July 2017 Running Challenge
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Sometimes, that can be a good thing...ever wanted to call someone an aunt?RunRachelleRun wrote: »
@Elise4270 Gosh, you crack me up. I hope your hubsters was as amused by this hydration pack business? Are you getting used to the fit now? Love it?
He wasn't phased in the least. I did admit exadurate the discount (jeez, I can not spell. Spell predicted is not helping me out any). I do love the fit. I wanna get out again today. The heat index is supposed to be 120. I ate soy yesterday (in ice cream) and have a nagging small migraine. So I may not run.. well it'll be a walk probably in this heat.
Love wolf hounds! DH tried to get me to take a Great Dane from someone that realized the pup was just too big for an apartment. I'd love to have a big big dog. But I have 2 medium dogs that don't get taken care of as it is. (They really do, I just don't spend time with them). And if we travel....
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@kimlight2 I think their temperaments are similar. I haven't had either dogs. I use to frequent a pet shop when we lived in Delaware and an Irish wolf hound would come in. I just fell in love with him. This Dane was free. So hard to pass up. i just thought I didn't have the time for it. My cats would be so jealous. Hsha!1
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@JessicaMcB thanks for that input. I know how hard you hit the hills, you seeing the same thing is a good confidence booster0
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Haha! @garygse Thanks! I do have a migraine so I can not always think clearly. It's kind of fun having that, I don't understand anything, can't communicate experience.
Edited to ramble-- I wonder what they ordered for lunch??? I'm guessing a Ruben sandwich.2 -
WK 7.17.17 - 7.23.17
M - 10 m.
T - 4.9 m. Ez day
W - 10 m.
T - 7.2 m.
F - 4.4 m.
S - 17.1 m.
S - BRick (Bike / Run) 10 - 6.3
Total - 60.1 running Miles * Goal is a 60 + mile running week.
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PastorVincent wrote: »Something to keep in mind in all this heat...
What Dehydration Does to Your Body and How You Can Prevent It
Shalane Flanagan's finish-line collapse at the 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials reiterates the importance of hydration.
http://www.runnersworld.com/fuel-school/what-dehydration-does-to-your-body-and-how-you-can-prevent-it
WHAAAAAT???
All that weigh yourself, don't lose more than 2 percent and measure your sweat saltiness BS and not a single reference to PAY ATTENTION TO THIRST?
I despair. I really do.
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JessicaMcB wrote: »Ladies (or fashion forward gentlemen?) of the thread: what say ye of these running buff things? Long story short I have a huge head and even those nonslip headbands don't stand a chance of staying on. How well do they actually stay on???
@JessicaMcB I have the same problem with headbands. My noggin is huge and headbands just slide right off. Really annoying! I buy my headbands from an Etsy shop. She makes them in multiple sizes (including XL). They work great for me.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/SpecificallyRandom?ref=l2-shopheader-name
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Today I went to Home Depot to look at plants. I found a couple of pretty ones which I took home and planted by the fence. One was a really beautiful rose bush with very light pink flowers. I also got a purple phlox and orange coneflower.
It was pretty hot when I was out planting, so when I was done I figured since I was sweaty already, I'd go for a run. I went west on the Prairie Path towards Glen Ellyn. About 2.5 miles in, I noticed the skies getting cloudy. I made it to the border of Wheaton and decided to turn around. Right after about mile 3 I started hearing thunder. About 10-15 minutes later, lightning and rain. LOTS of rain. Like, a downpour. And I still had two miles to go until home. I ran as fast as I could. Big puddles were forming on the path and it was getting quite muddy. My glasses were covered with water and it was hard to see. I was soaked to the bone. Yet I plodded on, telling myself, "Just keep running, you're almost home."
I finally hit Main Street and the relief was real. I got home just as my Garmin clicked over to five miles. I let myself in and dripped all over the rug in the entry way. Now I have to find newspaper or something to put in my shoes to dry them out. I peeled off all my wet clothes and hung them in the bathroom.
So that was my day. Running in the rain is always weird. It's kind of nice, and kind of annoying at the same time.
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@RespectTheKitty - I've heard the advice to stuff wet running shoes with newspaper many times. But in the digital age, many of us just don't have newspapers hanging around. I suppose I could dig through the recycle bin for the ads that go directly there from the mailbox; but I find parking my wet running shoes in front of a fan has been good enough. If it's reasonable humidity, they only need to stay there 5 minutes. For the humidity suckfest that has been July, or for running in the rain, they might have to stay there an hour or two. I think worst case, the shoes weren't dry when I went to bed so I left the fan on all night. The shoes were dry in the morning.
@MNLittleFinn - I've noticed a disconnect between HR and perceived effort in less than ideal running weather. Today was another July humidity suckfest, and from about mile 6 to mile 12 I kept feeling like I was working hard and having bad fantasies about how to get home if I had to stop running. Check the data, and I spent all of 4% of my time in 80-20 Zone X, 57% in Zone 2, 31% in Zone 1. By HR, it looks like a perfectly normal easy run. So I went back and looked at the HR data from Reindeer Run last December. Average HR 146, max 153, which is about 10 beats per minute lower than a normal 5K race for me. I had to run it slow because of the snow, and it felt like a lot of effort; but I guess it wasn't particularly a cardio kind of effort.0 -
July Running Totals (miles)
7/1 – 14.00 paced run
7/2 – 14.03 easy
7/3 – 6.21 easy + 4 strides
7/4 – 8.07 warm up + 4 mile race
7/5 – 7.40 group run
7/6 – 12.06 warm up + MP intervals
7/7 – rest day
7/8 – 15.01 paced 10 + ad hoc 5
7/9 – 11.83 easy 90 minutes
7/10 – 6.95 easy + 4 strides
7/11 – 11.37 warm up, speed work, cool down
7/12 – 6.04 group run
7/13 – 11.62 warm up, speed work, cool down
7/14 – rest day
7/15 – 20.25 warm up, pace half marathon, easy 5 miles post-race
7/16 – 13.12 easy 100 minutes
7/17 – 7.32 easy
7/18 – 10.62 warm up, speed work, cool down
7/19 – rest day
7/20 – 14.01 MP intervals
7/21 – rest day
7/22 – 17.02 paced run
7/23 – 12.47 easy with hills
July total to date – 219.40
Nominal Challenge Goal – 260 miles
Real Goals: Stay healthy. Train toward Rochester Marathon. Pace Shoreline Half as close as possible to a 1:40 finish with even splits. Run Karknocker 5K in under 20 minutes.
Today's notes – This is a week of adjusting the training plan. For today, the original plan called for 2x5K at MP, with 2 minutes recovery. But this is a peak mileage week, and the original plan has a tough 15 mile workout on Thursday that I won't do because I'm running Karknocker 5K on Friday. So I look at shuffling miles around to make Wednesday a rest day, cutting some speed work because I have a race, going really easy with the plan for Thursdy, and I end up with 12-ish easy miles today.
Normally, I go to church Sunday mornings. But my weekly lunch/dinner with my daughter got rescheduled for lunch today, and I didn't want to feel pressed for time to run in the evening. So I skipped church, and managed to get out on the road later than planned. The run started at 9:44 AM. Garmin says it was 75º F (24º C) with 69% relative humidity and a "feels like" of 75º. It didn't feel all that warm, but it felt like a humidity suckfest. On the glass half full vs. half empty front, it alternated between periods of being overcast and sunny.
I set out to run the route I'd run a week ago, sans the added distance to make 100 minutes last Sunday. Ran it a bit slower today, averaging 7:51 per mile. Tried to go easier on the hills, with the idea being to learn to back off on the uphill effort so I don't wear myself out in Newton and have a 10K death march to Boylston Street next April. That, and backing off the effort on the uphills at the Rochester Marathon so I can recover well.
It felt like a harder effort than the HR data says it was, so maybe that's heat that I didn't perceive as heat. Got home, and my right arm informed me that I missed a spot that needed sunscreen. Oh, well. At least it wasn't both arms.
The good news is, I was pretty efficient about getting in my cool down, stretching, and shower before my daughter arrived. Had a really nice long conversation with her this afternoon, and didn't feel at all bad about being sedentary all afternoon long.
In hindsight, I think it would have been a very pleasant run if it had been 10 degrees cooler and dry enough that I didn't have to wring out my socks when I took them off. But the weather is what it is, and if it's like this on Friday I'll be prepared to race in it.
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) finished in 25:42
July 15, 2017 Shoreline Half Marathon [1:40 pacer] (Hamlin, NY) finished in 1:39:05
July 28, 2017 Karknocker 5K (East Rochester, NY)
August 9, 2017 Pound the Ground 10K (Mendon, NY)
August 12, 2017 Bergen Road Race 5K (Bergen, 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)
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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
20---3.41 walk
21---3.12 early
21---3.1
22---7.73
23---6.34 Shaved 24 seconds off my 10kPR ( post op). Wind off a storm is coming through so that droped the temp 20° about mile 3. Felt like I could run 24.5 miles
and fasted to boot. I think hydration is really helping. Drank all 2L today.
Ran past a kid "look mom, she's running from the storm". Son, I am the storm.
DH said MaUD balances my boob weight and that's why I bested him. Whatever you gotta tell yourself.
61.41/70
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 1:20.017 -
@RespectTheKitty - I've heard the advice to stuff wet running shoes with newspaper many times. But in the digital age, many of us just don't have newspapers hanging around. I suppose I could dig through the recycle bin for the ads that go directly there from the mailbox; but I find parking my wet running shoes in front of a fan has been good enough. If it's reasonable humidity, they only need to stay there 5 minutes. For the humidity suckfest that has been July, or for running in the rain, they might have to stay there an hour or two. I think worst case, the shoes weren't dry when I went to bed so I left the fan on all night. The shoes were dry in the morning.
You can put them in a box of rice like they say to do with cell phones!
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PastorVincent wrote: »@RespectTheKitty - I've heard the advice to stuff wet running shoes with newspaper many times. But in the digital age, many of us just don't have newspapers hanging around. I suppose I could dig through the recycle bin for the ads that go directly there from the mailbox; but I find parking my wet running shoes in front of a fan has been good enough. If it's reasonable humidity, they only need to stay there 5 minutes. For the humidity suckfest that has been July, or for running in the rain, they might have to stay there an hour or two. I think worst case, the shoes weren't dry when I went to bed so I left the fan on all night. The shoes were dry in the morning.
You can put them in a box of rice like they say to do with cell phones!
Like I have that much rice lying around.... :P2 -
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RespectTheKitty wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »@RespectTheKitty - I've heard the advice to stuff wet running shoes with newspaper many times. But in the digital age, many of us just don't have newspapers hanging around. I suppose I could dig through the recycle bin for the ads that go directly there from the mailbox; but I find parking my wet running shoes in front of a fan has been good enough. If it's reasonable humidity, they only need to stay there 5 minutes. For the humidity suckfest that has been July, or for running in the rain, they might have to stay there an hour or two. I think worst case, the shoes weren't dry when I went to bed so I left the fan on all night. The shoes were dry in the morning.
You can put them in a box of rice like they say to do with cell phones!
Like I have that much rice lying around.... :P
Joking aside, I believe it would work - if you had that much. A good fan works wonders, especially if your house is dry from running A/C like most of us are.0 -
At the HM I did last month, some kids were hanging out towards the end - almost mile 13. One of them started running alongside me as though he was trying to race me or something. I said, "OK, now keep doing that for 13 miles."7 -
My first fasted and without water 10 km run. Ran slowly but after finishing felt that I could have been faster. Not much loss of energy though feeling a bit dizzy in head due to cold. Thus confirmed that fasted without water run wouldn't kill me! Hope everyone's having a good Monday!
July Running Challenge
Goal: 100 km
Ran: 73/100
24/7/17 Run 10.2 km
23/7/17 Unplanned rest day
22/7/17 Rest day
21/7/17 Run 3 km (63)
20/7/17 Run 3 km (60)
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 km5 -
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
20/7-5.4
21/7-4.2
22/7-2.5
23/7-8.2
24/7-REST
Total -79.6/1003 -
Please can I join . I'm a slow runner I only manage 6 to 8 miles a week ...love this group
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@nFoooo Has your doctor/PT given the all-clear? It does sound like you should do a test run, but I don't know the background.
Went to doctor who scheduled a scan which happened 3-4 weeks later and now the radiologist will contact my doctor in like another 3 weeks so it's a bit of an annoying situation. The smartest thing to do would be to wait another 3 weeks but I feel really good. I went for a 1 KM test jog and it felt great, I might try another test 1 KM tomorrow and then build from there.
@nFoooo You've been out of action for 6 weeks?
That's awesome the test jog went well! You could be all better. 0 -
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7 mile fast finish run with 7:38 for last 1.5. Guess I'll make 150 this month. Stayed in zone with the exception of a few uphill climbs, must learn to resist the challenge of taking the hills strong.2 -
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Used to love the What If? but he has pretty much stopped it, it seems.1 -
Hi fellow runners!
7/3: 8.1k -easy run-
7/4: 12.6k -intervals-
7/6: 10.8k -2.5k w/u+8.3k progressive running-
7/8: 8.5k -recovery after 2.2k swimming-
7/9: 15.1k -Long run-
7/10: -strength training-
7/11: 10.7k -intervals-
7/12: rest day due to terrible headache
7/14: 13k -2.6k w/u, 8k Tempo, 2.4k c/d-
7/15: 7.3k -Easy running-
7/17: 5.1k -Urban run-
7/18: 14k -w/u+Tempo-
7/22: 16.8k -Long Run-
7/23: 7.2 -Easy, hills-
129.2k/140k
Stay hydrated!
Upcoming races:
7/29: 4th Nea Peramos Aquathlon
9/16: 4th Kavala Night City Run 10k
9/24: Xiropotamos Trail 2017 11k
10/1: Voreia Sirris Challenge 23k
10/15: Nestos Trail VFTU 10k
11/26: 4th Democritus Half Marathon2 -
@scarlet67 Welcome to the group!
@PastorVincent Yeah, I think he did it for a book and then stopped, which is a shame because it was great.
It was raining this morning when I first got up, which means that the temperature was cooler (73F) but the dew point was at 72F, so that meant a nice sticky sweat-filled run was on the cards. And today is my high intensity day too...oh how I so wanted to be up and out that door! But I did, and managed to spend 71% of my time at the low end of Garmin's Z4, with the rest of the time in the zones leading up that as I warmed up.
The good news is that if I do another five-miler this weekend, I'll definitely hit my target this month, barring anything interfering with my remaining planned runs of course.
05 - 13.56
06 - 9.72
07 - 22.03
10 - 13.55
11 - 9.76
12 - 13.11
13 - 9.57
17 - 13.56
18 - 9.88
19 - 13.80
20 - 10.58
21 - 24.89
23 - 5.69
24 - 13.52
Total: 183.22 / 250 miles
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7/1 - 7 miles. Beautiful morning to run!
7/2 - Rest day.
7/3 - 5 miles. Kinda sloggish.
7/4 - 5 miles. Humid.
7/5 - Nothing so far, we'll see. Fireworks hangover, slept in.
7/6 - 5 miles. Crazy humidity level...so sticky.
7/7 - 4 miles.
7/8 - 7.2 miles.
7/9 - Rest day.
7/10 - 5 very sweaty miles.
7/11 - Unplanned rest day. Hammies were not in good shape. Painful even.
7/12 - 4 treadmill miles, then quick upper body weights.
7/13 - 5 miles.
7/14 - 5 miles.
7/15 - Sick day...ick.
7/16 - 7 miles.
7/17 - 5 miles.
7/18 - 4.7 miles. Super sticky! 76° and 96% humidity = running through soup.
7/19 - 4 treadmill miles, then upper body weights.
7/20 - Rest day.
7/21 - 3.1 'mill miles, then upper body weights and abs.
7/22 - 4 miles.
7/23 - 5 miles.
7/24 - 4.9 miles with some speed work. First day with HM training group.
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