October 2017 Running Challenge
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1---5.00
3---3.44
6---3.46
7---6.23
10---2.54
11---4.03
12---13 IBS
14---3.12 AiM for the Cure
14---3.46
15-17---sprained ankle
18---bike
19--- 4.14
21---3.80 walk
22---5.0 walk
24---3.47
26---3.46
28---5.86
57.01/80 miles
Upcoming races:
Dec 2- POOP trail run, 5.5 miles Norman OK
Jan 27 Running the Rose. Tyler Tx. 11mi or 7k
Pre-op PR's
1 mile 8:27 5k 24:42. 10k 1:00.52. HM 2:17.28
Post-op Training PB's
1 mile 9.25 5k 33:46 10k 1:09:465 -
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
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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
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@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.0
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Oct. 28 - 3.9km soggy and cool run in the rain.
MTD - 89.9km/100km
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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.1 -
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.
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.2 -
@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.2
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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
October 17 - 16.5 km/ stairmarster
October 18 - 16 km run /strength training
October 19 - raining no run
October 20 - 16.5 km run
October 21 - 11.5 km run / strength training
October 22 - 5 km run joined local running group
October 23 - 19.5 km long run
October 24 - 11.5 km run
October 25 - strength training
October 26 - 18.5 km run
October 27 - 13.5 km run
October 28 - 20 km run/ strength training
October 29 - 5 km club run
Total km - 353 km out of 350 km5 -
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.1 -
What does "unsupported" 100K mean?
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October runs:
08 Oct – 4 km
10 Oct – 5.6 km
15 Oct - 21.1 km Melbourne Half Marathon Run 4 Refugees
19 Oct – 3 km
21 Oct – 10.6 km including parkrun
24 Oct – 9 km
26 Oct – 10.3 km
27 Oct – 5 km Hawaiians Love S.P.A.M.
28 Oct – 5 km parkrun
29 Oct – 13 km
Goal: Complete upcoming events.
Oct 14 – Hawaiians Love S.P.A.M. (Skin Protection Against Melanoma) Virtual 5K Walk/Run. DONE!
Oct 15 – Melbourne Half Marathon Run 4 Refugees – 21.1 km. DONE!
Nov 5 – The Bloody Long Walk 35 km walk.
Today was a sunny, windy, hilly 13 km. Wore my camelbak but forgot to fill it. D'oh! Decided to end at 13 km instead of my planned 15 km as I had no reason to dehydrate myself a week before an event, and I was very happy with my run at the end.
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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.2 -
PastorVincent 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.
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.1 -
PastorVincent 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.JessicaMcB wrote: »PastorVincent 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.
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?0 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »Blog post on my race, with all the details, including my surrent struggle over the fact that I finished after cut off but still got finisher's gear.
http://teachertrailrunner.blogspot.com/2017/10/first-post-first-ultra-wild-duluth-100k.html
@MNLittleFinn
When I learned you were planning a 100K three months after your first marathon, I told you, "I have a bad feeling about this".
When I said that, in no way did I count finishing 15 minutes after cut-off as the "disaster" I was expecting!
You blew my doubts out of the water. Absolutely fantastic achievement. You may have inspired me to make my next Big, Hairy-Assed Goal to be a 50 km.
Can I please ask a favour? Could you edit your blog post to include the kilometre points for the segments? I had no frame of reference for distance with just the place-names. I'd like to read it again knowing how you felt at certain distance points.
Again, fantastic effort. So happy to have followed your progress these past 2 years.6 -
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:
Upcoming races:
AIM at Melanoma 5k 10/14/17
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@Orphia I keep forgetting that I have an international audience...LOL... The blog was mainly set up so I could share with other runners in the area. I'll put in the Km distances too. Thanks for that input. That's the kind of thing that helps me make a better blog. For all the first half headings, I put the distance run in miles and Km as a reference.5
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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 25k2 -
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.9
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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.1 -
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.1 -
I ran a 5 mile race yesterday. Before the start, my wife asked me what my three goals are - 1) Don't fall (always a possibility for me) 2) Don't finish last (usually not an issue, but you never know. 3) Finish under 50 minutes.
Happy to say I achieved all three. Stayed upright, was squarely in the middle of the finishers and did it in 45:32. Really happy with my overall pace.
3 mile run this morning put me over my distance goal for the month and I have one more run Tuesday schedueld. I also wanted to run at least a 10K this month and did a long run of 7 miles.
October was a pretty good month!
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Ah, @midwesterner85 and @MNLittleFinn are so right, of course I went.
Not my best 5k by any means, but my best age group finish I placed 9th in my age group! I won't tell you how many there were but it was the top half at least (ok there were 20). LOL. It was a crappy day and a very small crowd. I wore too many layers and during the race also had a near wardrobe malfunction (I remembered too late that those particular running tights tend to work their way down. Thank goodness for a long t-shirt). I also got a bad side stitch at about the 2 mile mark and slowed down and got a drink at the water stop. That happened at my last 5k too, I need to figure out what I'm doing wrong.
Anyway, a chilly and not great 5k, but a run completed on a day when I thought I wouldn't get one in, so that's in the win column!
A little before and after pic, selfie with creepy guy and a snake (looks like my hair behind my ear)
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
10/01/17 :::: 13.1 :::: 13.1
10/02/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 13.1
10/03/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 13.1
10/04/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 13.1
10/05/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 13.1
10/06/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 13.1
10/07/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 13.1
10/08/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 13.1
10/09/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 13.1
10/10/17 :::: 1.7 :::: 14.8
10/11/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 14.8
10/12/17 :::: 2.4 :::: 17.2
10/13/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 17.2
10/14/17 :::: 3.3 :::: 20.5
10/15/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 20.5
10/16/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 20.5
10/17/17 :::: 5.3 :::: 25.8
10/18/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 25.8
10/19/17 :::: 2.8 :::: 28.6
10/20/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 28.6
10/21/17 :::: 6.2 :::: 34.7
10/22/17 :::: 5.4 :::: 40.2
10/23/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 40.2
10/24/17 :::: 6.0 :::: 46.2
10/25/17 :::: 3.1 :::: 49.3
10/26/17 :::: 2.3 :::: 51.6
10/27/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 51.6
10/28/17 :::: 7.6 :::: 59.2
10/29/17 :::: 3.1 :::: 62.3
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Month 1 with a coach has been going OK, and I haven't started hating the structure. Still, down to about 5 days/running per week as he's really upping my swim volume to 12K/week, and keeping my bike volume around 200 miles/week.
Still, he has me doing much more tempo/threshold/faster work, as I'm focusing on bringing down my mile time at the moment (as all of my focus over the past few years has been on figuring out how to endure a marathon at a 7 pace or an ironman at an 8:15 pace, but not how to run a 5 minute mile). Weight has been creeping up, but as the weather is finally getting pretty nice, running the past few days has been a bit more enjoyable and it has been much easier to hit splits in workouts. He did talk me down from doing a full in both February & Boston in April, so I'll probably do mid-winter half to stay sharp and hopefully achieve a NYC qualifying time.
10/1 - 6 miles (Sunday night football)
10/3 - 6 miles (w. lots of odd drills & strides)
10/4 - 6 miles (off the bike)
10/5 - 6 miles (w. strides)
10/8 - 9.5 miles
10/9 - 3 miles
10/11 - 4 miles
10/13 - 3 miles
10/15 - 9.5 miles
10/16 - 3.5 miles
10/17 - 6 miles
10/18 - 3 miles
10/19 - 5 miles
10/21 - 4 miles
10/22 - 10 miles
10/23 - 4 miles
10/24 - 5 miles
10/25 - 6 miles
10/26 - 7 miles
Total: 106.5 miles
Goal: 130 miles
Remaining: 23.5 mile
Race Schedule:
6/4 - Ironman 70.3 Raleigh - 4:43:57 (w. 1:36:35 HM) - Qualified for 70.3 World Championship
8/26 - Ironman Coeur D'Alene - 10:16:55 (3:33:17 Marathon) - 21/1106 OA, 6/137 AG
9/10 - Ironman 70.3 World Championship - 4:57:25 (1:37:23 HM) - 150/470 AG, 877/2815 OA
12/10 - Holiday Halfathon (13.1)
1/6/18 - HITS Naples Half (70.3)
4/16/18 - Boston Marathon
9/9/18 - Ironman Wisconsin7 -
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.2
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@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.0
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104 post so really to many to comment on. Streak Runners, Shoe reports, Trail comments, Hi's and low's.JessicaMcB wrote: »I've only got about 3550km (or 2216mi) on the year so far
October has been an off month for me. Just was struggling. On Friday night I had a grand Total of 32.8 km.
Being a typical runner I should do a few modest runs and carefully build my distance up to reduce the chance of injury. Logically - that's not what I did. Yesterday was the 2nd annual Peace River 7 Peaks Challenge - Run up all 7 Roads/Trails that leave the Peace River Valley. A modest 34 to 40 km depending on which connecting routes you use and 1092m of climbing. So in one Epic Long Day I doubled my monthly Km's.
Stopped on top the 2nd peak for a Group Selfie.
This resulted in my watch being paused long enough it autosaved - so I had to start a 2nd event for the day.
Just had a look at the Strava MFP group and the one day puts me 230m ahead of @PastorVincent for climbing but I only have 1/2 his distance. The Pack at the Mobile Aid Station
Two of the Ladies in this group had never ran more than 20km and 2 of the guys were the same so to me they were the Champions of the day, especially with the Hills - from start to finish including 10-12 min selfie stops and Aid Station Stops was just a touch over 5hrs. Running time under 4 hours.
This morning my hurts have hurts.
10/01 7.2 km – 142.8 km - MTD 007.2 km – YTD 1138.87 km
10/04 9.0 km – 133.8 km - MTD 016.2 km – YTD 1147.87 km
10/05 5.6 km – 128.2 km - MTD 021.8 km – YTD 1153.47 km
10/14 5.0 km – 123.2 km - MTD 026.8 km – YTD 1159.47 km 5 km TTTG 26:10
10/15 6.0 km – 117.2 km - MTD 032.8 km – YTD 1165.47 km
10/28 36.0 km – 81.2 km - MTD 068.8 km – YTD 1201.47 km 36 km Peace River 7 Peaks Challenge
If I can get another 19 km at least I will break the 100 for the month.13 -
Oh and we have snow which made some of the trails interesting.
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@juliet3455 great job and super pictures0
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