March 2018 Running Challenge
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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
3/12_Rest day (very much needed!)
3/13-8.2 miles (including 1.5 with Stella)+ Stretching
3/14- Strength Training + 32 minutes stationary bike
3/15-6 miles
3/16- Strength Training + 30 minutes Elliptical
3/17-3.1 miles- Shamrock Shuffle 5K
3/18-9.4 miles- Heart Mini 15K
Miles: 107.6/150
Yoga/stretch: 4/12
Strength/P90X3: 3/6
Bonus cross training: 3 sessions
Good morning everyone. I am just checking in after a long and busy running weekend. It looks like many of you also had busy running weekends, so I definitely want to try and catch up with this thread over lunch.
My weekend consisted of back to back races on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was just a local 5k Shamrock Shuffle that has a great block party afterwards so my husband always likes to run it. My original plan was to run it easy with him since I had a 15K on Sunday morning. However, on Friday after registering, I learned that the 5K race was added to our running group's "Pick 6" competition this year (You pick 6 races from the list and you earn points for where you finish in races throughout the year). So, of course, the competitive person inside of me could not let this go as an easy race. Also, I had not raced a 5K in 2 years and my 10K PR was actually faster than my 5K, so I figured that I would give it a go. I did not race it all out 100% because I was trying to keep in mind that I still had another race the next day, but I did push pretty hard and was able to finally break the 22 minute mark. I finished in 21:57, which earned my 1st of 263 in my age group and 7th of 1069 females. This was also my first age group first place win, so I was excited. Unfortunately, it was freezing cold after the race and we were inside a tent and missed the awards ceremony, so I have no idea what my prize is yet.
On Sunday I had the Cincinnati Mercy Heart Mini 15K. This is a pretty huge event in the city. The event has a half marathon and a 15k. I usually do the half, but the last part of it is no fun because it's just an add on from the original 15k course that shoots over the bridge into Kentucky and back. Those last 4 miles have very little crowd support and always seem infinitely long. Every year when running it I always remind myself that I should run the 15K the next year. This year I finally remembered to heed my own advice and was so glad I did. Coming down the hill to the finish line when the half marathoners were turning off felt great! This race is pretty hilly with lots of rolling hills and a notoriously steep climb for 0.3 miles right around mile 6, so it's not really a PR course, but I haven't run the 15K in many years and there really aren't too many other 15Ks around, so I was pretty sure of a PR anyway. I was hoping to beat 1:12, which would be 24 minutes per 5K, but I really wasn't sure if that was overly optimistic or not given the course. It was a beautiful morning for a race, though, and watching the sunrise over the river on the way out of town inspired me run well. I ended up finishing in 1:11:46, which earned me 2nd of 136 in my age group, 27th of 1327 females and 127 of 2186 over all. I got a nice insulated water bottle as an AG award.
All in all, I felt very pleased with both of my results this weekend, although my legs are definitely feeling the effects of the fast runs today. Fortunately, it's a scheduled rest day on the training plan. I definitely will be getting in some yoga and a dog walk this evening though.
I am looking forward to reading up on everyone else's race weekends and other crazy running adventures at lunch time. Have a great Monday/Runday!16 -
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)
March 14 – 1 mile
March 15 – 3.5 miles
March 16 – 4.08 miles (Shamrock 4-miler; 3rd in AG)
March 17 – 9.89 miles
March 19 – 5.03 miles
Congratulations to everyone who raced this weekend. Lots of good PRs and experiences! I love all the pictures.
I placed 3rd in my age group at the Shamrock 4-miler on Friday night. Although my overall time was 30 seconds faster than when I ran it in 2014 and over 2 minutes faster than when I ran it in 2013, the number of participants were almost down by half this year compared to prior years. There are just so many races in close proximity anymore that most races are noticing smaller numbers.
Upcoming Races:
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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Long run today. Sidewalks were awful with snow so it felt more like a trail trudge than a run. I kept my pace to where I wasn't breathing too hard, and felt fine. Basically I went out with no route in mind, and ran around surveying where there were decent sidewalks (didn't find any). Got in 20k and was going to call it a day, but got home and couldn't figure out what to do about my training plan because I missed last week's long run and the past few weeks haven't been on target either. So I changed into dry clothing and went back out for another 10k and am now back on track.
I've got a lot of respect for you long distance winter trail runners. I am SO ready for Spring!4 -
polskagirl01 wrote: »
Long run today. Sidewalks were awful with snow so it felt more like a trail trudge than a run. I kept my pace to where I wasn't breathing too hard, and felt fine. Basically I went out with no route in mind, and ran around surveying where there were decent sidewalks (didn't find any). Got in 20k and was going to call it a day, but got home and couldn't figure out what to do about my training plan because I missed last week's long run and the past few weeks haven't been on target either. So I changed into dry clothing and went back out for another 10k and am now back on track.
I've got a lot of respect for you long distance winter trail runners. I am SO ready for Spring!
Great job getting in all the distance! I have a love/hate relationship with spring. The warmer temps are nice, but having trails that are less runnable than either winter or summer is hard.0 -
@lporter229 Well done!0
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »
Long run today. Sidewalks were awful with snow so it felt more like a trail trudge than a run. I kept my pace to where I wasn't breathing too hard, and felt fine. Basically I went out with no route in mind, and ran around surveying where there were decent sidewalks (didn't find any). Got in 20k and was going to call it a day, but got home and couldn't figure out what to do about my training plan because I missed last week's long run and the past few weeks haven't been on target either. So I changed into dry clothing and went back out for another 10k and am now back on track.
I've got a lot of respect for you long distance winter trail runners. I am SO ready for Spring!
Great job getting in all the distance! I have a love/hate relationship with spring. The warmer temps are nice, but having trails that are less runnable than either winter or summer is hard.
Ahh yes, mud. Let me rephrase that - I am SO ready for summer! Of course then you'll point out the heat and bugs. Hmm... Either way, I still want to try a trail half marathon this summer, to see if I like it.0 -
@Pastorvincent -Congrats on finishing your first official half! Sorry it wasn't as planned though. Live and learn. And if you want a HM PR, pick a flatter course...that hill looks brutal!
@cburke8909 -Congrats!! I knew you could do it!
@MobyCarp- Well done! You aren't kidding about the tough field...wow!
@JulieS3103 and @zdyb23456 - Congrats on the PRs! Well done!
@sarahthes - Way to tough it out girl! I think the face of the woman behind you in the photo says it all!
@polskagirl101- I love the photo. Congrats on powering through and on the 5K PR!
@Honunui- Wow, sounds like a productive weekend!
@kgirlhart- Congrats on the distance PR...you deserved the donuts!
@abutcher2122 - Congrats on the PR and the AG placement...Well done!
@noblsheep- Sounds like quite a race! I love the medal. Great job on getting it done despite not feeling under prepared!
@Teresa502- Congrats!4 -
03/05
Ok! I'm in!
I've started the c25k a few times but always flail at week 5! I'm currently on week 4 so should have a 5 km completed by the end of the month. Have done 2 10km runs before so aiming to get back up to that by end of the year!
A local park does timed 5k every day so my goal for march will be 50km and to do a timed 5km on 31st march! ❤️
Goal 50km
03/06 - No run as husband was late home from work...
03/07 3.55km. 3.55
03/08 - 3.95km 7.5
03/09 - No run
03/10- rest
03/11- gym - spinning
03/12 -rest
03/13 - 3.5km 11 slowly getting there…
03/14 - rest
03/15 - 3.75km 14.75
03/16 - 3.5km 18.25
03/17 - 7.5km 25.75 Half way through the month and half way to my goal!
03/18 - snowed in… grrrrrrr…. :-(
03/19 - 5km 30.757 -
polskagirl01 wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »
Long run today. Sidewalks were awful with snow so it felt more like a trail trudge than a run. I kept my pace to where I wasn't breathing too hard, and felt fine. Basically I went out with no route in mind, and ran around surveying where there were decent sidewalks (didn't find any). Got in 20k and was going to call it a day, but got home and couldn't figure out what to do about my training plan because I missed last week's long run and the past few weeks haven't been on target either. So I changed into dry clothing and went back out for another 10k and am now back on track.
I've got a lot of respect for you long distance winter trail runners. I am SO ready for Spring!
Great job getting in all the distance! I have a love/hate relationship with spring. The warmer temps are nice, but having trails that are less runnable than either winter or summer is hard.
Ahh yes, mud. Let me rephrase that - I am SO ready for summer! Of course then you'll point out the heat and bugs. Hmm... Either way, I still want to try a trail half marathon this summer, to see if I like it.
hahahahahahahaha. Bugs don't bug me...LOL.... heat I can cope with. I just don't likt trashing trails that rean't really runnable, since it ruins it for everyone else.1 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »
Long run today. Sidewalks were awful with snow so it felt more like a trail trudge than a run. I kept my pace to where I wasn't breathing too hard, and felt fine. Basically I went out with no route in mind, and ran around surveying where there were decent sidewalks (didn't find any). Got in 20k and was going to call it a day, but got home and couldn't figure out what to do about my training plan because I missed last week's long run and the past few weeks haven't been on target either. So I changed into dry clothing and went back out for another 10k and am now back on track.
I've got a lot of respect for you long distance winter trail runners. I am SO ready for Spring!
Great job getting in all the distance! I have a love/hate relationship with spring. The warmer temps are nice, but having trails that are less runnable than either winter or summer is hard.
In SW Ohio, we get freeze and thaw all winter long, so that pretty much describes our trails in the winter. I just started getting my feet wet (pun intended) with the trail running last fall, so I am very much looking forward to hitting them again now that spring is kind of here (except for the 4 inches of snow that we are supposed to get this week).1 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »
Long run today. Sidewalks were awful with snow so it felt more like a trail trudge than a run. I kept my pace to where I wasn't breathing too hard, and felt fine. Basically I went out with no route in mind, and ran around surveying where there were decent sidewalks (didn't find any). Got in 20k and was going to call it a day, but got home and couldn't figure out what to do about my training plan because I missed last week's long run and the past few weeks haven't been on target either. So I changed into dry clothing and went back out for another 10k and am now back on track.
I've got a lot of respect for you long distance winter trail runners. I am SO ready for Spring!
Great job getting in all the distance! I have a love/hate relationship with spring. The warmer temps are nice, but having trails that are less runnable than either winter or summer is hard.
Ahh yes, mud. Let me rephrase that - I am SO ready for summer! Of course then you'll point out the heat and bugs. Hmm... Either way, I still want to try a trail half marathon this summer, to see if I like it.
hahahahahahahaha. Bugs don't bug me...LOL.... heat I can cope with. I just don't likt trashing trails that rean't really runnable, since it ruins it for everyone else.
I mostly outrun mosquitoes but we're already having to run through clouds of gnats, which I hate! As for the heat, in three months when it's 90% humidity and 110 degrees F, I will look back to these days with nostalgia. But the main thing is, our wetland trails are full of water moccasins!
The hazards are part of what makes trails fun! At least we don't have bears or cougars in Memphis, unlike some other runners on this thread. I have a running friend in Africa who has to worry about lions and hyaenas!1 -
rheddmobile wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »
Long run today. Sidewalks were awful with snow so it felt more like a trail trudge than a run. I kept my pace to where I wasn't breathing too hard, and felt fine. Basically I went out with no route in mind, and ran around surveying where there were decent sidewalks (didn't find any). Got in 20k and was going to call it a day, but got home and couldn't figure out what to do about my training plan because I missed last week's long run and the past few weeks haven't been on target either. So I changed into dry clothing and went back out for another 10k and am now back on track.
I've got a lot of respect for you long distance winter trail runners. I am SO ready for Spring!
Great job getting in all the distance! I have a love/hate relationship with spring. The warmer temps are nice, but having trails that are less runnable than either winter or summer is hard.
Ahh yes, mud. Let me rephrase that - I am SO ready for summer! Of course then you'll point out the heat and bugs. Hmm... Either way, I still want to try a trail half marathon this summer, to see if I like it.
hahahahahahahaha. Bugs don't bug me...LOL.... heat I can cope with. I just don't likt trashing trails that rean't really runnable, since it ruins it for everyone else.
I mostly outrun mosquitoes but we're already having to run through clouds of gnats, which I hate! As for the heat, in three months when it's 90% humidity and 110 degrees F, I will look back to these days with nostalgia. But the main thing is, our wetland trails are full of water moccasins!
The hazards are part of what makes trails fun! At least we don't have bears or cougars in Memphis, unlike some other runners on this thread. I have a running friend in Africa who has to worry about lions and hyaenas!
The real danger in Edmonton is Canada Geese (in summer). So many aggressive geese... The nesting flocks can be 70-80 birds and they migrate from pond to pond so it's hard to know which one is safe on a given day.1 -
Oh, and our mosquitoes are so big they have to file flight plans.4
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Got an email invite for the Rock n Roll in Vegas. Talked to my SO and decided to sign up for the full, have my doc appt 6/1 and start training mid-June (why yes, I am crazy - all my half and full training has started in AZ summers). If I don't feel better/doc can't figure out what's wrong with me, I can drop to half or 10k.
Third time's a charm... right????8 -
@lporter229 Thanks and well done on your two races.
@MobyCarp good and humbling to see you racing again. If I'm lucky, I might be half as good by the time I'm your age, at least I have time to get there.
I'm trying to think of my new goal now that I reached the sub 45 minute 10k. I ran a sub 21 minute 5k during the race (a PR but it was mostly downhill) so the sub 20 5k could be it. I've already signed up for a half on June 23rd. I've broken 2 hours for a half last year so I think breaking 1:45 might be the goal for that one.7 -
3/1 6.86miles
3/2 rest
3/3 10miles
3/4 rest
3/5 6.57miles
3/6 5miles
3/7 6miles
3/8 5miles
3/9 10miles
3/10 4miles
3/11 rest
3/12 4miles
3/13 5.2miles
3/14 5.35miles
3/15 rest
3/16 3miles
3/17 rest
3/18 13.1miles!! Shamrock race!!!
3/19 rest
Rest day after running the half marathon yesterday. I did ride my bike lesiurely while my husband ran 3.5 miles.
I signed up for a 5k this Saturday for a good cause - a friend's dad died of colon cancer so we are running the Don't sit on Colon Cancer 5K. I haven't decided if I'll just run comfortably or if I'll try to PR my Garmin time. My actual PR for a 5K is 24:30, but my Garmin best is 26:07 minutes.
3/18/2018 Shamrock half marathon
3/24/2018 Don't Sit on Colon Cancer 5K
10/7/2018 Crawlin Crab half marathon
10/13/2018 Joggin for Frogmen 5K
11/18/2018 Norfolk Harbor half marathon8 -
rheddmobile wrote: »I mostly outrun mosquitoes but we're already having to run through clouds of gnats, which I hate! As for the heat, in three months when it's 90% humidity and 110 degrees F, I will look back to these days with nostalgia. But the main thing is, our wetland trails are full of water moccasins!
The hazards are part of what makes trails fun! At least we don't have bears or cougars in Memphis, unlike some other runners on this thread. I have a running friend in Africa who has to worry about lions and hyaenas!
The problem around here is wolves and the occasional cougar... and Moose, when they are around. They can be VERY cranky animals. A lot of the trails here are multi-use, and ripping them up wrecks it for the MTB guys, so we stay off until things dry out after the thaw.3 -
I am in, I am really new to running and I am starting in middle of month so my goal for this month is 30 KM. Wish me luck, I had tried running in past couple of times but I can't stick to it13
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I've yet to encounter an animal on trail, but it's bound to happen soon. Rattlesnakes and mountain lions are probably the scariest of things, and encountering a rattlesnake will be more likely than a mountain lion, simply due to the time I run on trail and the higher traffic (relatively speaking) nature of the areas where I run. I hear coyotes on my morning (road) runs, but never see them. I run near a cemetery and a golf course, so I suspect they are hanging out there.
Lots of mule deer, but they tend to be pretty hidey unless early in the AM or at dusk.
Rattlesnakes really wig me out because I'm afraid I simply won't see one in time to avoid it.1 -
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