May 2017 Running Challenge
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »My training took another half step today. I emailed to get Fitzgeralds opinion on me going for a faster marathon. Long story short, I'm waiting to hear from my wife to drop the money on it.
Thank you to all the folks who have been giving me advice. If/when I flame out running, it will be because I'd rather fail gloriously than wonder if I could have done better...... Lol
Don't make the mistake I made on my first marathon. Go conservative on your first 10 miles, and if you think it's too slow, go faster after that, but only by just a little bit. The real part of the marathon doesn't really start until after you cross the 20 mile marker.
For my first marathon, I made the mistake of keeping moving my target race time to the left every few weeks. About a week before my marathon, I was actually convinced that I could get a 3:30 based upon my peak long run pace (21 miler) and the HM I ran 5 weeks before the race. I ended up starting with the 3:40 pace group and ended up dropping out from them around mile 16. I ended up doing a run/walk from mile 20 on. I ended up with a ~3:50 time.
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mirelaavdich wrote: »I going to start training for a 10k this afternoon with a C10K app. I am planning on running my first 10k in October this year. Then half marathon spring 2018 and full marathon fall 2018. I am new at running (I just started running in March) and have loads of questions. Two I am obsessing about now are:
Will I be able to do this as I planned? - I am one of those people that plans everything and I have to have deadlines and definite dates. I can run only 3 days a week because I am strength training 3 days a week too and I just do not have the energy to do both in one day. Since I enjoy running a lot more then strength training I will start running more soon. I have to lose 12 more pounds and tone my jiggly parts a bit more
Do runners take walking breaks when running full/half marathons or just run/jog?
I agree with @lporter229 That running 3x a week is good enough for a 10K but maybe not for a HM, and definitely unadvisable for a full marathon.
The article that @skippygirlsmom posted in my opinion (as @MobyCarp pointed out) is a recipe for an enjoyable full marathon experience and not just to BQ. For example, is it possible to train for a marathon running only 25 miles per week? Maybe, but I will almost guarantee that it will be so horrible of an experience (if you don't come out with a major injury) that you will not want to run another marathon again. I always said that running a marathon isn't really the hard part of running a marathon, it's the training to run a marathon that is the hard part. If you train right, the actual race day experience won't be so bad.
My advise (again as @MobyCarp pointed out) worry about running a 10K first. Then after successfully running a 10K then sign up for and train for a HM. once you completed a HM, then sign up and train for a marathon. Your schedule may shift a bit to the right after you complete each milestone race. Then again, it may not shift to the right either.
As far as run/walking a HM or full. Yes it is possible. If you plan to run/walk your first HM, I would do a few more HM's after that so you are comfortable running the whole HM completely before signing up for a full marathon. You will need that base to begin full marathon training. And that base comes from running more miles.
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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
5/11 – 7.25 easy plus 5 strides
5/12 – rest day
5/13 – 15.07 paced run
5/14 – 7.20 easy
5/15 – 6.03 easy
5/16 – 10.63 warm up, speed work, cool down
5/17 – 3.35 recovery run
5/18 – 8.61 warm up, workout
5/19 – rest day
5/20 – 8.06 paced run
5/21 – 7.90 warm up + Lilac 10K
5/22 – 6.24 easy
May total to date – 141.61
Nominal Challenge Goal – 200 miles
Real Goals: Stay healthy. Build base. 5/28, start training plan toward MVP Rochester Marathon.
Today's notes – Today I dithered around for much of the morning, and didn't get out to run till mid afternoon. By then the temperature was 68º F (20º C) and I was a little concerned about heat; but not too much for an easy run. It turned out that there was a brisk west wind, and I was pretty comfortable running in a singlet and shorts. It also helped a lot that the humidity is still reasonable. Summer is coming, but it isn't here yet.
By pure chance, the run came in at 6.24 miles, the same distance Garmin recorded for the Lilac 10K. Out of pure curiosity, I looked at the elevation gain and loss. Garmin says Lilac had 98 feet of gain, and today's run had 125 feet. I've run today's route or variations of it an awful lot of times; no wonder I wasn't intimidated by Lilac's uphill finish!
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) finished in 40:04
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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mirelaavdich wrote: »I going to start training for a 10k this afternoon with a C10K app. I am planning on running my first 10k in October this year. Then half marathon spring 2018 and full marathon fall 2018. I am new at running (I just started running in March) and have loads of questions. Two I am obsessing about now are:
Will I be able to do this as I planned? - I am one of those people that plans everything and I have to have deadlines and definite dates. I can run only 3 days a week because I am strength training 3 days a week too and I just do not have the energy to do both in one day. Since I enjoy running a lot more then strength training I will start running more soon. I have to lose 12 more pounds and tone my jiggly parts a bit more
Do runners take walking breaks when running full/half marathons or just run/jog?
I never ran. Ever. Fast forward to 2014 and 42 years of age. That spring I started walking after starting to get my health in order and weight down. By mid-June I was doing 2 hours walks and needed more, but didn't think I had the time for more. So I started running for brief bursts of maybe a couple hundred feet or so during my walks. In September I ran my first 10k (3 months after that first "run"). In November I ran my first half marathon (just 2 months after the 10k). I would have been better served waiting a couple more months for that first half, but I did it. I ran 5 more half marathons in the spring of 2015, and then ran my first full marathon in October 2015, just 16 months after I first "ran" for maybe that couple hundred feet the year prior on one of my walks.
Do I think you can do it? If I can, why not you?
ETA - While I ran that whole first 10k (I was determined), I walked parts of my first 6 half marathons, and parts of my first full. To give some honesty and additional perspective, I had still never run a full mile before the day of that 10k. There was a mental block, and also I had never paced with other runners like I did by running at the back of the pack that day. That event taught me a lot.2 -
mirelaavdich wrote: »I can run only 3 days a week because I am strength training 3 days a week too and I just do not have the energy to do both in one day. Since I enjoy running a lot more then strength training I will start running more soon.
here are some articles that may be of interest when combining running with strength training:
https://runnersconnect.net/myths-about-strength-training-for-distance-runners/
http://www.runnersworld.com/newswire/how-best-to-combine-strength-training-and-running
https://www.outsideonline.com/1784841/should-i-do-strength-and-cardio-same-day
http://www.livestrong.com/article/543079-should-you-run-on-the-days-you-lift-weights/
http://www.livestrong.com/article/550977-how-to-run-in-the-morning-lift-later-on/
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »My training took another half step today. I emailed to get Fitzgeralds opinion on me going for a faster marathon. Long story short, I'm waiting to hear from my wife to drop the money on it.
Thank you to all the folks who have been giving me advice. If/when I flame out running, it will be because I'd rather fail gloriously than wonder if I could have done better...... Lol
Don't make the mistake I made on my first marathon. Go conservative on your first 10 miles, and if you think it's too slow, go faster after that, but only by just a little bit. The real part of the marathon doesn't really start until after you cross the 20 mile marker.
100% agree. And what happens in those last 6.2 miles is HIGHLY dependent on how you manage the first 20. Statistics say that the winner of most marathons does it with negative or close to negative splits and there is a reason for that. If you have the energy in there to get your goal, it will be there in the end. No need to use it up in the beginning of the race. In my BQ marathon, my second half average pace was 22 seconds faster than my first, with my last quarter average pace being 40 seconds per mile faster than my first quarter, mostly because I started out slower than goal. It can be done. Keep practicing that fast finish long run and you will be fine!
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lporter229 wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »My training took another half step today. I emailed to get Fitzgeralds opinion on me going for a faster marathon. Long story short, I'm waiting to hear from my wife to drop the money on it.
Thank you to all the folks who have been giving me advice. If/when I flame out running, it will be because I'd rather fail gloriously than wonder if I could have done better...... Lol
Don't make the mistake I made on my first marathon. Go conservative on your first 10 miles, and if you think it's too slow, go faster after that, but only by just a little bit. The real part of the marathon doesn't really start until after you cross the 20 mile marker.
100% agree. And what happens in those last 6.2 miles is HIGHLY dependent on how you manage the first 20. Statistics say that the winner of most marathons does it with negative or close to negative splits and there is a reason for that. If you have the energy in there to get your goal, it will be there in the end. No need to use it up in the beginning of the race. In my BQ marathon, my second half average pace was 22 seconds faster than my first, with my last quarter average pace being 40 seconds per mile faster than my first quarter, mostly because I started out slower than goal. It can be done. Keep practicing that fast finish long run and you will be fine!
Thanks for the advice all. That is my general plan anyway, start slower than what ever is goal pace then, hopefully, speed up as I go. I managed sub-9:30 the last 3 miles of my first 20 mile run. Last 2 mileswere 9:10. Though that was a fairly flat run
My last 2 scheduled long runs are both 18 miles with the last 5 miles each "at marathon pace," unless that changes to something more specific after my coaching call.
There's lots of time for me to change my mind multiple times....lol.... "good" news is that I really have no ambition for anything more than a possible sub-4 attempt, and the reason I thought about that is the local runner I ran with encouraging me to go for it.
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http://m.startribune.com/veteran-eagan-distance-runner-collapses-dies-on-rigorous-north-shore-race-course/423689293/
The local community lost a runner over the weekend. This race was farther north than than my planned 50k, but still on the Superior Hiking Trail.0 -
76.64% 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
07-May: <Life Day>
08-May: 9.46 miles
09-May: 5.81 miles
10-May:
11-May: 9.25 miles (Double Day)
12-May: 6.09 miles
13-May: 11.48 miles - inc Back the Blue 10K
14-May: <Life Day>
15-May: 3.33 miles
16-May: 7.25 miles
17-May: 3.37 miles
18-May: 5.90 miles
19-May: 6.34 miles
20-May: 13.13 miles - The River Church FREE HM
21-May: <Life Day>
22-May: 6.63 miles - I'm counting this as Peachtree Road Race (HEAT!) training!
23-May:
24-May:
25-May:
26-May:
27-May: - Race Day
28-May: <Life Day>
29-May:
30-May:
31-May:
Upcoming Races:
27-May: Edge Fitness 5K, Bonaire (*)
29-May: wear blue Memorial Day Run, Warner Robins
04-Jul: Peachtree Road Race 10K, Atlanta3 -
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 - Technicolor 5K and cool down
5/14 - Mother's day and this Mother didn't run
5/15 - 2 miles now this Mother was sorry she didn't run yesterday because this run was *kitten*
5/16 - 6 miles
5/17 - rest day
5/18 - 4 miles
5/19 - 6 very hot even at 5:30 am miles
5/20 - 2 miles just to move the legs - ugh 80 degrees at 8:00 - I love summer!!
5/21 - rest day
5/22 - 5 miles
65 of 60 miles
I thought it was a rest day, but Skip called and asked me to go with her at the Greenway after work to run so I did.
Races:
5/6 - Steeple Chase 8K - 3 in AG
5/13 - Technicolor 5K - 2 in AG
5/29 - Cotton Row 10K3 -
I'm baaaaaack...
I'll spare everyone a really terrible full race report because frankly I'm not as interesting a runner as most of you . Cole's notes, I'm an idiot and the result was an abysmal time on the full (4:11:58).
I went in fully prepared to run negative splits, run it smart like I had in every.goddamn.long run. Then the gun went off and suddenly I'm chasing some young blood (who wasn't even running the damn full so of course his pacing was higher than it would've been if he had). I actually overtook him around the 16km mark and was on track for a 3:10ish finish time and a BQ...then my left knee completely subluxated because my ortho issues are many and I was going too damn fast to be paying attention to my caps. So I limp-ran my *kitten* to the 21k mark and had lost so much ground because stupid Jessica is stupid that my first half split was 1:55. When I got to that point and realized "Oh *kitten*, I have to run the last half in basically an hour and a half to barely manage a BQ." so I pushed my luck again and was flying every decline on the hilly course to try to recoup some time. Turns out this was a terrible idea because I then went full sublux on my right side around 27k. At that point I knew Boston was not going to happen, shoved my cap back in and tried to salvage whatever I could. Coming in over four hours was humbling to say the least
Going in to Banff marathon in three weeks and I am considering blinders for myself so I don't continue to lose my damn mind and run like I have no sense. Over vaulting ambition man, Macbeth might've been onto something there
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
May 14- Rest
May 15- 11
May 18- 8.1
May 19- Off
May 20- 4
May 21- Red Deer Marathon 4:11:58
May 22- Off, so much off
191.2/300km
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »@karllundy ha ha!!! When trail running or at the greenway I can step off the trail, the problem is the neighborhood, no where to step off except 1 empty lot. ha ha
Never ended up sockless but green grass is better softer than dry grassMNLittleFinn wrote: »If/when I flame out running, it will be because I'd rather fail gloriously than wonder if I could have done better...... Lol
@katharmonic That just looks like peaceful bliss as a place to run
@JessicaMcB Sorry that your caps subluxated, can't even imagine the pain/discomfort. Surprised they had the HM runners mixed in with the FM.
10 km Riverbank Trail run. A bit of a slow slog as for us it went from 11C ( 51F ) to 26C ( 79F ) during the weekend so rather warm for us Northern Folk. One item I added into my routine this spring was some speed work and trying to Bust a fast Km ( Sub 5:15/km ) at the end of my mid-distance easy runs. Today it was just to warm and after 1/2 km the body started to revolt, pulled back to 6:00/km and finished off - safety over ride's the risk of heat induced injury.
2 more easy runs this week then rest for DHT 10k on Saturday, 2nd of a 3 race series. Got an AG 3rd in the 1st one, If I can get a placement in both of the remaining events gets me a $300.00 Shopping spree at a local running store. If the one of the other runners from the 1st event does not place/finish I only need a placement finish for the $300.00 with a shot at $400.00 or even $500.00. I might be wishing for really crappy weather at one of the events as the 1st & 2nd AG are both fair weather runners.
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
05/14 9.9 km – 83.4 km - 76.6km – YTD 496.75 Brian Harms 10k Race GP PB 54:29
05/16 8.0 km – 75.4 km - 84.6km
05/17 8.2 km – 67.2 km - 92.8km
05/20 11.4km – 55.8 km - 104.2km
05/22 10.0km – 45.8 km - 114.2km – YTD 534.35 Riverbank
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@juliet3455 I was surprised as well, we were running blended with the half runners until the 19k mark or so and then they split off back to the finish and we looped. I thought it was weird but no one else seemed to bat an eye so I figured it was just me.
I'm also glad I'm not the only Alberta runner who was dying of the heat this weekend lol. I hope you get your shopping spree because shorts ain't free and this summer is gonna be brutally hot0 -
@orphia Today was a gorgeous Autumn day, and I ran a HM just because.
Just because.....
Just been catching up on everything that's been happening - well done to everyone who raced, some astonishing PB's going on there, and sorry to those who didn't have such a good time. @Mobycarp - no one believes you aren't in it for the competition so stop trying to kid yourself!
Rest day for me today. Having done two planes, four buses, four taxis, four trains and one subway to get me to six different cities across two countries I need a break. My calf muscles are aching from workshops and dancing Collegiate Shag all weekend. My brain is also fried.
A couple of pics to get you in the Italian frame of mind - I promise to show you running trails soon.
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@girlinahat Oh wow, you've got my attention!!WhatMeRunning wrote: »@shanaber - It's been a couple years since I used free Strava, so things may be different now. Back then it would gather your HR data but not offer the "suffer score" or show the breakdown of your run within your customized hr zones. It also never captured cadence or other running metrics despite both my HRM and phone being capable of providing it, had to use other apps for those. Things may be different now.
Strava gives you a suffer score, heart rate zone analysis, pace chart, elevation chart, lots more besides. I'm still discovering new (to me) features.0 -
Up early and not running...gggrrr..... got up, got dressed and realized that pain above my left kneecap was still there..... decided my 4 miles plus strides wasn't worth it since I'm 6 miles up from what my plan says for this far in the month and 10 miles up from where I need to be to make my goal (because I counted strides toward mirage and the plan doesn't)..... currently on the couch with knee elevated and ice on it...... I may KT tape it for the day, that helped yeaterday....... stupid sitting in a moving truck all day Saturday......0
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been on and off here of late through injury...now i have a ligament strain so out of action for a while sadly...need my butt kicked to get back on straight and narrow1
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May goal: 50 miles
May 22: 3.82 miles
May total: 43.38 miles3 -
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
15/5 - 4.0
16/5 - 4.0
17/5-3.0
18/5 - 5.5
19/5-REST
20/5 - 5.7
21/5-3.5
22/5 - 5.4
23/5-3.3
total - 60.9/80 miles
A trail run today and I had so much fun! I certainly prefer running off road if given a choice5 -
5/1: 3 miles
5/2: 4 miles
5/3: 4 miles
5/4: 3 miles
5/5: 3.8 miles
5/6: 5 trail miles
5/7: Begrudingly a rest day
5/8: Rest day again
5/9: Rest
5/10: Rest
5/11: 3 miles
5/12: Lazy day
5/13: Too much rain
5/14: 13.1 miles
5/15: 3.2 miles
----: 2.5 miles
5/16: 4.7 trail miles
5/17: 5 trail miles
5/18: 5.4 HOT HOT HOT miles
5/19: Rest
5/20: 12.3 miles roads
5/21: 10 miles trails
5/22: Rest/lazy
5/23: 6.2 miles
Doubling up on the 6s today since I didn't run yesterday. I really needed a sleep in yesterday morning and then after I got home from work I just didn't feel like going out. This morning was a group run and it was perfect, beautiful weather, so I was glad that I pulled myself out of bed for the occasion.
I definitely won't be hitting 180 miles this month unless I decide to run ~92 miles in the next week (hahaha nope). But when I made my schedule & goal I didn't anticipate having 2 weeks of back problems, so I'll have to be happy with whatever I slog out this month.
I'm 200 posts behind again. Oh jeez.
Upcoming Races
5/14: Delaware Marathon Running Festival HM 1:45:17
7/1: Finger Lake Fifties 50k (trail)
10/8: Steamtown Marathon (BQ Attempt #3)
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@lporter229 @MobyCarp @wishiwasarunner @Stoshew71 - Thank you all for the advice! I will just have to rearrange my schedule to fit in more running. If I start working an hour later I could do one workout in the morning and one in the afternoon. I'll just have to plan better
May Goal: 38 miles
5/2/17 - 3.1
5/4/17 - 3.1
5/7/17 - 3.1
5/9/17 - 2.0 - Treadmill
5/11/17 - 2.0 - Treadmill
5/14/17 - 3.1
5/16/17 - 3.1
5/18/17 - 3.1 - Best 5K time
5/20/17 - 3.1 - First 5K Race 27:28 (My best time ever!!)
5/22/17 - 4.0
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Today's morning run was with the group. And when I say group, I really mean one other person, as everyone else bailed for one reason or another. Maybe they all believed Accuweather when it said it would rain? Which it didn't.
01 - 13.50
02 - 10.58
03 - 13.49
04 - 9.80
05 - 20.14
08 - 12.99
09 - 9.77
10 - 13.42
11 - 5.69
12 - 20.28
15 - 6.01
16 - 8.04
18 - 8.31
19 - 13.41
22 - 13.44
23 - 9.16
Total: 188.03 / 225 miles
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Four miles at easy effort today to maintain mileage and fitness, and to aid recovery from yesterday's long run with tempo intervals. I was a bit tight at first but loosened up and finished with a great pace. It was cool and misty out so that probably made the pace that nice.
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)
5/14 - 4 miles
5/15 - 8 miles
5/16 - 4 miles
5/17 - 8 miles
5/18 - 4 miles
5/19 - rest
5/20 - 13.5 miles
5/21 - 4 miles
5/22 - 8 miles
5/23 - 4 miles
123.5 of 180 miles completed
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@mirelaavdich - When I can't find the time to fit in both my running and strength training, I try to improvise with the strength training and fit it in in bits and pieces throughout the day: calf raises on the steps at lunch time, squats while cooking dinner, lunges while walking the dog, etc. OTOH, I am the one who is on a six week hiatus from running due to an injury, so maybe I am not the best person to be giving advice.
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5/1 - 3.5 mi.
5/2 - rest
5/3 - 6.2 mi
5/4 - 4.5 mi.
5/5 - 3.8 mi.
5/6 - 3.1 (5K race)
5/7 - rest
5/8 - 5.2 mi.
5/9 - 3.7 mi.
5/10 - 3.8 mi.
5/11 - rest (legs needed it)
5/12 - 5.2 mi.
5/13 - 3.2mi.
5/17 - 2.2mi.
5/22 - 3.1mi.
5/23- 3.1mi.
May goal: 50.6/100mi.2 -
5/1 - rest
5/2 - 6 miles
5/3 - 4.15 miles (track workout)
5/4 - 3 miles recovery
5/5 - rest
5/6 - 6 mile easy run
5/7 - 10 mile taper week long run
5/8 - rest
5/9 - 4.5 mile recovery run
5/10 - 7 mile run
5/11 - 4.5 mile recovery run
5/12 - rest
5/13 - 2.5 mile pre-race shakeout run
5/14 - Tinkerbell HM (2:01:54 - PR’d by 8 min!)
5/15 - rest
5/16 - 3 mile sort of recovery run (a little too fast)
5/17 - rest
5/18 - 5 mile run (supposed to be recovery but too fast)
5/19 - rest
5/20 - 6 mile run
5/21 - rest
5/22 - rest
May Total: 74.75/140
564.85 miles/2,017 miles - goal for the year
Hi guys! I'm finally back! On the 14th I had my Tinkerbell HM in Disneyland, out in CA, but I continued my vacation through this past Saturday evening, and landed back home early Sunday morning after a not-at-all-restful redeye (I've never been able to sleep on planes, ugh). I'm still recuperating from that, and also the jet lag of the 3 hour time difference. I'm getting old, lol, it's taking a while to get over it. There's no way I'll be able to get totally caught up on this thread, but I've read the last few pages, and kudos to all the awesome race performances and PR's I saw!!!
Apologies in advance for any lengthiness of my race report, feel free to skip over it!
So, my race went fantastically well. I was in Corral B, based on my first HM time from Sept (2:09:58). Being a Disney race it was pretty big, with 6 corrals, and I believe somewhere around 10k participants. It started at 5:30am, but that was ok because I had just flown in the morning before, so it still felt like 8:30am to me. I had my full costume on and I took a couple chances, having never run in any parts of it. I hadn't even run in shorts since the last time I lost a bunch of weight, so I was really hoping I wasn't going to have any thigh-chafing issues (I didn't, huzzah!). Didn't even notice the wings while I was running, lol.
So I'm working towards getting a sub-2:00:00 HM, but I didn't think realistically that I had a shot at that this time, since it would mean shaving 9:58 off my first HM time from Sept. In my head I think I was really hoping for a sub-2:05. I was all set to go out with my pace goal in my mind, and focus on hitting or beating it for each mile, but the first few miles ended up discouraging me from that. This was because it was sooo crowded in the first few miles that I started off slower than I was hoping for, and kind of lost hope of being able to focus on my pace goal. So I pretty much ended up running by feel, and seeing where that got me on each mile. And it actually got me much better off than I expected it to!
I had also originally planned to use my hydration belt, but it honestly just did not work with my tank top with text on it and my tutu. Priorities, right? So I decided to just rely on the water stations, and I am happy to say that I seem to have finally perfected my 'drinking from a paper cup while still running' technique. I'd say I got between 95-99% of the water and powerade into my mouth, woot! And I did not walk a single step of this race, even while passing through water stations! I had also planned to eat something before the race, but it was so early I just had no appetite and wasn't able to take in more than 2 bites of a Clif bar. Again, this seemed to be ok, and in addition to the powerade/water while on the course I took in half a pouch of caffeinated Extreme Sport Beans and half a Gu gel.
The race itself was a blast! It went through both Disneyland parks, into downtown Anaheim, and ended up back at Disneyland. I got to run through the castle! On the course in the parks they had characters out that you could take pics with (I didn't because THERE IS NO STOPPING WHEN RACING! lol), a lot of Neverland pirates along the route, and Peter Pan and Wendy waving at us from an overpass. On the Anaheim sections there was a band with a singer, a marching band, a dj, and a couple MC's. Overall, just a really fun race.
So, I ended up finishing in 2:01:54. I finished 472nd out of 9234 female finishers. In my age division, women 30-34, I finished 87th out of 1644. I seriously couldn't believe how good I was feeling, especially since in my first HM in Sept I definitely was really feeling it by the end, and had no energy to push the last mile or sprint the finish line. This time around I basically negative split the race, kind of without even really focusing on that, and ran my last mile 28 seconds faster than my next fastest mile of the race! Which, of course, now has me wondering if I could have run the race even faster, lol. #runnerproblems But I was able to really rev up the engines for the last mile, and sprint the finish line, still with a smile on my face.
I am super duper proud of how I did, and ended up exceeding my own expectations. I can definitely feel that sub-2:00:00 HM coming up! I'm not sure I'll pull it off in June's HM, since it's significantly more hilly than this one was I believe, but I'm going to work towards it!
Here are my splits. I'm going to post pics in a separate post so this doesn't get too crazy long, lol.
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Pics!
Light-up skirt
Running through the castle!
and down Mainstreet USA
'flying' over the finish line
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I didn't go to bed last night as early as I wanted. Got up at 4:30 this morning for my group run and heard it pouring. I said screw it and went back to bed for another hour. I only got in 5 this morning, but plan to do a double during lunch time to make up for the shortened miles.
Date Miles today - Miles for May
5/1 REST DAY
5/2 REST DAY
5/3 REST DAY
5/4 REST DAY
5/5 REST DAY
5/6 REST DAY
5/7 REST DAY <<<<<<< marathon recovery
5/8 4.25 miles - 4.25
5/9 5 miles - 9.25
5/10 REST DAY
5/11 5 miles - 14.25
5/12 REST DAY
5/13 12 miles - 26.25
5/14 REST DAY
5/15 6.2 miles - 32.45
5/16 7.25 miles - 39.7
5/17 4 miles - 43.7
5/18 7 miles - 50.7
5/19 REST DAY
5/20 14 miles - 64.7
5/21 REST DAY
5/22 7 miles - 71.7
5/23 5 miles - 76.7
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 << 4:09:59
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@stoshew71 it was definitely pouring, I did the same, looked out the window and went back to bed.
@jessicamcB super race in-spite of it not being what you were looking for, sorry about the knees, ouch ouch ouch!
@juliet3455 I'm dying laughing at the golf ball story and I'll be sure to keep in mind that green grass is softer LOL
@girlinahat love the pictures from Italy, enjoy!
@katiejane83 I've been waiting for your report, it was a fun read. Congrats on the super time and your OA and AG placement, fantastic! I had to laugh at the drinking out of a cup, I'm lucky to get one sip, you'll have to video and show us your technique
Did run today woke up and it was raining, which is probably okay. My torn labrum nerve was talking to me during the run last night and still a bit this morning. The ortho said I would know the pain was the labrum nerve when it came from my hip and curved in towards my groin and that would be it. Since I'm at goal I figured an extra day off wouldn't hurt.
Also question for you all. For the first time ever I have been having really really really tight calves during my runs, like a painful stiff feeling. Last night I stopped at mile 1 and stretched and it was annoying after that. I do dynamic stretching before and static after so it's kinda weird. Could it be a hydration issue? Gotta admit I've been at hydrating lately. thanks!1 -
Congrats on the great race @KatieJane83! Love the pics!1
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