October 2017 Running Challenge
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10/1: 16.35k -Easy long run-
10/2: 10.3k -Easy+11 strides-
10/5: 10.6k -Moderate Tempo-
10/6: 7.6k -Easy run-
10/7: 15k -Intervals-
10/8: 14.4k -Easy run-
10/12: 10.6k -Easy run-
10/13: 10.6k -Easy+13ST-
10/14: 2.2k -shake off b4 race-
10/15: 13.2 -3.2k w/u and 10k Trail Race-
10/18: 11.1k -Easy-
10/20: 10.6k -Trail-
10/21: 13.9k -Easy+strides-
10/22: 14.6k -Trail, hills-
10/24: 10k -Easy-
10/25:14.4k -w/u, Intervals, c/d-
10/26: 10.2k -Easy-
10/29: 18.2k -Long run-
Goal: 214k/180k
Stay hydrated!
Upcoming races:
9/16: 4th Kavala Night City Run 10k: 49:47 (new PR)
9/24: Xiropotamos Trail 2017 11k: 1:17:59
10/1: Voreia Sirris Challenge 23k: Not registered
10/15: Nestos Trail VFUT 10k: 49:51
11/26: 4th Democritus Half Marathon
12/10: Valdirkeia Run10k5 -
@juliet3455 That looks like an amazing run!
After today I finally feel like I can start to think about such things in the future again. Several milestones for me today: longest run (9 mi!) since Feb, highest mileage week of the year so far, and lowest body weight in 2.5 years. And my 8 year old son ran the last 4 miles with me which was much fun. All good. Ankle/foot a little ouchy afterwards but did my serious stretching program and going to ice here for a bit. Celebrated by signing up for a winter night trail half marathon in January. And I am going to do my PT before I go to bed tonight.
3+ more on Tuesday and I think I've got this goal.
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
10/29 Ran 9 mi + 1 walked 1 mi + Gymnastics Bodies Stretching + PT
10/30
10/31
Goal: 75 mi
Total: 72 mi
To go: 3 mi
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@katharmonic of course you ran! I also had a 5k this morning. As expected my #1 bib bore no resemblance to my place number. I came 18th out of 65 in my age-group (my time was 28:47, and there were loads of us all within a few seconds of each other). I was the 120th female out of 491, and 343rd out of 891 over all. Perfect running conditions, and free beer and pizza afterwards. What's not to like?12
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1/10-6.5
2/10-10.1 (longest run to date, first time in double figures!)
3/10-REST
4/10-3.1 (running club)
5/10-6.0
6/10- T25 workout
7/10-5.2 (parkrun)
8/10-5.0
9/10-REST
10/10-4.5
11/10-7.2 (running club)
12/10-4.5
13/10-6.6
14/10-5.6
15/10-REST
16/10-6.5
17/10-4.0
18/10-3.4
19/10-REST
20/10-5.1
21/10-3.4 (parkrun)
22/10-1.2 (parkrun with daughter) & 6.8
23/10-REST
24/10-3.4
25/10-5.1
26/10-8.5
27/10-REST
28/10-5.8 (Race - beachy head 10k)
29/10-6.4 (Race - Crawley 10k)
Total - 123.6/120 Miles
Today I had another race, not feeling it after yesterdays challenge but my children had a 1k childrens race as well so I didnt want to let them down. It was billed as a few gentle hills but had an elevation of 512ft!
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@_nikkiwolf_ Thank you for the birthday wishes and good luck with your Geneva 20k race today!
@carolineb81 Great race at Beachy Head, and some terrific pictures! Only to be followed up by another race today with another great picture!
@amymoreorless Congrats on a great time for your very first HM...may there be many more to come!
@hjeppley Hope your ankle improves soon.
@katharmonic Great job on the 5k! The wardrobe malfunction reminded me of a runner during my marathon where the elastic in her shorts was a little looser than it should have been; anyone immediately behind her was treated to an up-close-and-personal viewing of the top half of her butt with every bounce in her stride.
@skippygirlsmom Aaaand that's why we usually wear running belts.
@juliet3455 "This morning my hurts have hurts". That's the best line I've read all week!
Another easy eight for me on a sunny and cool morning means that I've made goal for the month.
In other news, per @PastorVincent's suggestion I sent an email to the original developer of the watch face I implemented, and he responded pretty quickly saying that while he intended to update his app at some point for newer devices, he just didn't have the time these days. With that, he said that I should go ahead and push my version to Garmin so that other 935 owners will have the option to use it. Overall a pretty cool guy, and now my app is currently with Garmin being evaluated.
02 - 5.26
03 - 4.06
04 - 4.07
06 - 2.80
07 - 2.01
08 - 26.21
11 - 2.06
14 - 6.89
17 - 4.07
19 - 5.56
21 - 5.59
22 - 4.05
23 - 4.08
24 - 7.05
25 - 4.07
27 - 8.34
29 - 8.22
Total: 100.39 / 100 miles
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@garygse She planned to give me her key fob because I had my phone so I had on my belt, but I did a warm up run and she did not, when I got back I hit the porta john and never saw her again until after the race. I just laughed way too hard. She wore a pair of my gloves and said she wanted to wash them before giving them back, quite frankly I was afraid to ask why. ha ha
@bruinsgal_91 great race
@carolineb81 love the picture with the team
Got up at 6:00 am today, the only morning I had to sleep in, to register for the Oak Barrel Half in Lynchburg TN in April 2018. This race filled up today in under 90 minutes. @Stoshew71 did you decide to run? It's so hard to get in that you get early entry registration if you have run it 3 of the past 5 years. Everyone says you HAVE to run Oak Barrel so at first I was going to wait and run it with Skip next year (2019) since she'll have a T&F meet the same day in 2018, but she said no mommy run it now I know you have been dying to do it. Depending on where her meet is I will probably get there in time for 2 of her 3 races anyway.1 -
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carolineb81 wrote: »Today I completed the Beachy Head 10k. It was pretty brutal. There was an elevation gain of 966ft. My time was 1hr 13mins .
@carolineb81 Excellent Time for that course. Then to go out and do it again the next day - Amazing what Parents will do to put a smile on a childs face. That start looks similar to the start of one of my favorite local events the Emperor's challenge - except they give us 500m to get into the run and then its all uphill for 10km, then you peak out and it's all downhill to the Finish line. Was that mostly Trail or was it a mix trail & road?
@JessicaMcB Unsupported 100km
You need one of the Bear Proof Barrels that Whitewater canoeist use as a midpoint stash for Gear and Goodies. Have fun. As part of a FB Hiking Group I have seen a lot of recent Pic's with lots of snow up high in your area and south of you along the Parkway.
Did the TEST It said I was a DORK, not sure if that is a compliment or a ??2 -
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
October 30 - rest day
Total km - 353 km out of 350 km
Met my goal on Saturday with a couple of days to spare. Am not really sure of how and what sort of schedule i should be doing. Just thought I'd build up a bit of a base and take it from there.
Having a lovely rest day today. Have a wonderful day everyone and may the run gods be with you.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
10/17: 3.1 miles (intervals)
10/18: 2.6 miles
10/19: 3.3 miles
10/22: 8 miles
10/24: 2.6 miles (intervals)
10/25: 3.5 miles
10/26: 2.8 miles
10/29: 8.1 miles
78.4/70 miles
I had a lovely 8.1 mile run this morning. The weather was just perfect. When I got home my husband had already started a fire and was getting ready to grill some burgers. It was so nice to sit out in the yard. It was cold yesterday (we had our first freeze of the year) and I was glad it was my rest day. Plus we noticed Friday that we have a gas leak at our house and we had to turn off the gas so no hot water and no furnace. Thankfully we have several electric space heaters and plenty of family in town to go take showers. It really makes you grateful for the conveniences we take for granted.
I also did some yoga this afternoon. Mostly because I love yoga and it is my favorite way to stretch. But it is also a good way to relax and relieve stress. Between the long run and the yoga I have been able to not stress too much about calling the plumber tomorrow.
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The 20km race today was really great!
The weather was perfect, maybe a little cold (started at 7°C/44F and finished at 10°C/50F), but the predicted rain never came. And I liked the course. It started in the centre, but quickly left the city to lead out past the airport (the main sponsor of the event, so I guess we had to visit them
) into the countryside. And most of the hills were in the first half: 150m up, 110m down during the first 10km, 50m up and 90m down during the second half.
For the first half of the race, I stayed with the 2:10 pacer. In building up my long runs back up again (after hurting my knee two month ago) I hadn't gotten further than 17.5km, so I wanted to make sure I went out slow enough that I wouldn't have any trouble finishing.
At first I thought it was really nice not to have to think about my pace, just follow somebody else. But more and more, I realised that he slowed down a lot more on the climbs than I would have done, and sped up accordingly on the flats. Like, sped up a lot, to keep the average pace on target. We run the first 5km in 32:30, and I was a few steps behind him and reached the 10km timing mat after 1:05:05, soI guess he crossed it in 1:05:00 on the spot. Sticking so well to a pace is impressive! But it just wasn't my "feel-good pacing strategy". Plus I was feeling really well at that point, so I decided to run the second half a bit faster.
I managed to run the second 10km in 1:01:39 and finished in 2:06:44. Not a PR (actually 20s slower than my half marathon PR, despite the fact that this was 1.1km less). But considering that it's a bit faster than what I expected, and especially that my knee didn't complain at all, I'm quite happy with this result.
And I really love all the bling that I got! Long-sleeved tech shirt, bag, buff (two even - one with the event logo and a plain gray one), and a fancy medal
And I just realised this leaves me with 151.4 km for the month so far. So I already reached my 150km goal, even if
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I'm way behind again - 800 new posts - so I only went back a few pages. Looks October has been a great running month for all of you!
@MNLittleFinn Not everyone is superhuman like @JessicaMcB ...you definitely deserved that week off and I'm sure your body appreciated the recovery time as well
@skippygirlsmom Great job on the 5k! Glad it stopped raining for you
@carolineb81 Great race pics and congrats on finishing that super hilly 10k!
@BruinsGal_91 Thank you for reminding me that I need to find the charger for and charge my back-up watch that I keep in my running bag. I forgot my watch for a group run the other day but I had my pre-historic forerunner 110 in my bag. It kept giving me the low battery signal but it lasted me through the short run.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.
@JessicaMcB Wow, an unsupported 100k? That's awesome
@katharmonic Great job!
@juliet3455 Awesome job and pictures!
@_nikkiwolf_ Fantastic job on your 20k!
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Oct. 29 - 4.5km Another rainy run...
MTD - 94.4km/100km
Hopefully I can hit this month's goal tomorrow, if not I will make it happen on Tuesday.2 -
Got out for a run this morning after yesterday spent feeling sorry for myself (read 'hungover'). I'm still on a walk/run interval but I must've not been paying attention as send to be walking way longer than I'm supposed to. They were setting up on my route for a zombie run so I cut it a bit short so as not to be overwhelmed by the Undead...
I was supposed to be running another Half next weekend, but have deferred my place until next year. I know I could do the distance, but given my recent form I just don't think it would be FUN.
I have a plan to switch focus from running to strength training for three months. I will still run a little bit, but no more than 10k for a long run. And try and work on speed at shorter distances. Although it may be that with a focus on strength i can't actually run at all!!!
With that in mind, I'm doing a CrossFit taster on Friday. It may not be my thing, but I won't know until I try.4 -
So my goal for the month is 45 miles. I have a lot going on this month, including visiting my mom and my brother this month, and going to a few concerts.
10/2...4. miles
10/10..6 miles
10/13..6 miles
10/18..6 miles
10/21..6 miles
10/22..5 miles
10/26...8 miles...not sure if it is a personal best but ran it 11 minutes faster than the last time I ran 8 miles. Some intermittent sprints. The temperature was perfect, in the high 60's...mild head wind in the beginning.
Total..43 miles
Goal is 45 miles.
My plan was to finish running the miles to complete this month...only 2 miles shy of goal. However tomorrow I am getting lab work done that I was supposed to have done last Monday. And I alway get extremely hungry after a run. So will finish my month's goal tomorrow after my getting my blood drawn.
Last week I finally visited the Kentucky Derby museum and Churchill Downs. It is on my bucket list. I am a long time horse racing fan....since I was a teenager (Riva Ridge...1972...and hooked). Just love watching those horses run. (Breeders Cup this weekend!) While I was at the museum, I noted a breakdown of what they feed the animals and why. They get a fair amount of flaxseed which is supposed to help vitamins be assimilated. So I started adding more fat in my diet...will let you know how that does. Borage oil and flaxseed, for now. I work 12 hour night shifts...so always feel like I have to have a day or two to recover.
While in the Louisville area, my brother (who looked great) told me that he started seeing a chiropractor. He has been having neck pain (stiff neck) and it has really helped him. The chiropractor recommended trail running to help him improve his posture, flexibility and balance....and was told that yes, he would trip over tree roots, but that was okay.
Love you guys...I am hoping to catch up with posts but know at this point....maybe better luck next month.
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October goal of 120 with a stretch of 150
Week 1: 39.2
Week 2: 43
Week 3: 36.6
Week 4: 20.8 (Mtd: 139.6)
Week ended with Chicago's Hot Chocolate 15K which was by far the largest race in terms of participants (nearly 10,000 runners in the 15K and ~16,000 running the 5K, and later in the morning a slew of 2 mile walkers) that I have run to date. Was very brisk (temp in the low 30's) and the race started at 7:30 with coral's being released every 4 minutes or so. I was assigned to Coral F so I departed at ~7:50. Even with the timed departures it was congested for the first 2 miles as we weaved our way under the city utilizing roads below street level. At around mile 2.8 the 5K runners turned off to the finish and we continued our journey through the city. GPS/Garmin doesn't fair well in the underpass/high rises of the city so when I was alerted that my first mile was less than 7 minutes, I was fairly confident that I was not that speedy and I had enough training to know that I was not at my fastest but I was still pressing as best I could. Since I knew the 5K split from the 15K was around 2.8 miles I took a peak at my watch and the overall time regardless of reported watch paces was saying I would likely run an ~24 min 5K (actual was 24:11). With the course somewhat opening up, I kept up my pace and at 10K mark I looked again and I was in the 48:30 range which is right on track with a 10K finish a couple weeks back (Overall a 7:48/Mile pace). We had made the turn at this point and we were running up the lake shore, the air was still cold but it felt good. Ran by Solider Field and the Field Museum that had some rolling inclines until we hit Grant Park and basically had the last 1/3 of a mile to go. My pace slowed a bit in that last 5k, however I picked up my pace as I saw the finish. I ran the last 5K in 24:30 - completing the race in 1:13:01. Ended up 24th of 253 in my age/gender and in the top 500 overall. Overall very happy with the race and especially that my 5K splits stayed relatively consistent. If you interested in seeing a couple of Photos, they are posted at Strava. https://www.strava.com/activities/1252480603
Very impressed with some of the other races I saw on Strava including @carolineb81 running those back to back 10K's. Hope everyone is enjoying the end of October and looking forward to Halloween!7 -
@Orphia partially because I just wanted to (to give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift, right?) and partially because my trainer wanted a 100k speed baseline for us to work from while we build towards LSU100 next year.
I actually pared down a lot because I knew from Whistler that my piri would be shot and I didn't need more weight on it. So 2L filled bladder with Elete additive, 10 salt pills, my 50km pill packet (2 Naproxen, 1 Immodium, 200mg caffeine), a 10oz bottle of keto-ade, my lamp, a thermal headband, my phone, my spare battery and chicken in a sandwich bag.
@juliet3455 love the pictures, you guys are awesome! Yeah it got to white out type nonsense when I was running highway- that was fun lol.
@skippygirlsmom what is up with the crazy sell out races!!! LSU historically sells out within an hour of opening- I am high key stressed out about this. I hope it lives up to the hype!
@carolineb81 and @BruinsGal_91 congrats on your races- both sound like great days!
@_nikkiwolf_ I love your finishers shirt! I wish more races did long sleeve!
@girlinahat you're better than me switching focus to strength training! I bet your season next year will be wicked because of it.
So 100km in 10:38:02. Today cemented for me that my competitive distance is the ultra- I am not afraid of suffering and that is a big strength in longer distance. There were a million things that happened today that the Jessica of time gone by would have used as an excuse to pack it in- *kitten* her.
Iffy about whether or not I'll run tomorrow
October 1- 28+7
October 2- 18
October 3- 20
October 4- 15
October 5- 18
October 6- Off
October 7- 32
October 8- 18
October 9- 13
October 10- 8
October 11- 12
October 12- Off
October 13- Off
October 14- 86
October 15- Off
October 16- Off
October 17- Off
October 18- 15
October 19- 16
October 20- 17
October 21- 34
October 22- 18
October 23- Off
October 24- 23
October 25- 19
October 26- 17
October 27- 18
October 28- 15
October 29- 100
567/450km
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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
10/19 – 5.87 warmup, XC practice
10/20 – rest day
10/21 – 11.54 paced run
10/22 – 7.19 easy plus a stride
10/23 – rest day
10/24 – 7.43 warmup, speed work, cool down
10/25 – 7.00 easy
10/26 – 6.54 warmup, speed work
10/27 – rest day
10/28 – 12.46 easy
10/29 – 5.53 warmup + 6K XC race
October running total to date – 145.43
Nominal challenge goal: 100 miles
Real goals: Get healthy enough to run 5 days a week. Avoid re-injury. Build base.
Today's notes – Yesterday I looked at the hourly forecast, and ran in the morning to avoid the rain. That gave me more than 24 hours to think about running in the rain today. The forecast was accurate; we had rain or showers pretty much continually from early yesterday afternoon to now, and I don't know when it will stop.
So . . . rain and 45º F (7º C). This is not my favorite weather for running, though it would be worse if it were a few degrees colder. This is the kind of weather that gets me to look out the window, procrastinate starting the run, and maybe end up swapping tomorrow's rest day onto today.
But today there was a race. I was committed.
With plenty of time to think about it, I put a change of clothes in the car. And lots of plastic bags, more than I thought I'd need. I took 2 pair of dry socks, trainers to warm up in, spikes to run the race, and walking shoes to have a dry pair after the race. Logistically, about the only thing I missed was that I only took one pair of running gloves.
Pete Glavin XC #4 was actually 3 cross country races. The women's race started at 11:00, the masters men's race started at 11:45, and the open men's race started at 12:30. The course is a loop; women and masters men ran 3 loops for 6K, open men ran 4 loops for 8K. I started my warmup at 10:45, and got one full loop of the course and a partial loop before stopping behind the starting area to watch the women start their race. My hands started out cold, because I didn't want to get my only running gloves wet on the warmup; but they warmed up well enough. The course wasn't too bad.
Later, some women I talked to confirmed that the course deteriorated with each lap. It was definitely worse on my first lap than on my warmup, and it deteriorated a little each lap I ran. I started out hard across the grass pointing at where the turn onto the chalk-marked loop was, and I was pleased that Garmin shows my start across that grass as a straight line. I guess I ran a near-perfect tangent to open the race.
Later, the tangents weren't perfect. There were places where I had to choose between cutting the corners tight and having better footing. There were also a couple of places where I was able to run good tangents on decent footing, with the course showing that most runner ran poor tangents. I had the advantage of having practiced on the course 10 days ago, when I noted several odd tangents.
The pack sorted itself out in less than one loop, and I ran most of the race in space, i.e. there was a largish gap between me and a pack of runners ahead of me, and I couldn't hear footsteps or spectators cheering people behind me. My ankle didn't bother me during the race, but I didn't really push for a 5K type pace; I mostly ran about threshold level of effort. And I got T pace type results. Garmin reports mile splits of 6:38, 6:54, 6:52, and a 6:44 pace for the last partial mile, for an average of 6:47 per mile. Not as fast as I'd like for this short a race, but quite acceptable for the course conditions and my own current level of conditioning. Garmin said 25:32.3 total; official time was 25:32.8. I did a pretty good job of starting and stopping the watch timely.
There is no bling to brag about. Pete Glavin #4 was also the USATF Niagara Region Cross Country Championship, which meant it drew a strong field. My result was good for 36th of 78 overall (in a field of men over 40 years old), and 4th of 26 in the M 60-69 age group. The GVH Men's 60-69 team finished second (2-4-11) behind Syracuse Track Club (1-3-5). If we had one more guy healthy, we would have been competitive for first.
I'm not terribly fond of cross country, but I'll run it to support the team. I remarked to one of our 50-59 runners afterward that I hated cross country, and he said, "You have to embrace it." And I thought of this group. Yeah, today was a real "Embrace the Suck" kind of day.
My phone stayed in its plastic bag before and during the race, but I did pull it out in the shelter afterward to take a couple pictures of how muddy my legs got:
Of course, the open men got muddier than I did, because they had a worse field to work with and had to run 4 laps.
And then came the post-race online results monitoring. This was the next to last race in the USATF Niagara Runner of the Year series. Masters results are scored by age grade. I age graded 14th, which doesn't get me any points; but it gives me a 4th race in the series so my score will count. There were 2 guys who could beat me that needed to run both of the last 2 races to get their 4 races in. One didn't run. The other ran, but didn't show up on the USATF age grade scoring. My best guess is that he signed up for the race to run for his club in the Pete Glavin series, but didn't bother to put in his USATF number. (RunSignUp made me manually enter my number for this race. It auto-filled my number for the other 3 races in the ROY series I ran. I don't know why.)
So I could be looking at being the USATF Niagara Region Masters Men's Runner of the Year by default, from not having anybody who age grades consistently better than I do run enough races. If that happens, I'll take it. Depending on the status of that one guy, there are only 5 or 6 guys left who can complete 4 or 5 races in the series; none of the others can pass my point total even if they age grade first at the indoor track 5000 meter event that is the last ROY race. And if that one guy doesn't run the indoor track 5000m, it doesn't matter what his status was today.
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)
December 9, 2017 USATF Club National XC Championship 8K (Lexington, KY)
2018 races:
January 6, 2018 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY)
April 16, 2018 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)
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girlinahat wrote: »Got out for a run this morning after yesterday spent feeling sorry for myself (read 'hungover'). I'm still on a walk/run interval but I must've not been paying attention as send to be walking way longer than I'm supposed to. They were setting up on my route for a zombie run so I cut it a bit short so as not to be overwhelmed by the Undead...
I was supposed to be running another Half next weekend, but have deferred my place until next year. I know I could do the distance, but given my recent form I just don't think it would be FUN.
I have a plan to switch focus from running to strength training for three months. I will still run a little bit, but no more than 10k for a long run. And try and work on speed at shorter distances. Although it may be that with a focus on strength i can't actually run at all!!!
With that in mind, I'm doing a CrossFit taster on Friday. It may not be my thing, but I won't know until I try.
I think that's what I need to start doing. I've been letting my speed-work lapse in favour of building up my distance for my half in November.
I was looking at the photos from today's race and noticed that the woman who finished in 12th place in my age-group looked decidedly more like a 'Steve' than a 'Stella'. A quick check of the corresponding men's age-group confirmed that Steve and Stella had accidentally switched bibs. A shame really because Stella ran the race a darn sight faster than her husband, and should have been awarded second place.1 -
@ereck44 Glad you were able to go down to Churchill Downs and the KD Museum! I think we've talked about how I'm a horseracing fan as well. For my birthday in September (my 30th!), my mom and I went down to Louisville and Lexington to do a bunch of horse stuff. We went on an early backside tour of Churchill Downs where we got to see some horses doing morning exercises, visited the KD musuem, went on a tour at Darley (saw Nyquist and others), went on a tour at Old Friends (saw Silver Charm and others), and visited Keeneland during their preview of the yearling sale. It was awesome and my only regret is not being able to see my girl Songbird but they weren't letting anyone see her at the time. I hope to go down there again soon to be able to see her (hopefully she stays in KY) as well as American Pharoah and California Chrome. I hope to run the Kentucky Derby Marathon again - hopefully either in 2018 or 2019.
@MobyCarp Despite the less than ideal conditions, you still did great. Congrats!
@JessicaMcB Wow, congratulations! That is just awesome!
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I haven't yet added up my mileage for October, but I'm guessing it's pretty low as my marathon was right in the middle, so it includes taper and recovery. Yep, just added it up and I'm at 101.7 with just another short run or two before the month is over. Saturday was my last long run before the NYC Marathon and what better way to end this season's marathon training with the first snowfall? It was 30F and a wintry mix was falling from the sky when my alarm went off. I really wanted to roll over and go back to bed, but I ultimately decided to meet the informal off-season long run group at FF. I'm really glad I went as the run turned out to not be so bad after all. The cooler weather was a much welcomed change and we even saw a large buck running along the path about 1.5 miles in. The running store we met at is in a shopping center on the top of a large hill and the running path is at the bottom. Nice to start out, but not always pleasant at the end of a long run when you have to make it back up the hill. Throughout my run, the wintry mix starting changing over to snow and as I was slogging along up the hill at the end, it started snowing huge white snowflakes. That put a smile on my face and helped me finish strong.
As I previously mentioned, the NYC Marathon is next week and I'm a jumbled mess of nervous and excited. This will be my 10th marathon, so I'm not a stranger to that beast but the logistics of this race are like no other. I'm more excited than anything, but am slightly nervous about all the pre-race logistics and how they'll affect my race. Most specifically, the fact that I will be needing to wake up about 6 hours before my 11am start time and what I should eat in the in-between. Also the fact that I'll be traveling to NYC the day before and how I should go about carb loading the day before. My other fear is that my hip will be bothering me as much as it did during the Columbus Marathon a few weeks ago. I felt like I had a sufficient week of recovery and healing afterward (only 7 slow/short miles that week) but last week's runs left my hip and then my shin bugging me a little more than I would like. I know that I can help that with making sure I stay on top of the exercises I should be doing this week, but I hope that's enough. So that, along with sleeping and eating right, will be my main focus this week. Speaking of which, I should probably go do those things.7 -
Whee! I ran 11.3 miles today and hit my goal of 100 miles.... 100.6 to be exact.
And there's still two more running days left. This makes me happy.
Since I had had probably the worst week in a long-*kitten* time, today was basically a "run til you drop" sort of day. I didn't actually drop, but I ran for two solid hours. Haven't had a good two-hour run since the very beginning of the month.
And I'm way behind on posts. I just hope everyone is doing okay and running strong.11 -
Napped a good deal after the race. Improved my 10k time by 7 minutes today. Calf felt great until I decided to sprint to the finish and it seized up again. Hating myself for that moment because it basically means another week of rest. The HM I was planning on is 6 weeks away and I had just finished the 7 week long run in the Hal Higdon Novice 1 HM plan.
Stupid me.
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@RespectTheKitty Well done Goal Plus.
@fitoverfortymom No that's not stupid I am a firm believer that you build at least a full extra week into a schedule to allow for " Life Happens ".fitoverfortymom wrote: »The HM I was planning on is 6 weeks away and I had just finished the 7 week long run in the Hal Higdon Novice 1 HM plan.
Stupid me.
@JessicaMcB 100k I think you can take at least 1 day off, maybe even 2. The rest of us mere mortals would need a week.0 -
@fitoverfortymom Sorry to hear about your calf but congrats on your 10k improvement and finish. I couldn't even imagine doing 10k at the moment but I do know what it's like to want to push it.0
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Got some unexpected news this morning. The friend who said he'd run with me at the HM had a heart attack yesterday! He's 55, never smoked, never drank, and runs 20-30 miles a week. Has done HMs before. They're doing a heart cath on him tomorrow.
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10/28 - 12.0 miles
45/119 miles
Yesterday’s long run was hard because I have not been getting in my runs in durin g the week due to travel. Since my husband and kids had no where to be yesterday morning, I was able to travel to our local university to run around the lakes. Around the lKez is a total of 6 miles. I did walk from mile 3.5 to mile 5.5 because I made a wrong turn and needed a bathroom and had to walk until I found one and then I finished the last half mile walking. These beauties were on the lake yesterday morning:
No travel this week so no excuses on getting my running done!5 -
@WandaVaughn that is terrible. I hope he will be OK. It's hard to understand why those things happen to people who we perceive as healthy.0
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@WandaVaughn I'm sorry about your buddy! Not that there is a "right" person to suffer heart disease but it seems like more and more it is afflicting the wrong people.
@juliet3455 I know I couldn't do a week if I wasn't injured, I'd go crazy
. From the state of my right foot I think I might just hit 10-15k in the morning before we take the kids to the city for their pediatric opthamology appointment. 0
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