June (2016) Running Challenge

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  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
    edited June 2016
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    much needed rest day today, which got me to thinking. next week is a scheduled cutback week. However, I've only run 2 weeks since my last cutback. I'm thinking about swapping next week with the following week,so I have my cutback after my 10k Race in a week. Also, Next week I'm off, and the following week I Start teaching summer school, so if I swapped, I'd have my longer runs while I'm off, and shorter runs for the first week of summer school. How does that sound?

    @MNLittleFinn If you're going to race that 10k, I'd the cutback the week before the race, as planned. Then you'll be fresher for the 10k!
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
    @MichPainter 50 miles of walk/run intervals sounds great :)

    It's raining. Still planning to run. Right now I'm fighting off a nap.
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    9voice9 wrote: »
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    Yes, it's very small and immature to like this, and tho I know that my schedule is off from most of these folks (they'll catch up, TRUST me!), it still tickles me to see my name above the SERIOUS RUNNERS on this.... :smiley:
    I'm only doing 5k tonight, so you are safe in the top spot for today. I have a half tomorrow so depending on your planned mileage tomorrow you have a chance to keep that top spot! As long as my legs cooperate though, I might be able to make the top spot on Sunday for sure. That is unless @Stoshew71 starts running again. Not sure why he hasn't decimated my numbers this week.
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    PoppetsMaster wrote: »
    WhatMeRunning wrote: »
    How long before the 5k at 7pm tonight is it still OK to drink an IPA?

    I would have already started. It's only 3 miles.

    ETA: Wait... you said "an" IPA? As in singular? Geez... maybe I got you wrong...
    I was trying to figure out the cutoff time actually. Not the starting time! Sadly though, I did only have one (have to work ya know). But, now I'm off to get dressed and go to the expo to pick up my packet and get in the corral for the 5k! Then rush home to sleep and wake up extra early to get back down there for tomorrows half! I'm so excited I could *kitten*. No really, I hope I do before I start running.
  • Ohhim
    Ohhim Posts: 1,142 Member
    edited June 2016
    Back in the northeast and out of the ugly humidity (although it was a much less humid and dare I say comfortable 80 degrees out), so I ended up joining a friend for her long run this afternoon through a local (relatively shaded) park. Still, I made the mistake of running to her house first, then back after, turning her 12 mile run into 13.65 miles for me. I'll probably cut back tomorrow, but do my usual Sunday AM long run with friends.

    6/1 - 4 miles
    6/2 - 8 miles
    6/3 - 13.5 miles

    Total: 25.5 miles
    Goal: 200 miles
    Remaining: 174.5 miles

    Upcoming Races:
    Ironman 70.3 Augusta - Sep
    Chicago Marathon - Oct
    Ironman Florida - Nov

    @ddmom0811 - Enjoy victoria/portland/alberta! Was lucky enough to live in Victoria for a year, and loved the pacific northwest. Climates should be a bit more mild along the pacific coast (at least in Portland & Vic), and running in each city should be a great way to explore each!

    @9voice9 - just added you (and a few other folks) on garmin connect. It sometimes takes a day or two to clean up any biking mileage (as I occasionally record it with my forerunner 225 and it is classified as a run by default), but happy to provide some motivation :) Given I split time between the northeast and Florida, I'll either be near the top or the bottom of your list depending on if I'm taking advantage of the cooler weather or not.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    kristinegift wrote: »
    @MNLittleFinn If you're going to race that 10k, I'd the cutback the week before the race, as planned. Then you'll be fresher for the 10k!
    Good point. Maybe I will just keep my schedule but just switch my tempo interval workout from Thursday to Tuesday so I can just easy run Wednesday and Thursday. I think I'm just over thinking things since it's getting to be just over a month to they HM and my 10k is my tune up race
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    WhatMeRunning wrote: »
    9voice9 wrote: »
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    Yes, it's very small and immature to like this, and tho I know that my schedule is off from most of these folks (they'll catch up, TRUST me!), it still tickles me to see my name above the SERIOUS RUNNERS on this.... :smiley:
    I'm only doing 5k tonight, so you are safe in the top spot for today. I have a half tomorrow so depending on your planned mileage tomorrow you have a chance to keep that top spot! As long as my legs cooperate though, I might be able to make the top spot on Sunday for sure. That is unless @Stoshew71 starts running again. Not sure why he hasn't decimated my numbers this week.

    Cutback and reverse taper from my Monday race this week. I even took a complete rest day this morning cause I needed it. I have a long run in the morning to close the week out then hopefully to my usual insane mileage next week.

  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    Date Miles today. Miles for June
    6/1 5 miles - 5 << Another recovery run.
    6/2 6.5 miles - 11.5
    6/3 REST DAY (unplanned but necessary)

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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



  • pshara
    pshara Posts: 21 Member

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  • not_a_runner
    not_a_runner Posts: 1,343 Member
    shanaber wrote: »
    I haven't had time to get caught up but I saw this from a friend (a runner who was diagnosed with Lymes) and wanted to share it as a reminder to all of you trail runners. The article is a couple of years old but is still relevant.
    http://www.runnersworld.com/health/runners-and-lyme-disease?cid=soc_Runner's+World+-+RunnersWorld_FBPAGE_Runner’s+World__Health

    I just got tested for Lyme today! Hopefully have results by next week... It's hard to explain to people who don't lift or run when your soreness and aches are way worse than they should be. "Well of course you're tired, that would make anyone tired!" well no, not exactly....
    I have taken lots of time off, even gained some weight back thinking maybe it was something training related. Hopefully have some answers soon.
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
    My Garmin died. :o First time. I've had it 6 months. So I'm now charging and running about 6:30 or 7. I'm also currently buzzed with a high heart rate due to albuterol. Hopefully this feeling passes before my run.
  • CutieCait123
    CutieCait123 Posts: 39 Member
    6/1 2 miles
    6/2 Rest
    6/3 3.5 miles

    34.5 miles left for the month
    (I think I made my goal a little short of my expectations)
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    TresaAswegan wrote: »
    shanaber wrote: »
    I haven't had time to get caught up but I saw this from a friend (a runner who was diagnosed with Lymes) and wanted to share it as a reminder to all of you trail runners. The article is a couple of years old but is still relevant.
    http://www.runnersworld.com/health/runners-and-lyme-disease?cid=soc_Runner's+World+-+RunnersWorld_FBPAGE_Runner’s+World__Health

    I just got tested for Lyme today! Hopefully have results by next week... It's hard to explain to people who don't lift or run when your soreness and aches are way worse than they should be. "Well of course you're tired, that would make anyone tired!" well no, not exactly....
    I have taken lots of time off, even gained some weight back thinking maybe it was something training related. Hopefully have some answers soon.

    I hope everything is ok!
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    lporter229 wrote: »
    June 1- 5 miles solo plus 1.2 miles with the puppy. Also yoga.
    June 2- 5 miles hills plus 0.75 miles with the puppy

    Hypothetical question. You go to the doctor for a routine infusion of some medication. They monitor your vitals and you have a low grade fever and really low blood pressure. But you feel fine. You were really looking forward to a short and easy evening run after work. But it is pretty hot outside. Do you still do the run or error on the side of caution and skip it? I am asking for a friend ;)

    Hypothetical question back at you: Does this doctor have a history on your friend, specifically? And does the doctor know your friend is a serious runner?

    My normal, healthy temperature runs a bit below the standard 98.6. When my temperature is at 98.6, I can feel a low grade fever. I presume that the standard is an average and there are people whose normal, healthy temperatures run a bit above. Does your friend know where his/her normal, healthy temperature hangs out?

    Of course, we all know that serious distance runners tend to have low blood pressure and low resting heart rate. Every time I go in to donate blood, they ask if I exercise. One time, the nurse said, "Are you a runner or a swimmer?" As in, with that heart rate I had to be one or the other.

    Anyway, if it's a real fever, running is risky. If it's simply a normal temperature higher than the standard, no big deal.
  • 9voice9
    9voice9 Posts: 693 Member
    MobyCarp wrote: »
    louubelle16 wrote: »
    . . . there WILL be a day you can't run/walk anymore, because that's life and ageing, but that should be all the more reason to do it now whilst you can.

    Best sign from a spectator at the Winter Warrior Half last January: "There will come a day when you cannot run 13.1 miles. Today is not that day."

    LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS! Even if I have only run 13.1 (at a single "sitting") once. "Today is NOT that day."

    Dayum. Making me wanna go out for a couple miles tonight (since it's not hellish now). But I guess I'll save that motivation for tomorrow. Think I'm gonna get up close to my regular 4:30 so I can have some mostly-dark miles tomorrow morning....
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    2 more miles today.

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    Fun 5k tomorrow morning - won't be a fast one but will be full of silliness and a bit of running. And then food!
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
    Almost an hour of pilates this afternoon then 10k run this evening. I left about 6:45 and it was still 75 with 80% humidity so plenty of sweat involved. Also chose a hilly route. Average pace was 9:48. My best 10k pace in cool weather was 9:16 so not bad. Average HR 177 of course. So far with cloudy days I've not had any real stress in the heat. None of the dizzy spells, chills,etc. I hope I can keep tolerating it as it gets hotter.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    1 June – 10 km
    3 June – 10 km
    4 June – 5 km parkrun

    Goal: 150 km (93 miles)
    Total: 25 km (15.5 miles)

    Upcoming:
    June 11-12: Serra Terror 80 km trail walk relay
    June 19: Winter Solstice Lighthouse to Lighthouse 15 km
    September 18 – Beat the Blerch virtual half marathon 21.1 km
  • glitterrainn
    glitterrainn Posts: 73 Member
    edited June 2016
    It's supposed to be really hot this weekend in the PNW. Very different than usual! I would have done a 5k tomorrow in my town but we are going to the ZOO, so I won't be getting any miles in tomorrow. And it's supposed to be blazing hot also. Yay for 103* at the Zoo. lol. Lots of steps, but no running. Still keeping up with my pace around 11 mins. I ran my mile tonight at 11:11. Slowly but surely, I will get faster!

    6/1: 2 miles
    6/2: Rest
    6/3: 1 mile.


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    Upcoming Races:

    6/25: The DIRTY DASH!
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    6.1 miles in the rain, along the Mississippi River, at midnight. The gentle rain, the whistle of the trains, the glow of the lights across the river, the steady strobe of the lighthouse and even a little fox running across my path. Yeah, this run kicked *kitten*!

    Tomorrow (later today actually) I'll be spending a few hours working on the boat, then a stop to run the trails on the way home.
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    @skippygirlsmom and @louubelle16 thanks for sharing those stories. Hopefully my situation isn't so serious! I get that she's getting on my case out of love but I get a sense that she and my wife are conspiring and are unwilling to listen to what I'm saying. I'm the healthiest person in the house!

  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    @AdrianChr92 - Love the race report. Yeah, it feels different running near the front of a small race, when you know there would be lots of people in front of you in a big race. Do I understand this, you won a 5K outright with a time of 21:57?
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    Date Miles today. Miles for June
    6/1 5 miles - 5 << Another recovery run.
    6/2 6.5 miles - 11.5
    6/3 REST DAY (unplanned but necessary)
    6/4 13.5 miles - 25

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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

  • AdrianChr92
    AdrianChr92 Posts: 567 Member
    @MobyCarp Oh no. People that won them are under 18 min. I'm in the wasteland. Just far enough the top men so I can't see them and just fast enough from the rest of the runners so I can't see them. With that time in a "casual race" like this I usually come in top 30 or so. Best I got was 10th place.

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