July (2016) Running Challenge
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07/01- 4.28km
07/02- 5.01km
07/03- Rest/Weights Day
07/04- 5.48km
07/05- Forced Rest Day (Husband OOT)
07/06- Forced Rest Day (Husband OOT)
07/07- 6.13km
07/08- 6.13km
07/09- 6.13km
07/10- 3km
07/11- 8.3km
07/12- 4.5km
07/13- 4.6km
07/14- 10km
07/15- Rest Day
07/16- 11km
07/17- 10.1km
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@_nikkiwolf_ On being sore after that monster hill, and feeling the downhills: It's the downhills that hurt. In the words of a local race director, "The uphill segments may break the souls of a few new runners, but it's the downhills that turn your body into ground beef. (Ground tofu for the vegetarians.)"
My PT explains that that running uphill, the muscles work in an eccentric fashion, while downhill they work concentric. The concentric effort is much harder, and not so much what the muscles are good at.8 -
July Running Totals (miles)
7/1 – rest day
7/2 – 13.14 paced run
7/3 – 10.06 easy with fast finish
7/4 – rest day
7/5 – 6.74 easy with hills and a fast finish
7/6 – 7.26 group run
7/7 – 6.85 warmup, group run speed work
7/8 – rest day
7/9 – 12.33 paced run
7/10 – time for run squeezed out by Life Happens
7/11 – rest day 7.41 easy + 4 strides
7/12 – 8.07 warmup + fartlek
7/13 – unplanned rest day – time crunch
7/14 – 7.63 easy
7/15 – rest day
7/16 – 14.86 warmup + Shoreline Half Marathon
7/17 – 5.71 easy 45 minutes
July total to date – 100.06
Nominal Challenge Goal – 150 miles
Real Goals: Become comfortable running 5 days a week. Finish Shoreline in good shape, managing the expected heat and humidity better than last year. Build base toward Rochester Marathon.
Today's notes – After yesterday's race, today should be something easy. I dithered about 5 or 6 miles, then took a look at the marathon training plan that I'm not following because I wasn't in shape to follow it when I should have started. Yesterday it called for 14 miles, close enough to what I ran a Shoreline plus the warmup. Today it calls for 45 minutes easy. The speed work for the coming week looks to be within my capability, with the worrisome detail that I don't really have the base of mileage to support it. But the 45 minutes easy today works in well, and maybe I can chop down the speed workouts to make the mileage a more reasonable build from where I am.
82° and partly sunny, the humidity was more noticeable than at yesterday's race. Took a route that avoided major hills, just had a couple little bumps to get over. I was pleased that I was able to adjust the route on the fly and still be pretty close to my driveway when I hit 45 minutes. Total distance, 5.71 miles in 45:07 for an average pace of 7:56 per mile. This felt like marathon training ought to feel.
Now I just have to figure out how to get the mileage to where it needs to be within the next 9 weeks, with lots of other stuff going on in my life for the next 6 and a half weeks.
In other news, I noticed that BAA announced the registration dates for Boston. Just like last year, I'll register 6 days before Rochester. That will give me something else to think about besides the taper.
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) finished in 1:31:11
September 18, 2016 Rochester Marathon (Rochester, NY)
November 24, 2016 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY)
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It's the downhills that hurt. In the words of a local race director, "The uphill segments may break the souls of a few new runners, but it's the downhills that turn your body into ground beef. (Ground tofu for the vegetarians.)"
My PT explains that that running uphill, the muscles work in an eccentric fashion, while downhill they work concentric. The concentric effort is much harder, and not so much what the muscles are good at.
I was literally thinking about this on my run today! I have severe overpronation on both sides so I have to really mind how I come down on declines as they are much harder on my knees. I'll push through all the inclines before I'll take a steep decline to avoid a cap subluxation1 -
Missed running this morning due to...bodily issues....Now my body is craving a run, but family is all awake, so no run now!
....I'm half tempted to run tomorrow, to start doing a 6 runs/week schedule, Rest days are always so hard for me, and I figure an Extra Easy run (I'm running 5 days a week now) might not be a bad thing in this run up to my next HM......I hate the stir crazy when I miss a run.2 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »Missed running this morning due to...bodily issues....Now my body is craving a run, but family is all awake, so no run now!
....I'm half tempted to run tomorrow, to start doing a 6 runs/week schedule, Rest days are always so hard for me, and I figure an Extra Easy run (I'm running 5 days a week now) might not be a bad thing in this run up to my next HM......I hate the stir crazy when I miss a run.
I feel this huge @MNLittleFinn missing run days is the worst . I hope you get out tomorrow!1 -
A play on the #Like a Girl theme/meme.
I dedicate it to all the amazing Lady Runners/Lady Athletes in any sport.
A great Shirt Logo on display at my local Running Store.
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Was able to scrape out 4.1 miles this afternoon. The last mile required a couple of walk breaks, but damnit, I got myself to 4 miles. SO MANY PEOPLE out playing Pokemon Go on the Prairie Path, it's ridiculous.
I have been thoroughly blessed so far with the weather; it hasn't been super hot hardly at all. That's supposed to change next week, though, so I'm glad I'm able to get these miles in now.
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Oh... and I found myself seriously craving an Arnold Palmer after my run today.1
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@juliet3455 love them!0
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7/12....4.15 miles (rolling hills on the treadmill)--12:14 pace....exhausted after working all night and only 5 hours sleep. Still happy that I was able to run. Was distracted by getting a free phone in the mail...so too late to run outside.
Total for July thus far...27.83.
7/15....5.08 miles(rolling hills program on the treadmill) at 12:00 pace. I wanted to run a little faster, approximately 11:06 pace again, but "fried" after working 2 nights in a row and getting very little sleep. My plan is to run a long run today, probably 10 miles.
I slept 10 hours last night and feel great and I lost almost a pound over night. I am in maintenance now (for a month) but still closely monitoring the weight gain/loss. One of my mfp friends lost the weight quickly ( he was ona 1200 calorie diet) and gained 40 pounds back the next year.
Total for the month of July...32.91.
7/16 ....6 miles(fartleks)....that was a fun run! Cool weather...I started too late to run the 10 miles that I planned..so opted to run 6 today and then try for 10 tomorrow.I did almost get hit by a "smart" car at an intersection. It was funny...I saw it out of the corner of my eye, and sized up whether it would damage me more than I would damage it if we collided. On Monday, I plan to rest. New total is 38.91.
Thanks to Elise4270, Stowshew71, and AdriaChr92 for answering my questions. I will google Authur Lydiard...always interested in unorthodox training methods.
@MobyCarp: Very impressed with your race results, esp. being number 1 in your age bracket. If I race long enough, I may break into the top 100 finishers. Such an accomplishment to be number 1. I love the curved glass trophy...super cool.
Just finished running 10 miles today...it was harder than last time, maybe because I ran 6 miles yesterday and 5 the previous day. I tried to stay at 85-87% max heart rate...after 5 miles, I could really feel the soreness kick in. I was expecting rubbery legs, not soreness. It was really hot today with occasional cool headwind. I wanted to quit but kept repeating, "stronger, fitter, faster" as a kind of mantra. I slowed significantly the last 3 miles, probably 14 minute and 15 min miles. Afterward, soaked with sweat. Looking forward to rest day tomorrow.
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Its late and I need to get to bed so no comments (I still need to read everyone's posts). I will say a couple of things about my runs this weekend though.
Some of you may have seen on my news feed the funny story of my Friday run... I ran a little over 5 miles using MapMyRun on Friday. Got home and went about my business. Mid-day I drove Hobbes the Vizsla to doggie daycare after checking the freeways in Google maps. As I always do I had the radio on to music and kept hearing an echo that I thought was Siri or the Google maps lady but when I would pick up my phone there was nothing. I even checked my work phone. Getting off the freeway it dawned on me that I had never turned off MapMyRun! It said I had run 17 miles in under a 5 min pace and 12 of it right along the freeway! At some points I would have been going faster than the cars though! :laugh: I edited MapMyRun to correct it but I did consider leaving it just so people could wonder
My long run on Saturday was good and made me feel better about the upcoming HM. It was cloudy, cool and oh so humid when I started. Sunny, hot and oh so dry when I finished. A good run.
Hopefully I can get caught up with everyone in the next day or two!
Date.........Miles........Total
07/01.......6.28.........6.28
07/02.......7.36.......13.64
07/03.......0.00.......13.64
07/04.....13.50.......27.14 - ShePower Virtual HM
07/05.......4.13.......31.27 - + Strength Training
07/06.......0.00.......31.27
07/07.......5.63.......36.90 - + Strength Training & Rally
07/08.......5.38.......42.28
07/09.......0.00.......42.28
07/10.......0.00.......42.28
07/11.......7.72.......50.00 - + Agility
07/12.......5.59.......55.59 - + Strength Training
07/13.......0.00.......55.59
07/14.......5.72.......61.31 - + Strength Training & Rally
07/15.......5.38.......66.69
07/16.....13.39.......80.08
07/17.......2.00.......82.08 - Dog Beach!
Upcoming Races - Let me know if you will be running too!
07/04/16 - 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 Marathon
02/05/17 - Surf City Half Marathon5 -
@_nikkiwolf_ Bravo for getting up your mountain! That's lovely. I know how happy I was getting round "my" lake the first time. Just love how running makes us set ourselves goals then go out and smash them.
@shanaber Hahaha, yep, I've had that happen with MapMyWalk! (Forgetting to turn it off then getting mega stats for driving in a car.) I think the Fitbit app also goes mad with steps if you open it while in a car.
2 July – 5 km parkrun alongside my niece
3 July – 10 km
5 July – 10 km
7 July – 10 km
8 July – 5.6 km & Body Balance
9 July – 13.6 km & 10 km PB
11 July – 10 km
15 July – 3.7 km
16 July – 5.1 km parkrun
18 July – 9.1 km
July Goal: 150 km (93 miles)
Total: 81.8 km
Did a longer run today since my back was feeling fine for the shorter runs on the weekend. So happy!
But I must not go mad and won't try to catch up. I'll stick to my 4 runs a week, and have a day off tomorrow.3 -
July 2nd - 8.5km (6:37 min/km... 162bpm)
July 3rd - 3km (5:23min/km...180bpm)
July 4th - .5km (actually 5x110m sprint, then walk back: fastest 3:11pace, slowest 3:25pace)
July 6th - 4.5km (6:38min/km... 160bpm)
July 7th - 8.5km (6:40 pace, 172bpm) Back at my hometown - along the ridge rd (Hilly)
July 9th - 5km Parkrun (watch said 4.92; course is different: 5:18 pace, 181bpm)
July 15th - 22km (6:54 pace, 166bpm)
Ah, yeah, oops, was sick, then lazy, then I felt fresh so I thought I'd do 10km instead of the 9 I planned... so I set off about lunchtime, without shoes, without having had any water all day.... and I felt good so I thought maybe I'd aim for 12km (equal longest run) and after 10km I realised the loop I started on was longer than I thought; decided on 15km or to the next water (and thought about doing 21km)... drank out of a puddle (camped way out it the bush... it was a clean looking puddle). Got back to the hut we were camping at after 20.4km and kept going a little past there.
Seriously ill considered. Thought I might have done something seriously nasty to my right foot, internally (lateral midfoot - sharp pain when going from heel through to forefoot during walking... walked on my toes a lot). Its coming good today and I can walk and run comfortably (but still a small ache).
I will take my time and build up a better base before I try that again.
Very impressed I could do that though!
Garmin said my new half marathon time is 2:26:? (and some seconds).
52/100km3 -
7/1- REST
7/2- REST
7/3- REST
7/4- 13.1 RW&B HM 2:15:26
7/5- REST
7/6- REST
7/7- REST
7/8- REST
7/9- 5.0
7/9- 1.0
7/10- 4.23
7/11-REST
7/12- 6.01
7/13- 4.04
7/14- 2.01
7/14- 5.0
7/15- REST
7/16-9.06
7/17- REST
7/18- 4.03
July Mile goal: 53.62/70
Actual goal: Run the Red White and Boom HM well, recover well, run the Park Point 5 Mile (7/14,not racing) well and begin training for September Boundary Waters Bank HM.
Today's Notes: 4.03 miles at 9:40 pace. This was a nice easy out and back route out of town that is basically flat/slightly uphill for the first mile, then rolling hills out to the turn around at mile 2 and the reverse of that for mile 3, and then 4 is the reverse of mile 1. Today's run felt really good, my breathing, even at a pace that's a bunch (0:30/mile) than I used to do, was in my E range, which means a 4 count in and out, using my footfalls to keep time.
My runs (all 7 of them) have been a bunch faster than I did before my HM. I don't know if it's that my recovery allowed me to now fully realize the gains I made in training or what, but after setting 2 PR's at my race on Thursday, and faster training runs seeming easier,I'm starting to feel pretty good about how I can do at my September HM.
Only downside of the run is the nice red mark where my HRM rubbed and drew blood. Still trying how to figure out a fix for that. It's one tiny spot in the middle of my chest....things to ponder....1 -
7/1 - 11.5 - Easy
7/2 - 5.86 - Recovery
7/3 - 18.11 - Long Run
7/4 - 2.0 - Strength Training Warmup
7/5 - 9.0 - Tempo
7/6 - 14.07 - Easy
7/7 - 5.14 - Recovery
7/8 - 12.1 - Easy W/ Strides
7/9 - 5.1 - Recovery
7/10 - 20.0 - Long Run
7-11 - Rest
7/12 - 8.01 - Tempo
7/13 - 12.47 - Easy
7/14 - 5.0 - Recovery
7/15 - 12.6 - Easy
7/16 - 6.2 - Recovery
7/17 - 16.0 - Long Run
Total 163.16 of 289
Busy weekend so didn't get to log these until today. Saturday was an easy recovery run, then Sunday was my weekly long run. Schedule actually only called for 14 but with today as a rest day i wanted to try a new hydration/fueling combo on 4 mile loops. After the first loop i really thought the run was a bust, pace was off, focus was off, pretty much everything about the run sucked. Nearly packed it in but went ahead and continued on thinking i'd be lucky to get this to 10 and not 16. The 2nd loop was a little better and thought 12 would be good, then the 3rd was even better and pace and stride was back to normal so I just went ahead and finished the 16. Taking in 100 calories every 4 miles with 20 oz of water really seemed to help with my cardiac drift/dehydration i'd been experiencing. Spent 60% of my time in z2 and 40% in lower z3 mainly on the 2 mile out portion of the run that is uphill. Weekly mileage was 60.28 on this recovery/stepback week. The next 2 weeks will probably push towards 70 with back to back 20/21 mile long runs.3 -
@5512bf that's some awesome running!0
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »7/1- REST
7/2- REST
7/3- REST
7/4- 13.1 RW&B HM 2:15:26
7/5- REST
7/6- REST
7/7- REST
7/8- REST
7/9- 5.0
7/9- 1.0
7/10- 4.23
7/11-REST
7/12- 6.01
7/13- 4.04
7/14- 2.01
7/14- 5.0
7/15- REST
7/16-9.06
7/17- REST
7/18- 4.03
July Mile goal: 53.62/70
Actual goal: Run the Red White and Boom HM well, recover well, run the Park Point 5 Mile (7/14,not racing) well and begin training for September Boundary Waters Bank HM.
Today's Notes: 4.03 miles at 9:40 pace. This was a nice easy out and back route out of town that is basically flat/slightly uphill for the first mile, then rolling hills out to the turn around at mile 2 and the reverse of that for mile 3, and then 4 is the reverse of mile 1. Today's run felt really good, my breathing, even at a pace that's a bunch (0:30/mile) than I used to do, was in my E range, which means a 4 count in and out, using my footfalls to keep time.
My runs (all 7 of them) have been a bunch faster than I did before my HM. I don't know if it's that my recovery allowed me to now fully realize the gains I made in training or what, but after setting 2 PR's at my race on Thursday, and faster training runs seeming easier,I'm starting to feel pretty good about how I can do at my September HM.
Only downside of the run is the nice red mark where my HRM rubbed and drew blood. Still trying how to figure out a fix for that. It's one tiny spot in the middle of my chest....things to ponder....
It's normal for your paces to get faster in the first 5 or 10 years you run, as you get fitter and your body adapts to running more efficiently. The half I ran Saturday with a goal of just feeling good was faster than my first half, where I was deliberately trying to finish as fast as possible.
The HRM rubbing the chest to a point of rawness happened to me the first time when I ran Buffalo 2015 and was wearing the strap for I don't know how long, but at least 8 hours. First thing I tried was putting petroleum jelly under it. Other runners advised using Body Glide, but I choke on the cost. Then someone here suggested cheap stick deodorant as a substitute for Body Glide. Well, I use a stick deodorant. Tried it on my chest instead of the petroleum jelly, and it did the trick without gunking up the HRM strap. Made it through Boston with no irritation on my chest from the HRM. And since it's the same deodorant I use on my underarms, and I'm running up a substantial sweat anyway, I doubt anyone notices the difference.
Yesterday I tried the deodorant on my feet instead of the petroleum jelly I've been using for years. It seemed to work well enough, and I doubt a little deodorant in my shoes will make things any worse; if anything, it may be a minor, totally insufficient help for shoes that see 90º F running conditions. So I tentatively think I have a lubricant winner here, at somewhere less than 10% of the cost of Body Glide.
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Getting off the freeway it dawned on me that I had never turned off MapMyRun! It said I had run 17 miles in under a 5 min pace and 12 of it right along the freeway! At some points I would have been going faster than the cars though!
A short 4km One way Hill run yesterday. The up-hill leg. Right now I still consider myself to be in recovery mode so I don't usually run consecutive days.
07/01 – 0.0 km – 0.0 - 100 km
07/05 – 4.0 km – 4.0 – 96 km
07/07 – 4.0 km – 8.0 – 92 km
07/09 – 5.0 km – 13.0 – 87 km
07/13 – 11.0 km – 24.0 – 76 km
07/16 – 8.0 km – 32.0 – 68 km
07/17 – 4.0 km – 36.0 – 64 km – YTD 655.2 km
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@MobyCarp thanks for the info!0
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July
1-4.6mi with incline between 1-13. slow and steady
2-nope
3-nope
4-nope
5-hip and foot cramps, nope
6-flare. jog or yoga tonight. not sure which
7-4.11mi sprint intervals. it felt good.
8-2 hrs of aerial yoga
9-beat up from yoga
10-hungover. heartbeat hurt my head
11-still kinda hungover. too old to party
12-slept thru my alarms and my skin is on fire. i might sneak a run in tonight. maybe. depends if clothes feel comfortable
13-nothing-aerial yoga tonight
14-lazy and a few nagging foot and groin strain issues
15-nope
16-6.65 mi run and 1.5km walk for pokemon
17-nothing
18-slept thru my alarms
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@_nikkiwolf_ On being sore after that monster hill, and feeling the downhills: It's the downhills that hurt. In the words of a local race director, "The uphill segments may break the souls of a few new runners, but it's the downhills that turn your body into ground beef. (Ground tofu for the vegetarians.)"
My PT explains that that running uphill, the muscles work in an eccentric fashion, while downhill they work concentric. The concentric effort is much harder, and not so much what the muscles are good at.
Probably explain why my pace is actually usually faster on flat ground and even slight uphills than on downhills.
July 1-7.3 +1.1 with the puppy
July 2-12 miles
July 3-8 miles
July 4-rest day
July 5-6 miles + 1.1 with the puppy
July 6- 5 miles
July 7- 4.6 miles easy + 0.4 miles with puppy (we ran into a doggie friend and she decided that play>running!)
July 8- 4.4 miles speed intervals
July 9-9.3 miles with Mojo group +1.3 miles with Stella
July 10-6.1 miles
July 11- rest
July 12- 6.2 miles AM+4 miles PM
July 13- 3.9 miles+1.1 with the pup
July 14- 5 miles AM
July 15- 4.1 miles hill repeats
July 16- 12.2 miles
July 17- 4.9 miles
Just getting around to reading all of the posts from the weekend and posting my runs for the last 3 days. Congrats to everyone who had great races and set new PRs! Way too many to mention them all. You guys rock.
No race or PR here, but a great weekend, running and otherwise. Friday after work I did some pretty brutal hill repeats in the heat. 6X1.5 minutes up the hill with 2.5 minute cool down. I usually try and sprint these or at least take them as fast as I can. However, the heat made it kind of difficult. I didn't take it easy on myself and ran pretty hard, but my pace was no where near what I would consider a sprint. However, the heart rate made it well into zone 5 on every interval and I even had to walk back down the hill to bring it back to zone one on a few of them, so I guess the point of the workout was accomplished. I am calling it a success.
Saturday morning's 12 miler was pretty uneventful. Nice early morning sunrise run before we headed down to Louisville for a music festival. Festival was great, but draining with the heat. I have been to Louisville twice before and they have some great running spots along the river that I have always wanted to do but have never made it happen (usually the result of all of the delicious bourbon that is practically poured down your throat there). However, I made a promise to myself that I would get up Sunday morning for a nice, enjoyable run. And boy was it awesome. Ran across the Ohio river into Indiana with the sunrise on the water. So peaceful and lovely.
It occurred to me that, having grown up in Pittsburgh and now living in Cincinnati, I have run across the Ohio river in 4 different states: PA, OH to KY and now KY to IN. My in-laws live less than a mile from the Ohio river in WV. I run along it when we are there, but I never have crossed it. Definitely on the must do list for my next visit. I need to add another Ohio River state to my running list!
Today is a rest day and I am going to enjoy it. Legs feel good, but looking forward to a break from the heat. Still in pretty good shape to meet my goal for the month. Have a great day everyone!
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Rest day yesterday, and it was lovely, but I was happy to be back to running today. I always find it amazing how my body is happiest when it's a run day. lol With my new PR on Saturday, I really wasn't aiming to break it this morning. I ran intervals outside on the paths near my work (and it's way more fun than a treadmill). I ended up breaking my PR by about 20 seconds, and that's awesome! I hope that the weather stays nice for the mornings so that I can keep running outside this week.
Happy Monday!
1/7: REST
2/7: 5.44 km + yoga
3/7: REST
4/7: 3.00 km + yoga
5/7: sick
6/7: 1.00 km (still recovering) + yoga
7/7: 3.64 km + yoga
8/7: 4.00 km + yoga
9/7: 5.00 km + yoga
10/7: REST
11/7: 4.19 km + yoga
12/7: 3.50 km + yoga
13/7: 4.83 km + yoga
14/7: 3.87 km + yoga
15/7: 5.22 km + yoga
16/7: 5.64 km + yoga (new PR – 5K in 35:53)
17/7: REST
18/7: 5.04 km + yoga (new PR – 5K in 35:33)
19/7:
20/7:
21/7:
22/7:
23/7:
24/7: REST
25/7:
26/7:
27/7:
28/7:
29/7:
30/7:
31/7: REST (possibly, depending on whether I’ve passed my goal or not by then)
Races:
9/7: Tropicolour 5K
23/7: Zombies Run! App Ultra-Violet 5K
6/8: Colour Vibe 5K
24/9: Obstacle Course “Coureur des bois”
20/10-01/11 : Zombies Run! App 2016 Fall Virtual Run (seriously thinking about it still)1 -
@MNLittleFinn Like Mobycarp I hated the thought of the cost of Body Glide so I tried deodorant (it was stoshew71 that recommended it). My problem area is my thighs if I'm running shorts for a long time and how hot it is. I think for the HRM monitor you would be great with the deodorant but honestly it didn't as good for my thighs. I broke down and brought body glide and love it. I do have to tell a funny story. I wanted to try the body glide and the local fleet feet has this little size it's like the size of a lighter. So I brought it one day when there getting Skip some shoes. A few days later I say "hey where's my body glide?" no clue. I assume she threw it out in the bag. I won't even tell you we did the same dance TWICE more, the last time was a full size one. That child!!!! So I brought some recently online to make sure she had no chance to touch it.
@5512bf don't you love it when you think geez this is getting better as we go along. Great run!
@juliet3455 the Peru story is classic, I love it. @shanaber I have no doubt you can run under a 5 min pace for 17 miles
Taking a rest day today. I had a 36 mile week last week and honestly I can't remember the last time my weekly mileage was that high. I'm very happy with my slow but steady come back after injury. I did set the alarm because I wanted to do a few recovery miles after my long run yesterday. When it went off I hit the snooze because I was tired, then I decided to set the other alarm (my 6:15 rest day alarm) and thought if I wake up before I'll get up and go if not I'll take the rest day. I hit that alarm snooze twice LOL This weekend between runs, pool maintenance, lawn work, starting to wash my house and everything else I figured I'd survive the day off
Though when I got up I did do this:
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@skippygirlsmom Love the pic! And you most definitely deserve today's rest day, as hard as it will be.1
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Hi everybody! I apologize for my absence this month. Crazy busy right now, plus work travel. I will try to catch up with everyone this week...I hope.
Still nursing a wonky hip. Seems to be doing better, but not feeling 100% yet.
7/1 - Baseball tournament...no chance to run.
7/2 - More baseball!
7/3 - Family day. Not starting the month so well.
7/4 - 3.82 miles on a beautiful, cool morning.
7/5 - Bodypump class, followed by 1.5 miles on indoor track.
7/6 - 4.01 miles through the soupy air...HOLY HUMIDITY!
7/7 - Bodypump class, then 1.5 miles on indoor track.
7/8 - Spin Class. Not sure of mileage. ~50 minutes.
7/9 - Rest Day. Moved a lot of furniture.
7/10 - Bodypump class, then 2.0 miles on treadmill
7/11 - Unplanned rest day.
7/12 - Bodypump class, then 30 minute abs/core class (ouch)
7/13 - 3.8 miles on hotel treadmill. Even the fitness center is hot and humid in Orlando.
7/14 - 3.35 miles on hotel treadmill, then weights.
7/15 - 4 miles on hotel treadmill.
7/16 - Travel day...gotta get home.
7/17 - Bodypump class.
7/18 - Unplanned rest day. Woke up feeling ill...ugh
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@karllundy We'll forgive you this time. But it better not happen again. Take care of that hip. Mine became chronic, I sure wouldn't wish that on you.0
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07/06 2.50 mi
07/08 3.00 mi
07/10 2.00 mi
07/12 3.00 mi
07/14 3.00 mi
07/16 4.00 mi
TOTAL 17.50 mi
Upcoming 2016 Races:
08/06 – Foreman Foundation Chocolate Tour 10K
09/18 – Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon
09/24 – The Great Pumpkin Run 5K
10/09 – 5,000 Yards Dash
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@skippygirlsmom - lol on the Body Glide!
@_nikkiwolf_ - awesome on the mountain!
I am visiting my mom in Northern VA. The weather is basically the same as Orlando, and I really should have left a little earlier this morning because it got really hot/humid. But I was very happy with my run because I am not used to any hills or inclines and the last few times I've visited here I haven't been able to run the whole way up the big hills. (Ok, these are not big by most people's standards, but for me they are big). Anyway, ran without stopping all the hills. Mile 4 was just too hot and even though it was mostly downhill, I did have to walk some because I was just so hot and HR was pretty high. Tomorrow I'm going to leave earlier!
7/1 - 5.23 miles in Washington
7/2 - 3.7 miles in Washington
7/3 - flying home all day - no running.
7/4 - 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
7/10 -35 miles biking
7/11 - 5 mile run + strength training
7/12 - 5 mile run
7/13 - 4 miles
7/14 - 4.3 miles
7/15 - 4.5 miles
7/16 - 41 miles biking
7/17 - rest day and driving 12 hours
7/18 - 5 miles Virginia hills
Upcoming races
2/5/17 - Daytona Beach HM
2/26/17 - Disney Princess HM Orlando4
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