June 2018 Running Challenge
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@skippygirlsmom - congrats! LOVE the pictures! You two are so cute!
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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)
6/21-1.75(1 hour aerial yoga)
6/22-1.26mi (2 hours aerial hammock/yoga)
6/23-1.03mi (2 hours aerial yoga)
6/24-3.07mi global sports bra day run
the run was fun and there were lots of nice people. i even broke into the tens in the first mile. brought my scaredy dog. they were welcoming but they aren't really a running group and there was lots of bro science.
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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
June 21 – 6.2 miles (Beaver 10K)
June 23 – 7.6 miles (trails)
June 24 – 6 miles
June 25 – 5 miles
Awesome race reports from the weekend. I pressed “like” many times but if they had an awesome button, I would have hit it.
@shanaber – cuteness overload! Thank you!
@mbaker566 – I convinced 4 of my other running buddies to run in sports bras on Sunday. Happy to report no traffic snarls or accidents occurred!
Upcoming Races:
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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6/1 – 0
6/2 – 2
6/3 – 2
6/4 – 2
6/5 – 2
6/6 rest day
6/7 – 3 - (week one 11 miles)
6/8 – 2
6/9 – 2
6/10 –rest
6/11 – 3
6/12 - 3
6/13 - rest day
6/14 - 4 long run ☹ - (week two 14 miles)
6/15 - 2 ugh
6/16 - 3.1 Bigfoot 5K
6/17 – 4
6/18 – rest day
6/19 - 4 miles
6/20 - unscheduled rest day
6/21 – 4 - (week 3 17 miles)
6/22 - 3
6/23 - 4 mile warm up and 5K - Runway 5K
6/24 - 4
6/25 - rest day
53 out of 50 miles
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I wasn't going to run today because I have piano students and now a uke student coming over to my house (which is currently in total disarray). I've also never taught uke before and haven't done any lesson planning. Yikes! Well, I guess I'll have to find some time to throw something together after making the mad dash to clean my house up.
Anyway, I avoided my to-do list and went on a leisurely stroll through the neighborhood for 2 miles. The calves felt a little sore going up hills but I felt really good overall and I made sure to start slow and negative split. It was a little cooler out for a change and my tracker was working today (yay!). Now on to vacuuming...
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LaDispute57 wrote: »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...lol
You were there? Sorry did not see you.
I tend towards tunnel vision when running.
What 50k in October?1 -
@PastorVincent Here is the link... https://www.facebook.com/events/2025688057445859/
It offers a 50k, 25k and 12k distances.0 -
LaDispute57 wrote: »@PastorVincent Here is the link... https://www.facebook.com/events/2025688057445859/
It offers a 50k, 25k and 12k distances.
Ah, over 3 hours from me. A bit far since I will need to be back for early Sunday morning. 0 -
PastorVincent wrote: »LaDispute57 wrote: »@PastorVincent Here is the link... https://www.facebook.com/events/2025688057445859/
It offers a 50k, 25k and 12k distances.
Ah, over 3 hours from me. A bit far since I will need to be back for early Sunday morning.
Take a vacation day.2 -
Hanging in there! Four miles on trails. Saw a Kite (the bird, not the toy.) Felt good to get muddy!
In other news, the middle toenail on my right foot which has been black since I don't know when finally fell off.
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@cburke8909 - Awesome job! I had to comment because that is the exact same PR as mine and I was also shooting for a sub-1:40! gotta love making it with seconds to spare!!
I have officially given up on trying to post and keep up with this thread. I have been super busy at work and simply don't have the time to read every post and I feel bad just commenting on my own stuff. But you all are like my running family, so I am still popping at lunch time to skim through and see what everyone has been up to. Mostly I am reading the race reports and looking at the photos. @shanaber Have I ever told you that I
Hobbes??? @skippygirlsmom -Love that photo of you and Skip. She looks so proud of her momma! 5 -
PastorVincent wrote: »LaDispute57 wrote: »@PastorVincent Here is the link... https://www.facebook.com/events/2025688057445859/
It offers a 50k, 25k and 12k distances.
Ah, over 3 hours from me. A bit far since I will need to be back for early Sunday morning.
Take a vacation day.
HA! YOU ARE FUNNY
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PastorVincent wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »LaDispute57 wrote: »@PastorVincent Here is the link... https://www.facebook.com/events/2025688057445859/
It offers a 50k, 25k and 12k distances.
Ah, over 3 hours from me. A bit far since I will need to be back for early Sunday morning.
Take a vacation day.
HA! YOU ARE FUNNY
Take two? Hahahaha!2 -
@mbaker566 and @Teresa502 - glad you had fun with the sports bra run! I wish there had been an organized one near me. I wasn't brave enough to run the dog beach in my sports bra although when I think about it that is probably the perfect place!
@LaDispute57 - welcome back!
@PastorVincent - I agree with @Elise4270, take a vacation day! I'm sure you could lead some prayers for all the runners on the trail instead of your congregation, that one day
I really should have taken an extra rest day today. It was beautiful out though and a late night tonight will likely mean that I won't get to run tomorrow. So out I went. Everything was still tired and cranky especially my calves. I also didn't eat before I went so about a mile from home I was basically done. Literally, may just need to sit down in the middle of the sidewalk, done.
Date........Miles.......Total
06/01......9.45.......9.45
06/02......0.00.......9.45
06/03......2.00.....11.45 - Dog Beach!
06/04......5.43.....16.88 - + Agility
06/05......4.64.....21.52 - + Strength Training
06/06......0.00.....21.52
06/07......0.00.....21.52 - + Strength Training
06/08......3.75.....25.27 - Walk (sick)
06/09......2.00.....27.27 - Walk (sick)
06/10......0.00.....27.27 - Still sick
06/11......6.65.....33.92 - + Agility
06/12......0.00.....33.92 - Still sick
06/13......0.00.....33.92 - Still sick
06/14......0.00.....33.92 - Still sick
06/15......7.49.....41.41 - Running YEA!
06/16....10.92.....52.33
06/17......0.00.....52.33
06/18......6.21.....58.54 - + Agility
06/19......4.87.....63.41 - + Strength Training
06/20......0.00.....63.41
06/21......5.56.....68.97 - + Strength Training
06/22......5.51.....74.48
06/23....11.76.....86.24
06/24......2.00.....88.24 - Dog Beach!
06/25......6.52.....94.76
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 Marathon8 -
6/1 = 4 miles
6/2 = 5.5 miles
6/3 = 10 miles
6/4 = 3 miles
6/5 = forced rest day (stupid work)
6/6 = 13 miles
6/7 = Vinyasa yoga class
6/8 = 12 miles
6/9 = rest day
6/10 = 8 miles
6/11 = 4 miles & 45 minutes strength training
6/12 = Vinyasa yoga class
6/13 = 10 miles
6/14 = 30 minutes strength training at home
6/15 = 14 miles
6/16 = rest day (literally sat on my butt doing nothing all day - it was fantastic)
6/17 = 8.5 miles (group run with walk/run intervals)
6/18 = 4 miles & 45 minutes weights at the gym
6/19 = Vinyasa yoga
6/20 = 10 miles
6/21 = rest day
6/22 = 10 miles
6/23 = out of town for a funeral
6/24 = 8.5 miles
6/25 = 3 miles (treadmill) & 30 minutes strength training
After traveling to Houston on Friday afternoon (after running 10 miles at 5am), doing intense funeral family stuff all weekend, driving back Saturday night, getting up early to meet the running group on Sunday morning (6 am), working on Sunday until 7 pm, and getting up early to train before going to work this morning.... I am crispy burnt toast. My chances of making it to my 6:30 AM Tuesday morning yoga class are dwindling as my working hours today skew longer (currently 8 pm off time). Ugh
I feel like I channeled superwoman willpower to get up this morning to dreadmill a 5k and do 30 minutes of strength training. I did what i call a "progressive run" on the treadmill this morning. I am sure there is a fancy running specific term for the type of run I did but my amateur running brain does not know the official terminology. I started at 10:30 pace a mile and upped my pace by 0:30 every half mile: 10:30 to mile 0.5; 10:00 to mile 1.00; 9:30 to mile 1.50; 9:00 to mile 2.... up to 3.2 miles/5k.
Oh, I did not run the 5k with my daughter that I had scheduled on Saturday. We had to road trip to Houston instead. AND they wont refund my $$$
AND.. I am 200 posts behind on this thread
150 goal miles / 127.5 miles complete
Upcoming Races (so far):
6/23/2018 -Fit Foodie 5k
10/10/2018 -Tough Mudder Half
10/27/2018 -Hill Country Halloween Half Marathon
1/26/2019 -Fitbit Topical 5k
1/27/2019 -Miami Marathon
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@amymoreorless I do something similar when I have to use the dreadmill because otherwise it's too boring, except I up my speed at time rather than distance intervals.1
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@amymoreorless sorry about the funeral and the lack of refund
Thanks @lporter229 she is my biggest cheerleader - they didn't have enough medals at the time of the race so that is hers, mine will be in sometime this week. She said Mom if they don't get them in you can have this one, I know you really wanted this medal.
For those not on the group's facebook page here is a picture of her AG award, she picked it up yesterday.
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Race Report – Giant’s Head Marathon 2018
TL:DR – 7 hours and 32 minutes of hot sweaty hurty hilly rough terrain.
Number of entrants 515, number on waiting list desperate to get in – 180+ Number of finishers 465
This event is the most popular in White Star Running’s calendar. Described as a ‘very very hilly challenging route’ it won Best Marathon in the UK award in its first outing. This year was the 100th Race put on by the WSR team.
WSR describe themselves as providers of ‘nutty races for nutty people’. Their races have the sense of a festival atmosphere about them, and distances tend to be approximate so you never quite know how much further you have to go. There are no mile markers on the course, but with aid stations every couple of miles you know roughly how far you’ve been. Hills are guaranteed.
Arrived on the Friday night and pitched my tent in the field next to the village taken over by the event. A quick collection of my number from registration, before lasagne dinner provided by the ladies of the Women’s Institute in the village, and a sneaky pint of ale. Sleep was surprisingly forthcoming.
Saturday woke at 6.30 – race starts at 8.30. Brewed a coffee and ate the largest bowl of fruit, yoghurt and granola before wandering down to the village green. And it’s hot. Like really hot, already.
Had a plan to start with a walk, but had to start running to keep in front of the Sweeper – a lady with a broomstick sticking out of her pack.
It wasn’t long before we hit our first hill, a chalky track leading up, and yes, I walked it. That was always going to be the case for the ups, but I thought I could run the flats and downs – how wrong I was to be!!!
As expected, everything was stiff for the first couple of miles, but by mile 5 my feet and ankles were hurting. I suspected I was getting blisters under the ball of my big toe on both feet. This didn’t bode well.
Mile 8 arrived, and we’d taken TWO HOURS to get this far. My hips were hurting now. At this rate, I’d need to maintain the pace or faster to get through cut-off. And I was seriously hot and getting heatstroke. But we passed the infamous Cerne Abbas Giant with his rather large appendage, and all stopped to take a photo.
Next water station I dipped my buff in water, and put it around my neck. Magic. Not being too hot allowed me to plod on in a bit less discomfort. I’d repositioned the way the feet landed and this helped with the possible blisters forming.
We’re all walking at the back. Spent the next couple of miles chatting with a guy called Graham, but at mile 11 decided I wanted to try and push on to keep away from the sweeper. This mentally may have been a mistake.
The terrain was tough. Walking through ploughed fields that had not seen rain for a while, with short stubby cropped grass meant that running was barely possible if you didn’t want to break your ankles. Soft terrain was few and far between, and the chalk tracks were rocky and slippy. Around mile 12, as I walked, alone, on a flat ridge, I decided I didn’t want to be there, didn’t see the point in doing this. I had no one to talk to, and no music to keep my mind off things.
Mile 13 came along, but halfway means nothing when you hurt.
Then something happened. My mind cleared. I got to mile 14, and though, well, let’s push on to mile 16, then if I can get to 16, maybe I can get to 18. The water-soaking of the buff became essential – there was a water station where I forgot to do this, but found a dirty puddle later.
We got to the Lovestation at mile 20. The Lovestation is legendary, there’s a mix of sweets, cakes, mini sausages etc. What I REALLY wanted at this point was a cheese sandwich but it didn’t happen. Also at the Lovestation is vodka. Now there really is NOTHING like a quick shot of flavoured vodka at mile 20 to make you gird up your loins and get going. I ran the next half mile, then I started running with a girl named Susie, doing 12 marathons in 12 months. At mile 22 we found a stream. Oh, the moans of pleasure as we stood in the stream up to our ankles for five minutes, cooling down our aching feet.
I left Susie at about mile 24. I needed to push on and try and run a bit, just for my mental health and to get out of the punishing sun. At mile 25 my Tomtom watch decided it had had enough. All that way and my run was recorded short.
Mile 25 and a bit was the final aid station. There was a guy sat there saying ‘I think I’ve broken my wrist’ but at the suggestion he get carted off in an ambulance he swore and suggested he was going to finish. (I later found out he fell badly at mile 13, and broke BOTH wrists, a couple of ribs, and hurt his eye. He DID finish, and then went to hospital).
The final downhill (after the final up) was a breeze.
Sat down after the finish to watch the last runners come through. The Sweeper came in some 45 minutes after I finished, but she’d had to pull quite a few runners.
Saturday night was full of beer, and chilli provided again by the village WI (glad that wasn’t FRIDAY night’s food….) and some barn dancing. Well, mostly beer drinking.
Sunday morning my feet felt surprisingly ok, my quads less so. But because this was a nutty people event, what better to do than run up a hill again? So on to the ‘Bell Race’. I chose the shorter 3k event rather than the 8k for obvious reasons. Started with all our shoes being confiscated and left in a pile. Then warm ups (who makes runners do squats?) and a massive conga, before we all got to hunt for our shoes. Walked up the hill, did some star jumps as a forfeit, and ran (yes, ran) back down the hill proudly wearing a very loud cow bell. Then queued for an HOUR AND A HALF for a massive ice cream, which wasn’t worth the wait.
Mixed feelings about the weekend. Next time I spend seven and a half hours in the sunshine I want it to be by a pool with an ice cold drink in my hand. Not sure where to go next, although suddenly remembered I have two deferred half marathon places – one in November and one in Spring next year. Both are said to be ‘hard’ courses, but to be honest, nothing now is ‘hard’.
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@girlinahat Well done! Sounds like a punishing race, and you beat the course! W00T!0
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Wow @girlinahat, that elevation chart looks UGLY for a marathon! I am VERY impressed you got through it and finished. I KNOW I could not have done that. You are amazing. I remembered in your original post race post you said ''never again". But I have heard that from many runners, and inevitably every one of them has gone on to do another. So give it some time, and I'm sure you'll be back out there....or somewhere. Good job!!!0
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