July 2018 Running Challenge

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  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
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    LaDispute57 wrote: »
    @PastorVincent Thanks! And the price is sweet, too! And I haven't seen Jessica or LittleFinn since I have been back....

    I'm around here, just life getting in the way. Wunjo products are pretty awesome. They are literally a brand new company, so some kinks are getting worked out. Add to that the fact that it takes about 2 weeks for packages to come from Norway, and it can take a little while for things to arrive. That said, I've been running in my X2 and LOVE it. Hands down it's my favorite vest. I normally hate running with a reservoir, but with my X2, it's easy. The vest is super light, perfect for shorter distances under 50k.

    If I recall right the X2 is a bit smaller than the X5. I got the X5 because I have a belt that holds 40ish oz of liquid and was looking for a big step up for times when I am really thirsty. :D But I suspect both packs are essentially the same other than that.

    @LaDispute57 here is the X5 with two water bottles added...

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  • AprilRN10
    AprilRN10 Posts: 548 Member
    @Avidkeo What healthcare do you do? I also work in healthcare and totally get your phone's autocorrect!

    Anyone else in healthcare here? I am one of only two runners (that we are aware of) in my hospital.

    My race is in the morning. I am excited because there are over 700 runners and that's the biggest race I have ever participated in!

    I hope everyone has a grand time with their races tomorrow!

    Sun 7/1 crosstrain: 60 minutes elliptical
    Mon 7/2 run: 3.15 miles
    Tue 7/3 crosstrain: 60 minutes elliptical
    3.15 of 60 completed

    UPCOMING RACES
    July 4th - Firecracker 5k
    August 25th - Camp New Hope 10k
    September 7th - 5k Glow Run
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,199 Member
    ContraryMaryMary wrote: »
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    ContraryMaryMary wrote: »
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    sarahthes wrote: »
    Finally looked at the course map for my half in August and I don't think I've ever run anything that flat... PR time?

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    My gosh. Is it even really a HM if it is that flat? I mean seriously.

    Don't say that! The one I'm training for starts on a gentle climb for the first 5k or so, then is a very gently downhill from there. 😂

    Kerikeri? That’s an awesome half. Guaranteed PB as long as it’s not too humid. Done it three times and hoping to fit it in again this year.

    yep Kerikeri! Lol. well It should be a PB as the only other HM Ive ever done was 3hr 7min in wellington in 2011 - that was hell, I did not train properly, walked over half of it, it was POURING down with a head wind in both directions (u shaped course) and was only 10 degrees. I would have happily quit at 15k but had to get to the end because my ride home was there. Hence all my questions about training for this one - I want to do it in 2.5 hrs or less, and I want to run the whole thing. Hopefully you can make it!

    Piece of cake!! Plenty of time to train. Word of warning, however, that's a 7km uphill at the start and while it's fairly gentle, you are running on cold legs. I would recommend plenty of hill training in the coming months. Also, the last five k's are flat, which after around nine k's downhill are a real mind *kitten*.

    The event has a great atmosphere. It's a nice smallish field (especially for those of us who've run Auckland three weeks before with its monster crowds). What makes it especially awesome that they close the road for most of it (eliminating camber issues) and you get to enjoy the countryside and the cow smells and everything. Also, the fudge factory a few k's from the end always has a few people handing out samples!!! Can't lose really.

    @ContraryMaryMary Fortunately my training run has a couple of decent hills, and right at the beginning usually. I've driven the course just last week to get an idea of the rises, and I'm going to include in my training a couple of other hills as well. When I start doing my longer than 10k runs, I plan on doing the hill bit twice - its about 2k ish - then do the flats after. try and replicate the course a little.

    Oh I like the sound of the fudge, I wish Makana (the chocolate place) did that. their Macadamia toffee crunch is so incredibly decadent...

  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    7/1 - 15.0 km
    7/2 - rest, 2 km walk
    7/3 - 5.1 km

    20.1/120 km

    I didn't have time to call Garmin today so I will take care of it tomorrow. I charged my old Fitbit Blaze instead so I would have something to track my daily overall activity until I can replace the Garmin, and I used Strava on my phone to track my run today.

    Easy 5ish km today. Hal Higdon half marathon Novice 2, week 6 day 1.

    I was Googling around the internet and found a bunch of race pictures of myself from earlier this year. So that was fun.

    Road Race #1 (I was sick): https://www.flickr.com/photos/mecedmonton/41348736374/in/album-72157690975744190/

    Trail Race #2: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mecedmonton/40591064010/in/album-72157697340344375/

    Trail Race #3:
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/mecedmonton/43032052422/in/album-72157698497987225/

    No vlog today because I had a strong headwind and didn't think the mic would pick up my voice over the howling. I'm leaning towards just doing a weekly recap for now until I can get a gimbal.

    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 2:03:15
    7/1/18 Canada Day 15K 2:03:04
    7/28/18 Idaho Peak 10K Trail Race
    8/18/18 Edmonton Marathon (Half Marathon)
    8/25/18 MEC Trail Race #4 10Kish
    9/22/18 Heartbeat Run 10K
    10/7/18 MEC Trail Race #5 15Kish
    12/1/18 Santa Shuffle
  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    @midwesterner85 Brutal! That's like my total fluid intake for the entire day!
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,199 Member
    AprilRN10 wrote: »
    @Avidkeo What healthcare do you do? I also work in healthcare and totally get your phone's autocorrect!

    Anyone else in healthcare here? I am one of only two runners (that we are aware of) in my hospital.

    My race is in the morning. I am excited because there are over 700 runners and that's the biggest race I have ever participated in!

    I hope everyone has a grand time with their races tomorrow!

    Sun 7/1 crosstrain: 60 minutes elliptical
    Mon 7/2 run: 3.15 miles
    Tue 7/3 crosstrain: 60 minutes elliptical
    3.15 of 60 completed

    UPCOMING RACES
    July 4th - Firecracker 5k
    August 25th - Camp New Hope 10k
    September 7th - 5k Glow Run

    @AprilRN10 I'm a radiographer, who is also doing post graduate study so the word Pleural is being used a LOT! lol

    I hope your race goes well!!
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,199 Member
    midwesterner85 wrote: »
    I did 10 miles tonight with temp. of 91F, humidity 79%, dew point 77F. It was slow and there was a lot of walking mixed in... it took nearly 2 hours to do 10 miles. Normally I'm slow, but not that slow. Anyway, I weighed before and after and factored how much I drank to determine I sweated over 102 oz. of water. Fascinating, eh?

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    OMG that's 3 litres (If I googled correctly)! seriously! wow yep that's hot.
  • AprilRN10
    AprilRN10 Posts: 548 Member
    @Avidkeo You can probably deduce from my SN that I am an RN. I am about a year from completing my NP education. I have to say that grad school, work, family, and fitness are a lot to juggle. However, I am stubborn, so I get it done! What are you studying? I LOVE to learn, so I am always in school!

    Thanks for the race wishes!
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    AprilRN10 wrote: »
    @Avidkeo What healthcare do you do? I also work in healthcare and totally get your phone's autocorrect!

    Anyone else in healthcare here? I am one of only two runners (that we are aware of) in my hospital.

    My race is in the morning. I am excited because there are over 700 runners and that's the biggest race I have ever participated in!

    I hope everyone has a grand time with their races tomorrow!

    Sun 7/1 crosstrain: 60 minutes elliptical
    Mon 7/2 run: 3.15 miles
    Tue 7/3 crosstrain: 60 minutes elliptical
    3.15 of 60 completed

    UPCOMING RACES
    July 4th - Firecracker 5k
    August 25th - Camp New Hope 10k
    September 7th - 5k Glow Run

    @AprilRN10 I'm a radiographer, who is also doing post graduate study so the word Pleural is being used a LOT! lol

    I hope your race goes well!!

  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,199 Member
    AprilRN10 wrote: »
    @Avidkeo You can probably deduce from my SN that I am an RN. I am about a year from completing my NP education. I have to say that grad school, work, family, and fitness are a lot to juggle. However, I am stubborn, so I get it done! What are you studying? I LOVE to learn, so I am always in school!

    Thanks for the race wishes!
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    AprilRN10 wrote: »
    @Avidkeo What healthcare do you do? I also work in healthcare and totally get your phone's autocorrect!

    Anyone else in healthcare here? I am one of only two runners (that we are aware of) in my hospital.

    My race is in the morning. I am excited because there are over 700 runners and that's the biggest race I have ever participated in!

    I hope everyone has a grand time with their races tomorrow!

    Sun 7/1 crosstrain: 60 minutes elliptical
    Mon 7/2 run: 3.15 miles
    Tue 7/3 crosstrain: 60 minutes elliptical
    3.15 of 60 completed

    UPCOMING RACES
    July 4th - Firecracker 5k
    August 25th - Camp New Hope 10k
    September 7th - 5k Glow Run

    @AprilRN10 I'm a radiographer, who is also doing post graduate study so the word Pleural is being used a LOT! lol

    I hope your race goes well!!

    @AprilRN10 lol yep pretty big give away haha. I'm going to be doing my masters in image interpretation. Oh NP is a big job. Good luck. I find study is kinda addictive haha. I'll probably do my PhD eventually!
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    Woo hoo I made it out for a run at 5:45am and it was BEAUTIFUL! stars were out, no wind, moon in the sky. So still and relaxing. I managed an average pace of 6:20 min/km which is good for me over 6.5k!

    So half way through the first week, 18/90km done for July!

    And I totally agree, kiwis and aussies should run the world, though we fight like siblings over out favourite toys - aussies keep claiming famous kiwis as their own for example.

    Hahaha You can have Russell Crowe back. He was saying he's Australian the other day somewhere!
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    17.3 km (10.7 miles) gentle but hilly 2 hour run this morning, starting at 5:40 am.

    LaDispute57 wrote: »
    Woke up at 5 this morning to see the girls from down under were chatting it up all night. Not sure, but I think they are plotting to take over the world.

    Yep, it even says so in my profile. :smiley:
  • Sparx_81
    Sparx_81 Posts: 403 Member
    Iffiormana wrote: »
    MobyCarp wrote: »
    Iffiormana wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    Iffiormana wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    Iffiormana wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Iffiormana wrote: »
    I walk minimum of 5miles daily so in a month I can do 150miles.I will try to do 150 may be a bit more or a bit less can’t say yet.

    So, I do not know your level of fitness or training, but if you are newish or even intermediate to this you will want to make sure you are taking at least 1 rest day a week. It is way too easy to overdo it and burn out or get hurt. Just something to consider. Some of us (including me when schedule permits) do run every day for big stretches, but by far most runners only run 3 or 4 days a week.
    I try to run 5miles but but obviously I can’t so I just take small breaks in between or start walking when gets really tired.
    No I don’t take rest days and I’m really fine with doing this,it’s helping me loose weight.
    I don’t over exert myself :)

    Anyone else a bit worried about this?

    @Iffiormana Are you saying you walk 5 miles every day and are now going to run every day? I hope not.

    Rest days are when your muscles get stronger and faster. You can walk on rest days, but you shouldn't run, and if you're a beginner you should only run 3 days a week.
    Oh no no no,may be I came out unclear.I run & walk for 5miles daily.May be running would be 1-1.5miles & high pace walk for 3.5miles.
    I didn’t understood that people here are just talking about running.My bad !!

    How long have you been doing that? Are you doing Couch to 5K?
    Oh I forget to mention that even during running I take breaks and slow down my pace a few times.I can’t run constantly for more than a mile yet.

    If you've been doing this for a year, and you still can't run constantly for more than a mile, you're running too fast. Slow down, and your range will get longer.
    Yeah that’s what I think.I run for a mile then walk for half a mile at high pace and then again repeat.Actually I’m doing this for a year but my diet was horrible so wasn’t loosing weight but now I’m keeping my calories low and loosing weight so I can get better at running.

    Have you tried doing any of the c25k programs? There is a brilliant one on www.podrunner.com where the DJ has the beats matched to cadence! My diet was cr@p and I'm like 3 stone over weight but I still managed a mile after a few weeks training with it... Might be worth a try because previous to that I was able to run like 2 or 3 mins at most but it was because I was running too fast, you need to slow it down to speed up! Sounds counterintuitive but I followed the advice from some people in here and I'm well on my way to 10k distance now!
  • Iffiormana
    Iffiormana Posts: 244 Member
    Sparx_81 wrote: »
    Iffiormana wrote: »
    MobyCarp wrote: »
    Iffiormana wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    Iffiormana wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    Iffiormana wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Iffiormana wrote: »
    I walk minimum of 5miles daily so in a month I can do 150miles.I will try to do 150 may be a bit more or a bit less can’t say yet.

    So, I do not know your level of fitness or training, but if you are newish or even intermediate to this you will want to make sure you are taking at least 1 rest day a week. It is way too easy to overdo it and burn out or get hurt. Just something to consider. Some of us (including me when schedule permits) do run every day for big stretches, but by far most runners only run 3 or 4 days a week.
    I try to run 5miles but but obviously I can’t so I just take small breaks in between or start walking when gets really tired.
    No I don’t take rest days and I’m really fine with doing this,it’s helping me loose weight.
    I don’t over exert myself :)

    Anyone else a bit worried about this?

    @Iffiormana Are you saying you walk 5 miles every day and are now going to run every day? I hope not.

    Rest days are when your muscles get stronger and faster. You can walk on rest days, but you shouldn't run, and if you're a beginner you should only run 3 days a week.
    Oh no no no,may be I came out unclear.I run & walk for 5miles daily.May be running would be 1-1.5miles & high pace walk for 3.5miles.
    I didn’t understood that people here are just talking about running.My bad !!

    How long have you been doing that? Are you doing Couch to 5K?
    Oh I forget to mention that even during running I take breaks and slow down my pace a few times.I can’t run constantly for more than a mile yet.

    If you've been doing this for a year, and you still can't run constantly for more than a mile, you're running too fast. Slow down, and your range will get longer.
    Yeah that’s what I think.I run for a mile then walk for half a mile at high pace and then again repeat.Actually I’m doing this for a year but my diet was horrible so wasn’t loosing weight but now I’m keeping my calories low and loosing weight so I can get better at running.

    Have you tried doing any of the c25k programs? There is a brilliant one on www.podrunner.com where the DJ has the beats matched to cadence! My diet was cr@p and I'm like 3 stone over weight but I still managed a mile after a few weeks training with it... Might be worth a try because previous to that I was able to run like 2 or 3 mins at most but it was because I was running too fast, you need to slow it down to speed up! Sounds counterintuitive but I followed the advice from some people in here and I'm well on my way to 10k distance now!
    Oh no I haven’t tried it.I will definitely look in to it.Thank you so much 👌🏻
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    @rheddmobiler it is possible they messed up the timing mats but I personally have never run in a race where it happened. I am sure that your phone and the lady's watch both kept accurate time, so assuming you started and stopped them at the right place, you can go with whatever total time they say, then divide by the 3.24 miles (THAT is very normal for a 5k) to get your pace. I would discard the splits though.
  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
    7/1 = 8 miles
    7/2 = 3 dreadmill miles and 30 minutes strength training
    7/3 = 6 miles
    7/4 = 5 miles

    22/125 goal July miles
  • cburke8909
    cburke8909 Posts: 990 Member
    8 miles

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  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    for the data geeks out there (hope it's not behind a firewall):


    Chris Froome Tour de France diet


    Now I know why I don't win races.....

  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    Has anyone here run the Columbia Gorge Marathon or HM? https://www.columbiagorgemarathon.com and if so what did you think? I was looking at emails and it popped up - now I want to run the HM with Hobbes the Vizsla! It looks awesome.

    I will be back later to checkin on all the posts!
  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    @marisap2010 You can keep your alligators. I will stick with cobra chickens.
  • KeepRunningFatboy
    KeepRunningFatboy Posts: 3,055 Member
    shanaber wrote: »
    Has anyone here run the Columbia Gorge Marathon or HM? https://www.columbiagorgemarathon.com and if so what did you think? I was looking at emails and it popped up - now I want to run the HM with Hobbes the Vizsla! It looks awesome.

    I will be back later to checkin on all the posts!

    I have not, but that looks so scenic, Im adding it to bucket list.

  • LaDispute57
    LaDispute57 Posts: 371 Member
    July goal is 150 miles

    7/1 5.00............ 5.00/145.00
    7/2 Rest............ 5.00/145.00
    7/3 7.00............12.00/138.00
    7/4 5.00............17.00/133.00


    Upcoming races:

    October 20: Sinnemahone Ultra Marathon Trail Race (50K)

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