March 2017 Running Challenge
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Well, I'd say my area got about six inches of lake effect snow last night. I definitely had a lot to brush off my car before leaving for work. Looks like another dreadmill run for me tonight.
Luckily the temps will get into the 40s again by the weekend so that snow should melt enough to do my usual weekend runs outdoors.1 -
@chichidachimp you don't have headlamp nor visibility vest?0
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@lporter229 Thank you. Before the year is over I will run around 15 halfs and 10 fulls. But I just run for exercise and fun and to get my 50 states.5
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Date :::: Miles :::: March MTD (goal = 95)
03/01/17 :::: 2.3 :::: 2.3
03/02/17 :::: 6.7 :::: 9.0
03/03/17 :::: 5.1 :::: 14.1
03/04/17 :::: 3.1 :::: 17.2
03/05/17 :::: 2.6 :::: 19.9
03/06/17 :::: 4.4 :::: 24.2
03/07/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 24.2
03/08/17 :::: 2.7 :::: 26.9
03/09/17 :::: 2.6 :::: 29.5
03/10/17 :::: 3.5 :::: 33.0
03/11/17 :::: 2.7 :::: 35.7
03/12/17 :::: 7.7 :::: 43.4
03/13/17 :::: 2.6 :::: 46.0
03/14/17 :::: 5.0 :::: 51.0
It's like a snow day, when you are already on break (isn't it ironic? dontcha think?). So I doubly did not go to work today but I did go to a run group workout at the indoor track. Only 2 other people showed up but we had a nice workout with ladders of 1-2-3-2-1 minutes hard and then 4 sprints. I got there early and had extra warmup so was able to get right about 5 miles in. Not too bad for a snow day and I'm happy not to have done it outside. It's really coming down out there and driving was a mess.
And now I'm about to take my Stella out into winter storm Stella for some exercise. Hopefully she enjoys her namesake storm and we both stay warm enough.
Stay safe all you northeastern folks!6 -
Forgot to mention... I weighed in at the gym last night, and it's down to 167.6! So I can finally say I'm BELOW 170 WOOOHOOOOOOO!
Last time I weighed below 170 was in college, in the 90s. This is pretty exciting.22 -
Pi Day 5K on my home track today! (Thanks again for the link, @Stoshew71!) I ran my usual intervals and made 3.58M in 52:02, including warmup and cool down. Question: Does running more than 3.14M qualify me for a larger slice of the pie?
Felt good to get back at it after flirting with shin splints yesterday. Still a little twinge in the first mile, but nothing an Advil and a little rest won't cure.
Splits breakdown today was 13:24, 14:37, 14:56, and 15:30 in the final half mile. Good times overall, but I think I need to work on finding a more steady pace (or set of paces?, considering each mile contains a short walk interval).
On a related note...
1) Joggers find dead bodies. Look in any newspaper....dirty word. Oops. But seriously, why so?
2) On a more serious note: @Stoshew71 would say that biomechanically, there is no jog. There is stand (both feet on the ground at the same time), there is walk (one foot off the ground at some point in the gait) and there is run (both feet off the ground at some point in the gait - even just for a millisecond!). There is no definition for "jog".
It's mainly a tongue-in-cheek thing for runners. Many of us despise being called "joggers".
(1) Maybe that's because joggers are the only ones going slow enough to notice the bodies?
(2) I see your point. Guess I had figured competitive runners might bristle a bit at fitness newbies like myself who celebrate 13-minute miles calling ourselves runners. But that's more projecting my own insecurities, I suppose. Happy to count myself among so nice a crowd.
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@HRKinchen another way of looking at it. if I'm being socail, I'm jogging, if I'm training or running more "seriously" I'm running, so for me running vs. jogging is situational.4
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »@HRKinchen another way of looking at it. if I'm being socail, I'm jogging, if I'm training or running more "seriously" I'm running, so for me running vs. jogging is situational.
In that light, I'm always a runner. At least, so far.1 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »@HRKinchen another way of looking at it. if I'm being socail, I'm jogging, if I'm training or running more "seriously" I'm running, so for me running vs. jogging is situational.
In that light, I'm always a runner. At least, so far.
That's the way to look at it. I always think of joggers as people who are just doing it because it's the popular thing to do or it's the "in" thing. Runners are the people who slog it out day in and day out and go out in all kinds of crazy weather on the eternal search for the next runner's high.5 -
Hi fellow runners!
Aim: 120k
3/2: 1.5k -warmup for strenght training-
3/3: 11.6k -5.49 min/km-
3/4: 4.4k -wu and cd for strength training-
3/5: 10.7k -Perfect trail, a little bit tired at the end-
3/8: 6.5k -easy incline-
3/9: 8k -treadmill, intervals-
3/11: 6k -last shake out before race-
3/12: 13k -Trail Race-
3/14: 5k -cool down from race and from strength training-
Everything is fine!!
SUM: 66.7/120k
Races:
3/19: 10k Rapsani Trail
4/2: Alexander the Great 10k6 -
I did get my group run in last evening. (I was tempted to skip it and go to the gym, but I really, really love my Monday night group run. The weather turned out to be much milder than it seemed and it was a great run).
Today, the weather is really blech...so glad it's a gym day and not a run day. I'll deal with that tomorrow instead.1 -
Jogging is to close to jigging... So we don't wanna do that... Run strong!
I've signed up for 3 races. One in March, two in April. Yikes! I better get out there and build some confidence!8 -
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.
3/7 - 3.5 mi.
3/8 - 3.2 mi.
3/9 - rest
3/10 - 3.1 mi.
3/11 - 3.0 mi.
3/12 - 4.1 mi.
3/13 - 4.0 mi.
3/14 - 4.7 mi.
March total: 47.9/100
Watched the blizzard outside while running on my TM. The room gets stuffy, so I keep the window next to me open while I run. Today I was randomly blasted with wind & snow - haha! Felt good though!8 -
01/03 3.52 miles
02/03 5.02 miles
04/03 4.5 miles
08/03 5.16 miles
09/03 3.54 miles
10/03 3.51 miles
12/03 3.01 miles
14/03 3.51 miles
I must be a runner too cos given the choice I'll stand there rather than jog on the spot!6 -
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In my coach's lexicon, "jogging" is for recovery. Usage: 6 x 60m strides, easy jog between. In popular usage, "jogger" has the connotation of someone who is more concerned with burning calories to lose weight than with being fit. Hence, the adage that at a stoplight joggers move up and down while runners just stand there looking annoyed.
No running or jogging for me today. I've shoveled my driveway twice, and need to do so again. On the third iteration, I'll pass 10K steps for the day without ever going further from home that the public right of way in the street immediately adjacent to my property. It would be nice to get to the indoor track for today's speed work; but a) I don't want to take my car out in this, and b) the facility is closed due to weather anyway. I'd consider a dreadmill, but of course I don't own one; and getting to a dreadmill I could use has all the same problems as getting to the indoor track.4 -
A friend found this on reddit's running group and forwarded it to me.
This sounds like the most unorganized run ever:
http://www.finishlineproduction.com/events/running/GoGreen/GO GREEN UPDATE.pdf
So that you don't have to click the link and open up a pdf, here is a copy of the letter:Go Green Racers,
First, let us apologize for not having the results out in a timely fashion. Our new timing system
worked so well that it captured literally everything and created some huge data files. We are pretty
sure we have all the data, but we are having to go back to the programmers and have them take a
look at changing the import utility or provide us an editing tool that will let us edit down the data files
or filter out reads one by one. Our fallback position is to use the time stamp on the finish line
photography if necessary. Rest assured that we will do our due diligence to get some results as
soon as possible. It was such a beautiful day that we hope everyone had fun anyway, at a race
meant for fun and beer!
In the meantime, because we essentially sold out our permit and did a whole lot of bib and number
swapping, and had some bibs given out in error we would appreciate it if you would look at the link
below and tell us if your name and bib you wore today matched and the distance is correct.
https://runsignup.com/race/results/?raceId=25039#resultSetId-55584
If it is not correct please send an email to info@finishlineproduction.com with the title "correction"
and we'll get it fixed.
And if the results issue wasn't enough, it's been quite a week on other items. For those of you who
don't know, the shirts were caught in a fire on a UPS truck and to add insult to injury we didn't get a
complete shipment. So we may be in an insurance recovery situation with the shipper and UPS.
As far as we can tell everyone who registered by Feb 28, our guaranteed cut off date fr ordered
sizes, got the size that was ordered. I know it was difficult to try and trade shirts for different sizes
but he had to ensure that those folks who registered before our order update date on the 28th got
their shirts. We were diligently tracking registrations against last year's registration rate and on Feb
20 our order finalization date we added an additional 350 shirts. Last year after March 1 we had 33
people register online. This year we had 275 - probably part of the sun coming out and chasing the
rain away. So while we do our best we sometimes just can't make the correct guess and have tried
very hard to find an equitable solution for everyone, and sometimes things are just beyond our
control.
So now a word about the 10K. It's going to be almost .4 miles short for everyone because a couple
of lead runners turned right out of the parking lot - despite a monitor telling them to turn left, cones
and signs, and many pre-race announcements to that fact. Once enough people started to go that
we we had no choice but to just let eveyone go that way.
We'll be back to you with an update on results as soon as we have some information.5 -
I did get my group run in last evening. (I was tempted to skip it and go to the gym, but I really, really love my Monday night group run. The weather turned out to be much milder than it seemed and it was a great run).
Today, the weather is really blech...so glad it's a gym day and not a run day. I'll deal with that tomorrow instead.
..And the gym is closed!! They actually closed the gym for a few paltry inches of snow!!!. Grrr.0 -
@ddmom0811 sounds like a race directors nightmare! Haha!1
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Short run today - 2.3 miles.
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March goal: lose (another)3lbs
3/1 2.54 + core/strength training 30m
3/2 3.20
3/3 5.25
3/4 yoga 45m
3/5 rest
3/6 4.17
3/7 3.55
3/8 4.00
3/9 rest
3/10 2.05 and yoga 30m
3/11 lazy
3/12 3.74
3/13 snorkel 4 hours: this is a Triton's Trumpet: among the largest of sea snails, this was about a foot long, and yes, I returned it back to its resting spot after showing my "land-lubber" friends...
3/14 6.38
Total: 34.88
Ticker is my goal for 2017 and progress to date:
Completed and upcoming races:
Run through the solar system Virtual 10k: 3/14 (I'm too lazy to go back and see who recommended this, but thanks: DH (an amateur astronomer) enjoyed sitting on the couch and listening while I did the work on the treadmill!
Big Island International Marathon (---just doing the 5k) 3/1912 -
@ddmom0811 Wow! I'd venture to say that the luck of the Irish most certainly was not with them that day.0
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@ddmom0811 - A shirt from that race is going to have quite a story to tell!!! I can't imagine what drafting that message must have been like.1
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@lporter229 I have episodes of Reynaud's from time to time as well, though it seems to be a bit better the past two years. I haven't really found a pattern to when it occurs. It's interesting to note the idea of warming the wrists. My regular winter running jackets (all the same exact kind) have an extension to the sleeve that comes to the palm of my hands and is a bit thick. With that part of the sleeves and my gloves overlapping as well as any base layer I'm wearing, my wrists get pretty warm on my runs sometimes and I'm always tempted to push up the sleeves a little bit. I think I only started wearing these jackets last year, so I'm not sure if this is the reason or it might have to do with the past two winters being more mild, but it's interesting to think about.lporter229 wrote: »@girlinahat- thanks for the tip on the wristband. I will try it. I have also heard that it can actually be a function of changes in your core body temp. A friend in my running group said that she puts on a tight spandex tank after a run and that always helps her form getting those episodes of post run Reynaud's (which i also sometimes get). i keep forgetting to try it though!
I had to laugh when he added at the end about the runners who have to pee going side to side because that's totally me, except I kind of just pace.
@RespectTheKitty I hope the snow melts like you said. I'll be near your neck of the woods for a very quick weekend trip and I'm hoping to squeeze in a run at some point so I don't have to go both Saturday and Sunday without a run.RespectTheKitty wrote: »Well, I'd say my area got about six inches of lake effect snow last night. I definitely had a lot to brush off my car before leaving for work. Looks like another dreadmill run for me tonight.
Luckily the temps will get into the 40s again by the weekend so that snow should melt enough to do my usual weekend runs outdoors.MNLittleFinn wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »@HRKinchen another way of looking at it. if I'm being socail, I'm jogging, if I'm training or running more "seriously" I'm running, so for me running vs. jogging is situational.
In that light, I'm always a runner. At least, so far.
That's the way to look at it. I always think of joggers as people who are just doing it because it's the popular thing to do or it's the "in" thing. Runners are the people who slog it out day in and day out and go out in all kinds of crazy weather on the eternal search for the next runner's high.
@MNLittleFinn Interesting to hear everyone's perspectives on the "jogging" term. For me, I guess if I hear a fellow runner use the term jog in reference to themselves, I understand it to mean that they ran at a very slow, easy pace. For instance, last month when I was starting to return to running I think I used the term "jog" at first since I didn't really feel like the term "run" was appropriate. However, if I hear someone who isn't a regular runner refer to jogging in a way that you referenced, I think of it that way too.
@ddmom0811 Wow, that sounds like a nightmare!0 -
3/01-3.1 miles
3/02-1.44 miles
3/03-3.14 miles
3/04-3.85 miles
3/05-yoga
3/06-4.25 miles
3/07-1.44 miles
3/14-3.1 miles
Races- 5K - 7/16
- 5K - 7/30
- 5 miles - 8/13
- 5 miles - 8/27
- 10K - 9/10
- 10K - 9/24
- 10 miles - 10/8
- 10 miles - 10/22
- Half marathon - 11/5
- Half marathon - 11/19
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3/1 6.3r + 4.2w
3/2 7.25r + 4.5w + 1000m row
3/3 6.5r + 4.8w
3/4 10.2r + 0.5w
3/5 0.0r + 4.0w
3/6 5.1r + 5.1w + 1200m row
3/7 7.1r + 3.5w
3/8 0.0r + 3.25w
3/9 5.3r + 1.25w + 1000m row
3/10 0.0r + 5.8w
3/11 7.0r + 1.0w
3/12 5.25r + 0.0w
3/13 5.3r + 4.4w
3/14 5.6r + 4.55w
Total so far: 71r + 46.85w = 117.85 miles
Still slightly sick but not too sick to run. Getting really tired of the gym. Come on spring.6 -
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
03/07: 75 min XT + stretch + strength training
03/08: 4.01 mile easy run, 9:32 pace + 60 min XT + core
03/09: 6.03 mile run - 4 mile tempo, 8:08 average pace + 15 min XT + stretch
03/10: 4.05 mile easy run, 9:32 pace + 20 min XT
03/11: 90 min XT + strength training
03/12: 12.05 mile long run, 9:28 pace
03/13: 60 min XT + core
03/14: 5.00 mile tempo run + stretch
Total: 51.35 miles
Notes:
Five mile (Higdon-style) tempo run today- started off with 10 min at an easy pace (9:30), then sped up gradually to 8:00 pace over the course of 20 min, held 8:00 for five min, then 10 min easy pace (9:30) to cool down. This run felt pretty easy, which is good because the purpose of this run wasn't to build fitness or fatigue but rather to shake my legs out a few days pre-race and remind myself what my goal pace feels like. Only a few days out now, can't wait!
Also, my boyfriend and I leave tomorrow to visit my family in FL for spring break! I can't wait for that 70+ degree weather! Especially after all the snow we got today -_-
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)8 -
15/03 - 6 mile TM run ... increased pace & gradient, followed with Interval & Back workout
Completed
• 11/03 - 10K Run The Solar System (thanks for the tip) - 52:01
• 12/03 - TM Half Marathon (plugged in the MK HM route - attempt 1 ) - 1:54:02
Coming up:
• 01/05 - Milton Keynes HM
• 18/06 - Run-Bedford-Run - 10K
• 02/09 - Bedford HM
• 24/09 - Windsor HM
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March goal: lose (another)3lbs
3/1 2.54 + core/strength training 30m
3/2 3.20
3/3 5.25
3/4 yoga 45m
3/5 rest
3/6 4.17
3/7 3.55
3/8 4.00
3/9 rest
3/10 2.05 and yoga 30m
3/11 lazy
3/12 3.74
3/13 snorkel 4 hours: this is a Triton's Trumpet: among the largest of sea snails, this was about a foot long, and yes, I returned it back to its resting spot after showing my "land-lubber" friends...
3/14 6.38
Total: 34.88
Ticker is my goal for 2017 and progress to date:
Completed and upcoming races:
Run through the solar system Virtual 10k: 3/14 (I'm too lazy to go back and see who recommended this, but thanks: DH (an amateur astronomer) enjoyed sitting on the couch and listening while I did the work on the treadmill!
Big Island International Marathon (---just doing the 5k) 3/19
nice Triton!! You know they're poisonous don't you......?
Also they are the main predator of crown-of-thorns starfish, which are chomping away at our reefs at a rate of knots due to too many of them (as Tritons are taken as decorative shells). Glad you put it back!!1
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