August 2018 Running Challenge
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There are two runners.
One guy wears minimalist shoes, and complained his feet hurt all the time.
One woman has run 1,000 miles using just one pair of shoes, and complains her feet are in pain.
Should you point out the obvious? Asking for a friend.
*bursts out laughing and goes to bed!*
*!dew claws up!*3 -
8/1 3.5 m
8/2 Rest
8/3 Rest
8/4 3.5 m
8/5 5m
8/6 Rest
8/7 UP Rest
8/8 3.5 m
Finally!! Hot and very humid, but it felt great to get out. Y'all jinxed me. Normally I don't encounter dogs even though I run thru neighborhoods, but today it was like a dog parade. Some loose, some not all putting a serious crimp in my flow. One I actually had to stop and stay with because she was loose and was almost hit. I stayed with her until her owner came meandering up.
Does anyone use Strava? My app keeps experiencing an error at 1.1 miles and stops tracking. Tonight I ran GoogleFit as a back up. I've uninstalled and then redownloaded the app more than once. Does anyone else have issues?
That's a sweaty face
15.5/75
Upcoming Races:
10/? 2 mile RACC Inauguration Celebration Run *maybe*
10/28 Fitzy's Run 5k
12/8 West Reading Run Santa Run 5k7 -
To go back to @LaDispute57 ‘s question: My hubby was in the military for a long time and decided he would not run again after getting out. He does hike and bike, so he is active. He doesn’t understand why I WANT to run since he was forced, but he has been supportive and told me that he is proud of all the work I have put into marathon training. Then, in the next breath he says I should skip the marathon so we can go on a vacation instead... He travels some for work now, so my running doesn’t interfere too much. I don’t think he would ask me to stop.
@PastorVincent REI is great, especially if you join the co-op and get the dividends. We have their credit card too just so that we can get extra on the dividend. Hubby and I get really excited about our spring “free” shopping trip.
8/1: 1.19
8/3: 4.07
8/4: 5
8/5: 6.04
8/9: 2.9
Total: 19.6/100
9/30 Wineglass Marathon
I skipped my run last night because of a thunderstorm warning. It never rained.
Tonight, I ran until an alert came through on my watch and the thunder and lightning were THISCLOSE together. Again, it never rained. I only got in 2.9 of my scheduled 4.5. Dang it, tomorrow I’m just going to keep running until the downpour starts.6 -
AlphaHowls wrote: »There are two runners.
One guy wears minimalist shoes, and complained his feet hurt all the time.
One woman has run 1,000 miles using just one pair of shoes, and complains her feet are in pain.
Should you point out the obvious? Asking for a friend.
*bursts out laughing and goes to bed!*
*!dew claws up!*
BTW what are dew claws?3 -
August goal: 70 miles
8/1: impromptu rest day (3 miles were planned)
8/2: 3.15 miles (6 miles were planned, but heat was too awful)
8/3: 7 miles (new distance best!, 3 were planned, but kept going)
8/4: planned rest
8/5: 2 miles (planned rest, back on target for the month)
8/6: elliptical and upper body weights
8/7: 8 miles (5.5 planned, but just rolled with the energy, new distance best!)
8/8: 5 miles speedwork and lower body weights
25.15 of 70 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 5k4 -
08/01/18 - 8 miles @ 9:30
08/02/18 - 0
08/03/18 - 0
08/04/18 - 11 miles @ 10:10
08/05/18 - 0
08/06/18 - 6 miles
08/07/18 - 9 miles
Upcoming Races:
08/11/18 - Two Face - 10k Road Race
08/11/18 - Two Face - 10k Trail Race
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)
90% humidity killed me hard on this run. Felt like I lost years off my ability to run! But I got 9 done and still had time to go out to dinner with the wife. So all is good.
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Have to share this and I don’t know where else, so you guys get it.
Today’s my one year anniversary of logging in daily on mfp. I haven’t always tracked calories, but I always logged in. I also hit 10K steps for the day. Just gonna do a little happy dance over here.26 -
eponine1984 wrote: »Have to share this and I don’t know where else, so you guys get it.
Today’s my one year anniversary of logging in daily on mfp. I haven’t always tracked calories, but I always logged in. I also hit 10K steps for the day. Just gonna do a little happy dance over here.
YAY! Well done!2 -
eponine1984 wrote: »Have to share this and I don’t know where else, so you guys get it.
Today’s my one year anniversary of logging in daily on mfp. I haven’t always tracked calories, but I always logged in. I also hit 10K steps for the day. Just gonna do a little happy dance over here.
Good job!!!!1 -
Ran 12.01 miles tonight, and I had decided to cut back miles this week and next to give my body some recovery time. Then will go back to progressive weekly increases.
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0808-8.7k, total-14k, goal-80.5k
Regular 7.5km loop plus a bunch of striders. I know it must've been hot and humid because my glasses were fogging up, but it didn't really register. Maybe I've finally (finally!) gotten acclimated to the heat?
@eponine1984 great job!
Upcoming races:
20181027 Mogan Ultra 30k
20181118 Shanghai Marathon (maybe)4 -
@PastorVincent dew claws are like thumbs on some dog breeds and i believe all cats. On dogs they are often removed since there is the risk of them getting caught and torn off. On dogs, i dont think theres even a bone in there. Cats on the other "hand" 😂have fully functional dew claws. Google can show you a pic if interested.5
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Rest day today. My ankle is still giving me grief so went and talked to my physio - handy working in a hospital. he took one look and said shin splints. I said that kinda makes sense given the extra ks I was doing this week, and I got it after doing a 7, 5, 10 then 5. He hit me with the need to rest, ice straight after runs from now on and rest. He checked my shoes, said they are fine (happen to be my older pair of running shoes). so Rest.
So I guess I'm resting until this eases up. It doesnt hurt when walking/running, just at rest. stupid overdoing it. grrr. so trying to keep my feet up - difficult in my job. and Icing. easier in my job.
@PastorVincent did I read your post right, 2 races in one day? your insane. in the best possible way. but still insane.7 -
Rest day today. My ankle is still giving me grief so went and talked to my physio - handy working in a hospital. he took one look and said shin splints. I said that kinda makes sense given the extra ks I was doing this week, and I got it after doing a 7, 5, 10 then 5. He hit me with the need to rest, ice straight after runs from now on and rest. He checked my shoes, said they are fine (happen to be my older pair of running shoes). so Rest.
So I guess I'm resting until this eases up. It doesnt hurt when walking/running, just at rest. stupid overdoing it. grrr. so trying to keep my feet up - difficult in my job. and Icing. easier in my job.
@PastorVincent did I read your post right, 2 races in one day? your insane. in the best possible way. but still insane.
Lol, I think you did misread - I count 3 races in one day.
Also, sorry about your ankle. Hope you feel better soon!5 -
Nature was really against me today! Managed to get up nice and early, decided to head back up the same way I went the other day for today's shorter run just to make the most of the hills. Once I got out onto the road the wind was so strong it was almost blowing me backwards! That and the hill had me having to resort to making myself alternate running and walking 100 steps each up the hill and taking a 2 minute break at the top, but got my 5km in and speeding up on the way back down again actually led to a faster than usual average pace.
2/8: 5km
3/8: 5km
5/8: 4.5km
7/8: 6.5km
9/8: 5km
August goal: 97km, completed: 26km
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Hey,
I finally managed to run again this morning. The heat resulting in terrible nights kept me from getting my butt out there in the mornings. I'm too tired already and running will make my day entirely comatose. I'm still waiting for the endorphins and all the extra energy during the day after starting it with sports
Let's be honest: when I run in the morning, I'm pretty tired in the office and it does not have to do with the shorter amount of sleep because I wake up that early anyway. I'm definitely not there yet and don't enjoy my morning runs.
I was always wondering, why my pace/distance differed between my Garmin and Runkeeper. Today, I checked the GPS track and realised that Runkeeper includes all my little curves, while Garmin is rather smoothing out the track. Which is why the distance is off and therefore also the pace. It's not a huge difference (~10s/Km) but I was confused.
August '18
Goal = 60Km / Achieved so far = 11,7 (really need to aim for more runs again)
1. 3,4 Km
5. 4.18 Km
9. 4,1 Km
Possible race(s)
9.9. 5k Women's run (registered)
23.9. 3K Venus' run9 -
MegaMooseEsq wrote: »@PastorVincent did I read your post right, 2 races in one day? your insane. in the best possible way. but still insane.
Lol, I think you did misread - I count 3 races in one day.
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Yeah, I have said many times... do not do as I do, unless you want to court being hurt. Many times I have done 2 races in a single day, and both races be a PR attempt. Many people tell me that is stupid. Well, I listened so now I will do 3 PR attempts in one day!
I also do not take time off after a marathon, and last year I ran my first ultra 6 days after my fastest Marathon ever. I had plenty of warnings against that too. Plan to do that again this year.
Again, I would not recommend anyone do as I do. Not at least until you know a lot more about how far you can push it.
Keep in mind, I run to survive not to win races. The races are just ways for me to have targets and things to plan for. 8 -
Thunderstorms pushed my running to tomorrow. I'm bummed about not running, but thrilled for the rain. We have had less than 1/4 inch of rain at my house since early June. Was debating on running today anyway; ankle could use the extra day of rest too. Funny how things work themselves out sometimes.8
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Oh, the things one does when they start to drink the crazy kool-aid of this running thing. I just now signed up for a half marathon that is TONIGHT.
I was having trouble figuring out when I could get my long run in around various things and the stupid humidity. I was planning on tomorrow morning with a run group, but that was cancelled because the coaches are out of town and the humidity was supposed in the 90% range again. I certainly couldn't stomach that by myself. This evening is supposed to be only in the 50% range and high 70s temp. Dew points aren't much different so I probably won't love it regardless, but at least it should be more fun as part of this small town race. Plus bling! If I had known I was going to do this, I might not have done that tempo run last night...live and don't learn...
8/9/2018 Tromptown Half Marathon, DeRuyter, NY
8/19/18 Falmouth Road Race (7 miles), Falmouth, MA
8/26/18 18.12 Challenge, Sackets Harbor, NY
10/28/18 Marine Corps Marathon, Arlington VA
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August goal: 70 miles
8/1: impromptu rest day (3 miles were planned)
8/2: 3.15 miles (6 miles were planned, but heat was too awful)
8/3: 7 miles (new distance best!, 3 were planned, but kept going)
8/4: planned rest
8/5: 2 miles (planned rest, back on target for the month)
8/6: elliptical and upper body weights
8/7: 8 miles (5.5 planned, but just rolled with the energy, new distance best!)
8/8: 5 miles speedwork and lower body weights
8/9: 4 miles (oh so painful legs!)
29.15 of 70 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 5k7 -
8/1 = 15 miles
8/2 = 10.5 miles
8/3 = yoga flow class
8/4 = rest day
8/5 = 10.5 miles
8/6 = 3 miles & 30 minutes kettlebells
8/7 = 14 miles
8/8 = yoga flow class
8/9 = 10 miles
I ran with a group doing run / walk intervals this morning. It was hot, humid and slow but the company was nice.
August goal miles = 175 / 63 miles-to-date
Upcoming Races:
10/27 = Hill Country Halloween Half Marathon
11/11 = Hill Country Trivium Half Marathon (tentative depending on work schedule)
1/26/19 = Miami Tropical 5K
1/27/19 = Miami Marathon7 -
8/1 rest
8/2 9miles
8/3 4.22miles
8/4 13.1miles
8/5 rest
8/6 8.5miles
8/7 4miles (treadmill)
8/8 4miles
8/9 9.4miles
Well, the humidity was definitely lower this morning! 75 degrees, a little sunny and a little breezy. My workout was a 2 mile warm up, then 2x 2miles @ HM pace with a 3 min rest, then 1 mile @ 10K pace, then 2 mile cool down. I'm never certain if I can keep the pace during these intervals, but I did it a bit faster than my targeted paces. I was pretty happy!
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 marathon9 -
Congrats @eponine1984 !
Attempted tempo run at 12 min/mile this morning splits: mile 1 12:07, mile 2 11:12, mile 3 11:57 and mile 4 12:02, with small burst through to where I start my cool down. Averaged 11:43 min/mile overall and am extremely happy with that. 4.53 miles per endomondo including a 0.16 cool down walk. 23.57/55 for the month so far.
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katharmonic wrote: »Oh, the things one does when they start to drink the crazy kool-aid of this running thing. I just now signed up for a half marathon that is TONIGHT.
I was having trouble figuring out when I could get my long run in around various things and the stupid humidity. I was planning on tomorrow morning with a run group, but that was cancelled because the coaches are out of town and the humidity was supposed in the 90% range again. I certainly couldn't stomach that by myself. This evening is supposed to be only in the 50% range and high 70s temp. Dew points aren't much different so I probably won't love it regardless, but at least it should be more fun as part of this small town race. Plus bling! If I had known I was going to do this, I might not have done that tempo run last night...live and don't learn...
8/9/2018 Tromptown Half Marathon, DeRuyter, NY
8/19/18 Falmouth Road Race (7 miles), Falmouth, MA
8/26/18 18.12 Challenge, Sackets Harbor, NY
10/28/18 Marine Corps Marathon, Arlington VA
That is a little crazy, but I think we all have to be a little crazy to do the distance running thing. Looks like you are training for the Marine Corp, so you need to do the miles anyway. Why not do it with the motivation and fun of a race. And get the bling too!! It's all about that bling. Enjoy your race and let us know how you did.7 -
August goal: 180 miles
Date................Miles............Total/Remaining
8/1...................Rest.............. 000.00/180.00
8/2...................Rest.............. 000.00/180.00
8/3...................Rest.............. 000.00/180.00
8/4...................20.00............... 20.00/160.00
8/5.....................5.00............... 25.00/155.00
8/6...................Rest................. 25.00/155.00
8/7.....................9.00............... 34.00/146.00
8/8.....................5.50............... 39.50/140.50
8/9.....................5.00............... 44.50/135.50
Upcoming Races:
August 25, 2018 Bubble Run 5K (Pittsburgh, PA)
October 20, 2018 Sinnemahone Ultra Marathon Trail Run 50K (Emporium, PA)
I know that it was just a little 5 mile "test drive" this morning, but I may have found my new favorite road running shoe. This Xero Prio is a sweet shoe. I took out the removable insole and went sockless to maximize the "bare foot" experience and the "ground feel" on these was excellent. I especially loved the way I can cinch up the shoe around the heel and/or mid-foot if I want without cramping the wide comfy toe box. My feet were loving it. Tomorrow is a rest day, but I can't wait to see how they do on Saturday's long run of 24 miles. Sometimes I think I love running just for the shoes... lol.11 -
@PastorVincent dew claws are like thumbs on some dog breeds and i believe all cats. On dogs they are often removed since there is the risk of them getting caught and torn off. On dogs, i dont think theres even a bone in there. Cats on the other "hand" 😂have fully functional dew claws. Google can show you a pic if interested.
Soooooo ummm "dew claws up" like a thumbs up then?4 -
@amymoreorless You are knocking down some solid mileage! Kudos and respect!2
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PastorVincent wrote: »@PastorVincent dew claws are like thumbs on some dog breeds and i believe all cats. On dogs they are often removed since there is the risk of them getting caught and torn off. On dogs, i dont think theres even a bone in there. Cats on the other "hand" 😂have fully functional dew claws. Google can show you a pic if interested.
Soooooo ummm "dew claws up" like a thumbs up then?
I dew believe you got it.2 -
LaDispute57 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »@PastorVincent dew claws are like thumbs on some dog breeds and i believe all cats. On dogs they are often removed since there is the risk of them getting caught and torn off. On dogs, i dont think theres even a bone in there. Cats on the other "hand" 😂have fully functional dew claws. Google can show you a pic if interested.
Soooooo ummm "dew claws up" like a thumbs up then?
I dew believe you got it.
You know - by bailing out on Two face - you will not get this bag of Berry Tailwinds...1 -
August Goal: 60 Miles
8/1: 3 miles (1 mile warm up w/6 x 200m hill efforts + 1 mile cool down)
8/2: 3 miles
8/3 Rest
8/4: 6 miles
8/5: Rest
8/6: 3 miles + 5 x 10 second strides
8/7: 3 miles
8/8: 4 miles (1 mile warm up + 2 miles @ 10:20 pace + 1 mile cool down)
8/9: 3 miles recovery + 5 x 10 second strides
Mile To Go: 38
Upcoming Races:
Santa Monica Classic | 5K | September 9th
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First week of running 4 days in a row! Yippee! Feet and legs have held up well this week. I was concerned perhaps jumping from 4 days a week / running every other day to running 5 days a week / running 4 days straight then a rest day, would be a bit of a bear to transition into, but surprisingly it's been fine.
I'd like to give a shout-out to the squirrel that dropped an acorn nut on my head as I was running along a treeline. It definitely made me pick up my pace to get through that area.
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