September 2018 Running Challenge
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@RunRachelleRun YAY! Glad to here we are on the positive side of this! Do they think they got it all?0
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RunRachelleRun wrote: »@Elise4270 yeah, I wish she had given me some pain meds. Then again, my liver area was sore up until the next afternoon, I assume from the anesthetic, so maybe it is good that she didn’t.
It wasn’t as bad as my brain had anticipated. Melanoma has good odds when caught early. I would definitely try to get that pathology report. If it is melanoma, don’t wait. I don’t know much about the other types, but I would think they should still be removed - maybe they don’t need to take as big of margins.
This. So much this. I work in a hospital and we see so much late stage melanoma because people are afraid to get things checked, or are too afraid of the pain of removal to do anything. Believe me the pain of Not seeing to it is much greater and if caught early it's a really treatable cancer.
The c word is scary as *kitten*. I get that. But please PLEASE get things checked out.7 -
04/09 3.15 miles
05/09 3.18 miles
06/09 3.20 miles
07/09 3.17 miles
11/09 3.16 miles
12/09 3.19 miles
13/09 3.17 miles
20/09 3.17 miles
24/09 3.63 miles
26/09 3.21 miles
28/09 3.21 miles
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Currently laying around in bed, having my breakfast. Will go out for 7/8km in about an hr or so.
Looking at my plan, it seems to set me up for about half the distance the day before the big run. Does that sound right to everyone? So doing 14k tomorrow means 7 today...5 -
Do they do the thing where they examine the margins during surgery when they remove melanomas? My husband's was an invasive basal cell, and it would have been a fairly small deal except that the examination of margins, going back for more cutting, etc. means you are under anesthesia for a long time.RunRachelleRun wrote: »@Elise4270 yeah, I wish she had given me some pain meds. Then again, my liver area was sore up until the next afternoon, I assume from the anesthetic, so maybe it is good that she didn’t.
It wasn’t as bad as my brain had anticipated. Melanoma has good odds when caught early. I would definitely try to get that pathology report. If it is melanoma, don’t wait. I don’t know much about the other types, but I would think they should still be removed - maybe they don’t need to take as big of margins.
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And I meant to add @RunRachelleRun I'm glad you are doing well and will be back running soon! Fingers crossed for positive histology results!3
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@Elise4270 It rhymed with "hit", and he was four.
@RunRachelleRun I haven't picked up any drawl that I'm aware of...and I refuse to say y'all, lol.6 -
@RunRachelleRun Glad to hear you will be up and around sooner rather than later!
On that note...I broke down and made a doctor's appointment for Tuesday. I have suffered with this lower leg (Achilles? Posterior Shin Splint?) long enough. I fear it might de-rail my marathon, but hopefully I didn't procrastinate TOO long that it will cause me to DNS. This is the 3rd year that I have attempted marathon training and been interrupted by lower leg injury. I must have really bad form!
ETA: Needless to say, I won't make my month goal
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Thanks! @rheddmobile and @PastorVincent, they check the margins during the biopsy of what they removed. I won’t know if they got it all until I receive those results in two to three weeks. I understand if the edges aren’t clear, they will likely redo the surgery with larger margins, but I was somewhat anxious and could be mistaken. Feeling optimistic.
@garygse I think y’all is very charming when it is used sparingly.2 -
I went on a much-too-short but still great trail run today. Originally, I had planned something much longer, but work and weather conspired against me. As in, I took this afternoon off, but yesterday at the last minute someone scheduled a meeting for today at 3pm that I had to attend
Just a short one, fortunately, but still I could only leave at 3:30 rather than 1:30. Took me a little less than half an hour to drive up into the mountains where I wanted to run. The weather was still sunny when I started, but 3km into my run a lot of dark clouds appeared. Closer to civilization I would have ignored them, but when I'm on my own in the mountains, I always respect the weather, so I turned back.
So the run was nowhere near long enough. But still long enough to remind me how much fun it is to run in the mountains. I didn't do nearly enough of that this summer. But with the crazy hot temperatures the best time to run was way-to-early-o-clock in the mornings, and getting up even earlier to drive somewhere to run did not appeal to me at all... I hope autumn is finally here now and will stay for a long, long time!
The only living being I met during my run today - can you spot him?
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Today I got to run 2.02 easy miles around the neighborhood, doubling a lifting cool-down with house hunting - how economical! I found one place that looks interesting and has an open house this weekend, so we’re going to check that out. It’s a duplex and I don’t know that we’re interested in being landlords, but we have talked about having my mom move in with us at some point and this could be one way to do that and still give everyone some space.
After my workout I met my husband for lunch and then donated blood, so tomorrow is definitely a rest day. I discovered bullet journaling yesterday and have been really diving into that - I started journaling again a few weeks ago as a way to help deal with my anxiety without changing around my meds, and I like the idea of combining journaling and organizing into something a little more creative.
A friend once sent me a saying along the lines of how everyone should have one hobby that uses the mind, one that uses the body, and one that uses creativity, and I like that. Mind and body have been pretty engaged over the last year, but I haven’t had much going in the creative area for a long time. I tried coloring books a while ago and it didn’t stick, but maybe it just didn’t incorporate lists enough.
SEPTEMBER MILES:
9/1 Sa - recovery day
9/2 Su - 1:48:13 - 9.01 long
9/3 Mo - lifted heavy things, but not too heavy
9/4 Tu - 0:55:04 - 5.15 tempo
9/5 We - lifted heavy things, but not too heavy
9/6 Th - rest
9/7 Fr - 0:45:10 - 4.12 easy
9/8 Sa - rest
9/9 Su - 2:27:30 - 13.23 City of Lakes Half Marathon
9/10 Mo - rest
9/11 Tu - 0:20:01 - 1.95 easy, lifted heavy things
9/12 We - 1:07:22 - 6.22 HRC: Platform Year 5 Virtual 9 3/4K
9/13 Th - lifted heavy things
9/14 Fr - 0:40:00 - 3.76 easy
9/15 Sa - 0:20:00 - 1.40 treadmill, lifted heavy things
9/16 Su - rest
9/17 Mo - lifted heavy things
9/18 Tu - 1:12:27 - 6.72 tempo
9/19 We - 44:56 - 4.17 easy-medium (perceived effort)
9/20 Th - rest
9/21 Fr - 0:20:04 - 2.07 speed, lifted heavy things
9/22 Sa - rest
9/23 Su - 2:01:08 - 10.63 long
9/24 Mo - 0:46:17 - 4.18 easy-medium (perceived effort)
9/25 Tu - rest
9/26 We - 0:20:08 - 2.02 speed, lifted heavy things
9/27 Th - 0:53:50 - 5.17 tempo
9/28 Fr - 0:21:09 - 2.02 easy, lifted heavy things
September Total: 81.82/85 miles
Marathon miles: 13/26
Lakes circumnavigated: 7
Races!
July 4: Red, White and Boom! 5K Chip time: 0:32:20
August 25: Glo Run Night Race 5K Chip time: 0:30:40
September 8: Helen Gold 10K DNS - trip postponed
September 9: City of Lakes Half Marathon Net time: 2:28:25
October 6: Twin Cities Marathon Weekend 10K
October 21: Mankato Half Marathon
November 4: Kowalski's Strive 10 Miler
November 24: Moustache Run 10K or Half (leaning 10K)
December 8: Reindeer Run 10k or 15k (leaning 15K)RunRachelleRun wrote: »Popping in to say I'm doing fine. Thanks again for all the well wishes. The wide excision went smoothly, and I was only in pain for about 30 hours after. I woke up feeling simply sore. My surgeon said I could run again as soon as the tight, vice-like feeling had passed and there was no fresh bleeding. I may not be off as long as I had expected, which would be great for not losing my progress and also for my mental health as I have to wait two to three weeks for the biopsy results.
Glad it went smoothly, and hopefully you'll be able to hit the road again sooner rather than later!6 -
Hello, all. Long time in not posting. Back from vacation. We visited the beautiful Southwestern South Dakota....the weather was perfect and then we hit the Indiana state line and back to hot humid weather. Bleh.
I didn't get started right away with running....so again, I will be short on my 50 mile goal this month.
9/6.....5.22 miles
9/11....6.04 miles
9/14....8.85 miles
9/19....5.72 miles
9/24...8.24 miles
9/25...3.16 miles (treadmill)
9/26....6.38 miles
Total....43.61 miles
Goal...50 miles......
I am working the next 6 out of 7 days. By the time I get a chance to run again, it will be October.
Good luck to all who are running this weekend. I hope that you have great weather and a great event! See you again in October.8 -
PT session today, upper body and core circuit, long slow run scheduled tomorrow(weather cooperating of course). Have a great weekend everyone
ETA: @RunRachelleRun glad surgery went well and you'll be back on the street in no time at all.
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Currently laying around in bed, having my breakfast. Will go out for 7/8km in about an hr or so.
Looking at my plan, it seems to set me up for about half the distance the day before the big run. Does that sound right to everyone? So doing 14k tomorrow means 7 today...
This is probably too late as you’re no doubt already running, but 7km the day before seems quite a lot. I’d do 20 minutes slow. I’ve got a 15km race tomorrow and am not running at all today so I have super fresh legs in the morning (didn’t run yesterday either).3 -
@_nikkiwolf_ Is that an elk? Unfortunately, we don't have them here. We do have loads and loads of deer, turkey, lots of rabbits, various birds, etc. I even saw a possum last night when trail running in the dark and someone told me there is a cougar with cubs there. I'm not sure how credible that is because it is extremely rare to have female cougars here in Iowa. We get lots of young males, though.
Cougars are very territorial, so male cougars have a big area and lots of females. Young males get kicked out at less than a year old and have to find their own territory by either fighting for it or moving on to a place without a male already. They just keep going and going further east and end up in Iowa from western SD and western NE.1 -
9/1 = Walk in Park with dogs and husband instead of running.
9/2 = 16 miles
9/3 = 5 mile walk with dog
9/4 = rest day
9/5 = 12 miles
9/6 = 5 mile hike with dog
9/7 = 16 miles
9/8 = rest day
9/9 = 7 miles
9/10 = 5 miles
9/11 = rest day
9/12 = 12 miles
9/13 = 3 miles
9/14 = 11 miles
9/15 = rest day
9/16 = 16 miles
9/17 = 3 miles
9/18 = rest day
9/19 = 10 miles
9/20 = 3 miles
9/21 = 10 miles
9/22 = 4 miles
9/23 = 10 miles
9/24 = rest day
9/25 = 3.5 miles
9/26 = 16 miles
9/27 = rest day
9/28 = 10 miles
September goal miles = 175 / 167.5 miles-to-date
Upcoming Races:
10/27 = Hill Country Halloween Half Marathon
11/22 = Georgetown Turkey Trot
1/26/19 = Miami Tropical 5K
1/27/19 = Miami Marathon
3/10/19 = ZOOMA half (potentially)
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Heres my post to listen too..
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NELLJeHwLy523B-KpTk3PNE6hfArPPMl/view?usp=drivesdk
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09/02 - 8.5 hot humid miles
09/03 - 10 miles
09/04 - Back to the car shop - yay
09/05 - 8.5 humid miles
09/06 - 8 humid miles
09/07 - 9 humid miles
09/08 - Storming
09/09 - Storming
09/10 - 13.1 miles
09/11 - 8 miles
09/12 - Date Night - No Run
09/13 - Forget what happened
09/14 - 16 miles
09/15 - 10 miles
09/16 - 9 miles
09/17 - 8 miles
09/18 - 10 miles
09/19 - Date Night - No Run
09/20 - 11 miles
09/21 - 0 miles
09/22 - Pittsburgh Fly By 5k
... let's not talk about this gap...
09/28/18 - 11 miles with a cold
Upcoming Races:
Harvest 10 Miler - November 2018
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)4 -
Heres my post to listen too..
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NELLJeHwLy523B-KpTk3PNE6hfArPPMl/view?usp=drivesdk
Worked fine and you sound exactly like I would have guessed. 3 -
heh Told my wife I would take it easy since I am sick and all that...
OPs 5 -
PastorVincent wrote: »Heres my post to listen too..
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NELLJeHwLy523B-KpTk3PNE6hfArPPMl/view?usp=drivesdk
Worked fine and you sound exactly like I would have guessed.
Uh... Nervous? Haha!1 -
PastorVincent wrote: »Heres my post to listen too..
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NELLJeHwLy523B-KpTk3PNE6hfArPPMl/view?usp=drivesdk
Worked fine and you sound exactly like I would have guessed.
Uh... Nervous? Haha!
For some reason, I pictured you with dark hair though.1 -
My physiotherapist is mean and my calf hurts, but she said I can try running tomorrow! I am supposed to walk 2 minutes/run 1 minute and I can go 2-3 km. Yay!
@RunRachelleRun I'm so happy to hear you are recovering well! Hopefully the results come quickly and are all clear.9 -
Thank you so much @RunRachelleRun. So glad to hear your excision went well. I hope you are back to running soon and you get good news from the biopsy results.2
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Thought I was having allergy problems on Mon as I couldn’t stop sneezing. It was a planned rest day anyway, so tried to go to bed early. By Tues midday I was battling a fever and other issues. Didn’t end up running until today. I decided to do my long run today as soccer tournament this weekend, so it will be easier fitting in shorter runs. Run felt good, but lungs were a little congested after. It was colder, but not that cold so guessing there’s just stuff that needs to clear out. The last mile was really tough as I hurt my knee when avoiding traffic and running on some uneven grass. When I was done the walk was normal and everything feels fine now.
9/1 - 4 miles
9/2 - 0
9/3 - 4 miles
9/4 - 3 miles
9/5 - 0
9/6 - 3 miles
9/7 - 0
9/8 - Stadium Run 5k
9/9 - 0
9/10 - 0
9/11 - 4 miles
9/12 - 4 miles
9/13 - 3 miles
9/14 - 0
9/15 - 6 miles
9/16 - 0
9/17 - 0
9/18 - 5 miles
9/19 - 3 miles
9/20 - 0
9/21 - 0
9/22 - 7 miles
9/23 - 4 miles
9/24 - 9/27 - rest/sick
9/28 - 8 miles
61 total/ 50 miles goal
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ContraryMaryMary wrote: »Currently laying around in bed, having my breakfast. Will go out for 7/8km in about an hr or so.
Looking at my plan, it seems to set me up for about half the distance the day before the big run. Does that sound right to everyone? So doing 14k tomorrow means 7 today...
This is probably too late as you’re no doubt already running, but 7km the day before seems quite a lot. I’d do 20 minutes slow. I’ve got a 15km race tomorrow and am not running at all today so I have super fresh legs in the morning (didn’t run yesterday either).
Lol yep. Just got back when you posted. I did 7k at a gentle pace, trying to stick to 6min/km for the first 4km, then increase slightly for last 3. Did pretty well.
I did a little reading which said yes run but don't do anything crazy, hence why I went slower.
Finished in 40 min, so 3 min slower than the other day, so yay. Using that I figure I'll probably finish at or just under 1:20 which would be nice.4 -
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Kim and Elise, your videos are adorable! Elise, I imagined you having way more of a southern accent. So cute. Feel better soon!
That is great news @sarahthes. Hope the run feels good!3 -
3.01 miles treadmill before strength training
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Ahhh! Too cute!!!! Love it! I had no idea what a Kiwi accent sounded like!. I did have to get on the computer to watch it. DH said we need to move to New Zealand. I'd be okay with that. Your girls are so sweet!
I am going to do the race tomorrow. Its just a 5k. And i ate ice cream and pizza tonight so i need some punishment miles
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