October (2016) Running Challenge
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The best way to deal with clowns is to carry a banana with you. When a clown chases you just peel the banana, throw the peel on the ground, the clown slips, you get away. Works every time.
If you're attacked by a group of clowns, go straight for the juggler.15 -
401 marathons in 401 days!
http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/marathon-man-completes-401-endurance-runs-in-401-days-1.28179954 -
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10/1- 4.04 miles
10/2- Rest/Travel day
10/3- 3.47
10/4- 5.03
10/5- 3.0
10/6- 5.0
Total: 20.55/60
Today's notes: Another day sans Garmin and HRM, another too fast run. Headwind on the back half of the run today was brutal. I'm still trying to figure out my "off season" running and training plan, so this week is an easy week. Hopefully next week I'll be back to close to 6 days a week running.2 -
Im a little late but my goal is 30 miles this month,walking and running. 8m doing the C25K app.
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heh. i just realized my initials are MEB. i can use him for inspiration9
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Haven't ran in 2 days. Husband and kid sick with the flu! I hate it when this happens. Lack of sleep and no energy. Only ran 6 so far. Goal 441
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Hi! I'm new here. My town is too small and doesn't have any running groups so I figured I'd look on here. I've started running for health reasons. I'm only running 5K's at the moment.
My October goal is 25 mi.
Goal progress:
Running: 5.5/15
Strength training: 7/31
Upcoming races:
Beat the Pumpkin 5K 10/15-OH
WDW Jingle Jungle 5K 11/4-FL
Racing for the Balls Dec.-NC8 -
Lovemybody75 wrote: »Haven't ran in 2 days. Husband and kid sick with the flu! I hate it when this happens. Lack of sleep and no energy. Only ran 6 so far. Goal 44
You've got plenty of time in the month to reach your goal. Hope everyone gets better soon!2 -
Another 5k today :-)
Have a great day everyone!!3 -
I am semi-retired and stand in awe of people who can juggle working full time and families and still find time to run. I doff my hat to you.
October goal: 75 miles.
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@Orphia Hope you have a great day on the Sunday trail running session. I am addicted to Trail Running, especially nasty - twisty single track through the trees. Its a real test of agility and balance. My last race was a Trail with mud Bogs, Narrow tree passages, sissy hills and a field of tall grass that we had to cross. It was so much
@francaisluvr Welcome to the Gang, supportive and fun.
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AM bike day, no run today
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10/1: 13.1 Miles: 1st Half Marathon Race!! / Yoga
10/2: 4.5 Miles (Very Slow…) / Yoga
10/3: 3 Miles…Feeling much better
10/4: Body Pump and 3 more slow miles
10/5: 3.1 mile run / 1.7 mile Social run/walk through my gym with my kiddo
2016 Races Completed:
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 – 1:48:21
Upcoming Races:
Turkey Trot – Appleton, WI (5 Miles) Nov 24
BMW Dallas Marathon (HM) Dec 11
Cowtown Marathon (Full) Feb 26
I finally ordered a foam roller, and it will arrive tomorrow…YAY! How have I not gotten one of these yet?? If anyone has any foam rolling tips for a newbie, please feel free to share.
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10/1 - 12.2 mile group run. It was a nice cool morning.
10/2 - Rest day with much over-eating.
10/3 - Overslept, but squeezed in a short 3.1 miles.
10/4 - Bodypump class, then a TOUGH Abs/Core class. Finally won the Snooze Button Battle!
10/5 - 5.06 miles. After last night's rain, we have officially begun slippery leaf season.
10/6 - Taper / rest day. Only 10 days until IMT Half Marathon. Can't wait...love the race day atmosphere!
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juliet3455 wrote: »I am addicted to Trail Running, especially nasty - twisty single track through the trees. Its a real test of agility and balance. My last race was a Trail with mud Bogs, Narrow tree passages, sissy hills and a field of tall grass that we had to cross. It was so much
@juliet3455 I love trail running too. After my marathon next year, I'm going to focus more on trail running...it's my favorite. I did a really fun race in July at a state park. It was a 15K in the dark so we had to wear headlamps. There were 4 water crossings - just had to go through the water...some knee deep, it was super rocky with lots of uphill and downhill through the woods, single track through tall grass, and even some sand near some of the water crossings. Just a headlamp to see!! It was extremely tough, but a lot of fun, even though it was in the 90's, humid, with no breeze.
Now, the downside of trail running is being the 1st one on the trails in the morning. I did a test run the week prior to that race and I got there early since it was July in Texas. I have never gotten so many spider webs to the face. BLECH!! There were times where I was running through the woods with my arms doing a constant karate chop motion, and I still somehow was continuing to get spider webs to the face!! Then I started to worry that a spider may still be attached to those spider webs and was riding along.
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@7lenny7 @shanaber @ddmom0811 @kristinegift and others, thank you for sharing your experiences and those of your college bound athletes. Like you Lenny I have to say I am disappointed, I truly wanted to see her run in college and see what she could do. But there are a few things, she is looking at University of Southern Alabama, she could never run there, they are looking to recruit in Kenya. I'm so thankful she is looking at college as the start of her future and not a place to run. Since obviously I wasn't LOL She will never be a professional runner, but she will be a professional something and she needs to learn how to be that in college. She also knows now that my mother's passing will make it possible for her to come through college pretty much debt free, so she won't need the help of an athletic scholarship. A friend of hers could get a full ride at Auburn but wants to run therefore is looking at much smaller schools and even looking to change her major so she can run in college. Skip thought that was insane and I have to agree. Last night I said what do you really want to do when you grow up, she said what do you want me to do I want to make you proud. I just started to cry and told her I'm proud of her everyday and no matter what she does I'll be proud. She said great because I want to be a stripper, I said great just be the best stripper you can be Mama wants a home at the beach. She is so funny.
Thanks again for giving me all the input.
10/1 - life day
10/2 - travel day
10/3 - 5 miles
10/4 - not so much
10/5 - still not so much
10/6 - 6 miles
11 out of 115 miles
My ticker won't update so I'm leaving it out
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@juliet3455 @BeeerRunner What trail shoes do you run in? I have done a couple of demo trail runs with the local Fleet Feet to sample different shoes - we have run in the Altra Lone Peaks and Saucony peregrine 6's. I much preferred the Saucony Peregrines of those two - I have also seen the Salomon Speedcross 3's on sale right now and I am also a Hoka fan so the Challengers sound interesting (I missed that demo night ) - so I'm looking for suggestions for a good trail shoe for technical and non-technical trails - something multi-purpose... 2
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greenolivetree wrote: »I feel creeped out now. Just found out someone was burglarizing my street (unlocked cars) Tuesday morning sometime before I ran I suppose. I don't recall seeing anything odd. Just feels weird.
Also a clown was arrested nearby today for terrorizing people. Sheesh! I'm spooked now.
That would creep me out, too! I'm out almost every morning before sun up for a bike ride and then a run. There are actually quite a few regular runners and dog walkers out in my neighborhood that I am used to seeing. Whenever I spot something out of the ordinary, it puts me a bit on edge. I think if I found out something after the fact that I hadn't noticed at all then that would probably creep me out even more. Stay safe out there!2 -
BeeerRunner wrote: »Now, the downside of trail running is being the 1st one on the trails in the morning. I did a test run the week prior to that race and I got there early since it was July in Texas. I have never gotten so many spider webs to the face. BLECH!! There were times where I was running through the woods with my arms doing a constant karate chop motion, and I still somehow was continuing to get spider webs to the face!! Then I started to worry that a spider may still be attached to those spider webs and was riding along.
Oh yeah! I am also in Texas and run on the greenbelts in our neighborhood in the morning and get an occasional spider web to the face. Since it is a greenbelt trail, it is fairly wide so, fortunately, there aren't too many and often you can see them before you hit them...but boy, when you do hit one it is enough to make you noodle around like a dancing hippie!
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October goal: 50 miles
10/1: 1.75 miles
10/2: 3.15 miles
10/3: 2.25 miles
10/4: 2 miles
10/5: 2 miles
Today: Rest Day
Total/October: 11.15 miles2 -
@vandinem You and me both re: lack of love for the treadmill and falling in the dark.
@BeeerRunner LOVE the spiderweb pic!
1/10: 5.09 km (running and squatting in a cornfield scaring people in my PT job for Halloween season)
2/10: REST
3/10: 5.02 km (1/3 interval, 2/3 steady treadmill run) + 20 mins yoga + strength exercises (arms and core)
4/10: 5.01 km (steady treadmill run) + 20 mins yoga
5/10: 5.16 km (minimal progression run) + 20 mins yoga + strength exercises (shoulders and core)
6/10: 5.03 km (interval treadmill run) + 20 mins yoga + strength exercises (chest)
Current PR: 5K in 32:50 / 10K in 1:12:07 / 20K in 2:45:11
Races:
20/10-01/11: Zombies Run! App 2016 Fall Virtual Run2 -
I went on a bike ride last night! It was only 3 miles though, and it was slow, so I really can't count it as exercise. Kody got a nice tempo run in though. I was so, so tempted to make it a run for me too so I quickly ate supper as soon as I got home to take away the temptation. I just need to hold off two more days. I can't believe I actually considered waiting two weeks. Saturday's run will be short, just 4 miles.skippygirlsmom wrote: »Last night I said what do you really want to do when you grow up, she said what do you want me to do I want to make you proud. I just started to cry and told her I'm proud of her everyday and no matter what she does I'll be proud. She said great because I want to be a stripper, I said great just be the best stripper you can be Mama wants a home at the beach. She is so funny.
OMG that is so dang funny!!! Both her comment and your response! I would have loved to have seen that convo!
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Checking in. Another day of not being able to run. Some excruciatingly slow progress. I can do one legged calf raises with 20 lbs. of weight now (~9 kilo), where 10 lbs. used to be pretty challenging on the left side. I can do Turkish get-ups with a 30 lb. (~13.6 kilo) kettlebell. I can do push-ups, and pull-ups. But I still can't run. Another PT appointment tomorrow.
It won't be forever, it will just feel like it is.3 -
@skippygirlsmom To be a fly on the wall during that conversation would have been priceless!!!4
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Checking in. Another day of not being able to run. Some excruciatingly slow progress. I can do one legged calf raises with 20 lbs. of weight now (~9 kilo), where 10 lbs. used to be pretty challenging on the left side. I can do Turkish get-ups with a 30 lb. (~13.6 kilo) kettlebell. I can do push-ups, and pull-ups. But I still can't run. Another PT appointment tomorrow.
It won't be forever, it will just feel like it is.
It looks like you're progressing in the right direction, that's something!
You'll be back at it soon! 3 -
10/1 - 2.08 Easy
10/4 - 4.0 Easy Track AM
10/4 - 2.04 XC Indian Run PM
10/5 - 7.18 Easy W/ 2 @ MP
10/6 - 5.13 Easy
Total 20.43 of 140 Miles
Today was another easy recovery style run, Pace gravitated close to goal MP on miles 4 & 5 and the hip felt good. I was really tight when I woke up but some easy stretching and getting kids up and around this morning got things loosened up. Got another easy 5 tomorrow I'll have to be really mindful of keeping slow then a Saturday morning shakeout run. Hopeful I'm over the hump on the whole hip scare a couple weeks ago. I'm going to set this month's goal at a conservative 140 miles. If all goes well with the marathon I'll have over 50, and 3 full weeks to get back into some easy base maintenance running of 35-45 miles a week.4 -
Don't get bogged down in trying to find the perfect "plan" for training. Once you know a few basics concepts you can create your own, even for your first HM. I had a friend create my HM plan but I soon surpassed the mileage and came up with my own plan for the last 75% of the training. When it came to my full marathon, I created my own plan from the beginning. Now that I have an ultra coming up, I'm creating that plan.
I say I'm creating my own plan, but I am using concepts I learned from others, so I can't say I did it all by myself.
The concepts I incorporate:- Build up your total weekly mileage by 10 to 15 % week maximum
- Build up your long run by no more than a half mile at a time until you get to 5 miles, no more than one miles until you get to 10 miles, then no more than 2 miles after that.
- Your long run should be no more than 30% of your total weekly volume (I often violate this one)
- Every 3rd or 4th week, cut back your weekly miles by 25% to 33%, and cut back your long run the same amount. If you have the time you can do this ever other week. If you're feeling especially drained, go ahead and cut back that week.
- Rest is every bit as important as running.
- Start with 3 days a week running if you're new. Work your way up to 4 and then 5 days per week. When you add a day of running, make sure your weekly total isn't increasing too much. That may mean, for example, that when adding a 2 mile run on Tuesday, make Wednesday and Friday's run a half mile shorter each.
- Add a week or or two to the plan where you do not increase or decrease. These are the weeks I'll drop from the plan if I get injured and need to recover, if work gets super crazy, or if i get sick.
- I start creating my first week based on what I'm currently running. Then I plan my peak week and create the ramp up between those two points. If I can't create the ramp up and stay within the guidelines above, then I don't have enough time for a proper training plan. Let's say the race is an HM, 2 weekends before that will be my longest training run and it will end my peak training week. I create the taper going forward, then create the buildup from my peak week backward to the current week.
- My schedule can vary quite a bit week to week but I try to build a "template". For instance, for my ultra plan I have
Mondays - Rest/strength train/crosstrain
Tuesdays - Speedwork (including easy warm up and cool down miles)
Wednesdays - Easy run
Thursdays - Hills (including easy warm up and cool down miles)
Friday - Rest/strength train/crosstrain
Saturday - Easy Run
Sunday - Long Run (eventually building up to race pace finishes for a large portion of the miles) - I'll swap Saturday & Sunday depending on my schedule. The rest of the days may swap around from time to time as well. If I have to drop a session, oh well. The key is to never have hard runs back to back. I'd never do hillwork the day after speedwork.
- If you're new to running (year or less) I'd skip the speedwork and hillwork and just work on building a base with easy, conversational runs. For my first HM and full, that was 95% of what I did. Without a solid base, I feel there is too much risk of injury with speedwork.
There are an infinite number of ways to get to where you want to go. Understanding the key concepts allows you to create the approach that works best for you, your schedule, and your goals. It might be intimidating doing it for the first time but I'm sure many of us here who have gone through it would be happy to help.
^^^^^^This is awesome stuff. Great one to save or print out.1 -
Anyone have the new Garmin HR Run? My Garmin soft strap HRM is annoying the heck out of me, and I'm thinking about switching to a different HRM.0
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