September (2016) Running Challenge
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Awesome job @kristinegift -I have only hit 60+ a few times and I know how tired my legs were, so I can only imagine!1
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@kristinegift Forgot to say earlier, that's amazing mileage. I'd have to take 2 of my running weeks to get to that number!1
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I've been a bit delinquent in updating my log here, and when I tried to go back through all the post to find the last entry I gave up. I'll finish with 215 miles after this evening recovery run of 5 miles. This is short of my goal but i was feeling a little beat up a few weeks ago and started to taper a bit early. I thought things were great over the weekend with my Sunday long run but at about 15 miles my hip and glute on the right side tightened up pretty bad. I made it to 16.5 miles before stopping but I could tell that something wasn't right. I took it easy on Monday and did a bit of running on Tuesday and felt OK, Wednesday's 5 mile run felt OK and I took yesterday off due to life getting in the way. I did Thursdays run this morning which was scheduled to be a leg crushing 3x1 mile vo2max run totaling 8 miles but i knew it wouldn't be a good time to do that. Did a tempo run with 6 miles just a tad under what i'd consider my Half Marathon pace of 8:35-8:40. Felt good but on the cooldown i could tell that the hip was still a bit tender. I've got a couple easy runs this evening (5) and tomorrow (7 w 7x100 strides) then a 13 mile long run Sunday. If the hip is still talking to me after that run I might have to switch my entry to a Half, which would suck balls after 5 months of training averaging almost 60 miles a week.1
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@5512bf -Oh no! That would suck after all of the hard training you have been doing. Is your race next weekend? Maybe one more week of super taper will get you feeling better. Fingers crossed for you!0
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Also want to complete 50 parkruns and keep going. Am up to 42.
Ooh, that one for me too. I'm only at 18 though so I have a lot more to do!
@Elise4270 You are very right about the impossible being possible. Especially for you, there's so much that must feel impossible right now but I bet you look back in a year and are smashing more than you ever thought you could going from this position. But that's why running is awesome, it teaches us we are capable of more than we ever thought possible. Cliché, but true.
@Stoshew71 Thanks for the link about speedwork for beginners, I'm going to try incorporating a bit of that starting after my HM this weekend.
@5512bf That would be really upsetting if you can't race what you wanted to, so fingers crossed you recover quickly.2 -
@lporter229
Race is next Sunday, frustrating part is training went very well, (4) 20+ long runs, 12, 14 & 16 mile pace runs, multiple fast finish long runs, etc. All indications were pointing to getting under that 4 hour mark fairly easily. Weird thing was that long run felt super easy cruising at 9:30-9:40 with HR still in Z2, then all of a sudden it wasn't so easy. *kitten* happens, there is always another day if it wasn't meant to be.0 -
9/30- finished up the month with another rest day (taper)
Total mileage for the month: 93 out of goal of 90. Made it!
I will have to do some calculation to come up with any kind of goal for October. My HM is on the 9th so I'll be tapering before and resting after so it won't be a big month at all.
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) 9 days left!
11/13 Burn Run 5k or 10k, E. Syracuse NY (possibly - not signed up yet)
11/24 Turkey Trot 5k, Cedar Rapids IA (signed up!)
12/3 St. Nick Shuffle 5k, Syracuse NY
1/22 Chilly Chili 5k, Cazenovia NY
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louubelle16 wrote: »
@Elise4270 You are very right about the impossible being possible. Especially for you, there's so much that must feel impossible right now but I bet you look back in a year and are smashing more than you ever thought you could going from this position. But that's why running is awesome, it teaches us we are capable of more than we ever thought possible. Cliché, but true.
You're so very right. I do feel like everyday is impossible. But I know what I accomplished here in ~16 months. It wasn't easy. But I know it's possible. Just have to be willing to fight for the impossible.
and that's what running has been about. 3 -
mom3over40 wrote: »
^^ This got me so confused at first. I thought I was not supposed to do any speedwork, including the above, until I consistently run 30 mpw. So, I guess this is a "go" for trying out one of them say, once a week?
No, go for it. I would only suggest not doing it if you are in the mileage build up phase for miles per week that you never achieved before. In that case I would suggest all mileage be easy except maybe some strides or bursts. And regardless you could do those strides or bursts up to twice a week. Hill repeats I would only perform once a week.
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I almost forgot to log my run from this morning.
Date Miles today - Miles for September
9/1 9 miles - 9
9/2 5 miles - 14
9/3 18 miles - 32
9/4 REST DAY
9/5 10.5 miles - 42.5
9/6 9 miles - 51.5
9/7 6.2 miles - 57.7
9/8 10 miles - 67.7
9/8 6.2 miles - 73.9 << Daily Double
9/9 6.2 miles - 80.1
9/10 18 miles - 98.1
9/11 REST DAY
9/12 8 miles - 106.1
9/12 5 miles - 111.1 << Daily Double
9/13 9 miles - 120.1
9/13 4 miles - 124.1 << Daily Double
9/14 5 miles - 129.1
9/15 9.6 miles - 138.7
9/15 5 miles - 143.7 << Daily Double (Fleet Feet Fun Run)
9/16 5 miles - 148.7
9/17 20 miles. - 168.7
9/18 REST DAY
9/19 9 miles - 177.7
9/20 8 miles - 185.7
9/21 REST DAY
9/22 9 miles - 194.7
9/23 4 miles - 198.7
9/24 13.1 miles - 211.8
9/25 REST DAY
9/26 9 miles - 220.8
9/26 5 miles - 225.8 << Daily Double
9/27 9 miles - 234.8
9/27 4 miles - 238.8 << Daily Double
9/28 5 miles - 243.8
9/29 9 miles - 252.8 <<< GOALLLLL!
9/29 5 miles - 257.8 << Daily Double
9/30 5 miles - 262.8
Upcoming races:
UAH 8K - 3/6 <<< 34:33 3 in AG
Oak Barrel HM - 4/2 <<<< 1:38:00 3 in AG
Bridge Street HM - 4/10 <<< 1:36:33 3 in AG
PEO-AVN Team Day 5K - 5/4 <<< 19:10 (2.9 mi) 1 in AG 5 OA
Cotton Row Run 10K - 5/30 << 44:57 PR
Firecracker Chase 10.2 miler 6/25 << 1:20:22 1 in AG & 15 OA
Huntsville Half Marathon - 11/12
Rocket City Marathon - 12/10
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@Stoshew71 Wow, you are a fearless leader. Amazing miles!2
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^^^^ Thank you.0
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September Running Totals (miles)
9/1 – 10.07 warmup + tempo intervals
9/2 – 7.76 partial course preview
9/3 – 3.80 easy 30 minutes
9/4 – 15.44 warmup + Oak Tree Half
9/5 – 4.52 easy 30 minutes + 4 strides
9/6 – 6.72 warmup + speed work
9/7 – 4.04 easy
9/8 – 7.18 warmup + intervals
9/9 – rest day
9/10 – 6.06 easy
9/11 – 11.04 partial course preview
9/12 – 3.77 easy
9/13 – 6.36 warmup, intervals, cool down
9/14 – extra rest day
9/15 – 2.07 warmup
9/16 – rest day
9/17 – rest day
9/18 – 25.39 DNF at Rochester Marathon
9/19 – rest day
9/20 – rest day
9/21 – rest day
9/22 – rest day
9/23 – rest day
9/24 – rest day
9/25 – rest day
9/26 – rest day
9/27 – rest day
9/28 – rest day
9/29 – rest day
9/30 – rest day
September total – 114.22
Nominal Challenge Goal – 200 miles
Real Goals: Manage Rochester Marathon well as a race, recover quickly.
Today's notes – Final report of the month. I basically missed all my monthly goals, as I did not manage Rochester well enough to finish, have not recovered quickly, and as a consequence am coming nowhere near the nominal monthly mileage goal.
Today is Day 12 of No Running. I managed to jog up and down the hallway long enough for the eggs to cook. I think if my life depended on it, I could run a mile; but that would likely bang me up pretty bad and set me back quite a bit. So, no real run today. Maybe tomorrow, but probably not. I have two weeks to be ready to run 15K; that race could be a DNS, but I'm not ready to give up on it yet.
2016 races:
January 1, 2016 Resolution Run 7.5 mile (Mendon, NY) finished in 53:58
January 9, 2016 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY) finished in 1:30:59
March 12, 2016 Johnny's Runnin' of the Green 5 mile (Rochester, NY) finished in 32:32
March 26, 2016 Spring Forward Distance Run 15K (Mendon, NY) finished in 1:05:24
April 18, 2016 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA) finished in 3:23:01
April 24, 2016 Flower City Challenge Half Marathon (Rochester, NY) finished in 1:36:50, targeting MP
May 15, 2016 Highland Hospital Lilac Run 10K (Rochester, NY) DNS - injury
June 19, 2016 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY) DNS - recovering from face plant
July 16, 2016 Shoreline Half Marathon (Hamlin, NY) finished in 1:31:11
August 13, 2016 Bergen Road Race 5K (Bergen, NY) finished in 19:07 (5K PR)
September 4, 2016 Oak Tree Half Marathon (Geneseo, NY) finished in 1:31:37
September 18, 2016 Rochester Marathon (Rochester, NY) DNF a mile from finish
October 15, 2016 Finish Strong 15K (Hilton, NY)
October 22, 2016 Scare Brain Cancer Away 5K (East Rochester, NY)
November 24, 2016 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY)
2017 races:
April 17, 2017 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)0 -
@stoshew71 did I miss the link to October? Can you repost please and save me the time I having to think and find it thanks 0
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Just an easy run for about 40 min. today. I kind of wanted that Distance challenge badge on Strava, but couldn't reach 200km (~125mi) GPS-tracked distance. Probably better that I rested anyway, since my first 10k race is tomorrow morning.
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
9/10 3.1 miles (Pure Tap 5k)
9/11 6.5 miles
9/13 6.3 miles
9/15 6.3 miles
9/17 6.3 miles
9/18 4.4 miles
9/19 6.8 miles
9/20 6.3 miles
9/23 6.5 miles
9/24 6.3 miles
9/25 4.2 miles
9/26 8.1 miles
9/27 6.3 miles
9/28 7.7 miles
9/30 4.0 miles (125.3 miles total, 100.0 mile goal reached)
Upcoming races:
9/10 - Louisville Pure Tap 5k 25:03
10/1 - Norton Sports Health Great Pumpkin 10k
10/22 - Urban Bourbon Half Marathon
11/24 - Hungry Turkey 5k[/quote]
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Sept 1-5.9 miles + 0.6 miles with puppy
Sept 2-7.5 miles
Sept 3- 14 hilly miles
Sept 4-rest day-long hike
Sept 5-4.0 miles + 0.6 miles with Stella
Sept 6-8.0 miles w/ cruise intervals
Sept 7- rest day (because I needed it!)
Sept 8- 6 miles hills
Sept 9- 4.4 miles dreadmill speed work AM+ 3.0 miles recovery PM
Sept 10-3.8 miles
Sept 11-11.1 miles
Sept 12-rest the hamstring
Sept 13- 7.0 miles
Sept 14- 4.1 miles
Set 15- rest- hamstring
Sept 16-rest-hamstring
Sept 17 5.0 miles
Sept 18- rest
Sept 19- 7.0 miles
Sept 20-4.0 miles
Sept 21-7.4 miles w/5@ tempo
Sept 22-5 miles recovery run
Sept 23- 8.1 miles Treadmill mixed intervals + 0.5 miles with Stella
Sept 24-4.0 miles easy + 0.8 miles w/ Stella
Sept 25-16 miles fast finish
Sept 26-rest day
Sept 27- 4.5 miles easy
Sept 28-6.2 w/ 4 @ tempo
Sept 29-rest day
Sept 30- 4.5 miles last half with doggie
Finished the month with 159 miles. Well short of 200 mile goal, but 3 unplanned rest days to let the legs and body recover from some nagging issues. Probably better than pushing it for goal. See you all in October.1 -
I decided that wisdom was the better part of valor, and that trying to get 23 miles done on 4 back-to-back days in the week immediately after my first HM was probably not a good idea just so I could reach my triple digit mileage goal, lol. Finishing the month on a nice round number though, and it's still 2 more miles than last month, so there's that!
This coming week I'll be starting my base mileage-building training plan, so I'm thinking when I calculate my October goal it should definitely hit at least 100 miles.
Currently shopping around for a November race, not sure what distance I want, might be thinking of doing a 5k just to see where my speed is at.
South Nyack 10 Miler – 9/11 – 1:43:24
Adirondacks Half Marathon – 9/25 – 2:09:58
Sleepy Hollow 10k – 10/22
November race???
December Christmas-y race???
Bay of Fundy Half Marathon – 6/25/17
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September goal.....run/jog/prance
9/1 3.12
9/2 4-ish (technology malfunction...)
9/3 strength/core training
9/4 3.18
9/5 rest
9/6 3.25 + strength/core
9/7 5.7
9/8 strength/core training
9/9 rest
9/10 3.25
9/11 3.16 + strength/core
9/12 snorkel 2 hours
9/13 rest
9/14 moved a friend's woodworking shop: saw, planer, and lathe....up 15 stairs.....
9/15 6.25 then a 4.2 mile trail hike thru Kilauea Iki with 2000' elevation change (yep, I'm counting it!)
9/16 more ennui
9/17 4.10
9/18 core/strength training
9/19 3.13
9/20 rest
9/21 7.40
9/22 core/strength
9/23 3.15
9/24 3.50
9/25 recovering from our annual Oktoberfest
9/26 3.30
9/27 3.25
9/28 5.11
9/29 rest
9/30 5.14
@Elise4270 ?goals for next year: keep running enough to allow my (generous) nightly glass of wine and Skinny Cow Salted Caramel Ice Cream......and a pipe dream of a sub 30 5k. (I actually did a 30.14 once, but I think the course (not certified) was short
Total 70.54
Upcoming races:
Las Vegas RocknRoll Half 11/13/16
Ticker is my goal for 2016 and accumulation to date:
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Haven't posted my updated mileage for a few days. I didn't make my goal but I did make it, just barely, to 100 - YAY! It looks like everyone did well this month! Congratulations to everyone who made their goal and everyone who didn't who got up and ran, walked, biked or swam!!
On we go to some hopefully cooler training days in October!
Date.........Miles........Total
09/01.......5.23.........5.23 + Strength training and Rally
09/02.......4.67.........9.90 - SLOG Run
09/03.......0.00.........9.90 - Rest
09/04.....13.87.......23.77
09/05.......5.75.......29.52 - Recovery because it was too lovely out not to go.
09/06.......4.39.......33.91 + Strength training
09/07.......0.00.......33.91 - Rest
09/08.......5.32.......39.23 + Strength training and Rally
09/09.......0.00.......39.23
09/10.......6.34.......45.57 + Agility trial
09/11.......0.00.......45.57 + Agility trial
09/12.......0.00.......45.57 - Travel
09/13.......0.00.......45.57 - Travel
09/14.......4.46.......50.03
09/15.......0.00.......50.03 + Strength training and Rally
09/16.......4.27.......54.30
09/17.......0.00.......54.30 - to Seattle
09/18.....13.10.......67.40 - Beat the Blearch HM Seattle
09/19.......0.00.......67.40
09/20.......6.56.......73.96 - hilly Seattle run
09/21.......5.47.......79.43 - hilly Seattle run
09/22.......0.00.......79.43 - Victoria, BC
09/23.......0.00.......79.43
09/24.......0.00.......79.43
09/25.......0.00.......79.43 - Home
09/26.......5.22.......84.65 - Hot run (90F and 15% humidity) + Agility
09/27.......5.22.......89.87
09/28.......0.00.......89.87
09/29.......5.30.......95.17
09/30.......5.00.....100.17
Upcoming Races - Let me know if you will be running too!
02/07/16 - Surf City Half Marathon
02/20/16 - Divas Half Marathon - Temecula
07/04/16 - SHEPower Virtual Half Marathon
07/31/16 - San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon
08/21/16 - Tiki Beach 10k, Huntington Beach
09/18/16 - Beat the Blerch Half Marathon, Seattle
11/19/16 - USA Invitational Half Marathon (Yay, I qualified again!)
12/18/16 - San Diego Holiday Half Marathon
02/05/17 - Surf City Half Marathon2
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