August 2018 Running Challenge
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Crazy 8s my 6th 8 mile run of the week.
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What an amazing group this to be so thoughtful regarding @KeepRunningFatboy. It's nice to think he's leaving a legacy. If he affected this group that much, I can only imagine how much he affected his family and friends.
All the talk about introvert/extrovert/not invading people's space - I'm the manager of a small airport and sometimes an entertainer will fly in for a show at one of the casino's. People (including my husband) will ask me if I shook their hand or asked for an autograph or had my picture taken - but I would never dream of doing that - it seems so intrusive! So here's a comical story. Jay Leno was here a couple months ago. The weekend lineman, who is 20 years old, didn't even know who Leno was. His mom had to explain it to him. I had a good laugh about that. And then it made me feel old.
Had a great 5 mile run this morning. Was right at the tempo I'm aiming for at next month's race. I was completely wiped out by the time I was done - but then it feels SO GOOD!!!
June goal - 44/44
July goal - 52/52
August goal - 33/57 miles
Next race: Sept. 30 - Wineglass Half Marathon; Corning, NY
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The introvert side of me is wanting me to hide right now.We have a star in our midst.
@garygse is in 151st place in the Strava Distance Challenge for August, out of nearly 180,000 people.
To put that in perspective, a guy I admire like a guru who has just done 10 marathons in 10 days is in 225th.
Absolutely awesome.
But don't worry, I'll slide right on down the ranks again when people start putting in their weekend long runs; I'm also on call again for another week beginning next Thursday, so that's going to be a cutback week that'll put me down even further. 
Also, I have nothing on @AlphaHowls...I'm not sure if she's on Strava or not, but she whoops my *kitten* every single week!
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Hi, all. I know I've been MIA in this thread for a long time, but after hearing about Dennis @KeepRunningFatboy the other day, I thought I'd pop in and give you all a virtual hug. I'm recovering from being sick this week, but was able to get in 6 slow miles dedicated to Dennis this morning and I love that so many of you have done the same. He was a great guy and an awesome inspiration to many runners, myself included. I know that he paced many races (and seemed like he did a phenomenal job at that as well), so I can only imagine how many other runners' lives he touched outside of our group as well. Dennis only lived an hour or so from me and I figure we would cross paths at some point since we've run some of the same races and I'm very sad I never got the opportunity to meet him in person. I saw that some of you are trying to help Dennis complete his goal to run a race in every state and I think that's a great idea. He recently mentioned to me that he was training for Lake Tahoe, Tuscon, and Houston Marathons, so if any of you were already planning on running those races, it would be awesome to do so in his memory. I'm not at the point in my training right now where I can run a marathon (training for a half right now and trying to remain uninjured) but the next one I do will be in memory of him. I'm hoping to do the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati next spring and that definitely wouldn't be a new state, but it was one of his favorites, so I feel that would be appropriate. I hope you all are doing well - I see many of you crushing it on Strava, so I gather that you are 14
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I ran my memorial run for @KeepRunningFatboy today.
I wish I was in the shape to run a marathon for him, he would have deserved that. But I'm not, so instead I tried to make the gps track look like a flower.
It didn't work as well as I might have liked, but it was the best route I could find after a long time spent planning and discarding ideas. There is a little church with a small but beautiful graveyard in the centre of the "flower" route, so it seemed the most fitting.
During the run, I thought a lot about Dennis, but also about what being alive means in general, and that we should remember to live our lives the best we can and never forget the things that matter most to us.
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RunsOnEspresso wrote: »
This morning was a "recovery" run which means zone 1 for 40 minutes. It was awful. And I had to take several walk breaks. I actually worked while I was running! If you can call it running... it was more like a shuffle. I need to get my HR in better shape! LOL I need to be faster and get more mileage in during my weekday runs. I assume more people get 4-5 miles in a 40-minute run while I am lucky if I get 3. I miss my old speed and I am afraid I will end up with a DNF in November because I will surpass the 5-hour limit. Ugh.
I wish I was going that speed dear. You and evry other person in this groups continually inspire me to push faster, run smarter, avoid injury, and run farther. The speed will come with the time and distance and consistency. I am continually a tiny bit envious(okay a little, scratch that, a lot envious) of everyone else's mileage. Then I remind myself that we are not all Wonderwoman( @AlphaHowls, @Orphia ) or Superman ( @garygse , @PastorVincent to name a few) and for a lot of us the inspiration to get off the couch and do something(read anything!) comes from bwing a part of this wonderful running community. @RunsOnEspresso ,whatever your speed, know that you getting out there inspires me too. 3.04 miles with 0.3 mile cool down walk for total of 45.96/55 per endomondo for the month so far.8 -
10 miles this morning. Whatever the opposite word for fun is, that is what this run was. I can't remember a worse run. Had to take SEVERAL walk breaks, and could barely lift my feet off the ground. Averaged over 10 min/mi. Just horrible. I guess I need to back off on training the rest of the month to go fresh into marathon training next month. Gotta do something to get my mojo back.
OSUbuckeye906 wrote: »I saw that some of you are trying to help Dennis complete his goal to run a race in every state and I think that's a great idea. He recently mentioned to me that he was training for Lake Tahoe, Tuscon, and Houston Marathons, so if any of you were already planning on running those races, it would be awesome to do so in his memory. I'm not at the point in my training right now where I can run a marathon (training for a half right now and trying to remain uninjured) but the next one I do will be in memory of him. I'm hoping to do the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati next spring and that definitely wouldn't be a new state, but it was one of his favorites, so I feel that would be appropriate. I hope you all are doing well - I see many of you crushing it on Strava, so I gather that you are
ETA: Oh, I just saw this. I think that is a sign from above (and from Dennis) and exactly what I need to give me my inspiration back. I am registered for my first full marathon, and it so happens to be the Houston Marathon (January 2019)! So I will take that one on. Thanks for posting @OSUbuckeye90623 -
Also, I have nothing on @AlphaHowls...I'm not sure if she's on Strava or not, but she whoops my *kitten* every single week!
No Strava for me..I believe that takes a real cellphone/smart, whatever. I am still using a flip phone with nothing but the ability to call. Granted my siblings ever so often text me, but I just do not answer. Some things about the future just flat out frighten me.
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Ran my 5k road race this morning and came second in my age-group. That one is for you, Dennis.23
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Yay @BruinsGal_91! Way to go!1
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8/1: 1.19
8/3: 4.07
8/4: 5
8/5: 6.04
8/9: 2.9
8/11: 17
8/12: 3
8/13: 4.5
8/14: 1.1
8/16: 2
8/18: 5
Total: 52.2/100
9/30 Wineglass Marathon
5 miles this morning at one of the local parks. I had a late start because when I got up this morning, I realized that all of my good shorts and sports bras were dirty. I went to dinner with an old friend last night and did not do laundry as planned, so I put in a load early this morning. It was already over 80 when I started running, but I tried to stay mostly on shades trails. Not my best run, but I got it done!
@RunsOnEspresso, don’t worry about your pace. You are getting out there, and as long as you keep doing your best, I am sure you will be fine at your race. It looks like you and I are right at the same mileage for the 100 mile club.
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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!!!!
Holy cow! I did it! My longest run to date - 17 miles. Well, actually only 16 of it was actual running and I had a few traffic light 'breaks'... but still I ran 16 miles!
My planned workout was 2 mile warmup, then 3x 4miles with 4 minute rests, then a 2 mile cool down. I figured since it was 81 degrees, sunny, and 70% humidity when I started I would swap those numbers and do 4x 3miles. It worked because I did it! I think psychologically knowing I had those planned rests really pushed me through to the end! No fuel either other than diluted low calorie Gatorade!
I ended up finishing 3.5 miles from my house... so I ended up with a total of 20.5 miles for the day! I don't count the walks after my runs, but 20.5 miles on my poor feet and I'm starting to build some confidence that maybe I could finish a marathon. Not very fast, but I could finish one!
I treated myself to a triple shot of espresso over ice from Starbucks afterwards
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 8K20 -
Today I topped 200 miles ran in 2018! That’s kind of mind-boggling. Around halfway I’d just powered over a pedestrian bridge and was feeling like a badass when something tapped me on the metaphorical shoulder and said “remember how fortunate you are to be able to do this right now.” (Okay, my first thought was “blessed” but then my brain started a semantic argument about the appropriateness of that word so I decided to change it to fortunate, even thought neither word is exactly right, because that’s just how my brain rolls.)
Anyhow, those miles are dedicated to @KeepRunningFatboy and to the memory of myself just a couple of years ago who never would have imagined that I’d be running eight miles today and loving every moment of it. Except the time spent looking for a drinking fountain. I’d rather not carry water with me, but it really throws off my groove when I start thinking about wanting a drink. I don’t know that I really needed it at either point (around 5.25 and 7 miles) but I definitely wanted it, and keeping my eye out for a fountain was distracting enough that I ended up walking a bit at both points.
I would have managed a sub 11 minute pace if I hadn’t had those two walking breaks, but so it goes. The next time I run that route I’ll know where the fountains are. And why are there so many more portapotties than water fountains? I'm certainly glad the johns are there, but water would be nice too.
I should hit 50 miles after my first couple of runs next week, so it's onto my stretch goal of 100K! Barring something unfortunate happening I think I can make it even without another long run until September - my second 5K race is coming up next week, woo!
And now, having had the traditional post-long run brunch, I will be having the traditional post-brunch nap.
AUGUST MILES:
8/1 We - 0:21:46 - 1.86
8/2 Th - rest, prehab
8/3 Fr - 0:20:08 - 1.96 fartleks, lifted heavy things
8/4 Sa - 1:24:32 - 7.30
8/5 Su - rest, yoga
8/6 Mo - 0:37:54 - 3.47
8/7 Tu - lifted heavy things
8/8 We - rest, prehab
8/9 Th - 0:33:38 - 3.11
8/10 Fr - 0:34:55 - 3.07
8/11 Sa - 1:06:45 - 6.10
8/12 Su - rest, prehab
8/13 Mo - 0:49:57 - 4.36
8/14 Tu - 0:20:06 - 1.87, lifted heavy things
8/15 We - 0:32:20 - 3.05
8/16 Th - rest, prehab
8/17 Fr - unplanned rest
8/18 Sa - 1:30:13 - 8.01 (distance PR dedicated to @KeepRunningFatboy)
August Total: 44.16/50 miles
2018 Total: 203.42 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 5K
Shout out to the August 50 mile club - y’all rock my socks! @mbaker566, @robdavis1, @Teerai, @hanlonsk, @grrrlwonder, @noblsheep, @ireallylikeyourface1989, @ereck44, @bride001, @niavalentino, and stretch members @5BeautifulDays, @rheddmobile, and @jele30!11 -
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
8/10: Rest
8/11: 7 miles
8/12: Rest
8/13: 4 miles + 5 x 10 second strides
8/14: 3 miles
8/15: 1 mile warm-up + 6 x 300m hill efforts @90% + 1 mile cool down
8/16: 3 miles
8/17: Rest
8/18: 5 miles
Miles To Go: 13
Upcoming Races:
Santa Monica Classic | 5K | September 9th
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I missed getting my 5 miles in under an hour by less than 2 minutes. But I broke my previous PR by 4 minutes from the last time I ran 5 miles - so I'm getting there. Slow and steady. I had a really slow 3rd mile, which I made up in my last mile, by pushing myself a bit more. Overall, pace was pretty consistent. Forcing myself to slow down has helped a lot. I now try to judge my easy days by singing to myself as I run to make sure I'm not running too fast. If I can't sing to myself, then I'll make myself take a slower pace in order to gain that easy pace back. It's the only way I know how to internally fight my struggle to not want to run faster. I keep telling myself it will all pay off later.
I'll surpass my monthly goal next week. I've got another 20+ miles planned for the week, with only 13 miles left to go. 10 -
Package pickup today. I won some free socks. I think they might fit my 6 year old LOL.
The smoke is supposed to clear tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully it stays gone or at least low until after 3 PM Sunday - that's an hour after the marathon cutoff. It's really awful right now.
I have shirt envy - what a beautiful shirt!
Hoping your air clears and stays clear. I had seen your previous posts about air quality without quite realizing where you lived - it's been a scary season as far as wildfires all over the place it seems!3 -
@MegaMooseEsq the worst is when you find a drinking fountain and it doesn’t work!!! Nooooooo... I hate carrying water too so I’m always on the lookout for water stops.2
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@Elise4270 Just saw your post above.
I sent condolences from all of us to Dennis' wife.
I told her about us wanting to add to his list, and asked which family member would be best to help with the technical aspects.
(On your Strava runs, you can click the "Add Friend" button and the friend (ie his son using his account) can accept the add, and it will post the run on the KeepRunningFatboy Strava feed.
She recommended their son could help, so I have sent him a message this morning.
That nice. I really hate to bother his family too much. Im such an introvert, I'd be a bit irritated with the family disruption. Thats just my wierdness. My social circle is warped. It probably more of a scribble than a circle with unpredictable and invisible boundaries. Some potentially hostile. All very neurotically patrolled.
I think, looking back through his strava activity we can get a good idea of his runs. And i think i may have him on athlinks... But if hes already got a state/place and someone wants to do one for him, i dont think it should be dismissed because hes already done it. Ya know, no rules. Just run that mfn mile 😁
So not only to finish his list, but to do his list as a collective, would be the goal. But again if 2 or 13 people wanna do the same place.... I say it counts. We are one.
@Elise4270 he does indeed have an Athlinks profile. Each and everyone of his 45 marathons logged if you go to results and select Marathon sort. Should be easy from there to determine which states are left.
Right on!
I have something started. I got the first and last page. Group effort ya know. I'm alright delagating and asking for direction and help since it is a collective effort.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YnOSKyGFudwmqd6LeJJTHSxSTewBcaWKaJYWNJnPftQ/edit?usp=drivesdk
I think its unlocked and ready. Any problems, ill try to catch it tomorrow. My butt hurts from sitting on this cardboard scratching block tethered to the modem because my weefee wont connect on this dern laptop.
My next marathon is Wineglass. New York is a state that Dennis got to on his own.
But I see that Massachusetts is missing from the spreadsheet. I assume that if Dennis had run a marathon in Massachusetts, @Elise4270 would have picked it up. As things are, I'm planning on running a marathon in Massachusetts next April. Can't register till September 10, but I've got a calendar reminder to do so.
I am somewhat ambivalent about claiming I'm running in memory of someone when I'd be running anyway, but if someone else is running the project they can feel free to add me running Boston 2019 for Dennis.6 -
MapMyRun had some challenges that I was in and you could break it down by M/F and by age... I was running well over 100 miles/month and was in the top 1% but the top ~10 women over 60 and over were running 20-30 miles per day every day with no breaks... how is that even possible?PastorVincent wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »We have a star in our midst.
@garygse is in 151st place in the Strava Distance Challenge for August, out of nearly 180,000 people.
To put that in perspective, a guy I admire like a guru who has just done 10 marathons in 10 days is in 225th.
Absolutely awesome.
That is especially impressive giving the amount of cheating on Strava in those things (for reasons I can not fathom).
Dh was telling me about that the other day, the unbelievable milage others have put in.
You think that's real? Or...
I have no way to know for sure, but let's just say some of the posts are suspicious and leave it at that.0 -
@MegaMooseEsq the worst is when you find a drinking fountain and it doesn’t work!!! Nooooooo... I hate carrying water too so I’m always on the lookout for water stops.
The. Worst. My long run a couple of weeks ago where I failed to find the lake I’d planned on running around had a broken water fountain along the way as well. That definitely added to the overall badness of the run!0 -
I have something started. I got the first and last page. Group effort ya know. I'm alright delagating and asking for direction and help since it is a collective effort.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YnOSKyGFudwmqd6LeJJTHSxSTewBcaWKaJYWNJnPftQ/edit?usp=drivesdk
I think its unlocked and ready. Any problems, ill try to catch it tomorrow. My butt hurts from sitting on this cardboard scratching block tethered to the modem because my weefee wont connect on this dern laptop.
Ya'll know I'm not marathon material....but I'm happy to do a streak to cover marathon distance to fill in the Hawaii slot....
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