October 2018 Monthly Running Challenge
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October 1 - Holidays
October 2 - Holidays
October 3 - Holidays
October 4 - Holidays
October 5 - Holidays
October 6 - Holidays
October 7 - Holidays
October 8 - 5 km run in Destin, Florida
October 9 - Traveling home
October 10 - Traveling home
October 15 - 14 km run
October 16 - 14 km run
October 17 - 14 km run
October 18 - 10 km run
October 19 - 10 km run
October 20 - 10 km run
October 21 - 5 km club run
Total distance run 82 km - goal 140 km.3 -
Celebrated the fact it's not only Sunday but also 13 years ago today that I gave birth to the most awesome (if often frustratingly stubborn and strong-willed) person I know by getting up at 7am in the dark and doing the 10km Zombie Run Halloween virtual race. This was only the second time I'd run that far in one go (well ok run-walk, I've settled into a routine of run 9 minutes, walk 1 minute, unless I have less than 1km to go when the last walk is due in which case I tell myself to suck it up, bi@tch). Party food and only around 6 and a bit hours sleep meant I was slow and sluggish for the first 7km. It was very cloudy and looked like it was going to rain, but never actually did, meaning I was sweating buckets in my rainproof jacket. Probably should have taken that off, but running with something tied round my waist ignores me and my hands were full of phone and water bottle. (Plus, the jelly babies were in the pocket ;-) Last 3km I remembered it was a race, albeit a virtual one, and stepped on it enough to get my overall pace back to about what my HM target pace will be, shaving 1 minute 16 seconds off the time my first 10km run took me back on September 16th. I'll take it, but think it's gonna hurt tomorrow!
Next Sunday I have a little race (advertised as a 5km but looking at the official map it's 4.8km) that should be fun, then the Sunday after that we go up to 11km and so on.
A couple of times while running I remembered the thread from head and nips and hips tips. Attention span is short so I think the correct posture only lasted a few strides, but it did make me straighten up and become aware of the fact I was slumping. All stuff to work on!
2/10: 6km
3/10: 3km
4/10: 6km
7/10: 8.5km
9/10: 6.5km
10/10: 3km
11/10: 6km
14/10: 9km
16/10: 6.5km
17/10: 3km
19/10: 6.5km
21/10: 10km
October goal: 90km, stretch goal: 105km. Completed so far: 74km.13 -
@polskagirl01 good job on your 5K! Great set of goals for the racee, and love your motto!
@7lenny7 and @LaDispute57 hope your races went well! That is ALOT of running!5 -
The Spooktacular 5k went pretty well, except for my watch starting malfunction at the beginning due to operator error. The weather was not as bad as I feared; 37 degrees F with the occasional lake effect snowflake drifting by.
My goal was to be under 32 minutes; posted a personal best of 30:49.
Finished second in my age group and 18th overall.
Didn't see any quarters on the route...15 -
The Spooktacular 5k went pretty well, except for my watch starting malfunction at the beginning due to operator error. The weather was not as bad as I feared; 37 degrees F with the occasional lake effect snowflake drifting by.
My goal was to be under 32 minutes; posted a personal best of 30:49.
Finished second in my age group and 18th overall.
Didn't see any quarters on the route...
Great job!0 -
Mornings all. Monday here and a holiday, so no 530am run. Just having breakfast and will go out for 8ks in about an hr. Supposed to be doing 4x2k intervals but I hate speed training, and since I don't care about speed, I'm going for distance instead. And because I'm running in daylight, I going to do the hill which I usually only do on long run days.5
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3.52 miles of recovery run this morning. Felt good mid to upper 40s, instead of running from shade to shade was heading from sun to sun. Shorts with long sleeve tech shirt under short sleeve fluorescent shirt. Still working on proper form since it was posted. Also working on getting Endomondo files translated to Strava.6
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polskagirl01 wrote: »Let's try this on Strava:
Miles for Dennis
https://strava.com/athletes/milesfor_dennis If the link doesn't work, just search for him. "Miles for" is the first name, "Dennis" is the last name
Once you're connected as followers, tag him on the run you dedicated to him (under "edit activity". That's the "add a friend who didn't log" option.) Once we get the notification, one of the administrators can save it as a Dennis run. When we have everyone's runs logged, someone who is good at the fun mapping tools can come up with some visualizations for us
This will work for the marathons people are doing in the future as well.
Administrators: How about @Orphia , @Elise4270 , @_nikkiwolf_ , others??? Basically we're accepting friend requests, then when we get notification that someone sent us a run, add it as Dennis' own with the name of the person in the title. I had to save the picture and manually add it to my own run.
@polskagirl01 Thanks so much for doing this!!
Great idea to create a new account!!! @_nikkiwolf_
I've clicked Follow, so please request to follow me back, so I can add/tag Miles for Dennis to my marathon.
Erk, just had a thought. Not sure whether it would work where we have more than one runner in a slot, or overlapping.
I'm also noticing that the times seem to be transferring in as whatever they were in the time zone where they were logged - I haven't figured out how to change them yet. Ideas, anyone?
But in other news, flyby is way too addicting. And if you're going to cheat, you should probably not post it to your public Strava account. https://labs.strava.com/flyby/viewer/#1913956986?c=u903vefx&z=D&t=1RTyHJ&a=eqoUckz9FHIG7h1qHPEZaie9GGprEBdq074Zaqh4cWp15T5tcpolaljTIGpl9y5q7bEVauG-P2pucm1rrotQajGComrSkhhqeYcbantYF2odVxpqYKkgatn8LWpy1R5qKu4paodtF2pGLZpqUVIYarNDH2o3wmJqysbWa4uPGGo72HVq-8AVavmyTmpeShdqaUYjalgTh2uEPzNroYInas7UTWqgbiJqpskWag
No, it is not physically possible that a 10:30-minute miler suddenly came up with a 2-minute mile in the last part of his half marathon, only to go back to his normal pace in time to finish. Which reminded me of a vague memory that I kind of think was near that part of the course, when some guys in a pickup truck had gone by, taunting runners by asking if we wanted a ride. Also, I'm the snail. This guy had to cheat in order to beat a snail.10 -
October Running Totals (miles)
10/1 – rest day
10/2 – 3.03 recovery run
10/3 – 5.04 group run
10/4 – 4.97 warm up, 2 miles @T, cool down
10/5 – rest day
10/6 – 8.90 paced run
10/7 – 6.45 warmup + 6K XC race
10/8 – rest day
10/9 – 5.01 warmup + easy XC workout
10/10 – 5.10 group run
10/11 – 6.63 easy/tempo/easy
10/12 – rest day
10/13 – 11.52 warmup + Finish Strong 15K
10/14 – 8.46 bandit run for Dennis
10/15 – rest day
10/16 – 7.02 warmup, XC workout, cool down
10/17 – 6.01 group run
10/18 – 6.45 warmup, speed work
10/19 – rest day
10/20 – 13.16 paced run
10/21 – 7.18 warmup + 6K XC race
October running total to date – 104.93
Nominal October mileage goal: 150 miles
Real Goals: Recover well from Wineglass. Avoid reinjury. Build volume only to the extent consistent with recovery and injury avoidance.
Today's notes – Today I had a real race experience. It was 36º F (2º C) at gun time, and the wind picked up a bit as we ran. But before that, I ran a course preview in milder wind, and and remembered to take pictures of a pretty course. Several course pictures behind the cut:
The sun came out two minutes before the gun, and I was standing there with singlet over running jacket over long sleeve tech shirt because the cloudy conditions during warmup convinced me I needed the jacket. Oh, well. Too late to change. It turned out I was fine, and I did need the light gloves. But I was okay with shorts, and the preview gave me confidence to wear spikes even though the map showed small parts of the course as being on the road. Those parts turned out to have spike-friendly shoulders.
The 3rd race in the Pete Glavin Upstate NY Cross Country series was a competition in several dimensions. It was an individual and team competition as a race, and part of an individual and team competition series. It was also the USATF Niagara Region masters cross country championship; as such, it is part of the USATF Niagara Runner of the Year series. I am not a factor in the USATF Niagara ROY series this year, and I did not expect to be on the age group podium for the race because cross country draws a tough field; but I had hopes of being on a winning team for this race.
For much of the race, I was competing with two other guys. One was a familiar face; Tim runs for my team in USATF national events, but he runs for Syracuse in the PG series. The other was a new face to me from Checkers AC (Buffalo based). I only knew about him because he passed me early, and we were wearing age group back tags. He looked like he might be in a younger age group, but that "60-64" back bib told me he was meaningful competition.
I spent much of the race trying to keep the new guy in sight. Tim passed me and I passed Tim a few times; I observed that Tim is a better technical and downhill runner than I am, but I have the edge in uphill running. I observed that I appear to be stronger than the field in general on the uphill; I adopted a strategy of keeping up as best I could on flat, downhill, and trail then challenging hills to pass people.
Tim flew past me on a short, steep downhill between 2 and 2.5 miles in. I passed him on the next incline, and that was the last time I saw him till the finish line. I gradually caught up to the new guy, and thought to myself that I needed to pass him on the final uphill. And I did; but there was a downhill finish, and he had a much better downhill finishing kick than I did. But trying to match his kick was probably a good thing; New Guy finished 3 seconds ahead of me, but Tim was only 2 seconds behind me. I didn't even know Tim was close until after we got done.
As things turned out, my team captain one the age group. New guy was second, and I was third. Score the chocolates! Thanks to having a guy recently age up to 60, my GVH Supervet team finished 1 point ahead of Syracuse for the win. Score the beer. The important bling was the Pete Glavin stuff, but we also won the USATF Niagara Supervet Team competition; that gave us cheap generic medals suitable for one photo op that we didn't even use.
So, cheap generic medal and the important awards behind the cut:
I don't do alcohol, and have typically avoided recreational beer runs. I see guys wearing shirts that say, "I run for beer," and that's just not me. But today, I can say that I run so my team mates can have beer.
2018 races:
February 17, 2018 Freezeroo #5 (Valentines Run "In Memory of Tom Brannon" 8 Mile) (Greece, NY) finished in 54:48
February 24, 2018 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY) finished in 28:46
March 17, 2018 USATF Masters 8K (Shamrock 8K, Virginia Beach, VA) finished in 31:55
March 24, 2018 Spring Forward 15K (Mendon, NY) ran at MP, finished in 1:10:47
April 16, 2018 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA) finished in 3:28:43
April 29, 2018 USATF Masters 10K (James Joyce Ramble, Dedham, MA) finished in 41:33
May 20, 2018 Lilac 10K (Rochester, NY) finished in 42:21
May 26, 2018 Sunset House 5K (Rochester, NY) finished in 20:12
June 3, 2018 USATF Masters Half Marathon (Ann Arbor, MI) finished in 1:34:42
June 9, 2018 Ontario Summit Trail Half Marathon (Naples, NY) DNS - injury
June 17, 2018 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY) short course, 18:04 for ~2.9 miles
June 30, 2018 Charlie's Old Goat Trail Run 5 mile (Victor, NY) 4.89 miles by Garmin, 43:15
July 14, 2018 Shoreline Half Marathon (Hamlin, NY) finished in 1:45:54
July 28, 2018 Battle at Bristol 10K (Naples, NY) survived in 1:28:33
August 1, 2018 IEXC 5K #1 (Rochester, NY) finished in 22:17
August 8, 2018 IEXC 5K #2 (Rochester, NY) finished in 22:10
August 15, 2018 Pound the Ground 10K (Mendon, NY) finished in 43:11
August 22, 2018 IEXC 5K #3 (Rochester, NY) finished in 21:59
August 29, 2018 IEXC 5K #4 (Rochester NY) finished in 22:00
August 29, 2018 IEXC TDP 1 mile (Rochester, NY) finished in 6:07
August 29, 2018 IEXC TDP 400m (Rochester, NY) finished in 1:14
September 2, 2018 Oak Tree Half Marathon (Geneseo, NY) finished in 1:36:41
September 9, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #1 5K (Newark, NY) 2.9 miles finished in 20:50.9
September 23, 2018 USATF Masters XC 5K (Buffalo, NY) finished in 20:03
September 30, 2018 Wineglass Marathon (Bath, NY to Corning, NY) finished in 3:18:02, PR with negative splits
October 7, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #2 6K (Akron Falls, NY) finished in 24:41
October 13, 2018 Finish Strong 15K (Hilton, NY) finished in 1:03:27
October 21, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #3 6K (Mendon, NY) finished in 24:17
November 4, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #4 6K (Trumansburg, NY)
November 11, 2018 Syracuse Half Marathon (Syracuse, NY)
November 18, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #5 8K (Syracuse, NY)
November 22, 2018 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY)
2019 Races:
January 5, 2019 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY)
April 15, 2019 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA to Boston, MA)
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1---2.30 lunch
2---3.59 intervals
4---3.42 haphazardly done.
5---9.02 bike
6---7.0 (3,3) intervals
7---2.00 TM
8---3.21
14---6.63 SOS
18---2.22 intervals
20---2.54 walk
21---3.28 intervals
Running 36.2/65 to 90
Cycling. 9.02/60
Upcoming Races
November 3rd Dinosaur Valley Endurance Run. Half. Glen Rose TX prob drop this to 5 mile or not at all
January 5 BIRR Ultra relay. 50k. Hawaii. For @KeepRunningFatboy
March 31, 2019 A2A Undecided distance. Ardmore OK
April 28, 2019 OKC Memorial Marathon (half)7 -
LaDispute57 wrote: »I am sorry I have been so absent... I truly miss you guys... Many things have been demanding priority over my running, but I am getting up at 3 a.m. to drive 2 hours to my 50k race tomorrow. I am not ideally prepared since I have missed several weeks of running, but I signed up for it and I told everyone here that I was running it, so by God I will run the damn thing.
Wishing you the best! At least you will be running with "fresh legs". You may do better than you think!0 -
MegaMooseEsq wrote: »Thanks for the good wishes everybody! The nerves have finally caught up with me but I also really need to get a full day of work in, and also we haven't gotten something we need for the house yet and might need to push back our closing date, and also I think we're going to have to put one of our dogs down next week - he's been in congestive heart failure for months and has hung on a lot longer than we expected, but his breathing is worse and his appetite is waning and I think it's time. Selfishly, I'm worried that my husband won't want to take me to the race tomorrow after all, but I don't want to bring that up until I have to. So yeah, pretty high anxiety right now. I can't wait to be on the road with nothing to worry about other than keeping one foot moving in front of the other. I *kitten* love running.
No trail shoes in my size at the sale this morning, but I did get a pair of heavy-duty leggings for $20 and a pair of Smartwool Marino tights for $25. Neither are strictly proper running gear, but at least I can wear the tights around town if they don't work as a base layer.
Wow! You have a lot going on other than your race! Good luck and have fun, at least!0 -
@MobyCarp - nice race and congrats on the age group award!
The plan for the weekend was to get my last long run in before my half next weekend. Yesterday, it was soccer and during the game the wind got stronger and stronger. It was forecasted to be 30-40mph winds so not sure what it got to, but I was glad our daughter’s game was changed to be an hour earlier. After getting home from that decided I would do the run after her swim meet on Sunday as it was less wind and the sun would be out. It was 45F and 15 mph based on Garmin, so made the right choice to wait until today. If I would have waited a little longer the wind looked like it would have been less, but I was ready to go and wanted to get it done. The second to last mile was full on wind, but thankfully the rest of it was either cross wind or blocked by trees. Knee twinge at the end, but I think was that was the constant change from the shoulder to road as traffic would go by. Longest run I’ve ever done, so excited about that!
10/3 - 5 miles
10/5 - 5 miles
10/7 - 9 miles
10/9 - 5 miles
10/10- 3 miles
10/11 - 1 mile & 10 min of rowing
10/13 - Run for the Hill 5k
10/15 - 5 miles
10/16 - 5 miles
10/18 - 3 miles
10/21 - 10 miles
54 miles total/ 75 goal11 -
10/1 = 3 miles
10/2 = vacation
10/3 = 5 miles hiking on vacation
10/4 = vacation
10/5 = 3 miles
10/6 = 10 miles
10/7 = 11 miles
10/8 = rest day
10/9 = 12 miles
10/10 = 6 miles
10/11 = 4 miles
10/12 = 17 miles
10/13 = rest day
10/14 = 8 miles
10/15 = ⛈
10/16 = more thunderstorms AM / 4 neighborhood miles after work
10/17 = 5 miles
10/18 = rain, work, rain, work
10/19 = 17 very soggy miles
10/20 = a NINE HOUR Saturday work meeting (it was as terrible as it sounds)
10/21 = 14 miles
October goal miles = 120 / 119 miles-to-date
Upcoming Races:
10/27 = Hill Country Halloween Half Marathon
11/22 = Georgetown Turkey Trot
1/26/19 = Miami Tropical 5K
1/27/19 = Miami Marathon
3/10/19 = ZOOMA half (potentially)8 -
katharmonic wrote: »
This is correct fuel and hydration for a marathon, right? I mean, I'm open to advice here from all of you more experienced runners but I think champagne and fancy dark chocolate bars will serve me well. It seems a bit fussy to carry a champagne flute and have to pop a cork, but should make the last few miles fun!
If you do not like to run with a hydration belt, this hydration strategy might work well. It will solve you flute and cork problem...
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@Tramboman great job on your 5k AG place and personal best time!
@MobyCarp congrats on your individual and team accomplishments! Yeah, it was cold out there today. Those Trader Joe's dark chocolate peanut butter cups are the real prize.
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
10/01/18 :::: 5.0 :::: 5.0
10/02/18 :::: 4.2 :::: 9.2
10/03/18 :::: 7.1 :::: 16.3
10/04/18 :::: 3.7 :::: 20.0
10/05/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 20.0
10/06/18 :::: 20.0 :::: 40.0
10/07/18 :::: 5.0 :::: 45.0
10/08/18 :::: 4.5 :::: 49.6
10/09/18 :::: 5.1 :::: 54.7
10/10/18 :::: 5.9 :::: 60.6
10/11/18 :::: 4.0 :::: 64.6
10/12/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 64.6
10/13/18 :::: 15.0 :::: 79.6
10/14/18 :::: 2.8 :::: 82.4
10/15/18 :::: 3.0 :::: 85.4
10/16/18 :::: 3.0 :::: 88.4
10/17/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 91.5
10/18/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 91.5
10/19/18 :::: 3.2 :::: 94.7
10/20/18 :::: 7.6 :::: 102.3
10/21/18 :::: 4.0 :::: 106.3
I did some really nice restorative yoga this morning, walked the dog, and then had to work for a while. Running was put off until late afternoon and then it was feeling pretty bitter and cold so I headed to the gym for the treadmill. Babying myself
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ContraryMaryMary wrote: »@ContraryMaryMary I've just heard from the uni, and they have changed my schedule all around. I'm not meeting them at 11am and having the photoshoot at 12-1. I'm scheduled to do 12k on Wed, still keen to join in? Timing might be a bit tight though lol
Hmm, could be a bit tricky. If you finish at 1pm and head out immediately it could work - we’re only 15-20 mins away. However, I’m only up for 6-7km... your call. Text me on 021 676 034 on the day if you like.
@ContraryMaryMary Hey yeah it's sounding pretty tough to fit in. If I remember the earlier you could get to town would be 930? Even only doing 7k that doesn't really give me enough time to have a shower before my meeting. Sigh. And won't likely to be leaving before 2pm. I'll txt you anyway, and can alway see what happens. A huge shame, I would have loved to go for a run with you!1 -
I got home today and am updating my ticker:
Thurs. - 9.84 miles in Oklahoma City. Had to cut short because I slept too much while driving down Wed. night / Thurs. morning and also had a nosebleed that made me stop for a few min.
Fri. - Sat. - 15.5 miles at the TX Hill Country Trail Ragnar (15.5 miles). It was a ton of fun as I normally run alone. The village was very very muddy, trails were not quite as bad. Many walking lanes in the village had mud where feet sink a foot deep on every step and standing still meant it was like a suction cup on my feet when trying to move again. Otherwise, they were relatively short loops of trails (3, 5, and 7.5 miles), so I gave it all I had. Average HR on the 3 and 5 were above my VO2 Max.
I arrived home today and plan to go for a recovery run on the treadmill while watching TWD (in about 1 hr.). But my miles for the week in total will not be as high as planned.
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@midwesterner85 OMG! You likely drove right past us (US 35?). If I'd have known, would have waved!1
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