August 2017 Running Challenge

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  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,881 Member
    @shanaber - I have not noticed that intervals have made me hungrier. You are reminding me I need to start doing them again though! I have let that slide.

    Nice 5 miles this morning and saw a shooting star! The one advantage of running 4:30-5:30am!

    8/1 - 4.1
    8/2 - 5.00
    8/3 - 5.00
    8/4 - rest day
    8/5 - 44 miles biking
    8/6 - 28 miles biking
    8/7 - 5 miles
    8/8 - 5 miles
    8/9 - 5 miles
    8/10 - rest day
    8/11 - 5 miles
    8/12 - 53 miles biking
    8/13 - 41 miles biking
    8/14 - 4 miles
    8/15 - 4.7 miles
    8/16 - rest day
    8/17 - 4 miles + strength training
    8/18 - 4.5 miles
    8/19 - 53 miles biking
    8/20 - 40 miles biking
    8/21 - 4.6 miles
    8/22 - 5.0 miles


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  • 5512bf
    5512bf Posts: 389 Member
    August Goal - 120 Miles

    8/1/17 - 4.02 Easy
    8/2/17 - 4.15 Easy
    8/3/17 - 4.0 Easy
    8/4/17 - 4.5 Easy
    8/5/17 - 6.0 Easy
    8/6/17 - 3.0 Easy - 28.71 Week
    8/8/17 - 5.01 Easy
    8/9/17 - 5.01 Easy
    8/10/17 - 5.01 Easy
    8/11/17 - 5.0 Easy
    8/12/17 - 7.5 Easy
    8/13/17 - 2.51 Easy - 30.04 Week
    8/15/17 - 5.01 Easy
    8/16/17 - 5.01 Easy
    8/17/17 - 5.01 Easy
    8/18/17 - 5.02 Easy
    8/20/17 - 7.0 Easy - 27.06 Week
    8/21/17 - 4.71 Easy
    8/22/17 - 6.01 Easy

    Total 93.5 of 120

    another 4:30 am 79 degree morning with 100% humidity. i'm sleeping in tomorrow if it's this bad out again.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    Good morning all. Hope everyone had a nice eclipse day yesterday, It clouded up just in time for me to miss it. Oh well. I should have 2 more chances in my lifetime.

    8/1- 6.1
    8/1- 4.2
    8/2- 6.1
    8/3- 4.5
    8/3- 6
    8/4- 8.1
    8/5- 15.2
    8/6- 5.1
    8/7- REST
    8/8- 6.6
    8/8- 4
    8/9- 6.2
    8/10- REST
    8/11- 4 icky not so fun miles
    8/12- 18.3
    8/13- REST/Recovery
    8/14- REST/Recovery
    8/15- 6.2
    8/16- 5.1
    8/17- 6.5
    8/18- REST
    8/19- 25.5- Including OCR race
    8/20-REST
    8/21- 8.2

    Total: 146.1

    August Goal: Not die while ramping up running mileage and technicality during 100K training
    Nominal mileage goal: 250 miles HAHAHAHAHA Not gonna happen now

    Today's notes: Today was another day on the ski slopes and xc trails. Went with my buddy Andy for a run. Plan was 4x mile repeats on our normal run. It was MUDDY. after the first rep, we decided to stay on the ski hill and do more shorter reps. Turns out we did maybe 2 more reps than planned.... it was a good run. Some stats:

    Total distance: 8.2 miles
    Total time: 1:39:55
    Average pace: 12:11
    Average HR: 133
    z1: 40% z2: 28% z3: 10% z4: 3%
    Total Ascent 1516
    Total descent: 1512

    it was a good run. The hiking uphill really worked my legs, and felt harder than it really was, but that's always the case. I actually feel pretty darn good after this run. These Hill Repeat runs are getting easier, which is good because, I have 20-24 miles planned for Saturday, a monster TOF run that I'm thinking of doing as almost entirely hill repeats, with a few things added in to mix it up.

    Have a Runderful day everyone!


    2017 Races Scheduled
    6/16- William A Irvin 5k
    6/17- Grandma's Marathon 4:24:06
    7/15- Eugene Curnow Trail Marathon 7:22:23
    8/12- UMTR FatAss "Not Quite" 50k
    8/19- Rampage at the Ridge 5k OCR
    9/23- Ely Marathon (full)
    10/21 Wild Duluth 100k
    11/23- TBD 5k Turkey
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    Welcome @ClaireBeneymfp !
    I got the bladder unzipped. It's not a toothed zipper, it's plastic that folds over and a slide is put in to hold it closed. The manufacturer suggested I use some chapstick :smiley:

    Swear I'm gonna run again. Shot had me down, then SL DOMS, then tweaked hamstring/piriformis. I could have ran this morning.... But I really am scared to run in the dark. Okay. Seriously I won't even walk on the side of the house to turn the water off that I forgot to get before the sun went down. I'm ascared of the dark. 47yo, irrational fear. But I'm chicken.

    How do I get unchicken? Judo class? Night vision goggle's! Ohhh I like that..hiya! Judo Chop.
  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
    8/1 = 4.5 miles
    8/2 = kettlebell strength training
    8/3 = 7.5 miles (six - 6 minute speed intervals)
    8/4 = 3.5 miles (track workout- 800m sprints & 200m recovery walk)
    8/5 = 4.5 miles
    8/6 = 15 miles
    8/7 = 3 miles on the dreadmill & strength training 45 minutes
    8/8 = 8 miles & vinyasa yoga class
    8/9 = 7.5 miles Tempo run
    8/10 = 5 miles run/walk
    8/11= kettlebell strength training
    8/12 = 5.5 miles
    8/13 = 13 miles (10 with the running group run/walk; 3 solo running miles)
    8/14 = 8 miles & 40 minutes strength training
    8/15 = vinyasa yoga class
    8/16 = 7.5 miles interval run
    8/17 = 4.5 miles
    8/18 = 4.5 miles & 30 minutes strength training
    8/19 = 3 miles (5k race)
    8/20 = 16 miles (run/walk training thingy with the running group)
    8/21 = 5.5 easy miles
    8/22 = vinyasa yoga class

    Skipped out on strength training yesterday. I just couldn't even make myself go to the gym. Work has been kicking my *kitten* lately (and I hate the gym). I am going to try and make myself go tonight after work. I hate evening workouts and strength training. However, two sessions a week does make a big difference in my running.

    Today is a running rest day / yoga day. I love yoga and wish I could make it to classes more often. Alas, my bank account tells me I need to go to work instead (at least until I win the lottery).

    (August miles) 126/150 (August goal miles)

    Upcoming Races:
    10/28 = Hill Country Halloween Half Marathon
    12/10 = BCS Marathon
    1/6/18 = River Road Run Half Marathon
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    No run again schedualed for today, today I catch another plan and head west! To the land of the dust devil and the tumbleweed. Seriously going to need to run like 50-75 miles to run off all this eating out when we get back!
  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
    edited August 2017
    shanaber wrote: »
    Hi all! Sorry I have been so absent - work and life have been crazy and don't look to be improving anytime soon. I have been running though when I can fit it in before, after or between meetings and honestly a couple of times during. There is NOthing more boring than to listen to a conference call while running! I do have to be careful though to catch by breath before talking or answering a question. The good news is I should hit my Fibonacci goal this week and maybe my original goal over the weekend. I head to Dallas on Monday for work so I am not sure how much running I will get in while there.

    I have read back through and saw so many great runs, awesome races, more newbies to the group and more than a few injury reports! I can't reply individually to all that I would like to so I am just going to say:
    Welcome to everyone who is just joining. This is a really great, fun, knowledgeable and inspirational group!
    Congratulations to all who raced or just had great runs!
    I am so sorry to everyone who is injured - I hope you are all on the path to recovery and getting back out there!

    I do have a question... Now that I am feeling better the nutritionist is adding back in interval workouts. Today was one of those workouts. After I got home and had a post run snack and then breakfast and shortly after I was just starving... eat everything, gnaw on the desk hungry and I have felt that way all day despite eating, lots. I have never experienced this before. Do Intervals do that to you too or is it just me?

    Date........Miles.......Total
    08/01......5.49........5.49 - + Strength Training
    08/02......0.00........5.49
    08/03......5.13......10.62 - Treadmill
    08/04......0.00......10.62 - + kr30dc day 1, Strength Training
    08/05......9.69......20.31 - + kr30dc day 2
    08/06......0.00......20.31 - + kr30dc day 3
    08/07......4.47......24.78 - + kr30dc day 4, Agility
    08/08......0.00......24.78 - + kr30dc day 5, Strength Training
    08/09......5.09......29.87 - + kr30dc day 6
    08/10......0.00......29.87 - + kr30dc day 7, Strength Training
    08/11......4.44......34.31
    08/12......4.91......39.22
    08/13......0.00......39.22
    08/14......3.52......42.74 - + kr30dc day 8, Agility
    08/15......0.00......42.74 - + kr30dc day 9, Strength Training
    08/16......0.00......42.74 - + kr30dc day 10
    08/17......5.50......48.24 - + kr30dc day 11, Strength Training
    08/18......4.65......52.89
    08/19......8.10......60.99
    08/20......2.00......62.99 - Dog Beach walk/run
    08/21......4.01......67.00 - + Agility

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    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 Marathon
    02/04/18 - Surf City Half Marathon
    07/22/18 - San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon

    @shanaber Yes, a hard interval workout makes me hungrier as well. I try to add in a bit more protein on those days. It helps.....sometimes
  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    No run again schedualed for today, today I catch another plan and head west! To the land of the dust devil and the tumbleweed. Seriously going to need to run like 50-75 miles to run off all this eating out when we get back!

    @PastorVincent That's what vacation is for -eating everything delicious and relaxing. Have fun! :)
  • seanevan10
    seanevan10 Posts: 385 Member
    Wolfger wrote: »
    Took 3 days off after C25K W3D3. Two days of camping, drinking, and hauling heavy stuff around, then one day of recovery. Failed to complete W4D1. Well, I guess if it was always easy, it wouldn't feel so much like success at the end. :wink:

    @Wolfger Week 4 day 1 is always hard. I have started C25k 3 times before this and it is always where I either gave up or get injured. So, just do it again and make it through!! It will be worth it!
  • seanevan10
    seanevan10 Posts: 385 Member
    cburke8909 wrote: »
    Stir crazy, day 3 of rest. I get to see the doctor today and my thigh is feeling somewhat better. I want to run but I'll be good and let my legs heal.

    I am glad you are waiting. I wanted to run after PT yesterday so badly, but waited until this morning and it was worth it. I hope the dr has good news!!!
  • seanevan10
    seanevan10 Posts: 385 Member
    5512bf wrote: »

    another 4:30 am 79 degree morning with 100% humidity. i'm sleeping in tomorrow if it's this bad out again.
    I had that same kind of run this morning. At least there was a tiny breeze and the sun wasn't beating down.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    8/1 - 5 miles
    8/2 - 4 miles
    8/3 - 6 miles
    8/4 - rest day
    8/5 - 8 miles
    8/6 - 3 miles
    8/7 - 0 miles - rest day
    8/8 - 5 miles
    8/9 - 5 miles
    8/10 - 5.6 miles happy birthday run - see what I did there 5.6 miles
    8/11 - rest day
    8/12 - 4 miles
    8/13 - 10 miles
    8/14 - 3 miles
    8/15 – rest day rest day my legs said they need a rest day
    8/16 - 5 miles
    8/17 - 2 miles
    8/18 - 5 miles wow it was like running a swamp out there today
    8/19 - 2 miles
    8/20 - 0 miles decided to take a rest day
    8/21 - 5 miles
    8/22 - 4 miles

    81 of 80 miles

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    Goal!!! Okay so let me set a stretch goal of 100 miles for the month. I'll update my ticker today because I like to see my little turtle at goal for now. ha ha
  • seanevan10
    seanevan10 Posts: 385 Member
    @WandaVaughn you go girl!!! I hope you have an even better time than you think!!!
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    LOL! @skippygirlsmom That Skip!
    I have a good headlight, I suppose I'll get over it if I just get out there and suck it up. Maybe carry a few dog treats.

    Lately out at the park I run up on mama and baby deer and they just stand there in my way. They seem to like to be admired, I even had one step towards me. I'm like "I HAVE NOTHING FOR YOU, GO AWAY".
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    edited August 2017
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    LOL! @skippygirlsmom That Skip!
    I have a good headlight, I suppose I'll get over it if I just get out there and suck it up. Maybe carry a few dog treats.

    Lately out at the park I run up on mama and baby deer and they just stand there in my way. They seem to like to be admired, I even had one step towards me. I'm like "I HAVE NOTHING FOR YOU, GO AWAY".

    @elise4270 maybe you can carry some corn on the cob for the deer ha ha

    @wandavaughn awesome mile! You are going to kill that 35:30
  • hedkell
    hedkell Posts: 121 Member
    edited August 2017
    New to this group and just joined the Strava group too. Struggling through a long hot UAE summer and need all the inspiration I can get!
  • ADLampshade
    ADLampshade Posts: 9 Member
    Thank you for the advise. I think I may scale it back a bit, but I also love the current momentum I'm riding.
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    @PastorVincent yep we block the stupidest things here
    @MobyCarp I’m sorry the ankle isn’t feeling better 
    @shanaber I can just hear you breathing hard while talking on your telecom ha ha You are just busy busy. I can’t answer your question on the hungry and intervals since I don’t run them. However, I notice Skip is especially hungry when she’s had an interval practice.
    @RespectTheKitty great job getting back to strength training and finding a new route
    @ADLampshade great job on goal, give yourself a stretch goal for the rest of the month. Though I have to say that 70 miles is a big amount of mileage for just coming back this month to running. Perhaps a cut back week so less than 23 miles a week for the last 9 days of the month.
    @Runningmischka great run in the heat
    @kristinegift One of the things that makes you such a great runner is your ability to know your body so well. Makes you a very smart runner. Had to go and look up Dunkirk because I live with my head in the sand, actually sounds like a movie I’d like, was it good?
    Welcome @clairebeneymfp
    @BruinsGal_91 you are 100% right
    Cool on the shooting star @ddmom0811
    @elise4270 I’m a chicken too honestly I am just like you I hate to take the dog out in the dark or even walk down the dark hall. Running with Mace makes me feel better, running in familiar territory helps. To run in the morning in the dark I just force myself to do it. There are so many great lights out there you can use so you won’t feel like you are running in the dark.

    I have to do a sort brag sort of she’s a mess on my girl. Coach called me around 5:00 last night “I had to send Skip home from practice” me “oh?” Coach “we were doing 200m speed work and after about 8 of them she was throwing up over the fence at the track” me “oh!” Coach “she insisted on doing 4 more” me “oh?!” Coach “after every one of them she would go over and throw up and get back on the track” me “ha ha okay then” Coach “I love her”. After talking to her it was a combo of things, she drank a whole bottle of water walking over to the track before practice, it was like 95 degrees out and she had an early lunch and didn’t have any protein bars with her so her stomach was empty except for the guzzled water.

  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    LOL! @skippygirlsmom That Skip!
    I have a good headlight, I suppose I'll get over it if I just get out there and suck it up. Maybe carry a few dog treats.

    Lately out at the park I run up on mama and baby deer and they just stand there in my way. They seem to like to be admired, I even had one step towards me. I'm like "I HAVE NOTHING FOR YOU, GO AWAY".

    @elise4270 maybe you can carry some corn on the cob for the deer ha ha

    @ wandavaughn awesome mile! You are going to kill that 35:30

    Aww Shucks. I just gave the last of it to the crows.
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
    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
    8/6 rest
    8/7 6miles 57m:25s
    8/8 5miles 49m:20s
    8/9 rest
    8/10 13.1miles!!!! 2hr:04m:17s
    8/11 6mi 56m:44s
    8/12 5mi 48m:30s
    8/13 rest
    8/14 6miles 57m:56s
    8/15 9miles 1h:29m:30s
    8/16 rest
    8/17 12miles 2h:02m:55s
    8/18 6miles 58m:49s
    8/19 5miles 49m:16s
    8/20 rest
    8/21 5miles 47m:34s
    8/22 5miles 46m:54s

    5 miles a little faster than yesterday.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    @skippygirlsmom I hate to admit it, but your story about Skip reflects a lot of what my big TOF runs look like.....
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    edited August 2017
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @skippygirlsmom I hate to admit it, but your story about Skip reflects a lot of what my big TOF runs look like.....

    @MNlittlefinn ha ha

    @ADLlampshade I know what you mean about the momentum of the miles, but always better to have a cutback week then to get injured
    @elise4270 I see what you did there.
    @hedkell welcome to group, feeling bad for you running in the beautiful UAE :smiley: Just kidding, the heat is a killer no matter how pretty the landscape.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @skippygirlsmom I hate to admit it, but your story about Skip reflects a lot of what my big TOF runs look like.....

    @MNlittlefinn ha ha

    @ADLlampshade I know what you mean about the momentum of the miles, but always better to have a cutback week then to get injured
    @elise4270 I see what you did there.

    testing fueling while running is a hit and miss proposition... you hope the puke hits the ground and misses you
  • rusgolden
    rusgolden Posts: 1,337 Member
    August Goal - 80 Miles

    8/01 - 2.9 - Short Hill Intervals w/ WU/CD
    8/02 - 3.0 - 8.51M/M, 147 AHR
    8/03 - 4.0 - 9.35 M/M, 143 AHR
    8/05 - 3.1 - 7:45 M/M, 148 AHR - 5K PR 24:02
    8/06 - 7.8 - 9:57 M/M, 145 AHR (supposed to be 7mi but route left me a mile+ away from home)
    8/08 - 4.0 - 9:43 M/M, 145 AHR (oops, thought today was long hill intervals, but was supposed to be regular intervals... so I did regular intervals uphill...smh...)
    8/09 - 4.0 - 9:07 M/M, 145 AHR
    8/10 - 5.0 - 9:45 M/M, 146 AHR
    8/12 - 4.0 - 9:10 M/M, 146 AHR
    8/13 - 6.0 - 9:32 M/M, 146 AHR
    8/15 - 2.7 - 9:20 M/M, 143 AHR - Intervals 5x 0.25 mi + WU/CD
    8/16 - 4.0 - 9:28 M/M, 145 AHR
    8/17 - 5.0 - 9:24 M/M, 146 AHR
    8/19 - 3.0 - 8:53 M/M, 148 AHR
    8/20 - 7.0 - 9:32 M/M, 146 AHR
    8/22 - 5.0 - 9:28 M/M, 145 AHR

    Total of 70.5 of 80

    I just started week 7 of a 10K event plan and have a 10K race in 4 weeks and HM in 13 weeks. At some point I want to switch from the 10K plan to the HM 12 week plan. In comparing the two, I am thinking about jumping into week 2 of the HM plan next week since it appears to be close to the same in weekly mileage as the week 8 of the 10K. My last 10K was in mid-June then took 4 weeks off for a calf injury and I did a HM in April using the same HM plan, so I know what to expect. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Wasn't sure if I should switch now or wait until after the 10K and jump in to the HM plan at week 4 or so.

    The plans I am using are from rundouble... http://www.rundouble.com/plans
  • EHollander89
    EHollander89 Posts: 169 Member
    Got in 2 great runs on Saturday and Sunday this weekend. I tried out a different path that connects to my usual path at the park. Always good to change things up, and this new path has more shade! Yesterday was cross training. So far I'm at 58.33 miles for the month. 4 miles scheduled for tonight after work.
  • NikolaosKey
    NikolaosKey Posts: 410 Member
    Hi all!

    8/4: 15.2k -Slow LR-
    8/6: 12k -w/u, 8k negative splits, c/d-
    8/7: 9.4k -Steady+strides, c/d-
    8/10: 10.6k -w/u+intervals-
    8/12: 10.2k -Trail run easy-
    8/13: 10.4k -urban run-
    8/14: 17.1k -Long run-
    8/17: 12.8k -w/u, Tempo run, c/d-
    8/19: 12.3k -Easy-
    8/21: 11.2k -Easy-
    8/22: 15.2k -w/u, Repetitions-

    Goal: 136.4k/150k

    First repetition training today. Oh boy, oh boy...

    Take care everyone.

    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 Marathon

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