October 2018 Monthly Running Challenge

rheddmobile

I know I said I would never do this, but I'm contemplating a half marathon. The Big River Crossing half plus 5k is in November. It's going to be the first race to go over the newly refurbished Harahan footbridge, which we really enjoyed walking after our last 5k. I could just do the 5, but the 5 a) doesn't go across the bridge, it just futzes around Tom Lee Park on the Memphis side, and b) doesn't have finisher's medals.

I know I'm not ready to RUN a half, but I regularly run 10k plus 3+ miles walking, which totals 10 miles-ish. Tack on another 3 walking and I'm pretty sure I could easily run/walk a half. The question is, could I do it in under 3 hours for the cutoff? We generally run 12 minute miles on our longer runs, but that's through the woods on a trail, and most of this will be paved, therefore faster. We walk between 15 minutes to 20 minutes. The pace needed for 3 hrs is 13:44 which would be cutting it close.

garygse

An easy recovery run this morning, with 8 solo miles before meeting up with the group. The group consisted of just a couple of other runners today, and they ran just 4 miles at a much slower pace which suited me fine. It was a warm and very humid run (dew point 72F), so I was drenched in sweat as usual, but later on in the morning the expected cold front finally moved through and it pretty much rained for much of the rest of the day. Tomorrow's temps looks like my run will be in the mid-60s which should feel really good...fingers crossed that fall is finally here!

01 - 15.63
02 - 14.43
03 - 10.21
04 - 12.19
05 - 22.04
08 - 15.63
09 - 12.64

Total: 102.77 / 250 miles

amirahdaboss

I guess I spoke too soon! My last class of the day ended up being canceled so I was able to squeeze in a run! I feel sooo much better. Anyways, I completed c210k week 11 day 1, which consisted of running 17 minutes and walking for one minute three times. What a rush! I think I may have experienced some sort of runners high(if that’s even a real thing) because I was feeling on top of the world!
Thank you for all the advice on becoming a morning runner. I think I’m going to start by fixing my messed up college student sleep schedule and take it from there!
10/9: 4.8 miles
Cumulative for October: 17.2/60 miles

marisap2010

I’ve been such a slacker lately! I worked late
last night, and tonight Inhad promised to take out the girl I mentor since I’d been gone for Wineglass/vacation.

The hurricane is supposed to be moving into middle Ga tomorrow, and I go on-call for work, so unless we have power and I can get in some miles on the treadmill at the gym, I feel like my week is going to be a bust.

marisap2010

On a positive note though, I came back to work and found this above my office:



Then, hubby surprised me with this when I came home tonight:

jele30

It was supposed to rain all day today, so brought my gear with me to work thinking I’d go to the gym if soccer was cancelled. Rain held off and the field was ok, so they had practice so husband and I ran on the trail. It was windy and starting to cool off, but I wanted to try out a wind jacket to see if I liked that paired with a tank. About a mile in I was warm and had it tied around my waist. It wasn’t as windy on the trail, but glad that I was still warm enough in the shorts. I wore capri tights for my long run last Sat and saw some issues with those. It was a good night to try different clothing options as it turned really windy when we got back from the run and temperatures really started to drop. Timing worked out really well as it started pouring with lightening and thunder once we got home from practice.

10/3 - 5 miles
10/5 - 5 miles
10/7 - 9 miles
10/9 - 5 miles

24 miles total/ 75 goal

biketheworld

@rheddmobile - "I know I said I would never do this" - famous last words. I say go for it. You already have the mileage - and the speed - don't be overly intimidated by the half. All you need to do is figure out what combination of walk/run to maintain the speed!

@marisap2010 - how nice of everyone to congrat you on your marathon! Nice necklace from hubs!


June goal - 44/44
July goal - 52/52
August goal - 55/57 miles
Sept goal - 72/60 miles
Oct goal - 60 miles

Sept. 30 - Wineglass Half Marathon; Corning, NY
October 7 - Viking Dash Half Marathon; Toledo, OH

RunsOnEspresso

I had hoped to maybe try to get in my 3 miles tonight (from Monday) but work was crazy and I am dead. Will try again tomorrow.

I hate gluten.

code4food

I finally got a run in, 2 miles down! 48 more to go.

Avidkeo

biketheworld wrote: »

@rheddmobile - "I know I said I would never do this" - famous last words. I say go for it. You already have the mileage - and the speed - don't be overly intimidated by the half. All you need to do is figure out what combination of walk/run to maintain the speed!

Bahaha so true, I said I would never run another half, doing one in 6 weeks, and 4 next year. I also said I would never run a marathon, I'm starting to plan on one for 2020. I will never run an ultra (why did I just say that...)

ETA my first Half (7 years ago) I pretty much trudged the whole thing, I managed to run maybe the first 7km (the longest distance I had run to that point), then walked a bit then trudged the final 6, barely making it back. I did it in 3 hrs 7minutes. If I can do that in some of the worst weather conditions (torrential horizontal rain, no snow thank goodness) then you who can run 10k will be able to do it in less than 3hrs.

bubblegum2fitness

Doing c25k, w5d1. Did a combined 3km (which I count because my main distance tracker does too). I managed to do 1km in under 10 minutes! Which, judging by the fact that half of it was walking, is pretty good.

RunRachelleRun

Had my first evening run because I couldn’t drag my butt out of bed this morning after sleeping in three days in a row. I must have really wanted to make it four. Anyway, it wasn’t great; I did run 5 mins /walk 3 mins intervals. I have tried doing all of this C25k without paying any attention to my speed or heart rate, but today I was irritated by how slow Garmin said I was going. I am glad all runs are not like that. Back to mornings for me next time (hopefully)!

1.88 km = 5.75 / 25 miles

T1DCarnivoreRunner

8.42 miles tonight

ContraryMaryMary

marisap2010 wrote: »

On a positive note though, I came back to work and found this above my office:



Then, hubby surprised me with this when I came home tonight:

That is so awesome on both counts (and you totally deserve it!).

juliet3455

rheddmobile wrote: »

I know I said I would never do this, but I'm contemplating a half marathon. The Big River Crossing half plus 5k is in November.

I know I'm not ready to RUN a half, but I regularly run 10k plus 3+ miles walking, which totals 10 miles-ish. Tack on another 3 walking and I'm pretty sure I could easily run/walk a half. The question is, could I do it in under 3 hours for the cutoff? We generally run 12 minute miles on our longer runs, but that's through the woods on a trail, and most of this will be paved, therefore faster. We walk between 15 minutes to 20 minutes. The pace needed for 3 hrs is 13:44 which would be cutting it close.

I think every runner says the same thing - I'm not ready for a HM.
Big River Crossing HM - November 3, 2018. Which basically gives you another 3+ weeks for training with minimum taper. Cutting it a little close but probably doable.

Since you already manage 10km regularly I have to ask:
What is the longest distance that you have run?
For your long runs do you use a walk/run type plan or pure run?
Maybe go out tomorrow and do a long run with a walk run cycle. 3km run - 100m walk (or 100 steps) - 3km run - 100 walk - etc. Try for 4 cycles ( 12km ) and then a hard self evaluation of how you feel in-comparison to your regular 10k run.
7 cycles = HM + 600m. I have some friends who do a 3km/2km walk run cycle so 4 cycles = 20.4 km

I think you could do an abbreviated-Modified Hal Higdon Novice 1 Hm Training plan. One thing you will notice from most Novice HM training plans they never have you run the actual HM distance - trust in the plan they are proven by lots of runners.

Since you already manage 10km you can start at week 7/8 and eliminate week 9 which is centered on a 10km race

Wk -Mon Tue - - - - - - Wed - - - - - - - - -Thu - - - - - - Fri - - Sat - - - - - -Sun
1 Rest 4.8 km run 3.2 km run or cross 4.8 km run Rest 30 min cross 6.4 km run
2 Rest 4.8 km run 3.2 km run or cross 4.8 km run Rest 30 min cross 6.4 km run
3 Rest 5.9 km run 3.2 km run or cross 5.9 km run Rest 40 min cross 8.1 km run
4 Rest 5.9 km run 3.2 km run or cross 5.9 km run Rest 40 min cross 8.1 km run
5 Rest 6.4 km run 3.2 km run or cross 6.4 km run Rest 40 min cross 9.7 km run
6 Rest 6.4 km run 3.2 km run or cross 6.4 km run Rest or easy run Rest 5-K Race
7 Rest 7.3 km run 4.8 km run or cross 7.3 km run Rest 50 min cross 11.3 km run
8 Rest 7.3 km run 4.8 km run or cross 7.3 km run Rest 50 min cross 12.9 km run
9 Rest 8.1 km run 4.8 km run or cross 8.1 km run Rest or easy run Rest 10-K Race
10 Rest 8.1 km run 4.8 km run or cross 8.1 km run Rest 60 min cross 14.5 km run
11 Rest 8.1 km run 4.8 km run or cross 8.1 km run Rest 60 min cross 16.1 km run
12 Rest 6.4 km run 4.8 km run or cross 3.2 km run Rest Rest Half Marathon

Then I would modify the distances to stretch your comfort zone and abilities a little bit and compress week 10/11/12 since they do a lot of 8.1 km distances in the raw plan, depending on how tired-beat up you feel.

7 Rest 7.3 km run 4.8 km run or cross 7.3 km run Rest 50 min cross 11.3 km run
8 Rest 8.1 km run 4.8 km run or cross 8.1 km run Rest 50 min cross 12.9 km run
9 Rest 8.1 km run 4.8 km run or cross 8.1 km run Rest or easy run Rest 10-K Race
10 Rest 9.1 km run 4.8 km run or cross 11.1 km run Rest 60 min cross 14.5 km run
11 Rest 12.0 km run 4.8 km run or cross 13.1 km run Rest 60 min cross 16.1 km run
12 Rest 6.4 km run 4.8 km run or cross 3.2 km run Rest Rest - - - - - - Half Marathon

HonuNui

October goal: a 10k at least once a week

10/1 3.13
10/2 rest
10/3 3.20
10/4 other stuff
10/5 6.30
10/6 2.25
10/7 core training
10/8 3.31
10/9 3.05

Total 22.34

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:

eleanorhawkins

Kind of funny this morning. Since signing up for my first half marathon I've been aprehensive about having to run in the rain 'because I'm serious about this and a bit of wet stuff cannot be allowed to affect my training'. Some background info here: I'm British so pretty much grew up in rain, but live in Spain and am married to a Spaniard who is either a cat really or secretly thinks he will dissolve if he gets rained on. Anyway, so far we had only had a few drops of rain....this week the forecast was for heavy rain Monday and Tuesday and showers today and tomorrow. Monday was a rest day. Yesterday it was cloudy and ugly sky but held off until long after my run. Sooooo I had reckoned I had once again missed my chance to be a badass and run in the rain. Woke up in the early hours to the sound of torrential rain and storms. Got up at 6.30, looked at the news to find we were on 'red alert' until 9am and the authorities recommended everyone stay indoors. I run at 8 when my daughter leaves for school. Today's schedule was for a quick 3km recovery run. So I sit and think "Am I crazy enough to go out and run in that? Is it at all sensible to go out and run in that?" At 7.30 it stopped. Well dang. Never mind, I thought, I'll go out and hope it starts again. To tempt fate, as it is still pretty warm and it wasn't actually raining when I was ready to leave, I didn't bother taking my cap OR brand new waiting to be tried out rainproof running jacket. At that point my husband decided to announce I was absolutely insane and if I was going to insist on being that crazy he would have to come with me "just in case anything happened to me". He's very unfit and has only come with me a couple of times, manages to run about 10 minutes before going purple and having to slow, so I had to adjust my planned route to an out and back that I could run on ahead and then pick him up on my way back. The entire walk to where I start to run and the kilometre he kept up with me he muttered about how wet we were going to get and how crazy we were.
It didn't rain. Nearest thing I felt to a raindrop was when I ran under a tree. Nothing, nada, zilch rain.
Got home, had a shower, started making breakfast, looked out the window to see it was raining again.
The powers that be are ganging up to ruin my dream of being a badass runner, obviously.
So, as @Avidkeo encouraged me to, I tried to be 'Pastor Vincent insane' but apparently I'm just not good enough LOL

2/10: 6km
3/10: 3km
4/10: 6km
7/10: 8.5km
9/10: 6.5km
10/10: 3km
October goal: 90km, stretch goal: 105km. Completed so far: 33km.

katharmonic

@marisap2010 I just love that sign your co-workers made for you. I would be so touched by that. And it's amazingly well done - an artist in the midst there. Congratulations again on being a marathon finisher! So awesome.

@rheddmobile - sounds like you can run the half. Good advice above, why not give it a try if you are willing to walk/run.

PastorVincent

eleanorhawkins wrote: »

So, as @Avidkeo encouraged me to, I tried to be 'Pastor Vincent insane' but apparently I'm just not good enough LOL

Umm, I am not so sure about this advice...

PastorVincent

eleanorhawkins wrote: »

Kind of funny this morning. Since signing up for my first half marathon I've been aprehensive about having to run in the rain 'because I'm serious about this and a bit of wet stuff cannot be allowed to affect my training'. Some background info here: I'm British so pretty much grew up in rain, but live in Spain and am married to a Spaniard who is either a cat really or secretly thinks he will dissolve if he gets rained on. Anyway, so far we had only had a few drops of rain....this week the forecast was for heavy rain Monday and Tuesday and showers today and tomorrow. Monday was a rest day. Yesterday it was cloudy and ugly sky but held off until long after my run. Sooooo I had reckoned I had once again missed my chance to be a badass and run in the rain. Woke up in the early hours to the sound of torrential rain and storms. Got up at 6.30, looked at the news to find we were on 'red alert' until 9am and the authorities recommended everyone stay indoors. I run at 8 when my daughter leaves for school. Today's schedule was for a quick 3km recovery run. So I sit and think "Am I crazy enough to go out and run in that? Is it at all sensible to go out and run in that?" At 7.30 it stopped. Well dang. Never mind, I thought, I'll go out and hope it starts again. To tempt fate, as it is still pretty warm and it wasn't actually raining when I was ready to leave, I didn't bother taking my cap OR brand new waiting to be tried out rainproof running jacket. At that point my husband decided to announce I was absolutely insane and if I was going to insist on being that crazy he would have to come with me "just in case anything happened to me". He's very unfit and has only come with me a couple of times, manages to run about 10 minutes before going purple and having to slow, so I had to adjust my planned route to an out and back that I could run on ahead and then pick him up on my way back. The entire walk to where I start to run and the kilometre he kept up with me he muttered about how wet we were going to get and how crazy we were.
It didn't rain. Nearest thing I felt to a raindrop was when I ran under a tree. Nothing, nada, zilch rain.
Got home, had a shower, started making breakfast, looked out the window to see it was raining again.
The powers that be are ganging up to ruin my dream of being a badass runner, obviously.
So, as @Avidkeo encouraged me to, I tried to be 'Pastor Vincent insane' but apparently I'm just not good enough LOL

2/10: 6km
3/10: 3km
4/10: 6km
7/10: 8.5km
9/10: 6.5km
10/10: 3km
October goal: 90km, stretch goal: 105km. Completed so far: 33km.

The secret to learning to run in the rain is... you might want to get pen and paper for this so that you can take notes, cause it is overly complicated... I will wait while you get it.... you ready yet? Come on already, I don't have all day! Oh there you are okay... here it is...

Determine to run your training schedule no matter the weather. Hot/Cold/Rain/snow. Just get'er done.

That is it.

You might want to invest in a wide section of clothing to make that possible. Running in 0F/-18C degrees is way different than running in 90F/32C

Obviously have some intelligence if you are in real weather, like with evacuation orders and all that.