April 2018 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    edited April 2018
    @greyparks206 good luck on your 5K!! You never forget your first. Soak it all in and ENJOY!!

    @Elise4270 it does my heart good to see you running!

    @zerlinna87 prayers for your dad!

    @polskagirl01 after my run Saturday my Garmin told me I needed 4 days of recovery. I don't follow what my Garmin tells me, but I do give credence to what Stravistix (an extension for Chrome or Opera which analyzes your Strava info) tells me with regard to fitness, fatigue and form. It lets me know when I'm overtraining, as well as let's me know how well I'm building fitness. It takes a while to understand what it's telling you, and to use it properly, but I think it's fairly accurate for me.

    @Wen2Run a THREE hour commute?!?! WOW! Is there a place you could stop for a run mid-way on the way home and break that drudgery up?

    And with the exception of @MNLittleFinn and @mobycarp 's RR's (saving them for when I have time to them closer attention), I'm all caught up!




  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    @MobyCarp - nice recovery and listening to those tired muscles!
    @7lenny7 - love the picture of Kody in the snow searching for spring!

    A question for all you Strava users that I haven't been able to answer with the support knowledge base. When you make an activity public can all Strava users and others see it or just your followers? My daughter is very personal safety aware/concerned (as she should be) but wants to share her runs on Strava with me but doesn't want the world to see them. We've been trying to figure out if there is a way to do that??
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    edited April 2018
    shanaber wrote: »
    @MobyCarp - nice recovery and listening to those tired muscles!
    @7lenny7 - love the picture of Kody in the snow searching for spring!

    A question for all you Strava users that I haven't been able to answer with the support knowledge base. When you make an activity public can all Strava users and others see it or just your followers? My daughter is very personal safety aware/concerned (as she should be) but wants to share her runs on Strava with me but doesn't want the world to see them. We've been trying to figure out if there is a way to do that??

    @shanaber , see below. If you turn on enhanced privacy, only her followers can see her activity. If she limits her followers to only those with whom she wants to share, that should do it. If she wanted to test it, you could send a link to one of her activities to me and I can tell you what I see.

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  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    Thanks @7lenny7 - I will have her give it a try.
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    So if I wanted to put my runs as a workout in Garmin I'd have to enter each individual workout, right? Or is there a way I can make a training program (not use one of their premade ones)?
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    Still no running for me but I did get in about two and a half miles of walking, two days in a row, without my knee swelling, which is a step in the right direction. Return appointment on the 26th to hear what I should do next.

    Off to a great start!
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    edited April 2018
    RunsOnEspresso wrote: »
    So if I wanted to put my runs as a workout in Garmin I'd have to enter each individual workout, right? Or is there a way I can make a training program (not use one of their premade ones)?

    I have started creating workouts in Garmin, which I can then load to my Fenix 3 through Garmin Connect. For example, here was tonight's workout:

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    Now that it is loaded on my Fenix 3, I can do that particular workout as many or as few times as I want until I delete it from the watch. If it were the same thing every week, you might call it "Thursday" or something helpful like that.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    RunsOnEspresso wrote: »
    So if I wanted to put my runs as a workout in Garmin I'd have to enter each individual workout, right? Or is there a way I can make a training program (not use one of their premade ones)?

    As far as I know, it's each work out.

    I made 3. Luckily I'm so restricted there's just one workout per week (or for 2 weeks we'll see how fast I progress).

    It's not terrible to make them, as @midwesterner85 shows.
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    Ended up with 8.90 miles tonight:

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  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    @katharmonic Oh that's awful! I've tried locking my key in the trunk, it just bounced back open and I was like wtf car? Oh ya. Thanks.

    Glad you didn't have to wait 75 minutes in the snow. I can't imagine. It's a chilly 70 here and I would have cried about 15 minutes.
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    @katharmonic My previous car (no remote, but has ignition key with transponder) had a safety feature where the doors would not lock if the key was in the ignition. It worked almost always. If I hit the lock button, it would lock for a fraction of a second and then unlock all the doors as soon as it recognized the key was in the ignition.

    In the several years I owned that car, I locked my keys in it and needed a locksmith twice. The first time, I was out hunting and went back in the car for something. Threw the keys on the seat, rummaged around looking for what I needed, and locked / left the car after several minutes of searching. As soon as I started walking away, I realized what I had done. My phone was also in the car, so I ended up flagging down a passer-by (I put the gun down first, lol) who graciously let me borrow his phone. The second time, I was at a restaurant and the keys were actually in the ignition. It wasn't supposed to lock, and normally did not... but it did and I didn't notice the keys were still inside until too late.

    My dad had a little locksmith business he ran as his side gig (FT job was teaching). I've heard all kinds of stories, but they are all from before electronic keys. For example, he offered to make a customer an extra key once and she responded that she had 3 sets of keys already - 1 in the ignition, another in the glove box, and a 3rd in her purse sitting on the passenger seat.
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    @midwesterner85 @Elise4270 ahh yes I played around with that the other day. I was hoping I could make a training plan but I'll just put all the workouts in.
  • AlphaHowls
    AlphaHowls Posts: 2,004 Member
    @MobyCarp wrote: »
    AlphaHowls wrote: »

    Marathon now 8 days away....

    Just 8 days, you'll be allowed to run again. Honest.

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    THIS!

  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
    @7lenny7 Thanks for posting the Strava privacy screenshot! I double checked mine because I start 50% of my activities from my house and was a bit paranoid... but I also volunteer at a school on Tuesdays for Girls on the Run and don't want randos to see that if I'm running to/from there. Luckily I've got enhanced turned on! Phew!! Thanks for the peace of mind!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    04/01/18 - 8 Miles - 9:59 Pace
    04/02/18 - Rest
    04/03/18 - 10 miles - 9:27 Pace
    04/04/18 - 10 miles @ 4% grade and 7:43 pace
    04/05/18 - 0
    04/06/18 - 0
    04/07/18 - 11.7 miles - 2 races and a bit more
    04/08/18 - 0
    04/09/18 - 0
    04/10/18 - 12.1 miles @ 9:27 pace
    04/11/18 - 12.1 miles @ 9:00 pace
    04/12/18 - 11 miles @ 9:00 pace
    04/13/18 - 10 miles @ 9:04 pace
    04/14/18 - 21 miles @ 9:55 pace
    04/15/18 - Rest
    04/16/18 - 0
    04/17/18 - 8 miles @ 7MPH and 4.5% grade
    04/18/18 - 7 miles @ 8:57 pace
    04/19/18 - 10 miles @ 8:00 avg pace and 4% grade

    Big Hairy Audacious Goal: Sub 4 hours in Pittsburgh 2018!

    Official Marathon PR: 4:11:28

    Next Races (more as I find them):

    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)


    It was 30F degrees with16-20 mph winds predicted(it is always much windier than prediction), and I was not sure about my knee, so I got on the dreadmill as it is easier to bail when you are only feet away from the locker room. On a sad note, today was my last day in the gym. Tomorrow is my last day at that company. On Monday I start a new job and while I was told they have a "fitness center" I highly doubt it is anything like what I am used to. Where I work this week it has a full gym with free weights, machines, all the kinds of cardio equip, basketball courts, indoor track, racket ball, and so on. It was one of the better perks.

    Todays work out was 8.5 miles @ 7.5 MPH with 4% grade, then 1.5 more miles at 8.5 MPH with 4% grade for a total of 10. Physically I could have kept going... but time wise I was out. Knee did fine so whatever happened yesterday did not injure anything. Probably because I stopped right away.

    Soon I will be shopping for a nice dreadmill for home so I can keep up the speed work. I looked them over recently and wanted to cry at the 4 digit price tags. Will have to watch Craigslist and hope to get lucky on a really nice one for free. :lol:
  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    4/1 - rest
    4/2 - rest
    4/3 - 7.1km
    4/4 - 4.8km
    4/5 - travel
    4/6 - walking
    4/7 - 21.7km (bad tangents? Ha...)
    4/8 - travel
    4/9 - strength
    4/10 - 4.1km
    4/11 - rest
    4/12 - rest
    4/13 - 5.1km
    4/14 - 10.2km
    4/15 - 60 min walk with kiddos
    4/16 - 5.1km
    4/17 - unplanned rest
    4/18 - 6.2km
    4/18 - 5.3km

    69.6/100 km

    Today I learned that if I'm doing sprint intervals I need something giving me cues or a track to run on. Oh well, next week speedwork is a temporary run rather than intervals and I should have my new Garmin before my next interval workout.

    2018 Races: (italics means not registered yet, only pondering)
    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 1:24:53
    4/7/18 Jasper Half Marathon 3:05:55
    4/22/18 MEC Trail Race #1 5Kish
    5/20/18 MEC Trail Race #2 10Kish
    6/24/18 MEC Trail Race #3 10Kish
    7/1/18 Canada Day 5K or 15K?
    7/28/18 Idaho Peak 10K Trail Race
    8/18/18 Edmonton Marathon 10K
    8/25/18 MEC Trail Race #4 10Kish
    10/7/18 MEC Trail Race #5 15Kish
    10/22/18 Heartbeat Run 10K
    12/1/18 Santa Shuffle
  • JulieS3103
    JulieS3103 Posts: 86 Member
    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
    April 14 - 4 mile Treadmill run
    April 15 - 6 mile Treadmill run
    April 17 - 3 mile run
    April 19 - 6 mile Treadmill run

    47 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
  • ctlaws44
    ctlaws44 Posts: 182 Member
    MobyCarp wrote: »
    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
    4/13 – rest day
    4/14 – travel day
    4/15 – 2.14 shakedown run
    4/16 – 26.45 Boston Marathon with bad tangents
    4/17 – travel day

    April running total to date – 90.52

    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 – Musings the day after running Boston:

    The weather was as forecast, wind from 11 to 25 mph in my face, temperature from the high 30s to mid 40s, rain from showers to steady. The temperature and the wind would not have been significant factors without the rain. It was wet.

    One of the smarter things I did this year was buy a premium package that included a charter bus to the start line. The differences between the charter bus and the BAA buses were, I had to leave an hour earlier; and I could stay on the dry, warm bus until time for my wave to leave. That saved me 2 hours of waiting around outside in the wind and rain. Worth. Every. Penny.

    BAA advice was to wear old shoes that you could discard, then change into dry shoes for running. That makes no sense for most runners, because there will be no dry place in Athletes' Village to change shoes and your race shoes will be wet anyway. I thought maybe I could wear old shoe to walk into Athletes' Village and grab some coffee and a banana; but when the rain turned out to be steady I realized all I would see in Atheletes' Village would be a bunch of runner butts as people tried to crowd into the tent where the food was. So I wore my Darn Tough wool socks and the shoes I would run in.

    Marathon Tours gave me a discardable poncho that I wore from the bus to the staging area; then I discarded it. I was prepared to run in what I was wearing, but not prepared to stand around in the rain for a long time. An awful lot of runners started running in plastic bags or cheap ponchos; I don't understand. They're going to be wet anyway, and I don't get why someone would choose to run 16 miles (about as late as I saw something like this) in a plastic bag. But here you have it:

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    The early part of the race went to plan. Took gels at 5.5 and 11 miles. Realized just after I past the port-a-pot group at mile 12 that I should have stopped; saw the next small clump at 12.4 miles. Was looking for the green flag, and saw a runner come out of one with no one between me and there. That was an easy decision. Had to take my gloves off, so I took a second S-cap. Then it took a while to put my soaked gloves back on, but I clearly needed them for warmth. I would not remove my gloves again until I was back in my hotel.

    Got a gel from a volunteer along the way, took it maybe around mile 14. Wellesley was a mental challenge, but I'd seen it. Slowed down deliberately to rest for Newton getting through Wellesley, then ran the drop at Lower Newton Falls fast, but more importantly so as not to make my quads hurt. Worked hard not to challenge the hills in Newton, ended up challenging Heartbreak toward the end.

    And I could keep running. By this time, I had another gel from a volunteer in my glove, but I never had the mental energy to deal with manipulating it. So I ran the rest of the race with a gel in my glove that I should have taken somewhere between 20 and 24 miles. Got up Heartbreak on pride, to keep running further than I did last year. Got to mile 23 on pride, to keep running further than I did in 2016. Somewhere in there, I realized that if I slowed to a walk I was dead. I would be very unlikely to start running again, and might not be physically capable of completing the course walking in that weather if I had to go more than a mile.

    So I ran to be able to keep running. I ran on mental toughness. I ran looking for the landmarks I saw on my shakedown run the day before. It had been a good call to take the T out a mile along Beacon Street; looking for where I had been made Beacon Street less of an eternity than it had been in past years.

    Got to Kenmore and the Citgo sign. The last mile is very familiar. I'm passing people. I know I'm slowing down, but I'm passing more people than I have. WTF? Get down Commonwealth Ave on guts and pride. See the underpass, know that Hereford Street isn't very far past it. As the shirt says, right on Hereford Street and left on Boyleston.

    It looked like an awful long way from turning onto Boyleston to the finish line. I had no finish line kick at all. I heard my sister call my name, but didn't see her. I ran to keep running to the finish. I had no idea how many runners were around me. Until I saw the pictures, I assumed I should not have caught up to any white bibs (wave 2), let alone red bibs (wave 1):

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    I got there, stopped, and both calves threatened to cramp up. Concentrated on not falling down, then stopped the watch. The watch said 3:29 and change, so I knew I'd beat 3:30 officially.

    It was a slow, painful blur to go find a medal. I stopped for one shot from the professional photographer, knowing that I was not going to take the time to pose for a designed backdrop:

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    Then it was another slow, painful blur to go find the heat shield. God bless the young, smiling, cheerful volunteer who patiently dressed me in the heat shield/rain poncho that I could not put on myself. Long, slow walk to find the closest door to the inside, the more slow, painful walk to get to my own hotel. Got a hot shower, got dry clothes, began to feel fairly normal, and only then realized that I had almost certainly been suffering from hypothermia just a hair from being bad enough to require someone else to do stuff for me. I mean, more than just put a raincoat on me.

    While walking back to the hotel, I thought this might be a good time to declare victory and stop trying to run marathons. Three hours later, with a good hot meal in me and my calves recovered enough to let me walk a moderate pace and go up and down short flights of stairs while carrying nothing, I was already thinking about Boston 2019. I beat my qualifying target by over 20 minutes, so I can register on the first day. This morning my sister told me if I run Boston next year, she'll run the BAA 5K again. So I have enough notice now to get another night in the hotel next year and see her run.

    Today I am still recovering, but I feel better than I did the day after Boston either of the last two years. I have started 5 marathons, and yesterday I completed one where I really managed the race well. And I affirm that I am a marathon runner. That's part of who I am.

    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) finished in 3:28:43
    April 29, 2018 USATF Masters 10K (James Joyce Ramble, Dedham, MA)


  • ctlaws44
    ctlaws44 Posts: 182 Member
    @MobyCarp- Congratulations for finishing Boston in a great time!! Those were some of the worst conditions I could imagine for a race. I hope to be there in 2019 to run it with you.
  • Duck_Puddle
    Duck_Puddle Posts: 3,237 Member

    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)
    4/13-rest day
    4/14-10 (probably 10.5 because my GPS things weren’t in agreement)
    4/15-4 (plus coach made me do weights)
    4/16-rest day
    4/17-4
    4/18-3 (plus coach made me do weights)
    4/19-2 (plus coach made me do different weights)

    MTD-59

    18/19-Days according to plan.
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