September (2016) Running Challenge

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  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
    9/1 - 4 miles. Weather was beautiful! Had to cut it short because I hit snooze too many times.
    9/2 - Unplanned rest day. Apparently yesterday's snoozing was due to impending illness. First virus of the new school year.
    9/3 - 8.09 mile group run. Again, beautiful weather! Plus, virus seems gone.
    9/4 - Normal rest day. Way overate at family picnic.
    9/5 - 5.06 miles.
    9/6 - Bodypump class, followed by Abs/Core class.
    9/7 - 4.03 hot, humid, sticky miles...summer is not over yet!
    9/8 - 5.2 miles at Trek/treadmill class.
    9/9 - Managed to turn off my alarm and oversleep by 2 hours = no run or spin class :-1:
    9/10 - 9.4 mile group run. Another gorgeous morning for a run!
    9/11 - Insanely busy church/family activity day.
    9/12 - 4.7 miles. Getting spoiled by this weather.
    9/13 - Life got in the way.
    9/14 - 5.08 miles...seriously, this weather is fantastic for running!
    9/15 - 4.06 miles. Legs felt like bags of wet sand.
    9/16 - Spin Class. Missed it the last two weeks, so it felt difficult in a good way.
    9/17 - 3.33 miles. Short run before race tomorrow.
    9/18 - 10.15 miles. Capital Pursuit 10-Mile. Love this race! "Serious" runners for the most part, so it tends to be fast. Weather was beautiful, if a bit hot the last two miles. Time about what I expected based on my training level the last few months. Loved it!
    9/19 - Rest day. Very sore.
    9/20 - 5.05 miles. Beautiful morning.
    9/21 - 4.02 humid, sticky miles. Someone forgot to tell Mother Nature that summer's over!
    9/22 - 5.02 miles. First day of fall...77° and humid at 5:00 a.m.!

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  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    9voice9 wrote: »
    Just dropping by to say, "Happy Fall, Y'all!" Although, we're still getting a high today in the 90's, so not so much Fall Weather. Yet.

    Your not alone. We're still hanging about the 100° mark.
  • TattooedDolphinGirl78
    TattooedDolphinGirl78 Posts: 5,214 Member
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    1/9: 5.74 km + 20 mins yoga + strength exercises
    2/9: REST (hungover from the wedding the day before)
    3/9: 20.43 km + 20 mins yoga
    4/9: REST
    5/9: REST
    6/9: Life but walked all over
    7/9: 5.48 km + 20 mins yoga + strength exercises
    8/9: My Bday!!! 20 mins elliptical + 40 mins yoga + 4.61 km in the evening
    9/9: 5.49 km + 20 mins yoga + strength exercises
    10/9: REST
    11/9: REST
    12/9: 4.63 km in the evening
    13/9: 5.62 km + 20 mins yoga + strength exercises (arms and core)
    14/9: 5.61 km + 20 mins yoga + strength exercises (shoulders, upper back and core)
    15/9: 5.61 km + 20 mins yoga + strength exercises (chest and core)
    16/9: 10.25 km + 20 mins yoga (new PR!)
    17/9: REST (walked all over with a friend visiting from out of town)
    18/9: LIFE (volunteered for my city’s Army Run)
    19/9: 4.56 km + 20 mins yoga + strength exercises (shoulders and core)
    20/9: LIFE (TOM and chronic pain flare-up)
    21/9: LIFE (TOM and chronic pain flare-up)

    Current PR: 5K in 32:50 / 10K in 1:12:07 / 20K in 2:45:11

    Races:

    24/9: Obstacle Course “Coureur des bois”
    20/10-01/11 : Zombies Run! App 2016 Fall Virtual Run

    I have a feeling that my September goal will not be met like last month. I will do my best to kick its butt in October though.

    This week has been awful for me. The gist is that I have chronic pain 24/7 in regards to the female monthly visitor, and when it visits, it becomes so much worse. This week has been gut-wrenching, in the most literal way imaginable. Today seems to be a bit better, for which I'm thankful, but I'm taking a break from all forms of exercise until I feel more normal. I have the obstacle course on Saturday, and I'll be taking it easy there. I hope to be back to running on Monday. Only 7 more weeks until my surgery to remove all this painful crap from my body.

    I truly hope you are all having a better day! :smile:
  • Azercord
    Azercord Posts: 573 Member
    81/100 miles for the month. In Vegas next week and I'm determined not to let my mileage slip. I will be running on the treadmill and along the strip. On the plus side I've got a four mile walk to and from the Convention center and my hotel so lots of good on the feet time.
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
    mmteixeira wrote: »
    KatieJane83 wrote: »
    I really wanna do some kind of fun Christmas-themed run, need to start looking for a good one near me!

    South Nyack 10 Miler – 9/11 – 1:43:24
    Adirondacks Distance Festival ½ Marathon – 9/25
    Sleepy Hollow 10k – 10/22
    Bay of Fundy ½ Marathon – 6/25/17
    Christmas-y run?

    Not sure where you are located... http://itsawonderfulrun5k.com/

    Thanks for the suggestion! I'm actually in southern NY, Rockland County, so that's about 4 hours away, so maybe a tad far! Lol.
  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
    Blah... so many new posts... no time to read them all...

    9/1 - 4
    9/3 - 4.2
    9/6 - 2.5
    9/7 - 4
    9/8 - 4.2
    9/10 - 5.1
    9/11 - 6
    9/13 - 0.5
    9/14 - 3.5
    9/16 - 3
    9/17 - 4.8
    9/19 - 5.4
    9/20 - 3.5
    9/22 - 5.3

    Don't know how I managed to run 5.3 miles today. I was so tired. But, yeah, I did it.


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  • 5512bf
    5512bf Posts: 389 Member
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    weather forecast changed for Saturday. Now looking like it'll be 50F and cloudy with like 5-9mph SE winds. This should be good. The route kind of zig-zags, so there won't be much time where I'm heading directly into the wind.

    https://www.strava.com/routes/4627230

    That's a horrendous place to put a 100 vertical feet of climb to the finish line.
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
    Happy Fall from me too! We're looking at a high of 89. Much better than the past few days :D The good news is I see a low of 48 Monday night! WHAT?! Lots of rain coming too though so hopefully that's not a problem. I've run in cold rain before but it seems we rarely get a run-able rain. It has to storm and flood. LOL

    Plan is to run tomorrow morning early but I've had the worst time waking up the past two mornings so wish me luck. Still taking it easy and spacing out my runs so hopefully this knee thing will be gone for good and not continue into October. I'm so ready for a good month of steady running.

    @RespectTheKitty Nice job on the 5.3 miles :)
    @sparklyglitterbomb Bunnies=cute Coyote=scary!
    @skippygirlsmom Glad you could get in 6 miles and that was sweet of your boss :)
  • BeeerRunner
    BeeerRunner Posts: 728 Member
    9/1: 4.1 miles / Treadmill Run in Afghanistan
    9/4: 7 miles / Track run in Afghanistan
    9/5: 5 miles / Track run in Afghanistan while listening to an outgoing rocket blast. (Outgoing=good / Incoming=Bad)
    9/8: 5 miles / Track run in Afghanistan
    9/9: 8 miles / Track run in Afghanistan
    9/10: 4 miles / Track run in Afghanistan
    9/11: No running: Left Afghanistan and it was weird to have the 9/11 date stamp by my Afghanistan visa on my passport.
    9/12: 6.45 miles / Treadmill run in Dubai (Way too hot to do anything outside other than lie on the beach under an umbrella, which is what I did most of the day)
    9/13: Arrived back home to Texas!! Slept, slept, and slept some more
    9/14: 12 miles / Run in the park breathing clean air
    9/15: 3.1 miles and Body Pump / Happy 15 year wedding anniversary to me and Hubby!
    9/16: 5 miles
    9/17: Rest Day
    9/18: 13.1 miles / Half Marathon training to test 30 seconds slower than goal pace. Ran with an 8:40 average pace with plenty of room to spare. Started in the dark on a paved trail around a lake with a headlamp and bugs flying at my head and lots of wind and a few spider webs. Then the sun came out so I put my visor on (thanks to my trusty hydration belt for giving me a strap to tuck that into), then it rained, then it sunned, rained, and back to sunny. Very happy with my pace, hydration, and Sport Beans.
    9/19: 4 miles / Hot and humid before work - No breeze, and no one had their sprinklers on.
    9/20: Body Pump Class and 20 minutes of Elliptical
    9/21: 3 miles in the morning, Yoga in the evening
    9/22: 4.39 miles (Warm up, 10x 400m intervals with 1 minute recovery between, cool down)

    80.14 miles for September

    2016 Races:

    Buffalo Boogie (5K) May 7 – 23:42
    Marine Creek Trailhead Trot (5K) May 14 – 22:00
    Joe’s Run (10K) June 4 – 48:04
    Firecracker 5000 (5K) July 4 – 22:51
    XTERRA Jurassic Trail Run (15K at Night) July 16 – 1:32:05
    Clark Gardens I’m Only Half Crazy Half Marathon/5K (HM) Oct 1
    BMW Dallas Marathon (HM) Dec 11

    Happy Fall y’all! It was actually not hot and humid on my run this morning. If I would have encountered a sprinkler, I would have run past it instead of through it...at least at the beginning of my run. ;)

    Although I LOVE pumpkin pie and pretty much any pumpkin baked goods, I normally don’t like pumpkin flavored foods. However, I tried the Dannon Light and Fit Greek pumpkin flavored yogurt yesterday, and it was really good. Even my 8 year old son liked it. Hope the pumpkin lovers out there enjoy all the pumpkin treats this time of year!!
  • mmteixeira
    mmteixeira Posts: 118 Member
    BeeerRunner wrote: »
    However, I tried the Dannon Light and Fit Greek pumpkin flavored yogurt yesterday, and it was really good.

    MUST... FIND... THIS!!!!

  • BeeerRunner
    BeeerRunner Posts: 728 Member
    mmteixeira wrote: »
    BeeerRunner wrote: »
    However, I tried the Dannon Light and Fit Greek pumpkin flavored yogurt yesterday, and it was really good.

    MUST... FIND... THIS!!!!

    Plus... it has 12g of protein and is only 80 calories!! :smiley:
  • AdrianChr92
    AdrianChr92 Posts: 567 Member
    edited September 2016
    BeeerRunner wrote: »
    mmteixeira wrote: »
    BeeerRunner wrote: »
    However, I tried the Dannon Light and Fit Greek pumpkin flavored yogurt yesterday, and it was really good.

    MUST... FIND... THIS!!!!

    Plus... it has 12g of protein and is only 80 calories!! :smiley:

    Since a protein is 4 cals that means 12*4 = 48. That thing has 60% of it's cals from protein
  • BeeerRunner
    BeeerRunner Posts: 728 Member
    AdrianChr92 wrote: »

    Since a protein is 4 cals that means 12*4 = 48. That thing has 60% of it's cals from protein

    It probably has some chemicals in it that are bad, but it tastes great, has a lot of protein and is low in calories. My pre-long run and pre-race breakfast usually consists of an English Muffin with honey and one of these yogurts. Strawberry Cheesecake is my favorite flavor, but I'll definitely be getting more of the pumpkin pie while it lasts. :smile:
  • ariceroni
    ariceroni Posts: 422 Member
    Hi guys! Seems like everyone has been pretty active the last week or so! I've been going through a bit of a funk the last week and haven't been around much. Still been biking and swimming like a madwoman though! I swam 3km (continuous! Not a single stop!) on monday and have done at least an hour on the bike every day this week too. Also, I bought an exercise bike today because I figured if I'm biking this much, I should at least be able to do it at home in front of the tv :lol: I'm seeing the orthopedic doctor again tomorrow for my four week follow up, and I'm really hoping he will say I can start running again! I haven't had any sharp, localized pain in over a week now. Just some random bouts of aches that don't seem to be triggered by anything, so I'm hoping that's a normal part of the bone healing process. Hopefully he won't tell me to take more time off; it's been 6 weeks now and that's about as much as I can handle! Plus I'm missing all the best running weather and my favorite races :disappointed:
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
    edited September 2016
    @AdrianChr92 You really should work harder at being in shape :#:*;)

    @ariceroni I hope you are able to run again very soon!
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    edited September 2016
    5512bf wrote: »
    That's a horrendous place to put a 100 vertical feet of climb to the finish line.
    Yeah, that's my only worry for making my pace goal, and I've worked my *kitten* off to get to where I think it is doable. On the plus side, I've run the route, so I have seen the lay of the land. Also, recorded elevation is different from the data when I mapped it out online. Strava data has total elevation at almost 150 feet less, but Garmin says it's only 50 less. Not sure which of the three to trust more than the others.

    Strava data
    Garmin data:
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    greenolivetree wrote: »
    @AdrianChr92 You really should work harder at being in shape :#:*;)

    @greenolivetree I'm lucky to have nice bosses. LOL at the comment to @adrianchr92 I was thinking he should really get to the gym and work on leg day :wink: Great picture, I love the trail
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    greenolivetree wrote: »
    @AdrianChr92 You really should work harder at being in shape :#:*;)

    @greenolivetree I'm lucky to have nice bosses. LOL at the comment to @adrianchr92 I was thinking he should really get to the gym and work on leg day :wink: Great picture, I love the trail

    I was thinking the same thing... He's really needing to hit some leg work.
  • ereck44
    ereck44 Posts: 1,170 Member
    ereck44 wrote: »


    9/1....4 miles
    9/4...6 miles
    9/9....6 miles...
    9/10....4 miles
    9/11...9 miles.
    9/14....4 miles
    9/16....4.07 miles....rolling hills program on the treadmill, pace at 11:06.
    9/18....12 miles. The first 6 miles in 67 minutes, the next 6 in 80 minutes, including 3 one minute walking breaks, starting on mile 8.
    9/22...4 miles. pace at 11:30.

    total is 53.07 miles. Goal is 70 miles.

    Indianapolis Half Marathon 10/8/16
    One America Half Marathon 5/6/17

    Worked all night. Only 50 minutes sleep. Then errands. I tried to sprint the run, but really struggled at getting my heart rate above 88%. I ran more relaxed than last Sunday...but couldn't keep up the pace that I wanted...kept settling in a comfortable pace. First mile at 10:20, the second at 12:30. No other runners on the trail..very hot today...little humidity. My hips were a little sore, not during the run, but afterward.

    Still need to get new shoes. Plan to purchase them tomorrow. Another short run planned for tomorrow. Then a long run on Sunday.
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    ereck44 wrote: »
    AdrianChr92 wrote: »
    Did a tempo today and it started getting cooooold. 53 degrees today made tempo feel really easy, heart was well bellow the usual at that pace, felt great. Twas a bit cold because I wore shorts and a singlet. Need to go shopping for something with long sleeves soon.

    Bonus pic from last race (I'm in green)

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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+ST/6:05
    September 7 - 8.9 km - Easy/5:40
    September 8 - 17.2km - Tempo/4:25
    September 9 - 9.1 km - Easy+ST/5:40
    September 10- 5.9 km - Easy/6:23
    September 11- 18.5km - Progressive Long Run (6:00-4:20)
    September 12- rest
    September 13- 8.8 km - Easy+ST/6:00
    September 14- 12.0km - Tempo&Reps/4:15, 3:30
    September 15- 9.1 km - Easy+ST/5:45
    September 16- 7.0 km - Easy/6:03
    September 17- 6.4 km - Easy/7:00
    September 18- 15.2km - Race/4:39
    September 19- rest
    September 20- 10.2km - Easy+ST/5:40
    September 21- 7.0 km - Easy/5:40
    September 22- 13.0km - Tempo/4:15

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    03/04: Bucharest 10k and Family run 48:28
    16/04: Color Run Bucharest
    17/04: Forest Run 5k 22:05
    04/06: Happy Run 5k 21:57
    22/07: Bucharest After9Cross 9.5k 49:03
    28/08: Fox Trail Half Marathon (10k) 48:28
    18/09: Baneasa Trail Run (10.5k) 49:12
    09/10: Bucharest International Marathon (Half Debut)

    I love this pic....the person in front of you looks so intense...and you look fresh, happy...like you can blow right by him. Way to psych out your competition.

    I don't know. I would watch out @AdrianChr92 That guy in front looks like he is about to karate chop anybody that attempts to blow by pass him.
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    kristinegift wrote: »
    and also I took pictures of myself for instagram because I'm a millenial and that's how I roll ;)

    From everyone's comments about the photo, I was tempted to download the photo and add a Nike Swoosh and some witty phrase like, "That's how I roll!" and re-upload it. But I opted out because it seemed like too much work.

  • AdrianChr92
    AdrianChr92 Posts: 567 Member
    edited September 2016
    @greenolivetree I used to powerlift pretty seriously until December. Until I discovered running that is.
    @Stoshew71 I stayed behind him for more than half the race. I like to run behind people. And he was just at my pace. Mad props to him though he was pretty fast. He was like "you can pass me if you want" and I was like "nah I like it here don't worry". I know I don't feel too great when people are chasing me and use me as a rabbit
    @ereck44 I did passed him when we hit the last mile that was full asphalt. We weren't in the same age group so no hard feelings.
  • Ohhim
    Ohhim Posts: 1,142 Member
    RunRachelleRun wrote: »
    @Ohhim Thanks! And how high will it drift in your half, if it starts at 168? I have been struggling with how I can interpret drift in a race compared to drift in training, which is why I'm bugging you o:)

    Been almost a year since my last half (in fact, the 2nd half of my last marathon was faster than my fastest half), but my average heart rates by mile were: 140 (warmed up to 170), 168, 169, 170, 169, 167, 169, 170, 172, 172, 174, 174, 176, then 179 for my last 0.2.
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    edited September 2016
    9/22 2.04 miles

    Another short run just to keep the legs moving.
    My tracker won't update but I'm up to 74 out of 90 miles for September now.

    Upcoming races:
    9/18 CNY Bread Run Half, Fabius, NY (test run, long run with bling, not racing)) 2:45:20
    10/9 Empire State Half Marathon, Syracuse NY (official first half marathon)
    11/13 Burn Run 5k or 10k, E. Syracuse NY (not signed up yet)
    11/24 Turkey Trot 5k, Cedar Rapids IA (maybe?)
    12/3 St. Nick Shuffle 5k, Syracuse NY
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
    mom3over40 wrote: »
    @Stoshew71 Like this? :)

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    @kristinegift I really like your picture too. Hope you don't mind :)

    Haha @Stoshew71 and @mom3over40 Love it! Great photoshop work mom3!


    And great in-motion pic @AdrianChr92! Look at those quads!!
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
    9/1: 4.3 miles
    9/2: Rest day
    9/3: 9.4 miles
    9/4: 5.7 miles
    9/5: 6 miles
    9/6: 6 miles
    9/7: 4 miles
    9/8: 3.2 miles with the Thursday crew!
    9/9: Rest day
    9/10: 5.3 miles
    9/11: 13.1 - Via HM
    9/12: 3 miles with the Coffee Crew!
    9/13: 7.9 miles
    9/14: 4.3 miles run commute home
    9/15: 7.3 miles run commute to work
    ........: 6.2 miles with the Thursday crew!
    9/16: Rest day
    9/17: 8.1 miles with the Saturday crew!
    9/18: 11.3 miles (am) + 4.7 miles (pm)
    9/19: 6.1 miles
    9/20: 4 miles
    9/21: 8 miles
    ........: 4.9 miles
    9/22: 6.7 miles
    ........: 6.4 miles with the Thursday crew!

    Good group run tonight! Cool temps, got to break out the head lamps, and this marks the end of a 6-day block of runs so I get to rest and sleep in tomorrow! Hallelujah! My legs felt better tonight than they did this morning, but I can still tell that they're toast. But hey, if my training model is "fatigue," then I'm doing something right... right? ;)

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    Upcoming Races:
    9/11 LVHN Via Half-Marathon DONE!
    10/8: Coe College Homecoming 5k
    10/16: Halloween Half-Marathon
    11/20: Philadelphia Marathon


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