September 2017 Running Challenge

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  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    edited September 2017
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    MFP won't let me post my story. I don't like MFP.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    hanlonsk wrote: »
    So, question.... I want to sign up for our very important run.... but if I sign up, and am not cleared for that far by then... I will feel like I fluffed out and didn't "earn" it. So I'm thinking it would be more appropriate to simply donate.... but I want to run it, particularly for the cause... so, I am very torn, and the date is approaching quite quickly, ugh.... input? Advice?

    THREE OPTIONS:

    1) Sign up and use it as motivation
    2) Donate instead, and still try to run.
    3) Do nothing and eat donuts.

    I suggest #1, but #3 is really attractive too.
  • ctlaws44
    ctlaws44 Posts: 182 Member
    edited September 2017
    @PastorVincent - If I were injured, I'd do #1 but end up doing #3 and if there was live tracking I'd watch y'all while eating my donuts .
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
    @ctlaws44 thanks! I was definitely nervous about taking that week and a half break, so getting those 19 miles in, and at a better overall pace than I was expecting or planning for, was a huge mental confidence booster for me.

    @Orphia I love that we seem to have a whole crop of marathon newbies this season! Makes me feel good to know all these other people are going through the same experiences/thoughts/worries/etc that I am!

    So, I know I said yesterday that part 2 of my daily double was going to be a recovery run buuuutttt...I was worried about being late for my Rockland Road Runners monthly meeting so instead of aiming for my 3.5 miles at a nice easy 10:30-11ish pace I ended up with almost more of a tempo run, averaging a 9:15 pace. Oops. lol. I figure it's all good since I had all those rest days last week :D
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
    oh, and now I want doughnuts. Thanks @PastorVincent :s
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    @ctlaws44 I don't know what style the class is tonight. It's billed as a 'mindful yoga for stress' course, so it could be lots of floaty music and breathing through alternate nostrils, which I can cope with for a while but can annoy me after a bit. I've done Hatha before and actually enjoy it. But I think yoga is often less about the style and more about the teacher. You really have to like the style of teaching.

    I have since found a 'yoga for climbers' course, which I might try and dip into. It's been a long time since I climbed but I'd like to get back into that. Nothing like a good stretch up a piece of wall.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    9/1- REST
    9/2- Family Time
    9/3- Family Time
    9/4- 6- 384 feet elevation
    9/5- 8- 1598 feet elevation
    9/6- 6.2- 1263 feet elevation
    9/7- 8- Track Thursday
    9/8- REST
    9/9- 20
    9/10- REST
    9/11- REST
    9/12- 8.1 - 1663 Feet Elevation
    9/13- 8.1- 1640 Feet elevation

    Total Miles: 64.4
    Total Elevation: 6303 ft

    September goal: Survive 100k training and the beginnings of pre-race freak out
    Nominal Mileage goal: 200 miles.
    Elevation goal: 15000ft

    Today's notes: Went back out to the ski hill again today. I seem to be addicted to this particular hill repeat. I ran some of the uphill today, and my HR was a lot higher than yesterday. It was also warmer and super high humidity, like I was running through clouds. Didn't wear my chest HRM, so readings were off my wrist HRM. I'm wondering now, if yesterday actually was just that easy for me, since I was coming off 2 days rest and I walked the uphills, I might have just not been working all that hard.

    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 DNF, too darn hot out
    8/19- Rampage at the Ridge 5k OCR
    9/23- Ely Marathon (full)
    10/21 Wild Duluth 100k
    11/23- TBD 5k Turkey
  • ariceroni
    ariceroni Posts: 422 Member
    September Running
    09/01: Off, rest day
    09/02: 4.02 mile easy run + 30 min biking
    09/03: 20.05 mile long run
    09/04: 60 min biking + strength training
    09/05: 5.04 mile easy run + 15 min elliptical
    09/06: 8.03 miles- 7 mile progression, 1 mile cool down
    09/07: 5.40 mile easy run + 15 min elliptical
    09/08: 3.56 mile easy run
    09/09: 75 min biking
    09/10: 13.17 mile long run- 3@MP/1E/2@HMP/1E/2@HMP/1E/3@MP
    09/11: 6.04 mile easy run + strength training
    09/12: 6.05 mile easy run + 15 min elliptical
    Total: 71.36 miles

    Notes:
    Another easy six mile run yesterday afternoon, 9:14 average pace, then 15 minutes on the elliptical afterwards. I like what @Orphia said- "Running well sometimes means running less." This is something I have learned for myself this time around training for the Chicago Marathon. Last year, I think I was pushing the mileage too much which contributed to my stress fracture. I also wasn't doing any speed work, which I think caused my form to lapse a bit. Anyways, this year I'm trying to keep the mileage on the lower side, and instead supplement with cross training and strength training. It worked well this spring for a 10 mile race that I was training for (I PR'd by almost a minute, even though going into the race I expected to be 2-3 min slower than my PR). I guess we'll see in a few weeks how well this strategy worked for me in marathon training!

    @skippygirlsmom I love the shirts Skip and her friend made! Where can I get one?? :lol:
    @Orphia Very exciting to see so many first time marathoners! I'm sure we all can't wait to join the "marathoner" club and compare notes! With my race getting so close now, I'm starting to get really nervous. Not about finishing, I know I can do the distance, but about finishing within my goal time.
    @ROBOTFOOD what an awesome trail! Great pictures!


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    Upcoming Races:
    - Chicago Marathon, 10/08/17
    - Space Coast Half Marathon, 11/26/17
    - Excalibur 10 Miler, 03/18/18
  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
    @skippygirlsmom I love that you did 9.11 miles on 9/11.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    @ariceroni some online place, of course they paid like $25 a piece because they only ordered 2 but they are so proud of them. One of the boys on the team is like hey where is mine. They plan to wear them to practice today.

    The funny thing about the shirt is that when someone tells her she runs like a girl she always says “thank you” ha ha she’s a hoot.

    Thanks @respectthekitty I really never know what I’m going to run I decide as I go, I was happy I was feeling good and could get that run in. Yeah for a great hill run AND mile PR!!!

    @shanaber yeah me and hill repeats I run down and walk up and run down ha ha

    @BettyM1017 just roll with the flow. One thing we did learn was that when everyone around us neighborhood wise started to get power and we didn’t, we should have called it in. Seems the electric company have forgotten us. We could have had power a few days sooner. I was fine to wait they did nursing homes, senior centers, food stores, gas stations things like that first.

    @kgirlhart it’s pretty sad when 91 is a cool temp. We’ve been in the 60s here in Northern Alabama but tomorrow are supposed to go back up to the 80s. I got so cold on my run this morning (58 and rainy) that I’m sitting at my desk with a jacket on with a space heater running ha ha

    @runningmischka I get up at 5:00 am every day, if I’m up at 9:30 Skip is convinced I’ve lost my mind. If someone calls me at 8:30 they apologize and ask if I’m still awake. It’s sad really, but I don’t care.

    @sarahthes my elevation looks like that too and I ain’t gonna lie I like it.

    @hanlonsk I would sign up and plan to run, if you can’t that is why they call it virtual you can run it when you are cleared to run, no shame in that.

    @ROBOTFOOD call me jealous, wow how beautiful

    I AGREE 100% @Orphia sometimes you need to cut back to run your best. It’s not always about distance, it’s not always about speed. I’m truly my happiest at like 6 or 7 miles at 12 min pace just shuffling along enjoying the run. @girlinahat definitely a shirt quote

    @girlinahat “As I ran I remembered the five day old running kit I was wearing, and realised the stench was probably coming from me and that it was a good things for other gym users I'd moved to a better ventilated area.....” I’m laughing way too hard!!! I STINK I mean STINK after I run.

    Where are the donuts??
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
    09/01/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 0.0
    09/02/17 :::: 12.0 :::: 12.0
    09/03/17 :::: 3.1 :::: 15.1
    09/04/17 :::: 3.3 :::: 18.4
    09/05/17 :::: 6.3 :::: 24.7
    09/06/17 :::: 4.0 :::: 28.8
    09/07/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 28.8
    09/08/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 28.8
    09/09/17 :::: 14.2 :::: 43.0
    09/10/17 :::: 2.9 :::: 45.8
    09/11/17 :::: 2.6 :::: 48.4
    09/12/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 48.4
    09/13/17 :::: 5.4 :::: 53.7

    Good morning, runners. I am back home from my fun/work Boston trip and I managed to sneak in a run before my meetings on Monday, but not on Tuesday. Not a bad result of total miles run in Boston. Today is a bit of a weird day so I actually had time for a decent run this morning. I realized that my legs are still pretty tired. I may need to take the next two days off from running anyway, which could be a good thing before my next long run.

  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    WandaVaughn wrote: »
    Did my 5 mile run this morning. It felt slow and hard, one of those mornings. And because it felt so hard, I'm now wondering what in the world I was thinking to sign up for a half marathon. Part of me reminds myself that on Saturday I ran 10 miles. I can do this. But the clouds are low, it's drizzly, and I really could use a day to sit and read.

    Sorry for the pity party.

    "You take the good and you take the bad and there you have..." Running. :smiley:
  • ROBOTFOOD
    ROBOTFOOD Posts: 5,527 Member
    edited September 2017
    @girlinahat @ariceroni @skippygirlsmom Believe it or not, this exists 45min from the Las Vegas strip. 12kft peak with trail options up to 20mi and 4500ft vert. Mt Charleston peak. This is the south loop. Better pic options but north facing is much more snow and colder Oct-June.

    Woke up feeling like I didn't do much yesterday (great sign) so might get a run in later today :)
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,157 Member
    @ROBOTFOOD Awesome pictures!

    @skippygirlsmom I complain about the heat, but I prefer the heat to the cold. I just need to find someplace that is always between 60F - 85F.

    @Elise4270 Thanks a lot. I'l be singing the Facts of Life theme song fro the rest of the day! LOL

    @RespectTheKitty Great job on the hills. I've been thinking about adding in some hill work but I don't really know how to get started. Do you just find a hill and run up it? Does it need to be a certain length or grade? And how do you know.
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    9/1 - 5.15
    9/5 - 3.04
    9/7 - 2.2
    9/9 - 6.2
    9/11 - 3.36
    9/12 - 2.87 (this is what my phone calculated, the hotel treadmill had it at just over 2m)
    9/13 - 3.0

  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
    9/1: Rest day
    9/2: 16 miles
    9/3: Rest day (11.5 hours of sleep!)
    9/4: 6 miles
    9/5: Rest day
    9/6: Rest day again
    9/7: 11 miles of Tempo Thursday
    9/7: 6.4 miles
    9/8: Rest day
    9/9: 16 miles
    9/10: 6 miles
    9/11: 6 miles
    9/12: 10.1 miles of Track Tuesday
    9/13: Rest day

    78.5 of 250 220 goal miles

    I was going to get up and run this morning since I won't be able to double up tomorrow (I'll be in Philadelphia to see Bastille in concert instead of at my weekly group run), but I was tired and sore still from lifting Monday night and running hard yesterday, so I slept in instead. I'll probably squeeze in the miles on Friday to limber up for my trail race coming up on Saturday (which I'll be running for FUN, not as a real race).

    However today I DID sign up for my first 2018 race (Philly LOVE Run, March 25!) and booked an air bnb for a race I haven't registered for but want to run, the Louisiana Marathon in Baton Rouge in January. I figure the first thing to sell out and/or price gouge is lodging, and you can cancel lodging without fees, so I'll book now and if I cancel later, no big deal.


    Upcoming Races:
    Sept 16: Baker's Revenge 10 mile trail race
    Oct 8: Steamtown Marathon
    Oct 22: Perfect 10 miler
    Nov 5: Princeton Half Marathon (pacer)
    January 2018: Louisiana Marathon?
    March 25, 2018: Philly LOVE Run Half Marathon

  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    edited September 2017
    kgirlhart wrote: »
    @Elise4270 Thanks a lot. I'l be singing the Facts of Life theme song fro the rest of the day! LOL
    .

    Lol! Reminds me of Family Guy. Peter has a thing for Mrs Garrett. I love mindless humor.


    ETA. So... Now the rest of the day you can sing "bird bird bird bird's the word"
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,157 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    kgirlhart wrote: »
    @Elise4270 Thanks a lot. I'l be singing the Facts of Life theme song fro the rest of the day! LOL
    .

    Lol! Reminds me of Family Guy. Peter has a thing for Mrs Garrett. I love mindless humor.


    ETA. So... Now the rest of the day you can sing "bird bird bird bird's the word"

    Oh I will!
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    I saw this article and was perplexed. Fats effect insulin? "Researchers can't tell if for sure what part of the diet was the problem.." so, why blame fat? Is there a proven relationship published elsewhere? Is this something already established?

    https://www.runnersworld.com/diet/binge-eating-insulin-resistance
  • seanevan10
    seanevan10 Posts: 385 Member
    WandaVaughn wrote: »
    Did my 5 mile run this morning. It felt slow and hard, one of those mornings. And because it felt so hard, I'm now wondering what in the world I was thinking to sign up for a half marathon. Part of me reminds myself that on Saturday I ran 10 miles. I can do this. But the clouds are low, it's drizzly, and I really could use a day to sit and read.

    Sorry for the pity party.

    Yep. So with you today! I have 17 days until my 1st ever race and had the worst, slow horrible run this morning. But, You are right! You ran 10 miles! You can do this.
  • seanevan10
    seanevan10 Posts: 385 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    I saw this article and was perplexed. Fats effect insulin? "Researchers can't tell if for sure what part of the diet was the problem.." so, why blame fat? Is there a proven relationship published elsewhere? Is this something already established?

    https://www.runnersworld.com/diet/binge-eating-insulin-resistance

    That goes in the most round about circle of information! Weird.
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    I saw this article and was perplexed. Fats effect insulin? "Researchers can't tell if for sure what part of the diet was the problem.." so, why blame fat? Is there a proven relationship published elsewhere? Is this something already established?

    https://www.runnersworld.com/diet/binge-eating-insulin-resistance

    Knowing what I do about glucose and how different things affect blood glucose levels (I can rival most physicians and many researchers), I can spot the flaw in this study just as easily as probably everybody else can... there is no baseline to the most significant factor affecting BG, nor is that addressed. It isn't exactly fair to extrapolate from incomplete data, but that is what we are left to do; and the extrapolation would indicate an increase of not only fat, but also of net carbohydrate consumption.

    I've read a whole lot of research studies and honestly have never before seen anything as boldly and plainly designed to reach a pre-determined conclusion. Even studies done by the tobacco industry to dispute health risks of smoking were better disguised than this study.

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