April 2018 Monthly Running Challenge
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rheddmobile wrote: »I'm so angry I don't even know where to begin. I should have known from the first word out of the orthopedist's mouth that he was a bad fit - my husband was wearing a 5k shirt and the doctor's first words were, "You're not a RUNNER?" We thought he was joking but he wasn't joking - he said he believed in treating conservatively which means I'm not supposed to to anything for the foreseeable future and likewise he will do nothing. I explained wanting to get better so I could run and he said he didn't recommend running at any time for anyone and that I should get my exercise from swimming or cycling instead. Too angry to communicate with him in a very helpful fashion, but I did eventually get him to recommend me to a sports doctor who might actually someday help me, who can't give me an appointment for another TWO WEEKS. I explained that I literally can't go without exercise because I'm not on medication and I control my diabetes through exercise, and he said "Two weeks of high blood sugar won't kill you."
That really sucks. I would be tempted to report any doctor that said "high blood sugar will not kill you" cause, in fact, it could. Do you have a doctor for your diabetes you can call for help?
Okay, so you are stuck for two weeks. If we assume you have no option to speed that up then you need to be thinking about what you can do to balance that off. Do you have a pool you can use? Can you swim just for now until you see the sports doctor? What about drastic diet changes? How bad is your knee, can you at least walk? What about renting a wheelchair and doing laps around your block?
Also, can you call the sports doc directly and ask what you can do while waiting for an appointment? Sometimes they will have a nurse that can answer questions and give advice.2 -
Date :::: Miles:::: Cumulative
04/01/18 :::: 5.3 :::: 5.3
04/02/18 :::: 3.6 :::: 8.9
Tonight's group speed-work consisted of warm-up, 4 minute hard intervals x 3 with 2 minutes recovery, 4 sprints and then cool-down. Pretty good night for running and there was a good-sized group. It's been fun to see the group grow and get new people interested.
Glad to have that out of the way for the week.
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4/1 - REST
4/2 - 5.19 (trail)
Found a new set of trails just on the other side of the ridge from my son's soccer practice. Was thrilled to get 5 miles in before I had to head back to pick him up. I should be able to hit this trail again on Wednesday and I'm really happy about it. Beautiful path.8 -
@eponine1984 - there are no words... I hope you are physically healing and are able to run or otherwise find a release for the emotional side. {{{HUGS}}}
@rheddmobile - I have been fortunate enough to have a wonderful ortho doc who suggested I look at CHI running
and told me initially before I ran much that if I didn't start moving it eventually I wouldn't be able to. He also made sure I had a PT who was also a runner with the goal to get me back running as quickly as reasonably possible. I also have an amazing sports chiropractor who has helped me with so many 'soft injuries'. I would not go back to any doctor that said those things to me because clearly they have no clue how beneficial running and exercise are!
So my 1st run for April and my 1st (work) day of retirement was great. I slept in but still got up early enough to go for a good run. This run really felt amazing! I haven't run in a few days so it felt great just to get out and run again and it was cool and overcast - perfect running weather! It was one of those runs where you feel like you could just keep going and guess what? I could, no rush to get home, no meetings to have to be on! What a wonderful feeling!! I will get my ticker set up tomorrow but for now - 5.81miles
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PastorVincent wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »I decided to do my long run tomorrow, since today is basically a nation-wide water battle day and I thought a girl by herself in running clothes might be too much of a target. Didn't want to be miles from home and get drenched. Plus we have lunch plans with friends and I didn't want to get up early on a holiday.
Err? What is this nationwide water battle?
Śmigus Dyngus... it's an Eastern European thing I guess. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Śmigus-dyngus
It was a little on the cold side yesterday and apparently if you take the fun "too far", such as throwing water on a car or cyclist and causing an accident, or ruining a stranger's clothing with dirty water, police warned it could cross over into "hooligan activity" and result in a fine of up to more than $100. So I didn't really see anyone participating. Our kids couldn't find their water guns, and the neighbor kids are out of town, so it ended up being pretty boring, actually.3 -
Aaapril....run she will
4/1 11 hrs work+dinner with friends
4/2 4.29
Total 4.29
Ticker is my goal for 2018 and progress to date:
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Date Miles MTD ------- ----- ------- Apr 03 3.7 3.7
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Track Tuesday! I really am back! Met up with two friends to do 8 x 400m (400 recoveries) + 1.5 miles to warm up and 1ish to cool down. For a while it was just the three of us repping Girl Power in the dark until a couple guys came to use the track closer to sunrise.
I did 2 sets of this workout last year. Once in my spring training cycle in January, when I ran it in a cold, windy 43F afternoon and averaged 1:42/1:43. I did it again in July for summer/fall training when it was 64F and 100% humidity and averaged 1:44/1:45. So I was very surprised this morning to be out there on a 34F morning and be hitting 1:43-1:46 consistently for each repeat. I just wanted to come in under 2 minutes.
I can definitely feel that I am not 100% up to snuff; the tightness in my left side has my glute underperforming quite noticeably at higher speeds/cadence. But I am feeling way better than last week, this was a really good workout, and I am seeing my physio tomorrow for more help releasing the tight muscles, so I'm feeling optimistic!
4/1: 7 miles
4/2: 4 miles
4/3: 6.7 miles
April miles: 17.7
Goal miles: 100
Upcoming Races:
April 29: New Jersey Marathon 4-person relay
May 20: Watershed 10k trail race
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4/1 rest
4/2 rest
4/3 2.5 miles on the treadmill
Scheduled for 35 mins of cross training tomorrow3 -
tempo run 7 this am. Start official half marathon training in 2 weeks.
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No run yesterday due to meetings, and looks like thunderstorms today... so might have to use my cheapie home dreadmill which is a lot less bearable than the fancy ones at work that can do things like random vary incline to help with the monotony.
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I'm new at this running lark. This is a great way to track my progress and stay motivated. I'm hoping for 60km in April.7
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April progress so far:
01.04.18 10k (first time ever going over 5)
02.04.18 rest
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Trying to update my tracker...not going so well... lol
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So I underestimated the distance on my route either before or during my run (forgot to unpause the watch at a traffic light early on and ran for a good ways before figuring it out) and accidentally made today an almost 21-miler. I felt the extra mile before I even got to it, if that makes any sense. But I did have a nice-ish run and got to know a bit of the new marathon route. Yesterday's bike ride was probably a bad idea though. Taking the kids swimming now, and a rest day tomorrow for sure.6 -
Six and a half miles on the treadmill last night. Will probably rest today, and then do a long run on Wednesday evening. My 'long runs' tend to be anything between 7 and 11 miles. I have a few routes I use regularly and they all have what I call 'bail-out streets', where I can cut the run short if I'm not feeling it for whatever reason. Usually I suck it up and keep going, but it's nice to have the option.6
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goal this month it to just run! Maybe consistency will join me but it's whatever! I just need to get back out there!!10
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lps1dragonfly wrote: »goal this month it to just run! Maybe consistency will join me but it's whatever! I just need to get back out there!!
I would suggest that you set yourself a plan. something like "run every Tuesday and Thursday." Everyone is different of course, but most humans tend to be more likely to stick to something new if they have a plan and use a regular pattern of repetition.
Just a suggestion. 1 -
Im late posting, had a 4 day weekend. Im in for 75 miles
4/1-9 miles
4/2-chest/back/legs
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Since I found 16 mile long runs so enjoyable in last summer’s heat and humidity while training for a 26k, I’ve decided to up the enjoyment factor to 20+ mile runs for my first marathon (Wineglass on 9/30).
My goal is to follow my plan. I’m not sure what the mileage is. I’m not sure I really want to think about it. This month isn’t too bad though as I’m coming off yet another injury so I’m just getting my legs back (again) and mileage still looks like normal human numbers on the plan.
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My first run of April this morning, just under half an hour or so. Did a hike on Sunday and walked to a friends for dinner last night, where we began with a healthy octopus salad and deteriorated into fruit cake smothered in white chocolate/double cream sauce followed by cognac........
yeah, I need to run more to get over that....6 -
Finally found the thread! I was waiting for it to appear in the challenges section, but today I finally had the idea to check the March thread for the link, so here I am
I hope April will be a better running month than March.
March started great, with a nice long run, followed by three more short runs were I didn't feel like doing more, because I felt so sluggish, and then an attempt for another long run that I cut short after 10km because my left knee started hurting. It had been fine since last November, I am not happy that the knee pain suddenly came back! I took a week off from running entirely (and didn't check in with the challenge at all, otherwise I would have been tempted to go for a run right away!). Afterwards, I only did three very short runs the week after that. The week following that, when I wanted to start running more again, I promptly got a cold...
It's a good thing I didn't sign up for the marathon I was eyeing beginning of May, I'm not even sure I will be back to properly racing a half by then! (maybe end of May??)
So I'm not setting a distance goal for this month, just getting back in shape (and not neglecting strength training!).
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girlinahat wrote: »My first run of April this morning, just under half an hour or so. Did a hike on Sunday and walked to a friends for dinner last night, where we began with a healthy octopus salad and deteriorated into fruit cake smothered in white chocolate/double cream sauce followed by cognac........
yeah, I need to run more to get over that....
This right here is why I run.3 -
BruinsGal_91 wrote: »girlinahat wrote: »My first run of April this morning, just under half an hour or so. Did a hike on Sunday and walked to a friends for dinner last night, where we began with a healthy octopus salad and deteriorated into fruit cake smothered in white chocolate/double cream sauce followed by cognac........
yeah, I need to run more to get over that....
This right here is why I run.
Me too! I run for cookies and ice cream!
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BruinsGal_91 wrote: »girlinahat wrote: »My first run of April this morning, just under half an hour or so. Did a hike on Sunday and walked to a friends for dinner last night, where we began with a healthy octopus salad and deteriorated into fruit cake smothered in white chocolate/double cream sauce followed by cognac........
yeah, I need to run more to get over that....
This right here is why I run.
Me too! I run for cookies and ice cream!
And donuts and bacon cheeseburgers. Sometimes pizza.
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Duck_Puddle wrote: »BruinsGal_91 wrote: »girlinahat wrote: »My first run of April this morning, just under half an hour or so. Did a hike on Sunday and walked to a friends for dinner last night, where we began with a healthy octopus salad and deteriorated into fruit cake smothered in white chocolate/double cream sauce followed by cognac........
yeah, I need to run more to get over that....
This right here is why I run.
Me too! I run for cookies and ice cream!
And donuts and bacon cheeseburgers. Sometimes pizza.
I run for cheeseburgers and pizza and pancakes.3 -
Yeah, I just ate two big slices of pizza for lunch. Last two days I am so hungry all the time and can't seem to fill up. That will catch up to me. I definitely run for more food.2
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April Running Challenge
Goal: 80 km
Done: 2/80
3/4/18 Run 2 km SL B
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Still just lurking this month. Life location is still too much up in the air to have a set goal at this point. Trying to get a little more running in there overall but enjoying my lifting and parallettes work a little too much at the moment.5
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April 2 – 5.01 miles
Fell one mile short of my March goal so I will give 120 miles a try again this month.
@eponine1984 – So very sorry for your loss.
Upcoming Races:
April 7 – Cooper River Bridge Run (10K)
May 6 – Pittsburgh Half Marathon
September 7-8 – Blue Ridge Relay
October 20 – Cherokee Harvest Half Marathon
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