July 2017 Running Challenge
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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 lift3 -
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
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.3 -
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 -59.3/1003 -
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WandaVaughn wrote: »
This is my total half marathon training miles. I'll only do 30 this whole month. (I started yesterday)6 -
Today was my first morning since...I think since I was in the Navy. I am NOT a morning person. Plus at 530am it was 74 deg with 89% humidity. Uuuggggghhhh.
I knew today would be super busy after work with the boys (twin boys in swimming lessons) so I just sucked it up and said that morning would be good. I felt like I slogged through it. My mile time 20 seconds slower than in the heat the other night. But at least it is done for the day. I have been busy at work and come back and there are three pages unread since yesterday!!! . Y'all move fast.
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
07/09/17 :::: 1.95 :::: 1.95
07/11/17 :::: 2.05 :::: 4.00
07/13/17 :::: 2.08 :::: 6.08
07/14/17 :::: 0 :::: 6.08 Moved three 200lb+ pottery kilns into my garage
07/16/17 :::: 1.94 :::: 8.02
07/19/17 :::: 2.05 :::: 10.07
I didn't really set a goal for the month as this is my first month here. I think I will definitely set one for next month.
I have my friends helping me with my goal of my first full running 5k at the end of Sept. We picked a fun one so that, well, so they could drink beer! LOL.
9/30/2017 - Rahr & Son's Oktoberfest 5k6 -
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.1 -
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.1 -
@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.1
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RespectTheKitty 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.0 -
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
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 Marathon2 -
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 1:20.251 -
WK 7.17.17 - 7.23.17
M - 10 m.
T - 4.9 m. Ez day
W - 10 m.
T -
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S - Planned LR of 17 miles.
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Total - 25 running Miles * Goal is a 60 + mile running week.
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@MobyCarp Thank you for the insight on marathon training and training plans! I copied and pasted it into my training plan spreadsheet and highlighted all the "slow down" comments.
Today's run was good. It was my usual runs with the running group. Onion run (4.3 miles) @ 5p EST followed by WSG Run (3.1) @ 6p EST. It was a little cooler (86F 85% humidity) than earlier in the day so that was nice. I donated blood in the morning so I didn't quite know how these runs were going to turn out. The nice thing about donating blood at work is that I get 4 hrs excused leave so I was home relaxing by 10:30. I took a nice long nap and then headed out to run. I took it easy at first and wore my HRM and monitored it often to make sure nothing was going bad. I felt really good! It's good to know that if I'm ever out running, and I misplace a pint of blood, I can easily make it 10 miles or so. I'll see in the morning how I feel though. On another note The Red Cross said my blood pressure was 100/68 which is an improvement from last Oct. 146/92.
I hope everyone's having a good mid-week!7 -
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.
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 HM4 -
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 and I will try to keep pace with them
Probably run a 5:40, and trip 5 feet from the finish line and crawl across at 6:30!
Any tips?3 -
@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
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juliet3455 wrote: »7 km Along River Bank Trails. It was another Suck Fest. Better than yesterday but just barely. I have concluded that my Blue Mizuno's are done, even though they only have 340km on them.
The last time I wore them they didn't feel right. Today I had a few Left Calf and Right Shin Niggle.
So I declare them as done. New Shoes are cheaper that PT, and the replacement pair is in my closet so they are already paid for so they may as well get in the mix. Now to find a Local Charity/Church that is doing a Clothing/Shoe Drive for South America.
9.5 km up Pats Creek Trail. That felt so good. It's official - since retiring my Blue Mizuno's running is no longer a Suck Fest. Absolutely nothing hurt after the run and I was even able to get down to a 4:53 min/km Best Pace for a very short period of time. I usually really struggle once I get below 5:40/km. It was a rather tricky/technical challenge in spots as the Grass is starting to get very long beside the Trail and has fallen over in quite a few places. This creates Tripping Hazards as you step on a bunch of grass and as the next foot comes through you can catch the Toe on the Grass and it acts just like a Trip Line. So lots of High Stepping in the Deep Grassy area.
For us Northern Folk it was an absolute scorcher, for the Southern Folk it would have been a great day. 26C = 79F and 63% Humidity.
07/01 0 km – 160 km - 0 km – YTD 686.27
07/01 15.0 km – 145 km - 15km
07/04 13.5 km - 131.5km - 28.5km
07/06 13.6 km - 117.9km - 42.1km
07/09 6.7 km - 111.2km - 48.8km
07/10 5.5 km - 105.7km - 54.3km
07/14 10.0 km - 95.7km - 64.3km
07/16 12.5 km - 83.2km - 76.8km
07/17 7.0 km - 76.3km - 83.8km
07/19 9.5 km - 66.8km - 93.3km - YTD 779.57 km
Edited to add
Forgot to mention that there were 8 different piles of Bear Scat, Red or Purple.
The Wild Saskatoon's and Raspberries are heavy with fruit so the Bears are feasting.
Even had one Saskatoon tree beside the trail that had been pulled down - I am guessing a bear grabbed it and pulled it over to get to the fruit at the very top - we all know that the best berries are always at the top where you can't reach them.6
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