October 2018 Monthly Running Challenge
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Running in the rain can be fun! Just go do it!
10/1-7 Totals: bike 20.4 km, run 15 km
10/8 - run 5.1k
10/9 - run 4.2k
10/10 - rest
10/11 - run 8k
10/12 -
10/13 -
10/14 -
Slow but happy today. It's been my longest run since that 10k race at the end of August. I was thinking about it because of (I think) @biketheworld 's recent experience with that rude guy who got his butt kicked in the end. In my last race I ran the second half with a guy I had started to pass, until we started talking and stuck together until the end, pushing each other to get a negative split. But he said early on that he would save a little bit for a fast finish at the end, and when the time came encouraged me to go with him. I couldn't, but saw him at the finish and we shook hands and thanked each other for the run. Earlier, when another man from his age group caught up to us, they joked about it, but as we were getting close to the finish he warned him as well that he had a little bit left in the tank (the other guy didn't). So it was all friendly competition, encouragement, and just having a good time. But if someone's going to be a jerk, by all means try to beat them if you can
Also the trail in the woods today changed it's looks and I went the wrong way twice, and ended up going off-trail because I knew if I just kept going downhill I'd hit the path I wanted, haha. It was fun
Upcoming races:
October 20: City Trail 5k
November 11: City Trail 5k (might skip this one due to work)
December 8: City Trail 5k
January 12: City Trail 5k
February 2-3: Lublin night 10k
February 16: City Trail 5k
March 23: City Trail 5k
April 7: Lublin 10k (maybe)
May 12: Lublin Marathon7 -
- Orphia (8pm GMT Saturday 13th October)
- Orphia
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- noblsheep (12am GMT Sunday 14th)
- noblsheep (1am GMT Sunday 14th)
- _nikkiwolf_ (8am GMT Sunday 14th)
- _nikkiwolf_ (9am GMT Sunday 14th)
- B (girlinahat) (10am GMT Sunday 14th)
- B (girlinahat) (11am GMT Sunday 14th)
- Avidkeo
- Marissaxzxzxz (4pm GMT Sunday 14th)
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Added my wee self for two hours!6 -
This is what I see in the spreadsheet:
1 2100 Carol
1.5 2130 Carol
2 2200 Carol
3 2300 Carol noblsheep
3.5 2330 Carol noblsheep
4 2400 Carol noblsheep
5 100 Meg(amoose)
6 200 Meg(amoose)
6.5 230 HonuNui
7 300 HonuNui
8 400 HonuNui
9 500 gap
9.5 530 gap
10 600 gap
11 700 gap
12 800 Nika _nikkiwolf
13 900 Nika _nikkiwolf
14 1000 Jeremiah-workaholic nurse Teresa
15 1100 girlinahat
16 1200 girlinahat Scott
17 1300 Scott
17.5 1330 Elise Kathryn Scott
18 1400 Elise Kathryn Shana
18.5 1430 Elise Shana
19 1500 Shana
19.5 1530 Hilary
20 1600 Hilary
20.5 1630 Marissaxzxzxz
21 1700 Marissaxzxzxz
21.5 1730 Kim - avidkeo
22 1800 Kim - avidkeo rusgolden
22.5 1830 rusgolden
23 1900 gap
24 2000 gap
25 2100 Meg(amoose)
25.5 2130 Meg(amoose)
26 2200 Meg(amoose)
26.5 2230 everyone
Am I looking at the wrong one?
ETA: This is the link5 -
Really nice weather this morning. 55F and 77% humidity. 1 mile longer than Tuesday, but :10/mi slower. But still in rehab, so I'm not beating myself up too much for that. Should be OK to run the 15K PTC in Atlanta next week.6
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10/01/18 - 10k treadmill run
10/02/18 - 1/2 mile swim
10/03/18 - rest
10/04/18 - 5 mile treadmill run
10/05/18 - rest
10/06/18 - 5k parkrun (new parkrun PB woot!)
10/07/18 - rest
10/08/18 - Reebok Women's slightly less than 10k road race. Grrrrr.
10/09/18 - rest
10/10/18 - 5 mile treadmill run
So that's a grand total of 25.4 miles. No parkrun planned for Saturday because I'm taking my turn at volunteering.
2018 races completed
01/21/18 Dreamfar 10k (age-group 5/23)
02/10/18 Cupid's Chase 5k (age-group 4/24)
03/10/18 Medway Shamrock Shuffle 5k (age-group 3/25)
04/08/18 Holly Club Hustle 5k (4th overall, 2nd woman, 2nd in age group)
05/13/18 Strivers Mothers' Day 5k (age-group 15/55)
05/19/18 Martha's Vineyard Half Marathon (age-group 24/84)
06/21/18 J P Morgan Corporate Challenge 3.5m
07/14/18 Tonneson and Co. 5k (age-group 4/12)
08/18/18 Book it! Dedham Library 5k (age-group 2/8) - For Dennis
09/03/18 Martin Richard 8k Run (age-group 55/167)
09/08/18 Louisa May Alcott Orchard House 10k (age-group 7/10)
09/29/18 Stride for Healthy Communities 5k (age-group 3/15)
10/08/18 Reebok Women's Slightly Less Than 10k (age-group 147/460)
2018 registered races
10/28/18 Bill's Pizzeria 5k7 -
This is what I see in the spreadsheet:
1 2100 Carol
1.5 2130 Carol
2 2200 Carol
3 2300 Carol noblsheep
3.5 2330 Carol noblsheep
4 2400 Carol noblsheep
5 100 Meg(amoose)
6 200 Meg(amoose)
6.5 230 HonuNui
7 300 HonuNui
8 400 HonuNui
9 500 gap
9.5 530 gap
10 600 gap
11 700 gap
12 800 Nika _nikkiwolf
13 900 Nika _nikkiwolf
14 1000 Jeremiah-workaholic nurse Teresa
15 1100 girlinahat
16 1200 girlinahat Scott
17 1300 Scott
17.5 1330 Elise Kathryn Scott
18 1400 Elise Kathryn Shana
18.5 1430 Elise Shana
19 1500 Shana
19.5 1530 Hilary
20 1600 Hilary
20.5 1630 Marissaxzxzxz
21 1700 Marissaxzxzxz
21.5 1730 Kim - avidkeo
22 1800 Kim - avidkeo rusgolden
22.5 1830 rusgolden
23 1900 gap
24 2000 gap
25 2100 Meg(amoose)
25.5 2130 Meg(amoose)
26 2200 Meg(amoose)
26.5 2230 everyone
Am I looking at the wrong one?
ETA: This is the link
This is what I’d been looking at too (clearly, since I’m on this one and not the other). I can’t do the first two slots I signed up for but can still do the last three.0 -
Who was it that was asking if I would run in bad weather? I guess we will find out as today is the only window of time I will get:
My wife just came in from her run, so I will probably head out soon while she does the dress and nails thing with my Mom.
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- Orphia (8pm GMT Saturday 13th October)
- Orphia
- Orphia
- Orphia
- noblsheep (12am GMT Sunday 14th)
- noblsheep (1am GMT Sunday 14th)
- _nikkiwolf_ (8am GMT Sunday 14th)
- _nikkiwolf_ (9am GMT Sunday 14th)
- B (girlinahat) (10am GMT Sunday 14th)
- B (girlinahat) (11am GMT Sunday 14th)
- Avidkeo
- Marissaxzxzxz (4pm GMT Sunday 14th)
Could those who have signed up on the spreadsheet also add to this list? Just because the timings on the spreadsheet may have changed (Daylight savings and all that).
That way we all know where we need to be and when and can do swaps if need be as there's a few doubles.
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Today I got to run about 3.6 miles. I’d planned on lifting followed by an easy two miles or fartleks, but got sucked into dealing with unexpected issues with our financing (there’s always something, right?) and gave myself permission to skip my workout. By around 4, however, I was so tense that I was about to scream, so I decided that a run was needed. And of course everyone called or emailed me while I was out, but the brain cocaine was already flowing at that point so we were all good.
This was my first run with the new North Face windbreaker and I can definitely say it was a good purchase. It was in the high 40s and very grey and wet - I guess it wasn’t technically raining, but when the humidity is 100% does it really matter? I wore one of my cheap long-sleeve shirts under the jacket but ended up pushing up the sleeves about halfway and I’d probably have been just fine with a t-shirt. The jacket is very, very light, but it blocked all but the most direct, straight-off-the-lake wind so I wouldn’t have noticed it if it hadn’t been blowing on my face, too. Even that last bit of wind felt pleasantly cool, not cold, and as it came at the end of the run felt pretty good.
Other than blocking the wind it didn’t add much heat but did have a light layer of insulation that ALMOST kept my butt warm. If it had been a little longer or if I could find shorts made out of this material I’d be golden (and thank you @_nikkiwolf_ for the tip on biker’s jackets - that’s a great idea). Unfortunately my googling is currently failing to come up with windbreaker shorts, but I’m a lot closer than I was last week. Focusing on activating my glutes (i.e. tensing my butt) helped a bit too. If I have to spend $40 on wool underwear I’m going to be grumpy.
I initially regretted skipping gloves - the jacket does not have thumb holes, alas, but I was able to draw the sleeves up over my hands and that worked just fine. There are fairly large and shapeless pockets that should be good for stashing a pair of cheap gloves (I just ordered a 12-pack of these beauties) but really could use a small key pocket. So it goes.
The only real downside (aside from the lack of key pocket) - I didn’t realize until the end of my run that the material of the jacket brushing against my watch activates the touch screen. I stopped around the mid-way point to roll up my long-sleeved shirt and accidentally turned off my running workout and then started and stopped a brief yoga workout. I’m going to need to figure out a solution because as we all know, if it’s not recorded it doesn’t count. I have been behind on stretching, though, so I guess that’s a silver lining.
I officially registered for the Mustache Run 10K at the end of November. If all goes according to plan, we’ll be in a new house by then! I am really excited about this one from an exercise perspective - at the last house we made an offer on I would probably have been stuck with an unheated, detached garage gym, but this one has a finished basement guest suite (with a shower!) that we’ve agreed to convert into a workout/warmup/changing space. I’ll be able to dump my sweaty clothes right into the laundry after a run instead of stinking up the bedroom closet and then jump straight into a shower. And it’s close enough that it’s not going to substantially affect my normal running routes. Now we just have to figure out who’s going to loan us a giant pile of cash and we’re golden.
OCTOBER MILES:
10/1 Mo - rest
10/2 Tu - 1:11:20 - 6.54 meandering and cold
10/3 We - 0:20:06 - 1.94 zippy after lifting
10/4 Th - 0:45:37 - 4.33 medium effort
10/5 Fr - rest
10/6 Sa - Twin Cities Marathon Weekend 10K - Chip time: 1:05:14
10/7 Su - “rest” volunteered at TCM gear check
10/8 Mo - rest
10/9 Tu - 1:09:53 - 6.54
10/10 We - 0:40:00 - 3.60
October Total: 29.29/85 miles
Lakes circumnavigated (lifetime): 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 Chip time: 1:05:14
October 21: Mankato Half Marathon
November 24: Mustache Run 10K
December 8: Reindeer Run 10K or 15K (leaning 15K)
January 5: Polar Dash 10K
January 26: Securian/Winter Carnival 10K8 -
zonked. barely made it to work. definitely didn't run this morning. i might try tonight or go in the morning. 5 easy runs
why am i zonked? besides having a sleeping disorder
foster dog got out of his crate by pulling in the door- in the spare bedroom and then locked the door by pawing at the door knob. i didn't have a key on the key ring given when i bought the house
my parents came over to drill out the knob which wouldn't unlock which meant we had to pry it off in pieces. then found the dog killed the crate and ripped off part of the door frame. when we went to the store to get zip ties and caribeeners to secure my wire crate and put him in that (personal/not rescue) crate, he managed to bend that in 20 min. so yay. good news is i didn't have to buy a door knob-had a spare from the remodel
the culprit:
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girlinahat wrote: »
- Orphia (8pm GMT Saturday 13th October)
- Orphia
- Orphia
- Orphia
- noblsheep (12am GMT Sunday 14th)
- noblsheep (1am GMT Sunday 14th)
- _nikkiwolf_ (8am GMT Sunday 14th)
- _nikkiwolf_ (9am GMT Sunday 14th)
- B (girlinahat) (10am GMT Sunday 14th)
- B (girlinahat) (11am GMT Sunday 14th)
- Avidkeo
- Marissaxzxzxz (4pm GMT Sunday 14th)
- Megamoose, Esq. (5:30pm - 8pm GMT Sunday 14th)
- Megamoose, Esq.
Could those who have signed up on the spreadsheet also add to this list? Just because the timings on the spreadsheet may have changed (Daylight savings and all that).
That way we all know where we need to be and when and can do swaps if need be as there's a few doubles.
Are we planning on 24 hours or 26? I thought I would be running 20:30/8:30 PM GMT until 23:00/11PM GMT. I would be happy to shift that back a couple of hours (would prefer it, even) but want to make sure we've covering whatever we've want covered. And I turn into a pumpkin after 2.5 hours of running. I've been using this nifty converter for my time zones, hopefully I've got my numbers right. I've got some flexibility on when to run but need to stick to one 2.5 hour chunk for my own sanity with everything else going on right now.0 -
I would like to put in some miles for Dennis, but the trouble is I have no idea what my schedule will be like this weekend so I can't sign up for a definite time slot. But I will dedicate whatever I do on Sunday to him.5
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hikinggal11 wrote: »@hikinggal11 - are you saying you are just starting to run and trying to push a 10 min mile?
Can you have an easy conversation at the pace you are running without being out of breath?
If not I would suggest:
1) slow down to where you can have a conversation w/o being out of breath
2) build time and distance slowly to avoid injury (trying to do too much too soon)
3) as your body builds endurance you will naturally get faster and then you can also add in some speed work (tempo runs, intervals, etc..)
4) listen to your body and be sure to rest
On strength training and running - it is good to do both but again initially I would not run on training days and I would try to find at least one day for a full recovery/rest day (no running, no training). Over time you will likely be able to run and train on the same day but it is important to listen to your body and build slowly.
Nope, not new to running, just weight training. I want to run 5 days a week and weight train 3 days a week but can not do them both on the same day......so, I guess the universe is going have to change and provide more than 7 days in a week!
Thank you so much for your reply and ideas!
Hal Higdon has an M3 and HM3 plan that has three run days, presumably to make space for more cross training/weight training. Once I have a sense of what I need to do for my hip, I'm going to take the run 3/lift 3/rest 1approach. I think that's the only way I'll get to keep running before I'll ultimately need a hip replacement.3 -
This is what I see in the spreadsheet:
1 2100 Carol
1.5 2130 Carol
2 2200 Carol
3 2300 Carol noblsheep
3.5 2330 Carol noblsheep
4 2400 Carol noblsheep
5 100 Meg(amoose)
6 200 Meg(amoose)
6.5 230 HonuNui
7 300 HonuNui
8 400 HonuNui
9 500 gap
9.5 530 gap
10 600 gap
11 700 gap
12 800 Nika _nikkiwolf
13 900 Nika _nikkiwolf
14 1000 Jeremiah-workaholic nurse Teresa
15 1100 girlinahat
16 1200 girlinahat Scott
17 1300 Scott
17.5 1330 Elise Kathryn Scott
18 1400 Elise Kathryn Shana
18.5 1430 Elise Shana
19 1500 Shana
19.5 1530 Hilary
20 1600 Hilary
20.5 1630 Marissaxzxzxz
21 1700 Marissaxzxzxz
21.5 1730 Kim - avidkeo
22 1800 Kim - avidkeo rusgolden
22.5 1830 rusgolden
23 1900 gap
24 2000 gap
25 2100 Meg(amoose)
25.5 2130 Meg(amoose)
26 2200 Meg(amoose)
26.5 2230 everyone
Am I looking at the wrong one?
ETA: This is the link
I believe this is the corrected spreadsheet. I could be wrong, but I am listed on this one in the spots that I thought I signed up for. And I am not on the other one. I also thought we were doing 26 hours, not 24. Maybe @Elise4270 could let us know for sure.1 -
10/1 - lifted
10/2 - 2.4 miles - W7D1 of C25k. Ran for 25 minutes straight :-o
10/4 - lifted
10/5- 2.5 miles - W7D2.
10/6- lifted/went on "hike" (with 2 year old, we didn't get far), rode bikes - good day
10/8-lifted
10/9-torrential downpour, didn't get to run
plus my basement flooded, woopee
10/10-lifted
10/11- 2.2 miles W7D3
Since I'm doing C25k, it has you walk 5 minutes as a warm up, but since it's getting a little cold outside, I decided to do a little warm up inside like squats/lunges/jumped around a little bit so I could just run straight out the front door. It was fine I think.
I passed by a group of three guys running with head lamps. At that point I looked down at myself and realized I was wearing head to toe gray. What do you all use when running at dark? Is a reflective arm band thing good enough? Should I get a light of some sort? I've seen a guy running with just a circular blinking light clipped onto his shirt before. I run in well-lit areas if that makes a difference.
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October goal: 95 miles
10/2: 5.5 miles
10/3: 5 miles
10/4: 5 miles
10/6: 3.1miles Old Rip 5K - PR and 2nd place AG
10/8: 5.2 miles
10/10: 5 miles
10/11: 5.2 miles
33.7/95 miles completed
Today's run was another chilly 5.2 miles. I did find some gloves and I started out with my jacket. After about 1 mile I took the jacket off, but I was glad to start with it. I'm trying to decide if a long sleeve shirt would be better. My arms were still a bit chilly, but my torso was too warm with the jacket. I ended up taking the gloves off around mile 3. I need to find some gloves that aren't too warm, but just that will block the wind. I'll probably start running in the afternoons when it starts getting colder than the 50's. But I am planning a 5k in November so I figure I need to practice running in cooler weather since it could be pretty chilly that day. Or it could be 70 degrees. You never know in Texas. All in all my run this morning was really nice. Even if it is kind of hard to figure out what to wear and I still find the sensation of being cold and hot and sweaty at the same time kind of odd. I have really enjoyed the break from the summer heat.
2018 races:
5/19/18: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon - 2:43:59.7. - 2nd place AG
10/6/18: Old Rip 5K Run - PR 29:43.5, 2nd place AG
11/10/18: Wags & Whiskers 5K5 -
This is what I see in the spreadsheet:
1 2100 Carol
1.5 2130 Carol
2 2200 Carol
3 2300 Carol noblsheep
3.5 2330 Carol noblsheep
4 2400 Carol noblsheep
5 100 Meg(amoose)
6 200 Meg(amoose)
6.5 230 HonuNui
7 300 HonuNui
8 400 HonuNui
9 500 gap
9.5 530 gap
10 600 gap
11 700 gap
12 800 Nika _nikkiwolf
13 900 Nika _nikkiwolf
14 1000 Jeremiah-workaholic nurse Teresa
15 1100 girlinahat
16 1200 girlinahat Scott
17 1300 Scott
17.5 1330 Elise Kathryn Scott
18 1400 Elise Kathryn Shana
18.5 1430 Elise Shana
19 1500 Shana
19.5 1530 Hilary
20 1600 Hilary
20.5 1630 Marissaxzxzxz
21 1700 Marissaxzxzxz
21.5 1730 Kim - avidkeo
22 1800 Kim - avidkeo rusgolden
22.5 1830 rusgolden
23 1900 gap
24 2000 gap
25 2100 Meg(amoose)
25.5 2130 Meg(amoose)
26 2200 Meg(amoose)
26.5 2230 everyone
Am I looking at the wrong one?
ETA: This is the link
I believe this is the corrected spreadsheet. I could be wrong, but I am listed on this one in the spots that I thought I signed up for. And I am not on the other one. I also thought we were doing 26 hours, not 24. Maybe @Elise4270 could let us know for sure.
Its 26 hours 20 minutes. There was a hiccup with the sheet and it had to be restored from a previous version, so it probably is inaccurate to a degree.
Feel free to update your block(s) as needed.3 -
@kgirlhart - Have you thought about using sleeves rather than a long sleeve shirt/jacket? You can get them in different fabrics/weights depending on what you want. I have some I use that are about the same as tech shirt fabric and some that have more insulation to them. I have also seen wool ones (SmartWool I think). Some even have hand covers too that can be folded back. Point is you can take them off if you warm up enough and stuff them in a pocket or tie to a running belt
@biketheworld - I hope Tony is ok!
@HonuNui - these new cones are so much better! Here is a picture of another one I bought as a backup that we haven't needed yet. Bonus - it could double as his halloween costume with some antennae he could be an alien@juliet3455 - wow that is a huge time correction! How is it even possible that they were off by that much?
@hesn92 - I don't run much at night but I always have some blinking lights on me as well as on Hobbes collar more so cars and cyclists can see us when we need to cross streets. Others will certainly chime in but I think the most important thing is to be as visible as possible.
@mbaker566 - Yikes! Sounds like Lyle isn't too well crate trained and/or has some separation anxiety. I have a friend whose rescue cattle dog destroyed most of the family room and dining room after she destroyed and escaped from her crate. She is fine now but they had to do a lot of work with her to get her over the anxiety of being left at home alone. {{Hugs}} ETA - Really good thing he is so cute!4 -
@eleanorhawkins it's 5:15am, blowing a gale and pouring with rain. And I'm supposed to do 12k. No shame if I cut it short right? 😂4
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