June (2016) Running Challenge
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greenolivetree wrote: »greenolivetree wrote: »It's hot and I really don't feel like running in this. I always try to keep fitness something I enjoy so that I don't burn out. So I'm fighting with myself over hitting 75 miles this month or just relaxing a bit. There are other days to run right? Plus my husband is telling me it's not worth it when my asthma is already acting up. I need to go recompute if there's any other way I can get 75 miles if I blow off today :-p
The 75 isn't set in stone. And with the summer heat, it's wise to make the necessary changes to keep you running. There's always a point in my run where i ask myself, "What about tomorrow?" Focusing on making good decisions is part of training. Heck, some Olympic athletes bailed on Rio because they assessed the risk to be too great.
My husband has asthma and had been in a flare for a week. He went to Sulphur to run (where the cold springs are). He just sent me a text. " I died", " please God let me send one last text".
Thank you. I purposely set a low goal of 50 due to summer. But then I set my sight on 75. And I may still make it. But if not, there's always October! Lol My asthma always starts to bug me this time of year.
By October , you can shoot for 100
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@Elise4270 Yes! I think I will be hitting 100 when the weather cools off.1
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@Stoshew71 awesome pictures, you're killing it!
I'm really pleased to only be 5.5 miles off goal- that's only 2 6K trail runs away! Already looking ahead to setting goals for July. How does everyone set new month goals? Increase by a certain increment? Choose a number and shoot for the stars?
In other news I shaved 5 minutes off my 6k today- shout out to the bear 30 yards off the path and the wildlife geniuses who posted warning signs at the end of the path who made my success possible. #NEEDMOARBEARS!!!
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Training plan today called for a double of some easy miles, along with a 1 hour fartlek.
Given the heat, I did the easy miles indoors on the treadmill, and learned that when watching the treadmill TV, my accelerometer on my watch significantly underestimates my pace (claimed 10:15 miles when I was at 9) as my vertical oscillation is reduced, but is pretty accurate when I'm not focusing on the TV during commercials. Usually I wouldn't care, but it shorted me 0.3 miles (vs. the treadmill distance) during the 33 minute run. I ended up doing the fartlek outdoors despite the temperature in the 80s as the humidity wasn't too ugly, and did roughly 20 intermittent random distance sprints (0.1-0.25/mile) at a 4:40-5:10 pace, as I waited for my heart rate to return to 135 before kicking off each one. Definitely curious how my legs will feel in the morning for my long run, as the speedplay session didn't feel as draining as traditional speework sessions, but the pace was quicker than usual.
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
Total: 173 miles
Goal: 200 miles
Remaining: 27 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 5
@stoshew71 - Congrads on the AG win at the 10 miler. Racing in heat just sucks, but if you can figure out how much to cut back due to it (I'll usually go by heart rate targets), you'll be golden.
@mobycarp - Running as a retiree is nice as you don't need to sacrifice sleep, and can usually work your schedule around more social runs with others. It took me about a year to get into a rhythm after retiring, but once you figure out your hobbies/volunteer stuff/travel plans/fitness goals, things generally fall into place. I'm still struggling with how much to structure each day vs. leave for random stuff, and I now put in about as much time biking (and a bit less swimming/lifting) as I do running to round things out and avoid injury. Zero temptation at my end to return to work.0 -
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
Total 73.20
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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I did it!
I ran my first Half Marathon!
@juliet3455 Your estimate for my time was spot on!
Won't bore you with too long a recap.
I ate my normal breakfast at 8:30 am (orange juice, coffee, greek yoghurt & Sanitarium "Go" biscuits), then had a gel and some water 15 minutes before I set out at 10 am.
Walked about a km as a warmup, after a few dynamic stretches at home.
At around 15 km I had another gel and stopped at a water fountain for a few seconds to wash it down. That perked me up a bit.
Felt extra good at about 17 km! Then it was just a few more steady kms and I was done!
ETA: this was not a race... I just ran it on my own on familiar ground, because I felt like I could.6 -
@Orphia Huray. Judging by those splits it got harder at the end. But you did it anyway. Congrats
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
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
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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
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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
73.5/80km so far1 -
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!
6/17: Long awaited rest day
6/18: 10.2 miles
6/19: 16 miles
6/20: 6 miles
6/21: Rest day
6/22: 8 miles
6/23: 7 miles << Buddy-up'd tempo run
........: 6.3 miles << Thursday crew run!
6/24: Rest day!
6/25: 18 miles!!
6/26: 8.2 miles
Took it nice and easy with a small running group today. We took it at a meandering pace this morning on some nice trails (of the gravel, roadside and tow path variety) with a walk break here and there. My legs weren't toast after 18 very hilly miles yesterday (by some miracle), but I could definitely feel some fatigue in there from time to time, especially on the looser gravel when my legs had to work harder to stabilize. It was good to go out with a group though; had I gone alone I think I would have been miserable and been a big baby about it.
@Stoshew71 Was it raining or was it just that hot? You are soaked from head to toe, my friend!
@Orphia Congrats on tackling your first HM distance!! What an accomplishment!
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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@Orphia congrats on running your first HM!
Woke up this morning and my knee felt a little wonky, so no run this morning. Will see how it feels later and maybe get my 3 easy miles in this evening.1 -
Hubby woke me up to help him get ready for work so I got out early and got an easy 3 in with Neeko. He was very happy to be able to come with. My legs are crazy tight and I know I need to foam roll, I just hate doing it. That will be goal number 2 for today, to make time and just do it. Just looked at the calendar and realized I have runs planned for Tuesday and Wednesday which should put me over my goal! Woohoo!
Back to work tomorrow after 5 days off, dreading it.
Off to get my stuff together for that.
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
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 Point2 -
I ran 9 miles yesterday in the heat...84 degrees with heat index of 91. I had to take a few 2-3 minute walk breaks but able to finish. Very fatigued afterward. 18 minutes cool-down.
6/6....8 miles
6/12...4 miles
6/16....3.88 miles (treadmill, rolling hills program)
6/18....9 miles
6/24...5.16 miles
6/25.....9 miles
Total is 45.61. My goal is 50 for the month.
I finally met my weight loss goal....47 pounds since l started logging here, and 59 total pounds since I joined a gym and became serious. Super excited...it did take 5 years...yes, I could have done it faster, but it's more important to be able to keep it off and I think that I have the tools to do that. No fad diet, no shakes....just honest logging and counting calories.7 -
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
92 of 100 miles
Hot air vs humidity - I ran at 7:30 this morning it was 78F and 80% humidity, 2 hours later and it's 86F and 60% humidity and sunny2 -
Great job @Orphia! Congrats on completing the HM distance. Very impressed that you knew you were ready and went out and did it.
Hot here today and I missed my morning window so I'll shoot for a 3 mile run this evening. At least the humidity is not too bad today.1 -
Ended up meeting my usual northern Sunday AM crew (smaller than usual) at 7AM for our long run. Starting temperature wasn't awful, but the humidity made it icky. One guy dropped off about 8 miles in, and the other slowed down pretty considerably after 10 miles (but could impressively perform a running motion while going at a 16 min pace), so I broke off and finished up on my own. Average wasn't awful, but the crew definitely wasn't used to this weather. Falling way behind on my biking goals, so I'll likely hit the bike this afternoon, and do a mid-distance run tomorrow AM before heading back to the south.
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
Total: 185 miles
Goal: 200 miles
Remaining: 15 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 5
@Orphia - congrads on tackling that distance. It is definitely a bit of a different atmosphere doing it in a race with the crowd support and aid stations, and I'm sure you'd love it if you got a chance. Regardless, always great when you can build some confidence with it.3 -
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
Mileage goal: 94.29/100
Actual Goal: Finish HM training healthy, begin taper/taper well, feel ready for 7/4 HM.
Today's notes: As I wrote earlier today, my knee was feeling a bit wonky this morning, so I slept in and didn't run. Well, about 0830, my wife said we should go on a walk. I said that sounded great, and asked how far, so I could figure out a route, she said 2 miles....I figured that was a bit short, but whatever.....Well, she came out in her running clothes. AWESOME!
We ended up running for 1.56 miles and then walking for 0.43 miles to get back home. Run was 20 minutes for an average pace of 12:51, an nice easy pace for me, even pushing a stroller, and a good medium/hard pace for my wife. I'm so proud of her, she really puts her all into these little runs, and even lets me psh her a little further than she thinks she can go!
Depending on how I'm feeling, I might go for another short, 1.5-2 mile run this evening, just to work a few kinks out, but for now, I'm a very happy man.4 -
My son, Alex, is still running. He's following a plan- little hurt that he didn't run it by me He's doing well on it. He's young, no reason he can't stomp out some miles. He's learned the value of some of my running gear, 2 MFP running shirts
, my tube belt, and he ate all my picky bars as TV snacks. I tried to get him to download Strava (his Garmin is at his dad's somewhere . Ah! Don't lose a Garmin! ). DH has an old 220 he can use though. Maybe that gift subscription to Runner's World is paying off. And my incessant nagging how he should be a runner.
This morning DH decided to sign them both up for the 49th annual Fireball July 4th 5k (DH may do the 10k).. ohhh the torture! Can I at least get a shirt! Argh! I'll get to experience a race as a spectator, maybe I should volunteer. Idk, a runner may run me over on crutches. Thay crazy.5 -
Taper sucks I am looking up how to carbo load, planning my last 2-3 runs (T/W/Th, any thoughts on how long to run for them?) and I just checked 3 different websites for the extended weather forecast for 7/4....Good news is the projected high is down from 87 to 81, with over night low the night before to be 61, so hopefully it will be relatively cool for my 0630 start time1
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Out the door at 5:30 this morning for 7 miles. I modified my planned route because mile 5 I was feeling like the tank was empty. All the sweat and no food, I was bottomed out. The plan was to start and end with a flat mile with all hills in the middle. I just couldn't do another round of the hills so I ended with 2 flat miles instead. I'll have to tackle that again, on a cooler day and maybe some breakfast in me. It was 75 at 5:30am :-/ and high humidity of course.1
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greenolivetree wrote: »Out the door at 5:30 this morning for 7 miles. I modified my planned route because mile 5 I was feeling like the tank was empty. All the sweat and no food, I was bottomed out. The plan was to start and end with a flat mile with all hills in the middle. I just couldn't do another round of the hills so I ended with 2 flat miles instead. I'll have to tackle that again, on a cooler day and maybe some breakfast in me. It was 75 at 5:30am :-/ and high humidity of course.
Sounds like you did more than enough, considering the weather and all. Great Job!0
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