August (2016) Running Challenge
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@TattooedDolphinGirl78 Mondays are always my hardest day too. Something about waking up early afternoon a rest day, is just so hard.0
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »@TattooedDolphinGirl78 Mondays are always my hardest day too. Something about waking up early afternoon a rest day, is just so hard.
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29 miles done with goal of 70.
Flu kicked my butt last couple days. Going to try and run a bit today and have a 5k race on Wednesday. Hard to imagine how I'll be able to breathe by then but time heals
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@TattooedDolphinGirl78 Congrats on the new 5k PR!
@Orphia Sounds like you made a good choice with your camelbak! I've only had my hydration pack for three weeks, and already I imagine doing long runs in the summer without it ever again. The only "issue" I have is that it's hard to keep track of how much I'm drinking and how much is left - that's easier to do if you drag lots of bottles around.
@kristinegift Bummer about your calf! I hope it will be back to normal soon. And thanks for the toe sock review - I've never worn any, I wouldn't have thought they might actually be comfortable.
@luluinca Great job on the speedy pace for your park laps. You'll have an awesome 5k race next weekend!
@Amandajs232 I'm pretty sure not running 8 miles the day before will make a difference on your pace. There is a reason people do "tapers" before races. Plus, even if you feel like there's nothing left in the tank after your Sunday runs, that doesn't mean that you can't go faster in a race. At least for me I've found that the raceday adrenaline really helps - even if I'm wiped out after 5k at a certain pace in training, I can still surprise myself by running 10k at that pace during a race. ... and I can totally see a weird animal in that branch picture too
@skippygirlsmon All the best for Skip, I hope the sore hamstring isn't anything serious.
@RespectTheKitty Congratulations on the distance PR! 10 miles on your feet is a lot, awesome!
@ariceroni I hope your leg will be completely mended soon. Probably better to take on extra day of rather than start back too soon - with all the cross-training you are doing, I don't think you have to worry about missing a run or two before the race in October; but I can understand that it's driving you insane.
@Ohhim I'm not even sure if I could do a 112 mile bike ride - but I wouldn't dream of running a single step afterwards, thats for sure! I'm super impressed whenever I read about triathlons.
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I ran up "my" mountain again yesterday. And this time I actually ran all the way, rather than doing "5min run/30s walk" like last month. The only walking breaks this time were when I sipped my honey-lemon mix, and after each 4-5km a 1-minute stop for stretching. So I was a little disappointed when I reached the top and realised it took me slightly longer than the first time (1:40:51 for the Strava segment that goes most of the way, instead of 1:40:16 with walking breaks).
On the other hand, I did run all the way, and I felt much better when I got to the turnaround point (I actually considered going a little further - if it hadn't been too damn hot and sunny above the tree line, I might just have done that). And last time my legs were sooo sore for the next two days! I was moving down stairs in slow-motion (or simply talking the elevator whenever I could). This time, I didn't get sore at all. So either the stretching breaks along the way helped, or my leg muscles are getting better at dealing with inclines and declines, or a mix of both.
In any case, next time I WILL go up a little further - according to Strava, the run was 981m of elevation gain. Just a little higher, and I could brag about a kilometre of elevation in a single run
(or actually, go more than "a little" higher - I'm still not sure I trust the Strava elevation. In my counting, the bigger climb is something like 800m, and the little extra hill I run at the end maybe 100m, so I'm not sure where the "981m" come from - there are a few little dips, but surely those don't add up to 80m...)
After I got home, I watched part of the women's marathon. "Part of", because around the 30km mark, the TV station decided they had shown the marathon long enough and switched to fencing. Gah! Why would you show the first two-thirds of a race, but not the finish?!5 -
@_nikkiwolf_ That's some awesome running on that mountain!1
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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
8/10 - 3 mile walk, 20 minutes pilates/body weight exercises
8/11 - .5 mi walk/3 mi run/.5 mi walk
8/12 - 3 mi run
8/13 - Funeral day and yardwork
8/14 - .5 mi walk, 4 mi run with 3 third mile hill repeats, .5 mi walk......17 min pilates/body weight exercises
8/15 - 3 mi walk
Running Goal: 13 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!)
Things are not going well for me
During the time that I was resting my right calf and shin issue - last few days of July and first week of August - I started to feel that nagging pain again behind and slightly above my left knee. Now, why in the world would this flare up during a rest from running? Well, now after running 13 miles in the past week, it's "raging". This is the same pain that started in early April and I saw a Dr and he xrayed and said it was just a little muscle strain and don't run on it. So back in April I rested it like 9 days or something but ever since it's just been a little nagging thing off and on, usually when I run several days in a row. I don't know what exactly this is or what to do about it and I'm thinking August is pretty much shot. If it's worsening now while I've just come off a rest period and am still running less miles (13 in a week compared to 20-25) then there's not much hope of me ramping up mileage again right now. Maybe I'll run 3 miles every third day or something but I just don't know. Grrrr. 
Besides that I had this sharp chest pain while running last night and my chest felt sore all night and then it happened again this morning just walking in my office. Geez. NOW WHAT?!
On a positive note, it was 66 degrees here this morning :-o And for the first time in 6 years I didn't have to fight insane first day of school traffic getting the boy to school 6 miles away. You have no idea how far 6 miles is until you go bumper to bumper for an hour..... He walked the mile to the new school and the exercise will be good for him.
@_nikkiwolf_ I think that's pretty normal to get up a big hill faster with run/walk or even all walking compared to all running Frustrating but good job running it all!
@BetterMike Good luck with your post-flu running.2 -
Sorry about the double post this morning. I attempted to post my run this morning and replaced the left angle brackets with parentheses. Still wanted "approval". Blah! What seems to work is only posting part of the message and edit it by adding a little more and more. Weird! Whoever is doing the "approval" this morning did a quick job of it. I sent a PM to Nova and Jordan (2 folks that were listed as staff members at the top message in the Challenge forum) Saturday morning and neither have even read my PM. Ridiculous!
On a good note, I feel stronger. My legs were able to keep a good pace this morning with great form. I am able to maintain that high heel kick and keep my hips relaxed. I was able to hit GMP for 5 miles, and the next 3 miles were much more relaxed pace but still around 8:00-8:24. Breathing was a little labored at times when I was picking up the pace a bit, but overall I wasn't feeling like I am ready to die. Even better news, it's not even September yet. I am very excited with my Summer progress.
I feel that a BQ this December is becoming more and more of a reality.3 -
@_nikkiwolf_ Thanks for the encouragement. I'm looking forward to it and I'm sure I'm ready. It's my first race so it should be fun!
Nice work on that hill (mountain). I have one here I haven't been able to run yet but I keep inching up a little further each time I try.
Nice work everyone!
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Good night 43 posts since last night....gotta go read. I can't get the stupid stream for the Olympics to work at work, what's up with that
Rest day since Skip had an early dentist appt.
This one made me chuckle...so true
@mobycarp this cracked me up...
The marathon plan wants me to run a 10K this morning, but sleeping late after a long day including a PR 5K yesterday was a no-brainer. Looked at the hourly forecast; it would be warmer, but perhaps less humid in the afternoon. So I went to church in the morning and got out to run about 2:45. After not running all that many miles yesterday, I was thinking somewhere in the 7 to 10 mile range.
... us runners have a horrible time with math... my plan calls for 10K which I know is 6.2 miles, but I'm thinking 7 to 10 miles will work love it!
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Had a great strength training workout this morning followed by a 1 mile run. I'm doing Arnold's Supersets twice a week and then a leg day once a week with some compound lifts thrown in each day as well.
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 155 & took 35 seconds off my mile time
08/15 – 1 mile - 85 min Strength Training
Tiki 5K Run in Huntington Beach this Sunday.3 -
skippygirlsmom wrote: »
The marathon plan wants me to run a 10K this morning, but sleeping late after a long day including a PR 5K yesterday was a no-brainer. Looked at the hourly forecast; it would be warmer, but perhaps less humid in the afternoon. So I went to church in the morning and got out to run about 2:45. After not running all that many miles yesterday, I was thinking somewhere in the 7 to 10 mile range.
... us runners have a horrible time with math... my plan calls for 10K which I know is 6.2 miles, but I'm thinking 7 to 10 miles will work love it!
Any good 10k requires a warmup & cool down. My plan actually includes a few races in where the assignment is to do a 1-2 mile warmup & 1-2 mile cool down. So a 10k race could easily get logged as 10.2 miles.
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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
8/15 - 3.0 - Recovery
Total 142.15 of 285 miles
Today was scheduled as a rest day, but I had xc practice to help with so I took an easy stroll through the nature center we run at today while the kids did a fartlek run. The legs felt pretty heavy after yesterdays long run but they feel a whole lot better this afternoon compared to this morning when I got up. I'm actually pleased I was able to get a few miles in. In past training cycles after a 20 mile run my legs would be shot for a few days, so being able to recover this quickly is a good feeling. Tomorrow is a scheduled recovery double of 6/4, but since I was able to get in a bit of recovery today, I'll probably just run the 10 easy in the morning to avoid the evening heat.2 -
This has got to be the greatest photo of this Olympics so far.
Everyone is focused on winning and he is just playing with them
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I am new and I am ready for a challenge!!!
Goal: 24 miles
When: Till Agust!!
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3 slow, easy miles today. I decided I needed (and am ready for) some structure to my running, so I'm loosely following a 12 week half marathon training plan. I just don't push myself as much when I don't have someone or something telling me what to do.
Today was day 1 of that plan. So far, so good. Average pace was around 11:40 per mile--very slow for me, but comfortable. The temps were tolerable today (70s) with heavy cloud cover and sky high humidity (80+%). There were several times when I swore I felt a raindrop or two, but I never saw any evidence of raindrops on the sidewalk and it was very sporadic. I'll just blame it on the humidity and assume I'm not crazy.
My 10 week post op appointment is tomorrow afternoon. This should be my last time seeing the surgeon. If all checks out, I should be released from his care completely. I don't anticipate any issues. There is still some residual swelling in my ankle, and some numbness in my lower leg/behind my knee (though that is finally starting to fade). The swelling isn't supposed to fully dissipate until about 6 months out, so I think all is going as expected. I am able to do all of my normal activities, though my heel tends to ache after a long day on my feet (especially just walking around). And my incision scar is finally losing its sensitivity--I can wear most of my shoes now without serious pain Here's to hoping I never have to go through it again (Don't get any ideas, right ankle. I'm watching you)...
ETA: 18.5 of 40 mile goal completed for the month5 -
Haha! @AdrianChr92 That has to be Photoshoped!0
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@AdrianChr92 That is an awesome pic!0
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ceciliaslater wrote: »3 slow, easy miles today. I decided I needed (and am ready for) some structure to my running, so I'm loosely following a 12 week half marathon training plan. I just don't push myself as much when I don't have someone or something telling me what to do.
Today was day 1 of that plan. So far, so good. Average pace was around 11:40 per mile--very slow for me, but comfortable. The temps were tolerable today (70s) with heavy cloud cover and sky high humidity (80+%). There were several times when I swore I felt a raindrop or two, but I never saw any evidence of raindrops on the sidewalk and it was very sporadic. I'll just blame it on the humidity and assume I'm not crazy.
My 10 week post op appointment is tomorrow afternoon. This should be my last time seeing the surgeon. If all checks out, I should be released from his care completely. I don't anticipate any issues. There is still some residual swelling in my ankle, and some numbness in my lower leg/behind my knee (though that is finally starting to fade). The swelling isn't supposed to fully dissipate until about 6 months out, so I think all is going as expected. I am able to do all of my normal activities, though my heel tends to ache after a long day on my feet (especially just walking around). And my incision scar is finally losing its sensitivity--I can wear most of my shoes now without serious pain Here's to hoping I never have to go through it again (Don't get any ideas, right ankle. I'm watching you)...
ETA: 18.5 of 40 mile goal completed for the month
What did you get fixed. I've got screws holding one ankle together and a rod w/ 4 pins holding the other leg together. The numbness does go away after a while but I still get swelling and stiffness.0 -
@Elise4270 @BetterMike that picture is all over the place. it's real. it's pretty awesome.
there was another one where it looks like he is skipping and smiling too2 -
08/01 - 4 miles
08/03 - 4 miles
08/04 - 2 miles
08/07 - 6 miles
08/12 - 1 mile
I haven't updated in a while, I had to go to Chicago for work and am just now getting back in the swing of things. Tons of pages to catch up on here!
Definitely spoke too soon with my last update of running pain-free. I ran 6 miles on the 7th and initially felt great, but right when I hit mile 6, my left knee started screaming and I ended up hobbling home. I attempted 1 mile on Friday to see how I felt and it was still really bothering me, so I decided to skip the Magnuson Park 10k on Saturday.
I'm taking this entire week off from running, compensating with the elliptical, and have a doctor's appointment today since PT hasn't been doing much (or maybe I'm just being impatient). I will say, my knees haven't been aching at all walking this week, which is an improvement.
I'm leaving for Iceland on Thursday and have the Reykjavik 10k this Saturday so really hoping I can run some of that. I'll walk it if I have to.
I'm also still planning to run the half marathon's in September. My plan is to use the elliptical to keep up my fitness, continue with body weight exercises and stretching, and run/walk the HMs. Worst case I'll decrease to the 10k for each event, but I'd like to attempt the HM if I can.
Thanks everyone for your continued support!
Upcoming races:
08/13: Magnuson Park 10k - Had to skip due to knee injury
08/20: Reykjavik 10k (what better way to explore a new city than by running it?)
09/10: Lake Chelan HM
09/17: Destination Woodinville HM2
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