January 2017 Running Challenge
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Club run tonight, felt easier than it should have, but that's got to be a good thing. Just need to reign it in and not get too complacent because I've had a few strong runs.
Losing another toenail though, ugh
January Running Challenge
1st - 12.66 miles inc 5km PB 25:05
3rd - 3.11 miles
4th - 6.17 miles
6th - 3.03 miles
7th - 3.11 miles
8th - 12.04 miles
10th - 3.09 miles
12th - 4.35 miles
14th - 9.12 miles
16th - 3.10 miles
18th - 6.12 miles
21st - 14.04 miles
22nd - 4.10 miles
24th - 4.01 miles
25th - 5.51 miles
MTD - 93.56/100 miles
Upcoming races:
5th February - KFL XC Blean Woods
19th February - Bramley 20
12th March - North London Half Marathon
9th April - Brighton Marathon0 -
Interesting article on people who cheat in marathons. This last part gave me chills
But you can also believe Yang will be running in Boston, not because of a business analyst in Cincinnati, but because of herself. She's running in Boston because, at the IMT Des Moines Marathon, there were 49 turns, six loops, and 175 feet in elevation change. If she had run a single second slower—slowed up to avoid a crowd before pushing through, taken the long angle around a turn, an extra half-beat when grabbing a water at the water station—she wouldn't be going to Boston, Marathon Investigation or not.
https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/to-catch-a-marathon-cheat
If I live to be 1,000 years old I'll never understand why people cheat. What are you proving? What satisfaction do you get by lying not only to everyone but yourself.3 -
I don't know if it's discipline or I'm just paranoid about pushing too hard and getting myself injured.Today I scheduled a 6 km run but lost track of time and ended up running over 7.
I'll have to cut another run short this week so I don't go over my max. mileage for the week. I'm trying to increase my mileage by no more than 10% per week.
@bmelb1 now THAT is some smart self discipline! I wish I could say I was as disciplined.
I tried a couple of running drills today, Toe Walk and Heel Walk. You do each one with toes pointed forward for 20 metres, walk normal for 40, then toes pointed outward, walk, then toes pointed inward, walk. It looked so easy on the video, but I'm definitely feeling it in the shins and ankles, especially after the Heel Walk. I did them before my run which I think was a mistake because my legs just didn't feel as energetic when I was running, good thing it was just a short run today. Next time I'll try them after my run.
Date Km Today - Km for Jan.
1/3 5.73 - 5.73
1/5 3.79 - 9.52
1/6 5.41 - 14.93 10K running clinic
1/8 6.08 - 21.01
1/10 5.8 - 26.81
1/11 5.96 - 32.77
1/13 4.1 – 36.87
1/15 7.11 – 43.98 My first LSD run
1/17 6 - 49.98
1/18 2.5 - 52.48
1/19 6 - 58.48
1/20 2.53 - 61.01
1/22 8.01 – 69.02 LSD Run
1/24 7.22 – 76.24
1/25 2.5 - 78.74 + drills
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Goal 75 km
Upcoming Races:
Polar Hero 5km OCR? - 2/4
Ottawa Tamarack 10km - 5/27
Canada Army Run HM - 9/17
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1/1: 5 miles
1/2: 2.4 miles
1/3: Busy day
1/4: 4.5 miles (am), 4.5 miles (pm) + lifting
1/5: 6 miles
1/6: 4 miles + lifting
1/7: 4.2 miles trails
1/8: 10 miles +0.6 (Cocoa Classic 10 miler)
1/9: Sick day
1/10: Sick day
1/11: 4.5 miles
1/12: 6 miles
1/13: 5 miles + lifting
1/14: Lazy day
1/15: Lazy day
1/16: 4 miles + lifting
1/17: 8 miles
1/18: 4.5 miles + 4.5 miles
1/19: 2.6 miles + lifting + 6 miles
1/20: Rest day
1/21: Women's March / Lazy Day
1/22: 8 miles of trails
1/23: 6 miles
1/24: Impromptu rest day
1/25: 4.2 miles + 7.8 miles
Speed work Wednesday!! I was really looking forward to this run all day. It was going to be outside, in some warmer weather and in the SUNSHINE! Seriously, central NJ hasn't seen the sun since last Monday. It's been really depressing. So I got home, gleefully donned my running gear, and joyfully headed out into the bright but not-so-warm sunshine. However once I got to the track I found that my legs were not on board with this workout, likely because I've done no strength or core since last Friday. I could really feel it in my glutes. I was not feeling strong or fast today unfortunately.
Workout was warm up ~1 mile, then 8 x 600 at a 2:29-2:33 target (splits: 2:23 (oops), 2:32, 2:31, 2:31, 2:34, 2:33, 2:34, 2:32 with 400m recovery in between (which I did about 50m walking after each 600 because I felt awful). Even though I hit the splits pretty much right on every time, my legs felt so sluggish and un-peppy whereas last week I had an amazing, strong workout. And so to make up for being a baby and starting all my recoveries with walk breaks --and to add an extra mile because I was short on distance --, I did 2 x 400 (splits: 1:41, 1:40). Then I ran home as the sun was going down and just managed to get my entire run in during daylight hours
Lesson learned today: GO DO YOUR LIFTING SO THAT YOUR GLUTES WORK, DUMMY.
Winter/Spring 2017 Races:
1/8: NYCRUNS Cocoa Classic 10 mile 1:21:37 (10th AG)
2/18: FebApple Frozen 50 - 10 mile (trail)
3/12: E. Murray Todd HM
3/18: Looney Leprechaun 10k (trail)
3/26: Philly Love Run HM
5/14: Delaware Marathon Running Festival HM
5/21 or 5/28: Cleveland or Vermont City Marathons (maybe)
7/1: Finger Lakes Fifties 50k (trail)
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@RespectTheKitty Good luck on your new medication. I take an anti-depressant and tranquilizers for my depression and anxiety and I actually feel more energetic taking the tranquilizers. My anxiety is so severe that it can leave me exhausted and unable to get out of bed if I don't take strong medication to keep me calm. I cut out caffeine as well about 10 years ago, I went through withdrawal for about 2 months! It helped with my anxiety though, I can tell when I feel jittery that its my anxiety and I need to deal with it, whereas the caffeine could mask my symptoms and I wouldn't be able to realize there was a more serious problem.
It sounds like you're doing all the right things, seeing a therapist, changing your medication, regular exercise, eating well, and getting support from caring people all help. Unfortunately it can take a little time for new medications to take effect for you to start feeling better, but you will feel better. Sometimes I find it helpful to remind myself that bad times don't last forever and they help me appreciate the good times when they come back around, and they always do!
Sorry if it sounds like I'm giving a lecture, I just wanted to let you know that you're not alone in what you're going through.0 -
skippygirlsmom wrote: »Interesting article on people who cheat in marathons. This last part gave me chills
But you can also believe Yang will be running in Boston, not because of a business analyst in Cincinnati, but because of herself. She's running in Boston because, at the IMT Des Moines Marathon, there were 49 turns, six loops, and 175 feet in elevation change. If she had run a single second slower—slowed up to avoid a crowd before pushing through, taken the long angle around a turn, an extra half-beat when grabbing a water at the water station—she wouldn't be going to Boston, Marathon Investigation or not.
https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/to-catch-a-marathon-cheat
If I live to be 1,000 years old I'll never understand why people cheat. What are you proving? What satisfaction do you get by lying not only to everyone but yourself.
@skippygirlsmom Great article! I browse Marathon Investigation's site from time to time for kicks. It boggles my mind that people would cheat when instead they could just work hard and earn it themselves (or, you know, be content with their actual abilities)!2 -
@skippygirlsmom - There was a segment on CBS Sunday morning or on NBC (sorry, I forget which) this past weekend on marathon cheats. There was a woman that separated her chip from her bib and gave it to her husband, then ran with just her bib so she was in all of the photos and what not, just not at the right time. Her justification? She said that posting her qualifying time on social media gave her a feeling of self worth. Say what????1
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1/1-1/3 - sick
1/4 - 3.1 miles and yoga
1/5 - circuit training and yoga
1/6 - 3.5 miles
1/7 - rest
1/8 - yoga
1/9 - 3.2 miles and yoga
1/10 - 40 min stationary bike, weight machines
1/11 - 3.2 miles and yoga
1/12 - 35 min stationary bike, full body weight machines
1/13 - yoga
1/14 - yoga
1/15 - yoga
1/16 - 4.31 miles
1/17-1/22 - sickness everywhere
1/23 - 2 miles
1/24 - 30 min stationary bike
1/25 - 3.2 miles
22.52 miles / 40 miles (56% of goal)1 -
skippygirlsmom wrote: »Interesting article on people who cheat in marathons. This last part gave me chills
But you can also believe Yang will be running in Boston, not because of a business analyst in Cincinnati, but because of herself. She's running in Boston because, at the IMT Des Moines Marathon, there were 49 turns, six loops, and 175 feet in elevation change. If she had run a single second slower—slowed up to avoid a crowd before pushing through, taken the long angle around a turn, an extra half-beat when grabbing a water at the water station—she wouldn't be going to Boston, Marathon Investigation or not.
https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/to-catch-a-marathon-cheat
If I live to be 1,000 years old I'll never understand why people cheat. What are you proving? What satisfaction do you get by lying not only to everyone but yourself.
There are many different types of marathon runners. There are those who are proud of the distance, but content that they will never BQ. There are those who dream of a BQ, work hard, and never get there. There are those who dream of a BQ, work hard, get there after several years and many marathons. Of that group, some go on to become regular Boston runners; others BQ intermittently depending on how good a year they have; still others only BQ once in their lives. And there are people who can pretty much assume that if they run a marathon, they will BQ.
I know marathon runners in all these categories. I may be naive, but I don't think I know any marathon runners who would cheat to get a BQ. I do know one marathon runner with a common name who says he had to be careful to get the correct bib at one marathon, because there was another runner with the same name. If he had taken the wrong bib, his time would have been a BQ for the older guy with the same name. (My friend is still hunting for his first BQ, and he's working his *kitten* off to get there honestly.)
This doesn't really hit me personally, because my qualifying time was not particularly close to the cutoff. But I find it troubling that people would cheat by huge, obvious amounts of time to get that BQ. I hope they all got caught.1 -
My in-laws gave me a $50 check for my birthday, There's a pair of shoes I'm tempted to try that I found on roadrunner sports: http://www.roadrunnersports.com/rrs/products/01081/mens-merrell-bare-access-4/
I'm a VIP member, so I have 90 days to try them out, and with the discounts I have, the price is like $73, minus my B-day money, so I end up paying like 23.... I haven't run 0 drop before, but I have run in 4mm, and I do like the lower drop.......ARGH.... not an easy choice!0 -
January 1- Travel Day
January 2- 8.1km
January 3- 8.1km
January 4- 8.1km
January 5- Rest Day
January 6- 10km
January 7- 15.1km
January 8- 6km
January 9- HIIT Day
January 10- 10.1km
January 11- Rest Day
January 12- 10.1km
January 13- 7.1k
January 14- 21.1km
January 15&16- Off
January 17- 16km
January 18- 5.1km
January 19- 12.5km
January 20- Travel Day
January 21- 16km
January 22- 7.5km
January 23- 4km
January 24- Off
January 25- 10.4km
175.2/160km
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Date :::: Miles:::: Jan MTD (goal = 70)
01/01/17 :::: 4.3 :::: 4.3
01/02/17 :::: 2.9 :::: 7.1
01/03/17 :::: 3.1 :::: 10.3
01/04/17 :::: 3.6 :::: 13.9
01/05/17 :::: 3.3 :::: 17.2
01/06/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 17.2
01/07/17 :::: 6.9 :::: 24.2
01/08/17 :::: 2.5 :::: 26.7
01/09/17 :::: 2.8 :::: 29.5
01/10/17 :::: 2.5 :::: 32.1
01/11/17 :::: 2.6 :::: 34.7
01/12/17 :::: 3.5 :::: 38.2
01/13/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 38.2
01/14/17 :::: 3.4 :::: 41.6
01/15/17 :::: 5.5 :::: 47.2
01/16/17 :::: 3.5 :::: 50.7
01/17/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 50.7
01/18/17 :::: 2.5 :::: 53.2
01/19/17 :::: 4.1 :::: 57.2
01/20/17 :::: 6.2 :::: 63.4
01/21/17 :::: 7.4 :::: 70.8
01/22/17 :::: 3.3 :::: 74.1
01/23/17 :::: 3.2 :::: 77.3
01/24/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 77.3
01/25/17 :::: 2.7 :::: 80.0
After work run with Stella. Roads were clear and it wasn't terribly cold. I'm starting to notice it is still light at little after 5 pm though so it's giving me hope for after work runs that aren't in the dark. Looking forward to that!
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Date Miles MTD ------ ----- ------- Jan 02 6.5 6.5 Jan 07 4.3 10.8 Jan 09 4.3T 15.1 Jan 12 6.1T 21.2 Jan 14 7.5 28.7 Jan 15 6.6 35.3 Jan 17 5.2T 40.5 Jan 19 5.4T 45.9 Jan 20 6.2 52.1 Jan 21 5.1 57.2 Jan 22 5.3 62.5 Jan 25 5.4T 67.9
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@lporter229 that is insane! @kristinegift so true, be happy with what you do @mobycarp Skip and I always double check our bibs since we pick them up at the same time. I ran a 5K where a girl gave her bib to a guy. The timer knew the girl who finished first from other races so knew the other "girl" did finish first.0
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RespectTheKitty wrote: »louubelle16 wrote: »@RespectTheKitty I took a similar medication for a while that had a sedative effect, and to get out there and do any exercise, coffee will be your new BFF!
I used to be super addicted to coffee. I managed to quit drinking it in favor of tea, but I have a feeling I'll be downing a latte or two in the first few weeks of this new med.
Coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee......COFFEE!!!!!!
I like coffee7 -
01.01.17 - 15 m. LR
01.02.17 - 10 m.
01.03.17 - 9.1 m. TM 6 M + 5K.
01.05.17 - 9 m. TM w/ incline.
01.06.17 - 10 m. TM. 9:10 pace.
01.07.17 - 8.1 m. TM 5 M + 5K.
01.08.17 - 8.8 m. incl 2x5K's.
01.09.17 - 11 m. TM @ 8:35 pace.
01.10.17 - 8 m. TM. EZ pace jog tonight.
01.11.17 - 11 m. TM @ 8:27 pace.
01.12.17 - 6.4 m. EZ.
01.13.17 - 19 m. TM. LR. 9:14 pace.
01.15.17 - 10 m. 9:33 pace.
01.16.17 - 11 m. TM. 8:18 pace.
01.18.17 - 11 m. TM. 8:11 pace. #WorkingHarder
01.19.17 - 7.4 m. EZ run.
01.20.17 - 18 m. TM. LR. 9:10 pace.
01.21.17 - 1.1 m. Not feeling it today.
01.22.17 - 14.2 m. 9:40 pace. 61 degrees in Ohio!
01.23.17 - 9 m. TM. 8:27 pace.
01.24.17 - 3 m. TM. No energy today
01.25.17 - 10.2 m. TM. 8:27 overall pace.
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RespectTheKitty wrote: »louubelle16 wrote: »@RespectTheKitty I took a similar medication for a while that had a sedative effect, and to get out there and do any exercise, coffee will be your new BFF!
I used to be super addicted to coffee. I managed to quit drinking it in favor of tea, but I have a feeling I'll be downing a latte or two in the first few weeks of this new med.
Coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee......COFFEE!!!!!!
I like coffee
I LOVE coffee. If my husband ever left me, I'd marry coffee. Of course, I'd have the occasional side fun with beer, tequila, vodka, whiskey, and wine.6 -
LSD today, no not the 60's / 70's LSD.
18 km in 2:10:46. I was supposed to get this run in last week as part of my HM Training put as they say - Life Happens. Need to get one more LSD in before my HM on Feb 5, aptly called the Chilly Willy.
I was expecting it to be a case of Embrace the Suck but it wasn't that bad. Especially considering that as part of the Tri-Athlon-Swim club we did a double time trial today at noon. 750m x 2 ; 18:17 and 18:21. So I was happy considering how small the pace difference was. I didn't hit MP but kept a nice constant pace that gives me that confidence boost before the event. The way I felt last week a drop to 10km was looking like a wise choice.
01/04 8.0 km –8.0km –132.0 km – YTD 8 km
01/06 7.0 km –15.0km –125.0 km
01/07 8.0 km –23.0km –117.0 km
01/08 6.0 km –29.0km –111.0 km
01/13 12.0 km –41.0km –99.0 km
01/14 10.5 km –51.5km –88.5 km
01/16 8.0 km –59.5km –80.5 km
01/20 11.0 km –70.5km –69.5 km
01/21 11.0 km –81.5km –58.5 km
01/22 4.0 km –85.5km –54.5 km
01/25 18.0 km –103.5km –36.5 km YTD 103.5
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RespectTheKitty wrote: »louubelle16 wrote: »@RespectTheKitty I took a similar medication for a while that had a sedative effect, and to get out there and do any exercise, coffee will be your new BFF!
I used to be super addicted to coffee. I managed to quit drinking it in favor of tea, but I have a feeling I'll be downing a latte or two in the first few weeks of this new med.
@RespectTheKitty Good luck with the new prescription.
Been reading the recent National Geographic article about Faith, Placebos, and Healing.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/12/healing-science-belief-placebo/
There's a lot in it about how expectations of an effect can cause the brain/body to produce hormones that create the effect.
This can work for better or worse.
That's not to say medications still have an actual effect, they do, but how we feel can be a very powerful thing.
I just had a thought that expecting to feel sedated might make you feel more sedated. Though it's good to be prepared. Again, good luck.1 -
@patrikc333 Wow, running along the river in Kyoto sounds gorgeous! Hope your physio sorts your leg out.
@MNLittleFinn Happy Birthday!0
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