August (2016) Running Challenge
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mom3over40 wrote: »
Bwahaahaa! Cracking up at the "brain bleach" comment. I could definitely use more of that! @Elise4270 I think you should go somewhere with year-round beautiful running/ swimming weather...no humidity, mosquitos, polar vortexes....is there an actual place like this on Earth? Definitely avoid Chicago area/ midwest US in general...
I half looked for a job this morning. Nothing looked promising. It has to be somewhere with a refinery, idk or something I can do without a pay cut.. Maybe Washington state or Oregon where Oiselle is. Wait. Aren't there bears that way? Alabama and Florida are absolutely out too. What about Tennessee? Lol!
DH is in recovery. Brain bleach sounds great (margarita style). So I may have to sneak around like a teen.
@luluinca You're here. You're a runner
Come on, you would love Alabama. Well northern Alabama. We are 90 minutes from Nashville. So kind of Tennesee. Actually if I drive north for 20 minutes, I cross into the Tennesee border. But running is big here. Very fun and supportive environment. You could join a race within driving distance just about every weekend if you wanted to. Heck, most of them I could run to. LOL
We have no bears around that I am aware of, but there were a few coyote sightings.
Well, I did a job search and there are opportunities. Makes me regret not finishing that Masters degree in chemistry. I'm making ~90k with a B.S. (hard to walk away from. That's dumb luck, I'm not that smart. Okay yes I am). It does sound like an ideal area. I bookmarked a few jobs.. DH is over being mad at me for the moment... I really could use a running community. We have coyotes here too. They don't bother me. My dad's family is in Alabama.... So tempted.
Think I'll make sure my resume is updated in case something comes along I can't pass up. Or until dh gets mad at me again
Not sure about the job market on your line of work, but as far as running friendly, I think my neighborhood is pretty nice. We also have a race nearby almost every weekend. But here in San Diego, we do get whinny about weather, we start to say "too hot" before it hits 80F and "too cold" when it gets below 60F
I was born in San Diego! Sounds nice there!
I went to college in San Diego, but grew up in Orange County! I love their weather, especially now that I live in the IE!
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Had to wait until after work to get in my run. I had trouble sleeping last night, so waking up early was not an option. That's what I get for not taking my Lunesta. Tomorrow is another day...
Anyway, today's run was great. New 5k PR - 37:21. New 4 mile PR - 48:09. At 4 miles my legs did the autopilot thing again. OMG, I love that feeling. Wound up doing a full hour, 5 miles exactly. I'll do a couple more 5 mile runs before I attempt 6. Thing is, the treadmill only goes an hour at a time, so in order for me to do more than 5 miles, I have to restart the treadmill, LOL. OR... go the *kitten* outside. I have yet to be able to do more than 4 miles outside, because heat. The fall can't get here soon enough.
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RespectTheKitty wrote: »Had to wait until after work to get in my run. I had trouble sleeping last night, so waking up early was not an option. That's what I get for not taking my Lunesta. Tomorrow is another day...
Anyway, today's run was great. New 5k PR - 37:21. New 4 mile PR - 48:09. At 4 miles my legs did the autopilot thing again. OMG, I love that feeling. Wound up doing a full hour, 5 miles exactly. I'll do a couple more 5 mile runs before I attempt 6. Thing is, the treadmill only goes an hour at a time, so in order for me to do more than 5 miles, I have to restart the treadmill, LOL. OR... go the *kitten* outside. I have yet to be able to do more than 4 miles outside, because heat. The fall can't get here soon enough.
Fabulous progress and it's so funny to me because I am literally terrified of running on a treadmill, walking is fine, and I totally prefer running outside. You're way ahead of me though time-wise on either. I'm still at a 40 min 5K.1 -
RespectTheKitty wrote: »Had to wait until after work to get in my run. I had trouble sleeping last night, so waking up early was not an option. That's what I get for not taking my Lunesta. Tomorrow is another day...
Anyway, today's run was great. New 5k PR - 37:21. New 4 mile PR - 48:09. At 4 miles my legs did the autopilot thing again. OMG, I love that feeling. Wound up doing a full hour, 5 miles exactly. I'll do a couple more 5 mile runs before I attempt 6. Thing is, the treadmill only goes an hour at a time, so in order for me to do more than 5 miles, I have to restart the treadmill, LOL. OR... go the *kitten* outside. I have yet to be able to do more than 4 miles outside, because heat. The fall can't get here soon enough.
My gym has all the treadmills set to shutdown at an hour. There are like 50 of the silly things and at least 10-15 always available. I tried in vain to get them to unlock a few to unlimited so I could do longer speedwork sessions but corporate refused. I found the manual online and reset one on my own one day, then like 2 weeks later they rearranged the gym and I couldn't find it again. Fortunately it was almost spring so I started back outside. If you look up the model number of the treadmill there are instructions online to get them to go longer. It only took a few minutes to get to the menu and do it.9 -
Rest day today. Needed the time to go grocery shopping anyway, and to read back messages here.
@cljoe7 - You remind me of the year I turned myself into a runner, and between 4 and 5 miles it just sucked and I had to gut it out to get to 5 miles. In 20-20 hindsight, part of that was summer weather, the worst running weather of the year. Part of it was that, like most newbie runners, I was running too fast. And part was that I just wasn't as well conditioned physically as my running ambitions. 5 years later, 5 miles seems like a short run; but running in summer weather still sucks. It's just that not running sucks worse.
. . . and when I turn in a PR 5K on a day with ridiculous humidity where runners who trained indoors had to slow down after 2 miles, having run a lot at 90º suddenly doesn't seem all that sucky.
@Stoshew71 - Interesting about needing a goal and deliberately seeking the suck in your quest to BQ. I think you must be made of sterner stuff than I am. I tolerate the suck of speed work because it helps, and tolerate the suck of drills because I think they're supposed to help even though I don't understand how they help, but I don't go deliberately invent ways to make it suck more. (That's what having a coach is for.)
Having a rest day when my legs feel great sucks. But I need to honor it, because if I run today my mileage will ramp up faster than it should. And having a rest day when my legs feel great sucks a lot less than having a long string of rest days because I can't run does.5 -
Pats Creek 61:39.25 - 14km with 6 members of the Wednesday Night Hill Climbers. One long Gentle 6km slope. All the way up with no walk breaks. Turn and burn to the bottom. One of the quiet Petite ladies started 10 mins late caught me at km 10 she just disappeared around the corner - Little rocket!!
Although I am pretty happy with my time for a 14km. Puts me in a good place for my September Roots and Ruts 10km Bushwhacking Trail race . Starts at 1800 and sunset is at 1900 so those that take too long end up running through the bush in the evening twilight.
08/01 – 0.0 km – 0.0 - 140 km
08/03 – 9.0 km – 9.0 - 131 km
08/06 –10.0 km –19.0 - 121 km
08/09 – 6.0 km – 25.0 - 115 km
08/11 –12.0 km – 37.0 - 103 km
08/13 –12.5 km – 49.5 – 90.5 km
08/14 –7.0 km – 56.5 – 83.5 km
08/15 –6.0 km – 62.5 – 77.5 km
08/17 –14.0 km – 76.5 – 63.5 km – YTD 801.7 km
So many posts we are really growing as a super supportive group. I lurked around the edges for close to a year before joining in.4 -
I was down with what I think might be migraines for a couple days over the weekend. It's just been painfully hot and humid, too. But yesterday I got out for a short evening run (2 miles) and another this morning (another 2). They were quite slow since I brought my kids with me and they're not used to running the whole way yet, but they're getting a little better each time!
I'm sorry I'm not following along with everyone this month, but I love you guys and wish you well!
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08/01- 7.2km
08/02- 3.9km
08/03- 12.5km
08/04- Active Rest Day (taking the babies to the zoo)
08/05- Rest Day
08/06- Rest Day (wedding)
08/07- 11km
08/08- 8.8km
08/09- 5.8km of dreadmill
08/10- Rest Day
08/11- Rest Day
08/12- 24km
08/13- Rest Day (Happy Birthday Baby Girl!)
08/14- 4km
08/15- 7km
08/16- Rest Day courtesy of cranky baby
08/17- 7.9km
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August goal.....run
8/1 3.12....and I struggled through that!
8/2 snorkel 4 hours
8/3 life
8/4 more life
8/5 3.15
8/6 4.00
8/7 lazy (can't blame life) (however, I DID mow the 2 acres and muck out the chicken coop, so I wasn't a complete slug....)
8/8 5.83
8/9 snorkel 3 hours
8/10 3.2
8/11 snorkel 2 hours
8/12 3.30
8/13 3.57
8/14 rest
8/15 4.10
8/16 In the immortal words of @mbaker566 ....nope
8/17 5.87
Total 36.14
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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Ended up extending my rides to/from my tri team bike ride, and got home with 112 miles on the bike at a 19MPH avg. As much as I was tempted to make it a full ironman day with 26.2 miles of running, I avoided the temptation, and just did 3 on the treadmill 9tonight during some thunderstorms while watching the 200s (men-semi, women-finals). According to my garmin w. heart rate & power meter data, the 6.5 hours of exercise translated into 3100 calories. Still, I only ended up eating about 1000 of them, and decided to just bank the weight loss, as it'll do more good at my next race, and I had already eaten 180g of protein for the day.
As much as folks here seem to be enjoying embracing the suck, given my bike/swim volume, I'm totally 100% embracing the treadmill here in the Florida summer heat as I'm getting in a pretty massive amount of mileage outside up north in 80-85 degree weather, and I otherwise find myself cutting my running volume in half when forced to embrace the suck of a 95% humidity Florida run.
8/2 - 11 miles (w. 2 at MP)
8/3 - 4 miles (w. 2 miles near threshold HR)
8/5 - 12 miles
8/6 - 11 miles
8/7 - 20 miles
8/8 - 7 miles (w. 6 at MP)
8/9 - 11.5 miles
8/11 - 10 miles
8/12 - 20 miles (last 5 at MP)
8/13 - 2 miles
8/14 - 6 miles
8/15 - 10 miles
8/16 - 9 miles
8/17 - 3 miles
Total: 136.5 miles, 4 session with MP/threshold HR/speedwork running
Goal: 200 miles, 8 faster sessions
Remaining; 63.5 miles, 4 faster sessions
2016 Race Schedule:
Disney Marathon - Jan 6 - 3:29:09
Gasparilla 15K - Feb 20 - 1:01:59
Ironman 70.3 Florida - Apr 10 - 5:07:51
Pittsburgh Marathon - May 1 - 3:08:25
Ironman 70.3 Augusta - Sep 25
Chicago Marathon - Oct 9
Ironman Florida - Nov 5
Rock 'n Roll Las Vegas 10K - Nov 132 -
Embrace the suck folks. It's only the first phase of the complain/accept/improve cycle our body has and you can't skip any
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
August 11- 6.0 km - Tempo/4:45
August 12- 8.0 km - Easy/5:55
August 13- 9.4 km - Easy/6:30
August 14- 12.8km - Long run/6:00
August 15- Rest
August 16- 11.0km - Time trial/3:59
August 17- 8.0 km - Easy/5:50
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)4 -
Bwahaahaa! Cracking up at the "brain bleach" comment. I could definitely use more of that! @Elise4270 I think you should go somewhere with year-round beautiful running/ swimming weather...no humidity, mosquitos, polar vortexes....is there an actual place like this on Earth? Definitely avoid Chicago area/ midwest US in general...
I half looked for a job this morning. Nothing looked promising. It has to be somewhere with a refinery, idk or something I can do without a pay cut.. Maybe Washington state or Oregon where Oiselle is. Wait. Aren't there bears that way? Alabama and Florida are absolutely out too. What about Tennessee? Lol!
DH is in recovery. Brain bleach sounds great (margarita style). So I may have to sneak around like a teen.
@luluinca You're here. You're a runner
@Elise4270 - California (northern and southern) has lots of refineries and oil companies... my first job was for UNOCAL working with the Reservoir Engineering group
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mom3over40 wrote: »
Bwahaahaa! Cracking up at the "brain bleach" comment. I could definitely use more of that! @Elise4270 I think you should go somewhere with year-round beautiful running/ swimming weather...no humidity, mosquitos, polar vortexes....is there an actual place like this on Earth? Definitely avoid Chicago area/ midwest US in general...
I half looked for a job this morning. Nothing looked promising. It has to be somewhere with a refinery, idk or something I can do without a pay cut.. Maybe Washington state or Oregon where Oiselle is. Wait. Aren't there bears that way? Alabama and Florida are absolutely out too. What about Tennessee? Lol!
DH is in recovery. Brain bleach sounds great (margarita style). So I may have to sneak around like a teen.
@luluinca You're here. You're a runner
Come on, you would love Alabama. Well northern Alabama. We are 90 minutes from Nashville. So kind of Tennesee. Actually if I drive north for 20 minutes, I cross into the Tennesee border. But running is big here. Very fun and supportive environment. You could join a race within driving distance just about every weekend if you wanted to. Heck, most of them I could run to. LOL
We have no bears around that I am aware of, but there were a few coyote sightings.
Well, I did a job search and there are opportunities. Makes me regret not finishing that Masters degree in chemistry. I'm making ~90k with a B.S. (hard to walk away from. That's dumb luck, I'm not that smart. Okay yes I am). It does sound like an ideal area. I bookmarked a few jobs.. DH is over being mad at me for the moment... I really could use a running community. We have coyotes here too. They don't bother me. My dad's family is in Alabama.... So tempted.
Think I'll make sure my resume is updated in case something comes along I can't pass up. Or until dh gets mad at me again
Not sure about the job market on your line of work, but as far as running friendly, I think my neighborhood is pretty nice. We also have a race nearby almost every weekend. But here in San Diego, we do get whinny about weather, we start to say "too hot" before it hits 80F and "too cold" when it gets below 60F
I'm with you there @mom3over40! I am in No Central Orange County and we whine as well about the temps but it is much nicer in San Diego! Also there are SO many races in San Diego and a great running community. If a similar one exists up this way I have yet to find it and there are not nearly the races there are in San Diego!0 -
kristinegift wrote: »@Orphia That's some crazy impressive daily mileage!!
@kristinegift Coming from you that's a real compliment!greenolivetree wrote: »@Orphia Awesome job on the fitbit! I'm on the Earth badge and have about 4000 miles to go to hit the next!
@greenolivetree Wow! Amazing! Wait, there's a badge after Earth? Nice.When does this get easier? More enjoyable (as in, at all enjoyable)? Today's run/ walk in the park sucked but I stuck it out. Temps were ok, but humidity was high & my breathing was tough despite the advair, nose spray, albuterol...ugh... My thoughts went from "why the *kitten* am I doing this again?" to "this sucks. I'm not a runner, who am I kidding?" to "I guess I can stick it out..." to "*kitten*-it, no I can't" to "whew. Finished." I try to push out all the negative thoughts, and I feel good (physically & emotionally) for having done it, but man. If I stick with it, at some point it won't feel torturous-to-tolerable and I'll actually enjoy running...right?
@cljoe7 It does get easier! I used to have loads of thoughts of just giving up while running. I'd almost forgotten about that, even though it was less than a year ago.
Great comment about pushing out the negative thoughts. I'm a huge fan of cognitive behavioural therapy.
My motto in life is, "Don't believe everything you think. Challenge your thoughts." Works in everything, and every time you do it, it helps the next time.
2 August – 10.1 km
4 August – Body Balance then 13 km
6 August – 8.1 km including parkrun
7 August – 21.3 km
9 August – 10.3 km
11 August – 10.1 km
13 August – 8.3 km including parkrun
14 August – 15 km
16 August – 12 km
17 August – 10 km
18 August – 10 km
Goal: 161 km / 100 miles
Total: 128.2 km / 79.6 miles
10 km this morning not caring about my heartrate or speed, and exploring an out-of-town road. Just lovely.2 -
3rd August - 7km
4th August - 12km
8th - 5km
10th - 5.5km
11th - 3?km aprox.
13th - 5km
14th - 2km It turned into a walk when it got too steep and then my mum called me, so I never got to finish my run
15th - 5km
16th - 7km
18th - 14km trail marking day!
Logged 16km; might have covered an extra k or two, but plenty of walking.
Did it over the whole day, couple of different sections. My brother and I mostly drove the car to the far end of a section and worked our way back along the trail. Lots of hills and super pretty!
I want to the 20km trail next year!
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02/08 4 miles
03/08 4 miles
17/08 4 miles - missed 2 full weeks, the weather's been shockingly bad but this was the best run I've had since April/May. I've fallen behind in reading everyone posts again. I was so annoyed with myself for not getting out that I couldn't bring myself to read the posts. Maybe if I had it would have motivated me to brace the wind and rain and go. I must buy a rain proof jacket as I've only got a wind breaker.
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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
8/11- 7.02
8/12- REST
8/13- 9.08
8/14- REST
8/15- 4.08
8/16- 9.0
8/17- Forced rest day<- 25 minutes of Kayaking for XT
8/18- 9.01
total/monthly goal: 90.37/125
Ankle felt pretty good when I woke up this morning, so I decided to go for a run. popped some Alieve before I headed out and went for it. I planned on running 8 miles, but some how the vibration got turned off on my watch, and I was at like 4.55 miles when I noticed it. OOPS! it was an out and back, so I was pretty much locked into a 9 mile run, since I have a time limit for running and getting back home to wake everyone up.
Total Miles: 9.01
Total time: 1:24:27
Average pace: 9:22
Average HR: 152
Garmin calories burned: 798 What the *kitten*, I think my Garmin wants me on a diet or something.
Side note: W're going to be on grass and sand a lot today, that's a reason to wear my new Saucony Xodus's right?5 -
@MNLittleFinn - nice run! I'm no expert but I don't like to take advil or aleve before a run because I'm afraid it might mask something that is hurting. My son was a pitcher and took advil before pitching one game and pulled a ligament that required Tommy John surgery. So I think I am just nervous because of that.
I like to run 5 miles in the morning, but this week, second week of school, I'm just exhausted and keep sleeping an extra few minutes and therefore missing 5 miles each day. I'll get it back next week! Just takes a while to get used to the pattern.
It didn't seem as hot/humid this morning and I felt really good. Not sure if I'm just used to it or what - didn't have time to check weather.
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 + Strength Training
8/6 - 43 miles biking
8/7 - 30 miles biking
8/8 - 3.1 miles
8/9 - 18 miles biking
8/10 - strength training
8/11 - 5.2 miles
8/12 - 5.3 miles + strength training
8/13 - 44 miles biking
8/14 - 44 miles biking
8/15 - 4.25 miles
8/16 - 4.6 miles w/Intervals
8/17 - strength training
8/17 - 4.5 miles
Upcoming races
2/5/17 - Daytona Beach HM
2/26/17 - Disney Princess HM Orlando
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Should have said the aleve was for my migraine. It was gone by mile 51
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Well, the weather was cool (as in 82 degrees cool) and overcast for my entire run. At this time of year, I don't think I could ask for much more. The humidity was lower than it had been for a good month, and there was even a breeze. I forgot what it felt like to run in any kind of moving air! While the breeze felt good, I forgot that I can't breathe in it if it hits my face the right way. Oh, well. It was definitely a nice change of weather pace.
I decided to do a loop that would allow me to stop at home twice throughout my run. Because if this, it added several minutes to my time, but I'm not too concerned with that for training. First stop at home, just after 3 miles, and I had some water and a little bit of fruit. Second stop at home, at nearly 6.5 miles, I just had some water. I decided to finish out the last 1.5 miles by running the hill (approximately a 4% grade) in my neighborhood that I live in the middle of. From the end of my block to the dead end at the top, it's approximately .25 miles. By the end of the run, I ran that hill a total of 5 times.
My calves and hips started to seriously stiffen up around the 6 mile mark, I think it was simply a fatigue issue, because they loosened up not too long after I stopped and everything seems to be fine, again.
At this point, I'm not entirely sure how I managed to run a half marathon in February because I feel like I am nowhere close to being ready to run another one a month from now.
08/02 7.00 mi
08/04 3.00 mi
08/06 6.23 mi
08/09 4.00 mi
08/15 4.00 mi
08/17 8.00 mi
TOTAL 32.23 mi
Upcoming 2016 Races:
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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8/17 - 5k race.
32 miles done with goal of 70.1 -
This is what surprises me...............I decided yesterday that I was tired. 4 days in a row running and two of those were also heavy lifting days. I thought it made sense to take a rest day today and maybe get a short slow run in tomorrow instead of this morning. I'm sticking to that, but right now I wish I was running this morning......
I'll swim this afternoon but still wish I was running instead. My first 5K is on Sunday so I'm trying to be smart. It seems like it's going to be easy for me at this point but I really have no idea what to expect so I want to go in rested I think.
I'm excited to begin training next week for a 10K.............that doesn't feel like sucking it up yet but I imagine when I begin I'll wish I'd signed up for another 5K instead.
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I am one of those people who runs, but I am not in love with running. I've been a "runner" off an on (because of injuries) for just about six years, now, and I still do not necessarily like it. I do it so I can drink beer and eat nachos and not be 350 lbs. At 5'4" and 145 lbs, I just squeak into the "healthy weight category," and at the ripe old age of 32, I have been diagnosed with hypertension despite my running efforts (thank you wonderful genetics). I like to think that running is helping keep me off medication, which is something I fight for every time I have my BP checked, though I'm not sure how much longer any doctor will allow me to convince them I don't need meds. Running is also the most convenient form of aerobic exercise for me, since I don't have a road bike, I hate all aerobic gym equipment, I don't have the space at home to do any kind of videos, and I oftentimes have a hard time fitting an aerobic class I like into my schedule. As far as races are concerned, I register for two reasons:When does this get easier? More enjoyable (as in, at all enjoyable)? Today's run/ walk in the park sucked but I stuck it out. Temps were ok, but humidity was high & my breathing was tough despite the advair, nose spray, albuterol...ugh... My thoughts went from "why the *kitten* am I doing this again?" to "this sucks. I'm not a runner, who am I kidding?" to "I guess I can stick it out..." to "*kitten*-it, no I can't" to "whew. Finished." I try to push out all the negative thoughts, and I feel good (physically & emotionally) for having done it, but man. If I stick with it, at some point it won't feel torturous-to-tolerable and I'll actually enjoy running...right?
1. I like the atmosphere of races, and I like to use it as a consistent and official measurement of my abilities.
2. They provide the motivation I need to keep running because I don't want to get to a race and either make a *kitten* out of myself or finish last (or anywhere near last, to be honest).
Still, I still almost always have the same thoughts you do when I'm out there, and I cannot ever wait for the run to be over, whether it's 3 miles or 13 miles. I may be the exception, but at this point, I'm not entirely certain I will ever really like running.
This is my girl cat. She freaks out when I put the harness on her, and she freaks out even more when I take her outside - she stays low to the ground, ears back, meowing, crying, and trying to scratch the door open to get back inside. I call her "anxiety cat." She has issues with change and new things. For example, every year when I remove the Christmas tree after the holidays are over, she sits in the corner where it was and sulks for a few days. She's really pretty pathetic!TattooedDolphinGirl78 wrote: »My cat is part squirrel, so she would freak if I tried to: A) put a leash on her, and
go outdoors. lol
Um...I want to do what you do! I make about 65% of your salary WITH a masters that I paid for completely on my own, which I will be paying off for about the next 28 years. I thought my MBA would allow me to advance and get ahead. I was nearing 30, and decided I better just bite the bullet and get it instead of waiting for an opportunity for someone to pay for it for me (or at least part of it.) I appear to have been very wrong in my assumptions, though I am actively seeking new employment. Fingers cross it actually gets me somewhere this time, because my current job, which I accepted just over two years ago, appears to be another giant, boring dead end. I guess this is what I get, though, for residing in middle-of-nowhere, Pennsylvania, and attempting to relocate with the promise of a job waiting for me is proving to be quite the difficult task.Well, I did a job search and there are opportunities. Makes me regret not finishing that Masters degree in chemistry. I'm making ~90k with a B.S. (hard to walk away from. That's dumb luck, I'm not that smart. Okay yes I am). It does sound like an ideal area. I bookmarked a few jobs.. DH is over being mad at me for the moment... I really could use a running community. We have coyotes here too. They don't bother me. My dad's family is in Alabama.... So tempted.
Think I'll make sure my resume is updated in case something comes along I can't pass up. Or until dh gets mad at me again
Hacking a treadmill - I love it! My last gym had giant signs all over the place requesting people adhere to their 30 minute time limit on all cardio machines. I completely ignored said signs unless there appeared to be people actively waiting for an open machine. I am currently gym-less, but I will be joining a different one whenever I decide I need a gym, again. I have no idea what their cardio machine rules are, but the few times I've been up there for classes, there always seems to be quite a few treadmills open. I will definitely keep this little tip in mind if they put time limits on the things.My gym has all the treadmills set to shutdown at an hour. There are like 50 of the silly things and at least 10-15 always available. I tried in vain to get them to unlock a few to unlimited so I could do longer speedwork sessions but corporate refused. I found the manual online and reset one on my own one day, then like 2 weeks later they rearranged the gym and I couldn't find it again. Fortunately it was almost spring so I started back outside. If you look up the model number of the treadmill there are instructions online to get them to go longer. It only took a few minutes to get to the menu and do it.
I find this interesting. After each of my hip injuries, I was actually told by both my PCP and my PT to take one Advil before a run and one Advil after to keep any swelling in check. I rarely ever do it, anymore, but I was for a while after I recovered from the injuries. I am a very anti-drug-unless-absolutely-completely-necessary kind of person, so I tend to avoid meds when I can help it (see BP reference above).@MNLittleFinn - nice run! I'm no expert but I don't like to take advil or aleve before a run because I'm afraid it might mask something that is hurting. My son was a pitcher and took advil before pitching one game and pulled a ligament that required Tommy John surgery. So I think I am just nervous because of that.1 -
Random note on running in the morning. Seeing bats going after bugs, and watching an orange/purple/gold sunrise ahead of me, with full dark and a full moon behind me, is all I really need to help me get going in the morning.
On the med thing. I hate my genetics. On BP meds, but since I started running, I got taken off my cholesterol meds. Got both those lovely problems from me dad. Unfortunately, the BP hasn't gone away, but at least now I can eat how I want and the cholesterol stays in normal range, due to running.3 -
I enjoyed the run today as weather was cool and windy.
18/8/16 run 7.1 km
16/8/16 run 3.1 km
9/8/16 run 6 km
2/8/16 run 7.1 km
1/8/16 run 6.6 km
Target: 29.9/70 km1 -
SO. MUCH. THIS. Might have to print it out and poster it up or something.You are in the stage we call, "Embrace the suck!". Keep at it, and it will no longer suck, but then you stop improving.
Which is where I invented the mantra, "Invent new ways to make it suck."
I know that if I want to Boston Qualify some day and continue to improve, then if it's easy and enjoyable, I am not doing enough to get to Boston. But that's just how I am wired, I am very goal orientated. If's it's not a challenge to me then I get bored and I go do something else.
Other people do have this zen attitude with running. They just go and run and are able to just zone out and forget the watch, forget the pace, forget the pain, and just run for the sake of running. No goals, no BQs, no PRs, just pure endorphines.2 -
Went out to San Diego a few years ago in June, expecting, ya know, beachy weather.mom3over40 wrote: »But here in San Diego, we do get whinny about weather, we start to say "too hot" before it hits 80F and "too cold" when it gets below 60F
BRRRRR! We didn't get out to "the beach" until after friggin' 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and had to pack it in because SWMBO was freezing by 4. And I was playing in the surf, but had to rent a blinkin' wetsuit, and still like to have froze my twig and berries off. And I was still a "large mammal" in those days, so had a well-functioning interior furnace!2 -
SO. MUCH. THIS. Might have to print it out and poster it up or something.You are in the stage we call, "Embrace the suck!". Keep at it, and it will no longer suck, but then you stop improving.
Which is where I invented the mantra, "Invent new ways to make it suck."
I know that if I want to Boston Qualify some day and continue to improve, then if it's easy and enjoyable, I am not doing enough to get to Boston. But that's just how I am wired, I am very goal orientated. If's it's not a challenge to me then I get bored and I go do something else.
Other people do have this zen attitude with running. They just go and run and are able to just zone out and forget the watch, forget the pace, forget the pain, and just run for the sake of running. No goals, no BQs, no PRs, just pure endorphines.
Seriously, I love this. I understand that some people just run for pleasure, and relaxing, and enjoyment, but I'm constantly looking for the next goal or PR I can hit. I struggle with easy runs because I always feel like I should be pushing. Right now, my motivation of embracing the suck of summer running is running my first half marathon (I've done 1 before, but it was with an overuse injury that blew up at mile 6 and caused me to walk the 2nd half - failure in my crazy brain - and which led to my prolonged period of falling out of running), and getting back to my former 5k PR time of 22:50 (I have a long ways to go seeing as I'm at just under 29:00 right now). I'm not sure where/if it's going to stop, I always used to say I'd be happy maxing out at half marathons, but now I've already decided that I'm definitely going to go for a full marathon by the end of next year. I'm an all or nothing kind of person with exercise in general. When I get out of it, I am so lazy, but once I get back into it it's full-force addicted to it, lol.2
Been there, done that, ran out of brain bleach to try and forget it! 
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