April 2017 Running Challenge

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  • JessicaMcB
    JessicaMcB Posts: 1,503 Member
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    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
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    @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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    @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
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    @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!

  • iofred
    iofred Posts: 488 Member
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    17/04 - 2 mile Interval, Back & Core
    18/04 - Caveman special - 3mile Interval, Chest & Triceps supersets, followed with Core
    19/04 - 6.4 mile killer run - included me swearing a lot at my TM, which was not very impressed, followed with Interval & Core

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    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
    • 25/03 - TM Half Marathon (plugged in the MK HM route - attempt 2  ) - 1:53:53
    • 15/04 - TM Easter Bunny support run (plugged in the MK HM route - attempt 2  ) - 1:59:03
    Coming up:
    • 01/05 - Milton Keynes HM
    • 18/06 - Run-Bedford-Run - 10K
    • 02/09 - Bedford HM
    • 24/09 - Windsor HM
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,134 Member
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    01/04 4.04 miles
    03/04 3.10 miles
    05/04 3.51 miles
    06/04 4.14 miles
    07/04 3.08 miles
    11/04 3.01 miles
    13/04 3.52 miles
    14/04 4.06 miles
    15/04 3.54 miles
    18/04 3.60 miles


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  • garygse
    garygse Posts: 896 Member
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    @kgirlhart A belated happy birthday; hope you had a good one!

    @7lenny7 That was hilarious...obviously it wasn't for you at the time, but yeah, definitely hilarious!!!

    @girlinahat Beautiful pictures! Where I grew up, there was a wooded area called Bluebell Woods, and your pictures take me back to those days.


    Today I tried to get back in to the regular routine that I'd been running prior to Saturday's race, but I guess I still need to take it a bit easier for a little while more as it got real tough towards the end. So tomorrow I'll run with the group, and then Friday may be just a short run.

    03 - 13.37
    04 - 9.59
    05 - 13.39
    06 - 10.75
    07 - 13.36
    10 - 10.73
    11 - 9.27
    12 - 8.16
    13 - 8.89
    14 - 2.33
    15 - 13.14
    18 - 11.37
    19 - 13.51

    Total: 137.86 / 175 miles
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
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    Date Miles today - Miles for April
    4/1 20 miles - 20
    4/2 10 miles - 30
    4/3 REST DAY
    4/4 10 miles - 40
    4/4 4 miles - 44 << Daily Double
    4/5 6.2 miles - 50.2
    4/6 6.2 miles - 56.4
    4/6 4 miles - 60.4 << Daily Double
    4/7 REST DAY
    4/8 16 miles - 76.4
    4/9 REST DAY
    4/10 7 miles - 83.4
    4/11 7.5 miles - 90.9
    4/12 REST DAY
    4/13 8 miles - 98.9
    4/14 5 miles - 103.9
    4/15 14.5 miles - 118.4
    4/16 REST DAY
    4/17 6.2 miles - 124.6
    4/18 5.5 miles - 130.1
    4/19 5 miles - 135.1


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    Upcoming races:
    UAH 8K - 3/6 <<< 34:33 3 in AG
    Oak Barrel HM - 4/2 <<<< 1:38:00 3 in AG
    Bridge Street HM - 4/10 <<< 1:36:33 3 in AG
    PEO-AVN Team Day 5K - 5/4 <<< 19:10 (2.9 mi) 1 in AG 5 OA
    Cotton Row Run 10K - 5/30 << 44:57 PR
    Firecracker Chase 10.2 miler 6/25 << 1:20:22 1 in AG & 15 OA
    Huntsville Half Marathon - 11/12 << 1:35:55 2 in AG & 25 OA
    Rocket City Marathon - 12/10 << 2:44:41
    Elkmont Hound Dog Half (unofficial) - 1/21 << 1:46:48 2 OA
    Elkmont Hound Dog Half (rescheduled) - 2/18 << 1:41:04 1 in AG & 24 OA
    Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon - 4/29


  • hesfeld
    hesfeld Posts: 95 Member
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    @midwesterner85 there's a spot I think west of Dodge City, KS that's a scenic stop to see wagon trails still there from back in the Santa Fe Trail days. You're buffalo story reminded me but when I would stop there, it's almost as I could hear the wagons moving through

    @girlinahat I do x-ray and I've seen enough people kicked by cows and horses to make me respect them lol

    @_nikkiwolf_ you're lucky to have the rarity of wind! I'm jealous

    @KatieJane83 your pictures are amazing!
  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
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    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.
    4/19 - 5 miles.

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