July (2016) Running Challenge
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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 -
Is anyone following Sage on YouTube?
His latest trail is so awesome. Dude is living the dream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52n9tTir9ys
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
July 11- rest
July 12- 9.0 km - 146/6:30
July 13- 7.0 km - 157/6:00
July 14- 7.7 km - 152/6:07
July 15- 9.0 km - 155/6:20
July 16- 7.0 km - 140/7:15
July 17- 13.0km - 150/6:20
July 18- 8.0 km - 135/7:30
End of base building - Type/Pace/km
July 19- 8.8 km - Reps/4:00
July 20- 7.0 km - Easy/6:14
July 21- 6.1 km - Easy/8:00
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 Debut)2 -
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
7/19 - Bodypump class, then 30 minute abs / core class...I so need it, because I suck at it!
7/20 - 4 miles in the thick, wet air. Temperature wasn't too bad, thank goodness.
7/21 - 4.5 miles treadmill / Trek class. Hardest effort run I've had in ~2 months. Then upper body weights.
We are quite the humorous bunch today...lots of laughing!
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Well, I'm a moron. I went down to the gym to use a treadmill over lunch and get another run in. Of course, they're all taken (again) because it's hot outside. So, me not being a total wimp, I decided to just bite the bullet and run outside--last time, I waited like 20 minutes on the elliptical (aka the bane of my existence) for a treadmill to open up, and I wasn't doing that again.
Anyway, it's currently 99 degrees (F, obviously) with a heat index of 111F (37C with heat index to 44C). And I am not the least bit acclimated to the heat, given my surgical healing adventures. I did great for about the first 1.25 miles. Average pace was a nice, steady 12:30/mile. But it was all downhill from there. LOTS of walking, short little bursts of running, a stop at the lone water fountain on my route (where the water was lukewarm at best). I played it smart and survived. There was only one point where I wanted to just sit down and die (walking up a steep hill to get back into downtown), but there was no shade around, so I kept going.
My overall average pace was something like 15:30/mile for 3.5 miles total. But I only ran 2.25 of that, so that 2.25 is what I'm counting.
That puts me at 5.75 miles for the month.6 -
@ceciliaslater
I honestly do not know how you guys run once the sun comes up in the summer. I got out of bed at 4 am the other day to beat the heat. I've only done 1 evening run the past 2-3 months and it was easily the worst run of recent memory. Once it gets to about 81-82 degrees in the morning I want to puke.2 -
@5512bf I'm with you on that one. I'm always up early to beat the heat.2
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July goal.....run
7/1 snorkel 4 hours
7/2 7.53
7/3 3.23
7/4 3.29
7/5 rest
7/6 4.39
7/7 3.25
7/8 7.24
7/9 celebrated our 40th anniversary!
7/10 3.85
7/11 tapering I guess...
7/12 4.15
7/13 off
7/14 off
7/15 3.20
7/16 HonuNui and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
7/17 taper, Music Man, Thai food and friends
7/18 13.2
7/19 snorkel 4 hours
7/20 unmotivated
7/21 3.30 looked in mirror---got motivated
Total 56.63
@Ohhim I'll buy the first beer!
@ddmom0811 Thanks...he's finished 3 months of chemo, tolerating it well, and has a full body petscan this week to see if all those nasties have shrunk any. We are cautiously optomistic
@Stoshew71 glad you got everyone out (and safe) quickly!
@RespectTheKitty @shanaber and I both did the SHEPower virtual half (I think someone else on here also signed up)...they have numerous virtuals at all lengths (but not for charity). The Rock n Roll Marathons series is also doing a set of virtual 5ks "making the band"...I just finished the 2nd in the series today.
Upcoming races:
SHEPower Virtual Half: July 18
Las Vegas RocknRoll Virtual 5k runs--making the band
......Guitar Solo 6/28 3.85
......Drum Solo 7/21 3.30
......Lead Singer in August or September
Las Vegas RocknRoll Half 11/13/16
Ticker is my goal for 2016 and accumulation to date:
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@ceciliaslater Hey, at least you tried! This heat is crazy. We're supposed to be at 99 tomorrow and I'm sure the heat index will be well over that. It's currently 92 feels like 101.
@karllundy Way to go on your run!
@RespectTheKitty I seriously used to be just like you. I felt like I could never sleep enough. 12 hours a night was standard. Then I got on some medication at one point that made me want to sleep even MORE. At that point on the weekends I'd sleep like 20 out of 24 hours. Then I became an overnight full-time parent to my stepson (now adopted) and he started school at 7:30am :-o Somehow I adapted and started getting up at 5:45am to cook breakfast for the whole family even though I didn't have to be at work until much later. I really think you get used to it if something forces you, but I still will often take a 4 hour nap on the weekend to catch up :-D
@HonuNui Beautiful pic!
Everyone be careful in this heat!1 -
RespectTheKitty wrote: »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.
I can understand the body liking sleep, I love it also, just the opposite end of the spectrum of you.0 -
@ceciliaslater
I honestly do not know how you guys run once the sun comes up in the summer. I got out of bed at 4 am the other day to beat the heat. I've only done 1 evening run the past 2-3 months and it was easily the worst run of recent memory. Once it gets to about 81-82 degrees in the morning I want to puke.
Ditto for me!0
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