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February 2018 Running Challenge
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02/01/2018 - 7.2 MPH for 7.2 Miles @ 4% grade
02/02/2018 - Shoe Shopping
02/03/2018 - 17 miles @ 9:50
02/04/2018 - Family trip to DQ instead
02/05/2018 - 10 miles at 10:04 pace
02/06/2018 - Meetings and such
02/07/2018 - 7.5 MPH for 10 miles @ 4% grade
02/08/2018 - Meetings
02/09/2018 - 7.5 MPH for 10 miles @ 4% grade
02/10/2018 - Shoe shopping - again
02/11/2018 - 10 miles @ 9:01 pace
02/12/2018 - 10 miles @ 9:33 pace
02/13/2018 - 10 miles @ 9:22 pace
02/14/2018 - Rest
02/15/2018 - 7 miles @ 8:31 pace
02/16/2018 - 7.5 MPH for 8 miles @ 4% grade
02/17/2018 - Nada
02/18/2018 - Car Show with son
02/19/2018 - 11 miles @ 9:29
02/20/2018 - 15 miles @ 9:45
02/21/2018 - 9 miles @ 8:41
02/22/2018 - 9 miles @ 8:49
02/23/2018 - 9 miles @ 8:48
02/24/2018 - 17 miles @ 9:37
02/25/2018 - Rest
02/26/2018 - Moving several truck loads of furniture
02/27/2018 - 10 miles @ 9:11
02/28/2018 - 12 miles @ 8:43
Big Hairy Audacious Goal: Sub 4 hours in Pittsburgh 2018!
Official Marathon PR: 4:11:28
Next Races (more as I find them):
03/17/18 - Shamrock Shuffle Half Marathon + 5k + 1mile
04/07/18 - Achilles 9.3 Challange (10k and 5k back to back)
05/06/18 - Pittsburgh Marathon - aiming for sub four hours.
05/12/18 - Glacier Ridge 50k Trail Ultra (I must hate myself)
2020 - Disney World Dopey! (if can raise funds)
FEBRUARY TOTAL: 193
Not bad. I needed one more day of running in there to hit my 200, but too many little life events blocked me. Ah well, ON TO MARCH!5 -
10 km 12ft Davis Hill & Grouard Trail. It was an awkward temperature, -2C.
To cold for Shorts, T-shirt and Light coat.
To warm for Tights, Long Sleeve top, Light coat, gloves and toque.
Settled on my MEC Rock climbing pants, tech t-shirt, Light summer coat, fall gloves, ear band.
Was still venting hard on the hill climb and on the in-bound with the sun in my Face
Gee can you tell I enjoyed the run into the bright sunshine even though it was pushing my temp into Red Zone. Once I started back down the Hill it had cooled off by 2C, just enough to change the outbound Slush into Ice Marbles which made for interesting downhill running-sliding. Never fell and didn't do any superslider stretchs as I did a lot of Traction Hunting - crossing from one side to the other. Now to play with the Foam Roller and do a few gentle stretch's.
As part of the local Adult swim Club every 3rd swim day they do a dry-land session at the end. One of the ladies identified all 3 runners in the group just by our limited flexibility. She said we look like her hubby trying to stretch.
Missed Goal by 83 km but the last week has been good, with 35.4 km of the months 56.6 km.
Back on track for the April HM.
02/01 0.0 km – 0.0km –140.0 km – YTD 71.66 km
02/04 10.23 km –10.23km –129.77 km – Chilly Willy Race
02/09 11.00 km –21.23km –118.77 km
02/21 6.00 km –27.23km –112.77 km
02/24 10.00 km –37.23km –102.77 km
02/25 9.43 km –46.66km – 93.3 km
02/28 10.0 km –56.66km – 83.3 km – YTD 128.32 km 12 Ft Davis Hill-Grouard
Special Thanks to everyone who give Like's on MFP or Kudo's on Strava - etc.
A little goes a long way to keeping the motivation moving forward. To all those returning from injury YEA. See everyone in March Thread.9 -
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
2/13/18-4 miles
2/14/18-1.5 miles
2/15/18-4 miles
2/18/18-10 miles
2/19/18-3 miles
2/21/18-3.5 miles
2/22/18-2.75 miles
2/25/18-6.5 miles
2/28/18-3 miles
61.75/65 miles
Upcoming races:
5/12/18-Montana women's run, 5 miles
7/15/18-Missoula Marathon7 -
And that’s the month. Just got in 4.4mi of what I like to call Jazzercise Running. Lol. Finished the month with 104...gotta love running to deal with stress.6
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YTD:
19,786’ gain
213.5
Feb28
4.5mi with Sabrina
13’ gain6 -
2/1 5miles
2/2 14.1miles!!
2/3 5miles
2/4 rest
2/5 6.5miles
2/6 4miles
2/7 9.03miles
2/8 7miles
2/9 13.1miles
2/10 rest
2/11 4miles
2/12 5miles
2/13 5miles
2/14 7miles
2/15 10miles
2/16 12miles
2/17 5miles
2/18 rest
2/19 6.95miles
2/20 5miles
2/21 9.11miles
2/22 5miles
2/23 14.25miles!
2/24 5miles
2/25 rest
2/26 5miles
2/27 6.56miles
2/28 6miles
Yesterday I ran with my husband. We did an easy 6 miles.
That ends the month at 171.96 miles. 1.96 miles above goal
See you in the March thread!
3/18/2018 Shamrock half marathon
10/7/2018 Crawlin Crab half marathon
11/18/2018 Norfolk Harbor half marathon6 -
I met my February goal, now onto March!
February 1 - 2.1 mile Treadmill run
February 2 - strength workout
February 4 - 2.25 mile Treadmill run
February 6 - 4 mile Treadmill run
February 8 - 3 mile Treadmill run
February 10 - 5.09 mile run
February 13 - 2.75 mile run
February 14 - strength workout
February 15 - 4 mile Treadmill run
February 17 - strength workout
February 18 - 6 mile run
February 20 - 3 mile Treadmill run
February 24 - 4.1 mile run
February 25 - 2.6 mile run
February 27 - 4 mile run
42.89 miles/Goal 40 miles
Upcoming Races:
3/17/18 USO 10 Mile Race at Ft Campbell
4/28/18 Brown Deer 10k
6/10/18 Manitowoc Half Marathon
8/18/18 Madison Mini Half Marathon
9/16/18 North Face Endurance 10k5 -
I had planned a 7 mile run while my son was in confirmation class, but on the way home I thought I felt just a faint something in my ITB. Considering the workout I got Saturday and the 8 mile run the night before, I decided the best thing I could do was skip my run and spend the time on a good glute workout instead.
If you are familiar with the Stravistix plugin (A web extension for Chrome only) which calculates your fitness, fatigue, and form based on your running, I'm in the "Overtraining" zone due to that 20 mile mud fest. Last nights rest put me back into the "Optimal" zone. I'm trying to use that as a guide for training.
I finished the month with just over 90 miles, 85 miles less than last February. I'm hopeful, however, that March will see my first triple digit total since April. I'm so far behind on my race training that my goal now is just to finish, rather than finish in the top half of the field. Even if I finish, I may repeat this race next year (rather than moving up to the next distance) just to improve my place. My two big races last year ended in great results for me and I don't think I'll be satisfied unless I can finish well.6 -
Oops wrong month. Pasted over to March!1
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02/27--3 miles
02/28--5 miles
Wrapped up the month with 57 miles. 3 miles short of the target, will try to stay on track for March!5 -
February Running Totals (miles)
2/1 – 5.01 easy
2/2 – rest day
2/3 – 7.00 paced run
2/4 – 5.17 almost easy
2/5 – rest day
2/6 – unplanned rest day
2/7 – scheduled rest day
2/8 – 5.17 easy with fast finish
2/9 – rest day
2/10 – 6.17 partly paced run
2/11 – 6.52 at marathon pace
2/12 – rest day
2/13 – 7.78 easy with hills
2/14 – rest day
2/15 – 5.06 easy + one stride
2/16 – rest day
2/17 – 7.97 Freezeroo #5 - 8 mile race
2/18 – 6.05 easy
2/19 – rest day
2/20 – 5.59 easy plus a stride
2/21 – 6.46 group run
2/22 – 5.20 easy
2/23 – rest day
2/24 – 12.30 paced run + 4.4 mile race
2/25 – 7.20 easy with hills
2/26 – rest day
2/27 – 6.05 easy
2/28 – 7.01 group run
February running total to date – 111.71
Nominal challenge goal: 100 miles
Real goals: Transition from recovery to base building by end of month. Give myself a chance to start and complete Boston 2018.
Today's notes – Final February report: Ended the month with a "group run," but it was on a familiar route and I ran most of it alone, or if I was with someone they were mostly running behind me. Beautiful evening, near perfect running weather, and OCD for 200m in the parking lot to make it to 7 miles.
On to March.
2018 races:
February 17, 2018 Freezeroo #5 (Valentines Run "In Memory of Tom Brannon" 8 Mile) (Greece, NY) finished in 54:48
February 24, 2018 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY) finished in 28:46
March 17, 2018 USATF Masters 8K (Shamrock 8K, Virginia Beach, VA)
March 24, 2018 Spring Forward 15K (Mendon, NY)
April 16, 2018 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)
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abutcher2122 wrote: »And that’s the month. Just got in 4.4mi of what I like to call Jazzercise Running. Lol. Finished the month with 104...gotta love running to deal with stress.
You mean like
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o-50GjySwew this? 5 -
girlinahat wrote: »abutcher2122 wrote: »And that’s the month. Just got in 4.4mi of what I like to call Jazzercise Running. Lol. Finished the month with 104...gotta love running to deal with stress.
You mean likehttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o-50GjySwew this?
That is exactly what I thought of when I read that!1 -
girlinahat wrote: »abutcher2122 wrote: »And that’s the month. Just got in 4.4mi of what I like to call Jazzercise Running. Lol. Finished the month with 104...gotta love running to deal with stress.
You mean likehttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o-50GjySwew this?
Haha. Yes. But to either to dance music or today’s hits. Lol1
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