October 2018 Monthly Running Challenge
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Attempted running again today. Legs very leaden. Severely underfuelled thanks to four days of below maintenance eating. Struggled to run at 6 minute pace. 12k shortened to 10k then 7k then 5.78 in the end. One consolation, at least I seem to be eating more today.
Running challenge
1 Oct: In bed, dying
2 Oct: Recovering from near death
3 Oct 4.6km, realise am still suffering the effects of near-death experience. Yoga too.
4 Oct: 5.78km at a snail's pace
4.6 of 120km for September.
Upcoming events
29 October, Auckland Half
17 November, Xterra Trail Challenge Waihi 20.5km11 -
@Scott6255 The torture device is certainly strong, that's for sure...better, in my opinion, than using a regular roller. It found areas on my legs that needed work that I didn't even know needed work, and it felt so good in that oh-my-god-this-hurts-so-much kind of way.
Downside would obviously be that it's good for legs and little else...wanna work out those knots in your back? You're going to have to use something else.
For the pressure it applies, it does a great number on sore legs, which as a runner makes it a worthwhile tool to have around. Again, just my opinion after using it for one night...I'll give another update after I've used it several more times, but so far I like it.4 -
I run 10 minutes on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays before I lift. I only hit about 1.1 miles per run but it feels great.6
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@garygse Oh, I want one of those or a stick because I hate foam rolling my calves. It's hard and uncomfortable to move myself. Not sure how to explain that LOL2
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amirahdaboss wrote: »Hey again! Thanks for the recommendations on running in the rain. I do like the rain, I’m just scared of slipping and falling. Did c210k week 10 day 2 today and got in about 4.4 painfully slow miles with a couple of walking breaks because I can’t run up hills. Any recommendations on building up my endurance to be able to run up hills successfully?
10/1: 4 miles
10/3: 4.4 miles
8.4/60 miles completed
I have found that weight lifting has been the greatest help to me in running hills. That and actually practicing running hills! If you're new to lifting, I recommend this thread for a list of beginner programs and helpful feedback. I used to haunt that part of the forums before this thread running took over my life, and found the regular there to be mostly very helpful.2 -
MegaMooseEsq wrote: »Morning all. Rest day for me. I have my calves a good massage last night, and that really released a lot of the underlying pain I've had since the long run on the weekend. So have just given them both another good rub down. Left calf is getting much better, but righty is still a bit sore. I'll try for a lunchtime walk to stretch out the legs and have another rub down after.
i'm struggling to fit in strength training with my 5 day a week running schedule. how many of you actually do strength training? i'm tempted to just leave it for the next 6 weeks, until after my half. What do you do when "off season" as it were? My next half isn't likely to be until June next year.
I think regular strength training is always worth it, even if it's not a long or heavy workout. I was doing a full-body strength training workout three times a week in early spring, lifting heavy for me. When I started regularly running three days a week in late April I switched to two days heavy lifting/four days running. Around July or August I dialed back again, so now I'm doing about a half hour of moderate lifting twice a week with a twenty minute run afterwards. Six weeks isn't that long and you have to take care of yourself and prioritize your time, but I would definitely look to see if you can cut it down rather than cut it out - it's just such a great thing for health and running and appearance.So there is a big, popular 10k Halloween race coming up. A woman in my neighborhood posted in our group Facebook page that she (her husband and kids) can’t go and can’t transfer the bibs or delay entry. She’s giving away her bibs to anyone who wants them.
From what I’ve heard and read this is a big no no? I’m thinking maybe not since it’s a 10k and not a qualifier race. I wouldn’t say anything because I hate confrontation, but I’m curious. I remember in last months thread someone missing out on a prize because of something similar.
Yeahhhhhhhh I wouldn't say anything (or maybe something privately if I thought she'd take it in the right spirit) but I definitely wouldn't take the bibs either. I'm going to assume she's well intentioned and just wants someone to have a good time since she can't make it, but there are lots of good reasons why races require you to either transfer via their system or not transfer at all - safety, supplies, raising more money for the charity of choice, and accurately awarding age group prices are what come to mind immediately. Maybe this isn't a big deal race, but all of those factors would still apply as much or even more.
Also would cause a legal nightmare with insurance and all that since when you buy the bib you agree to certain legal terms (that no one reads).BruinsGal_91 wrote: »To me it's a big no-no. I would be well pissed off if I missed out on a age-group prize because a 20-something guy was running with a bib which had originally been allocated to a 50-something woman.
This too
Definitly would not take part in this
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10 miles so far this month. Undecided on my goal.6
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Fast moving here! I’m enjoying reading through some and picking up great advice!
I completed 2.5 miles tonight. I’m hoping for that again on Friday. Saturday I have swim...as in lesson bc at 42 yrs old I realized I wanted to try to learn to swim, again. Those lessons wear me out for the entire day.
On Sunday I hope to try for 2.75 miles. Again, super slow, but it’s getting easier.
4.5/40 completed5 -
10/01 - 10 miles
10/02 - 0 miles
10/03 - 11 miles
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)
2019 GOAL: Knock a full hour off my 50k time at Glacier Ridge.2 -
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
10/01/18 :::: 5.0 :::: 5.0
10/02/18 :::: 4.2 :::: 9.2
10/03/18 :::: 7.1 :::: 16.3
Tonight's speedwork was 2 min intervals with 90 sec recovery x 12. We did 15 minutes warm-up, the intervals, sprints, and 10 min cooldown. It was a nice night for it, but I was really tired. Only 1 more speedwork session before taper time.3 -
October 1 - Holidays
October 2 - Holidays
October 3 - Holidays
Goal 140 km.
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Oooh @garygse That looks both frightening and wonderful. I'm assuming you put your leg in it and it rolls on both sides? I'll have to Google. Ouch.
I ate a hot dog (sort of, a chicken/turkey sausage) at lunch and thought of "y'all." We ran out of ketchup! So, I had sauerkraut, relish, and the tiniest bit of cheese.
It's been a week since my surgery, and my liver didn't like the anesthetic; it's irritated, and they don't exactly know what's wrong. I got to be 1 in 10,000 people or something. More test fun, no alcohol for the next month or two, and a low-fat menu (maybe I'll be forced to get my weight moving downward again). I've been feeling sick, but woke up slightly more energetic and my wound is healing nicely (and getting super itchy). I decided to attempt a run. A minute in, I realized it would be a walk/run. Did 2.5-3 min runs with 1 min walk breaks. I hope this bad day was not due to losing fitness so quickly but just because I'm not 100%.
I will set a goal of 25 miles again to make it attainable (knock on wood).
Oct 3: 1.88 / 25 miles
I have nothing for the first question of the month. For the second, having never celebrated Halloween as a child, I have no experience with costumes and the choices seem endless. If I go to a party this year, I'm thinking I'll conjure Richard Simmons. I had a short hairstyle in kindergarten that looked similar, so I think I could pull it off (just trade my dress for a singlet and striped gym shorts and add some pure white tube socks):
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So today, I am out running the river trail. Its pretty flat and is dirt in places, broken asphalt in others, some places sidewalk and at least one section had 2 inches of water covering the trail. But really for the most part it is an easy run.
Its 5-6 miles from where I enter the trail till the end of this branch. Makes for a nice 11 mile out and back run as those in our Strava group can see in today's run.
We I am out there, its warm but not horrid. Code orange for allergies and humid. So I was not trying to push it. But as I come around a bend I see another male runner probably in his early 20s. Without meaning to, I am slowly gaining on him. Looking at my splits I am running about 8:30 or thereabouts.
I catch up to him at one place where the trail crosses a road and we have to stop for traffic. As soon as we get clear to cross, so I cross at a good clip and he passes me. Remembering how I was catching up before him, I figure I am going slow so I pick up the pace to overtake him and he speeds up.
I check my watch and we are doing a 6 min mile. There is NO way he was running that before. So I back off, back to 8something pace. He takes off.
Within 1/2 mile I caught back up to him, he was turning around and heading back. Dope, probably killed himself to try and prove he was faster than some old fart. 17 -
10K easy on trails. Today was planned to be 5k but since we intend to run a 5k race on our usual long run day, we swapped days. Very pleasant run despite the heat, the humidity was a little lower. Running near sundown has some surprises - ran right through the middle of an entire herd of deer in the woods - I counted seven and heard more, crashing through the underbrush to either side of us.
Lifted heavy last night and my knee is complaining at me. It seems to like lifting less than running.
@Avidkeo For some reason I do well lifting right before bed - it doesn't wake me up in the same way running does, have a nice protein snack like yogurt, head to bed. From the studies I've read, twice a week per muscle group is about the minimum you want to cut back to, to get the full benefits of strength training. But lifting doesn't have to take all day, if you lift heavy and do full body exercises you can knock out a session in thirty minutes. You could definitely fit an arms workout into a fifteen minute break one day and a legs workout into the same, the next day.5 -
"Y'all" @RunRachelleRun ! And a hot dog! 😇
Hope your liver lines out soon. That kinda sucks the anesthesia did that to you.
ETA I do love the throw back pic! Cute!4 -
RunRachelleRun wrote: »It's been a week since my surgery, and my liver didn't like the anesthetic; it's irritated, and they don't exactly know what's wrong. I got to be 1 in 10,000 people or something. More test fun, no alcohol for the next month or two, and a low-fat menu (maybe I'll be forced to get my weight moving downward again). I've been feeling sick, but woke up slightly more energetic and my wound is healing nicely (and getting super itchy). I decided to attempt a run. A minute in, I realized it would be a walk/run. Did 2.5-3 min runs with 1 min walk breaks. I hope this bad day was not due to losing fitness so quickly but just because I'm not 100%.
Surgery knocks a lot out of you. Do not overdo it. Come back to running slowly. You will not lose fitness all that fast. If it takes a few more weeks, you will be okay.
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I've had a really busy week and missed yesterday's run (at work from about 7am to 9pm). Was able to get on the treadmill before strength training tonight - 3 miles.
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PastorVincent wrote: »So today, I am out running the river trail. Its pretty flat and is dirt in places, broken asphalt in others, some places sidewalk and at least one section had 2 inches of water covering the trail. But really for the most part it is an easy run.
Its 5-6 miles from where I enter the trail till the end of this branch. Makes for a nice 11 mile out and back run as those in our Strava group can see in today's run.
We I am out there, its warm but not horrid. Code orange for allergies and humid. So I was not trying to push it. But as I come around a bend I see another male runner probably in his early 20s. Without meaning to, I am slowly gaining on him. Looking at my splits I am running about 8:30 or thereabouts.
I catch up to him at one place where the trail crosses a road and we have to stop for traffic. As soon as we get clear to cross, so I cross at a good clip and he passes me. Remembering how I was catching up before him, I figure I am going slow so I pick up the pace to overtake him and he speeds up.
I check my watch and we are doing a 6 min mile. There is NO way he was running that before. So I back off, back to 8something pace. He takes off.
Within 1/2 mile I caught back up to him, he was turning around and heading back. Dope, probably killed himself to try and prove he was faster than some old fart.
As a woman who can run at a reasonable pace for quite a long while, this happens all the time. Go to pass some guy - any guy, any age, any fitness level - and he'll speed up. Then he runs out of steam and slows so I go to pass him, and, well, you know what happens. This continues until they admit defeat or our paths diverge. It can be really annoying if the trail/path is narrow and passing involves planning and timing. And it's pointless. If I pass someone slower than me I don't think twice about their speed - I may take a guess as to whether they're just starting out/getting back into running, or if they're cross training (rugby players and boxers are easy to spot) or if they're a regular runner on a long/slow run day - however, when this silly game happens I know for a fact they're slower than me and I am not only judging them but laughing at them too.14 -
@Avidkeo may be a silly suggestion but would you feel more motivated to do a bit of strength training in the mornings and your runs on those days at night?
I really do think it's important to avoid injury so I force myself to get one full body session in per week at the very least, and I do an intense upper body dumbell workout on one of my rest days. Sorry legs but I like the way my shoulders look when I lift hehehe
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October....goal/motto tbd
10/1 3.13
10/2 rest
10/3 3.20
Total 6.33
Upcoming races:
Nov. 11, 2018 Las Vegas Rock 'n Roll 10k
January 4, 2019 Hilo to Volcano Ultra 50k Relay. In memory of @keeprunningfatboy
Ticker is my goal for 2018 and progress to date:
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Thought it was going to be a tough one this morning due to a rather eventful night (thanks mini-me!) but it was ok. Nice and cool and my husband insisted on coming with me some of the way, which meant a VERY slow couple of kilometres got my legs warmed up nice and gently, then once he went purple and slowed to a walk I got some fast intervals in along the sea front.
2/10: 6km
3/10: 3km
4/10: 6km
October goal: 90km, stretch goal: 105km. Completed so far: 15km.7 -
Didn't make it to the gym yesterday, but did walk 3.49 miles at the local park, so this plus the run at boot camp makes me a "happy camper"
Oct. Goal: 25 miles
10/03 - 5.17
Total - 5.17
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@RunRachelleRun glad to hear back from you. Sorry your liver is irritated. Hopefully they will figure out what to do about that. You are one tough cookie for trying to run a week after surgery! Give yourself some time. Maybe swap your run/walk so you are only running a minute and walking 2-3 minutes. Take it easy!4
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ContraryMaryMary wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »So today, I am out running the river trail. Its pretty flat and is dirt in places, broken asphalt in others, some places sidewalk and at least one section had 2 inches of water covering the trail. But really for the most part it is an easy run.
Its 5-6 miles from where I enter the trail till the end of this branch. Makes for a nice 11 mile out and back run as those in our Strava group can see in today's run.
We I am out there, its warm but not horrid. Code orange for allergies and humid. So I was not trying to push it. But as I come around a bend I see another male runner probably in his early 20s. Without meaning to, I am slowly gaining on him. Looking at my splits I am running about 8:30 or thereabouts.
I catch up to him at one place where the trail crosses a road and we have to stop for traffic. As soon as we get clear to cross, so I cross at a good clip and he passes me. Remembering how I was catching up before him, I figure I am going slow so I pick up the pace to overtake him and he speeds up.
I check my watch and we are doing a 6 min mile. There is NO way he was running that before. So I back off, back to 8something pace. He takes off.
Within 1/2 mile I caught back up to him, he was turning around and heading back. Dope, probably killed himself to try and prove he was faster than some old fart.
As a woman who can run at a reasonable pace for quite a long while, this happens all the time. Go to pass some guy - any guy, any age, any fitness level - and he'll speed up. Then he runs out of steam and slows so I go to pass him, and, well, you know what happens. This continues until they admit defeat or our paths diverge. It can be really annoying if the trail/path is narrow and passing involves planning and timing. And it's pointless. If I pass someone slower than me I don't think twice about their speed - I may take a guess as to whether they're just starting out/getting back into running, or if they're cross training (rugby players and boxers are easy to spot) or if they're a regular runner on a long/slow run day - however, when this silly game happens I know for a fact they're slower than me and I am not only judging them but laughing at them too.
I know way too many women that are way faster than me (maybe even you?) for me to do that. The awkwardness for me comes in when I am doing like 9:30 and the woman is doing like 9:35 (or the other way around). Either I speed up and pass her, or slow down and follow her. I do not want to look like some creepy stalker so I usually pick up the pace for a while, knowing I can not maintain it. If the female runner (or male, but not birds. Birds I will try to chase down lol) is going significantly faster, I just let them go. The vast majority of the time I am running 10-15 miles, and that is often way farther than most people. So I will always be slower. Plus I have used up greater than 50% of my life expectancy, so I am slow
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@RunRachelleRun - love the throwback picture! Sounds like a cute idea for the costume!
@eleanorhawkins, @rheddmobile , @Avidkeo -- I've been using an App for about 15 weeks called Transform (it's not free) to do my strength training. I'm doing the "physique level" and it has 6 days a week lifting (alternate upper/lower). I simply can't get six days in with cycling and running and I think 6 days is too much anyway. As it is, I have to double up to get 5 in. Usually the lifting takes about 45 minutes but some days it is only 30. I have slowly been turning my son's room into a home gym which has made it so convenient. Obviously this wouldn't be an option for a lot of people. We just happen to have two empty bedrooms after kids grew up! I've become so addicted to the lifting -- it has made me stronger and much more muscular than all the years of lifting 2x a week.
@eleanorhawkins - I'm going to be a grandma in another month or so, and the baby's name is apparently going to be Eleanor.
No way I could get up at my usual 4:15am today to run or lift. Was up too late w/Sangrias in the system.
Will do something after work!
10/1 - Transform App- Upper body
10/2 - 4 miles + TA W3 Legs
10/3 - 4.5 miles + TA W4 Upper Body
10/4 - tbd
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Hi everyone! I officially started the C25K program yesterday morning, with my dogs (8 and 2 year old heelers) alongside. I don't have a distance goal for the month, because I think if I did that, I'd push myself to do too much, too fast. Nice to meet you all!11
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Went a little farther than planned this morning but it was comfortable outside, that and I thought running is better than going to work lol. OK, now to check he old body inventory..... knees - not to bad actually, feet good, shins... YIKES right on is ok, left one... it does hurt a bit... of maybe 5/10. I'll be stretching it out at my desk today.... any other ideas to get my shin healthy? I want to stay healthy so I can try the Holiday Streak this year.
Goal for the month 30, miles to date - 6.84
10.01 - 2.56
10.02 -1.28
10.04 - 3.00
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10/1 - Recovery from Sunday's long run.
10/2 - 5.1 miles, group track / speed workout, then upper body weights
10/3 - Up half the night with kids / dog = no morning run.
10/4 - 5 treadmill miles at Trek Class, then upper body weights.
10.1/120
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Sigh, car is dead. Fingers crossed replacing the battery will fix it...9
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