March 2017 Running Challenge
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Different for me I guess, as I see them as a tool. I got problems pacing myself, and at least on a TM I am in control rather than my single brain cell, which only tells me to go faster, until I break down, which does not help with longer distancesI would run laps in a 100 square foot room before I would even think of getting on a treadmill. I hate those things! They F my cadence and stride all up and they give me the rebound effect that makes me think I'm faster than I am.
They are a tool and useful at times!! I have an indoor track that I can use, but hate it. I much prefer the great outdoors!!0 -
@elise4270 - nice picture of Alex. Will send him a note - thanks @shanaber.
@Stoshew71 - I had a similar problem with my Garmin Fenix 3 and had to google how to reboot it as well. I still feel like I only use about 1% of what it is capable of.
3/1 - 3.3 miles
3/2 - 4.1 miles
3/3 - rest day
3/4 - 34 miles biking
3/5 - 28 miles biking
3/6 - 4 miles + strength training
3/7 - 4.5 miles
3/8 - strength training
3/9 - 4.6 miles
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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
3/8 3.6 18.6 41.4 miles
Thought I got out early enough before the wind picked up but I was wrong. It was good for most of the run but at the end I turn a corner to head into wind for a short stretch with no wind breaks and felt like Wile Coyote, legs and arms moving and going no where.
Apparently I mis-read my training plan and my race this weekend should be a 5k not a 5 miler so I was able to sign up for the 2 mile option instead. With the warm up and cool down I will be well past 5K so it will work out.
March 11- St Malachi 2 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
September 10 - River Run Half (maybe)
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(hopefully last!) non-running check in. Finally feeling pretty much human today. I'm down almost 4# from a week ago, and still feeling a little weak, but I can tolerate food, and finally feel some of my energy returning.
Spent a while Emailing back and forth with the coach who made my training plan last night. I have a coaching call set for Monday, to discuss getting back into running after my 8 day lay off. He said that between now and then he wants me to try a few short runs to gauge where my fitness is, after injury and illness, so when we remake my plan, it takes into consideration where I am at now.
Question....what should I consider a short run? I was thinking to try to get in 2-3 miles tomorrow morning, and then maybe something a little longer (5-6) on Saturday or Sunday, does that sound reasonable?4 -
sometimes you don't need to reboot a garmin - if the server is down you can have all sorts of annoying problems!
I run yesterday after a 3 hours sleep. not good, but I knew it
today I went cycling on hills near home, at a point I really thought someone was running me over. I think a double bus came 15cm from my elbow. but just before a roundabout a mother *kitten* overtook me on a bend, pushing 2 poor guys riding on the other side on the curb. I heard screaming and I got really scared, luckily nothing happened but that's unacceptable. not in a good mood right now.
anyway, tomorrow 9 miles using my new shoes
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@patrikc333 Wow, that would scare the crap out of me...too close for comfort, for sure! Also, as you mentioned the Garmin servers, that reminded me of link that you can use to see whether they're having problems on their end or not: https://connect.garmin.com/en-US/status
I can't believe how quickly this year is going by...just as it's starting to get lighter in the mornings, this weekend will see the clocks go forward an hour (here in the US, anyway). Back to darkness I go for the entire run again.
01 - 13.30
02 - 9.87
03 - 18.13
06 - 13.37
07 - 7.13
08 - 13.37
09 - 10.27
Total: 85.44 / 2001 -
juliet3455 wrote: »Regular Wednesday night Running Club group run. It's usually 7km but I extended out to get a little extra distance since it has been 6 days since my last run. Of course since I went Downhill Skiing for 4 days I think I am allowed to miss a few running days. 10.5km along the Riverbank Trails.
-19C (-3F) with a 14km/h N wind giving a wind chill of -28C (-19F). So when running outbound - north into the wind at 10km/h giving a net wind of 24km/h gives a wind chill of approximately -33C (-27.5F).
Which explains why my Love Handles were a nice shade of Red when I went for the post race shower. So jealous when I see @7lenny7 & @BeeerRunner etc. getting muddy doing Trails runs, here I am waiting for spring - impatiently - Trail Shoes screaming at me. Of course I have a friend on assignment in the Artic for a month, -42C (-42F) so its not so bad where I am at.
Like many others I have multiple types of Running Experiences.
1: Zen - Everything is flowing - floating along - no niggles, twinges, easy breathing etc. etc. Happens most often when doing trails through the bush along the Riverbank Hills. Feel like a kid cat jumping fallen trees, quick short agility steps around - through ruts, washouts, roots, rocks etc.
2: Battle - A struggle to get into the rhythm. Pace feels off or shoes don't feel right or shirt is rubbing, ankle, calf, knee, hip, ribs or arm seems to have the dreaded Niggle.
3: ARGG - Why do I run, this is foolish. Lets just turn at this corner, cut across the park and I can be home in 2 km.
Fortunately it's not very often that this happens and I usually manage to struggle through it. I have a personal rule of a minimum of 5km so no matter what happens I struggle through to that point and usually I am able to continue past it.
Exception to the rule - Recovery Runs and Injuries that occur while running which cut it short.
March 2 was an example of 5km and done, the cold, the wind etc. Also since I was leaving the next day for a ski trip and my route had me going back past my house at 5k it was just way to easy to turn and call it done.
Getting out the door can be a bigger battle than the actual run - have to avoid the phone, computer, etc after work and just gear up, hydrate and go. Otherwise gravity sets in and we all know how that works.
03/01 7.0 km –7.0km –133.0 km – YTD 187.55
03/02 5.0 km –12.0km –128.0 km – YTD 192.55
03/08 10.5 km –22.5km –117.5 km – YTD 203.05
nice post! all so true
for me for example it was harder to get out than running. during that type of run, while I was enjoying it, I was thinking how silly I was just out of the bed to not want to go.
nowadays I just wake up, have breakfast and go, without thinking.
different for marathon training. during my first cycle I had crisis before and during 20 miles runs for example, negative thoughts, almost crying for the first half of the long run for example. now, I see a long run as the best and when I enjoy running more, SO FAR, nothing can break my mental will to finish it.
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@juliet3455 If you're jealous now, just wait. I've got a trail run planned in Colorado Springs for Sunday morning!!1
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@Elise4270 postcards are okay too, or does it have to be inside an envelope?Haha! He'll just love letters. The last letter from him he wanted "news from the outside". I just don't follow any. They are doing hand to hand combat last I heard. He's going to be a Calvary scout.
Edit- they can only have letters. No newspaper articles, or clippings or goodies.
If he's still there for a bit (might take between 1-6 weeks for mail from here to there) I'll send him a card!
Btw, doed cavalry scout really mean with horses? That would be totally awesome :-)0 -
@Orphia and @girlinahat thanks so much for the Libra app feedback, will definitely download that one. Now just need to get into the daily weighing habit, and let myself not freak out about the fluctuations, lol.0
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Tough call. Trying to plan the best distance when I just started back to running was the toughest call of all. You shouldn't have lost all that much in comparison, so you're probably good to just start back with a short run mileage from about a month ago. Your judgement is best, you know best where you're at and possibly capable of. Good luck!MNLittleFinn wrote: »Question....what should I consider a short run? I was thinking to try to get in 2-3 miles tomorrow morning, and then maybe something a little longer (5-6) on Saturday or Sunday, does that sound reasonable?3 -
@Orphia he will be there in boot camp until May 11th. Then and additional 3-4 weeks of AIT. Idk if the mailing address changes, but he'll be at the same base.
Thanks to everyone! Many of you know he's struggled to find his calling (outside the shennigans of youth).
They are doing a lot of running! He did 2 miles just in 14 minutes.
and lots of ruck hikes. 3 -
Thanks. I think 3 tomorrow would be about right, that's the shortest distance I've run in a while. For sat/sun, I'll see how I feel after running tomorrow. main goal is to stay healthyish so I can still run my marathon in June.WhatMeRunning wrote: »
Tough call. Trying to plan the best distance when I just started back to running was the toughest call of all. You shouldn't have lost all that much in comparison, so you're probably good to just start back with a short run mileage from about a month ago. Your judgement is best, you know best where you're at and possibly capable of. Good luck!MNLittleFinn wrote: »Question....what should I consider a short run? I was thinking to try to get in 2-3 miles tomorrow morning, and then maybe something a little longer (5-6) on Saturday or Sunday, does that sound reasonable?
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Wrapped up week 1 of my "back to running" plan with an easy feeling 1.5 miles. Today was a relatively nice run, still not a "zen" run, will be a few weeks perhaps before I get one of those. But I did not feel very uncomfortable at any point either. I had my fastest pace yet as well, so it was a great run for this first week back.
Looking forward to next week. I plan to run some hilly routes on 2 runs next week. Those are going to kick my butt. The tiny little "bumps" I am running over now seems tough, those hills are going to be a good challenge.
3/4 - 3 miles
3/5 - 1.5 miles
3/6 - 1.5 miles
3/7 - 1.5 miles
3/8 - 1.5 miles
3/9 - 1.5 miles
10.5 of 38 miles total
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Which running app are you using, as mine (Runkeeper) tells me my pace (and calls me Maggot), but I need one to tell me to slow down (or up my pace if I go too slow), so an app where you can pre-set a pace would be great. Should not be too hard, and you could do it with Garmin, where you could create trainings, but not certain if you can still do that with "Connect"
I have the same problem with going too fast as well. I've set my running app to verbally tell me when I go too fast or slow.
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3/1 - Hate starting a month on a rest day.
3/2 - 5.0 miles.
3/3 - Grrr...overslept this morning and have commitments after work. No run. Unwanted rest day!
3/4 - 6.0 miles.
3/5 - 3.1 'mill miles, then upper body weights.
3/6 - Life got in the way. Had to get kids up and going early.
3/7 - WINDY 4.38 miles.
3/8 - 3.45 'mill miles, then upper body weights.
3/9 - 4.8 treadmill miles at Trek class.
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My face when I see people running my whole March goal in one run... (10 miles)
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juliet3455 wrote: »
Like many others I have multiple types of Running Experiences.
1: Zen - Everything is flowing - floating along - no niggles, twinges, easy breathing etc. etc. Happens most often when doing trails through the bush along the Riverbank Hills. Feel like a kid cat jumping fallen trees, quick short agility steps around - through ruts, washouts, roots, rocks etc.
2: Battle - A struggle to get into the rhythm. Pace feels off or shoes don't feel right or shirt is rubbing, ankle, calf, knee, hip, ribs or arm seems to have the dreaded Niggle.
3: ARGG - Why do I run, this is foolish. Lets just turn at this corner, cut across the park and I can be home in 2 km.
Nice! Totally agree! I would add 1.5: Just a nice, comfortable run. Feels good once you get rolling, smooth, relaxing, but not without some effort here and there.
I find most treadmill runs default to 2. I'm like the Princess and the Pea on a treadmill.
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_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »
@Elise4270 postcards are okay too, or does it have to be inside an envelope?Haha! He'll just love letters. The last letter from him he wanted "news from the outside". I just don't follow any. They are doing hand to hand combat last I heard. He's going to be a Calvary scout.
Edit- they can only have letters. No newspaper articles, or clippings or goodies.
If he's still there for a bit (might take between 1-6 weeks for mail from here to there) I'll send him a card!
Btw, doed cavalry scout really mean with horses? That would be totally awesome :-)
That would be cool! But there's been no mention of horses. I suspect something more like drones or something hi-tech!
I think post cards at fine. They just can't have anything that might distract them from their training.
He's a people person. So I can just about guarantee he'll write back as he has time.
I've developed a, not so manageable, case of greater trochanteric bursitis. I scheduled a shot but its April 21.... Be forever away. So I'll be trying to hit the bike rather than walking or running.0 -
@KatieJane83 - I take a much simpler approach and use an excel spreadsheet to track everything in one place. It has miles, pace , shoes, steps, HR, calories in/out weight and notes. I have a tab for each month and charts of weight and calories year to date. They have changed over time but I have these going back to 2011 when I started just walking and trying to lose weight. I do like having it in a format I can add to and change my view however I want to see it as well as having all the data on my PC where I can go back and look at it for comparison.
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »
Tough call. Trying to plan the best distance when I just started back to running was the toughest call of all. You shouldn't have lost all that much in comparison, so you're probably good to just start back with a short run mileage from about a month ago. Your judgement is best, you know best where you're at and possibly capable of. Good luck!MNLittleFinn wrote: »Question....what should I consider a short run? I was thinking to try to get in 2-3 miles tomorrow morning, and then maybe something a little longer (5-6) on Saturday or Sunday, does that sound reasonable?
I agree. Keep in mind that starting back is always a bit difficult and that first mile is going to be mainly getting all of the creeks out. It will (should) probably be slow and may even be a bit painful. I would try to run three miles if you feel up to it and, when trying to gauge how ready you are to get back into the swing of things, put a heavy emphasis on how you feel towards the end of the run rather than first starting out. If you find yourself getting stronger towards the end of the run, then you can probably ramp it up quite a bit on your next one. If it becomes more of a struggle as you go, then you probably need to take it more slowly.1 -
@Elise4270 - Ugh! Had a bout of that last summer. It hurt like a SOB. I was able to run through it, but had to greatly reduce mileage and pace for 2+ months. Why so long for the shot? I switched to more time on the stationary bike too...didn't hurt at all.0
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19 Delta: http://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/browse-career-and-job-categories/combat/cavalry-scout.htmlThat would be cool! But there's been no mention of horses. I suspect something more like drones or something hi-tech!
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Which running app are you using, as mine (Runkeeper) tells me my pace (and calls me Maggot), but I need one to tell me to slow down (or up my pace if I go too slow), so an app where you can pre-set a pace would be great. Should not be too hard, and you could do it with Garmin, where you could create trainings, but not certain if you can still do that with "Connect"
I have the same problem with going too fast as well. I've set my running app to verbally tell me when I go too fast or slow.
The workout planner in connect still has the pace setting. Looping to a certain distance or time (which I like to use) rather than set number of intervals, unfortunately not - I still have to use training center for that.1 -
@Elise4270 - Ugh! Had a bout of that last summer. It hurt like a SOB. I was able to run through it, but had to greatly reduce mileage and pace for 2+ months. Why so long for the shot? I switched to more time on the stationary bike too...didn't hurt at all.
Wow, glad you were able to work through it! That's encouraging! It IS incredibly painful.
April is their next opening
really hoping I'll get a call that they have an opening earlier. I just keep on the gentle stretching and some NSAID gel as much as I can tolerate. And resist the urge to massage it. 
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »
19 Delta: http://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/browse-career-and-job-categories/combat/cavalry-scout.htmlThat would be cool! But there's been no mention of horses. I suspect something more like drones or something hi-tech!
Das my boy. Steady in the face of danger and death. 7 -
@juliet3455 dang, sounds like spring is still a long way off for you. We've been spoiled by one of our warmest Februarys ever and I must have already acclimated to the warmer temps because the forecasted drop to 10F Satuday morning seems pretty cold right now. Low wind though, which is nice.
I skipped my run last night and I'm not too happy about it. Real Life got in the way. It was supposed to be an 11 mile night trail run. I'm going to try to make up at least half of that on the rest of my runs this week.
On the way to work I remembered that tonight I have to go to a coaches meeting for the high school trapshooting team at 6:30. Our head coach loves to talk and is distracted by "squirrels" so this could be a looooong one.
I did so one running related activity last night. Some of you have heard of Dr. Phil Maffetone and his MAF training method? I was listening to a podcast where he talked about an energy bar he came up with, Phil's Bar. I found the recipe on his website and made some last night. OMG, how can something so healthy taste so friggin' amazing! They're very calorie dense though, so I'm going to try to limit them to running fuel, and will test them out this Saturday on my long run. He does recommend supplementing these with high carb gels or sports drink on really long run so I'll brings that too.
If you're interested the recipe is here:
https://philmaffetone.com/phils-bars-revisited/
I didn't have egg powder so I used some of my son's chocolate protein powder instead. The mixture seemed too wet so I then added 50g of raw pumpkins seeds, ground. The bars I made averaged 50g and 230 calories each
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Date - Mi - MTD
3/1 - 1.26 - 1.26
3/2 - 6.00 - 7.26
3/3 - 1.43 - 8.69
3/6 - 3.55 -12.24
3/7 - 1.20 - 13.44
3/8 - 6.00 - 19.44
3/9 - 4.20 - 23.64
Miles remaining 46.36
I have a huge problem with pace. I start out too fast and slow down to a crawl during the middle of most of my runs. I'm going start setting a runkeeper pace workouts for all my runs.4 -
@MNLittleFinn yay for getting back out there! I would aim for 3 on short and would just go with it on long run and see where you land. Excited to hear how you make out!
@lennyt91 Haha, love it!1
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