June 2017 Running Challenge
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6/1 = Gym day; 3 miles on the treadmill and 40 minutes of strength training
6/2 = 6 miles
6/3 = 6 miles & strength training
6/4 = 13.9 miles (run/walk)
6/5 = 8.1 miles & strength training
6/6 = rest day
6/7 = 8 miles (with 6 - 5 minute speed intervals)
6/8 = 5.5 miles
6/9 = 6 miles
6/10 = Hatha yoga class
6/11 = 10 miles (run/walk)
6/12 = 4 miles & strength training
6/13 = Vinyasa yoga class
6/14 = 7.5 miles
6/15 = 5.5 miles
6/16 = 6 miles & strength training
(June miles to date) 89.5/150 (June goal miles)
Upcoming 2017 Races:
6/17 = Verns no Frills 5K
10/28 = Hill Country Halloween Half Marathon
12/10 = BCS Half Marathon
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Just a mile of recovery off the bike yesterday, then got in 10 miles with a buddy this afternoon. Only 7 miles behind schedule for the month at the mid point (including pre-race taper and post race recovery) so not too worried about completing the challenge.
6/1 - 2 miles
6/3 - 3.5 miles
6/4 - 13 miles (1:36 run @ IM Raleigh 70.3)
6/6 - 3 miles
6/7 - 7 miles
6/8 - 3.5 miles (post ride)
6/10 - 10 miles
6/11 - 12 miles
6/12 - 10 miles
6/13 - 9 miles
6/14 - 1 mile (post ride)
6/15 - 10 miles
Total: 83 miles
Goal: 180 miles
Remaining: 97 miles
2017 Race Schedule:
1/29 - Chilly Willy Duathlon (1:07:48 - 20:05 1st 5K/21:16 2nd 5K - 1st AG, 3rd Amateur)
2/5 - Best Damn Race 1:50 pacer
5/5 - Pittsburgh Marathon (withdrew at mile 16 - 1:32 split @ 13.1)
6/4 - Ironman 70.3 Raleigh - 4:43/1:36 run - Qualified for Ironman 70.3 World Championships
8/25 - Ironman Coeur D'Alene
9/10 - Ironman 70.3 World Championships
I'd like to hear more about the Ironman World Championships. It looks like Raleigh was your qualifier. What is the swimming, cycling, running breakdown for the championships? Are you currently training your swimming and cycling in addition to the 180 miles of running this month?0 -
UGH- I am finding figuring out how to eat when some days I run 10, 15, or more miles, and other days I am stuck in meetings all day a real PITA. I am at my goal weight for the THIRD time and would like to stay this time, but ugh.5
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@critterfull1220 and @need2move2, welcome! I'm new to the group, too. It's pretty awesome.
@MNLittleFinn, sending good thoughts your way for tomorrow's race. I can't even imagine attempting a marathon. Looking forward to hearing about it!
On a personal note, I hit a major milestone this morning - 6.27 miles! I can now run 10k! Average pace was 11:07 so a bit longer and a few seconds faster than my last run.
Now I think I'd like to run a bit more often and maybe not so much every time. I'm wondering how often I should run the longer distance to keep the ability to do it? Once a week?
(And, who am I kidding anyway? My finger is already hovering over that little Train 13.1 button on my app.)
Happy Friday!12 -
VydorScope wrote: »UGH- I am finding figuring out how to eat when some days I run 10, 15, or more miles, and other days I am stuck in meetings all day a real PITA. I am at my goal weight for the THIRD time and would like to stay this time, but ugh.
I have that same issue, though I've been relaxing my food intake recently. I still log, but have not been restricting calories (still trying to remain low carb, though). As a result of not restricting, I'm over-eating calories every day - even on days when I run 10+ miles (my appetite is enormous). I've not seen as much gain as expected based on CICO calculations, but will have some extra fat to lose when I return to restricting calories next month.1 -
midwesterner85 wrote: »VydorScope wrote: »UGH- I am finding figuring out how to eat when some days I run 10, 15, or more miles, and other days I am stuck in meetings all day a real PITA. I am at my goal weight for the THIRD time and would like to stay this time, but ugh.
I have that same issue, though I've been relaxing my food intake recently. I still log, but have not been restricting calories (still trying to remain low carb, though). As a result of not restricting, I'm over-eating calories every day - even on days when I run 10+ miles (my appetite is enormous). I've not seen as much gain as expected based on CICO calculations, but will have some extra fat to lose when I return to restricting calories next month.
Limiting my carbs, fast foods and evening grazing has helped me so far. Remember you can have all the veggies you want. Stir-fry type meals seem ideal here. I talked with a co-worker that runs at lunch and he grabs steamer bags after his run. I'd probably have to chase that with a protein bar or shake not long after, but it's not a bad idea. Unless your coworkers fuss about the farty broccoli and cauliflower smell.1 -
@Elise4270 Darn, I would have totally met up with you for lunch, but it's a colleagues last day here so we're all going to Mi Cocina on the company credit card.1
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@critterfull1220 and @need2move2, welcome! I'm new to the group, too. It's pretty awesome.
@MNLittleFinn, sending good thoughts your way for tomorrow's race. I can't even imagine attempting a marathon. Looking forward to hearing about it!
On a personal note, I hit a major milestone this morning - 6.27 miles! I can now run 10k! Average pace was 11:07 so a bit longer and a few seconds faster than my last run.
Now I think I'd like to run a bit more often and maybe not so much every time. I'm wondering how often I should run the longer distance to keep the ability to do it? Once a week?
(And, who am I kidding anyway? My finger is already hovering over that little Train 13.1 button on my app.)
Happy Friday!
Great work!! I'd like to eventually work up to a 10K so I'm extra excited for you!0 -
midwesterner85 wrote: »VydorScope wrote: »UGH- I am finding figuring out how to eat when some days I run 10, 15, or more miles, and other days I am stuck in meetings all day a real PITA. I am at my goal weight for the THIRD time and would like to stay this time, but ugh.
I have that same issue, though I've been relaxing my food intake recently. I still log, but have not been restricting calories (still trying to remain low carb, though). As a result of not restricting, I'm over-eating calories every day - even on days when I run 10+ miles (my appetite is enormous). I've not seen as much gain as expected based on CICO calculations, but will have some extra fat to lose when I return to restricting calories next month.
Limiting my carbs, fast foods and evening grazing has helped me so far. Remember you can have all the veggies you want. Stir-fry type meals seem ideal here. I talked with a co-worker that runs at lunch and he grabs steamer bags after his run. I'd probably have to chase that with a protein bar or shake not long after, but it's not a bad idea. Unless your coworkers fuss about the farty broccoli and cauliflower smell.
I tend to do much better with appetite control when eating no plants (except coffee) at all, but I switched this month to get my stomach used to eating veggies and nuts before a backpacking trip at the end of the month. I once ate 9 lbs. of lettuce in a single sitting, so not sure I can eat all the veggies I want.1 -
VydorScope wrote: »UGH- I am finding figuring out how to eat when some days I run 10, 15, or more miles, and other days I am stuck in meetings all day a real PITA. I am at my goal weight for the THIRD time and would like to stay this time, but ugh.
Weight maintenance is a different ball game than weight loss. When you're trying to lose weight, close is good enough as long as you have a bias toward a calorie deficit. If your deficit is off the mark by 250 calories per day, you lose weight either a half pound slower or a half pound faster per week than target. You still get there.
In maintenance, you target calories in balance. If you miss the mark by 250 calories per day on the average, you gain or lose a half pound per week. Over time, this becomes a problem.
So what to do? I do a couple things. One is, I watch what the scale does and adjust my calorie allowance in the opposite direction of any weight trend I perceive. I ignore the MFP suggested calories for balance, and I ignore the calorie burn numbers. They just aren't accurate enough to eat to maintenance.
Two, I maintain to a range. I don't feel bad as long as my standard dehydrated morning weight stays between 160 and 165, even though for 5 years I said my target was 162. (Now, given my racing performance, I'm experimenting with a target of 163. It makes a subtle difference in how I react to the scale numbers.)
The wild card is, as I run more I see wider day to day fluctuations in weight. I don't understand all of them, but I know if I gain or lose 2 pounds from one morning to the next, that's not 2 pounds of fat. It may be 2 pounds of water and glycogen bound together; the pattern of gain/loss compared to running workouts suggests this is sometimes the case. It may be 2 pounds of more/less throughput from the digestive system. It may be a combination of hydration level and how much fiber I've eaten. Whatever. From a practical perspective, the higher day to day fluctuations simply mean it's harder to spot a small trend in weight change.
I know what I do won't work for everyone. Other successful weight maintainers find systems that work for them, some of which would not work for me. You just have to find what will work for you.
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SpiritHippo wrote: »@critterfull1220 and @need2move2, welcome! I'm new to the group, too. It's pretty awesome.
@MNLittleFinn, sending good thoughts your way for tomorrow's race. I can't even imagine attempting a marathon. Looking forward to hearing about it!
On a personal note, I hit a major milestone this morning - 6.27 miles! I can now run 10k! Average pace was 11:07 so a bit longer and a few seconds faster than my last run.
Now I think I'd like to run a bit more often and maybe not so much every time. I'm wondering how often I should run the longer distance to keep the ability to do it? Once a week?
(And, who am I kidding anyway? My finger is already hovering over that little Train 13.1 button on my app.)
Happy Friday!
Great work!! I'd like to eventually work up to a 10K so I'm extra excited for you!
Thanks! I couldn't even run 3 minutes this time last year so it can be done!5 -
June Running Challenge
Goal: 100 km 4 time/week (16)
Ran: 45.5/100 km
Week3:1/4
Week2: 3/4
Week1:5/4
Total:9/16
16/6/17 Run 7.2km+Walk9km+SL
15/6/17 Walk 7 km
14/6/17 Run7.3km+Walk8km(38.3)
13/6/17 Run 3.7 km+Walk 5 km(31)
12/6/17 Walk 4 km
9/6/17 Run 5.3km+walk 2km (27.3)
8/6/17 SL+walk 7km
7/6/17 Run 4.4 km + Walk 6km (22)
6/6/17 Run 3 km + Walk 7 km+SL
5/6/17 Run 7 km+ walk 2 km
4/6/17 Run 1 km+walk 5 km+SL
3/6/17 Walk 5 km
2/6/17 Walk 7 km
1/6/17 Run 6.6 km + SL+walk 5 km
SL : Strong lift2 -
AAAAAAH!!! I was told no running for 4-5 weeks. You know that's not likely gonna happen. Hey, I saw the assistant not the surgeon today... So, I don't have to listen right? I can swim or bike, and do glute strengthening exercises. No running until I regain glute strength.
I have running clothes with me... How can I not? GRRRR!1 -
SpiritHippo wrote: »@critterfull1220 and @need2move2, welcome! I'm new to the group, too. It's pretty awesome.
@MNLittleFinn, sending good thoughts your way for tomorrow's race. I can't even imagine attempting a marathon. Looking forward to hearing about it!
On a personal note, I hit a major milestone this morning - 6.27 miles! I can now run 10k! Average pace was 11:07 so a bit longer and a few seconds faster than my last run.
Now I think I'd like to run a bit more often and maybe not so much every time. I'm wondering how often I should run the longer distance to keep the ability to do it? Once a week?
(And, who am I kidding anyway? My finger is already hovering over that little Train 13.1 button on my app.)
Happy Friday!
Great work!! I'd like to eventually work up to a 10K so I'm extra excited for you!
Thanks! I couldn't even run 3 minutes this time last year so it can be done!
That's inspiring since I couldn't run three minutes just a couple months ago - at least I didn't believe I could. Now I'm working up to 5k and I'm thinking I will of course go for 10k after that.
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@Elise4270 I think that reaction to not being able to run is what some would say "You are a runner!" When your reaction to a running ban is "thank you doctor" then you are "not a runner"3
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AAAAAAH!!! I was told no running for 4-5 weeks. You know that's not likely gonna happen. Hey, I saw the assistant not the surgeon today... So, I don't have to listen right? I can swim or bike, and do glute strengthening exercises. No running until I regain glute strength.
I have running clothes with me... How can I not? GRRRR!
4 to 5 WEEKS!?!? Why?0 -
@shrcpr - Congrats on the 10k! (pushes the 13.1 button)...Ooops! Did I do that?
As for the longer runs, one long run per week is fine and actually a good limit when newer to building up to these distances. 2 -
AAAAAAH!!! I was told no running for 4-5 weeks. You know that's not likely gonna happen. Hey, I saw the assistant not the surgeon today... So, I don't have to listen right? I can swim or bike, and do glute strengthening exercises. No running until I regain glute strength.
I have running clothes with me... How can I not? GRRRR!
@Elise4270
Condolences. Not running because you need to rehab isn't much fun.
All I can say is, embrace the glute strengthening exercises. They're what will get you back to running, and possibly prevent future recurrences of the same reason for not running.2 -
@Elise4270 - I think the best way to get a runner to run is to tell them they shouldn't run. It's classical reverse psychology. When your training plan says you have to get out there to do that 12 miler you find yourself sitting there wondering if it's too hot outside to run, or too much lightning, or too many squirrels, or whatever. But...tell them they shouldn't run and BAM!3
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VydorScope wrote: »AAAAAAH!!! I was told no running for 4-5 weeks. You know that's not likely gonna happen. Hey, I saw the assistant not the surgeon today... So, I don't have to listen right? I can swim or bike, and do glute strengthening exercises. No running until I regain glute strength.
I have running clothes with me... How can I not? GRRRR!
4 to 5 WEEKS!?!? Why?
My *kitten* is weak. I have nerve impingement. Strengthening will help. Then a shot. Maybe then I can get the surgeon to clip the tethering.0 -
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@Elise4270, sorry to hear that! I hope you're able to heal quickly and get back to it soon!0
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Hi all!
6/1: 8.7k -w/u, Tempo Run, c/d-
6/2: 10.3k -again Tempo-
6/4: 7.1k - urban running
6/6: 14.1k -Long run-
6/7: 7.3k -Easy run-
6/8: 1.5k -treadmill as w/u for strength training-
6/10: 9k -urban running-
6/12: 5k -2.5k run, 0.66km swim, 2.5k run-
6/13: 11k - beach run-
6/14: 3k -as wu and cd for strength training-
6/16: 10k -urban run-
Aim: 87k/161k
Business trip in Cyprus is about to end. At total I ran 68k. Not bad at all!
Stay free of injuries!4 -
My right hamstring hurts today. Never hurt before....Taper thing? Going to ice and stretch thrn take it VERY easy at the 5k. Make sure it's a true shake out run.3
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@Elise4270 ugh, so sorry to hear that! May your weeks pass quickly and you get those glutes strengthened quickly!1
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So after reading (slow day at work so got a lot of reading in) 80/20 I think for the summer when I am not really doing anything but slow building knowing that I will loose ground this winter (hate dreadmill so runs will decrease)
Day 1: 6-8 miles* - Zone 2 - 81-89% of LT
Day 2: 6-8 miles* - Zone 3 - 96-100% of LT
Day 3: 6-8 miles* - Zone 2 - 81-89% of LT
Day 4: Rest or recovery run (Zone 1)
Day 5: Long run - Low end of Zone 2
Day 6: Rest or recovery run (Zone 1)
Day 7: Rest
* actual distance will be determined by time, not miles.
I think I can use that up till 18-20 weeks before the marathon. Then I can try one of the marathon plans in the 80/20 book.
Also for now I am going to assume the 162 HR of my 10k PR (50:53) is close enough to LT for these numbers.
A big part of this plan is to get used to trying and hit and stay in a HR range. That will matter a lot when I try the 80/20 marathon plan I think.
Am I on the right track?0 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »My right hamstring hurts today. Never hurt before....Taper thing? Going to ice and stretch thrn take it VERY easy at the 5k. Make sure it's a true shake out run.
Oh yuck yuck yuck!!!0 -
To tag onto PastorVincent's inspirational story, though in a much smaller way, I just wanted to reinforce the many, varied benefits to this whole running/exercise/eating right thing. I just got back the blood test results from my annual physical, I have high cholesterol, and I couldn't be happier! Lol. The ONLY reason my overall cholesterol is high is because my good cholesterol, the HDL, is so high, at 87. My bad cholesterol is comfortably in the normal range, and my triglycerides are nice and low. The higher the HDL the more protection it offers against heart disease, which I have a family history of. So, on those days when you're struggling for motivation, it's always important to remember all the many different ways this lifestyle benefits us.5
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