June 2017 Running Challenge
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June Goal: Goal? We don't need no stinkin goal.....
6/1 nothin
6/2 4.00
6/3 4.00
6/4 4.00
6/5 rest
6/6 3.87
6/7 4.13
6/8 3.50
6/9 rest
6/10 6.12
6/11 3.50
6/12 4.00
6/13 rest
6/14 4.00
6/15 3.70
6/16 4.13
Total 48.95
Ticker is my goal for 2017 and progress to date:
upcoming races:
Volcano Rainforest Runs 10k 8/19
BlockThe Sun Run 5k Oct 14 (https://walk.aimatmelanoma.org/Hilo2017) (physical and virtual options available)
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10.2 km, needed another 0.01 to get to an even 70km completed, OCD had me circle my cul-de-sac to get the 0.2, should have taken 2-3 more steps to get that extra 0.01 . Outbound slight side wind and sun in my face, only about 7 other walkers/runners out on the trails. In-bound, wind had picked up and swung around straight out of the North, actually felt chilly for a while until all the perspiration had evaporated. 0 humans, 2 zombies - WTkitten .
Legs were feeling pretty beat up by 3.5 km, so I changed my plan and eliminated the 5 km hill I had planned, pushed on and completed my run. Probably caused by too much activity, Wednesday Run, Thursday & Friday noon hour swim and tonight's run. Tomorrow's Long Run day promises to be a challenge, might be a shorty for me.
All my MFP friends in races this weekend - Stick to your plan, Trust in your training
06/02 15.0 km – 145.0 km - 15.0km – YTD 593.75
06/03 11.5 km – 133.0 km - 26.5km
06/07 5.66 km – 127.34 km - 32.16km
06/11 10.5 km – 116.84 km - 42.66km
06/12 8.0 km – 108.84 km - 50.66km
06/14 9.13 km – 99.71 km - 59.79km
06/16 10.2 km – 89.51 km - 69.99km – YTD 648.74
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I can cross do a 5k in 93 degree weather off my list.. slowest time yet but that's understandable beings it is hot and I've been sick. I'm proud of myself even if everyone else thinks I'm dumb in my close group.
It was down on the river, which I heard people talking that it's somewhere you shouldn't run except for something like an organized group event. It's a very dangerous park. Good to know! Now if this adrenaline would calm down because I'm ready for bed! Have a good weekend everyone!
Congrats!!2 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »For those of you who are very bored on Saturday between the hours of 0800 and 1230 CST:
http://www.grandmasmarathon.com/marathon-weekend/runner-tracking/
Bib 4478
Thank you all for all the support as I've been training for my first full.
It is getting close to 6am CST, guessing he is getting his final meal about now. Soon will be standing in that coral... arguably one of the worst parts of the race, at least for me it is. But normally cold and rainy when I am in that coral. heh.1 -
Good luck to the mighty Finn.2
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PastorVincent wrote: »@MNLittleFinn - When my wife finished the her first 13.1 she was like "OMG THAT WAS STUPID NEVER AGAIN! I WILL STICK TO 10 MILES MAX FOREVER AND EVER" Guess what she did the very next day? Starting training for the full... Marathons are strange things indeed.
Speaking of which she is currently out on a 15 mile training run, her most longest run to date. She got up at 4am to have enough time to do it (at a guess she is probably running a 12:30 or so pace)7 -
11 mile run this AM. Only 62 degrees outside but 100% humidity. Experimenting with my in run hydration. A month ago I could use the hydration belt with the two 8 oz. bottles on a 16 mile run without issue. Today my 2 12 oz bottles were just about empty at the end of the run. Tried the chocolate milk recovery drink. Thighs were tight on my run today, I attribute that two strength training this week and more so the lapse of strength training the previous week and a half. My half marathon is next Saturday and I am wondering about my training plan for next week. Clearly the plan involves a taper with reduced miles next week and I am ok with that but do I really need a taper. I figure it is dependent on my goal. A taper will help me run a better race, but if I don't care so much about the race Saturday and more about the full marathon in October; I can choose to think of the half as a fun training run. I also am wondering about eating before the race. I normally run at 4:30 AM the race is at 9. So I don't normally eat breakfast until after I run. So I must eat something, but how much and what is the issue. It's only 13.1 miles I don't think I need a full carbo load but some would most likely help my performance.
Total for June 99.3/150 50.7 to goal.
PS Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.7 -
cburke8909 wrote: »11 mile run this AM. Only 62 degrees outside but 100% humidity. Experimenting with my in run hydration. A month ago I could use the hydration belt with the two 8 oz. bottles on a 16 mile run without issue. Today my 2 12 oz bottles were just about empty at the end of the run. Tried the chocolate milk recovery drink. Thighs were tight on my run today, I attribute that two strength training this week and more so the lapse of strength training the previous week and a half. My half marathon is next Saturday and I am wondering about my training plan for next week. Clearly the plan involves a taper with reduced miles next week and I am ok with that but do I really need a taper. I figure it is dependent on my goal. A taper will help me run a better race, but if I don't care so much about the race Saturday and more about the full marathon in October; I can choose to think of the half as a fun training run. I also am wondering about eating before the race. I normally run at 4:30 AM the race is at 9. So I don't normally eat breakfast until after I run. So I must eat something, but how much and what is the issue. It's only 13.1 miles I don't think I need a full carbo load but some would most likely help my performance.
Total for June 99.3/150 50.7 to goal.
PS Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.
Disagree. You probably do want a full carb load. 13.1 is a little less than a full drain of your glycogen stores (probably) but you are talking about a race. I suggest you make sure that tank of yours is full.
BTW - Any run over 10 or 12 miles, I drink 16oz of whole milk + 38grams of Hersey's Special Dark Syrup. I have found nothing better.2 -
PastorVincent wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »@MNLittleFinn - When my wife finished the her first 13.1 she was like "OMG THAT WAS STUPID NEVER AGAIN! I WILL STICK TO 10 MILES MAX FOREVER AND EVER" Guess what she did the very next day? Starting training for the full... Marathons are strange things indeed.
Speaking of which she is currently out on a 15 mile training run, her most longest run to date. She got up at 4am to have enough time to do it (at a guess she is probably running a 12:30 or so pace)
She did it! 15.30 miles @ 13.01 pace. She is a umm... bit less young than I am and has asthma so this is huge for her. The previous best distance was 13.1. Also 20ish weeks ago she was struggling to do a couple miles calling the whole thing impossible. At that time they wanted to put her on cholesterol meds and stuff. Now they tell her her numbers are great.
ETA: Elevation 1100 feet!14 -
Thanks @PastorVincent!! Congrats to your wife on her run! Running with asthma is no joke and that's excellent to hear about the meds!2
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1---5.06
3---6.31
4---6.29
6---3.69 walk (3.57m road bike attempt)
7---4.37
9---3.76
10---6.34
11---5.19
13---3.64
15---3.56
16---mtn bike 4.95 miles
17---2.5 walk
50.62/70
Upcoming races
June 17th Turtle run 5K but DH ran 28-29 after little trainin'
AIM for the Cure- 5K, virual run
July 8- XTERRA Jurassic Trail Run, 5K. Glen Rose,TX
Dec 2- POOP trail run, Hoping for a half! Norman OK.
Pre-op PR's
1 mile 8:27 5k 24:42. 10k 1:00.52. HM 2:17.28
Post-op Training PR's
1 mile 10:50 5k 37.46 10k 1:20.253 -
@MNLittleFinn is off to a great start! Already passed 10k.
RACE TIME TIME OF DAY
START 00:00 7:51:59
10K 55:48 8:47:46
PREDICTED HALF MARATHON 1:59:50 9:51:48
PREDICTED 20 MILE 3:02:56 10:54:54
PREDICTED 25 MILE 3:48:40 11:40:38
PREDICTED FINISH 3:59:39 11:51:37
PACE 09:09
ETA: You can follow here: http://www.mtectracking.com/Mtrack?raceid=104&pid=44786 -
Went to the track to do another mile at a comfortably slow running pace which finished up at 11:17. Still a full 30 seconds faster than my estimated 5k pace. After a 400m recovery I started into 4x400 intervals also comfortably slow, with 100m recovery, which wound up faster starting at 10:40 and ending at 9:39 despite not really trying to go faster. That's kind of interesting.
I had to cut everything off at that point due to a restroom emergency, which has been happening a lot lately. I wake up, do my coffe and morning pre run ritual, but then about 60 to 90 minutes later, while in my workout, I have to go again. It's become a real problem for my morning running plans. I am certain it is because I have stopped eating my final meal in the early afternoon and have been waiting until evening.
After that I checked how the workout fared per Garmin. I got a maxHR of 171 (97% MaxHR) on the last interval which is high for not intentionally going at a high effort. The effort shown was higher than I thought it felt too. It is 100% humidity outside today though, so that may have factored in.
I then went out for a 4 mile walk to burn some more calories because it just doesn't seem right to be getting such low total mileage.
6/1 - rest
6/2 - 3.1 miles
6/3 - 13.1 miles
6/4 - 4.5 miles
6/5 - 9 miles
6/6 - 4.5 miles
6/7 - 6 miles
6/8 - rest
6/9 - 8.5 miles
6/10 - rest
6/11 - 4.5 miles
6/12 - 7.6 miles
6/13 - rest
6/14 - more rest
6/15 - 2.5 miles
6/16 - rest
6/17 - 2.5 miles
65.8 of 170 miles completed
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Go @MNLittleFinn!!1
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Good luck and strong legs to everyone racing this weekend! Especially @MNLittleFinn !1
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As I've run a lot less this week, I took part in a run with a much larger group this morning. The run consisted of a 5.6 mile loop repeated twice, so I ran the first loop with some people that were running about a 9 minute pace, but by the end of the loop, they had slowed down and some even stopped. That left me pretty much on my own for the repeat loop, so I picked up the pace a little, and averaged 8:39 for the entire run. That second loop required a lot more effort though (obviously), and so saw my HR jump up to lactate threshold, which fits nicely with the 20% high intensity I need to do each week (the rest of which I did on Monday).
Overall, it was a good run with a chance to meet new faces, but due to the distances I normally run on Fridays, Saturdays are usually a recovery day, so I won't get to run with these guys again for another four weeks.
01 - 11.39
02 - 21.12
05 - 13.44
06 - 10.73
07 - 13.43
08 - 11.43
09 - 21.15
12 - 5.66
13 - 13.16
14 - 7.10
15 - 10.33
16 - 13.52
17 - 11.27
Total: 163.73 / 225 miles5 -
6.5 miles on the treadmill last night at a 9:45 pace. I was planning on an outdoor run, but as I was driving home from work the heavens opened and it started absolutely pouring down. I don't mind running in the rain, but there was also a thunderstorm going on, and as I've had a couple of very near misses in the past, I decided to go to the gym and run instead. My trusty Sauconys are now at 299.2 miles.
Enforced rest day today though. I've been trying to fight off a cold for the last few days, but have finally sucumbed, and I'm on the sofa wrapped in a blanket and feeling very sorry for myself, while watching the US Open.7 -
@MNLittleFinn has passed the 1/2 - only 13 miles to go!
RACE TIME TIME OF DAY
START 00:00 7:51:59
10K 55:48 8:47:46
HALF MARATHON 1:59:30 9:51:28
PREDICTED 20 MILE 3:02:26 10:54:25
PREDICTED 25 MILE 3:48:03 11:40:01
PREDICTED FINISH 3:59:00 11:50:58
PACE 09:08
Pace still looking strong.6 -
His sub 4 is definitely in play.0
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