July (2016) Running Challenge

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  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,881 Member
    @_nikkiwolf_ - oh my gosh, can't believe you ran in that temperature with a hangover! Good times! Well, good times the night before. :wink:

    @MNLittleFinn - I bet your legs were dying to get out there!

    I was back in my cycling group today. OMG it was SO hot! Two people had flats which added at least 20 minutes to how long it should have taken so by the time we got back the temp was about 96 (inside the car 102!). I didn't get dropped from the group but it was really hard. If we hadn't had to stop for flats 2x, not sure I would have been able to keep up.

    On the calorie discussion:
    I burn approx 90 per mile running. I'm amazed how much cycling burns. I went 34 miles and Endomondo says 1354 calories. Before I wore a HRM it used to say 2200 calories for a ride that long. I sometimes do eat back all of the calories, but not usually. But I gained 5.5 when I was away on vacation for 2 weeks so I cut back this week. I lost all that by going down to 1700 the last 5 days. Hmmm. As I'm typing this it that makes me wonder if the reason I had such a hard time on the bike today is because I cut back my calories this week.

    I usually have my calories set for 2100 a day. I know it sounds like a lot for a female, but I tried various numbers and I kept losing and I was all ribs. So I finally figured around 2100 is perfect for me to maintain and when I run/cycle/lift (which is 6 days a week or more), then I add a few hundred more depending on hunger/mood. When we do the 55 mile rides, I will eat around 3000. I know it sounds crazy, but when I was losing my original 50 pounds 3 years ago, I was at 1500 calories and that was with walking 3 miles a day.

    7/1 - 5.23 miles in Washington
    7/2 - 3.7 miles in Washington
    7/3 - flying home all day - no running.
    7/4 - :disappointed: couldn’t ride today.
    7/5 - 4.5 miles in the Florida heat and humidity.
    7/6 - 5 miles!
    7/7 - 4.2 miles + 1 hour spinning class
    7/8 - strength training - cancelled — rest day
    7/9 - 34 mile bike ride - HOT :sweat:


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  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
    edited July 2016
    July 1 - 5 mile run with 3 miles of hills....10 min pilates
    July 2 - 2 mi "trail running fail".....4 miles real running :-p
    July 3 - 2.5 mi hard run
    July 4 - Rest day
    July 5 - 3 mi easy run....1.5 mi walk with sprinting intervals....25 min strength/pilates/stretching
    July 6 - 4 mi run
    July 7 - 30 min indoor cardio, 30 min strength/pilates
    July 8 - 6 mile run with 2 miles of hill repeats
    July 9 - 5 mi run

    31 miles of 60 (all bonus miles go to our invalids)

    Judging by the supposed temp and humidity, my run should've felt similar to yesterday but it sure felt awful warm and humid. I think it was more breezy yesterday. I got a late start at 9am. Big storm kept me up last night, blah, blah. Oh, and I've had a sore throat since Thurs. Boo.

    So I headed out 2 miles from home so I'd be guaranteed 4 miles. That first 2 miles was rough. I walked a little. My street is half mile long so I was back at my street at 3.5 and made a last minute decision to pass it up, twice, so I ended up with 5 miles.

    Why oh why can't I remember to use my heart rate monitor???

    @RespectTheKitty Running and weight loss seems tricky to me. I was only doing moderate effort exercise when I lost all my weight. When I started running I crashed and burned not eating enough. Eat as much as you can as long as you're losing. Find what works for you.

    @elise4270 Great job on the walk :-D
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    edited July 2016
    ddmom0811 wrote: »


    On the calorie discussion:
    I burn approx 90 per mile running. I'm amazed how much cycling burns. I went 34 miles and Endomondo says 1354 calories. Before I wore a HRM it used to say 2200 calories for a ride that long. I sometimes do eat back all of the calories, but not usually. But I gained 5.5 when I was away on vacation for 2 weeks so I cut back this week. I lost all that by going down to 1700 the last 5 days. Hmmm. As I'm typing this it that makes me wonder if the reason I had such a hard time on the bike today is because I cut back my calories this week.

    I usually have my calories set for 2100 a day. I know it sounds like a lot for a female, but I tried various numbers and I kept losing and I was all ribs. So I finally figured around 2100 is perfect for me to maintain and when I run/cycle/lift (which is 6 days a week or more), then I add a few hundred more depending on hunger/mood. When we do the 55 mile rides, I will eat around 3000. I know it sounds crazy, but when I was losing my original 50 pounds 3 years ago, I was at 1500 calories and that was with walking 3 miles a day.

    I have got to get my bike out. You are superwoman!
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
    edited July 2016
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »

    So this is the second time this week a side stitch has gotten her like that, what causes that?

    @skippygirlsmom Usually for me, I get a side stitch when my stride gets out of line/timing with my breathing (or if I'm still working through a big lunch). The best way to get rid of one, besides walking, is to make sure you breathe out when the opposite foot hits the ground. Runners' World swears by it, and so do I! It will also help you focus in on your breathing pattern and get it back in sync.

    http://www.runnersworld.com/ask-coach-jenny/four-ways-to-stop-the-dreaded-side-stitch
  • ROBOTFOOD
    ROBOTFOOD Posts: 5,527 Member
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    7/1 - 2 miles
    7/2 - 5 miles
    7/3 - 3 miles
    7/4- hiking day with Skip
    7/5 - 5 miles
    7/6 - 5 miles
    7/7 - rest day
    7/8 - 5 miles
    7/9 - 8 miles

    33 of 110 miles

    8 miles with Skip, poor girl got an awful stitch just before mile 5ish we walked a half mile to 6 she started to run again and soon she was doubled over crying it hurt so bad. I stayed with her until she calmed down and finished my run. I started back in her direction and she was running towards me holding her side, but she finished the 8. Pretty hot. We went down to the greenway but decided to go up and run through Research Park instead so lots of up and down on the sidewalks, much harder run than the flat Greenway.

    The fun thing was she had a chance to talk to a man I see all the time. He and I have chatted before but it's the first time she's been there. He has run marathons in all 50 states and he such a great guy to talk with about running. He talked to her about running and about school. He told her he ran Boston this year and talked about that experience, he's run it a few times before. I could talk to him all day.

    So this is the second time this week a side stitch has gotten her like that, what causes that?

    In the past, it was from eating large meals too close to run time. I used to need about 2-3hrs. But fast forward 8yrs and 60-90min will do it now.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    edited July 2016
    @robotfood and @kristinegift thanks for the response. Thursday she ate a protein bar an hour before her run and today she didn't eat at all. Perhaps a hydration issue? I'll have to do more reading on it. She's gotten into a bad habit (in my opinion) of drinking while she's running...3 miles or 10 she is drinking at a 1/4 mile. I'll have to ask if she was drinking Thursday or not.
    @kristinegift great run today :smile: congrats - I recognize the spot you are standing in
    @respectthekitty I'm almost 55 5'6" and 120ish lbs. I burn between 80-90 calories a mile at around 10+ min mile. You really should find something to track your calories burned. My calories are set at 1400 but I eat back my calories to net at least 1200 if I run that day. I know it sounds stupid but sometimes it's hard to eat 1800 calories or so to get to 1400 net, makes me wonder how I got 60 lbs overweight ha ha! But I can eat a horse on my rest day. So I need to watch that. When I was at my running peak 120 - 140 miles a month I seldom paid attention to my calorie intake.
    @_nikkiwolf_ sorry but I had to laugh at your post, what a run you had. I'm impressed you got out there.
    @stoshew71 how was the trail over there? Nice pix. From Jenn's post looked like she had a great run. We ran into a woman walking back to her car in Research Park, she left it by the start line, she didn't realize how close the finish was to the start if you walk out of Midtowne and walked the course backwards to get to her car. Poor thing I didn't have the heart to tell her she was less than a 1/4 mile if she walked the other direction.

    Edited to add: she didn't drink the exercise mix Thrs but had fruit with the protein bar about an hour before her run I'm reading that fruit/fruit juice is a big no no before your run. @kristinegift I forgot to say she did the opposite foot on exhale because I've use that before and it did help some.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    @greenolivetree that's only on running days, I just don't eat as much if I run a lot. Weird
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    @greenolivetree that's only on running days, I just don't eat as much if I run a lot. Weird

    When I was running later in the day after work, I lost my evening appetite. But when I run first thing in the morning, I'm hungry.
  • foomsy
    foomsy Posts: 222 Member
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  • louubelle16
    louubelle16 Posts: 579 Member
    greenolivetree wrote: »
    When I was running later in the day after work, I lost my evening appetite. But when I run first thing in the morning, I'm hungry.

    I'm the same. Even if it's only 3 miles in the morning, I'm like a starving beast all day. A run, even 10 miles, in the evening though and I would happily not touch anything until breakfast.

    Anyway, guess which moron fell over last night while wearing high heels and having drunk a little bit too much tequila *sheepishly raises hand* I've had pain all down the bottom of my right foot all day, although it has significantly eased since this morning and a walk around the supermarket seemed to do it the world of good. I'm hoping I can make it out for a short run tomorrow and move my long run to Tuesday instead. This month is off to a bad start already for my running, I've only made it out 3 times :-1: I'll just have to catch up before I go on holiday on the 30th, knowing that I at least have that week off to recover!
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    vandinem wrote: »
    Date      Miles      MTD
-------   -----    -------
July  2     6.5      6.5 
July  3     5.0     11.5 
July  4     4.3     15.8 
July  6     4.3     20.1 
July  9    13.2     33.3

    13.2?! Yay, @vandinem !
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    4 days off really made me forget how much I love running....after a 5 mile easy run this morning, and a 1 mile hard run this afternoon.....I'm now having to tell myself to NOT go for a third run tonight.....This bodes well for my up coming training cycle
  • djspacecaptain
    djspacecaptain Posts: 366 Member
    July 9th: 10.5 miles (6 mile jog, 4.5 mile high incline treadmill)

    Monthly total: 57.75/100 miles
  • AdrianChr92
    AdrianChr92 Posts: 567 Member
    Ran in 68 degrees today. It was heaven

    Date.....Distance..Avg hr/Pace/km
    July 1 - 7.7 km - 148/6:09
    July 2 - 5.8 km - 147/6:56
    July 3 - 11.6km - 151/6:22
    July 4 - rest
    July 5 - 7.0 km - 149/6:34
    July 6 - 6.5 km - 147/6:32
    July 7 - 4.4 km - 139/7:00
    July 8 - 5.7 km - ???/7:00
    July 9 - 6.0 km - 130/8:30
    July 10- 7.0 km - 146/5:54


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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
    22/07: Bucharest After9Cross 9.5k
    28/08: Fox Trail Half Marathon (10k)
    18/09: Baneasa Trail Run (10k)
    09/10: Bucharest International Marathon (Half)

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