May 2016 Running Challenge

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  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,878 Member
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    @louubelle16 - That has to be the craziest race ever. A driver on the course -- what an idiot. Unbelievable! And the people passed out all over the place! So glad you finished. Wow, made everyone walk? That would be really infuriating if you were pacing yourself and going slow and then they said "you must walk"!

    @_nikkiwolf_ Congratulations! Sounds like a great half marathon!
    @shanaber - hope things settle down after this week!
    @5BeautifulDays - How long is the recovery? Will be sending up positive thoughts for you!

    5/1 - 35 mile cycling
    5/2 - 5 miles + strength training
    5/3 - 3.5 miles
    5/4 - 5 miles - intervals, sort of.
    5/5 - 25 miles cycling in a brutal wind
    5/6 - 5 miles + strength training
    5/7 - 34 miles cycling
    5/8 - 36 miles cycling
    5/9 - 5 miles + strength training


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  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
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    Surguries, injuries, and heat waves... oh my! Sending healing and recovery and "keep yourself safe" vibes to loads of you this morning!
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
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    I finally have time to decently read over posts from the weekend and reply.

    @9voice9 - That race sounded less organized than a small group run!:smile:

    @michable - Way to go cranking out 30k!!

    @skippygirlsmom - Congrats to skip on winning AG! That sounds like a great event. Way to tell that knee who's in charge!:lol: AND free soda for a year??? Holy hell what a day!!

    @MobyCarp - I hope you get that leg back to 100% soon.

    @PoppetsMaster - Good luck next week!

    @heatherdonovan3 and @realalize - Welcome and congrats on the start to C25K! You'll find plenty of support and advice here.

    @MLS1582 - Way to go on your 10k! I'm pretty sure you are faster than I am! Sorry the event folks sucked *kitten*.

    Congrats @Anabbee on your first 5k! That's faster than my first 5k time.

    @ROBOTFOOD - Holy shitballs that sounds insane!! I can't imagine surviving a race like that! Hope you are more mobile today!

    Congrats @Orphia on the 5k PR!!

    Way to go @MNLittleFinn and MamaFinn!!

    Great run @EvgeniZyntx!

    @louubelle16 - OMG that sounds awful! I have had some great May races, but there is a better chance of a hot run like that.

    Congrats on the insanely awesome HM @_nikkiwolf_ that report made my day!!

    @07KatieP13 - :lol: Sorry to laugh about the heat, but I know I am going to feel the same soon enough!

    @Ch1psNQueso - Great to see you are back and able to run again!

    Way to go @pearlica winning your age group!!

    @juliet3455 - Way to power through and have a great race in adverse conditions!!

    Ok, I have to go...congrats to everyone I didn't get to in the last dozen or so posts!!:lol:
  • Brolivia3D
    Brolivia3D Posts: 80 Member
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    5/1 - Resting from the previous day's 5k race (that was totally not a 5k and I'm still annoyed about)
    5/2 - N/A
    5/3 - 2 miles
    5/4 - N/A
    5/5 - 2 miles
    5/6 - N/A
    5/7 - N/A
    5/8 - 2 miles

    Total: 6/25

    I'm aiming for about 3 days a week of running, and if I'm super enthusiastic throwing in an extra if it feels right. But so far so good! Each mile is somewhere around 9:45 - 10min, and as long as I'm at lower mileage just working on trying to not tighten up my shoulders/arms, and then my breathing. Good/bad habits start early, right?
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    edited May 2016
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    Rest day here today. Glad of it. After running 8.4 miles on Sat (nre distance PR) and then the 5k yesterday, then helping my mom get 60 cubic feet of cedar mulch, and driving 3.5 hours home, I'm really tired. Going to rest up today, eat back the calorie deficit from the weekend and get myself ready for getting back into it tomorrow.

    5/1-4.12 miles
    5/2- Rest
    5/3- 5.01 miles
    5/4- 3.12 miles
    5/5- 5.1
    5/6- rest
    5/7- 8.44
    4/8-3.11
    4/9-REST much needed REST

    Total: 28.86/100
  • sleepigrl
    sleepigrl Posts: 53 Member
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    May 1 - 4 miles
    May 3 - 2.25 miles (of 3.1 scheduled)
    May 4 - 1.3 mile short run to warm up for strength training & catch up a bit from yesterday
    May 5 - 3 miles
    May 7 - 3.22 miles (3.44 by my GPS) so... very.... slowly.....


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    Planned Races
    May 7th - Wildflower 5K trail run
    July 9th - Jingle in July 5K July @ Santa Claus House / North Pole
    Sept 11 - Franklin Mountains Trail Run?
    Dec 3 & 4 - San Antonio Rock N Roll 10K & 5K
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  • 4leighbee
    4leighbee Posts: 1,275 Member
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    I'm late to the party! Hope everyone is well this month - can't wait to catch up (22 pages by the 9th!)!

    I'm in for 85 this month - 3 this morning.


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  • MrsKGrady
    MrsKGrady Posts: 276 Member
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    May 2 - 1.57 miles
    May 4 - 2.73 miles
    May 6 - .78 miles
    May 7 - 5 miles
    Mile 8 - 1.5 miles

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  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    Can this be? I'm only 3 miles behind @Stoshew71 for the month? I know it won't last long, but for now I will bask in the glory of being so close to greatness...LOL...... :DB)
  • zoe2434
    zoe2434 Posts: 69 Member
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    5/1……Rest Day
    5/2……2.13 miles
    5/3……Rest Day
    5/4……2.11 miles
    5/5……1.5 miles
    5/6……Rest Day (yoga)
    5/7……1.26 miles
    5/8……Rest Day

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  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
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    An inspirational Video for all runners - especially the Mothers on Mothers Day.
    Ok I might have a Home Province-former Home Town Bias for a Bad@ss Canadian Lady.
    https://www.facebook.com/SauconyCanada/videos/1052130698194381/

    @PoppetsMaster There is one clip in the video showing her new "Hardware" from the Hospital and I remembered the Picture you had posted showing your hardware.
  • Ericsmi
    Ericsmi Posts: 128 Member
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    Goal of 75 Miles for May

    5/2 – 5.73 Mi
    5/4 – 5.56 Mi
    5/7 – 7.67 Mi
    5/8 – 5.60 Mi

    Progress toward Goal 24.56 / 75
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
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    5/1 - 2.66 mi walk
    5/2 - 30 min indoor cardio, 12 min lower body pilates
    5/3 - 3.1 mi run
    5/4 - rest day
    5/5 - 30 min indoor cardio, 15 min lower body pilates
    5/6 - .5 mi walk/4 mi run/1 mi walk
    5/7 - 3 mi run, 40 min strength&pilates, 2.3 mi walk
    5/8 - 3 mi run

    Run goal: 13.1 of 45 miles

    @moyer566 Congrats on your HM!

    @kristinegift Beautiful pic :)

    @pearlica Cold meds give me bad dry mouth too, especially if they include antihistamine/sleepy med. If I run while taking any meds like that, I keep a Ludens throat drop in my mouth. It really helps a lot.

    I scanned everything over the weekend but I won't try to go back and comment on everything, so great job to all the racers!

    Yesterday I shut off the alerts on my HR and ran as I would as usual if I weren't trying super hard to slow down (experimenting). Mile 1 was 9:49 with average HR of 166. Mile 2 was 9:28 with average HR of 176. Mile 3 was 8:37 with average HR of 184. Max HR peaked at 191 the last few seconds before I stopped to cool down. My supposed max HR is 186. Average HR was 177.

    Friday I kept all 4 miles between 10 and 10:45 and I still averaged 173. So tomorrow my plan is 2 easy little miles and try to keep that HR down. If I didn't have the new HR monitor and I went off "feel", I would've said Friday was an easy run and Sun was moderate, but I totally could've run faster Sun if I were trying to because I wasn't pushing myself until the last .25 mi.

    I know this probably sounds totally crazy that my HR is this high. I've been running almost 2 years (with breaks) and I've always run on average at a 9:30 pace and I've run as long as just over an hour like this but I've also done shorter runs much faster, like my best 5k pace was 8:08 last May. I have no reason to believe my HR has ever been any lower during any of this time. But my whole goal this year has been to slow down and I've definitely put in more 10+ min miles than ever before, so I'm a work in progress :)



  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
    edited May 2016
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    Saturday 5/7: rest
    Sunday 5/8: 4.1 miles run/walk

    I'm getting a lot better with my running. Won't be much longer before I can do 5k without stopping.


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  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
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    Congrats @moyer566! You have now run a distance most people would never consider!!

    A great 6 mile easy run today! :sunglasses: I was not too stiff despite the back to back 10.5 mile days and was limber about a quarter mile in. My pace was a lot faster than expected for the effort. I'll take it. :smile:

    5/1 - 13.1 miles
    5/2 - 6 miles
    5/3 - 6 miles
    5/4 - 9 miles
    5/5 - 6 miles
    5/6 - Rest
    5/7 - 10.5 miles
    5/8 - 10.5 miles
    5/9 - 6 miles

    67.1/200 miles

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    2016 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 - Heroes for Hope half marathon (North Kansas City, MO) 2:19:14 new PR
    5/1 - Buffalo Bell Stampede half marathon (Leavenworth, KS) 2:25:06
    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)
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    Great job at the HM @moyer566
    @WhatMeRunning you're making me jealous with the distances you're putting in! Keep it up!
  • 5BeautifulDays
    5BeautifulDays Posts: 683 Member
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    juliet3455 wrote: »
    @5BeautifulDays I will be Calling up all the Mo-Jo I have and making Sure to Harass You - in the Most Politically Correct way - in the Running Group and the Swimming Group!!!!! To get back out here and get back in the routine. o:)

    Thanks so much...I'm counting on this! :)

    And congrats on your race!

    Congrats to you, too, @moyer566 on your half! It really is a huge accomplishment!
    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. My trainer bailed on me, so I got to get a run in outdoors before it started raining. Again. I really wanted to do another mile or two, but ran out of time.

    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:
    5/21 RunFitKidz 5K, Springfield, VA (maybe--if recovered enough from surgery)
    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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