November 2017 Running Challenge

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  • RunRachelleRun
    RunRachelleRun Posts: 1,854 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    RunRachelleRun wrote: »
    Congratulations @katharmonic and @Iporter229 - so impressive!

    Nov 12 – 3.17 mile Vancouver Fall Classic 5K

    My knee had been bothering me since my workout on Thursday (I wasn't able to straighten it - zoinks!). I took a couple of rest days and woke up this morning feeling great.

    It was stormy and pouring rain, but the weather beings smiled on me and the rain stopped exactly as I crossed the finish line. I was so happy I had decided to put my coat in gear check.

    I set a PR with a time of 39:39 (according to my Garmin - final results aren't posted yet), and it was the first race I've done with no walking. Avg hr 183, max 195. Avg pace: 12:30 min/mile; best pace: 10:14 min/mile. Feeling happy with my result!

    MTD: 14.31 / 50 miles

    A storming race and you got a PR!?!? That deserves a major celebration of some kind! :D

    Ha, no, whoops. I wrote that wrong. The rain stopped when I crossed the START line.
  • RunRachelleRun
    RunRachelleRun Posts: 1,854 Member
    Congratulations @shrcpr ! I bet that was a gorgeous and scenic race.
  • kevaasen
    kevaasen Posts: 173 Member
    Update on my November goal of 130 with a stretch of 150

    Week 1: 35.9
    Week 2: 44.4 (80.3 total )

  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    Wow, lots of races today! Congrats to @lporter229, @katharmonic, and @shrcpr for those HMs; and WTG @RunRachelleRun with a PR 5K!
  • bjderhak
    bjderhak Posts: 51 Member
    Congrats to all the racers today!!
    I ran a 10k race in St Augustine today as well. Was a little disappointed, finished about 2 minutes slower than my goal :( Trying to remind myself that I have been training for a marathon, and the 10k was just for fun. It's still hard not to get competitive with yourself. I havent been doing much for speed work, so trying to run 6.2 miles fast has me feeling more exhausted than my regularly scheduled long runs.
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    shrcpr wrote: »
    I had my HM today, too - my first one ever. Time was 2:31 so 11:34 min/mile. Every step after 10.5 miles was a PR for me. :smiley: I am so happy that I made it through and was able to run the whole way, except when getting water. It was a beautiful day in Monterey Bay along the ocean. Started out around 53 degrees so perfect weather. Over 5,500 runners so an overall amazing experience!

    Great job @shrcpr !!! That sounds like a beautiful race - love Monterey Bay. Congrats on your PR distance and time, great effort!

    Great 5k PR @RunRachelleRun

    Thanks to all of you for the congrats on finishing my HM. Ready to curl into bed with the heated mattress pad for those sore legs.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    MobyCarp wrote: »
    Cross country sucks. But making a difference for my team feels great.

    Well done! And it might grow on you with time :)
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,184 Member
    November goal: 70 miles

    11/1: 3.4 miles
    11/2: 3.1 miles
    11/5: 7.7 miles
    11/7: 4 miles
    11/9: 3.5 miles
    11/12: 7.7 miles


    29.4/70 miles

    I got back this afternoon from my weekend at UNT to visit my son and his girlfriend. We had a great time. My son is in an organization called Talons and they shoot off the canon at the football games. It was so fun seeing him in the homecoming parade and on the field at the game. We did do lots of eating out and a little more drinking than usual. They sell beer at the football games. I really needed my run when I got home today after all that and the drive home. It was a good run too, but I am extremely tired now. I have been reading through the thread and I gave lots of awesomes. It sounds like everyone had a great weekend of running. Congrats to all who raced this weekend. You all did great!


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  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
    11/1 = 10 miles
    11/2 = strength training
    11/3 = 5 miles
    11/4 = 19 miles
    11/5 = rest day
    11/6 = 4.5 miles and strength training
    11/7 = 8.5 miles
    11/8 = rest day
    11/9 = 6 miles
    11/10 = Vinyasa yoga class
    11/11 = 13 miles (New Braunfels Half)
    11/12 = 6 miles

    71/175 (September goal miles)

    Upcoming Races:
    11/23 = Georgetown Turkey Trot
    12/10 = BCS Marathon
    1/6/18 = River Road Run Half Marathon
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    @ddmom0811 a bunch of my coworkers are heading to Orlando for the I/ITSEC conference.
    @lporter229 fantastic race!
    @katharmonic I hate tight quads. Great time even with not feeling your best.
    @RunRachelleRun super PR
    @shrcpr super HM!
    Great job @MobyCarp – we went yesterday to cheer on Skip’s friend who made State XC meet and your comment on hating XC made me think of Skip. After running all around the course to cheer on her teammate she said it sucked that running the course was easier than running to watch people race. Ha ha
  • bride001
    bride001 Posts: 153 Member
    11/01 - Sick Day
    11/02 - Sick Day
    11/03 - Sick Day
    11/04 - 13.0 miles
    11/05 – 4.0 miles
    11/06 – Unplanned Rest Day
    11/07 – Rest Day
    11/08- Rain Day
    11/09 - no run - don' t remember why
    11/10 - 7.0 miles
    11/11 - 11.0 miles
    11/12 - Rest Day

    35/126 miles

    Great run on Friday. For Saturday's long run I was planning on going to the LSU lakes; however a home football game with an 11 am kick off prevented that. I went back to bed and my 11 miler got done in the late afternoon. This is the last run in double digits before the half marathon Dec. 2, so I guess tapering begins? I still have an 8 miler scheduled for next Saturday.

    Travel plans changed for this week, only traveling on Wednesday for work. This means I will be able to run everyday but Wednesday this week.

    Congrats to everyone who raced this weekend! Some awesome accomplishments!

    @JessicaMcB and @7lenny7 - WOW on the transformations! I really thought JessicaMcB picture was a relative of some sort!

    Weather here is still in the lower 70 F for the daily highs and upper 40 F for the lows.

    Upcoming Races:
    12/02/2017 – St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend – HM
    01/13/2018 – Louisiana Marathon Weekend – Quarter Marathon
    02/17/2018 – Mardi Gras Mambo 10K
  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
    November goal 100miles, at least 1mpd

    11/1 4.43
    11/2 2.25
    11/3 6.35
    11/4 2.25
    11/5 4.50
    11/6 2.22 + snorkel 3.5hours
    11/7 7.00
    11/8 2.32
    11/9 4.13
    11/10 2.72
    11/11 4.00
    11/12 5.23


    Total: 43.40

    Congrats to @lporter229 , @RunRachelleRun , @MobyCarp , @katharmonic , @SusanDSME (and others I probably missed....) for jobs well done!

    Ticker is my goal for 2017 and progress to date:

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    Upcoming races:
    Phoenix Women's 10k 1/28/18
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    lporter229 wrote: »
    Honor Run half marathon today. The race was in support of veterans and I was running this race in honor of my father. No expectations of a PR for multiple reasons, but I was pleased with my results on a fairly hilly course and sub freezing temps. I finished in 1:41:30 which earned me 2nd in my age group and 8th female over all (out of 319). Considering that I have done no legitimate speed work other than a couple of treadmill intervals since Feb, I am feeling pretty pleased. My inability to get my hamstrings completely healed have left me feeling a little uncertain about my running abilities these days, so it was nice to see that I am not that far off of PR pace, even without optimal training.

    @lporter229 You give me hope! I haven't done much speedwork since April in favour of distance. You rock!

    cburke8909 wrote: »
    No runs for me this weekend but plenty of yard Work. Doctor's appointment Thursday suggested that muscle tear was small but deep and may need lots of TCL to heal fully.

    @cburke8909 Oh, no, I'm so disappointed for you. But bravo for your alternative strategies I see on MapMyFitness.

    bjderhak wrote: »
    Congrats to all the racers today!!
    I ran a 10k race in St Augustine today as well. Was a little disappointed, finished about 2 minutes slower than my goal :( Trying to remind myself that I have been training for a marathon, and the 10k was just for fun. It's still hard not to get competitive with yourself. I havent been doing much for speed work, so trying to run 6.2 miles fast has me feeling more exhausted than my regularly scheduled long runs.

    @bjderhak That's me too. Last parkrun PB was in April, then marathon training and my marathon August 27, and I'm over 2 minutes slower on my hard effort parkruns now. But dammit, I do love long distance!! Well done on only being 2 minutes slower for a 10 km!!


    @katharmonic Love how you kept running! :heart:

    Now I'm considering donuts for long run fuel. Normally I can't handle chewing on my runs, but donuts are easy to eat anytime! :smile:

  • NikolaosKey
    NikolaosKey Posts: 410 Member
    Hi all!

    An easy long run yesterday. It's time to hit the gym cause it will be rainy all week!

    11/1: 10k -Easy-
    11/3: 12.1k -Easy+strides-
    11/4: 14.4k -w/u, Intervals, c/d-
    11/5: 20.2k -Long run-
    11/6: 10.1k -Easy-
    11/9: 8.16k -Tempo-
    11/11: 16.2k -w/u, Intervals, c/d-
    11/12: 18.2k -Long Run-


    109.5k/200k

    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 Run10k
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    October goal: Not chicken out and Register for Zumbro. Start training for Zumbro and figure out real mileage
    Nominal Mileage goal: 100 miles???

    11/1- REST
    11/2- 3.1+ 20 minutes shoveling
    11/3- REST
    11/4- 7.8
    11/5- 4
    11/6- REST
    11/7- 5.8
    11/8- 4.1
    11/9- REST
    11/10- 4.1
    11/11- 6.6
    11/12- 6.3
    11/13- REST

    Total: 41.9

    Today's notes- REST day today. Having two rest days a week is taking some getting used to, but I know, in the end, it will be good. I emailed coach over the weekend, asking about what I'll be looking at for peak mileage, just so I could get an idea of what he might have in store for me.

    He told me that, with my prior weekly max of 55 miles, I will be looking at somewhat over that, but not by much, and not for a long period of time. Coach really emphasizes quality over quantity in training. With course records at Superior 100, and Wild Duluth 100k, and a podium finish at Zumbro 100, he definitely knows what he's doing, but it's a mindset change for me.

    That is the funny thing with ultra, there really are 2 different training mindsets, as @JessicaMcB told me. There are the folks who get in tons of miles, like our Jessica (though her quality is high too), and people who are lower mileage but really emphasize bang for buck in training, which is what coach Jake does.

    I don't really have a philosophy in training. I hit a lot of miles in Marathon and 100k training, and am now in a lower mileage, higher quality cycle for Zumbro. It will be interesting to see how it compares. Either way, I'm still working on telling myself that I should stop overthinking, let coach Jake do that part for me, and just give input on how things are going.

    Anyway, enough of all that. Have a Runderful day everyone!

    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
    4/13- Zumbro Endurance Race 100 Mile
    5/19- Superior Trail 25k (Lottery)
    7/8- Afton 50k???
    9/8- Superior Trail 50 mile (Lottery)
    10/xx Wild Duluth 50k? 100k?

    http://teachertrailrunner.blogspot.com/
  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,881 Member
    @skippygirlsmom - you should tell them you need to come along to I/ITSEC next year! I've done that 5K the last few years and my students have been presenting at the Future Leaders booth the last 10 years. This year they wrote a simulation on the fastest ways to board people on an airplane. They have done a great job, but their fastest solution is one that just isn't feasible in the real world. (Load the window seats first, then the middle seats, then the aisles). So they will have a good "lessons learned" section to the project. But the simulations they wrote are very good and they also added a Vive (VR) to the project which is really just for show (not a simulation).

    Today was strength training in the morning and the official start of Strong Curves. I've been reading and trying out some of the exercises and today I started on one of the plans in the book. I am not following it exactly -- author says you must eat properly and shouldn't do as much cardio as I do, but I'm hoping it will make me stronger anyway. I eat pretty well... but I'm not giving up chocolate or wine. Or running or cycling!

    11/1 - 4 miles
    11/2 - Strength training - tabatas - push ups/pull ups/sit ups and wall squats
    11/3 - rest day and fly to NY!
    11/4 - 4.5 (5K and then a run from daughter’s apt to my hotel)
    11/5 - 5.0 Astoria run
    11/6 - 5.0 Astoria run #2
    11/7 - rest day and fly back to Orlando
    11/8 - Strength training/Tabatas - added in dips for 5 sets of tabatas.
    11/9 - 4 miles
    11/10 - 4 miles
    11/11 - 44 miles cycling
    11/12 - 5 miles
    11/ 13 - strength training

    I/ITSEC 5K in Orlando - 11/29
    Daytona Beach HM - 2/4/19


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  • bjderhak
    bjderhak Posts: 51 Member
    4 mile easy run today. 62 miles for the month.

    Going to add some hill training 1 day a week and be more consistent with strength training my legs as well. When I get tired on runs its always my leg muscles that want to give out before my heart/lungs so I am assuming that means they need to be stronger. Thoughts?

    Next race: Florida WestCoast 1/2 marathon in Sarasota coming up dec 10. Should be fun.

    @Orphia thanks. glad to know Im not alone :)
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    11/01 - REST
    11/02 - REST
    11/03 - 1.95
    11/04 - 8
    11/05 - REST
    11/06 - 4.7
    11/07 - 2.5 (uggg, treadmill)
    11/08 - 5
    11/09 - REST
    11/10 - Cross training: Bodypump and CX Works + 10 minutes on treadmill walking with steep incline.
    11/11 - 9.85
    11/12 - REST
    11/13 - 5

    Rolled my ankle a little toward the end this morning while I was fiddling with my headphones. :# Tomorrow is 3miles or cross training and while I would usually choose the run, I might do some less impact work just to make sure things aren't too niggly. We'll see how it feels through the rest of today. Doesn't help that I picked my most uncomfortable shoes to wear to the office today.

    Otherwise, it was a great run on a new route, but I efinitely need to get a headlamp. This was a "safer" route than I usually take according to hubby, but the fancy schmancy neighborhood doesn't have any street lights and I couldn't see a darned thing. Had to do an out-and-back instead of the loop I fancied because I couldn't read the street signs.
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    bjderhak wrote: »
    Congrats to all the racers today!!
    I ran a 10k race in St Augustine today as well. Was a little disappointed, finished about 2 minutes slower than my goal :( Trying to remind myself that I have been training for a marathon, and the 10k was just for fun. It's still hard not to get competitive with yourself. I havent been doing much for speed work, so trying to run 6.2 miles fast has me feeling more exhausted than my regularly scheduled long runs.

    This is so me! I get so caught up in the race that I forget I'm actually training for a much longer distance and I don't have to crush it every time!
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    I love hearing everyone's HM stories from this weekend! My first is just shy of 4 weeks away. Just trying to log the miles and stay healthy and uninjured at this point!
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    *sigh* 32 and raining...

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    32 and raining is one degree from being SNOW!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    fitoverfortymom wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    *sigh* 32 and raining...

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    32 and raining is one degree from being SNOW!

    Correct. AKA USELESS. Grr.
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    @Teresa502 That is so sad, and touching, and all the feels.
  • bride001
    bride001 Posts: 153 Member
    11/01 - Sick Day
    11/02 - Sick Day
    11/03 - Sick Day
    11/04 - 13.0 miles
    11/05 – 4.0 miles
    11/06 – Unplanned Rest Day
    11/07 – Rest Day
    11/08- Rain Day
    11/09 - no run - don' t remember why
    11/10 - 7.0 miles
    11/11 - 11.0 miles
    11/12 - Rest Day
    11/13 - 5.0 miles

    40/126 miles

    I had 6 miles scheduled for today, but overslept a little and was only able to fit in 5 before work. I am going to try to do the other 1 mile tonight after work.

    @Teresa502 -Great finish on the HM and sorry for your loss.
    @PastorVincent - My weather sounds great compared to yours!

    Upcoming Races:
    12/02/2017 – St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend – HM
    01/13/2018 – Louisiana Marathon Weekend – Quarter Marathon
    02/17/2018 – Mardi Gras Mambo 10K
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