August 2017 Running Challenge
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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- REST
8/22- 8.2
8/23- 6
8/24- 8
8/25- REST
8/26- 24.1
8/27- 5.1
8/28- REST
Total: 189.3
August Goal: Not die while ramping up running mileage and technicality during 100K training
Nominal mileage goal: 250 miles HAHAHAHA not gonna happen
Today's notes: Rest day today. Still not 100% sure about how I feel about taking 2 rest days per week, but I do feel more rested and fresher when I run, so there is that. The loss of mileage bugs me but, talking to a bunch of ultra runners, I've been hearing that, with my base from marathon training, I can afford the extra day, if i put more quality into the runs. That said, here's my nominal schedule for each week
Monday: REST
Tuesday: Trail Hill Repeats
Wednesday: easy road recovery miles
Thursday: Speedwork
Friday: REST
Saturday: LONG RUN preferably trail
Sunday: heavy legs run, maybe long.
This week is going to be totally messed up, with a trip to see family Fri-Sun, I probably won't get a long run in, but 4-6 hours of standing at the Minnesota State Fair is TOF training, right?
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 Turkey5 -
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
8/23 – 0 miles rest day
8/24 - 6 miles
8/25 - 5 miles
8/26 - 3 miles
8/27 - 4 miles
8/28 - 4 miles
103 of 100 miles
I'm probably going to take the next 2 days as rest days. I need the day tomorrow for use and Wednesday morning I'll be out of town with Skip and have zero plans to run through the city of Montgomery.
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Got back from camping and 542 new messages.
Got in a couple shorter runs and lots of bike riding but I wasn't tracking it so not sure what my August mileage actually is.
Back to training plan tomorrow. I think I'll just pick it up where I should be instead of where I left off and see how that goes.1 -
@rusgolden so you are comparing the "10K Event Training" and "Half Marathon Event Training" plans from that site? Then the weeks 2/8 really look comparable, I don't see any reason why you shouldn't be able to switch to the half plan right now. If you want to have some "mini-taper" for the 10k race, you could just insert the last week from the 10k plan at that point of your training, then continue with the half plan again afterwards._nikkiwolf_ wrote: »[quote="rusgolden;c-40296592"
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
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Thank you Nikki for taking the time to take a look... and I was thinking the same thing in regards to the 10K mini-taper. Tomorrow would be the start of Week 8 of the 10K event plan, so making that switch to Week 2 of the HM. 1 -
@Orphia !!!AMAZING!!!! Just amazing! I can't express how awesome I think you are right now! Congrats! I hope you have some time to relax and heal! So happy for you.
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@Orphia FANTASTIC!!!!! You have joined a very special group, those who have completed a marathon, congratulations.1
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72/90 for month of August. Ran 3 today.
Had to rest all last week. Completely exhausted and having some knee pain. Putting me in jeopardy for finishing well this month1 -
Good 6 mile run this morning. At one point I raced across an intersection to be ahead of truck. I should have just waited but I didn't. My heart rate jump up to 180 and my zone 2 was lost for a little while. Legs feel good, using the compression tight, I think that is helping. Cross-training tomorrow. Going to come up a little short of the 170 for the month. Trying to figure out if I should get in my 20 mile long run that I missed because of my runners knee. I think I can handle a 14 miler this weekend and maybe do the 20 the following weekend. I don't want to push it too much but I also want to be prepared for the marathon on October.
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Well, Sunday didn't happen.
I had a great time with my son most of the day, but then I had to take him home for the week. That got my depression going, and I just felt too down and exhausted to do anything but hang out in bed and listen to the radio. It happens. I still feel somewhat guilty about it, primarily because so many people were running huge distances this weekend and I was just like, meh, too lazy.
My anxiety and depression have been really bad this month, and it's definitely affected my running. It's also made my IBS act up big time, which also affects my running. So it's just not been a good month for mileage, which sucks because the weather has been mostly good for getting outside.
I probably won't be here for September's challenge. I want to take a month off and concentrate on my mental and physical health. I'll still run, I'm sure, but I don't want to feel pressured or guilty about it, which I frequently do when I follow what other people are doing.
I may look into other forms of exercise for a while. Maybe I'll get a bike. Maybe I'll walk more. Maybe I'll take up yoga for relaxation. Who knows. I just know that I need to do this for myself and not to try to impress others.
I hope everyone has a great rest of the month, and best of luck to everyone in September. I'll be back.12 -
RespectTheKitty wrote: »Well, Sunday didn't happen.
I had a great time with my son most of the day, but then I had to take him home for the week. That got my depression going, and I just felt too down and exhausted to do anything but hang out in bed and listen to the radio. It happens. I still feel somewhat guilty about it, primarily because so many people were running huge distances this weekend and I was just like, meh, too lazy.
My anxiety and depression have been really bad this month, and it's definitely affected my running. It's also made my IBS act up big time, which also affects my running. So it's just not been a good month for mileage, which sucks because the weather has been mostly good for getting outside.
I probably won't be here for September's challenge. I want to take a month off and concentrate on my mental and physical health. I'll still run, I'm sure, but I don't want to feel pressured or guilty about it, which I frequently do when I follow what other people are doing.
I may look into other forms of exercise for a while. Maybe I'll get a bike. Maybe I'll walk more. Maybe I'll take up yoga for relaxation. Who knows. I just know that I need to do this for myself and not to try to impress others.
I hope everyone has a great rest of the month, and best of luck to everyone in September. I'll be back.
Sorry to hear this. You take care of you and get back to us when you can. Even if you do not run, an update on how you are doing in this (or September's thread) will be welcome.5 -
8/1 - Rest/sick day - feeling better, but not sure running would have been good. Hoping for tomorrow.
8/2 - 4.5 miles of hill repeats. Glad I did it, more glad I'm done.
8/3 - 3.5 short miles before getting in the car with the family.
8/4 - Road trip / vacation
8/5 - Road trip / vacation / anniversary
8/6 - 5 miles. Gorgeous morning for a run!
8/7 - 5 miles. Again, beautiful morning!
8/8 - 5 miles. Another nice morning!
8/9 - 4.6 miles of hill repeats with group. I am soooo tired and sleepy today.
8/10 - 4.4 treadmill miles / trek class. Then upper body weights/abs.
8/11 - Rest day because I have to.
8/12 - 6.6 mile group run. Perfect weather.
8/13 - 2.3 treadmill miles. Then quick upper body weights.
8/14 - 5.3 miles track / intervals.
8/15 - 5 miles. Another relatively cool, delightful morning to run.
8/16 - 4.85 miles of group hill run. Rough, but good.
8/17 - Rest day. If I run more than 5 days in a row, bad things tend to happen.
8/18 - 5 miles. Gorgeous morning to run.
8/19 - 7.75 mile group run.
8/20 - Unplanned rest day.
8/21 - 5 miles of treadmill "intervals"...ugh
8/22 - 5 miles.
8/23 - 4.9 miles of group hill run.
8/24 - 3.5 slowish miles. Had to cut it short since I overslept a bit.
8/25 - Rest day.
8/26 - 8 mile group run.
8/27 - Hip / knee pain...decided to pass.
8/28 - 5 gentle/ginger miles...hips still sore, knees OK.
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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
8/23/17 - 6.04 Easy
8/24/17 - 6.04 Easy
8/25/17 - 4.02 Easy
8/26/17 - 9.56 Easy - 36.38 Week
8/28/17 - 6.2 Easy
Total 125.36 of 120 Miles
Got to my monthly goal this morning with a cool morning run. With essentially 3 more days I'll probably get to about 145 miles this month. HR stayed about as low (142 Average) as I've seen it since getting back in to things 4 weeks ago. With cooler weather hopefully setting in for my morning runs for the foreseeable future, I think the low temps are to only get to 67 degrees all week, I'm going to start pushing my pace/cadence a bit more. I've been working hard at running a lot slower than I can to build my mileage back up and I need to start adding back some speed work. I'll probably only add in some 10x:20 sec strides for the next 3-4 weeks and see how that plays out before adding in anything more aggressive like a tempo run or intervals.
@Orphia Great work on the marathon. I ran 3 before I had what I consider a successful one of not having to stop and walk portions. Having a realistic game plan and sticking to it is harder than most people think. I'm sure you are feeling much like this video but take a few days off and things will bounce back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-hCuYjvw2I 6 -
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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 27.....6 miles. After working 3 nights in a row with a total or 8 hours sleep during that period, I felt rather sub-human. I told my husband that I had planned to run. 15 minutes later, he still saw that I was in bed and hadn't moved. I knew that it was "now or never", because the sun was starting to set. The start was good, I was surprised by how easily I was moving. I was staying in the zone at 75%, even though it took a quarter of a mile to get my heart rate up. After the first 3.5 miles, I really felt great, in the zone for the first time in months. I could have run farther, but it was getting dark. The temperatures were approximately 80 degrees, virtually no humidity. So I was in the zone for all but 4 minutes. Average heart rate was 78% with a max of 90%. I ran a few sprints in the last couple of miles and heart rate jumped to 86% but reduced nicely after slowing my pace.
On the trail, I saw many dog walkers (no unusual), but one person was walking his snake or rather he was walking but the snake was wrapped around his neck several times....black with gold patches....it was pretty but still a snake....ewwww. My husband and I have tickets to see Alice Cooper (and Deep Purple) in a couple of days. I am pretty sure that Alice used the same kind of snake in his concerts...python? I don't know. Snakes are beautiful, but they still creep me out.
I am close to reaching my goal....6 more miles which I should be able to achieve on Tuesday.
Upcoming races:
9/20/2017 Indianapolis Women's Half Marathon (tentative)
5/5/2018 Indianapolis Mini-marathon.
August 1....6 miles.
August 2....8 miles.
August 4...4 miles.
August 14...6 miles
August 15...5 miles
August 21....6 miles
August 22....8 miles
August 23...5 miles
total....48 miles
goal--60 miles
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I KNOW none of US have this problem, but sharing here in case you know someone that might...
This Runner’s Photos Reveal the Very Real Dangers of Exercise Addiction
“I was ADDICTED to working out and running myself into the ground.”
https://www.runnersworld.com/overtraining/this-runners-photos-reveal-the-very-real-dangers-of-exercise-addiction 2 -
@5512bf love the video.
@RespectTheKitty Take care of yourself, we will always be here. I know you realize this, but you are your own person with your own goals. If you compared yourself to those who are not working on the personal selves you’d see how awesome you are doing.
@ereck44 just no on the snake
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09/08 3.80 miles
10/08 3.82 miles
14/08 4.03 miles
15/08 4.05 miles
16/08 4.04 miles
19/08 3.58 miles
23/08 4.08 miles
24/08 3.84 miles
26/08 4.16 miles
28/08 4.15 miles
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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-
8/24: 8.7k -Tempo & c/d-
8/25: 10.6k -w/u, 4x200 repetitions, 2x1k Threshold, 4x200m repetitions c/d-
8/28: 15.1k -Long Run-
Goal: 170.8k/150k
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 Marathon3 -
My first day back to work after vacation, and once again, I am unable to keep up with the insanity of this thread! Congrats to all who made personal accomplishments over the past week. I did manage to page through and see the major milestone of @orphia on her first marathon. Way to go!!! So happy for you...amazing job!
My vacation was to Isle of Palms, SC (off the coast of Charleston). My in-laws have a vacation home there, so it is sort of a home away from home for us. I love going here every year because it's familiar territory and ends up being a very active week. In addition to running, biking, ocean swimming and jet skiing, there were a few highlights of the week. The first was the eclipse. Holy cow that was cool! Seeing it in totality from the beach with thousands of other people was definitely a once in a lifetime experience! I will try to post some pictures when my hubby finally sends me the link.
Second highlight was my sunrise paddle board yoga class on Friday. It was beyond words. We met at the marina at 7:30 AM, just after sunrise and paddled for about 30 minutes out through the creeks to a quiet and isolated spot on the marsh. There we had a 45 minute yoga session on the boards. The sun was sparkling off the water, the oyster beds were popping and the birds were flying overhead. I felt like I was in a yoga video. Yoga on the board was just challenging enough. My 23 yo niece and my nephew's 25yo girlfriend were the only other people in the class, so it was very intimate. Also happy to report that nobody fell off.
Although it was hot and humid, the running was good. I don't like running on the beach very much, but I did stop on the beach and do some stretching while I watched the sunrise a few times. We also did a couple of leisurely bike rides. We take my FIL along, so it's a nice slow go. He is 83 and it just impresses the hell out of me that he can still get up and go for 8-10 miles in 90F heat. I hope I can still do it at that age!
No I am home and back at work.
I have my first evening half-marathon coming up this Saturday. I am not sure how I will do in an evening race, but I am looking forward to it. It's a local hometown race in its second year. The owner of the running store where my run club is based is the race director this year, so I know it will be a great event. It's called the Hamilton Night Glow Marathon, HM and 10K and the medals glow in the dark
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8/1- 5miles
8/6-11 miles
8/8-5 miles
8/9-3 miles
8/14-14 miles
8/16-2.75 miles
8/20-6 miles
8/24-2.5 miles
8/26-12.25 miles
(I also have a few miles on the elliptical when i couldnt get out and run, but I didnt count those here)
61.5/75 total1 -
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
8/3 - 4 mile slow recovery run
8/4 - 9 mile LT tempo run: miles 5-8 @ ~LTHR
8/5 - 4 mile slow recovery run
8/6 - 16 mile long run - another distance PR!
8/7 - wonderful rainy REST day!
8/8 - 8 mile general aerobic run
8/9 - 9.5 mile run w/RRR track workout: 2x2400m (times - 12:02 & 11:42)
8/10 - 5 mile slow recovery run
8/11 - 11.5 mile general aerobic run
8/12 - 4 mile slow recovery run
8/13 - 18 mile long run - distance PR & passed 1k miles for the year!
8/14 - rest day
8/15 - 8 mile LT tempo run: 4.5 miles @ ~LTHR / 1 mile warmup to lifting
8/16 - 12 mile midweek medium-long run
8/17 - 5 mile slow recovery run
8/18 - 6.7 mile general aerobic run (cut 2.3 miles short by stupid lightning)
8/19 - 4 mile slow recovery run
8/20 - 18 mile long run
8/21 - rest day
8/22 - 7 mile general aerobic run
8/23 - 4 mile slow recovery run
8/24 - 9.3 mile general aerobic run
8/25 - 6 mile general aerobic run
8/26 - 4 mile slow recovery run
8/27 - rest day (toooooo sore from Saturday’s workout challenge at the gym!)
8/28 - 14 mile (5am!!!) long run
August Total: 207/225
1116.6 miles/2,017 miles - goal for the year
So I know I've been MIA on the thread lately, work has just been getting the best of me and I had a busy weekend. I did read all the posts though!
@Orphia AMAZING JOB on the marathon!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, Saturday I went a little bit crazy, which ended up affecting my run schedule. Myself and a few friends from the Saturday morning zumba class I take agreed to sign up for a workout challenge that one of the gym's personal trainers had set up, where, if you completed it in under 15 minutes you'd get a free personal training session (obviously trying to drum up business, but whatever, and he's the husband of one of the girls in my running group, so I wanted to be supportive). The challenge ended up being something like this: 100 jumping jacks, 90 high knees, 80 mountain climbers, 70 burpees (the devil's workout!), 60 switching jumps w/overhead presses w/dumbbells, 50 box jumps, 40 ball slams, 30 jumping lunges, 20 jumping squats, and 10 more burpees. I did it in 14:24, so yay for winning a free training session! But then I went to zumba, and then I did my 4 mile recovery run. Actually felt fine the rest of the day, but woke up on Sunday, took my first few steps out of bed and was like, NOOOOO WAYYYY is a long run happening today!
Pretty much everything was sore and tired, lol. So, I took Sunday as a rest day instead of my usual Monday.
This means I needed to do my long run on Monday. Needed 15 miles, but ended up doing 14 since I got out 5 min later than planned and got paranoid about having enough time to get ready for work. I am NOT a morning person, and especially NOT a morning exerciser. But I really didn't want to do all those miles after work, and I wanted to cook dinner for my fam so I sucked it up, set my alarm for 4:40, and was out the door at 5:05am.
Brought a few chews/beans with me just in case, but my goal was to do this as a totally fasted workout and it actually went really well. Didn't even have coffee before I headed out 
and did no mid-run fueling, just water. However, 5 hours of sleep + 14 miles of running is not a habit I have any interest in getting into. I'm really feeling it at work and just want to take a nap!!! Lol 8 -
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
8/23 rest
8/24 6miles 56m:30s
8/25 4miles 38m:08s
8/26 9miles 1h:37m:58s
8/27 rest
8/28 3miles 27m:39s
Tapering this week for my half marathon distance Saturday morning. Only 3 miles. Felt weird since 6 miles has been my "short" runs lately.
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I'm having a love/hate relationship with my rest day right now. Hope everyone is having a great day!1
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@Orphia Well done!!! This was amazing! You should be proud of yourself!1
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I was actually kind of excited that I had a run in the morning. Then I got the appt reminder for my FASTING bloodwork for in the morning. No way would I be able to run at 530 and not eat until 830. Might have to suffer through at lunch on a dreadmill.0
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@lporter229 sounds like an awesome vacation
@KatieJane83 you lost me at 80 mountain climbers ha ha wow fantastic1 -
skippygirlsmom wrote: »@lporter229 sounds like an awesome vacation
@KatieJane83 you lost me at 80 mountain climbers ha ha wow fantastic
Thank you!
Honestly, the 70 burpees (plus the extra "haha, thought you were done with these, didn't you?!"
10 at the end) and the box jumps were the things that nearly did me in, lol. 3
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