August 2018 Running Challenge
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I seriously need more strength in my legs. I really thought I'm ok in that regards but my legs are jelly.
Check out Eric Orton's book "The Cool Impossible". http://www.runningwitheric.com/page/the-cool-impossible A great book with tons of great information on strength routines (using only a slant board and a fit-ball) and running technique. The slant board and fit ball routines are amazing and when I do them regularly, I see almost immediate results in my running, leg strength, stability, and injury prevention. In the book, "Born To Run", Orton was the coach that got McDougal ready for his first ultra. In my humble, non-techie opinion, "The Cool Impossible" should be in every runner's library (along with "Relentless Forward Progress"). It is a very fun, simple book to read and I guarantee you will be a stronger, better runner in just a few weeks.2 -
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LaDispute57 wrote: »
Well.... I'll eat your meat, you drink my alcohol 😂3 -
My brain says pizza is good recovery food, but the smart part of my brain, that's tiny, says "no pizza, bad habit". So guess i need to plan some meals.
What does everyone else feed their tired legs? Bbq? Roast? Acorn squash? Slow cooked beans? Coconut water? A foam roller?
Since I have gluten issues, pizza is not much of a thing anymore, at least nowhere near as much as I would like... but ice cream is very high on the list
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DH bought airline tickets to Hawaii January 4th and return the 11th. Looks like we're doing this.
Anyone else interested in the Hawaii ultra relay?4 -
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PastorVincent wrote: »
If there's anything Dennis taught us, it's that you can't put off a marathon (ultra) in another state. What's 5K in the grand scheme of things?
Cmon. This race has 4000ft elevation gain. That's right up your alley. Spoil the misses. Go to Hawaii.9 -
An out and back run to the lake. Hills felt pretty rough today after yesterday’s session, but there’s really no flat area here so onward and upward. There is a short little path that takes you by the water front and as I turned the corner two fawns were trying to get a drink from the lake. As soon as they saw me they took off, but on my way back I noticed one trying to poke it’s head out to see if the coast was clear. They were pretty and would have made for a nice picture.
8/1 - 0
8/2 - 3 miles
8/3 - rest
8/4 - 4 miles
8/5 - 8/10 - 0
8/11 - 5k Race
8/12 - rest
8/13 - 4 miles
8/14 - rest
8/15 - 4 miles
8/16 - 3.75 walk
8/17 - 8/20 - walking and swimming
8/21 - 6 miles
8/22 - 4 miles
Total 28 miles/goal 45 miles
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LaDispute57 wrote: »
Haha! Figured you'd get a chuckle outta that. Send me your wagu, kobe and grass feed beef and I'll send the equivalent value in scotch 😁3 -
PastorVincent wrote: »
If there's anything Dennis taught us, it's that you can't put off a marathon (ultra) in another state. What's 5K in the grand scheme of things?
Cmon. This race has 4000ft elevation gain. That's right up your alley. Spoil the misses. Go to Hawaii.
For me, that 5K is a small part of son's current college tuition
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If you belong to Costco, check their travel deals. They usually have good deals. We've used them for all our Hawaii trips for airfare, car, and hotel. Prices can be low or high depending on your choices. We priced out the same trips on Expedia/Orbitz and its more than double.3
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RunsOnEspresso wrote: »If you belong to Costco, check their travel deals. They usually have good deals. We've used them for all our Hawaii trips for airfare, car, and hotel. Prices can be low or high depending on your choices. We priced out the same trips on Expedia/Orbitz and its more than double.
Aww, no Costco here so not members.0 -
PastorVincent wrote: »
If there's anything Dennis taught us, it's that you can't put off a marathon (ultra) in another state. What's 5K in the grand scheme of things?
Cmon. This race has 4000ft elevation gain. That's right up your alley. Spoil the misses. Go to Hawaii.
For me, that 5K is a small part of son's current college tuition
1) very small
2) i told my kids to work or take loans and I'd help them. So "lucky" me, none of the three made college a priority.1 -
for any interested in the Hawaii thing> http://bigislandroadrunners.org/BIRR_Events.html
I have ~2 acres, some sort of shaded, a shower house with laundry and portapotty, bbq and frig on the lanai. Eggs for the picking out of the nest boxes. A tent should cost ~$50 at walmart. Please let me know if you're interested in this so I can warn DH plan accordingly...
Oh, and, January is NOT hurricane season.....unlike right now7 -
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
8/10 4miles
8/11 13.1miles
8/12 rest
8/13 7.8miles
8/14 5miles
8/15 5miles
8/16 rest
8/17 7miles
8/18 17miles!!!!
8/19 rest
8/20 9.26miles
8/21 4miles
8/22 9miles
Headed out just before 8am and did 9 miles. Felt good. I wasn’t fast but pretty steady. It was really muggy and 80 degrees, but there was a nice breeze every time I turned north.
We are supposedly getting a cold front tonight which means cool weather the next two mornings! I’m psyched!! Too bad I have short runs on the schedule, but they are going to be nice!!
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
12/2/2018 Busch Gardens Christmas Town Dash 8K6 -
@elise4270 - I am working on my DH so far no go... but I haven't given up. Also @HonuNui is this run up to the volcano that is erupting? That could be really scary!1
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@elise4270 - I am working on my DH so far no go... but I haven't given up. Also @HonuNui is this run up to the volcano that is erupting? That could be really scary!
The flowing lava (which is no longer flowing as of 2 weeks ago) is 40 miles away in lower Puna district. The run starts at oceanfront in Hilo town and follows highway 11 up 4000ft elevation to the town of Volcano (which has NOT been erupting...but where the glowing lake of lava could be seen at the summit in Volcano National Park for the last ~40 years, until it all leaked out at the bottom of the mountain and into the ocean in Puna!)4 -
Took my rest day yesterday so plan was to make up my tempo run today. I got out late because of technical issues with the phone, car , headphones, etc... just one of those mornings. I had limited time to run and it was already hot when I headed out so I left Hobbes the Vizlsa at home. Starting out I had already made up my mind it wasn't going to be a tempo run but when I hit the paved trail and got going I surprised myself. It wasn't as fast as I normally would have pushed for but it was faster than I expected and felt ok other than being really really hot. Splits after my 1st warmup mile were 11:46, 11:19, 10:30, 11:19 and then a quarter mile cool down.
Saw these pretty flowers on our neighbor's cactus and had to stop to take a picture.Hobbes telling me nope to a run today
Date........Miles.......Total
08/01......0.00.......0.00
08/02......3.85.......3.85 - +Strength Training
08/03......5.62.......9.47
08/04......0.00.......9.47
08/05......7.91.....17.38
08/06......5.15.....22.53 - + Agility
08/07......4.52.....27.05 - +Strength Training
08/08......0.00.....27.05
08/09......0.00.....27.05 - +Strength Training
08/10......4.61.....31.66
08/11......0.00.....31.66
08/12......0.00.....31.66 - + Agility Trial
08/13......6.86.....38.52 - + Agility
08/14......5.46.....43.98 - +Strength Training
08/15......0.00.....43.98
08/16......3.90.....47.88 - Run for Dennis +Strength Training
08/17......4.00.....51.88
08/18......9.27.....61.15
08/19......0.00.....61.15 - + Agility Trial
08/20......3.86.....65.01 - + Agility
08/21......0.00.....65.01
08/22......5.25.....70.26
My completed and upcoming races. Let me know if you will be running them too.
02/04/18 - Surf City Half Marathon
05/05/18 - Cinco de Miles 5k
07/22/18 - San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon
10/14/18 - Surf City 10k
10/27/18 - SoCal Halloween Wigged Out 5k
12/16/18 - SoCal Santa Claus for a Cause 10k
12/30/18 - Run In The New Year's 10k
02/03/19 - Surf City Half Marathon
05/11/19 - Santa Barbara Wine Country Half Marathon3 -
for any interested in the Hawaii thing> http://bigislandroadrunners.org/BIRR_Events.html
I have ~2 acres, some sort of shaded, a shower house with laundry and portapotty, bbq and frig on the lanai. Eggs for the picking out of the nest boxes. A tent should cost ~$50 at walmart. Please let me know if you're interested in this so I can warn DH plan accordingly...
Oh, and, January is NOT hurricane season.....unlike right now
We're probably interested. Thought perhaps splitting it up, camp/hotel as not to wear out our welcome 😉
@RunsOnEspresso Turns out dh held off on the tix to price check. We'll check out the Costco thing. Thanks!0 -
@elise4270 - I am working on my DH so far no go... but I haven't given up. Also @HonuNui is this run up to the volcano that is erupting? That could be really scary!
Maybe you should just go... he can stay. Man the house. Can not pass on @HonuNui 's generous offer.0 -
I am super envious hearing about the Hawaii plans! I'd love to go, but we've got some Life Changes on the horizon that are sucking up all available financial and spoon resources. I'll have to live vicariously this time.2
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Well it certainly felt much cooler this morning, so I took the opportunity to put in a tempo run to give the new shoes (Zoom Fly SP) a much longer tryout. My concern was that as I run longer distance in them, my feet would swell and the snugness of the shoe would become uncomfortable...I'm not used to a more closer fitting shoe, and so my big toe feels kinda claustrophobic in the toebox. As it turned out, either my feet don't swell that much, or my concern was unfounded, because the shoes felt great throughout the run. My verdict is that I'm going to keep them, but I'm still going to order a half-size up to see how that feels (just checked, they're currently on sale at $90, meaning they're getting rid of stock for that particular style...so I ordered another pair).
01 - 15.66
02 - 14.15
03 - 21.05
05 - 5.75
06 - 15.62
07 - 14.41
08 - 15.62
09 - 14.45
10 - 26.39
13 - 15.64
14 - 15.32
15 - 15.59
16 - 14.03
17 - 26.21 for @KeepRunningFatboy
20 - 15.66
21 - 14.16
22 - 15.63
Total: 275.34 / 250 miles
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PastorVincent wrote: »
If there's anything Dennis taught us, it's that you can't put off a marathon (ultra) in another state. What's 5K in the grand scheme of things?
Cmon. This race has 4000ft elevation gain. That's right up your alley. Spoil the misses. Go to Hawaii.
I would love to run it. Err hike it. Whatever But we literally just this month bought a house, remember? All of our cash was scrapped together for the downpayment. Living paycheck to paycheck for a while! 
The American Dream! 5 -
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 - 0
08/07/18 - 6 miles
08/08/18 - 9 miles
08/09/18 - 9 miles
08/10/18 - No run, car crash instead
08/11/18 - Spoon Shortage - no run
08/12/18 - 13.1 miles
08/13/18 - Lightning very very frightening
08/14/18 - Traffic Jam
08/15/18 - 9 miles
08/16/18 - 8.1 miles for @KeepRunningFatboy
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08/22/18 - 10 miles of pain!
Upcoming Races:
Steel Challange 5k - May 2019
Pittsburgh Marathon - May 2019
Glacier Ridge 50k Trail Race - May 2019
--More as I find them - need to find a nice trail race
2021 - Disney World Dopey! (if can raise funds)
So stiff from all that time driving, but got out there and got'er done!6 -
No run for me today. Air quality 10+... and again tomorrow. Didn't bring gym stuff to work and my window is gone as kid bedtime is too soon. Tomorrow night I have plans and air will be bad in the morning. Gym Friday if it's still bad and I'll skip the trail race Saturday if it's >8 air quality. And run indoors instead.5
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Five treadmill miles tonight. Took me about 50 minutes and the girl on the treadmill next to me was on her cell phone for the entire time. I wandered off to foam-roll my legs and when I came back she was still yapping. I went for my shower and then as I was leaving the gym I could see her and she was still on her phone. Yes, I'm old and grouchy. Bite me.9
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Hey team! I need some help. My wife does not like the water bottles that yoy have to suck (with her asthma they are hard to use). Does anyone know what other options there might be?0
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@BruinsGal_91 - Another reason I hate working out at the gym... I have been in to lift weights and had people take up an entire section ('no you can't use this bench/area or weights because I am using them') and then sit there and yap on the phone. It is so inconsiderate and annoying. If you want to talk go in the changing room or outside or in your car or where ever, otherwise workout already!BruinsGal_91 wrote: »Five treadmill miles tonight. Took me about 50 minutes and the girl on the treadmill next to me was on her cell phone for the entire time. I wandered off to foam-roll my legs and when I came back she was still yapping. I went for my shower and then as I was leaving the gym I could see her and she was still on her phone. Yes, I'm old and grouchy. Bite me.2 -
PastorVincent wrote: »Hey team! I need some help. My wife does not like the water bottles that yoy have to suck (with her asthma they are hard to use). Does anyone know what other options there might be?
The collapsible soft bottles that you can squeeze instead?0
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