August 2017 Running Challenge
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Non-running update: The ankle doesn't hurt mostly today, until I do something on it. Some of the morning exercises came back, but prudence indicated no running. Shopping at Sam's Club indicated no substantial distance walking. Thought to get out on the bike, but it rained off and on all day. I'm a lot pickier about weather for cycling than for running. That, and caliper brakes that don't work well when they're wet seem like a much bigger deal at age 61 than they did at age 16.
Sigh. This could take a while.0 -
skippygirlsmom wrote: »@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?
@skippygirlsmom Haha thanks! I don't know if I know my body well or if I'm just always happy to justify not adding more miles... And Dunkirk was really good! And very stressful! It doesn't let up from the first minute until the end! ALSO: Congrats on hitting your August goal already!2 -
8/1/17 - 3.01 miles treadmill before weight lifting.
8/2/17 - 6.13 miles
8/3/17 - 3.03 miles on the treadmill before weight lifting.
8/4/17 - Rest day
8/5/17 - 12.04 miles, rough BG before, during, and after run.
8/6/17 - Rest day; weight lifting
8/7/17 - Rest
8/8/17 - 3.01 miles treadmill before weight lifting
8/9/17 - 6.01 miles, "Race Pace" (not quite) - felt good and indicators for fat adaptation look promising
8/10/17 - Rest (not exercising due to blood tests on 8/11)
8/11/17 - Rest
8/12/17 - Rest (lots of walking at state fair)
8/13/17 - 9.00 miles
8/14/17 - Rest
8/15/17 - 4 miles treadmill before weight lifting. Having electrolyte issues
8/16/17 - 4.85 miles. Still having electrolyte issues
8/17/17 - 4.35 miles treadmill before weight lifting.
8/18/17 - Rest
8/19/17 - 14 Miles
8/20/17 - Rest
8/21/17 - Rest
8/22/17 - 4.06 miles treadmill before weight lifting. Not feeling it today; probably low on electrolytes.
Upcoming Races:
9/9/17 - Wabash Trace HM
10/21/17 - Oregon Trail Run HM
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8/1: 3.1
8/3: 4.0
8/5: 4.0
8/8: 4.1
8/10: 2.3
8/12: 5.5
8/14: 2.4
8/20: 2.1
8/22: 4.2
Total: 31.7/44
My colicky baby fell asleep at 5pm today, and when she rolled off my shoulder, I snuck away for a run.
The vague muscle and joint pain I'd had all last week is gone. Feels-like-95 is much more tolerable when the sun is behind trees and/or clouds. My legs maintained a cheerful cadence even with music, rather than metronome. Singing along to Hamilton as you run makes your throat dry.5 -
cburke8909 wrote: »Good news from doctor, diagnosis Runner's knee. Prescription: no running but I can do no impact training (elliptical, treadmil or bycicle) Saturday, I'll start slow with a 6or7 mile run and see how it feels and then slowly return to training. No more 6 day weeks, 4 days running 2 cross with low/No impact cardio.
Dirt roads are my go to surface for running with knees that are hurting. I tried grass/cross country but sometimes the uneven surface bothered my ankles, of which both have hardware holding them together. I've also used an AlterG antigravity treadmill, which is about the coolest thing on the planet, but a bit pricy to run on daily.
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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
8/5 4.10 0:53
8/6 rest
8/7 6.37 1:11
8/8 4.10 1:00
8/9 4.11 0:51
8/10 rest
8/11 4.09 0:48
8/12 4.00 0:50
8/13 rest
8/14 5.88 1:15
8/15 4.26 :56
8/16 snorkel 4hrs
8/17 4.10 1.00
8/18 rest
8/19 6.25 1.13
8/20 4.35 1.00
8/21 rest
8/22 4.25 0:55
Total 70.62
Ticker is my goal for 2017 and progress to date:
upcoming races:
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)
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@MNLittleFinn muddy runs are the best runs- especially on steep inclines amiright ? Haha
Hang in there @MobyCarp , I feel terrible for you having to be off running so long. I bet the rest will probably have you coming back guns hot though!
My quads are thrashed from how hard I raced Edmonton, you know trying to make up time between GI disasters can do that, but I had to get out today anyway because Whistler ain't running itself! Only got in a short 12 as we were behind on GoT (priorities people!) but managed to still run it at a good pace as a hurting unit. Tomorrow the work of completing the rest of my 50 miler training begins
August 1- 13.4
August 2- 17.3
August 3- 16.5
August 4- 17.3
August 5- 40
August 6- 20
August 7- Off
August 8- 24.5
August 9- 34.6
August 10- 15.3
August 11- 20
August 12- 21
August 13- 14.8
August 14- Off
August 15- 16.3
August 16- 8.2
August 17- 11.2
August 18- Off
August 19- Off
August 20- 42.2 [Edmonton Marathon, 4:01:18]
August 21- Off
August 22- 12.1
344.7/420km6 -
August Running Challenge
Goal: 75 km
Ran: 60.5/ 75
23/8/17 Run 8 Km+walk 4 Km
22/8/17 Run 3.5 km + SL A
21/8/17 sick rest day
20/8/17 sick rest day
19/8/17 Run 7 km
18/8/17 rest day
17/8/17 SL B+ walk 4 Km
16/8/17 Run 6 km walk 5km
15/8/17 walk 4 km
14/8/17 Circuit training
13/8/17 Rest Day
12/8/17 Walk 6 km
11/8/17 Run 4.5 km
10/8/17 SL A+ walk 2 km
9/8/17 Run 5 km walk 5 km
8/8/17 Run 7 km
7/8/17 Run 8.5 km
5/8/17 Walk 4 km+SL B
4/8/17 rest day
3/8/17 Run 8 km
2/8/17 Run 3 km + SL A
1/8/17 walk 4km
SL~Strong Lift3 -
@JessicaMcB I love muddy hill repeats. However, I was running with a friend, and he wasn't so hot on it, for a training run. He's a "more experienced than me" ultra runner, so I let him decide how we ran it.
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
8/22- 6
Total: 152.1
August Goal: Not die while ramping up running mileage and technicality during 100K training
Nominal mileage goal: 250 miles HAHAHAHAHA... Yeah Right, not gonna happen
Today's notes: Nothing really to report. Got in my 6 miles with 9:35 pace and average HR 150. It was 47F outside, which was a real treat. lovely run.
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 Turkey3 -
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
Total 99.54 of 120
it was considerably cooler this morning at 57 degrees, 22 degrees cooler to be exact. It's amazing how much difference a drop in temps can do to your pace & hr. I ran the same easy effort, route and distance as yesterday with a faster pace by :17 sec per mile and a lower average HR of 8 BPM5 -
Ok finding this thread late but want to start tracking. No real distance goal but doing bridge to 10k and want to follow that. Real goal is run 10k the entire race in November
Aug 22- 4.2 miles total 4.2
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »
Today's notes: Nothing really to report. Got in my 6 miles with 9:35 pace and average HR 150. It was 47F outside, which was a real treat. lovely run.
Have a Runderful day everyone!
OMG. I have such temperature/weather envy right now! I CANNOT wait for those temps!!!4 -
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
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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
81 of 100 miles
Since I made goal I wanted to try to get back to resting on Wednesdays so I laid in bed and watched TV from 5:00 until 6:30.
@kristinegift I’ll have to check the movie out and thanks on the congrats on goal.
@cburke8909 Skip is an interesting girl. She’s determined to break under a 20 min 5K her senior year, since she decided she wants to try to walk on at the college she’s looking at. She had that same spunk at 7 so good luck ha ha Whew glad you said walking, I got nervous!
@respectthekitty sounds like a nice run – great work
@dcorrick love your description of the heat.
@katharmonic wow 20 degrees is a lot cooler. We are supposed to have a “cold front” come through and it’s going to 60 tomorrow morning woohoo!!
@mobycarp I’m sorry recovery is going slowly
I hope you all are sending some of that cooler weather for Alabama for a visit. Oh but not you @MNLittleFinn 47 is too cold for me. Ha ha
Welcome @amtyrell
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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 = A.M. vinyasa yoga class / P.M. kettlebell strength training
8/23 = 9 miles - tempo intervals
Nine miles of tempo intervals this morning. Only 76 degrees! A tropical storm brewing in the Gulf of Mexico has cooled off the temps a little bit. However, this same stupid storm is bringing flooding, rain, and thunder/lightning the entire weekend. I might have to skip my long run - kind of depressing. My husband suggested I use the gym treadmill. I think I would rather pull out my 8 remaining funky runners toenails with pliers than bore myself to death on the dreadmill for hours.
(August miles) 135/150 (August goal miles)
Upcoming Races:
10/28 = Hill Country Halloween Half Marathon
12/10 = BCS Marathon
1/6/18 = River Road Run Half Marathon4 -
I have kept up with reading the thread, but on iPhone and such so not replying much. Sorry. But today will be another no run day, BUT it is a HUGE day.
My son, at 14, is getting to ride in a LAMBORGHINI on a track with a pro rider and all and then he is getting it meet his grandfather for the first time ever.
Also we are in Vegas, so not exactly the land of the cool weather.12 -
Did my 4 miles today. Negative splits. Yep. Yep. The training carries on!10
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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 21....6 mile run.....didn't feel like running....not sure what is wrong. It was hot and humid. I watched the solar eclipse coverage on c-span.(I didn't have those special glasses) I had hoped that it would be cooler afterward. I started feeling better after running the first 2 miles.....probably could have run farther but ran out of time...darkness ensued. Averaging about 14 minute miles. In zone 62 minutes. Average heart rate at 83%.
August 22....8 mile run....Another day of running in which my head and heart wasn't into it. It was a nice cool day with awesome breezes. I was really fatigued at mile 5 and decided to run one mile at a time to get the distance. 8 miles completed but it was tough. In zone 61 minutes. Average heart rate at 84%.
I will be making a decision on whether or not to enroll in a half marathon before the end of the year. I am not running that well and not really feeling it. I am not sure if it is the effect of the solar eclipse on my mood. I think that I might run the Indy Women's half in September.
My doctor's appointment went well yesterday, but I am going to have to add Zetia due to having higher than normal total cholesterol and also have a genetic propensity to myopathy. A little bummed but was expecting it.
I might make my monthly goal but will have to run today in order to do so. Working the next 3 nights.
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
total....43 miles
goal--60 miles
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1---5.49mi/ 8.85km
3---4.23 / 6.8
5---4.55 / 7.3
6---9.14 l 14.7
8---2.85/4.6
10---2.87, 1.98/4.6, 3.2
11---shot, travel day.
13---6.21/10
14---SL
16---2.02/3.3
18---2.22/3.6
19---6.69/10.8
20---6.08/10
22---2.90/4.7
23---2.56/4.1 lunch time get away. It was a bit cooler, 82F 27.7C, 70% humidity. Pressed for time, I shaved 18 seconds off my post op PR. I should have several PR's over the next few months since the shot helps so much. Happy. May grab another short hot run after work, depending on if storms roll in.
ETA I ate triple my calories yesterday. Running was easier. If there ever was an excuse to over eat... Maybe I can come up with a correlation: Calories / 62.5= extra kilometers to run (math+ runners brain = not real numbers).
Total 59.79/96.4 Are we there yet?
Goal 89 miles/144 km
Upcoming races:
Sept 30 Festival 5k Tishomingo Ok.
Oct 1 Spirit of Survival, Lawton OK. Quarter Marathon
Oct 4 AIM for the Cure- 5K, virual run
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 9.46 5k 34.27 10k 1:12.49
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kristinegift wrote: »
@ereck44 Oooh I'm from Cedar Rapids originally (in NJ now) and Amana Colonies is always a fun outing! And the Hoover Museum is great. Enjoy the State Fair!! I'm ashamed as an Iowan to say that I've never actually gone. Sample some deep fried butter for me!
I guess that I wasn't too clear....I was attending the State Fair in Indianapolis. I had to look up deep fried butter though....wow...it that an interesting dish. We have deep fried pickles and deep fried Snickers, etc. I didn't see any deep fried butter.
I love the State Fair esp the animals. I really enjoy the sheep and the day that we were there, we were told that the sheep had left the fair. There were goats in the sheep barn. My husband and I looked everywhere and there were no sheep. However there was a kiosk outside the building that sold lamb kebobs, lamb chops, etc. (sigh)
What part of New Jersey? My sister owns a home in Kendall Park. I thought that it was a really beautiful state.0
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