June (2016) Running Challenge
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I think I'm obsessing. With taper starting next week, and only 2 long runs to go (with next week's being a cut down long run) I'm debating whether I want to do another 12 mile LR for my FFLR this week, or just do a 10 this week....Thinking...too much thinking...2
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Actually, a runner is a long piece of cloth that fits down the middle of a table. Usually used in a formal dinning setting to provide an accent to the decor.3
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I am wanting some frozen grapes now.
This morning was slogging again (not jogging, slogging...as in swimming langourously through the mostly solid atmosphere) for 7.5 miles around the lake trail and extension. Very slow. I kept telling myself that my heart was getting stronger and my blood was getting more oxygenation abilities. But mostly I wanted to cry. Not that anyone could see my tears because my entire body was drenched in sweat. It *almost* rained. I tried to put a shimmy in it in an attempt to rain dance a few cooling droplets, but alas. No such luck.
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Ok I think I caught up with the thread, been kinda busy.
At some point there was some eclair talk and now I want one, definitely gonna get one tomorrow. Gonna skip my post run ice-cream
It's getting pretty hot around here and today it passed 90 degrees. Tomorrow they declared a code orange on the temp (not as bad as code red but worse than code yellow) and they advise people to stay inside during noon. So today I ran after sundown and realized I may need a headlamp if I keep doing this.
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
June 8 - 6.8 km - 148/6:11 (Hot)
June 9 - 5.8 km - 150/5:58
June 10 - rest
June 11 - 5.0 km - 184/4:26
June 12 - 6.0 km - 149/6:05
June 13 - rest
June 14 - 7.6 km - 149/6:08
June 15 - 6.0 km - 150/6:03
June 16 - 6.0 km - 150/6:12
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 21:574 -
5BeautifulDays wrote: »I am wanting some frozen grapes now.
This morning was slogging again (not jogging, slogging...as in swimming langourously through the mostly solid atmosphere) for 7.5 miles around the lake trail and extension. Very slow. I kept telling myself that my heart was getting stronger and my blood was getting more oxygenation abilities. But mostly I wanted to cry. Not that anyone could see my tears because my entire body was drenched in sweat. It *almost* rained. I tried to put a shimmy in it in an attempt to rain dance a few cooling droplets, but alas. No such luck.
When all else fails, just think, "Embrace the suck!".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGY7Te3Z3nE 3 -
I don't know, but I think this video has @PoppetsMaster written all over it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbqvuWldBL4 2 -
that actually looked good about now LOL
the other video just looked like plain fun
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I got real excited because strava shouted out that I did a mile in 8 mins, (my goal is a 10 minute mile at the moment) then suddenly (3 minutes later) it said I did another mile. So that's when I knew something was wrong. I couldn't figure out what it was though. So I just stopped the app and restarted it again (with no hiccoughs this time). When I got home I took a look and noticed that the app thought I went 6 or so blocks out of the way before getting back to my route, I'm not sure how that happened. But regardless, I really enjoyed this mornings run. I felt strong and was really hitting the pavement so, yay.
Hope you guys are doing well too
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So, apparently it's better to run slowly than to jog fast. AND, I'm a runner because I say I am, but if one day a mountain lion catches me, I'll be demoted.
Lol. Waddle on!4 -
My options for my weekend Long Run include dodging possible thunderstorms on Saturday, or Stifling heat, high winds and very high humidity on Sunday...Not liking the options.....0
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Nice blog @stoshew71
Sixth type of runner, I'm trying to leave the science behind and find a different run. Journey, not the miles.
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No time to catch up.
Very busy, but I'm enjoying it.
Two more days till I fly back home. Then going on vacation on Tuesday.
6/1 - 22 miles cycling
6/2 - 5 miles + strength training
6/3 -rest and recovery day
6/4 - 34 miles cycling
6/5 - 42 miles cycling
6/6 - rest day - only 4 hours sleep - didn’t think I should
6/7 - strength training + 1 mile on treadmill (tropical storm rest day)
6/8 - 5 miles - yay! finally. Even though it was 95% humidity.
6/9 - 6 miles in the daylight!
6/10 - travel/rest day
6/11 - 4.28 miles in KC
6/12 - 5.5 miles in KC
6/13 - 4.4 miles approx
6/14 - 5.28 miles - beautiful KC morning!
6/15 - 5 more KC miles!
6/16 - 6.1 KC Miles
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Stitches are out! They did replace them with steristrips since it's only been 10 days since surgery, and she wanted to be extra sure the incision wouldn't pull apart. Still not allowed to get the incision wet for a few more days. I am, unfortunately, still required to wear the boot. Buy I'm approved to take it off in favor of a tennis shoe while walking around the house, if it feels ok.
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ceciliaslater wrote: »Stitches are out! They did replace them with steristrips since it's only been 10 days since surgery, and she wanted to be extra sure the incision wouldn't pull apart. Still not allowed to get the incision wet for a few more days. I am, unfortunately, still required to wear the boot. Buy I'm approved to take it off in favor of a tennis shoe while walking around the house, if it feels ok.
Don't go back for another appointment until July 5th.
@ceciliaslater glad you are healing well
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I don't know, but I think this video has @PoppetsMaster written all over it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbqvuWldBL4 I embrace it... 1
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6/4 -- 1.71miles -- jog/ walk with Pandora the puppy
6/5-- rest
6/6-- 1.5 miles -- jog/ walk on the treadmill (asthma flared up - suck)
6/7--rest--sick with a cold
6/8--1.71 miles--jog/ walk with Pan (mostly jogging -yay! a bit wheezy but managed to keep going through it)
6/9--weights & elliptical
6/10--2 miles--jog/ walk on treadmill
6/11--rest day/ dog walking (not counting miles)
6/13--2 miles--jog/ walk on treadmill
6/15--1.71 miles--jog/walk with Pan (mostly jogging; very hot & humid at 7pm)
6/16--1.5 miles--jog/ walk with Pan (mostly jogging; much cooler this evening; knees hurt a bit tho)
Total: 12.13 miles done, 7.87 miles to go2 -
6/1: 5 miles
6/2: 6.4 miles
6/3: Rest
6/4: Lazy
6/5: 9 miles
6/6: 5 miles
6/7: 4 miles
6/8: 6.5 miles << Wednesday group run
6/9: 6.4 miles << Thursday PUB RUN!
6/10: Rest day finally
6/11: 13.1 << Halfway Half (unofficial)
6/12: 10 miles
6/13: 6 miles with Joe2Go crew
6/14: 6.2 miles << Group runner send off!
6/15: 5 miles
6/16: 7 miles
.......: 6.4 miles << Thursday group run!
Hallelujah, the streak is done! 7 runs in 6 days... my legs are so wiped! Gonna be sleeping in and relishing in that rest day tomorrow. Oh the joys of being back on a training plan!
Upcoming Races:
7/4: A 4th of July race somewhere!
9/11: Lehigh Valley Via Marathon (Allentown, PA)
11/20: Philadelphia Marathon (Philly, PA)
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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
6/6 – rest day
6/7 – 8.56 easy
6/8 – rest day
6/9 – 8.01 easy
6/10 – rest day
6/11 – 10.09 with hills and humidity
6/12 – 6.21 easy with 1 stride
6/13 – rest day
6/14 – run squeezed out of schedule
6/15 – rest day 7.00 group run
6/16 – 4.02 in 3 pieces
June total to date – 60.61
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 – Apparently this week is a cutback week, though I didn't plan it that way. At Tuesday's pace leader meeting, we were told that pace leaders were welcome to come to the initial 2 mile time trial for the training program. That was this evening. I went, hoping to see who the faster trainees were. Bottom line was that I ran a mere 4 miles, in 3 pieces: About 0.8 mile very slow run from the store to the office park loop; 2.25 miles around the loop while the time trial was going on; and just under a mile back to the store by a longer route.
The training program is very much geared toward people new to the half or full marathon distance, and the heart of the market is runners who will run easy paces from 10:00 per mile to 12:00 per mile. I am a pacer for an "outlier" group at 8:30 per mile. In the grand scheme of things, I'm mostly window dressing for the program, as there won't be very many trainees who need a pace that fast; some sessions, we only have pace pass (people who do the long runs but not the full training program) at the 8:30 pace.
So I'm coming off injury. The coaches understand that, but they asked if I could be a rabbit for the time trial. Well, I won't be as fast as I would be if I were totally healthy. Give it a try. So I did. I ran one of the 4 laps about T pace, not at full out 2 mile time trial pace. Two trainees passed me and finished that loop ahead of me. I was happy with that. Then after the rabbit lap I ran the loop at an easy pace in the reverse direction.
It's kind of different just seeing the full range of speed running the trial, and calling out encouragement to them. No pressure on me here. Afterward, one guy I know casually mentioned he appreciated seeing me regularly, because it showed he was running at a consistent pace. After the session, the guy who did the first loop fastest asked what his pace group would be. His 2 mile time trial came in at 12:49. I don't make the decision, but I told him I thought they'd put him in the 8:00 pace group, maybe 8:30.
So it was a fun evening, even though I only got 4 miles out of it. Tomorrow will tell me whether running about 800 meters at T pace was a bad idea; right now, it feels like I was ready for that. The chances of getting to actually run the 5K on Sunday are looking a little better now, but I won't make that decision till after Saturday's run.
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)
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DATE...............MILES...........TOTAL
6/1...................REST.................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
6/8...................REST...............31.25
6/9.....................3.00...............34.25
6/10.................REST...............34.25
6/11...................4.25.............. 38.50
6/12.................REST...............38.50
6/13.................REST...............38.50
6/14.................REST...............38.50
6/15...................6.00...............44.50
6/16...................5.00...............49.50
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)2 -
I was in the car much of the day and didn't think I'd get a run in at all. But at about 7:30 I sat on my bed to change and felt compelled to go out for a short, easy run at least. The sun was low enough to cast shade from the buildings so it was much more pleasant than previous days.
2.3 miles today brings me to 14 miles for the week 49 for the month.
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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
6/6 dog nursing....DH was longingly looking at his weedwhacker. I spelled him to go whack off.
6/7 5.31
6/8 3.60
6/9 3.12
6/10 gave DH a nursing break
6/11 8.32
6/12 3.71
6/13 3.38
6/14 4.41 snuck out of work and ran in the rain.....so I can dognurse/give DH a break when I get home. 3 weeks till he's allowed off leash.....
6/15 3.11
6/16 4.19
Total 48.75
Upcoming races:
SHEPower Virtual Half: sometime in June or July......when dog needs less nursing
Las Vegas RocknRoll Half 11/13/16Ticker is my goal for 2016 and accumulation to date:
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5BeautifulDays wrote: »I am wanting some frozen grapes now.
This morning was slogging again (not jogging, slogging...as in swimming langourously through the mostly solid atmosphere) for 7.5 miles around the lake trail and extension. Very slow. I kept telling myself that my heart was getting stronger and my blood was getting more oxygenation abilities. But mostly I wanted to cry. Not that anyone could see my tears because my entire body was drenched in sweat. It *almost* rained. I tried to put a shimmy in it in an attempt to rain dance a few cooling droplets, but alas. No such luck.
When all else fails, just think, "Embrace the suck!".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGY7Te3Z3nE
That suck looks...refreshing. I'll take it!1 -
I have not had much time to participate here and that makes me so sad. I miss you all!
Work is crazy busy and I am trying to fit in runs when/where I can. We are heading off tomorrow afternoon to drive the two days to Seattle - I am going to try to get in a run tomorrow morning because for sure I won't on Saturday. Once we get there we have a full compliment of activities leading up to my daughter's graduation from medical school on Monday and of course Father's Day! Later next week we are heading to Oregon for some R&R including running (of course) and hiking and just doing whatever we please for a week! I am hoping that during this time I will be able to catch up on everyone here and get some good miles in; maybe even get close to my goal for the month!
Date..........Miles.........Total
06/01.......0.00..........0.00
06/02.......4.67..........4.67 + Strength Training
06/03.......4.69..........9.36
06/04.......6.50........15.86
06/05.......3.00........18.86
06/06.......6.25........25.11 + Agility
06/07.......0.00........25.11 + Strength Training
06/08.......0.00........25.11
06/09.......5.28........30.39 + Rally
06/10.......6.81........37.20
06/11.....11.13........48.33
06/12......0.00.........48.33- Dog Beach Sunday
06/13......4.32.........52.65 + Agility
06/14......0.00.........52.65 + Strength Training
06/15......0.00.........52.65
06/16......6.50.........59.15 + Strength Training
Upcoming Races - Let me know if you will be running too!
06/25/16 - SHEPower Virtual Half Marathon
07/31/16 - San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon
09/18/16 - Beat the Blerch Half Marathon, Seattle
11/19/16 - USA Invitational Half Marathon (Yay, I qualified again!)
12/18/16 - San Diego Holiday Half Marathon4 -
@ceciliaslater I'm glad to hear that! 0
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01/06 4 miles
07/06 4 miles
08/06 4 miles
09/06 4 miles
12/06 3 miles
17/06 4 miles
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Last day in KC. Had such great runs with lots of comp sci teachers. I never would have made it up the hills I did if I hadn't been with them. I know these aren't really much of a hill to many people, but to a Florida girl they are mountains! Travel/rest day tomorrow. For the first time in a long time looking forward to a rest day!
6/1 - 22 miles cycling
6/2 - 5 miles + strength training
6/3 -rest and recovery day
6/4 - 34 miles cycling
6/5 - 42 miles cycling
6/6 - rest day - only 4 hours sleep - didn’t think I should
6/7 - strength training + 1 mile on treadmill (tropical storm rest day)
6/8 - 5 miles - yay! finally. Even though it was 95% humidity.
6/9 - 6 miles in the daylight!
6/10 - travel/rest day
6/11 - 4.28 miles in KC
6/12 - 5.5 miles in KC
6/13 - 4.4 miles approx
6/14 - 5.28 miles - beautiful KC morning!
6/15 - 5 more KC miles!
6/16 - 6.1 KC Miles
6/17 - 5.8 miles - last KC run
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Tough 5 miles at 5:45am. I honestly thought it felt slightly cooler the first few minutes but the humidity quickly caught up with me. Hills involved and I definitely was slower with an overall 9:58 pace. Sure felt like a harder pace but that's summer.
Animal report: dozen geese blocking the sidewalk on my street....black cow with white face stopped eating to stare at me both times I passed....cute little bunny......huge heron scared the crap outta me because I didn't see it until it lifted off flapping those massive wings.
Hubby called me and I answered through my Bluetooth earpiece, which apparently unlocked my phone in my FlipBelt. So like 10 minutes later I heard a ringing and my hubby answered. Not only had I inadvertently dialed him, but facebook was open when I got home and I'd almost shared a photo of some lady and her cat! So next time I get a call if will be taking out my phone to insure it's relocked. I have a pin number lock on it so I never expected this.5 -
@greenolivetree lady and her cat? I shouldn't read into that.... I keep all my cat picks in "private" that requires an extra pass key to view..
I'm still, maybe goofy. I'm milking the excuse to be stupid. NYuk ynuk nyuk....
Now who wants to help me to the bathroom.... We use to have pee races as teens. Me and my girl friends would pee behind a house that had a slanted driveway. First pee to reach the bottom won. It made up for not being able to write our names.8
I want to be a runner, not a jogger. Leave me alone with the J word! 
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