June 2017 Running Challenge
Options
Replies
-
@hesfeld Interesting. I have very high arches (Native American ancestry) and used to have fancy expensive orthopedic inserts because of some weird defect in my ankles causing my feet to land wrong (opposite of pronation but forget the name), but they wore out and not really wanting to spend the hundreds of dollars they cost to replace them.1
-
@skippygirlsmom LOVE that Skip has a friend from her homeland! Aww I bet thier reunion was moving.
DH wants to adopt but I ruined 3 kids already and I just wanna be selfish as I slip in to my 50's. He has no kids. I don't think he truly understands the demands and responsibilities. He wouldn't be able to chat on FB for 6+ hours a day (unless he adopted a teenager). Even then, teens still need that parental involvement. He can remember to feel the dogs.5 -
1/6 2 miles easy
aid station support for Burrington Blaster race
2/6 post-work swim (30 minutes)
3/6 5.5m run along the river to collect car
4/6 walk to pub (lazy day)
5/6 general walking (lazy day)
6/6 re-starting Stronglifts 5x5 - squat, bench and row just with the bar. Hamstring twinging.
afternoon swim - much much better than the previous swims - getting the hang of breathing a bit more now - like remembering to breathe in!!
7/6 1.76 miles plod. Need to run further, this isn't far enough for me to get into the groove of it so it feels awful
8/6 3.57miles. working my way back up to more regular running. legs still aching somewhat from the strength training.
9/6 swim
10/6 7 miles including Parkrun
11/6 quarry swim
12/6 rest
13/6 3.7miles
14/6 rest
15/6 London for a course so lots of walking!!
16/6 3.6miles
17/6 10.3 miles run/walk
18/6 Open-water swim training
19/6 rest
I've started incorporating some fartlek-type running into my Tuesday runs. I realised that I seem to be getting slower and slower, so really if I'm ever going to get any faster I need to practice it. Totally unscientific. I vaguely measured a couple of sections of my usual route, so when I hit them (around 400 yards) I speed up the pace as much as I can without dying. It's not pretty.
I've also been doing more swimming. I bought a swimming wetsuit, dipped in a local quarry, then did an introductory course on open-water swimming to try and teach me how to sight and not swim in circles. The water is a surprising 18 degrees C at the surface. We are having a heatwave here at the moment, meaning we are all sweaty and lethargic at temperatures you guys face daily. That's the British for you. The sun comes out and we rush out to lap it up, then start moaning half an hour later that it's too hot.
I had a great (not that great) run Saturday. A friend of mine is walking the length of Offa's *kitten*. It's 177 miles of National Trail, following the line of a saxon earthwork intended to stop the English being infiltrated by those pesky Welsh. Now we just beat them at Rugby (sometimes, that statement will no doubt come back to haunt me). She's walking the route over several weekends, so the logistics are a nightmare, as there's no real public transport. I agreed to start from her Saturday finish point, run eight miles to meet her, and then walk back to the finish with her (and my car). I didn't look properly at the map. We have lovely maps. The greatest mapping system in the world. Contours and tiny features (such as a pile of stones) are marked on the map. You can see the elevation and how mean that elevation is at a glance. If you look properly at the map that is.
I didn't. I hiked uphill for five miles before collapsing in a heap and weeping at the thought that I'd never meet up with my friend. I sweated in the heat and humidity that wouldn't let up. I had a stand-off with a field of cows with their young who weren't going to let me along the path. Every time I tried to go round them, they played the game of let's go and stand in her way. Cows are big. So a quarter of a mile detour through cowpats and maintaining eye contact I made it round, only to enter a wood with evil flying chompy things. Horse flies are the devil. If you keep moving they are less likely to get you, but they like to latch on with sharp jaws and make you bleed.
Everything was up. there was no down. Had I looked at the map I'd have seen a car park with an ice cream van where I could have begun the run, done a short but steep uphill, then run along a lovely ridge with a gentle breeze. I wouldn't have felt such a fraud at all the people thinking I was a runner and saying 'well done' when all I was doing was walking and swearing.
But then, when I was giving up and worrying because there were at this point TWO versions of the path and I could easily miss my friend, I saw her waving. Hurrah!! got to the top of the hill, and walked down again. Yes, I needed that beer.
note to self. Look closely at the map. PLAN your trip. Also noted - Wales can be really pretty.
Races/events:
1st June - Burrington Blaster 8k ish moorland race - Helping on the Aid Station not running
30th July - Dorset invader HM9 -
@elise4270 ha ha I doubt you ruined 3 kids - we all know parenting takes lots of time. Kelsey is one of 4 kids she stays in touch with that was in the same orphanage.2
-
@girlinahat Great story and pics! I might suggest bug spray next time in addition to looking at the map.
0 -
6/1- REST
6/2- 5.2 Miles
6/3- 19
6/4- 4.3
6/5- 4.2
6/6- 3.2
6/7- 8.0
6/8- REST
6/9- 3.2
6/10- 9
6/11- REST
4/12- 4.0
6/13- REST
6/14- 5
6/15- REST
6/16- 3.1
6/17- 26.2
6/18- REST
6/19- REST
6/20- REST
Total: 95
Goal for June. Finish Marathon training well, taper well and run Grandma's well
Nominal mileage goal: 100
Today's notes: Rest day number 3. Tomorrow I'm going to try a run. My trail running buddy offered to hit the trails with me at 0500 tomorrow, and I took him up on the offer, since I did indeed add another race to the schedule.... Never ask trail runners if adding another (trail) race is a good idea...LOL
Have a runderful day all!
....
2017 Races Scheduled
6/16- William A Irvin 5k
6/17- Grandma's Marathon 4:24:06
7/15- Eugene Curnow Trail Marathon
8/19- Rampage at the Ridge 5k OCR
9/23- Ely Marathon (full)
10/21 Wild Duluth 50k
11/23- TBD 5k Turkey Trot3 -
@girlinahat Obviously no one has told the mods that Offa's Kitten is a long-distance footpath in Wales and not an insult.2
-
WhatMeRunning wrote: »Garmin recovery advisor says I need 24 hours of recovery,
I wouldn't pay a lot of attention to the Garmin recovery advisor. It pretty consistently tells me I need 11 hours of recovery after a 2 mile warmup.
Mine tells me to move 10 minutes after I'm done with a HM. ha ha
I agree on the superfeet, Skip wears them and out there go when she retires a pair of shoes around 400 miles for her.2 -
@MNLittleFinn - 2 words about tomorrow's run. Ok, 3 words. SHORT, SLOW, and EASY. The point is recovery. Then you see how you feel for running after tomorrow.
I hope those trails aren't technical.2 -
@MNLittleFinn - 2 words about tomorrow's run. Ok, 3 words. SHORT, SLOW, and EASY. The point is recovery. Then you see how you feel for running after tomorrow.
I hope those trails aren't technical.
Right, cause all runners will listen to that advice 4 -
Done a lot of walking today (15+ miles) so had only planned to do 2-3k early evening easy jog.
Combination of it being a bit cooler (25C when I set out), with a decent wind and legs feeling surprisingly good I decided to stretch that out to a decent (i.e sub-30) 5k and I finished with 5.3k in 28:47
Admittedly net-downhill and still some way from where I was before my unintentional break. However, pleased getting back into it quicker than I expected.
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
Upcoming Races:
9-July: Southend HM6 -
@MNLittleFinn - 2 words about tomorrow's run. Ok, 3 words. SHORT, SLOW, and EASY. The point is recovery. Then you see how you feel for running after tomorrow.
I hope those trails aren't technical.
Heck! I would even suggest a brisk walk for a half hour after running a marathon, at least in the first week. Even though your muscles may start to feel better after a few days, they are certainly not recovered yet.2 -
@rusgolden How about a PT visit? I don't have any experience (yet) with the calf area other than shin splints (which was gait related).
You run through the usual culprits:
Shoes?
Gait imbalances?
Cambored surfaces?
Think about that compartment entrapment business?
Did you have an MRI? Is it possible to have experienced a partial tear that can't /just won't heal?
I love a good PT visit. So maybe one can help you out.
ETA What about weekly massage? Of course a pt could do that, but maybe some scar tissue needs to be dealt with.
Thanks for some good insight. I haven't had anyone analyze my running form/gait or recommend shoes based on that. I will try and get to a running store and see if gait or improper shoes could be the issue.
I started my running career about 14 months ago on a C25K with some Asics trail running shoes because that is what I had... about 6 weeks in, I transitioned to some Asics GT1000, which is what I was wearing when I had my first injury. That happened at the beginning of an 8K double run, so I finished the 1st 5K, then during the intermission, had a deep massage on it (found out later that was a bad idea), then ran the 3K part... so, ego and determination kept me going, but didn't help things. Fast forward to mid-February when I transitioned to Asics Kayano 23, which I wore until a couple weeks ago and started wearing my 2nd pair of Kayano 23s, but I did wear my older ones for the last race.
I mostly run on blacktop or concrete, but try to stay off concrete as much as I can. When I tweaked the calf the 1st time in March, I went and bought a pair of compression sleeves for my calves so they wouldn't be bothered by the impact as much and that really seemed to help.
I haven't had an MRI... really want to avoid that with the high deductible plan as I'm crossing my fingers that I might actually go a whole year without meeting the family deductible for the first time in a few years. However, I will see if I can get into a PT soon and get some advice from them. 2 -
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-
6/17: 7.5k -easy run-
6/20: 10.1k -painfull run-
Aim: 104.6k/161k
10 very tired kilometers. Wore expired shoes and run away from base not a good idea. Both legs are numb
Stay free of injuries!4 -
@shanaber Many thanks for the KT tape link.1
-
June 20 – 0.0 miles XT Water Zumba and 40 minutes of laps
Total: 64.25 miles/100 miles
Upcoming Race:
June 23 – St. Pete Beach Series, Race #1, 5K
2 -
skippygirlsmom wrote: »My boss's family is heading that way next week after a family wedding in the area. Looks beautiful from the pictures I've seen.
@skippygirlsmom I hope they take the time to get off the highway and do some hiking/biking ( day hiking or overnight backpacking ) as what you see from the Trails is . Ironically I start my Holidays this week and will be camping at the Wilcox Campground just north of the Banff/Jasper Nat Park border beside the Columbia Icefield.
Beautiful dayhike up to the Top of Wilcox Pass - very common that you have to detour around the Big Horn Sheep Sleeping/resting on the trail or Mountain Goats with their Baby kids. I will be doing some extended Trail Running in the area, elevation ( thin air ) and general mountain training for the Emperor's Challenge HM.
@JessicaMcB Great Job on Banff considering the cold and lack of sleep.1 -
Looks like I'll be running at 0600 tomorrow morning. My friend has a 5 mile route he goes on, he normally takes about an hour to run it. So there may be walking/hiking involved, not just running. I told him I'd go for it, but might end up walking a bunch of it or ducking out early.2
-
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
43.1/50 miles
I had a pretty good run today. I did see my sister driving by while i was running so that means I am probably in for another lecture about how obsessive I am now. I don't know why it is ok to be happy with yourself at a few pounds overweight, but being active and watching how much you eat to stay in the middle if your healthy weight range is obsessive. Oh well. I still had a good run and Strava says I am trending faster on my lunch run so I am happy.
6 -
Sorry, I have fallen off the face of the earth, lol. I tend to do that, haha. I'm still running though, my hips been irritated so had to take it easy for awhile, but I'm still trucking along
6/4-8 miles
6/6-2 miles
6/7-5 miles
6/13-6 miles
6/18-5 miles
6/19-8 miles
Total-34 miles
Question, what running belt or bag do you carry for marathons? I have one in 2 1/2 weeks, I have no one to meet me throughout it so I'll need to carry my energy chews and misc things I'll need. I will be walking a big chunk of it so it will take me about 6 1/2 hours, so I will need to be prepared
3
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 391.4K Introduce Yourself
- 43.4K Getting Started
- 259.7K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.6K Food and Nutrition
- 47.3K Recipes
- 232.3K Fitness and Exercise
- 388 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.4K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 152.7K Motivation and Support
- 7.8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.2K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.2K MyFitnessPal Information
- 22 News and Announcements
- 917 Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.3K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions