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July 2017 Running Challenge
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I got overwhelmed with life in June - made my goal and got over 100 miles in - but did not get back to this site after about mid June. It is so easy to get behind with all the posts.
Anyway, this month appears to be a bigger challenge to my running - in part due to a vacation with lots of hiking.
So, I will set my goal as 100 miles of running/hiking - with at least 60 miles of running. Not sure I will actually be able to get in all the running - but a goal may help.
July 1 - 8 miles
July 2 - 8.1 miles5 -
@amymoreorless - I can't even imagine- I live in a dry climate... if our humidity gets over about 40%- it's probably raining...
@MobyCarp - shot blocks were not my favorite when I was experimenting with fuel. They were VERY hard to chew... but I was experimenting while it was winter in Wyoming... so your judge of consistency during winter might be fairly accurate. In terms of solids fuel things in general friend and I preferred the stinger chews. Stingers were more like gummy bear consistency, while the shot blocks were more like "dots" candy. However, someone heard us complaining about trying to chew and run in general, and they said they cut them into pieces. That helps the shot blocks tremendously - and solves the packaging issues. We had much better luck with them if we planned ahead - we cut each block into 4 chunks, and would put the collection into a snack size ziplock. The ziplock was easier to work with while running, and the smaller pieces worked much better, although still pretty rough for us.
But as my disclaimer- this winter/spring was my first experience with fuel in general, so my experience is fairly limited.1 -
I'm just starting to run/walk again this month. I have a goal of 30 miles although with going out of state for 4 days and training for 2 weeks out of town we'll see if I make it that far.9
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@BettyM1017 - LOL you crack me up! Slow and steady wins the race!
@Zac1644 - thanks for your service! My son got his knees messed up while in the military. Good luck getting back into running.
@Stoshew71 - Welcome to IN.
7/1 - 6.26
7/2 - 3.16
Only 90.58 to go,
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1---6.38
2---4.25 lovely rain run!
10.63/70
Upcoming races
AIM for the Cure- 5K, virual run
July 8- XTERRA Jurassic Trail Run, 5K. Glen Rose,TX
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 10:11 5k 34.27 10k 1:20.253 -
@hanlonsk @PastorVincent - I tried GU Chomps early in my distance running career, and found them too hard to chew. I went into today's run with low expectations for the Shot Bloks, and they did better than expected.
I still have the issues of a) winter running, which @hanlonsk confirms is an issue, and b) Bloks are bulkier than gels, so I can't carry as many (which only matters for the marathon distance).
The Bloks seemed to fuel me as well today as gels, except it took longer for the first serving to kick in. Well, it took me longer to eat them than to eat a gel. Absent space considerations, I might want to try to carry Bloks at Boston and just run the entire race always working on one. But I have another 9 months to think about that. I don't think I'll try that strategy at Rochester. And if I try it at Boston, I have to figure out how taking S-Caps every half hour fits in. Hmm. Also need to think about how in-race fueling and pre-race food management work together for Boston. It's a logistical puzzle.0 -
July 1 – 5.0 miles & 21DFX ABC Extreme
July 2 – 3.0 miles & P90X3 Isometrix
Total: 8.0/100 miles
I’ve been terrible about my strength training lately, and I’m starting to feel it, especially at work. I was working my way through Hardcore 22. At first, I liked it. The workouts were short, and they seemed compatible with my running. Unfortunately, the workouts lack variety and quickly became repetitious and boring…and I stopped doing them. Well, it’s time to get some muscle back.
I’ll be going back to some old favorites. Tomorrow I’ll be starting a round of 21 Day Fix Extreme along with my HM running program followed by a round of P90X3. That should set me up just right to start OCR training towards the end of the year.
I’m going to have to carve out a bit more time each day in order to work out and start doing longer runs to get ready for my first half in November. I guess there’ll be No more Candy Crush for me!
Upcoming Race:
July 21 - St. Pete Beach Series, Race #2, 5K
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@PastorVincent I love your "I'm not a doctor, I don't even play one on TV" type disclaimers- good thoughts re: knee issues and the impact of form!
July 1- 9.7
July 2- 5
14.7/360
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July Goal: 85 mile (yeah, a REAL goal!)
7/1 3.75
7/2 3.52
Total 7.27
@katharmonic : I'm in!
Ticker is my goal for 2017 and progress to date:
upcoming races:
Fun in the Sun Virtual 10k 6/28/17
Race to Cure Sarcoma Month of July
Volcano Rainforest Runs 10k 8/19
BlockThe Sun Run 5k Oct 14 (https://walk.aimatmelanoma.org/Hilo2017) (physical and virtual options available)
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With both the Ironman 70.3 World Championships coming up in early September, and an outside shot at qualifying for the IM 140.6 World Championships (Kona) at my late August race, I'm looking to ramp volume up further this month, and get in some solid running blocks.
Goals are: 200 miles running (170.5 June), 800 miles biking (896 June), 20 miles swimming (15 June). Just going to track the running here.
After taking a rest/recovery day yesterday, I got in a painful post-bachelor party 10 miles early this morning with a friend, then did more recovery miles late this evening while doing laundry, as I'm heading back to Florida tomorrow and I'd rather avoid running too much in the heat.
7/2 - 15 miles (10 AM, 5 PM)
Total: 15 miles
Goal: 200 miles
Remaining: 185 miles
2017 Race Schedule:
1/29 - Chilly Willy Duathlon (1:07:48 - 20:05 1st 5K/21:16 2nd 5K - 1st AG, 3rd Amateur)
2/5 - Best Damn Race 1:50 pacer
5/5 - Pittsburgh Marathon (withdrew at mile 16 - 1:32 split @ 13.1)
6/4 - Ironman 70.3 Raleigh - 4:43/1:36 run - Qualified for Ironman 70.3 World Championships
8/25 - Ironman Coeur D'Alene
9/10 - Ironman 70.3 World Championships11 -
JessicaMcB wrote: »@MNLittleFinn I will be so jealous if you hit the 100, haha! I ordered the Nathan VaporAiress in the smallest size in the hopes it will stop my bounce issues. Should be here by Friday, I'll compare and contrast it with my Firestorm then
So somewhat off topic but my last few BP readings have run roughly 80/60. Does anyone else find their BP runs low running high volume/distance?
I have low bp normally that gets ever lower running even not-so-high volume. My doc tells me to check my pulse and if it's not high and I don't have any symptoms (ignoring dizzy when sitting/standing - postural hypotension), not to worry. She says to drink more water and get extra sodium, which does seem to help within a day. If I have other symptoms or a high pulse, then a visit to the doc is in order.3 -
BettyM1017 wrote: »RunRachelleRun wrote: »Back after a long break. I got discouraged but have realized I enjoy running, so I shouldn't care if I'm as slow as molasses. Better to be doing something slowly than doing nothing. I'll aim for 75 km this month.
I run. I'm as slow as a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter, but I run! Team Turtle: We're Slow as Shell!
I'm not really built for speed, but I keep going, slowly shaving a few seconds off my time here and there. I do get discouraged occasionally though, because I am slow. Then I remind myself to run my own race and stop comparing myself to others. You're running for you. No one else. Just you. Enjoy every step!
Lol, thanks!0 -
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5.1 fast finish 6. Supposed to run last 12 minutes in zone 3 but I think it was more like zone 5. Was supposed to run 35 minutes in zone 2 but I think it was 3. I'll have a better idea when my heart monitor comes in next week. I'm thinking of a slight increase on the volume of training in the plan.i did my strength training after my run which gives me two days in a row with that. Don't know if the plan had enough miles on it to reach my 150 for this month. I reach the 2017 km mark for the year. I also figured out where to do my hill repeats for Thursday's run. Tomorrow was going to be a cross day on the elliptical but that will have to change as the gym is closed to celebrate America's birthday. I'll just switch Tuesday and Wednesday.3
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Today was supposed to be a rest day but reorganised my week to do one of my planned 12.7k runs today. Reason being it would mean I have run marathon distance over 3 days and give me confidence I could do it in one day come October. At least now I have an upper limit on my target time - 48.5hours
For part 3/3 I stuck with my mostly flat trails since the October marathon route I'm considering is also pretty flat, (but mostly on paved surfaces). As I've also been eating at a significant deficit the past week and this was my third consecutive significant running day, I suspected it might be hard work. I intended to go around 6:00/km (9:36/mile) which is around target MP for me and started out fine. When I turned around into the headwind I soon realised just how much the last couple of days had taken out of me, and my pace just got slower and slower to the finish. I ended up averaging 6:08/km so wasn't too far out, and was on trail rather than road so I should be pleased.
Anyway it's safe to say I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's rest and refeed
1-July: 11.51km - easy 6.5k; HM pace last 5k
2-July: 19.26km - easy(-ish)
3-July: 12.84km - MP-easy
Upcoming Races:
9-July: Southend HM
?? 22-Oct: Chelmsford Marathon ?? [Undecided]7 -
Date Miles MTD ------- ----- ------- July 1 4.0 4.0 July 3 3.7 7.7
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cburke8909 wrote: »5.1 fast finish 6. Supposed to run last 12 minutes in zone 3 but I think it was more like zone 5. Was supposed to run 35 minutes in zone 2 but I think it was 3. I'll have a better idea when my heart monitor comes in next week. I'm thinking of a slight increase on the volume of training in the plan.i did my strength training after my run which gives me two days in a row with that. Don't know if the plan had enough miles on it to reach my 150 for this month. I reach the 2017 km mark for the year. I also figured out where to do my hill repeats for Thursday's run. Tomorrow was going to be a cross day on the elliptical but that will have to change as the gym is closed to celebrate America's birthday. I'll just switch Tuesday and Wednesday.
Without the HRM I find it impossible to guess any zone other than "way too hard/wast" and "umm, I think I am actually walking"4 -
July goal 60 miles
July 3: 4.73 miles
July total: 10.03 miles5 -
7/1 8 miles - forced early stop
7/2 Forced rest day
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.
So yesterday. Instead of going on a nice easy run to test my foot... I was in the ER. *sigh* This joker:
decided that getting a earbud tip stuck in his ear would be a good plan. Somehow he got it in deep enough that I could not see it. The nurse thought it very funny.
July is NOT starting off very "runderful"
But tomorrow I have off, so I am thinking that I will do a super easy pace run today just so my joints do not get stiff and then tomorrow attempt the 20 mile run with my Clif Blok test that was planned for 7/1.3
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