October 2018 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
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    @amirahdaboss Bravo and yay!!!

    rg4517rg wrote: »
    I'm setting up a new goal for the rest of the month. I found it difficult to concentrate these last 2 weeks with school and other responsibilities.


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    @rg4517rg Hi! I came across your post and thought I'd give you a reply/notification to see how you're doing.

    Sing out if you have any struggles or successes.

    I'm sure everyone here could give advice on balancing school/work/responsibilities with running. Best wishes!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
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    garygse wrote: »
    @workaholic_nurse Yeah, I noticed that and was going to comment on it with this post, but saw you corrected yourself. :smile:


    Ran 15 miles at MP this morning...the temps were in the low 50s with a little rain at first, but the rain then stopped and held off for the rest of the run. Average pace for the entire run, including warm-up, was 7:30, so I pretty much hit the mark.

    Yesterday was a tough session getting tested (@Elise4270 it was at Platri in The Colony, so not the place where you went). After a warm-up run of 10 minutes, the first test was the VO2Max test. The face mask was weird at first, my breathing sounded like Darth Vader, and when I tried to talk, I sounded like Kenny from South Park. We started by getting my HR to 130...they wanted it within 1 bpm as much as possible, and then from there we slowly increased the workout so that my HR went up in increments of 5 bpm, up to either 185 or 190 (I forget which...by that point I know I was running a 5:00 pace). Trying to keep your HR within 1 bpm of target, especially at the higher end of the test, is actually quite a challenge in and of itself.

    Then after a cool down, the mask came off (ahh, I can breathe again) and it was time to do the Lactate Threshold test. She took a blood lactate reading, and had me maintain 145 bpm for 5 minutes before taking another blood lactate reading. This continued in increments of 5 (up to 175 bpm), with each target being held for 5 minutes before a blood lactate reading was taken. By the end, my finger felt like a pin cushion...but that's ok, at least I wasn't wearing that darned mask (the bridge of my nose is bruised because of that thing!).

    So now I have to wait for the analysis to be performed, which she said could take a couple of days, but she did have my VO2Max result: 64.

    She also asked me if I'd ever been coached at any time; when I said no, she was surprised and said my running form was actually excellent. I have to credit @Stoshew71 there for his pieces of advice (string from top of head, and headlamps on the hips and nipples) as that really helped me focus on establishing good form and technique when I initially started out running. :smile:

    01 - 15.63
    02 - 14.43
    03 - 10.21
    04 - 12.19
    05 - 22.04
    08 - 15.63
    09 - 12.64
    10 - 12.19
    11 - 13.53
    12 - 26.40
    13 - 6.97
    16 - 5.91
    17 - 15.60

    Total: 172.18 / 250 miles

    Can I ask how much you paid for all that?
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
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    @Orphia thanks for taking that on - I was hoping at some time we could try and confirm that we did it!

    I didn’t get the full two hours as I hadn’t run for a while (and my feet are telling me I shouldn’t have...). I knew @Scott6255 was overlapping with me

    My stats - started at hour 15 (11am GMT) run time 1hr 15minutes. 5.5miles
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
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    RunRachelleRun wrote: »
    @Orphia I didn’t have a slot, but I ran alongside for Dennis at 4:00 pm gmt: 1.94 miles, 30 mins ❤️ Thanks to you and Elise for organizing it. Lovely and amazing.

    Great, I've put you on.


    shanaber wrote: »
    Yes a big THANKS to @orphia and @elise4270! I didn't run in my slot but I did run a bit in the rain on Saturday for Dennis and ok for myself too because well - rain...
    @amirahdaboss - isn't rain running so much fun? I love it!
    @garygse - that is an amazing V02Max! The last time I had a stress test (with the dye) they kept cranking up the speed and incline trying to get my HR to 150. It never got there... I would be interested to see what mine it - I am sure no where near 64 or even in the 50's but I would love to see all the data!

    I called the ortho office and couldn't get into see my doctor (or any of them) until the middle of November! Called my PCP and she has no appointments until January! I told the assistant that I didn't know what else to do... I hurt but it isn't an emergency (although not being able to run technically is an emergency to me) and we are leaving for FL on the 29th and how am I going to do all that walking... (and I can't run!!). She is going to try to fit my in on Friday (yay!) and will call me back with an appointment. For now I am keeping the ortho appointment in November just in case.

    I looked you up on Strava, and you're in California, so that's GMT-7.

    What time your time did you run? Saturday your time might still have been in the 24 hours after I started at GMT2000 Saturday.

    Hour - Runner
    2000 0 (2001-2100 GMT) - @Orphia
    2100 1 - Orphia
    2130 1.5 - Orphia
    2200 2 - Orphia
    2230 2.5 - Orphia
    2300 3 - Orphia
    2330 3.5 - Orphia
    2400 4 - Orphia
    0030 4.5 - Orphia
    0100 5 – Orphia, @garygse
    0130 5.5 - garygse
    0200 6 - @bubblegum2fitness 2.5 miles
    0230 6.5 - @HonuNui
    0300 7 - HonuNui
    0330 7.5 - HonuNui
    0400 8 - HonuNui
    0430 8.5 - HonuNui?
    0500 9 - @juliet3455
    0530 9.5 - juliet3455
    0600 10 - juliet3455
    0630 10.5 - juliet3455
    0700 11 - juliet3455
    0730 11.5 - juliet3455
    0800 12 - @_nikkiwolf_
    0830 12.5 - _nikkiwolf_
    0900 13 - _nikkiwolf_
    0930 13.5 - _nikkiwolf
    1000 14 - @workaholic_nurse, @Teresa502
    1030 14.5 – workaholic_nurse, Teresa502
    1100 15 - @girlinahat
    1130 15.5 - girlinahat
    1200 16 - girlinahat, @Scott6255
    1230 16.5 - girlinahat, Scott6255
    1300 17 – Scott6255
    1330 17.5 – @Elise4270, @kgirlhart , Scott6255
    1400 18 – Elise4270, kgirlhart
    1430 18.5 – Elise4270
    1500 19 – @OSUbuckeye906
    1530 19.5 – OSUbuckeye906
    1600 20 - @kevaasen, @RunRachelleRun 1.94 miles
    1630 20.5 - @Marissaxzxzxz 5.05 miles (4-5 pm GMT), kevaasen
    1700 21 - Marissaxzxzxz
    1730 21.5 - @Avidkeo 3KM
    1800 22 - Avidkeo, @rusgolden
    1830 22.5 - rusgolden
    1900 23 - @bubblegum2fitness 3 miles, @Butterchop
    1930 23.5 - bubblegum2fitness, Butterchop
    2000 24 - @biketheworld
    2030 24.5 - biketheworld
    2100 25 - @MegaMooseEsq 10.4 miles
    2130 25.5 - MegaMooseEsq
    2200 26 - MegaMooseEsq
    2230 26.5 - MegaMooseEsq

    ? @Tramboman 10.5 km
    ? @marisap2010 2.14 miles 11am
    ? Juliet3455 21.1 km
    ? @MobyCarp 8 miles 18:46 to 19:51 GMT
    ? @katharmonic 2.8 miles
    ? @shanaber (time zone GMT-7 Saturday sometime)
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
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    _nikkiwolf_ wrote: »
    @Orphia that's really great of you that you want to create a summary from everyone's runs!
    I'm not sure which info you want. My timeslot is correct.
    16.47km in 2:02 hours.
    The Strava activity: https://www.strava.com/activities/1903790230

    I don't know if everyone tracked their run with Strava or Garmin- if yes, maybe we could combine the gpx files into a world map?


    Thanks Nikki and girlinahat, I've updated my list with your slot/distances. (I won't post it again to save tagging everyone again.)

    A world map sounds awesome!! Great idea! I don't know how to do that, but I'm sure I could look it up.

    Bit hesitant about taking on too much data at present as I'm very busy the next 2 days, but thinking as I type, I can go back in the thread like I did today..
  • polskagirl01
    polskagirl01 Posts: 2,010 Member
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    10/1-7 Totals: bike 20.4 km, run 15 km
    10/8-14 Totals: bike 10.3 km, run 24.9 km

    10/15 - bike 19.5k, run 6k
    10/16 - rest
    10/17 - run 6.1k
    10/18 - run 4.2k
    10/19 -
    10/20 -
    10/21 -

    I have a 5k trail race on Saturday, but am not very hopeful about a fast time. Might need to hide the watch and just enjoy myself.


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    Upcoming races:
    October 20: City Trail 5k
    November 11: City Trail 5k
    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 Marathon
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
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    @Orphia Well everyone knows that I had a " Time Zone Translation Error " ( dufus moment ) but I did put in a HM distance for Dennis - really wanted to get the 26.2 km for the symbolic 26.2 but ran out of gas. Not sure how you would want to portray it - but as you can tell I am fine poking a little fun at myself and feel free to poke a little fun at me in the blog or post to MFP HQ.
    As others have said A big thanks to @Elise4270 and @Orphia
    _nikkiwolf_ wrote: »
    @Orphia that's really great of you that you want to create a summary from everyone's runs!
    The Strava activity: https://www.strava.com/activities/1903790230
    I don't know if everyone tracked their run with Strava or Garmin- if yes, maybe we could combine the gpx files into a world map?

    @_nikkiwolf_ What a brilliant idea. My strava link https://www.strava.com/activities/1901261929

    I sent a query to Strava about this concept. After reviewing the options in Strava a Group would not work as it would load all runs from our Strava profiles, when we only want a very specific subset.
  • garygse
    garygse Posts: 896 Member
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    @PastorVincent Sure, it was $150 for the VO2Max test, and $100 for the LT test. The LT test results give HR zone recommendations, and the VO2Max test gives all the calories/carbs/fat per hour breakdowns. I'll definitely pay for the LT test periodically to ensure I know the HR to keep training at as well as to see how training is going in general, but the other test I may do maybe once a year or so.
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,445 Member
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    @garygse - those lab tests are so interesting! I too geek out over all the data. Those are elite type numbers sir! I bow down to you.

    Thanks @Orphia and @Elise4270 for formalizing the Run for Dennis relay data.

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