June (2016) Running Challenge

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  • AdrianChr92
    AdrianChr92 Posts: 567 Member
    edited June 2016
    Today it was supposed to be a long run but I was feeling tired from yesterday and slept all day so did only around 6 km. Very very slow. Now I go to sleep again.

    Date.....Distance..Avg hr/Pace/km
    June 1 - 6.1 km - 156/5:47
    June 2 - 5.5 km - 154/6:00
    June 3 - 5.0 km - 153/6:12
    June 4 - 7.0 km - 184/4:25
    June 5 - 6.0 km - 143/6:27

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    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 21:57
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    June Running Totals (miles)
    6/1 – rest day
    6/2 – 6.11 easy
    6/3 – rest day
    6/4 – 7.21 easy with hills
    6/5 – 7.42 easy

    June total to date – 20.74

    Nominal Challenge Goal – 100 miles
    Real Goals: Recover from injury to the point where running feels normal again. Stretch goal, recover to the point where I can run at race pace.

    Today's notes – Got up earlier than my body wanted to get to church, and ended up needing a nap after church. Then as I slowly started getting ready to run, a thunderstorm arrived. Well. Check the weather, and it's a front coming through. Clear behind, then more thundershowers this evening. Okay. Got out to run a bit past 3:30, at a reasonable 70° F (21° C) with an unreasonable level of humidity.

    The plan was to run between 7 and 8 miles, paying attention to how my recovering leg felt. It felt better than it has since Boston. For the first two miles, I had to pay close attention to feel that it wasn't totally normal. The minor sensation in the hip abductor didn't rise to the level of "ache" until 3.4 miles or so. I happened to get to 5 miles right at the top of a hill, and followed my protocol of taking a gel; the consequence of that was I was messing with storing the empty packet on the downhill instead of paying attention to form. My leg let me know that it was *not* totally recovered, and downhill running still requires some care. By the time I hit 6 miles, I knew I was going to go home the most direct way for about 7.4 miles, and not stretch it any closer to 8 miles.

    The good: I was able to run a normal-length Sunday run, after running on Saturday. More of the run felt like normal running than like I was babysitting an injured hip abductor.

    The bad: The leg didn't feel quite as good when I finished as it did yesterday. While I finished, and I was fine after stretching, the idea of running another mile on that leg seemed pretty dubious late in the run.

    It's progress, and I'll take it. Feeling normal for more of the run than not really outweighed the uncomfortable humidity on the scale of enjoyment.

    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)
    November 24, 2016 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY)
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    @louubelle16 - Congratulations on conquering that hill! You can get a better water bottle, you can work on pace control (though some variability is to be expected on a hilly route), and you can do something to deal with the sun; but nothing can change the fact that you ran that hill.

    Don't know what to say about the jerks in the van. There probably isn't a good thing to do to get rid of them, if they don't get bored and stop harassing runners.
  • PoppetsMaster
    PoppetsMaster Posts: 200 Member
    DATE...............MILES...........TOTAL
    6/1.................BOYCOTTED ...0.00
    6/2.....................7.00.................7.00
    6/3.....................5.00...............12.00
    6/4...................10.00...............22.00
    6/5.....................6.25...............28.25


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    2016 Races
    5/14: Glacier Ridge Ultra -- 50k (Portersville, PA)
    7/9: Buckeye Trail 50k -- 50k (Brecksville, OH)
    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)
  • PoppetsMaster
    PoppetsMaster Posts: 200 Member
    This month is not starting off well at all.
  • checkthestove
    checkthestove Posts: 44 Member

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  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    I also made it out between thunderstorms today and ran in not too hot but super humid weather. It was like a rain forest. I ran 5.25 miles at a pretty slow pace. I had to walk up a tough and muddy hill - which reminds me @louubelle congrats on conquering your hill!


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    Upcoming race: Chase Corporate Challenge (3.5 miles) on Tuesday 6/7
  • kravmark2
    kravmark2 Posts: 158 Member
    Ok.. used to run a lot but havent in a while... lets say 40miles this month
  • PoppetsMaster
    PoppetsMaster Posts: 200 Member
    ^^^ Krav Maga... that is some bad-*kitten* shlt
  • 1shedev
    1shedev Posts: 144 Member
    I'm in. Goal is 25 miles
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    1---6.01
    4---5.05
    5---5.30

    My foot isn't playing fair yet. I think I get some biking in and give it more time to recover. Been a problem since April 24th. :frowning:
    Surgery in 37 days. :scream: I was hoping to capitalize on the time in the heat for cardiovascular gains. I'd like to still have a chance to place in my AG in November with a sub 2 time or least PR, 2:17:28 current.

    16.36/80+

    Upcoming races:

    11/05/16 Jenks Half Jenks OK
    12/11/16 BMW Dallas Marathon, Half
    Run the year 2016  861.95/ 2016

    Hopeful races:
    March 19th 2017 RNR Half Dallas, TX
    March 26th 2017 A2A 5k Ardmore, OK
    April 30th 2017 OKC Memorial Marathon, Half.

  • str8bowbabe
    str8bowbabe Posts: 712 Member
    edited June 2016

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  • str8bowbabe
    str8bowbabe Posts: 712 Member
    edited June 2016
    Wtg everyone!
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
    edited June 2016
    Church, light lunch, nap, 7 mile run, 20 min stretching and rolling :smiley:

    Ran a 1.75 mi warmup (10:28 pace including a short walk to start). Started a new activity on my Garmin to mark off 5k for the Batten disease awareness virtual 5k I signed up for. 8:56 pace for the 5k :smiley: Then I refilled my water bottle and ran 2.15 mi cool down (10:48 pace including a little walking and snapping a few pics).

    It was 79 degrees but humidity dropped off to 48%. Still hot but feels different with lower humidity. I drove 15 min to run around a little lake. It's 1.75 miles around and the back half is all shade although the rest is full sun and it was sunny. Wore my hat. I felt well prepared and happy with how I handled the heat again.

    @elise4270 Sorry your foot still isn't right :neutral:

    @louubelle16 Way to go on that hill!

    Regarding family life and running... I was fit when I met my husband but quickly let myself go to pot. Spent 7 years very overweight and out of shape then 5 years ago turned myself back around. For some reason the running bothers my hubby more than anything else. He often praises me but just as often expresses concern and dislike of my running. He feels I'm in a special club that he's not part of. I don't even run that much and run alone. But have family and friends who run. I don't spend much time talking about running outside this forum. But it sure bothers him. He's into golf :wink:
  • pshara
    pshara Posts: 21 Member
    After the long jog/walk yesterday. I just walked today. Counting it anyway.


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  • 5BeautifulDays
    5BeautifulDays Posts: 683 Member
    Had a great day today celebrating our oldest daughter's 21st birthday, but still had time to get in a couple miles this morning.

    I'm grateful that as a stay-at-home mom I have plenty of time to train that doesn't bother my family. My husband often does his work-outs later at night, but I might be worried if he was out running then. And I don't think either of us would be happy if my running (or his if he did so) interfered with being there for the kids. We'd make it work just for hanging out with each other--but we brought these 5 people into the world and it's our job to look after them until they're grown.


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  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
    June goal.....run

    6/1 rest
    6/2 3.59
    6/3 dog nursing
    6/4 worked unplanned, unexpected overtime. crap.
    6/5 5.39

    Total 8.98

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  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    Thanks for the cheers on my 18k and pics, dear friends!

    I gather the story behind the shoe tree is just random arty weirdness, which is nice. :smile:

    No run today.

    I'm supposed to be tapering before my participation in a relay team in an 80 km trail walk on Saturday/Sunday. (We'll all do about half of it.)

    But I'm dying to run again. I don't have any soreness after the 18km yesterday.
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    @bradboughner5
    Hi Brad, saw your other threads, welcome to the site and the group! Good luck on your goals and development!
  • 4leighbee
    4leighbee Posts: 1,275 Member
    Hi friends! Four of the loudest gym miles ever this morning ... I encountered for the first time a gaggle of *men* at the gym - blah blah blah - and the gym music was jacked way up on 60s oldies music - consequently, my rock music was blaring to cover it all up. I'm hoping for three outside miles this afternoon - they should be nice and quiet, partially because of the hearing loss I probably caused myself this morning. ;)


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  • 9voice9
    9voice9 Posts: 693 Member
    @bradboughner5 - Wow, that's a story.

    I started ... moving about 8 years ago, when I was unhappy (disgusted, really) with pictures from Christmas morning with the kids - at how big I was and felt. I still do a run/walk, but have only started calling myself a "runner" in the last couple years.

    I'm so sorry that you've had to go through what you have, but I'm glad you've found an outlet in running, and glad you've found your way to us. I look forward to journeying with you as you make your way back to wherever you want to be.