September 2018 Running Challenge
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travelling_lots wrote: »I'm not understanding that saying. Plus I don't understand sarcasm so I'm confused here.
Does it mean it's a dump?
To me the photo looks beautiful I would love to run there.
Glad you went out and ran, don't give in to the nervousness from the unknown. Stand your ground, that's the same feeling I always had the two days before cheerleading and I used to go over and over it in my head till a few hours before. Then 5 min into it ...was screw it, I know it, I can, here we go. It always turned out well.
Ÿou will do amazing.
I see your running and your run is Sunday.
I've always used this graph. Not because I've ever run a half, but always done long distance intervals at a 7:30 pace See what you think.
You may already have your own. This is from years ago and it's been good. Oops it pasted above. Oh well :-)
In regards to pacing, some people I know have it set on their garmin to beep when they are going to fast. i think it was the garmin. maybe someone here can shed some light on that if your garmin is compatible. Hopefully that way you can have consistency from the start and not get tired sooner than you should.
You go girl!
That was definitely sarcasm - I am amazingly fortunate to have such a beautiful place to run! As for the Prince lyric, it's from a song called "Rock'n'Roll is Alive (And it Lives in Minneapolis)". I believe he's saying that he's confident that the drive around Lake of the Isles (which is the name of the lake I ran around) is a nice one, and he's equally confidant that Rock'n'roll will never die. "Minnehaha flow" references the name of several Minneapolis landmarks, including a creek and a waterfall, which presumably will also never die.
7:30 would be waaaaaay too fast for me if we're talking minutes/mile, but minutes/k wouldn't be bad. I think the 2:30 finish pacer will be a good speed for me. I use an Apple Watch and I don't think it has that function, but I'm going to check now because that would be really useful!
ETA: It looks like pace alerts is coming in the next OS upgrade but isn't available yet. Dang!3 -
04/09 3.15 miles
05/09 3.18 miles
06/09 3.20 miles
07/09 3.17 miles - very happy to have four runs this week, the evenings have been mild and cool and no insect repellent needed.
What I wanted to be when I grew up: From a very young age I wanted to be a primary school teacher but when the time came my I didn't get accepted in to teach training college because my I wasn't fluent enough in Irish. I still studied but went in a completely different direction. I now work as a self-employed accountant/tax advisor, I really enjoy it but it can be very stressful.
Reason I run[/b]: To de-stress, nothing like fresh air to run off a bad day, also it makes me feel stronger and better about myself.
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Why did I start running?
Wasn't my choice.!
My dad had me in a sport everyday after school, baseball, soccer, ping pong, hockey, mon-Thur. Since I was no good at volleyball,tennis,basketball he stuck me in running track on Fridays. Yup 5 days a week and track also on weekends plus two of my weekdays and some lunch hours close to competition. It was nasty! That was my elementary.
The funny part was the first two weeks I thought it was the most stupid thing to do. My brain was : why am I running? There is no danger, no fire or anyone chasing me. What the hell is this?
Then it changed I started to feel the wind, the moving quickly from one place to another better than walking, then I realized man my head feels clear. Such a lovely feeling, then winning happened I was wow!
The bad thing was I had no time for my friends or going out doing things with them, I wanted to be a winner it was train, train,train. Was a life of solitude after the track run. The only good thing was I never did homework.
High school well, once again sports everyday, but this time I wanted to take a drawing class Fridays. I loved graphic design the first years.
Then I started checking out the football team since the captain smiled at me every time he walked by. I thought ok let's start running again and get noticed in shorts. So, the track team was a good place to be. Since the football team practice in the centre.
Little did I know there were two things trying out that day. Running track and cheerleading. I was to busy checking out the guys when I was up to put my name down well, it was not for track. I thought holy crap! I quickly said sorry thought it was track. The captain of the football team came up said " excellent I'm jaime see you after practice" and walked away.
The girls said okay, so we have you down for cheerleading tryouts then? Two said forget about track, think of your date after with Jamie. So I gave my name and walked away so nervous. Tryouts were in a week. I told my dad he could not stop laughing. And said "and so life begins"
All I can think was oh my god, his going to see all my fats, I was running around that track everyday after my sports and first thing in the morning before class. I lost weight that week. Tryouts and interview day- They weighed me, measured me, made me dance, move on command, you name it, I felt dissected like a bug on a platter.
I passed the drills and everything everyone was happy then she goes. "You need to put on 10 lbs" . It blew my mind away all my work. She said I need to be at least 90 lbs.
well, I ate and kept running twice a week, just because it gave such a freedom and relaxed me so much. I loved running then.
The weight well, I ate and ate I could not get any heavier than 87 lbs. but I finished my last two years of high school with 87 lbs, cheerleading and the guy I liked.
University came, well first day on the track to clear my head I met another guy that invited me to run everyday around campus but doing intervals. Since he was good looking thought ok let's try it out. We did 10-13 km daily 6 days a week. With no other pressures or commitments, and could eat everything I wanted and never get to 90 lbs. The freedom and enjoyment I got out of it made a huge difference in my life. Running intervals long distance was my thing. I was hooked!
Now,
Back injury turned life upside down. These past three years are getting better and my hopes are to jog long distance intervals outside. I miss nature, moving around quicker than walking, the freedom, the clearing of my mind, the wind in my face, so many things, the being alive feeling.5 -
MegaMooseEsq wrote: »travelling_lots wrote: »I'm not understanding that saying. Plus I don't understand sarcasm so I'm confused here.
Does it mean it's a dump?
To me the photo looks beautiful I would love to run there.
Glad you went out and ran, don't give in to the nervousness from the unknown. Stand your ground, that's the same feeling I always had the two days before cheerleading and I used to go over and over it in my head till a few hours before. Then 5 min into it ...was screw it, I know it, I can, here we go. It always turned out well.
Ÿou will do amazing.
I see your running and your run is Sunday.
I've always used this graph. Not because I've ever run a half, but always done long distance intervals at a 7:30 pace See what you think.
You may already have your own. This is from years ago and it's been good. Oops it pasted above. Oh well :-)
In regards to pacing, some people I know have it set on their garmin to beep when they are going to fast. i think it was the garmin. maybe someone here can shed some light on that if your garmin is compatible. Hopefully that way you can have consistency from the start and not get tired sooner than you should.
You go girl!
That was definitely sarcasm - I am amazingly fortunate to have such a beautiful place to run! As for the Prince lyric, it's from a song called "Rock'n'Roll is Alive (And it Lives in Minneapolis)". I believe he's saying that he's confident that the drive around Lake of the Isles (which is the name of the lake I ran around) is a nice one, and he's equally confidant that Rock'n'roll will never die. "Minnehaha flow" references the name of several Minneapolis landmarks, including a creek and a waterfall, which presumably will also never die.
7:30 would be waaaaaay too fast for me if we're talking minutes/mile, but minutes/k wouldn't be bad. I think the 2:30 finish pacer will be a good speed for me. I use an Apple Watch and I don't think it has that function, but I'm going to check now because that would be really useful!
ETA: It looks like pace alerts is coming in the next OS upgrade but isn't available yet. Dang!
Thanks, that makes sense now :-)
It is beautiful!
Let's hope it's around and never dies. We need more places like that. You are very fortunate!
Oh man, that's too bad about the pace alerts. My garmin 235 doesn't do pace alerts and I was thinking of an Apple Watch.
How are you finding yours? How long have you had it? What model? Sorry lots of questions. I'm actually saving up for one.
My pace was of 7:30 based on km. I was told when I go back this time it will never be faster than 8:00 pace. And I'm ok with that. I would be grateful to get out and jog even at a 9:00 pace. As long as I'm out.
Now, I was told that there are assigned pacers on some 1/2 marathons. Maybe you should reach out to them and confirm, then on race day maybe you can run close to one that is your pace and go from there.
The chart I sent was for 1/2 marathon training chart if you didn't have one. It's so you don't over train and ease up on runs before your race day.
I've used it so I don't injure myself ie. even if I've ran 10km 5 days straight and I had a bad day on the 6th that chart kept me from exceeding distance. Just because I wanted to destress. This chart is in miles I just convert it to km but I still used it.
So passed it on just in case for you. :-)
But at least you have a beautiful watch and when iOS comes through you will have a complete and beautiful watch for your next 1/2 marathon.
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travelling_lots wrote: »MegaMooseEsq wrote: »travelling_lots wrote: »I'm not understanding that saying. Plus I don't understand sarcasm so I'm confused here.
Does it mean it's a dump?
To me the photo looks beautiful I would love to run there.
Glad you went out and ran, don't give in to the nervousness from the unknown. Stand your ground, that's the same feeling I always had the two days before cheerleading and I used to go over and over it in my head till a few hours before. Then 5 min into it ...was screw it, I know it, I can, here we go. It always turned out well.
Ÿou will do amazing.
I see your running and your run is Sunday.
I've always used this graph. Not because I've ever run a half, but always done long distance intervals at a 7:30 pace See what you think.
You may already have your own. This is from years ago and it's been good. Oops it pasted above. Oh well :-)
In regards to pacing, some people I know have it set on their garmin to beep when they are going to fast. i think it was the garmin. maybe someone here can shed some light on that if your garmin is compatible. Hopefully that way you can have consistency from the start and not get tired sooner than you should.
You go girl!
That was definitely sarcasm - I am amazingly fortunate to have such a beautiful place to run! As for the Prince lyric, it's from a song called "Rock'n'Roll is Alive (And it Lives in Minneapolis)". I believe he's saying that he's confident that the drive around Lake of the Isles (which is the name of the lake I ran around) is a nice one, and he's equally confidant that Rock'n'roll will never die. "Minnehaha flow" references the name of several Minneapolis landmarks, including a creek and a waterfall, which presumably will also never die.
7:30 would be waaaaaay too fast for me if we're talking minutes/mile, but minutes/k wouldn't be bad. I think the 2:30 finish pacer will be a good speed for me. I use an Apple Watch and I don't think it has that function, but I'm going to check now because that would be really useful!
ETA: It looks like pace alerts is coming in the next OS upgrade but isn't available yet. Dang!
Thanks, that makes sense now :-)
It is beautiful!
Let's hope it's around and never dies. We need more places like that. You are very fortunate!
Oh man, that's too bad about the pace alerts. My garmin 235 doesn't do pace alerts and I was thinking of an Apple Watch.
How are you finding yours? How long have you had it? What model? Sorry lots of questions. I'm actually saving up for one.
My pace was of 7:30 based on km. I was told when I go back this time it will never be faster than 8:00 pace. And I'm ok with that. I would be grateful to get out and jog even at a 9:00 pace. As long as I'm out.
Now, I was told that there are assigned pacers on some 1/2 marathons. Maybe you should reach out to them and confirm, then on race day maybe you can run close to one that is your pace and go from there.
The chart I sent was for 1/2 marathon training chart if you didn't have one. It's so you don't over train and ease up on runs before your race day.
I've used it so I don't injure myself ie. even if I've ran 10km 5 days straight and I had a bad day on the 6th that chart kept me from exceeding distance. Just because I wanted to destress. This chart is in miles I just convert it to km but I still used it.
So passed it on just in case for you. :-)
But at least you have a beautiful watch and when iOS comes through you will have a complete and beautiful watch for your next 1/2 marathon.
No worries! I really like the Apple Watch, especially since my husband is a full-on Apple nerd so basically all our devices are Apples and work together pretty nicely (I can use the watch to unlock my laptop, for example, or ping my phone if I can't find it). I have the Watch 3 and haven't had any issues with it on runs so far. I know some folks have run up on the battery limit but I think that was around the 5+ hours of continual use range. I got it in October when the 3 first came out. I'd guess that there are better dedicated fitness trackers, but I like having the smartwatch functions as well, so it works well for me.2 -
Oh right on. I was looking at the 3. And yes, because it's a smart watch. I'm tired of looking for my phone when someone messages. By the time I have the money saved the next one will be out. Thank you.0
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travelling_lots wrote: »Oh right on. I was looking at the 3. And yes, because it's a smart watch. I'm tired of looking for my phone when someone messages. By the time I have the money saved the next one will be out. Thank you.
Also, what I said about the battery limit was for 5+ hours using the workout function not connected to a phone. Normal daily usage I've never run out of battery if I charge it overnight.2 -
Rest day today. Since so many people have responded to my proposed monthly questions, I suppose I ought to supply my answers.
Why did you start running? In 2011, at the age of 55, I got serious about taking off some weight. I set what I considered an aggressive goal of 175 lbs., as a male 5' 11.5" tall. I had bounced off 185 a couple times just trying to not eat when I wasn't hungry and get some exercise, but this time I started tracking what I ate. The internet and computer technology made diet tracking possible for me.
When I got down to 182 lbs. in August, I was out for a 5 mile walk and felt like running a bit. Ran 200 paces, walked some, ran 200 more, walked some. Got home, and wondered if I could get in shape to run the entire 3.5 miles of the Chase (no, JP Morgan) Corporate Challenge the following May. I found a program similar to C25K, and turned myself into a runner. I became a runner, took of 20 more pounds, kept them off, and slowly realized that I was faster than people expected me to be.
Why running instead of some other form of exercise? Because it was something I could do alone, and there would be no one to laugh at me or make me look bad. Physical Education in the public schools had done a good job of teaching me that I was physically and athletically inferior to every other male of my age, pretty much any way fitness and athleticism could be measured. When it came to team sports, this was incredibly humiliating. More than three and a half decades later, I wanted nothing to do with team sports.
Why do you keep running? Somewhere on the way to my first half marathon, I fell in love with long runs. Somewhere in my history of running races, I decided that I actually liked them in spite of the crowds. After peer pressure got me to my first Boston, I decided I liked that experience, notwithstanding how incredibly extroverted it is. And somehow, in the running community I came to be both the popular kid and a jock. It's the high school experience I never had.
So, this guy who took up running because he could do it alone and there are no teams is off to run cross country next Sunday. I won't be good enough to win the age group in that field, but I'll be good enough to help my team. Life can take strange and totally unexpected turns.
I keep running because I love to run. I keep running because I love marathon training. I keep running because Boston on Patriots' Day Weekend is a really cool place to visit, and I can't justify the cost unless I run the race. I keep running because there are a lot of running experiences I enjoy, and there are some I'd like to try that I haven't got to yet. I keep running because I *can*.
Why the question? I've seen a lot of people online say they want to take up running because it burns a lot of calories. Running does indeed burn a lot of calories, but I've always thought that was a lousy reason to run. This group is full of hard core runners, and I was curious to see how many took up running just to burn calories; I expected to see that everyone who has kept running for more than a year has found a better reason than just the calorie burn.12 -
In for 50 miles again! Really missed the mark in August. I have been on vacation x 2 weeks, and have done a lot of walking but no real running.
August 6.....5.22 miles on the Monon trail. First run in 2 weeks due to being on vacation. The first 2 miles were really hard, was out of breath despite being in the zone. After 3 miles, felt better and got some sprints in. Light rain for the first mile, then it stopped. Temperature was 72 degrees, humidity at 64%, dew point was 72. Honestly felt very humid and hot.
Looking forward to seeing how everyone is doing this month.4 -
9/1 - 9.84 km
9.84/110 km
My coach says since my next race is a trail race I should do my long runs on trails so I decided to do that today. Not even thinking that it's been raining every evening the past 3 nights. Pretty much a slippy slidey mudfest, but a nice run regardless. I decided to run a preview of the race route except I'm pretty sure I ran it the wrong way as I started on tech single track and ended on double wide. Meant I got to coast back to the parking lot so it was all good!
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 1:30:16
8/18/18 Edmonton Marathon (Half Marathon) 3:12:something
8/25/18 MEC Trail Race #4 4Kish 39:49
9/22/18 Heartbeat Run 10K
10/7/18 MEC Trail Race #5 15Kish
12/1/18 Santa Shuffle
2019:
5/5/19 BMO Vancouver Marathon (Half)
8/17/19 Edmonton Marathon
Beautiful pictures. Good luck on your race! So looking forward to Autumn!3 -
@travelling_lots the Forerunner 235 does have pace alerts. You just have to set up a workout and indicate pace as the metric to monitor.2
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travelling_lots wrote: »Oh right on. I was looking at the 3. And yes, because it's a smart watch. I'm tired of looking for my phone when someone messages. By the time I have the money saved the next one will be out. Thank you.
To be clear the Garmins, Fitbits, and others all display text messages, caller ID, and the other alerts just like a "smart watch" - I honestly did not lose a single feature that I used on the Apple Watch when I dumped it for the Gramin. Instead, I gained far superior battery life and fitness features. So for me, and for my use, it was a win-win all the way around.
What watch you wear is a VERY personal decision though, so choose wisely - but choose the one that works best for YOU no matter what anyone on this thread says 4 -
9/1 16.7 miles
9/2 rest
9/3 5 miles treadmill
9/4 9.21 miles
9/5 rest
9/6 10 miles
9/7 14 miles
Another long run fail. Started walking at 9.5 miles. So I ran/walked 4.5 miles
I’m starting to think I won’t be able to do a long run until it cools off a bit. Hopefully that’s sooner rather than later!
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 -
Hey guys. Just got back from my Saturday long run. I did 12k which is the longest I've ever run nonstop. Well mostly. I had to stop to remove a stone from my shoe. And I stopped to take this pic
That's where my first 3k part ends. It's a tough climb almost all the way but so rewarding.
I did 12k in 1hr 10 mins! Super stoked with that time. I found 9k Mark a bit of a challenge cause usually that's my last km. Of course as I progress over the next few weeks that will change lol. I did a have a little left over if I wanted to do maybe another km, but I was very happy to finish when I did lol.
@MobyCarp I started running to lose weight and get healthier - calorie burn didn't really factor in my mind specifically. I started walking, got faster, decided to run and the rest is history. I Keep running because I enjoy the challenges and am working towards a goal.9 -
@mobycarp I like your sneaky way of finding out the real reasons we run.
I started running because I’d got fat and lazy, and spent too much time staring at social media and hitting the snooze button instead of getting up and DOING something. So I’d got up to do something, tried the gym lifting weights, but it was running (via c25k) that stuck.
I lost weight, my shape changed, and people kept saying how HEALTHY I looked and how body confident and full of energy I was. And I am. I could happily lose another 20lbs, but right now I’m enjoying lifting, running and doing things I didn’t expect to be able to do without a week to recover.
I run trails because I like to hike trails, and running them lets me see more, and allows me to act like a kid, leaping over tree roots and rocks. Honestly I am a mountain goat, just my body is a bit slow on the uptake.6 -
@travelling_lots the Forerunner 235 does have pace alerts. You just have to set up a workout and indicate pace as the metric to monitor.
What?
Oh my goodness.
I had no idea.
Okay, so I checked the watch your right it does.
But on the watch itself doesn't give me the option to set the pace. Just to show or not
It may be going onto the actual site. I don't have the manual, but I'm going to check it out.
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PastorVincent wrote: »travelling_lots wrote: »Oh right on. I was looking at the 3. And yes, because it's a smart watch. I'm tired of looking for my phone when someone messages. By the time I have the money saved the next one will be out. Thank you.
To be clear the Garmins, Fitbits, and others all display text messages, caller ID, and the other alerts just like a "smart watch" - I honestly did not lose a single feature that I used on the Apple Watch when I dumped it for the Gramin. Instead, I gained far superior battery life and fitness features. So for me, and for my use, it was a win-win all the way around.
What watch you wear is a VERY personal decision though, so choose wisely - but choose the one that works best for YOU no matter what anyone on this thread says
Thank you, I'm going to have to do more research, after I set up my garmin to utilize it while I save. I'll research and see which way I go. This makes a big difference.
@MegaMooseEsq I too have all my products apple. My watch was the only thing out of place. But now, I may be looking at it in a different way. :-)
Who knows with research I may just end up with a newer model of garmin when I have the money thanks to @PastorVincent
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September goal: 100 miles
9/1: rest
9/2: 6 miles of random hotel parking lots
9/3: rest
9/4: 7 miles
9/5: 3.5 miles
9/6: 5 miles
9/7: 9 miles (6 am & 3 pm)
30.5 of 100 done
UPCOMING RACES
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 5k
August - Happy Birthday to Me virtual 10k5 -
What did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted to be all the typical little girl things; ballerina, veterinarian, doctor, teacher, mom. When I got a little older, I wanted to be a rock star. In high school, I wanted to to be a nurse. I am a nurse, and I am almost done with my NP education. However, if I could do it over again, I'd be a vet for sure.
Why did you start running?
I started running by accident, really. I was doing a walking for weight loss program by John Bingham that ended with running. I was like, "what the heck is this?" I ended up quite liking it. I progressed through several of his programs and then started looking for more advanced ones. Now I use Hal Higdon programs and I am currently training for a half marathon.
Why do you keep running?
I quite like it. I'm healthier. It's alone time. It's stress relief. I can. I never thought I'd be able to.7
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