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    • Posts: 191 Member
      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
      Oct 16.......3.6 miles.....MTD 102.8
      Oct 17.......7.4 miles.....MTD 110.4
      Oct 18.......5.6 miles.....MTD 116
      Oct 19.......10 miles......MTD 126
      Oct 20........0 miles.......MTD 126
      Oct 21........11 miles.....MTD 137
      Oct 22....... 13.3 miles..MTD 150.3
      Oct 23........1.7 miles....MTD 152 run/walk C25K with daughter
      Oct 24........5.3 miles....MTD 157.3
      Oct 25........5.2 miles....MTD 162.5 includes 1.8 miles of run/walk C25K with daughter
      Oct 26......,,8.2 miles....MTD 170.7 includes 1.9 miles run walk C25K with daughter
      Oct 27........0 miles.......MTD 170.7
      Oct 28........13.2 miles..MTD 183.9 New Saucony's, I think I like them
    • Posts: 230 Member
      Too dark to run before yoga this morning so ran after music lessons and errands were done for the day but made the mistake of doing it in the park that was crawling with trick or treaters for a big event. They were cute even though they made good obstacles. Ran 4.5 mi on trails with a warm up and cool down walk. Ankle/foot is feeling a bit worse for wear after the zombie run last night. The lateral movements (followed by some single leg balance poses in yoga probably weren't the best combination. Supposed to run 9 mi tomorrow. If I can pull it off I should make my goal. Going to ice for a bit and see what the prognosis looks like....Putting PT on my log because I am. going. to. do. all. of. it. tonight.

      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
      10/16 Ran 8 mi + walked 1 mi + Gymnastic Bodies Front Split stretch routine
      10/17 Walked a lot marking trails for fun run
      10/18 Ran 3 mi marking new trail for fun run in Strava
      10/19 Walked a lot marking trail for fun run, did Yin Yoga class (with sandbags)
      10/20 Walked over 10 mi marking trail for fun run
      10/21 Ran 1st 5k in almost a year! Planted geocaches and hosted a party
      10/22 Did some walking to fix geocaches + PT
      10/23 Water walking
      10/24 Ran 4 mi on the indoor track + walked 1 mi
      10/25 Walked for an hour + Gymnastic Bodies Front Split stretch routine + PT
      10/26 Ran 5 mi + walked 1 mi + PT
      10/27 Walked a bit + zombie run 5K + PT
      10/28 Ran 4.5 mi + walked 1 mi + yoga + PT

      Goal: 75 mi
      Total: 63 mi
      To go: 12 mi
    • Posts: 990 Member
      @MobyCarp thanks. Would I skip the speed work two days before? The race should qualify as speed work. I wouldn't want to over do.
    • Posts: 172 Member
      Oct. 28 - 3.9km soggy and cool run in the rain.
      MTD - 89.9km/100km
    • Posts: 168 Member
      BruinsGal_91 wrote: »
      @_nikkiwolf_ Much laughter here at those two pictures. Though the woman in the cartoon needs a new Garmin. She's got the Forerunner 305. Having said that; I actually saw a guy at race earlier this year with one of those. And I've still got my old 205. It probably still works, but I have no idea where the charger is.

      I have the Forerunner 201 (got it in 2003); I know it still works because I was using up until June of this year when I got a Vivoactive.
    • Posts: 1,400 Member
      Ryokat wrote: »
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      I have the Forerunner 201 (got it in 2003); I know it still works because I was using up until June of this year when I got a Vivoactive.

      I loved my 205. It was like wearing a house-brick on my wrist, but the fact I could see a map of where I'd been and how fast and far I'd gone was fantastic. If my FR25 lasts as long, I'll be more than happy.
    • Posts: 1,854 Member
      @PastorVincent Good idea. I should. I emailed him once before and he responded quickly. He’d probably feel proud. It was the whole MF MF thing, and then I made it rhyme so it made me laugh, even though I was still cranky.
    • Posts: 2,927 Member
      cburke8909 wrote: »
      @MobyCarp thanks. Would I skip the speed work two days before? The race should qualify as speed work. I wouldn't want to over do.

      That depends on how heavy you've been training. If you're not conditioned to doing a lot of speed work, skip it entirely. If you've been doing serious speed work, go very light on the speed work two days before a race that you want to run hard. A typical assignment for Thursday before a major 5K race on Saturday might be a two mile warmup, then one set of 15 second cutbacks starting at 1:30. That is, run hard for 1:30; run easy for 1:30; run hard for 1:15; run easy for 1:15; and so on down to 15 seconds. Sometimes Coach has us do 2 sets of 15 second cutbacks starting at 60 seconds; that takes about as long as one set starting at 1:30, but it's a little harder. The idea in either case is that it's enough to remind your body how to run fast, without being so much as to beat yourself up.
    • Posts: 7,097 Member
      What does "unsupported" 100K mean?
    • Posts: 6,668 Member
      Orphia wrote: »
      What does "unsupported" 100K mean?

      Pretty sure @JessicaMcB means she will be running 100k with no help. Meaning no preset aide stations, no crew bringing food and water, and so on.
    • Posts: 1,485 Member
      edited October 2017
      PastorVincent wrote: »
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      Pretty sure @JessicaMcB means she will be running 100k with no help. Meaning no preset aide stations, no crew bringing food and water, and so on.

      Yes @Orphia , no water drops, no third party assistance- me, tech trail and what I can carry on my back. A lot of people who train ultra distance do it basically crewed like they would for a race.
    • Posts: 7,097 Member
      PastorVincent wrote: »
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      Pretty sure @JessicaMcB means she will be running 100k with no help. Meaning no preset aide stations, no crew bringing food and water, and so on.
      JessicaMcB wrote: »
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      Yes @Orphia , no water drops, no third party assistance- me, tech trail and what I can carry on my back. A lot of people who train ultra distance do it basically crewed like they would for a race.

      Thanks very much, @PastorVincent and @JessicaMcB

      Wow!

      What will you be carrying?

      Is this just for your own goals, or is it a race that's unsupported?
    • Posts: 1,464 Member

      October Goal met: got thru the Aim At Melanoma run without losing it.....

      10/1 rest
      10/2 4.20
      10/3 4.10
      10/4 5.30
      10/5 rest
      10/6 4.40
      10/7 6.10
      10/8
      10/9
      10/11
      10/12
      10/13
      10/14 3.1
      10/15 6.50
      10/16 snorkel 6 hours
      10/17 rest
      10/18 9.75
      10/19 4.43
      10/20 4.33
      10/21 rest
      10/22 5.06
      10/23 5.75
      10/24 rest
      10/25 5.81
      10/26 3.50
      10/27 just couldn't
      10/28 7.12

      Total: 79.45



      Ticker is my goal for 2017 and progress to date:

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      Upcoming races:
      AIM at Melanoma 5k 10/14/17
    • Posts: 4,271 Member
      10/1-6.2 miles 1270 Feet Elevation
      10/2- REST
      10/3- 9
      10/4- 7
      10//5- 9
      10/6- 5
      10/7- 15
      10/8- 5- Felt like being lazy
      10/9- REST
      10/10- 5
      10/11- 5
      10/12- 5
      10/13- 5
      10/14- 8.1- 1476 Feet Elevation
      10/15- REST
      18/16- REST
      10/17- 4
      10/18- 3
      10/19- REST
      10/20- REST
      10/21- 62.2
      10/22- Recovery
      10/23- Recovery
      10/24- Recovery
      10/25- Recovery
      10/26- Recovery
      10/27- Recovery
      10/28- 3.1
      10/29- 6

      Total Miles: 162.6
      Total Elevation: 2746

      October goal: Survive 100k training taper and Wild Duluth 100k
      Nominal Mileage goal: 100 miles.
      Elevation goal: 15000ft

      Today's notes: Got up and got in my 6 miles. HR was too high today, probably pushed too hard. Anyway, I'm now officially at my goal for the month, even when I subtract my race, so that will have to do.

      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 18:15:51
      11/23- TBD 5k Turkey Trot???

      2018 races (possible)
      4/13- Zumbro Endurance Race
      5/19- Superior Trail 25k
    • Posts: 11,502 Member
      katharmonic wrote: »
      Trying to decide whether to go run a 5k in the pouring rain this morning. It was only a $15 sign up but I kind of want the t-shirt :) and feel bad if no one shows up for their event. I figure if I post this here I'll probably go because you guys are crazy bad influences like that.

      You know you will be going regardless of rain.
    • Posts: 4,271 Member
      katharmonic wrote: »
      Trying to decide whether to go run a 5k in the pouring rain this morning. It was only a $15 sign up but I kind of want the t-shirt :) and feel bad if no one shows up for their event. I figure if I post this here I'll probably go because you guys are crazy bad influences like that.

      Of course you'll go.
    • Posts: 4,433 Member
      Great job @katharmonic love the pictures. The wardrobe malfunction made me think of my friend who ran the 5K with me yesterday. She put her key fob for her car inside the side of her tights. At mile 1 it slipped down to between her legs. We weren't running together but I can just picture her trying to get the fob out while running ha ha I said the race might have been extra special if you left it there.
    • Posts: 4,271 Member
      @Ohhim I know you haven't had a coach for real long, but how do you like it? I'm considering getting a coach for my next race (training starts this week/next week), just to help keep me on track and look for ways to help me improve.
    • Posts: 4,433 Member
      @juliet3455 great job and super pictures
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