September 2018 Running Challenge

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  • workaholic_nurse
    workaholic_nurse Posts: 727 Member
    THANK YOU for all the birthday wishes!
    Shout out to all the September babies!
    shanaber wrote: »
    I have a question for the group - when you go on vacation or a business trip do you get excited about running in a new place and spend time plotting out where you might be able to run?

    We are going on a road trip next week and I spent several hours last night (instead of going to bed) looking at Google Maps and running sites for route/trail recommendations. Then I plotted a route in each location where we will be staying and saved them :)

    I do some of that but also throw the question out in this group as well. We have such a variety of runners in different places that even if someone hasn't been where you're going they know someone who has and can point you in the direction of a good route/trail or two.

    Reat day for me today after run yesterday, 8 and a half hours on the lake and the my usual Saturday night bowling. Looking forward to race reports from all those running today.
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
    shanaber wrote: »
    I have a question for the group - when you go on vacation or a business trip do you get excited about running in a new place and spend time plotting out where you might be able to run?
    Oh heck yay. I even do a FB search to see if there are local run clubs and then ask then for trail/route suggestions - especially if they can provide a few strava/mapmyrun or garmin files. I have about 8 Trail Routes in reserve for Edmonton - looks like @sarahthes has recently been on some of them - green trail envy right now.

    @amymoreorless Sorry for your loss. Hold onto the memories.

    Did a ton of gardening yesterday cleaning out flower beds, removing dead shrubs etc = lots of time kneeling.
    My calf's are super tight today so rather than a run I just went for a 3 km walk to see if the one trail/route was still open. The province is replacing the major bridge over the river so a lot of trails along the riverbank have been temporarily lost due to construction zones - heavy equipment etc. The trail was still open but has been damaged in quite a few places and the gravel/rock has been covered with a layer of slimy clay. Probably won't be open during the winter as it will be impossible to do snow removal.
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    @amymoreorless I'm sorry for the loss of your grandmother.

    @Avidkeo I bought a mostly mesh shirt to go over my bra, and it's working for me. Due to my loose skin and stretch marks I would rather my belly not be visible, and this hides it enough while letting a breeze through.

    @skippygirlsmom good to hear your knee is doing better! That looked really painful.
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,205 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    So a couple of questions.

    The information for the HM says the provide water and loaded drinks at the drink stations. I've heard of sports drinks being referred to as "loaded" and there is a brand here called loaded. I assume the drinks will be loaded brand? I want to make sure cause I want to get some for my long runs to test it out.

    Second, bigger busted ladies - I currently wear a sports bra with a rank top over, but as it gets hotter I hate having anything around my waist. I could just run in the bra, but I know that's frowned on (not that i care). Does anyone run with a crop or something over the top of their sports bra? I'm worried about feeling too constricted. I've got 11 weeks and want to train as I intend on running the Half.

    Oh and PS. I've been toying with the idea of doing a whole marathon. Crazy and nuts right?

    So Loaded Drinks is probably:

    Loaded Drinks Limited
    https://loadeddrinks.com

    I have never heard of them but they appear to be an NZ brand so that is not a surprise. Look like just another sports drink and that would make sense.

    Also, 11 weeks would be tight to train for a running full marathon. With dedication, it could be done, but you need to decide that NOW, not 6 weeks from now.

    As for the top... I am not really equipped to answer that one. :lol:

    Oh no, I didn't mean in 11 weeks "shudder", I do a challenge every year. This year was run often, train for and complete a HM at the end of the year. I'm thinking of a challenge for next year.
    dreamer12151 wrote: »
    zdyb23456 wrote: »
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    So a couple of questions.

    Second, bigger busted ladies - I currently wear a sports bra with a rank top over, but as it gets hotter I hate having anything around my waist. I could just run in the bra, but I know that's frowned on (not that i care). Does anyone run with a crop or something over the top of their sports bra? I'm worried about feeling too constricted. I've got 11 weeks and want to train as I intend on running the Half.

    Why would just a sports bra be frowned upon? I think you should wear whatever you feel comfortable in.


    +1!! Definitely!!!! Look up #SportsBraSquad, Kelly Roberts, Instagram has "I have a runner's body" as well. There are times I don't run in a shirt either, and I DEFINITELY don't look like Des Linden or Gwen Jorgensen!

    OP, if you don't care, then don't care. Get a pretty sports bra and run away!! lol

    http://womensrunning.competitor.com/2016/07/run-selfie-repeat/why-you-should-join-the-sports-bra-squad_62619

    Yeah have heard of her and she's brilliant. There are times at the moment when I do go in just a bra and I don't care - mostly. Maybe it's not frowned on, I just feel self conscious. I never ever wore a bikini till this year because I was self conscious of my tummy. I'm learning to get over it because comfort over looks. It's so much more comfortable that a shirt and damn it if any one were to comment, I just ran 10k. the day you run 10k you can comment. Thought @ContraryMaryMary had an excellent point about sunburn. Its particularly harsh in NZ, and especially where I live. A T is so much easier than trying to apply sunblock and missing spots
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,205 Member
    @amymoreorless I'm so sorry about your grandmother.
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,205 Member
    So schedule for today was a 6.5k run, but I did my 10k yesterday so because of wanting to avoid injury I took a rest instead. I'm really conscious of my ankle now. My calves feel really tight. So will be stretching again rolling all day and will pick up regular program tomorrow - 8km.
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,555 Member
    @amymoreorless So sorry for your loss. Nice that you ran in her memory.
    @skippygirlsmom great to hear Skip doing so well in her first college race. Proud of her. And you for getting back out there after that horrible fall and torn up knees.
  • ContraryMaryMary
    ContraryMaryMary Posts: 1,780 Member
    shanaber wrote: »
    I have a question for the group - when you go on vacation or a business trip do you get excited about running in a new place and spend time plotting out where you might be able to run?

    Yes. Absolutely. I spend hours plotting new runs, but invariably chicken out of anything too ambitious as I have the world's worst sense of direction and run a serious risk of getting totally lost in a strange city. Consequently favour well defined loops (intersections are where things go wrong) or out and back.
  • ContraryMaryMary
    ContraryMaryMary Posts: 1,780 Member
    edited September 2018
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    +1!! Definitely!!!! Look up #SportsBraSquad, Kelly Roberts, Instagram has "I have a runner's body" as well. There are times I don't run in a shirt either, and I DEFINITELY don't look like Des Linden or Gwen Jorgensen!

    OP, if you don't care, then don't care. Get a pretty sports bra and run away!! lol

    http://womensrunning.competitor.com/2016/07/run-selfie-repeat/why-you-should-join-the-sports-bra-squad_62619


    Yeah have heard of her and she's brilliant. There are times at the moment when I do go in just a bra and I don't care - mostly. Maybe it's not frowned on, I just feel self conscious. I never ever wore a bikini till this year because I was self conscious of my tummy. I'm learning to get over it because comfort over looks. It's so much more comfortable that a shirt and damn it if any one were to comment, I just ran 10k. the day you run 10k you can comment. Thought @ContraryMaryMary had an excellent point about sunburn. Its particularly harsh in NZ, and especially where I live. A T is so much easier than trying to apply sunblock and missing spots

    I don't even run in singlets because of sunburn. You're right, the half starts early and you should be done by the time it gets super burny, but then there's all the loitering about afterwards which is lethal for sunburn - I swear, you finish at 9:30, you grab a drink and a banana, next minute, it's 11am and you're fried. Also, you'll want to train in what you're going to race in, which may be at times a bit later than the event.
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    Congratulations on your great overall finish and winning your age group at Oak Tree, @MobyCarp. Well done in these hot and humid conditions. Impressive! Glad you are doing so well and feeling healthy.

    I'm trying to inspire a group roadtrip to Rochester in the next few weeks for a long run somewhere new (getting so bored of the same old trails). The Genesee Riverway Trail looks like a good option. Some of us will need up to 20 miles or so, some less. Then brunch or lunch. If you have any recommendations or suggestions on the trail let me know! I also just saw that the Rochester Half/Marathon is coming up so that might be a possibility, though not sure the timing will work.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,463 Member
    @amymoreorless Sorry for your loss.
    @shanaber I'm completely the opposite. I have a hard time getting out and even walking when I am on vacation. Of course, part of that is because I usually go to FL and have the grandkids to entertain, which I don't get to see nearly often enough. I go with good intentions, but wind up doing nothing. :/
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    katharmonic wrote: »
    Congratulations on your great overall finish and winning your age group at Oak Tree, @MobyCarp. Well done in these hot and humid conditions. Impressive! Glad you are doing so well and feeling healthy.

    I'm trying to inspire a group roadtrip to Rochester in the next few weeks for a long run somewhere new (getting so bored of the same old trails). The Genesee Riverway Trail looks like a good option. Some of us will need up to 20 miles or so, some less. Then brunch or lunch. If you have any recommendations or suggestions on the trail let me know! I also just saw that the Rochester Half/Marathon is coming up so that might be a possibility, though not sure the timing will work.

    The Rochester Half isn't as challenging a course as Oak Tree, but it does have some noticeable ups and downs. You start on top of the Niagara escarpment, run down almost to the level of Lake Ontario, run back up, and go down halfway and back up when you cross the Genesee River at Seneca Park. Get that much done, and you only have a 5K with rolling hills left . . . including a short, steep hill at mile 11. That hill at mile 11 can break the spirits of someone who doesn't know it's coming; but it's the last steep up left on the course. The Rochester Full Marathon does the loop twice, with an added down and back up loop in the cemetery. The Rochester Marathon is geographically more challenging than Boston, though it will be logistically easier. September 23 for the Rochester Half & Marathon. I'll likely be running cross country in Buffalo that day.

    The 10 mile loop of the Rochester Half course is a pretty route for a long run, and it isn't nearly as challenging for a long slow run as it is for a race. There's a couple of turns that might be hard to find without course markings, road marshals, or a local runner who has been over the route; but I've run it on training runs and enjoyed it.

    There is a break in the Genesee Riverway Trail south of the Rochester Marathon course, where you have to get past some unattractive city streets to get to the more southerly part of the trail that is runnable. The more southerly section is much flatter than the Rochester Marathon route. It's pretty, you can run on both sides of the river, and there's usually some segments affected by construction. I could run you around a bunch of asphalt and crushed stone trails based out of Genesee Valley Park, including the Riverway Trail, the Lehigh Valley Trail, the Greenway Trail, and a piece of the Erie Canal Trail; but I don't know what I'd recommend for someone unfamiliar with the area who has no local runners to run with and a group of people who have diverse mileage needs. Maybe just look at the Strava heat maps and see what's popular.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member

    @skippygirlsmom Sounds like Skip is doing great. The fact she has stiff competition will be good to drive her :)

    @amymoreorless Sorry for your loss. That was sweet running in memory of her.
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,205 Member
    ContraryMaryMary wrote: »
    Xterra just released this video of the event I'm entered on November 17. I'm now super excited. Looks amazing!

    https://youtu.be/dWxqrueyrH8

    Oh looks cool! so you definitely wont be joining me then lol

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