August 2017 Running Challenge

chichidachimp

I'm in for 100!

Date -- Mi -- MTD
8/1 4.26 4.26
8/2 4.16 8.42
8/3 5.34 13.76
8/4 5.25 19.01

hanlonsk

36 and 50 here. Makes me think I need to do a new set of overall measurements. I realize 10inches above knee isn't quite where I normally measure... and I'm not sure it's ever occurred to me to measure my calves.... but the thigh measurement is not nearly as big as I was expecting it to be. And if it's actually smaller, than maybe other things are too.

No running today, I was a good kid.... ok, so maybe there was lightening and it helped that.

PastorVincent

hanlonsk wrote: »

36 and 50 here. Makes me think I need to do a new set of overall measurements. I realize 10inches above knee isn't quite where I normally measure... and I'm not sure it's ever occurred to me to measure my calves.... but the thigh measurement is not nearly as big as I was expecting it to be. And if it's actually smaller, than maybe other things are too.

No running today, I was a good kid.... ok, so maybe there was lightening and it helped that.

Not ten INCHES above the knee... they are measuring ten CENTIMETERS above the knee.

ereck44

katharmonic wrote: »

ereck44 wrote: »

I work tonight, and then my husband and I are packing to leave town for a few days. A visit with my mother on Saturday, my class reunion, followed by a drive to Iowa. My mother will be travelling with us. We are spending a couple of days with my older sister, but my mother will be there a couple of weeks. We would like to visit the Amana Colonies, but not sure whether to take my mother or not. (She is 89 y.o. and walks without a walker, but she is a very slow walker. She refuses to exercise to improve her stamina.) I am not sure she will be able to do very much walking. Has anyone been there? Is there a lot of walking involved?

There could be a lot of walking @ereck44. I haven't been for years, and probably just drove to one or two places per trip (restaurants/food mostly). But if you want to shop around and see several places you might be in for a fair amount of walking. If there are a few things you want to hit, you could drive from one to the other. Here's an interactive map if it helps:
http://www.amanacolonies.com/interactive-map/?h=738

Thanks for the link. Wow! It does look like quite a lot of walking. I will talk to her about it. She is in pretty good shape for her age and for really avoiding exercise like the plague.

ereck44

I can't believe it. August 1 and I am 7 pages behind.

My goal for this month is 60 and I am going to get it this time.

August 4....Another late start, but hadn't planned to run. I decided last minute to run a short one. I wish that I had more time....nice cool weather...66 degrees with cool wind. I ran a little faster than usual but still stayed in the zone for all but 8 minutes. Sprinted the last quarter of a mile.

We should be in Iowa on Sunday.


August 1....6 miles.
August 2....8 miles.
August 4...4 miles.

total....18 miles
goal--60 miles

ereck44

RespectTheKitty wrote: »

5.5 mile run today through the meadow portion of Busse Woods. Very cloudy and only 67F. A bit breezy as well. Not too bad for August.

The meadow was pretty empty, which meant it was just me and the five million birds that were flitting through the tall grasses. It was a very peaceful, zen run. Loved it.



Tomorrow the weather is supposed to be dry and not too hot, so it's definitely LONG RUN DAY!

August total - 19.7 / 100

It looks beautiful but where is the path? Or are you running freely through the meadow?

HonuNui

August goal: 4 x 4


8/1: 4.72 1hr
8/2 4.58 1:01
8/3 rest
8/4 5.26 1:03

Total 14.56

Happy Anniversary @PastorVincent
Good thoughts for you @girlinahat

Ticker is my goal for 2017 and progress to date:

upcoming races:
Race to Cure Sarcoma Month of July
Volcano Rainforest Runs 10k 8/19
Hilo Bay 5 and 10k 9/10
BlockThe Sun Run 5k Oct 14 (https://walk.aimatmelanoma.org/Hilo2017) (physical and virtual options available)

PastorVincent

Well, shoot it is 57 degrees. Hrm. I was planning to run to the 5k this morning, it is only 1.5 miles or so from my door as the runner runs. Should easily make it and not even take that much longer than driving, but I will get sweaty and then stand around in wet clothes waiting for the race to start. That seems sub optimal.

cburke8909

@PastorVincent sounds like an easy bike ride if your looking for options.

PastorVincent

We are only an hour before the start but we are the first runners to arrive. Odd.

cburke8909

10.8 mile soggy run. Started good, thought no way it'll gain before 7. Half way out it started, not just a trickle but a downpour for 3.5 miles. Oh well, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger and at least it was a warm rain. I could see 200 miles this month.

hanlonsk

PastorVincent wrote: »

hanlonsk wrote: »

36 and 50 here. Makes me think I need to do a new set of overall measurements. I realize 10inches above knee isn't quite where I normally measure... and I'm not sure it's ever occurred to me to measure my calves.... but the thigh measurement is not nearly as big as I was expecting it to be. And if it's actually smaller, than maybe other things are too.

No running today, I was a good kid.... ok, so maybe there was lightening and it helped that.

Not ten INCHES above the knee... they are measuring ten CENTIMETERS above the knee.

10cm is what I DID- it is not what I SAID... but it is what I DID... oops lol

7lenny7

PastorVincent wrote: »

Well, shoot it is 57 degrees. Hrm. I was planning to run to the 5k this morning, it is only 1.5 miles or so from my door as the runner runs. Should easily make it and not even take that much longer than driving, but I will get sweaty and then stand around in wet clothes waiting for the race to start. That seems sub optimal.

How about a brisk walk instead?

I missed my run today. I stayed up too late getting ready for sailing this weekend and decided I needed sleep more than running this morning.

Tomorrow, however, I get to run, with my daughter, along the lake! Unless it's raining. Then she'll bail out but I'll still go. Or unless she's too tired. She's not a morning person.

JimCrackinDandy

Oh my! Double Oh my!!! What a beautiful morning for a long run! Thank you LORD!!! Cool breezes made it especially delightful! 10.44 lovely long miles. Thinking of you all as you go out and kick it in high gear today.

Total 23.88 out of 90 for August

allyphoe

8/1: 3.1
8/3: 4.0
8/5: 4.0

Total: 11.1/44

Stayed up too late last night. Woke up a million times with perimenopausal night sweats. Had an anxiety dream for the first time in forever. Got out of bed an hour later than I'd intended. Today is apparently peak DOMS from Thursday's weights class. But the weather said this morning was cool, dry, and breezy, and that tomorrow morning was nothing but thunderstorms.

At two miles, I was still having to adjust my form for this little niggle or that, despite being remarkably slow. At 2.5 miles, I gave up and switched from music to metronome, synched up my legs, and trotted along easily thereafter. The moral there is pretty obvious. Decided to go for four miles, because that's just to the gate at the trail entrance, right? By the time I pulled out my phone to see why I hadn't gotten my four mile notification, and remembered that four miles is actually to the gate at the trail entrance *after you pass it, go to the street, and come back*, I was already mentally wanting the four. Strava gave me my announcement, I went a little further because this is not my first rodeo, then walked a long slow cooldown. Need to foam roll at yoga today, because either the DOMS or the initial slow cadence left me with some annoying asymmetrical aches. Back at the car, I checked my splits. 1, 2, 3, 0.9. Kitten you, Strava. The total still says four, so I'm calling it four.

KatieJane83

You know you're a runner when....

...so, I barely EVER remember what I dreamed about when I wake up in the morning. But this morning I quite vividly remember that I dreamed I was in some local, dreamed up running store, in a town where I was doing a race, and I got really excited because they had the Brooks Glycerin 14s on sale. I very specifically remember they had my size, just not in wide, but they were only $60-something so I was willing to get them. I just had to literally run back to my room (which seemed more like a dorm?? Geez dreams are weird) to get my credit card because they were closing in 5 minutes, and apparently closing for good

I think the moral of the story is that I'm kinda stressing over the changes I've heard about in the new Glycerin 15s, b/c these have been my go to shoes since I started running several years ago, lol.

PastorVincent

8/01/2017 - 0 miles
8/02/2017 - 9 miles Z3/Z4
8/03/2017 - 7 miles Z2
8/04/2017 - 5 Easy miles
8/05/2017 - Cranberry Cup 5k - 23:18 PR!

Summer Goal: Get my marathon pace below 9 minutes.
Official Marathon PR: 4:11:28

Next Races (more as I find them):

08/05/2017 - Cranberry Cup 5k.
08/05/2017 - Howl at the Moon night race 5k
08/12/2017 - Friends of the Riverfront Trail Run - 15k
10/14/2017 - Stop, Drop, and Run - Fireman style obstacle course - 5km

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

RACE REPORT

So we got there about 7am for 8am start and not only were we the first runners, but the course was not ready yet. Eventually got our shoe chips, and shirt and sat around for a while until they were organized. I did a few laps around the parking lot just to loosen up. Did not check pace, but probably was like 12 min or something. Way easy.

Temp was 59 degrees with 83% humidity and dew put of 53F at race start. Pretty good compared to the season so far.


The race had a small starting gate that every one bottle necked through, maybe 2 runners wide, but there was no gun time. It was chip time only race so I hung back and started much later in the pack than I would have normally. Once through the starting gate, I tried to find some one in bright colors to pace off of. Took around 1/2 mile or so to find someone, but I eventually did. Held a steady just under 8 mins for most of the 1-minute splits. Once or twice got as slow as 8:20, but with the 1-minute call outs, I could correct quickly.

The first 1/2 mile though there was this little kid (in the under 14 division) that was running menace. His arms were flailing all over and his feet were coming up so high that he was kicking his own butt. He kept zig zagging all over, and it was hard to maintain my pace. I knew if I just waited he would burn out, and I was correct. Some place around 1/2 to 3/4th of a mile he vanished. Good.

I had my Apple Watch Series 2 with RunKeeper calling out my pace and hr every one minute, and tapping my wrist every mile. I was running with out my normal audio book. I had set my goal of a 8 min pace and really wanted to focus on doing that.

About 1.25 miles in there is a double back and the races only water stop (which I skipped, it's only a 5k people, sheesh), and I got to see all the people behind me as I ran back. Saw an older looking gentleman with one foot and a Marines t-shirt running as hard as he could. Cheered him as we passed. I hope that was okay. Never sure if that is good or embarrassing, but man proud of his effort!

Crossed two-mile mark, avg pace was 7:52. Looking good. Body finally loosening up and I pick up the pace a bit. By 2.5 miles I am running under a 7:30 pace. Still holding on feeling okay, came around the final bend saw the finish gate and thought to kick but my legs just did not want to do it, so ended up holding my pace through the finish line.

Runkeeper has me at 23:18 finish, 7:41 pace. The chip pace was 7:33, but forget the chip finish time, so going to stick with what I recorded until times are posted. Not good enough by THREE MUNITES to place in age group, but that is okay. PR for me, and I accomplished a sub 8 pace!

Another 5k tonight, maybe slower runners will show up to that one and I can place?

The local high school sent their cross country team to the race, and they dominated everyone.

Strava reports

19% Z3
56% Z4
25% Z5

So I think that means I ran pretty hard

Now shower, laundry, and get ready for next 5k race at 8:30 pm

kristinegift

8/1: 7 miles of Track Tuesday
8/2: 7 miles easy
8/3: 8 miles "tempo run"
8/3: 6.3 miles group run
8/4: Rest day
8/5: 6 miles

34.3 miles of 250 goal miles

Easy day today with my running group, long run tomorrow. Started at 7 right after a few hours of rain storms, so the humidity was nuts.

Also calf measurements! Calf: 40 cm at widest point / Quad 10 cm above the knee: 46 cm. My calf to quad ratio is quite slim, the calves themselves are not

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
08/04/17 :::: 2.5 :::: 15.4
08/05/17 :::: 10.2 :::: 25.7

Really beautiful morning today. Just 63 degrees. Humid, but a nice breeze. Felt so good not to have the oppressive heat fora while. I did the first half of my long run with a guy I hadn't met before, so lots of get to know you conversation kept things interesting. Second half I joined up with another friend. The pace was a lot slower on the second half but I wasn't bothered as I was just looking for total time on my feet today and not any particular distance. I was happy to achieve 10 miles though.

Eight weeks to my half, feeling pretty good about where I am overall.

Upcoming races:
10/1 Wineglass Half Marathon, Corning NY

zdyb23456

8/1 8miles 1hr:16m:25s
8/2 6miles 60m:39s
8/3 5miles 46m:32s
8/4 rest
8/5 12miles 1hr:57m:36s

Well I went to bed early last night in anticipation of a long run early this morning, but I woke up at 1:50am and kept waking up until my alarm went off at 4:30. Oh well, I felt pretty good once I got up. I was out the door by 5:19am and it was a muggy 77 degrees. Oh well again. At mile 3 I started to feel a bit horrified that I still had 9 miles to go! But I kept plugging away and suddenly it was over. Wow. 12 miles and I didn't feel bad at all!

So I use my Garmin Forerunner 235 and Runkeeper on my iPhone 7. I start them at the same time and by mile 12 Runkeeper is .35 miles ahead of my Garmin. I'm not sure which one is more accurate??? I want to say Garmin, but I imagine the GPS in my phone is pretty accurate?