June 2018 Running Challenge
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@biketheworld It is the one with 5K, followed by the 10k, followed by the half-marathon, followed by the full marathon all in one weekend.
That is why they call it DOPEY.
You know, I am just noticing that back to back races seems to be a reoccurring thing with me. I may need an intervention.
I am going to have to push it off 1 year though as we are using the money we had for Dopey to buy a house.2 -
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
6/21 – 5.97 warmup + speed work
6/22 – rest day
6/23 – 0.37 aborted group run
6/24 – 3.45 easy with rain
June running total to date – 41.90
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 notes – It was raining, but Smeagol found my shoes and shoved me out the door anyway about 2 PM. Of course, once I started running it was all good weather.
Felt great. Decide to do a 10K route that went through a quiet neighborhood with nice smooth streets. The breeze was light, the rain was cool, it was 62º F (17º C), and life was good. On the way up a minor incline, my right Achilles developed an ache.
Say what? It's the *left* Achilles that was hurt. So I keep running, thinking it may pass. It doesn't. At 3.06 miles, I admit I need to walk. The short way home will be less than 3 miles, but clearly more than 2.
Get to a point where I'm walking north. It's 62º, I'm wet, and the breeze is from the north. I feel a bit chilly. Look at my wrist for HR, and it's 62. No wonder I'm cold. I'm probably not in severe danger, but I'm not comfortable in shorts and a singlet. So it's time to see if I can run a little more.
Start running, and things are fine for a while. Get my HR back up to where I generate some heat, turn east and have some trees sheltering me from the north breeze . . . and an ache starts building in my left Achilles, just like yesterday morning. I make it about 600m, then slow to a walk. But I'm no longer northbound, and there is cover from the wind for much of the way home. I feel a bit chilly in areas where that cover thins out, but I get past those and on home.
The Achilles don't seem to be any worse now than they were before I ran. Just one of those things, I guess. Take a rest day tomorrow, see my PT, and see what I can do on Tuesday.
One day at a time. Not knowing I can run isn't the best situation, but it's much better than knowing I can't run.
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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Ohh @MobyCarp! Hope you get those achilles sorted soon! I hate no knowing I can run but you are correct that it is better than knowing for sure that you can't!
@girlinahat - not sure if you have decided on a watch but this popped up in my email from Runners World and I thought of you:
https://www.runnersworld.com/gear/a20826961/best-basic-watches-for-runners/?utm_content=2018-06-24&utm_campaign=Rundown&utm_source=runnersworld.com&utm_medium=newsletter&smartcode=YN_0005790937_0001671875&sha1hashlower=6d6a15668106c8b60720ce28e7603710ffd29ce3&md5hash=1e7b1cb15a50278dbe13f37403986656
Rest day today spent running around on the beach at a Vizsla meet up. Picture just for cuteness, there were somewhere around 30+ crazy Vizslas there.
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@shanaber I am sooo jealous of your view! That pupper with his tongue sticking out is adorable too! Love Vizslas!0
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Went on my afternoon run - felt amazing. I got into a really nice rhythm and forgot I was working out. All was well until I checked my phone to find out my tracker wasn't turned on. Oh well. So I trudged home and kicked myself for forgetting to do my usual check to make sure the tracker is working. I was running faster than I have in weeks too! I did map it out later and found that I did a little over 1.5 miles, which is a little short of the 2 I was hoping for, but I'll chalk this run up as a win since it was fun and I was going faster than usual.
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@kat_ontherun - Thanks! Wish I had that view all the time! It is about a 30-45min commute for us without traffic. I have run a few races there and would love to just run along the beach trail all the time!
Sorry about the technology fail on your phone - you'll get that fast pace again for sure!1 -
June...I'll change my tune...
6/1 rest
6/2 1.87
6/3 rest
6/4 2.00
6/5 rest (damned toe...)
6/6 2.28
6/7 rest (")
6/8 2.25
6/9 rest (" but better....)
6/10 2.75
6/11 rest
6/12 snorkel 3 hours
6/13 toe pain: note to self: walking on sand with a broken toe is a BAD idea.
6/14 decided to
6/15 give my fractured toe a
6/16 4 day "break" (snort....)
6/17 2.81
6/18 2.04
6/19 rest
6/20 3.12
6/21 party
6/22 4.04
6/23 rest
6.24 3.93
Total 27.09
Ticker is my goal for 2018 and progress to date:
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6 Deliberately slow miles this morning, but only felt good the last two miles. Coincidentally, the Little River Band's "It's a long way there" song was playing at the start of mile 5 and they really struck me.."It's a long way there, but I keep on trying". That really is what I have to keep in mind to get through the marathon. So I'll just keep building my base and see how far that gets me. Especially during this summer. Was 81F, and 99% humidity. When I hit Stop on the watch, it started raining
. That's the worst.
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I once "slapped" the back of a car as I went past. It was more out of frustration that they had pulled up into the crosswalk without looking, when it was on green for pedestrians and I was entering the intersection, and I had lost my nerve and just about tripped over trying to stop instead of just landing on their hood like I should have done. No reaction at all from the driver. My pace may have increased for a few minutes afterwards, though!Marissaxzxzxz wrote: »01/06 3.48 miles
05/06 3.09 miles
07/06 3.13 miles
20/06 3.12 miles
21/06 3.18 miles
22/06 3.19 miles
24/06 3.18 miles - that was one hot run!
I was reading the post about the problems with unrulely dogs and their owners. Its drivers I have problems with. Some of the roads are narrow and this is a scenic costal area so the roads are busy in Summer. I always stop and step in until they pass as I know I'll be the loser even if I'm not in the wrong but some don't even both to slow down and whizz past. I'm going to hit the next one with my water bottle to shock them. Maybe if they think they hit me it might make them think next time. The majority are considerate,
Last Friday I was being a good law abiding resident by walking my bike through a crosswalk. I waited for traffic to stop, then took off pushing my bike across the street. There was a woman coming from the other direction, and she also got off her bike to cross. All of a sudden, I heard the sound of screeching brakes, and the woman screamed. Then I saw the car coming right at me, in the second lane on the other side of the stopped cars. By law, if traffic in one lane stops at a crosswalk, everyone else has to stop as well, but this driver obviously was going too fast and not paying attention. It happened so fast, I literally didnt even react, I just kept going and the car somehow got stopped in time to not hit me. Ugggh. This is why I go the long way to work on my bike, so I am mainly on bike paths and not having to worry about cars.
Congrats!!! I love the part about the spray park. I almost always forget to stop my watch at the finish line! I might try to fix that by turning on autopause for shorter races.6/1 - scheduled rest
6/2 - 10.10 km
6/3 - 1.62 km
6/4 - 5.10 km
6/5 - feh
6/6 - 5.44 km
6/7 to 6/11 - Nada
6/12 - 1.89 + 2.01 km
6/14 - 9.60 km
6/15 - 6/19 - sick
6/20 - 4.61 hm
6/21 - walk
6/22 - 4.05 km
6/23 - 2.01 km
6/24 - 11.23 km forgot to stop my Garmin so it includes the spray park beside the finish line!
57.66/120 km not gonna make goal this month!
It. Was. Hot. And I was even slower than last time as a consequence, not helped by then having out & back sections on single track. Anyway, I pretended my phone was a go pro and recorded some segments and posted it to the MFP Facebook group. It's really wobbly. LOL.
Came away from the race feeling accomplished and happy, and I definitely got in a great workout!
I did an almost-7k fartlek run this morning. I was working pretty hard on the fast intervals, but it felt good.
The kids are home for summer vacation! I'm happy about this, but need to now make a healthy lunch they'll eat, and I could also probably use a nap.
Upcoming races:
6/30 Silesian Highland [trail] Half Marathon
7/16 CityTrail OnTour 5k7 -
polskagirl01 wrote: »I once "slapped" the back of a car as I went past. It was more out of frustration that they had pulled up into the crosswalk without looking, when it was on green for pedestrians and I was entering the intersection, and I had lost my nerve and just about tripped over trying to stop instead of just landing on their hood like I should have done. No reaction at all from the driver. My pace may have increased for a few minutes afterwards, though!
In a parking lot, I had a car back up just as I was passing the middle of its rear bumper. I slammed my hand down on the trunk, made a nice big bang. Drive panicked and slammed on his breaks which was pretty much my goal. So I did not die and kept running. Hopefully, that taught him a lesson to TURN YOUR HEAD AND LOOK BEHIND YOU before putting a car in reverse. Probably not, but I can dream.
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Not bad due to the fact I wasn't 100% sure I was even going to be able to run this morning! Have to work 1100 - 1500 hours today plus have to help my Mum move later.
Run time: 0733 hours, 75*F, 97% humidity, 73 DP.
6/4 - 1.64 miles
6/6 - 1.55 miles
6/9 - 1.67 miles
6/12 - 1.65 miles
6/15 - 2.01 miles
6/19 - 1.6 miles
6/23 - 1.75 miles
6/25 - 2.02 miles (13.89 total)5 -
I really enjoyed reading all the race reports. They were inspiring. Told hubby I want to sign up for a 5k this October and he was all about it! I think we are going to do it together!!! My original plan was to work for my daughter's 5k with Girls on the Run and I still plan in doing that but it would be nice to have something to shoot for that's just for me.
All the dog and driver stories have me nervous. I am so jumpy when it comes to stuff like that. In fact I have changed my route to run along a path that goes around a drainage ditch instead of the beautiful lake I was running around. Why you ask...? The geese. They chase me right off the path and I'm such a wimp I can't stand up to them. Does anyone else have issues with these dumb birds?
Anyway, day 2 week 3 of my C25K. 2.42 miles in 36 minutes. Weather was perfect. Cool without a lot of humidity...well not bad for June in Iowa at least. I felt a bit sluggish but that may be a combo of my very lazy rest day yesterday and fatigue from that TOM. (Sorry boys)
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June Goals:
200 running miles.
IM 70.3 Training
June Running:
05.28.18 - 06.03.18: Running Miles 41.5 / Weekly TSS 497 / Fitness: 71 CTL
06.04.18 - 06.10.19: Running Miles 46.2 / Weekly TSS 601 / Fitness: 73 CTL
06.11.18 - 06.17.18: Running Miles 49.3 / Weekly TSS 725 / Fitness: 77 CTL
06.18.18 - 06.24.18: Running Miles 38.6 / Weekly TSS 412 / Fitness: 75 CTL
Goals 6/25/18 - 7/1/18:
Run: 6 Days, plus a LR of 15 on Sunday. Bike 32 on Saturday
Base 1 : Week 4 of 4
Upcoming Events:
06.30.18 Sat - Red, White, Bike - 32 miler
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@ladysnickerdoo I guess the geese have gosling's? Ones here are grown and moved on. But i guess if they live there, at the park, they may be territorial. I wonder if you could throw some dog food or bread or something at them as you run by to distract them from chasing you. I don't think you want to bow up to a goose. They're mean. But if you're feeling it, it could offer some boxing whilst you run? Just punch them mother's haha!
I think you'll love the race atmosphere! Can't wait for your first race report!1 -
@Elise4270 yes they do have goslings. I am sure that's why they are being so territorial. I do enjoy boxing...
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Geese are everywhere this time of year it seems. I just give them space and mostly ignore their hissing - just have to watch where you step! 3
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Poking my head back in... experienced a total training fail (i.e. very little running) for the past several months and took a DNF at mile 21 of the Glacier Ridge Ultra (50K)... I did, however, see @PastorVincent go cruising by at a sweet little pace. Looked like he was going to nail that race. The fail did get me motivated to get my *kitten* in gear and I signed up for another 50k in October... I will have a little over 150 miles in this month. If I can stay focused and keep my head above water at work, I would like to hang with you guys for a while....again...lol12
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@shanaber - love that picture! Too cute!
Big biking weekend for me, 95 miles over two days. Then this morning was leg/glute workout. With the new strength training I'm doing there are these 20 min workouts called accelerators that you are supposed to do (to burn fat). I usually just do a run or cycling whatever speed I feel like doing it because I'm not that worried about burning fat. But this morning I gave it a try on the treadmill. One minute slow, One minute fast for 20 mins. It was so fun I added 7 minutes. I don't know why I thought it was fun but I just loved it. Could have kept going if I didn't have to go to work!
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 - Day 2 Transform legs and glutes - + 3 mile run
6/22 - rest day
6/23 - 40 miles cycling and then Day 3 transform Back and Bicep workout
6/24 - 55 miles cycling - not a super fast pace but it was still tough
6/25 - Strength training Day 4 transform legs/glutes and 1.8 miles on treadmill
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