July (2016) Running Challenge
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I'm sad that I don't have time to check in and read this week. I miss you guys!
I did 4 miles yesterday at 13 minute mile and 3 miles tonight--officially at 11:51, but two of those miles included 30+second waits at crosswalks. Boy, what a difference 10 degrees and lower humidity makes. It was actually pleasant.
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RespectTheKitty wrote: »Since I'm really reluctant to do a real race (hate crowds, can't wake up early), I decided to look into virtual races. There seem to be quite a few virtual 5k races out there for various charities. This looks to be right up my alley. There's even a race to help sharks... who doesn't want to save the sharks??
Does anyone here have any virtual races they're doing? I'm looking for suggestions.
I'm doing The Oatmeal's "Beat the Blerch" Virtual HM on September 18.
http://www.beattheblerch.com/virtual.html
I think @shanaber is doing it too (or the meatspace one).
You can also do a 10K or a marathon.
I don't know if it supports any charity. I'm just doing it because I adore The Oatmeal (cartoon).
In particular:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/running
(If any runners haven't read that, they need to. Now.)2 -
greenolivetree wrote: »63.5 miles of 60 (all bonus miles go to our invalids) ***I'm starting to think I may actually hit 100 miles this month***
Well, I guess you can't win them all! After last night's run felt too good to be true, this morning I was dying. It was 75F with 85% humidity and I was miserable. I wanted to try and push myself this morning to run faster. I still ended up averaging 10:00 pace due to walk breaks and one calf stretching break. I'm just very frustrated overall with my current pace and the fact that it is taking me so long to warm up basically. Like the last 5 miles of my 8 miler on Sat were average 9:32 pace - yay! But I had to first run 3 miles at average of 10:38 then I was warmed up enough I guess. I want to just go out and run the faster pace like I used to. And I know, I know, it's HOT outside. I'm just frustrated.
@greenolivetree
Yay for surpassing your goal!
And just think of how much improvement you're really gaining with all this running in the heat. You're putting so much more effort into runs now, you'll be so fast when it cools down!
At parkrun, when it started getting cooler this year, we had so many people doing PBs!1 -
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01/07 4 miles
05/07 4 miles
08/07 4 miles
11/07 4 miles
14/07 19 miles walk (not counted) up and down Mont Ventoux. More garmin excuses @Stoshew71 - the battery died before we got back down, was brilliant but never walked as much in my life!
20 /073.5 miles
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7/1: Rest/moving day
7/2: 8 miles
7/3: 3 miles
7/4: 5.8 miles
7/5: 8 miles
7/6: 5 miles
7/7: 5.2 miles (am)
......: 6.4 miles (pm)
7/8: Rest day
7/9: 5.8 miles (Belmar 5 miler: 37:42)
7/10: 14.9 miles
7/11: 3 miles with Monday coffee crew
7/12: 5.7 miles (includes 5k XC race)
7/13: 8 miles
7/14: 7 miles (am)
.......: 6.4 miles (pm)
7/15: Rest day
7/16: 18 miles
7/17: 12.6 miles
7/18: 6.3 miles
7/19: Rest day
7/20: 8.2 miles
7/21: 8.2 miles again
.5 miles warm up/jog to my group run meeting spot, 7.2 miles at marathon pace (7:55 pace overall; there were some decent hills in there!), and a .5 mile cool down followed by an iced coffee that I chugged in about 15 seconds.
I've been trying to do a paced based/tempo run all summer, but every Thursday morning it's been 72+ degrees and 90-100% humidity which does not bode well for speedy running, and then I got sick and my lungs were crap for two weeks. Today was finally cooler weather (62F when we started before 6 am)... it's amazing what a difference 10F can make! I'm definitely out of practice at race pace so today wasn't as easy as I'd have liked, but I'm hoping to have a 7:50-8:00 min pace feel relatively "easy" again by the time my September marathon rolls around. Let's just hope marathon morning isn't a scorcher!
Upcoming Races:
9/11: Lehigh Valley Via Marathon (Allentown, PA)
11/20: Philadelphia Marathon (Philly, PA)
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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)
July 19th - 3.5km (6:45min/km, 168bpm)
July 20th - 5km (6:24min/km, 166bpm)
60.5/100km2 -
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
7/19- 6.91
7/20- 7.01
7/21-8.24
July Mile goal: 75.78/70
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: It was a muggy one! There was still lightening in the sky from a thunderstorm that had just ended when I started my run. Temp was 66F with nearly 100% Humidity.
Thursdays are my speed/stamina days. Today's assignment was to run 8-10x1000m with 2 minute recovery. I opted for 8, though, in retrospect, I could have done a full 10, but my body would not have liked me. Average pace on the intervals was about 5:20/1000m, which is right in the fast end of my Cruise Interval pace range.
All in all a very good run, but I am VERY glad that I have a rest day tomorrow. I'm feeling very good about my run, but also pretty tired after putting on 26 miles over the last 4 days, which is a lot for me, when it doesn't include my long run!2 -
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
19-nothing
20-teaching 1 hour of aerial yoga and 1 hour of foam rolling this evening
21-nothing yet
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Today's run was intervals 1min jog/1 min walk. The weather cooperated in that it's only going to get stupid hot in the afternoon.
I pushed myself maybe a little too hard during the jogs, my breathing was ragged and my legs felt shredded afterwards. I decided to walk around the parking lot for a bit before heading inside to the gym to do my yoga. Did some good stretches and now the legs are mildly sore. I think tomorrow and Saturday's runs will be steady pace that I can handle in breathing and in leg soreness. I feel like when I first started and the legs were always sore... lol
Also since I was getting so close to my original goal of 80 kms, I upped it to 100 kms for July.
1/7: REST
2/7: 5.44 km + 20 mins yoga
3/7: REST
4/7: 3.00 km + 20 mins yoga
5/7: sick
6/7: 1.00 km (still recovering) + 20 mins yoga
7/7: 3.64 km + 20 mins yoga
8/7: 4.00 km + 20 mins yoga
9/7: 5.00 km + 20 mins yoga
10/7: REST
11/7: 4.19 km + 20 mins yoga
12/7: 3.50 km + 20 mins yoga
13/7: 4.83 km + 20 mins yoga
14/7: 3.87 km + 20 mins yoga
15/7: 5.22 km + 20 mins yoga
16/7: 5.64 km + 20 mins yoga (new PR – 5K in 35:53)
17/7: REST
18/7: 5.04 km + 20 mins yoga (new PR – 5K in 35:35) + 4.30 km power walk
19/7: 5.06 km + 20 mins yoga
20/7: 5.20 km + 20 mins yoga (new PR – 5K in 35:18)
21/7: 5.06 km + 20 mins yoga
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
20/7: Zombies Run! App Ultra-Violet 5K
23/7: Zombies Run! App Big Cheese 5K
6/8: Colour Vibe 5K
24/9: Obstacle Course “Coureur des bois”
20/10-01/11 : Zombies Run! App 2016 Fall Virtual Run
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@TattooedDolphinGirl78 Great running! Keep it up!1
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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
7/10 - 4 miles
7/11 - 5 miles
7/12 - rest day - took Skip to airport
7/13 - 6 miles
7/14 - 6 miles
7/15 - 6 miles
7/16 - 4 miles
7/17 - 9 miles
7/18 - rest day
7/19 - 6 miles
7/20 - 6 miles
7/21 - 6 miles
91 of 110 miles
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@MNLittleFinn Thanks!
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No running for me today. I was wide awake before 6 and should've been working out from 6-7 but it felt mighty nice to lie in bed looking at my phone :-p I'll try to get a short workout done after work, before my evening obligations.
36.5 miles to go for July and 8 running days to get them done :-p But I'm kinda hoping to get it done in 7 and take July 31 as a rest day. I think I might need an extra one by that point!
@skippygirlsmom You're putting in a lot of miles day after day. Are you planning to pass your 110 goal? :-D
@TattooedDolphinGirl78 That's great that you're able to up your goal!
@MNLittleFinn Great workout
@Marissaxzxzxz I've never walked that many miles!
@orphia Thanks for the encouragement. I think I just feel like after all the miles I've put in this year I should at least be running as fast as I was in the winter - like the the heat and my overall improvement should be balancing out so I'm not fastER but equally as fast? LOL But I know it will feel easier once the weather cools off and who knows, maybe I WILL be setting PRs then.2 -
I'm doing The Oatmeal's "Beat the Blerch" Virtual HM on September 18.
http://www.beattheblerch.com/virtual.html
I think @shanaber is doing it too (or the meatspace one).
You can also do a 10K or a marathon.
I don't know if it supports any charity. I'm just doing it because I adore The Oatmeal (cartoon).
In particular:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/running
(If any runners haven't read that, they need to. Now.)
I actually signed up for this a while ago. I too adore The Oatmeal.
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3.95 miles
monthly total: 8 miles
Just getting back into it after a long work-induced break. Slow but forward progress. It was nice to get a "hey, I've missed you" from someone who also runs the neighborhood at 0 dark 30.4 -
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
7/18 - Rest
7/19 - 4.2 warmup + 3.0 Treadmill Lactic Threshold HR Test
7/19 - 5.0 - Recovery
7/20 - 15.0 - Easy
7/21 - 5.01 - Recovery
Total 195.38 of 289
Planned on getting to the gym this morning and doing strength training before this run but slept right past the time I typically wake. Ended up just taking an easy 5 mile run around the neighborhood about 6:15am. Yesterdays 15 miler took a bit of a toll on the legs so it took a while to get into this run. Just about the time it started to feel good it was over. With 3 moderately difficult runs Fri (11)/ Sat (8 w/ 10x100)/ Sun (21) totaling 40 miles figured saving every last drop of energy would be wise so I did the minimum recommended recovery of 5.
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@greenolivetree I noticed I'm sneaking up on my goal with time to spare. Skip comes home next week from my mom's so I'm thinking next weekend might be more getting ready for school so I'm not sure how my runs with pan out so I'm planning ahead. She did text me last night that she's going to train with her Coach Saturday morning so I might tag along on that. They train for almost 2 hours so that will give me plenty of time to long run. I honestly don't want to blow past it because I've really been conscious this time about slowly coming back from injury.
I forgot to tell you all what happened with my iPod Nano, I told you it died and I was waiting to get paid this week to buy a shuffle and 2 days ago I picked up the Nano and hit the button and bam it worked! I was so excited!!! I charged it up and it's good to go. I really need to update the songs though, this was Skip's from quite a while ago and though it has quite a few of my songs I did run this morning to Beauty and the Beast and more than a few more Disney songs LOL3 -
Date Miles today. Miles for July
7/1 3.1 miles - 3.1
7/2 14 miles - 17.1
7/3 REST DAY
7/4 9 miles - 26.1
7/5 9 miles - 35.1
7/5 6.2 miles - 41.3 << Daily Double
7/6 6.2 miles - 47.5
7/7 8.25 miles - 55.75
7/7 5 miles - 60.75 << Daily Double, FF Pub Run
7/8 13 miles - 73.75 << PPounders Swamp Run
7/9 REST DAY
7/10 REST DAY
7/11 9.25 miles - 83
7/11 5 miles - 88 << Daily Double
7/12 9 miles - 97
7/12 4 miles - 101 << Daily Double
7/13 6.2 miles - 107.2
7/14 9 miles - 116.2
7/15 REST DAY unplanned
7/16 15 miles - 131.2
7/16 6.2 miles - 137.4 << Daily Double w/ wife
7/17 REST DAY
7/18 9 miles - 146.4
7/19 9 miles - 155.4
7/20 6.3 miles - 161.7
7/21 9 miles - 170.7
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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@skippygirlsmom Awesome running! and I need a shirt like that!1
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It seems as though I miscalculated my running plan mileage, and I will probably come up a little short of my 50 mile goal for the month.
Yesterday's five miles was the best run I've had in months. I ran the first half on a very hilly section of my "village" and the second half was my usual loop through the cemetery and back home. I think the cooler weather (high 70s F) with less humidity played an important in my good run. It's actually a relief to know that it's the weather that has been making me feel so crappy running and not my running abilities. Also, after last night, I am officially finished 25% of my half training plan.
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
07/18 2.50 mi
07/20 5.00 mi
TOTAL 25.00 mi
GOAL: 50.00 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 - That is exactly how I am feeling today. I skipped my run this morning and did yoga instead because I was feeling stiff and tired. Now I have to run in 91F heat this evening. Hoping for a slow and easy run and a good night's sleep!1
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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
July 18-rest day
July 19- 6.1 miles easy
July 20- 7 miles fast finish (AM)+3.4 (PM)
July 21- AM yoga with a PM run TBD
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Much better run today - just took it easy and didn't worry about pace at all. Did 3.32 miles.
July running miles at 80% of goal
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Trying to figure out how I'm going to run this weekend when it's supposed to be in the mid 90s. There is an indoor track in my area that would charge $5 for me to use it. That's a possibility. Or I can just suck it up and brave the heat (just go later in the day when there's not a lot of direct sun) and make it a short run. I'm not particularly thrilled about the idea of overheating, so I'll probably try the track.
Edit: OR I can try to get up early and beat the heat. But that's about as likely as... something that's not very likely.4 -
@RespectTheKitty: That is so awesome! Congrats on your sub 40:00 5K. It looks like you're well on your way to a sub 35:00 soon!
Re: Beat the Blerch Half: I was soooo sad last year that I was running the Dogfish Head Dash in Delaware the same weekend as the Beat the Blerch Half in New Jersey. My only consolation was that it was a priority for this year. Little did I know that it would be changing cities. I am still devastated. I thought about doing the virtual race, but I'm really not a virtual race kind of person. I want cake, and blerchs, and couches, and, most of all, I want Matthew Inman! I suppose I can arrange for the first three things on my own - drag my couch outside my house, leave cake along my course for myself, and make someone with pillows strapped to themselves chase me or something, but I highly doubt Matt would come to middle-of-nowhere Pennsylvania to run with me.
I absolutely love that man and everything he does. I think I might need to travel for one next year. I would prefer to not let three years pass me by without participating.
@skippygirlsmom: That's interesting about the iPod. I'm glad you got it working! Something similar happened a few years ago to my boyfriend's early generation iPod. It stopped working, so he went out and got a new one. One day, he picked it up and pressed the button for some reason, and it magically started up and has worked ever since. Technology. Go figure.1 -
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TattooedDolphinGirl78 wrote: »@RespectTheKitty What? You're not an early bird like some of us?
Very much not. It literally takes me about two hours to get up in the morning. Without an alarm (set two hours before I have to wake up and even then I am frequently running late), I can sleep until 1 pm. My body just really likes sleep.2
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