May 2017 Running Challenge
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I use a FlipBelt https://flipbelt.com/ and it works well for me. I put my phone in a plastic (zipper sandwich) bag, and then slide that into the belt. Never had any discomfort with it, and rarely worry about moisture (sweat, rain) - even today with a drenching rain-run.I have a question, is anyone using the "sports armband" for holding a phone? I got one, but it is constantly sliding down my (obviously not so) bulging bicep
... anyone having the same issue and a solution?
@9voice9 +1 on the FlipBelt...it's what I use and I can barely tell I'm wearing it.
@mmecraine I agree with what @ddmom0811 said...if you're out there running, you're a runner.
Today's run deviated a little from the norm, in that it included a virtual 5K race (a Star Wars fun-run)...I'm a little bummed that my "Rule the Galaxy" running top is stuck in the mail though (it's traveling up and down California at the moment...USPS sucks), so I couldn't wear that like I wanted to.
But all in all, I did a mile to warm up, then the 5K, followed by a another mile cool down. I managed to PR the 5K with a 21:56. After that, it was time to meet up with the running group for our usual 5 mile run, and then finally another mile to take me back to the office to get changed and ready for work.
With tomorrow's planned long run, I should get to my monthly goal tomorrow.
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
24 - 13.45
25 - 11.57
Total: 213.05 / 225 miles5 -
@ddmom0811 I have been worrying about battery life recently. I currently have an earlier version of Jaybirds. A few times, the battery has not lasted through an entire run (starting on full charge). Usually it still lasts, but I know I'm starting to break into a distance where it is a risk.
A long time ago, I was using wired headphones and caught the cord as I was swinging my arms. Ripped the phone out of its holster and it went flying. Fortunately, it bounced around on the sides/edges, busted the case/glove off, and chipped up the corners instead of the screen. It powered off at the time, but then worked just fine after starting it back up again. I kept using that phone for another 2 years, so the only permanent damage was how it looked - not a big deal for me, especially considering I put a new case on that covered the most chipped areas.
Anyway, I know I will need to switch back to wired headphones while running, but I am nervous because of that prior incident. Last weekend, I bought 2 new pairs of earbuds. The first pair supposedly has a better battery life (it can probably get me by for a bit longer). The other pair is cheap (i.e. I don't care if I have to replace) wired. I just have to be careful and get used to the cord. Maybe I'll be able to set the cord in a way that prevents catching, such as making it fairly taught under my shirt and coming out of the sleeve to go into the phone. It likely helps that I now carry the phone on my arm instead of at my waist.1 -
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
5/13- 20
5/14- 5
5/15- 8.2
5/16- 4.6
5/17- 10.1
5/18- REST
5/19- 5.7
5/20- 20.3
5/21- 5.2
5/22- 8.1
5/23- REST (unplanned)
5/24- 10
5/25- REST (scheduled)
Total: 178.3
May Goal: Get through most of the last 5 weeks before taper healthy
Nominal mileage goal: 220 Miles.
Today's notes: Scheduled rest day today. I'm still pretty tired from yesterday, and my knee still feels weird. Not sure what's up with it. Running is fine, once I get into it, but walking and especially sitting, my knee just feels off, like the patella wants to move over or something. Anyway, with a rest day today, and possibly some KT Taping, my knee should be OK for tomorrow's E run, and Saturday's FFLR.
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
11/23- TBD 5k Turkey Trot1 -
@Orphia - If you want to calculate what your long run should be at 35% of your target weekly mileage, you would multiply your weekly mileage by 0.35 (mileage x 0.35). It might be best to multiply by 0.3 however since 35% is the aggressive, high-end range, with the preferred range between 25% and 35%. So 30% (0.30) is right in the middle of that range.
I make my own training plan, but it's built using a framework developed from everything I have learned here and online over the last few years, along with what I have discovered about my body and abilities during all that. I cross check everything I plan against some baseline advice though, which you will find repeated here and from reputable running authorities like Jack Daniels, Greg McMillan, Joe Friel and others.
I run 6 days per week to maximize my safe mileage potential and to recover most effectively (I am a big proponent of active recovery).
My daily and weekly mileage is essentially time-based, not distance based. I determine the distance based on time. Technically it is "time at effort".
My short, easy effort/recovery runs are meant to be in the 45-60 minute range at 60% to 80% MaxHR. Any further and they challenge the body harder than an easy/recovery run should, any less and I sacrifice potential.
My weekly long run is meant to be a minimum of 2.5 hours, and up to 3 hours (with a hesitant allowance to 3:15) at 70% to 85% MaxHR. That allowance would only be stretched longer than 3:15 during peak mileage weeks for a full marathon or ultra or something that demanded an occasional punishing run of that length. I'm not doing that so my long run goal is to be in the 2.5 to 3 hour range. These time limits are based on the body not taking on many physical adaptations past 2.5 hours and increased injury risk from fatigue after 3 hours.
I also do 2 mid-week medium length runs that if run at 60% to 80% MaxHR are between 1.5 and 2 hours in length. Basically a duration that triggers the same physical adaptations as a long run, but without the big impact and I can complete without any fueling, or even carrying water so long as it's not quite hot out. These are workout runs, either as just a long run, or as tempo workouts with some easy miles to warm up and cool down.
So my long run plus the two mid-week workouts are 3 of my 6 weekly runs, with the 3 easy/recovery runs in between, plus one rest day each week. All added up it should be between 7:45 and 10:15 hours of running per week. Typically I'm doing around 9.5 hours/week. Thats the main framework.
I am currently running 4 miles at easy effort in 54 to 55 minutes. So that is my distance for my short runs. Im hoping to bump that to 4.5 miles soon once my pace picks up enough to do the 4.5 miles comfortably in 60 minutes or less.
I can do 12 miles in just under 3 hours at easy/long run effort. That was my base long run distance heading into my current stamina-focused cycle.
It is not hard to figure out the middle distance runs from there. 8 miles, which I can do around 1:55 at easy/long effort.
That adds up to a 40 mile week right there, and was what I was running at the end of my last 6 week base building cycle as part of my "getting back to running" plan. The goal of that was to get my body used to running that amount of time weekly...which just so happens to be 40 miles in distance. I used that as the "base" for this current 6 week stamina building cycle, which adds harder/faster efforts instead of adding mileage as the "stressor".
In this current cycle I just made my "workout" runs a little harder, otherwise basically maintaining the same mileage. I added tempo/speedwork intervals to one midweek run, and a tempo run to the other. I bumped my long run up to 13.5 miles, thus making it a little more challenging too, but within the 35% rule.
Once I get my stamina built up in this cycle (or maybe the next if it takes that long), I will have built back up to a standard, healthy, long distance running regimen. A standard training week should have all of these, easy runs, medium distance runs with speedwork/tempo efforts thrown in, and of course the long run. I just built up to it a little differently is all. Instead of doing all those and building up distance over time, I started with nothing but easy effort runs at prescribed lengths of time, and got a base distance established, then started working on the stamina parts within that established mileage.
One thing I feel compelled to point out is a method @girlinahat mentioned a couple months back called the 3-2-1 method. It does require running 6 days/week. Basically, take your weekly mileage, or your short run, or your long run, and calculate your distances. You should do 3 short runs, 2 medium runs, and 1 long run per week. Thus one aspect of 3-2-1. Your long run should be 3 times the distance of your short run, and your medium runs 2 times the distance of your short run. Thus another aspect of 3-2-1.
So, let's say you can do a 12 mile long run. That would mean you should be doing three 4 mile runs (4x3=12)and two 8 mile runs (4x2=8) in addition to that. If that sounds extreme, then your long run is too long.
Alternatively, say you can run 4 miles easy every day it seems like. Then you could make a training week of three 4 mile easy runs, two 8 mile runs, and a 12 mile long run. If that seems insane then perhaps your easy runs aren't as truly easy as you thought.
Finally, you can take a weekly mileage you are comfortable with and base it on that, with your short run being 1/10th of your weekly mileage. If you add up the 3-2-1 runs...one 3 (long run), plus two 2's (medium runs), plus three 1's (short runs) you get 3+2+2+1+1+1 = 10. Meaning a short run is 1/10th of weekly mileage. If this is confusing, don't worry, just know that a short run is 1/10th of weekly mileage under the 3-2-1 method.
So, if you are comfortable doing 30 miles/week, then your 3 short runs would be 3 miles each (1/10th of 30), your two medium runs would be 6 miles, and your long run 9 miles.
May be a lot to digest. Hope I didn't spew on for too long!5 -
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.
5/10 - 3.5 miles. Overslept, so had to cut it short.
5/11 - 2.8 miles. Girls on the Run practice 5k with my daughter.
5/12 - Pre-race rest day.
5/13 - Market to Market Relay! So much fun! ~75 miles over 17 "legs" with a team of 6 other running friends. 5.3 miles (Leg 3), 5.1 miles (Leg 10) and 4.0 miles (Leg 17 + team finish). Total of 14.4 miles. Most I have ever run in one day. After the 5th leg, it was HOT! 80° F and sunny.
5/14 - Rest day.
5/15 - 4.8 miles.
5/16 - Unplanned rest day. A/C died and sleeping in 85-90° house did not go well for kids and dog.
5/17 - 4.0 'mill miles and upper body weights.
5/18 - 5 miles through storm detritus.
5/19 - Another rest day. Looking tight for my goal.
5/20 - 5.5 'mill miles, then abs/stretching. Group run moved inside because of storm. New Asics Cumulus...hurt my feet.
5/21 - 9 mile solo long run. Cut it short a little because shoes were painful. They are going back.
5/22 - 4 miles. Old shoes immediately felt better.
5/23 - Rest day due to foot pain. Ugh!
5/24 - Another rest day, to be sure the foot issue is just from new shoes.
5/25 - 5 miles. Feet were stiff to start, but fine after ~5 minutes.
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@ddmom0811 - Have a look at these, they are the bone-conductor ones, which is the more expensive pair i decided to splash out on, after on a cheaper pair I got irritation - these are super-comfy, and legal for every eventhttps://amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B018XNGO5A/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 0
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Four miles at easy effort today to wrap up week 2 of this 6 week stamina building cycle. I am seeing a slow but steady increase in my paces on my easy runs. So far not on the long runs, but maybe on Saturday I'll finally notice a gain there. I kick off my training weeks with a long run, so that would be the last one to see a gain in anyway.
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
5/24 - 8 miles
5/25 - 4 miles
135.5 of 180 miles completed
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Does anyone have experience using marathon pace bands for racing? I was thinking about getting/making one so I don't have to do as much math in my head on race day.0
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »Does anyone have experience using marathon pace bands for racing? I was thinking about getting/making one so I don't have to do as much math in my head on race day.
That's probably a good idea. My watch has a feature that keeps how far/ahead I am of a set pace.0 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »Does anyone have experience using marathon pace bands for racing? I was thinking about getting/making one so I don't have to do as much math in my head on race day.
That's probably a good idea. My watch has a feature that keeps how far/ahead I am of a set pace.
I'm looking at them now. Other option is to see if I can get one of the apps for my garmin to cover it.1 -
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
5/14 rest
5/15 5mi 43:03min
5/16 5mi 45:31min
5/17 rest
5/18 5mi 44:53min
5/19 4mi 37:04min
5/20 11mi 1:52:05min
5/21 rest
5/22 10mi 1:37:34min
5/23 5mi 46:44min
5/24 rest
5/25 5mi 46:32min
A muggy 5 miles today. I felt ok until the last mile. It felt like I was slogging through mud the last mile! I'm glad I finished.
Tomorrow is 4 miles, then 12 on Saturday.4 -
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
24/5-3.6
25/5-5.4
26/5 - REST
total - 69.9/80 miles3 -
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
5/23 5 miles - 81.7 << DAILY DOUBLE
5/24 REST DAY
5/25 8.5 miles - 90.2
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
Upcoming races:
None so far
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »
Happens to me all the time. I have a deviated septum, but no real allergies, so I'm assuming it's me getting rid of gunk. Your body is probably just clearing everything out. Once you get the hang of blowing snot rockets, it won't phase you, you'll just blast them off and keep going.mirelaavdich wrote: »Okay, so what is up with my nose running like crazy while I am running? This just started last week and it is not allergies as I have no issues otherwise.
I definitely thought about it but the park was crowded yesterday.
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I'm watching the news and they just classified the humidity as oppressive - lol
I knew it wasn't my imagination! It's only in the 70ies, but I was really sweating!1 -
mirelaavdich wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »
Happens to me all the time. I have a deviated septum, but no real allergies, so I'm assuming it's me getting rid of gunk. Your body is probably just clearing everything out. Once you get the hang of blowing snot rockets, it won't phase you, you'll just blast them off and keep going.mirelaavdich wrote: »Okay, so what is up with my nose running like crazy while I am running? This just started last week and it is not allergies as I have no issues otherwise. I definitely thought about it but the park was crowded yesterday.
you'll get over worrying about that too... LOL0 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »mirelaavdich wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »
Happens to me all the time. I have a deviated septum, but no real allergies, so I'm assuming it's me getting rid of gunk. Your body is probably just clearing everything out. Once you get the hang of blowing snot rockets, it won't phase you, you'll just blast them off and keep going.mirelaavdich wrote: »Okay, so what is up with my nose running like crazy while I am running? This just started last week and it is not allergies as I have no issues otherwise. I definitely thought about it but the park was crowded yesterday.
you'll get over worrying about that too... LOL
I've stopped worrying about any of that. Snot rockets, butt scratching, loogie horking, you name it. I think I'm just too old to care anymore.8 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »mirelaavdich wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »
Happens to me all the time. I have a deviated septum, but no real allergies, so I'm assuming it's me getting rid of gunk. Your body is probably just clearing everything out. Once you get the hang of blowing snot rockets, it won't phase you, you'll just blast them off and keep going.mirelaavdich wrote: »Okay, so what is up with my nose running like crazy while I am running? This just started last week and it is not allergies as I have no issues otherwise. I definitely thought about it but the park was crowded yesterday.
you'll get over worrying about that too... LOL
@mirelaavdich
Just be aware of the wind. My husband snots on me all the time. Sheesh! I do try to make sure I'm well enough away from most folks even in a race I'll step off in the grass.2 -
RespectTheKitty wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »mirelaavdich wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »
Happens to me all the time. I have a deviated septum, but no real allergies, so I'm assuming it's me getting rid of gunk. Your body is probably just clearing everything out. Once you get the hang of blowing snot rockets, it won't phase you, you'll just blast them off and keep going.mirelaavdich wrote: »Okay, so what is up with my nose running like crazy while I am running? This just started last week and it is not allergies as I have no issues otherwise. I definitely thought about it but the park was crowded yesterday.
you'll get over worrying about that too... LOL
I've stopped worrying about any of that. Snot rockets, butt scratching, loogie horking, you name it. I think I'm just too old to care anymore.
@RespectTheKitty haha! Mee too! I always get caught pulling my shorts out of my thighs, and if I sneeze I now have to stop, cross my legs, hold it like a little kid with my hands so I don't pee myself. Of course, runnin' that's not always easy, so I pee myself and then get caught assessing how bad I peed myself. Hahaha!5 -
One of the benefits of early morning running is that when things jiggle around down there and I end up 'dressing to the wrong side', no one has to witness my manual interventions to get things back in order. Race day's a different matter completely though...one day I'm sure someone's race picture will be completely ruined by me being in the background with my hand down my shorts, lol.RespectTheKitty wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »mirelaavdich wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »
Happens to me all the time. I have a deviated septum, but no real allergies, so I'm assuming it's me getting rid of gunk. Your body is probably just clearing everything out. Once you get the hang of blowing snot rockets, it won't phase you, you'll just blast them off and keep going.mirelaavdich wrote: »Okay, so what is up with my nose running like crazy while I am running? This just started last week and it is not allergies as I have no issues otherwise. I definitely thought about it but the park was crowded yesterday.
you'll get over worrying about that too... LOL
I've stopped worrying about any of that. Snot rockets, butt scratching, loogie horking, you name it. I think I'm just too old to care anymore.
@RespectTheKitty haha! Mee too! I always get caught pulling my shorts out of my thighs, and if I sneeze I now have to stop, cross my legs, hold it like a little kid with my hands so I don't pee myself. Of course, runnin' that's not always easy, so I pee myself and then get caught assessing how bad I peed myself. Hahaha!7 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »Does anyone have experience using marathon pace bands for racing? I was thinking about getting/making one so I don't have to do as much math in my head on race day.
I actually made 3 of them for my first marathon (cause I kept changing my goal time like an idiot). I don't remember which one I put around my wrist, I think it was the one based upon a 3:35 time. But I ran with the 3:40 pace group and ignored the wrist band. Long story short, my pace was still probably too fast and I ended up finishing with a 3:50 time.
At KDF, they were giving out free wrist bands. They only made them for finishing times that matched their pace groups (which coincided with Boston qualification times). I wanted to finish 3:20 but the closest bands were 3:15 and 3:25. So I took the 3:25 band and actually wore it on my right wrist (my Garmin is on my left). I don't think I checked it past mile 2 but I had it just in case.
There are websites that you can custom create your own and print it out. My suggestion is to either print it on special paper, or create your own lamination with Scotch tape (which is what I did the first time around). If you sweat a lot, the paper will get compromised and fall off your wrist. You may want to run a few test runs with a sample wrist band to see if it bothers your wrist. it didn't for me.2 -
I'm watching the news and they just classified the humidity as oppressive - lol
I knew it wasn't my imagination! It's only in the 70ies, but I was really sweating!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8ukak8P2vY
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Thanks @Stoshew71 I was thinking about printing one off and seeing how it felt. If it doesn't work, I could always just figure out a few splits, like every 10k, and just work on remembering... Only hard part is the clocks at the splits will, of course, be wrong for me, since they have gun time, ant I'll be a good 5-6 minutes behind that.
It's crazy, I'm actually far enough along to start thinking about this stuff some!0 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »Thanks @Stoshew71 I was thinking about printing one off and seeing how it felt. If it doesn't work, I could always just figure out a few splits, like every 10k, and just work on remembering... Only hard part is the clocks at the splits will, of course, be wrong for me, since they have gun time, ant I'll be a good 5-6 minutes behind that.
It's crazy, I'm actually far enough along to start thinking about this stuff some!
You will have your Garmin, so you won't need the clocks. Most of the larger marathons that I have done gave pace bands out at the expo.0 -
I'll be looking for that. I'm pretty sure that I'm stressing this just because it's a rest day, and I'm at the point where I can see the end of training. Other things is, I have to remember that with my race plan I won't follow exact splits..... LOL..... so many things to think about!lporter229 wrote: »You will have your Garmin, so you won't need the clocks. Most of the larger marathons that I have done gave pace bands out at the expo.
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »@Orphia - The 35% is for all weekly mileage including the long run. Another way to check that you got it right is to triple your long run mileage, your grand total weekly mileage should not be less than triple your long run.
Thank you, @WhatMeRunning ! That puts it in terms I understand.
Say, who writes your cool training program, or do you plan it yourself?The other thing I wanted to point out is that your distance for your long run should be no more than 35% of your weekly mileage, and closer to the 25% of your weekly mileage is better.
I may have asked before, but I can never get it straight... Does the 35% include the long run? Is everyone WAY better at maths and calculus than me???
OK! Example:
Mon 10 miles
Tue 10 miles
Wed 5 miles
Thu 10 miles
Fri 5 miles
Sat 15 miles
Sun 0 miles
Total miles for the week is 55 miles. Long run is 15 miles.
x/100 = 15/55 = 1500/55 = 27.27272727....
So a long run of 15 miles makes up 27% of your weekly miles if the total for the week was 55 miles.
Thanks! But if I don't know how far to run my long run on Saturday to make it 35%, how do I work it out, other than trial and error?
If you'll settle for 33%, the long run would be half the distance of the rest of the week. So if you're tracking a Sunday to Saturday week, add the miles you ran Sunday through Friday and divide by 2. If you're tracking a Monday to Sunday week, add the miles you ran Monday through Friday and what you plan to run Sunday, and divide that by 2.
Example:
Sun 6 miles
Mon 10 miles
Tues 6 miles
Wed 12 miles
Thurs 4 miles
Fri Rest
Total Sunday through Friday = 38
Long run 38/2 = 19 miles
Total week = 38 + 19 = 57 miles
Long run % = 19 / 57 = 33.3%
By this guideline, it's okay to run *less* than 19 miles as your long run; but with the 33% guideline, you need a 60 mile week to support a 20 mile long run. IOW, you need 40 miles Sun through Fri to support 20 miles Saturday.
I will always emphasize that this isn't an exercise in determining how far to run the long run. The long run distance should already be determined, and this should be an exercise in determining how much of a base you need to support the long run. So if you have a long run of 20 miles planned, you should plan a week with 40 miles (or more) total on the other days.
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One of the benefits of early morning running is that when things jiggle around down there and I end up 'dressing to the wrong side', no one has to witness my manual interventions to get things back in order. Race day's a different matter completely though...one day I'm sure someone's race picture will be completely ruined by me being in the background with my hand down my shorts, lol.RespectTheKitty wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »mirelaavdich wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »
Happens to me all the time. I have a deviated septum, but no real allergies, so I'm assuming it's me getting rid of gunk. Your body is probably just clearing everything out. Once you get the hang of blowing snot rockets, it won't phase you, you'll just blast them off and keep going.mirelaavdich wrote: »Okay, so what is up with my nose running like crazy while I am running? This just started last week and it is not allergies as I have no issues otherwise. I definitely thought about it but the park was crowded yesterday.
you'll get over worrying about that too... LOL
I've stopped worrying about any of that. Snot rockets, butt scratching, loogie horking, you name it. I think I'm just too old to care anymore.
@RespectTheKitty haha! Mee too! I always get caught pulling my shorts out of my thighs, and if I sneeze I now have to stop, cross my legs, hold it like a little kid with my hands so I don't pee myself. Of course, runnin' that's not always easy, so I pee myself and then get caught assessing how bad I peed myself. Hahaha!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! LOVE IT!
ETA We should totally race together! And a wordrobe malfunction.
http://www.runnersworld.com/general-interest/how-to-keep-your-junk-in-your-shorts5 -
5/1= 3 mile run + 1 hour kettlebell workout
5/2 = rest day
5/3 = 6 mile run
5/4 = 6 mile run
5/5 = forced rest day due to work schedule
5/6 = 7.5 miles
5/7 = 11 miles
5/8 = 5.5 miles & strength training
5/9 = Vinyasa yoga class
5/10 = 6 miles
5/11 = 6.5 miles & strength training
5/12 = 7 miles
5/13 = vinyasa yoga class
5/14 = 10 miles
5/15 = 5.5 miles & strength training
5/16 = Vinyasa yoga class & 6 miles
5/17 = Rest Day
5/18 = 8.5 miles
5/19 = 5.5 miles & kettlebell class
5/20 = Hatha yoga class
5/21 = 12 miles
5/22 = 5 miles & strength training
5/23 = vinyasa yoga class
5/24 = 9.5 miles
5/25 = 5.5 miles & strength training
Apparently, I need to make a more ambitious goal for June.
May Goal 126/125 miles
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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
5/14/17: 3.5 miles
5/16/17: 3.8 miles
5/18/17: 3.2 miles
5/20/17: 3.1 miles
5/21/17: 3.1 miles
5/23/17: 3.3 miles
5/25/17: 2.2 miles
49.5/50 miles
Oh so close to my goal. I wish I could have gotten another half mile in, but I ran out of time. I did my run during my lunch hour today. It was only 88F and it is supposed to be 99F or even 100F when I get off this afternoon so i decided to run while I could. It is supposed to get up to 103F tomorrow
I'm not sure if I am ready for that. I did have a good run though. I have been stressing about changing my routine up when it gets hot, but I think lunchtime is doable if it isn't too hot. Of course in Texas there will be months where it is still hot at midnight so it really is just a matter of what one considers too hot. 88F wasn't too bad for me today.
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