August 2017 Running Challenge

cburke8909

Hill repeats this AM. 10X1min with 2 min recovery. Strava adjusted my pace so instead of the 7.4 miles in 1hr15 minutes it considered 25 minutes of downtime and 7.4 miles in 50 minutes. Maybe some day I'll be that fast but it isn't today. Felt good, this is my last hill workout for a while, I have short sprints and intervals the next couple of weeks. To increase my distance, I use a 4mile warm up as compared to my usual 1 mile.
@PastorVincent love the pictures.

JimCrackinDandy

6 miles today, stayed off gravel- knees appreciated that
Hoping for 10 miles (long run) this weekend.
13.22/90 for month.

Dcorrick

Another 2.59 miles. Struggling to find the pace that I can maintain without stopping, but still the best pace I've ever done over this distance: 10:29/mile over 2.59 miles. 5.77/45 miles. Using Spotify's "Running" feature to set a pace.

marikaCL

First run of 1.82 miles.

So 18.18 miles of 20 to go.

Ankle held up fine which is nice but as for my other leg muscles that hurt.

hanlonsk

@PastorVincent - be careful with those $10 races!!!
My friend and I found out that sometimes they are too good to be true last year. The 10K was the same price as the 5k, both were $10. And we are both cheapskates, so she signed us up for the 10K to get our money's worth. Failing to realize -it would be my first 10K. Her hubby was out of town so she had both toddlers in the jogging stroller. It was on the base, so everyone else running the 10K actually was in shape. Yeah.... they were picking the course up in front of us, and it was like 100 degrees... we now think a little bit before picking races solely on price. But... runners forget things... so I imagine if she asked I would do the dumb thing again.

KatieJane83

8/1 - 6 mile hot lunch run/2 mile dreadmill run before lifting
8/2 - 11 mile run w/RRR track workout: 1600/1200/800/400/400m ladder w/800/600/400/200/200m recovery jogs

August Total: 19/225
928.6 miles/2,017 miles - goal for the year

So, I'm not gonna lie, I felt kinda like a bad *kitten* last night, cause I needed to run 11 miles yesterday, mid-week(!), and I did that while ALSO incorporating the weekly group summer track workout into those miles! And, I felt strong! I didn't really notice fatigue in my legs until my last cooldown mile home.

I got in 4.75 miles before we started on the evening's workout, which was a 1600/1200/800/400/400 ladder w/800/600/400/200/200m recovery jogs. I'm still working out how to pace my intervals, and it was especially tough last night, since I'd already run almost 5 miles before I started them, but I managed to pull out a 1:36 (according to Strava my 3rd fastest 400) and ~1:43 on those 2x400m intervals so I'll take it.

It was also raining, and then drizzling, for a good portion of the run, with temps only in the mid-60s, cloudy, and breezy, so it was pretty glorious. It reemphasized why I run in the heat all summer, because I was already noticing improved HR vs some of my paces last night in the cooler temps.

Anyway, I am super excited to only be doing a 4 mile recovery run at lunch today. The lifting I did on Tues plus last night's miles w/the speedwork mean my legs are definitely feeling tired and a little sore today, lol. Can't wait to be done with work, go home, immediately put on pajamas, and do nothing!!!

MNLittleFinn

@cburke8909 great job on the hill repeats!
@JimCrackinDandy nice run!
@Dcorrick nice running! finding good pace is diffucult, maybe try going a bit slower and see if you can maintain it.
@marikaCL Great job getting out there and running! Just remember to be careful when the running is causing pain, sometimes it's just recovery from the run, but sometimes it's more... it takes a while to learn the difference.

Irontri7

Elise4270 wrote: »

Well. First I apologise if the image I post is useless. I'm on Android and it seems incompatible with mfp. Second, I apologise for your injury and the potential (not a doctor) diagnosis.

Third I'd recommend to any interested runner a book by Jordan Metzl, Running Strong.

Seems to be a bit of plantar fasciitis. Hopefully it's caught early enough that it doesn't mean too much down time.




ETA... Wow that actually posted...

shanaber wrote: »

@Irontri7 - I can recommend this yoga stretch. I have been doing it for a long while now, ever since I tore my fascia a couple of years ago. It helped and I believe continues to help immensely as I haven't had any additional problems once it healed. I also do other stretches for my feet and calves that probably help too but this one seemed to make the most difference for me. It was recommended by my sports chiro who treated the torn fascia.
https://www.runnersworld.com/training-video/toes-pose

Thanks for the info!! Always helpful to hear others' input.

@Elise4270 Are those pics of the book Running Strong?

@shanaber Guess it might be time to give yoga a shot! Considering doing yoga for 6 years but not actually doing it is probably long enough, right?

katharmonic

Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
08/01/17 :::: 5.5 :::: 5.5
08/02/17 :::: 2.4 :::: 7.9
08/03/17 :::: 5.0 :::: 12.9
Goal =120 miles

Running group friend needed to do her long run this morning, so I agreed to join her for part of it. Not a bad morning but really starting to heat up by the time I was done - and I felt bad that she still had at least 7 more miles planned. We looped around some campgrounds and it was fairly hilly so 5 miles was plenty for me this morning.

girlinahat

1/8 c25k week1 Day 1 (run 60 walk 90 x 8)
2/8 gym and treadmill run
3/8 open-water swim training

notes - redoing c25k is a good way of checking niggles. My shoes were rubbing on the top, so socks next time, and both calf muscles and my right hamstring are playing up. But this is the first real day back trying to get some consistency so will keep an eye on it. The other good thing is that I managed to keep my heart rate at a low level the whole time.

so, Tuesday evening I managed to crash my car on the way home from work. So my morning run was changed to a walk-briskly-to-car-hire place, and an evening gym session inserted to de-stress. Was already feeling down after our beloved guinea pig died on Sunday and I'd had to take the body for cremation to the vet.

Things I have learnt this week - I don't like it when the gym is busy, especially not when I am slightly unsure of what I am doing training wise.
Second thing I have learnt. Five minutes on the dreadmill is enough isn't it?
third thing I have learnt - I may need more sleep. I overslept by a couple of HOURS this morning and was only woken by the bodywork place calling to pick up my bashed in car.

races planned - none. Hmmm. What's that about?

Irontri7

JessicaMcB wrote: »

@PastorVincent I would've taken a $10 race too- racing is the best!

@MNLittleFinn sounds like a good day of hill intervals! Glad only your Achilles were off today!

So my husband has been working late this week which has resulted in 3AM runs in an absurd amount of fog. My pace today was pretty decent considering I could only see about five feet in front of me for a while. I amused myself heartily when I triggered the speed reader a few streets up from the house- 12km/hour baby (stop laughing Usain Bolt!). Now that I know I can set it off I am so taking a picture next time haha!

August 1- 13.4
August 2- 17.3
August 3- 16.5

47.2/420

It's even better on the bike when you get "caught" speeding!

zdyb23456

8/1 8miles 1hr:16m:25s
8/2 6miles 60m:39s
8/3 5miles 46m:32s

Went out at 6:45 this morning and it was a cloudy 70 degrees - perfect! Pushed myself a little and had negative splits, which I think is a good thing.

I'm debating running my long run tomorrow morning or waiting until Saturday morning. There is the potential for scattered showers Saturday morning, but every time I move around my long run due to weather it never actually rains the morning I was supposed to go.

cburke8909

@girlinahat sorry to hear about your car crash. Could be just stress that had you over sleeping. Hope it all works out fine. I assume there were no injuries as you did not mention any.

mixednic

I am attempting to get back into running as I had been doing really well a few years back, at a point where my body needed to run or it would get antsy. I signed up for a half in September of last year, hoping that it would get me to be consistent again, however it didn't ( I still did the half though- first one, had a blast and so glad i pushed myself to do it anyways). Im restarting a 13.1 training program and hoping that the checking in will challenge me to remain consistent. I have a biking event in September but looking for another half to challenge myself and maybe get a better time on.

allyphoe

8/1: 3.1
8/3: 4.0

Total: 7.1/44

Even though I felt great and ready to run all day yesterday, I was not feeling it when I got up this morning. I'd eaten at maintenance the last two days, so did not eat anything before heading out. Had to reboot my phone before it would find GPS. Eventually I was trotting along happily enough, and after the second mile I was thinking about how I could get more distance without skipping my cooldown.

marikaCL

@MNLittleFinn

Thank you. ☺️

Yes, am definitely being aware of it. I think is just a bit tender as I had so long off running and there is still a little healing going on.

Will get my physio to make sure is all good.

skippygirlsmom

HonuNui wrote: »

@karlundy ,@lporter229 and @skippygirlsmom c'mon down for the AimAtMelanoma run: I'll give a guided tour to my secret snorkel spots!
@skippygirlsmom Skip looks fabulous....hug her every day...they can be gone in a moment

@honunui I wish I could run there instead of virtual, it would be so awesome. Thanks for the compliment on Skip and you are so right. Last night I was tired and cranky and I knew she would be just wanting to go on and on about school, so I called her and told her to meet me for dinner and we left our phones in the car and sat for over an hour eating and her just talking 1,000 mph. As you said life is so uncertain and I will never get this time back no matter what.

skippygirlsmom

8/1 - 5 miles
8/2 - 4 miles
8/3 - 6 miles

15 of 80 miles



Nice run this morning, the weather was 66F/18C even though the humidity was 97% it was still nice. Though since school started there is more hustle and bustle in the neighborhood and buses ha ha The last 2 runs I've been pushing harder and doing progressive runs with about 2 minutes difference from first mile, today I took it a little easier since my legs are sore and took just over a 1 minute off from first to last mile.

MNLittleFinn

@skippygirlsmom nice running this morning!
@kristinegift Hope your hip flexor stops giving you trouble, and that your day at the office goes better than you feared. Great job keeping at it this morning nonetheless!

skippygirlsmom

@andy504 great job on the non stop mile!
@bonniegarbal you can count whatever you want, I do not count walking in my total.
@hanlonsk a mile is a mile is a mile 
@JimCrackinDandy smart thinking on saving the knees or an injury
@mobycarp hope is niggle is gone
@kristinegift I was going to ask you yesterday how work was, perhaps I’ll wait another day. Nice job getting it done this morning.
@PastorVincent the meme is me me!! I’m a bling *kitten*, yes I hate to admit it but I am.
@bruinsgal_91 hope the calf is better soon
@KatieJane83 feel bad *kitten* girl, that is bad *kitten*!
@JessicaMcB I love the speed reader, I always wondered if I ran by one if it was trigger on or laugh
@girlinahat are you okay? What an awful week you are having sorry about your guinea pig.
@MNLittleFinn thanks!