November 2016 Running Challenge
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11/1 - 4.3 miles
11/2 - strength training
11/3 - rest day
11/4 - 4.5 miles + strength training
11/5 - 34 miles biking
11/6 - 9 miles
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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11/6 5 miles2
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So, I had a new frustration today, as my watch battery died en route
Fortunately, I was on the way home by then and ran the same way home as I went, so it was easy to work out how far I had been. More annoyingly, by my calculations, I have only done 25 miles since the last charge, and although that's over 8 days and it is on to a certain degree the rest of the time, I have a horrible thought that it might not make it through my marathon next year, as I could be looking at a 4:30-5:00 time for that.
I have several thoughts about this:
1. It might be fine, as perhaps being left on the rest of the week used more battery life than I am assuming. As long as it has a fresh charge overnight, it will probably be fine.
2. Even if it is as bad as I'm thinking, it won't die until about mile 20 and by then I probably won't give a flying fudge about my pace anyway.
3. It's not like I won't have proof that I ran the distance without my watch.
4. It is good enough to get me through all my training runs as long as I charge it overnight before I go out.
5. I can't afford a new watch, so I don't even know why I'm thinking about replacing it.
Does anyone else have a tomtom watch, or are you all Garmin?
November Running Challenge
2nd - 4.05 miles
3rd - 4.27 miles
5th - 4.60 miles
6th - 7.28 miles
MTD - 20.2/90 miles
Upcoming races:
17th Dec - Lee Valley VeloPark Half Marathon
9th April 2017 - Brighton Marathon1 -
1 week gone, and I walked+ran 21 km out of my goal of 80 km for November! (yes it's low...)
I can say I am satisfied, but also kinda scared since my next C25K workout will be to run 22 min consecutively and I'm not sure to be able to do it
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@ohhim awesome!!! Love the finish line picture, I should look that good after a 5K ha ha! Congrats
11/1 - 4 miles
11/2 - 4 miles
11/3 - XC meet
11/4 - 0
11/5 - 0 spend the day working at a local football games
11/6 - 0 woke up with a huge head cold (or maybe allergies) went out to run but my throat was on fire and I couldn't breathe through my nose or mouth
8 out of 100 miles
Watching the marathon always amazes me.1 -
11/3 4.65
11/5 7.00
11/6 2.70
Total 14.35/100
Since this was a short run (30 minutes) I decided to try and push the pace & get over whatever mental hump I have. I averaged 11:17, which is way better than I have been doing. I struggled a bit with breathing (asthma + colder air) and my legs were like wtf? But I pushed through. For the last minute, I ran as fast as I could. I think I need to just keep pushing myself in shorter runs. I also switched back to music this morning, instead of podcasts. I love podcasts and used to keep good pace with them but need to shake things up.3 -
11/1: 3
11/4: 4.2
11/6: 6
13.2 of 60
Easy out and back today on a nice section of bike path along Lake Minnetonka, with DW alongside on her bike. Beautiful blue sky morning here. I've been DVRing the NYC Marathon, so now I've got to go see what I missed.
Have a great day, all!2 -
November goal: 75 miles
11/1: 3 miles (m)
11/2: Rest Day
11/3: 3 miles
11/4: 3 miles (m)
11/5: 3 miles
11/6: 2.75 miles
My Total/November: 14.75 miles
Mike's Total: 6 miles
Not a good run today. It was a shame too because the weather was pretty perfect and Fergus was feeling good. I had been hoping to get in 5 miles. When I went out, I knew I wasn't going to be able to make that. I didn't even make 3 today. ~sigh~ Oh well, tomorrow is another day. And, on a good note, I did sign up for a 5K. The first of many, I hope!
@Ohhim Holy guacamole! Amazing job! You are looking awfully cool in that finish line picture, too! Congrats!
@Orphia I hope you are feeling better and back to running soon!
Have a great day everyone!
Upcoming Race:
12/3 Snowball Run 5K, Kingwood TX
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@Ohhim Congratulations again. Loved the race report and your finish picture is worthy of a magazine cover. You look happy and fresh. Amazing!
1: 3.06 (fast finish) + lower body strength
2: 3.04 (aerobic) + 30 mins spin bike + upper body strength
3. rest
4. 2.76 (speed intervals + drills) + lower body strength
5. cycling + upper body strength
6. 6.81 (long with fast finish) + lower body strength
Total: 15.67 / 80 miles
Next Race: Jan 15/17: Ice-breaker 8K1 -
Hi everyone. I haven't posted in over a week. I made my October goal of 160km. Pumped as I took part in the awesome running events virtual challenge so I qualify for my finishers medal.
I have been hyper focused on my HM (my first) which occurred today. I was excited. It was so much fun. I really struggled for the last 3km, but I finished, and managed a chip time of 2:17:20. I did my first and only 10k race about 6-7 weeks ago (chip time was 1:05:23 for that race). So....my overall pace was faster in my HM than it was in my 10k...it's nice to see the improvement.
It was fun running through the aid stations and having my fluids and throwing the cup on the ground! Who knew that would be so much fun?
I waved at many volunteers and emergency services and thanked them for being there.
One runner and I chatted how we were surprised that very few runners were running that tangents. Considering there was a long winding section those tangents made a difference.
My husband and my eldest son came to cheer me on. The were able to see me at the 6km mark and again at the 13. I had wanted to pee for the last 4km and was going to stop at the aid station at the 13th km but there was a lineup. Losing time peeing was bad enough, I didn't want to lose time waiting to tinkle. Just after I saw my family near that aid station the route turned onto a trail. About 100 metres past that I ducked into the bushes and squat to pee! I was all smiles, feeling a little badass by doing so.
Struggled towards the end, but happy that I finished with a good pace.9 -
louubelle16 wrote: »More annoyingly, by my calculations, I have only done 25 miles since the last charge, and although that's over 8 days and it is on to a certain degree the rest of the time, I have a horrible thought that it might not make it through my marathon next year, as I could be looking at a 4:30-5:00 time for that.
Eight days is a long time between charges. Even if you'd done zero running in that span it would not be surprising for the battery to be at the end of its charge. I wouldn't worry about it pooping out during your marathon. To be certain, give it a full charge the evening before your long runs and then see where the charge level is when you're done.2 -
@jodilynnsanders5104 great job on your HM!1
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I only started this yesterday and I'm going to be walking instead of running.
11/5-1 mi
11/6-2 mi4 -
@Ohhim Beast
Date.......Distance.....Type
November 1 - 11.8km - Easy+ST
November 2 - 11.6km - Easy
November 3 - 9.4 km - Easy+Drills
November 4 - 8.5 km - 5k test (19:23)
November 5 - 6.1 km - Easy, Duck
November 6 - 18.0km - Long run
Ticker broken again: 65.8
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) 1:31:53
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Wow, @jodilynnsanders5104 - great first HM. Congratulations!2
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Frustrating - cannot get ticker to work. Oh well!
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girlinahat wrote: »girlinahat wrote: »girlinahat wrote: »
Question. I've bought the 80/20 book, and haven't started reading much yet, but how do you guys calculate your zones? I have an HRM but just wondering what people do?
Hope you shake that cold and feel better soon!
I just let my HRM (Garmin) calculate my zones. As long as you have some variation in your data (hard runs, easy runs, runs from hell), it'll be accurate.
Well I've mostly been doing what I would call easy, and my TomTom must be calculating based on age etc. However according to it, over 90% of my time is spent running in zone 5 or sprint zone. Clearly this is not the case as I CAN have a conversation during a run, albeit with gaps.
I'm a relatively new runner, starting from a low/moderate fitness level, and have certainly seen my heart rate and thus fitness improve (based on recovery time). But I'm keen to understand what I should do to calculate zones based on my personal reality rather than an algorithm based on an 'average person' - I've read to run flat out for 30 minutes or something. Does anyone have a technique they've used?
There must be online hr zones calculators. All you need the your resting hr, the lowest number you've ever seen, (laying around, first wake up). And the highest number on your hr data. Should be a hard effort.
One those numbers are plugged in, the zones are percentages of the range (I think).
I'm really looking for a specific technique to measure that 'hard effort'. Is hard effort how long I run for two seconds, five minutes, etc. Is that from a cold start or what?
I appreciate I could use the internet generally to ask this question, which I have done with varying results such as 'run for 15 minutes then flat out for 2, take your heart rate from the last minute and add 5' or 'walk four laps briskly round a park and take your heart rate from the last lap'. I imagine both will give varying results which is why I asked here, where there seem to be a number of runners who understand and USE these things in training, for their advice.
I'm not really a HRM trainer but I know Maffetone has a technique to finding your zones that a lot of people use.
https://philmaffetone.com/180-formula/0 -
11/1: 3 miles
11/2: rest
11/3: 4 miles
11/4: 3 miles
11/5: 7 miles
11/6: 5 miles
TOTAL: 22/70
5 miles in 47:29 today (9:30 pace). It was beautiful out today and I felt really great on my run. I think the extra hour of sleep and watching the NYC elite finish right before my run gave me some extra energy. I started out the first mile way too fast, so I went a very easy pace the rest of the mile. Accidentally did the same thing the second mile too, so I just turned the run into a sort of interval run (fast/hard pace first ~1/4 of each mile and then an easy/recovery pace the rest). I ran this on my hilly route too. I didn't intend to combine intervals with hills, but it made for a great workout.0 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »@jodilynnsanders5104 great job on your HM!
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@Orphia Sorry to hear about your glute, but it sounds like your made the right decision about the HM. There will be others! Hope your glute recovers quickly.
@Ohhim Congratulations...you did absolutely amazing! Great finish picture as well. I enjoyed reading your quick recap!
@Joanna2012B Congrats on the PR!
@federicafezza4271 You can do it! It's okay if you're not going your fastest, just focus on going the distance. And if you can't do it, that's okay too. Don't be afraid to repeat weeks or do a few extra days of a week until you feel confident to move on. I started running with the C25K program about 6 years ago and rushed through the program because I was too anxious to move on. I finished the 5K I signed up for at the end, but it was a huge struggle and I quit running after it. The following year, I attempted C25K again and made sure to follow the plan carefully, even repeating weeks until I felt like I had it down. I've been running ever since and I returned to my original 5K last year and beat my original time by over 6 minutes. Sorry for the rant, but I love encouraging new runners because I was in your spot not that long ago and know how the C25K can help turn someone into a runner if they want to be. Good luck!
@jodilynnsanders5104 Congrats on a great first HM!
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11/1: 8.5 miles
11/2: 6.7 miles
11/3: 3.6 miles (am), 6 miles (pm)
11/4: Rest
11/5: 14 miles
11/6: NYC Marathon Spectating!
I had every intention of running post-marathon spectating today, but I am pooped. I was on the go from 7 am until 4 pm and now I just want to nap. I've been having some weird twinges in my ankle too (like it keeps getting jammed?) so maybe it's best to take a spontaneous day off. Taper, am I right?
Spectating NYC Marathon was SO COOL THOUGH. I saw the elite women at mile 8 in Brooklyn and then we hightailed it to mile 16 and JUST missed the lead pack of women, but we saw the lead 2 men coming down off the Queensborough bridge. Then we went over to mile 25.2 or so in Central Park and staked out a great spot. There we watched the top women, top men and sub-3 hour finishers come down toward the finish which was really fun. And then my 2 friends and I agreed that we were tired of standing and hiked 20 blocks down to Penn Station for the long NJ Transit ride home. Highlights of the day included: Free "GO MOLLY!" shirt from Saucony rep as well as seeing Molly Huddle 2x on the course and watching her as she overtook the woman in front of her for a 3rd place finish. I've been a fan of Molly's for years since she won the Bix 7 the same year I ran it, so I am so pleased to have witnessed her crush it at her first marathon.
Fall Race Season & Next Year:
10/8: Coe College Homecoming 5k: 21:26
10/16: Superhero Halloween Half Marathon: 1:42:24
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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Hey friends. I have been gone a long time. I had some health issues, and then started a new job and fell off the training bandwagon. In spite of that, I foolishly ran a half marathon today, lol! Let's just say that 20 pounds heavier and 0 miles per week makes for a rather painful experience. It has however, made me realize how much I enjoyed running when it didn't hurt! So I think I'm going to take this opportunity to get back into the game. I can't do a ticker from my phone, but I think my goal for this month will be 30-40 miles. Hey, at least I knocked out 13 of them today!10
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November Running Totals (miles)
11/1 – 1.77 easy
11/2 – 2.09 easy
11/3 – 2.43 (1.67 + 0.76) easy
11/4 – rest day
11/5 – 2.60 easy
11/6 – 3.19 (2.60 + 0.59) easy
November total to date – 12.08
Nominal Challenge Goal – 30 miles
Real Goals: Continue recovery. Complete Race with Grace 10K on Thanksgiving without setting recovery back, even if I have to walk most of it.
Today's notes – The recovery experiment continues. I thought I might run 5K today, and set out on a known 5K route with opportunities to bail early. A mile and a half in, running the full route seemed unwise; so I headed back on an option to get to my driveway about 2.3 miles. Felt good enough to stretch it to match yesterday's distance of 2.60 miles, though the leg didn't feel quite as good about it as it did yesterday after a full day of rest.
Made sure to stretch well, and the leg was feeling totally normal walking around the house at lunch. I remembered Coach saying to go run my "long" run of 2.5 miles, then go out later and do something a little less. So I went out with the idea of running no more than a mile. The first half mile or so felt almost normal, then came the familiar indications of fatiguing the injury. I'm 95% sure I could have run a full mile, but I chose to quit when the sensations started to grow rather than waiting for them to reach definite "time to quit" status. I was rewarded with the ability to do the PT's funky balance/stretch exercise on the injured leg almost immediately after the second run. (I need a cool down walk and simpler calf stretches after the first run to set me up for the funky balance/stretch thing.)
It's progress. I'm beginning to believe I might be able to run the full 10K on Thanksgiving Day; if my range still isn't that long, I'll have to think about how much to walk at the start to ensure I can keep running to the finish.
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) DNS – Achilles tendonitis
October 22, 2016 Scare Brain Cancer Away 5K (East Rochester, NY) DNS – Achilles tendonitis
November 24, 2016 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY)
December 11, 2016 USATF National Club Cross Country Championships 8K (Tallahassee, FL)
2017 races:
January 7, 2017 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY)
April 17, 2017 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)
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Date Miles MTD ------ ----- ------- Nov 5 6.2 6.2 Nov 6 5.0 11.2
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5BeautifulDays wrote: »Hey friends. I have been gone a long time. I had some health issues, and then started a new job and fell off the training bandwagon. In spite of that, I foolishly ran a half marathon today, lol! Let's just say that 20 pounds heavier and 0 miles per week makes for a rather painful experience. It has however, made me realize how much I enjoyed running when it didn't hurt! So I think I'm going to take this opportunity to get back into the game. I can't do a ticker from my phone, but I think my goal for this month will be 30-40 miles. Hey, at least I knocked out 13 of them today!
Welcome back!
Oh my, a half with no training? I have one scheduled in a month-no training. Maybe I CAN do it haha!
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Welcome back!
Oh my, a half with no training? I have one scheduled in a month-no training. Maybe I CAN so it haha!
I walked a lot of it. I started out with the Jeff Galloway 3:00 run-walk-run group. Around mile 7, I couldn't keep up with them anymore during the run segments. My hip flexors were super tight and by the end I was mostly walking/hobbling. My toes kept cramping up. I think my finish was somewhere in the 3:30 area. But finish, I did, and I'm glad.
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@louubelle16 I also think it had to do more with eight days between charges. I doubt my Garmin would last that long. Mine held up fine during a half marathon with plenty of battery to spare.
@jodilynnsanders5104 congratulations on your first half marathon! I hope you had a great experience. well done!!
@MobyCarp I sure hope things keep improving for you and that you get to run the 10K on Thanksgiving!
@kristinegift how fun to see the NYC Marathon!! I'm totally jealous. 0 -
11/3: 2.57 miles - 6x(2 min walking/3 min running)
11/6: 2.88 miles - 6x(1.5 min walking/3.5 min running)
Total: 5.45 miles
Notes:
A fabulous run on the Chicago lakefront trail to wrap up week 2 of my return to running! 6 repeats of 1.5 min walking/3.5 min running intervals. Finished off the last running repeat at an 8:20 pace, not because I was trying to run that fast, but because it just felt so great to run again! Right now, I'm not worrying about my pace too much as increasing my cadence is currently of number one importance. Also, this was my first time running on my old favorite route since I was injured and I forgot how lovely it is. It was 70 degrees and sunny out; I just can’t believe the grass is still so green on November 6th! God I love running so much
@MobyCarp - Thank you so much for the encouragement and recognition! Your comment 100% made my day! It's so hard to not compare myself to where I was months ago, but I'm trying to see every run as something worth celebrating. Thank you also to @lporter229 and @greenolivetree for your kind words!
@Orphia - So sorry to hear about your hamstring! I know firsthand how frustrating it is to miss a race due to an injury but it sounds like you made the right decision! A few days now is much better than having to take weeks or months off down the road!
@Ohhim - Awesome job on the race! Love the race photo too, you look great!
@kristinegift - SO jealous that you got to see Molly Huddle!! Sounds like an awesome time spectating!
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Goal: 30 Mi
11/2/2016: 4.5 Mi Total, 2.75 Mi Running
11/6/2016: 3.0 Mi Total, 2.00 Mi Running
(2) 1 Mi Intervals, starting to find a groove!
Distance Left: 25.25 Mi1
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