July (2016) Running Challenge

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  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    edited July 2016
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    @skippygirlsmom I know that feeling! I was going to run his morning, but the 8 inches of lawn told me I had other things to do.....and I'm HUNGRY!!!
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    @5512bf amazing mileage - I hate those "soul sucking long run" days Great job getting it done.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    @5512bf great job pounding out that hard, long, run!
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
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    Wow, @5512bf good for you for toughing it out. Love your description :)

    @skippygirlsmom so relate to the eating everything in the house feeling.

    I did 2.5 miles today. Waited a bit too long to get started and the heat was starting to get to me. I was also having side pains at the end, so even though I planned to go at least 3 miles, I cut it off at 2.5. This brings me to 23 miles for the week, which was my goal.

    Miles for July - only 8.2 more miles to goal!

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  • louubelle16
    louubelle16 Posts: 579 Member
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    Another 5 miles done today :) I had forgotten how many hills there are here in my hometown, it's really quite undulating, whereas I'm used to one big hill and then flat for miles. I really do need to find some more hills when I get back, it is a much better workout.

    Anyway, I've adjusted my goal down for the month to 71, which should be more realistic if I need to keep my milage lower due to my foot. Plus, looking at a second failed attempt at 80 was making me feel sucky. It will still be a monthly PB for me though, only by a mile, but a PB is a PB!

    2nd July - 6.04 miles
    5th July - 10.05 miles
    7th July - 3.11 miles
    8th-10th July - swollen foot
    11th July - 4.02 miles
    13th July - 3.12 miles
    16th July - 6.05 miles
    18th July - 6.03 miles
    20th July - 3.16 miles
    23rd July - 5.31 miles
    24th July - 5.02 miles

    MTD - 51.91/71 miles

    Upcoming races:
    18th Sept - Run Reigate Half Marathon
    2nd Oct - Tonbridge Half Marathon
    30th Oct - River Thames Half Marathon
    9th April 2017 - Brighton Marathon
  • Amandajs232
    Amandajs232 Posts: 194 Member
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    AdrianChr92 wrote: »
    Recovery runs are great. You start with heavy, tired stiff legs and after 15 min it's all gone and you feel great.

    Edit: Some pictures poped up and I look pretty demonic :)))

    Also it was hot as you can see. And random doggo

    Personal note: Buy shorter shorts asap

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    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 - V.Easy/8:00
    July 22- 13.0km - RACE/4:55
    July 23- 4.5 km - V.Easy/7:40
    July 24- 6.0 km - Easy/6:30

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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 49:03
    28/08: Fox Trail Half Marathon (10k)
    18/09: Baneasa Trail Run (10k)
    09/10: Bucharest International Marathon (Half Debut)

    Wow that looks very hot for being dark- was that morning or evening?
  • AdrianChr92
    AdrianChr92 Posts: 567 Member
    edited July 2016
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    @Amandajs232 It was 9-10 PM. So evening. Garmin says it was 80 degrees and at 7:50 min/mile pace if felt like 100. Granted that picture was in the last lap so after around 40 min of running

    Edit:

    An interesting talk about how elite athletes train and how the training evolved over the years.

    http://www.canal-sport.fr/fr/insep-training-periodization-deep-root-cultural-heritage-and-innovative-paradigms-2013/insep-ei_13_10_va_pr_stephen_seiler-mov?sf_culture=en
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
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    @Amandajs232 That totally makes sense to me! Breaking my runs into different segments helps me also. Like 5 miles may be 1 mile warmup, 5 times up the hill, 1 mile cool down and it passes more quickly for some reason. Or yesterday 8 miles was 4 laps around the lake plus 1 mile of strides at the end.

    @kristinegift Hurray for being out of your funk!

    @AdrianChr92 Great pic :-D

    @_nikkiwolf_ We had an art trail for a year. They left one piece permanently but took the rest down. I loved the stained glass piece which was removed.

    @ddmom0811 A Central Park run sounds lovely :)

    4 slow miles for me this morning with several walk breaks. The first 2.5 miles was just trying to get going. The last 1.5 got better. But was expected after 8 miles yesterday. Saw lots of bunnies. I always look for the heron by the water but I never see it before it sees me and flies away. And a hawk flew right over my head.
  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
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    No running today. :( I did wake up early, but I woke up to the worst menstrual cramps I've had in a long time. Been in all kinds of pain all day.
  • djspacecaptain
    djspacecaptain Posts: 366 Member
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    7/24: 8 miles ( 5 mile jog, 3 mile high incline treadmill)

    Monthly total: 155.75/140 miles
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
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    @_nikkiwolf_ Yes, we totally understand wanting to run a full marathon. But don't worry about your non-running friends. They won't understand that there's a difference between a marathon and a half marathon, so they'll be no more disbelieving or on your case for the full than they are for the halfs. In my experience, when I say "half marathon" all the non-runners have great difficulty hearing the word "half."

    @skippygirlsmom - Pizza the day after a long run. Mmmm. Pizza is a trigger food for me. I usually don't let myself have the first piece . . .

    Today I woke up tired and feeling beat up, even though I got almost 10 hours of sleep. Went to church, felt better, but 91º F (33º C) talked me out of even doing an easy run this afternoon. Then my daughter showed up with her moving crew, because this is the weekend she moves into a larger apartment and is taking some furniture I've stored for her. And of course I had to go to her post-move pizza party and chat with her crew/co-workers. Came home an trimmed my daily calorie target by 100 calories, because I've got to make that up over time and I suspect I shouldn't add enough running miles to make a pizza binge no big deal.

    End result, today was a rest day. Broke 5000 steps, but the step total will be the lowest it's been in months. I rationalized this by telling myself taking an extra rest day this week is the easiest way to hold the weekly mileage down to last week's level, given a 13 mile workout planned for Thursday and a 19 mile long run Saturday; now I get to see if I actually get out in the early evening heat tomorrow. It's always tempting to turn a work in the office day into a rest day, particularly if I don't like the weather.
  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
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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
    7/22 4.3
    7/23 hunkering down for Darby
    7/24 4.53

    Total 65.46

    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
    ......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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  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
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    @5512bf Holy freaking carp.

    An "Awesome" just doesn't cut it.

    That gets a truckload of likes.

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    Sheesh, 21 kilometres would get my attention!

    My brain turns to mush when people talk in miles, actually, but I know you ran a bloody long way. :smile:
  • louubelle16
    louubelle16 Posts: 579 Member
    edited July 2016
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    @kimlight2 Hope you are feeling more recovered today and your IT band has calmed down.

    @kristinegift Glad to hear your running is going so well after such a stressful few weeks. Fingers crossed everything keeps going well for you so you can achieve that BQ time :)

    @AdrianChr92 Well done on your race, looks like it was hard work in that heat!

    MobyCarp wrote: »
    @_nikkiwolf_ Yes, we totally understand wanting to run a full marathon. But don't worry about your non-running friends. They won't understand that there's a difference between a marathon and a half marathon, so they'll be no more disbelieving or on your case for the full than they are for the halfs. In my experience, when I say "half marathon" all the non-runners have great difficulty hearing the word "half."

    This is definitely my experience too. When I tell people I'm running a marathon next year, they always ask if I'm running London and when I say I'm not I get asked how long my marathon is. I also hear a lot of "I ran a 10km marathon once". Don't ever expect non-runners to understand us, @_nikkiwolf_ ! Notice how no-one here thought you were even a little bit mad for signing up for it. Good luck to you! Also, that art trail looks awesome! I'm jealous you have somewhere so interesting to run :)


  • vandinem
    vandinem Posts: 550 Member
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    Date      Miles      MTD
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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 
July 11     5.5     38.8
July 13     7.0     45.8
July 15     5.3     51.1
July 19     4.3     55.4
July 20     5.1     60.5
July 22     6.2     66.7
July 23     5.1     71.8
July 25     5.1     76.9

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  • sara_bear84
    sara_bear84 Posts: 65 Member
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  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    edited July 2016
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    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
    7/22- REST
    7/23- 14.01
    7/24- REST
    7/25- 4.05

    July Mile goal: 93.84/70

    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: For today's 4 miler, I toned down the pace to something a little less insane. I ran the miles in 39:56 for an average pace of 9:51. I'm still ~0:30/mile faster than I averaged at the end of my last training cycle, and almost a minute faster than at the beginning of that cycle.

    Here's the thing though, I feel as good or better, after these runs, than I did after my training runs last cycle. Trying to dial things in so I can have a happy/healthy training cycle.

    Oh, yeah....Back in March, I set an annual goal of 500 miles....I'm like 4 miles from that.....any thoughts on a reasonable mileage to increase my goal to?

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