October 2017 Running Challenge
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October 1 - 16 km
October 2 - 16 km
October 3 - 16 km
October 4 - 16 km
October 5 - 16 km
October 6 - 16 km
October 7 - rest day
October 8 - 21 km
October 9 - 16 km
October 10 - 16 km
October 11 - 16 km
October 12 - strength training/stairmarster
October 13 - 16 km
October 14 - strength training/stairmarster
October 15 - 18.5 km
October 16 - rest day
Total km - 199.5 km out of 350 km3 -
Oct goal 120 miles
Oct 1.......11 miles.......MTD 11
Oct 2.......11 miles.......MTD 22
Oct 3.....,,10 miles.......MTD 32
Oct 4........6 miles........MTD 38
Oct 5........0 miles........MTD 38.
Oct 6........5 miles........MTD 43
Oct 7........13.1 miles...MTD 56.1
Oct 8........11 miles......MTD 67.1
Oct 9.........3.1 ez m.....MTD 70.1
Oct 10.......5 miles........MTD 75.1
Oct 11 ......0 miles........MTD 75.1
Oct 12.......5.1 m..........MTD 80.2
Oct 13.......2 miles........MTD 82.2
Oct 14.......6 miles........MTD 88.2
Oct 15.......11 miles......MTD 99.2
Really felt good on my long run this morning even after running hard yesterday.
@skippygirlsmom Sounds like you all had an awesome visit to Shorter. I'm happy for you and your daughter.
Next race Nov 18 Turkey Trot HM in Pinehurst NC
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Wow, what a weekend! Seems like I missed a bunch..
Congrats to everyone who raced this weekend! I'm always envious of everyone who races because I wish I didn't have such crippling anxiety keeping me from running with a bunch of other people. On the bright side, my new medication seems to be making my moods a lot better & more stable and this morning I even made breakfast (waffles with warm cinnamon apples) for my boyfriend and my son. A couple weeks ago I wouldn't have had the energy to do that.
Yesterday I had to run on the treadmill because of all-day thunderstorms and flooding. Today I'm feeling my usual Sunday exhaustion so I don't know if I'll be able to run or not. I'm having some caffeine as we speak, hoping it'll perk me up so I can get in at least a couple of miles.
Oh, and my new Garmin strap arrived. I was surprised at how easy it was to replace. No more duct tape, yay!8 -
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
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.
So not sure what is up but I have lost all the data on the last 3 times I have run. Last time I had all this trouble I deleted all the apps, rebooted all the things and reinstalled. Going to try that again. I believe I ran between 11- 13 miles today, so recording it as 11. I checked my watch at 9.47 miles and at that point all looked good, and I know I was out for around 2 hours.... so, ah well, at least I got the run in! Beat the storm by 12 minutes too
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Second run of the day, but this time the sixteen year old didn't want to join me. My six year old did, but given the walking he was doing today, I said he could run around the block with me, which he was really happy to do. That was my warm-up, lol...and boy is he chatty when he's running!
So once I'd dropped him back off at home, it was time to put in some nice easy miles...four this time. Along the way, a kid asked if I would high-five him, so I stuck out my hand and we high-fived as I went by. He called out thank you, and said I was his hero, so I raised both arms and let out a loud WOO-HOO before carrying on.
Other than that, it was a nice easy run, but keeping the heart rate down was a challenge given the caffeine I've consumed today.
02 - 5.26
03 - 4.06
04 - 4.07
06 - 2.80
07 - 2.01
08 - 26.21
11 - 2.06
14 - 6.89
Total: 49.36 / 100 miles
The last time I passed some kids (waiting for the school bus) they shouted run, Forest, run! That movie came out wayyyy before their time!4 -
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
44.4/70 miles
I am over half way to my October goal! I think I didn't count my two Saturday 5k's when I figured out how much I would run this month.
It was a beautiful day for a run. It was a little windy, but I really couldn't have asked for better weather. Then when I got home my husband had some steaks out on the grill so I didn't have to cook today! Life is good!
@honunoi I'm so glad everything went well. Sounds like a huge success.
@skippygirlsmom Glad the college visit was good. This is such a fun time. I bet y'all both needed a good trip after the disastrous meet last week. My kid's senior years were when I really understood the meaning of "bittersweet". I know you are enjoying this time.
@pastorvincent I hate it when technology doesn't work the way it is supposed to.
Upcoming Races:
10/7/17: Old Rip 5K ✔ PR: 30:46; 1st in AG
10/14/17: Aim at Melanoma 5K (virtual)✔
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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
Total 22.9/55 km
Congrats to everyone who raced this weekend!
My new shoes felt great yesterday as my run felt nice and easy. So I think that's a win.
I noticed a farmer getting in the last of the harvest. Just another reminder that summer is over, as if the sub-zero (Celsius) morning temperatures weren't enough notice.
And today I went all out with my hair and changed the colour for fall.
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
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Good evening fellow runners. Checking in real quick before I get busy with my usual Sunday night prep work for the upcoming week. I hope you all had a fantastic weekend!
Goal: 135
Total: 63.8
10/01 – 10.4 miles
10/02 – 5.4 miles
10/03 – 6.5 miles
10/05 – 7.1 miles
10/06 – 7 miles
10/07 – 7.5 miles
10/13 – 7.1 miles
10/14 – 6.5 miles
10/15 – 6.3 miles
Upcoming races:
September 24 – Bachman Valley Half Marathon.
October 22 – Gettysburg Blue-Gray Half Marathon.
November 5 –Gettysburg Battleground Half Marathon.
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@sarahthes cool color!
@kgirlhart you are so right. I was sitting at the football game and I started to cry not because I'm sad but because I'm excited for her and this next step in her life. I'll miss her so much if she's so away to college, it's been just the 2 of us her whole life.4 -
October goal of 120 with a stretch of 150
Week 1: 31.6
Week 2: 43. (Mtd: 74.6)
Was able to able to get most of my scheduled runs in for the week except for a night run that became too dark. So that created an excuse to buy a new toy (Petzl headlamp) which came on Saturday.
Hope everyone has a fun upcoming week of running!6 -
unplanned rest day today. With in-laws over, I ended up entertaining them and looking after little man, while my wife went to a baby shower. Tomorrow is a rest day too, but that's OK with me. I'll run Tuesday and Wednesday, rest Thursday and probably do a VERY short, like 2 miler on Friday. Then comes Saturday. I'm trying VERY hard to not think about Saturday.6
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10/1 - 1 mile
10/2 - 3 miles
10/3 - 0.5 miles
10/4 - 2.1 miles
10/5 - 1 mile
10/6 - REST/STRENGTH
10/7 - 2.5 miles
10/8 - 4.25 miles
10/9 - 4 miles
10/10 - REST/STRENGTH
10/11 - 4 miles
10/12 - 3 miles
10/13 - 1 mile
10/14 - REST
10/15 - 6 Miles
32.4 miles/60 miles by Oct. 31
Over halfway there!
6 miles today! That's the most I've ever run in a single day in my life!!
I ran the first 5 miles today without any breaks at an avg. 11:49 min pace. I had never in my life ran 5 miles straight before.
Seven weeks ago, I was taking breaks every 1/3 mile.
I ran mile No. 6 tonight! I'm pretty pumped right now.
It's wonderful to have this community to share the news. Seeing all these amazing goals (100, 200+ miles) is inspiring.
Happy running!!20 -
@LaurenFOB2301 awesome running!0
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@LaurenFOB2301 fantastic congrats!0
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A couple of days behind in reporting! I was super busy at work on Friday so I got up and walked in the neighborhood for 45 min at 4:30 am. Saturday was my youth YMCA team's XC meet so I didn't have time to do my normal Saturday run, but ran about 1 mi chasing them to cheer them on. My team was awesome --out of 5 runners I had two 1st place and two 2nd place in their age groups and we got 2nd overall. My 8 year old son finished 3rd overall and 2nd in his age group (the overall winner was also from the 8-9 age group rather than the older kids!). This morning I ran 4 mi on trails with a bit of warm up and cool down walking. Afterwards did this really cool restorative yoga workshop with live digeridoo and other instrumentation. Hope to do my long run tomorrow since I am on vacation this week!
Day/Distance/Comments
10/1 5 mi (+ 1 mile walk) + serious stretch program (Gymnastic Bodies Front Split)
10/2 Water walking
10/3 3 mi + light yoga
10/4 Walking + yoga
10/5 3 mi + PT (scraping + treadmill + stretch + strength)
10/6 Walking + PT (stretching + scraping + ultrasound + H-wave)
10/7 4 mi (+ 1 mile walk) + yoga and PT moves
10/8 6 mi (+ 1 mile walk) + Gymnastic Bodies Front Split stretch routine + PT
10/9 3 mi slowish with youth XC team + 40 min water walking + PT
10/10 Walk for 45 min + PT moves
10/11 Walk for 45 min + a little PT
10/12 3.5 mi (+1 mi walk) + PT
10/13 Walk for 45 min
10/14 Ran about 1 mi plus some walking
10/15 Ran 4 mi + walked 1 mi + restorative yoga + PT
Goal: 75 mi
Total: 32.5 mi
To go: 42.5 mi7 -
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
October running total to date – 69.46
Nominal challenge goal: 100 miles
Real goals: Get healthy enough to run 5 days a week. Avoid re-injury. Build base.
Today's notes – I frequently find it hard to get started running on Sunday. Today I managed to hit the road at 4:45 PM. The season being what it is, I wore a reflective harness and had lights because I thought I might run until after it got dark enough to need them.
Just got out the door, and it started to sprinkle. No big deal. It turned into a light rain. That's cool. Just turn on my lights, because drivers won't expect to see an idiot out running in the rain.
The wind picked up, and the rain got heavier. Before I'd gone a mile, I was running in what passes for a thunderstorm in upstate New York. Oh, yeah. The little banner on TV told me we had a thunderstorm warning until 4:45, which was about when I started running.
I keep running. I will fear no blisters, for I am wearing Darn Tough wool socks and old, well fitting running shoes. The rain gets harder. Then the sleet starts hitting me. (Technically, given the temperature and weather conditions, it was probably hail; but it was small and felt like sleet.) Well. Hail is dangerous, and sleet is very uncomfortable. I turn around and head toward home, which puts the sleet at my back.
The original intention was to run 7 to 10 miles. If this doesn't let up, I won't even make it to 3 miles. But it lets up, and turns into a light rain that is fine for running. I'm not the only runner; I saw two other solo runners while running through the campus of RIT. Dither a bit about route and distance, reach a compromise of turning to stay close to home with the option to add more distance late. Listen to my ankle, and decide that the direct route home is most prudent. End up with 6.51 miles, which is only a little shorter than the short end of what I would have run in dry weather.
The funny motivational thing is, if it had been raining when it was time to go out, I might not have got myself to start running. But because I was already running when the rain started, it was pretty easy to keep going. I got wet, and I got a bit of water inside my hand held Nathan Zephyr Fire 100 light; but the light still works. I expect it will dry out, eventually.
In other news, my recovering ankle is enough better that I signed up for a race on October 29. Race 4 in the Pete Glavin XC series is the USATF Niagara region cross country championship, and my club will want to field teams in all the age groups. It's also a race in the USATF Niagara Runner of the Year series, not to be confused with the Rochester Runner of the Year series. I've already clinched my age group for RROY; but now I'm looking at the USATF Niagara ROY series.
I hadn't been paying attention to the USATF Niagara ROY series until I saw an email that said I was leading the masters men. So I went and looked up the rules, what races were in the series, and the detailed standing. It looks like no one else over the age of 40 was paying attention to that series either. Scoring for masters is by age grade placement. I have run 3 of the races, and if I run a 4th one and a couple of really good runners don't run 2 more, I could sneak in as the USATF Niagara Masters Men Runner of the Year. So I gave that a chance to happen, recognizing that if I do sneak in it will be because the guys who consistently age grade better than me didn't show up.
Still, I think it would be cool to win any sort of masters title when I'm beyond age 60. From my point of view, "masters" usually means young guys. Scoring by age grade gives me a chance, because I'm more competitive by age grade than by raw finish time.
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)
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Thank you @kgirlhart @garygse @Runningmischka for well wishes!
Unfortunately, today was not my day. This morning, I woke up to higher than normal temps as projected but noticed it felt more muggy out than I thought was forecasted. The fact that I didn't need a coat before a race in the middle of October in central Ohio is telling. I also started the day feeling a little under the weather, but bounced back okay after taking some medicine, as has been the case off and on the past few days. I was up and out the door by 5:20 and downtown and parked by 5:45. The running group I was meeting was supposed to leave for our meeting spot around 6, but we didn't end up leaving until almost 6:40 and I spent those extra minutes thinking of how I could have slept longer. I walked down, took care of gear check, spent some time waiting to go to the bathroom for the third or fourth time, met up with my step-sister and her friend near my corral and only had to wait about 5ish minutes in the corral before our corral started moving up and starting.
I crossed the start line at 7:43 and those first 2 miles were a little tough for me, as they usually are. However, I got into a groove and felt pretty good for about the first 10 miles. So good at times that I had to keep reminding myself that I was running a FULL marathon and needed to slow myself down. I should have realized that the sweat that was rapidly forming after the first mile was my first indication that things wouldn't exactly go my way. Around mile 10, it felt like a switch was flipped and all of a sudden, I felt awful. Like, sick awful. You know when you are sick and everything physically feels 10x harder? That was me at mile 10 with 16 more to go. I'm pretty positive I had a fever as I have a low-grade one now. I also started to feel the effects of some unevenness in my gait with my right knee, calf, and hip becoming tight. I let myself slide back to a more manageable pace that was slower than what I wanted my overall average to be but I had a little in the bank, so I thought I'd be okay. I battled with whether I should turn with the half marathoners at 12.5 miles, but I knew I would have been so disappointed if I didn't turn. I regretted that decision miles 13-18. At mile 13, I took the Tylenol I brought and I also started experiencing some cramping in my knee and calf. I did a LOT of walking miles during this time and even stopped at a medical station for about 60 seconds to see if they could take my temperature (they could but only had an oral thermometer and I had literally just downed some cold water, so I declined). There were several points before mile 18 that I came very close to deciding enough was enough, but I ended up seeing a familiar face from my running group and decided to keep going as he was having a hard time too and we were encouraging each other to keep going. We played leap frog for a little bit, but I started feeling better around mile 18 as the Tylenol finally started to kick in (and I'm sure all the walking helped a bit too). I practiced the miles around 16-18 many times as it's one of the tougher uphills of the race and I think that helped knowing that I was past that. I started running a little faster (relatively) and for longer stretches, but the cramps kept coming and I had to walk about ever 1/3-1/2 a mile but I was able to walk for shorter periods, mainly just until my muscles stopped seizing. The last 6-8 miles, I started getting very windy with 20mph winds and some spitting rain around mile 24. Also, the noticeable lack in aid stations the second half left me a little dehydrated, but I was happy to have my handheld water bottle with me, which I filled with a cup of water or gatorade each station. I knew that a PR was out the window after about mile 15, let alone the other goals that I had. After all the obstacles that I overcame during the race though, I am happy just to have finished. This was the first marathon that I truly didn't think I would finish. My official time is 4:56:36, so I was under 5 hours and about 7 minutes faster than my last marathon in Chicago around this time last year.
After talking with others afterward and seeing many other posts on Facebook and Strava, this was a horrible race day across the board. I found out after I was done that after a certain point, they started diverting runners that were still on the first half of the course to finish with the half marathoners. The next few days, I'm going to focus on recovery and healing. I'll then come up with a game plan of what I would like to do between now and the New York Marathon in a few weeks. The issues I had with my right leg tells me my focus needs to be on doing what I can in that short time to strengthen those muscles.
Thank you all for your support and for reading this whole thing if you've gotten this far
I think you guys are the only ones I know where I could post this and you'd care to read to the end, haha. 18 -
Today was shoulders & triceps for me. I swear I am regressing instead of improving on this body part. Hoping to get out tomorrow to hike & find fall colors. I'm having a small, minor, nothing procedure in the morning so no lifting for a few days.1
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@OSUbuckeye906 Oh man, I'm sorry your race didn't go as well as hoped. I can't imagine running with a fever!0
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@OSUbuckeye906 Sorry that you had such a tough race. You are a beast for finishing! Hope you get to feeling better soon!0
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