February 2018 Running Challenge
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katharmonic wrote: »Yesterday I logged on to Facebook while out of town and found out that the coach for our running program for the YMCA (across all Y's in the metro area) has been let go effective immediately. Seems to be a financial decision, they are going to make the triathlon coach the head of both the running and tri programs. I feel devastated. He built the running program, it's his method of training, he inspired all of us. I know there are meetings happening, and protests, and letter writing. I hope somehow it gets reversed or some other position is found. I would not be a runner without this program, and there is no program without our coach as far as we the runners are concerned. Just shocked and sad and angry.
Maybe he can go out on his own to continue coaching independently so you can still have his coaching! Hopefully this works out in your favor In the long run. ❤️0 -
DauntlessDiva wrote: »katharmonic wrote: »Yesterday I logged on to Facebook while out of town and found out that the coach for our running program for the YMCA (across all Y's in the metro area) has been let go effective immediately. Seems to be a financial decision, they are going to make the triathlon coach the head of both the running and tri programs. I feel devastated. He built the running program, it's his method of training, he inspired all of us. I know there are meetings happening, and protests, and letter writing. I hope somehow it gets reversed or some other position is found. I would not be a runner without this program, and there is no program without our coach as far as we the runners are concerned. Just shocked and sad and angry.
Maybe he can go out on his own to continue coaching independently so you can still have his coaching! Hopefully this works out in your favor In the long run. ❤️
I hope so, thanks. There was a protest today and it hit the local news. It will be interesting to see what happens in the next week I think.
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
02/01/18 :::: 5.0 :::: 5.0
02/02/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 5.0
02/03/18 :::: 7.4 :::: 12.4
02/04/18 :::: 3.2 :::: 15.6
02/05/18 :::: 3.8 :::: 19.4
02/06/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 22.5
02/07/18 :::: 3.3 :::: 25.8
02/08/18 :::: 3.4 :::: 29.2
02/09/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 29.2
02/10/18 :::: 8.1 :::: 37.3
02/11/18 :::: 3.6 :::: 40.8
Nice afternoon run in San Diego, but a very crowded touristy area was not the best choice that time of day. Dodging and weaving through everyone was a pain. Loved wearing shorts and a tank and feeling the sun though!
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February Goal....get up. get out.
2/1 Just got back from a week on the mainland
2/2 and then had to start cleaning and cooking
2/3 and digging the underground oven to cook kalua pig and turkey for 55 people
2/4 who came to our annual SuperBowl Luau!
2/5 and then was too exhausted to move
2/6 4.10
2/7 5.20
2/8 last minute dinner with friends
2/9 trying to get the flu....fortunately I can write myself a tamiflu script!
2/10 4.40
2/11 3.11
Total 16.81
Ticker is my goal for 2018 and progress to date:
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February 2 — 4.15 miles
February 4 — 5.19 miles
February 6 — 4.23 miles
February 8 — 6.65 miles
February 10 — 3.11 miles
February 11 — 3.45 miles
February total — 26.78/75 miles
Ran in a slushy icy mess yesterday; kept losing traction so cut it short to 5K. Since that run was cut short, decided to run two days in a row and added another short run on the treadmill. Hip flexor feels fine today and on both my runs.8 -
Feb 1 - 4.95 miles - Interval, Core, followed with Sarasota Beach run (virtual)
Feb 3 - 5.44 miles - Interval, Back & Core, followed with Destin Beach (Florida) run (v)
Feb 4 - 4.35 miles - Floor Core, Interval & Biceps, followed with Liguria (Italy) run (v)
Feb 5 - 3.1 miles - Caveman special, Interval, Legz & Core
Feb 6 - 5.14 miles - 4 mile ÞJÓÐVEGUR run (virtual, followed with Interval, Abs & Lower Back
Feb 7 - 5.15 miles - Interval & Chest, followed with Maria Aurora, Central Luzon (not to be mistaken with Luton))
Feb 8 - Triple R day
Feb 9 - 4.1 miles - 3 mile TM run, followed with Interval & Core
Feb 10 - 4.5 miles - Caveman special - Interval, Arms Superset & Core - unintentional 1.75mile Japan run
Feb 11 - 2.1 miles - Caveman special - Interval, Shoulders & Core - should have been rest day
Feb 12 - 4.4 miles - 3.1 mile Aosta, France run, followed with 1.3 mile Interval & Core
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2.5 miles I thought you all would appreciate that rather than run on the treadmill again... I ran outside in the rain/snow mix
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PastorVincent wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »Yesterday was this month's 5k race. I had a hard time with it, and was really struck with how completely "different hard" it was from the marathon. You would think that if you can run 27k comfortably at marathon pace, plus another 15k uncomfortably but determined, that you should be able to speed that up and knock out a fast 5k no problem.
Once you become a distance runner, you need to approach the "shorter" races WAY differently. In all likelihood, you were not even really fully warmed up by the end of the race. To run a 5k, you really should consider a couple miles of warm up before the race starts. It makes a big difference. Some people even say run the entire 5k course as a warm-up. It really does help.
I'm one of the people who like to run a preview of the 5K course as a warmup. The idea is to run it easy, but on race day I might end up running it almost as fast as marathon pace, just because I'm worked up and it's almost a race environment and sometimes I worry foolishly about getting back to the start line in time.
Then I typically think of the 5K as an interval workout: 4800m at interval pace, plus 200m at rep pace. I find myself passing some fading runners in mile 3, because I'm trained to go much further than 5K and I only have to hold a fast pace for a little while. And yes, it's hard; but it's not really that much harder than, say, 2 x 2 miles at threshold with 2 minutes recovery. Which is one of the speed workouts I've done in marathon training.
At least, that's how it went when I was healthy. I hope to get back to that again.
Thank you both for the great advice! Gives me some things to think about.
Winter break is over, so got kids dropped off, went to the store with hubby, and then changed shoes in the parking lot and ran home from there. It worked out to be a good 6.5k interval workout, pushing the pace on clear sidewalks, then running at the same effort level (but slower pace) on the snowy parts and walking the icy parts. Felt pretty good, enough to fit in 20 minutes on the weight machine afterwards.
Question for y'all: Our health insurance has a benefit that either reimburses us for a gym membership OR the equivalent in "home fitness equipment". If you had $30/month (you can spend the whole year at one time so $360 total per person), what equipment would you buy?
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polskagirl01 wrote: »
Question for y'all: Our health insurance has a benefit that either reimburses us for a gym membership OR the equivalent in "home fitness equipment". If you had $30/month (you can spend the whole year at one time so $360 total per person), what equipment would you buy?
If I had space, I'd buy a squat rack and barbell set, maybe some dumbbells And maybe a Concept2 Rowing machine if I really had money to splash out. As a runner, you'd benefit from strength training but you already get your cardio from running. The rower is probably the best all-round fitness 'machine'4 -
girlinahat wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »
Question for y'all: Our health insurance has a benefit that either reimburses us for a gym membership OR the equivalent in "home fitness equipment". If you had $30/month (you can spend the whole year at one time so $360 total per person), what equipment would you buy?
If I had space, I'd buy a squat rack and barbell set, maybe some dumbbells And maybe a Concept2 Rowing machine if I really had money to splash out. As a runner, you'd benefit from strength training but you already get your cardio from running. The rower is probably the best all-round fitness 'machine'
Ask yourself what you will actually USE. I mean there are tons of great work out thingies you can buy that will help you in all kinds of great ways - but in most homes, they end up just collected laundry.
Personally, for me, I would upgrade my dreadmill as it is probably the only thing I would actually use.
If you keep up running, you probably need to target upper body. So equipment that targets your upper body is probably wisest - if you will actually use it.
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February goal: Keep kicking at Zumbro training
Nominal mileage goal: Let's say 140? I really don't know. Real plan is to follow training and coach's advice well.
2/1- REST
2/2- 5.5
2/3- 16.6
2/4- 4.2
2/5- REST
2/6- 9.1
2/7- 6.7
2/8- REST
2/9- 5.5
2/10-10
2/11- 9.8
Total: 67.4
Today's notes: Rest day today. Had an out/back 65/55 run on Saturday and a 2 hour easy trail run yesterday. Internet was down at home and I didn't feel like posting full updates on my phone. Now to get rid of this stupid cough/congestion.
2018 races
3/28- END-SURE 50k
4/13- Zumbro Endurance Race 100 Mile
7/28- Minnesota Voyageur 50 (coach brought up this one)
9/8- Superior Trail 50 mile
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Last week, had a busy Friday, planned to run on Sat to complete the week's training. Then, didn't sleep on Friday night, totally exhausted, complete lack of energy on Sat, so I thought "it's ok, just run on Sunday, no big deal, just get it done!". Ya. Another insomniac night. Sunday wiped out too. So, when I DID sleep last night, then the alarm went off at 4 to run, I was VERY tempted to reset them for 5 & get some more sleep. Instead, laced up & started week 7 of CT10K.
Feb: 25 miles
2/2 - 2.1 miles
2/3 - 2.15 miles
2/5 - 2.41 miles
2/7 - 2.44 miles
2/12 - 2.5 miles - 11.6 run, 13.4 to go
Races:
2/17 - Susan B Komen Race For the Cure 5K
2/24 - Gasparilla 5K
Yearly goal: 200 miles - Jan 17.61 - 11.6 = 170.79 to run!11 -
1/2- rest
2/2 - strength
3/2-5.2
4/2-2.8
5/2-3.3
6/2-3.1
7/2-2.9
8/2-rest
9/2-rest
10/2-5.0
11/2-10.1
Total - 32/120 Miles6 -
Just caught up!
To all the head phone posts: The 5 & 8K's I've been in say they are discouraged, but people use them, and I've also gone by people who don't use them, but their music is playing loud & clear to all around, if we want to hear it or not! In the duathalons I've done, they are absolutely forbidden, and any athlete using them will be disqualified. Personally, I will use them, but only 1 ear bud in. I CAN run without music, but I prefer to.
Now I do have a question to pose to y'all here. Getting real. (If it's too real, then delete, I understand) "Runner's Trots" Gut Issues, Lower GI Issues...however you want to phrase it. I KNOW I'm not alone with this! For races, I'll take an Imodium, but I don't want to take one every time I run. I've changed my diet, limited my alcohol, I run on empty, get dressed while sitting on the toilet, then take another sit before I go out, yet there still times, like this morning, where I'm pausing my runs because I literally cannot go on. I have tried slowing a pace, walking, but nope, I have to stop. At 4:30, 5 in the morning, not too many options to ask to use the bathroom! How many else suffer through this, and what are your little tips & tricks for getting through it?2 -
February 3 – 13.1 miles
February 4 – 6 miles
February 5 – 5 miles
February 7 – 5 miles
February 9 – 7 miles
February 10 – 14 miles
February 11 – 3.8 miles
February 12 – 5 miles (treadmill)
Upcoming Races:
February 24-25 – Gasparilla Amber Challenge (15K & 5K on Saturday; Half Marathon on Sunday)
May 6 – Pittsburgh Half Marathon
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2/1 - 3 miles
2/2 - 0 miles
2/3 - 3.1 Mardi Gras 5K
2/4 - 0 miles family stuff
2/5 - 8 miles
2/6 - 3 miles
2/7 - 0 miles
2/8 - 6 miles
2/9 - 3 miles
2/10 - 4 miles 5K and some extra
2/11 - 8 miles
2/12 - rest day
38 of 110 miles
I got up turned on the weather 32F wind at 15-20 mph windchill temp 20F. I'm not afraid of the cold I'm just tired of it.
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Really bummed I didnt get 10 miles in yesterday, but I have arthritis and running has helped soso much, but it acted up yesterday after the first part of my run, I had to stop after 6.25 miles because we had to go somewhere, and when I went outside my knee got really stiff and I could hardly bend it, it was also below zero and a cold front coming in, it was feeling a little better so I ran some more, I made it 1.75 miles and called it good because I really didnt want to risk screwing up my knee more. its stiff still, but not horribly, so we will see if I want to tempt running tonight or not.
2/1/18-4 miles
2/5/18-3 miles
2/6/18-3 miles
2/7/18-3 miles
2/8/18-2.5 miles
2/11/18-8 miles
23.5/65 miles
Upcoming races:
5/12/18-Montana women's run, 5 miles
7/15/18-Missoula Marathon9 -
Congrats @BruinsGal_91 , @RunsOnEspresso and @skippygirlsmom on your fabulous race results!
I had a 10K on Saturday morning. It was the Cincinnati Cyclones minor league hockey team's race.This race was my PR last year, but I ran it pretty hard without a proper warm up in the bitter cold and I think it led to the start of my hamstring tendonitis. So this year I tried to be a bit more cautious. The temps weren't as cold (mid 30s, but raining) and I did a warm up with the dog at home before hand. I did run hard, but I did not give it 100% either. I ended up finishing 2 minutes slower than last year, but I did still end up 10th female overall. They did not do age group awards, but instead they gave really cool hockey pucks to the top 25 male and female finishers. "it's an "official" hockey puck and has the Cyclones logo on the back. I think it might be the coolest race award I have ever won.
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@lporter229 - Congratulations! And as you can probably guess from my user name, I'm a massive hockey fan and I am VERY envious of your bling.3
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02/01/18 - 3.8 miles
02/02/18 - Cross train // Les Mills //
02/03/18 - 8 miles
02/04/18 - REST
02/05/18 - 3 miles
02/06/18 - 3.25 miles
02/07/18 - 2.3 (5 x 400 + warmup and cooldown)
02/08/18 - 2.5
02/09/18 - REST
02/10/18 - 6.2 (official time 58:59)
02/11/18 - REST
02/12/18 - 3
MTD: 31 miles
FEB GOAL: 80 miles
YTD: 123 miles
2018 GOAL: 1000 miles
Upcoming (and hopeful) Races:
02/10/18 - Mardi Crawl 10k (official time 58:59 // PR // 1st place AG finish)
04/14/18 - Rattler Mad Moose 10k (Trail)
06/02/18 - Gluten free Gallop 5k (hubby and daughter have Celiac so this one's personal)
06/23/18 - Slacker Half Marathon
07/xx/18 - Something on a trail TBD
09/23/18 - Xterra Mountain 8k (Trail)
10/28/18 - Kooky Spooky 10k
11/xx/18 - A Turkey Trot 5k of some sort TBD
I am ridiculously not photogenic, not one little bit, but hubby took this picture after I got my award (this was on the FB group, also). My balaclava was covering my mouth so I told him, "Wait! You can't see my smile." And he said, "Uhhh. Yeah I can." So that was kind of sweet.
It was a great race and I am so thankful for any number of things. First, Hal Higdon's 10k Intermediate plan delivered SPOT ON. I shaved another 5 minutes off my 10k time. Second, also super happy I trudged through snow and cold on my training days, because that's exactly what I had to contend with on race day--and I was perfectly prepared. Third, I'm thankful for all the people who ditched out on the race because of weather. Not saying the outcome wouldn't have been the same, but it was far less competitive. Lastly, I'm thankful for this group who understand the obsessive need to talk about running all. the. time. and letting me gush on about how much I love cereal.
Anyway, I had a goal for this year to have a top 3 AG finish (YAY!), but also get my 10k under 1 hour, which I also did. Even though the weather might have "helped" my finish, my time was still exactly where I wanted it to be.
Now, time to get busy getting really, really ready for that trail race in two months! We have a wellness incentive program at my job, so I earn real $$ by completing certain wellness activities. Any day now I'll receive my first reward which will ultimately become trail shoes and a hydration vest (suggestions welcome, bladder style preferred).
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