May 2018 Running Challenge

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  • Teerai
    Teerai Posts: 243 Member
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  • polskagirl01
    polskagirl01 Posts: 2,010 Member
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    I got attacked by some weird little animal on my run today, and I still haven't figured out what it was. I screamed and hopped to avoid it, it came at me again, I jumped out of the way and kept running. Anyone good at identifying small european mammals? A little bigger than a guinea pig, and similarly built, with light brown/dark brown/white almost ferret-like facial markings, and was charging at me, snarling with tiny ferociousness :) It didn't have the typical weasel's long body or long neck though, and moved close to the ground, more like a small groundhog, just not colored like a groundhog. I don't recall there being much of a tail. Any ideas?

    A few minutes later, a disheveled man who was shuffling along carrying beer, said to me - as though it was a regular greeting - "that's bad for your health". I kept going but nodded in acknowledgement - as though it were a regular greeting - and tried to get out of earshot before I burst out laughing.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
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    @polskagirl01 Did it bite you? If so you might want to get the bite checked out.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
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    @polskagirl01 Yikes! I wouldn't have a clue what it was. Is rabies a thing there? Or do critters get distemper like dogs do?

    I'd just ask around locally. I've heard badgers are mean like that, but never had an encounter. Might look it up.
  • cburke8909
    cburke8909 Posts: 990 Member
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    12 mile fast finish could have been faster

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  • sarahthes
    sarahthes Posts: 3,252 Member
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    Thread is pretty quiet so people must be busy (or sleeping in). So who's racing this weekend? I have a ~10K trail race tomorrow - difficulty rated as blue/black with a promise of lots of tough technical sections! I'm really looking forward to it. Supposed to do 11.2 km today but I'll just do a 3-5km shakeout in about half an hour and then tack a short warm-up on to tomorrow's race to get in my training mileage.
  • Scott6255
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    14.6 easy miles this morning. Thought it would actually be easier since I went about :30/mi slower than usual, bit I guess the heat and humidity overwhelmed me. It hit 100° yesterday, so it didn't cool down very much by this morning. Just will take some time to acclimate to the summer weather.
    MTD: 72/100
  • AlphaHowls
    AlphaHowls Posts: 1,907 Member
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    5/1 Run 4.36 Miles
    5/2 Run 6.02 Miles
    5/3 Run 7.54 Miles
    5/4 Run 8.03 Miles
    5/5 Run 2.02 Miles
    5/6 Run 13.38 Miles
    5/7 Run 11.18 Miles
    5/8 Run 10.67 Miles
    5/9 Run 10.21 Miles
    5/10 Run 6.79 Miles
    5/11 Run 13.59 Miles
    5/12 Run 15.32 Miles
    5/13 Run 10.21 Miles
    5/14 Run 2.01 Miles
    5/15 Run 10.28 Miles
    5/16 Run 13.39 Miles
    5/17 Run 10.72 Miles
    5/18 Run 16.62 Miles
    5/19 Run 15.05 Miles

    Wildlife out and about this morning. Came across a large turtle trekking down the road this morning. A mile or so after that, I encountered a raccoon, just quietly sitting on the side of the road.
  • polskagirl01
    polskagirl01 Posts: 2,010 Member
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    sarahthes wrote: »
    Thread is pretty quiet so people must be busy (or sleeping in). So who's racing this weekend? I have a ~10K trail race tomorrow - difficulty rated as blue/black with a promise of lots of tough technical sections! I'm really looking forward to it. Supposed to do 11.2 km today but I'll just do a 3-5km shakeout in about half an hour and then tack a short warm-up on to tomorrow's race to get in my training mileage.

    Have fun tomorrow!
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
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    @5BeautifulDays LOL! Is that the killer bunny from Monty Python! Hahahaha!

    @polskagirl01 Glad you figured it out! What a funny little vicious critter!!!

    I found a terrapin in my hedges today. And my "baby" cat kept attacking me as I tried to clean out the flower beds (Which made me think of @polskagirl01) Then I had a few fire ants bite me.

    DH has gone to run without me today. I think rest is responsible today. Think I'll run to Lowe's for *shrugs* "stuff". :smiley:
    I know most of the Garmin metrics are "best guess". But I've noticed a pattern in my stress score. It seems my stress score is higher when I sleep. During the day it's 25-45 at night I'm seeing 65. I wonder if that just confirming that I don't sleep well and hurt all night or if it's just junk metrics. It also seems to loosely follow days I exercise, but not always. I had also considered that it could be an indication of recovery. Any thoughts?
  • sarahthes
    sarahthes Posts: 3,252 Member
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    5/1 - rest
    5/2 - 2.38 km
    5/3 - 6.23 km
    5/4 - cake
    5/5 - meetings
    5/6 - 4.18 km
    5/7 - 5.15 km
    5/8 - life conspired against me
    5/9 - 6.4 km
    5/10 - 3.0 km
    5/11 - rest day, walk
    5/12 - 10.11 km, after which there will be 6 year olds and shouting
    5/13 - cross training (aka I walked almost 10 km)
    5/14 - 5.65 km
    5/15 - blah
    5/16 - 8.90 km
    5/17 - 5.52 km
    5/18 - rest
    5/19 - 4.20 km

    61.72/115 km

    Getting it done. Stiff wind out of the south blew my hat right off me at one point!

    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 1:00:00? (Or 48:45...)
    5/20/18 MEC Trail Race #2 10Kish
    6/24/18 MEC Trail Race #3 10Kish
    7/1/18 Canada Day 15K
    7/28/18 Idaho Peak 10K Trail Race
    8/18/18 Edmonton Marathon 10K up to half?
    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
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
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    Congratulations on the hot hilly 5k @greyparks206 !!!!

    We have a local course that sounds similar, I'm running it in June. I'll be stoked to get it under 40 minutes. I think my best time on this course is 35 minutes. Balls hard.

    Way to give it SISU!
  • sarahthes
    sarahthes Posts: 3,252 Member
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    @greyparks206 Sounds like a tough race. Congrats on getting it done!
  • 5BeautifulDays
    5BeautifulDays Posts: 683 Member
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    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @5BeautifulDays LOL! Is that the killer bunny from Monty Python! Hahahaha!

    I know most of the Garmin metrics are "best guess". But I've noticed a pattern in my stress score. It seems my stress score is higher when I sleep. During the day it's 25-45 at night I'm seeing 65. I wonder if that just confirming that I don't sleep well and hurt all night or if it's just junk metrics. It also seems to loosely follow days I exercise, but not always. I had also considered that it could be an indication of recovery. Any thoughts?

    Yes...that's the bunny!

    I don't have a Garmin, but I know that I'm able to deal with stress while I'm awake by being busy. At night, though, I think all the stress comes out to play--in hip pain, in frequent waking, in teeth grinding. Can you take something to help you sleep better, at least until you're a little more recovered?
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
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    @greyparks206 good job getting through the tough 5k - hot and hilly sounds like about the worst combo so hopefully the next 5k will be a breeze.

    @sarahthes good luck on your trail race tomorrow.

    Love the European hamster! Would love seeing hamsters in the wild. I saw some kind of little weasel while we were outside doing circuit training one day a couple of weeks ago and no one else saw it so they thought I was just trying to stop doing whatever hard thing we were doing at the moment. No seriously, I see a weasel!

    Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
    05/01/18 :::: 3.5 :::: 3.5
    05/02/18 :::: 2.6 :::: 6.1
    05/03/18 :::: 2.5 :::: 8.7
    05/04/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 8.7
    05/05/18 :::: 7.5 :::: 16.2
    05/06/18 :::: 2.6 :::: 18.8
    05/07/18 :::: 3.8 :::: 22.5
    05/08/18 :::: 3.3 :::: 25.9
    05/09/18 :::: 3.2 :::: 29.1
    05/10/18 :::: 2.0 :::: 31.1
    05/11/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 31.1
    05/12/18 :::: 12.0 :::: 43.0
    05/13/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 43.0
    05/14/18 :::: 3.9 :::: 46.9
    05/15/18 :::: 3.9 :::: 50.8
    05/16/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 53.9
    05/17/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 53.9
    05/18/18 :::: 2.8 :::: 56.7
    05/19/18 :::: 7.4 :::: 64.0

    As predicted, the rain came and it was a soaking wet and muddy long run. Misery loves company though, so we had a decent group of us out there chugging through it, talking about how good that hot shower would feel when we were done. My shower had to be short though because I had a quick turnaround to take Stella to dog training class (which was great so I didn't have to go out in the rain for a long walk). Now she and I are tired and ready to relax and stay warm and dry the rest of the day.

    Hope everyone has a good running weekend.
  • fitoverfortymom
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    Two wet, dreary, cold soccer games today so my long run is tomorrow. Strength training this evening when we get home. First game was a cold come from behind win with a few assists from my son (he plays defense so hasn't scored a goal since he was like 8). This will bring them out of the cellar for the league.

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