October 2017 Running Challenge
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@rodmelching We can't kick anyone out of "The Running Club" for not making their estimated mile/Km goals.
If we did there would be nobody left here to harass
support each other.
@lporter229 200 Mile Bourbon Trail - Mental image of a relay exchange at the Distilleries - with a shot for each athlete. Running in the dark = pristine view of 4-15 meters depending on your Headlight Battery
@MNLittleFinn That is a perfect description of why I like TrailsMNLittleFinn wrote: »This hasn't seemed like a real training cycle... I think a lot of that is that trail is a lot more relaxing than road for me.
@MsArriabella Welcome to the Group - Have fun and laugh at some of our foolish antics.
@navygrrl Sorry to hear about the ankle, follow the Doctors/PT instructions and you will be back here. As MobyCarp and Orphia said there is not a runner in here who hasn't had an injury to overcome.
Mine was a little over 4 years ago on Remembrance day I suffered a Left Knee Meniscus Tear while walking down a flight of stairs in my house to get my Tie for the Service. May have been running related, swimming related or just a coincidental back step.
Now about the Marathon Runner in Slovakia who had it " All Hanging Out " That's why I wear Saxx 7" inseam Compression undergarment and Running shorts - no accidental displays.
I would think there would have been some Chaffing or Compression Discomfort that should have immediately ( Painfully ) registered.3 -
9 km up Pats Creek, was a small group of 6. Ran with Steve who is a soccer player = darn good shape, so I had to work hard to stay with him. Was a brilliant day 20C and sunny.
10/01 7.2 km – 142.8 km - MTD 07.2 km – YTD 1138.87 km
10/04 9.0 km – 133.8 km - MTD 16.2 km – YTD 1147.87 km4 -
@WhatMeRunning you are brave my friend. The idea of barefoot (or sockfoot ) running makes me cringe. I would destroy myself on trail!
@navygrrl I am so sorry about the break! Thinking healing thoughts for you
@MNLittleFinn no knee weirdness for you!!!
@juliet3455 Sounds like a good run! Soccer players are wicked fast
I wasn't able to leave to run at 3 this morning because my oldest girl very suddenly came down with a barking cough and a fever that doesn't want to shift out of the 40-40.4 range. So instead I spent a long day bringing the girls to the doctor and the pharmacy and trying to manage a super miserable sick kid and two wild younger children who are forever trying to steal her juice box -_- . Jesus be azithromycin!
Only had time to bang out a quickie 15 once Ben got home. It was beautiful though and I got to take a rip with my favorite white tailed compatriots
October 1- 28+7
October 2- 18
October 3- 20
October 4- 15
88/450km
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October 1 - 16 km
October 2 - 16 km
October 3 - 16 km
October 4 - 16 km
October 5 - 16 km
Total km - 80 km out of 350 km4 -
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@seanevan10 You're in Irving? I had no idea you lived that nearby...I'm just up the 121 in The Colony.
@7lenny7 I just watched the video, and was in tears watching that! This is why I'm not an advocate of short shorts while running, lol.
@navygrrl Sorry to hear about your ankle. As @skippygirlsmom said, you should definitely still hang out here; others have done so before during various injuries. Wishing you all the best on a speedy recovery.
Tonight was an easy four miles, and then packing for the flight to Long Beach tomorrow for Sunday's marathon. Don't know how much I'll post from my phone, so just in case, I'm looking at doing three miles tomorrow in Long Beach, rest on Friday and meet up with some old friends, and then two miles on Saturday after meeting with another friend in Santa Monica. All in all, I think I'm just about ready for this!
02 - 5.26
03 - 4.06
04 - 4.07
Total: 9.39 / 100 miles
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10/1 - rest (walk)
10/2 - rest (yoga)
10/3 - 4.1km
10/4 - cross training (workout dvd)
Total 4.1/55 km
Today was way less stressful than yesterday for all that I brought home 2 extra hours worth of work and there is plenty more where that came from--reviewing move validations so we can start bringing tests back online post-move while simultaneously preparing for on-site support for an audit at one of our satellite labs up north. Uncle-in-law made it thru the night last night with no breathing episodes, although he did yank out his feeding tube. So today physio started teaching him to swallow again. Not out of the woods yet but he's stubborn and ornery and we are more hopeful than we were.
Looking forward to running home from work tomorrow. It's supposed to be lovely.
Upcoming Races:
9/24 Heartbeat Run 10K 1:24:44 (11.1km)
1/1/18 Resolution Run 5K
8/18/18 Edmonton Marathon 10K
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I haven't been exercising very long, but I looooove this idea. I'm just starting C25K so this will be a challenging, but fun. I'll start with 15 miles since I'm jumping in late. Who knows, maybe I'll exceed that. ☺9
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Well I just got the call and my ankle is officially broken. I'm waiting to hear from the orthopedist about next steps.
I'm so upset. I was just getting to know all of you in this group, and y'all were getting me even more excited about running. I had signed up for the dark side half marathon in April.
The worst part is that I broke it by walking to the parking lot. I didn't even trip. Ugh. Sorry for the whining.
Good luck to all of you in your goals for October. I'm coming back eventually.
Honestly I think it's actually better that you fractured a bone rather than tearing a ligament or a tendon. A bone can heal and be 100% as strong as it was before the fracture whereas though ligaments and tendons can heal, they will never be 100%. So you can take comfort in that.5 -
7.3 miles for me tonight. I meant to go 10 to 12...the first 6 with Kody, the rest on my own. During the run with Kody I decided to stop when I brought him home since I had so much to do at home before bed. Also, my toe hurt.
This morning in my rush to work, I was running down the stairs in my socks. At the end my small toe caught a shoe laying there, curled under, then I put my full weight on it. It hurt like a mother kitten at the time but in my haste to get out the door, I didn't give myself anytime to worry about it. It was such a nonevent I didn't even mention it in my earlier post today.
I finally saw it while putting on my running socks. It was a deep, dark bruise (and I rarely bruise). Still very tender but I decided it still wasn't a big deal and ran anyway. By the time I took my socks off at the end of the run, it had turned so red I thought it was bleeding, and had a fair amount of swelling.
I think it's just a bad sprain but I'm not going to let it slow me down. Planned rest day tomorrow then 6 to 9 miles Friday. For now I'm applying beer to it (internally).
October Progress:
19.4 out of 110 miles
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October Goal: get thru the Aim At Melanoma run without losing it.....
10/1 rest
10/2 4.20
10/3 4.10
10/4 5.30
Total: 13.60
@navygrrl I like @7lenny7 's suggestion of internal lubrication of that injury! (within moderation, of course....)
Ticker is my goal for 2017 and progress to date:
Upcoming races:
AIM at Melanoma 5k 10/14/17
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New to this challenge. Going with a pretty high goal for me, as I'm training for a half in November.
Upcoming Race:
11/12 Amherst Half6 -
File under running related injuries I never expected to get... I bashed up my THUMB really good. It got caught in the security gate on the way back in from my run yesterday morning. OUCH. Nice blackened thumbnail to match all the toenails that runners get I guess! I do not think it is broken, but still hurts pretty good this morning! Yay!
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at least we have internet back!!!
Only managed one run so far this month, 3.2miles. I love running in the dark in the mornings. Actually, I PREFER running in the dark. Ahead of me yesterday was a guy with a bright headtorch AND a red flashing light on his backpack to the rear, and I found myself hoping desperately that he wasn't going my route because I wanted to run with the smatterings of morning dawn only. Thankfully he went elsewhere.
So far so good on the not-drinking-in-October thing. It has only been five days mind.......
I didn't make it to a run this morning, but that's less an issue as I'm running with the club tonight on the 'full of stinging nettles and exceptional slurry' run. I'm now having issues with waking up in the morning to run, so have ordered a 'sunrise' alarm clock that gently turns a light on to simulate sunrise a half hour before you are due to wake. Does anyone have any experience of this? I imagine that what will happen is that I wake up half an hour early as soon as it starts, and then get used to it and sleep through the whole thing.
sorry about your injury @navygrrl but as others have said - a break tends to heal better than a tissue tear!!! Stay with us and watch the banter, but maybe steer clear of the doughnuts or hotdogs.....1 -
girlinahat wrote: »
sorry about your injury @navygrrl but as others have said - a break tends to heal better than a tissue tear!!! Stay with us and watch the banter, but maybe steer clear of the doughnuts or hotdogs.....
Phew, thought you were going to say stay clear of the Eggnog too!
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Thanks all for the birthday wishes, it was a good day.
Yesterday did strength training but I have never been good about warming up so I am working on learning this warm-up -- https://youngernextyear.com/pdfs/tty-cheat-sheet.pdf .
It takes me over 30 minutes just to do that .. so I feel like I don't have much time to actually lift! But, I will get faster and then I will try to add it prior to all exercising.
Those of you who know me probably know I'm obsessed with the Younger Next Year series of books. They have worked for me!
Got a lecture from trainer yesterday about the importance of rest days. He said don't think of them as "rest days" think of them as "active recovery days" ... that's the only time your muscles really grow. Yeah, I know that... but I don't wanna.
Anyway, set out to do my usual 5 this morning and it was sprinkling - yay! It felt so great because it wasn't hot! But I checked weather app and saw there were thunderstorms possible so I just kept looping close to home. Then around mile 3 I thought, nah, they are wrong... leave this little circle. Yep, here it comes in buckets and that was okay, but I saw lightening so turned around and went back for 3.5. For some reason I always feel like it wasn't a good run unless I can do 4-5 but today I felt really good about it. 3.5 was good!
10/1 - 33 miles cycling; 1 mile run
10/2 - rest day
10/3 - 5.6 miles - birthday run!
10/4 - strength training
10/5 - 3.5 -- cut short by rain.
AIM at Melanoma 5k -- virtual participant - 10/14/17
I/ITSEC 5K in Orlando - 11/29/17
Daytona Beach HM - 2/4/196 -
October Running Challenge
Goal: 80 km
Ran: 23/80 km
5/10/17 Run 7 km
4/10/17 Run 7 km
3/10/17 Run 9 km3 -
10/1-6.2 miles 1270 Feet Elevation
10/2- REST
10/3- 9
10/4- 7
1//5- 9
Total Miles: 31.2
Total Elevation: 1270
October goal: Survive 100k training taper and Wild Duluth 100k
Nominal Mileage goal: 100 miles.
Elevation goal: 15000ft
Today's notes: I've been tired this week, so I decided to kale my week day runs all road. It's nice being able to take a HOT shower when I'm done (when I run trail and have to shower at work, it's a cold shower...bbbrrr) Woke up and got in 9 miles today at an average pace of 9:06 and average HR of 151, with 80% of the run in z1 and z2. Finally got to where I enjoyed road running this morning.... Getting the speed this morning felt great.
Tomorrow is another 6, probably on road, then Sat and Sun are going to be 15-20 and 8-10 respectively, on trail. This is my last "big" training week before taper and Wild Duluth. I can't believe how close it is now!
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 6:24:36
10/21 Wild Duluth 100k
11/23- TBD 5k Turkey5 -
Well I just got the call and my ankle is officially broken. I'm waiting to hear from the orthopedist about next steps.
I'm so upset. I was just getting to know all of you in this group, and y'all were getting me even more excited about running. I had signed up for the dark side half marathon in April.
The worst part is that I broke it by walking to the parking lot. I didn't even trip. Ugh. Sorry for the whining.
Good luck to all of you in your goals for October. I'm coming back eventually.
@navygrrl Oh, no, I'm so sorry you broke your ankle.
I'm sure you feel like wallowing in self pity as I would. I hope you can find some comfort in coming back to update us. Throughout these threads along with the highs of achieving goals are many battles with injuries. I don't think there's a runner in here who hasn't had an injury to overcome.
I'm in bed with a bad back at the moment and haven't run for 5 days but I've been reading this thread and running media to get better at running mentally.
Injuries *kitten* suck, though.
It's all part of what makes running such a temperamental but beloved mistress.
@orphia - oh no! Hope you're soon back on your feet and running again.
and injuries that prevent us from running but weren't actually caused by running are the absolute worst. I was once sidelined for months because I slipped on some black ice while walking to my car. If I'd gone for a run instead, it probably wouldn't have happened.2
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