July 2018 Running Challenge

kevaasen

kevaasen wrote: »

I just ordered the smaller Wunjo X2/Race vest as I wanted something light and economical and this fits the bill.

If anyone else is interested, WUNJOWOMAN18 is a working 18% discount code I found. Helps offsets the $10 in shipping cost since my order was less than $100 (free shipping if you hit that target).

received shipment yesterday, so one week shipping from Norway - not to bad. Looking forward to testing soon once my knee is recovered. Super light and based on quick fitting, like how it feels.

sarahthes

7/1 - 15.0 km
7/2 - rest, 2 km walk
7/3 - 5.1 km
7/4 - 7.2 km
7/5 - 4.8 km
7/6 - rest
7/7 - 13.1 km
7/8 - rest
7/9 - rest
7/10 - storms
7/11 - 5.0 km

50.2/120 km

Got my *kitten* out of bed this morning to run, but not early enough to run more than 5km. I'm a day behind schedule for this week but that shouldn't be a problem.

Calves were tight again this morning the way they always are when I take 3 days off in a row. But not as bad as usual. So that's a victory I guess.

It rained and stormed off and on all night so it was cool but very humid. At least I didn't notice any bugs.

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

AlphaHowls

7/1 13.54 miles
7/2 20.08 miles
7/3 16.51 miles
7/4 20.38 miles
7/5 2.07 miles
7/6 15.36 miles
7/7 16.66 miles
7/8 16.03 miles
7/9 16.43 miles
7/10 18.27 miles
7/11 13.06 miles

168.39 miles for July so far

shanaber

@RunsOnEspresso - Love Oiselle! What did you get? Anything fun? I am on a running clothes time out until I sort out what I have and get rid of some - I just have too much (yes it is possible). So in the meantime I need to live (shop) vicariously!

@AlphaHowls - WOW, just WOW! That is more than I have run in a month ever! What do you expect your total to be for the month?

hesn92

I’ve been out of town so I hadn’t run since last Wednesday! Eek.

7/1- 2.7 Miles
7/2- lifted weights
7/3- nothing
7/4- 1.62
7/5- lifted
7/6-7/9- out of town. Went to a water park and a couple hikes
7/10- 1.59

I love running because I have time to notice things that I’ve never noticed before like last night I discovered that one of our neighbors a couple streets back has two pigs??? (I live in a typical suburban neighborhood lol)

bride001

07/04/2018 - 4.37 miles
07/11/2018 - 2.43 miles

6.80/50 miles

Between celebrating our 23rd wedding anniversary last week, out of town guests coming to visit, working on my Mom's house from a flood in August 2016 and other excuses, I did not run until today. Way behind on miles for this month.

I actually moved my alarm clock away from my nightstand so it forces me to get out of bed. Only problem is if my husband hears it before I do, he gets up and turns it off, not just snoozes it.

I got up later than planned this morning and went out for 2 miles thinking I had to be back by a certain time to take my son to football practice. Got back, showered, woke him up and he reminds me no football practice on Wednesdays during month of July. Could have added some mileage to my workout, but it was too late.

PF is better - hurt a little during my warm up walk but got better as I ran. Feels sore after the run. No where near the constant pain I was feeling at the beginning of May.

Tomorrow is a planned rest day - I have an all day meeting for work and have to be here super early to set up and prep the meeting room. Running Friday and Saturday.

Upcoming races (Question marks are races not yet registered for):
Louisiana Marathon Quarter Marathon - 01/13/2018 - Done
Mardi Gras Mambo 10K - 02/17/2018 - Done
Q50 Races Sunset Gulf - 6.5 miles 3/24/2018 -DNS
Fat Boy 5K - 04/14/2018 - Cancelled due to Tornado Warning
Active for Autism 5K - 05/05/2018 - Done - Walked
AKA CANN 5K - 06/02/2018 - Done - Run/Walk
BIG EASY BIG HEART 5K 7/21/2018 -
August Race - ?
Saints Kick Off Run - 09/08/2018 -?
WHOA Racing Cane Field Classic 2018 (Machete 7 – 1 mile/4 mile/2mile) 10/13/2018-
Cajun Cup OR Middendorf's Manchac Run - 11/10/2018 - ?
St Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend 10K - 12/01/ 2018
Bonfire Festival 5K - 12/16/2018 - ?

katiebug3268

Hey, my name is Katie and of course I found this group a little late but would love to join. I am in the beginning stages of becoming a runner (you know that fun stage where you run for 30 seconds then walk for 30 more but I will slowly and surly work my way up...have no choice because I already signed up for the St Judes Half in December So lets begin:

July 11: Alternating 30 seconds of walk/run for 12 minutes (fitbit) deleted my log so I don't know the exact distance

mbaker566

7/1-1.01mi
7/2-1.04mi
7/3-1.04mi
7/4-2.02mi
7/5-3.12mi
7/6-1.01mi(2 hours of aerial hammock and hoop)
7/7-1.01mi(2 hours of aerial yoga)
7/8-1.01mi(walked 5 miles at the renaissance faire)
7/9-1.01mi
7/10-1.5mi (2 hours of aerial yoga)
so tired. so very tired.

MegaMooseEsq

katiebug3268 wrote: »

Hey, my name is Katie and of course I found this group a little late but would love to join. I am in the beginning stages of becoming a runner (you know that fun stage where you run for 30 seconds then walk for 30 more but I will slowly and surly work my way up...have no choice because I already signed up for the St Judes Half in December So lets begin:

July 11: Alternating 30 seconds of walk/run for 12 minutes (fitbit) deleted my log so I don't know the exact distance

Welcome! That's definitely a stage most of us remember - it wasn't even a year ago for me! Keep it up and you'll be amazing how much progress you can make if you keep pushing yourself just a little bit at a time.

LaDispute57

@AlphaHowls Only 13 miles today? Are you ok? Sick? Injured?

kgirlhart

July goal: 80 miles

7/1: 7.6 miles
7/3: 4.2 miles
7/5: 4.6 miles
7/6: 4.3 miles
7/8: 7.1 miles
7/10: 4.5 miles
7/11: 4.5 miles

36.8/80 miles

I had another great 4.5 miles run this morning. I ran the same route as yesterday and was a little bit faster. I managed all of my miles in under 11 minutes. That may not seem fast compared to some people, but I am trying to just compare myself to me, and for me that is fast. The temperature was a little higher than yesterday, but the humidity and the dew point were not as high so it felt pretty nice. I felt really good the whole time. There was enough of a breeze to cool me down a little, but not enough wind that I felt like I was struggling to run into it. I don't really know if it is "runner's high" or not, but I do love that feeling like I'm flying and I could just run forever.






2018 races:
5/19/18: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon - 2:43:59.7. - 2nd place AG
11/10/18: Wags & Whiskers 5K

RunsOnEspresso

shanaber wrote: »

@RunsOnEspresso - Love Oiselle! What did you get? Anything fun? I am on a running clothes time out until I sort out what I have and get rid of some - I just have too much (yes it is possible). So in the meantime I need to live (shop) vicariously!

@AlphaHowls - WOW, just WOW! That is more than I have run in a month ever! What do you expect your total to be for the month?

I ordered 3 pairs of shorts to try. It's getting to warm/humid for capri/knee length. And I can't do the 3-4" and its hard to find 5-8" shorts. I need to cover my booty! I got a 5" with birds, the long pocket jogger and the long roga. The 5" and joggers said compression but they didn't feel very compression-y when I tried them on. If not they will be for short runs.

AmyOutOfControl

7/1 = 8 miles
7/2 = 3 dreadmill miles and 30 minutes strength training
7/3 = 6 miles
7/4 = 5 miles
7/5 = 3 miles
7/6 = 12 miles
7/7 = rest day
7/8 = 7 miles
7/9 = 3 miles & 30 minutes ST
7/10 = sick day
7/11 = 10.5 miles

A slow morning run with no fuel. My stomach is still a bit “lava like” so I figured a fasted run was the best option.

59.5/125 goal July miles

hesn92

katiebug3268 wrote: »

Hey, my name is Katie and of course I found this group a little late but would love to join. I am in the beginning stages of becoming a runner (you know that fun stage where you run for 30 seconds then walk for 30 more but I will slowly and surly work my way up...have no choice because I already signed up for the St Judes Half in December So lets begin:

July 11: Alternating 30 seconds of walk/run for 12 minutes (fitbit) deleted my log so I don't know the exact distance

Welcome, I’m also a newbie to running as you can tell from my distances reported in this thread.

RunsOnEspresso

7/1/18 unplanned rest

7/2/18 2.55 miles
7/3/18 rest
7/4/18 2.7 miles
7/5/18 3 miles
7/6/18 rest pf
7/7/18 rest pf
7/8/18 rest pf

7/9/18 3 miles
7/10/18 3.15 miles
7/11/18 2.95 miles

Total 17.35 miles /75-85

Races
October 6 Estrella Cactus 5k
November 10 Rock n Roll Vegas 5k
November 11 Rock n Roll Vegas Marathon (4:45 goal/5 hour time limit)
November 17 Desert Marigold 6k
December 1 Saguaro 7k

Potential Races
September 29 Maple Leaf Half Marathon (Wisconsin)
October 14 Brew HaHa Halloween 5k
November 22 Strut Your Stuffing 5k
December 2 Hot Chocolate 15k
December 8 12k's of Christmas
December 22 Caribbean Christmas Half & 5k
May 4 Grandad Half Marathon (Wisconsin)

It was an odd morning. I started out as usual and traffic was heavy. Then I see an ambulance drive past, no lights or siren which is weird since I was in a residential area. Not really a place you see ambulances unless answering a call. So I watched and the ambulance, the car in front and behind it continued into the dead end, turned around and parked. No one got out.

Then I am running down a main street. There's a lot of traffic today, more than most mornings. It was loud and I couldn't hear my podcast. I wear only my left ear bud so my right ear is to the street and no bud to hear traffic. I was hearing something over the traffic that I was trying to figure out if it was screaming or music. Then I hear tires squeal and look over to the apartment complex across the street. A white car is trying to make a fast turn around and someone is at the back end hitting it and screaming. The white car squeals out of the parking lot and steps on it. I picked up the pace because I wanted to be no where near the person screaming and hitting cars.

I changed my route to stick to the road because I was like this is too weird. I'm glad I did because as I was running past the front of a new home construction they were banging on windows. Not sure what exactly they were doing but the noise startled me. I looked over and they had lights and cranes and I could see workers so it wasn't like people in there stealing or trashing. Had I ran through the back way I normally go I would have been right by the house and probably screamed because of how on edge I was at that point.

Needless to say my heart rate was super high despite how much I tried to slow down. I wasn't as fast or far as I'd have liked but it was such a weird morning that I'm chalking it up to that.

AlphaHowls

@LaDispute57 wrote: »

@AlphaHowls Only 13 miles today? Are you ok? Sick? Injured?

I actually got up late, by a couple of hours, being lazy. I usually am out the door before 5 AM, but just stayed in bed for a little bit longer. I am also trying to work on my sleep habits, and sometimes I just need a little more. I don't know what I will do if it ever says I had 8 hours of rest. Injured... no more than usual aches and pains of being my age. My heel actually hurts at rest or walking, but not running.

AlphaHowls

@shanaber wrote: »

@AlphaHowls - WOW, just WOW! That is more than I have run in a month ever! What do you expect your total to be for the month?

Well last month was I think 433, so somewhere around there. My goal is always 200, but it appears I am running from something. I am going to push it a bit, I hope and see if I can get over 450....

zdyb23456

7/1 rest
7/2 4miles
7/3 7miles
7/4 rest
7/5 4miles
7/6 5miles
7/7 11miles
7/8 rest
7/9 6miles
7/10 7miles
7/11 5miles

No Niagara Falls this morning My sister wasn't feeling well to go. I wish she were healthier, but she takes terrible care of herself. That's another story...

So I did 5 miles to the park and back, sunny and warm, but felt pretty good. The lower humidity feels wonderful.
Tomorrow is an easy 4 miles, then my long run on Friday morning. Friday afternoon we pack everything up to make the 11 hour drive home


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

PastorVincent

kevaasen wrote: »

kevaasen wrote: »

I just ordered the smaller Wunjo X2/Race vest as I wanted something light and economical and this fits the bill.

If anyone else is interested, WUNJOWOMAN18 is a working 18% discount code I found. Helps offsets the $10 in shipping cost since my order was less than $100 (free shipping if you hit that target).

received shipment yesterday, so one week shipping from Norway - not to bad. Looking forward to testing soon once my knee is recovered. Super light and based on quick fitting, like how it feels.

Cool. My X5 came last week and I ran in it twice. I am not ready to give a full review, but I can say it did not kill me and that is my very first line a product must cross.

PastorVincent

katharmonic wrote: »

Hanging in there close to on track for the mileage goal for the month at about 1/3 of the way in. Marathon training fear level is about code orange "getting pretty scary". A bit too focused on number of miles and feeling behind in it. Plus having just done the Boilermaker 15k and thinking about running a race with almost twice the number of people and almost 3 times the distance has me a bit freaked. Need to pace myself in the anxiety department as there are still 15 weeks left.

I felt that way all the way till I crossed the finish line at my first marathon! You will be fine. Just stick to the plan and trust your training. You got this!