August (2016) Running Challenge

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  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
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    RespectTheKitty wrote: »
    One other thing: Does anyone have any recommendations for strengthening the glutes? I think mine might need some work, as I've been developing a little bit of discomfort on the right side when I'm not running.

    In the group page I listed some:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/32659668/#Comment_32659668

  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
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    Date Miles today - Miles for August
    8/1 9 miles - 9
    8/1 4.5 miles - 13.5 << Daily Double
    8/2 9 miles - 22.5
    8/2 4 miles - 26.5 << Daily Double
    8/3 5 miles - 31.5
    8/4 9 miles - 40.5
    8/4 4 miles - 44.5 << Daily Double
    8/5 5.25 miles - 49.75
    8/6 20.97 miles - 70.72
    8/7 REST DAY
    8/8 7 miles - 77.72
    8/8 4 miles - 81.72 << Daily Double



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    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



  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
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    This article speaks to me:

    http://www.runnersworld.com/running-tips/the-benefits-of-not-racing?cid=soc_runnersworld_TWITTER_Runner’s World__Motivation
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    edited August 2016
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    Thanks for the help guys. Here is the HR graph. Obviously the blobs over 150 are the zone 3 segments and some cardiac drift near the end, but notice all of the other spikes. Thoughts?

    BTW, that SnipIt tool is the *kitten*!
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  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    Great article @RespectTheKitty
  • 5512bf
    5512bf Posts: 389 Member
    edited August 2016
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    @lporter229
    I occasionally see a HR graph similar to that, although not quite to that extreme. Can't help out to much, but would like to say I'd give a unneeded organ for that stride rate.
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
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    5512bf wrote: »
    @lporter229
    I occasionally see a HR graph similar to that, although not quite to that extreme. Can't help out to much, but would like to say I'd give a unneeded organ for that stride rate.

    LOL. Yeah, when you are 5 feet tall, you only have so much room to increase the stride length!
  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,878 Member
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    No time to catch up today. :cry: 120 messages. School starts Wednesday and I'm not quite ready. We don't actually have to go in tomorrow to school, but everyone will.

    8/1 - 5.1 miles
    8/2 - 4.6 miles with intervals
    8/3 - 4.6 miles + Strength Training
    8/4 - 5.67 miles
    8/5 - 5.1 miles + hopefully Strength Training
    8/6 - 43 miles biking
    8/7 - 30 miles biking
    8/8 - 3.1 miles



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    Upcoming races
    2/5/17 - Daytona Beach HM
    2/26/17 - Disney Princess HM Orlando
  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
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    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    Great article @RespectTheKitty

    It's not that I'm against racing, it's just that it's not that important to me right now. I have severe anxiety as well as depression, and I can't stand being in large crowds. I also don't make enough money to be throwing it at race fees. Shoes are expensive enough. :smile: I also don't like the pressure of feeling like I have to make a good time. I run at my own pace, and if I PR, that's awesome, but I don't like to compete against anyone, even myself.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
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    1--- travel doc appointment
    2---30 minutes pool swim/running!, 1 mile walk
    3--- 0.5 mile walk
    4---30 minutes pool swim/ water jogging
    6---0.7 mile walk
    7---0.7 mile walk
    8---20 minute swim/weights *sigh* too many people.


    Upcoming races:

    11/05/16 Jenks Half Jenks OK
    12/11/16 BMW Dallas Marathon, Half
    Run the year 2016  898.42/ 2016

    Hopeful races:
    March 19th 2017 RNR Half Dallas, TX
    March 26th 2017 A2A 5k Ardmore, OK
    April 30th 2017 OKC Memorial Marathon, Half.
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,395 Member
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    Had a late night last night at a concert and drank too much wine... followed up with needing to be up at 5:30 for a meeting. I didn't get out for my run until it was hot at lunch time and I was just tired - I got it done but it was more of a slog than anything I would lable a run... I am not sure how I am going to make it through agility class tonight with all of its running.
    Date.........Miles........Total
    08/01.......0.00.........0.00 - + Agility
    08/02.......5.24.........5.24 - + Strength training
    08/03.......0.00.........5.24
    08/04.......5.01.......10.25 - + Strength training and Rally
    08/05.......4.25.......14.50
    08/06.......7.09.......21.59
    08/07.......0.00.......21.59
    08/08.......4.21.......25.80

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    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 Marathon

    @_nikkiwolf_ - I don't know if you can get them there but I love the SkirtSport shorts and capris - the pockets on the thighs are in the perfect spot for easy access to my phone and/or fuel. SO much better than wearing a running belt. I wore them in my last HM and had my ShotBloks in one pocket and phone in the other. I have the iPhone 6s and it fits perfectly but since the pockets are stretchy it could accommodate a larger phone too. Also there is no bounce. (http://www.skirtsports.com/product/redemption-shorties/)
    @greenolivetree - when I couldn't run I had a horrible time sleeping. My brain would be tired but my body was not at all...
    @instantmartian - I need to run the race in Hershey! But only if they had dark chocolate! Even better would be the one @lporter229 ran with bacon!! Or.... even better how about dark chocolate dipped bacon! Yes!!
    At the SF marathon in one of the local neighborhoods some folks had set up a beer table with growlers of local beer. They were handing out small cups to anyone who wanted it - I passed but if it had been hot they probably would have runners lined up :) There was also another table about a mile from the finish with people handing out fresh watermelon pieces - it was awesome and so delicious!
    @RespectTheKitty - besides squats and @Stoshew71s list of exercises and stretches, there are all kinds of workouts online for strengthening your hips and glutes.
    @lporter229 - I have seen an occasional spike on mine but I know my HR range and where the max is so I know it is when my monitor loses contact. Now with my iWatch I can actually see where it switches back to the iWatch HR monitor and that is where the spikes are. If fixing the contacts or battery doesn't correct it you may want to consider contacting your doctor just to be safe.
  • kellyiris6
    kellyiris6 Posts: 69 Member
    edited August 2016
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    8/1: 3
    8/3: 2.25
    8/8: 2.69

    Goal: 30 miles this month

    Thought 3 mile run twice a week would be achievable, but I'm struggling. I guess I need to get back into the swing of running.

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  • luluinca
    luluinca Posts: 2,899 Member
    edited August 2016
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    LOL, figured out the ticker! A long way to go still this month though. ;)


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  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    edited August 2016
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    @lporter - I see something like that sometimes too. Here's a recent one that's kind of spiky, not as frequent as yours, but I know I've seen that. I put it down to sweatiness/poor contact issues?

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  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
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    8/8 - did 3.03 miles today, although I really did 5 minutes more but didn't properly start my Garmin. Grrr.

    I needed some motivation to get out and run so I joined up with one of the weekly run groups at another Y. Because I'll be doing my real workout tomorrow night I took it easy tonight but it felt good - despite the heat. Tomorrow night is going to be a killer. It's supposed to be hot and we're doing 50 minute tempo run.


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  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    edited August 2016
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    RespectTheKitty wrote: »
    One other thing: Does anyone have any recommendations for strengthening the glutes? I think mine might need some work, as I've been developing a little bit of discomfort on the right side when I'm not running.

    @RespectTheKitty - You've already got a lot of suggestions for strengthening glutes, but it might not be the glutes. When I went to the PT for help recovering from being stupid, she identified a weak tensor facia latta. One of the things she gave me for it was a stretch which hurt on the right side where it felt like the glutes to me.

    The 20-20 hindsight "aha" realization is that this was the same spot that ached after I ran a PR half at the net downhill Good Life Halfsy. At that time, I had thought it was from sitting on my butt driving a car too long. Then it showed up again in the wake of the net downhill Boston Marathon . . . almost certainly the same issue, only worse after 26.2 miles than after 13.1.

    If what's making you hurt is compensation for something weak, what's weak might not be hurting and can be hard to identify. Fixing stuff like that is a PT's strong point. "Developing a little bit of discomfort . . . when I'm not running" seems to suggest that this could be the case.
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
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    August Running Totals (miles)
    8/1 – 5.90 easy plus 4 strides
    8/2 – 6.24 hill run
    8/3 – rest day
    8/4 – 13.56 hot and humid
    8/5 – rest day
    8/6 – 14.13 paced run
    8/7 – 7.75 almost easy
    8/8 – 6.30 easy + 4 strides

    August total to date – 53.88

    Nominal Challenge Goal – 200 miles
    Real Goals: Survive last month before retirement. Train as well as possible toward Rochester Marathon. Avoid putting myself back on the couch.

    Today's notes – I took today off work for mental health and so I'd be available to pay for my daughter's car repairs. Had a couple of reminders from the work email why I decided to retire at the end of the month. Slept in till 7, over 9 hours, and was slow getting started in the morning. Caught up on some household maintenance stuff that was getting squeezed out by the general time crunch. What with one thing and another, didn't get out to run until 7 PM.

    Unlike yesterday, I didn't have a motivational problem. (I keep having to re-learn the lesson that not getting enough sleep kills motivation.) Humidity was low, the training assignment was "easy + 4 strides," and I knew exactly where I wanted to run. Then I went and ran it. In the low humidity, I reaped some of the benefits that @Stoshew71 talks about from having trained in heat and humidity. "Easy" was the fast end of my easy range, and I kept having to slow myself down to stay there. Yet I still had the gas left to run strides at the end of the run.

    It's been a very satisfying day.

    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
    August 13, 2016 Bergen Road Race 5K (Bergen, NY)
    September 18, 2016 Rochester Marathon (Rochester, NY)
    November 24, 2016 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY)

  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
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    @MobyCarp I had the same thing today on my "easy" run. It was definitely on the faster end of the spectrum. Amazing how easy it is to run in 85F/50% humidity versus 72F/100% humidity! Happy running! :)

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