July 2018 Running Challenge
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Kind of a crummy run this morning after two really great ones, but it was a run, so it was good. I went to bed stressed out after an argument with the spouse earlier in the day (life lesson 4224: don’t joke about emotionally-loaded topics over text!) and woke up with sore calves and a bad attitude. I slept in about a half an hour, grumbled my way through feeding and walking the dogs, and finally convinced myself that I’d only planned on 2 miles and it would be over before I knew it and I’d be glad I did because I always am. And I was, mostly, although it was hardly the best run I’ve ever had. After breakfast I decided to exercise flexible schedule prerogative and go back to bed for a few hours, so I think that between brain-weasels and aching legs, I needed the rest.
I do worry I’m pushing too hard and could use a second full rest day - I’m thinking about revisiting the idea of combining weight training with shorter runs that came up in the thread recently, or at least trying to find a schedule that puts lifting after running instead of vice-versa. I also need to stop dicking around and start actually doing the stretches the chiropractor recommended to help with my knee pain - it’s all lumbar and glute stuff that actually did help when my knees started being fussy when I started lifting weights in early spring, but I’ve neglected since I started running regularly. I’m going to set myself a three-day-a-week goal and see how that goes. The whole “everything hurts all the time” chat this morning stressed me out a bit so I’d like to be proactive about pushing that off as long as possible. I also had another one of those “I used to run but now my knees are shot” conversations with my dentist yesterday, which didn't help.
People coming over to play D&D tonight so I think I'm going to call today a day off and take another quick nap. I spent most of the afternoon leveling up my character and trying to figure out a new workout schedule so have only billed an hour and a half. So it goes.
JULY MILES:
7/1 Su - 1:01:09 - 5.43
7/2 Mo - lifted heavy things
7/3 Tu - 0:20:33 - 2.01
7/4 We - 0:32:46 - 3.13
7/5 Th - rest
7/6 Fr - 0:20:19 - 2.01, lifted heavy things
7/7 Sa - rest
7/8 Su - 1:10:32 - 5.84
7/9 Mo - lifted heavy things
7/10 Tu - 0:36:20 - 3.41
7/11 We - 0:22:40 - 2.00
7/12 Th - rest
7/13 Fr - 0:10:45 - 0.89, lifted heavy things
7/14 Sa - 1:12:28 - 6.30
7/15 Su - rest
7/16 Mo - lifted heavy things
7/17 Tu - 0:33:55 - 3.09
7/18 We - 0:19:54 - 1.83
Total: 37/50 miles
Races!
July 4: Red, White and Boom! 5K Chip time: 0:32:20
August 25: The Glo Run Night Race 5K
September 8th, 9th, 15th, or 16th: MN Brewery Running Series 5K-ish fun run
October 6: Twin Cities Marathon Weekend 5K9 -
Running challenge
1 July: 5.30 at 5:09 pace (race pace)
2 July: yoga
3 July: 7.01 at 5:45 pace
4 July: yoga
5 July: 12.66 at 5:50 pace (“unproductive" according to Garmin)
6 July: rest
7 July: yoga
8 July: 15.2 at 6:01 (slow and steady)
9 July: yoga
10 July: 6.0 at 6:02 pace (probably faster but I had a child on a bike in tow who kept needing a push - I certainly had to work harder) plus another 1.8km at about the same pace with similar issues getting the younger daughter to kindy.
11 July: yoga
12 July: 10.71 at 5:25 pace - when you’re short on time but you want to go long, you gotta go fast.
13 July: rest and pizza (and more pizza)
14 July: sneaky 6.7km to undo some of last night’s pizza damage followed by yoga. Great way to start a Saturday.
15 July: 16.51 at 5:55 pace. Building up to the Mt Maunganui Half on August 25.
16 July: yoga
17 July: 5.79 at 6:02, plus 3.9 at a similar pace dropping children off at kindy and so on.
18 July: 7.19 at 5:39 and yoga as well
19 July: 10.38 at 5:50 pace.
109.15 of 150km for July5 -
0717-2k, total-30.8k, goal-90k
Arrived at the gym near closing time to pick up SO, impromptu dreadmill incline of a whopping 2k. Sweated buckets. Patiently waiting for summer to end. I wish I'd had time this morning, it was cool and windy with a sprinkling of rain, but I have an early flight to catch. Heading to Hong Kong for a few days, where it's supposed to be really humid. Gah.
@LaDispute57 @amymoreorless @PastorVincent @bride001 etc.Y'all are just a big bunch of enablers. If I were to say I'm eyeing a 100 miler for next year you would all say DO IT. And then you would proceed to tell me to train my *kitten* off, as well as how exactly to achieve this offness without dying... The perfect combination of encouraging and realistic kick in the butt. I love this group.
@MegaMooseEsq congrats on the run, and don't forget the knee exercise! SO had knee pain a while back and now has those exercises worked firmly into bedtime schedule.
Upcoming races:
20181027 Mogan Ultra 30k
20181118 Shanghai Marathon (maybe)6 -
20 pages behind, and not afraid to admit that they probably won't be read, so a huge welcome to any newcomers, congrats to anyone that raced, and commiserations to any of the injured out there.
The last three days have been great...the dew point has been much lower so I've been able to push some faster-paced runs. Of course, we're in a heat advisory, the local chickens are laying hard-boiled eggs, but oh that low dew point.
05 - 13.85
06 - 15.31
07 - 13.71
09 - 15.31
10 - 13.05
11 - 15.32
12 - 13.35
13 - 15.30
16 - 15.32
17 - 13.22
18 - 15.60
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It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Race recap. Yesterday’s 7 mile trail race at Bays Mountain Park & Planetarium was scheduled to begin at 6:30 pm. It starts and ends at the part of the park where the wolves are housed (hence the name the Wolf Run). I carpooled with two of my friends and we arrived in plenty of time to find a good parking space, pick up our bib numbers and talk with other runners. About 6:15, a thunderstorm rolled through. Lots rain. Lots of thunder and lightning. The start was delayed about 10 minutes. Lots of mud puddles on the trail most of which I went through the middle. I actually made it past a few runners who were tip-toeing gingerly around them. With about 7-tenths of a mile to go, I came upon one of my friends sitting on a bench beside the trail. She had landed her foot between a couple of roots, heard a pop in her ankle and that was it. She insisted that I go on and finish the race. A few yards past her, I met a volunteer heading her way and I made sure she was going to check on her. Turns out the popping noise was her tendon/ligament which pulled the calcaneus bone from the ankle bone. It took the EMTs a while to get her out. The side-by-side couldn’t get to that area so finally a couple of the guys carried her through the woods and up a hill to a location the side-by-side could reach. We loaded her in her car and off to the ER we went. She was in so much pain. I finally got her home around 1:30 am this morning. We didn’t get to stay for the post-race meal (obviously) so we were starving. Luckily there was a Dunkin’ Donuts still open at 12:30 so we had a donut while waiting on her prescription for pain meds. She will be in a boot for the next 5 weeks and then slowly start some activity. I ended up spending the night at her house and taking her to work this morning. She is single and has two grown daughters one of which lives in the area; however, she is out of town for a work conference. You never can have too many friends! Oh, the good part of my race was that I finished in 1:24:51. I was worried since my previous practice runs out there had me finishing in 1:35 and the cut off was 1:45. Placed first in my AG and an overall 110 out of 144 runners that finished.
Great run and great showing of friendship. We runners have to take care of each other.4 -
@mahganmuskett Welcome!
@Teresa502 You are such a great friend!
7/1: 4.5 miles
7/3: 2.5 miles
7/4: 6.3 miles
7/6: 3 miles
7/7: 5 miles
7/8: 5.2 miles + 3.3 mile hike
7/9: 2 miles
7/13: 3 miles
7/14: 5 miles
7/15: 6.5 miles
7/16: 4 miles
7/18: 1 mile
Total: 48/85
Upcoming Races:
Wineglass Marathon 9/30
Today was a scheduled rest day, but I really felt like getting out, so I ran one mile in my neighborhood.
Random aside: There were Halloween decorations for sale at my grocery store today. I just don’t understand! It is still July, people!!!
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@PastorVincent wrote: »midwesterner85 wrote: »@amymoreorless - Her user name was JuliaMacEwan
I do not think the intent was to scare her off - just to warn her that much mileage and being a nonrunner would not be a good combination. It would possibly lead to injury.
Most of us are hoping it was a typo and she meant 16 miles, not 160 miles.
Right, but it was 160 miles starting mid-way through the month. So going from 0 miles / week to 80 miles / week.
Right, I mean if it was @AlphaHowls we would have been all like "You get hurt? That why you cut back?" but this a declared "nonrunner." Big difference!
That got a chuckle out of me
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Been working a ton this summer, putting in a new student information system so no time to check in here with you amazing runners. Sorry!
But I've been doing a lot of exercise early in the mornings, to keep myself sane. Probably too much as usual. Doing the Transform App - which this week increased to 6 days a week of lifting. 3 days legs, 3 days upper body. I absolutely love it but it is too much with trying to bike and run! For now, I'm too busy to figure out anything other than ... just do this plan! Plus I paid for 3 months so I'm going to finish it out and just cut out a day or two if I need to.
Teachers come back to school on Aug 1 so I'm going to be buried in work until then (and after I'm sure!) But once school is in session for a few weeks -- September -- I can probably read posts in here again!
In the meantime, great job everyone! No need to reply to me, I won't get to see it, I'm sure.
7/1 - 3.2 miles + shoulder workout
7/2 - strength training - Legs
7/3 - 3.5 miles
7/4 - 3 miles treadmill - 30 seconds fast, 30 seconds slow rest, aka thrilling 30
7/5 - strength training - Legs + 2 miles treadmill thrilling 30
7/6 - rest day
7/7 - 40 miles cycling
7/8 - 3.5 mile run + strength training - legs
7/9 - 2 miles intervals + strength training biceps/back
7/10 - strength training - legs
7/11 - 22 miles cycling
7/12 - strength training - legs
7/13 - rest day
7/14 - strength training back/shoulders + 3 miles intervals
7/15 - 4.5 mile run + strength training -legs
7/16 - strength training - upper body + 2.3 miles intervals
7/17 - 5 mile run - finally a longer run
7/18 - strength training - arms + intervals 2.3 miles
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AlphaHowls wrote: »@PastorVincent wrote: »midwesterner85 wrote: »@amymoreorless - Her user name was JuliaMacEwan
I do not think the intent was to scare her off - just to warn her that much mileage and being a nonrunner would not be a good combination. It would possibly lead to injury.
Most of us are hoping it was a typo and she meant 16 miles, not 160 miles.
Right, but it was 160 miles starting mid-way through the month. So going from 0 miles / week to 80 miles / week.
Right, I mean if it was @AlphaHowls we would have been all like "You get hurt? That why you cut back?" but this a declared "nonrunner." Big difference!
That got a chuckle out of me
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July Mileage Goal: 75 miles
7/1 2.50 m
7/2 3.35 m
7/3 4.00 m
7/4 Rest
7/5 2.00 m
7/6 2.00 m
7/7 2.25 m
7/8 Rest
7/9 3.50 m
7/10 5.00 m
7/11 Rest
7/12 2.50 m
7/13 3.70 m
7/14 4.00 m
7/15 Rest
7/16 Rest
7/17 4.30 m
7/18 2.70 m
7/18 luckily my foot loosened up so I was able to get out after a very frustrating day. It was gorgeous out tonight. A light breeze and low humidity. Perfection. I love that magic moment (usually around 1/2 mile) when it starts to feel like maybe I'm NOT going to die trying to run.
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@Teresa502 oh, you're poor friend! How wonderful of you to make sure she was okay and take care of her after. And good job on your time!
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
07/01/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 3.1
07/02/18 :::: 5.5 :::: 8.6
07/03/18 :::: 3.0 :::: 11.5
07/04/18 :::: 5.6 :::: 17.1
07/05/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 17.1
07/06/18 :::: 2.0 :::: 19.2
07/07/18 :::: 3.8 :::: 22.9
07/08/18 :::: 9.4 :::: 32.4
07/09/18 :::: 4.1 :::: 36.4
07/10/18 :::: 3.8 :::: 40.3
07/11/18 :::: 6.6 :::: 46.8
07/12/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 46.8
07/13/18 :::: 4.0 :::: 50.9
07/14/18 :::: 14.2 :::: 65.1
07/15/18 :::: 4.9 :::: 70.0
07/16/18 :::: 3.8 :::: 73.8
07/17/18 :::: 3.0 :::: 76.8
07/18/18 :::: 4.8 :::: 81.7
Tonight's group speedwork was hill repeats for 30 minutes - half way up, back down, all the way up, back down. Over and over.
Blessedly the weather was great. I think we are getting down to the low 50s within a couple of degrees of record low temp over night. Love it.
Tomorrow is supposed to be a great day, too. I'm planning to go kayaking, and it would normally be a rest day, but may have to get a run in to take advantage of good weather.
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LaDispute57 wrote: »@amymoreorless LOL! If my Garmin tried pulling a stunt like that, it would be taking a dip in the toilet....
Garmin does something like that, just not quite as in-your-face:
Commentary: I am 62 years old. Garmin knows that, knows my height, knows my weight, and has a ton of running pace and heart rate information about me. Garmin also knows my PR 5K is 19:07, and thinks my PR mile is 5:33. The race predictions are beyond flattering, they're comical. I'd age grade well above 100% if I could run those race times.
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No run today - dinner out and then walk with my wife instead. Pretty sure walking easy 4 miles on flat terrain completely cancels out the trip to Red Robin...right? 11
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July Running Totals (miles)
7/1 – rest day
7/2 – 5.11 not easy enough
7/3 – 4.14 warmup, speed work, cool down
7/4 – 6.22 commute to/from town park
7/5 – 3.74 warmup, tempo run, cool down
7/6 – rest day
7/7 – 10.01 poorly paced run
7/8 – 7.72 easy 60 minutes
7/9 – rest day
7/10 – 9.92 warmup, MP intervals
7/11 – 5.21 group run
7/12 – 6.15 warmup, HMP intervals
7/13 – rest day
7/14 – 14.49 warmup, Shoreline Half Marathon
7/15 – 3.85 hot and sunny
7/16 – rest day
7/17 – 6.35 warmup, speed work
7/18 – 7.14 group run
July running total to date – 90.05
Nominal July mileage goal: 100 miles
Real goals: Get healthy. Build base. Work toward being able to run Wineglass in September.
Yesterday's and Today's notes – Missed posting yesterday. I've been spending more time reading fantasy than posting online, my bad.
Went to club practice yesterday evening, the 2 mile warmup felt great, and I decided to try the "challenging" speed workout: 800m at T, 400m easy recovery, 4 x 400m at R w/200 easy jog recovery, 2000m at T w/1 minute recovery, then 1-2 sets of Kenyan Surge Drill. A Kenyan Surge Drill is 1, 2, and 3 minutes at interval pace with 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 minutes recovery. The idea is to do this after being tired from a long run or a substantial prior workout.
The first 800 at T was pretty normal. I nailed the target time on the 4x400 at R. I held a good steady T pace for the 2000m. Ran 1 minute hard, half a minute easy, 1 minute hard, and I was done. Not even 1 full set of Kenyan Surge Drill. Looked at the Garmin data afterward, and I was running those last 2 intervals way faster than I should have. Just didn't have a good feel for I pace that late in the workout, and it wasn't measured in distance so I couldn't check time per 200m as I normally do for target paces on a track. Oh, well. That's more R pace than I've run in a long time, and more than I could have done a week earlier. I'll take it as progress.
This evening I went to the group run, intending to run at least 6 miles and perhaps stretch it to 8 if I could. Small group, probably because there was a Wednesday 8K race this evening. The route was all places I knew, so I just ran ahead of the leader and did the first half of the route; then I added some side loops on the way back. Had a very pleasant run, not the least because the temperature and humidity were the lowest I've run in all month long.
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) 4.89 miles by Garmin, 43:15
July 14, 2018 Shoreline Half Marathon (Hamlin, NY) finished in 1:45:54
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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July....she will fly (at least her feet will)
7/1 3.92
7/2 3.07
7/3 rest
7/4 3.12
7/5 rest
7/6 rest
7/7 I'm old. I really need rest
7/8 3.83
7/9 played
7/10 4.00
7/11 snorkel 3.5 hours
7/12 3.20
7/13 dog emergency
7/14 3.49
7/15 3.20
7/16 rest
7/17 couldn't
7/18 3.25
total 30.08
@Teresa502 warm thoughts and hugs to your friend....my foot hurt just reading about it!
Ticker is my goal for 2018 and progress to date:
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Hey, I made it 44 hours with no races on the calendar... and then signed myself up for 2 races and the kids for 1, and booked accommodations for our end-of summer vacation, all in one big sweep. I guess you call that "pulling the trigger".
Just got back from my run and today seems to not be my day technologically. Woke up to see an arrow and flashing dots on the watch. Didn't have much time before getting out the door, so plugged it into the computer and found out it needed reset. Maybe I should've done that software update they notified me about last week. So got that going and left, recording the run on Strava on my phone, which then didn't want to save/sync. Whatever, I ran.
Upcoming races:
August 18 Chmielakowy Half Marathon (Krasnystaw)
August 26 Kolbudy 10k, Bąkowo (Kashubia)10 -
6.6 miles bringing my total to 41.53
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No way I can catch up on everything here! I just skimmed through. You are all so chatty!
I'm a bit frustrated today as my boyfriend (of 14 years) decided to take it upon himself to tell me that I aam "getting too skinny." I knew this day would come. He wants to argue with me that I don't know what a healthy weight is. I am almost through with my education to be a primary care provider. Um, yeah. Actually, I do know what one is. I try to explain and tell him, and he thinks he can tell me all the charts we use are crap. Yeah, not so much. I'm not a body builder, so.....
Anyway, I think it's because I've lost 111 pounds, and he has only ever known me heavy. I am just now at the high end of what is considered a healthy weight for me. Plus there's the whole majority of folks in our country are overweight so it's the norm thing.
I don't really want to debate weight measurements, bmi, or anything. Just ranting! I'm not even actively trying to lose weight! I could stand to lose 10 pounds to be exactly in the middle of where I should be, but I'm just focusing on my fitness right now.
Argh!
Sun 7/1 crosstrain: 60 minutes elliptical and triceps/back
Mon 7/2 run: 3.15 miles
Tue 7/3 crosstrain: 60 minutes elliptical and biceps/shoulders/abs
Wed 7/4 run: 3.14 miles
Thu 7/5 run: 3.15 miles
Fri 7/6 run: 4 miles
Sat 7/7 planned rest
Sun 7/8 planned rest
Mon 7/9 crosstrain: 45 minutes elliptical and legs/back
Tue 7/10 run: 3.16 miles
Wed 7/11 run: 3.51 miles and shoulders/back
Thu 7/12 run: 4 miles speedwork
Fri 7/13 crosstrain: walk, skipped weights for a nap!
Sat 7/14 run: 4 miles
Sun 7/15 run: 5 miles
Mon 7/16 run: 3.15 miles
Tue 7/17 run: 4 miles
Wed 7/18 run: 2.75 miles tempo
43.01 of 60 completed
UPCOMING RACES
August 25th - Camp New Hope 10k
September 7th - 5k Glow Run
COMPLETED RACES
January - Frosty 5k
February - Run for the Chocolate 5k
March - Penguin in the Park 5k
April - Lake Sara Dam 5k
May - Run Through the Jungle 5k
June - French Fried 5k
July - Firecracker 5k15 -
Hugs @AprilRN10 remind him he is comparing you to what you used to look like, not what a healthy weight actually is for you. Point out if he saw (insert friend/acquaintance you both know who is similar size or smaller) he would not think her unhealthy because he's never seem them bigger.
I kinda think of celebrities who lose a lot of weight and they look gaunt, or really skinny when they are actually a good size now, we are just used to seeing them big - Peter Jackson comes to mind in the middle of filming LOTR. He looked really gaunt but it was just because we are used to him being bigger.
Failing that tell him to get over himself, your Dr isn't worried so nothing to worry about.
As for my day, I lied this morning, I went for a lunchtime run. Its a good training run because its down hill and flat for 2km, with a constant and gradual climb for the last 2k. It always kills me the last bit!
Hubby is going away tomorrow to the big smoke to buy a car (woo hoo) which means I'm on my own with the kids. So lunchtime run again I think, and I'll do my weekend long run Sunday.3 -
Thanks for the replies on "there's always something" - some sort of pain or niggle!
Yep, it's pretty common.
I think maybe that happens when people aren't runners and/or who just walk, and it scares them off exercising altogether.
We know you just have to put up with it.
Often they disappear quickly, but another one soon comes along. Rinse and repeat. So it goes. 2 -
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Runs
July 01 – 11.0 km
July 03 – 09.0 km
July 04 – 17.3 km
July 08 – 17.2 km
July 11 – 05.3 km inc fast 1 km
July 12 – 11.4 km inc Quality Session
July 14 – 05.1 km parkrun inc fast 1 km
July 15 – 22.1 km
July 17 – 04.6 km
July 18 – 05.1 km
Total: 117 km
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8.95 miles this morning.
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6.2 miles on the treadmill at the gym last night, bringing my monthly total to 34.4 miles. I've got a parkrun on Saturday and then I'm on vacation in North Carolina for a week so probably won't get any running done, but hopefully there'll be plenty of hiking, beach walks, and bird-watching.11
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@Avidkeo Thanks! No worries.
Today's run was in a new pair of shoes and it was glorious! You know those pains you all were talking about? Today I ONLY had sciatic pain (always) but not knee, calf, or foot pain! Wonderful!
Sun 7/1 crosstrain: 60 minutes elliptical and triceps/back
Mon 7/2 run: 3.15 miles
Tue 7/3 crosstrain: 60 minutes elliptical and biceps/shoulders/abs
Wed 7/4 run: 3.14 miles
Thu 7/5 run: 3.15 miles
Fri 7/6 run: 4 miles
Sat 7/7 planned rest
Sun 7/8 planned rest
Mon 7/9 crosstrain: 45 minutes elliptical and legs/back
Tue 7/10 run: 3.16 miles
Wed 7/11 run: 3.51 miles and shoulders/back
Thu 7/12 run: 4 miles speedwork
Fri 7/13 crosstrain: walk, skipped weights for a nap!
Sat 7/14 run: 4 miles
Sun 7/15 run: 5 miles
Mon 7/16 run: 3.15 miles
Tue 7/17 run: 4 miles
Wed 7/18 run: 2.75 miles tempo
Thu 7/19 run: 3.16 miles
46.17 of 60 completed
UPCOMING RACES
August 25th - Camp New Hope 10k
September 7th - 5k Glow Run
COMPLETED RACES
January - Frosty 5k
February - Run for the Chocolate 5k
March - Penguin in the Park 5k
April - Lake Sara Dam 5k
May - Run Through the Jungle 5k
June - French Fried 5k
July - Firecracker 5k12 -
6 miles this am slow and steady. I start my 5k training program Monday. I'm hoping I can drop my 5k PR 30 seconds to 1 minute.
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So f'n hot at 5am (84F). Decided to cut it short at 5 miles. That happened to be magic number to hit my July distance goal. Didn't realize that starting out. Not bad with 12 days left in the month.
Welcome @AgainWithTheSurfyPants.
@AprilRN10 don't fret about your BFs attitude, it is his problem not yours. He is probably self conscious about himself, so he is taking it out on you. You do what you feel is right for you.9 -
@AprilRN10 people @ work saying the same to me and I haven't lost nearly your *kitten* weight, HOLY COW! You rock ma'am.
@mahganmuskett Welcome!
@Teresa502 Sorry to hear about your friend's injury, great job looking out for her! Nice time in your race as well!
1.78 sticky miles this morning, bringing July's total to 24.58/50.
ETA: Congrats on reaching your goal for the month early @Scott6255 and welcome @AgainWithTheSurfyPants .4 -
@AprilRN10 All of us that lose a non-trivial amount of weight hear that. You said you have been with him 14 years, so you undoubtedly have faced ups and down with him many times, and they all have passed. This probably will too (assuming he is a decent guy, which I am assuming)
The thing is when YOU lose weight and when YOU get fit you remind others that THEY need to do the same, and you are living proof that it CAN be done, destroying their excuses. So they see (often subconsiously) your journey to healthy as an attack on their condition and strike out in reflective response. Most of the time without even realizing it.
Shrugs. Not much you can do about it really. Eventually, people get used to the new you and forget it.
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AgainWithTheSurfyPants wrote: »I am slowly getting back into running after a long hiatus from trail running (Injury/accident). Starting small at 5kms, 3x days a week (distance to work)..so for the remaining 2 weeks-ish of July, that's 30km.
Welcome back! I think you will find the road right where you left it. 2
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