November 2016 Running Challenge
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Felt pretty icky and exhausted the past few days (as my back to back ironman / Vegas Marathon pacing weekends caught up to me), so without any imminent races on the calendar, I decided to listen to my body and take a few days off from running. I still got in plenty of walking, but didn't pound the pavement or my bike crank. My head cold finally seemed to subside this morning so I headed out today for a run, and stuck around for 12 miles as the weather was just perfect and I wanted to fully explore every street of a nearby neighborhood (i.e. playing running PacMan).
From what I could dig up online, it looks like before I start my next Ironman/Half Ironman plan in late January, I'll want to spend about 2 months at a lower intensity of about 1 hour/day, so I'll be dropping my December biking & running training loads, but will focus more on speedwork, threshold bike rides, and short intense swims.
11/1 - 5 miles
11/3 - 1 mile
11/4 - 2 miles
11/5 - 27 miles (26.2 plus two very long runs through transition)
11/9 - 3 miles
11/13 - 22 miles (10K race + 2 miles of re-positioning + 14 miles of marathon pacing)
11/17 - 5 miles
11/18 - 6 miles
11/21 - 12 miles
Total: 83 miles
Goal: 140 miles
Remaining: 57 miles
2016 Race Schedule:
Disney Marathon - Jan 6 - 3:29:09
Gasparilla 15K - Feb 20 - 1:01:59
Ironman 70.3 Florida - Apr 10 - 5:07:51
Pittsburgh Marathon - May 1 - 3:08:25
Ironman 70.3 Augusta - Sep 25 - 4:43:56
Chicago Marathon - Oct 9 - 3:04:57
Ironman Florida - Nov 5 - 10:21:27 (3:38:20 marathon time)
@kristinegift - It doesn't sound like Philly was fun, and sorry to hear that it didn't go as planned. For me, at longer endurance races, my usual culprits for cramps are either not enough sodium, not enough water (as I've recently been starting races carrying about 5lb of extra fluids on me from a full 3 days of carbo loading which helps), or just pushing harder than my body was trained for (which in my case means starting out at a HR above 165bpm). I've also started carrying base salts on the course to take a hit of (or more gatorade) when I feel the pangs of a cramp coming on as your kidneys can filter out excess sodium, but can't address shorted quantities. My only other recommendation is to do more of your 18-20 mile long run as a 3/1, or 2/1 run, where you do the first 65-75% at a slow easy pace (I'm about 2 min/mile below marathon pace), then finish your last 1/3-1/4 around marathon pace as it trains your body to handle that load/intensity late in a run, and really tests out your on-course nutrition strategy.1 -
midwesterner85 wrote: »@MobyCarp That looks like the snow was protecting a sheet of ice underneath it.
There was some soft ice under the snow in places, but it was pretty easy to deal with. Then it melted during the day, as is typical with a blacktop driveway and temperatures near freezing.0 -
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: NYCM spectating!
11/7: 3 miles
11/8: 3 miles (am), 6 miles (pm)
11/9: 4.5 miles
11/10: 5.5 miles (am), no pm run
11/11: 4.4 miles
11/12: 10 miles
11/13: 5.5 miles
11/14: 3.3 miles
11/15: Rest day finally!
11/16: 6 miles
11/17: 3 miles with the Thursday crew
11/18: Rest/expo day
11/19: 3 miles
11/20: 26.4 miles - Philly Marathon
11/21: Rest / 1.2 mile walk
Smartly chose to work from home today. I was horrendously sore, and driving my ancient stick shift to work would have been dangerous at best. Just moving it from my overnight parking lot to the street was an effort! This afternoon I decided to go out for a 20-30 minute walk just to loosen up some of the stiffness which was definitely a good choice but ouch it hurt! Every tiny downhill was agony on the quads. But the walk up the stairs to my room when I got home was much easier than it was this morning!
Thanks everyone for the sympathy and support and kind words. I'm using the evening to read through The New Rules of Lifting for Women to plan my winter weight lifting plan (I am going to get strong, I swear!). Yesterday I was swearing off a spring marathon. This morning I was looking up late spring races. Oh indecision! I'd love a marathon break, but on the other hand, I JUST WANT TO RUN A GOOD MARATHON. Baaaaaah.
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: 3:52:00
3/26/17: Philly Love Run HM
5/14/17: Delaware Marathon Running Festival HM
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Goal: 50 Mi Run / 50 Mi Walk
11/1 3.28 mi run 3.28 mi run total
11/1 1.57 mi walk 1.57 mi walk total
11/3 4.44 mi run 7.72 mi run total
11/5 3.71 mi run 11.43 mi run total
11/5 1.08 mi walk 2.65 mi walk total
11/6 5.26 mi run 16.69 mi run total
11/6 0.71 mi walk 3.36 mi walk total
11/9 3.59 mi run 20.28 mi run total
11/10 4.01 mi run 24.29 mi run total
11/10 1.54 mi walk 4.9 mi walk total
11/12 3.23 mi run 27.52 mi run total
11/15 6.05 mi run 33.57 mi run total
11/17 4.51 mi run 38.08 mi run total
11/20 6.48 mi run 44.56 mi run total (89%)
11/20 3.19 mi walk 8.09 mi walk total (16%)
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11/1: 3 miles
11/2: rest
11/3: 4 miles
11/4: 3 miles
11/5: 7 miles
11/6: 5 miles
11/7: 3.6 miles
11/8: 4.4 miles
11/9: rest
11/10: 4 miles
11/11: 5 miles
11/12: 9 miles
11/13: 4 miles
11/14: 4 miles
11/15: 6 miles
11/16: 4 miles
11/17: 3 miles
11/18: rest
11/19: 10 miles
11/20: 4.6 miles
11/21: 4 miles
TOTAL: 87.6/70
Had a really great hilly speed run with splits of 8:58, 8:53, 8:43, and then let myself slow down the last mile for 9:14. So, 4 miles in 35:48 (8:57 pace). I have to admit, the first 1.5 miles were pretty much all downhill but then I had to go back up, so still not too shabby. I swear I run faster in the dark.2 -
I wasn't going to run today after yesterday's 10 miler, but it was just too beautiful out to not go. I did start out walking and walked a bit in the middle but honestly just wanted to run so I did... slowly. My ankle was fine but is talking to me a bit now. Mostly my calves are tight despite rolling and rolling. We have agility tonight and I am going to roll out again before class and be extra careful on the slippery wet grass!
Date........Miles.....Total
11/01......0.00......0.00 - + Strength Training
11/02......4.66......4.66
11/03......0.00......4.66 - + Strength Training and Rally Obedience (2 classes!)
11/04......4.29......8.95
11/05......0.00......8.95 - Agility Trial
11/06......0.00......8.95 - Agility Trial
11/07......4.23....13.18 - + Agility class
11/08......3.00....16.18 - + Strength Training
11/09......4.41....20.59
11/10......0.00....20.59 - to Napa
11/11......0.00....20.59 - Wine
11/12......5.02....25.61 - Wine country run + Wine
11/13......0.00....25.61 - Back to reality
11/14......3.67....29.28
11/15......5.06....34.34 - Sunset run
11/16......0.00....34.34 - + Strength Training
11/17......4.60....38.94 - + Rally Obedience
11/18......5.58....44.52
11/19......0.00....44.52 - Dog Beach
11/20....10.32....54.84 - Long almost rain run
11/21......4.52....59.36 - After the rain run + Agility class
My completed and 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!) - CANCELED!!
12/18/16 - San Diego Holiday Half Marathon
02/05/17 - Surf City Half Marathon1 -
I like them, the fit is nice. I did have a problem with the heel rubbing, but I think that's solved with a change of socks. My gait is still off too.
I haven't worn the ghost before. These are my first pair. I had run in the cascadias before, then moved to a lighter more minimal shoe. But I'm having an issue with tendonitis, so I figured to try a shoe with more support.
Sorry I can't really compare the line. I don't regret the purchase though!
Glad to hear you like them...I'll have to give them a shot. Thanks!
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Had a busy weekend and just trying to catch up.
@kristinegift - So sorry the marathon didn't turn out like you hoped. I saw it on Strava and wanted to come in here and read your report but didn't have time until tonight. You will get your BQ - because you have the drive to get it done. That just wasn't the one. I have a friend that used that book and it was tough. I couldn't believe how much she was lifting by the end!
We are having some cool weather in Florida. Yay! 45 degrees this morning and I think the same tomorrow morning! I need to get to sleep so I can get up at 4:00 but got so much to do around the house.
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
11/7 - 3 miles
11/8 - 4.1 miles
11/9 - rest/mourning day
11/10 - 5 miles
11/11 - 4.1 miles + strength training
11/12 - 4.1 miles
11/13 - 51 miles biking
11/14 - 4.1 miles
11/15 - 5 miles
11/16 - strength training
11/17 - 5 miles
11/18 - rest day
11/19 - 44 miles biking
11/20 - 27 miles biking
11/21 - 4.1 miles
11/22
11/23
11/24 - streak starts
11/25
11/26 - S
11/27 - S
11/28
11/29
11/30 - 5K
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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@kristinegift Like so many of your MFP Running Fans-Friends I am sorry your marathon didn't go as you had planned. In my eyes you're an inspiration - great role model. You toughed it out to the finish, thanks for sharing with us.
Just read your comments where
I agree Baaaaaa haa haa. I also had ulterior motives in cheering for you as one of the Local Young Ladies just BQ and my thought was - it would be so cool if they could meet and Pace Buddy-Feed of each others Energy. I quote my post from the Bling Report Threadkristinegift wrote: »Yesterday I was swearing off a spring marathon. This morning I was looking up late spring races. Oh indecision! I'd love a marathon break, but on the other hand, I JUST WANT TO RUN A GOOD MARATHON. Baaaaaah.juliet3455 wrote: »Inaugural 7 Peaks & 7 Pubs Challenge.
No official time clock, No bibs, No medals, No tech T-shirt, No Aid Stations, No official mapped route ( I know a few x-country shortcuts) just a local challenge. Estimated distance 37.5 km - just shy of a Marathon
Top of 12ft - You can see Misery Mtn across the River in the background
The young Lady with the Apple is our BQ Star
@kristinegift according to @Wendy98 Chicago was Flat and fast - is it a possibility for you or to late for 2018 ??I ran the Chicago Marathon yesterday and just squeaked under 3 hours with a time of 2:59:41. It was a great race with fantastic fall weather. The course is just as flat as promised! I finished 87th woman overall and 9th in my division. I should have PR'd but got lazy toward the end.
@7lenny7 Our Local Running Store had those for a while but quit carrying them as they had to many Winter Shoe Failures where the Funky Shock Pads would separate from the foot bed or Tear/crack. I think it was a Temperature Rating Issue - Just to cold up here North of 60 for them. The owner also mentioned that with all the Sand/pebbles that are dropped on the roads would get trapped in the Pads and cause discomfort until you stopped to kick them out. A first world northern climate problem.1 -
14 km loop along the River Bank in the dark. Had to turn on my Headlamp in 2 places where there is not enough ambient light spilling in from the adjacent street lights and once when I saw another runner coming towards me on the wrong side of the trail.
Starting to get Ice Floes in the River so 30-45 days and it will freeze solid - then we can plan for the Winter Tri:
2 km Snow Shoe or 3 km skate, 10 km Cross Country ski, 10 km run. Followed by Tube Water Polo and Hot Tub at the Swimming Pool. When you live in a true 4 season area you have to embrace the season and make the best of it.
November Running 140km Goal 160km Stretch
11/01 –00.0 km – 0.0 – 140.0 km – YTD 1071.0 km
11/02–9.5 km – 9.5 – 130.5 km – YTD 1081. km
11/05–26.0 km –35.5 – 104.5 km – YTD 1106.5 km
11/12–12.0 km –47.5 – 92.5 km – YTD 1117.5 km
11/13–5.0 km –52.5 – 87.5 km – YTD 1122.5 km
11/14–10.0 km –62.5 – 77.5 km – YTD 1132.5 km
11/16–5.0 km –67.5 – 72.5 km – YTD 1137.5 km
11/19–8.0 km –75.5 – 64.5 km – YTD 1140.5 km
11/20–9.0 km –84.5 – 55.5 km – YTD 1149.5 km
11/21–14.0 km –98.5 – 41.5 km – YTD 1163.5 km
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November Goal: have as much fun running as Lily the Whippet does!
11/1 6.50
11/2 got distracted by some silly ball game...
11/3 3.20
11/4 2.05
...and off for a couple days as I travel to Vegas to meet with the whole famdamily including son who was supposed to be dead by now!
11/5, 6,7 travel
11/8 2.50
11/9 3.40
11/10 travel
11/11 family reunion/travel/playing cards/arguing politics/walking for miles in Vegas
11/12 ditto
11/13 6.38 Las Vegas Rock n Roll 10k....and more family reunion drama (tl:dr....family sometimes sucks....)
11/14 travel/15 hour airport layover, redeye overocean flight
11/15 nap...may try a treadmill run later....(didn't happen)
11/16 3.20
11/17 delayed jetlag
11/18 3.60
11/19 4.07
11/20 rest
11/21 4.25
Total: 42.25
Upcoming races:
Las Vegas Rock n Roll 10k 11/13/16
Ticker is my goal for 2016 and total to date:
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November Goal: have as much fun running as Lily the Whippet does!
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your monthly goals, @HonuNui ! They're always quirky and inspirational.
I'm inspired to revise my monthly goal.
01 November – 10.3 km
03 November – 10 km
5 November – 5.1 km parkrun
8 November – 7.3 km
9 November – 3.1 km
10 November – 11 km
12 November – 7.6 km including parkrun
13 November – 21.3 km in the rain
15 November – 10.2 km
17 November – 9 km
19 November – 5 km parkrun PB 26:39
20 November – 14 km with 518 metres elevation
22 November – 10.2 km
Goal: 200 km
Total: 124.1 km
Instead of 200 km, the aim for this month was to run a half marathon, and I did that on November 13.
The rest of the month will be just Zen Mode, in preparation for my first official half marathon on December 4.2 -
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@juliet3455 There are a lot of "flat and fast" courses in/near NJ (Via marathon, New Jersey marathon). I only want to go Chicago if I time qualify, which I should have been able to do twice already but have been foiled each time!
This spring I'll be training for HMs, but my long runs will be in the 16-18 mile range still, so maybe I'll take another shot at it in late April-late May... we'll see! 2 -
Yes, try again, @kristinegift!
Another beautiful/perfect 45 degrees at 4:30am!
I suppose I should take a rest day tomorrow since my streak starts on Thursday... but I don't know if that will happen. My streak will have several 1 mile days so that is sort of like a rest day anyway. I made plans to visit my daughter in NYC Dec 26-30 and not sure if I will be able to run there because of temps. Although we can do anything for a mile I suppose.
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
11/7 - 3 miles
11/8 - 4.1 miles
11/9 - rest/mourning day
11/10 - 5 miles
11/11 - 4.1 miles + strength training
11/12 - 4.1 miles
11/13 - 51 miles biking
11/14 - 4.1 miles
11/15 - 5 miles
11/16 - strength training
11/17 - 5 miles
11/18 - rest day
11/19 - 44 miles biking
11/20 - 27 miles biking
11/21 - 4.1 miles
11/22 - 4 miles
11/23
11/24 - streak starts
11/25
11/26 - S
11/27 - S
11/28
11/29
11/30 - 5K
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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11/1- 6.05
11/2- 6.13
11/3- 6.01
11/4- 6.12
11/5- 10.25
11/6- Rest
11/7: 6.05
11/8- 6.01
11/9- 6.02
11/10- 6.14
11/11- 6.01
11/12-11.01
11/13- REST
11/14- 6.02
11/15- 6.06
11/16- 6.15
11/17- 6.41
11/18- 6.14 plus an hour and a half of snow shoveling
11/19- "rest" Does it really count as rest when you shovel snow for an hour?
11/20- 11.01
11/21- 4.03
11/22- 4.01
Total: 125.63/150
Today's notes: Another run at a faster pace with a HR still right at the top of z2. Ran a 9:20 pace for the 4 miles and was happy with that, but not with the fact that I didn't notice the tailwind on the way out and was running into it on the way back....Oh well.
On another note, I received the first 2 weeks of my potential training program from my Aunt. It cuts my mileage some (not necessarily bad).....Looks pretty good:
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@kristinegift _ I just started doing NROLFW for the second time. I am on week 3, doing it twice a week. The last time I did it I got great results and really liked the program, but it became too tough to do with high mileage marathon training and really heavy weights (I was lifting 3 days/wk then). This time my plan is to lighten the load with the weights and use it to keep me strong and injury free while training. I also intend to do less speed work during this training cycle so that should help too. I don't think it should be a problem to do the program while running high mileage, as long as you are conservative with the weight increases.
Also, do you plan to do it at home or a gym? I have been doing it at home and I only have dumbbells. It is tough to make modifications for some of the exercises. I am hoping to get a barbell for Christmas, but even still there are a few that are best done with a cable machine. For that reason, I would probably recommend the gym membership if you are trying to choose. Just my two cents.0 -
Tell us about your Thanksgiving day run/race plans!
For the past two years, my husband and I have done Turkey Trots in two different cities (2014 was local 5 mile race, last year was in Pittsburgh). This year we will be in Greensboro, NC. We decided it would be fun to try out different Turkey Trots every year. Their's is a 5k with a 3k doggie run option. That works out perfectly because he has not been running and was not really feeling up for the 5k. He is going to do the 3k with Stella and my niece and I will do the 5k. I have not yet discussed with her whether she prefers to run together or separately. I am going to leave that up to her. If we end up running solo, I think I will try and see what kind of time I can pull off. It's been 8 months since my last 5k, which was a PR. I don't race very many 5ks, so I have no clue what kind of time I am looking at after all the HM training I did this summer.2 -
11/1 - 5.1 miles. Gorgeous 62° morning to run!
11/2 - Slept in. Stayed up too late cheering the Cubs victory!
11/3 - 5.32 miles. Trek class / treadmill
11/4 - 4.7 miles.
11/5 - 3.5 miles. Easy, short run with my 10 year old son.
11/6 - Rest / crazy busy day.
11/7 - 5 miles.
11/8 - Bodypump class.
11/9 - Slept in. Election "hangover"
11/10 - 5.32 miles. Trek class / treadmill (oddly, exact same distance as last week)
11/11 - 5.04 miles. Windy.
11/12 - 3.12 miles. Girls On the Run 5k with my daughter.
11/13 - Crazy busy day.
11/14 - 4.85 miles.
11/15 - Bodypump class, then Abs/Core Class.
11/16 - 5.15 miles.
11/17 - 5.01 miles. Not what I planned, but By-Laws of Running Challenge say I have to run outside when it is 64° at 5:00 a.m. in November.
11/18 - 4.07 miles.
11/19 - Bodypump class.
11/20 - Rest, church, yard work
11/21 - Unplanned rest day.
11/22 - Bodypump, then 3.1 treadmill miles. Love this type of mixed workout!
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@kristinegift I have the NROLFW book and started on some of it, but found it getting too complicated for what I wanted. I am currently doing Stronglifts 5x5 as it is very straightforward and has an easy to use app. My aim is to work on strength over winter and I generally keep the weights cycled back a bit. Also as it has 5 sets of 5 reps of squats I have chosen to modify this to allow my legs to still function (particularly at the start of doing weights!!) – I do 2 or three sets rather than 5.
I do weights twice a week and am still running three times a week
@lporter229 what and when is Thanksgiving?
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