May 2016 Running Challenge

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  • biscuitnow
    biscuitnow Posts: 141 Member
    Ugh, the endless rain and the river finally got what they wanted - all the decent running paths are flooded. :/
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    edited May 2016
    This morning was a short recovery run day. Everything was tight last night and this morning. So the first couple of miles were horrible. But then everything started to loosen up so it ended up not being too bad. I feel much better now.

    NOTE: No kittens were kicked this weekend, but there were a couple I wanted to kick this morning when I woke up this morning and walked into the kitchen only to see the garbage can knocked over with garbage all over the floor.

    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
    5/27 5 miles - 213.1
    5/28 13.1 miles - 226.2
    5/29 REST DAY
    5/30 1 mile - 227.2 << warm up for race
    5/30 6.2 - 233.4 << CRR 44:57 PR 123 OA
    5/31 4.6 miles - 238 << recovery day

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    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 << 44:57 PR
    Firecracker Chase 10.2 miler 6/25
    Rocket City Marathon - 12/10


  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    Less than 24 hours to finish up May. Congratulations to all that met your goal.

    Here is June's Challange:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10401085/june-2016-running-challenge

  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    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
    5/28- 12.2 FFLR
    5/29- 4.01
    5/30-3.01<- impromptu run with mom
    5/31- 9.01<- heavy leg long run

    Totals: 126.4/100

    Notes on today's run: Heavy Legs! After running 12-4-3 over Sat, Sun, Mon, with Monday's run on a normal rest day, my legs did not like me today! Oh, did I mention the 11mph steady wind with bigger gusts that was a headwind the whole way out? Thank goodness the return was a tailwind!

    Today's assignment was 1h20m-1h40m at E. I ended up running 9.01 miles in 1:33:35 for an average pace of 10:24. Fir first 4.5 miles felt more like a tempo run, but the 4.5 on the way back made up for it by being pretty easy miles.

    This run was a great way to close out May. I ended up surpassing my goal by 26 miles, and passing my April mileage by a whopping 40 miles! I'm pretty stoked about that. Looking forward to June with confidence that I can run a heck of a lot more than I thought I could just a few months ago.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    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 :frowning:
    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. also aerial yoga
    26-nothing
    27-nothing
    28-nothing
    29-nothing
    30-6.3 miles
    31-4.46 miles



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    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?


  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,881 Member
    Had a really busy weekend and just trying to catch up. Not quite there but need to post what I can and get to work.
    I had a 5 mile run planned so I would hit my 75, but had a bathroom emergency and had to head back home. I was out of time and would have felt silly running out the door for .4 miles to hit my 75.

    @greenolivetree - we wouldn’t kick you out of my cycling group! We are the B-Nice group! Love the pictures! Beautiful
    @ohhim - welcome back to the humidity!
    @adrianchr92 - great picture!
    @9voice9 - congratulations!
    @4leighbee - wow! Great times on that long run!
    @stoshew71 - awesome PR! - hope your wife is okay. Congrats to her as well!


    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
    5/28 - 34 miles cycling
    5/29 - 42 miles cycling
    5/30 - 43 miles cycling
    5/31 - 4.6 miles


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  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    I figured I had punished my quads and glutes enough with the hills over the last few runs so I took a flat 6 mile route for todays easy run. It turned out to be very refreshing.

    Congrats to everyone who reached their goals!

    And a big shout out to those who did a whole lot of kitten kicking and exceeded their goals!

    Also big kudos to those who tried their best but came up short of their goals due to injury, life events, bathroom breaks, etc!

    See you all in June!

    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
    5/28 - 12 miles
    5/29 - 6 miles
    5/30 - 8 miles
    5/31 - 6 miles

    210.2/200 miles

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    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)
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    @WhatMeRunning great running this month!
  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
    I will not be running today (XT day for me), so my total for the month is 83.4 miles running/walking. Next month I'm only going to count running miles, that will help keep my *kitten* in gear.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    Round out the month with "what did you learn" as the last few miles come in?


    I learned the value of hills, hydration training, heat tolerance and revisited what it's like to start a running program. I should get serious about cross training. I'm not sure why I don't look like a pro runner yet..... or why I'm not as fast as one.
  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    Round out the month with "what did you learn" as the last few miles come in?

    I learned that I actually can run, and that I really like it. I learned how to be able to run outside without feeling self-conscious. I learned there's no shame in taking a walk break or two. Most of all, I learned that running is a fantastic tool for combatting my depression and anxiety. On to June!
  • perk1960
    perk1960 Posts: 9 Member
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  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    I learned that, once you get into it, 100 miles in a month can feel easier than 80 miles in a month. I learned thaat I can actually run without music (headphones became possessed) and that Running really is my favorite cure for stress and anxiety.
  • AdrianChr92
    AdrianChr92 Posts: 567 Member
    RespectTheKitty wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    Round out the month with "what did you learn" as the last few miles come in?

    I learned that I actually can run, and that I really like it. I learned how to be able to run outside without feeling self-conscious. I learned there's no shame in taking a walk break or two. Most of all, I learned that running is a fantastic tool for combatting my depression and anxiety. On to June!

    I learned that I didn't really hated the cold months. I miss them now :(
  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
    Oh, one other thing I learned: WEAR SUNSCREEN.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    Round out the month with "what did you learn" as the last few miles come in?


    I learned the value of hills, hydration training, heat tolerance and revisited what it's like to start a running program. I should get serious about cross training. I'm not sure why I don't look like a pro runner yet..... or why I'm not as fast as one.

    I learned you really need to listen to the pain.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    i learned i get irritable when i don't run
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    Oh yeah, I learned that the foam roller I bought over the weekend can make my lats and other upper leg muscles like me again
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    I learned that I could and should add more hills on what I had previously treated as hilly routes. I also learned that I need to stop buying shoes. I learned that I need to get on the freaking trails soon (rain has closed them) and that I should think long and hard before hand as opposed to just impulsively signing up for a 50k that is supposed to be awesome and stuff (as in awesomely brutal). I also learned a whole lot about *kitten*.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    @WhatMeRunning Thinking befor signing up for a race usually leads to not doing it. Hills are essential, which is why now ALL of my long runs will be on the route I found this weekend that is better for vertical than my normal stomping grounds. You're running great and learning a lot!
  • 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
    5/12.....................4.00...............45.00
    5/13..................REST................45.00
    5/14...................31.50...............76.50 (GRT 50k Ultra)
    5/15..................REST................76.50
    5/16..................REST................76.50
    5/17.....................5.50...............82.00
    5/18.....................5.00...............87.00
    5/19..................REST................87.00
    5/20.....................2.00...............89.00
    5/21.....................8.50...............97.50
    5/22..................REST................97.50
    5/23.....................7.00.............104.50
    5/24.....................5.00.............109.50
    5/25.....................7.50.............117.00
    5/26..................REST...............117.50
    5/27.....................3.75..............120.75
    5/28.....................9.00..............129.75
    5/29...................14.00..............143.75
    5/30..................REST...............143.75
    5/31.....................6.25..............150.00


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    2016 Races
    5/14: Glacier Ridge Ultra -- 50k (Portersville, PA)
    7/9: Buckeye Trail 50k -- 50k (Brecksville, OH)
    7/16: ColorRun --5k (with my 15 year old)(Pittsburgh, PA)
    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)
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    @skippygirlsmom sorry to hear of your racing woe! Congrats to you for finishing, and to Skip for kickin' butt!
    @whatmerunning you know darn well that an 8 mile run can not be considered a failure (unless you were running from a bear and the bear caught up). You may not have gotten the hill runs you were planning for, but you did get some training in heat, which will make you stronger for the next hot run. Congrats on 200+!
    @juliet3455 great race!!
    @shanaber love the beach pix! I'd love to be able to see that on a regular basis!

  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    My final run of the month yesterday was 8.7 miles along the Mississippi River. That brings me to a total of 104.4, ahead of my soft goal of 100 miles.

    The final May run came the morning after my first overnight stay in in our new-to-us sailboat. I planned ahead and got everything ready as much as I could the night before so I'd make as little noise as possible while getting ready the next morning...laid out my clothes, ground my coffee and got the coffee maker ready to go, put my shoes and all my gear (GPS, hat, water bottle) in a bag to put on while outside the cabin. Everything was set so that when I got up I quickly dressed, put water on to heat on the stove for coffee and brushed my teeth. I sat in the cockpit enjoying the cool morning air in marina, drinking my coffee and loving the start of the day.

    My plan for the day was 6 miles but the 6 mile mark found me south of town on Highway 61 and it took nearly 3 miles of running to get back to the marina.

    The run started out just awful, even awfuller than usual, but as usually happens, all was well after a mile and it ended up being a beautiful run! Limestone bluffs towering above, the river steadily flowing below me, trains rumbling by from time to time, bald eagle soaring overhead, and a few fishermen out on the lake trying their luck.

    The run started on lake-side trails, transitioned to lake-side roads, then finished on the aforementioned Highway 61. On the way south, the shoulder was wide and with very little camber. I should have looked to the other side. On the return run, the should was narrower and with greater camber. i think I can blame that camber on the pain in the outside of my left foot. That lasted a couple hours before moving up to my left calf..kind of felt like it was in between my calf muscles and bone. Could that be shin splints? I don't know what shin splints feel like. This feels like it's more in the inner muscle than anything else. The pain is off and on now, but I don't expect it to be anything major.

    Running on Highway 61, the Bob Dylan album, "Highway 61 Revisited" kept coming into mind so we listened to that on the way back home later in the day.
  • 9voice9
    9voice9 Posts: 693 Member
    01-May: <Life Day>
    02-May: 3.92 miles
    03-May: 8.22 miles
    04-May: 3.65 miles
    05-May: 7.62 miles
    06-May: 11.43 miles
    07-May: 8.44 miles
    08-May: <Life Day>
    09-May: 4.08 miles
    10-May: 10.93 miles
    11-May: 6.67 miles
    12-May: 6.92 miles
    13-May: 3.24 miles
    14-May: 15.70 miles
    15-May: <Life Day>
    16-May: 7.01 miles
    17-May: 3.37 miles
    18-May: 6.74 miles
    19-May: 6.83 miles
    20-May: 3.53 miles
    21-May: 9.35 miles
    22-May: <Life Day>
    23-May: 6.87 miles
    24-May: 6.66 miles
    25-May: 3.12 miles
    26-May: 6.65 miles
    27-May: 4.50 miles
    28-May: 3.10 miles
    29-May: <Life Day>
    30-May: 7.12 miles
    31-May: 6.51 miles

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    86 degrees at 11:30ish. "Feels like" 89 degrees. I knew it was gonna be an UGly lunch run, and it was. But it was a better run than no run at all. Wound up with 172.18 miles for the month, but I need to average 186 to make 2016 for the year. Not sure I can manage that if we're already approaching 90 and it ain't even June yet. Right now, I'm telling myself, "It's only until 04-Jul and the Peachtree. After that, we can do ALL the miles in the dark." We'll see.

    Also - thinking while running is a dangerous thing (right @mnlittlefinn? @7lenny7? @whatmerunning?). I'm considering planning on doing the Museum of Aviation HM in January again, and then keep up with the conditioning (??!!) to be able to run the Snickers Half (http://albanymarathon.com/) in March. 'Course, that means I need to be more consistent with long-runs, and maybe even plan to do a 13ish once a month betwixt now and then.

    Upcoming Races:
    03-Jun: Daylily Dash 5K, Gray (7 PM)
    04-Jul: Peachtree Road Race 10K, Atlanta, GA
    05-Sep: Labor Day Road Race 10K
    17-Sep: Joshua's Wish 5K
    24-Sep: Georgia Golden Olympics 5K
  • _nikkiwolf_
    _nikkiwolf_ Posts: 1,380 Member
    Made my second goal, the Strava elevation challenge in addition to the distance goal! I managed to come up with two free hours yesterday. So I drove over to the mountains in torrential rain that turned the cute little forest path into a muddy mess. I was really tired when I started, but that rain and the slippery ground were enough to wake me up again. Lots of fun! Although I think the interior of my car is in dire need of cleaning now, which sounds like less fun...

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  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
    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
    5/27 - 40 min indoor cardio A.M./5 miles bike around town P.M.
    5/28 - 5.5 mi trail run
    5/29 - rest day
    5/30 - 6.2 mi run, 40 min strength training and pilates
    5/31 - Not over yet but I'm thinking 5 mile bike after work???

    Run goal: 57.25 of 45 miles

    @Elise4270 I learned that I'm going to be sore from running and it's not always an injury ;) I learned that running in the rain isn't bad at all even though I wear glasses. I learned trail running is awesome and takes the pressure off of worrying about pace.

    @_nikkiwolf_ Awesome elevation!

  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    edited May 2016
    9voice9 wrote: »
    Also - thinking while running is a dangerous thing (right @mnlittlefinn? @7lenny7? @whatmerunning?). I'm considering planning on doing the Museum of Aviation HM in January again, and then keep up with the conditioning (??!!) to be able to run the Snickers Half (http://albanymarathon.com/) in March.
    Yes, yes, YES! This is the cycle!

    That 5k at the end of C25k turns into the start of 10k training, during which you decide you want to do a half so you set up your HM training to have the 10k you already signed up for as a training run for your HM. That HM in turn becomes a training run for the other HM you decided you wanted to add to your calendar, which then turns into a training run for that marathon you finally decided you would give a shot at. After your near death experience from that first marathon you decide to stick to 5k's only and wind up running half marathons every weekend until you also sprinkle in some full marathons on the schedule, and that's when you add in that 50k because, you know, it's less than 5 extra little miles. And of course with a 50k being such a pathetic tiny entry level distance among ultramarathons you schedule your training so that the first 50k plus another one set up your 50 miler training plan....repeating through 100k and 100m perhaps...
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    _nikkiwolf_ wrote: »
    Made my second goal, the Strava elevation challenge in addition to the distance goal! I managed to come up with two free hours yesterday. So I drove over to the mountains in torrential rain that turned the cute little forest path into a muddy mess. I was really tired when I started, but that rain and the slippery ground were enough to wake me up again. Lots of fun! Although I think the interior of my car is in dire need of cleaning now, which sounds like less fun...

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    Kick *kitten*!!! Way to go @_nikkiwolf_ !! I thought I might have a shot at that challenge last week but after the heat kicked in I just couldn't do it! :smile:
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    Only 4 more long runs until my HM :o
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