May 2017 Running Challenge
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It just occurred to me why I may be so tired and having trouble waking up the past few days. The doctor changed to dosage of one of my medications on Tuesday. And coincidentally enough, I've been tired on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. So I guess I shouldn't beat myself up too much about this. But I definitely plan to get up early tomorrow and go for that long run.1
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lporter229 wrote: »
I have been loving the P90X3 videos. I think these workouts are absolutely great for runners. I know @BEERRUNNER has done them and said they really helped with her running. They are similar to the original P90X, but are shorter (only 30 minutes each) and focus A LOT less on weight lifting and more on agility, balance, flexibility, etc. All of those things that help us as runners. If anyone, like myself, struggles to do supplementary strength training for lack of a structured program, I highly recommend the investment. After all, it's only a new pair of shoes, or a race entry fee...
@lporter229 Are these on DVD or available for download or streaming? I would love to try these but I don't have a DVD player.
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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
Ran with my husband this morning. He's a good sport because I am much slower than he is. We ran through a light rain which felt nice since I overdressed for it.
I'm psyching myself up to run 12 miles in the rain tomorrow. I won't melt! I'm hoping for light rain and not a downpour. I'm a little worried about chafing if I get soaked.4 -
I have the DVD set which I received as a Christmas gift, but I think you may be able to stream them from the Beach Body website. I think they have an on-demand membership which gives you access to all of their programs for a monthly fee.0
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@lporter229 I wanted to thank you for your advise back awhile ago about mixing in tempo,mp pace into my routine runs at random intervals. It's helped me break up my longer runs when I remember to do it.
@juliet3455 Good luck on your cold wet 10K. That looks a little miserable and the only reason I'd run in that is if it were a race.
@RespectTheKitty Glad you have at least an idea of why you're feeling tired. Hopefully your Dr. can change something so it's not a constant problem.
@katharmonic You're going to do great on your HM!
My running's been feeling better since decreasing my mileage from last month (200 mi to 100 mi). I was just not in shape for bumping up my quantity of hours on my feet up so fast. I went from (100 mi to 200 mi). I've been getting back to yoga, which feels so much better and a little lifting. I have a 5k this Saturday evening 5:30p. I'm shooting for under 20 min. It's supposed to be rain all day tomorrow, but be 62F so we'll see. My daughter's going to run it with me too though she hasn't been training for it. I hope she at least finishes it.
I can't keep up with everyone but I'll wish in general everyone have fun with whatever you do this weekend!!7 -
@lporter229 I wanted to thank you for your advise back awhile ago about mixing in tempo,mp pace into my routine runs at random intervals. It's helped me break up my longer runs when I remember to do it.
Certainly! Glad to know I was able to help somebody!1 -
May Running Challenge
5/1: 8.69 miles biking, Strength training
5/2: 4.1 mile run
5/3: 5.2 mile run
5/4: Strength, 6.4 mile trail run
5/5: Tex Mex and a rest day
5/6: 6.2 mile super late night run
5/7: 12 mile super hot run
5/8: 10.24 miles on the bike
5/9: 4 mile run
5/10: 6.3 mile run, 6.87 miles cycling
5/11: 4 mile run, 6.98 miles cycling
Goals:
Running: 48.2 / 100
Cycling: 32.78 / 60
Upcoming Races:
Chicago Spring Half Marathon: May 21 (Registered)
Run the Rails 5K June 3 (Tentative)
XTERRA Jurassic Trail Run (HM at night) Jul 8 (Tentative)
La Sportiva Vail Half Marathon: Jul 22 (Tentative)
Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon: Oct 1 (Tentative)
POOP Trail Run (HM) Dec 2
Hi everyone. I'm alive and well. It's been a super busy week. I've been trying to keep up with reading your posts and I've been “liking” stuff but haven't had time to comment much.
Running is going well. My calf is still tight, but not painful at all. My IT band is also much better. Less than 2 weeks until my next race. I'm going to try to PR, but I haven't been able to do any speed work, and we'll have to see if my left leg cooperates.
Some exciting news is I bought a new bike!! Yay!! My old crappy Target bike will be retired. My new bike is a cyclocross bike. I don't plan on ever racing cyclocross, but they have more of a road bike style with a bit more comfortable angles and wider tires with tread so you can ride on grass, dirt, gravel, etc… I'm looking forward to cross training outside the gym and having something I can do with the family.
Tomorrow, I have to get up at 4am to get my long run in before a weekend of soccer games and daytime heat. Wish me luck!
Hope you all have a great weekend!5 -
5/1 - 4.7 miles
5/2 - 4.1 miles
5/3 - 4.7 miles
5/4 - 2.1 miles
5/5 - 2.5 miles
5/6 - 2.1 miles
5/7 - 2.2 miles
5/8 - 7.6 miles
5/9 - 5.7 miles
5/10 - 3.9 miles
5/11 - 6.4 miles
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Rest day for me today, woot. Tomorrow morning I have an 8am flight out of NY to LAX, and Sunday morning at 5:30 is the Tinkerbell Half.
I need a little mental soothing, lol. My training plan has me running an easy 3 mile recovery run tomorrow, the day before my HM. I don't think I've done a run the day before a longer race, and it's kinda psyching me out a little bit. But at the same time, I know that it's generally considered to be a good idea. And especially after sitting on a plane for 6 hours, I think it will really help to loosen me up. But, tell me it'll be ok, lol, I need a little reminder that a short recovery run isn't going to wipe me out for the race the next day!5 -
KatieJane83 wrote: »Rest day for me today, woot. Tomorrow morning I have an 8am flight out of NY to LAX, and Sunday morning at 5:30 is the Tinkerbell Half.
I need a little mental soothing, lol. My training plan has me running an easy 3 mile recovery run tomorrow, the day before my HM. I don't think I've done a run the day before a longer race, and it's kinda psyching me out a little bit. But at the same time, I know that it's generally considered to be a good idea. And especially after sitting on a plane for 6 hours, I think it will really help to loosen me up. But, tell me it'll be ok, lol, I need a little reminder that a short recovery run isn't going to wipe me out for the race the next day!
@KatieJane83 - There are different training systems that have you do different stuff the day before a long race. Some systems have you rest the day before a long run. Some call for 2 miles at goal race pace. The plan I typically follow calls for 20 to 30 minutes on the last 2 miles of the course (implied, at an easy pace). The thing is, none of these practices are going to wipe out a well-trained runner for the race. They are all volume-limited.
So your plan calls for an easy 3 miles. I don't know about your paces, but at mine an easy 3 miles would use less energy than 2 miles at goal half marathon race pace. And I've seen runners PR after doing the 2 miles at goal race pace the day before.
You'll be fine.
Edit to add: I ran 5 easy miles the day before my PR half marathon. The first two, I ran with my sister. She was doing two miles at her goal race pace, which was a tad slower than my easy pace; but we managed. The next day I ran a PR and she ran within a couple minutes of her PR. Then she told my nephew he owed her another half marathon because he didn't finish ahead of his mother.3 -
@KatieJane83 - As @MobyCarp said, you'll be fine. The day before my HM, I ran an easy 2 miles...just 2 piddly little miles; I ran the HM and PR'd it.2
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@KatieJane83 Whatever you do, let us know and how it worked out. My first HM is in June and I plan to spend 2.5 days driving there (doing more than just the HM while in the area) to get slowly used to elevation change and not wear myself out. I was thinking of stopping along the way at various parks to break up my drive and get some running done. I figure I need to do that to stay in shape. So it would be nice to hear what you do and how it works out for you.1
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@KatieJane83 I've done an easy 2 mile shakeout run the day before my HMs and the day before my marathon. I do tend to throw in a quick stride towards the end so I mentally know my legs can go fast. I usually have my rest day 2 days before the HM. Both of my HMs were fantastic. It's my favorite race distance.
Hope you have a great race! Can't wait to see pics!1 -
@katiejane83 good luck!!!0
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5/2-3 miles
5/5-2 miles
5/7-3 miles
5/8-4 miles
5/10-3 miles
5/11-2.5 miles
Total-17.5/65miles
another failedish run last night. was planning a 4 mile run, but I got to the track and my nephew showed up, he walked to there from scouts because he know I was there (both my oldest and their oldest is in the same scouts and I dropped my son off and headed to the track) well my brother showed up because my nephew didnt have permission to be there, I kept running, got around the track and seen that my 2 younger nephews and my niece there, but my brother was gone. he left all 3 kids with me without even asking and they were being butts and my niece was whining that she wanted to leave so my 4 mile run became 2.5 miles, and i was one pissed off lady when I got back to scouts
In other news, I have a 5 mile race tomorrow, I had a coworker pick up my rae packet, glad i checked it because she mixed up mine and anothers who was only doing the 2 mile, so got it switched. Still have a little bit of a cold, but getting better.
my race shirt and bib
this one is from 4 years ago when I did the same race 4 years ago, last time I got fit
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I think I missed out on the poop conversation a few days ago, but I wanted to share this video.
https://youtu.be/DxgEHNKfNvw
At least us runners wouldn't get DQ'd in a race for this...lol! Well, provided it wasn't right in the middle of the street. Poor doggy!
I normally don't have too many bathroom issues, but we don't have to dwell on that. However, having to go in the middle of my marathon was a big fear because I was so worried about my time. Fortunately I survived without bathroom issues, but in hindsight, having a bathroom issue may have been better than falling and smacking my face on the road. Lol
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@MobyCarp , @garygse , @midwesterner85 , @BeeerRunner , and @skippygirlsmom thank you so much for the advice and words of encouragement! Much appreciated!
Very excited to run in my wings and tutu Sunday morning!7 -
5 miles today. Wasn't feeling it.
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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.
5/4- 3.2
5/6-13.2
5/7-6
5/11 - weight lifting training session then 6 mile run - felt like I had lead legs. Shins were cramping up at 2 miles, ugh.
I have to travel out of town this weekend and am working next weekend. I am going to really have to step it up to meet my goal.
May total 28.4/80
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