May 2016 Running Challenge
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I don't bike a lot but I drive a lot. I don't hate cyclist, those know how to ride. What I hate is that here people will sometimes go to a bar on the bike and ride drunk back home. These don't ride straight and you can see it. I'm worried one day I will pass one and he will steer right in front of my car0
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I have only had issues where people aren't paying close enough attention coming out of a 4-way stop. I have had people not move over to an open lane but never come close (thankfully). Every now and then I do hear of people getting hit on bikes or foot, so it definitely happens. The scary thing in my opinion is how you can become complacent and it only takes one accident. The scariest thing I deal with is on some steep single track trails that the skilled mountain bikers occasionally decide to take on. Even though we're all trying to be aware out there, they can have some good speed at times and we all need quick reflexes for that. That's when I get my ticks, poison ivy, whatever, having to jump off trail at a moments notice. Small price to pay for not having a collision though!0
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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
5/22 REST DAY
5/23 9 miles - 169.7
5/23 4 miles - 173.7 << Daily Double
5/24 9 miles - 182.7
5/24 4 miles - 186.7 << Another Daily Double
5/25 6.2 miles - 192.9
5/26 9 miles - 201.9
5/26 6.2 miles - 208.1 << Daily Double
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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WhatMeRunning wrote: »
Oh, sorry. I suppose that was a bit of a tease.greenolivetree wrote: »Brand? Link?
I have big hands, and I am a big guy, so I need lots of water. Thus the 20 oz version (x2), which has rather large pockets too. I'm not sure I want my phone in there since I can use that pocket as padding on a fall. 
But my phone easily fits and I could see putting Nuun or even some powdered electrolyte drink crap in there, maybe a pack of Oreo's and a Hot Pocket. And it has a divider to keep keys, etc seperate in the pocket, plus a key fob clip to attach to your keychain to keep your keys from sliding out of the pocket...so those keys aren't going anywhere. Lid can accomodate putting ice in the bottle. Adjustable straps, thumb lock so the bottle won't come off your hands, little loops on the side to attach gel packs, flashlights, swiss army knives, whatever. Plus my fingers are free to work with my Garmin or whatever. Just a win-win for me personally in every way.
http://www.amphipod.com/products/hydration/bottles-handhelds/handhelds/hydraform-ergo-lite-ultra-20oz
I need a picture of it in your hand for perspective!
I don't think I'll need 20oz but I'm loving the idea of keeping my enduracool towel wet in the pocket.
Looks like my local running store carries these. Not that I've ever been in there.0 -
On weekends we have large groups of cyclists (teams) riding the white line of the highway which is curvy and 55mph. It just scares me. I don't want them hurt or a driver traumatized or penalized for hitting them. We have all these trails but they ride the highway
We also had a runner killed in February by a truck exiting a business driveway. Keeps me alert while running still.
Our area is in the process of installing more tunnels to protect cyclists and runners, so they pass under 5 lane roads instead of using crosswalks.0 -
greenolivetree wrote: »WhatMeRunning wrote: »
Oh, sorry. I suppose that was a bit of a tease.greenolivetree wrote: »Brand? Link? I have big hands, and I am a big guy, so I need lots of water. Thus the 20 oz version (x2), which has rather large pockets too. I'm not sure I want my phone in there since I can use that pocket as padding on a fall. But my phone easily fits and I could see putting Nuun or even some powdered electrolyte drink crap in there, maybe a pack of Oreo's and a Hot Pocket. And it has a divider to keep keys, etc seperate in the pocket, plus a key fob clip to attach to your keychain to keep your keys from sliding out of the pocket...so those keys aren't going anywhere. Lid can accomodate putting ice in the bottle. Adjustable straps, thumb lock so the bottle won't come off your hands, little loops on the side to attach gel packs, flashlights, swiss army knives, whatever. Plus my fingers are free to work with my Garmin or whatever. Just a win-win for me personally in every way.
http://www.amphipod.com/products/hydration/bottles-handhelds/handhelds/hydraform-ergo-lite-ultra-20oz
I need a picture of it in your hand for perspective! I don't think I'll need 20oz but I'm loving the idea of keeping my enduracool towel wet in the pocket.
Looks like my local running store carries these. Not that I've ever been in there.2 -
Lol. Sweet. I may have to go check out the smaller ones. I have small hands.0
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Needed to drop off my bike at the shop, and had my bolt run shirt handy, so opted to run the 4 miles to game 7 tonight as it involved running through my favorite urban park, and I'm flying back to the even hotter Florida tomorrow. I'll run the 4 miles back if the lightning win.
5/1 - 26.2 miles (Pittsburgh Marathon - 3:08:25 - 7:11/mile, ran as bib #666 in full devil costume, got a BQ)
5/5 - 6 miles
5/9 - 15 miles
5/10 - 6 miles
5/11 - 3 miles
5/12 - 2 miles
5/13 - 4.5 miles
5/14 - 6 miles
5/15 - 3 miles
5/17 - 11 miles
5/18 - 10 miles
5/19 - 11 miles
5/20 - 2.5 miles
5/21 - 7 miles
5/22 - 11.5 miles
5/23 - 9 miles
5/24 - 8.5 miles
5/26 - 8 miles
Total: 150 miles
Goal: 180 miles
Remaining: 30 miles
Next Races:
Ironman 70.3 Augusta - September
Chicago Marathon - October
Ironman Florida - November6 -
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)
5/22: Lazy day
5/23: Lazy day
5/24: 4 miles
5/25: 5.5 miles
5/26: 5.6 miles
Super hot one today. I usually get 6.5 or so on Thursdays, but I cut the second loop short (and I was not alone!) because it was too. darn. hot. It was 88F (something over 30C, an Australian told me!) when we started at 6:30, and was still over 80F when I walked home at 8:15. Blech!!
Buuuuut with this run, I am at 1001 miles for the year!! Took a bit longer than I expected with this post-marathon slump, but I did it!! I am continuing to let myself take it easy through Sunday, then getting back on a schedule on Monday. No 50-60 mile weeks any time soon, but hoping for 35-40 and then I can creep it up through June.
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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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
5/22 – 3.52 easy
5/23 – rest day
5/24 – 4.22 easy
5/25 – rest day
5/26 – 5.04 warmup + easy
5/27 – rest day
May total to date – 44.41
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 – The leg still isn't right, but it continues to slowly improve. Went to the club workout this evening, ran the 2 mile warmup with other runners, around a 9 minute pace. That didn't kill me for the day. Coach asked what I was up for; said I didn't think I could run T. He said try 3 or 4 mile repeats at MP. Half a lap around the track, it was clear that I wasn't up to pushing the pace even to MP. So I took off and ran an out and back on roads and an easy, non-technical trail for 3 more easy miles. At an average pace of 8:37, that was slower than my easy runs usually are; but I was running more to the feel of my leg than to pace, and the humidity was high enough to be very noticeable even though the temperature was only in the mid-70s.
So, I'm not where I want to be; but I see a path to get there. Today's progress is that I could warm up, stand around for a while, then run again and not be messed up. And I ran 5 miles in one day for the first time since I went into PT. Maybe Saturday I'll be able to run 5 miles in one piece.
Right now, I think it's 50/50 whether I'll need to take a DNS for the Medved 5K to Cure ALS. There are a couple of races before then that I'd like to run, but wisdom says don't put myself into a race environment just yet.
I'm hopeful I'll be able to run Shoreline; today's humidity was good for starting to acclimate to the probable weather conditions at Hamlin Beach in mid-July.
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 (Hamlin, NY)
September 18, 2016 Rochester Marathon (Rochester, NY)
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I've beat my goal for the month of May with a few days to go.
Last week's total was 20.2 miles and this week I have done 9.2 miles so far.
I'm planning to start a half marathon training group on May 31 and I'm very nervous. I just started running in September, and the farthest I've run so far at one time is 6.4 miles. Thanks to everyone posting above about running in the heat, it's helpful to know you get used to it.2 -
Just realized I slightly passed my goal with a few days to go
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 (A.M.) and 3 mile walk (P.M.)
5/22 - 3 mile run
5/23 - 15 min light cardio A.M./68 min kickbox- strength- pilates P.M.
5/24 - 45 min indoor cardio A.M./ 3.1 mi run P.M
5/25 - 4 mile run, 5 miles biking
5/26 - 50 min strength/pilates, 3 mile run
Run goal: 45.54 of 45 miles
I'm a little sunburned 3 -
@katharmonic great job surpassing your goal!
@greenolivetree Awesome!
Both of you, with time to go in the month, keep running! But relax a little, knowing you have made your goals0 -
I'm off work through Monday. Not wanting to take tomorrow off running but I should after 3 days in a row. Because I'll want to run Saturday and Monday. Thinking about taking Sunday as a total rest day. I often still get 10000 steps on my rest days but sometimes I need a lazy day.
I'm thinking for June I'm not gonna set a mileage goal. I'm just not sure about the heat the next 3 months. At this point I haven't run over 4 miles all month and I'm not sure I can tolerate over 30 min at 80-100 degrees. I wish I could fast forward to October
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@7lenny7 Awesome race and report! Thanks also for the Runners Connect link about fitness levels when not running.
@WhatMeRunning Your story about the hail had me smiling in admiration and awe! Bad*kitten*!
@AdrianChr92 Great podcast! It covers loads of topics I've spent the last 15 years obsessed with (skepticism, Logic, critical thinking).AdrianChr92 wrote: »Second highlight of the run is that I didn't listen to music. I listen to podcasts. This is new to me, listening to a guy talking for 30 min. It was strange but I liked it a lot. Found this podcast called "You are not so smart" where they talk about all kinds of subjects. First episode was about attention and pattern recognition and all that. For example an experienced doctor is less likely to diagnose a rare disease in someone than a med student, just because the older doctor is looking for patterns and is used to them, while a new doctor doesn't have this. And apparently there are doctors trained to look for these rare diseases, something like a real life Dr. House. They also talked about selective attention. Great podcast, I recommended, makes you smarter.
Hahaha, literally...louubelle16 wrote: »@Orphia Well done on the 10km PR! You'll be sub-60 in no time.
Went to do a longer run today and in the process did a sub 1 hour 10k:
58:55
PB again!
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Kitty it - ran the 4 miles back from game 7. Had some stress to work off...
5/1 - 26.2 miles (Pittsburgh Marathon - 3:08:25 - 7:11/mile, ran as bib #666 in full devil costume, got a BQ)
5/5 - 6 miles
5/9 - 15 miles
5/10 - 6 miles
5/11 - 3 miles
5/12 - 2 miles
5/13 - 4.5 miles
5/14 - 6 miles
5/15 - 3 miles
5/17 - 11 miles
5/18 - 10 miles
5/19 - 11 miles
5/20 - 2.5 miles
5/21 - 7 miles
5/22 - 11.5 miles
5/23 - 9 miles
5/24 - 8.5 miles
5/26 - 12 miles
Total: 154 miles
Goal: 180 miles
Remaining: 26 miles
Next Races:
Ironman 70.3 Augusta - September
Chicago Marathon - October
Ironman Florida - November
@ddmom0811 - Sorry to hear about the bike accident with your friend. Given my biking mileage (5,000/year), amount of urban riding (as I don't keep a car up north and just commute around by bike), and number of closer calls I've had over the years, I know it is more of a matter of time with me than a question of if I'll eventually have an unfavorable encounter with a car. Still, I'm very proactive about visibility & bright lights at night, I'm active with my bell around pedestrians and voicing my approach, I avoid most car blind spots, and given my fitness, I'm totally ok stopping/restarting if there is a risk present as it gives me a better workout than just coasting through a risky spot and hoping for the best.
@7lenny7 - Sounds like a great race, and very well run too.2 -
4.5 km today. I'm not planning on increasing my distance beyond 5km at this point - maintaining good form over 5km is more important to me right now. 1 -
05/03 4.1 miles
05/05 6.6 miles
05/07 3.1 miles
05/08 10.5 miles
05/11 3.1 miles
05/12 6.6 miles
05/15 9.6 miles
05/17 3.1 miles
05/18 2.2 miles
05/22 5 miles
05/23 2.5 miles
05/26 4.1 miles
05/27 2.2 miles Got up early to get a couple of miles in before travelling to Edinburgh tonight figured I'd get my legs stretched out a little.
05/29 Edinburgh Half marathon 2 days to go!!!2 -
@Orphia Yea it's really great. Second episode was about technobabble and how we think we understand certain concept when we really don't. Like the marketing talk in shoes and how they market their technologies. It seems familiar so we think we understand how it works when in reality we have no idea
Lesson for today. GO TO THE TOILET IF YOU FEEL THE NEED BEFORE THE RUN. I told to myself today before the run that I can do 5k, it's just like 30 min I can hold it. Didn't take into account that all that impact will upset my bowels. I was sweating and panting like a mule but I did it anyway.
..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 - rests
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
May 22 - 10 km
May 23 - rest
May 24 - 5.6 km
May 25 - 6 km
May 26 - 5 km
May 27 - 5 km
03/04: Bucharest 10k and Family run 48:28
16/04: Color Run Bucharest
17/04: Forest Run 5k 22:05
04/06: Happy Run 5k (Goal 21:40)3 -
A nice 6 miler in the woods and fields after work - was a bit spooky after work though - not used to the animal activity (noises everywhere) at that hour. Deer were everywhere in the fields, munching the farmer's crops. I thought one was going to broadside a rollerblading dude who had just zipped by me as the deer raced into the woods alongside the path. This put me on alert for rogue deer for the rest of the run. That and a goose poop obstacle course - plus my normal will-I-get-mugged-in-the-woods-today irrational fear kept me going ...
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An interesting touch on the subject. Sry for the horror feet thumbnail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI2DiuxE0Eo 1 -
5 miles with intervals again today. My neighbors were out when I was leaving at 4:30 am (what??!!) and they were looking at Mars. So they pointed it out to me. It looked a little orange-ish to me but they called it was red. They commented that they liked my lights! No excuse for missing me in the dark... knuckle lights and an amazing strobe light I wear on my pants in the back. Honestly, if I turn it on in the house (which is pretty dark so I don't wake up husband), it makes me nauseous, it's so bright.
I will be doing a lot of cycling this 3 day weekend but Tuesday is the 31st so I just realized I will meet my goal exactly if I run 5 on Tuesday.
Going to be traveling a lot of June so very little biking ... therefore a lot of running! But, I just realized - do I take all 3 of my shoes to run in? I'm into my little system of rotating all 3 pairs. I seriously don't think I can fit all 3 of them, plus other clothes. So I guess I will bring 2 pair. Now to decide which two to bring! One pair of running shoes will be left home, alone with no one to run in them. 
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 (Fri)
5/7 - 34 miles cycling
5/8 - 36 miles cycling
5/9 - 5 miles + strength training (Mon)
5/10 - 5 miles - fartleks
5/11 - 25 miles cycling
5/12 - 5 miles
5/13 - 4 miles + strength training (Fri)
5/14 - 34 miles cycling
5/15 - 27 miles cycling
5/16 - rest day
5/17 - 4.5 miles + strength training (Tues)
5/18 - 5 miles + 20 miles cycling
5/19 - rest day
5/20 - 8 miles + strength training (Fri)
5/21 - 40 miles cycling
5/22 - 45 miles cycling
5/23 - strength training (Mon)
5/24 - 5 miles
5/25 - 25 miles cycling
5/26 - 5 interval miles!
5/27 - 5 interval miles + strength training
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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
4/10- 5.1
4/11-4.1
5/12- 5.11
5/13- Rest
5/14- 10.02
5/15- 4.1
5/16- Rest
5/17- 4.19
5/18-Crosstraining- I hate Crosstraining
5/19- 5.41<- cruise interval workout
5/21- 7.31
5/22- 5.01
5/23- Rest
5/24- 7.01
5/25-5.12
5/26- 6.39<- Tempo Intervals
5/27- Rest day
Today's notes: Lats are a little sore today, but not bad. Today is a rest day, which is very good. Between 3 days of running in a row and how my day was yesterday, I'm glad that today I can chill and rest up before tomorrow's long run.2 -
Rest day today.
Congrats to all who met their mileage already, and those on track! For anyone who thinks they're coming up short there is next month and this is all just a personal challenge to get ourselves moving, so no competition or need to succeed.
@ddmom0811 - I think 2 pair for travelling sounds best. I think the only reason I rotate through more than two pair is for drying time if they get wet, and as an excuse to buy shoes.
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
5/21 - 6 miles
5/22 - 6 miles
5/23 - 12 miles
5/24 - 6 miles
5/25 - 12 miles
5/26 - 6 miles
5/27 - Rest
178.2/200 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)
7/23 - Psycho Summer Run Toto Run 50k (Kansas City, KS)
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 -
@adrianchr92 crazy video!
@ddmom0811 awesome that you're planning to run while traveling.
Not sure what my plan is today. Normally run on Fridays. But being off work, I've already run 6 of the past 7 days (3 on 1 off 3 on). So I gotta take today off, so I'm good to go for Sat/Mon/Tues. Then back on my usual schedule.
It's not a strength day so maybe bike or walk.1 -
ugh.....forecast says 55 degrees (nice) but with 98% humidity for the time I'll be running tomorrow. Looks like I'll definitely be bringing my new water bottle along, and maybe stashing some extra at the truck so I can grab a quick drink before the last 2 moles.0
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First kittens, then gophers, now moles?MNLittleFinn wrote: »ugh.....forecast says 55 degrees (nice) but with 98% humidity for the time I'll be running tomorrow. Looks like I'll definitely be bringing my new water bottle along, and maybe stashing some extra at the truck so I can grab a quick drink before the last 2 moles.2 -
@ddmom0811-So sorry to hear about your friend. Hope she has a speedy recovery. Although there are more and more bike lanes popping up around town, the roads immediately surrounding my subdivision don't even have enough of a shoulder to run on. It always makes me so nervous if I am trying to go anywhere on my bike.
@Ohhim-Sorry about your Bolts, but go Pens!!! Would love to see Lord Stanley back in the Burg!
I haven't been really posting my miles this month because May always seems to be a limbo kind of month for me and running. I usually have lots of personal obligations, am often coming off of a spring race and I start my fall training cycle in June, so anything usually goes for May. I did manage to hit 100 miles for May yesterday and have a longish run planned for tomorrow, so I may end up close to 120 for the month. Looking forward to heading into June and getting a bit of structure back in my training.
On a side note, running with the puppy is getting to be very exciting! She is actually getting it. We can run at least a quarter mile without stopping and she stays by my side. She still has a ways to go, but there is plenty of time to train before she is "allowed" to do any real runs, and it's highly encouraging to see her making such good progress. I look forward to my little daily run with her more than running on my own.3 -
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
21-nope
22-zoo. no run, just lots and lots of walking and fun
23-no run, but a ton of cleaning
24-nothing-flare/no sleep/other crud
25-3.5mi it felt like a good run. also saw the dr yesterday. I've got a couple of infections so I get antibiotics and steriods. yay.
26-nothing
27-nothing feeling extra sleepy. i may have fallen asleep at work yesterday.....
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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AdrianChr92 wrote: »An interesting touch on the subject. Sry for the horror feet thumbnail
@adrianChr92 thanks for sharing that video link, very interesting.
Here's a different take on 135 miles, the Arrowhead 135, which is a ski, bike, run ultra held near International Falls, MN, (the icebox of the nation) at the end of January. Historically it's the coldest ultra in the world, where conditions might be -40F, a blizzard, or both.
This is a trailer for a short documentary about the race. Ironically, the runner who is featured in the documentary is John Storkamp, who is the race director for Rocksteady Running, the outfit which put on the race I raved about earlier this week. Apparently he's raced in the Arrowhead 135 eight times and has won it 4 times. Stud!!
I didn't know about this documentary before, but I'll definitely be renting it soon.
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/arrowhead135/106969668
I started reading the rules of the Arrowhead 135, their hilarious! They have quite a list of required gear (which is why you see the runners pulling sleds) and here's what they say about the sleeping bag:Minus-20F degrees sleeping bag or colder rating. Colder than -20F almost all previous races. If you skimp here you are foolish. And we will not allow you to skimp. So do not skimp. Fool. 2011 it was -42F on trail. Be able to prove your bag is a -20 bag. Don't cut off the tags to shave weight.3
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