March 2018 Running Challenge
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@JessicaMcB that is an awesome picture. Personally I think you are doing "women" very well as evidenced by the smile on that little girls face.
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3/1: 2.4k -as warmup for strength training-
3/2: 8.1k -Easy-
3/3: 10.5k -Treadmill easy-
3/4: 5k -Easy with company-
3/5: 4.1k -as w/u and c/d fom HIIT-
3/6: 7.23k -Not so easy- and 1.5k -as warmup for strength training-
3/8: 7.12k -Easy-
3/9: 12.3k -Tempo?-
3/11: 13.2k -Easy-
Goal: 71.5/120k
Distance is getting longer week by week. Feels good!
Stay free of injuries!
Upcoming races:
4/1: Alexander the Great 10k Thessaloniki7 -
6 miles with 8×400 at speed 400 rest interval.
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Woke up with a sore throat. It's long run day, but I decided to go out and do half the distance and see how I felt. Typically if I'm not actually that sick, this is a great way to trick myself into finishing the planned distance, but today it also worked in my favor by showing me that the full long run today would be a bad idea. So I checked off this week's medium-long run instead, made a pot of honey lemon ginger tea and am back in bed. Not my favorite way to spend my day off, but it's what I need. I need to take care of myself so I can finish the 5k trail series strong this weekend.
Upcoming races:
3/17 CityTrail 5k (Lublin), then work all afternoon, then drive to Warsaw
3/18 CityTrail 5k (Warsaw)
4/8 Lublin 10k
5/13 Lublin Marathon8 -
March 3 – 10.02 miles
March 4 – 4.00 miles
March 5 – 5.26 miles
March 7 – 5.00 miles
March 9 – 5.00 miles (treadmill)
March 10 – 10.00 miles
March 12 – 5.10 slow miles (treadmill)
Pouring the rain when I got up this morning so I opted to stay in the dry on the treadmill. Supposed to change over to snow sometime today. A friend gave me a free registration to the Shamrock 4-miler on Friday night so I’ve added that to my schedule for the week. Not sure what that will do to Saturday’s normal long-run day. I need to make myself some sort of plan!
Upcoming Races:
March 16 – Shamrock 4-miler
April 7 – Cooper River Bridge Run
May 6 – Pittsburgh Half Marathon
September 7-8 – Blue Ridge Relay
October 20 – Cherokee Harvest Half Marathon
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girlinahat wrote: »JessicaMcB wrote: »
Went out after and did a nice 16 through melt, so much melt. At one point I was just running straight through the mud because eff it, mud has killed exactly zero people that I know, and then I came across these three beautifully attired lady hikers doing everything but make blood sacrifices to avoid stepping in puddles. Pretty sure I alarmed them in my half-mudded tights and general dishevelment. Jessica's ability to woman stands at a solid zero
I read something yesterday about how to tell a road runner from a trail runner - the road runners are the ones doing everything they can to avoid the puddles.....
@JessicaMcB The smile on your daughters face is priceless. @girlinahat I so agree. Road runners avoid puddles by not going out before, during or after any thing that might create a wet spot. Trail runners we be " WooHoo Perfect conditions ". Also shoes that others would call road/track are just trail shoes with reduced traction. Every pair of shoes I use have been off the beaten path. Unfortunately due to multiple Freeze-Thaw cycles this winter our local bush trails are still *kitten* Deep in Multilayered Ice Crusted smush
. The Riverbak trail is cut in half by a construction site - so frustrating detouring on roads through an industrial area. 0 -
Tapering for LA Marathon:
YTD:
26,529’ gain
266 miles
Mar10
10mi road with Sabrina in 2:02!
Mar9
5.01mi trail with Ta’Mara
918ft gain 869ft loss
1:11:24
14’13/mi pace4 -
3/1-2.5 miles
3/2-3.5 miles + P90X3 CVX
3/3-6.25 miles
3/4-3 miles + P90X3 agility X
3/5-Rest Day
3/6-5 miles + P90X shoulders and arms & ab ripper X
3/7-2 miles + Legs and back
3/8-3.5 miles
3/9-Rest day
3/10-Rest day
3/11-6 miles
31.75/65 miles
Upcoming races:
May 12- Montana Women's run 5 miles
July 17-Missoula Marathon
September 16- Montana half Marathon6 -
I am super behind...have a lot of catching up to do
3/3: 1.2
3/6: 3.1
3/7: 1.5
3/9: 1.5
3/10: 2.0
3/11: 3.8
Total = 13.10
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@HRKinchen congrats on the PR!
@amymoreorless I used to get blisters on the tip of my 2nd toes but now it just gets tender. It only happens to me on long trail runs and I'm pretty sure it's because I scrunch my toes. Getting my feet wet makes it worse. I lube up the tips of my toes and that helps, but doesn't eliminate it.
@BruinsGal_91 congrats on the AG placement!
@garygse = beast
@sarahthes = killin' it
@mommarobb when I first started running I used to get the comments about being bad for my knees. I don't if people quit commenting on knees or if I just learned to ignore them but I don't seem to hear it as much now. If I do, I tell them emphatically that my knees have gotten much better since I've started running, which is true. Years ago I had my right knee scoped out for a meniscus tear. From time to time it would flare up, swell and be slightly painful. That's not been an issue in a long time now. My other canned response is an exaggerated, "OH MY GAWD!!! Is that true?!?! Is running really bad for my knees?!?! Maybe I should sit on the couch more!!". That one is fun too.
@kgirlhart awesome distance PR!!
@JessicaMcB love the photo and the story of running with your girl! I disagree with your woman comment though. Strong, confident, independent, chasing your dreams, encouraging that in your own girls...that's the way I think women should be. I get your point though, and it makes me chuckle.
@NikolaosKey great job getting out there and coming back from injury!
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Awesome pic @JessicaMcB. I plan on taking both kids out running once the ice is a little less.
@juliet3455 Your trails sound like most of the sidewalks in my neighbourhood these days. I detoured off on to some of the gravel trails near my place on Saturday and they were in far better condition than the sidewalks, where I had to choose between skating and swimming. (I don't mind the wet so much but damn the water was cold...)
@polskagirl01 Hope you are feeling better.2 -
I changed things up a bit last weekend and run my long run on Friday night rather than Saturday morning. At 8 pm I met a group of 10 other local trail runners at a hilly state park 45 minutes away. I had only met one of them before. Much of the trails in the park were groomed for XC skiing so we stayed off those and and stuck to the snowshoe trails and hiking trails. It was a cloudless, windless night, about 20F...beautiful! So many stars in the sky. Running the snow covered trails, through the woods, was just magical.
Our intent was to run 4 hours. After a half hour we naturally split into two groups based on speed. After 3 hours over half the crew decided they were done. I really wanted 4 hours so I went with two others. At 11:30 we were done. We were running on fairly packed snow, but it was very uneven so it was a hell of a workout for our ankles and support muscles. Since my trail running has been minimal, I really wore me down.
In 3 hours of actual running, I got in 14.5 miles. A bit of chit chat in the parking lot, which may or may not have involved a shot of Irish whisky, and we went our separate ways.
On the way home all I could think about was eating, drinking a beer, taking a shower (maybe) and going to bed.
Half way home I get a call...my son had let Kody out, got back on his phone and lost track of time. Kody ran off. This was about 12:15 and my wife had to get up at 7am. She was not amused, nor was I. She and my son went out to look for him. I'm pretty pissed off at this point. I just want to pamper myself and go to bed.
I get home and still in my tights, running shoes and damp tops, I start running around the neighborhood and in the woods behind our house in snow over my ankles. My feet were numb. No luck. My son in tears. There was no need to yell, no need to punish.
Kody has taken off a few times, usually to sniff up some lady dog down the block or chase a rabbit and always came back in 10 or 15 minute. 90 minutes later still no sign so my son and I got in my truck and drove all over. Now it was 2am and I was just about to give up the search. We said a quick prayer and less than a minute later Kody came running out in front of me with tongue hanging out and a goofy *kitten* smile.
I thought I might get a run in Saturday but I was so tired and sore, I skipped it.
Sunday I planned on a 6 mile tempo run for the hour my son was in soccer training, but man...I just wasn't feeling it at all. I went on a recovery run pace and got in 3.7 miles instead.
March Total - 57 miles
This is shaping up to be my biggest month in nearly a year. My struggle now will be to find time for my long runs on the weekend.9 -
@JessicaMcB - what a lovely photograph! I can't decide which of you is having the most fun.
@orphia @Tacklewasher I'm finally going to be a parkrunner. A parkrun has recently been set up very close to my home. They've been doing test runs for a couple of months now and they're finally going 'live' on March 31st. I've got my barcode and I'm ready to run.
2018 races completed
1/21/18 Dreamfar 10k (age-group 5/23)
2/10/18 Cupid's Chase 5k (age-group 4/24)
3/10/18 Medway Shamrock Shuffle 5k (age-group 3/25)
2018 registered races
4/08/18 Holly Club Hustle 5k
5/13/18 Strivers Mothers' Day 5k
5/19/18 Martha's Vineyard Half Marathon
9/29/18 Stride for Healthy Communities 5k
Total mileage so far this month - 21 miles6 -
March goal: Run END-SURE well, stay healthy and enter the final stages of 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.
3/1- REST
3/2- 4.3
3/3- 13.3
3/4- 14.3
3/5- REST
3/6- 7.4
3/7- 6.7
3/8- REST
3/9- 4.2
3/10- 24.8
2/11- 11.4
2/12- REST
Total: 86.0
Today's notes: Rest day today, and I'm just fine with that. Between my body thinking that I was waking up at 0345 yesterday, and not staying asleep for more than 45 minutes at a time last night, I need the rest! Starting to get to crunch time for me too. I am 1 month and 1 day from the BIG day for me and running. This month I'll reach my peak mileage, with next week, I think, being my peak week... Have to see what coach has in store.
Have a Runderful day everyone!
2018 races
3/24- END-SURE 50k
4/13- Zumbro Endurance Race 100 Mile
7/28- Minnesota Voyageur 50
9/8- Superior Trail 50 mile
10/20- Wild Duluth 50k
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PastorVincent wrote: »@JessicaMcB that is an awesome picture. Personally I think you are doing "women" very well as evidenced by the smile on that little girls face.
Who took the picture?
I agree. @JessicaMcB womans very, very well.
I'm kinda giving up on keeping up with this thread Too much crazy right now.
I did have a good campout with my son's troop this weekend and me and the dad of one of my son's good friend got up early yesterday and put in 6 trail miles, which was pretty dang awesome since I was disappointed with my 6 instead of 8 last Friday. I had an oddly split 12 mile long run this weekend, which makes me very, very happy.
I had flirted with doing the 25k at my April race, but I think I'm going to stick with the 10k, and really really work on the 22k that's in September and just retool some of my summer races to spend more time on trail. I'm in no real hurry and I have a bad habit of biting off too much, which I'm sure will only lead to injury. Since I'm not really following a real plan at the moment, I don't want to go into a race half-cocked. I mean, I could run a 15 mile trail race, but I'm also not sure in the 5 weeks that remain before the race, my long runs on trail will be long enough to feel super good about it. But then I think maybe I just embrace the suck a little. I know I could do 25k. It would be wicked hard, but the elevation is manageable and it's mostly technical terrain. Gahhhh. Just when I think I know what I want to do.
Just call me waffle.
I'm at 42.1/80 for the month. Already halfway to goal and we're not quite yet halfway through the month.7 -
@7lenny7 Man! Glad Kody came back safe!!!1
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3/1 = rest day
3/2 = 2 slow miles with the dog
3/3 = rest day
3/4 = 13 miles - Alamo 1/2 Marathon
3/5 = 2 miles - Attempt # 2 at trying to "run" with my dog.
3/6 = 9 miles - easy pace
3/7 = 2 miles - Attempt #3 at trying to run with my dog
3/8 = Vinyasa yoga class & 6 miles
3/9 = 14 miles
3/10 = rest day
3/11 = 7 miles - walk/run intervals with the running group
3/12 = Strength training at the gym
I usually run a few miles on Monday mornings before weight training but daylight savings time kicked my butt. I just couldn't get up at "5am" this morning.
March Goal Miles = 150 / 55 Miles Completed
Upcoming Races:
4/7/18 = Outlaw Half Marathon
10/28/18 = Austin Haunted Half
1/27/19 = Miami Marathon4 -
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BruinsGal_91 wrote: »
orphia Tacklewasher I'm finally going to be a parkrunner. A parkrun has recently been set up very close to my home. They've been doing test runs for a couple of months now and they're finally going 'live' on March 31st. I've got my barcode and I'm ready to run.
At ours, they have a tray you can leave your barcode in so you don't forget it. My wife laminated ours so they hold up better than a piece of paper.1 -
1/3-13.1
2/3-rest
3/3-3.2
4/3-3.5
5/3-5.5
6/3-14.0
7/3-rest
8/3-4.2
9/3-strength
10/3-6.0
11/3-3.7
12/3-3.8
Total so far......57.3/150 Miles5 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »BruinsGal_91 wrote: »
orphia Tacklewasher I'm finally going to be a parkrunner. A parkrun has recently been set up very close to my home. They've been doing test runs for a couple of months now and they're finally going 'live' on March 31st. I've got my barcode and I'm ready to run.
At ours, they have a tray you can leave your barcode in so you don't forget it. My wife laminated ours so they hold up better than a piece of paper.
there are companies that will produce ID bands with the Parkrun barcode on, or credit card sized cards. Certainly here in the UK they do.0 -
3/1-10 miles
3/2 -30 minutes swimming + 35 minutes yoga
3/3-10 miles w/ 8 @ (a little slower than) tempo
3/4-14 miles+stretching
3/5-Rest Day
3/6- Yoga+ 1.6 miles with Stella+ 5.3 miles speed work
3/7-6 miles easy (1.9 with Stella, 4.1 solo)
3/8-P90X3 Total Synergistics
3/9-12 miles
3/10-12 miles
3/11-10 miles
Miles: 80.9/150
Yoga/stretch: 3/12
Strength/P90X3: 1/6
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@JessicaMcB Another thumbs up here for that awesome photo...and your awesome advice to @mommarobb. When people try to tell me that running is bad for me, I tell them that may or may not be true, but I know that it does wonders for my soul, so I will take the risk.3
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girlinahat wrote: »I am in love with running/jogging/ walking. I am amazed at how much better I feel already and I only started a few weeks ago. Really noticed a difference on the stairs at work. Before I used to barely make it to the top and now I can run up them...Yay me!!!!.
Anyone else have issues with people being negative about running? I have been getting comments about how bad it is for your knees;joints. I tell them I have never felt better
Then I invite them to run with me lol.
I think this is the standard thing a non-runner says to a runner. And there have been NUMEROUS studies that show that runners who have no pre-existing knee injuries are better protected against arthritis, have better bone structure, etc. etc.
Part of the issue is that many people take up running later in life as an activity. As youngsters, they may have done sports such as football, hockey, rugby, tennis etc. All activities where the leg is forced to carry out a side-to-side movement, which whilst a perfectly natural movement for the body to perform, leads to a higher rate of injury to the knee from that sport. That injured person may then try running, and exacerbate an existing problem.
The long and the short of it is - runners have better knees than the rest of the population and NO higher rate of injury than taking part in any other sport.
I'm an example of the sort of person you mention with pre-existing injuries from other sports - blew out my ACL dancing in my twenties, never got it repaired. They call people like me "copers" because you just learn to cope by not doing things that make your leg go out. I wear a brace when exercising, but the tricky part is that my knee likes to go out when the muscles are relaxed, which means I am likely to put it out when I least expect it, such as rolling over in bed.
Running can be very stressful on my knee - actually I feel it in my itb - if my knee is just a little bit out of alignment - I have a few tricks to get it back in that I use when warming up, but it doesn't always work. If it's really out I put a brace on top of another brace, crank it down, and just run on it anyway. It isn't always comfortable but doesn't seem to make it worse or further injure it, and the benefits to my blood glucose control are huge. I give myself plenty of recovery time when my itb feels sore.
Running on different terrain is good for preventing repetitive motion injuries, so I do my long runs on trails.0 -
@mommarobb - Amazing job! I'm down 118 so far, the 100 club is the best club!
@JessicaMcB - so much win in one post!2 -
I had a new after picture taken tonight and I am so proud of myself. My before picture was taken when I joined MFP but I had already list 28 lbs when it was taken. So even though my ticker says 71lbs lost I have lost in total 99 lbs. Almost in the 100 club!!!! When people tell me that running is bad for me or ask why I would want to run, I am going to show them this pic and say "this is why I run" plus I love running and how it makes me feel. I keep saying that over and over and I think it is because I never used to be able to do it and it makes me feel wonderful.
Well done!! W00T!!!!
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@7lenny7 - So glad Kody returned on his own after his night out of partying. Silly dog!
Out too late last night - went to Daytona Beach last night to check out the crazy bike scene. Even though we aren't bikers (well, not that kind of biker), we thought it would be fun, which it was. Then I had a really long day going to a programming competition. 1st place but my dynasty is ending when my superstar student graduates and goes to MIT next year.
I think I'm just going to have a glass of wine and call it a rest day. The 51 miles on the bike yesterday was pretty tough so it's probably a good thing.
3/1 - rest day
3/2 - 5 miles + Strength training - W6-C
3/3 - 26 miles cycling
3/4 - 3 miles + strength training -w6-D
3/5 - 3.5 miles + strength training W7-A
3/6 - 4.5 miles
3/7 - strength training W7-B
3/8 - 4.5 miles + strength training W7-C
3/9 - REST DAY!
3/10 - 3.2 miles + strength training W7-D
3/11 - 51 miles cycling
3/12 - unplanned rest day
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No run today... not sure about tomorrow either. Busy week ahead! 0
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PastorVincent wrote: »@JessicaMcB that is an awesome picture. Personally I think you are doing "women" very well as evidenced by the smile on that little girls face.
Who took the picture?
+1 on how well @JessicaMcB can "woman." Those models with the incredibly skinny calves aren't real women; they can't run any significant distance.4
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