April 2017 Running Challenge

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  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
    @7lenny7 - Gotta make sure you weren't some crazy college kid doing something illegal. :-D
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
    @garygse yeah, the marathon training over the summer months, ugh, I'm not exactly looking forward to it, lol. I just keep telling myself it'll make me faster, after all, that's why I trained outside all last summer! I think one of the characteristics of many runners is some leaning towards masochistic tendencies :D
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    KatieJane83 wrote: »
    @garygse yeah, the marathon training over the summer months, ugh, I'm not exactly looking forward to it, lol. I just keep telling myself it'll make me faster, after all, that's why I trained outside all last summer! I think one of the characteristics of many runners is some leaning towards masochistic tendencies :D
    Ha! Isn't that the truth!
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
    I posted this here once before, in a previous month's thread, and figured I'd share it one more time, just in case, as the race is getting close! This is the one big fundraising effort I do each year, my 3rd year in a row now, when I participate in the Run for the Wild 5k through the Bronx Zoo, to support the Wildlife Conservation Society. I know a few you here actually donated, which believe me, I didn't even really expect, and it meant a lot to me, you guys are awesome!

    In case anyone else happens to be a big wildlife fan, this is the link to my fundraising page. This year I'm running for cheetahs, cause cheetahs are freaking awesome. Lol. Otherwise, feel free to just disregard this post!

    Also, if anyone here is in the NY/NJ metro area I highly recommend this race, it's super fun, and you get to literally run through the Bronx Zoo and past the animals!

    Thanks!

    e.wcs.org/site/TR/Events/RunfortheWildTeamraiser?px=3337243&pg=personal&fr_id=1190
  • hanlonsk
    hanlonsk Posts: 762 Member
    6.7 last night. Coworkers found me a trail to run on so I didn't go running on the highway again.

    Since I am trying this strava thing out.... I have one question. It is syncing over to my mfp feed as "running (jogging), in place." .... Now.... I know I am slow..... but I promise I AM MOVING. ... sooooo what do I have set up wrong?..
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    @elise4270 I saw that too about the caveman - too funny
  • tdbernrd
    tdbernrd Posts: 510 Member
    4/1-6.05
    4/3-3.45
    4/12-3.32
    4/13-1.02
    4/14-3.01
    4/15-6.26
    4/18-4.38


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  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    @elise4270 I saw that too about the caveman - too funny

    I can't believe he ran barefooted for 26+ miles!
  • KeepRunningFatboy
    KeepRunningFatboy Posts: 3,055 Member
    WK: 4.17.17 - 4.23.17

    M - Rest / Recover Day
    T - 10.8 m. 9:35 pace.
    W -
    T -
    F -
    S -
    S -
    Total - miles for the week.
  • OSUbuckeye906
    OSUbuckeye906 Posts: 315 Member
    Does anybody have experience wearing Mizuno Wave Inspire 12s? I've always worn more neutral shoes, but I think it would be a good idea to work a stability shoe into my rotation due to the pronation pointed out by my PT. I was searching around for a reasonably priced shoe and stumbled upon a great $30 deal. I think at that price, I'll take a chance but wasn't sure if I should order a wide for more room in the toe box or if the toe box is already roomy enough for a regular width shoe (the 12s are last year's model, so I don't think I can try them on in a store).
    @greenolivetree Glad your close encounter with the geese didn't ruin running for you lol...I get SO nervous when a goose is too close to my path as I've been chased by them before. I usually go wayyyyy out of my way to avoid them
    @kgirlhart Happy birthday!
    @WhatMeRunning Weather isn't looking favorable in central Illinois for my race on Saturday either. Keeping fingers crossed the forecast changes for both of us!
    @7lenny7 Of COURSE the cops would pull up right at that moment lol. That situation could have turned out a little worse, but I'm sure it still raised your HR a little haha.
  • hanlonsk
    hanlonsk Posts: 762 Member
    @WhatMeRunning that actually makes sense! I had to think about it for a minute, because I knew I had done some shorter runs that were less than the 12min/mile - but those days also had longer runs or walks that it apparently decided trumped the other, so it still had running in place as the tag. Map my run used to post a pace, but lately it had just decided I was "running" - end of story. Maybe it was trying not to embarrass me.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,189 Member
    edited April 2017
    4/3/17 - 3.8 miles
    4/5/17 - 3.2 miles
    4/6/17 - 4 miles
    4/9/17 - 3.2 miles
    4/10/17 - 1.2 miles
    4/11/17 - 3.3 miles
    4/13/17 - 3.7 miles
    4/16/17 - 3.2 miles
    4/18/17 - 3.5 miles

    29.1/40 miles for April

    I did get my run in today! It kind of surprises me how happy that makes me. Luckily my parents stopped by early and I still had time to go run before dinner.

  • snowyne
    snowyne Posts: 268 Member
    4/1 - 7.0 mi.
    4/2 - 4.0 mi
    4/3 - 3.6 mi.
    4/4 - rest
    4/5 - 6.0 mi.
    4/6 - 4.0 mi.
    4/7 - 5.0 mi.
    4/8 - 4.4 mi.
    4/9 - rest
    4/10 - 4.4 mi.
    4/11 - 4.0 mi.
    4/12 - 4.9 mi. (oh, honestly...why didn't I eke out another .1 for a nice even 5?? :p )
    4/13 - 3.1 mi.
    4/14 - 5.0 mi.
    4/15 - 3.9 mi.
    4/16 - rest - happy easter!
    4/17 - 4.0 mi.
    4/18 - 4.6 mi.

    April goal: 67.9/100 miles
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    @hesfeld Great photos! I've gone through much bigger flocks of Canadian geese... I don't slow down or stop for them, but I have seen flocks in the hundreds running away and ultimately taking off. It's somewhat majestic.
  • JessicaMcB
    JessicaMcB Posts: 1,503 Member
    My husband leaves on Thursday morning so I'm gearing up to spend the rest of the month on the treadmill. Hopefully time/the baby allows for 20k out tomorrow

    April 1- 42.2
    April 2- 7.6
    April 3- 14
    April 4- 13.4
    April 5- Off
    April 6- 10
    April 7- 15.8
    April 8- Sick baby, so much crying (only like 5% me)
    April 9- 9.5
    April 10- 15.5
    April 11- 11.1
    April 12- 7.3
    April 13- Off
    April 14- 15.7
    April 15- 19.1
    April 16- 7.4
    April 17- 15.2
    April 18- 19.1

    222.9 km/300 km

  • hesfeld
    hesfeld Posts: 95 Member
    @midwesterner85 yes about the majestic part! I'm from an area of KS people travel to just to hunt and we get huge flocks of snow geese that take over. They make field look white when thousands land. I just got unknowingly too close to a nest when I was like 5 and got chased by a mad mother goose. Scarred me!
  • ereck44
    ereck44 Posts: 1,170 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.

    Happy Birthday, and birthday runs are the best!
  • ereck44
    ereck44 Posts: 1,170 Member
    angmarie28 wrote: »
    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

    I had a rough day today after having a conversation with an "agent" from DirecTV. We changed to u-verse and I was told by both ATT and another agent from DirecTV that my account with Direct was terminated only to be told today that it wasn't true. I was put on hold 3 times, struggled with their voice-mail and will still have to talk to a supervisor tomorrow before it is all settled.

    The above post was so funny, in particular the part about her co-worker who aspires to improve upon "2nd-to-last" in a marathon.

    The topper was @7lenny7. I almost split my gut laughing at his story from the part where he hid in the woods to "take care of business" and tried to cover it up with sticks and rocks and then encountered police on his way back to the car. Oh, you have no idea how much I needed that!

  • ereck44
    ereck44 Posts: 1,170 Member


    After missing my goal 3 months in a row, I finally achieved (bested) my goal last month, having run 61.43 miles. This month my goal will be 50 miles.

    My husband and I planned a trip to Nashville at the end of the month. We will probably be walking a lot. My husband doesn't share my love for running.

    4/18....4 miles.....I didn't know I was so close to my goal for the month but exceeded it today. I guess I low-balled my goal. My glutes were really sore. I didn't really plan it but ran in the zone most of the run. 12 minutes/mile, with my average heart rate at 85% of max.

    I decided to run the half at Geist this year. My employer payed for the entry fee and I am going to treat it as a "long run". I love the option of maybe running it next year if I have to work the weekend of the Mini next year.

    Tomorrow I plan to run either 11 or 12 miles. I probably won't be able to get another run in until after my vacation is over (4/27).

    4/18...4 miles
    4/17...8 miles
    4/14....8 miles
    4/12....4.36 miles
    4/9....10 miles
    4/8....8 miles
    4/2....9 miles

    Total ....51.36 miles
    goal...50 miles

    Indianapolis Mini Marathon (Half Marathon)....May 6
    Geist Reservoir Half...May 20
    Indy Women's Half Marathon....September 30 (tentative)




  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    hanlonsk wrote: »
    6.7 last night. Coworkers found me a trail to run on so I didn't go running on the highway again.

    Since I am trying this strava thing out.... I have one question. It is syncing over to my mfp feed as "running (jogging), in place." .... Now.... I know I am slow..... but I promise I AM MOVING. ... sooooo what do I have set up wrong?..

    yeah it does this for me - the answer below about the 12 minute miles has it right. I've stopped caring.

    Another quirk from Strava itself, is when you find yourself in a club and look at the leaderboard, in addition to most miles run, it also lists time spent running. Yup, that's me at the top there with my super slow runs.....
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    @hesfeld I don't trust geese either - they snap at your ankles. nasty things.

    I once had to leg it out of a pen with a wild boar cross. He was big and coming towards me. Never trust a large pig either.

    Cows aren't a big issue - we often walk through fields of them and they usually just stare at you, unless they're young boy cows, who like to group together and do a stampede towards you turning away at the last minute. There's a very good reason they say if you are walking with a dog through a field of cows and they start running towards you to let the dog run free.....
  • _nikkiwolf_
    _nikkiwolf_ Posts: 1,380 Member
    @OSUbuckeye906 Not Mizuno Wave Inspire 12s, but some other previous model (I don't know which number). Bought in 2007, so the shoe probably changed a bit.
    For me, the toe box was wide enough, but I also wasn't running anything longer than 10k at that time.
    Regarding size in general, if you are looking at US sizes (not UK sizes, because I swear for that the companies just pick a random number!), I had the same size in Mizunos as with Asics and Saucony, half a size larger than Brooks.

    @greenolivetree Geese can be scary. I've got some around here that always chase after me for a bit. Don't know what would happen if I ever stopped and went back towards them, but since there aren't too fast and give up easily, I hopefully won't have to try ;-)

    @kgirlhart Happy Birthday! I hope you had a lovely day, with or without a run.

    @7lenny7 LOL, that's just the perfect moment for the cops to show up! :D

    @hesfeld There's rarely any wind where I currently live. Yesterday was an exception, and I was so exhausted from riding my bike. Wind can be just as tough as hills!

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