May 2016 Running Challenge
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Today is a rest day.
On the Friday of a down/recovery week.
I can do this!!
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
5/10 - 6 miles
5/11 - 10 miles
5/12 - 6 miles
5/13 - Rest
5/14 - 13.1 miles
5/15 - 4 miles
5/16 - 6 miles
5/17 - 6 miles
5/18 - 6 miles
5/19 - 6 miles
5/20 - Rest
130.2/200 miles
2016 races (this list is subject to change at the posters whim):
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 but was only 12.5 miles
5/1 - Buffalo Bell Stampede half marathon (Leavenworth, KS) 2:25:06
5/14 - Running with the Cows half marathon (Bucyrus, KS) 2:17:38.4 new PR
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)2 -
WhatMeRunning wrote: »Today is a rest day.
On the Friday of a down/recovery week.
I can do this!!
I'm with ya brother....These rest days are hard on me! Next week is going to more than make up for it though.... :shudder:0 -
5/1: 26.2 miles (26.5 according to Garmin!)
5/2: Marathon recovery day
5/3: More marathon recovery
5/4: 3.5 miles with Pacers Wed squad
5/5: 3.5 miles with Thursday crew
5/6: Rest day
5/7: 6.2 miles with Saturday RAP crew
5/8: 10 miles solo
5/9: 4 miles with Monday coffee crew
5/10: Rest
5/11: Lazy day
5/12: 4.5 miles (am), 7.3 miles with Thursday crew (pm)
5/13: Rest day
5/14: Lazy day
5/15: 2 miles + 10 miles
5/16: 4 miles with Joe to Go crew
5/17: Rest day
5/18: Lazy day
5/19: 7 miles with Pacers Thursday crew
5/20: Rest day
FINALLY had a good run yesterday! Ran fast, felt fast, and it felt good! Because my Monday run was at 6:30 am and my run last night was at 6:30 pm, it was like having three days off, and it was amazing. By yesterday afternoon, I was anxious for 6:15 to roll around so I could head off to the store to meet up pre-run! Hopefully I'll be able to start upping my mileage again soon and get back to 5x a week schedule.
Resting today and will likely be joining my Saturday group for an unofficial half marathon of 13x1 mile hill repeats in town, followed by all the coffee and lattes and mochas we can stomach
Upcoming Races:
6/11: Pacers Princeton Halfway Half (Princeton, NJ)
7/4: a fourth of july race somewhere!
11/20: Philadelphia Marathon
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You are a BEAST!!kristinegift wrote: »Resting today and will likely be joining my Saturday group for an unofficial half marathon of 13x1 mile hill repeats in town...0 -
kristinegift wrote: »FINALLY had a good run yesterday! Ran fast, felt fast, and it felt good! Because my Monday run was at 6:30 am and my run last night was at 6:30 pm, it was like having three days off, and it was amazing. By yesterday afternoon, I was anxious for 6:15 to roll around so I could head off to the store to meet up pre-run! Hopefully I'll be able to start upping my mileage again soon and get back to 5x a week schedule.
Resting today and will likely be joining my Saturday group for an unofficial half marathon of 13x1 mile hill repeats in town, followed by all the coffee and lattes and mochas we can stomach
Glad to see you got your mojo back! and that sounds awesome!0 -
Headed out to run (anything over 3 miles!) soon as I drop son at school. Probably gonna get rained on. Woke up yesterday and today with a sore throat but it goes away once I'm up so I'm not worried. New adidas trail shoes arrived yesterday so here's a pic of those and the new Launch 2. They're both so "loud". The adidas is much greener than the lighter turquoise I expected but it's okay. And the Launch is just what was available to spend my coupon. But I like them both just fine
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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
5/12 - 4.31 miles.
5/13 - 3.1 miles on treadmill, plus weights/abs
5/14 - 6 miles. Abbreviated 10k. Ran first 5k with my daughter...her 1st! Then 2nd loop in what would have been a 5k PR. Had so much fun!
5/15 - 9.02 miles. Gorgeous afternoon!
5/16 - Planned rest day.
5/17 - 4.39 miles. Cool, pleasant, misty morning.
5/18 - Unplanned rest day
5/19 - 4.8 miles on treadmill (Trek class), then weights
5/20 - 5.09 pleasant miles. Negative splits.
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@greenolivetree love the shoes! I may have to try a pair. I think I need to go back to a stability shoe.0
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@RespectTheKitty- I did not click on the links that @Stoshew71 provided, but stomach cramps and bowel issues during/after running can be caused by dehydration and electrolyte imbalance. This often happens when running in weather that is hotter and more humid than you are used to. Maybe try drinking a sports drink before hand?1
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May
1-0
2-stretching
3-stretching-knee is still sore
4-yoga tonight/foam rolled
5-nothing yet
6-nothing
7-13.36mi great race. super hard for me. but I did it and completed it. and now I've finished a half marathon race
8-nothing
9-nothing
10-nothing-recovery takes too long
11-yoga
12-nothing
13-yoga
14=nothing
15=nothing
16-nothing yet.....
17-4.7mi treadmill with hills. level 4
18-yoga tonight
19-4.23mi treadmill. i tried a steady rate with steady incline level 5. not good. bad run. lots of walking
20-so i have a cold
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 2:51:11
May 28-29-Global 5k Run Virtual
May 28-Top Gun Run 5k Virtual
June 11-Rock n Sole 1/4 Marathon?
June 19th through Sunday, July 10th SHE Power Virtual Half (got my gear-good stuff)
July 20-Cream Puff 5k?
July 30-National Watermelon Day 5k?
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@RespectTheKitty - I had this issue frequently last summer/early fall when it was hot out. For me, eating immediately after a run was a huge help (my go-to post-run snack was cheese curds and blackberries). If I felt really crappy, I'd just eat some salt. Yep, straight salt always did the trick. My guess is a combination of electrolyte issues and the pause in digestion that goes along with a long, hard run.
I will qualify the suggestion to eat straight salt with this: I eat a very low carb diet, so my salt intake needs to be higher than normal anyway. Please take my advice with a GRAIN OF SALT (nyuck, nyuck, nyuck...I think I'm funny, anyway...)!
You might want to try an electrolyte drink or supplement during your run to help keep things from getting too far out of whack. That should help prevent issues.4 -
@EvgeniZyntx why would you do that to me. there goes my productivity1
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Decided to take today off from work. Been working a ton of hours for end of year stuff and needed a day to recuperate. So I got to run in daylight. But it was SO hot! It was 95% humidity and 78 - but felt like it was much worse. I felt pretty good until the last mile where the heat/sun just really got to me - had to walk a few times in that mile. But otherwise was happy and felt good. Was a little surprised at how my HR was when I analyzed it later. I was in zone 5 for a long time. But IDK, I wasn't sprinting or pushing myself and tried to always make sure I could sing/talk.
The only scary thing was a lady nearly hit me as I started to cross the street with my walk sign. I was in BRIGHT pink, yet she decided to make her right turn oblivious to anyone around. I was looking at her as I was starting to cross, trying to make eye contact which didn't happen until I backed up to get out of her way. The car that was sitting at the light honked and at first I thought he was honking at me, but he yelled something to her as she passed him. I guess my 4:30am runs are safer after all. That happened in mile 2 so I was very careful after that!
BTW, if you have young kids be sure you are making them do math in their heads. Myself and the math teachers have been astonished at how high school students can't do any math in their heads or understand basic things. I have had my students write a program for years that is for a drive-up restaurant. The idea is they design a screen and write the code so that the customer just presses buttons for what they want to order and a picture shows up and the running total is displayed. There is a "total" button that takes the running total and adds 6 or 7% tax. I would say half the class did not know how to do it. In the past I would have maybe one student who would ask me "what do you mean?" and I would ask them "if you went to the store to buy something that was $50 and tax is 7% what would the total be?" and they would always say "OH OK" and then write the code. This year, many and some of them SENIORS!... said I don't know... add .70? Um... No, do it on paper. They would look at me with the deer in headlights look. So I'd say ok, when YOU go to a restaurant and want to leave a tip how do you figure it out. They either said "it says it at the bottom or there is an app for that". OMG - seriously? So I said "how did the receipt calculate the potential tax???? or how does the app figure it out? that's what you need to do". I wouldn't tell them. I just couldn't. I said ... this is basic math you have to figure it out. Do it on paper first. Eventually they did, or they probably asked someone and thought I was a mean old teacher.
Sorry rant over!
5/1 - 35 mile cycling
5/2 - 5 miles
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
5/10 - 5 miles - fartleks
5/11 - 25 miles cycling
5/12 - 5 miles
5/13 - 4 miles
5/14 - 34 miles cycling
5/15 - 27 miles cycling
5/16 - rest day
5/17 - 4.5 miles + strength training
5/18 - 5 miles + 20 miles cycling
5/19 - rest day
5/20 - 8 miles
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4.25 mi run in the rain (9:32 average) followed by .5 mile walk to cool down. I didn't warm up bc it was raining pretty steady at the time and I was afraid I'd chicken out if I walked first. Haha.
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5/1 - rest
5/2 - 4m
5/3 - 5m
5/4 - 6m
5/5 - rest
5/6 - 5m
5/7 - 10m
5/8 - rest
5/9 - 3.8m
5/10 - 3.5m
5/11 - 7m
5/12 - rest
5/13 - 3m
5/14 - 6.2m
5/16 - 4m
5/17 - 6m
5/18 - 7m ****breaking in new shoes: Asics Gel Nimbus 17s
Distance to date: 70.5m
Goal: 126m (56.0% complete)
Training Plan (in case anyone is interested)
coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_4/134.shtml
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@ddmom0811 Nice run! The math thing is terrible. I teach special ed, so my student's mostly can't do math in their heads, but I see it more and more in the general ed classrooms too!
@greenolivetree nice run, and that's a very pretty picture0 -
@ddmom0811 - You remind me of an Isaac Asimov story I read when I was in grade school or junior high. He wrote about a future time where technology did lots of stuff, and one of the kids in the story put 3 + 2 into a calculator multiple times before concluding that 3 + 2 would *always* be 5. Then he went on to discover/derive the principles of basic arithmetic.
At the time, it was far-out futuristic fantasy type stuff. Sounds like we're almost there now for the youngest generation.0 -
6 weeks, 3 days until my first half...Eek! Training is going very well, I can't wait to see how it all comes together!2
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@ddmom0811 - As a second generation programmer my dad and I have chatted a lot about the impact of the modern digital world. It seems pretty inescapable that people's intelligence and drive to learn has suffered from it when any information you could ever need is available at your fingertips without ever having to learn or memorize anything. It's kind of sad how this all came to be due to great intelligence, and to further knowledge, yet the impact seems counter to the desired effect.0
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Folks. You may know most of this, but wanted to throw this out for hot weather running.
http://www.rrca.org/education/hot-weather-running-tips
http://www.baa.org/races/10k/participant-information/running-in-hot-weather.aspx
http://womensrunning.competitor.com/2013/09/training-tips/9-tips-for-hot-weather-running_15230
http://runneracademy.com/running-in-hot-weather-impact-on-pace/
https://runnersconnect.net/running-training-articles/science-of-hot-weather-running/
http://www.active.com/running/articles/tips-for-running-in-the-heat
http://www.runnersworld.com/tag/hot-weather-running2 -
Date Miles today. Miles for May
5/1 REST DAY
5/2 6.2 miles - 6.2 << Taper and cutback week. 5K race Wednesday morning
5/3 6.2 miles - 12.4
5/4 4.4 miles - 16.8 << PEO-AVN 5K Fun Run (was only 2.9 miles; plus 1.5 w/u)
5/4 3.1 miles - 19.9 << got some extra miles squeezed in
5/5 7.5 miles - 27.4
5/6 4 miles - 31.4
5/7 REST DAY << Sick +daughter's birthday party
5/8 REST DAY
5/9 9 miles - 40.4 << Madkin Mountain (634 ft elev gain)
5/9 4 miles - 44.4 << Daily Double
5/10 8.3 miles - 52.7
5/10 4 miles 56.7 << Daily Double
5/11 6.2 miles - 62.9
5/12 9 miles - 71.9
5/13 6.4 miles - 78.3
5/14 17 miles - 95.3
5/15 REST DAY
5/16 8 miles - 103.3
5/16 5 miles - 108.3 << Daily Double
5/17 9 miles - 117.3
5/17 4 miles - 121.3 << Daily Double
5/18 6.2 miles - 127.5
5/19 9 miles - 136.5
5/20 6.2 miles - 142.7
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 <<< 19:10 (2.9 mi) 1 in AG 5 OA
Cotton Row Run 10K - 5/30
Firecracker Chase 10.2 miler 6/25
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Thanks for the links @stoshew71 The fact that my HM is in July is the reason I'm training for a faster HM than my nominal goal pace, so I can slow down, and still meet my primary and secondary goals, hopefully.Folks. You may know most of this, but wanted to throw this out for hot weather running.
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@ddmom0811 @MNLittleFinn wow. Sucks about the kids and math. When my kids were younger and we went to sonic I'd even the change up, by offering an extra dollars to get back 5s or 10s or met the change so I'd only get bills back. Poor kids, they'd always insist I gave them too much. None of them ever figured out I was making it easier. The change is calculated on the receipt, that's all they knew. I just hope my kids caught on.
@greenolivetree love that photo.
MFP isn't suggesting people's when I type @ someone anymore... man, I can barley spell. Spell check is awesome. not like math apps ya know.0 -
@ddmom0811 - You remind me of an Isaac Asimov story I read when I was in grade school or junior high. He wrote about a future time where technology did lots of stuff, and one of the kids in the story put 3 + 2 into a calculator multiple times before concluding that 3 + 2 would *always* be 5. Then he went on to discover/derive the principles of basic arithmetic.
At the time, it was far-out futuristic fantasy type stuff. Sounds like we're almost there now for the youngest generation.
Yes, it is very scary. The calculus honors teacher told me she saw a student enter 100 / 10 into a calculator. At first I thought she was joking but she was serious.WhatMeRunning wrote: »@ddmom0811 - As a second generation programmer my dad and I have chatted a lot about the impact of the modern digital world. It seems pretty inescapable that people's intelligence and drive to learn has suffered from it when any information you could ever need is available at your fingertips without ever having to learn or memorize anything. It's kind of sad how this all came to be due to great intelligence, and to further knowledge, yet the impact seems counter to the desired effect.
And I get that technology does that. I'm sure all of us used to know many phone numbers and now we know hardly any. But this is just simple logic!
We used to have our kids calculate the tip in restaurants (it wasn't on receipts then), and we used to have them figure the way out of an airport (to bags, etc) so that they knew how to read the signs... in Germany where they didn't speak the language or here. The latter was my husband's idea because he traveled a lot as a kid. It turned out they both went overseas during college alone, so it was wise of him.
And yet... I teach some brilliant kids that probably have higher IQs than me. So there is some hope!0 -
WhatMeRunning wrote: »@ddmom0811 - As a second generation programmer my dad and I have chatted a lot about the impact of the modern digital world. It seems pretty inescapable that people's intelligence and drive to learn has suffered from it when any information you could ever need is available at your fingertips without ever having to learn or memorize anything. It's kind of sad how this all came to be due to great intelligence, and to further knowledge, yet the impact seems counter to the desired effect.
It's all a plot by Skynet to dumb down the population, si that when it become fully sentient, it will be easier to take over, as all human ingeniuty will have been lost.2 -
It's pouring now so won't get a bike ride in but I might run if it stops lightening.
In other news... A lot of mornings my husband takes a picture of our daughter’s dog and then later in the day texts it to her and I in a group text with a funny message. She lives in NYC and misses her dog (and us, I presume). Yesterday she replies “why is mom topless in that picture?” I was like …. WHAT?!
I look…. sure enough... the dog was front and center but there in the background is me … getting ready without anything on top. I texted back: EVERYONE MUST DELETE THAT PICTURE IMMEDIATELY!!! My husband replies “oh shoot, I submitted that earlier to dogoftheday.com”. I told my friends at work and they all said "LET ME SEE!" Um, NO!
And I was such a good mom, warning my kids about sexting ... now there is me in a picture out in the cloud.
@ddmom0811 I hate to laugh at your expense, but that is freaking hysterical!!!
Love it!!
I so needed that laugh today. I didn't run this morning, I need to run with Skip tonight. Her new running coach wants a baseline for her to start a running plan for the summer. Of course the coach will be in Poland for the next month LOL But they will meet up when she gets back and will communicate via all the medias while she is gone.
I need to get my *kitten* together and soon. I have way too much stress in my life right now. Sorry I haven't been a good replying on posts, I've been taking advantage of the "like" and "awesome" buttons.2 -
I should be working but instead finding a running route in Appleton for tomorrow. I'll probably spend as much time planning a route as I do actually running it.
Kids & math...I think it all starts with reading to kids from the time they're born. It's not math, but it gets their little heads full of mush thinking, synapses firing, nerves connection, etc. We read to our kids constantly, even created "make up stories" when in the car (they'd give us three elements, we'd have to come up with a a story that, ideally, would seamlessly and logically tie everything together...it could get interesting).
Then they got to the age they could read themselves and they all read like crazy. My wife would make weekly trips to the library to keep their brains fed. That all translated in to well functioning brains that could handle more analytical thinking...math, science, etc. All three of our kids are top math students.
Then you need to get them to do stuff for themselves. Find places on a map and navigate there before they can even drive. Do their own laundry (our kids have done their own since 7th grade), make their own lunches, even order their own food at restaurants. You also need to let them fail and learn how to learn from failure.
I want our kids to be highly functioning adults who don't have to come back and live in our basement in a few years5 -
@asmalworld - Congrats on hitting your goal! So early, too!
@ddmom0811 - Just catching up and read about your "wardrobe malfunction"! Laughed out loud for real! I would totally do that to my wife.
@ohhim - "...take today easy with a 7.5 miler..." More proof that we are all *kitten* nuts!
@orphia - "Welcome to the Runny Farm" should be our next shirt!
@kristinegift - "13x1 mile hill repeats". See above comment to @ohhim
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I see that the "kitten" is not conjugated...I am most disappointed.
Also, I just got new shoes in from Amazon! Woo hoo! Got some Saucony Ride 8's for almost half off. $67 (including shipping) when they were $120 new! Love me some bargain running shoes!6
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