September 2018 Running Challenge

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  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,188 Member
    @eleanorhawkins That should be fine. I modified a Hal Higdon plan for my HM training. I don't think rounding up or down slightly would be a problem at all. Good luck! You can do it!
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    is the same plan @eleanorhawkins ?
    i google hal higdon novice 1 metric
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,211 Member
    Stupid question which I probably know the answer too but I'm overthinking things and really ought to go find something to do other than stare at my training plan. I'm doing the Hal Higdon Novice 1 half marathon training plan (aka total noob plan) but I do kilometres not miles, and it's really annoying because the conversion leaves me with things like 4.8km, 3.2km, 6.4km, 8.1km. I know, I know, the numbers are round in miles but I'm too used to km. Anyway, question is, surely it won't matter really if I do 5km instead of 4.8, 3km instead of 3.2, 6.5 instead of 6.4, etc etc, right? I just really hate unrounded distances lol.
    Can't wait to get out there in the morning and get started, only thing that concerns me is running 3 consecutive days, I've only ever done 2 in a row before. Onwards and upwards!

    I'm doing a cool running plan that I converted and then rounded up. I think better in round numbers lol
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,211 Member
    Stupid question which I probably know the answer too but I'm overthinking things and really ought to go find something to do other than stare at my training plan. I'm doing the Hal Higdon Novice 1 half marathon training plan (aka total noob plan) but I do kilometres not miles, and it's really annoying because the conversion leaves me with things like 4.8km, 3.2km, 6.4km, 8.1km. I know, I know, the numbers are round in miles but I'm too used to km. Anyway, question is, surely it won't matter really if I do 5km instead of 4.8, 3km instead of 3.2, 6.5 instead of 6.4, etc etc, right? I just really hate unrounded distances lol.
    Can't wait to get out there in the morning and get started, only thing that concerns me is running 3 consecutive days, I've only ever done 2 in a row before. Onwards and upwards!

    You already heard that just rounding up is fine (and what I probably would do in your situtation). But another option for you is to just move the decimal over one. So instead of 3.2km, just run 32km. That way it is nice and round.

    Ouch
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    kgirlhart wrote: »
    @MobyCarp I'll have to check with the running store. Unfortunately they are 60 miles away. But I can call them and ask what they think about it. @noblsheep I have seen replacement bands online, but the one that I ordered didn't fit. I may just have to keep trying until I get the right one. So far the super glue is holding.

    @hesn92 I did C25K in October of 2016. I remember Week 5 Day 3 like it was yesterday. I was both excited and nervous about it. @rheddmobile is right. It really is a turning point, at least it was for me.

    Yea it’s a big jump up from two 8 minute runs!! :# I’ll be fine though what’s the worst that happen? Lol
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
    @mbaker566 I have this one

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01BNACZI0/ref=oh_aui_i_sh_in_o0_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    I really like it. It’s comfortable doesn’t chafe and holds 2 liters in the bladder. There is a front pocket that is big enough to hold another bottle if you wanted.

    I actually only fill it halfway then refill at 7-11s along the way. I’m a shorty and carrying too much water literally feels like it’s weighing me down.

  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    5 trail miles at the lake, hot but otherwise lovely. Going for my stretch goal of 50 miles.

    So, this is odd... I got the link today to the finish line video for my 5k. Looked at myself, usually I look like a shambling zombie by the end of a race but this time I looked almost perky, that was nice. What's odd is that I looked up my AG winners out of curiosity and my AG was won by a tall, athletic young man visibly wearing the bib number of the AG winner for the female 50-54 winner.

    Also, the female masters winner is slowly walking a dog, and clearly her 23 minute time is her walking the mile walk, not running the 5k. And the second place finisher in the AG is also a walker with not a hair out of place. It's theoretically possible that both of these women ran like hell for the first 2.8 miles and then slowed to a casual walk when they turned the corner in view of the finish camera, but it seems damned unlikely. The course was set up so the mile walk started 15 minutes after the 5k and has the same start and finish, with the middle cut out.

    I reported the man. The woman whose bib it was has run a couple of other local races and ordinarily runs 13 minute miles. It seems weird that anyone would deliberately cheat on a charity 5k, so maybe she gave her bib to her son or something without realizing he would win the AG. If he just ran with her bib that would be one thing, but he actually took the award away from the next person...

    Wow. Cheating is sooooo frowned upon... I'm glad you caught it and reported it. I dont see how when they handed the AG award for a womans AG, they didn't notice the man wasn't a woman...

    You can always post that on FB or uh, another runners site, I cant remember, letsrun maybe, if you dont get satisfaction.
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