June 2017 Running Challenge

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  • Bakins929
    Bakins929 Posts: 895 Member
    cburke8909 wrote: »
    Question, how do you prevent the irritated bleeding nipples? I have a psoriasis condition that makes me more susceptible to skin issues. So far on my training runs it's only been irritated but today there was definite stream of blood.

    I use small round band aids. The band-aid brand don't work as well as the CVS brand, for me.
  • ereck44
    ereck44 Posts: 1,170 Member
    edited June 2017
    June Challenge....goal is 60 miles

    June 1.....8 miles
    June 14....6 miles
    June 19....6 miles
    June 21...8 miles: 14 minute miles, average heart rate at 90%.
    June 22....8 miles. 13:23 minute miles, average heart rate at 85%
    June 25....8 miles. 13 minute miles, average heart rate at 83%.

    Total....44 miles

    Not sure if I will make my goal this month...but definitely going to try.

    My best 8 mile run this month by far. Mentally, I didn't want to do it. I decided that I could run 6 at least. The weather was super, 75 degrees, cool breezes. After the first 2 miles, I felt great and decided to run the 8 miles. I was able to stay in the zone for all but 20 minutes, and was running faster and still staying in the zone. My legs felt great, but started stiffening at the end of 7 miles. I ran a little faster to stretch them out.

    Tomorrow I have to prep for my colonoscopy on Wednesday ( just a health screening). I dread the prep. My doctor wants me to eat a strict fiberless diet. I hope that I can stick to it. Bleh. On the diet, eggs, and white toast, potatoes with no skin and butter, and snacks are pretzels, I think, and yogurt with no fruit.

    I may be short on my goal, but hope not...running out of time. I may be able to get a short run in tomorrow before my prep. 4 miles? We shall see.



  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,155 Member
    edited June 2017
    June goal: 50 miles

    6/1/17: 3.5 miles
    6/2/17: 1 mile
    6/4/17: 4.3 miles
    6/5/17: 2 miles
    6/6/17: 3.4 miles
    6/7/17: 2.4 miles
    6/8/17: 2.7 miles
    6/11/17: 4.4 miles
    6/12/17: 2.8 miles
    6/13/17: 2.5 miles
    6/14/17: 2.7 miles
    6/18/17: 4.2 miles
    6/19/17: 2.6 miles
    6/20/17: 2.6 miles
    6/21/17: 2.6 miles
    6/24/17: 5 miles
    6/25/17: 2.8 miles
    6/26/17: 2.4 miles

    55.9/50 miles

    It was so humid and sticky that my run today kinda sucked. But I did it any way. I do feel proud. The old me would have looked for any excuse not to exercise, but the new me just gets it done.

    @sliedur Congrats on finishing Week 5, day 3!


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  • ereck44
    ereck44 Posts: 1,170 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    ereck44 wrote: »
    No walking breaks needed, but I did stop once to re-tie my shoes. (Lately it seems that I always have to stop to re-tie shoes. I haven't seen other runners with this problem, but I'll take it over physical injury any day.)

    @ereck44,

    Here is a TOP SECURE TOTALLY NOT SHAREABLE SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM :wink:

    https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/secureknot.htm

    Seriously, learn to tie your shoes using that method and your untie problems will be gone.

    Thanks, I will practice that technique. Running is tough enough without having to deal with tripping over loose shoelaces.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    ereck44 wrote: »
    Tomorrow I have to prep for my colonoscopy on Wednesday ( just a health screening). I dread the prep.

    Oh, my. I had to do that a few years back.The prep is by far the worst part of it. Just move a laptop or tablet into your bathroom and camp out for a few hours. It will be easier.

  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    ereck44 wrote: »
    Tomorrow I have to prep for my colonoscopy on Wednesday ( just a health screening). I dread the prep.

    Oh, my. I had to do that a few years back.The prep is by far the worst part of it. Just move a laptop or tablet into your bathroom and camp out for a few hours. It will be easier.

    I've had three colonoscopies and one sigmoidoscopy. Prep is the worst, I agree. At least you are sedated for the colonoscopy. You aren't for a sigmoidoscopy and it's pure torture.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    No whats the difference between "awesome" and "woo"? I'm so confused.
  • Ericsmi
    Ericsmi Posts: 128 Member
    C25K
    6/1 W1D3 1.83 mi
    6/3 W2D1 2.08 mi
    6/5 W2D2 2.11 mi
    6/7 W2D3 2.13 mi
    6/13 W3D1 1.93 mi
    6/15 W3D2 1.94 mi
    6/20 W3D3 1.84 mi
    6/20 #mymile 1
    6/22 W4D1 2.16 mi
    6/26 W4D2 2.26 mi
    Total 19.28 mi
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    katharmonic wrote: »
    [Edited to add this from the moderators description of the woo reaction: "Woo can mean two things. You can click it both to mean woo as in woo-hoo or to express that you think an idea or approach is too good to be true." OK then.]

    Ummm.. what? Is that English?

  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    6/01 - 7.02 miles @ 9:53
    6/03 - 10k Race - 50:56 - 8:14
    6/03 - 5k Race - 27:06 - 8: 35 (back to back with 10k, 7 mins rest between)
    6/05 - 6.51 miles @ 10:31
    6/06 - 6.02 miles @ 9:39
    6/07 - 6.02 miles @ 9:30
    6/08 - 7.01 miles @ 9:37
    6/10 - 15 miles @ 10:46
    6/11 - 9.01 miles @ 10:36 - 90+ degree weather, ran slow to compensate
    6/12 - 8.01 miles @ 10:38 - 90+ degree weather, ran slow to compensate
    6/13 - Thinderstorms forced rest day
    6/14 - 10 miles @10:50 w/ 894' evevation - very humid could not maintain pace
    6/14 - 5 miles @11:06 - second run later in day when not as hot
    6/15 - 9 miles @ 10:58
    6/16 - 12 miles @ 10:46
    6/17 - Rest day
    6/18 - forced rest day due to thunderstorms :frowning:
    6/19 - 13 miles - "long run with fast finish"
    6/20 - 8 miles - moderate run - Low zone 2
    6/21 - 6.55 miles @ 9:43 pace
    6/22 - 2.5 miles @ Zone high zone 2, then 4 miles zone 3 and 4
    6/23 - Planned rest
    6/24 - unplaned rest
    6/25 - 19 miles easy pace
    6/26 - 6.11 miles recovery pace

    Summer Goal: Get my marathon pace below 9 minutes.
    Official Marathon PR: 4:11:28

    Next Races (more as I find them):

    07/28/17 - Liberty Mile - 1 mile race just to see what a short run really is :)
    10/14/17 - Stop, Drop, and Run - Fireman style obstacle course - 5km

    05/06/18 - Pittsburgh Marathon - aiming for sub four hours.

    Ran to a local park, then did laps around the park, and headed home. Not much to report, was pretty flat run since it was mostly in the park but still went slow. planning a tempo run for Weds or Thurs pending how the schedule works out. Only 6 miles since it started to rain.
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    June Running Totals (miles)
    6/1 – 8.25 warm up, speed work, cool down
    6/2 – rest day
    6/3 – 12.18 solo + group run
    6/4 – 7.21 easy with fast finish
    6/5 – 7.07 easy
    6/6 – 11.05 warm up, speed work, cool down
    6/7 – 7.38 group run
    6/8 – 5.33 warm up, easy speed work, cool down
    6/9 – 3.01 warm up + McMullen Mile
    6/10 – 15.01 group run 6 + solo run 9
    6/11 – 10.01 hot and sunny
    6/12 – 10.06 hot with hills
    6/13 – 8.64 warm up, speed work, cool down
    6/14 – 10.04 easy
    6/15 AM – 5.05 easy with rain
    6/15 PM – 4.88 commute, time trial, cheering laps
    6/16 – rest day
    6/17 – 13.32 paced run for 8 + extra miles
    6/18 – 12.03 warm up, race, easy run
    6/19 – 9.77 easy
    6/20 – 8.38 warm up, speed work, cool down
    6/21 – 10.22 easy
    6/22 – 0.86 aborted warmup and easy run test
    6/23 – rest day
    6/24 – 10.62 paced run, easy run test
    6/25 – 8.01 easy 60 minutes
    6/26 – 8.00 easy

    June total to date – 206.38

    Nominal Challenge Goal – 230 miles
    Real Goals: Stay healthy. Train toward Rochester Marathon. Run McMullen Mile in under 5:50 on June 9. [Done, 5:44.9] Run Medved 5K to Cure ALS in under 20:00 on June 18. [Done, 19:32]

    Today's notes – The weather forecast called for scattered thundershowers today. Well, what passes for thundershowers here; actual thunder is rare. Got geared up to mow the lawn this morning, and a shower came through. So I ended up mowing the lawn late this afternoon, when it was dry; then there were more showers when I went to run. Some of them were a bit heavy, so I drove across town to Fleet Feet on the theory the showers would be lighter there, based on the weather map the TV showed me.

    Got there, and it was raining. Sigh. Stopped and talked to the staff, used the restroom, and went out. The rain had paused. The sun came out from behind the clouds. I found 8 pleasant miles to run on mostly residential streets, at 66º F (19º C) with 60% relative humidity. All was well with the world, except for the fact that my HR monitor wasn't working.

    Came home, changed batteries in the HR monitor. No joy. Tried reseating the new battery. No joy. Two more batteries, on the theory that I might have old batteries. No joy. Need to call Garmin tomorrow and see what they'll do about it. A year or so ago, this happened while the HR monitor was under warranty, and they replaced it; maybe I can get a replacement cheaper than retail now. Meanwhile, the HR monitor that came with my old 620 still works, so I have something to use; it just chafes more than the strap on the one that came with the 630.

    And a note on the accuracy (or rather, inaccuracy) of calorie burn: Yesterday I ran 8.01 miles at an average pace of 7:32 per mile, and Garmin said I burned 688 calories. Today, I ran 8.00 miles at an average pace of 7:45 per mile, and Garmin says I burned 1040 calories. I've seen this phenomenon before; when I have a working HR monitor, I'm magically much more efficient and burn fewer calories for running a comparable distance and speed.

    Yeah, right. All calorie burn numbers are garbage.

    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
    May 27, 2017 Canandaigua Classic Half Marathon (Canandaigua, NY) finished in 1:33:06
    June 9, 2017 Charlie McMullen Mile (Fairport, NY) finished in 5:44.90, PR for mile
    June 18, 2017 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY) finished in 19:32
    July 4, 2017 Firecracker Four Mile (Fairport, NY)
    July 15, 2017 Shoreline Half Marathon [1:40 pacer] (Hamlin, NY)
    July 28, 2017 Karknocker 5K (East Rochester, NY)
    September 3, 2017 Oak Tree Half Marathon (Geneseo, NY)
    September 17, 2017 MVP Rochester Marathon (Rochester, NY)
    November 23, 2017 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY)
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    No whats the difference between "awesome" and "woo"? I'm so confused.

    We're still lacking a "that sucks" button.
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    Busy... just too damn Busy... and I am off to Atlanta in the morning for the rest of the week. I am hoping to get in that last 8 miles to my goal in the hotel gym... Don't think I will be getting close to my stretch goal of 120 though.
    Date........Miles.......Total
    06/01......0.00........0.00 - Unplanned rest/life day
    06/02......6.06........6.06
    06/03......2.00........8.06 - Dog Beach!
    06/04......6.51......14.57
    06/05......3.45......18.02 - + Agility class
    06/06......4.27......22.29 - + Strength Training
    06/07......0.00......22.29
    06/08......5.45......27.74
    06/09......5.80......33.54
    06/10......0.00......33.54
    06/11....13.24......46.78
    06/12......4.03......50.81 - + Agility class
    06/13......5.01......55.82 - + Strength Training
    06/14......0.00......55.82
    06/15......6.13......61.95 - + Strength Training
    06/16......0.00......61.95
    06/17......8.13......70.08
    06/18......3.00......73.08 - Dog Beach!
    06/19......5.28......78.36 - + Agility class
    06/20......0.00......78.36
    06/21......4.00......82.36 - Hotel gym Dreadmill
    06/22......0.00......82.36
    06/23......5.00......87.36 - home at last
    06/24......8.76......96.12
    06/25......2.00......98.12 - Dog Beach!
    06/26......4.00....102.12 - + Agility

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    My completed and upcoming Races - Let me know if you will be running too!
    02/05/17 - Surf City Half Marathon
    07/23/17 - San Francisco 1st Half Marathon
    10/14/17 - AIM for the Cure Melanoma 5K Walk/Run
    12/16/17 - San Diego Holiday Half Marathon
  • nFoooo
    nFoooo Posts: 136 Member
    I think I might have to take a week off and let my IT band heal. Going to be going to the gym and spending time on the elliptical or the bike I guess.
  • vandinem
    vandinem Posts: 550 Member 
    Date     Miles      MTD
------   -----    -------
Jun 04     5.0        5.0
Jun 05     3.6        8.6
Jun 07     3.7       12.3
Jun 09     3.6       15.9
Jun 10     5.1W      21.0 Bare Cove
Jun 11     5.1       26.1
Jun 13     3.7       29.8
Jun 14     3.7       33.5
Jun 17     6.2       39.7
Jun 20     3.7       43.4
Jun 24     3.7       47.1
Jun 25     5.1       52.2
Jun 27     3.7       55.9
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    JessicaMcB wrote: »
    So I'm going back and forth with my husband about my last race of the year before I throw it in and start my 2018 training cycle. Choice A is Edmonton Marathon, the draw being it is touted as a fast and flat and is a second shot for me at BQing this season. Choice B is Whistler 50 Miler and the challenge of it (plus it being a non technical trail ultra which would spare my knees a bit) beckons to me. I only can do one and its a tough one. Whistler would require a lot of everything- I'd need some new gear, we'd likely have to drop the kids with my inlaws, 15 hour drive. I may or may not also have running friends telling me to go to Whistler and "man up". Feeling the love lol

    Sounds like a tough choice... but does it have to be either or? I mean if you want to BQ this year, do the marathon and then plan Whistler for next year?
  • dkabambe
    dkabambe Posts: 544 Member
    5.7k easy/recovery run on the (self-made) plan today - ended up a tiny bit longer. As most of my running since my break has been flat decided to throw in a hill today. First 1.5km averaged about 5% uphill, (peaking about 10%), then flat for most of the run then back down the hill towards the end. Despite it being nice and cool (18C), must have been very humid as even at easy pace I was sweating a lot. Also started off quite stiff with tight calves, but felt alright by the end of the run.

    Definitely feeling more confident about my HM next week, but given I'm not going to threaten my PR I'm currently thinking I may just sign up for a full and use it as a training run.

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    11-June: 6.50km easy
    13-June: 5.18km steady
    14-June: 4.59k *slow* + 3.18k easy
    15-June 7.94k easy
    16-June: 3.67k tempo
    17-June: 1.34k short
    18-June: 1.84k short
    19-June: 16.03k easy (as 3.04 + 3.56 + 3.55 + 4.51 + 2.34k runs with intermediate walking breaks of 5-15minutes)
    20-June: 5.31k tempo
    21-June: 5.92k easy
    26-June: 17.08k long run
    27-June: 6.07k easy

    Upcoming Races:
    9-July: Southend HM
    ?? 22-Oct: Chelmsford Marathon ?? [Undecided]

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