May 2018 Running Challenge

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  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
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    katharmonic wrote: »
    I really need to figure out if I can do a HM in September, maybe instead of the 18.12 Challenge or in addition to it. The 18.12 is, as implied, a little over 18 miles so it would be a good practice for me to have a longer distance. But not sure if I should have a "prep" race a little closer to marathon time?

    I would strongly suggest you run the 18-mile race. The step from the half to the full marathon is not to be underestimated. Ideally, you would get a couple runs in the 20 mile range, on tired legs with low glucose storage, in before your first full.

  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
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    @midwesterner85 sorry man. :(

  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
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    Congratulations @7lenny7 ! On edge waiting for that race report! (No rush, I'm off to bed). :wink:

    @midwesterner85 Hang in there. I know you'll get back on track. I know it's easy for me to say since I'm happy any day I can put one foot in front of the other... you have some exceptional circumstances with BG issues.

    I admire each of your runs no matter how short they are. It takes some determination to do what you do. I'm rooting for you. You inspre me. Don't ever give up.

    (rooting is an odd word- does that mean I'm a pig of some sorts, snorts, snouts?) :confused:
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
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    @Teerai I use stitcher and you can go back all the way to episode one.
  • sarahthes
    sarahthes Posts: 3,252 Member
    edited May 2018
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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
    5/20 - 9.44 km
    5/21 - 4.01 km
    5/22 - 6.93 km

    82.10/115 km

    SO hot today. Around 28C (82F), which I know is a lot cooler than some of you get, but understand I live in Canada, and fairly far north at that! I do not deal with the heat very well and neither do my kids. I didn't get out to run until after sunset (tried for an AM run but my eyes wouldn't open, and then my youngest had trouble falling asleep due to the heat because A/C is not a thing here).

    It was a really nice run, though. Stiff and ugh for the first 2 km and then it was great. I did a shorter run than planned because I got out so late but I will run longer on Thursday to make up for it. Tomorrow is supposed to be speedwork and I will pop by the gym to do that indoors because i don't have time to wait for it to cool off tomorrow night.

    Probably won't make goal this month but that's fine. My goals are always just a kind of wild guess anyway.

    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 1:56:15
    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
  • abutcher2122
    abutcher2122 Posts: 175 Member
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  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,390 Member
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    I struggled a bit on my run today. My legs were stiff (too much airplane sitting?) and my left achilles was bothering me. I also decided today that I can't run in my new(er) Skora Forms. They just don't have enough cushion.
    Date........Miles.......Total
    05/01......0.00.......0.00 - + Strength Training
    05/02......5.41.......5.41
    05/03......0.00.......5.41
    05/04......3.88.......9.29
    05/05......6.38.....15.67 - 'Cinco de My Oh My Miles' 5k + Dog Beach run
    05/06......0.00.....15.67
    05/07......5.42.....21.09 - + Agility
    05/08......0.00.....21.09 - + Strength Training
    05/09......5.14.....26.23
    05/10......0.00.....26.23 - + Strength Training
    05/11......8.98.....35.21
    05/12......4.38.....39.59
    05/13......0.00.....39.59
    05/14......6.09.....45.68 - + Agility
    05/15......0.00.....45.68 - + Strength Training
    05/16......4.17.....49.85
    05/17......3.74.....53.59 - + Strength Training
    05/18......0.00.....53.59 - Off to DC
    05/19......5.24.....58.83
    05/20......0.00.....58.83
    05/21......4.44.....63.27 - Heading home
    05/22......3.87.....70.14 - + Strength Training

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    My completed and upcoming races. Let me know if you will be running them too.
    02/04/18 - Surf City Half Marathon
    05/05/18 - Cinco de Miles 5k
    07/22/18 - San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon
    12/15/18 - San Diego Holiday Half Marathon
    02/03/19 - Surf City Half Marathon
    05/11/19 - Santa Barbara Wine Country Half Marathon
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,390 Member
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    @7lenny7 - Congratulations! Awesome job!!
  • polskagirl01
    polskagirl01 Posts: 2,010 Member
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    Congratulations @7lenny7 !!! Looking forward to reading the rest of the story!
  • cburke8909
    cburke8909 Posts: 990 Member
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    9 miles total 3X2 mile tempo interval w 3 min recovery.

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  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,878 Member
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    Very busy few days at school. Graduation and now trying to finish up tons of stuff, I missed a ton of messages here and I didn't even update my runs on my own Notes app that I use to track them. Had to look at Strava to see what I did.
    We've had days and days of rain here in Orlando ... so hopefully tonight no rain so I can ride in the group ride!

    5/1 - 4 miles + strength training W12-A
    5/2 - 4 miles + Cycling 22 fast miles
    5/3 - strength training W12-B
    5/4 - Rest day
    5/5 - 44 miles cycling
    5/6 - strength training W12-C + 3.7 miles treadmill
    5/7 -4.5 miles + strength training W12-D
    5/8 - strength training — back to W9-A, heavier weights!
    5/9 - 22 miles cycling
    5/10 - 5 miles!
    5/11 - Strength training - w9-B
    5/12 - 44 miles cycling
    5/13 - 50 miles cycling
    5/14 - Strength training - w9-C
    5/15 - 4.5 miles w/tabatas
    5/16 - Strength training -w9-D + 1.5 miles treadmill
    5/17 - 4 miles
    5/18 - 4 miles + strength training W14-A
    5/19 - rest day
    5/20 - 3 miles on treadmill + strength training W14-B
    5/21 - 4 miles + strength Training W14-C
    5/22 - 4 miles
    5/23 - strength training W14-D + .... hopefully cycling


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  • BruinsGal_91
    BruinsGal_91 Posts: 1,400 Member
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    katharmonic wrote: »
    @7lenny7 congratulations on your race - very cool that you enjoyed it so much and can't wait to hear the full report.

    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
    05/20/18 :::: 2.6 :::: 66.6
    05/21/18 :::: 3.6 :::: 70.2
    05/22/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 73.3

    Reluctantly ran in the rain this morning because the after-work forecast looked worse. It was a good decision because rain ended up being really light during my run and it just poured after I got home from work. I was glad I sucked it up and didn't take a rest day.

    In other good news, my group got officially into the Falmouth Road Race (7 miles) on Cape Cod on August 19th. So excited for this trip - I've never been to the cape and it sounds like a really fun race with elite runners as well as casual run for fun folks. We rented a house and have plans to order t-shirts for our team theme - we are the Pink Cheetahs :)

    So I add that officially to my upcoming races:
    4/22/18 Owens Corning Half Marathon, Toledo OH
    5/12/18 Right to Run 19K, Seneca Falls, NY
    6/3/18 Niagara Falls Women's Half Marathon
    6/5/18 JP Morgan Corporate Challenge (3.5 mile), Syracuse NY
    7/8/18 Boilermaker 15K, Utica NY
    8/19/18 Falmouth Road Race (7 miles), Falmouth, MA
    8/26/18 18.12 Challenge, Sackets Harbor, NY??? (not yet signed up)
    10/28/18 Marine Corps Marathon, Arlington VA

    I really need to figure out if I can do a HM in September, maybe instead of the 18.12 Challenge or in addition to it. The 18.12 is, as implied, a little over 18 miles so it would be a good practice for me to have a longer distance. But not sure if I should have a "prep" race a little closer to marathon time?

    I'm so jealous! I'd love to run Falmouth. A friend has run it a couple of times and says it's one of her favourite races. And the Cape is beautiful.
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
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    Orphia wrote: »
    6 km run yesterday, and a lot of walking.
    6 km walk this morning.
    (Recovery mode.)

    Tonight I'm going to a world record event for stargazing.

    Australia is trying to get the most people ever stargazing (specifically tonight looking at the moon with telescopes or binoculars) at one time, between 8 and 9 pm tonight.

    There are gatherings all over the country. Going to be so cool!

    That sounds like a lot of fun!
  • hanlonsk
    hanlonsk Posts: 762 Member
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    RunsOnEspresso wrote: »
    @Teerai I use stitcher and you can go back all the way to episode one.

    I have found even the first episodes on my iPhone podcasts- and I’m not very techs, so if I can find it, it is easy. Also, I wonder if the podcast people are wondering why there is a sudden spike in downloads of said show.
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,440 Member
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    Wanted to get an hour in this morning, so that ended up being 7 miles. Was hot and humid, but that goes without saying these days. In fact, I'm not going to say it again this summer. Just assume that until about middle of October. Other than that, felt pretty good. Had to slow myself down at times, but felt very comfortable. HR averaged only 123.

    MTD: 85/100
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
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    stupid peroneal tendonitis and hypersomnia and myalgia

    hoping the nice weather holds up for a few miles


    5/1-0mi
    5/2-0mi
    5/3-0mi
    5/4-0mi (but we hiked 4+mi)
    5/5-13.13 mi
    5/6-1.78 mi (5+mi hike+porcupine)
    5/7-0mi
    5/8-0mi
    5/9-0mi (2 hours of aerial yoga)
    5/10-maybe get a few in tonight, getting itchy. outer ankles still hurt
    5/11-stupid ankle
    5/12-0mi (2 hours of aerial yoga)
    5/13-1.9mi rough run.
    5/14-nope-lawn mowed
    5/15-3.06 mi
    5/16-1.2mi (2 hours aerial yoga)
    5/17- (1 hour aerial yoga)
    5/18-rest
    5/19-(2 hours aerial yoga)
    5/20-5.2mi lots of rain
    5/21-rest
    5/22-push mower lawn mowed
    5/23-(1 hour aerial yoga)



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