October 2017 Running Challenge

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  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,155 Member
    edited October 2017
    October goal: 70 miles

    10/1: 7.7 miles
    10/3: 3 miles (intervals)
    10/4: 3.1 miles
    10/5: 2.3 miles
    10/7: 3.1 miles (race)
    10/8: 5.7 miles
    10/10: 3.3 miles (intervals)
    10/11: 3.2 miles
    10/12: 2.7 miles
    10/14: 3.1 miles (virtual race)
    10/15: 7.2 miles
    10/17: 3.1 miles (intervals)
    10/18: 2.6 miles

    50.1/70 miles

    My run at lunch today was pretty good. The weather is really nice. I just wish I had more time at lunch to run. I could have waited until after work, but I have a lot going on and I just felt like I should get it done now.


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  • weat0043
    weat0043 Posts: 172 Member
    edited October 2017
    @BruinsGal_91 Exactly! haha
  • mustb60
    mustb60 Posts: 1,090 Member
    October Running Challenge
    Goal: 80 km
    Ran: 74.8/80 km

    18/10/17 Run 6 km
    16/10/17 Run 8 km
    14/10/17 Run 8 km
    12/10/17 Run 8 km
    10/10/17 Run 8 km
    9/10/17 Run 5.3 km
    8/10/17 Rest Day
    7/10/17 Rest Day walk 3 km
    6/10/17 Run 8.5 km
    5/10/17 Run 7 km
    4/10/17 Run 7 km
    3/10/17 Run 9 km
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    Remember those races where your GPS dropped out and left you short distance and stole a legit PR from you? There's a fix if you have a Garmin. All hail Garmin!!!

    "The app will automatically re-align to the nearest mile/kilometer marker" Here. Don't worry its just DCRainmaker's article explaining how to get it.

    DH okayed the 935. Now I just gotta get the "when", prob after we pay the brick guy. See, he just bought a new truck so I have a bit of leverage. ;)

    Hope this widget helps!
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    weat0043 wrote: »
    @PastorVincent & everyone else talking about measurement... The best is in Canada when you measure everything in a "mixture" ... Oh you're building a house...let's use Imperial but a Commercial Building we'll use Metric. Let's weigh everything but ourselves using grams/kilograms and then have to convert it because half the population still goes by Pounds... Did you need a gallon of paint or a 5L pail... -_- sorry I'm a little late to the conversation just thought I'd add my two cents.

    Oh and don't forget to add the half inch when Americans say that a meter is 39 inches! LOL! they're like "what????" I swear in school it's taught "just a little bit longer". My dad taught me a couple was three. I of course, never got that until I was in my 30's. Yet I digress... so easy to do.
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
    I think something went screwy yesterday because I didn't see @girlinahat post about anxiety/hyperventilation or the post above it by @Elise4270. I swear, those posts were not there! Anyway, I've only had a couple day time panic attacks but I get them at night when I'm falling asleep. But in general I just avoid things in life that would give me a panic attack. Like running with other people :-| I just skip events and make excuses and be a loner.
  • shrcpr
    shrcpr Posts: 885 Member
    So, thoughts on joining a pace group for my first HM? Do they help? How do they work? I got an email today with sign-ups for them and not sure if I should or not.

    @WandaVaughn, been wondering about you! Glad to hear you're on track for your race. Can't wait to hear how you do!
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    edited October 2017
    @shrcpr I ran with a pace group for my first HM and I highly recommend it. They obviously help with pacing, but they are also (if they are good) cheerleaders for the group. It's someone to talk to when you are struggling, again good ones give tips on the course and really help you out.

    @WandaVaughn I just noticed that the half is back to the first week of November and isn't the same weekend as our state meet anymore. If I realized it before I might have signed up.

    I was just talking to a friend who ran a 5K on Saturday, the awards stopped at 49 years old. It wasn't even like a 45 and UP age group, it was literally nothing after 49. She is 50 and when she looked at the results she would have been 2nd I think she said in her AG. She's never placed before and was so sad.
  • weat0043
    weat0043 Posts: 172 Member
    Oct. 18 - 3.5km
    MTD - 60.4km/100km
    Nice and easy walk/run today.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    shrcpr wrote: »
    So, thoughts on joining a pace group for my first HM? Do they help? How do they work? I got an email today with sign-ups for them and not sure if I should or not.

    I love pace groups. What has happened when I have been in bigger races is that like 5 or 10 people run with the pacer and it is like a running club. Everyone chats to pass the time and pacer keeps everyone focused on making the end. I think they are a HUGE help. IMO, YMMV, Objects In The Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear, and all that :)
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    10/01 - Rest
    10/02 - 10 miles Z2
    10/03 - 9 miles easy Z2 in the heat
    10/04 - Strength + 7 miles Z3/4
    10/05 - Strength + 6 miles Z2 in the rain
    10/06 - 11 Miles Z2
    10/07 - 16 Miles Z2
    10/08 - Rest
    10/09 - 9 Miles Z2
    10/10 - 10.5 miles Z2
    10/11 - Strength + 6.25 miles Z2
    10/12 - Strength + 7 Miles
    10/13 - 7 Miles
    10/14 - Stop Drop and Run Race - 4.5 mile
    10/15 - 11 miles
    10/16 - Rest
    10/17 - 7 Miles Easy
    10/18 - Strength + 7 miles

    Summer Goal: Get my marathon pace below 9 minutes.
    Official Marathon PR: 4:11:28

    Next Races (more as I find them):

    Thanksgiving morning - Turkey Trot - Double Gobbler! (5K + 5 miles)
    05/06/18 - Pittsburgh Marathon - aiming for sub four hours.
    05/12/18 - Glacier Ridge 50k Trail Ultra (or maybe 30K Still debating)

  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    @PastorVincent I see your race list. Go for 50k.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @PastorVincent I see your race list. Go for 50k.

    It is 6 days after the marathon, otherwise, I would not hesitate.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @PastorVincent I see your race list. Go for 50k.

    It is 6 days after the marathon, otherwise, I would not hesitate.

    yeah, noticed that after I posted. even 30k could be ambitious, just because you're aiming for a PR marathon. Looks good though. You faster people have me slightly jealous, going for sub-4 marathons and all
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @PastorVincent I see your race list. Go for 50k.

    It is 6 days after the marathon, otherwise, I would not hesitate.

    yeah, noticed that after I posted. even 30k could be ambitious, just because you're aiming for a PR marathon. Looks good though. You faster people have me slightly jealous, going for sub-4 marathons and all

    BTW found a powerline trail near buy I need to run down and check out. Should be past tic season now right?
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @PastorVincent I see your race list. Go for 50k.

    It is 6 days after the marathon, otherwise, I would not hesitate.

    yeah, noticed that after I posted. even 30k could be ambitious, just because you're aiming for a PR marathon. Looks good though. You faster people have me slightly jealous, going for sub-4 marathons and all

    BTW found a powerline trail near buy I need to run down and check out. Should be past tic season now right?

    Should be
  • Ray_Libby
    Ray_Libby Posts: 874 Member
    10/1 - 9.03 miles
    10/3 - 4.25 miles
    10/4 - 4.22 miles
    10/6 - 5.06 miles
    10/7 - 5.06 miles
    10/9 - 10.51 miles
    10/10 - 5.13 miles - temp was about 85 outside so the temps are heading downward at least from the 100's finally - makes for a more enjoyable run
    10/11 - 5.17 - slower pace than yesterday but was a lot hotter today but it was nice to get out and enjoy slower run
    10/12 - 4.01 miles - went for a bike ride also for about a half hour and then for a faster run - at least for me - trying to get back down in the 9 minute mile range - hit 9 and 1/2 minute today
    10/13 - 5.22 miles
    10/14 - 5.01 miles - right at 35 miles this week
    10/16 - 8.16 miles - wanted to run 11 miles today but the heat for some reason sapped me dry - I was hydrated and I prepared for my monday run like I always do but today it didn't work out as - some days you have those amazing runs and other days they are painfully frustrating so I walk a few miles of what I would have run.
    10/18 - 6.21 miles - a lot better run than Monday's and I took yesterday off to rest and to refocus on what I wanted to accomplish with my running. I hope to do my first race later this year - I work nights so it is a little difficult since I work weekends when most runs are and I don't have enough vacation to use to take time off. It is only for a season though as I will be retiring and going part time in about a year and a half. Like reading about the experiences many of you have in running races and in your training. I don't comment much directly as I am fairly new to the group.

    77.04/110
  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    edited October 2017
    10/1 - rest (walk)
    10/2 - rest (yoga)
    10/3 - 4.1km
    10/4 - cross training (workout dvd)
    10/5 - 4.8km + a really wimpy strength workout
    10/6 - rest
    10/7 - 4.0 km
    10/8 - cross training (walk)
    10/9 - yoga
    10/10 - 6.0 km
    10/11 - rest
    10/12 - 4.0 km
    10/13 - rest
    10/14 - 6.1 km
    10/15 - rest
    10/16 - rest
    10/17 - unplanned rest (weather apocalypse)
    10/18 - 5.1 km

    Total 28/55 km

    I knew there was bad weather forecast for yesterday. I figured I could beat it home and either run home or run right after work. So I brought my running clothes to work except I forgot my shirt.

    So hubby and I popped over to a local sports store on the way home - about 1km from work, I could just go from there even though it was raining pretty badly and the wind was getting more intense.

    Then it started to hail.

    I went today after work instead. Basically running on empty due to crappy sleep last night so of course Strava showed I had a ton of PR best efforts... I did cut it short by about 0.5km because I had nothing left in me, though.

    Hoping I can get in the rest of my planned runs this week and next. Being offset by a day may actually help with that as Saturday I've got a 90 minute drive followed by 8 hours on a conference room discussing the politics of chemistry (board of directors meeting for my professional association).

    And then Monday morning I fly out to Grande Prairie for the week. Will probably just stick to the treadmill in the hotel gym since I don't think running in the dark in a strange town would be terribly bright.

    Upcoming Races:
    9/24 Heartbeat Run 10K 1:24:44 (11.1km)
    1/1/18 Resolution Run 5K
    4/8/18 Jasper Half Marathon
    8/18/18 Edmonton Marathon 10K
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    October Running Totals (miles)
    10/1 – rest day
    10/2 – 5.07 easy
    10/3 – 5.05 easy
    10/4 – rest day
    10/5 – 6.01 easy
    10/6 – rest day
    10/7 – 10.09 paced run
    10/8 – 7.20 easy to MP
    10/9 – rest day
    10/10 – 6.09 mostly easy
    10/11 – 6.30 group run
    10/12 – 6.12 easy
    10/13 – rest day
    10/14 – 11.02 paced run
    10/15 – 6.51 rainy run
    10/16 – rest day
    10/17 – 6.02 easy plus intervals
    10/18 – 6.39 group run

    October running total to date – 81.87

    Nominal challenge goal: 100 miles

    Real goals: Get healthy enough to run 5 days a week. Avoid re-injury. Build base.

    Today's notes – 72º F (22º C) at 6 PM, with sunshine. This week, reflective gear and lights became mandatory for the Wednesday evening group run; we needed the lights later in the run. Some new faces who didn't want to run fast; so the leader took us on some trails to start out, when the light was still good. Then some roads, and when we headed back toward base the people who hadn't wanted to run an 8:00 pace decide to run 7:30 or faster. I almost dropped later on; but they slowed a little when the leader took them on a detour they didn't know.

    So the average pace was 8:36 per mile, but that doesn't tell the story. Mile splits were 8:36, 9:28, 8:44, 8:58, 8:36, 7:49, and a 7:02 pace for the tag end 0.39 mile. Garmin showed me running a 6:55 pace on the home stretch. Fortunately, that wasn't for a very long distance.

    Once again, my ankle was bothered more by running too slow on hard surfaces than by uneven surfaces or running faster than easy on hard surfaces. Don't know what to make of that; it felt like I was pounding the ankle harder holding a 9:00 pace than a 7:45 pace.

    2017 races:
    January 1, 2017 Freezeroo #2 (Resolution Run 7.5 mile) (Mendon, NY) Finished in 50:45
    January 7, 2017 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY) Finished in 1:32:40
    January 14, 2017 Freezeroo #3 (Pineway Ponds Park 5 mile) (Spencerport, NY) Finished in 33:42
    January 28, 2017 Freezeroo #4 (Hearnish 5 mile) (Victor, NY) short course, finished 4.88 miles in 32:50
    February 4, 2017 USATF Cross Country National Championship Masters 8K (Bend, OR) Finished in 35:39, team won the 60+ Men's cross country championship
    February 11, 2017 Freezeroo #5 (Valentines Run "In Memory of Tom Brannon" 8 Mile) (Greece, NY) sat out due to training schedule
    February 25, 2017 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY) short course, finished 4.34 miles in 27:51
    March 11, 2017 Johnny's Runnin' of the Green 5 mile (Rochester, NY) finished in 33:25
    March 18, 2017 USATF Masters 8K Championship (Shamrock 8K, Virginia Beach, VA) finished in 30:59, PR for 8K
    April 17, 2017 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA) finished in 3:49:42
    April 30, 2017 USATF Masters 10K Championship (James Joyce Ramble, Dedham, MA) finished in 39:54, PR for 10K
    May 21, 2017 Lilac Run 10K (Rochester, NY) finished in 40:04
    May 27, 2017 Canandaigua Classic Half Marathon (Canandaigua, NY) finished in 1:33:06
    June 9, 2017 Charlie McMullen Mile (Fairport, NY) finished in 5:44.90, PR for mile
    June 18, 2017 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY) finished in 19:32
    July 4, 2017 Firecracker Four Mile (Fairport, NY) finished in 25:42
    July 15, 2017 Shoreline Half Marathon [1:40 pacer] (Hamlin, NY) finished in 1:39:05
    July 28, 2017 Karknocker 5K (East Rochester, NY) finished in 19:28
    August 9, 2017 Pound the Ground 10K (Mendon, NY) finished in 41:26
    August 12, 2017 Bergen Road Race 5K (Bergen, NY) finished in 19:47
    August 25, 2017 USATF Masters Mile (Hap Crim Michigan Mile, Flint, MI) DNS - injury
    September 3, 2017 Oak Tree Half Marathon (Geneseo, NY) DNS - injury
    September 17, 2017 MVP Rochester Marathon (Rochester, NY) DNS - injury
    October 29, 2017 Pete Glavin XC Race 4 6K (Brighton, NY)
    November 23, 2017 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY)

    2018 races:
    January 6, 2018 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY)
    April 16, 2018 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)
  • JessicaMcB
    JessicaMcB Posts: 1,503 Member
    @PastorVincent if you fly a power line descent fast enough I'm sure the tics won't be able to pace you :D
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    JessicaMcB wrote: »
    @PastorVincent if you fly a power line descent fast enough I'm sure the tics won't be able to pace you :D

    I am like a tick magnet... could hit the woods with a group of six people and I would have all the tics on me and everyone else would be clear. #Grrr
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    10/1 - Rest
    10/2 - Rest
    10/3 - 5 miles treadmill before weight lifting
    10/4 - 8.15 miles
    10/5 - 5 miles treadmill. Worst workout ever with serious BG problems. So bad that I skipped weight lifting afterwards.
    10/6 - Rest
    10/7 - 1.4 miles. Was supposed to be 12 miles, but it was raining and I had some GI issues. Ugh.
    10/8 - 4.72 miles. Was harder than it should have been.
    10/9 - Rest
    10/10 - Figured out why I've been having GI/stomach issues/pain and difficulty breathing. Gall stones. Skipped run to try to flush gall stones.
    10/11 - 5.04 miles - was supposed to be race pace. Some gall stones were flushed, but still having abdomen issues. Still, this went pretty well and was almost to race pace. Going to do the home flush again on 10/13 to get rid of any remaining gall stones.
    10/12 - 5.53 miles. Went well, but will still do another gall bladder flush.
    10/13 - Rest / 2nd gall bladder flush
    10/14 - Rest
    10/15 - 12 miles
    10/16 - Rest
    10/17 - 5.58 miles
    10/18 - 4.60 miles

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    Upcoming Races:
    10/21/17 - Oregon Trail Run marathon (First marathon... goal 4:10)
  • Ryokat
    Ryokat Posts: 168 Member
    October 17th - off
    October 18th - 4.13 miles

    October total 51.71/75 miles

    Second run in the new Mizunos, no issues. :)

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  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    OSUbuckeye906 wrote: »
    @PastorVincent Interesting dew point chart. I knew the dew point was high yesterday, but I just checked what the actual was and it was 65-67 the whole race. No wonder everybody was miserable.

    If you want the longer explanation: https://www.runnersworld.com/race-training/training-in-the-heat

    Stumbled on that years ago, and so far, in my experience, it has proven correct.

    @PastorVincent

    "It's generally recognized that for every 10-degree increase in air temperature above 55 degrees, there's a 1.5 percent to 3 percent increase in average finishing time for a marathon. (Translation: An extra 3 to 6 minutes for a 3:30 marathon with every 10-degree increase.) "

    Oh, really? What's that in 99% of the world's measurements? :smile:

    There are countries that use metric... and then there are world leaders who put a man on the moon, have visited every major planet in the solar system, and land rockets on moving platforms at sea, not to mention populating mars with robots... :tongue: :tongue: :tongue:

    I hate to tell you but NASA have been using the metric system for years. :smile:
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    girlinahat wrote: »
    Thank you @Orphia for your kind words. I was beginning to wonder what my place here was as I had no other response to my sad faced post. I guess people skip past the things they don’t want to read, and only physical running injuries they can understand get a mention.

    I’d be very keen to understand more how breathing works and how NOT breathing causes issues. If anyone had any insight that would be great.

    With me, if I think about my breathing, it makes it worse. My worst anxiety attacks have been like that. I have a friend who had the same thing happen to her during parkrun, and I stopped to help her, and saw how it looks.

    I don't do meditation. Running is my "meditation". Focusing on my breathing freaks me out. I just try to think happy thoughts when running.

    Hugs.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    Went for a walk to test my post-race niggles (have had a sore right hip and hamstring since Monday), and the walk turned into a run.

    It was rainy and humid this morning and I overdressed so I just ran 3 km so as not to overheat when I'm not conditioned for it.

    All went well! Felt good to run after being a slug for 4 days. :smile:

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