May 2017 Running Challenge
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wishiwasarunner wrote: »So I am fairly new to this site and a much more low mileage and lots of days off runner than most. I didn't think I would ever find my last post - it was 9 pages back, lol. You people are crazy runners - and I am saying that with a huge smile on my face and lots of admiration in my voice. (Emoji-less at the moment) I thought I was a little crazy for doing a marathon. You all make me feel not only sane, but like a slacker, lol.
Ah em... Well....*shuffles feet* *glances at @MNLittleFinn et al* I think you have found your people.
Nanoo Nanoo.6 -
42.47% of goal
01-May: 6.51 miles
02-May: 6.70 miles
03-May: 3.30 miles
04-May: 6.70 miles
05-May: 6.65 miles
06-May: 10.91 miles - inc All About Animals 10.2K 6.33 miles
07-May: <Life Day>
08-May: 9.46 miles
09-May: 5.81 miles
10-May:
11-May: 9.25 miles (Double Day w/Sun Screen)
12-May: 6.09 miles
13-May: - Race Day
14-May: <Life Day>
15-May:
16-May:
17-May:
18-May:
19-May:
20-May: - Race Day
21-May: <Life Day>
22-May:
23-May:
24-May:
25-May:
26-May:
27-May: - Race Day
28-May: <Life Day>
29-May:
30-May:
31-May:
Upcoming Races:
13-May: Back the Blue 10K, Warner Robins
20-May: Georgia Jugfest 5K, Knoxville (*) OR
The River HM
27-May: Edge Fitness 5K, Bonaire (*)
04-Jul: Peachtree Road Race 10K, Atlanta1 -
May goal: 50 miles
5/1/17: 4 miles
5/3/17: 3.5 miles
5/4/17: 3.1miles
5/6/17: 3.1 miles
5/7/17: 3.5 miles
5/9/17: 4.1 miles
5/10/17: 3.5 miles
5/12/17: 2.5 miles
27.3/50 miles
Kind of a meh run today. Wasn't really feeling it. Hopefully the next run will be better.
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I think you have found your people.
Nanoo Nanoo.
I have officially found my people... crazy runner AND like the 3rd person (maybe not even that many) I have ran across that would understand nanoo nanoo I am actually speechless and in awe. (Perhaps a bit of a dork, and easily impressed as well.)
No running to report. 5k tomorrow curtesy of crazy friend. Not looking forward to it. Runs lately have been slow and sucky. Gotta figure out how to fix that before half next month or else this month won't be much fun.
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May goal: wear sunblock
5/1: sat on my okole. All. Day. Long.
5/2: 3.13
5/3: 6.06
5/4: 4.08
5/5 rest
5/6: 4.15
5/7 3.56
5/8 snorkel 3.5 hours
5/9 4.58
5/10 3.38
5/11 rest
5/12 3.25
Total: 32.19
Ticker is my goal for 2017 and progress to date:
upcoming races:
Volcano Rainforest Runs 10k 8/19
BlockThe Sun Run 5k Oct 14 (https://walk.aimatmelanoma.org/Hilo2017) (physical and virtual options available)
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I understand "nanoo nanoo" because I'm old.
02 May – 8 km
03 May – 8.1 km
04 May – 7 km
06 May - Go the Extra Mile Melbourne 50 km walk
10 May – 8.7 km
11 May – 2.8 km
12 May – 10.2 km
13 May - 8.3 km including parkrun
Total: 52.1 km run; One 50 km epic walk
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Busy week at work and I have been so tired. Took midday naps Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday I fell asleep in the couch at 4pm and slept for 2 hours. Probably could have slept there all night but my husband woke me up for dinner Last night I forgot to set my alarm, fell into bed and slept until 8am - over 9 hours! Missed my early run window but no meetings thank goodness. I did discover later that some folks from work were calling my cell and texting me though that I missed. I ran late today and was thinking at first how good it felt, then how terrible it felt and started singing 'High Hopes' in my head because each day I run I have high hopes it will be a good run! Around mile 2 I actually started feeling pretty good an managed to run most all of the rest of my planned route. I will go out thinking I can get 8 tomorrow but will be ok if I can get in only 6. The way I have been feeling, that will be good enough! I am hoping this goes away in time for me to be ready for the HM in July...
Date........Miles.......Total
05/01......0.00........0.00 - Agility trial
05/02......0.00........0.00 - Rally/Obedience trial
05/03......4.78........4.78 - Del Mar run
05/04......4.14........8.92
05/05......0.00........8.92 - Spin class
05/06......0.00........8.92 - Spin class followed by Barre class
05/07......0.00........8.92 - Much needed rest!
05/08......5.68......14.60 - + Agility Class
05/09......6.22......20.82 - + Strength Training
05/10......0.00......20.82
05/11......0.00......20.82 - + Strength Training
05/12......5.63......26.45
My completed and upcoming Races - Let me know if you will be running too!
02/05/17 - Surf City Half Marathon
07/23/17 - San Francisco 1st Half Marathon
12/16/17 - San Diego Holiday Half Marathon3 -
I think I got an "Air PB" at parkrun today.
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Great pic @Orphia !!!
I did a tentative run last night. I was walking to meet friends, it's about an hour up some steep hills and thought I'd give it a go. Felt good. It may have only been 500 yards or so but it's good to know that it can be fun.
Just to show it's not the shoes that make you a runner - I had on jeans, a long flowing silk trench coat, and leopard print flat shoes (must have looked a sight running!)
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15 miles today. Took ii very paced but still was under 10 minutes per mile. I need to respect my test says better. Will do tomorrow.5
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Finally getting a chance to catch up! Good luck to everyone racing this weekend, and hope everyone else has either a great training run or an enjoyable rest!3
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May goal: 50 miles
May 13: 3.59 miles
May total: 25.14 miles2 -
@hanlonsk other people don't get Mork and Mindy references? You need new people
@Orphia your air PB, holy cow!
So I've been up since 5 for an especially long trail run with my trail group. I kind of figured that they would cancel because it's pouring rain, but now that they have and I'm sitting here geared up I'm pretty sure I'm going anyway
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Short run - 5.7k - this morning but adds to the monthly goal total.
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Pouring rain turned to blowing snow and general grossness. No regrets
May 1- Rest
May 2- 14.2
May 3- Rest
May 4- 14.5
May 5- 18.8
May 6- 8
May 7- 23.3
May 8-Rest
May 9- 15.7
May 10- Rest
May 11- 15.7
May 12- Rest
May 13- 15.7
125.9/300km
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It is done registered for my first half marathon on June 24th.11
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wishiwasarunner wrote: »So I am fairly new to this site and a much more low mileage and lots of days off runner than most. I didn't think I would ever find my last post - it was 9 pages back, lol. You people are crazy runners - and I am saying that with a huge smile on my face and lots of admiration in my voice. (Emoji-less at the moment) I thought I was a little crazy for doing a marathon. You all make me feel not only sane, but like a slacker, lol.
Ah em... Well....*shuffles feet* *glances at @MNLittleFinn et al* I think you have found your people.
Nanoo Nanoo.
How did I get singled out as crazy????? LOL7 -
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
5/10- 10
5/11- REST
5/12- 5.7
Total: 81.1
May Goal: Get through most of the last 5 weeks before taper healthy
Nominal mileage goal: 220 Miles.
Today's notes: Today's assignment was 20 miles, my first "official" 20 mile run, as last week was supposed to be only 19. I ended up running all 20 with a 9:38 average pace, but it was a pretty good suffer fest by the end. You can see on my Strava splits that I slowed down in the second half. I ate 3 Honey Stingers on the run, and skipped the 4th, because I just wanted to keep trucking along.
Fitst half was great, as the weather was perfect, mid 50's overcast, and a very light breeze. The only annoying part of those miles was the very loose, chunky gavel stretch for a mile and a half between miles 4 and 6 that probably sapped some energy on what would have been nice downhill stretches.
The sun came out when I was about 10 miles into the run, and there was almost NO shade, so the rest of the run was a lesson in running hot and annoyed. Still I felt OK, despite slowing down, in deference to the heat.
Miles 19 and 20 are where things kind of fell apart. The blister I have under one of my calluses started really bugging me, and I got a weird twitch right above my knee on my left quad. With those in mind, I started taking some walking breaks, because at this point, avoiding injury is WAY more important that trying to clock in fast times.
Still, despite that, I feel pretty good about the run, I only lost 10sec/mile compared to my last 20 miler, with almost double the elevation, so a decent trade off, I'd say.
Now to enjoy a wonderful Saturday with my family, and do some damage control on my poor fried bald head.... good thing I had sun block on, otherwise it could have been a LOT worse.
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 -
MORE OF THAT, PLEASE!
Full race report to come later. Gotta shower and get ready for a crawfish boil with the family now. But suffice to say, my first trail race was a blast and I will definitely be doing more!
For now, I'll leave this...
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »wishiwasarunner wrote: »So I am fairly new to this site and a much more low mileage and lots of days off runner than most. I didn't think I would ever find my last post - it was 9 pages back, lol. You people are crazy runners - and I am saying that with a huge smile on my face and lots of admiration in my voice. (Emoji-less at the moment) I thought I was a little crazy for doing a marathon. You all make me feel not only sane, but like a slacker, lol.
Ah em... Well....*shuffles feet* *glances at @MNLittleFinn et al* I think you have found your people.
Nanoo Nanoo.
How did I get singled out as crazy????? LOL
You represent our crazy tribe the best it seems, haha!2 -
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
5/9 – 8.16 warm up, speed work, cool down
5/10 – 5.66 group run
5/11 – 7.25 easy plus 5 strides
5/12 – rest day
5/13 – 15.07 paced run
May total to date – 83.59
Nominal Challenge Goal – 200 miles
Real Goals: Stay healthy. Build base. 5/28, start training plan toward MVP Rochester Marathon.
Today's notes – 53º F (12º C), overcast, and minimal wind made for great running. The forecast had rain and showers, but the precipitation held off till after the run. Only one trainee for this run, but she's in peak condition right now. The other pace leader is near peak condition as well, and we ran the first 8 miles a bit faster than the target 8:00 pace. Then the other pace leader dropped out because he's tapering, and my trainee requested we adhere to the target 8:00 more strictly. Okay, I can do that. Ran the next 7 more relaxed, and finished with an average pace of 8:02 for the 15 miles.
Poor selfie skills meant I didn't get the lake in the background at the scenic selfie stop; but fortunately I had thought to take a picture of the lake before the run started.
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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Well, I'll take that as a badge of honor! LOLJessicaMcB wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »
How did I get singled out as crazy????? LOL
You represent our crazy tribe the best it seems, haha!
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5/1 5.5mi 53:51min (interval run)
5/2 5mi 44:35min
5/3 rest
5/4 5mi 44:20min
5/5 4mi 37:27min
5/6 11mi 1:43:14min
5/7 rest <- but I spent 7 hours painting!!!
5/8 7mi 1:06:29min
5/9 5mi 45:31min
5/10 rest
5/11 5mi 43:55min
5/12 4mi 36:09min
5/13 12mi 1:54:33min
I DID 12 MILES!!! That's the longest I've run in 11 years... it did feel harder than the 11 miler I did last Saturday even though temp wise it was about the same. I tried a different pair of socks and I don't like them as much as my belaga socks. My shoes felt a little too roomy with these socks.
Anyway I'm still a little shocked I did it without too much trouble and no walking breaks. I felt pretty spent by the end, I was counting down the seconds the last mile 9 -
2/5 - 3.2
4/5 - 3.2
6/5 - 3.3
7/5-3.3
8/5 - 3.3
9/5 - 3.2
11/5 - 4.0
13/5 - 4.0
total - 27.5/80 miles3 -
5/1 - 5 miles
5/2 - 5 miles
5/3 - 3 miles
5/4 - rest day
5/5 - 2 miles
5/6 - 5 miles - Steeple Chase 8K
5/7 - rest day
5/8 - 5 miles
5/9 - 3 miles
5/10 - rest day
5/11 - 5 miles
5/12 - 3 miles
5/13 - 4 miles
40 of 60 miles
Ran a little 5K race this morning with Skip. It benefits an organization that helps overseas orphans and since Skip was adopted from an orphanage in Russia we always try to support. Skip ran a 24:48 and finished 1st in her AG and 10th overall. I was a 33 flat 47th overall 2nd in my AG. I love this timing company, I had an email with my time before I left the race. Love me some Fleet Feet gift cards!!!
Now it's time to get the girl ready for prom!
Races:
5/6 - Steeple Chase 8K - done 3rd AG
5/13 - Technicolor 5K - done 2nd AG
5/29 - Cotton Row 10K
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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
05/09/17 :::: 2.5 :::: 32.5
05/10/17 :::: 5.1 :::: 37.6
05/11/17 :::: 3.3 :::: 40.9
05/12/17 :::: 3.0 :::: 43.9
05/13/17 :::: 8.0 :::: 51.8 out of 75
Long run today - it was drizzling at the beginning and end, and rather chilly, but a big improvement over being completely waterlogged last week so I'll take it. Hopefully I've done my time in the rain and next weekend will be lovely.
8 days to race day, so I'll be having a rest day tomorrow and just a couple of easy runs this week. I need to start gathering my race day gear and planning what to pack for my trip. Two things on the list already are sunglasses (can't find mine pair I use for running) and sunscreen.
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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@skippygirlsmom Awesome run both of you! Sounds like you have an awesome day!
Forgot to update my mileage earlier. At 101.1 for the month.1 -
Running with the Cows Half Marathon report...
HOT!!!
All things considered, this was a good run. My plan was to treat it as an honest long run in my Garmin zone 3HR range throughout. I knew this would put me at a smidge over 3 hours at best, so I lined up with the 3:00 pace group, but ran according to my watches HR alerts and nothing else.
Despite temps at the start being around 60 I kept watching the 3:00 pace group peeling away in front of me. I was literally right around the very back of the crowd those first two miles, and I was staying in my desired HR zone. That was a little demoralizing (actually a lot), but I cheered along those I kept up with. I knew eventually people ahead of me would fall back, and they did, particularly noticeable around mile 4 when I kept passing by people and not having them leapfrog past me again.
People were starting to chat about the warmth and sun but my pace was steady...until about mile 10. At that point it was in the 70's and I noticed how little I was sweating. I was hydrated, just not heat acclimated. My HR would quickly rise when running and I was having to walk even portions of downhills to stay in my HR range. I kept true to that zone, and had 16:00 miles those last few miles.
I did run in to the chute through the last 3-400 meters or so which got my HR up into zone 5 per Garmin.
My time was the worst HM time I have ever recorded by a good 10-15 minutes. I haven't checked the official time. Garmin has me at 3:14:34.
So while plenty about this run sucked, it was a success. I stayed at my desired effort, and it shows in the hours afterward. Long term for my training plan I nailed this one. My ego is severely bruised by how pathetic my performance is this year.
Oh well.
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
5/10 - 6 miles
5/11 - rest
5/12 - more rest
5/13 - 13 miles (plus 0.1)
66 of 180 miles completed
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@WhatMeRunning a hard/bad race is still a good day, and you did a great job keeping to your goal, just keep that in mind. Great run/race!3
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@WhatMeRunning - Well done! Walking a few miles and finishing feels a lot better than running hard and having to take a DNF a mile from the finish line. I've done both.5
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