April 2018 Monthly Running Challenge

PastorVincent

BruinsGal_91 wrote: »

But I always wear a black headband! I hope those cops don't come round my neck of the woods. Though I am wearing white socks, so I might get away with it.

I really needed mine today, eyes were stinging good when I was doing my cool down. Left it in my bag back at the gym though...

marisap2010

4/1: 2.5 miles
4/2: 3.1 miles
4/3: ST, walk 1 mile
4/6: ST, 3 miles
4/7: 3.5 miles
4/8: 6 miles
4/9: ST, walk 1 mile
4/10: 3 miles
4/12: 3 miles

Total Running for April: 24.1/60

I really needed to run after my work day. We have an audit next week, and my staff are acting ridiculous lately. I ran 3 miles in my new pair of shoes that arrived yesterday. I’ve been wearing Mizuno Waveriders for a couple of years, but it always makes me happy to get a fresh pair! My new running shorts did not excite me as much. They rode up a bit more than I liked...hope my neighbors enjoyed the show!

Upcoming Races:
Phoenix Rising 5k 4/21
Wineglass Marathon 9/30

JulieS3103

64 degrees in WI today! At one point I looked down at my arm and saw my Garmin and it registered to me as odd. Took me a second to realize that's because it wasn't buried under 3 layers of clothing for once

April 3 - 2 mile Treadmill run
April 4 - 3 mile Treadmill run
April 5 - 3 mile Treadmill run
April 7 - 4 mile run
April 8 - 8 mile run
April 11 - 4 mile Treadmill run
April 12 - 4 mile run

28 miles so far/Goal 70 miles

Upcoming Races:
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 10k

MobyCarp

April Running Totals (miles)
4/1 – 6.21 easy
4/2 – rest day
4/3 – 6.35 easy to MP
4/4 – unscheduled rest day – wind storm
4/5 – 8.39 easy with snow showers
4/6 – 4.01 easy
4/7 – 12.01 paced run
4/8 – 7.84 easy 60 minutes
4/9 – rest day
4/10 – 5.34 easy with hills
4/11 – 5.61 group run
4/12 – 6.17 warmup + easy workout

April running total to date – 61.93

Nominal April mileage goal: 130 miles

Real goals: Arrive at Hopkinton healthy. Get to Boyleston Street under my own power. Recover well.

Today's notes – Last night was a group run in light showers. If the showers predicted for Monday are like that, they will be no big deal. But I don't know whether "showers" in eastern Massachusetts means something more substantial than "showers" in upstate NY.

This evening we got rain. It was substantial as I ate dinner, then I drove through a light rain/showers to get to club practice, and it let up. I had comfortable cloudy weather with temp in the low 50s to run. Ran my 2+ mile warm up, and the expected workout for Boston was on the board: 20 minutes easy, 10 minutes MP, 10 minutes easy. I cut it down to 10/10/10 because I figured that would come out to about the right mileage for the week; and it did. Ran mostly by feel, because I had the watch on intervals to watch the time to change effort level. Easy and MP came out faster than I intended, but the easy intervals were mostly downhill. I deliberately started with a 1000m downhill to practice running easy for the start of Boston; that interval came out to an average pace of 7:39 per mile.

If I can hold myself to a 7:39 average for the first two miles of Boston, that will be a good start. If I average 7:15 for the first two miles, I will likely be in trouble later on. So the plan is to tell myself I'm running easy, and hope that comes out to an appropriate marathon pace. Don't tell myself to run MP, because I'll likely end up running too fast then.

Much of running is mental.

Today's email form BAA said, in part:

The early forecasts for the 122nd Boston Marathon on April 16, 2018 are showing the potential for persistent rain and cooler temperatures (46-53 degrees Fahrenheit/7-12 degrees Celsius) as the day progresses.

As we all know, New England weather can change from day to day. Please be familiar with the forecast as you make your final race preparations.

If we get that temperature, I'm not very worried about rain while running. Rain while standing around waiting to run could be a problem; most likely, I'll take the bus that comes with my premium hotel package and lets me sit on the bus till time for my wave to leave.

It's becoming real. Tomorrow I do laundry and pack. Saturday I fly out, get my bib, and make some on the ground decisions. Sunday I run the last 2 miles of the course early if the weather is reasonable, otherwise take a third rest day in a row. And on Monday, I find out whether I can run a marathon after a training cycle with no significant speed work and a peak long run of just over 30K.

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) finished in 31:55
March 24, 2018 Spring Forward 15K (Mendon, NY) ran at MP, finished in 1:10:47
April 16, 2018 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)
April 29, 2018 USATF Masters 10K (James Joyce Ramble, Dedham, MA)

fitoverfortymom

@MobyCarp I would be too giddy to sleep!

jele30

We’re supposed to be getting a winter storm this weekend, so decided that if the weather was decent after work I would do my long run of 8 miles vs. 5 miles. Weather was in the low 40’s with wind being light, so decided to go for it. I missed my last two long runs, so really needed to get this in as there were only three left on the plan. 8 miles in the storm or on the treadmill sounded like too much of an easy out. Got it in, the last two miles felt very sluggish. I need to work on going slower, as my HR is always way too high (even if it feels easy). Tonight, my pace was consistent but I could feel the effort. Glad to have it in, so rest day tomorrow.

4/5 - 4.5 miles
4/9 - 5 miles
4/10 - 3 miles
4/11 - rest
4/12- 8 miles

Total: 20.5/74.5 goal

Duck_Puddle

3 more today. And coach made me do weights again.

4/1-rest day (unscheduled)
4/2-rest day
4/3-5
4/4-3
4/5-4
4/6-rest day
4/7-9
4/8-3 (plus coach made me do weights)
4/9-coach made me do different weights
4/10-5
4/11-4
4/12-3 (plus coach made me do weights)

MTD-36

11/12 Days according to plan.

I’m so excited for everyone racing this weekend. Good luck to all!

rheddmobile

@MobyCarp - so exciting just to know you!

I looked up the ER doctor I have had several bad experiences with, on the suggestion of a friend that I find out if he had anyone suing him, etc, so I would know more about who I was dealing with before getting involved. No one is suing him but he has a solid one star rating on webmd - seven other people have bothered finding him online and ranking him as badly as possible in every category. So, I guess I'm not completely alone! I'm gonna call the patient advocate and ask for their suggestion as to how to proceed.

RunsOnEspresso

1) Killer from Florida? I need more details. (I'm a bit of a true crime buff. I have this idea or two but no time to work on them. And no, not killing )

2) For some reason I feel like @PastorVincent sounds more like a secret service agent in all black with those sunglasses.

3) I have to eat like every 2 hours. I take in at least 2 gus during a half. I'm slow and my fastest half was around 2:30.

I skimmed so I probs missed a bunch.

Orphia

April Goals

Aiming for 200 kms run.
And some cartwheels again

03 Apr – 10.1 km
04 Apr – 10.1 km
06 Apr – 35.2 km
08 Apr – 05.1 km
09 Apr – 10.1 km
10 Apr – 05.1 km
12 Apr – 5.6 km

Total: 81.3 km


Run Club Quality Session.



Warmup;
strides;
Intervals of 3, 2, 1 min with 1 min recovery between them, then same again; cooldown.

In the strides we were told to focus on: keeping upright; "pumping" our arms; taking shorter and quicker steps; and using our hamstrings. That exercise helped us go quicker and also helped my form in the intervals that followed.

abutcher2122

7.8 miles, slowly shaving off those minutes.

skippygirlsmom

@RunsOnEspresso here you go.

http://whnt.com/2018/04/12/us-marshals-local-law-enforcement-continue-to-search-for-murder-suspect/

He’s still at large.

Update: Just had a news update, they killed him in Pennsylvania. So while we had a perimeter around a wooden area here he was traveling to PA.

cburke8909

good 7 this am looks like I was in zone 3 but it felt easy so I'm wondering if I may need to adjust my zones.

pieceofvegancake

It's my first time and I never run so won't set a goal but it will set me up for next month

juliet3455

PastorVincent wrote: »

They pull me aside get my name/etc and tell me that someone called... get this... someone called up and reported "a man in black running."

Besides the poor guy probably has to write up a full report about how he handled the man in black running down the street. Ah well.

And yes, I plan to run that same route tomorrow, cept I might add a black headband.

If it's like Alberta The report the Sheriff's have to fill out can be a nightmare or a really funny read. The description the Sheriff's received is very common ie very poor. Had a mental image of you with a headband that had Racoon Eyes on it.

angmarie28

I was only going to do 2 miles last night, then I hit that and decided Ill do a full 30 minutes, that got me to 3.25 miles, I stopped and logged it into map my run, checked the yvsty challenge and I was at 399km for the year, I couldnt be that close to 400 and stop, so I ran another .75 to make it an even 4 miles

4/1-9 miles
4/2-chest/back/legs
4/3-2.5 miles
4/5-5.5 miles
4/6-2.5 miles
4/8-9 miles
4/9-2.5 miles + shoulders and arms
4/11-4 miles
4/12-4 miles

39/75 miles

ddmom0811

pieceofvegancake wrote: »

It's my first time and I never run so won't set a goal but it will set me up for next month

Welcome! We all started like you. Many of us started with Couch to 5K (I did!) Your userid is making me hungry for this amazing Vegan bakery in Orlando. My daughter always goes there when she comes to town. It's not very close to me, so I never go.

Rest day for me today ... or rebuild muscle day.
I was reading in my latest Women's Running magazine about protein and I am definitely not getting enough. So going to focus on that more. Since I am 56 and exercise a lot I should have about 1.4- 1.5 grams times my weight. I'm only eating about 1/3 - 1/2 of that.

I decided to upgrade to the Premium MFP a few days ago. I've used it for so many years and kept the weight off (other than slight fluctuations) and decided I wanted to check out some of the premium features. I hardly pay for any apps and I thought what the heck - give it a try.


4/1 - 3.65 miles to Buckingham Palace, + strength training W9-B
4/2 -Tabatas in the hotel gym
4/3 - 5 miles Hyde Park
4/4 - strength training + 1 mile treadmill
4/5 - 5 miles Hyde Park - last day in London
4/6 - rest/travel day
4/7 - 4 miles on treadmill
4/8 - 25 miles cycling + strength training W9-C
4/9 - 5 miles
4/10 - strength training w9-D
4/11 - 5 miles + strength training W10-A
4/12 - 5 miles
4/13 - recovery/rebuild muscle day!

sarahthes

Not cool, Mother Nature. Not cool.

karllundy

Ugh! I feel so horribly unsupportive of you all! I am way behind, with little hope of catching up.

@skippygirlsmom - Glad you are feeling well enough to go against the doctor's orders
@eponine1984 - Know we are all thinking of and praying for you!
@elise4270 - Keep your chin up! Your attitude has been excellent...I have no doubt you'll get back to running.
@7lenny7 - Not sure about 90's either...yesterday running at 67° felt super hot after this extended winter we've been having.

I am cranky this morning because I did my final pre-HM long run early yesterday, due to pending weather and a business trip coming up. HM is on 4/22. During my run, I mostly felt good, but the hills were hard. Toward the end, felt some "hot spots" on both feet. Well, I have huge blisters on both second toes. I know it probably isn't a big deal, but I don't want to have to not run for the next several days for something so annoying. Any tips? Leave them or drain them? Moleskin pads? Suck it up? Have to admit, I've never had to deal with this before.

4/1 - Start month on rest day, plus it's Easter = no burn + a lot of calories / hot cross buns.
4/2 - 4 treadmill miles + upper body weights/abs.
4/3 - Unplanned rest day.
4/4 - 4 treadmill miles, then weights and abs.
4/5 - 4.25 treadmill miles. Trek Class.
4/6 - Unplanned rest day (Grrr!)
4/7 - 11 miles. Flat, windy, fun.
4/8 - 3.5 mile treadmill recovery, then weights and abs.
4/9 - Planned rest / life day.
4/10 - 4 treadmill miles. Trek Class, included 20 straight minutes of alternating moderate/tempo incline. Ouch.
4/11 - 11 miles. Hot (relatively), but mostly comfortable.

45.75/110

KatieJane83

@7lenny7 I don't think the blossoms had much in the way of fragrance. I didn't even notice it on Friday when it was windy and they attacked me

(supposed to be a pic of the attack but I don't know what is going on with the upload option! stupid file won't upload)

Tomorrow is a 5k in my town that I can walk to. I'll be doing it just for fun, and they have bbq and beer afterwards, woohoo. Supposed to be a high of 74 tomorrow and the race doesn't start until 11am so I'm kinda bummed about running in the warm weather, lol. Sunday is only a high of 41 though, so that'll be more comfortable for my long run. Kinda crazy that there's a 33 degree difference in high temps within two days.


Date Miles Notes
4/1/18 3.1 ----lunch run
4/2/18 0
4/3/18 0
4/4/18 4 ----4 miles + zumba
4/5/18 0 ----rest
4/6/18 0 ----did walk all over the National Mall and more of D.C. though
4/7/18 0 ----a bit more D.C. walking
4/8/18 10.1 ----Cherry Blossom 10 Mile
4/9/18 0 ----rest
4/10/18 3.1 ----lunchtime run
4/11/18 0 ----rest
4/12/18 4 ----lunchtime run - t-shirt weather!

Total: 24.3