August (2016) Running Challenge

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  • vandinem
    vandinem Posts: 550 Member
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    Date     Miles      MTD
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Aug  2     5.0      5.0 
Aug  3     5.8     10.8 
Aug  4     4.3     15.1 
Aug  6     5.6     20.7 
Aug  7     5.1     25.8 
Aug  9     5.1     30.9 
Aug 10     6.2     37.1

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  • 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
    8/9 – 7.34 warmup, easy with a few fartleks

    August total to date – 61.22

    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 – Tough day at work yesterday, and I was lacking in motivation to run at 91º F (33º C) in the evening, even though the humidity was fairly low. Taking into account that my next major race is Rochester Marathon, but I'm running Bergen 5K on Saturday (USATF Niagara Region Masters 5K Championship), Coach said to just do a medium length easy run with some fartleks. I ended up running with a slower guy at his easy to the canal path, then a mile at his T pace (varied from 7:05 to 7:35 on my watch), then I went off and explored a new-to-me trail while he was on his first recovery period between intervals. Ended up with a shorter run, 5.3 miles (after the warmup), but that was about as many miles as the marathon plan speed work would have been. It's good enough, and it helped with the work stress. Average pace for the 5.3 miles was in the easy range, as I didn't do very many fartlek pick-ups and the slower start kind of balanced out with the mile as the other guy's T pace.

    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)

  • DayLi77
    DayLi77 Posts: 655 Member
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    8/1.....rest day
    8/2.....3.25 miles run/ walk on treadmill
    8/3.....weights
    8/4.....2.4 miles run/ walk in the park (achy, asthmatic slog in the heat & humidity - bleah)
    8/5.....unplanned rest day: not feeling well
    8/6.....rest day <--still feeling ill :persevere:
    8/7.....yet another rest day, still sick :(
    8/8.....walking & bike riding with Pandora
    8/9.....1.34 miles run/ walk on treadmill + 1.7 miles run/ walk/ squirrel chase with Pan ;) = 3.04 total


    Goal: 40 miles
    8.69 miles done, 31.31 to go

    Upcoming Race(s):
    Stride Against Violence 5K - 10/16/16
  • AdrianChr92
    AdrianChr92 Posts: 567 Member
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    I'm doing back to back workouts these weeks. Which means I do intervals like 1000 m repeats followed by tempos the next day. With any luck my legs won't fall off


    Date.....Distance..Type/min/km

    August 1 - 6.6 km - V.Easy/7:00
    August 2 - 7.4 km - Reps/4:00
    August 3 - 7.6 km - V.Easy/6:50
    August 4 - 6.4 km - Easy/6:15
    August 5 - 12+4km - Tempo&Reps and Easy/4:50
    August 6 - 5.0 km - Easy/6:05
    August 7 - 10.4km - Long(ish)Run/6:17
    August 8 - 3.6 km - Easy/6:00
    August 9 - 6.0 km - Easy/6:07
    August 10- 10.2km - Speedwork/4:20

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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)
    25/09: Black Sea 10k
    09/10: Bucharest International Marathon (Half Debut)
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    8/1- 4.01
    8/1- 9.02<---Daily Double. If it isn't thunderstorming in the morning, I will not be happy.
    8/2- REST <- Recovering from the INSANE daily double
    8/3-4.1
    8/4- 7.82
    8/5- 4
    8/6- 13.11
    8/7- REST
    8/8- REST <- beginning of cutback week
    8/9: 5.01
    8/10-5.13

    total/monthly goal: 52.24/125

    Today's notes: Another cutback week 5 miler. Ran a bit slower today, which I needed to do. Still feeling tired today, and the inside of my right knee was a bit achy/stiff this morning when I was running. It went a way after about a mile and a half, but it's something I'll be keeping an eye on. I still can't believe that I've covered 52 miles in the first 10 days of the month. So far, things are looking good for making my goal, but there's still a long way to go.
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
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    Ok, I'm gonna be super smart here with this potential ankle issue, so that I can hopefully keep it in that 'potential' status, and not screw up my half next month. I'm taking a couple days off running, and I'm gonna go to the ortho to get it checked out. I'm thinking tendon, since it seems to really tighten up after prolonged sitting/lying down, and is quite painful when starting out walking, and then seems to loosen up, very similar to when I had plantar fasciitis a few years back.

    So, I'm gonna finally get back in the pool at my gym and do swimming as a temporary replacement. Swimming ALWAYS kicks my *kitten* so I figure this will be a good cross-training alternative. Everyone tell me that this is totally fine and the right thing to do, cause it's killing my soul a little bit to cut out some runs! #runnersarebasketcases :D
  • 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
    8/9 9 miles - 90.72
    8/9 5 miles - 95.72 << Daily Double
    8/10 5 miles - 100.72



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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



  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    edited August 2016
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    KatieJane83 wrote: »
    Ok, I'm gonna be super smart here with this potential ankle issue, so that I can hopefully keep it in that 'potential' status, and not screw up my half next month. I'm taking a couple days off running, and I'm gonna go to the ortho to get it checked out. I'm thinking tendon, since it seems to really tighten up after prolonged sitting/lying down, and is quite painful when starting out walking, and then seems to loosen up, very similar to when I had plantar fasciitis a few years back.

    So, I'm gonna finally get back in the pool at my gym and do swimming as a temporary replacement. Swimming ALWAYS kicks my *kitten* so I figure this will be a good cross-training alternative. Everyone tell me that this is totally fine and the right thing to do, cause it's killing my soul a little bit to cut out some runs! #runnersarebasketcases :D

    Definitely a good idea to give it time to recover. I couldn't run 5 feet with out twisting my ankle and I found swimming with flippers helped strengthen them. Swimming is great cross training. I'm 8 weeks no running- my basket is seriously unraveled.

    I may have to take a break from posting. My words and brain seem disconnected. Even my spoken works are wrong tense. Idk what's wrong. Not running = no blood to the brain.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    edited August 2016
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    My son scored well on his ASVAB. The Navy wants him to take a nuclear test Friday. I'm stoked. He thinks if that doesn't work out, he'll go for a code breaker something something sort of thing.

    @greenolivetree Sorry to hear about you husband. You, your family and your physicians are in our thoughts and prayers.

    No horizontal running today. Rest, travel and waiting room country music is my sentence.
    Edit- oh St Jude's! You're so awesome. I'll take the ear buds they sent me..
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
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    @karllundy Was it a Hogwarts owl? Maybe you had mail.
  • TattooedDolphinGirl78
    TattooedDolphinGirl78 Posts: 5,214 Member
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    @greenolivetree Sending positive vibes and thoughts to you and your husband!!!

    Back to running today after a rest day yesterday, and without even aiming for it, broke a new PR! The temps were quite warm/humid, but that didn't seem to stop me. I always find that the last km is the worst, but with the paths I take, it's all a slight uphill... lol I figure I'm just getting better at it. :sunglasses:

    Happy Hump Day!

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    1/8: REST
    2/8: 5.30 km + 20 mins yoga
    3/8: 5.38 km + 20 mins yoga
    4/8: 5.39 km + 20 mins yoga
    5/8: 5.43 km + 20 mins yoga
    6/8: 4.50 km (Walked Colour Vibe due to terrain on course, and it wasn`t even a true 5K)
    7/8: 6.05 km + 20 mins yoga
    8/8: 5.37 km + 20 mins yoga (New PR! 5K in 34:31)
    9/8: REST (early morning meeting; walked all over instead)
    10/8: 5.40 km + 20 mins yoga (New PR! 5K in 33:59)
    11/8:
    12/8:
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    14/8: REST
    15/8:
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    20/8: REST
    21/8:
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    28/8: REST
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    Current PR : 5K in 33:59 / 10K in 1:17:??

    Races:

    6/8: Colour Vibe 5K
    24/9: Obstacle Course “Coureur des bois”
    20/10-01/11 : Zombies Run! App 2016 Fall Virtual Run
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
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    1-stung by a bee yesterday. was told i shouldn't run today :(
    2-leg was doing well but woke up in pain this morning and a little swelling, putting run off till tomorrow just in case.
    3-1.66 mi and an 1hr of foam rolling class.
    4-nothing
    5-nothing yet. aerial yoga or a run maybe-might have a kidney infection. i have to wait for results
    6-nothing
    7-renfair. i walked 5 miles but no running
    8-slept in-recovering from faire
    9-back and neck seizing up :frowning: and i was up early and everything
    10-back and neck are still messed up but i think i'll try to run before my foam rolling class if no one signs up for my yoga class


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  • 9voice9
    9voice9 Posts: 693 Member
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    karllundy wrote: »
    Crazy morning! I discovered a new to me risk of early a.m. running...OWLS! I was about 0.5 mile in and something hit the top of my head. Scared the *kitten* out of me. I quickly look up to see an owl flying back into the tree above me. Did a great job of elevating my heart rate! I guess my bed head looks a little like a squirrel?
    Day-yum! An OWL?! and @Elise4270 - you cracked me up with your response. Don't worry about the brain matter - if you can come up with that one, you're doing fine!
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
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    @karllundy you were probably too close to the nest. we have a trail by us that the owls would do that because the nest was right next to the trail.
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
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    8/1 - 40 mins total body strength + pilates, 20 min light cardio, stretching
    8/2 - 3 mi walk - .75 mi of which was running intervals to test out my leg
    8/3 - 3.1 mi walk - again I ran about .75 mi in short intervals, also a few tiny hill repeats
    8/4 - 20 min light cardio, 55 min strength&pilates
    8/5 - 3 mi walk
    8/6 - back to school shopping wore me out!
    8/7 - just totally being a lazy bum here....no excuse :(
    8/8 - 20 min light cardio....45 min mix of strength and pilates with a little cardio
    8/9 - .5 mile warm up walk...3 mile RUN :smiley::smiley::smiley:
    8/10 - 3 mile walk, 20 minutes pilates/body weight exercises

    Running Goal: 3 of 60 miles (adjusted down further due to leg pain)
    Non-running goals: Take my strength training more seriously this month/Lose 5lbs (dang it!)

    Thank you everyone for the positive comments about my husband. @TattooedDolphinGirl78 @elise4270 @honunui @ereck44 @Stoshew71 @5BeautifulDays @katharmonic @shanaber @skippygirlsmom and I'm sorry if I missed anyone :)

    He's been in remission with his Crohn's since 2009 after his last major bowel resection surgery. That just means no hospitalizations or anything crazy because they cut out the diseased bowel section, but daily medication and living with the consequences of bowel resection like chronic dehydration due to diarrhea.... unable to keep up on things like potassium, iron, vitamin D.... tiredness.... He mowed the front yard the other night and came in looking like death with pale lips and cold skin. I was so mad because I didn't want him out there doing that. Then the Dr called and said his blood work from last week looks really bad and that the Crohn's has reactivated and the numbers indicate a lot of blood loss and something about "the cancer factor is up" whatever that means. They want him in for endoscopy, colonoscopy, and CT scan. I'm hoping the official letter is at the post office today so I can read it for myself. 6 months ago his blood work was the best ever - too good to be true :neutral:

    @karllundy That owl would've freaked me out. I had some bird fly in front of my face in the dark yesterday morning. Probably a robin. It happened so fast I didn't even have time to react.

    @TattooedDolphinGirl78 Great job on the PR :)

    @Elise4270 Your horizontal running cracks me up :-D

    @KatieJane83 Sounds like a smart move on the ankle. Better safe than sorry.



  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
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    @greenolivetree - Ugh! Sorry about the bad blood work for your husband. Being the spouse of someone with a chronic disease has its own special set of challenges for sure. Good wishes for better news from pending tests!
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    edited August 2016
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    8/1 - 6 miles
    8/2 - 6 miles
    8/3 - rest day
    8/4 - 6 miles
    8/5 - 6 miles
    8/6 - rest day - went to a race with Skip
    8/7 - 10 miles
    8/8 - unscheduled rest day
    8/9 - 6 miles
    8/10 - 6 miles

    46 out of 110 miles

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    @greenolivetree my mom suffers terribly with Crohn's so I understand. She sees an Oncologist for her blood issues. She is losing so much blood that she count at one point was 5 (it's supposed to be around 14), she was getting blood transfusions daily and lost almost 20 lbs. She's 4'11" and is down to like 65 lbs. It's a horrible horrible disease since it stops your body from gets the nutrients that it needs. Last week her count was up to 9 and they are giving her some type of shot that is supposed to help. Definitely keeping your husband in my prayers.
    @elise4270 there is definitely nothing wrong with your blood flow to your brain
    @karllundy wow so sorry to laugh at your expense. We have one by us that lands on my roof most nights, it sounds like a grown man walking in my attic. One night he was sitting on top of the light post and he was huge. Lucky he didn't carry you away.
    @kristinegift Snow White! OMG too funny! Maybe you can help @karllundy out with your forest creature skills and I would appreciate it if you could get those same forest creatures to come clean my house.
    @stoshew71 100 miles already - dang boy you be running!

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