March 2017 Running Challenge
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2.37 miles in yesterday, hoping to add some more this afternoon!
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Goal : 60 Mi
Strech goal : 65 Mi
Date Miles. MTD. To Go
3/1 5.0 5.0 55 miles
3/3 3.0 8.0 52 miles
3/5 7.0 15.0 45 miles
Took off work on Friday so I would have a day to get in my long run with no guilt and nothing else to do but Mother Nature did not co-operate. It was snowy and Icy so I ended up doing a 3 mile run on my treadmill which killed the 'mill. It was on it's way out but this finished the job luckily spring is here (I hope) and I should be OK without it.
My piraformis was complaining a little after Sunday's run so I am glad I have 2 days off and this is an easy week. Everything after this week is uncharted territory and I am a little nervous about it since my longest run to date is 7.5 miles. I think once I get my routes planned out that may help unfortunately it is difficult to find a route here that is safe from traffic and relatively flat. May just start driving the 40 minutes to the Metroparks and doing my long runs there since it is safe and I really can't get lost.
I did get 2 nice ego boosts Sunday. I got a "You go girl" and a thumbs up from a random driver. Both came in the second half of my runs, one right before my turn around the other in my last mile and it made the rest of my run so much better.
March 11- St Malachi 5 miler (partial course preview for Cleveland Half)
April 9 - Cleveland Towpath 5 miler (maybe)
May 21 - Cleveland Marathon Half
June 10 - Run and Ride Cedar Point 5k
June 11 - Run and Ride Cedar Point Half Marathon (Back up Plan) or Quarter Marathon[/quote]
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lporter229 wrote: »I have a question for those of you that have gone through PT for running injuries: How long do your daily assignments take to complete? My PT has me doing a set of 6 exercises, which takes about 20-25 minutes to complete all of the reps. I am supposed to do this 4-5 times per day. That is a lot of time! Way more time than I spend running! Seems excessive.
My PT had me doing 4 exercises 3 reps once a day and stretching 3-4 times a day. The exercises took maybe 20 minutes to half an hour and the stretches we maybe 5-10 minutes. It was not very time intensive but it also might depend on the injury/issue.0 -
Good morning, all! 5.4 treadmill miles this AM.
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Funny story:
I'm driving back from dinner last night, and my son, mother and brother are in the car. My mother and son are in the back seat, and my mom mentions that she smells something. "It smells like feet," she says. We immediately blame my son because his feet were pretty stinky the day before, but he claims he had a shower so it can't be him. Well, then I remember that my gym bag is in the trunk of the car, with my running shoes in it. Dear god, my running shoes were so stinky that my mom and son could smell them in the back seat! Good thing those ones are being retired as I just got my new pair! That was embarrassing.15 -
@RespectTheKitty - Bwahahahaha! Oops!0
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Holy moly, 9 pages behind! I'll post my update and try to catch up later today.
March 01 - strategic rest
March 02 - 10.2 with Kody
March 03 - planned rest
March 04 - 25.1 trail miles
March 05 - 10.2 with Kody
I posted that last Wednesday I was going to skip my run because it was my wife's last night home before going away for a long weekend. She thanked me and said I could go on a long run. Well, I did a cost/benefit analysis, then a risk analysis, and determined that the risk of going for a run far outweighed any benefit of that run, so I didn't run.
Thursday was a 10 mile night run with Kody and consisted of 5 laps around the local pond. Funny event of the run. So it's dark and there are no lights at all on the path but I do have my headlamp. As I start I see a shadow of a guy running around the pond, but with no headlamp. About half way around on my first lap he jumps out from behind a tree in front of my and yells "AGGGGGHGHGH". Now I don't know why that didn't startle me but it didn't and with out breaking stride I say casually, "hey, what's up?" as I washed his face with my headlamp. Oh the sheepish look of embarrassment was worth every penny!! He said, "Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you were my sister". Nice brother, heh?
Sunday was the big run. 25 miles on the Minnesota Riverbottom Trails Temps were 30's rising to 40's..perfect except for the thin coat of mud that seemed to cover about half of the route. My planned route was blocked twice, first by a flood control structure which was flooded by about 3 inches of water flowing over the top, then by a low swampy area which was flooded, so I ended up backtracking instead of making a loop.
I felt strong at the start and after a couple miles of warmup I started hitting some sub 10:00 miles. I had a few slower miles with some stretches of walking and a stop at the National Wildlife Refuge visitor center to top off my water bottle. At about the 21 mile mark my legs started getting pretty fatigued, but I kept a good pace, between 10:00 and 10:35. I finished with an overall moving pace of 10:29 and an average heart rate of 134, though my HR was in the 140's for the last 7 miles. Suprisingly, I didn't feel too sore the rest of the day and only had some minor controllable leg cramps.
I was going to post pretty nature photos of my run but I came across a pretty cool display of graffiti when I was running under major highway bridge so I'll post of few of those instead. If you're interested in seeing all of them, they can be found here.
Sunday was a recovery run, 10 mile with Kody. When I started out I hurt all over from the waist down, particularly my right ankle, both quads, and right achilles, but after a mile or so, it all went away and I felt great after that. I ended up with a pace about 45 seconds faster than I expected.
So, the month is off to a great start. I'm feeling strong, running well, and the niggles seem to be staying manageable.
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@7lenny7 Very impressive running!0
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lporter229 wrote: »I have a question for those of you that have gone through PT for running injuries: How long do your daily assignments take to complete? My PT has me doing a set of 6 exercises, which takes about 20-25 minutes to complete all of the reps. I am supposed to do this 4-5 times per day. That is a lot of time! Way more time than I spend running! Seems excessive.
My PT had me doing 4 exercises 3 reps once a day and stretching 3-4 times a day. The exercises took maybe 20 minutes to half an hour and the stretches we maybe 5-10 minutes. It was not very time intensive but it also might depend on the injury/issue.
It very much depends on the injury/issue. I've been in PT three times for three different issues, and got three different sets of exercises and stretches to do. My PT wasn't very specific on how much to do at home; I think she recognized me as a self-motivated athlete who wouldn't slack off.
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@7lenny7 - Congrats on the great number crunching last Wednesday. I think I would have kicked that guy in the sack.6
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »Morning nonrunning check in. Dr. Notes from my appointment finally online, so I could recheck recommendations. I have to correct one thing, I do not have Patellofemoral Syndrome, I misheard the Dr. Just a "minor sprain of the patellar ligament"
Notes pretty much included what I had said before EXCEPT: I am free to run once I am pain free for 3 days! YAY! Dr noted that since I stopped running as soon as the pain was bad, and was icing it and taking NSAIDs, I caught it before there was too much damage.
I'm still planning on not running for a 2-3 more days for sure, and if there's any pain, to extend that but, after asking a quick question of my Dr. (to clarify the pain free for 3 days part) I'm cleared to run as early as Thursday, as long as the pain going up and down stairs stays away. Then she wants me taking the running easy for a few days and after that, if all goes well, I'm cleared to resume training!!!!!
Huge relief. Not saying theirs light at the end of the tunnel yet, but at least I know there's an end to the tunnel somewhere.
That's great news, and you have a really good attitude toward recovery. Taking an extra 2 or 3 days to be sure is a lot better than starting up too soon and setting yourself back.2 -
3/1 - 3.5 mi.
3/2 - 4.0 mi.
3/3 - 4.2 mi.
3/4 - 4.0 mi.
3/5 - 3.5 mi.
3/6 - 3.1 mi.
March total: 22.3/1003 -
Date - Mi - MTD (Goal=70mi)
3/6 - 3.55 - 12.22 -
lporter229 wrote: »I have a question for those of you that have gone through PT for running injuries: How long do your daily assignments take to complete? My PT has me doing a set of 6 exercises, which takes about 20-25 minutes to complete all of the reps. I am supposed to do this 4-5 times per day. That is a lot of time! Way more time than I spend running! Seems excessive.
My exercises took about 30 to 40 minutes but i just had to do them once a day.0 -
My husband just showed me this article. It looks like a marathon down in the Houston area was accidentally cut short by .8 miles. Can you imagine?!? Even if you weren't qualifying for Boston and maybe you just wanted to run a marathon...well, all that training was for 25.4 miles. It's not like you can just go out and run another marathon in a few weeks.
http://wfaa.com/news/local/runners-mistakenly-led-off-course-by-official-at-the-woodlands-marathon/420065887
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@lporter229 I'm going to tell you that 1 lbs is from the different exercises you have been doing. Next week it'll be all gone. Heal hamstring heal!0
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@BeerRunner- When I ran the Charleston marathon in 2015, a similar mistake at the very beginning of the course put the whole thing long by 0.2 miles. In the grand scheme of things, I would rather my course be long than short, but it still had a big impact on those trying to BQ. All of the mile markers were off by 0.2, so it was a nightmare trying to figure out if you were on pace or not. Fortunately I was not trying to BQ, but the Boston Athletic Association did come down and measure the actual course we ran and adjusted everybody's time based on pace, which I thought was very fair.
@7Lenny7-smart man on skipping last Wednesday's run, and cool pics of the graffiti. Also, congrats on managing your niggles (and thanks to @Orphia for giving us the word "niggles)!
@skippygirlsmom - I hope you are right. I am not really worried about 1 lb, I just don't want it to be the start of a trend!2 -
Joanna2012B wrote: »Well today I ran my longest run at 13 km. I am running my first 10 km race on March 26 and then my first HM on May 7th! My goal for the HM is to not finish last!!!
Congrats on your longest run! Your HM goal is very realistic and the same I set for my first HM.1 -
3/1 - cross-training - strength training
3/2 - 7 mile general aerobic run (Holy wind Batman!)
3/3 - 8 mile general aerobic run
3/4 - cross-training - zumba
3/5 - 9 mile long run
March Total: 26/145
234 miles/2,017 miles - goal for the year
So many pages to catch up on! Lol
@MNLittleFinn excellent news, here's hoping that a couple more days and you'll be right as rain!
Yesterday was my longest long run in a while. Overall it felt pretty good. I tried to keep the pace dialed back, and just take it easy. Got 34 miles this past week, a new record for me, but this coming week should once again break that record, lol. I am kinda royally pissed that I've finally gotten over this sinus infection and started coming down with a cold yesterday. Like wtf? Enough with the illnesses! Ugh.
In happier news though, I have an awesome new problem. I'm still trying to lose some weight, but last week I lost ~3.5 lbs, and another 2.2 the previous week. That's too fast! So I need to eat even more! Woohoo! Guess I've been being a little too conservative with my estimates, and staying under my net goal a little too much.8 -
KatieJane83 wrote: »In happier news though, I have an awesome new problem. I'm still trying to lose some weight, but last week I lost ~3.5 lbs, and another 2.2 the previous week. That's too fast! So I need to eat even more! Woohoo! Guess I've been being a little too conservative with my estimates, and staying under my net goal a little too much.
Speaking of weight... it looks like mine is starting to drop again, thank goodness. I was at 169.8 on Friday, which is BELOW 170 WOOHOO. Okay, not by much, but WOOHOO.
With my doctor's permission I am tapering off the Mirtazapine, which was what was causing me to be at the 170.6 plateau for so long, and almost as soon as I started tapering, the scale went down. He decided to increase my Latuda to 80mg, and let me tell you, I felt a difference right away with that. I feel almost human again for the first time in months. It's easier to get through the day. Even the things I thought were terrible about my life don't seem so bad anymore. And all it took was increasing a medication that I already take instead of adding a new one. I don't consider myself in the clear yet. I've got some big changes coming my way (planning to move this summer), and I'm curious to see how I'm able to handle them.
But I digress... @KatieJane83 nice job with the weight loss.5 -
3/1 - 5 miles
3/2 - 8 miles
3/3 - 16 miles
3/5 - 7 miles
3/6 - 6.5 miles
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03/01: 105 min XT + stretch
03/02: 4.05 mile easy run, 9:29 pace + 45 min XT + stretch + core
03/03: 90 min XT + stretch + strength training
03/04: 3.04 mile easy run, 9:31 pace + 45 min XT + core
03/05: 10.07 mile long run, 9:28 pace + stretch
03/06: 3.05 mile easy run, 9:32 pace + 20 min XT + stretch + core
Total: 20.21 miles
Notes:
Easy three mile run today. It was very very windy out, to the point where I few times I was barely even moving when strong gusts came through! I recently discovered a little mulch trail that weaves around the lakefront path I usually run, so I've been enjoying exploring that a bit! It's the closest I've ever come to trail running (Chicago doesn't exactly have any trails that are accessible by public transportation!) and a lot more hilly than the pancake-flat route I usually run. Might have to post a picture next time I run it again!
@JessicaMcB @Orphia - As far as the pronation/shoe discussion goes- I'm a HUGE fan of the Asics GT-2000s! They've been my go to shoe for 3 years now, and I've owned 11 pairs (6 retired, 4 in active rotation, 1 in reserve) ranging from the 2s up to the 4s, mens and womens version, and even one pair of the trail version (for all those trails that I don't run lol). Haven't had a chance to try the 5s yet but I've heard great things! Before that, I ran briefly in Brooks Glycerins, but started having pretty severe shin pain that subsided almost immediately after switching to the Asics.
@MNLittleFinn - YAY that's great news!! I hope the pain stays away and that you're back to training in no time
@lporter229 - Initially my PT had me doing a series of exercises three times a day, it took 20-30 min each time. We also met three times a week for sessions that were 1-1.5 hours long. After a few weeks, he dropped me down to doing the at home exercises once a day, then only on days we didn't meet, and then not at all. Now that I'm done, I do a combination of the at home and in office exercises 2-3 times a week, which takes about an hour each time.
@7lenny7 - Super impressed by that long trail run you did! Sounds like an awesome run and some cool sights along the way
@BeeerRunner - I did a 5K last january that was actually only 2.4 miles long! The top guy finished in something like 13 or 14 minutes which should have been a huge indication that something was off lol. I didn't mind though as it was my final race in a three race (one day) series so I was super tired. Heard a lot of people afterwards talking about how they had huge PRs, but I didn't want to be *that* person and correct them...
Training For:
03/19: Excalibur 10 Miler (Viera, FL)
04/23: Ravenswood Run, 5K (Chicago)
05/21: Chicago Spring Half Marathon
10/08: Chicago Marathon
11/26: Space Coast Half Marathon (Cocoa, FL)4 -
Joanna2012B wrote: »Well today I ran my longest run at 13 km. I am running my first 10 km race on March 26 and then my first HM on May 7th! My goal for the HM is to not finish last!!!
Congrats on your longest run! Your HM goal is very realistic and the same I set for my first HM.
Thanks!! When is your first HM?0 -
KatieJane83 wrote: »In happier news though, I have an awesome new problem. I'm still trying to lose some weight, but last week I lost ~3.5 lbs, and another 2.2 the previous week. That's too fast! So I need to eat even more! Woohoo! Guess I've been being a little too conservative with my estimates, and staying under my net goal a little too much.
I've been trying to make my weight trend sideways for 5 years now, and marathon training makes it hard to see the trend. I can be down a full pound two days in a row, then up 3 or 4 pounds after a rest day. That comes back off with 2 days of running. The fluctuations have to be water and other residuals in my gastro-intestinal system; but the fluctuations can obscure the truth.
Lately I've come to think that I'm mostly seeing water bound to glycogen going away with hard training, and coming back with rest. I think I began to see this a little when I was running 35 miles per week, but it's very obvious when I'm over 50 miles per week with a couple of quality workout days and a long run.
So . . . depending on how often you weight, what you're seeing may or may not reflect reality. The weight can fluctuate more in serious training mode than it does when you're just running the same amount every week. And yes, ramping up the miles can mean you need to eat more to maintain the weight; but if you're trying to lose, you feel good, and your running performance is good, I wouldn't worry about the weight coming off. Time enough to worry about that when you no longer want to lose and/or your running performance suffers and/or you feel awful after losing too much, too fast.
Just for the sake of example, here's my last 7 days of weight fluctuation.
rest day, then +1.2 lbs.
speed work day, then -0.2 lbs.
easy run day, then -0.4 lbs.
long MP interval day, then -1.0 lbs.
rest day, then +3.0 lbs.
16 mile snowy run, then -2.0 lbs.
12 mile run on tired legs, then -0.8 lbs.
Net change over 7 days, -0.2 lbs. I'll call that maintenance, even though the daily numbers bounce around more than they would if I were just conservatively running 35 mostly easy miles per week. Rest day today, and I expect my weight to bounce back up tomorrow morning.3 -
March 1 - hour of walk breaks at work
March 2 - same
March 3 - 5 mile run (faster than lately), 25 min strength training
March 4 - 5 mile run (hilly)
March 5 - 50 min easy cardio mixed with strength training
March 6 - 20 min walk....... and later will be HIIT workout
March goal: Enjoy running and improve overall fitness with crosstraining
It's crazy windy here today also. I'm glad it's not a run day. Tomorrow will be day 1 of trying to start running Tues/Thurs mornings before work. Wish me luck!
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Not that an injury is a good thing but, I just put in for a sub tomorrow since my GI system currently hates me..... So, it's nice to know that I won't miss a run from being sick.2
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lporter229 wrote: »"Asics Kayano
Asics GT 2000
I've tried both the Asics, and am now on my third pair of Kayanos."
I got along with Kayano21 very well, but with the 22 & 23 I suffered from heel pain. I have now switched to the Saucony Guide and Mizonu Wave, and the first experience is very favorable, with Saucony being the slight favorite
Interesting post @iofred. I am a long, long time Kayano wearer. As in, I have been wearing them for over 10 years and have probably gone through at least 30 pairs. However, I believe that the 22s are partially responsible for my current hamstring tendonitis. Something vastly different in the heal fit of this shoe versus previous models.
@iofred and @lporter229 - I had a similar issue a couple of years ago with Asics. I had worn them exclusively since I started running and loved them. Got a new pair of the style I had always worn (new version/release) and not long after started having PF pain. By the time I saw the doctor I had torn the fascia but still did not relate it to the shoes. When we started looking at what changed around the time I started having problems I realized the only change had been the new shoes. I then did research online and found that Asics had made a major change in that release and many people had experienced the same problem I had. As a test I bought a pair of the older version and had no issues with it but every time I wore the new ones, even just to walk, they caused me pain. Needless to say I got rid of them (out the $100+ I paid for them) and I have been afraid to try Asics again. It did lead me to try 0 drop shoes and I am very comfortable with what I am running in now... so I guess in the end it all worked out ok.2 -
Long run today, on the plan as "130 minutes slow". I decided I would repeat my HM distance of last week but this time actually do it as an easy run.
Was about 10C and slightly overcast, winds about 10-15mph. Selected a route with a few elevation changes to keep it interesting, though mostly long rolling hills rather than steep. Stopped for a toilet break about 15.5km and felt quite stiff for a few kilometres after that, but was on the home stretch by then so was ok.
I surprised myself by actually managing to stick to an easy pace without getting bored - gave me a chance to lose myself in my music. Had my phone on shuffle and it seemed to want to play lots of Dire Straits and Michael Jackson which was fine by me. In the end I averaged 6:26/km, (compared to a target long run range of 6:22-6:59).
As good as it was to exert some self-control, I have to say I am pleased that the next time I do that distance will be in race conditions!
2-Mar: 1k TM + 7.8k steady
3-Mar: 10.1k easy
5-Mar: 10k steady
6-Mar: 21.2k easy5 -
http://runningmagazine.ca/kris-bucci-recaps-5k-run-with-justin-trudeau/
Justin Trudeau is a runner, because of course he is!8
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