September (2016) Running Challenge
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Date.....Distance..Type/min/km
September 1 - 12.8km - Tempo&Reps/4:20, 3:30
September 2 - 7.7 km - Easy/6:00
September 3 - 6.1 km - Easy/6:30
September 4 - 17.2km - MP/4:35
September 5 - rest
September 6 - 8.0 km - Easy/6:05
September 7 - 8.9 km - Easy/5:40
September 8 - 17.2km - Tempo/4:25
September 9 - 9.1 km - Easy/5:40
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) 48:28
18/09: Baneasa Trail Run (10k)
09/10: Bucharest International Marathon (Half Debut)1 -
Whew, finally caught up with this thread. At least with reading about everyone's runs, the time at the airport waiting for my delayed flight back home after a work trip didn't get too long. During the conference this week I didn't get many chances to run; only a quick loop on the last evening, when everyone else was sleeping, and twice when I skipped lunch in favour of running (bothtimes much shorter than I liked, but to make up for that, a little faster than my ususal pace - I thought my colleagues would appreciate it if I also managed to squeeze an after-run-shower into the lunch break
). And I swam 10-15min in the lake every morning before breakfast, which was awesome. I wish I had a lake in front of the door at home!
I'm running my second official half marathon this Sunday! It's the first time I'll run in a race with pacers. Which is kind of cool. But they start the wave in races, so I need to figure out where to line up in advance, rather than just go by feel like I usually do. Right now, I think I'll probably line up behind the 2:10 pacer. My first half in May was 2:17, so hopefully that time won't prove to be overly optimistic.
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@WhatMeRunning Great that you are running again, you'll probably be back to 8mi runs before you know it!
@shanaber I love the pictures of the pelicans! Regarding your eating question: I'm not sure if when I eat ever made much difference for weight loss, apart from the fact that if I don't eat enough breakfast (like just grabbing a croissant instead of my usual cereals + greek joghurt + juice), I get ridiculously hungy during the next few hours, and end up raining the vending machine at work - which sells only chocolate, so not great for weight loss at all ;-)
@ariceroni Great that you are finally rid of the crutches! Let us know how the water running goes, that sounds really interesting.
@RespectTheKitty I had a black toenail once. When it started getting loose on one side, I "encouraged" it to come the rest of the way off. I'm not sure if that's what you're supposed to do or not, but while it was flabbily half-attached, I kept stubbing or snagging it rather painfully. After it was gone, the nailbed was somewhat sensitive to pressure for the next day or two, and looking at it weirded me out, but other than that it didn't bother me anymore.
@jodilynnsanders5104 Wow, you are already way on your way to even your increase goal, great job!
@sparklyglitterbomb Congrats on the pace PRs!
@dianefogel1 and @shenry111 Welcome to this group!
Belated happy birthday to @karllundy and @TattooedDolphinGirl78!
@TattooedDolphinGirl78 I'm going with the others here and answering "that depends". The first time I ran more than 20km (about half a year ago), I took the next day off, and went for a short easy run the day after. Now I'd be perfectly happy about running again the next day. I've actually done my long run on Saturday and a 10km "marathon pace" tempo run on Sunday, when that fit my schedule better than vice versa. Still, I usually try to avoid that. I might feel perfectly fine about running again the next day, but I don't want to risk getting injured, so playing it save and making the day after the long run a rest day (with maybe 30-40min easy running or crosstraining) seems like a better idea; and some "yoga for runners" and/or streching for sure. Recovery is an important part of training as well.
@7lenny7 You have an ultra on your calender? I must have missed that somehow. Which one are you training for?
@KatieJane83 Thanks for sharing the pictures of your running route, I love running next to water, so that looks really nice
Regarding the shoes: more than one pair of running shoes makes a lot of sense, especially if you train for half marathons and the like. I read that the cushioning foam inside the shoes has time to recover if you don't use them every day, and the shoes last longer. I'm also someone who owns (more than) a few different shoes from different brands. I'm a big fan in running in different shoes (different amount of cushioning, 2mm more or less drop, etc), because I think they make me run in slightly different ways, and thus involve training different muscles while resting others (not very different, but still a tiny bit). Plus if you run through heavy rain, having a comletely dry pair of shoes the next morning is rather nice as well!0 -
KatieJane83 wrote: »Only thing that kills me are the prices, lol. My Glycerins cost me more than my old pointe shoes used to cost, haha.
I rarely buy current model shoes. I wear Kinvaras, and I've worn the Kinvara 7 on a demo run so I know it will work for me; but my rotation right now is two pair of Kinvara 5's and one Kinvara 6. I have 3 more pair of Kinvara 6's in boxes waiting to be put into rotation as other shoes wear out. Because I'm buying each model after the next is announced (and usually after the next is released), they cost 30% to 50% less than the current model.
Just a tip I got from a more experienced runner who rotated through 4 pair of Kinvaras. When you train for marathons, you go through a lot of shoes. Watching how to keep them affordable makes a difference to the budget.
@Stoshew71 shops for whatever's on sale; with size 14 feet, it's a waste of my time to look at sales in brick and mortar stores. They'll never have my size. But I can shop for price online, I just have to know what model shoe will work for me.
Hey, they are only size 13. LOL
I have been known to get great deals at Burlington Coat Factory, shoe outlet stores, and even the expos at your larger races. I got a couple of pairs at Kohl's that may have been questionable decisions. In Huntsville, both our Rocket City Marathon and Cotton Row Run have expos that usually has at least one shoe retailer come in with huge discounts on their shoes. Even if you don't plan on racing a marathon anytime soon, find one coming up in your area and see if they have an expo. It's worth going to. Shoes and other gear as well as physical therapist, and much much more valuable venders in your community related to running are usually there.
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It is great to see so many people making great progress towards their goal. I, on the other hand, had all kinds of excuses for not running in the past few weeks. Now that one third of the month has passed and I ran less than 10 miles. Would it be considered increasing mileage too much if I run 20, 25 and then 30 miles in the coming weeks? I still won't make my goal (100 miles) but at least I will be back to the mileage I was at before the HM last month...
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mom3over40 wrote: »It is great to see so many people making great progress towards their goal. I, on the other hand, had all kinds of excuses for not running in the past few weeks. Now that one third of the month has passed and I ran less than 10 miles. Would it be considered increasing mileage too much if I run 20, 25 and then 30 miles in the coming weeks? I still won't make my goal (100 miles) but at least I will be back to the mileage I was at before the HM last month...
Any advice?
You are talking about a ~25% increase each week. That is very advantageous and may risk injury. The most quoted (but most debated) technique for increasing mileage is only by 10% each week. The most I would even suggest to even try is maybe cautiously increase by %15.
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mom3over40 wrote: »It is great to see so many people making great progress towards their goal. I, on the other hand, had all kinds of excuses for not running in the past few weeks. Now that one third of the month has passed and I ran less than 10 miles. Would it be considered increasing mileage too much if I run 20, 25 and then 30 miles in the coming weeks? I still won't make my goal (100 miles) but at least I will be back to the mileage I was at before the HM last month...
Any advice?
What kind of mileage have you been doing previously and for how long? How long have you been running low mileage? Was there an injury involved? I think I remember you saying that you were feeling a little burnt out and unmotivated after a half marathon, is that right? I think maybe a little more info on your running history is needed in order to offer any valid advice. Sorry if you have already been through this. Sometimes it's hard to keep up with this thread and I may have missed those details.0 -
I few days late since I've been sick and/or lazy. Going for speed endurance mostly so I'm planning to work the mileage as the weeks go by.
9/4 - 2.5 (2x .5mi, 6x .25mi)
9/5 - Rest/Sick
9/6 - Sick
9/7 - Managed to squeak out 2.5 (.5 mile warm up, 1 mile repeats. sub 8 minutes)
9/8 - Sick again
9/9 - 3 miles (.5 mile repeats. sub 3:45)
Goal is to get my mile back down to 7:00 - 7:15. Fingers crossed this sickness is over.
Will post when I sign up for some October/November runs. Looking at some 5Ks and 10Ks to finish out the year.0 -
@Stoshew71 I just hope that maybe I can go a little more aggressively because I had run a 30 mile week before, but then I only did that once.
@lporter229 You were right, I did mention that I felt a little unmotivated... But physically, I actually felt pretty good after the race besides needing to catch up some sleep after waking up super early race morning. The hike on Labor Day, on the other hand, had left my thighs in pain. I tried to have an easy run on Wednesday but I stopped after a mile because DOMS on my thigh was still too much to ignore. I feel good enough to run again today but I was busy this morning and we have a group run planned for tomorrow. So, suddenly, I found myself with super low mileage this week...
Here are my weekly mileage since mid-Jun. Before that, my weekly mileage was less than 20:
Week of 06/19: 22.9 (6)
Week of 06/26: 24.3 (7.8)
Week of 07/03: 26.8 (9.9)
Week of 07/10: 25.9 (11.3)
Week of 07/17: 19.0 (6.4)
Week of 07/24: 25.7 (13.2)
Week of 07/31: 32.4 (13.7)
Week of 08/07: 20.5 (10)
Week of 08/14: 15.9 (6.2)
Week of 08/21: 22.1 (13.1, HM Race day)
Week of 08/28: 14.5 (5)
This week: Hiked 6 miles Monday, walked 6 miles Tuesday, and run/walk 2 miles Wednesday.
After typing this down, this looks quite embarrassing... The weekly increase or long run ratios weren't done as good as I thought I did. I must have skipped some runs, switch some days etc...
My true goal is to build up to run consistently 30-35 miles a week with a long run of 10+ miles. I do have another HM coming up in December but I don't think it is a concern here.
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@_nikkiwolf_ I just decided that my big race of 2017 will be a 50K trail race, the Chippewa 50K in Wisconsin, USA. I had been debating doing another road marathon or my first ultra. I decided on the ultra.
@Stoshew71, I've bought three pair of ASICS Gel Nimbus from Nordstrom Rack and great closeout prices.
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Got a message from @lporter229 asking about what to expect during Boston registration. I'm guessing there could be more first-time qualifiers hanging around, so I wrote a description of how it played out last year on the Long Distance Runners group.2
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Just a thought, I see a lot about prices of shoes, true they are expensive. Rack room has done me well. The shoes are usually last years models but discounted and its buy one get one half off. Not to mention after $200 you get a $15 coupon. Sorry to cheap to pay for a new model, lol0
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Hi! Sorry to be late to the party. Nice to see so many fine runners in here. I'm Rachelle! I'm training for a half-marathon on October 23, 2016, and hope to finish around 3 hours (I'm slow). I also just splurged on a new Garmin and it came with a free trial of Strava, where I searched for MFP in the clubs and found you all (request to join sent). I tried Strava once before and didn't have the patience to figure it out, so hopefully this time I'm not as technologically challenged. I've only begun to think about weekly mileage . . . I'll start conservatively with a goal of 100 monthly miles.
September 1 - 2.98 miles
September 2 - 2.1 miles
September 3 - 2.13 miles
September 4 - 11.67 miles
September 5 - rest
September 6 - 3.39 miles
September 7 - 2.65 miles
September 8 - 6 miles
September 9 - 2.84 miles
Total: 33.76 / 100 miles
2016 Races
01/17 - Trail 8K: 1:09:36
03/13 - Trail 5K: 44:35 (3+ mins improvement over last year)
04/10 - Trail 5K: 43:10 (1:39 improvement over last year)
10/02 - Trail 5K:
10/23 - Road Half-marathon:4 -
RunRachelleRun wrote: »Hi! Sorry to be late to the party. Nice to see so many fine runners in here. I'm Rachelle! I'm training for a half-marathon on October 23, 2016, and hope to finish around 3 hours (I'm slow). I also just splurged on a new Garmin and it came with a free trial of Strava, where I searched for MFP in the clubs and found you all (request to join sent). I tried Strava once before and didn't have the patience to figure it out, so hopefully this time I'm not as technologically challenged. I've only begun to think about weekly mileage . . . I'll start conservatively with a goal of 100 monthly miles.
September 1 - 2.98 miles
September 2 - 2.1 miles
September 3 - 2.13 miles
September 4 - 11.67 miles
September 5 - rest
September 6 - 3.39 miles
September 7 - 2.65 miles
September 8 - 6 miles
September 9 - 2.84 miles
Total: 33.76 / 100 miles
2016 Races
01/17 - Trail 8K: 1:09:36
03/13 - Trail 5K: 44:35 (3+ mins improvement over last year)
04/10 - Trail 5K: 43:10 (1:39 improvement over last year)
10/02 - Trail 5K:
10/23 - Road Half-marathon:
Welcome, Rachelle
Don't ever feel like you have to apologize about your pace (re: "I'm slow"). In the grand running scheme, we would all be slow, if we were to compare ourselves to someone else. Fortunately, we only compare us to us.
I see you got in a nice long run on the 4th. You have time to get in a few more long runs before your race. Be careful with your long run distance in comparison to your total weekly mileage. It is a good idea to try and keep the long distance run between 30 - 35% of your total weekly miles. This helps to cut down not only on excess body fatigue, it also helps to prevent injury due to the amount of miles (and time on your feet).
I see you have some trail running experience. Trail running is fun. Good for you.
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johnnylloyd0618 wrote: »Just a thought, I see a lot about prices of shoes, true they are expensive. Rack room has done me well. The shoes are usually last years models but discounted and its buy one get one half off. Not to mention after $200 you get a $15 coupon. Sorry to cheap to pay for a new model, lol
In my opinion, it is wise to seek out last year's model, especially if the shoe has worked well for you. No sense in paying full retail.
At the moment, I have 8 pairs of different model Altra shoes on the shelf waiting to be used. All were bought at a 30% - 50% discount. Some are last year's models and a few are new models.
6pm, shoebuy.com, runningwearhouse, jackrabbit.com, Amazon and kellysrunningwearhouse are just a few good places online to find good prices on shoes.2 -
BasicGreatGuy wrote: »Welcome, Rachelle
Don't ever feel like you have to apologize about your pace (re: "I'm slow"). In the grand running scheme, we would all be slow, if we were to compare ourselves to someone else. Fortunately, we only compare us to us.
I see you got in a nice long run on the 4th. You have time to get in a few more long runs before your race. Be careful with your long run distance in comparison to your total weekly mileage. It is a good idea to try and keep the long distance run between 30 - 35% of your total weekly miles. This helps to cut down not only on excess body fatigue, it also helps to prevent injury due to the amount of miles (and time on your feet).
I see you have some trail running experience. Trail running is fun. Good for you.
I wish you the very best with your upcoming race.
Ha, @BasicGreatGuy I had a good laugh at your profile photo (though I disagree with the sentiment lol).
Yes, thanks for the advice on the long run in the scheme of weekly mileage! A few other runners on MFP just pointed out something similar to me earlier this week. I've just rewritten my schedule to have a few more runs by distance and hopefully be better balanced. I was following a plan that had all the weekday runs by time and the long run by distance.0 -
I am glad that my well-meaning advice was received as such.RunRachelleRun wrote: »BasicGreatGuy wrote: »Welcome, Rachelle
Don't ever feel like you have to apologize about your pace (re: "I'm slow"). In the grand running scheme, we would all be slow, if we were to compare ourselves to someone else. Fortunately, we only compare us to us.
I see you got in a nice long run on the 4th. You have time to get in a few more long runs before your race. Be careful with your long run distance in comparison to your total weekly mileage. It is a good idea to try and keep the long distance run between 30 - 35% of your total weekly miles. This helps to cut down not only on excess body fatigue, it also helps to prevent injury due to the amount of miles (and time on your feet).
I see you have some trail running experience. Trail running is fun. Good for you.
I wish you the very best with your upcoming race.
Ha, @BasicGreatGuy I had a good laugh at your profile photo (though I disagree with the sentiment lol).
Yes, thanks for the advice on the long run in the scheme of weekly mileage! A few other runners on MFP just pointed out something similar to me earlier this week. I've just rewritten my schedule to have a few more runs by distance and hopefully be better balanced. I was following a plan that had all the weekday runs by time and the long run by distance.
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For sure, it is much appreciated! I need all the help I can get. I've read a lot, but it's not so easy to put everything together.
I am carrying a 30 oz. bottle of my own homemade energy drink (honey, sodium, potassium, and lime juice) as I have an allergy to an ingredient in sports drinks (rosin/ester gum). I received a small Camelbak knock-off for a gift, but I've never used it. Something about the straw discourages me.
And I have started experimenting with a bit of fuel, which has been a lovely distraction while slogging out those miles. I have a few allergies, so buying any of the snacks/gels etc. has proven to be a challenge as it seems I am allergic to one small ingredient or another.0 -
If you don't have allergy problems with dates or raisins, they would be good carb sources. A banana would also work well. You could freeze it and cut it into small pieces. By the time you were ready for a little energy, they would be ready.RunRachelleRun wrote: »For sure, it is much appreciated! I need all the help I can get. I've read a lot, but it's not so easy to put everything together.
I am carrying a 30 oz. bottle of my own homemade energy drink (honey, sodium, potassium, and lime juice) as I have an allergy to an ingredient in sports drinks (rosin/ester gum). I received a small Camelbak knock-off for a gift, but I've never used it. Something about the straw discourages me.
And I have started experimenting with a bit of fuel, which has been a lovely distraction while slogging out those miles. I have a few allergies, so buying any of the snacks/gels etc. has proven to be a challenge as it seems I am allergic to one small ingredient or another.
Whatever you are using to drink and fuel with, make sure to use those same items during your training. That way you will be able to experiment and will have a good idea what works for you and what doesn't.1 -
I am using dates and small chunks of dried pineapple . . . the frozen banana sounds awesome. Great idea. Thanks!0
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Felt pretty good at the end of today's 107 mile ride, despite the bumpyness of the C&O canal towpath. As a result, despite 7 hours of trail riding (at a decent 15.5 mph pace) I went out for a 6 mile run tonight. The run felt pretty good, and my heart rate stayed in check despite the 93 degree humid weather.
Rushing through my last 130 miles tomorrow as I need to make it to DC in time for a friend's Karaoke birthday party, and hopefully the towpath won't be too flooded from tonight's rain. As a result of the party, I probably won't run again until Sunday, but will try to get in a long run Monday.
9/1 - 6 miles (treadmill)
9/2 - 10 miles
9/3 - 12 miles
9/4 - 16 miles
9/6 - 10.5 miles (w. HM pace running at end)
9/7 - 6 miles
9/9 - 6 miles
Total: 66.5 miles, 1 MP+ faster session
Goal: 190 miles, 8 MP+ faster sessions
Remaining: 123.5 miles, 7 MP+ 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 133 -
KatieJane83 wrote: »I'm also looking to shop for a second pair of running shoes, as I'm going to be doing some serious base mile building after my half, and I've heard it's good to have a couple pairs of different shoes in rotation. Currently, I only have my Brooks Glycerins, which have 275 miles on them. Thoughts on this? Do people find this is truly beneficial to do?I definitely think this is beneficial. Get a second pair of a different model (though I see MobyCarp uses three pair of the same model). I use the Brooks Glycerin and I also love the ASICS Air Nimbus. The nice thing is, it doesn't cost you any more to rotate 2 or 3 pair of shoes since you'll still get the same mileage out of each pair. Some say you may even get MORE mileage because the shoe cushioning has a chance to rest longer between runs. I can't say one way or the other myself. I do like that they get a chance to air out longer, though I now put my shoes on a shoe dryer after every single run (with no heat) to help that along.
Another thing to consider is to time your shoe mileage to your race. By that I mean, don't wear a new pair on a race. Running shoes don't need a break-in period, but there could be a flaw in manufacturing that you DON'T want to find out about during a race. I like to have at least 50 miles on a pair before a race but 25 is probably sufficient.
@KatieJane83 Great points by everyone about shoe rotations. In reference to @7lenny7 and shoe mileage timing for races. I now always have 2 pairs of race ready shoes in my kit bag. I once had a Mid Km shoe ( 100 - 125 km ) suffer what I considered to be a catastrophic failure the day before a winter HM. It suddenly started to roll in really bad on foot strike indicating a collapse of the cushioning/foam/rubber. Sitting on the floor beside another shoe it looked fine. Put the shoe on and in a mirror you could see a Bulge form right at the arch on the inside edge. Lucky for me it showed up on a little 4 km stretch run the day before the HM. If I had not gone for that little run I would have been at 2-3 km in the HM with a shoe that was being destroyed with every step. Lucky Failure Timing
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Felt extremely sick during yesterday's workout. I tried to compensate with a full length recovery run this evening (60 minutes instead of 30).
9/1 6.3 miles
9/3 6.2 miles, split into two equal runs as I started out way too fast.
9/4 6.3 miles
9/6 6.2 miles (treadmill)
9/8 4.8 miles fartlek run on treadmill, felt sick after completing speed portions and had to stop.
9/9 6.4 miles easy run
Upcoming races:
9/10 - Louisville Pure Tap 5k
10/1 - Norton Sports Health Great Pumpkin 10k
10/22 - Urban Bourbon Half Marathon
11/24 - Hungry Turkey 5k
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I have been very lackadaisical with my blogging. Life was crazy with other stuff. Finally put out a new blog. Junk Miles and The Recovery Run - check it out here: http://therunningstan.blogspot.com/2016/09/junk-miles-verses-recovery-run.html
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Awesome blog post, @Stoshew71
1 September – 10.3 km
2 September – 10.3 km
3 September – 10.5 including parkrun 5K PB 26:46
4 September – 18.1 km
6 September – 10.2 km
7 September – 10.4 km
8 September – 10 km
10 September – 8.2 km hills in lieu of flooded parkrun
Goal: 150 km
Total: 87.9 km
Upcoming:
September 18 – Beat the Blerch Virtual Half Marathon 21.1 km
October 23 – The Bloody Long Walk 35 km
November 6 – Vitality 10 km
My home parkrun was cancelled today due to flooding! My next nearest parkrun is also flooded, 100 km away. The next nearest after that, 150 km away, I couldn't get to due to flooded roads, plus I don't even drive. That's the second parkrun I've missed in 48 weeks since starting parkrun.
But I did 8 km with hills instead and met up with parkrun friends for coffee afterwards, and that was very nice.1 -
My schedule got moved around a bit due to the birth of my new niece this week but I'm gonna catch up on my running this weekend. Going to fly out to LA next week to visit the boyfriend but I'm still gonna keep running, I might even get him to go running with me. Good job on your progress so far, friends everyone's looking good so far!
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September running challenge. Goal: was 40km but I upped it to 80km running for month.
9/1...Cross train day: 30 min on my recumbent bike in the morning, 4km power walk at lunch, 30 abdominal crunches at night.
9/2...30 min run before work (just over 4 km), 40 minute recumbent bike at work. 49 minutes strength training.
9/3...12km long run. Previous longest run was 5km. Walked another 5.7km with my husband at rib fest in the afternoon. I blew past my previous mileage....looks like I set my bar too low for the month...
9/4...rest day for running. Walked 5km with my dog and walked up the Chedoke stairs once (300 stairs or 30 flights of stairs).
9/5...5km interval run, including running drills for 5 min. Walked 16km in the afternoon with my husband.
9/6...cross train day. 45 min on recumbent bike at lunch. Ran 1.5km on treadmill to warm up in evening followed by 30 min strength training focus on arms. Walked dogs for 1.5km.
9/7...4.31km hill repeats. 10% grade (I think?). Run up hills. Combination of jog down or walk down. Updated my monthly running goal from 40km to 80km. 0.67 km run to warm up my muscles before stretching for baseball.
9/8...non run day. Climbed up and down about 1000 steps...man my legs were sore.
9/9...walked 6km throughout the day. Ran twice...went out a lunch and it was too hot so didn't run as much as I wanted. Went to the gym later and ran a short progression run on the treadmill. 7.34km run total for day (not including the walk mileage).
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6 miles....focused on keeping pace at 79-80% of heart rate...very slow easy pace...so difficult to run this slowly..it felt like it took forever. I had worked the last two nights and met with tree service company to receive a quote with removing limbs from our mature trees and removing tree limb (debris).( I needed a long run after receiving that quote.) Noted that hips were sore afterward, esp. right hip.
Do any of you take supplements after your runs? Other than analgesics?
9/1....4 miles
9/4...6 miles
9/9....6 miles....total miles 16 for this month.
goal is 70.
Indianapolis Half Marathon 10/8/16
One America Half Marathon 5/6/17
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RunRachelleRun wrote: »For sure, it is much appreciated! I need all the help I can get. I've read a lot, but it's not so easy to put everything together.
I am carrying a 30 oz. bottle of my own homemade energy drink (honey, sodium, potassium, and lime juice) as I have an allergy to an ingredient in sports drinks (rosin/ester gum). I received a small Camelbak knock-off for a gift, but I've never used it. Something about the straw discourages me.
And I have started experimenting with a bit of fuel, which has been a lovely distraction while slogging out those miles. I have a few allergies, so buying any of the snacks/gels etc. has proven to be a challenge as it seems I am allergic to one small ingredient or another.
Welcome, @RunRachelleRun! If your HM is well supported, you may not need to carry your own water. I much prefer not to carry anything when I run and though I would normally carry water on a 13.1 mile run, I wouldn't during a race because there would be plenty on the course. That's just me though. I used to think I couldn't run 3 miles without water now I don't take any unless I'm going over 10, unless it's going to be unusually hot.
Using honey for your energy drink is great! You might consider making your own energy gel with honey as well. When I ran my marathon in May I mixed up my own gel with honey as the main ingredient. I found out how to figure out how many carbs I needed on the race, based on a few factors, then with that info, and subtracting the carbs I'd get from the Gatorade at the water stops, I mixed up:
260 mg honey
20 mg molasses (for the potassium)
165 ml of water (because that brought the total amount to 350ml)
I warmed it all up, mixed it well, then poured it into one of these 350ml soft flasks
The water diluted the honey enough to get it to easily flow through the bite valve. In fact, it worked so well that I never felt any stickyness outside the flask.
There are a few benefits to this. First, it's cheaper than gels you buy (particularly for me since we already had a lot of honey at home), you can tailor the flavor to suit (I didn't add any flavors, but might experiment with vanilla or ginger next), and what I really liked is that instead of having to gulp down an entire packet of gel, I could just take little hits from it as I went. For you another benefit is being able to make it with things your not allergic to.
I did carry a water bottle in a belt with me to wash down the gel. Since the flask is soft, once I had about a fourth of it, I was able to tuck it into the strap of my water belt and not have to carry it.
Before you count on it for a race, you'd want to test it out on a long run to make sure it works for you.
Good luck on your race!
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5.5 miles tonight. I had my car at the shop and decided to run to pick it up, taking the long route around the local pon. It was too warm and too far for Kody, so I left him home. A hurt, sorrowful look was my punishment.
Again, no calf pain tonight and I'm encouraged. I should rest it tomorrow but since Sunday is a sailing day, I'm getting up early tomorrow to run before heading out to my son's soccer game. How far I run depends on when I get my *kitten* out of bed.
I did end up registering for our church's 5K next Saturday. I've come to the conclusion that I'm not all that interested in 5K's any longer, but this one is different. This one I want to do well in. So, my 4 mile trail race on Saturday will become a training run.
Upcoming Races
09/14/2016 - Salomon Autumn Trail Series (4 Mi) - Bloomington, MN
09/17/2016 - St. John's 5K - Savage, MN
09/28/2016 - Salomon Autumn Trail Series (5.5k) - Bloomington, MN
10/12/2016 - Salomon Autumn Trail Series (5.5k) - Bloomington, MN
04/29/2017 - Chippewa 50K Trail Ultramarathon - New Auburn, MN
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Thought I'd add my swimming in so I don't look so lazy compared to everyone else!
1 September 5.2km run
2 September 3km swim
3 September 2.7km swim
4 September 3.3km swim
5 September 2.6km swim
6 September 6.2km run
7 September 2.9km swim
8 September rest day
9 September 5.3km treadmill run
10 September 2.7km swim
Running total 16.7km
Swimming total 17.2km
Running goal 40km
Swimming goal 40km4
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