August (2016) Running Challenge
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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 and I saw....nothing exciting
8/12 3.30
8/13 3.57
Total 26.17
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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My review of the Camelbak Ultra 4 hydration vest after my 15 km test run:
Lots of pockets! I love pockets!
On the back there's an outer pocket that would fit hat, gloves, or maybe snacks.
Then there's a larger back middle section to fit a windbreaker, first aid, and/or lunch. This middle section also contains a zipped mesh pocket for ID/wallet, and another flat section that could come in handy, plus a key clip.
Also in the back is the zipped section for the hydration bladder (the bladder is removable), and that section has a divider where you could fit more stuff.
On the front, on your top left is a waterproof zipped phone/iPod pocket. Top right is a pocket I put an energy gel in.
The lower front has two pockets which you can use for water bottles, and they have cords you can tighten to keep them in place. I put a bottle of Gatorade in one side and it didn't move or bother me.
I couldn't work out the hydration mouthpiece at first, but that was because I was biting it from the wrong sides.
The hydration tube can be clipped to the front while running. The clips are attached to the two adjustable elastic straps keeping the vest together at the front, and the clips can slide up or down to suit your build. There are also adjustable straps attaching the lower back to the lower front. The lower left area started hurting my bony ribs there a little, but I'm not sure that wasn't the fault of the type of bra I was wearing.
The water in the bladder made a sloshing noise sometimes, but it didn't feel like it was moving around. (I'd sucked the air out of it beforehand.)
The vest didn't move around or bounce when running. Even though I was testing it on my 15 km run, there was plenty of time I forgot about it.
I really like this vest! Can't wait for my next half marathon or further, and/or warm weather!
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Nice vest @Orphia! Did it feel hot to wear it? I know you are in cooler weather but wondering if the vest makes you sweatier or not.
We had massive thunderstorms and rain overnight. It's still very humid and more storms likely this morning. How is there any liquid left in the air?1 -
8/1: 3.6 miles w/ the Coffee Crew
8/2: 5 miles
8/3: Rest day
8/4: 7 miles (am)
...... 6.4 miles (pm)
8/5: Rest day
8/6: 10 miles w/ the Saturday Crew
8/7: 18 miles
8/8: 6.9 miles
8/9: Rest day
8/10: 8.9 miles (am)
........: 4.2 miles (pm)
8/11: 5.3 miles (am)
........: 6.4 miles (pm)
8/12: Rest day
8/13: 10 miles
8/14: 10 miles out of 16 planned
Well, today is a report of failure, but NOT DUE TO HEAT! Even though it was 79F when I left at 5 am (26C) with 83% humidity which meant a "real feel" of 86F (30C). My heat plan was working really well: I did a five mile loop with my 10 oz water bottle (which I'd frozen overnight so the water was cool the whole time) and then dashed into my house to switch the small water bottle for my 18 oz bottle (which was also frozen). I took off my tank but took it with me on loop 2 it to wipe my face and I instantly felt cooler with more skin exposed. The sun was barely coming up, so I'd gotten about 1/3 of my run done in the dark without sunlight adding to the "real feel" temperature.
Then about 6 miles in (about 1 mile into loop 2), I stepped weird on/in a pothole and tweaked my left calf. I took a bit of a walk break and then stopped to stretch it a bit but that didn't help. 1.5 miles later it was still twinging and feeling weird, so I decided that when I hit 10 miles at the end of the loop I'd call it a day. The heat wasn't getting to me yet (though I was totally drenched in sweat!), and I think I would have made it through 15-16 miles no problem. My legs felt fine and my mind was in a good place. But I have had issues with this calf on and off since I strained it two years ago, so I am not going to mess around with it. Best to play it safe today so I can run 20 healthy next week and then enter my taper in a good place mentally and physically.
Going to ice the calf and wear some compression sleeves while I do stuff around the house this morning and will postpone my Monday run til Tuesday.
Hope everyone who is running in the heat today has a good, SAFE run! Happy Sunday Runday!
EDIT TO ADD: For anyone wondering, since I think I mentioned these socks earlier in the week, I wore injinji toe socks today and I am eager to try them out on my 20 next week. Yesterday I wore regular Feetures socks and by ~8 of 10 miles my shoes were squishing. With the toe socks, no squish today and my shoes weren't soaked, even though the weather between yesterday and today was relatively similar. Plus yesterday one of my toenails dug into the neighboring toe and so the toe sock sleeves around each individual toe today kept the victimized toe from hurting which was a big win! I was really skeptical of these socks (they are hard to get on and look funny) but I am beginning to see their merit if you have incredibly sweaty feetsies like me
Upcoming Races:
9/11: Lehigh Valley Via Marathon (Several Towns, PA)
(10/16: Halloween Half (Morristown, NJ) >> maybe)
11/20: Philadelphia Marathon (Philadelphia, PA)
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Well, after all the rain we had in the past 2 days, I really thought it would cool things down. Nope! it's 8am here and it' 70F (21C), feels like 84F (29C) with 94% humidity. After my heat exhaustion last Thursday/Friday, I'm really reluctant to go out there and run. I think a yoga workout will be on the menu today. I'll get back into my usual running routine tomorrow.
Happy Sunday!0 -
@Stoshew71 I wonder if some of the symbols are triggering what passes for a spam filter in the forums?
More likely, a stupid filter thinks you're trying to code HTML in a way that isn't allowed.2 -
Another run cut short by stomach problems. Had to walk the last 3-4 km back
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
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)2 -
So I have completed my first week of half marathon training and I am feeling pretty good about it. I missed yesterday's 3 mile run so I made it up today and did my 3 mile run and 4 mile run together and completed 7.41 miles in total. Yay! Rest day tomorrow.
I also saw the 401 running challenge on my run (not planned) and it really kept me motivated. Lots and lots of other runners! If you were there today, you gave me lots of motivation to keep going!
Logging 7.41 miles for today!
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8/1 - 2.23 - HS XC Practice
8/2 - 6.0 - Easy
8/2 - 4.15 - Easy
8/3 - 15.03 - Easy
8/4 - 6.0 - Recovery
8/5 - 11.06 Easy + 3.47 @ MP XC Practice
8/6 - 7.0 Easy W/ 10 x 160M Strides
8/7 - 10.22 MP
8/8 - 4.38 Recovery
9/9 - 9.53 Easy
9/10 - 11.05 VO2Max workout with 6x600 w/ 400 recovery @ 5k pace.
9/11 - 6.02 Recovery
8/12 - 12.49 - Easy w/ 6.3 @ MP
8/13 - 8.5 Easy
8/14 - 22.01 - Long Run
Total 139.15 of 285 miles
I knew I had a 22 mile run next week but with fortuitous weather conditions today and not knowing what next week holds, I decided to swap the scheduled 15 for this run. I'm going to rejoice and complain about the weather today. We started out at 66 degrees but had 95% humidity. I figured once the sun came up it would get steamy so I tried really hard to get up early but wasn't able to get out the door until 5:40 am. The first 10 were pretty easy, the next 5 were decent but the sun was starting to make it more work. I swapped out shirts at 15 and took on a bit more fluid and carbs that before and headed out for another 5 mile loop. By this time it was about 76 degrees with 85% humidity and i was working harder than I'd like. I took a really quick stop at the house to down the last bit of Gatorade I'd made up and finished the run up. At the 21 mile garmin notice i decided to turn the feet over a bit more and get up to marathon pace the last mile, which clicked off at 9:09 exactly.
This was intended to be a recovery week, but the combination of xc practice runs, a few extra miles here and there and the extra 7 today made this a 73.98 mile week. I have a feeling that tomorrow will be a full rest day and i'll just yell at the kids from my lawn chair at practice tomorrow.7 -
Got to the park pretty early and ran for the first time in a long time without my dog. I was 35 seconds per mile faster without her but my HR was also a little higher since I was running a bit faster. Felt good though and since this was a new path I ran 12 laps to see how many miles and it was 3.3. This way once my 5K is over next weekend I'll be able to go to the park on Sundays and just keep adding a lap every week and be ready for my 10K by November.
Feeling more confident all the time!
08/04 – 1 mile
08/05 – 1 mile
08/06 – 3 miles
08/09 – 1.3 miles – HR 135-140 HR running flat surface………154 running hills
08/10 – 80 min Strength Training + 20 min Xtraining – Stairmaster and Stationary Bike (140 HR)
08/11 – 3.05 miles – AVG HR 143, lower on flat (lowest 127) higher on hills (highest 153)
08/12 – 1 mile – AVG HR 144 + 90 min strength training
08/13 – Rest Day
08/14 – 3.3 miles, 12 laps at park, HR average 154 & took 35 seconds off my mile time
For the first time this month I believe I can reach my goal!5 -
August
2Aug - 7m
4Aug - 8m
6Aug - 5m
7Aug - 6.4m
9Aug - 4.8m
11Aug - 7m
13Aug - 8m
14Aug - 6.2
52.6/100miles
Did 8 miles slow yesterday then did a 10k course today. Was tough as the folk I run with are faster and I struggle to keep up ( they slow down enough to keep me with them whilst pushing me as much as they can). My time is the same as my previous 10k race (66mins) 10 weeks ago and has been last few Sunday's I have run with them. I am concerned that I am not getting faster despite adding intervals, track work and lots of extra miles. I know people expect to go faster in a race but I am done by the end of my Sunday 10ks - nothing left in the tank at all. Anyone any idea how much difference it would make to my pace if I weren't doing a 5-8 miles on a Saturday? Just trying to judge wether I need to change anything or can rely on being fresher on the day of a race as I will run less that week (I just want to be faster to feel improvement I not competing with anyone else).
@juliet3455 No! It was no fun, my feet were soaked (still to face de-mudding those shoes) and I am itchy from the bites and nettles. I will stick to roads until I am less of a wuss. Before the track became wild I did stop for a moment to take a picture of a branch that I thought looked like a duck or animal or something.......ok so my mind wanders.
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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
8/11 - 6 miles in and out of the misty rain - so nice!
8/12 - 3 miles
8/13 - rest day
8/14 - 10 miles
65 out of 110 miles
I need to go back and read all the posts. Ran by myself today, Skip went to run with her Coach (Justyna). She didn't get a chance to run with her. Skip was saying Friday night her hamstring was sore, well she pulled it at practice Friday. She runs the entire summer with Justyna and one week back with her insane school Coach and she's hurt. Oh Lordie!
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Got my 10 mile long run in this morning! Headed out at 7am and by the time I finished it was up to 85 degrees, with a heat index of 94, and 71% humidity. Had squishy, squelchy shoes by the end, lol. Went through 2 servings of shot bloks, 1 w/caffeine and 1 w/extra sodium since I knew I'd be sweating a ridiculous amount, and it def seemed helpful. Had my hydration belt on the run and a full water bottle that I froze overnight was sitting in my car for my return.
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@katiejane83 we should have run together this morning we were running twins. 2
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7km Trail run with 2 ladies from our club. The tall grass was wet from the rain and I didn't have my Smart Wool socks so the feet were wet for the whole run. I find that the extra length of the Smart Wool socks transports moisture from inside the shoe to the material above the shoe better than my other Sport socks where it evaporates = Drier feet.
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
08/13 –7.0 km – 57.0 – 83.0 km – YTD 781.7 km4 -
So humid this morning... I'm happy my runs are so short.
My knee still feels fine while I'm running, but I'm taking the stairs slowly. I'm so tired of it... hopefully the strength training will pay off.
8/9 1.4
8/12 1.6
8/14 1.7
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Ready to run tomorrow! Only been two days but just ready to do it!
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
Upcoming races
2/5/17 - Daytona Beach HM
2/26/17 - Disney Princess HM Orlando6 -
Hello everyone! I hope you're all having a great weekend.
Yesterday I had my long walk. Decided to take it out to 10 miles this time. HOLY CRAP. I'm used to 8-milers but had never done a 10. Those last two miles were brutal, but I made it. I also ran one of those 10 miles, to technically I only walked 9. On the bright side, I got to see a part of the Prairie Path I'd never seen before, so that was nice. I also had to dodge a few geese. They were literally walking right in front of me... I was like, dude, move out of the way.
Today I wasn't sure how far I'd be able to run since I more or less killed my legs yesterday. But to my surprise, I was able to do an easy 3 miles. The temp was around 85 degrees, not too humid but the sun was super bright so I kept to the shaded residential areas.
Tomorrow it's back to the hamster wheel... er, treadmill.
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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
9---35 minute swim
11--- weights
12--- 40 minute swim, 1 mile walk
13---2.1 mile poké walk
14---0.9 mile walk
5.9 miles? Total ugh...
Upcoming races:
10/02/16 Spirit of Survival Lawton OK Quarter Marathon.
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.4
I need some come back shoes too. 
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