April 2018 Monthly Running Challenge
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@sarahthes Mine vary. In the worst case, the toenail separated in the back, but remained connected in front. It grew back underneath in the back, then that part fell off but remained connected in front. After 3 toenails had stacked up, the whole thing finally fell off, then grew back normally. The whole process took about 3-4 years. Others have been much quicker, falling off after a few weeks or months and growing back in less than a year. They usually start with blood congregating under the nail.0
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@7lenny7 and @MNLittleFinn congrats on Zumbro1
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@7lenny7, @MNLittleFinn Wowza!!! I’m beyond impressed. @MNLittleFinn, I would be done for like the next 3 days after 6 hours of running. My hats off to ya for 36+ freaking hours. I hope you have someone to wait on you hand and foot while you recover. Lol. @7lenny7 2 out of 3 laps is still more than the people who didn’t show up. Anything more than 2 miles in those conditions is amazing. I know I definitely would not be out running in that kind of weather.0
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So, um, those of you who have lost a toenail due to running how long did it take to grow back? And did it cause problems with your running?
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I have one that I lost about 20 months ago it look about 11 months to grow back but it’s never been the same. Right now it looks like it wants to start coming off again.
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My legs and feet hate me21
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »My legs and feet hate me
I bet. But you did it!0 -
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
April running total to date – 64.07
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 – Crunched for screen time, so I'm not caught up on Zumbro or anything else.
Yesterday was exhausting. Plane, T, bus, packet pick up, expo, and on my feet an awful lot for not getting to run further than across a street to beat a traffic light. By evening, I was of a mood to just bag the whole thing. And the weather forecast was awful; low 30s and rain changing to freezing rain for today.
Woke up at 6:30. Internet said temp was 36, with 21 mph wind. Couldn't see rain in the air, and I had a clear view of the street from the 31st floor window. So I went with plan A; took the T to the St. Paul station and did my shakedown run on the last 2.1 miles of the course. It felt great. Garmin says the wind was 18 mph, which might have been about right. Except it was stronger than that and in my face on Boyleston Street. Great running weather.
It's still saying rain or showers for tomorrow, but temps in the low 40s for race time. This is liveable. Just have to see what the day gives me.
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)9 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »My legs and feet hate me
And he lives!! Can't wait for the report @MNLittleFinn. Congrats on getting it done!
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »My legs and feet hate me
But in the best way, yes?
CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING A BEAST!0 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »My legs and feet hate me
I’m sure they do. Congratulations amazing accomplishment!
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Race report is going to take a while. That was some epic *kitten*.12
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »Race report is going to take a while. That was some epic *kitten*.
I don't doubt it.
100 miles is a hell of an accomplishment.0 -
My 3 year old is wandering around saying that he has two moms, the other one is named 'Screwshoes' and we both run, although he doesn't know why.10
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My 3 year old is wandering around saying that he has two moms, the other one is named 'Screwshoes' and we both run, although he doesn't know why.
LOL, @sarahthes, this is hilarious and epically profound.1 -
@garygse Congrats on your finish and AG place!
@7lenny7 Bummer that you didn't finish but dayummmm for making it those two loops. I have a friend near St. Paul and she posted pictures of her shoveling FEET of snow. Even attempting 50 miles in those conditions is beyond my comprehension.
@MNLittleFinn I am so glad this happened for you. I feel like there aren't even words to express the awe I have for what you accomplished in the conditions in which you accomplished it.
It's truly an honor to have the help and support of ALL of you to inspire us to keep on running.
I raced yesterday, too! It was my first 25k and first time racing past the HM distance AND my first race on trail. Since my HM in December, I've been doing my long runs on trail and my normal weekday runs from my home on the road. The last three weeks or so, I've been able to squeeze in some additional trail time while my son is at soccer practice because he practices right next two a few really good trail systems in my area. In hindsight, putting in these extra miles on the trail was invaluable to race day.
Anyway, while my training schedule has been pretty on-target, my diet hasn't. Race training weight has definitely crept on and it has been incredibly frustrating. I've had a tremendous amount of work stress and just haven't been my best, if that makes any sense. Regardless, I've kept my focus on being prepared for the race.
I live in Denver and the race was in Colorado Springs, about an hour and a half south of me. It was a 7:30 am start time, and while we could have made the drive from home the morning of the race, we decided to grab a hotel in town. Hubby and I were also able to turn Friday night into somewhat of a date night, so that's always a plus.
Somehow in my head, I figured I could do this thing in 3-3.5 hours. I realize now 3 hours was a very, VERY ambitious goal, especially when we woke up and realized there was about two inches of snow blanketing everything and winds around 30mph. So, instead of sporting my capris and t-shirt, I was bundled up in full-length lined pants and my winter running coat. Wasn't super thrilled about that because my capris have great pockets where I was stashing my snacks and my long pants don't have those, which necessitates the coat pockets to hold that stuff, but I'm not the boss of weather, so I just adjusted my expectations a little bit, told hubby we were definitely looking at something closer to the 3.5 hour range, gave him a smooch and went on my way.
I started in the middle of the pack and quickly settled in with a herd of runners. Whenever I am standing in the chute waiting for the race to start, I always have what I call my "Amy Cuddy moment." For those of you not familiar, Amy Cuddy is the woman who gave the Ted Talk on body language and has helped popularize "power posing." I love that Ted Talk, not because of power posing (although I do think that it works), but her story about not wanting to be an imposter that "fake it until you make it" is really more about "fake it until you become it." I wondered if I was standing in that chute as an imposter, or if I really was a trail racer.
Somehow I ended up being the one a group was pacing behind, which was fine for me. I made sure to tell them that it was totally fine to ask to get by when they were ready. Very few of them did, and once I got through my usual sluggish first three miles, I really started to pick up my pace and left most of that group behind. I did get the joy of seeing a woman blow a few really perfect snot rockets and I made sure to let her know how impressive that was. Then I wiped a bunch of my own boogers on my sleeve and went on my way.
There was nothing exceptionally remarkable about miles 5-8 of the race. There was some climbing, there was some technical spots. I went fast where I could and reminded myself to stay mentally alert to avoid tripping or falling. There was a gal in a bright pink jacket with headphones who had paced behind me for a while but gone ahead on a stretch of straightaway terrain. She was definitely faster than me on flatter ground, so I just took a breath and went the pace I knew I could sustain rather than try and keep up. The heat of having a heavier coat on was becoming more noticeable, so when I reached aid station 3/4, I took a moment to remove my vest, take off my coat, and thread it through my vest. The girl in the pink coat was just leaving the aid station as I arrived, so I knew I was still hanging in there. Some point shortly after that, I passed a woman doing the 50k. She told me I smelled good as I zipped on past.
Within about two miles of more technical and incline terrain, I had caught up with the girl in the pink jacket. It was then that a few things occurred to me. What I may lack in my "easy terrain" running, I make up for with my ability to tackle incline and technical ground. I am far more willing to run uphill and navigate rocks and roots and drops at a run rather than stopping to walk. I am in tune with assessing an incline and knowing if it's something I can run or something I need to power hike. I'm not an imposter.
Miles 10-12 I spent behind the gal in the pink jacket. She had fallen on a slippery spot and I think hit her tailbone pretty hard. It slowed her down a bit and made her more tentative, so when there was a good place to pass, I went on ahead of her and wouldn't see her again until she crossed the finish line. At mile 13 I was at the "top" of the park and knew there would be little if any more uphill running. The last two+ miles were mostly downhill and traversing the area to get back to the finish/start line. That doesn't mean they were easy and that tightness in my hamstring and calf from earlier in the week was definitely letting itself be known. My lower back was tensing up and I had to visualize the training runs I would do back near home so I could manage in my head the distance I needed to finish. I imagined the lake I've run past on my 3.5 mile runs and seeing the moon reflect on the water. I imagined the wall along the golf course where I use the brick pillars as guideposts for my made-up fartlek speed drills. I imagined the feeling of turning into my subdivision and knowing I was less than a half mile from home and practicing my "finish strong legs" and "dig deep feelings."
Then I saw hubby. He found me on the course on his mountain bike using the LiveTrack from my Garmin and was hanging out with the course marshals cheering on the runners as the came into the final quarter mile. I handed him my coat so I could finish a little faster and lighter. I looked at my watch and was three minutes from a 3.5 hour finish, and I blazed toward the finish. I still don't know how I went as fast as I did. My last half mile was just as fast as many of my first half miles on the road. I barely even remember running it other than questioning as I crossed the finish line how I was even able to run that fast at 3:29:20. Under 3.5 hours!
They handed me my medal, cut off my timing chip, and I met up with hubby. I ate a few slices of the most delicious Cara Cara orange I had ever tasted. Hubby went to go and try and figure out how I placed while I laughed at him because there was no way I was even a contender for anything at that time. Besides, we had to get back to the hotel, change, and get back to Denver for my son's soccer game. The wind was wreaking havoc with the Internet, so we'd have to wait for the overall results online anyway. No biggie. I was ready to change from race mode to mom mode anyway and it's not like I won or anything. Lol.
We got back to Denver about 3 minutes in to my son's soccer game. My sister had brought him to the game and she asked how I did. I said I did awesome, I finished within the time I wanted, but the full results weren't available yet (the 10k was posted, so I knew the 25k wouldn't be far behind). I cheered on my son, and while he had a great game, they fell 0-2 to their opponents. After the game, hubby reminded me to check the results. They were posted.
I came in 69th (because of course) of 113 total racers.
I came in 21st of 47 total women.
I came in 1st of 8 women in my age group.
I'm not an imposter.26 -
midwesterner85 wrote: »@sarahthes Mine vary. In the worst case, the toenail separated in the back, but remained connected in front. It grew back underneath in the back, then that part fell off but remained connected in front. After 3 toenails had stacked up, the whole thing finally fell off, then grew back normally. The whole process took about 3-4 years. Others have been much quicker, falling off after a few weeks or months and growing back in less than a year. They usually start with blood congregating under the nail.
I think that is what is going on with my big toenail. It like doesn't want to fall off but it is still somewhat growing. It's starting to feel like it's getting ready to fall off after like 3 years.
I know they say you should go up shoe sizes if you're getting black nails but I can't. My currents shoes are 8 and if I go up to 8.5 they won't stay on my feet. I've tried different brands too, that size is just too big. So I suffer. LOL0 -
I am so impressed with everyone that ran this weekend! I cleaned my house instead LOL
My weight lifting challenge ends today. Over the past 12 weeks, I lost 4.7 pounds and several inches (1.5 or 2) from various points. I'm going to take it easy this week and then the following week is a vacation (lots of hiking!!!!). I dug around in the Garmin plans yesterday and added one to start 4/30 with HR Zone runs. I also added their HR Zone Marathon plan. I figured I'll give it a shot and it can sync to my google calendar so it's one less thing I have to enter. HA3 -
April 2018
04.01.18 - 10 m. / 60 minutes on bike trainer.
04.02.18 - 3.5 m EZ. / Swim
04.05.18 - 10 m.
04.07.18 - 26.2 m. W/ one of my MFP best friends.
04.08.18 - 1 m. EZ
04.09.18 - 1 m. EZ travel day
04.10.18 - 6 m. And 1 hour bike trainer
04.11.18 - 9.1 m. (2 jogs)
04.12.18 - Bike Trainer
04.13.18 - 7.8 m.
04.14.18 - Bike Trainer
Upcoming Events:
05.06.18 - Flying Pig Marathon.
05.20.18 - IronMan 70.3 Chattanooga
07.14.18 - IronMan 70.3 Muncie
07.29.18 - IronMan 70.3 Ohio
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