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
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
Total km - 348 km out of 350 km
Did my run later in the day and struggled I think I'm much better at early morning runs.2 -
Yesterday was a longer run...still doing recovery, but pretty much at the end of it all now. And as I'm not training for anything in particular, there'll be no real higher mileage just yet; probably some HM distances, but that's it for now.
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
Total: 92.17 / 100 miles
Oh, and that watch face that I said I would look at coding (the one that wasn't available for the FR935). Yeah, that's all done now. I had fun coding it, and I may submit it to Garmin, but as it's a replica of an existing watch face, it may be wiser to just keep it to myself to avoid any potential issues.
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Trying to get the umph to run this morning. Ligh rain, dark, and 42F. Sigh...3
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Cold ten miles this am. First long run since the marathon. Felt good.
Question, now that I'm not training for a marathon how do I handle long runs if I want to have fun and participate in some Saturday 5k or 10k races? Saturday is still going to be my long day. I'm not treating the races as important events where I'm all in trying for my peak performance but I do want to have fun and see what I can do. My next serious race will be in March.
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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
Total Miles: 156.6
Total Elevation: 2746
October goal: Survive 100k training taper and Wild Duluth 100k
Nominal Mileage goal: 100 miles.
Elevation goal: 15000ft
Today's notes:When @JessicaMcB was back running again 3 days after her 80k, I was amazed. I don't have that recovery ability. However, after 6 days of telling myself lies about how I worked hard and deserved a week off, I hauled my lazy *kitten* out of bed at 0500 and made myself get in an easy 5k this morning.
We had out first Snowfall of the year Thursday night/Friday morning, so there was a glaze of ice on the road, making for slower going than I'd like, but I got it done at a decent 9:28 pace and average HR of 149.
Temp was 25F (-3.8C) with a decently stout north wind. That said, with wool socks, running pants, polar fleece zip-up wind shell, hat and gloves I was feeling pretty over dressed, but these first runs are always an experiment, trying to remember/figure what is the best to wear.
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 25k5 -
Oh, and that watch face that I said I would look at coding (the one that wasn't available for the FR935). Yeah, that's all done now. I had fun coding it, and I may submit it to Garmin, but as it's a replica of an existing watch face, it may be wiser to just keep it to myself to avoid any potential issues.
...Or you could contact the author of the original one.
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PastorVincent wrote: »Oh, and that watch face that I said I would look at coding (the one that wasn't available for the FR935). Yeah, that's all done now. I had fun coding it, and I may submit it to Garmin, but as it's a replica of an existing watch face, it may be wiser to just keep it to myself to avoid any potential issues.
...Or you could contact the author of the original one.
Y'know, you're absolutely right, I'll do that later.1 -
Y'all nerds sure are up early... I love all the cool stuff you nerds can do though. Can one of you bring me some donuts and bacon? Ooo ooo ooo or make an app for that.
ETA I played an online test... I'm a geek. So funny... I get called nerd a lot..
http://www.playbuzz.com/elizabethderryberry10/are-you-a-geek-a-nerd-or-a-dork4 -
10/1 rest
10/2 5.5miles 50m:22s
10/3 5miles 45m:30s
10/4 9miles 1h:24m:02s
10/5 6miles 55:m:30s
10/6 11miles 1h:45m:40s
10/7 4miles 38m:39s
10/8 rest
10/9 6.56miles 61m:30s
10/10 5miles 47m:01s
10/11 7miles 1h:06m:10s
10/12 4.42miles 48m:00s
10/13 12miles 1h:53m:24s
10/14 5miles 48m:31s
10/15 rest
10/16 5.8miles 55m:37s
10/17 7miles 64m:13s
10/18 9miles 1h:20m:51s
10/19 5miles 46m:17s
10/20 12miles 1h:51m:25s
10/21 5miles 48m
10/22 rest
10/23 6.6miles 1h:01m:37s
10/24 5miles 50m:35s
10/25 7miles 1h:07m:32s
10/26 4miles 38m:44s
10/27 14miles!!! 2h:11m:18s
10/28 5miles 46m:50s
Yesterday afternoon I really didn’t see how it would be possible to run 5 miles today after running 14 miles! I’m happy to say that I stayed upright the whole time and I feel pretty good!!
Now I’m going to shamelessly take my kids around town to score free candy (There are a ton of harvest fests going on today!) 5 -
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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
Got my long run in after all! The "excuse" I thought was going to keep me from running this weekend didn't manifest as a real reason not to run, so I dragged myself out this morning for the group long run. And was glad I did, as it was a gorgeous fall morning. Ran with a couple of new people, even did some hills which I have been avoiding recently. My legs are now good and tired, and I'm ready for a nice nap, or more likely a hike with the dog first and then a nice nap.
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PastorVincent wrote: »
The new diet fad! Looks like food with none of the digestible calories!1 -
PastorVincent wrote: »
The new diet fad! Looks like food with none of the digestible calories!
No... its actual food
Example: https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/3d-food-printers-how-they-could-change-what-you-eat/
And others. They started coming out several years ago when they were talking about installing a pizza printer on the ISS: https://www.theverge.com/2014/1/24/5342180/watch-this-3d-printer-make-pizza-fit-for-astronauts
An "app for that" is closer than you likely think...1 -
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.html3 -
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
10/25 – rest day aka garbage day ha ha
10/26 – 6 miles
10/27 – 3 miles
10/28 - 5K Spooktacular Race
106 of 100 miles
I'm giving myself 4 for today. I did about a mile warm up then the 5K. At 5:30 am it was pouring, I mean pouring and 39 degrees. By 6:30 it was 41 and stopped raining so my friend and I did our 5K. She is a few age groups younger than me and faster than I've been lately, which I hate because she would be a great pacer for me. I was happy with the weather, chilly to start. I didn't realize until I got the start that they didn't have a starting mat, I had me at 33:03 and they had me at 33:12. I finished 4th in my AG and about 230 overall (and so did my friend). We were both happy to be 2 minutes behind the 3rd, I hate being like 3 seconds behind the person in the AG in front of me ha ha. We had a great time and I'm happy with my race.
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Y'all nerds sure are up early... I love all the cool stuff you nerds can do though. Can one of you bring me some donuts and bacon? Ooo ooo ooo or make an app for that.
ETA I played an online test... I'm a geek. So funny... I get called nerd a lot..
http://www.playbuzz.com/elizabethderryberry10/are-you-a-geek-a-nerd-or-a-dork
Fun! I got NERD (all caps according to the test gurus). I will bring you donuts if you will clean my house. I am over cleaning on the weekend, but I don’t want to during the week either.3 -
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
Dude, you completed a 100k course. That is what matters! You rock!
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cburke8909 wrote: »Cold ten miles this am. First long run since the marathon. Felt good.
Question, now that I'm not training for a marathon how do I handle long runs if I want to have fun and participate in some Saturday 5k or 10k races? Saturday is still going to be my long day. I'm not treating the races as important events where I'm all in trying for my peak performance but I do want to have fun and see what I can do. My next serious race will be in March.
@cburke8909 - There's not a whole lot of difference between running 10 easy miles because a training plan calls for it and running 10 easy miles because you want to. Working a race into the long day is pretty much the same, one way or the other. You just run more miles before and/or after the race.
Examples: If I wanted to run 10 miles including a 5K, I'd run an easy preview of the course, run the 5K as a race, and run 4-ish miles afterward. For a 10K, I'd run a long 3 or short 4 miles as an out and back on the end of the course for my warmup, then run the race. Last January, I had a 5 mile race on a course I hadn't seen before on a day I needed 15 miles. So I ran my warmup as a preview of the course, ran the race, and ran the course in reverse after the race. I've also had a 10 mile warmup for a 5 mile race on a day that called for 15 miles.
You figure out what to do that is the most fun for you while also supporting what you want to do with the race.
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RunRachelleRun wrote: »Y'all nerds sure are up early... I love all the cool stuff you nerds can do though. Can one of you bring me some donuts and bacon? Ooo ooo ooo or make an app for that.
ETA I played an online test... I'm a geek. So funny... I get called nerd a lot..
http://www.playbuzz.com/elizabethderryberry10/are-you-a-geek-a-nerd-or-a-dork
Fun! I got NERD (all caps according to the test gurus). I will bring you donuts if you will clean my house. I am over cleaning on the weekend, but I don’t want to during the week either.
Oh man. I pay someone to clean. And @PastorVincent said I can have 3d donuts, 3d bacon, and new 3d organs/smarter brain.
It feels like 37f out with 12-20mph winds... I'm torn... Not sure what to wear.1 -
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)
Total - 117.2/120 Miles1
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