August 2018 Running Challenge
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7 miles 10X30 second at 5k pace with 1 minute recovery
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So far I have ran 7.6 miles in August as I have only recently begin doing this cardio. Had some unsatisfactory results from recent bloodwork showing my cholesterol as elevated as well as fasting blood sugar. Although I was just out of the "pre-diabetic" range, I wanted to get ahead of it before it becomes a problem. So for now, I am going to add cardio 3 days a week and hopefully go up from there. I will continue to log it here but I am excited to see how many miles I can do in September. Good luck all!
Aug to date miles ran - 7.6 miles (3 workouts)10 -
8/1/18 2.65 miles
8/2/18 3.1 miles
8/3/18 3.1 miles
8/4/18 10 miles
8/5/18 2.7 miles
8/6/18 blood draw
8/7/18 3.9 miles
8/8/18 3.3 miles
8/9/18 3.05 miles
8/10/18 2.7 miles
8/11/18 3 miles
8/12/18 grieving
8/13/18 rest
8/14/18 3.65 miles
8/15/18 3.05 miles
8/16/18 3.1 miles
8/17/18 2.75 miles
8/18/18 2.45 miles
8/19/18 8 miles
8/20/18 3.25 miles
Total 63.75 /100-115
Watched pace today instead of HR. Avg pace 12:22. I crept into 10 and 11 but slowed to stay in 12, for now.10 -
8/1-2.66mi(2 hours aerial yoga)
8/2- 1.01(1 hour aerial yoga)
8/3- (2 hours of aerial hammock and hoop)
8/4-nope
8/5-nope
8/6-marathon plan starts today. 3mi later
8/7- 3mi unplugged
8/8- rest day-no class tonight. dogs get shots
8/9-(1 hour aerial yoga)
8/10- (2 hours of aerial hammock and hoop)
8/11-0
8/12-nope faire day
8/13-fell asleep
8/14- 3mi
8/15-(2 hours aerial yoga)
8/16- 0
8/17-6.5mi of run/walk/hike.
8/18-3.51 mi road/trail
8/19-8.65mi trail run-unplugged.
i'm in to help for dennis' marathon dreams or relay. just point me in the needed direction.
the 17th was an accident and i got lost. the dogs and i intended to do about half of what happened. didn't run the whole thing because i was unprepared and didn't have water for them. and the dogs were not allowed in the lake when we ran across it. though i did let them jump in a bit off the beaten path far away from the swimming area. i was disappointed the trail i had been running that was short but challenging previous years was over grown this year and completely unrunnable. the conference area looked like they haven't been keeping up with needed maintenance. trees had fallen over paths and tent sites. paths were overgrown. least this year there was enough toilet paper.
the 18th was intended and part of the plan. it was hot and humid and speed demon was lagging. there was no sweat evaporation. bug spray in the eyes hurts. but desperately needed it. we ran to the spot to let the dogs jump in the lake.
the 19th we ran the red bird at high cliff and the indian mound trail. it was a very pretty trail. it was also very flat which surprised me. my local trails are more challenging. i didn't do the most challenging since the dogs had been showing signs of being tired of this whole outdoors thing. i worked on teaching them how to navigate rocky bolder-y paths. speed demon did great once she learned how. old girl did less great but old dog new tricks...i definitely had some near falls. the state park has a pet swim area. the dogs were unsure of the waves. eventually, they got in lake.i think on sunday, speed demon was done with this whole camping thing
view from my tent
sunday walk
old girl was helping me set up friday afternoon. speed demon was practicing her camouflage
it was a 12step camp conference. i am a friend/family member 12 stepper, repping for a sober podcast
spent more time in the woods instead of open meetings
at high cliff state park. not a lot of it translated well photographically so i focused on the girls
foster dog was grateful to be back with me. he never settled in there leading to the fosterers to decide he "needs a lot of work and isn't adoptable" mhmm. maybe he didn't like you
he is not the worse anxiety dog i've had and separation anxiety is very treatable
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August 1 – 5 miles
August 4 – 9.2 miles
August 6 – 6.2 miles
August 7 – 8.1 miles
August 10 - 6.1 miles
August 11 – 11 miles (am); 4 miles (pm)
August 13 – 4.47 miles
August 15 – 5 miles
August 17 – 5.15 miles for Dennis (am); 4 miles (pm)
August 19 – 4.1 miles
August 20 – 4.7 miles
77.05/125 miles
Upcoming Races:
September 1 – Iron Mountain 16-Miler
September 7-8 – Blue Ridge Relay
October 20 – Cherokee Harvest Half Marathon
November 11 – Rock n Roll Vegas Half Marathon
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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
8/19: Rest
8/20: 4 miles + 5 x 10 second strides
Miles To Go: 9
Upcoming Races:
Santa Monica Classic | 5K | September 9th
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Got too much sleep the previous night. Ended up being pretty tired this morning, but my run went well. Nothing spectacular though. I'm able to run up to 5-6 miles now without taking a break, which is nice. Still slow as a snail, but I need to be patient with that.
Hope everyone has a good week.
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Well, we're under a severe thunderstorm warning. I don't mind rain but won't run in lightning. Also, tomorrow is supposed to be perfect running weather, so it seems like the better part of valor to wait.
I'm finally back up to where I was this time last year on my lifting with my legs. That ruptured cyst really tore up my calf muscle - synovial fluid literally has acid in it, and it seems like it ate up my calf muscle pretty good. It was hugely swollen at the time, but is almost an inch smaller than the other leg now.8 -
Did 8 ugly miles this morning. I had no speed goal and am just happy to get in 8 miles - but they were considerably slower than I'd hoped. Oh well - I can check it off my training calendar.
June goal - 44/44
July goal - 52/52
August goal - 41/57 miles
Sept. 30 - Wineglass Half Marathon; Corning, NY
October 7 - Viking Dash Half Marathon; Toledo, OH10 -
Really good run this AM. Four and a half mile tempo run in the rain, started at 11’24 and down to 10’08” for the last full mile. Considering the last mile was in the rain into the wind, I'm okay with not hitting sub-10. I ended up behind a guy running about the same pace for some that last mile so I followed him for a while, which felt a little creepy but also I get why people like running with pacers. Also it felt pretty cool to be keeping up with a guy easily a foot taller than me.
I’ve decided that I want to go for it and run a half marathon in October, so I’m going to look at getting a little more structured going forward. My plan is to continue to increase my mileage on weeks I don’t have races (from 17.25 miles last week to 25-26 miles by the end of September), run about four times a week including one tempo run, one fartlek session, and one long run (increasing from 8 miles to 12 miles), and register for and run two 10Ks over the next couple of months.
I didn’t quite understand why people talked about races as motivation, since running is awesome and its own reward and all that, but I’ve got to admit having a goal is kind of exciting. I love running because of how I feel when I run and how it improves my life generally, but it doesn’t hurt having something to work towards. There was a bit of me that didn’t want to go out in the rain this morning, but another bit of me that said “what if it rains during a race? If you train in the rain, you’ll know you can race in the rain!”
Also, it appears there are other benefits to getting into racing more seriously. As an immediate example, my husband wants us to visit his terrible grandparents in September, and it turns out there are not one but TWO 10K races within easy distance of their house that month. Noice! Admittedly one is two laps around an office park and the other is two laps around a shopping mall, but what are you going to do?
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 in memory of @KeepRunningFatboy)
8/19 Su - rest, 5 hours of D&D
8/20 Mo - 0:49:35 - 4.58 tempo
August Total: 48.74/50 miles
2018 Total: 208.00 miles
Races!
July 4: Red, White and Boom! 5K Chip time: 0:32:20
August 25: Glo Run Night Race 5K
September 8 or 16: Charity 10K in Overland Park, KS (Parkinson’s or pediatric cancer)
October 6: Twin Cities Marathon Weekend 10K
October 20 or 21: Hot Cider Hustle Half Marathon or Mankato Half Marathon12 -
MegaMooseEsq wrote: »I didn’t quite understand why people talked about races as motivation, since running is awesome and its own reward and all that, but I’ve got to admit having a goal is kind of exciting. I love running because of how I feel when I run and how it improves my life generally, but it doesn’t hurt having something to work towards. There was a bit of me that didn’t want to go out in the rain this morning, but another bit of me that said “what if it rains during a race? If you train in the rain, you’ll know you can race in the rain!”
Also, it appears there are other benefits to getting into racing more seriously. As an immediate example, my husband wants us to visit his terrible grandparents in September, and it turns out there are not one but TWO 10K races within easy distance of their house that month. Noice! Admittedly one is two laps around an office park and the other is two laps around a shopping mall, but what are you going to do?
Welcome to the dark side. I lined up at 5 marathons before I decided I kind of like running marathons; but I LOVE training for marathons! And my running buddies look at me oddly when I just want to do long runs but don't have any marathon planned.
All that, and a distant race is a great excuse to visit family. I'll have to think about working a half marathon in Nebraska into my schedule for that purpose.
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MegaMooseEsq wrote: »I didn’t quite understand why people talked about races as motivation, since running is awesome and its own reward and all that, but I’ve got to admit having a goal is kind of exciting. I love running because of how I feel when I run and how it improves my life generally, but it doesn’t hurt having something to work towards. There was a bit of me that didn’t want to go out in the rain this morning, but another bit of me that said “what if it rains during a race? If you train in the rain, you’ll know you can race in the rain!”
Also, it appears there are other benefits to getting into racing more seriously. As an immediate example, my husband wants us to visit his terrible grandparents in September, and it turns out there are not one but TWO 10K races within easy distance of their house that month. Noice! Admittedly one is two laps around an office park and the other is two laps around a shopping mall, but what are you going to do?
Welcome to the dark side. I lined up at 5 marathons before I decided I kind of like running marathons; but I LOVE training for marathons! And my running buddies look at me oddly when I just want to do long runs but don't have any marathon planned.
All that, and a distant race is a great excuse to visit family. I'll have to think about working a half marathon in Nebraska into my schedule for that purpose.
Do many people not enjoy long runs? So far they're probably my favorite even sans race target.
Thankfully on the family side the grandparents-in-law are the only terrible relatives - my dad and sister both live in the Pacific Northwest, I've got an aunt in Chicago, step-family in Hawaii, and in-laws are in South Dakota. Plenty of great running opportunities!1 -
Morning all. I had every intention on running today but ankle was aching a bit last night and the forecast was torrential rain, and I've run 3 days in a row so thought a rest day would be a good idea. And yep when I woke up it was heavy rain. Good decision! So massaging ankle, which is niggling but no sharp pain anymore. Just a dull ache when massaging! Progress!8
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I am hoping you do this again in September! I'm 63 and took up running about 6 months ago. I am trying to keep a recent 55 lb. weight loss alive. Like many late in life runners, I got a 3rd metatarsal stress fracture about 8 weeks ago. I'm hoping I'll be back to running in September. I did go out today, only did 3 miles, maybe 20% running, the rest a fast walk. Foot hurts a little, not too bad. Good luck all!!!!10
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richandmarieb wrote: »I am hoping you do this again in September! I'm 63 and took up running about 6 months ago. I am trying to keep a recent 55 lb. weight loss alive. Like many late in life runners, I got a 3rd metatarsal stress fracture about 8 weeks ago. I'm hoping I'll be back to running in September. I did go out today, only did 3 miles, maybe 20% running, the rest a fast walk. Foot hurts a little, not too bad. Good luck all!!!!
you are in luck...we do this every month
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8/1 - 4 hilly miles to start the month
8/2 - unplanned rest day
8/3 - another
8/4 - 4 hot, humid miles
8/5 - planned rest day / 23rd anniversary
8/6 - 4.5 treadmill miles
8/7 - 5 treadmill miles / trek class, then some upper body weights.
8/8 - 4.5 hilly miles.
8/9 - 5 miles / trek class, then upper body weights
8/10 - Nada
8/11 - 4 treadmill miles
8/12 - 7 miles, then got on a plane - stiffness
8/13 - 3.1 treadmill miles, then upper body weights
8/14 - 5 miles on "trail"
8/15 - 4 treadmill miles, then quick upper body weights
8/16 - Nothing.
8/17 - Travel day.
8/18 - 3.5 miles on indoor track, then upper body weights.
8/19 - 7 miles
8/20 - 4 treadmill miles
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richandmarieb wrote: »I am hoping you do this again in September! I'm 63 and took up running about 6 months ago. I am trying to keep a recent 55 lb. weight loss alive. Like many late in life runners, I got a 3rd metatarsal stress fracture about 8 weeks ago. I'm hoping I'll be back to running in September. I did go out today, only did 3 miles, maybe 20% running, the rest a fast walk. Foot hurts a little, not too bad. Good luck all!!!!
you are in luck...we do this every month
Yep! And people join at all points during the month, so welcome aboard!
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Didn't read all the posts, but I gather that @KeepRunningFatboy passed away a week or so ago? Wow! He was sooo inspirational and such a positive reminder of why we all do this and how to enjoy it. Sad. As with others, will reflect and dedicate some miles. R.I.P. Dennis - Godspeed.6
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2.29 miles of intervals this morning, new phone's GPS much better than last one and consequently pace seems much more in line with when I was starting 5 years ago(never shoulda stopped but, meh, life) Working C25k for intervals. Totals for the month 48.25/55. Should have set a stretch goal but oh well
...Running the Tweetsie Trail again on 8/26 if anyone cares to join me. Gonna start at the Johnson City end and head all the way to Elizabethton in TN, trail is very nice crushed gravel and a lot of shade. If anyone cares to join me for the 10 miles let me know. Fair warning I am a fairly slow 12-13 minute mile runner.
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August 1 - 20 km run
August 2 - 9 km run
August 3 - rest day
August 4 - 16 km Harriers trail run/13 km water girl for football
August 5 - 15 km Harriers trail run
August 6 - 15 km run
August 7 - 14 km run
August 8 - 10 km run
August 9 - 23 km run
August 10 - rest day
August 11 - rest day
August 12 - 10 km club run
August 13 - 23 km run
August 14 - rest day
August 15 - 10 km Hill Repeats
August 16 - 20 km run
August 17- rest day
August 18 - 4 km water girl
- 23 km Howling Dog Night Run
August 19 - recovery day
August 20 - recovery day
August 21 - 10 km Interval Running
Total distance 234 km - goal 350 km.5
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