July 2017 Running Challenge

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  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
    edited July 2017
    7/1 = gym day: 1 hour strength training
    7/2 = 13 miles with running group (run/walk)
    7/3 = 7.5 miles & 30 minutes strength training
    7/4 = Vinyasa yoga class & 4 miles hiking with hubby and pups
    7/5 = 7.5 miles (6 - 5 minutes speed intervals)
    7/6 = 5.5 miles
    7/7 = 3 miles (track workout: 2 laps warm up, x8 300m sprints, x8 100m recovery walk, 2 laps cool down) & gym Kettlebell workout
    7/8 = 5.5 miles
    7/9 = 13 miles
    7/10 = 7 miles & 45 minutes strength training
    7/11 = Vinyasa yoga class
    7/12 = 8 miles (6 - 6 minutes speed intervals)
    7/13 = 4.5 miles
    7/14 = 3.5 miles (track workout 400m sprints with 100m recovery) & 45 minutes strength training
    7/15 = 5.5 miles
    7/16 = 13.5 miles
    7/17 = 7 miles & 45 minutes of strength training
    7/18 = Vinyasa yoga class
    7/19 = 7.5 miles (6 - 6 minutes speed intervals) & gym kettlebell workout

    (July miles to date) 113.5/170 (July goal miles)

    Is summer almost over yet? To beat the heat, I am having to get up earlier and earlier. My husband told me I now have the bedtime schedule of a toddler. I fell asleep at 8pm last night!

    Upcoming 2017 Races:
    8/12 = Verns No Frills 100 Anniversary 5K Race
    10/28 = Hill Country Halloween Half Marathon
    11/23 = Georgetown Turkey Trot
    12/10 = BCS Half Marathon
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    Pulled the trigger on that hydration pack this morning. It took me the better part of 30 minutes to decide between the 1 or 2L. I got the 2. Who knows, maybe I'll be doing that much running, someday. I'm still fighting this right rear pain and counting the days to my next shot, 23. (11th of 8).

    @skippygirlsmom I love the socks. They are undoubtedly my new favorite. I got ones that come up a bit higher than the no show socks. They appear to fit where I'll never need to stop and retrieve tiny pebbles from inside my socks. I will be ordering more.

    @shanaber Did you receive your Oiselle order yet? I got a 20$ credit for your order. So thanks so much for the new shorts I'm going to get today :smiley:

    Did not get up early to run. I was awake enough, slept fine, but it's so hard to want to get moving work through this pain so early. It'd probably be the thing to do- but I'll never know unless I do it. Another heat run today. Oh, how excited I'll be to do my first heat run with a hydration pack! Whoo!

    @hanlonsk How's that injury this morning?
  • allyphoe
    allyphoe Posts: 618 Member
    amymoreorless wrote: »
    To beat the heat, I am having to get up earlier and earlier. My husband told me I now have the bedtime schedule of a toddler. I fell asleep at 8pm last night!

    Same here, although I can't run earlier than dawn due to trail curfew. I turn into a pumpkin at 9pm.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    Pulled the trigger on that hydration pack this morning. It took me the better part of 30 minutes to decide between the 1 or 2L. I got the 2. Who knows, maybe I'll be doing that much running, someday. I'm still fighting this right rear pain and counting the days to my next shot, 23. (11th of 8).

    Keep in mind 2L of water is around 4.5 pounds of extra weight. I think you said back in this thread some place you were small, so that could be a big addition to your body weight for a 200-pound person it is not much, but for a 100-pound person, it is a lot.

  • BruinsGal_91
    BruinsGal_91 Posts: 1,400 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    Pulled the trigger on that hydration pack this morning. It took me the better part of 30 minutes to decide between the 1 or 2L. I got the 2. Who knows, maybe I'll be doing that much running, someday. I'm still fighting this right rear pain and counting the days to my next shot, 23. (11th of 8).

    @skippygirlsmom I love the socks. They are undoubtedly my new favorite. I got ones that come up a bit higher than the no show socks. They appear to fit where I'll never need to stop and retrieve tiny pebbles from inside my socks. I will be ordering more.

    @shanaber Did you receive your Oiselle order yet? I got a 20$ credit for your order. So thanks so much for the new shorts I'm going to get today :smiley:

    Did not get up early to run. I was awake enough, slept fine, but it's so hard to want to get moving work through this pain so early. It'd probably be the thing to do- but I'll never know unless I do it. Another heat run today. Oh, how excited I'll be to do my first heat run with a hydration pack! Whoo!

    @hanlonsk How's that injury this morning?

    I hate 'no show' socks, but trying to find the ones that come up a little bit higher can be tricky. The no-shows always end up slipping down into my trainers making my feet really uncomfortable and causing blisters. As I said upthread, I'm really picky about my socks.
  • shrcpr
    shrcpr Posts: 885 Member
    Think I'm a couple days behind. 3.03 miles yesterday afternoon and 5.11 miles this morning. I guess I'm going to have to accept that I do better with morning runs.

    MTD: 46.25 / 60
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    BruinsGal_91 wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    Pulled the trigger on that hydration pack this morning. It took me the better part of 30 minutes to decide between the 1 or 2L. I got the 2. Who knows, maybe I'll be doing that much running, someday. I'm still fighting this right rear pain and counting the days to my next shot, 23. (11th of 8).

    @ skippygirlsmom I love the socks. They are undoubtedly my new favorite. I got ones that come up a bit higher than the no show socks. They appear to fit where I'll never need to stop and retrieve tiny pebbles from inside my socks. I will be ordering more.

    @ shanaber Did you receive your Oiselle order yet? I got a 20$ credit for your order. So thanks so much for the new shorts I'm going to get today :smiley:

    Did not get up early to run. I was awake enough, slept fine, but it's so hard to want to get moving work through this pain so early. It'd probably be the thing to do- but I'll never know unless I do it. Another heat run today. Oh, how excited I'll be to do my first heat run with a hydration pack! Whoo!

    I hate 'no show' socks, but trying to find the ones that come up a little bit higher can be tricky. The no-shows always end up slipping down into my trainers making my feet really uncomfortable and causing blisters. As I said upthread, I'm really picky about my socks.

    Ya those short socks sometimes work down and allow a potential blister.
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    Pulled the trigger on that hydration pack this morning. It took me the better part of 30 minutes to decide between the 1 or 2L. I got the 2. Who knows, maybe I'll be doing that much running, someday. I'm still fighting this right rear pain and counting the days to my next shot, 23. (11th of 8).

    Keep in mind 2L of water is around 4.5 pounds of extra weight. I think you said back in this thread some place you were small, so that could be a big addition to your body weight for a 200-pound person it is not much, but for a 100-pound person, it is a lot.

    Well suck. :no_mouth: I knew I shoulda got the 1. :confused: I've lost about 8 pounds, so the weight really should be fine. It's for training runs anyhow. I bet I can fill it part way as needed.

    There was the option to get a 450mL bottle that stores in the front with the bite valve on it. Really think I should have done that w the 1L.

    It's already shipped so...... Dang. I bet it'll be fine..
  • mustb60
    mustb60 Posts: 1,090 Member
    July Running Challenge
    Goal: 100 km
    Ran: 57/100

    19/7/17 Run 5 km (57)
    17/7/17 Run 8 km (52)
    15/7/17 Run 7 km (44)
    14/7/17 Rest Day Walk 7 km
    13/7/17 Run 8 km walk 5 km (37)
    12/7/17 Run 7 km walk 5 km
    11/7/17 Run 8 km Walk 6 km (21)
    10/7/17 Walk 5 km
    9/7/17 Run 7 km (14)
    8/7/17 walk 2km
    7/7/17 Walk 4 km
    6/7/17 (Sick)Rest day
    5/7/17 Run 7 km + Yoga
    4/7/17 SL+ Walk 15 km
    3/7/17 Walk 7 km
    1/7/17 walk 8 km

    SL : Strong lift
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    7/1 8 miles
    7/2 Forced rest day
    7/3 7 easy miles in high humidity
    7/4 10 easy miles in high humidity
    7/5 7 miles in high humidity
    7/6 Thunderstorms forced rest day :frowning:
    7/7 6 miles zone 2/3
    7/8 17 miles in zone 2
    7/9 Travel day no run
    7/10 7 miles zone 2
    7/11 Too hot to play
    7/12 6 miles zone 2
    7/13 rest
    7/14 5.79 miles Zone 2
    7/15 rest day
    7/16 Travel day
    7/17 7 miles 30% Zone 3, 60% Zone 2.
    7/18 Too hot to run
    7/19 7 miles 50% Z3, 50% Z2

    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 :)
    08/2017 - Cranberry Cup 5k. (plan for a PR attempt)
    10/14/17 - Stop, Drop, and Run - Fireman style obstacle course - 5km

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


    Wow, with a dew point of 70F that was a brutal 7 miles. Was running a good 2-3 mins SLOWER than my 10k pace, but still was mostly in zone 3. Ugh. Well not dead at least, and back on the running bandwagon after spotty participation while traveling.
  • carolineb81
    carolineb81 Posts: 459 Member
    1/7-4.7 Miles
    2/7-6.8
    3/7-REST
    4/7-2.8
    5/7-3
    6/7-REST
    7/7-3.1
    8/7-REST
    9/7-4.8
    10/7-3.1
    11/7-4
    12/7-3.5
    13/7-4.9
    14/7-REST
    15/7-6.8
    16/7-3.1
    17/7-3.6
    18/7-REST
    19/7-2.1

    Total -59.3/100
  • WandaVaughn
    WandaVaughn Posts: 420 Member
    edited July 2017



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  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
    edited July 2017
    BruinsGal_91 wrote: »
    6.5 miles last night. I wimped out and ran it on the treadmill in the gym. Couldn't face the 86 deg and 90% humidity.

    I'm now looking at my August calendar, and I've got two 5k races lined up. Both small local affairs. One has about 200 runners and the other about 150. And I think they're both pretty flat which will make running in the heat a bit easier.

    Came home from the gym to find my new Balega socks waiting for me. I've heard good things about them so I'm looking forward to giving them a run. I'm really picky about my socks and when I find ones I like, I will buy them in bulk. My current favourites are City Sports own brand, and when they announced they were going out of business, I bought every pair that was in my local branch. My supplies are running a bit low though, which meant biting the bullet and finding something new.

    I love my balega socks!! I wear the hidden comfort vtech ones. They still come up above my shoes so not really hidden.
  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
    zdyb23456 wrote: »
    BruinsGal_91 wrote: »
    6.5 miles last night. I wimped out and ran it on the treadmill in the gym. Couldn't face the 86 deg and 90% humidity.

    I'm now looking at my August calendar, and I've got two 5k races lined up. Both small local affairs. One has about 200 runners and the other about 150. And I think they're both pretty flat which will make running in the heat a bit easier.

    Came home from the gym to find my new Balega socks waiting for me. I've heard good things about them so I'm looking forward to giving them a run. I'm really picky about my socks and when I find ones I like, I will buy them in bulk. My current favourites are City Sports own brand, and when they announced they were going out of business, I bought every pair that was in my local branch. My supplies are running a bit low though, which meant biting the bullet and finding something new.

    I love my balega socks!!

    I'm a Balega fan as well. They haven't let me down.
  • BruinsGal_91
    BruinsGal_91 Posts: 1,400 Member
    @zdyb23456 @RespectTheKitty Yep, I'd seen plenty of people in this thread recommend them, and as everyone here is completely awesome and knows what they're talking about, I thought I'd give them a punt.
  • seanevan10
    seanevan10 Posts: 385 Member
    RespectTheKitty wrote: »
    zdyb23456 wrote: »
    BruinsGal_91 wrote: »
    6.5 miles last night. I wimped out and ran it on the treadmill in the gym. Couldn't face the 86 deg and 90% humidity.

    I'm now looking at my August calendar, and I've got two 5k races lined up. Both small local affairs. One has about 200 runners and the other about 150. And I think they're both pretty flat which will make running in the heat a bit easier.

    Came home from the gym to find my new Balega socks waiting for me. I've heard good things about them so I'm looking forward to giving them a run. I'm really picky about my socks and when I find ones I like, I will buy them in bulk. My current favourites are City Sports own brand, and when they announced they were going out of business, I bought every pair that was in my local branch. My supplies are running a bit low though, which meant biting the bullet and finding something new.

    I love my balega socks!!

    I'm a Balega fan as well. They haven't let me down.

    Me too. I need some more but for now I stole the hubby's pro dry 360 socks. I have big feet.
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    Got in a nice little short and easy run today even though it was hot and humid - 85F and 85% with a 20% chance of rain (it didn't). I am trying not to push too hard or go too far with the race coming up this Sunday. I am going to run on Friday morning before we head out for the long drive to SF. Saturday we will explore the Expo and some of our favorite SF spots. I am excited that the weather for Sunday is supposed to be so awesome - low of 55F and a high of 68F. I doubt if it will even be 65F by the time the 1st HM is over. This is why you want to run races in SF in the summer! I am really looking forward to it - should be so much fun!

    @Elise4270 - I did get my Oiselle order. I ordered a sports bra and the tank with the birds on it. Unfortunately neither fit... the bra was too big and the shirt was too small so back they went. It is weird to me that they were both the same size and fit so differently... oh well I will try again once they credit the return :) Enjoy your new shorts!

    I ordered a pair of the Steigen socks that Orphia recommended. They look really nice but they are being shipped from Australia! Amazon says I should have them in August - guess they are coming by boat! I normally wear Smartwool but am branching out and trying a few others to see if I like any of the other brands any better. I may also have to try the Balega's but then I do still have quite a few pairs of Smartwool in reserve that I bought when they were on sale.

    Date........Miles.......Total
    07/01......9.02........9.02
    07/02......0.00........9.02
    07/03......4.66......13.68 - + Agility
    07/04......4.66......18.34
    07/05......5.81......24.15
    07/06......0.00......24.15 - + Strength Training
    07/07......0.00......24.15 - Anniversary weekend
    07/08......0.00......24.15 - Anniversary weekend
    07/09......0.00......24.15 - Anniversary weekend
    07/10......0.00......24.15 - + Agility
    07/11......5.64......29.79 - + Strength Training
    07/12......4.28......34.07
    07/13......0.00......34.07 - + Strength Training
    07/14......5.71......39.78
    07/15......6.71......46.49
    07/16......2.00......48.49 - Dog Beach
    07/17......4.75......53.24 - + Agility
    07/18......0.00......53.24 - + Strength Training
    07/19......5.02......58.26

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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
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    @shanaber Oh im sorry to hear the sizes were off. Nothing worse than waiting on goodies and the size be off. I've only bought shorts and bras from them. I am branching out from smartwool as well. I love them but think I'll reserve them all for winter.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    edited July 2017
    1---6.38
    2---4.25
    4---5.11
    8---3.37
    12---2.90
    14---3.58
    15---3.31
    16---6.23
    17---bike
    19---3.58 I think my runner card was revoked on this run attempt. No pebbles in my socks tho. Only up from here, right? Maybe now I'll get my *kitten* up and run when it doesn't feel like 106 (41) out.


    38.71/70

    Upcoming races:

    Oct 1 Spirit of Survival, Lawton OK. Quarter Marathon
    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 10:04  5k 34.27 10k 1:20.25
  • KeepRunningFatboy
    KeepRunningFatboy Posts: 3,055 Member
    edited July 2017
    WK 7.17.17 - 7.23.17

    M - 10 m.
    T - 4.9 m. Ez day
    W - 10 m.
    T -
    F -
    S - Planned LR of 17 miles.
    S -
    Total - 25 running Miles * Goal is a 60 + mile running week.


  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    7/1 - Rest Day
    7/2 -Rest Day
    7/3 - Rest Day
    7/4 - 2.98 (Based on Garmin distance) for local 5K… time was 26:22; not a PR at all, but I haven't run at all since 6/24 and won't be fat adapted for awhile yet.
    7/5 - 5.03 miles - not as fast as I planned :(
    7/6 - 3.01 miles treadmill. Plan was for easy miles, and these were scary slow.
    7/7 - Rest day
    7/8 - 7.37 miles. New trail running shoes! Went out on a trail I haven't visited for awhile, was hot and very slow. Very tall grass in areas made this very difficult as well.
    7/9 - Rest
    7/10 - Rest
    7/11 - 3.0 easy miles treadmill, very slow, before weight lifting. It's hot outside and it is just easy to run on the treadmill at the gym before lifting. I knew I was going to lose some speed when changing nutrition again, but this is really starting to scare me.
    7/12 - 5.02 miles, still slower than I wanted.
    7/13 - 3.0 miles treadmill before lifting weights. Still slow, but plan was for easy miles.
    7/14 - Rest
    7/15 - Rest
    7/16 - 9.08 miles, struggled with managing BG.
    7/17 - Rest
    7/18 - 3 miles, treadmill. Easy effort, but excellent pace. I've been struggling lately, even (especially) on the treadmill. This run brought back some enthusiasm. 2 things different this time: 1. The only food I had all day was coffee with HWC at breakfast, a piece of cheese for lunch, and 3 snack sized Slim Jims for a snack mid-afternoon (2 hrs. before running). Another explanation is that I'm finally more fat adapted again (intentional transition that should take longer than this) or electrolytes are better balance. This was warm-up before weight lifting.
    7/19 - 5.05 miles "at race pace." Heat index of 108F, but still faster than expected for the heat (9:51 avg mile). And I feel good about my pace again. This time, I also did not do much walking to start out (1 block), and I took a cold shower before heading out because of the heat.

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    Upcoming Races:
    7/4/17 - Miner 5K
    7/29/17 - Dr. Dash 10K
    9/9/17 - Wabash Trace HM (Maybe)
    10/21/17 - Oregon Trail Run HM
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Just realized that there are only a week and a few days until my next race. It is a mile race. I have not run any race shorter than 5k in more decades than I care to remember (not since High School). No idea how I will do. Have not trained for it at all, but I looked at last year and in the mere mortal division the winner last year was like 5:50something. I think I could beat that, if not come close... but it has been so long since I have run anything that short at pace that I am not sure - the LAST mile of my last Marathon was at a 6 and change pace. So I should be able to do at least a 6:00 right?

    I plan to start with the leader(s) and stick with them till the last 1/4 or so. Then kick it full - but with my luck a 4:27 miler will show up :lol: and I will try to keep pace with them :lol:

    Probably run a 5:40, and trip 5 feet from the finish line and crawl across at 6:30! :lol:

    Any tips?
  • hanlonsk
    hanlonsk Posts: 762 Member
    @elise4270 - ummm still undecided. The right (Achilles) doesn't seem much different than before. The left is a bit more swollen than it has been, and definitely more "clicky" .... but... I started thinking of what my goals are, and where I want to be with the running... and decided that the PT is definitely warranted to get me to where I want/need to be in a reasonable time frame.... and if the MRI is required to come along on that ride, then so be it.... so I sent doc a message back.... and hopefully she isn't off on another 3 week vacation this time....

    Oh - and I forgot to mention this last night, but sometime recently, but pages and pages ago folks were discussing differences in trackers vs treadmill, and calibration of treadmills came into play- at this point I definitely have to agree with that. - my run/walk intervals I put into a tabata timer. Last night I started both it and treadmill pretty close, and by the time 8 intervals happened, the interval switch was happening about 45seconds after the minute mark.... if the CLOCK on the darn things can be off that much- I can only imagine what the distance does...

    In other news... a bored trainer at the gym ran me through a horrendous ab/core circuit tonight... I don't want to wake up tomorrow - ugh

  • JimCrackinDandy
    JimCrackinDandy Posts: 146 Member
    Hi ya all! Been missing for ever....
    I'm loving it that so many familiar faces are still out there running hard and strong! WTG
    Rededicating my big ole butt to running :smiley:

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