May 2017 Running Challenge

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  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
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    I may be recovering, but that run last night felt really good. In fact, I'm thinking about signing up for either a 5K or 10K on 5/20 (need to sign up really soon) and a 5K trail run on 5/27. I think I can do 5K, probably even 10K on 5/20... am I crazy or should I do it?

    Here are my stats from last night's run. Based on this, do you think I should do the 10K or the 5K on 5/20?

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  • 9voice9
    9voice9 Posts: 693 Member
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    autumnblade75 wrote: »
    I have heard good things about B-vitamins, though. I would certainly be interested in hearing your thoughts about how they work.
    Went back and looked at my "men's 50+ daily vitamin" and it has like 150% of RDA on B6, and 300% on B12, so I don't know that I need more, or that it would be of any benefit.
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
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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
    5/9 – 8.16 warm up, speed work, cool down
    5/10 – 5.66 group run

    May total to date – 61.27

    Nominal Challenge Goal – 200 miles
    Real Goals: Stay healthy. Build base. 5/28, start training plan toward MVP Rochester Marathon.

    Today's notes – Great weather for the group run this evening. Set out to run 6 to 7 miles with the group, saw some new-to-me paths and trails, and at about 4.25 miles began feeling the distance. Not really an injury, just my legs telling me they'd had almost enough. So I split off from the group and took the short way back to base. it was enough for today.

    Then I saw the Garmin had about 10 minutes in Zone 1 and very little in Zone 2. WTF? There had been a software updated, and it turned out the watch had decided to auto-detect my max HR at 202. Sigh. Once I figured it out, I manually set the max HR to 185, but I know from the last time I reset HR zones that this will only take effect going forward. I'm left with garbage HR zone statistics for today's run. Good thing it was an easy run; I can eyeball the average and max HRs, look at the graph, and tell that my HR was pretty much where it belonged for this type of run.

    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)
  • snowyne
    snowyne Posts: 268 Member
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    @dchurch80 - Welcome! Glad you found this thread -- it's a great resource. Happy running!
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
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    katharmonic wrote: »
    Oh, @HRKinchen good luck with your trail race. Avoiding those gators will definitely get you finished in an hour!

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    Oh hell no!
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
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    72 posts. Yes we are a very active group.
    To many posts to comment on except for the Skunks and the Alligator Road.

    7.7 km tonight - weird distance but the top of the Trail we were climbing was impassable due to a big mud bog so had to cut it short, turned and burned back to the Rec Center where we started.

    It was a good Run. Set 4 new PB's.
    Fastest 1k @4:55:3
    Fastest Mile @8:00:9
    Fastest 2 Mile @16:09
    Fastest 5k @28:23:3.

    From Al Adair Rec center up Pats Creek Trail. 3 different little rain showers hit us on the uphill portion. On the down hill I made a very conscious effort to keep up with the 2 fastest runners in our group. Managed to keep close to a 5:00 min/km 3.7km - Happy Happy. Taper now for Harms 10k on Sunday.

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    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
    05/09 6.0 km – 101.0 km - 59.0km
    05/08 7.7 km – 93.3 km - 66.7km – YTD 486.85 Adair up Pats Creek Trail
  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
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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


    Total: 28.94


    Ticker is my goal for 2017 and progress to date:
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    upcoming races:
    Volcano Rainforest Runs 10k 8/19
    BlockThe Sun Run 5k Oct 14 (https://walk.aimatmelanoma.org/Hilo2017) (physical and virtual options available)
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
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    Still no running for me after my HM. It’s not through aches and pains in my legs – they were fine within a couple of days. I DID have a massage which has actually given me neck/backache two days after.

    No, what is stopping me from running is that I am totally and utterly EXHAUSTED. I want to sleep all the time, although I struggle to get to sleep due to the backache. I find this at other times when I do a long run (not normally for as long) that I am shattered from it.

    Does anyone have any advice? I’m wondering whether it could be iron levels or something? I’ve been really hungry the days after too, so have been eating a little over maintenance but trying not to go too far.

    I’d like to run with the club this evening, but it’s a 5 miler (followed by a tour of a cider farm) and I don’t know if I can run that far!!!
  • vandinem
    vandinem Posts: 550 Member
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    Date     Miles      MTD
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May 04     5.1        5.1
May 05     5.1       10.2
May 06     6.5       16.7
May 11     5.1       21.8

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    This may be a light month ... feeling some knee pain and that's an injury I'd rather not entertain!
  • SweetSassyJen
    SweetSassyJen Posts: 129 Member
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    May goal: 50 miles
    May 11: 3.6 miles
    May total: 21.55 miles
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
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    WhatMeRunning wrote: »
    @girlinahat - You sound like you need time off and are exhausted. Do you know your normal resting heart rate? If your current resting heart rate is high, say 10% to 15% high then a rest day and a few days of short recovery pace/effort runs can help bring it back down, at which point you can start up again. If it is quite high, like 20%+ higher then you are in overtraining risk and/or possibly ill. In that case complete rest is called for until you get back to normal again.

    that's interesting (and exactly the reason I bought a fitbit charge2) about the heartrate. It hasn't changed significantly - going from average 58/59 RHR to currently 61.

    My main concern is the actual feeling of sleepiness - I may try and do a short run tonight (maybe not the cider farm 5 miler) to coax the energy out. I just feel that if I am THIS tired after a long run then it's not a sustainable activity for me - I don't want to be wiped out completely for a week after an activity as it affects everything I do. My sleep patterns have never been great and are worse at the moment so perhaps a combination of good nutrition, better sleep and gentle activity are needed.

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