June (2016) Running Challenge
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After thinking about it, I'm leaning toward taking tomorrow off from running, I'll probably end up walking somewhere in the neighborhood of 5 miles, while pushing a stroller anyway. My problem is I have this darn nagging part of me saying that Thursday is a run day, and I shouldn't skip a run...However, the thought of four days of "rest," meaning just walking, would leave me fresher for the race....stupid tapering, if this was a full mileage week, I'd just skip tomorrow with no guilt.......OCD tendencies suck
Edit: looks like the naughty word filter isn't working.....
Edit #2: My wife rocks....we don't have a printer at home, so she printed off a 2:17:00 pace wristband for me at work! I was going to have her do a 2:15:00, but the difference is only 10 seconds/mile and I think 2:17 is a reasonable goal, so it shouldn't be TOO hard to figure from there.....I can write the 2:15 numbers in as well, if I get really anal about it....5 -
June 1- 2 mi walk
June 2- 3 mi run
June 3- 1 mi walk
June 4- 1 mi walk, 3 mi run
June 5- 1 mi walk
June 6- 1 mi walk, 3 mi run
June 7- 1 mi walk
June 8- 3 mi run
June 9- 1 mi walk
June 10- 1 mi walk
June 11- 3 mi run (race day!)
June 12- REST
June 13- 3 mi run, 1 mi walk,
June 14- 2 mi walk
June 15- 2.5 mi run/walk (in the HEAT )
June 16- 2.3 mi walk
June 17- 3.2 mi run
June 18/19 - REST
June 20- 1 mi walk
June 21- 1 mi walk
June 22- 3.5 mi run, 1 mi walk
June 23- 1 mi walk
June 24- 1 mi walk
June 25- nope
June 26- still nothing
June 27- 3.5 mi run
June 28- 1 mi walk
June 29- 1.5 mi walk
BAM! goal achieved. First month in this challenge and very happy with myself and this thread! You guys rock.
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »Edit: looks like the naughty word filter isn't working.....1
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »Edit: looks like the naughty word filter isn't working.....
I went back and had to change a ***** that got through......didn't want it to actually show1 -
Medium tempo then 6x800m repeats at 6:35/mi pace. 7mi total in 52:50.2
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And done for this month. Strava counts walking breaks between my strides for a total of 170 km (or 105 miles). Next month I'm aiming for that 200 km distance badge for the first time.
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
June 17 - 7.0 km - 152/6:21 (Hell)
June 18 - 5.8 km - 150/Slow, I didn't care
June 19 - 11.0km - 155/6:06 (Easy hell)
June 20 - rest
June 21 - 7.0 km - 178/4.37 (tempo)
June 22 - 6.0 km - 155/6:06
June 23 - 6.6 km - 152/6:06
June 24 - 7.0 km - 155/5:54
June 25 - 6.0 km - 137/8:30
June 26 - 10.5km - 147/6:11
June 27 - 6.0 km - ???/7:40
June 28 - 8.0 km - 175/4:44 (tempo)
June 29 - 5.2 km - 140/6:38
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 21:572 -
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Up to a total of 45k with a pre work run. Went really slow to just get myself back in the habit as I was sore after Sunday. I was still sore lol. Will try again tomorrow morning to see if I can get above 50 for June.4
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Race just got more real! bib number 158510
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Date Miles MTD ------ ----- ------ June 1 5.1 5.1 June 2 5.6 10.7 June 4 5.8 16.5 June 5 4.2 20.7 June 7 4.2 24.9 June 9 5.1 30.0 June 10 4.3 34.3 June 11 13.2 47.5 June 12 3.7 51.2 June 15 5.6 56.8 June 18 10.2 67.0 June 19 5.1 72.1 June 22 4.3 76.4 June 23 4.3 80.7 June 25 5.6 86.3 June 26 5.8 92.1 June 29 5.0 97.1
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Well, didn't get up early enough to get in my planned 5 so did an easy 2.5 miles to J's baseball game with Neeko. Started out bad with an unleashed dog running out to get us. Luckily no one was biten but it took a mile to get my heart rate to stay down.
On the plus side, I made goal! Wooohoooo! Strength training tomorrow, rest day Friday then another mini vacation off work with lots of running Saturday thru Wednesday.
Date Run Totals
6/1 - 2 mi - 2 mi
6/3 - 3 mi - 5 mi
6/4 - 3 mi - 8 mi
6/7 - 3 mi - 11 mi
6/11- 3 mi - 14 mi
6/12- 2 mi - 16 mi
6/14- 3 mi - 19 mi
6/18- 4 mi - 23 mi
6/22- 4 mi - 27 mi
6/23- 2 mi - 29 mi
6/25- 4 mi - 33 mi
6/26- 3 mi - 36 mi
6/28- 2 mi - 38 mi
6/29- 2.5 mi- 40.5 miles
Goal 40 miles
Races :
6/11 Run and Ride 5K Cedar Point - Done
7/10 Debbie Hudacko 5 mile ?
10/8 Outdoor Trail Series 5 mile #1
11/5 Outdoor Trail Series 5 mile #2
12/3 Outdoor Trail Series 5 mile #3
12/11 Santa Hustle Half Marathon Cedar Point3 -
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
6/17 – rest day
6/18 – 4.83 aborted pace run
6/19 – 8.27 hot and humid
6/20 – rest day
6/21 – 7.18 warmup, speed work, cool down
6/22 – rest day
6/23 – 9.46 easy
6/24 – rest day
6/25 – 10.22 pace group run
6/26 – 6.01 easy
6/27 – rest day
6/28 – 8.70 warmup, tempo intervals, cool down
6/29 – 3.34 easy
6/30 –
June total to date – 122.64
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 – Today was the day I decided to test going to running 5 days a week. I figured something relatively easy, so I set out to run an easy 5. 77° F or 82° F, depending on whether I believe my porch thermometer (possibly in a hot spot) or the weather feed (possibly from a point some distance away.) The humidity wasn't bad. Felt great, was running a pretty consistent easy pace in the low 8's . . . and about 3.3 miles in, I noticed my right leg felt weak in a wonky sort of way. Decided I'd rather have a moderately comfortable 1.3 mile walk back home by the shortest route than risk having a painful half mile hobble back home and end up unable to run tomorrow.
As I walked, I thought about where the weakness was. I concluded this was probably the tensor fascia latta that my PT indicated was the underlying problem. OK, I may have pushed it as far as I should right now. I'm fine with quitting at 3 miles. Come to think of it, yesterday's speed work was more intense than anything I've done since Flower City.
I probably would have been better off keeping today as a rest day, but I'm hopeful that I wimped out early enough. I won't even pretend to do speed work tomorrow, and I'll pay attention to see if I need to cut the run short. Friday will be a rest day, even if I have to cut Thursday short at 2 miles. I am hopeful that today will be a one-time anomaly, but I need to think about what I'll do if that turns out not to be the case.
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) DNS - recovering from face plant
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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@skippygirlsmom Strained it, I must have done! After taking the day off though, it's feeling much better! As long as I don't do anything crazy to it while moving tomorrow, I should be A-OK for the rest of my miles this week!
@greenolivetree I fell on a bright & early group run on Monday. I was running close to these tiny trees that line the street, and a squirrel and I startled each other, and I tripped over a sidewalk crack jumping away from the lunging squirrel. I didn't get banged up too bad though because I almost caught myself mid-fall, but then lost my balance.2 -
Looks like I'm getting better at my running , but not so good about my logging. My goal for June was 50m.
6/3 - 4m
6/5 - 6m
6/6 - 1m
6/7 - 2m
6/9 - 3m
6/10 - 3.0m
6/12 - 6.0m
6/15 - 2.9m
6/16 - 3.0m
6/17 - 6.0m
6/19 - 6.0m
6/22 - 2.0m
6/26 - 6.0m
6/28 - 3.0m
6/29 - 2.0m
Total: 57.9m
Woo-hoo! I made my goal with one more day of June!6 -
Running goal is 50 miles for June.
6/6...8 miles
6/12...4 miles
6/16... 3.88 miles (rolling hills program on the treadmill)
6/17...6 miles
6/18...9 miles
6/24...5.16 miles (rolling hills program on the treadmill)
6/25....9 miles
6/28....4.56 miles
6/29...4 miles.
4 miles today. I was going to run my long run but my girlfriend wanted to meet me for dinner and I would have really been pushing it. Plan to run it tomorrow. It felt great to run outdoors, a little head wind but the temperature was cooler than the last time I ran outside. I have to make the run tomorrow count because it will be a long time before I will be able to run again (crazy work schedule).
Total is 53.4 miles...so met goal for June....probably will be over 60 miles for the month...I can't believe that I logged that much distance. I remember when 34 miles was a huge goal (last year).
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Just 4 miles today (treadmill) as I didn't want to spend an hour traveling to my tri-team workout so I ended up biking & running on my own. Was hoping to knock out my last 7.5 today, but ran low on time as I did a longer bike ride and had some laundry to tend to before having over guests for dinner. Still was 81 degrees when dinner guests headed off so figure I'd just knock out the last 3.5 tomorrow AM.
6/1 - 4 miles
6/2 - 8 miles
6/3 - 13.5 miles
6/5 - 13.5 miles
6/6 - 9 miles
6/7 - 10 miles
6/9 - 12 miles
6/10 - 9 miles
6/11 - 8 miles
6/12 - 12 miles
6/13 - 4 miles
6/14 - 1 mile
6/15 - 4 miles
6/17 - 5.5 miles
6/19 - 6 miles
6/20 - 5 miles
6/21 - 13 miles
6/22 - 9 miles
6/23 - 9 miles
6/24 - 7 miles
6/25 - 10.5 miles
6/26 - 12 miles
6/27 - 4 miles
6/28 - 3.5 miles
6/29 - 4 miles
Total: 196.5 miles
Goal: 200 miles
Remaining: 3.5 miles
2016 Race Schedule:
Disney Marathon - Jan 6 - 3:29:09
Gasparilla 15K - Feb 20 - 1:01:59
Ironman 70.3 Florida - Apr 10 - 5:07:51
Pittsburgh Marathon - May 1 - 3:08:25
Ironman 70.3 Augusta - Sep 25
Chicago Marathon - Oct 9
Ironman Florida - Nov 55 -
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
6/17 3.30
6/18 rest
6/19 4.23
6/20 snorkel 2.5 hours
6/21 5.00
6/22 4.17
6/23 3.19
6/24 rest
6/25 4.56
6/26 5.00
6/27 meh
6/28 3.85
6/29 3.12
Total 85.17
Upcoming races:
SHEPower Virtual Half: sometime in June or July......when dog needs less nursing
Las Vegas RocknRoll Half 11/13/16
Ticker is my goal for 2016 and accumulation to date:
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Managed just under 5K this morning. I woke up feeling icky, but decided to get out anyway and it helped a lot. Thank God, I thought I had lost my running mojo. June goal: check.
I've been running (and lifting, though nothing very heavy) for three months now and I'm really starting to both see and feel a difference. I'm a bit less flabby, my arms are starting to get a bit toned, my sciatica no longer acts up as much and my back is more willing to tolerate paper writing sessions. Fewer nighttime cramps in my calves, too. I also no longer feel self-conscious when wearing tank tops and shorts because hey, my limbs may be chubby, but at least they do some good honest work.6 -
1 June – 10 km with friends for Global Running Day
3 June – 10 km
4 June – 5 km parkrun
5 June – 18 km – furthest distance yet!
7 June – 7 km
(11-12 June – 42 km of mountain bushwalking, The Serra Terror, not included in run total)
19 June – 6.4 km
20 June – 6 km
22 June – 8.5 km
25 June – 5 km
26 June – 21.2 km My First Half Marathon!
29 June – 10 km
30 June – 4.8 km
Goal: 150 km (93 miles) (Had no idea how hard The Serra Terror would be)
Total run: 111.9 km (69.5 miles)
Total walked & run: kittenloads
An absolutely awesome month.
Not counting marriage and my son's birth, probably the best month of my life10 -
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6/1- 4.17
6/2- 5.79
6/3-Rest
6/4-12.25
6/5-Rest
6/6- Rest
6/7-5.03
6/8-Rest
6/9-5.0
6/10- Rest
6/11-10k race
6/12- Rest/recovery
6/13- Rest
6/14- 9.12
6/15- 4.02
6/16- 6.7
6/17- Rest
6/18- 12.5 Miles
6/19- REST
6/20- REST
6/21- 3.0 <--First Taper Run
6/22- 4.05
6/23- 6.04
6/24- Rest
6/25- 9.01
6/26- 1.56 with wife!
6/27- Rest
6/28- 3.01
6/29-4.01
6/30- 4.27
Mileage goal: 105.57/100
Actual Goal: Finish HM training healthy, begin taper/taper well, feel ready for 7/4 HM.
Today's notes: I was not planning on running today, I had decided that I'd take an extra rest day before my upcoming HM. Well, autopilot kicked in when my alarm went off, and before I was fully awake, I was already out the door.......one of those days. Ran a 42 minute Fartlek, 15 minute warm up, 6x1 minute fast, with 1 minute recovery after, and then 15 minute cool down. Good run, and now I feel totally ready to take 3 days off of running so I can be fully rested on Monday.4 -
My goal is 80km!
2nd - 8km
4th - 5km (parkrun, 26:21) new PB by 1min 35seconds!
6th - 4km
8th - 8km
9th - 3km My first social run with a friend! We ran faster than I normally do.
11th - 5km Started enjoying it after 4km. Took my camelbak for my shopping bags and wallet and walked back via the shops, worked well.
13th - 8.5 km (7 slowish, 1 really hard, extra half k to cool off)
15th - 4km
17th - 3km (slow hard slog )
20th - 5km
21st - 8km
Skipped parkrun last week, if I get another 7km done over Thurs/Friday I'll try and talk a friend into running 5km with me on the weekend to make it up
23rd - 4km
24th - 3km. It snowed when I was walking home! So exciting! (only happens once every year or two here)
25th - 5km
27th - 4.5km
30th - 5km
83/80km!!!
Most running I've ever done in a month - love this challenge5 -
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
6/5 REST DAY
6/6 8 miles 33
6/6 4 miles 37 << Daily Double
6/7 9 miles 46
6/7 5 miles 51 << Daily Double
6/8 6.2 miles 57.2
6/9 9 miles 66.2
6/10 6.2 miles 72.4
6/11 18 miles 90.4
6/12 REST DAY
6/13 9 miles 99.4
6/13 4 miles 103.4 << Daily Double
6/14 9 miles 112.4
6/14 4 miles 116.4 << Daily Double
6/15 6.2 miles 122.6
6/16 9 miles 131.6
6/16 5 miles 136.6 << Daily Double FF Pub Run at Yellowhammer
6/17 6.2 miles 142.8
6/18 18 miles 160.8
6/19 REST DAY
6/20 9 miles 169.8
6/20 4 miles 173.8 << Daily Double
6/21 9 miles 182.8
6/21 4 miles 186.8 << Daily Double
6/22 5 miles 191.8
6/23 5.5 miles 197.3
6/24 3.1 miles 200.4
6/25 11.1 miles 211.5
6/26 REST DAY
6/27 9 miles 220.5
6/27 4 miles - 224.5 << Daily Double
6/28 9 miles - 233.5
6/28 4 miles - 237.5 << Daily Double
6/29 5 miles - 242.5
6/30 9 miles - 251.5
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 << 1:20:22 1 in AG & 15 OA
Rocket City Marathon - 12/10
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@Stoshew71 great job making your goal! you had that planned out extremely well!0
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Woo-hoo! I made goal today!! See you all in July!
Just curious if I can slip that by anyone.
Today was 2 miles at LT (20:43.5) with a 1 mile warmup. Garmin detected a new LT of 166bpm, previous was 165.
6/1 - 8 brutal miles
6/2 - 4 crappy miles
6/3 - 3.1 lovely, fast, and hilly miles
6/4 - 13.1 wonderful, moderate effort, hilly miles
6/5 - Rest
6/6 - 1.1 mile trail fail
6/15 - 4 miles
6/26 - 6.2 miles
6/27 - 3.1 miles
6/28 - 3 miles
6/29 - 3.1 miles
6/30 - 3 miles
51.7/225 miles
Upcoming races (this list is subject to change at the posters whim):
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)5 -
6/1 - 3 miles
6/2 - zip
6/3 - 5 miles
6/4 - 5 miles (I did 2 miles of intervals with my friend then walked 2 miles with her) after that I ran 3 miles with Skip so I'm going to count 5 miles
6/5 - 5 miles
6/6 - rest
6/7 - 7 miles
6/8 - 5 miles another perfect morning to run!
6/9 - 4 miles loving the weather woohoo!!!
6/10 - rest day rest day I hate rest days but I need to do a long(est) run tomorrow so it's rest day rest day
6/11 - 6 miles 80F at start of run almost 90F when we were done...hot hot hot
6/12 - 5 miles by myself and then 5 miles of intervals with my friend so I'm going to call it 8 miles - another way hot one
6/13 - rest day after running and working over the weekend for 10 hours scrubbing the liner of my pool and shop vac'ing all the water out of the bottom, my body said *kitten* no we are not moving when the alarm went off.
6/14 - 5 miles with Skip this morning
6/15 - 3 miles with the girl
6/16 - 5 miles
6/17 - rest day
6/18 - 4 miles - 5K and mile warm up
6/19 - too much to do to run day
6/20 - 4 miles
6/21 - 3 miles
6/22 - 5 miles
6/23 - 4 miles - Skip had 4 on her plan, I had 5 on mine, but she was afraid to run home past the pit bull house alone so I went with her, once my legs saw the house they said "yippe"
6/24 - rest day
6/25 - 7 miles with Skip
6/26 - 4 miles
6/27 - 5 miles
6/28 - 3 miles with Skip she had 3 on her plan from her Coach and speed work afterwards so she asked me to help her by timing her speed work - but that 3 brings me to goal. First time since December I think I've made goal.
6/29 - rest day
6/30 - 4 miles
104 of 100 miles
What a beautiful morning. I was actually really tired at 5:00 but when the weather channel said it was in the low 60sF I was up and going. Beautiful day, the humidity was in the low 80s and a nice breeze, chilly at the start, just perfect!
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@FrankieandSpots great job making your goal!
@WhatMeRunning great job finishing strong! I know that injury slowed you down. You did great!
@skippygirlsmom great way to finish the month!2 -
Got home today and found this in the mail. So excite can't wait to try it. Did a few laps around the house and it doesn't bounce at all with my phone in and still has room for my keys and stuff. So sad today It's rest day
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@skippygirlsmom Now I truly feel cheated
i know i'm behind but an eclair and a long john are very different things
long john-they can be filled but it's not required. it's an airy donut
eclair, must be filled and is more pastry textured
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