May 2016 Running Challenge

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  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    edited May 2016
    Happy Runniversary @7lenny7! :sunglasses:

    Congrats @07KatieP13 on the 10k PB!!
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    edited May 2016
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    I missed it. Monday, May 9th, was the 1 year anniversary of my very first run (which happened to be a 5k). I wanted to get out for a short run to celebrate but completely forgot. Oh well.

    Happy Runniversarry!!!!
    07KatieP13 wrote: »
    10k PB today, very happy with that :) Also very happy with how my month is going so far :)

    Congratulations on the PB!!!!
  • PoppetsMaster
    PoppetsMaster Posts: 200 Member
    DATE...............MILES.............TOTAL
    5/1....................REST................00.00
    5/2....................REST................00.00
    5/3.......................5.00.................5.00
    5/4.....................10.00...............15.00
    5/5.......................3.00...............18.00
    5/6....................REST................18.00
    5/7.....................12.00...............30.00
    5/8.......................6.00...............36.00
    5/9....................REST................36.00
    5/10..................REST................36.00
    5/11.....................5.00...............41.00


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    2016 Races
    5/14: Glacier Ridge Ultra -- 50k (Portersville, PA)
    6/9: Buckeye Trail 50k -- 50k (Brecksville, OH)
    7/16: ColorRun --5k (with my 15 year old)(Pittsburgh, PA)
    7/17: Presque Isle Half-Marathon (Erie, PA) -- This is a maybe.. road races have too many people...
    9/10: 1st Annual Possum Glory Endurance Race -- 50k (Northern Cambria, PA)
    10/1: Cloudsplitter 100 -- 100 Miles (Pine Mountain, KY)
    10/15: Buffalo Creek Half Marathon (Sarver, PA) -- This is also a maybe.. because people...
  • 5BeautifulDays
    5BeautifulDays Posts: 683 Member
    edited May 2016
    5/1...Rest
    5/2...4.25 @ 12:22 on the hilly lake trail
    5/3...3.0 @ 13:00 (this is really 2.0 @ 12:00 and 1.0 walking) on the treadmill and strength training day
    5/4...4.25 @ 11:51 (most of it was around 11:30, but mile 4 is a brutal hill) on the neighborhood rail trail
    5/5...2 miles walking. I'm not counting it, but thought I'd throw it in here as my "active rest" day
    5/6...5.0 @ 11:21 on the treadmill, since it's raining pairs of cats and dogs straight onto the ark...
    5/7-8... Rest/life days
    5/9...5.5 @ 12:40, nice and easy on the lake trail
    5/10...2.0 @ 11:55 on the dreadmill, and strength training
    5/11...7.5 @ 13:00 on the big lake trail and connector trail, nice and easy. My legs are tired! But no more running for at least a week. :(
    5/12-20 Rest/Surgery/Recovery

    Completed races:
    1/18 MLK 8K, Burke, VA 56:14
    2/22 Princess Half, Orlando FL, 2:49:33
    4/23 Healthy Strides Community 10K, Burke, VA 1:14:29
    4/30 Run for the Children 8K, Fairfax, VA 56:35

    Upcoming races:
    6/12 Celebrate Fairfax 5K, Fairfax, VA
    7/4 Freedom 5K, Fairfax VA
    9/5 Great American 5K, Fairfax, VA
    Either Hemlock Half or Divas Half in September
    10/30 MCM 10K, Washington, DC
    11/6 The Parks 10K, Washington, DC
    11/19 Potomac River Half, Carderock, MD


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  • Holly_Wood_888
    Holly_Wood_888 Posts: 268 Member
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  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    Somehow, it seems like a big accomplishment creating and sending a Cruise Interval workout to my Forerunner 230
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    edited May 2016
    5/1 - 5 miles
    5/2 - 4 miles
    5/3 - rest day
    5/4 - 6 miles
    5/5 - 5 miles
    5/6 - rest day
    5/7 - 5 miles
    5/8 - trip to Nashville :smiley:
    5/9 - 5 miles
    5/10 - family day
    5/11 - 5 miles

    35 of 100 miles

    stupid ticker won't update

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  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    Great running @skippygirlsmom !
  • dennie24
    dennie24 Posts: 251 Member
    5/2 3.37 miles
    5/5 5.86 miles
    5/10 3.7 miles
    5/11 4 miles

    I haven't been feeling well lately. I missed a few runs last week and then another one on Monday. I did some intervals yesterday and they were hard so I went for a recovery pace run today. I am also one of those people who find it common to have an average heart rate in the 170s with a max in the 180s for even easy runs. Today I had an average of 163 and max of 173. My pace was only about 15 seconds per mile slower than usual so I was surprised. I think I am going to try around the same pace for my 80 minute run on Friday and see what that gets me.
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  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    @dennie24 great job!
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,281 Member
    edited May 2016
    04/05 4 miles
    05/05 2 miles
    09/05 4 miles
    10/05 4 miles
    11/05 4 miles


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  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    @Marissaxzxzxz Good running!
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    I can't recall if this has been posted before or not. It's a thought-provoking video about running as a form of addiction.

    https://youtube.com/embed/-NwHNHNXsg0
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    I can't recall if this has been posted before or not. It's a thought-provoking video about running as a form of addiction.

    https://youtube.com/embed/-NwHNHNXsg0

    I think it has been, but it's great so worth posting.
  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
    Today I did c25k week 6 day 2. I decided to skip the walking interval between the two 10-minute running intervals and thus wound up running 23 minutes without stopping, though toward the end I was kind of seriously reaching for it. I don't know how you guys can go 10 miles, LOL. I know, I know, give it time. :smile:


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  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    @RespectTheKitty Great job!
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    Running fewer miles the week of a race is tough, but necessary. And I am totally bummed that I can't do my 38 Mile Night Fun Run on June 4.... I forgot that it was my son's graduation that day. I felt like crap because I debated long and hard about asking him if he would mind me not being there. :/ Anyway, I am going to swap that race out for another 50k in Ohio in July... that will still give me three 50ks and a couple of HMs to get ready for October... but still, I can't believe I was seriously thinking about skipping his graduation for a race....

    You may be addicted to running if . . .
  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
    5/1 - Rest day after HM to finish April. Another ugly, rainy day.
    5/2 - 4.25 miles.
    5/3 - 3.1 miles. Quick 5k while my daughter had soccer practice.
    5/4 - 4.53 miles. Cool, pleasant morning run. Mostly base pace, but last mile tempo.
    5/5 - 4.95 miles on treadmill (Trek class).
    5/6 - 4.47 miles. Base pace.
    5/7 - 4.84 miles, Market to Market Relay Leg 4
    - 4.01 miles, Market to Market Relay Leg 11
    5/8 - Planned rest day
    5/9 - Unplanned rest day
    5/10 - 5.17 miles
    5/11 - Misty, foggy 5.01 miles

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  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    moyer566 wrote: »
    woke up and saw my frog sitting like this. i think i must have looked like this when i got in the whirlpool after the half marathon
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    The whirlpool spun so fast that you turned green? :D
  • _nikkiwolf_
    _nikkiwolf_ Posts: 1,380 Member
    edited May 2016
    @moyer566 wow, the frog looks like he's about to melt with relaxation and contentedness, nice photo!

    @Orphia Wow, your fitness programm sounds awesome! Body weight exercises every day? That's so impressive, I already struggle to meet my good intentions of 2x strength training per week.

    @5BeautifulDays All the best for the surgery, I'm wishing you a speedy recovery!

    @7lenny7 Lol, no, I don't remember seeing that one before! Beware the dangerous running addiction!

    @RespectTheKitty 23 minutes without stopping, well done! Actually, I think going from not-running to running 5k is the hardest. Going from 5k to 10k gets a little easier, and when you run 15km, 20km don't seem like that much longer anymore... Plus, t.b.h., it's not like everyone has to end up running 10miles or more - when I first started running, I was happy with my 3x30 minutes per week for quite a few years. Until I let my guard down and the addiction snuck up on me ^^

    By the way, I'm convinced cyclists are just as crazy as runners. I drove over to "my" mountain today, met the same two guys a couple of times during the run:
    First time they were going up shortly after I had turned around to go back down - they did say "Good evening", but they looked like what they were doing was hard! They passed me 15 minutes later (at that point all of us going down) near the foot of the climb, and sounded a lot happier as they were zipping past - they shouted back to me in passing that now I could have had the road to myself ^^ After that, I was actually thinking about those cyclists as I ran on - there's a hill I have to climb when I ride my bike to work and I hate it - how crazy that they ride to the freaking mountains for fun?
    I usually run a little extra hill detour before I got all the way down to the car park. So today, as I got near the top of the extra hill, I met those same guys on their bikes again! My first though was "how on earth did they end up back up here - there were already down, why would they do a loop that leads them up another hill?!". To be fair, judging by their stunned expressions, they might have thought the same of me. In the end we all just grinned as we passed each other. Still, I'm counting that as evidence that we runners aren't the only crazies out there. Not to mention that cycling friend I have who keeps hoarding bikes like other people hord running shoes...
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    MobyCarp wrote: »
    Running fewer miles the week of a race is tough, but necessary. And I am totally bummed that I can't do my 38 Mile Night Fun Run on June 4.... I forgot that it was my son's graduation that day. I felt like crap because I debated long and hard about asking him if he would mind me not being there. :/ Anyway, I am going to swap that race out for another 50k in Ohio in July... that will still give me three 50ks and a couple of HMs to get ready for October... but still, I can't believe I was seriously thinking about skipping his graduation for a race....

    You may be addicted to running if . . .

    it may be fun to add our own.

    ...if you plan your wedding or honeymoon around a particular race. I'm not looking at @moyer566 on this one.

    ...if you missed the birth of a child/grandchild because of your long run.

    ...if you don't bother with your facebook but get stressed out if you have neglected your strava feed.



  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    @skippygirlsmom Thanks for the boot suggestions. If you hadn't shared that Skip ran in her's, I wouldn't have kept trying to figure this thing out. An orthotic and following the instructions putting it on helped. I think the way it was initially put on me was "wrong" or loose or something.
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    edited May 2016
    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    MobyCarp wrote: »
    Running fewer miles the week of a race is tough, but necessary. And I am totally bummed that I can't do my 38 Mile Night Fun Run on June 4.... I forgot that it was my son's graduation that day. I felt like crap because I debated long and hard about asking him if he would mind me not being there. :/ Anyway, I am going to swap that race out for another 50k in Ohio in July... that will still give me three 50ks and a couple of HMs to get ready for October... but still, I can't believe I was seriously thinking about skipping his graduation for a race....

    You may be addicted to running if . . .

    it may be fun to add our own.

    ...if you plan your wedding or honeymoon around a particular race. I'm not looking at @moyer566 on this one.

    ...if you missed the birth of a child/grandchild because of your long run.

    ...if you don't bother with your facebook but get stressed out if you have neglected your strava feed.


    ...if your lawn is terribly neglected from your weekend long runs and races. Not that this sort of thing has ever happened, mind you.

    ...if you have an Amazon Dash Button for your favorite pair of running shoes (or Pop-Tarts).
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    MobyCarp wrote: »
    Running fewer miles the week of a race is tough, but necessary. And I am totally bummed that I can't do my 38 Mile Night Fun Run on June 4.... I forgot that it was my son's graduation that day. I felt like crap because I debated long and hard about asking him if he would mind me not being there. :/ Anyway, I am going to swap that race out for another 50k in Ohio in July... that will still give me three 50ks and a couple of HMs to get ready for October... but still, I can't believe I was seriously thinking about skipping his graduation for a race....

    You may be addicted to running if . . .

    it may be fun to add our own.

    ...if you plan your wedding or honeymoon around a particular race. I'm not looking at @moyer566 on this one.

    ...if you missed the birth of a child/grandchild because of your long run.

    ...if you don't bother with your facebook but get stressed out if you have neglected your strava feed.



    How about when you're traveling and feel the need to take the tangents on all roadways.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    ....If you keep waking up earlier and earlier because it's so much more fun to get your mileage in in the dark.
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    MobyCarp wrote: »
    Running fewer miles the week of a race is tough, but necessary. And I am totally bummed that I can't do my 38 Mile Night Fun Run on June 4.... I forgot that it was my son's graduation that day. I felt like crap because I debated long and hard about asking him if he would mind me not being there. :/ Anyway, I am going to swap that race out for another 50k in Ohio in July... that will still give me three 50ks and a couple of HMs to get ready for October... but still, I can't believe I was seriously thinking about skipping his graduation for a race....

    You may be addicted to running if . . .

    it may be fun to add our own.

    ...if you plan your wedding or honeymoon around a particular race. I'm not looking at @moyer566 on this one.

    ...if you missed the birth of a child/grandchild because of your long run.

    ...if you don't bother with your facebook but get stressed out if you have neglected your strava feed.



    How about when you're traveling and feel the need to take the tangents on all roadways.

    . . . if you describe driving to a race as being "trapped in a car all day."
  • vandinem
    vandinem Posts: 550 Member
    Date      Miles      MTD
    ------    -----    -----
    May 03      4.2T     4.2  
    May 04      4.2T     8.4 
    May 06      5.1     13.5 
    May 07      8.2     21.7 
    May 08      5.6     27.3 
    May 09      4.2     31.5 
    May 11      6.5     38.0 
    

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  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    ...if you ever decided it would be too painful to get out of your car after driving home from a race so you grab drive thru food and sleep in the car overnight.
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