July 2018 Running Challenge
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marisap2010 wrote: »Also, I had planned to order new running shoes tomorrow since it will be pay day, and the sale price went up today! I’ll probably still order them, but I am bummed.
@marisap2010 Don't be bummed. Look elsewhere!
Unless you have a Size 14 Narrow or something that's only available in one place, there must be hundreds of places to order from.0 -
@Elise4270 It's supposed to be cooler in the early hours of the morning...or at least that's the theory anyway; if only it were true.
Got in 13 miles this morning...8 by myself, and then 5 more with the group. One of the runners asked me to pace her for the Tour des Fleurs half marathon this September, so I said I'd do it. She offered to get my ticket, but I told her not to worry and I'd pay for my own entry, to which she said that if I paid for it myself, then I'd obviously want to race and wouldn't be able to pace her. Yeah, the race is mid September, which means it'll still be hotter than Ol' Nick's nutsack, so no, I most certainly won't want to race it!
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
19 - 13.84
Total: 173.18 / 250 miles7 -
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
07/19/18 :::: 4.1 :::: 85.8
Unlike those of you roasting in the heat, we had a gorgeous day here. I went kayaking this morning and it was just perfect out on the lake. Then I took the dog for a nice long walk. I debated because Thursdays or Fridays are usually my rest day, but it was just too nice I didn't want to miss the chance so I ran this evening. My only complaint was that the sun was right at the wrong angle and in my eyes. I should have worn my hat.
Hang in there everyone in the hot zones.
Also, any of our members who are in Iowa, hope you are all okay. I saw that tornadoes hit there today, including in my hometown. @karllundy I know is from the general area and I think someone else?
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Hey all.
Yeah BMI sux. and no one really wants to get a DEXA to find out their composition - at lease here, its not easy to get them anyway.
I cant decide if I should run or not. Tomorrow is a forced rest day - it would usually be my long run day but hubby is out of town so I am alone with the kids. I kinda want to run, but kinda dont, and the don't is currently winning. This week has been all over the place, and I just feel like my rhythm has been thrown off. I havent even done any weights this week! Ill see how I feel in an hour or so. sigh. part of me thinks this is just my mind going take a break, it wont hurt, and given ive gone from doing about 10-15k a week to around 30k, including a regular 10k run...
blah blah moan blah lol. TGIF!3 -
Well okay! I log in and discover the forums have totally changed, and now I can't see my notifications unless I turn my device sideways, because the forums don't scale properly. Hate it!
We ran today, despite being "on vacation." It was pretty bad - 104 degrees and the GPS quit in the middle of a run in an unfamiliar neighborhood so we got lost. Still, we did it, 5 miles through hell plus three miles of walking. And we are alive to tell about it.
Also, the pool was bright green when we got back. So no more swimming while we are here probably, since the pool people came and shocked the pool and it doesn't seem to be helping. Another thing that's due to the unreasonable heat. I'm about sick of this weather.
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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
7/19 – 10.01 MP intervals
July running total to date – 100.06
Nominal July mileage goal: 100 miles
Real goals: Get healthy. Build base. Work toward being able to run Wineglass in September.
Today's notes – Today I decided I'm healthy enough to run the Oak Tree Half on September 2. It's a challenging course, and it is possible that we can still get hot weather on Labor Day weekend; but it's also a pretty course, and it's a Rochester Runner of the Year race. So I committed.
This evening Garmin says it was 82º F (28º C) when I ran. Went to club practice, but took off running before Coach got there because the workout on the marathon training plan was a 10 mile continual run: 2 easy, 3 MP, 2 easy, 2 MP, 1 easy. I moved the intervals around to be 2-3-1-2-2 because I wanted to be able to run all of the MP on the Erie Canal Trail and have easy running to and from the canal where it isn't as easy to do speed work.
Target pace for easy was between 7:45 and 8:10 per mile. Target pace for MP was between 7:20 and 7:30 per mile. The easy miles went well, but I had a hard time with pace control on the MP intervals. The splits came in as:
2 easy: 7:57, 7:52
3 MP: 7:21, 7:16, 7:16
1 easy: 7:42
2 MP: 7:12, 7:12
2 easy: 7:46, 7:49
It's not that I couldn't run that fast; it's that I don't think I can sustain a 7:16 pace for 26 miles. *shrug* Just have to keep working on pace control, I guess. The last mile I was running on tired legs, which is kind of the point of this type of workout; but I was more wiped out at the end that I really should be for a 10 mile run with half of it easy.
Oh, well. Put the work in, and hopefully I'll be able to handle whatever the weather is on race day.
EDIT TO ADD: . . . and I passed my monthly mileage goal on the 19th, which mostly shows I'm not very good at predicting how much I'll 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) 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 2, 2018 Oak Tree Half Marathon (Geneseo, NY)
September 30, 2018 Wineglass Marathon (Bath, NY)
November 11, 2018 Syracuse Half Marathon (Syracuse, NY)
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0720-5.1k, total-35.9k, goal-90k
Early morning run in hilly, muggy unfamiliar territory. Hong Kong has this weird weather thing going on where it rains three times an hour, 5 minutes apiece. The locals just ignore it but I have glasses and no hat so couldn't see a thing in the rain. I ran with a colleague who is a beginner runner but is 25cm (10 inches) taller than me, which makes his stride way longer so speed was a bit wonky. We did get to see a bigass rainbow toward the end though.
Upcoming races:
20181027 Mogan Ultra 30k
20181118 Shanghai Marathon (maybe)10 -
07/01/2018 - 0
07/02/2018 - 0
07/03/2018 - 0
07/04/2018 - 13.1 miles - The sun tried to kill me
07/05/2018 - 0
07/06/2018 - 8 miles - 8:41 pace
07/07/2018 - 13.1 miles
07/08/2018 - 0 - went walking with wife instead
07/09/2018 - 9 miles - 9:34
07/10/2018 - 0 - Teaching
07/11/2018 - 11 miles - 9:09
07/12/2018 - 10 miles - 9:36
07/13/2018 - Movie night: A Wrinkle in Tim
07/14/2018 - 10 miles @ 10:04
07/15/2018 - 0
07/16/2018 - 4.5 miles walking
07/17/2018 - 11 miles @ 9:26
07/18/2018 - 9 miles @ 9:12
Upcoming Races:
07/20/18 - Liberty Get Well Mile
08/11/18 - Howl At The Moon 5k
--More as I find them - need to find a nice trail race
2021 - Disney World Dopey! (if can raise funds)
Too hot for serious running so just a short easy run where I lost like 150 pounds of water weight, or so it felt!5 -
Looking like I will have to take a DNS at the Liberty Get Well race this week. It is on the same day that we are closing on the house... ah well.4
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seanevan10 wrote: »
I'm only 10 miles in so far this month. I have really been splitting my time with swimming, biking and running for triathlon stuff.
I am super excited to meet IRL and run a race with @Elise4270 this weekend in Oklahoma!
Nervousness hasn't set in yet. It's been so hot, I think I'm brain dead. I'm just going to focus on hanging out and having Mexican food
I'm glad at least one of us isn't nervous. It has been so hot that I can't fathom to run outside and our house is under construction and can't get to the treadmill. ACK! I can't wait to hang out and eat mexican food on Sat!1 -
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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
7/12 - 8.13 km
7/13 - rest
7/14 - 14.75 km
7/15 - rest
7/16 - rest
7/17 - 5.24 km
7/18 - weather meh
7/19 - 5.12
83.44/120 km
I ran in a thunderstorm tonight. I would prefer not to do that ago.
The fact that there's no mobile version of the forum's at the moment is extremely irritating and I'm avoiding MFP.
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 Shuffle1 -
I am not having any mobile issues....1
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LaDispute57 wrote: »I am not having any mobile issues....
The mobile forums are gone for me... I get the full version on my phone (since Tuesday or so). I suppose I could try turning my phone off and on again...2 -
seanevan10 wrote: »seanevan10 wrote: »
I'm only 10 miles in so far this month. I have really been splitting my time with swimming, biking and running for triathlon stuff.
I am super excited to meet IRL and run a race with @Elise4270 this weekend in Oklahoma!
Nervousness hasn't set in yet. It's been so hot, I think I'm brain dead. I'm just going to focus on hanging out and having Mexican food
I'm glad at least one of us isn't nervous. It has been so hot that I can't fathom to run outside and our house is under construction and can't get to the treadmill. ACK! I can't wait to hang out and eat mexican food on Sat!
Mee tooo! Mmm!
The forecast is 77 at ~7am. Looks like 85 by 10. High Sunday is 102. If this weren't a taper week, I'd be at the y on the TM! (ours is in the garage).
There was a link to someone's garmin data for that ride (and run, garmin connect course) https://www.signmeup.com/site/reg/register.aspx?fid=K02V6H7 it looked like the first half was the most hills.
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PastorVincent wrote: »Looking like I will have to take a DNS at the Liberty Get Well race this week. It is on the same day that we are closing on the house... ah well.
Ohh a week day race? Or weekend close? I bet ypu could reschedule that close date haha!0 -
seanevan10 wrote: »
Right! You know that hot oven feeling when thd cookies are done. That. And no dam cookies.
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July totals thus far
1 4.3
2 5
3 5
4 4.5
5 rest
6 rest
7 6.2
8 rest
9 3
10 3
11 5
12 rest
13 5
14 9
15 rest
16 5.5
17 rest
18 rest
19 5.25
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@sarahthes and @rheddmobile - I never use the MFP app - it just has too many issues and bugs. You might try logging in with your browser on your phone. Old fashioned but it works well for me.1
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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.
20 July: 7.39 at 5:39 pace. Would have run longer as I felt great and the weather was perfect, however, I had to head off to the crane conference (the things we do for money...)
116.54 of 150km for July5 -
July Running Challenge
Goal: 40 km
Done: 41.2/40 km
20/7/18 Run 6 km
17/7/18 walk 11 km SL B
15/7/18 Run 6 km
14/7/18 Rest day
13/7/18 Run 3.4 km SL A
12/7/18 Run 6.3 km
11/7/18 Run 5 km SL B
10/7/18 Rest Day
9/7/18 Run 5 km SL A
8/7/18 Run 2 km Walk 4 km
7/7/18 Walk 3 km SL B
5/7/18 Run 2.5 km Walk 6 km
4/7/18 Run 2 km Walk 7 km SL A
3/7/18 Run 4 km Walk 9 km
2/7/18 Run 2 km Walk 5 km
1/7/18 Walk 7 km4 -
2.6 treadmill speed intervals for 25.4 miles this month. Was raining this morning before trainer so didn't run outdoors (hate training in wet shoes).
On the plus side, a month ago I never would have run(treadmill or otherwise) prior to trainer session 👌6 -
PastorVincent wrote: »Looking like I will have to take a DNS at the Liberty Get Well race this week. It is on the same day that we are closing on the house... ah well.
Ohh a week day race? Or weekend close? I bet ypu could reschedule that close date haha!
Weekday race - and the banks tell me when closing is, not other way around 1 -
LaDispute57 wrote: »I am not having any mobile issues....
The mobile forums are gone for me... I get the full version on my phone (since Tuesday or so). I suppose I could try turning my phone off and on again...
I see that as a feature. I despise mobile sites in general. I was happy when I hit the site from mobile and saw the full content and layout yesterday. 0 -
@sarahthes Maybe uninstall and reinstall the app? I haven’t had any problems with it on my phone.2
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I actually normally use the mobile site from my browser not the app. But it has changed in both. It's honestly super aggravating. I will have to play with my browser settings but right now I either have to zoom out far enough so that I need a microscope to read anything to fit the whole page on my phone screen or scroll sideways to read each line.0
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10 miles love my 4 day summer school week.
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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
7/5..... 7.00............24.00/126.00
7/6..... 5.00............29.00/121.00
7/7..... Rest............29.00/121.00
7/8..... 16.00..........45.00/105.00
7/9..... Rest............45.00/105.00
7/10.... 6.00...........51.00/ 99.00
7/11.... 4.00...........55.00/ 95.00
7/12.... 6.00...........61.00/ 89.00
7/13.... Rest...........61.00/ 89.00
7/14.... 14.00.........75.00/ 75.00
7/15...... 6.50.........81.50/ 68.50
7/16.... Rest...........81.50/68.50
7/17.... 10.00.........91.50/ 58.50
7/18...... 5.00.........96.50/ 53.50
7/19...... 7.00........103.50/ 46.50
7/20..... Rest.........103.50/ 46.50
Upcoming races:
October 20: Sinnemahone Ultra Marathon Trail Race (50K)
Tomorrow is my long run day and I told my dad he was going to have to pick me up at the end so I can head out the door in the morning and just run far away in one direction. He's 85 and thinks this will be a fun adventure.
Point-to-point runs are sometimes mentally easier for me than loops or out-and-backs. One of these days I might run to @PastorVincent 's new digs and make him drive me home.
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PastorVincent wrote: »Looking like I will have to take a DNS at the Liberty Get Well race this week. It is on the same day that we are closing on the house... ah well.
What, don't these realtors and lawyers understand what's important??4 -
PastorVincent wrote: »Looking like I will have to take a DNS at the Liberty Get Well race this week. It is on the same day that we are closing on the house... ah well.
What, don't these realtors and lawyers understand what's important??
No, I do not think they do.
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