May 2018 Running Challenge

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  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
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    5/1 - 5 mile group speed/track workout, then upper body weights / abs.
    5/2 - Overslept...unplanned rest day.
    5/3 - 4 treadmill miles. Trek Class.
    5/4 - Nada. Again. :neutral:
    5/5 - 4.75 mile group run.
    5/6 - Baseball tournament and yard work.
    5/7 - 5.25 miles.
    5/8 - 4.5 miles.
    5/9 - 3.5 treadmill miles, then upper body weights.
    5/10 - 5 miles. Beautiful morning for a run.
    5/11 - Pre Relay rest day.
    5/12 - Market to Market Relay. Leg 4 - 4.88 miles, Leg 11 - 4.02 miles, Leg 18 / team finish - 4.13 miles.
    5/13 - Mothers' Day!
    5/14 - Unplanned rest day.
    5/15 - 5 miles.
    5/16 - 3.17 miles. Shorter than planned due to too many snooze bar hits.
    5/17 - 5 treadmill miles / Trek Class, then upper body weights and abs.
    5/18 to 5/21 - Family illness + baseball tournament + well-child visits for kids = no exercise and bad diet. Ugh!
    5/22 - 4.8 miles. Muggy out, but nice run.
    5/23 - 4 mile "hill" run.
    5/24 - Unplanned rest day.
    5/25 - 4 treadmill miles, then upper body weights and abs.
    5/26 - 6.2 mile "long" run. Glad I got it in early.
    5/27 - Rest day for family funeral and related travel.
    5/28 - 2.25 treadmill miles and quick upper body weights.
    5/29 - 5 miles. The humidity is crazy...is it July?
    5/30 - 4 miles.
    5/31 - One last night of crappy sleep, followed by no morning workout - what a blah month.

    88.45/120 - rather underwhelming
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,388 Member
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    @rheddmobile - I found the cascadias to be very stiff and they made my ankles and knees hurt. I got Topo Athletic MT-2 trail shoes as a replacement based on a recommendation from an ultra runner friend. I like them a lot and find them very comfortable. https://www.topoathletic.com/women/womens-shoes/activity/Trail Around me REI carries them so you might be able to find them at a running store or outdoors store.

    Went out for a little easy run in my new shoes to wrap up the month. My legs were a bit tired after my leg workout on Tuesday and pace run yesterday. Despite that I had a difficult time trying to keep it slow and easy with the new shoes. They are a brand/model I have had before and I don't know why I didn't get another pair. They are so comfortable for me - 0 drop and just a bit of cushion. I just missed 100 miles but my goal was 75 so I feel really good about the month especially with the graduation and wedding trips.

    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
    05/23......0.00.....70.14 - To Portland
    05/24......6.45.....76.59 - GOAL
    05/25......3.45.....80.04
    05/26......6.75.....86.79
    05/27......0.00.....86.79
    05/28......0.00.....86.79 - Heading home
    05/29......0.00.....86.79 - + Strength Training
    05/30......6.28.....93.07
    05/31......5.28.....98.35 - + 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
  • 5BeautifulDays
    5BeautifulDays Posts: 683 Member
    edited May 2018
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    juliet3455 wrote: »

    @5BeautifulDays I call my feet Duck Paddles. The Saucony Guide and Mizuno Wave Inspire are my Go To Shoes when I shop. Also tend to be a shoe sale - end of model year hound. I have Guide 9's in my closet - original box with 20km on them. A short 5k and mid distance 15k test runs to make sure they had no structural deficiencies then back in the box until I Km out a pair. Also have Mizuno Wave Inspire 10 and 13 in my closet in a similar state. I might have a Shoe Hoarding Problem ;) .

    Hope to be off work early so I can get one more run in tonight.

    You are a girl after my own heart! Which skipped a beat when I saw some Guide 9s on Amazon for $40. Alas, not in my size. :( I am on the prowl for good sales, though!

    @shanaber Those shoes are awesome!

    @skippygirlsmom Congrats to your Skip and to you, too!
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
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    shanaber wrote: »
    @rheddmobile - I found the cascadias to be very stiff and they made my ankles and knees hurt. I got Topo Athletic MT-2 trail shoes as a replacement based on a recommendation from an ultra runner friend. I like them a lot and find them very comfortable. https://www.topoathletic.com/women/womens-shoes/activity/Trail Around me REI carries them so you might be able to find them at a running store or outdoors store.

    Went out for a little easy run in my new shoes to wrap up the month. My legs were a bit tired after my leg workout on Tuesday and pace run yesterday. Despite that I had a difficult time trying to keep it slow and easy with the new shoes. They are a brand/model I have had before and I don't know why I didn't get another pair. They are so comfortable for me - 0 drop and just a bit of cushion. I just missed 100 miles but my goal was 75 so I feel really good about the month especially with the graduation and wedding trips.

    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
    05/23......0.00.....70.14 - To Portland
    05/24......6.45.....76.59 - GOAL
    05/25......3.45.....80.04
    05/26......6.75.....86.79
    05/27......0.00.....86.79
    05/28......0.00.....86.79 - Heading home
    05/29......0.00.....86.79 - + Strength Training
    05/30......6.28.....93.07
    05/31......5.28.....98.35 - + 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

    Thanks for the recommendation! I wish we had a REI here, most of our local running shops carry no trail shoes at all.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    edited May 2018
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    girlinahat wrote: »
    @ROBOTFOOD – fabulous pictures!! You need a bothy bag though for that peak!!!

    Had a hiking weekend with a friend down in Devon over the Bank Holiday. We were staying along an estuary, so wandered down across some fields to the beach at the mouth of the river to cross a causeway to Burgh Island, made famous by Agatha Christie as ‘Soldier Island’ in her novel ‘And then there were none’.
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    Unusually for us (we rarely combine walking and pubs on our trips) we decided to turn our walk into n elongated pub crawl. Twelve miles and four pubs. The last bit of the walk was challenging as the tidal road we’d come down was now well and truly flooded, so we waded along back to our final pub (we timed it purely for this bit!!!).

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    The next day was a ten mile coastal path walk, and a more relaxed wander along the beach on the final day. I don’t think we’ve EVER done so many miles on our walking weekends, shows how much fitter myself and my friend are now!!

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    A quick run this morning – though at first my left calf was going to give up, but after a while it woke up and was fine. It’s sort of annoying that my body doesn’t like running until I’ve got a couple of miles in. Makes short runs pointless.

    Had a delivery of some Tailwind nutrition samples this morning, complete with a little handwritten note. Look forward to testing one out at the weekend – last time I went out I made a home-made rehydration mix, which ended up having too much honey in and me getting pretty fed-up with it.

    @girlinahat Love the photos, and your walk sounds absolutely wonderful.

    @ROBOTFOOD Stunning photos and awesome run.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
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    MAY GOALS, REHAB SMART, 10 hours of activity for the month. Work up to 3 minutes of running and 10mpw.  44mpm

    4---30 minutes stationary bike.
    4---68 minutes, 3.46 miles walk
    5---30 minutes bike, 7.25 miles
    5---22 minutes, 1.70 miles PT run 15(1,1)
    7---20 minutes, 1.44 miles (2,2)
    8---30 minutes, 2.14 miles 7(2,2)
    11---30 min mtn bike, 4.29
    12---30 min 2.35 miles PT run (2,2 ish)
    12---30 min bike, 6.61 miles
    12---80 min walk, 4.5 miles
    15---64 min, 4.62 5(2,1-3,2-2,1) PT run
    17---65 minute walk, 3.45 MILES
    18---28 min swim
    18---60 min walk, 2.92 mi
    18---46 minutes, 6.25 miles mtn bike
    20---65 min, 4.72 miles 5(2:1,3:2, 2:1) PT run
    23--- 57 min, 2.76 min walk
    24---43 min mtn bike ride, 5.93 miles.
    25---66 min, 4.75 miles 5(2:1,3:2, 2:1) PT run
    27---43 min, 6.61 miles mtn bike
    27---66 min, 4.53 miles 5(2:1,2:3, 2:1) PT run
    28---73 min, 4.39 miles
    31---49 min, 7.0 miles mtn bike

    1057 minutes/47.73 miles on my feet.

    Upcoming Races
    October 14th Spirit of Survival Lawton OK. Quarter Marathon
    March 31, 2019 A2A Undecided distance
    April 28, 2019OKC Memorial Marathon (half)
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
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    May Running Totals (miles)
    5/1 – 5.69 warm up + speed work
    5/2 – 6.21 group run
    5/3 – 7.08 warm up + speed work
    5/4 – rest day
    5/5 – 15.02 group run + solo miles
    5/6 – 5.01 trails & grass
    5/7 – rest day
    5/8 – 6.11 MP with hills
    5/9 – 7.07 group run without group
    5/10 – 6.38 warmup + speed work
    5/11 – rest day
    5/12 – 11.76 group run + solo miles
    5/13 – 8.00 easy
    5/14 – rest day
    5/15 – 7.47 warmup + speed work
    5/16 – 6.22 group run
    5/17 – 2.09 warmup only
    5/18 – rest day
    5/19 – 8.02 group run
    5/20 – 7.35 warmup + 10K race
    5/21 – rest day
    5/22 – 8.05 easy
    5/23 – 6.65 group run
    5/24 – extra rest day
    5/25 – rest day
    5/26 – 6.32 warmup + 5K race
    5/27 – 6.36 easy
    5/28 – rest day
    5/29 – 5.17 warmup + speed work
    5/30 – 5.38 group run
    5/31 – 7.12 warmup + easy intervals

    May running total – 154.53

    Nominal May mileage goal: 180 miles

    Real goals: Stay healthy. Build base. Maybe run some trails. Have fun.

    Today's notes – Club practice this evening. Ran the 2-ish mile warmup, and saw exactly the workout I expected on the board: 20 minutes easy, 10 minutes half marathon pace, 10 minutes easy. Because of the geography involved, I ran 17/10/13 instead of 20/10/10; but I got my 40 minutes in. It was a bit warm, but not as bad as yesterday; half marathon pace came in a bit slow at 7:05 average per mile when I wanted to target 7:00. But then, easy was 8:22 average for the first interval and 8:13 for the second, so easy was slower than normal as well. If it's this warm on Sunday, I'm not going to be running a terribly fast half marathon.

    Missed my nominal monthly mileage goal, and that's okay. I was iffy with staying healthy, had odd aches in various places up and down my right leg all month long; but I kept them moving around, and the ache today wasn't as bad as the ache Tuesday. I stayed off the couch, and that's good enough for staying healthy. Didn't really build a base, because I was always controlling distance to stay healthy. Ran 4 miles of technical trails in preparation for Ontario Summit, and some bits and pieces of non-technical trails in various weekday runs. And it was a fun month. So let's call my goals partially met, for a C+ grade.

    On to June!

    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) finished in 41:33
    May 20, 2018 Lilac 10K (Rochester, NY) finished in 42:21
    May 26, 2018 Sunset House 5K (Rochester, NY) finished in 20:12
    June 3, 2018 USATF Masters Half Marathon (Ann Arbor, MI)
    June 9, 2018 Ontario Summit Trail Half Marathon (Naples, NY)
    June 17, 2018 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY)
    June 30, 2018 Charlie's Old Goat Trail Run 5 mile (Victor, NY)
    July 28, 2018 Battle at Bristol 10K (Naples, NY)
    September 30, 2018 Wineglass Marathon (Bath, NY)
    November 11, 2018 Syracuse Half Marathon (Syracuse, NY)
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
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    6.34 more miles in tonight, but all trail and deadly humid so they should count double. :lol: Without doubling the miles that puts me at about 180 for May. A little shy of my normal 200 miles a month, but 2 tapper weeks will do that to you.

    See y'all in June!
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
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    @_nikkiwolf_ I think that was me and @shanaber. I'm in Phoenix and I apparently live in the flatest, dryest part. I'm lucky if we get a handful of rainy days per year, and they usually happen late at night so I don't even get to enjoy them.

    I often run in monsoons but in like the wind/dust storm part. The tease of rain that never comes.
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
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    12 Km Last run of the month yesterday. Well what started as a Run turned into a walk. My legs are still recovering from Sundays Trail 22km HM so I had to drop into a walk. Still a nice evening in the trails/hills.
    Will be retiring the Saucony Peregrine 7 shoes as they just aren't working for me. The P4 was fantastic, P7 not so.

    05/02 21.23 km -21.23km - 118.77 km - YTD 331.42km Evergreen Trail Trek HM
    05/05 9.00 km -30.23km - 109.77 km - YTD 340.42km Watino Scurry
    05/12 10.00 km -40.23km - 099.77 km - YTD 350.42km Cadillac Ranch Trail- lower bench
    05/13 06.29 km -46.52km - 093.48 km - YTD 356.71km Peavey Loop Explorer
    05/18 08.00 km -54.52km - 085.48 km - YTD 364.71km River bank Trails
    05/19 16.00 km -70.52km - 069.48 km - YTD 380.71km Westbrook - Shaftsbury
    05/27 22.17 km -92.69km - 047.31 km - YTD 402.88km Mountain Madness HM
    05/29 5.50 km -98.19km - 041.81 km - YTD 408.38km Riverbank Recovery run
    05/31 12.10 km-110.29km - 029.71 km - YTD 420.48km Cadillac Ranch High Line Loop

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    5BeautifulDays wrote: »
    You are a girl after my own heart!

    @5BeautifulDays My UN does fool a lot of people - last time I did an equipment check - I'm a dude.
    Juliet is a personal homage to my neighbor growing up (B 1934 D 1989 = 55yrs old 3455)
    Everyone called her Aunty Juliet even though she wasn't related to most of us. Married but had no children of her own, her door was always open and there was always room at the table for one more. Need an emergency baby/house sitter call her. Your kids didn't make it home from playing all day - they probably had dinner/supper at her place. More than once parents would phone her and she would walk across to the school/community playground and tell us it was time to go home.

    @skippygirlsmom Congrats to your Skip and to you, too! Stumbled onto an old post from 3 years ago with a picture - huge smiles two people enjoying each others company.
  • cburke8909
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    @skippygirlsmom congrats to you and Skip. Looking forward to reading about your running again.

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