October (2016) Running Challenge
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Yay - welcome to all the newbies!
The agree button is helpful, but I think @skippygirlsmom had the best idea when she said a while back that we need a "oh man that sucks" button. Maybe we could all petition the MFP gurus?
"that sucks" would be nice. "wtf" would be better.
Couldn't agree more!!3 -
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@skippygirlsmom You might need some electrolytes too. Last week my hubby had awful cramps because his Dr gave him this awesome pill that made him pee like a racehorse and lose all his electrolytes. He's now on magnesium pills. When I start living off Diet Coke, I get stabbing flank pain - my right kidney telling me "Good gosh Woman! Drink some water!"
@cjgallant65 Welcome back to running and welcome to our group!
@elise4270 It just occurred to me that you and my hubby are opposite. He was so skinny when he was on short term disability. Went back to work and gained it all back from stress-eating. He would come home from work and chain-eat (that's what I call it - just like chain-smoking but food is his drug). He was so "chill" on disability. LOL I would totally go crazy and gain 50lbs if I was off work. Keep hanging in there! You'll be running 6 miles again and even more!4 -
3.5k this morning - Couldn't get going as had no energy but my own fault for pottering around this morning rather than going out when I got up. Also felt slight niggle in left knee when warming up - it soon disappeared but decided would be better off cutting run short so only did about half of what I planned. Try again later/tomorrow..
So, finally worked up the motivation to put the chocolates down and pick up my running shoes and try again. I knew immediately that a fast run wasn't going to happen today so decided instead on a steady jog, and have just done another 8k (I had only intended to do 5k but felt good so did one more lap!). It actually felt suprisingly easy, especially considering I did 3.5k this morning and my longest run ever is only just over 12k (and that was only 2 days ago!).
Was feeling quite low about everything this morning, but now definitely feeling good again. Amazing what a good run can do for your spirits!
Edit: Knee was fine btw (i.e. I didn't even think about it and completely forgot about previous niggle until just now reading my post from this morning)4 -
Date Miles Total 10/01 3.1 3.1 + Strength 10/02 6.4 9.5 10/03 Rest 10/04 Strength 10/05 4.0 13.5 10/06 3.2 16.7 10/07 Strength 10/08 3.3 20.0 10/09 7.0 27.0 10/10 Rest 10/11 3.2 30.2 <- Total So Far + Strength 10/12 Rest
I messed up the dates last time I logged. It should be correct now
I usually don't run on Tuesday because it is trash day. But then, with a long run in the afternoon on Sunday, I just could not get up early and fit in a short run on Monday morning. That leaves me with 2 non-running days in a roll. Finally, last night I decided that I could try and run on Tuesday evening when most people would have put away their trash cans It was nice and cool. I did my strength training after the run, that was a bit tough. I think I will probably switch my strength training to Mondays and keep my evening run on Tuesdays.
This thread is getting a little hard to keep up but I really enjoyed reading the posts and the race reports. Thanks for sharing!3 -
12 October - 1.5 miles
Goal: 24 miles
Total to date: 1.5 miles
I am so out of shape compared to what I used to run. But I'm making progress. And I worked up a really good sweat, so I'm going to call it a win6 -
greenolivetree wrote: »
@elise4270 It just occurred to me that you and my hubby are opposite. He was so skinny when he was on short term disability. Went back to work and gained it all back from stress-eating. He would come home from work and chain-eat (that's what I call it - just like chain-smoking but food is his drug). He was so "chill" on disability. LOL I would totally go crazy and gain 50lbs if I was off work. Keep hanging in there! You'll be running 6 miles again and even more!
I can see that, work all day and de-stress by snacking all night. I've lost 4-5 pounds being off. But I'm convinced it's muscle loss. Fat seems to be still there. The PT was in awe of my got dog legs, thought they were cute. *Sigh* I kinda feel like Danny Devito's penguin character. Wahk wahk wak.
I'm so happy walking today! Wierd my calf is tight sore. Dang normal-er gait. LOL!4 -
Oh man. Finally got back to weight lifting last night. Felt my legs and glutes yelling at me on every step of today's 6 mile run, lolz. Normally I wouldn't be running on Wednesday, so should be fine to lift Tuesday night, but I'm a day off this week since I had to push my long run to this past Monday instead of Sunday. Feel the DOMS!
South Nyack 10 Miler – 9/11 – 1:43:24
Adirondacks Distance Festival ½ Marathon – 9/25 – 2:09:58
Sleepy Hollow 10k – 10/22
Fall Harvest 5k – 11/13
Christmas-y run???
Run for the Wild 5k (Bronx Zoo) – 4/29/17
Bay of Fundy ½ Marathon – 6/25/174 -
Today, I was about 20 minutes into my tempo lap, but I had to stop to give an elderly lady directions, and I just couldn't get started again once she pulled away. My right quad is bugging me since Sunday's run, but I believe it was likely the mental break that did me in. I mostly walked the rest of the way home. Garmin did tell me it recorded my fastest mile in there since I got my new watch (11:56). Yay! Slowly getting somewhere.
1: 4.02 miles (aerobic)
2: 6.01 miles (long with 5 x 1/4 mile zone 3 intervals)
3: 3.00 miles (recovery)
4: 3.72 miles (tempo)
5: rest
6: 6.97 miles (aerobic)
7: rest
8: bailed due to rain and other lame excuses
9: 13.12 miles (long with 12 x 1/4 mile zone 2 intervals and zone 2 finish)
10. 2.53 miles (recovery)
11. rest
12. skipped (grumpy quad and a bad attitude)
13. 3.42 miles (tempo)
Upcoming Race: Oct 23rd Vancouver Rock n Roll Half-Marathon3 -
@juliet3455 That Halloween trail run sounds absolutely awesome! I wanna do something like that too
@5512bf Ugh, a june bug? I don't even want to try and imagine that, I'm already nearly dying when I inhale a fly.
@7lenny7 Love the new shoes! I would be interested to hear how you like them. I've been looking at the Salomon S-Lab Speed shoes for a while now, but so far I've resisted buying them, I have too many running shoes already...
@mom3over40 Running and strength training in a day, great job!
@skippygirlsmom Those cramps sounds aweful (we really need the "that sucks" button!). I hope hydration fixes it quickly.
@BeeerRunner and @shanaber Thanks for the comments on the arm warmers! I'll have another look.
I need to do some emergency shopping anyway. After the laundry on Sunday I noticed that my dearly loved winter running pants have crossed the line from "threadbare but still wearable" into "battered with multiple coin-sized holes"... *sniff*
And I need winter pants right now. When I went out for my run tonight, it was 5°C (41°F). I even wore gloves for the first part of the run. At least it was a tempo run, so I wasn't freezing for long ;-)
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October goal...run to earn wine and ice cream
10/1: core/strength training, 2 mile run and 20 minutes of fancy footwork trying to herd the neighbor's stray cow out of our yard
10/2 rest
10/3 slug...never got out of my nightgown and played computer games (it was FABULOUS!)
10/4 4.10
10/5 3.11
10/6 core/strength training
10/7 rest
10/8 3.25
10/9 6.48
10/10 3.18
10/11 Snorkel 3 hours
10/12 4.28
@Stoshew71 "that sucks" would be nice. "wtf" would be better. I'd agree, but they took the button away!!
@7lenny7 "Larry" is awesome!
Total 26.40
Upcoming races:
Las Vegas RocknRoll Half 11/13/16
Ticker is my goal for 2016 and accumulation to date:
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4 miles tonight 16 in total now.4
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@honunui - love your goal - run to eat ice cream and drink wine. I am right there with you.
@skippygirlsmom - Drink your water girl!
@dkabambe - We all know just what you mean on feeling low - and then during/after a run, it's all better! That's why it is so addicting.
10/1 - 5.1 miles
10.2 - 7.3 miles
10/3 - travel/rest day
10/4 - rest
10/5 - 5.1
10/6 - 5.2
10/7 - hurricane day
10/8 - 7.5 miles - trail running on sidewalks
10/9 - 37 miles biking
10/10 - 5.1 miles - perfect 65 degrees
10/11 - 5 miles - still nice out!
10/12 - strength training
Upcoming races
11/30/16 - I/ITSEC 5K
2/5/17 - Daytona Beach HM
2/26/17 - Disney Princess HM Orlando
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I think I convinced my mom to train for a half to run with me next year. Problem is, depending on the scheduling, it could be only a week or 2 before the marathon I might be targeting... why do I have to come up with so many "awesome" ideas?????0
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Sooooooo, my grandson and my DIL are here from CO this week. I planned to run this morning but she wanted to walk together so of course I did that since we don't get that many opportunities. Had a nice 3 mile walk with my grandson along as well.
In order to stick to my 10K training plan I decided to run this evening. I forgot to warm-up so the first mile was really rough but I just went slow and concentrated on stretching things out as I went. Ended up getting another 5K in and even though the overall pace was a bit slower than normal the last two splits were pretty decent for me. I'm satisfied and happy that I stuck to my training.
Looks like we're walking again in the morning. We found a great path down by the river here so we're going to explore it a little more. I really think it might be a great running path for me. Looks like it's 2.6 miles out and the same back again with a couple of small steep hills.
10/01 – Rest Day
10/02 – 3.6 mile horse trail run with dog – AVG HR 143, High 159 on hills
10/03 – Rest Day
10/04 – 2.1 mile horse trail run with dog – testing out the new Garmin
10/05 – 3.31 miles horse trail run with dog – looks like Garmin is about 7-8 bbm higher than my Polar
10/06 – 95 min strength training
10/07 – 3.6 miles horse trail run with the dog – AVG HR 146
10/08 – Rest Day
10/09 – 4.52 miles at the park – longest run yet – AVG HR 147
10/10 – Another Rest Day……ugggghhhh
10/11 – 3.1 miles horse trail run – Fastest 5K yet – AVG HR 147
10/12 – 3.1 miles horse trail run plus a 3 mile walk this morning
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »I think I convinced my mom to train for a half to run with me next year. Problem is, depending on the scheduling, it could be only a week or 2 before the marathon I might be targeting... why do I have to come up with so many "awesome" ideas?????
My plan had 17 miles for a long run 2 weeks out, with 13 the week before. 13 miles 2 weeks out wouldn't be a stretch at all, especially if your mom isn't very fast. you'd most likely be coming off a 20 miler 3 weeks out.1 -
October running
10/01: day off
10/02: 3.5
10/03: 3.5
10/04: day off
10/05: 3.5
10/06: 3.5
10/07: day off
10/08: 3.5
10/09: day off (pmajor rain)
10/10: 3.5
10/11: day off
10/12: 3.5
Total: 24.5
I think my goal was 60. I'm dreading the short days of winter in Maine. Not sure how I'll be able to keep my daily going.1 -
10/1: 20 miles
10/2: 4.6 miles (am), 5.4 miles (pm)
10/3: 6 miles with the Coffee Crew
10/4: 5 miles (am), 10 miles (pm)
10/5: 5 miles
10/6: 3.5 miles
10/7: 9.5 miles
10/8: 6 miles with a 5k in the middle
10/9: 4 miles
10/10: Oh my god finally a rest day
10/11: 10 miles
10/12: 6 miles (am), 4.2 miles (pm)
I got off work and really wanted to do my speed workout, but unfortunately I only brought shorts and the chub chafe from yesterday was HORRENDOUS. When I packed my running clothes in the morning, apparently the monstrous and horribly painful thigh chafe slipped my mind because my brain is dumb before the coffee kicks in. So it was all I could do to not rage-cry on the second half of my loop as I dejectedly went back to my car. Looks like I'll be doing my 8 miles/speed work in the dark tomorrow morning. Blegh.
Upcoming Races:
10/8: Coe College Homecoming 5k: 21:26
10/16: Superhero Halloween Half Marathon (Goal: 1:38 or better)
11/20: Philadelphia Marathon (Goal: 3:30 or better)
3/26/17: Philly Love Run HM
5/14/17: Delaware Marathon Running Festival HM
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »I think I convinced my mom to train for a half to run with me next year. Problem is, depending on the scheduling, it could be only a week or 2 before the marathon I might be targeting... why do I have to come up with so many "awesome" ideas?????
My plan had 17 miles for a long run 2 weeks out, with 13 the week before. 13 miles 2 weeks out wouldn't be a stretch at all, especially if your mom isn't very fast. you'd most likely be coming off a 20 miler 3 weeks out.
Her faster pace is right at my easy pace right now, so I'd imagine that if she were running a HM, she'd be somewhere in my recovery pace range. Good to know I could probably do both. The HM is the same one I ran 2 weeks ago, and they did an awesome job with the event.0 -
MermaidAnnie89 wrote: »I just got on MFP like three days ago but I would love to be apart of this group. I'm really trying to get into the running world.
I usually set a goal of 50 miles a month but that's on a treadmill.
Welcome - we love new victims friends in the group!3
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