March 2018 Running Challenge
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@karllundy I don't resent it. I just don't have the energy to do it. Like its more effort to walk out the front door than just lift weights in the living room.0
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@Elise4270 - Ditto...heal up. ETA: Just realized that was three months ago...duh, me
No problem Karl. I'll take the "heal up", i had ITBS surgery 6 weeks ago.
That race was my last Hoorah. I don't think I shared it here when it happened. So it's probably new to many. 2 -
RunsOnEspresso wrote: »@karllundy I don't resent it. I just don't have the energy to do it. Like its more effort to walk out the front door than just lift weights in the living room.
When that happens, I find it is best to just go anyways. Normally if I do, by the time 10 or 15 mins has past I am in the grove and running for the distance. If not, then I probably just make it a really short run.2 -
Date Miles today - Miles for March
3/1 8 miles - 8
3/2 3.1 miles - 11.1
3/3 12 miles - 23.1
3/4 REST DAY
3/5 4 miles - 27.1
3/6 8 miles - 35.1
3/7 REST DAY
3/8 8 miles - 43.1
Upcoming races:
Oak Barrel Half Marathon - 4/7/18
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Today was another easy run, but for the first half there were skunks running around everywhere for some reason. Their musk ended up just sticking to the inside of my nose, but once I met up with the group, there were no more around. I'll have to be mindful of them for tomorrow night's planned run.
Speaking of the group, there was a new member. She didn't start running until she was in her 50s, and with 57 marathons in 10 years under her belt (at least one in each state), she's a sprightly fast one; I can only presume she's @MobyCarp's sister or something.
02 - 27.37
05 - 15.59
07 - 11.93
08 - 12.05
Total: 66.94 / 250 miles10 -
0305-5.3k Total-15.8k Goal-80k
What's the saying - when life gives you hills, run repeats?
Business trip today, hotel built halfway up a mountain. Ended up running uphill as far as my lungs would carry me, and then just cruise back down, and repeat. Interesting to say the least.
Re: not feeling it - I've been in the same camp. I suppose having a plan on what workout to do on each day helps, ie. lifting on Mon/Wed/Fri, two short runs wherever they fit, long run on the weekend that kind of thing.
Living where the air quality is regularly *kitten* might also have some encouragement factor I guess. If it clears up, then it's hard to resist going for an outdoors run/walk/bike/crawl.
Upcoming races:
03.18 HM Chengdu9 -
Mar 8: 4 miles and change on trails
Yay! The park which was flooded when the 5k was supposed to be held there is no longer underwater! We were able to get out and onto the trails today, which was nice. Leg felt a bit wobbly so "long run" ended up being just over four miles, plus about three walking. But so nice to run on various surfaces.
At some point during the flooding a big piece of the shoulder of the trail, which was already narrow, gave way and washed into the river. At this location about five mature trees just keeled over, roots and all, taking twenty feet of shoreline with them. In some other places the trail has no shoulder left, just a straight drop down to the river next to a narrow sandy trail. It's a little alarming - if the part that's left gave way with someone on it, the drop is steep enough to badly injure or possibly even kill someone.
Yesterday an old friend was in town, so we skipped gym day. I got in some stationary bike and a bunch of bodyweight exercise, with the result that today my lower belly feels like someone punched me! Clearly I need to do push-ups more often.8 -
3/1 - 7.4km
3/2 - rest
3/3 - sick / snow day
3/4 - 10.0km
3/5 - rest
3/6 - 8.0km
3/7 - rest
3/8 - 8.0km
33.4/115km
My 5 year old was home sick today with a fever. No appetite for anything except ginger ale and just looked miserable whenever the Advil or Tylenol wore off. A stomach bug is working its way through his dayhome; I suspect today was his turn. Hoping he feels better tomorrow and that he keeps his germs to himself.
Anyway, got out later than planned so I just ran laps of the nearest cross street while trying to avoid crossing roads since I started at twilight. Felt pretty good, except I discovered it's actually 0.95km per lap and had to do a bit extra when I thought I was done to get it to 8.
Upcoming Races:
1/1/18 Resolution Run 5K ~38:00 (no official times)
3/4/18 MEC Road Race #1 10K 1:30:57
3/17/28 St Patrick's Day race 10K
4/7/18 Jasper Half Marathon
4/22/18 MEC Trail Race #1 5K
5/20/18 MEC Trail Race #2 10K
6/24/18 MEC Trail Race #3 15K
8/18/18 Edmonton Marathon 10K
9/2/18 MEC Trail Race #4 10K
10/7/18 MEC Trail Race #5 15K7 -
Getting reeeeeeeal tired of babying my damn legs lol. Had physio tonight ran 10 miles this morning in 1:14, hoping since my legs have been adjusted I'll be faster tomorrow and good to run about 60k on Saturday.
March 1- Off
March 2 Off
March 3- 30
March 4 - Off
March 5 -18
March 6- 15
March 7- Off
March 8- 16
79/400
928/6000
2018 Races
*Gord's Frozen A** 50K, February 19 7:08:00, 1st place Women's Open
*JAJA Trail Marathon, April 1
*Red Deer Marathon, May 20
*Lone Wolf Last Man Standing Race, June 17
*Eddie's Half Marathon, June 24
*Lost Souls 100 Miler, September 7
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March goal: 96 miles
3/1: 5 miles
3/4: 9 miles
3/6: 4.1 miles
3/7: 4.6 miles
3/8: 5 miles
27.7/96 miles completed
Today's run was good. I just took it easy and tried not to worry about my pace or anything and just ran. I found a lot of the comments for @RunsOnEspresso to be really helpful today. I have just not been feeling it this week. I think that it is mostly because I haven't been sleeping well. So today I just ran and tried to enjoy it instead of worrying about pace etc. I feel good that I will be able to run the HM in May. Tomorrow and Friday will be rest days so hopefully by Sunday I'll be back in the groove.
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I’m in I’ll shoot for 15 miles
I have 2 kids under 2 and it’s the 8th today. So that’s a mile every day I can run.8 -
March 2018 runs:
01 Mar – 5.6 km strides & intervals
03 Mar – 5 km parkrun 28:30
04 Mar – 21.2 km
07 Mar – 6 km
08 Mar – 5.5 km
Total: 43.3 km
Goal 1: 180 km
Goal 2: Do more cartwheels
I wore my "Embrace the Suck" MFP Monthly Running Challenge top to Run Club last night; it was 30 degrees Celsius / 86F.
We'd done strides, and then 20 minutes of 400 metre intervals hard/easy. I stopped after several intervals for some water, and must have been looking pathetic and about to give up.
The coach called out to me, "Embrace the suck"... that made me laugh and fire up again.
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March goal: 60 miles
3/1/2018 5 mi
3/2/2018 rest
3/3/2018 6 mi
3/4/2018 snowboarding w/kids
3/5/2018 xtrain rowing machine
3/6/2018 3.1 mi
3/7/2018 rest
3/8/2018 3.1 mi
March total: 17.2 mi
Upcoming races:
4/29/2018 5K Top Pot Donut Dash
7/8/2018 See Jane Run! HM?
8/12/2018 Lake Union 10K
I love the “embrace the suck” motto—nice T-shirt, @Orphia! Also, that trail now sounds really dicey, @rheddmobile. Stay safe!
I’m not much of a morning runner because I find it exhausting to put in much physical effort just out of bed. But I’m also trying to work on that easy run effort level, so I put them together this morning, and it ended up working out ok. Kept my heart rate average at 141 (instead of 150-152), and didn’t feel like it was too much, too soon in the day. Maybe I’ll try it again tomorrow (family in town, so it’s going to be tough getting much running in in the next few days).
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@skippygirlsmom that must hurt. I wish fast recovery!0
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So.......I RAN TODAY!!!
short and slow to keep the heart rate down, but I RAN!!!
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RunsOnEspresso wrote: »@karllundy I don't resent it. I just don't have the energy to do it. Like its more effort to walk out the front door than just lift weights in the living room.
I have this problem often when it is a karate lesson day (and running too). So, I try to think like this:
"90% of the job is getting to the lesson (or starting the run), once you've done that, the rest is easy and fun."
And I almost always find it to be true. So when you feel that way, kick yourself over or past the 'getting started' part and you'll probably find you did have the energy and also enjoy yourself.
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I’m in! Goal for March is 35 miles.
Currently I’m at 9.4 miles.
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Not a normal running day for me but I decided to run on the treadmill at home before heading to the office. I did 5 miles and surprised myself by bumping up the pace for intervals. It didn't seem quite as hard as back in December when I was doing the running streak. Something to be said for those rest days. Hope everyone has a great Friday and lots of running planned for the weekend!6
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So I was watching Truck Night in America last night and all I could think was that the Green Hell (last obstacle in the challenge) would make for a great 3 mile trail/obstacle race.... What has this group done to me! Haha I need to go running...7
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