February 2017 Running Challenge
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Love it @mobycarp ha ha!!!
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RespectTheKitty wrote: »
Ever have to poop mid-run, but there's nowhere to stop, so you have to deal with it until you get home? Yeah, that happened today. (I seem to recall @7lenny7 ran an entire marathon while having to poop.)
Yes!!! Also, this has been my biggest fear over the past few days about the marathon tomorrow. Eating so much carbs over the past few days isn't really agreeing with me. I apparently go less eating healthy! Lol Took a Pepto today and have the chewables in the race bag for tomorrow.1 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »@katharmonic @vandinem nice runs!
Thanks man! A quick loop into town and back tomorrow and I'll hit the stretch goal of 100, which is not bad for me on a short month!2 -
2/1 - 4.3
2/2 - rest
2/3 - 3.1
2/4 - 5.0
2/5 - 4.6
2/6 - 3.1
2/7 - 3.1
2/8 - 6.0
2/9 - rest
2/10 - 5.0
2/11 - 5.0
2/12 - 4.0
2/13 - 3.5
2/14 - 5.5
2/15 - 5.0
2/16 - 3.1
2/17 - rest
2/18 - 4.0
2/19 - 4.0
2/20 - rest (sick)
2/21 - rest (sick)
2/22 - rest (sick)
2/23 - rest (sick)
2/24 - 3.0
2/25 - rest (sick)
Feb total: 71.3/100mi.
Thought I was getting better yesterday so I went for an easy 3 mi. Woke up feeling lousy again, finally went to dr. & tested positive for Influenza A. It has really kicked my @$$ this week!0 -
Farm to Pub 2017
25 February 2017
MFP MRC
When registering, I estimated I’d finish the 16.4 km in 1 hour 45 minutes. This was about 7 minutes more than if I’d run it at my half marathon pace, to allow for it possibly being hot on the day.
It was a clear, sunny afternoon, but there was a strong head wind all the way. Haven’t got the official results but my estimation was almost exact per Garmin.
11 km was on a straight, gravel road.
We were running to raise money for Beyond Blue, the organisation to help people with depression, and that wind was certainly depressing! At least we wouldn’t have to put up with it for *too* long.
I could physically feel the strength of the wind pushing on my stomach where the race bib was. Strange sensation! At one point, there was a 300 metre Cypress hedge that blocked the wind. My pace increased all of a sudden by about a minute! It was like someone put me on fast forward!
It was quite a battle. Last year I did the 8.4 km event, and it was my furthest distance ever. I really struggled, and at the time thought it was a hellish race and wouldn't do it again. I remembered this at about the 12 km mark on Saturday, and this really fired up my pace, thinking how far I've come since then.
15 of us from parkrun were there doing various events, most of us doing the 16.4 km, the longest event. We all sat together at the pub for dinner afterwards. We noticed one of our group hadn’t got back yet, and word soon reached us that she’d taken a wrong turn, and done over 22 km instead, and was about to finish. A bunch of us quickly ran down the track to meet her and we accompanied her home to the finish. She was quite OK with her run, and I was impressed by her attitude. I’d be stressing out, I’m sure! We told her she’d done very well – she’d won the half marathon!
I had an awesome day. It was my "special birthday" too, and I couldn't have chosen a nicer "rent-a-crowd" to share it with.
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Made it to goal but hoping for better performance/not being perpetually sick in March.
February 1- 15km
February 2- 11km
February 3- 11.1km
February 4- 22km
February 5- 10km
February 6- 15.1km
February 7- 5.1km
February 8- 14km
February 9- 11km
February 10- 10km
February 11- Rest
February 12- 18km
February 13- 6km
February 14- Rest
February 15- 11km
February 16- Birthday from hell
February 17- 11.1km
February 18- Rest
February 19- 18.2km
February 23- 5.2km
February 25- 5.3km
201.1 km/200 km
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@JessicaMcB Great job making your goal despite being sick! I have a feeling your March will be much better!0
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No running from me today, but just wanted to wish @BeeerRunner good luck for tomorrow's marathon, and a happy 9th birthday to her son.0
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It took me a while to get out the door, busy with laundry and getting things ready for me to leave again tomorrow morning. Once I did though it was perfect! Sunshine and a cool breeze, maybe hit 60 but it felt cooler. I had planned for 5, maybe 6 miles and ended up with htver 8. It just felt that good and it seems like it has been forever that it has felt like that!
Looks like I will make my goal after all! WhooHoo! That's assuming I get at least a couple of runs in St Louis in the hotel gym or maybe outside.
@RespectTheKitty - I have had that issue quite a few times (twice today as a matter of fact). I am fortunate that there are bathrooms along the trail I run so I can stop if I need to. I always worry about races but I have never had a problem during a race and besides there are usually port-a-potties or bathrooms of some kind along most race routes, all it does is suck up your time.
@skippygirlsmom - That is amazing about your hip and that you have been running on it! I hope the surgery can fix it. Did they say how long the recovery is?
@Elise4270 - I couldn't find the original posts regarding races in Hawaii but regardless I am in, As long as it isn't in Sept/Oct of either year. I already have commitments those months in both years.
Date........Miles........Total
02/01......4.63........4.63
02/02......0.00........4.63 - + Strength Training and Rally
02/03......2.35........6.98
02/04......0.00........6.98 - Race Expo
02/05....13.36......20.18 - Surf City HM
02/06......0.00......20.34
02/07......5.23......25.57 - + Strength Training
02/08......5.97......31.54
02/09......5.27......36.81 - + Strength Training and Rally
02/10......0.00......36.81
02/11......9.30......46.11
02/12......2.00......48.11 - Dog Beach Sunday!
02/13......5.00......53.11 - + Agility
02/14......4.42......57.53 - + Strength Training
02/15......0.00......57.53
02/16......4.39......61.92 - + Strength Training and Rally
02/17......0.00......61.92 - Monster storm
02/18......6.50......68.42
02/19......9.09......77.51
02/20......0.00......77.51 - + Agility
02/21......3.00......80.51 - To Dallas - Hotel Treadmill
02/22......4.05......84.56 - Treadmill Intervals
02/23......0.00......84.56 - Home from Dallas + Rally
02/24......2.75......87.31 - Fast walk with Hobbes
02/25......8.39......95.70
My completed and upcoming Races - Let me know if you will be running too!
02/05/17 - Surf City Half Marathon
07/23/17 - San Francisco 1st Half Marathon2 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »Calvin2008Brian wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »I ended up running the 15.12 miles in 2:24:22 for a 9:33 pace, which is stretch marathon goal pace -22sec. Too fast, like I said, but I got it done.
How do you know it's too fast? Are you still monitoring HR? Do you feel like you are racing your workouts, in particular your long runs?
HR was 165 That's too high. I wasn't tracking HR during the run, just checked after the run, just zoned out and ran. truth is it might not be too fast. I'm still new enough to not know for sure where my limits are.
In that time where you just zoned out and ran, how do you think you would have fared on the Talk Test?
Pacing -- for training and racing -- is always an interesting question for runners like yourself who have improved rapidly and continue on an improvement curve. I was BQ focused in my first 3-4 marathons and based paces off of that goal, with confirmation using "feel" and "the talk test." I didn't get closer than 11 minutes from a BQ, but would still say the training went ok to a degree. In hindsight, though, I wish I'd done it the way you are. HR seems like a more reliable, conservative metric.
No matter what, there are very few recreational runners who are going to reach the finish line of a marathon and feel they had too much left in the tank. So, definitely nothing wrong with taking the more conservative approach to pacing.0 -
Will there be a thread for March? I'd like to join if so. I don't run any where near what some of you do but I try to run 3 times a week.1
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Date Miles MTD ------ ----- ------- Feb 01 6.5T 6.5 Feb 02 4.7T 11.2 Feb 04 5.6 16.8 Feb 05 6.5 23.3 Feb 06 5.1 28.4 Feb 09 5.6 34.0 Feb 11 6.8T 40.8 Feb 12 6.8T 47.6 Feb 13 4.6T 52.2 Feb 18 11.3 63.5 Feb 19 6.2 69.7 Feb 20 5.1 74.8 Feb 22 6.9T 81.7 Feb 24 6.5 88.2 Feb 25 8.2 96.4 Feb 26 4.3 100.7
Made it! Congratulations to all of February's athletes ... see you in March!1 -
Phew!
After a two week break of ANY exercise (and a seemingly insatiable appetite that makes me terrified to step on the scales) I went out for an hour or so today. I figured it didn't matter how FAR I went, and long as I stayed moving, and forced myself to stick to run/walk intervals of 9min 30 run/30second walk.
And it worked. I'm back in the game.
I'm sad because I didn't feel able to compete in a hilly off-road 10k today, but happy because by the time I got home I'd done a 10k at a leisurely pace.
Hopefully this is means my HM training stays on schedule. Roll on March!!3 -
Hi all!
Goal: 100k
2/2: 3.1k easy, incline
2/4: 1.2k -abandoned
2/7: 1.5k -run/walk adductor testing, pain slightly
2/8: 2k -easy run, so easy a lvl 1 zombie could catch me. Adductor behaved better.
2/9: 1.5k -warmup for strength training-improvement
2/10: 6k -easy, testing adductor went good
2/12: 6.5k -easy
2/13: 3.5k easy + 3k bicycle
2/17: 6.4k easy
2/18: 2k -warmup for strength training-
2/19: 9.5k
2/20: 1.5k -warmup for strength training-
2/21: 5.1k -cool down from strength thraining and bicycle-
2/22: 10.6k -intervals ~5:10 min/km-
2/24: 7k
2/26: 11.7k
79.1/100k
Stay free of injuries!1 -
Obviously my goal is shot! I finally feel good today. It's just this blasted cough. The worst thing is somehow I pulled something while coughing, right where the ribs are. It hurts!
Tomorrow will go back to work and hopefully can make it through the day without a nap - what a flu! I really want to try to run tomorrow but I know it isn't a good idea with this cough. I may try to go to strength training and I can just do as much as I feel like. Will just have to see how I feel during the day.
@skippygirlsmom - I feel the same with trying to keep up. And I'm just home!
@elise4270 - I would love a Hawaii MFP run! ... just not sure I can work it out with timing. That's a long way from Orlando and I don't get time off - except in summer and spring/Christmas breaks. Unless I have the flu for a week.
Definitely had bathroom issues on long runs. If I am at home and running I know which ways to go so that I can pass by bathrooms. Even on my morning 4-5 mile runs I stay close to home the first 1.5 miles because for me, if it's going to happen on a short run, that's when it hits. So I just run back home, go to bathroom and then the remaining run I'm light on my feet!
2/1 - strength training
2/2 - 4.30 miles
2/3 - rest day(5)
2/4 - cycling 34 miles
2/5 - Daytona HM - 2:22.01
2/6 - Strength training
2/7 - 3.5 miles
2/8 - Strength training + 3.1 miles with running group
2/9 - rest day (6)
2/10 - 4.1 miles
2/11 - 44 miles biking
2/12 - 53 miles biking
2/13 - 3.2 miles + strength training
2/14 - rest day (7)
2/15 - 5 miles + strength training
2/16 - 4 miles
2/17 - strength training
2/18 - 5 miles
2/19-2/26 - FLU. UGH
2/27 -
2/28 -
Upcoming races
2/5/17 - Daytona Beach HM
2/26/17 - Disney Princess HM Orlando - DNS0 -
@shanaber Before we knew about the tears the doctor said a few weeks on crutches, 6-8 weeks of PT and 3 - 6 worst case before I can run without pain. Not sure now, I know more tomorrow afternoon after my appointment.
@ddmom0811 I know someone who broke a rib from coughing. Feel better. I'm so sorry you miss your HM
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RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »Will there be a thread for March? I'd like to join if so. I don't run any where near what some of you do but I try to run 3 times a week.
@RuNaRoUnDaFiEld - There will almost certainly be a thread for March. Expect @Stoshew71 to announce it tomorrow or Tuesday.
As far as not running much, many of us didn't always run this much. Last October, I ran all of 16 miles. I'm healthier now, and putting up some mileage that might intimidate new runners; but you start from wherever you are, and go to wherever you're comfortable going.2 -
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2/1 7.5
2/2 athletic conditioning class (60')
2/3 8.0
2/4 11.0
2/5 1.5 warm up + athletic conditioning class (60')
2/6 7.2 with 3' pickups
2/7 4.5 (hard) with 6x strength circuits
2/8 7.25
2/9 athletic conditioning class (60')
2/10 3.75 + 30' stair climber
2/11 3.6 + athletic conditioning class (60')
2/12 7.2
2/13 7.25
2/14 3.5 + 40' tabata class
2/15 6.0 (hard, with 6 X 3' pickups)
2/16 5.0 EZ run + 30' with trainer for strength
2/17 10 (with 5 miles at just under 8 mpm)
2/18 3.6 + athletic conditioning class
2/19 7.5 EZ (sore after AC class!)
2/20 7.25 with 8 x super sets of 6 mins each
2/21 4.5 (hard) with 6x strength circuits
2/22 6.0 with 4 @ 10-miler pace (hard!)
2/23 4.5 (hard with 6x strength circuits)
2/24 7.3 8x super sets 6 mins each
2/25 3.6 + athletic conditioning class
2/26 7.5
144/135
I have a presentation to give tomorrow that needs to be finished today. Gaaah! I hate working on the weekend. Currently procrastinating on MFP and sadly grazing from the gigantic Cosco container of Jelly Bellys....Got my run in though and was pleasantly surprised to realize I did a little over 40 miles this week. Must. Do. Work.0
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