October 2017 Running Challenge

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  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    edited October 2017
    10/01 - REST
    10/02 - 4m
    10/03 - CROSS // 20 mins mat pilates + walk
    10/04 - 4m
    10/05 - REST
    10/06 - CROSS // 60 mins Bodypump + 5 minute treadmill run
    10/07 - REST
    10/08 - 3.2
    10/09 - 4
    10/10 - CROSS // 20 minutes core/stretching work
    10/11 - 4
    10/12 - REST
    10/13 - CROSS // 30 mins TRX / 20 mins CXWORKS / .3 mile jog with dog
    10/14 - 6
    10/15 - REST
    10/16 - 4.5
    10/17 - 2.2
    10/18 - 4.5
    10/19 - REST
    10/20 - CROSS //30 mins BODYPUMP / 30 mins CXWORKS / 15 mins treadmill
    10/21 - 7
    10/22 - REST
    10/23 - 1
    10/24 - 1.5

    Goal: 50
    MTD: 42.9

    Upcoming Races
    10/08 - (5k) Run the Rocks
    10/29 - (10k) Kooky Spooky
    11/18 - (10k) Turkey Trek
    12/09 - (HM) Fa La La Half Marathon

    After compression and ice and mostly rest yesterday, I took the niggly calf for a light run this morning. It was "ok," but I think I'm going to not run until the race on Sunday. At most a super light and short run on Friday AM is the most I'll do.

    Now I feel like climbing up the walls since I can't/shouldn't/won't run. :(

    I had to elongate my HM training schedule anyway, so worst case, I skip this race altogether to heal, but that would bum me out because honestly the Halloween-themed medal is super on point (and also my birthday is Halloween so this one was kind of extra special). I have another 10k mid-November as part of the plan, so it's not like I'd be ill-equipped for the HM...I just really REALLY want to race this weekend. OTOH--screwing up the work I've put in for the HM just for a clever medal is rather silly when you think about it.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    JessicaMcB wrote: »
    Did you find that people stopped for long at the Aide Stations at Duluth? Were they hella cool? I meant to ask you that the other day! LSU100 plays up their Aide as a selling point and I think that is super cool but I also spent all of maybe 1 minute all in at Aide for all of Whistler.
    It was kind kind of a party attitude at the turn around. I think most people spent maybe 2-3 minutes per aide station and that was it, depending on if Drop bags were there. I was at the turn around for like 5-10 minutes because I was bonked and needed food. It's different for most runners, we tend to just have fun and make the race secondary as long as we finish. I'm pretty sure if I was a fast runner it would be different. I know I'm back of the pack, so I don't sweat it unless I have a cut off to make.
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
    @JessicaMcB My back is better - still not perfect.
    Got a short - slooow 3k in yesterday on a perfectly flat trail as a test - a few little twinges near the end but nothing big. Feels okay this morning. Will see how it handles Adult Swim Club tonight.

    This Saturday is our end of year 7 Peaks Challenge in PR.
    Not a sanctioned - formal race - no bibs, no clock, no official route ~35km and 7 hills ~1.2k of vertical - hate the thought of taping out ( DNS ) so it will be a roll out of bed call.
    Especially since my truck is the Cookie Truck/Aid Station at the bottom of Hill 3 & 4 which are on opposite sides of a creek this way you go by it twice. Hill 3 is the easiest and Hill 4 is the hardest.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    JessicaMcB wrote: »
    Did you find that people stopped for long at the Aide Stations at Duluth? Were they hella cool? I meant to ask you that the other day! LSU100 plays up their Aide as a selling point and I think that is super cool but I also spent all of maybe 1 minute all in at Aide for all of Whistler.
    It was kind kind of a party attitude at the turn around. I think most people spent maybe 2-3 minutes per aide station and that was it, depending on if Drop bags were there. I was at the turn around for like 5-10 minutes because I was bonked and needed food. It's different for most runners, we tend to just have fun and make the race secondary as long as we finish. I'm pretty sure if I was a fast runner it would be different. I know I'm back of the pack, so I don't sweat it unless I have a cut off to make.

    Did you run alone? Seems like a run like this would be good to have a partner.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    edited October 2017
    10/1 – 6 miles
    10/2 – rest day
    10/3 – 8 miles
    10/4 - 5 miles
    10/5 - 10 miles
    10/6 - 5 miles
    10/7 - rest day
    10/8 - rest day
    10/9 - 6 miles
    10/10 - 7 miles
    10/11 – rest day
    10/12 – 6 miles
    10/13 - unscheduled rest day
    10/14 - college visit with Skip
    10/15 - 3.1 miles for AIM
    10/16 - 6 miles
    10/17 - rest day - meet day so technically I ran 4 miles ha ha
    10/18 - 7 miles
    10/19 - 5 miles
    10/20 - rest day
    10/21 - 7 miles
    10/22 - life day too much going on
    10/23 - 5 miles
    10/24 – 7 miles

    93 of 100 miles

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    @garygse Since Skip is an only child I think she knows I’m the only ally she has ha ha
    @PastorVincent if you started to pace with me and said do you mind if I run with you a bit, I would be fine. If you just started to pace next to me with no other interaction I would ask you what you want. Whizzing passed me with a good day would be fine with me, if you have a nice *kitten* you get extra points for being in front of me.
    @zdyb23456 I agree with @garygse I wait until people are there. I find it EXTREMELY rude when people RSVP and then don’t show up.
    @HonuNui beautiful trail. Love the turtle
    @MNLittleFinn I think you should try to get in the Barkley Marathon – the Marathon that eats its young. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkley_Marathons
    @JessicaMcB $300 that’s just painful!

    Edited because well the paragraph made no sense ha ha
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    @PastorVincent if you started to pace with me and said do you mind if I run with you a bit, I would be fine. If you just started to pace next me with me no other interaction I would ask you want you want. Whizzing passed me with a good day would be fine with me, if you have a nice *kitten* you get extra points for being in front of me.

    HA! You would have to ask my wife about that, I really do not look at my "kitten" often. ;)


  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    @PastorVincent if you started to pace with me and said do you mind if I run with you a bit, I would be fine. If you just started to pace next me with me no other interaction I would ask you want you want. Whizzing passed me with a good day would be fine with me, if you have a nice *kitten* you get extra points for being in front of me.

    HA! You would have to ask my wife about that, I really do not look at my "kitten" often. ;)


    Ha ha! @PastorVincent

    OMG I just realized my paragraph was barely English, glad you understood what I was saying ha ha I guess I can't multi task today, listening to a call and typing.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    @7lenny7 That's pretty much my plan. Rest of This week is pretty much total rest. I'll get into some running next week, depending on how I feel, then start building into Zumbro training..... really thinking about going for the century.
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @7lenny7 That's pretty much my plan. Rest of This week is pretty much total rest. I'll get into some running next week, depending on how I feel, then start building into Zumbro training..... really thinking about going for the century.

    Might as well, what's another 38 miles?
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
    Behind on the thread but I've scanned. I generally avoid people while running, but I like @skippygirlsmom 's idea of falling in behind somebody with a nice butt :-D I'll change my route for sure just to avoid people. I get annoyed when I go down our little trail and there's too many people. Speaking of which, Friday there was an old guy teaching his grandson about fishing and I swear that dude looked right at me coming toward him and cast his fishing line anyway. LOL I've had this happen several times with the fishermen.

    Sunday I did walk .5 mi, run 3, walk .5 (but of course I take walk breaks in the run part too). Then yesterday I had to work until 10pm so no running. And my butt hurt all day and it hurts today. Right in the center of my left butt cheek. Definitely need to do more stretching and rolling. Sigh. Why can't my body just love me back for exercising?

    Really hope to get my run tonight but I am also super busy tonight cooking for 50 people. So goes my life.....
  • RunRachelleRun
    RunRachelleRun Posts: 1,854 Member
    Happy belated birthday @cameronheel ! That is an awesome transformation. Congratulations!
  • RunRachelleRun
    RunRachelleRun Posts: 1,854 Member
    greenolivetree wrote: »
    Sigh. Why can't my body just love me back for exercising?

    Exactly! I often feel this way. And gosh, that's a lot of people to cook for. Good luck!
  • shrcpr
    shrcpr Posts: 885 Member
    Congratulations, @eponine1984, for finishing the C25k program and getting in 3.6!

    Nice 3.3 miles for me this morning.

    Well, my monthly goal has been blown to smithereens by this piriformis issue. I have a whopping 39 miles out of a scheduled 115. :neutral:
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @7lenny7 That's pretty much my plan. Rest of This week is pretty much total rest. I'll get into some running next week, depending on how I feel, then start building into Zumbro training..... really thinking about going for the century.

    Might as well, what's another 38 miles?

    LOL. I guess that's one way to look at it. Part of me says I already have done longer than a 50, so why not go for the 100 at Zumbro? Superior 50 is the one I really want to hit for that distance, it's almost in my back yard. I'd go for the century on that, but it starts the friday of the first week of school, and teacher probably shouldn't miss that day.....
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    cameronheel wrote: »
    I turned 51 yesterday and my health and fitness are night and day from when I hit 50. I was a 225 lb couch potato with a BMI of 35 and now I am 155 lbs with a BMI of 23 and will be running a half marathon in less than a month. And a lot of the best advice and inspiration I have found right here on the monthly challenge thread. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who contributes to the thread.

    Happy birthday and congrats on your major health accomplishment there!!
  • ariceroni
    ariceroni Posts: 422 Member
    October Running:
    10/03: 4.03 miles (1E/2MP/1E)
    10/05: 3.01 mile easy run
    10/07: 2.01 mile easy run
    10/08: Chicago Marathon (26.54 miles)!!!!!
    10/10: 2.01 mile easy run
    10/11: 3.08 mile easy run
    10/13: 3.03 mile easy run
    10/15: 4.08 mile easy run
    10/16: 3.07 mile easy run + 35 min biking
    10/17: 6.04 miles- 10x400m@5K pace
    10/18: 40 min biking
    10/19: 5.03 mile onion run
    10/20: 10.03 mile long run
    10/21: 11.4 miles backpacking
    10/22: 10.9 miles backpacking
    10/23: 4.13 mile easy run + 30 min biking
    Total: 76.09 miles

    Notes:
    Managed to fit in a 4.13 mile easy run (9:22 pace) between downpours yesterday! Then followed it up by 30 minutes on the spin bike to keep the HR up a bit longer. My boyfriend is starting to show interest in running, and has managed to work his way up to 3 miles over the past few weeks. I'm really excited about it and hope that pretty soon we could do a few runs together! He even registered for the Excalibur 10 miler in march so that should give him some motivation to keep training. Though he seems to think that by march he will be fast enough to run the race with me, so that will give me a little extra incentive to train hard :wink: Today is our five year anniversary so I've decided to postpone today's run until tomorrow, that way we can spend more time together. Only problem is I'll also have to push thursday's tempo run back to friday so that I don't have two hard runs back to back. Track Wednesday and Tempo Friday just don't have the same ring to them though... The things we do for love!

    @7lenny7 I've thought about working up to fast packing and giving it a shot for shorter/weekend trips. One of the things I like about backpacking though is going nice and slow and really enjoying the scenery! I'm afraid I'd spend too much time looking at my feet running haha but then again I also have almost no experience running on trails. We did meet a couple thru-hiking the IAT while we were out there this weekend, which was pretty cool! I wasn't sure if people were attempting thru hikes yet since it isn't complete, but they said the road walking wasn't too bad! It's a beautiful trail but I think I'd wait til it is finished though haha. I do have a pair of trail runners that I often use while backpacking, especially in summer/fall. The hiking boots I reserve mainly in colder weather, or in this case I opted to wear them since we were expecting heavy rain and muddy conditions (they are waterproof and my feet stayed completely dry despite 4+ hours in the rain). It does seem to be a very polarizing question in the backpacking community :wink:
    @MNLittleFinn I know I am a little late, but congratulations!! Amazing accomplishment on finishing :smile:
    @cameronheel Wow what amazing transformation over the past year! Such a testament to your resolve and perserverence.

    Upcoming Races:
    Chicago Marathon - 10/08/17 Finished in 3:54:35!!!
    Space Coast Half Marathon - 11/26/17
    Jingle Bell Run 5K - 12/09/17
    Excalibur 10 Miler - 03/18/18
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
    @RunRachelleRun I've cooked (or rather "prepared") for 50 once a week for over 3 years so I'm pretty used to it. But depending on what it is I'm serving there is more or less time involved. This week is one of the more time-involved meals.

    @shrcpr Sorry about the piriformis. I'm hoping my butt pain this week doesn't turn into a major ordeal again.
  • JessicaMcB
    JessicaMcB Posts: 1,503 Member
    @7lenny7 thats a good point re: elites. I know there are at least three male elites in our province who are pretty insistent they run continous distance on 100 mile ultras and have times that would wash with that, but they are probably the exception rather than the rule even for their mythic people :D
  • dudasd1973
    dudasd1973 Posts: 275 Member
    edited October 2017
    I faced a similar dilemma on my run Saturday. Cute girl with a pace near mine. Thought about pacing with her but ended up picking it up and blowing past as to not be creepy. I slowed down once I got a comfortable distance ahead. We were roughly the same pace(she was a little slower, but more where I probably should have been. Guessing she was holding close to a 10:00/mi) but I just felt like a creeper coming up on her and asking if I could run with her. Such is the dilemma of being a guy at times.
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    edited October 2017
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    LOL. I guess that's one way to look at it. Part of me says I already have done longer than a 50, so why not go for the 100 at Zumbro? Superior 50 is the one I really want to hit for that distance, it's almost in my back yard. I'd go for the century on that, but it starts the friday of the first week of school, and teacher probably shouldn't miss that day.....

    One thing I've seen at a couple of races that I wish more would do is that if you pick the longer distance but DNF, you still get credit if you complete the shorter distance. So if you pick the 100 mile, but only go 52 miles, then you officially finish the 50 mile race with whatever time you had at 50 miles. I've only seen that at the three loop Psycho Wyco (10M/20M/50K) and just 2 miles from my house, the three loop Surf the Murph (25K/50K/50M)

    @ariceroni your reason for backpacking vs. fastpacking makes excellent sense! I forget how much you DON'T see when you run a trail. Your footwear choice also makes sense, given the conditions.
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    RunRachelleRun wrote: »
    greenolivetree wrote: »
    Sigh. Why can't my body just love me back for exercising?

    Exactly! I often feel this way.

    This is the story of my life.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    One thing I've seen at a couple of races that I wish more would do is that if you pick the longer distance but DNF, you still get credit if you complete the shorter distance. So if you pick the 100 mile, but only go 52 miles, then you officially finish the 50 mile race with whatever time you had at 50 miles. I've only seen that at the three loop Psycho Wyco (10M/20M/50K) and just 2 miles from my house, the three loop Surf the Murph (25K/50K/50M)

    @ariceroni your reason for backpacking vs. fastpacking makes excellent sense! I forget how much you DON'T see when you run a trail. Your footwear choice also makes sense, given the conditions.

    Kettle has that option if you are running the 100 mile, you can stop at the 100k and get credit for that. I thought that was a nice option
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    @7lenny7 that is so sweet of you say.

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