June 2018 Running Challenge
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So buyers have verbally accepted the offer. I should get the signed paperwork today. Next step higher an inspector and find out if this house is a death trap like the last two were. I have to admit though... the house LOOKS like a pastor's house at least!
It is much bigger than the picture makes it look due in part to the fully finished basement.22 -
6/1 – 0
6/2 – 2
6/3 – 2
6/4 – 2
6/5 – 2
6/6 rest day
6/7 – 3
6/8 – 2
6/9 – 2
6/10 –rest
6/11 – 3
6/12 - 3
6/13 - rest day
6/14 - 4 long run ☹
6/15 - 2 ugh
6/16 - 3.1
6/17 – 4
6/18 – rest day
6/19 - 4 miles
6/20 - unscheduled rest day
6/21 - 4
43 out of 50 miles
The only redeeming thing about the weather was it was raining pretty good to cool me off. You all know I hate to start out in the rain. Just let me Day it was coming down pretty good when I started.
This was my second 4 miler with a pace under 13 per mile. Last mile was 12:05 and felt good. Overall 12:44.
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June 1 – 9.51 miles (4.5 miles of hill repeats)
June 2 – 7.82 miles (trails)
June 4 – 5.02 miles
June 6 – 5 miles
June 7 – 5.07 miles
June 11 – 7.09 miles
June 13 – 5 miles
June 16 – 6.2 miles
June 18 – 5.03 miles
June 20 – 5.2 miles
I’ve got a 10K at 6 pm this evening. Since I’m not used to running in the evening temps, I’m sure it will be quiet a sweat fest. It is a timed-event but no awards will be given. Instead of paying a registration fee, everyone is to bring a bag of pet food which will be distributed to the local animal shelters.
I finally got caught up on reading everyone’s posts and did spread a lot of likes and hugs around. Loved all the pictures of doggies, deer, nature’s beauty and Pastor Vincent’s potential home.
Upcoming Races:
June 21 – The Beaver 10K
July 17 – Wolf Run
September 1 – Iron Mountain 16-Miler
September 7-8 – Blue Ridge Relay
October 20 – Cherokee Harvest Half Marathon
November 11 – Rock n Roll Vegas Half Marathon
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So last night we went to the Apple Store to get my wife's iPhone battery replaced and they told us it would be $30 and take an hour and a half. Great we said, do it! So while waiting, we went to dinner and all that. After dinner, we got the iPhone and went to leave the mall to get in our truck to go home. Well in the time we did all that it had started pouring. Our phones were lighting up with "flash flood warning" and all that.
It was then I noticed something funny. There were like a dozen people gathered around the door watching the rain, presumably waiting for a break. I was like "Dang, its just water, and it's like 80 degrees or something. I have run for hours in much worse." and walked out into the rain.
It is humorous how one's perspective changes when we spend so much time outside in elements!10 -
Today was supposed to be a rest day but I really felt like running so out I went...in the rain. Well ok, more of a mist but it actually felt good. Kept me cool!
I have been driving to a paved walking path near my house but today I decided to use my warmup to get there. Almost made it. Needed to run the first set on the street but then finished up the other 5 with two laps around the path, then used my cooldown to walk back home. Went a bit over the 29 minutes I had planned but got some extra distance.
Will see tomorrow if I need a rest day or if I'm going to start week 3 of the C25K. I'm a bit worried because I have been doing 90 seconds running/2 minutes walking and week 3 has me jumping to 3 minutes running/3 minutes walking. Not sure if I can run for 3 minutes straight yet...
Anyway, run/walk this morning was 2.4 miles in 35 minutes.
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@PastorVincent - the house looks so nice! Congrats - assuming it all goes through!
@ariceroni - wow - that would scare me to death if a bird started attacking me like that! Reminds me of Hitchcock's movie! But it looks so cute! How could a cute little thing like that attack!
@Teresa502 - good luck tonight! I'm sure it will be very hot and sweaty!
Day two of the Transform App (weight lifting/strength training). Today was legs - so many squats and other leg/glute exercises. Then I did a 3 mile run. Husband said "Is that it? Aren't you going to ride the bike next?"
6/1 - strength training - w15-D
6/2 -3.2 miles treadmill
6/3 - 4.3 miles Kansas City
6/4- 5 miles + strength training - in hotel gym so not my usual
6/5 - 5 miles
6/6 - 5 miles +strength training - in hotel gym
6/7 - 5 miles
6/8 - 5 miles
6/9 - travel/REST day
6/10 - 54 miles cycling
6/11 - strength training W16
6/12 - 5 miles
6/13 - strength training and 22 miles cycling
6/14 - 4.5 miles
6/15 - strength training - w17A
6/16 - 3.6 miles
6/17 - 5 miles
6/18 - strength training - w17B
6/19 - 4.5 miles
6/20 - strength training - arms/abs, day 1 of Transform app + 7 miles cycling - stopped by weather
6/21 - strength training - Transform legs and glutes + 3 mile run
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@PastorVincent House looks great, hope the inspection goes well.
Looking ahead at wheather for Saturday
Rain may be a slight inconvience but temps should be good. Last year it was 85 and humid. My biggest hope is that the rain doesn't spoil the picnic after the race. My wife and the boys really enjoyed that part last year.7 -
Rain has been an inconvenience for me too. It's been a hot, wet, and humid June up until the past few days. It cooled off again suddenly. If I get a run this evening, the temps. will feel good finally (hopefully rain isn't too bad at that time, though).
And on the note of "if," my knee is feeling better again today. It's still a bit painful and sore, but every day seems to bring some big changes. I did see the dr. yesterday and they did x-rays. I haven't heard back on the x-rays because they were late in the day, but the initial thought is that it is a ruptured Baker's cyst like some of you had guessed.
ETA: Just got a call, nothing unusual on the x-ray, so the ruptured Baker's cyst is what we are going with. I'll hope to get my miles in today. There is a bit of pain and stiffness, but it is improving and I think I can do it even if it slows me down a bit.9 -
6/1-1.08mi
6/2-1.08 (5 hours aerial yoga)
6/3-1.08mi
6/4-1.01mi
6/5-1.08mi with 23 flights of stairs.
6/6-6.05mi
6/7-1.5mi
6/8-1.01mi
6/9-3.13mi 37:09 official 36:54 garmin
6/10-1.66mi and 1.08mi speed walk
6/11-1.01mi
6/12-5.36mi
6/13-1.08mi (1 hour aerial yoga)
6/14-1.01mi (1 hour aerial yoga)
6/15-1.01mi (2 hours aerial hammock and aerial hoop)
6/16-1.01mi (3 hours of aerial yoga)
6/17-1.08mi
6/18-1.01mi
6/19-2.01mi
6/20-1.01mi (2 hours aerial yoga)
6/21-??(1 hour aerial yoga)
got nothing. long days
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@PastorVincent It looks like a cute house! Crossing fingers for a good inspection.
Re: rain
I've never been one to shy away from rain. I love it. And I miss it and I probably get way to excited for it. I hate driving here when it rains because there's no real gutter/sewer so it floods. And then big trucks fly through and I fear my engine will flood. Oh and 99% of people freak out and either drive way too crazy or way too cautious. There's no in between.1 -
6/1/2018 rest
6/2/2018 2.65 miles
6/3/2018 9.05 miles
6/4/2018 rest
6/5/2018 3 miles
6/6/2018 2.1 miles
6/7/2018 2.5 miles
6/8/2018 2 miles
6/9/2018 2.15 miles
6/10/2018 2 miles
6/11/2018 rest
6/12/2018 poor planning
6/13/2018 poor planning
6/14/2018 2.4 miles
6/15/2018 2.75 miles
6/16/2018 2.5 miles
6/17/2018 10 miles
6/18/2018 rest
6/19/2018 4 miles
6/20/2018 2.9 miles
6/21/2018 2.8 miles
Total 52.8 miles /80-85
I thought I was going to be thensame as yesterday or finally really break 14 minutes. Nope. It was worse. Same run but .10 mile less and 14:25. *sigh*2 -
i don't mind the rain. but my dogs won't go in thunder and lightening. and i sorta feel like i shouldn't either. and i don't run without at least 1 dog for safety
@PastorVincent totally a pastor type house. a little different landscaping and it could be very welcoming.0 -
6/1 14miles
6/2 6miles (walk)
6/3 rest
6/4 6.71miles
6/5 8miles
6/6 8.96miles
6/7 5miles
6/8 5miles
6/9 14miles
6/10 rest
6/11 6.46miles
6/12 6miles
6/13 10miles
6/14 6miles
6/15 14miles
6/16 6 miles
6/17 rest
6/18 6.07miles
6/19 6miles
6/20 7miles
6/21 6.57miles
It's been a few days since updating... it's been hot and humid in Virginia Beach
Tuesday morning I slept in a bit and ran on the treadmill. I rigged up a small desk fan to blow at me while running (i.e. I stuck it partially in the cup holder and handle bar and somehow it managed to not fall even though I kept banging it with my hand!) It definitely helped, but it made my mouth super dry the entire run - lol
Wednesday morning I got up at 4:15 and was out running by 5am. I'm not a fan of running when it's dark (aside from street lamps) so my pace suffers. A bird flew in front of me and brushed my arm and I totally freaked out! I actually screamed a little. Once the sun started coming up I felt better.
Today, I couldn't bring myself to go out super early even though that was the plan. Instead, I went to the gym at 8 am and ran in the hot sun. It actually wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. The humidity must have been a bit lower after the storms last night.
Tomorrow the plan is to do 10 miles and I have to start by 4:30am. Ugh, but my daughter's 8am swim practice will motivate me to get it done.
@PastorVincent the house looks lovely - I love the trees.
3/18/2018 Shamrock half marathon
3/24/2018 Don't Sit on Colon Cancer 5K
5/28/2018 Run to Remember 5K
10/7/2018 Crawlin Crab half marathon
10/13/2018 Joggin for Frogmen 5K
11/18/2018 Norfolk Harbor half marathon
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Hi y'all! I haven't updated in forever. I am not being as consistent as I should. Both with keeping up and doing my work outs. That 3 month break has killed any stamina I had before and the new meds make me want to eat all the foods! Not a good combo.
At least I have a goal in 4 weeks to try and get to. I have the bike down...the run....meh.5 -
seanevan10 wrote: »Hi y'all! I haven't updated in forever. I am not being as consistent as I should. Both with keeping up and doing my work outs. That 3 month break has killed any stamina I had before and the new meds make me want to eat all the foods! Not a good combo.
At least I have a goal in 4 weeks to try and get to. I have the bike down...the run....meh.
I was hoping to finish in 2 hours... i looked up the times last year and the last person to finish was 1:47:xx. I'm concerned haha!
The bike is the largest portion, so that's where I'd want to be ready. You got this! Me? Not so much. Haha!
I'm eyeing the donuts in the break room. I know its stress related... I'm buying my coworkers tacos today so i keep thinking that is going to be my stress eating indulgence with comradrarie.1 -
I'm terrible at this thread month, but I'm hanging in there and finally hit a few days taper before HM on Saturday. Originally I was hoping to hit 2hrs, which will best my first road HM by 15 minutes. I think I'll be closer to 2:10, but anything faster than 2:15 I think will be appropriate. My last few weeks of training have been slow and uninspired and I definitely think I have a hip/knee thing happening that I promised hubby I will actually go to a doctor for *after* the race.8
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June goal: 75 miles
6/3: 6.5 miles
6/5: 4.3 miles
6/6: 4.5 miles
6/7: 5 miles
6/10: 7.2 miles
6/12: 4.3 miles
6/13: 4.5 miles
6/14: 4.5 miles
6/15: 3.4 miles
6/17: 6.5 miles
6/19: 5.2 miles
6/20: 5 miles
6/21: 4.3 miles
65.2/75 miles
Another humid run today. It was even worse than the last 2 days. It was 72F when I started out, but the humidity was 94% and the dew point was 70 which is in the "very humid and uncomfortable" "expect pace to suffer greatly" range. It was a really tough run. The air felt so thick and there was not even a breeze to cool things off. I managed 4.3 miles and I was able to keep my average pace under 12 min but just barely. The humidity might not be so bad if we actually got some rain, but the rain just seems to go around us. I've never really had an opportunity to run in the rain. We don't get a lot of rain and when we do it is usually thundering and lightening and often hail and high winds. A nice gentle rain is very unusual.
@PastorVincent Good luck with the house inspection!
@theresa502 Good luck on the 10K tonight!
@sarahthes Good luck on the trail race on Sunday!
@cburke8909 Good luck on the race Saturday!
@midwesterner85 Glad there was nothing unusual in the x-rays. I hope your knee is better soon!
2018 races:
5/19/18: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon - 2:43:59.7. - 2nd place AG
11/10/18: Wags & Whiskers 5K3 -
@PastorVincent That is a LOVELY looking house. I am also terrible at buying houses--they always have something dreadfully wrong with them that we manage to uncover after it's too late.1 -
seanevan10 wrote: »Hi y'all! I haven't updated in forever. I am not being as consistent as I should. Both with keeping up and doing my work outs. That 3 month break has killed any stamina I had before and the new meds make me want to eat all the foods! Not a good combo.
At least I have a goal in 4 weeks to try and get to. I have the bike down...the run....meh.
Just keep swimming?
It's good to have you back! I've been sorta MIA--Still running, just busy with work and hard to keep up with this thread.0 -
@PastorVincent - That house has great curb appeal, and I trust you found it just as appealing inside.
On the rain . . . I wouldn't have walked out into it. I would have run to my car. The weather is always nicer when I'm running than when I'm walking.1 -
seanevan10 wrote: »Hi y'all! I haven't updated in forever. I am not being as consistent as I should. Both with keeping up and doing my work outs. That 3 month break has killed any stamina I had before and the new meds make me want to eat all the foods! Not a good combo.
At least I have a goal in 4 weeks to try and get to. I have the bike down...the run....meh.
You sound exactly like me. I also took about three months off because my meds were giving me leg pain. Got off those meds, pain went away, but the new meds make me ravenous all the time! I've gained 30 pounds since January!
But I'm slowly getting back at it. The doctor agreed to let me cut my dosage in half to see if it would stop making me want to eat all the time. It's been almost a week and my appetite is definitely decreased, so that's good. Now I just need to get back to running 10+ milers
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June Running Totals (miles)
6/1 – rest day
6/2 – travel day
6/3 – 14.50 warmup + half marathon
6/4 – rest day
6/5 – extra rest day
6/6 – podiatrist visit
6/7 – PT visit
6/8 – no running
6/9 – no running
6/10 – no running
6/11 – PT visit
6/12 – 2.46 easy
6/13 – 1.46 easy
6/14 – rest day
6/15 – 3.21 easy
6/16 – rest day
6/17 – 4.53 warmup + short course 5K
6/18 – rest day, PT visit
6/19 – extra rest day
6/20 – 5.96 group run
June running total to date – 32.11
Nominal June mileage goal: 160 miles
Real goals: Stay healthy. Survive 4 races scheduled in June, 2 of them outside my comfort zone. Start training toward Wineglass.
Today's Yesterday's notes – After two rest days, the Achilles was good enough in the morning to risk the group run in the evening. Got a temperature 77º F (25º C) with a dewpoint of 51º F. Felt okay. The route was a planned out and back. The early part of the out was hard asphalt sidewalk; I chose to run on the softer asphalt shoulder/bike lane for much of that. I set out ahead of the pack, then picked up a younger guy on the loop at the end of the out. Ran back, and I would have had to stay on the sidewalk for that hard asphalt because I'm not willing to run on the shoulder with traffic at my back. So I detoured to run a nice soft trail with shade for much of the way back.
The idea was to run 5 to 5.5 miles. I knew when I detoured to the trail that it would go over 6, but I was feeling pretty good at that point. At 5.96, the Achilles spoke up and said time to walk; so I did. Directed the young guy to the last turn he didn't know about, and walked back to the store. If I'd run all the way, it would have been in the 6.2 to 6.4 mile range.
This morning, the Achilles feels good enough that I'll go to club practice this evening. The idea is to do the 2 mile warmup, see how I feel, and maybe do something very easy after that. Maybe 4x800 at T, maybe just a few easy miles. All subject to the Achilles not telling me to stop.
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) finished in 1:34:42
June 9, 2018 Ontario Summit Trail Half Marathon (Naples, NY) DNS - injury
June 17, 2018 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY) short course, 18:04 for ~2.9 miles
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)
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fitoverfortymom wrote: »
Just keep swimming?
It's good to have you back! I've been sorta MIA--Still running, just busy with work and hard to keep up with this thread.
HAHA! I have to get back to that sometime soon too (swimming I mean). The pool that I swim at is under maintenance until the end of August. Anyway, trying to get some kind of run in along with biking, so there is something. @Elise4270 is trying to either keep me honest or kill me. I guess we find out in a month. Haha2 -
RespectTheKitty wrote: »
You sound exactly like me. I also took about three months off because my meds were giving me leg pain. Got off those meds, pain went away, but the new meds make me ravenous all the time! I've gained 30 pounds since January!
But I'm slowly getting back at it. The doctor agreed to let me cut my dosage in half to see if it would stop making me want to eat all the time. It's been almost a week and my appetite is definitely decreased, so that's good. Now I just need to get back to running 10+ milers
YES!!!! My legs were hurting and getting all kind of weird pains and the emotions were all over the place. But I wasn't hungry. Then I changed....again and wanted to just sleep. Then I had a huge RA flare in late April and added some more meds. I am finally back to normal, used to meds but I want to eat all the time. Oh well. At least I am finally emotionally stable! Well, as much as I can be.
I hope you are feeling better! Glad to see that I am not the only one that has so many issues getting all the meds in the right combo.3 -
ladysnickerdoo wrote: »Today was supposed to be a rest day but I really felt like running so out I went...in the rain. Well ok, more of a mist but it actually felt good. Kept me cool!
I have been driving to a paved walking path near my house but today I decided to use my warmup to get there. Almost made it. Needed to run the first set on the street but then finished up the other 5 with two laps around the path, then used my cooldown to walk back home. Went a bit over the 29 minutes I had planned but got some extra distance.
Will see tomorrow if I need a rest day or if I'm going to start week 3 of the C25K. I'm a bit worried because I have been doing 90 seconds running/2 minutes walking and week 3 has me jumping to 3 minutes running/3 minutes walking. Not sure if I can run for 3 minutes straight yet...
Anyway, run/walk this morning was 2.4 miles in 35 minutes.
That's slightly different from the version of C25k I'm currently using with a friend, but we're on week 3 and have had some similar jumps (doubling from 1 to 2 minutes running, then up to 4 this week), and don't worry - you can do it. It's okay to go slowly, just KEEP RUNNING! The first (or second) day or the new weeks may be the hardest, but your body will adapt during your recovery days (you're not skipping them, are you?) and it will get easier.0 -
June 2018 Running
06/01: XT
06/02: 3.02 mile easy run, 8:51 pace + XT
06/03: 14.01 mile long run, 9:09 pace
06/04: 3.01 mile easy run, 9:19 pace + XT
06/05: 7.26 miles- 1.6 wu, 4x(1M@10K/90" rest), 1.6 cd
06/06: Off, rest day
06/07: 6.26 miles- 2 wu, 5K race (21:59), 1 cd
06/08: XT + core
06/09: 3.01 mile easy run, 9:20 pace + XT
06/10: 14.05 mile long run with 10x1' pickups + strength
06/11: 10.07 mile trail run, 9:26 pace
06/12: Off, rest day
06/13: 3.10 mile easy run, 9:20 pace + XT
06/14: 8.02 miles- 1.6 wu; 2@10K pace; 2.8 miles fartlek; 1.6 cd
06/15: XT + core
06/16: 3.11 mile easy run, 9:18 pace + XT
06/17: 16.00 mile long run, 9:32 pace
06/18: XT
06/19: 7.01 miles- 2 wu; 2x(1M@5K/3' rest); 2x(400m@1M/90" rest); 2.5 cd
06/20: XT
06/21: 7.05 mile easy run, 9:11 pace
Total: 105.00 miles
Light cross-training yesterday (45 min on the spin bike), and an easy 7 miler this morning. It started raining as soon as I left for the run, and poured pretty much the whole time. I got absolutely soaked, like could not have been more wet if I had jumped in Lake Michigan! At least it was pretty warm (70*F) so it made for nice running. The other pro of heavy rain is that I didn't have to worry about the red-winged blackbirds today Now I just have an easy 4 mile run tomorrow and a rest day Saturday before my next 10K!
Upcoming Races
06/07: Strides for Peace 5K PR and 3rd OA - 21:59
06/24: Chicago 10K
07/22: Rock 'n' Roll Chicago 10K
10/07: Chicago Marathon
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I cant find the dew point chart... (Impatient)
The dew point now is 59°F. I'm really looking forward to the run today.
ETA oh crap. I had the relationship backwards. 59! I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RUN! WOO!2 -
On the rain . . . I wouldn't have walked out into it. I would have run to my car. The weather is always nicer when I'm running than when I'm walking.
But then I would not have looked like a movie hero walking out into the rain in front of all the people cowering inside. COME ON! Think of the optics man.@PastorVincent - That house has great curb appeal, and I trust you found it just as appealing inside.
It is rather dated looking. Wood paneling and all that, but layout and location are good. The rest can be adjusted with time.
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I cant find the dew point chart... (Impatient)
The dew point now is 59°F. I'm really looking forward to the run today.
ETA oh crap. I had the relationship backwards. 59! I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RUN! WOO!
I have not seen a dewpoint under 70F since the time of the Pyramids it seems
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@seanevan10 welcome back!1
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