February 2017 Running Challenge
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Check in: No running Sunday or Monday. Thought I'd get an early start Sunday, and it didn't happen; so I could have got in a morning run but didn't. Teammates who ran reported a lot of black ice and places they had to walk, so I'm not beating myself up too bad about that.
The drive from Bend to Portland was much nicer weather and lower stress than the drive out. The nice thing about having a red eye flight from the west coast was I actually got to watch most of the second half of the Super Bowl. If I'd been at home, I would have gone to bed with the Falcons leading 28-3 and been very surprised when I saw the final score in the morning. The down side was I got only 3 to 4 hours of low quality sleep on planes. So I got a 2 hour nap this afternoon, and got a lot of administrative re-entry stuff done today, but didn't get a run in. Tomorrow I'll run for sure.
Oh, yeah. Now all my team mates are assuming I'll run the USATF Masters 8K in Virginia Beach on March 18. Sigh. They'll be mad at me if I don't go, and if I do go it will screw up another weekend of marathon training. But at least travel to Virginia Beach should be easier than travel to Bend.1 -
So. Accurding to mapmy run, both my 18 mile and 20 mile point to point routes have more elevation that my marathon......trying to decide if this is a good thing.0
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »So. Accurding to mapmy run, both my 18 mile and 20 mile point to point routes have more elevation that my marathon......trying to decide if this is a good thing.
Yes, it's good. Hills are good for you, and it will be a confidence builder.
I love doing point to point training runs, btw. It takes some planning, but always seems worth it to me. All great runs are point to point, imho. Phedipides set the standard.3 -
@Azercord your new puppy is beautiful ! Fluffy running buds for the win! Alllllmost makes me want one, and then I remember how many children under 5 I have lol
Terrible day with my kids, my nutrition was way off. I snuck in a quickie 15 while the sick baby was willing to hang out with daddy. Think maybe I need to pick up my mileage a bit this week to get out of my head. Maybe run my tempos all as 15's and the weekend trail as a 30...Gah. Too much going on.
February 1- 15km
February 2- 11km
February 3- 11.1km
February 4- 22km
February 5- 10km
February 6- 15.1km
86.2 km/200km
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@MNLittleFinn if there's one thing I'd change about my marathon training last year it would be to seek out hills even though my marathon course was extremely flat.2
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@ddmom0811 Awesome bling!!
@patrikc333 You sprained your knee? That's not supposed to happen! So sorry!
01 Feb – 10.1 km
02 Feb – 7.5 km + Body Balance
04 Feb – 10.7 km including parkrun
05 Feb – 13.3 km hilly run
06 Feb – 2.6 km + 1150m swimming
07 Feb – 9 km + Pilates
Goal: 100 miles / 160 km
Total: 53.2 km
Upcoming:
25 Feb - 16.4 km Farm to Pub
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My first 10 km in one stretch!! As expected it was slow, completed in 82 minutes as per my MiBand . But now I can run 10 km without taking break!!
FEBRUARY Running challenge
Goal: 50 km
Done: 22/38 km
7/2/17 Run 10 km
5/2/17 Run 5 km
2/2/17 Run 7 km
1/2/17 Rest day slow walk 3 km13 -
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Calvin2008Brian wrote: »
Yes, it's good. Hills are good for you, and it will be a confidence builder.
I love doing point to point training runs, btw. It takes some planning, but always seems worth it to me. All great runs are point to point, imho. Phedipides set the standard.
Thanks for that. For me, it's part psychological, all my runs have been loops or out and back, but my marathon is a point to point, so I figure that having a couple 18-20 mile runs that are point to point will help with that. And, yeah, Phedipides really set the standard on p2p runs.0 -
Question for the marathoners in this group...
As I'm heading into my 3 week taper, I wanted to see if y'all had any helpful tips. I have my reduced mileage planned. However, I normally lift weights 2x per week and I'm thinking I should put this on hold at some point during the taper. Also, in the last week, I have 2 rest days on Thursday and Friday, a shakeout run on Sat and the marathon on Sunday. Do I really not do anything those 2 days or are short walks ok?
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@mustb60 Way to go on that 10K!
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Today was the first day that I've run with a group, and it was a nice change from my normal solo running. They also did some laps in a multi-storey car park, as there's not a lot of hills in Dallas...I hadn't thought of doing that, so that was a good trick to learn.
03 - 2.24 miles
04 - 9.30
06 - 11.67
07 - 7.25
Total: 30.46 / 1252 -
@mustbe60 - congrats!
@Azercord - so cute! Never heard of Kree but cute name!
@skippygirlsmom - okay, I will email you when they let me know when to register. Apparently I was one of the first ones to register this year - I was number 41. The weather is perfect usually in Feb for it. I'm not a nascar fan but it is very cool running on the track and the beach.
Went to strength training last night and focused mostly on upper body and then did the compression leg things. He had said I'd feel no soreness after. Well.. I wouldn't really say that was true, lol. But it did feel good!
Did a little recovery run this morning. I have a slight ache/pain on one foot below ankle, in front of it but it's not awful. I decided if it was painful I would just walk, but it wasn't bad.
The weird thing is ever since the HM on Sunday the pain down my one leg which my MFP friends here diagnosed as probable sciatic pain seems much better. Probably because everything is just so tight I don't notice it.
2/1 - strength training
2/2 - 4.30 miles
2/3 - rest day
2/4 - cycling 34 miles
2/5 - Daytona HM - 2:22.01
2/6 - Strength training
2/7 - 3.5 miles
Upcoming races
2/5/17 - Daytona Beach HM
2/26/17 - Disney Princess HM Orlando
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@mustb60 Way to go on that 10K!
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Today was the first day that I've run with a group, and it was a nice change from my normal solo running. They also did some laps in a multi-storey car park, as there's not a lot of hills in Dallas...I hadn't thought of doing that, so that was a good trick to learn.
03 - 2.24 miles
04 - 9.30
06 - 11.67
07 - 7.25
Total: 30.46 / 125
@garygse If you're looking for hills, there are some trail runs with lots of elevation gain near Cedar Hill State Park in Dallas. I know one ran at Cedar Ridge Nature Preserve. He did 15 miles with over 2000' of elevation gain. I haven't been yet but I plan to check it out after my marathon.1 -
@mustb60 - well done - great achievement1
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2/1 - 3.4 'mill miles and a quick weight session. The scale was ugly today.
2/2 - 4.1 treadmill miles.
2/3 - Rest day.
2/4 - 2.3 'mill miles and then Bodypump class
2/5 - Super Bowl = no run AND way overeating.
2/6 - 4.01 miles.
2/7 - 4.25 miles.
Planned Races
2/11 - Red Flannel Run 5 Mile
4/8 - Beer and Bagel "Off Road"
5/13 - Market to Market Relay
6/3 - Dam to Dam HM
10/15 - IMT Des Moines HM1 -
@BeeerRunner Thanks for the info, I'll definitely check it out!1
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BeeerRunner wrote: »Question for the marathoners in this group...
As I'm heading into my 3 week taper, I wanted to see if y'all had any helpful tips. I have my reduced mileage planned. However, I normally lift weights 2x per week and I'm thinking I should put this on hold at some point during the taper. Also, in the last week, I have 2 rest days on Thursday and Friday, a shakeout run on Sat and the marathon on Sunday. Do I really not do anything those 2 days or are short walks ok?
Thanks in advance for your advice!!
http://therunningstan.blogspot.com/2015/11/my-marathon-taper-and-carb-loading.html
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2/1-5.2 miles +1 mile with Stella
2/2-1.2 miles with Stella +6.9 miles solo
2/3-1 mile with Stella+2.3 shakeout miles
2/4-6.2 miles Cyclones Frozen 10K-PR!
2/5-14 miles
2/6-rest day
2/7-5.7 miles
Took advantage of a warm, springlike morning and got in a great run. My legs took a long time to loosen up and the winds were pretty gusty, so it was one of the slowest runs I've done in a while, but it was supposed to be. My fastest mile was 8:40 and that was actually with Stella...no stops! She was in the zone! She and I may do another little run/walk this evening if there are no thunderstorms.
@MNLittleFinn - I have never regretted training with hills.
@BEERRUNNER - Personally, I feel that having fresh legs has made all of the difference in the world to me for my marathons. However, I still run most days, just slow and short, and always a shakeout run the day before. I think walking on the rest days is a good idea. You want to keep your legs fresh, but not stiff or tired, so whatever that means for you. For me, that means lots of easy stretching, walking and short runs.
ETA: I think the most important thing to remember about tapering, is don't force the runs. If your legs are tired, take a rest. Resist the urge to run more miles just because it's what you are used to doing for the past 12 weeks or so or because you are afraid that you will miraculously lose all of the fitness you have built up. You won't. I'm not saying that it's better not to run at all. Run, just remember that less is usually more.
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