April 2017 Running Challenge

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  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    I just realized that my being short (5'65) "excuse" for my "slow" running got blasted out of the water today.... Jordan Hasay is only 5'4"

    I think Kirui isn't much taller.
  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
    4/1 - 7.7 miles in sunny San Diego
    4/2 - Travel day
    4/3 - Rest day
    4/4 - 5 comfortable miles.
    4/5 - 4.4 miles.
    4/6 - 5.05 miles.
    4/7 - Unplanned rest day.
    4/8 - 6.31 super hilly miles.
    4/9 - Too many hills :-(
    4/10 - 5 miles.
    4/11 - 4.93 miles of track/speed work. Then upper body weights.
    4/12 - 4.5 miles.
    4/13 - 4.9 miles. Some hip soreness that I am going to have to keep an eye on.
    4/14 - Unplanned rest day / life day / holiday prep.
    4/15 - 9 mile group run. Hip not perfect, but improved.
    4/16 - 5 miles. Ugh...too much buffet.
    4/17 - Planned rest day.
    4/18 - 4 miles of track/speed work. Then upper body weights.

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  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    4/1- 15.23
    4/2- 3.14
    4/3- 7.07
    4/4- 3.69
    4/5- 9
    3/6- REST
    4/7- 5.12
    4/8- 17.58
    4/9- 4.05
    4/10- 7.13
    4/11- 3.79
    4/12- 9
    4/13- REST
    4/14- 17
    4/15- 5.11
    4/16- 4.06
    4/17- 5.71
    4/18- REST

    Total: 116.69

    Today's notes: slept in today until 0545, and that felt good, though I could use some more sleep. I swear, I'm actually more tired today, with the sleeping in on a rest day, than I am on a run day....Maybe it's my body realizing that it's a cutback week and it can relax? Anyway, Tomorrow's back to running and then another rest day Thursday....

    2017 Races
    6/16- William A Irvin 5k
    6/17- Grandma's Marathon (Full!)
    8/19- Rampage at the Ridge 5k OCR
    9/23- Ely Marathon (full)
    10/21 Wild Duluth 50k<- yeah, I'm crazy enough to go for it
    11/23- TBD 5k Turkey Trot
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    My road shoes have a cycle they go through. When they're new they first get duty for shorter runs...up to 6 or 7 miles. Once I'm convinced they'll work well for me (and just because a model as worked out in the past, does not mean that this particular pair will)...maybe at the 25 to 30 mile mark, they get moved to duty as long distance runners. If I did speedwork, they'd also be used for that. As they close in on the end of life, I switch them back over to shorter, slower runs. I got this idea from @Stoshew71 . You want your best shoes on for long or fast runs for the benefit of your body. As they start to wear out they may no longer be suitable for those long, or fast, runs, but they are fine for shorter/slower runs. When you can start feeling they no longer work for that, then they get retired.

    I'm less rigorous with trail shoes since I'm running on softer surfaces and the nature of trail running means less repetitive stress.

  • BeeerRunner
    BeeerRunner Posts: 728 Member
    Thanks for the race recap @MobyCarp! That's always one of my biggest fears...that I'll get sick right before a race. You did an awesome job in adverse conditions. A marathon is incredibly difficult in perfect conditions. In the meantime, I hope your recovery goes well. :)
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
    Congrats to @mobycarp and @lporter229 on finishing Boston and good luck with recovery :)

    I woke up yesterday with asthma, decided to run anyway. It was a very humid 60F with 90% humidity. But sometimes that moist air seems to help me breathe. The first mile running was rough on my legs AGAIN and I was tossing up either aborting the run or finishing the run and then taking a long-term break and restarting in fall. LOL Ended up being a nice 4 mile run and my faith in running was restored.

    I did almost run into 2 adult geese with their babies which made me realize that I was not looking very far ahead of myself running. When did I start doing that?! Have I been doing this long? I think maybe I have. Not looking at my feet but at the road maybe 6 feet in front of me. So my new goal is to start focusing down the street - waaaay down the street. I used to do that and I don't know what happened. Maybe that's been some of my problem with the bad form and shuffling I've been doing. I think I just like to go in my little bubble and that's not good. Definitely need to be more aware of my surroundings.
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
    4/1 - 4 miles on the dreadmill + cross-training - zumba
    4/2 - 12.7 mile long run (night on a crappy couch-worth of sleep, and stomachache from a new gel)
    4/3 - rest
    4/4 - 9 mile glorious run in the misty rain / 1 mile treadmill + cross-training - strength training
    4/5 - 5 mile slow recovery run + cross-training - strength training
    4/6 - 8 mile rainy/windy run + cross-training - zumba
    4/7 - 9 mile glorious run at Piermont Pier/Tallman Mtn. State Park
    4/8 - cross-training - zumba awesomeness!
    4/9 - JFK Runway 5k Race + 10 miles to get to my planned 13 for the day
    4/10 - rest
    4/11 - 8 miles in the ‘it’s way too hot for early/mid-April’ heat (84° when I finished) + strength training
    4/12 - 7 miles in the comfortable rain + strength training
    4/13 - 5 mile short, slowww recovery run
    4/14 - 8 miles
    4/15 - rest (had to miss Zumba, so sad!)
    4/16 - 10 mile long run (shorter cutback week run)
    4/17 - 11 mile run (not as sucky as expected despite being tired/10mi day before/headache/didn’t start til 6pm)

    April Total: 110.8/170

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

    So I ran 11 miles last night, on what is normally my rest day, but again, I'm juggling my schedule to reduce the amount of running I need to do on my vacation coming up. I was tired, I had a pretty bad headache to start out, I had just run 10 miles the day before, and I didn't get to start until 6pm after being at work all day, so I was 100% expecting this to be an overall craptastic, not fun run. While it wasn't one of those glorious, amazing runs, it was actually much less sucky than I was expecting. I think I still keep surprising myself with the level of fitness I've built up to, lol. Still, we'll see how today and tomorrow pan out. I'm doing a 4 or 5 mile recovery run tonight, and then crossing my fingers that I physically have it in me to pull out my long run tomorrow after work, which will be a distance PR for me, at 14 miles. I'm really hoping I'm able to pull it off. It will also be my 4th day in a row of running. Yikes! :#
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
    @MobyCarp and @lporter229 congrats on the amazing Boston finishes, through challenge and adversity!!!
  • jessicalferrara
    jessicalferrara Posts: 59 Member
    I've been MIA this past weekend because it was my birthday, so I had a lot to catch up on! Amazing job to the Boston marathoners! Such an inspiration to me! I hope one day to do a full marathon. I got in 1.5 miles yesterday at Orangetheory, so I'm up to 19.5 for the month. I'd love to get a run in today, but we have work to be done in the house, so I don't think that is going to happen. I go to Orangetheory again tomorrow, so I hope to be over the 20 mile mark.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    edited April 2017
    @kgirlhart Happy Birthday

    @stoshew71 I was just thinking, you know you live in a running town when like 20 people from your local area ran in Boston yesterday.
  • angmarie28
    angmarie28 Posts: 2,885 Member
    edited April 2017
    4/2-3.3 miles
    4/3-3 miles
    4/5-3.5 miles
    4/6-2.5 miles
    4/8-4.2 miles
    4/9-5 miles
    4/14-5 miles
    4/17-6 miles
    total-32.5 miles

    hoping for a better week of running. Colds gone, and my goal is to run 3 miles 3 times this week, and 7 miles this weekend.

    also the Missoula half marathon I am for sure doing now, BUT I may do the full if my friend doesnt do the half with me. I know full well I will have to walk the majority of it because i wont be ready to run a full, but a couple people i know are doing it, and my coworker that is doing it is walking most of it. She did it last year and got second to last place, but shes trying to do better this year, but she said she will be walking 2/3s of it, so i may do it with them. we will see.

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    Training for:
    5/14-womens run-5mile
    7/10- Missoula Marathon-HM
    9/17- Montana Marathon-Full marathon
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    OK, that's the last time I check the weather ahead of this Saturday's Garmin Half Marathon. I'll try checking again the night before. According to the Weather Channel, temps will be around 46 to 48 degrees, rainy with 25 mph winds with occasional wind gusts over 40mph. :grimace: That should be a workout!
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
    My update

    4/1 8mi 1:14:29min
    4/2 rest
    4/3 4mi 34:55min
    4/4 4.55mi 43:06min
    4/5 rest
    4/6 5mi 46:47min
    4/7 3mi 25:53min
    4/8 9mi 1:24:34min
    4/9 rest
    4/10 5mi 45:44min
    4/11 7mi 1:03:31min
    4/12 rest
    4/13 4mi 35:51min
    4/14 3mi 26:07min
    4/15 10mi 1:35:12min
    4/16 rest
    4/17 5mi 46:22min
    4/18 4.3mi 38:55min

    I did my last two runs on the treadmill. I normally would have run 5 miles outside, but I didn't want to miss any of the marathon coverage! I am so amazed and inspired by all the Boston marathon runners. I look at the qualifying times and know I will never be there, but it still inspires me to run!

    I have a 5, 4, and 9 miler left this week and I'm done with week 5 of half marathon training. I'm pleasantly surprised at how well it's gone so far. I do have a bit of anxiety before my long runs... does that go away after awhile?
  • snowyne
    snowyne Posts: 268 Member
    kgirlhart wrote: »
    I'm not sure if I will get my run in today or not. It is my birthday and I know there will be plans this evening. I already had family members telling me over the weekend that I am too thin and I am obsessive and I just don't want to deal with that today. But I am still debating taking off work early this afternoon to get my run in. Maybe I am obsessive. I'm still on track to meet my goal this month even if I totally skip today's run, but I'm a little disappointed to not get it in. On a positive note, I did finally sign up for my first 5K. I am pretty excited about it. It is a fundraiser for the local animal shelter so it should be pretty low key so I think that will be good for my first time. This is an annual 5K and it is usually in September but this year they changed it to May 6th.
    @kgirlhart - Awesome. I'm running my first 5K on May 6, too! It's to bring awareness to domestic violence in remembrance of a local woman. A sad but motivating cause....
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    stated looking for info on my 50k, and found this run by a guy who did it last year, Course will probably be the same this year.

    https://www.strava.com/activities/745685814
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    edited April 2017
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    stated looking for info on my 50k, and found this run by a guy who did it last year, Course will probably be the same this year.

    https://www.strava.com/activities/745685814

    Very cool! That's less elevation than I would have thought, but then elevation numbers vary widely between devices so it could be more than the 4000' that log shows. Regardless, you'll be running/hiking on the SHT so it ain't going to be easy, that's for sure!

    ETA: @MNLittleFinn for your reading pleasure:
    https://minneapolisrunning.com/wild-duluth-50k-race-recap/
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    stated looking for info on my 50k, and found this run by a guy who did it last year, Course will probably be the same this year.

    https://www.strava.com/activities/745685814

    Very cool! That's less elevation than I would have thought, but then elevation numbers vary widely between devices so it could be more than the 4000' that log shows. Regardless, you'll be running/hiking on the SHT so it ain't going to be easy, that's for sure!

    I figure that the races are called the toughest 50k and 100k in the midwest, so they will be pretty rough. For some training, I'm planning on going up and down the ski hills at Giant's Ridge. Starting to look at what different gear I might need. Is it sad that my way of getting my mind off of Marathon training is to look at gear for running an ultra?
  • Run4life375
    Run4life375 Posts: 98 Member

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  • autumnblade75
    autumnblade75 Posts: 1,661 Member
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    I just had an intervention with myself and came to a realization..... I now have accepted that I'll almost certainly never be fast enough to BQ, and I now realize that my relentless push toward ultra is a way for me to compensate for that...... I may always be slow, but if I can go slow for a LONG way, I can be OK with it........

    ........LOL, Saturday morning thoughts...... this is the problem with getting my LR done on Friday, and not getting a run in yet today.

    After my first year of running, I thought the same. Now, I'm looking at the times and saying "if they don't update these, and I don't get slower, I could run Boston when I'm 60..."

    But I'm 6 years into this running thing, and if I keep improving, I might BQ by the time I'm 50, instead! For the record, though - I'm already past 40, and I do realize that I'm supposed to start slowing down, rather than getting faster.
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    @7lenny7 - I suppose it could have been worse. They may have considered you suspicious enough to warrant a look around the woods where you were and an uncovering of the true nature of things. :lol:
  • garygse
    garygse Posts: 896 Member
    KatieJane83 wrote: »
    haha, I totally appreciate the number nerdiness, and fear not, I have it all accounted for. My mileage for the year is going to be progressively increasing, since I start my full marathon training plan in July, for Philly in November. Cuurent calculations, based on actuals so far, and scheduled miles for upcoming months, puts me at 1,929 miles through the end of November, which means I need to run 88 miles in December to hit 2,017.

    Here is a taste of my planning craziness, lol. I have this hanging on my cubicle wall at work, and a copy at home. :D The number to the right of each month is my estimated mileage for that month, or actual if it's in pen, lol.

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    Ah, I see...very nice! Yeah, I was already well ahead of a similar "2017 in 2017" goal, thinking that I needed to get plenty of running in prior to the summer heat. Except now I'm signed up for a marathon in October with a couple of the ladies from my morning running group, so who the hell knows what kind of mileage I'll be racking up for this year!
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