May 2016 Running Challenge
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PoppetsMaster wrote: »EvgeniZyntx wrote: »
I have heard that you're not a real runner is you haven't pooped in hole.
Not a real trail runner anyway...
Maybe I'm fine with never being a 'real' runner...MNLittleFinn wrote: »Random middle of training plan thought...How do you choose which shoes to wear on race day? I have my 10k coming up in 3 weeks and my HM in 6, and am already thinking about which shoes to wear....
I wear my favourite ones! None of mine are only good for certain types of running, I can't afford/be bothered with that, so I just go with which ones I like best at the time.
I agree with @7lenny7 on this one, I definitely re-wear clothes. I'm glad I'm not the only one! Although obviously it's not through choice, only necessity if there's nothing clean left. Basically, my rule is if I have to smell it to decide if it's clean or dirty, then it's clean enough. If I can smell it just from having picked it up then that's where I draw the line. And I wouldn't do it if I were running with a friend or at the gym, because no-one else needs to know I'm that skanky/lazy/out of washing powder...
2nd May - 3.06 miles
3-4th May - poorlysick
5th May - 2.40 miles
8th May - 13.1 miles Hackney Half 2:05:24
12th May - 3.27 miles
14th May - 3.11 miles
15th May - 5.08 miles
17th May - 3.23 miles
19th May - 3.64 miles
20th May - 5.26 miles
MTD - 42.15/70 miles
Upcoming races:
2nd Oct - Tonbridge Half Marathon
30th Oct - River Thames Half Marathon
9th April 2017 - Brighton Marathon
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@7lenny7 @Elise4270 @9voice9 - In the winter I have reused shirts and pants. But now that it's warm I guess I need to pamper myself.
I heard that polyester can take on a permanent body odor smell if not washed frequently enough. So that's what compels me, I suppose.
@4leighbee - 25% to 33%1 -
juliet3455 wrote: »20 to 40 cm of Snow in a 200 km radius - That nice spring snow that's more like a Slushy than snow. Heavy, wet, cold. Pulled trees down - Power outages every where. So I spent the day driving. 14 hr day - 12 hrs of driving. 15 minutes of work at multiple locations to repair Emergency Generators and then onto the next location. More of the same tomorrow. People are Idiots. Why would a person driving a small car pass me when I had the big 4x4 and was plowing trail? They ended up in the Trees. I then had to help them since all the cell sites were down. Did I mention I think some people are intellectually challenged? So no swimming, running or biking etc today = Grumpy!!.
@Zom_bunny That just means you need more trail run training and experience.I did 18 miles so far this week 7 miles of it was my first trail run. Hated it im definetely more of an indoor girl !
See the Key training hint from EvgeniZyntx wrote: » I have heard that you're not a real runner is you haven't pooped in hole.
I love Trails, Natural surfaces are always softer than the Engineered Asphalt or Cement trails and the changing scenery - wildlife keeps me looking around for the next animal.MNLittleFinn wrote: »Random middle of training plan thought...How do you choose which shoes to wear on race day? I have my 10k coming up in 3 weeks and my HM in 6, and am already thinking about which shoes to wear....
@MNLittleFinn I always have a pair of shoes in rotation that are middle aged - not brand new - not approaching end of life and those are the ones I take as my primary shoe, and now I always have a second pair with me. In February while doing a little slow 3 km stretch run the day before my HM I had a shoe fail on me - all of a sudden my right ankle was being stressed and it was rolling in. I would never take a shoe that is new as it could have hidden manufacturing faults that you don't want to have popup in the middle of an event. I agree with @PoppetsMaster that Quality Running shoes should never need to be broken in.
@ddmom0811 - Feel your pain on the loss of Math Skills due to the use of electronics ( and the no Zeros policy in some school districts ). I am old enough that I remember Slide Rules and the first calculator that had 5 yes 5 functions, add, subtract, divide, multiply and Square Root Oh Ah!!
@runner_girl83 Sorry haven't had any Toe push off problems so I can't help you.
I cussed out a duck .Maybe that can be my thing ? Fighting forest creatures.3 -
Oh, but if it helps @7lenny7, I did take a set of clothes out of the dryer while they were still damp to run in. I figured they're just going to be wet with sweat anyway soon enough. So I'm not THAT prissy really. I can deal with wet.
Oh, but I did go down to pull the rest of the laundry out of the dryer and decided to wash the clothes I just wore on my run in a small load but with full amount of detergent and oxy-clean just because of how dirty and stinky reading this thread made me feel!
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Ack! No re-wearing running clothes for me! Other workouts, no problem, but I sweat way too much running!
3 miles this morning. Just over 1 mile warmup run, during which I was trying to decide if I was gonna do a few speed intervals in mile 2 or do a few hill repeats. My legs were tired from the strength training yesterday. Decided on speed. So mile 2 included 4 fast intervals, each .15 mile. My speed wasn't very speedy Fastest was 7:36, slowest 8:00. Cool down run after that until I hit 3 miles, then short walk home.
It was 55 with 87% humidity and I was dying. Came back soaked in sweat. My glasses were fogging up. The sun was really bright too. Made me wish I was running in the rain again. Speaking of which, our extended forecast predicts 12 straight days of rain starting Monday. Doubt it'll rain nonstop but probably little sun. So I'll be back outside today to get more sun while it lasts. Maybe a bike ride.
@MNLittleFinn Are you a time traveler? I just noticed your log jumps back and forth between May and April 1 -
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
5/21: 13 x 1 mile hill repeats (plus .1)
Great run this morning! Met up with my weekend group for an unofficial half marathon of hill repeats! Down 1/4 mile, then flat 1/4 mile, turn around and run back up! It was definitely tough, but I managed to pace pretty darn consistently -- most splits were 8:10-8:25 -- and I finished in 1:48:55. Though to be fair, we all stopped at the top of the hill each time to put a tracker sticker on the score board, get a drink of water, and then brace ourselves for another repeat. But it still felt like a killer accomplishment to run 1500 feet of elevation gain in one run!
I have like 100+ posts to read through, so I'm gonna try to get caught back up now that I'm not "Ugh god not more running" anymore.
^^^My good-looking and super-strong crew!
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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Hi Everyone! Sorry I have been so absent lately but work and work travel has been consuming me. For the first time ever I went 5 days without running when I was not injured. My schedule just couldn't fit it in. I also didn't see my trainer for 2 weeks and of course I worked out on my own in the hotel rooms, right???? Fail!
I had yesterday off for vacation, had a nice long run planned and ended up working the entire day
We are driving up to SF on Sunday (we were supposed to leave yesterday) to see friends and go wine tasting. I am SO looking forward to it, even though I have to take my laptop with me.
Also we found out on Thursday that my husband is getting laid off from IBM. They just had a huge round about a month ago - 60,000 let go! Apparently they still didn't meet their numbers so this is round 2. We haven't heard the totals yet on this one. He has a job until August (assuming they can find someone in India to do what he does) and will be paid through September and then he will likely just retire. About a 1.5 years earlier than we had planned. He is hoping he can do some consulting though. I am sure this will be a big topic during our drive tomorrow!
I haven't had a chance to get caught up on the thread (300+ posts) but I will get to the most recent ones at least, this afternoon. Right now I am heading out on a long awaited, much needed run!0 -
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
5/9 - 1 hr 40 min of indoor cardio mixed with light strength training, not all at once
5/10 - 25 min indoor cardio A.M. then 3 mile run P.M.
5/11 - 15 min light cardio, 15 min lower body pilates
5/12 - active rest with 40 min light walking throughout the day
5/13 - 3 mi run, 20 min pilates/lower body exercises
5/14 - 3.5 mi walk that should've been a 5 mi run :-/
5/15 - rest day
5/16 - 1 hr 25 min indoor moderate cardio mixed with light strength training
5/17 - 30 min indoor cardio A.M. - 3 mile run P.M.
5/18 - 40 min light walking, 3 mile late evening run
5/19 - 1 hr light walking
5/20 - 4.25 mi run, .5 mi cool down walk, 40 min total body strength and pilates
5/21 - 3 mi run with 4 fast intervals in mile 2........more later
Run goal: 32.44 of 45 miles - 10 days left to run 12.56 miles
@kristinegift Awesome run!
@shanaber Hi Sorry things have been so hectic for you and about your husband's job Been through that except mine couldn't retire at 36. Haha. Found a new job before getting officially laid off. That was 2 years ago. Unfortunately he's now employed by a much larger corporation that lays people off all the time 
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Morning, all! Thanks for the welcome. I have to say, I'm already really glad I joined this group. If I hadn't declared last night that I was going to run 10 miles today, I would have quit much earlier! So, that's 50 miles done in May, 10 more to goal. Thanks for the judgement-free accountability. ;-)3
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When I'm done with a run I hang everything but socks from the shower rod. When it's dry I toss them in a pile until I have enough to wash. That keeps the stink nearly non existent. I sweat like a horse but it must not be a stinky sweat because my wife with her sensitive nose never complains.
My son's team won their first game 3-1! Next game isn't until 5pm so another dad and I are going out for a run. He hated running until I got him out trail running!4 -
My sweat stains made a happy face, which did not make me happy. And my eyebrows are funny-looking. #treadmillmusings
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@7lenny7 @whatmerunning I once wore the same pair of running socks for a week because all my other socks vanished and I kept forgetting to wash my pair of socks or buy new ones. The smell was divine.
I do try to wash my running gear every few days. I wear them in rotation so I usually always have new shirts and shorts. Also yes with time they will get bad smell even if you wash them. I think they need a good cleaning then. My gym shirt that I wore for 6 months only at the gym now smells after I wash it. It's a weird smell, not bad but when I sweat in it the smell is more horrible than normal. Not sure what to do with it, I usually just buy new ones.
7.2 km in total today, with a 6 km (stopped at 5, checked my knee that was still protesting, stretched and did another one with no pain, hurray), then 1.2 of strides. I really need to stop going too hard on strides. Also with these strides I'm over my mileage calendar. Tomorrow I have a 8k planned but if I do it I'd go over mileage with around 3-4 km. I'll let the knee decide during the run how much can I go.
Oh and it seems I found a local running group. A guy approached me while running and said I should come Saturday morning cause they are doing 5k. They are new but I can't wait to join them. Small city and too few runners.
..Date.....Distance
May 01 - rest
May 02 - 4.1 km
May 03 - rest
May 04 - rest
May 05 - 5 km
May 06 - rest
May 07 - 4.1 km
May 08 - 5.8 km
May 09 - 4.1 km
May 10 - rest
May 11 - 5 km
May 12 - 4.1 km
May 13 - rest
May 14 - 7.5 km split in 2 parts but it still counts
May 15 - 5.7 km
May 16 - rest
May 17 - 5+1.4 km
May 18 - 6 km
May 19 - 5.8 km
May 20 - rest
May 21 - 7.2 km
03/04: Bucharest 10k and Family run 48:28
16/04: Color Run Bucharest
17/04: Forest Run 5k 22:05
??/??: VeterRUN 6.7k
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May Running Totals (miles)
5/1 – 3.11 easy
5/2 – rest day
5/3 – extra rest day
5/4 – 3.51 almost easy
5/5 – 6.34 easy
5/6 – planned rest day
5/7 – 11.02 with pace group
5/8 – extra rest day
5/9 – scheduled rest day
5/10 – extra rest day
5/11 – no running
5/12 – no running
5/13 – PT appointment, no running
5/14 – no running
5/15 – no running, DNS for 10K
5/16 – no running
5/17 – PT appointment, 2.03 warm up
5/18 – rest day
5/19 – PT appointment, 2.55 on track
5/20 – rest day
5/21 – 3.07 easy
May total to date – 31.63
Nominal Challenge Goal – 150 miles
Real Goals: Recover from Boston and Flower City. Build Base. Start training program for Rochester Marathon Recover from injury, return to running.
Today's notes – Today was the last paced run of the training session. In theory, I should have been pacing 6 or 10 miles at 8:00 or 8:30. 10 was out of the question. I knew 6 was dubious before I got there, but felt good enough to show up and see what I could do.
The last run was not well attended. No one showed up needing an 8:00 pacer. For 8:30, Jim (the other pacer) showed up, and my running buddy Young Jeff, and me. Had a nice chat with them over about a mile and a half before I bailed and went back the short way, for a tad over 3 miles . . . on what should be a long run day, sigh. What's even sadder is the fact that it *WAS* my longest run of the week, sigh.
On the plus side, I heard that Young Jeff was stupid at Flower City, too; just not as stupid as I was. He ran it 6 days after Boston, kept things easy to start, then tried to catch Jim (pacing 1:40 for Flower City) and didn't. Now his back and his knee are bothering him. I told him I thought he should have a PT check things out, in case what's wrong isn't what hurts. He said he's still in denial mode, like he was with his hip last year. "I spent all of last year in denial about my hip, and I paid for it later."
Got my 3 miles done, stretched, and felt better after 3 miles of mostly road running today than I did after 2 miles of mostly road running on Tuesday. That's progress. I'll take it, even though the progress is not as rapid as I'd like. Now I'll have to see how I feel tomorrow. I'm thinking I might actually be able to run two days in a row now, though it is likely that I'll still have to stick with pretty short distances.
Random observation: When it's known that you've completed the Boston Marathon, *nobody* gives you a hard time about bailing out of a run at 3 miles. Or maybe it was only me giving myself a hard time, earlier. Right now I'm in hypochondria mode, so I'm not giving myself a hard time for doing less of anything.
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) finished in 1:36:50, targeting MP
May 15, 2016 Highland Hospital Lilac Run 10K (Rochester, NY) DNS - injury
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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Small ego boost of the day...when I went to the running store to (hopefully) buy a pare of Brooks Sherpa shorts (they were out ) I got asked if I was in training for the Grandma's marathon....guess I'm starting to look like a runner or something....or the guy was just being charitable.... 4
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I wash my running clothes immediately after my run.1
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I think, after reading here, that I need more running clothes...socks are the onlything I have enough of to be able to change between every run.0
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That moment when you realize there are no known nearby hills for which repeats will match the elevation per mile for your upcoming 50k.5
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Well shirts aren't a problem. If you do a few races you will have a lot of them anyway. Shorts are more of a problem. I need at least 3 pairs. They should start to add shorts to race kits) 4
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I have 6 of everything because I run 6 days/week. That way if I am lazy all week (like I just was) then I have something for each day that week. If I am extra lazy though (like I just was) then I am stuck and either have to do laundry before the run or, as I have now learned is apparent acceptable, just grab the least offensive old clothes. I see the advantage in that I can be even lazier.MNLittleFinn wrote: »I think, after reading here, that I need more running clothes...socks are the onlything I have enough of to be able to change between every run.1 -
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
5/21 18 miles - 160.7
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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@AdrianCr92 I have shorts/shirts like that too. They stink even after a wash. I cut the liner out of the shorts, figured it didn't breath or wick as well as I needed it too. But then never wore with them because I bought better shorts. Shirts get thrown away. Our dryer has a sanitize setting, that helps a bit. Our old washer had lime bud up, and everything stunk.
I'm glad it wasn't only me that funked up clothes so bad they wouldn't come clean.0 -
I should mention, I do not have 6 winter sets of clothes. That *kitten* is expensive! I have two pairs and just do lots of laundry.1
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Florida heat/humidity - running/biking clothes get washed right away - usually as soon as I get home. I had a sports bra that the odor would not leave because I had let it sit a couple days. I'd wash it... and it would appear to be better but as soon as I would start out, I could smell it. Finally added bleach and it sort of went away and then came back. It was like that Seinfeld car episode ... where the parking attendant stunk up his car.
Biking shorts need to be washed straight away or you can get a saddle sore - and I've had two... no thank you.
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
5/21 - 41 miles - got talked into adding 7 miles to the normal ride, even though we are going long tomorrow.
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »That moment when you realize there are no known nearby hills for which repeats will match the elevation per mile for your upcoming 50k.
I can get pretty close for the races I have, but Nothing near what you have and are training for.0 -
I think cheaper workout clothes smell worse. None of my Nike stuff smells. But I've had Danskin from Walmart get an awful smell after the first wear. I use vinegar in the wash every time I wash running clothes.2
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The course is a 20 minute drive so I may do regular weekend long runs out on the course. Partly to train on the actual course, partly to see if their claim of 2300 feet of gain for every 10.3 mile loop is true.MNLittleFinn wrote: »WhatMeRunning wrote: »That moment when you realize there are no known nearby hills for which repeats will match the elevation per mile for your upcoming 50k.
I can get pretty close for the races I have, but Nothing near what you have and are training for.0 -
runner_girl83 wrote: »Shoes feel like they are lacking in cushioning under the balls of my toes.. Hurts to put put pressure on the my toes when I push off while running and after a run. Anyone had this?
It could be something as simple as new shoes. I haven't seen any of the other responses, so forgive me if I'm repeating. The Morton's neuroma will hurt if you squeeze your foot. There is sesamoiditis also.
I just Google problems typically related to running and try to rule out what it might me. Then cry about it for a while, then make a doctor appointment, and it gets better.
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »The course is a 20 minute drive so I may do regular weekend long runs out on the course. Partly to train on the actual course, partly to see if their claim of 2300 feet of gain for every 10.3 mile loop is true.
That sounds like a good plan to me. Getting to run the course ahead of time is always a good thing. If mine weren't 200 miles away each, I'd do the same thing.
For my last 4 long runs before my July half, assuming next week goes well, I plan on running that Mesabi Trail route. 11 miles for next week, as it's the longest, and then 9-10 miles for the other 3. There "should" actually be 5 more long runs, but I have a 10k race mixes in there and the elevation of that one is slightly more per mile, according to Strava, than my HMs
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May progress so far:
1st 12km (on treadmill in gym)
2nd 3km
4th. 3km
5th. 6km (hill training)
6th. 3km
7th. 5km (local Parkrun)
9th. 2km
11th. 2km
13th. 2km
15th. 21.1km (Chester HM)
16th. 3km
18th. 3km
20th. 3km
21st. 5km (local Parkrun) first time I ran the whole 5km without stopping in over 19 months!
Total 73.1km/75km still haven't worked out how to set up the tracker
Looking good so far!
Happy running3
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