June (2016) Running Challenge
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@skippygirlsmom. I'm taking it day by day. Will see how I feel Thursday morning. I want to run well on my Saturday race, and I do t think cutting an extra day will really throw off my training...I can already run the distance needed for my HM and next weeks a big week so extra rest does sound good1
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Did strength training and 4.5 slow treadmill miles today since I was at the gym. Watched the first half of "How to Train Your Dragon." Want a dragon. Will settle for browsing airbnb and planning a virtual trip to northern Europe...
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Anybody else read the thread in reverse? I always start at the most recent post and read backwards until I find something familiar. LOL
Had to install a new modem and router last night which sucked away so much of my time, talking with the internet provider, getting all devices signed in to the new wifi with new password, and trying to figure out why my dvd player in the bedroom wouldn't stream my precious Netflix and YouTube on the new signal
Finally at 8pm started my pilates and got 38 mins done (I also stream Fitness Blender YouTube workouts on this dvd player) and then the whole thing crashed again and I had to watch Netflix on my phone which was a pain because then I could only do one thing at a time. I apparently am not capable of just watching a show without also browsing the internet on my phone :-/
Anyway, it's now Tuesday and I am of course questioning this idea I had to skip my Tuesday run and see if my tight knee issue clears up. Skipping Tuesday means Mon-Thurs no running because I don't usually run those days. It's only one 3 mi run skipped but it seems like such a big deal because it's 4 days off. Haha.
I should try out the LiveTrack thing on Garmin and see if that eases my husband's mind with me running longer distances. But I guess you have to send a link each time? Annoying annoyance
Too bad it's not automatic. I left home at 4:50 Sunday and we agreed I'd be home by 6:30. I had 35 min roundtrip driving time involved and the rest to run. I was at about mile 6 of 7 and he texted me. I could've waited to answer him but I got out my phone and managed to text back without stopping. I was in my cool down anyway so I wasn't worried about it messing me up.
Sometimes I think I should get one of those ID bands to inform anyone that I'm asthmatic in case I should be in distress.....
@Elise4270 Enjoy your time off
@katharmonic Good luck with your race!
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greenolivetree wrote: »I should try out the LiveTrack thing on Garmin and see if that eases my husband's mind with me running longer distances. But I guess you have to send a link each time? Annoying annoyance Too bad it's not automatic. I left home at 4:50 Sunday and we agreed I'd be home by 6:30. I had 35 min roundtrip driving time involved and the rest to run. I was at about mile 6 of 7 and he texted me. I could've waited to answer him but I got out my phone and managed to text back without stopping. I was in my cool down anyway so I wasn't worried about it messing me up.
Sometimes I think I should get one of those ID bands to inform anyone that I'm asthmatic in case I should be in distress.....
@greenolivetree
Yes, you need to send a link each time using Garmin's LiveTrack. That's one of the reasons I prefer Glympse. WIth Glympse I can set up an icon on my phone home page which is automatically set up to send my wife the link to follow me for a certain period of time (Up to 4 hours). It also has a low power mode which only shares my location when someone is actually watching you, saving your battery. Garmin's LiveTrack may or may not have the low power mode...I don't now. Since Glympse is easier for me to use, and doesn't depend on my Garmin or bluetooth, I use it.
I've thought about getting one of those ID tags you put on your shoes. For now, I'm using my expired drivers license and trying to remember to bring that with me to help the first responders ID the body.
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we are about to go on a road trip for our honeymoon. so i bought these. i saw them on a blog i suscribe to. i think someone else posted these too but i think these will be great for trail runs too. or camping.
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greenolivetree wrote: »I should try out the LiveTrack thing on Garmin and see if that eases my husband's mind with me running longer distances. But I guess you have to send a link each time? Annoying annoyance Too bad it's not automatic. I left home at 4:50 Sunday and we agreed I'd be home by 6:30. I had 35 min roundtrip driving time involved and the rest to run. I was at about mile 6 of 7 and he texted me. I could've waited to answer him but I got out my phone and managed to text back without stopping. I was in my cool down anyway so I wasn't worried about it messing me up.
Sometimes I think I should get one of those ID bands to inform anyone that I'm asthmatic in case I should be in distress.....
@greenolivetree
Yes, you need to send a link each time using Garmin's LiveTrack. That's one of the reasons I prefer Glympse. WIth Glympse I can set up an icon on my phone home page which is automatically set up to send my wife the link to follow me for a certain period of time (Up to 4 hours). It also has a low power mode which only shares my location when someone is actually watching you, saving your battery. Garmin's LiveTrack may or may not have the low power mode...I don't now. Since Glympse is easier for me to use, and doesn't depend on my Garmin or bluetooth, I use it.
I've thought about getting one of those ID tags you put on your shoes. For now, I'm using my expired drivers license and trying to remember to bring that with me to help the first responders ID the body.
Skip and I both wear Road IDs and I love them. She wears hers all types of places (and me too) that you can't carry ID for any reason. She wore hers to 6 Flags over GA a couple weeks back in case something happened to her, it has her name, my phone, Allen's phone and brief medical info (she has asthma), I'm seriously allergic to Demerol so mine has that on it. I would highly recommend one. An EMT told me once not to get one that goes on my shoe because looking at my shoes won't be a priority if I'm hit by the car, they would definitely look for a medical alert bracelet though.
I'll have to look into the other apps you mentioned to track Skip. Like this morning, she went out to do 3 so by 25 mins I'm wondering where the heck she is, 40 minutes she strolls in...she decided to do 4 and was talking to the neighbor up the street.
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So many injuries lately. I'm feeling kinda bad that mine is almost gone. I should do something
Ahem
I forbid anyone else to injure themselves.
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
June 6 - Rest
June 7 - 6.0 km - 143/6:13
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 21:573 -
Today I spent the afternoon doing induction at my new job, where I start in September. Instead of a commute of over an hour, it took me less than ten minutes so I was home from work, went for a run, showered and had dinner within an hour! Can't wait, it should stop running from consuming my entire evening when I run after work, which it does at the moment. You know, that or I'll just start running further in the week but shhh, don't tell the boyfriend that..
(I won't be sharing my story of OH support when running, as it pulls at a thread I'm happy to ignore right now.)
Also, the unintentional awesomeness of my mileage today made my brain super happy. 3.33 miles
2nd June - 3.53 miles
4th June - 3.41 miles
5th June - 7.12 miles
7th June - 3.33 miles
MTD - 17.39/80 miles
Upcoming races:
18th Sept - Run Reigate Half Marathon
2nd Oct - Tonbridge Half Marathon
30th Oct - River Thames Half Marathon
9th April 2017 - Brighton Marathon5 -
skippygirlsmom wrote: »greenolivetree wrote: »I should try out the LiveTrack thing on Garmin and see if that eases my husband's mind with me running longer distances. But I guess you have to send a link each time? Annoying annoyance Too bad it's not automatic. I left home at 4:50 Sunday and we agreed I'd be home by 6:30. I had 35 min roundtrip driving time involved and the rest to run. I was at about mile 6 of 7 and he texted me. I could've waited to answer him but I got out my phone and managed to text back without stopping. I was in my cool down anyway so I wasn't worried about it messing me up.
Sometimes I think I should get one of those ID bands to inform anyone that I'm asthmatic in case I should be in distress.....
@greenolivetree
Yes, you need to send a link each time using Garmin's LiveTrack. That's one of the reasons I prefer Glympse. WIth Glympse I can set up an icon on my phone home page which is automatically set up to send my wife the link to follow me for a certain period of time (Up to 4 hours). It also has a low power mode which only shares my location when someone is actually watching you, saving your battery. Garmin's LiveTrack may or may not have the low power mode...I don't now. Since Glympse is easier for me to use, and doesn't depend on my Garmin or bluetooth, I use it.
I've thought about getting one of those ID tags you put on your shoes. For now, I'm using my expired drivers license and trying to remember to bring that with me to help the first responders ID the body.
Skip and I both wear Road IDs and I love them. She wears hers all types of places (and me too) that you can't carry ID for any reason. She wore hers to 6 Flags over GA a couple weeks back in case something happened to her, it has her name, my phone, Allen's phone and brief medical info (she has asthma), I'm seriously allergic to Demerol so mine has that on it. I would highly recommend one. An EMT told me once not to get one that goes on my shoe because looking at my shoes won't be a priority if I'm hit by the car, they would definitely look for a medical alert bracelet though.
I'll have to look into the other apps you mentioned to track Skip. Like this morning, she went out to do 3 so by 25 mins I'm wondering where the heck she is, 40 minutes she strolls in...she decided to do 4 and was talking to the neighbor up the street.
This whole thing is reminding me of the days before cellphones when nobody freaked out because they couldn't contact you for an hour or two. LOL I remember as a teen leaving for long walks early in the morning and I'd write my mom a note and leave it on the kitchen counter, telling her what time I left
@7lenny7 and @skippygirlsmom Thanks for all the info and ideas!0 -
greenolivetree wrote: »skippygirlsmom wrote: »greenolivetree wrote: »I should try out the LiveTrack thing on Garmin and see if that eases my husband's mind with me running longer distances. But I guess you have to send a link each time? Annoying annoyance Too bad it's not automatic. I left home at 4:50 Sunday and we agreed I'd be home by 6:30. I had 35 min roundtrip driving time involved and the rest to run. I was at about mile 6 of 7 and he texted me. I could've waited to answer him but I got out my phone and managed to text back without stopping. I was in my cool down anyway so I wasn't worried about it messing me up.
Sometimes I think I should get one of those ID bands to inform anyone that I'm asthmatic in case I should be in distress.....
@greenolivetree
Yes, you need to send a link each time using Garmin's LiveTrack. That's one of the reasons I prefer Glympse. WIth Glympse I can set up an icon on my phone home page which is automatically set up to send my wife the link to follow me for a certain period of time (Up to 4 hours). It also has a low power mode which only shares my location when someone is actually watching you, saving your battery. Garmin's LiveTrack may or may not have the low power mode...I don't now. Since Glympse is easier for me to use, and doesn't depend on my Garmin or bluetooth, I use it.
I've thought about getting one of those ID tags you put on your shoes. For now, I'm using my expired drivers license and trying to remember to bring that with me to help the first responders ID the body.
Skip and I both wear Road IDs and I love them. She wears hers all types of places (and me too) that you can't carry ID for any reason. She wore hers to 6 Flags over GA a couple weeks back in case something happened to her, it has her name, my phone, Allen's phone and brief medical info (she has asthma), I'm seriously allergic to Demerol so mine has that on it. I would highly recommend one. An EMT told me once not to get one that goes on my shoe because looking at my shoes won't be a priority if I'm hit by the car, they would definitely look for a medical alert bracelet though.
I'll have to look into the other apps you mentioned to track Skip. Like this morning, she went out to do 3 so by 25 mins I'm wondering where the heck she is, 40 minutes she strolls in...she decided to do 4 and was talking to the neighbor up the street.
This whole thing is reminding me of the days before cellphones when nobody freaked out because they couldn't contact you for an hour or two. LOL I remember as a teen leaving for long walks early in the morning and I'd write my mom a note and leave it on the kitchen counter, telling her what time I left
@7lenny7 and @skippygirlsmom Thanks for all the info and ideas!
i used to leave in the morning and come back for dinner. no one thought a thing about it2 -
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@moyer566 and @greenolivetree I know what you mean...out the door every morning and back when you either got hungry or the street light went on. My concern is if I'm knocked out (or God forbid Skip is) that they will know who to call. Of course I had a chip put in Skip the same time we chipped the dog I never worried about her until her friend was almost grabbed last year. A guy in a car followed her while she was running, then he pulled in front of her and stopped the car, she finally started to run through yards and jumped fences to get to her house. But he was so ballsy he was actually sitting in front of her house when she got there. How scary is that. 0
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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
6/6...................REST................28.25
6/7.....................3.00................31.25
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)
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You really do have to be careful. A local lady was stalked for awhile. Creepy old man would leave presents on the hood of her car while she was out trail running and then started approaching her and finally showed up at her house.
I got creeped out just like 2 weeks ago. There was a guy playing disc golf while I was running back and forth on a short stretch to stay in the shade and I thought he left. Until I finally got a whiff of cigarette smoke and realized he'd been sitting under the pavilion the whole time while I was running back and forth. I don't know how I didn't see him there. But freaked me out that I didn't know he'd been sitting there - I won't say watching me because I don't know that he cared, but well, he could clearly see me running and I was unaware.1 -
ceciliaslater wrote: »With surgery in 6 days, I'm out on running for the month. But, to say I participated:
Goal: 0 miles running
Other Goals: Heal well; Lose the crutches; Lose the stitches and boot; Work on ROM (PT exercises daily, when approved).
Fighting the urge to get in one last short run before surgery... I've been off running for over a month now and the thought of two more months is making me a bit batty.
Lose the crutches - check! Dropped down to one this afternoon and was able to lose the other about an hour later. Feeling is finally coming back in my foot enough that I can walk on it. I still don't have full sensation back, as I can't feel the ice pack nor much pain at this point. I'll definitely be out of work for at least one more day, maybe longer depending on how I feel after the block finally wears off all the way.4 -
skippygirlsmom wrote: »@moyer566 and @greenolivetree I know what you mean...out the door every morning and back when you either got hungry or the street light went on. My concern is if I'm knocked out (or God forbid Skip is) that they will know who to call. Of course I had a chip put in Skip the same time we chipped the dog I never worried about her until her friend was almost grabbed last year. A guy in a car followed her while she was running, then he pulled in front of her and stopped the car, she finally started to run through yards and jumped fences to get to her house. But he was so ballsy he was actually sitting in front of her house when she got there. How scary is that.
Kitten! That's some scary stuff!2 -
Took yesterday off. Finished my 4 for today.
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