May 2017 Running Challenge
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Goal was to run at least 2.5 miles today but calves cramped up at 1.36. A little progress is better than none!
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May Running Totals (miles)
5/1 – 5.16 easy
5/2 – 6.67 easy
5/3 – rest day
5/4 – 8.08 easy
5/5 – rest day
5/6 – 11.23 loosely paced run
5/7 – 11.08 easy with fast finish
5/8 – 5.23 easy
May total to date – 47.45
Nominal Challenge Goal – 200 miles
Real Goals: Stay healthy. Build base. 5/28, start training plan toward MVP Rochester Marathon.
Today's notes – Nice weather today, 50s F and overcast. I'm not in a formal training plan right now, and I thought I'd do something typical for a Monday from the marathon training plan, easy plus 4 strides. I envisioned running about 6.5 miles.
Got out, and I wasn't feeling it. The post-Boston sore spot on my left quad started muttering. A quarter mile into the run, I changed the plan. Cut the distance, run a flatter route than I had originally envisioned, and forget the strides. Mostly didn't look at the watch, just tried to keep it feeling easy and not pounding the legs very hard. Made up the route as I went along, kept it easy for 4 miles, and noticed that mile 5 had crept up to MP. By that time I was feeling something other than my legs, and the tag end between 5 miles and my driveway came in faster than MP but slower than half marathon pace. Jack Daniels doesn't give a name to that particular pace; I call it the "rest room jog."
Perhaps I'm not as fully recovered from Boston as I thought yesterday. Oh, well. There will be days like this. There will be better days, too. But even an easy 5 miles feeling like I have to be gentle beats the heck out of sitting on the couch.
2017 races:
January 1, 2017 Freezeroo #2 (Resolution Run 7.5 mile) (Mendon, NY) Finished in 50:45
January 7, 2017 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY) Finished in 1:32:40
January 14, 2017 Freezeroo #3 (Pineway Ponds Park 5 mile) (Spencerport, NY) Finished in 33:42
January 28, 2017 Freezeroo #4 (Hearnish 5 mile) (Victor, NY) short course, finished 4.88 miles in 32:50
February 4, 2017 USATF Cross Country National Championship Masters 8K (Bend, OR) Finished in 35:39, team won the 60+ Men's cross country championship
February 11, 2017 Freezeroo #5 (Valentines Run "In Memory of Tom Brannon" 8 Mile) (Greece, NY) sat out due to training schedule
February 25, 2017 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY) short course, finished 4.34 miles in 27:51
March 11, 2017 Johnny's Runnin' of the Green 5 mile (Rochester, NY) finished in 33:25
March 18, 2017 USATF Masters 8K Championship (Shamrock 8K, Virginia Beach, VA) finished in 30:59, PR for 8K
April 17, 2017 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA) finished in 3:49:42
April 30, 2017 USATF Masters 10K Championship (James Joyce Ramble, Dedham, MA) finished in 39:54, PR for 10K
May 21, 2017 Lilac Run 10K (Rochester, NY)
June 9, 2017 Charlie McMullen Mile (Rochester, NY)
June 18, 2017 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY)
July 28, 2017 Karknocker 5K (East Rochester, NY)
September 17, 2017 MVP Rochester Marathon (Rochester, NY)
November 23, 2017 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY)
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So here's my race recap of the Geneva marathon yesterday, It's horribly long, so if you aren't interested, just skip it. I'm putting it here despite its length for those of you who like reading race reports
Before the race
The full marathon started at 9:45, more than an hour after the half marathon, so I didn't have to get up too early. I had picked up the bib on Saturday and already knew the start location from running the half last year, so I only arrived 30 min before the race. Enough time to drop off my bag at the truck that would transport it to the finish line, queue up for the porta-potty, and slowly make my way to the start line. It stopped raining a little before the start, so I took of my jacket and stored it in my hydration pack.
The course
The start and finish were the same as for the half marathon I ran last year, but the full marathon branched off to a loop through the countryside at km-8, and rejoined 18km later at the 5-km-mark. It was a net downhill - 165m (540ft) of climbing, 210m (690ft) descent.
My goal was to finish in 4:30:00 or less, so I was aiming for an average pace of 6:23min/km (10:16min/mi).
0-6km
Splits: 6:27 - 6:03 - 5:56 - 6:10 - 6:13 - 6:07 min/km (average 9:54min/mi)
The first kilometre was really crowded, but I still managed to get close to my goal pace, only 3s too slow. I could see the 4:30 pacer just a little ahead of me, so I was rather happy with that and started following her. During the second kilometre, something went wrong with my knee. Almost like a cramp, but I've never heard of cramps in the knee... Whatever it was, it hurt, but I managed to run through it, and after a few minutes later the pain faded away almost entirely. For a while, I didn't pay attention to my pace anymore, I just clung to the 4:30 pacer while I was focussed on my knee. Only at 3.5km did I realise that the second, third and and the start of the fourth kilometre had been much faster than I wanted. I tried to force myself to slow down, but mentally that was really hard. I never have that problem in training when I run alone, but in this race I kept getting sucked along by all the people around me who were running along with the 4:30 pace group...
6-12km
Splits: 6:36 - 6:13 - 6:09 - 6:29 - 6:19 - 6:26 min/km (average 10:15min/mi)
All this was out in the countryside, with few spectators outside the occasional village & rest stop. Mostly, it was fields (and no cover from the wind). The first and second rest stop were at 6km and 9.7km. Walking through them while I ate some of my honey-citrus mix and drank some water helped to bring the average pace to where I wanted it to be, although the parts in between were still a little fast. After 11km, it started raining again, so I walked another few steps while I got my jacket out from the backpack and put it on. Somewhere around the second aid station, I finally managed to let go of the pace group.
12-18km
Splits: 6:34 - 6:21 - 6:20 - 6:24 - 6:34 - 6:27 min/km (average 10:21min/mi)
This was were most of the elevation of the race was gained. Just gently rolling hills, but clearly more up- then downhill. And the wind was bothering me a lot. I also noticed I was slowly catching up to the 4:30 pacer again - it seems they were slowing down more on the climbs than I did.
On average this section was a bit slow compare to my goal pace, but since I knew that it had all those hills and the corresponding downhills would follow later, I didn't worry too much.
18-24km
Splits: 6:28 - 6:21 - 6:10 - 6:40 - 6:17 - 6:16 min/km (average 10:15min/mi)
By this point I had caught up to the pace group again. I was hoping running in the group would provide some cover from the wind, but not so much. At the top of the last hill, they sped up again, and I followed them for a bit until I realised what happened and slowed down again.
I passed the half-marathon timing mat after 2:13:51 - not too bad for a goal of 4:30. And faster than the half marathon race I ran exactly here a year ago! That thought made me quite happy
At the aid station at 21.6km I decided to take one of the offered gels to save some of my honey supply for later. I lost quite a bit of time trying to open the package - reminded me again why I don't like gels! So this ended up being my slowest kilometre so far. Still, the average pace was right on target.
24-30km
Splits: 6:10 - 6:45 - 6:10 - 7:29 - 6:30 - 6:08 min/km (average 10:31min/mi)
This part was the lowest point for me, as far as motivation in concerned. It had been a while since I saw any group of spectators, the field was really drawn out, and - worst of all for me - half of this was along part of the course that I already ran earlier, and somehow the second time around each of the little hills seemed more annoying than the first time. Worst of all, like in my first marathon I apparently over-hydrated before the race or in the first part of it - in any case, I was glad that there were some porta-pottys placed at the rest stop at 27km. I lost more than a minute there, so I knew I had to speed up a little bit afterwards to make up for it. At least it stopped raining, so I took off the jacket and just tied it to the straps of my hydration vest.
30-36km
Splits: 6:29 - 6:43 - 6:12 - 6:13 - 6:22 - 6:20 min/km (average 10:16min/mi)
Finally back to the city! There was a rest stop after 31.5km, and shortly after that the long descent started. My left knee, which had been fine the two hours before, started complaining a bit, but I was so happy to be back in town with people, and running downhill for two kilometers, that it didn't bother me too much. Still, I took a bit of care and went slower than I usually would on a descent, and once the road flattened out, everything was okay again.
36-42.195km
Splits: 6:23 - 6:15 - 6:08 - 6:05 - 6:17 - 6:13 - 5:29(for 300m) min/km (average 9:54min/mi)
Running along the lake, it got rather cool and windy again. I thought about putting my jacket back on, but I had tied it too securely to my pack - I couldn't untangle the knot, so I eventully gave up and just kept on running.
According to my watch, I was on track for my 4:30 goal time. Suddenly, I saw the 4:30 pacer - she must have slowed down at some point, because she had been out of my sight for a while. But now she was visible in the distance again, and I was feeling okay, so I decided to pick up the pace a bit to catch up, which I did around 40km.
I don't know what it is about the 40-km-mark, but just like in my first marathon, once I crossed that point, everything started to hurt. Bottom of left foot, left knee, top of right foot, right calf and hamstring, none of them were happy. Maybe I need to make my long training runs a little longer to get past that point. Or maybe it was due to the fact that I had increased the pace quite a bit between 38-40km.
I wanted so badly to slow to a walk, I almost did. But I was afraid I'd end up walking the rest of the way once I stopped running. Instead, I decided to overtake the pace group, so I gritted my teeth and kept on running. What really helped me was that during the last stretch of the race, there were a lot of spectators, and quite a few of them were even reading the names of the bibs and encouraging passing runners by name. I don't know why it should matter when a complete stranger tells you to keep on going, but it did push me on. And then I was on the bridge that leads to the finish line, and I was so happy! I even managed to speed up a bit for the final meters, and finished in 4:28:00. A new PR by more than 11 minutes
After the race
After the finish line, you could do an extra lap, the "UNICEF Extra Mile" - fortunately, despite the name it was only 600m), and for every person who did completed that, Montblanc (a big watch company) would donate money to Unicef. From the numbers I saw today, nearly half the half-marathon and marathon runners did that, so they'll donate 30,000CHF! I also did the extra loop. I admit I was walking it instead of running, but that still counted.
After that I just wanted to go home, so I had to walk some more to the bag pickup, put on some warm clothes and walk to the next tram stop. All of that was fine - but after 15min of standing still in the tram, the 800m walk from the stop to the parking garage where I left my car was tough. My step counter sais it took me 1424 steps to get to the car, and every single one hurt. My legs were okay, but my feet were really unhappy with me. I started out saying "argh, ouch, fu**", but that was too long to keep it up the entire way. In the end I was muttering the shortened version of "a-foo" like a mantra to keep moving (left foot, "a...", right foot, "foo", left foot "a" ...); if anyone heard me they probably thought I was crazy
A hot shower, food and rest fixed most of the aches when I got home. This morning I felt good enough to take the bike to work - it's just a short ride, so I figured it would make for some nice "active recovery". The bike ride was no problem, but I nearly landed flat on my face when I wanted to dismount and my leg wouldn't go high enough to swing over the saddle. Maybe tomorrow I'll take the car for some "passive recovery"
And in a moment of insanity (runner's high, most likely) I bought the official marathon photos despite the outrageous price. Here's two of them - the first is about one kilometre before the end, when I just wanted it to be over, and the second is just a few metres before the finish line, when I was feeling a lot happier ^^
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Great race recap @girlinahat! Love your spirit! That looked and sounded like a really fun event.
I read the whole recap @_nikkiwolf_! You are looking strong for those last kilometer of photos, particularly at the finish! I can't believe you are able to move at all after putting in such a fast effort like that!1 -
@_nikkiwolf_ great race report. You look determined in the first picture and confident and happy in the next. Great race!0
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Last week
5/3 4.3 mile jog
5/5 2.7 mile jog
Weekend - lots of walking around SF (yay, birthday trip!)
Total mileage: 13 miles. Didn't get in 3 runs like I wanted, but did a ton of walking all weekend, so I'm ok with that.
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@_nikkiwolf_ I too read the whole thing, I just love race reports. Super job continuing on and super PR. Love both pictures. I always look like *kitten*.2
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@ereck44 Congrats on your half! Sorry you didn't get your goal time, but sounds like a challenge with all the people and good job beating your last year's time.
@KeepRunningFatboy great job on the Flying Pig (love that name)
@Orphia - wow! Amazing and impressive!
@lporter229 congrats to Eric and Stella on their race! Stella looks awesome and very proud!
@girlinahat great and fun race report! That Lovestation sounds pretty awesome! A shot of cherry vodka would get me going for a while I think! Love your skipping finish. Congrats!
@_nikkiwolf_ great race recap too! Excellent job and your finish picture looks great! Amazing job. And wow, the extra loop after would have been a killer. Happy to hear so many people did that to raise money!
I am sorry if I missed any racers. I know I got to some over the weekend too but congrats to everyone who raced! Love hearing about all of it.
So, starting the countdown to my HM in just 13 days...
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
05/01/17 :::: 2.7 :::: 2.7
05/02/17 :::: 3.2 :::: 5.9
05/03/17 :::: 3.0 :::: 8.9
05/04/17 :::: 4.0 :::: 12.9
05/05/17 :::: 3.0 :::: 16.0
05/06/17 :::: 10.0 :::: 26.0
05/07/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 26.0
05/08/17 :::: 4.0 :::: 29.9 out of 75
Tonight was group workout. We did 5-7-3 minute intervals with 3 minutes in between then 4 sprints. With warm-up and cool-down came to 3.97 miles. Tough but good workout. Ready to start tapering down with easy base runs for the rest of the week.
Upcoming races:
5/21 Angry Unicorn Half Marathon,Wakefield RI
6/6 JP Morgan Corporate Challenge 3.5 mile, Syracuse NY
10/1 Wineglass Half Marathon, Corning NY
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@ereck44 - I just did the Carmel Marathon. I know it is boring in some ways compared to the Mini, but it does have some advanatages. Sounds like you have run the Mini several times, but I always hear from those who do that it is just miserable on the track and that it is so crowded you never get to where you aren't worried about tripping on someone. Regardless, great job!!! Those are tough conditions and you did really well!
@girlinahat - Yeah right, "no more running" - ha! - and after they gave you brownies and cherry vodka mid race. Great race story
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Thanks @mobycarp. It's good to know that running through a cemetery is fairly common and not something that is frowned on.
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Completed that 5K tonight! (last time I had stopped at 4K) Had a full day of work and I still went to run at 10pm. It was 3 celcius outside (in May wtf) which is 37F for you Americans. My ultimate goal is to run a sub 20 minute 5K but my current goal is a 25 minute 5K. I don't have a watch or anything but my approximate time by looking at the clock before leaving and arriving was 27 min 30 sec, so I am pretty happy!
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@snowyne and @kgirlhart Awesome jobs on your first 5K's.
I'm on TDY at Ft. Huachuca, AZ this week. I ran my first 4.25 miles since the Derby Marathon this morning.
Congrats @_nikkiwolf_on your marathon PR.
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@girlinahat That OX HM look likes a real challenge and a lot of fun. Can't believe the RD would turn down Flowers from a TuTu lady. LOL at your " I am never running again. "
@_nikkiwolf_ great race report. I usually can't remember that much detail.
11.5 km run / 83m elevation - a repeat of a run from the first of the month, River bank to Mann Flat's at the far South End of Town and then looped back. Struggled for the first half and finally managed to get into the Grove and kicked up my pace for the final 2 km. I was 3 minutes slower than my previous runs on this route.
05/01 0 km – 160 km - 0 km – YTD 420.15
05/01 11.5 km – 148.5 km - 11.5km
05/02 5.5 km – 143.0 km - 17.0km
05/03 10.0 km – 133.0 km - 27.0km
05/04 7.5 km – 125.5 km - 34.50km
05/07 7.0 km – 118.5 km - 41.50km
05/08 11.5 km – 107.0 km - 53.0km – YTD 473.15 Riverbank to Mann Flats
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@_nikkiwolf_ Great race report. I loved all of the detail. Super job of pr'ing by 11 minutes. And, all of this, after dealing with knee pain and sore feet. You are as tough as nails!
@angmarie I hope that you feel better soon.
@lporter229 Your dog seems proud to be displaying her medal. Great pic
@girlinahat Your race looks like so much fun. It would have been over for me at the love tent....that is a great display of goodies.
@greenolivetree Wow! Your family has been through a lot. Your husband had surgery again? I hope that he has a great recovery. I hope that you are taking care of yourself as well.
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@ereck44 - I just did the Carmel Marathon. I know it is boring in some ways compared to the Mini, but it does have some advanatages. Sounds like you have run the Mini several times, but I always hear from those who do that it is just miserable on the track and that it is so crowded you never get to where you aren't worried about tripping on someone. Regardless, great job!!! Those are tough conditions and you did really well!
@girlinahat - Yeah right, "no more running" - ha! - and after they gave you brownies and cherry vodka mid race. Great race story
Thank you. Do you live in the Indianapolis area? I ran the mini for the first time in 2014 and have participated since then. I remember that in the past that they capped the number of people who run. I wonder if that is still happening. It was more than I remember seeing in the past. The city also hadn't fixed all of the pot holes. So I really had to watch my feet. How many people run in Carmel? Is it a half/full marathon?
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May goal....50 miles
May 4...3.66 miles
May 6...13.1 miles (Indianapolis mini-marathon), average pace at 12:24, av. max heart rate at 90%.
May 7....3 miles (recovery run)
May 8....8 miles (Monon Trail).... average pace at 11:52, average max heart rate at 86%.
Total: 27.76 miles
2017 races....5/6 Indianapolis mini-marathon....completed.
5/20..Geist Reservoir Half Marathon
I know that I am supposed to rest this week, but really not feeling that sore today, maybe a little in my quads. I had spent 45 minutes today talking to the billing department of DirecTv (disputing a charge), and knew that I would feel better getting a run in today.
It was a beautiful day, cool (approx 58 degrees) and sunny. I decided to work on my pacing. Still plan to run another half in 2 weeks. This upcoming race will be a real test for me both mentally and physically. My plan was to run at a more tempo pace with intermittent sprints and then slow down to zone pace after 20 or 30 seconds, and repeat. I actually spent more time in zone than last Saturday, and my pace was faster. Hmmm. I may be on to something. I was a little tired afterward but not sore except in my quads.I am actually not that lacking in fitness. My plan is to take tomorrow off. I go back to work on Wednesday, and also work the weekend.
I have had a couple of days to reflect on Saturday's race. I was expecting to improve (my race time) each time and realized that it doesn't always happen: that every race is an opportunity to learn something new. I think that I am going to work on some agility drills, maybe find a hill (rare in Indianapolis) and work on sprints.
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@MNLittleFinn Thanks! How long till your marathon?
@garygse Cheers! 12.99 miles is 20.90 km to me, so not quite so grating on my OCD.
@ddmom0811 Thanks! You could run "fasted" before your blood test. Some people seem to think it trains their bodies to run on fat during long distances, though I'm a bit skeptical. @Stoshew71 ?
@lporter229 Thanks so much for reading and commenting. Yes, my walk was awesome! Still buzzing!
Hahaha, at "the Kenyans"!
@RespectTheKitty Aww, you're so nice! I wish you could see my photos too!
We all need to hook up on Facebook! If you know me on Strava, you can find me on FB.
@_nikkiwolf_ Thanks, sweetie! Bravo on your marathon!!! Absolutely fantastic! No wonder you were better on the hills than the pacers. I'm always in awe of your Strava elevation. And, "Lake Geneva to the Finland Station, she's a West End girl". I've got a London friend who did the half, and she was a bit down about the lack of crowd support too. Love what you wrote about the crowds spurring you on at the end! Great recap, brilliant race! Well done on a PB!! xx
@kgirlhart Thank you! I've done a few runs running past cemeteries. Oh, and one run I went in one on my own to take photos. But no events in one, no. Kind of cool, in a punk/gothic sort of way.
@greenolivetree Thank you! I've just built up my walking, hiking, and running gradually, over the past couple of years. Every little bit you do leads somewhere. You're making progress for sure.
@girlinahat Absolutely epic run report and pics!
@katharmonic "Angry Unicorn" half marathon! Oh, wow, I hope I haven't missed any discussion on that. I must google.
I'm planning another big walk next month. It's a relay. You have a team of 8, and need 4 people on the course the whole time. You don't all have to do the full walk, which is lucky, since it's 80 km over 2 days. I did it last year, and managed half. Thinking I'll try and go further this time, but not sure about the full thing. Yes, it's in the mountains.
I've had 3 days off with just light walking since my 50 km walk. Dying for a run tomorrow, and planning one!
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08/05 - 3.5mile very hilly run (100mtr in first 12 minutes), followed with Interval, Arms & Core
09/05 - 5.3 mile in 41mins, hit the wrong button on my TM after a speed increase, which stopped my 6 mile attempt short ... doh ... well above target speed for 10K in 50 mins though, although it was killing me not so softly
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
• 01/05 - Milton Keynes HM - 1:55:30
Coming up:
• 18/06 - Run-Bedford-Run - 10K
• 02/09 - Bedford HM
• 24/09 - Windsor HM
@lporter229 - love the pics, and the idea of the Flying Fur run - I am certain that would improve my pace, as we got a mix Greyhound 1 -
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May goal: 50 miles
May 9: 3.6 miles
May total: 17.95 miles2 -
5/1- 8.1
5/2- 4.6
5/3-9
5/4- REST
5/5- 5.7
5/6-20.1
5/7- 5
5/8- 8.2
5/9- 4.7
Total: 65.4
May Goal: Get through most of the last 5 weeks before taper healthy
Nominal mileage goal: 220 Miles.
Today's notes: Another kind of tired run day. Woke up 2 minutes before my alarm and just got up today. I was tired again this morning. I think it could be the weather change (warmer), my allergies were acting up a little, so that is part of it too.
Assignment was 4 miles plus 4 strides. Got my run done in 38:25, for a 9:33 average, with average HR of 149 so, despite being tired, the run must have went better than I thought. Strides were good, I'm always pretty wasted after them, since I basically go all out at 100% for each stride. The strides are good though, giving me another chance to focus on my running form.
Tomorrow's run is a big one for me. 10 miles with the middle 5 at Tempo pace, This will be the first of 2 longer Tempo runs, so I'm interested to see how it goes. It will also be the longest weekday run I've had, ever, so that will be interesting too!
Have a Runderful day all!
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 Trot6 -
@kgirlhart - It does seem odd that a race would go through a cemetery. Surely they worked out with the cemetery office that there would be no burials at that time, or maybe it is full and there are no more burials. I don't have any near me but thinking to the ones I know of in Virginia they would be nice places to run through. That's sad there was only one dog participating in the race! I have done a pet rescue 5K near me and there were tons of dogs. I can't bring my little one either because he is a little grouchy if I am holding him - always protecting me.
@katiejane83 - that's just creepy that guy was filming you.
@girlinahat - love the race report and great pictures.
@_nikkiwolf_ - loved your race report too! You do look happy at the end! I can't imagine doing any extra walk/run after a marathon.
Rest day for me only because I had to do a fasting blood test early this morning and am busy after work. But tomorrow will be a run & cycle day!
5/1 - 4 miles + strength training
5/2 - 3.5 miles
5/3 - 21 miles cycling
5/4 - 5 miles + strength training
5/5 - rest day
5/6 - 34 miles cycling
5/7 - 43 miles cycling
5/8 - 4.6 miles + strength training
5/9 - rest day
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Nothing exciting to report this morning; several miles of warm-up, then met up with the group and ran five miles, followed by a faster mile or so at the end.
01 - 13.50
02 - 10.58
03 - 13.49
04 - 9.80
05 - 20.14
08 - 12.99
09 - 9.77
Total: 90.27 / 225 miles
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Just joining the challenge - trying for 80 miles.
so far:
2/5 - 3.2
4/5 - 3.2
6/5 - 3.3
7/5-3.3
8/5 - 3.3
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Tracking my monthly "non-running" progress for accountability:
May 1 -P90X3 Total Synergistics + 20 minutes stretching and foam rolling
May 2- P90X3 Agility+ 45 minutes stationary bike at gym (rolling hills, level 7)
May 3- Swimming laps 25 minutes (500M)+P90X3 yoga (25 min) + 20 minutes stretching hamstrings
May 4-25 minutes yoga/stretching+ 20 minute strength training + another 10 minutes stretching
May 5- Swimming laps 25 minutes (600M)+25 minutes of hamstring work and 10 minutes stretching
May 6- Rest day
May 7-P90X3 Challenge+ 15 minutes of hamstring work
May 8- Swimming laps 30 minutes (600M)+ P90X3 CVX (Cardio) +22 minutes stretching
Not much to report from last night's P90X3 workout. It was a weighted cardio workout. Kind of fun, kind of hard in places, but overall a nice change of pace. Heading to the gym to bike and do some weights this evening.
@girlinahat and @_nikkiwolf_ -Thanks for taking the time to write the race recaps. I will definitely make time to read them over lunch. Looking forward to all of the details!
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5/1 - 5.1 miles. Fizzled a bit at the end of April, but good start to May.
5/2 - 4.1 miles of track/speed work. Then quick upper body weights.
5/3 - 5 miles. Nice, comfortable run.
5/4 - Rest day.
5/5 - 5 miles. Beautiful morning!
5/6 - 10 miles with a ridiculous amount of incline/decline. My *kitten* hurts!
5/7 - Rest day. See yesterday.
5/8 - 4.8 miles. Perfect weather at 4:30 a.m.
5/9 - 5 miles of track / speed work. Then upper body weights / abs.
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@girlinahat that was an amazing race report! I thoroughly enjoyed it!
@_nikkiwolf_ awesome race report and congrats on the marathon PR!!!0 -
great race report @_nikkiwolf_ - are you sure you ran it all as you certainly look fresh as a daisy at the end there?!!!
Hope everyone has had good runs over the weekend and this week. I'm aching less today and have a massage booked tonight. Have to get back in the mindset to run as there's a run followed by a tour of a cider farm on Thursday with my club to go to!!!
*gleefully forgets that I said I'd never run again...*
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Today kinda sucked. It was not a full on slog, but my feet felt heavy and I was slow and extra jiggly feeling (dang extra weight). I kept my effort honest though and did not try to push through on anything.
5/1 - 8 miles
5/2 - 4 miles
5/3 - 8 miles
5/4 - 4 miles
5/5 - rest
5/6 - 9 miles
5/7 - 4 miles
5/8 - 6 miles
5/9 - 4 miles
47 of 180 miles completed
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