March 2017 Running Challenge

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  • dubzygirl
    dubzygirl Posts: 1 Member
    Joining! Doing 31 miles
  • goldthistime
    goldthistime Posts: 3,213 Member
    Goal - 35miles of walk/run intervals

    Mar 1 - 3.1
    Mar 3 - 1.8

    Tot: 4.9

    Thanks so much for the welcome. Nice to be back posting instead of just lurking. I tried this last fall but hip problems took me out. Still a problem but I'll walk as much as necessary. Such a great group it's hard to stay away.
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    Thanks so much @Stoshew71 - I'll just think of you as my hero. And everyone else who contributed to the pacing talk, even those who joined my in fessing up - cathartic isn't it? You're all my heroes, a girl can never have too many heroes can she?

    Aching still after my Tai chi class, and have a 9 miler planned for the weekend. Problem is, the weather looks bad on one day, and a friend really wants to go for a walk the other. I've been hoping all day she'll abort, but looks like I'll just have to take the rainy day for my run instead. Wearing my HR monitor.
  • goldthistime
    goldthistime Posts: 3,213 Member
    @MNLittleFinn I know I'm not a regular, but I've been lurking enough that I feel like one. Very glad to hear you are taking those 9 days off. Your students will live :smile: .
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    Patellarfemoral syndrome. rest, massage, NSAIDs let it heal. Dr wasn't worried since it wasn't in the knee.

    My poor poor students..... I'm grumpy when I don't run.

    Planning to take 9 full days off,minimum, even if I feel better. Dr didn't say how long to rest, just to ride it out, so I gave myself a minimum to stick to.

    This is what I got the first time I really got into running, a few years ago. I was not following any sort of plan, so I'm sure I was running too fast and doing too much too soon. I was also still dancing a lot, so just a whole bunch of overuse. My stupidity was I ignored all the twinges and aches and soreness for too long. Went out to do my first half marathon with it and ended up walking the entire second half b/c I felt like my kneecap was gonna pop out. After the car ride home I had trouble even walking. Only then did I go to the doc and it was patellofemoral syndrome. More severe than your case sounds though, which is good, because I had to go through the whole PT thing with it. I do know that working on strengthening your quads can help. The PT had me doing things like leg extensions and squats, and this is one of the reasons I'm trying to maintain a focus on strength training now as I'm running, so I can hopefully prevent a recurrence of this issue.

    Just stay focused and stay strong. You got this! I was stupid and let it get to me too much. It really knocked me out of running, and it's taken me quite a while to really get back to that level of addiction/motivation I had. I know now that if/when I get another injury I just need to really keep myself focused and dedicated to my long-term goals, and not let it get me down and discouraged.

  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    @KatieJane83 thanks! Now that I've had a chance to let it sink in, I'm feeling OK about things.....the half a pizza I ate helped too...... I'm kind of looking forward to the time off now, I haven't slept past 0420 more than 2 days a week in over 6 months, so a week of more sleep will probably help too I'm thinking.
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
    @MNLittleFinn haha, I'm actually glad you mentioned sleep. I really think I need to start focusing more on getting enough quality sleep. I think that's something that I often overlook the importance of!
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
    edited March 2017
    3/1 - cross-training - strength training
    3/2 - 7 mile general aerobic run (Holy wind Batman!)
    3/3 - 8 mile general aerobic run

    March Total: 15/145

    223 miles/2,017 miles - goal for the year

    Today was a not-so-great feeling run. Not any twinges or injuries or anything, just overall being tired, and heavy legs from Wed's lifting and yesterday's 7 miles. I also wasn't anticipating it still being so windy today, and I think the headwind on the first part of this run really sapped some energy out of me. In addition, my HR just seemed to be all over the place today, although I think I might also need a new battery in my transmitter b/c some of the readings I'm getting I don't think I fully trust, lol.

    Sometimes I just wish that I could I could step out the front door of my home or work and have a completely flat run. Not that I live in the mountains or anything, lol, but days like today I could have really gone for no hills!



    3/11 - Bill Fortune 10k
    4/9 - JFK Runway 5k
    4/29 - Run for the Wild 5k (through the Bronx Zoo)
    5/14 - Tinkerbell HM (Disneyland)
    6/4 - GW Bridge Challenge 10k
    6/10 - NYRR New York Mini 10k
    6/25 - Bay of Fundy HM
    7/ 8 - Women’s Distance Festival 5k
    9/10 - S. Nyack 10 Miler (registration not open yet)
    11/9 - Philadelphia Marathon (1st ever marathon! registration opens 4/1)
  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
    edited March 2017
    KatieJane83 wrote: »
    @MNLittleFinn haha, I'm actually glad you mentioned sleep. I really think I need to start focusing more on getting enough quality sleep. I think that's something that I often overlook the importance of!

    Speaking of sleep... I have probably the worst sleep imaginable. I wake up multiple times per night, and a lot of the time I'll wake up and EAT in the middle of the night. So annoying, because I literally cannot control the eating when I'm half-asleep! (Trust me, I've tried so hard!) It's ruining my calorie intake and making it impossible for me to lose any more weight, and I've been stuck at 170 for months. At least I'm not gaining weight, and I believe that's because of all the running I do. This wake-and-eat thing has been going on for years. It's the reason I became so overweight in the first place. Doctor has prescribed different sleep medications for me. Most didn't work. One worked for a while, long enough for me to lose 85 pounds, then stopped working and I was back to the wake-eat cycles again.

    I recently found a supplement that contains melatonin and some other sleep-inducing herbs that I've been taking, and it's working okay. Last night I actually slept through the night for the first time in ages. Hooray! Let's just hope this keeps working and doesn't just stop like everything else.
  • SAFC1965
    SAFC1965 Posts: 15 Member
    01/03 4.17
    02/03 Rest
    03/03 3.09
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    01/03 3.86 miles
    02/03 Rest
    03/03 2.78
  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
    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!
  • TattooedDolphinGirl78
    TattooedDolphinGirl78 Posts: 5,214 Member
    On the topic of sleep, I chose to skip my morning cardio workout in order to get an extra hour and I feel much better. Sleep is so important, that when I'm deprived, it affects everything and makes my workouts feel suckish.

    I'll be back at it tomorrow. :smile:
  • TattooedDolphinGirl78
    TattooedDolphinGirl78 Posts: 5,214 Member
    @karllundy Deep breaths. It's still so early in the month that you'll catch up, no worries. :smile:
  • autumnblade75
    autumnblade75 Posts: 1,661 Member
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    3/1 - 5 miles
    3/2 - 8 miles
    3/3 - 16 miles

    I wore the hydration vest on the treadmill today, not so much for practice drinking from it, but to add the weight of the water and adjust the fit/remember how to keep the ends of the straps from flopping around and whatnot.

    As long as I had the vest, I didn't have to take walk breaks to drink my 2 mouthfuls every half mile - so this was a PR for longest ever continual run with no walk breaks. It may also be a speed PR for that distance - I don't recall what pace I was targetting for the last marathon (but it was probably too fast, anyway.) Today's entire 16 miles was run at 11 min/mile. Heart rate crept up to 15 bpm over Fitbit's cardio/peak threshold, steadily over the course of the run. The average is 2 bpm higher than that cutoff. I shall target 10 seconds slower next week and see if I can average into "cardio" range.

  • ROBOTFOOD
    ROBOTFOOD Posts: 5,527 Member
    @MNLittleFinn Rest up man. You'll be tearing up the roads in no time! Good to hear you got it checked out. I'd bet a couple weeks of will be pretty good. Amateur guessing here of course. Great time to catch up on Netflix! ;)
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    TattooedDolphinGirl78 wrote: »
    On the topic of sleep, I chose to skip my morning cardio workout in order to get an extra hour and I feel much better. Sleep is so important, that when I'm deprived, it affects everything and makes my workouts feel suckish.

    I'll be back at it tomorrow. :smile:

    Sleep is SO important in my opinion. In fact, I read all these tales of people getting up at 3.30am to go to the gym and all I can think is- wouldn't you just be better getting that as sleep?

    There are definitely days where I forego a workout for more sleep. Doesn't help push the mileage but certainly helps the overall health.

    Talking of mileage - I mentioned my dilemma of my friend wanting to walk while I wanted to run this weekend? Just found out she fell off her bike tonight and is injured. What have I done?!!!!
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    @mnlittlefinn sorry to hear about the patellofemoral syndrome, I'm sure the rest will have you fixed right up.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    @mnlittlefinn sorry to hear about the patellofemoral syndrome, I'm sure the rest will have you fixed right up.

    Thanks. Dr. was't 100% that is it, but she said that since the pain was where my Patellar ligament attaches at the bottom, that's the most likely diagnosis. She said rest is the best thing for it....the massage I got today wouldn't hurt either she said....LOL
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    edited March 2017
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    Patellarfemoral syndrome. rest, massage, NSAIDs let it heal. Dr wasn't worried since it wasn't in the knee.

    My poor poor students..... I'm grumpy when I don't run.

    Planning to take 9 full days off,minimum, even if I feel better. Dr didn't say how long to rest, just to ride it out, so I gave myself a minimum to stick to.

    @MNLittleFinn - I'm glad to hear the prognosis is favorable. Some stuff that springs to mind:

    1. Rest doesn't mean total inactivity. When you're not running, walk some. Maybe some elliptical or exercycle, whatever your knee will tolerate. Go gently. If anything hurts, stop doing whatever made it hurt. But you do want to move in order to stimulate blood flow that aids healing.

    2. If your doctor doesn't have a preference on which NSAID, I've found it easier to be consistent with naproxen every 12 hours than with ibuprofen every 4 hours.

    3. With no running, you calorie needs will go down immediately. Your appetite will not go down for a few days. Be warned, and plan accordingly. I've managed to maintain my weight through several injures, and I was hungry for the first 3 or 4 days every time; but I held to (reduced) calorie discipline. Other runners report gaining weight while injured. This is no big deal if it's really only 9 days . . . but treating it as if it will be long term is also no big deal if it's only 9 days, and important if it turns out to be longer.

    4. When you come back, come back slowly. Run fewer miles than you remember running, and run them slower. The miles will come back if you build gradually, but running slowly is something you'll need for life. Or at least for as long as you're a distance runner. This episode is your first warning of *why* you want to run most of the miles easy.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    @MobyCarp thanks for the advice!

    About the eating thing, I know that's going to be hard. I'm going to try to use this time to get back to drinking enough water, with tropes that the full stomach of water will also help with the hunger!

    I was eating maintenence and deficit calories before I started running, so at least I know the drill as far as that goes.
  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
    March goal: lose (another)3lbs
    3/1 2.54 + core/strength training
    3/2 3.20
    3/3 5.25

    Total: 10.99

    @MNLittleFinn sorry you've been sidelined for awhile....do you have a pool nearby that you could swim or nonweightbear "run" in?

    Ticker is my goal for 2017 and progress to date:
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