September 2017 Running Challenge

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  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
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    greenolivetree wrote: »
    I've never actually tried eggnog or pumpkin pie *hanging head in shame* :*

    You know there are ways to fix that short coming...
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
    edited September 2017
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    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
    9/14: 12 miles of Tempo Thursday
    9/15: Rest day
    9/16: 11.1, including 10 mile trail race
    9/17: 6.2 miles
    9/18: Heel/calf tight; taking it easy
    9/19: 10 miles of Track Tuesday
    9/19: 6 miles
    9/20: Rest day
    9/21: 8 miles of "tempo" Thursday

    131.8 of 250 220 goal miles

    I had to scrap my tempo Thursday this morning for a multitude of reasons:
    1) I ate Sour Patch Kids and Reeces Pieces for dinner last night at my after work movie and then a little of actual dinner at 8 pm which was definitely too late. I had no pep after about 4 miles today.
    2) My marathon buddy has a cold and decided to rest. I had company for a few miles from another running group member though, but he bailed after about 3 miles and I was 100% on my own, in the dark.
    3) My left heel is still super tight. Not sure the extra rest days are helping. Going to do 4 easy in the morning tomorrow to a) make up miles tomorrow and b) try to keep my heel from being so tight.
    4) I was on my own. I am sure that if my marathon partner was there, I'd have persevered through the entire run. But I was solo, I had the option to bail and still put in decent though slower miles, so I did.

    Group run tonight will be another 6. I am going to try to work on stretching and limbering up a bit at work today. I foam rolled last night and this morning, so I was able to go down the stairs without my heels feeling like they would break in half, so that's progress! I'm going to have to make sure I get up and walk around more at work; I've been embarrassingly stationary lately.

    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 (1:55 Pacer)
    January 2018: Louisiana Marathon??
    March 25, 2018: Philly LOVE Run Half Marathon
  • Eaglesfanintn
    Eaglesfanintn Posts: 813 Member
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    Warm and humid here this morning - even at 5:30. Still, had a solid run - 30 min/2.92 miles. Halfway to my September goal. Not sure I'll make it, but it will still be a good month of running for me.

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    Upcoming race - Fleri 5K 9/30
  • 5512bf
    5512bf Posts: 389 Member
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    9/1/17 - 4.07 Easy
    9/3/17 - 8.43 Easy - 38.44 Week
    9/4/17 - 6.60 Tempo
    9/5/17 - 7.07 Easy
    9/6/17 - 7.05 Easy
    9/7/17 - 5.03 Easy
    9/8/17 - 7.08 Easy
    9/10/17 12.03 Easy - 44.87 Week
    9/11/17 - 4.12 - recovery
    9/12/17 - 7.01 - 3x1 mile @ gmp
    9/13/17 - 7.10 Easy
    9/15/17 - 7.01 Easy
    9/16/17 - 4.65 Easy
    9/17/17 - 14.14 Long run - 44.03 Week
    9/19/17 - 5.01 - Recovery
    9/20/17 - 7.03 - Easy
    9/21/17 - 3.01 - Easy

    Total 116.43 of 180 Miles

    4:20 AM + 75 degrees + 94% humidity = me saying screw it after 3 miles. Only had 5 scheduled so it's not too big of a deal. Summer just needs to finally die and go away, hopefully this week is it's last hurrah.. Might head out tonight and do it again. It will still be warm but the humidity isn't nearly as bad in the evening.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    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
    9/14- 7.2- 1388 Feet Elevation
    9/15- REST
    9/16- 14- 2352 Feet elevation
    9/17- REST
    9/18- REST
    9/19- 8,1- 1663 Feet Elevation
    9/20- 6.2- 1247 Feet Elevation
    9/21- 4

    Total Miles: 103.9
    Total Elevation: 12838 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: Really wasn't feeling it today. Just did 4 flat easy miles at home. With a marathon on Saturday and a staff meeting this morning though, maybe that isn't a bad thing. Planning to get in like 8 tomorrow.

    Have a Runderful day all!

    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
  • seanevan10
    seanevan10 Posts: 385 Member
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    Just wanted to add that it is HOT! 5:30 am and it being almost 80 degrees is HOT! At least the sun wasn't beating down. Is it fall yet???
  • Dcorrick
    Dcorrick Posts: 56 Member
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    Struggling to get back in my rhythm, but did get in a few miles yesterday; over halfway to goal, but many to go if I'm to make it. Traveling to kid's college this weekend: 7 hours each way. There is no exercise or stretch that I've found that gets me through that without tremendous leg discomfort. Will still try to get miles in at least Sunday morning, while traveling.


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  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,489 Member
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    @ariceroni that heat sounds nasty!

    I got my run in last night (4.8 miles) with Kody when it was in the upper 50's. It's my last run before my trail half Saturday, which is good because it will be in the 80's today and the 90's tomorrow. The expected temp for the race is 76F to 85F, with a real feel of 80F to 90F!! Yeah....definitely going to take this one easy. I wasn't going to carry water on this one but after seeing the forecast I think I better.

    Sept Progress
    59/100 miles

  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
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    seanevan10 wrote: »
    Just wanted to add that it is HOT! 5:30 am and it being almost 80 degrees is HOT! At least the sun wasn't beating down. Is it fall yet???

    *checks calendar*

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    No.
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
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    PastorVincent wrote: »
    seanevan10 wrote: »
    Just wanted to add that it is HOT! 5:30 am and it being almost 80 degrees is HOT! At least the sun wasn't beating down. Is it fall yet???

    *checks calendar*

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    No.

    I am excited. Tomorrow's high is only supposed to be 88 followed by 86 on Saturday!
  • cburke8909
    cburke8909 Posts: 990 Member
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    7.6 solid paced miles not pushing too hard.

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  • kevaasen
    kevaasen Posts: 173 Member
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    seanevan10 wrote: »
    I FINISHED!!! I finished the couch to 5k program. I have started it a few times but never finished. Until now! SO excited that I can run for 30 minutes. I am going to go for a full 3.1 miles on Sunday just to test, but I think I have it now. Whoop. I owe part of it to you because this has been a great group of people with TONS of motivation and great advice. Thank you!

    Total 22.61/30 goal

    CONGRATS!! and well done!! I completed C25K back in early Feb, 2017 and remember that great satisfaction of completing that program. Not to push you....but you know what comes next?? That right - C210K ;). Good news is you can skip the first 7 or 8 weeks since you are well off the couch now.

    Also, if you don't have a watch would a) recommend one (greats buys on eBay) and/or b) at a minimum tracking runs via Strava via phone so you can see progress and get support via group as well
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
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    RunsOnEspresso wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    seanevan10 wrote: »
    Just wanted to add that it is HOT! 5:30 am and it being almost 80 degrees is HOT! At least the sun wasn't beating down. Is it fall yet???

    *checks calendar*

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    No.

    I am excited. Tomorrow's high is only supposed to be 88 followed by 86 on Saturday!

    Some how your current avatar picture seems to fit that statement well. :)
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
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    seanevan10 wrote: »
    I FINISHED!!! I finished the couch to 5k program. I have started it a few times but never finished. Until now! SO excited that I can run for 30 minutes. I am going to go for a full 3.1 miles on Sunday just to test, but I think I have it now. Whoop. I owe part of it to you because this has been a great group of people with TONS of motivation and great advice. Thank you!

    Total 22.61/30 goal

    AWESOME!!! YAY!!!
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
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    9/1 13.1 miles! 2h:09m:49s
    9/2 3.1mi 31m:56s
    9/3 rest
    9/4 4.38mi 41m:07s
    9/5 6mi 57m:38s
    9/6 4mi 39m:50s
    9/7 7mi 69m:59s
    9/8 4mi 38m:49s
    9/9 9mi 1h:26m:35s
    9/10 rest
    9/11 5.2mi 53m:20s
    9/12 4mi 36m:16s
    9/13 6mi 56m:41s
    9/14 4mi 36m:25s
    9/15 4mi 34m:46s
    9/16 8mi 1h:15m:28s
    9/17 rest
    9/18 5mi 47m:53s
    9/19 4mi 37m:32s
    9/20 8mi 1h:14m:48s
    9/21 5mi 45m:14s

    Another 5 miles today. I'm still not sure if I'll do my long run tomorrow or Saturday... I'm thinking of running the trails at the state park though to do it. Haven't been there all summer and I'm wary of the bugs.
  • JessicaMcB
    JessicaMcB Posts: 1,503 Member
    edited September 2017
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    Congrats @seanevan10 , I liked Higdon plans when I was training against shorter distances- you'll do great!

    @skippygirlsmom I don't know why I didn't see them yesterday when I read your post about Skip's mud run (phone weirdness?) but they are awesome! What is the deal with senior pictures anyway? Do American high schools not bring in the lifetouch photographer to take everyone's yearbook photo against some weird marbled background and then the yearbook committee chooses which one they are putting in from your proofs? No? Is Canada really this much weirder than everywhere else :D ?

    Analyzing my HR data over my last two runs where I had almost no piriformal or torn up foot pain versus when we were in Calgary and both were at their worst- wow pain effects my HR more than I thought. I ran the same route, ran it faster and my HR average was 30bpm lower today :/ . Learn something everyday!


    September 1- 23
    September 2- 60
    September 3- 30
    September 4- 20.6
    September 5- Off
    September 6- First Day of School
    September 7- 23.4
    September 8- 16
    September 9- 70
    September 10- 20.1
    September 11- 20.1
    September 12- 20.1
    September 13- Off
    September 14- 8
    September 15- Off
    September 16- 80.7
    September 17- 7.3
    September 18- 21.7
    September 19- 21.4
    September 20- 21.4
    September 21- 20.5

    484.3/600km
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
    edited September 2017
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    It's only been 1.5 days but I WANT TO RUN. Ugh. Lol. Sorry, just had to vent! But, I know you guys get it, lol. I figure tonight I'll get in the pool and swim some laps, that always kicks my butt b/c I hardly ever do it, lol. Then, another zumba class. The good news is that last night's zumba class didn't bother my knee at all. I'm hoping that's a good sign but who knows!

    I'm kinda odd in that I like all the pumpkin spice things, pumpkin bread, but I do NOT like pumpkin pie. Go figure, lol.

    @seanevan10 congrats on finishing C25k!!!

    @MobyCarp sooo happy to see you back running again!!!

    @JessicaMcB my high school in NY definitely had the LifeTouch photographer with the bizarro marbled backgrounds and the super awkward poses (seriously, who twists their head at that angle? lol) so it's not just you Canadians!

    My temps aren't nearly as bad as some of you, but OMG am I sick of seeing 80s in the forecast! I seriously hope that predicted drop in temps holds true for mid- to end- next week

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