pretty sure I can handle 2 miles. I'm not as sore as I was starting out yesterday, but I do have some DOMS in my quads and calves yet. I'm clearly not ready for speed work, and I felt absolutely no guilt at skipping the drills this evening.
What they say about the downhills in Boston being hard on the quads is true. I didn't notice it at first because the calves barked louder, but there it is. The good news is, they'll get better. I just have to be patient and not do too much.
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)
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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4/1...5.0 @ 12:00 on the TM (4.0 @ 11:15 and 1.0 walking)
4/2....3.1 @ 11:45 through the neighborhood. My ankle hurt the first mile or so, especially on the uphill bits--downhill isn't too bad
4/3...Rest day
4/4...4.6 @ 11:32 on the rail trail and neighborhood streets
4/5...2.8 @ 11:50 on the TM--that's 2.3 (just to make it even!) @ 11:15 and .5 at a walk, plus strength training
4/6...Rest day, but I got to go help out at my son's RunFit club. Next time I'm wearing my own running shoes so I can chase him with a sharp stick so he doesn't walk so much! (That was a joke...don't call CPS or Jeff Galloway...)
4/7...7.0 @ 11:25 on the TM (This was really 6.25 at 11:05 and .75 walking to cool down)
4/8...2.0 @ 12:06 (just had a short time to run while the kids were at gym)
4/9...Unintended rest day. I got dressed to run...that counts for something, right? LOL
4/10...4.6 @ 13:39 with the slow poke pup. We ran about 3 miles in the 12:00 neighborhood and walked the rest. Well, I walked. He sniffed and did...doggy stuff.
4/11...3.0 @ 12:00 ish on the basement beheamoth. The kiddos were home sick from school so I was grounded, too.
4/12...2.25 @ 12:00 on the treadmill and strength training
4/13...6.2 @ 12:34 on the rail trail and neighborhood streets
4/14...Rest Day
4/15...4.75 @ 11:56 on the park trail. I decided to try running with earbuds so I couldn't hear my phone telling me how fast I was going. I settled in to a nice easy pace, but I didn't hold back either. This is the pace I love to run, and it was remarkably consistent, with splits of 11:55, 11:46, 12:03, 11:51 and 12:00.
4/16-17 I've been a slug with a terrible head cold, so no running.
4/18...5.0 @ 12:23 My first run in the heat...I was wilting by mile 4. The funny thing is that I looked at last year's run for today and lo and behold, I told myself then that I should remember water and sunscreen. Some people never learn!
4/19...3.5 @ 13:16 Ugh. I started out with the dog and then had to bring him back home because he just wouldn't get with the program. And then I was just sluggish with breathing troubles (oh, Spring, you are lovely but sneezy!!) It's probably good for me to just do a nice, easy run, but I was still a little disappointed.
4/20...4.75 @ 12:06 on the park trail. I'll be honest and say that I'm surprised my time was this slow--it felt like I was flying. It was a really nice run, though, and the weather was perfect. I think I was smiling the whole time.
4/21...Rest Day. I took my daughter to Temple University to visit, so we did a lot of walking around. They have a lot of food trucks! I had a Samosa for lunch...pretty much carbs mushed with carbs, wrapped in carbs, fried in fat, and topped with carbs. Delicious!
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!
ETA: I never intended to taper after my half, but life made me do so anyway...and all I can say is that the "half the miles, double the appetite" is a real problem. I'm not sure how to handle the fact that my desire for food still assumes I'm running 30 miles a week, not 15!
Upcoming races:
4/23 Community 10K Burke, VA
5/21 RunFitKidz 5K Springfield, VA
6/12 Celebrate Fairfax 5K Fairfax, VA
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@MamatoAiden Welcome to the challenge!
@CChen8520 Well done for keeping going past the 20 min wall! A lot of times there's also a mental aspect to running - you think you can't go any further, but if you are stubborn enough to keep going, it turns out you are fine.
@5BeautifulDays Woohoo, new running shoes! Let me know how you like the Guide 9s - I'll have to retire my Guide 7s soon. I have enough road shoes for the moment, but I liked my Guides, so I might just snatch another pair if I ever come across a good deal.
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No running for me last night. I've been slacking on the strength training side of things for almost three weeks now. I joined a gym 5 month ago, first went 3/week, then 2/week, and somehow by now I stopped completely. Since I only have a 6 month contract, now is proably the best time to admit to myself that I hate that gym and to look for something new...
I bought the YAYOG app and started with their basic program. W1 D1 was hard! Lol, I think my main motivation when things got tough was "strength training helps prevent running injuries" ;-)
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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
Total: 99.7 km
Goal: 100 km
So close to goal!3 -
Date Miles MTD ------ ----- ----- Apr 01 103.7 103.7 April Fools!! Apr 03 6.2 6.2 Cohasset 10K, PR and 19th in my age group! Apr 05 5.3T 11.5 Apr 06 3.8T 15.3 Apr 09 6.4 21.7 Apr 10 5.0 26.7 Apr 11 3.6T 30.3 Apr 12 3.8T 34.1 Apr 16 11.2 45.3 Apr 17 4.3 49.6 Apr 19 5.0 54.6 Apr 20 4.2 58.8 Apr 22 5.1 63.9
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5BeautifulDays wrote: »ETA: I never intended to taper after my half, but life made me do so anyway...and all I can say is that the "half the miles, double the appetite" is a real problem. I'm not sure how to handle the fact that my desire for food still assumes I'm running 30 miles a week, not 15!
@5BeautifulDays - I never had that problem with a half, but I sure have it after Boston! I'm up 2 pounds, and losing control with food I could afford while running 60 miles a week but can't now. Know what I need to do about it, but getting it done is challenging.2 -
@kristinegift - lol - cute taper video.
Really wanted to run this am, but knew I should take a day off of cardio, so didn't set my alarm for the early run. I was sort of hoping I'd wake up without alarm and then I'd just go anyway. But, sleep won. Lots of biking this weekend.
Good luck to everyone running tomorrow!
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
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@_nikkiwolf_ Keep us posted on how you like the YAYOG app. I looked at it. But I can barely discipline myself to do my PT everyday. So, I might wait until I can get that down.1
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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 3 -
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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
Go for it. 0 -
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.
Enjoy your time in PA!3
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