March 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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MegaMooseEsq wrote: »Hey all, I had a question for the group that I think got buried in the weekend race reports (congratulations all!) - I've been planning my race schedule for this year since late 2018 but have found myself hesitant to actually pull the trigger and register too far in advance. My issue is that I keep getting caught up in the "what-ifs" - what if I get pregnant/sick/injured and can't run, what if the weather is a disaster, and so on. Does anyone have any tips for sucking it up and accepting that I can't control everything? How far in advance do you feel comfortable registering for events?
A race registration is not a binding contract that says you will run or suffer horrible consequences. You plan the best you can, and if something happens, adjust. I registered for the Pittsburgh Marathon nearly a year in advance because the price difference is HUGE. over $100 per person.
If something happens, and we can not make it, then it is a sunk cost by then. Just move on and try again next time.
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eleanorhawkins wrote: »Haven't been online all that much recently, way too much work and life and not enough free time for anything (except exercise and overeating!). Yesterday was the 2nd on the local race series, 5km (supposedly, although my app registered 4.89). It was the first time I'd run that far in one go since my injury in December, so I was perfectly happy with my time of 31:04.
Not so happy with my husband, who had agreed to walk it with our daughter then spent the rest of the day bitching and picking fights over everything out of frustration that he had had to walk it all when he felt (note he's overweight and does not run regularly, only when he decided to come to races with me) he could have run more and not come in almost last. **sigh**
This leaves me with two things to consider. The third and final race in the series is a 7km. It was scheduled for the 28th of April, but then the government here decided to call elections for that day, so it's been moved forward to the 31st of March, just 2 weeks away. My easy gradual training plan would have had me ready for a 7km on 28/04. For 31/03 it calls for 5.6km, so just under a mile less than the race. So, considering his lordship's bitching, if my daughter wants to do it for the T-shirt (you have to finish all 3 in the series to get that) I am going to have to walk it with her and let him run (then I will feel justified in bitching myself when he passes out after a couple of miles or DNF or ends up walking even slower than us!). My quandry is, is it fair to try and force her to do some sort of run/walk combination in the hopes she can complete the whole thing that way and I won't come in dead last, or should I just write this one off, walk for my T-shirt and refuse to take them to races with me from now on?
Oh the joys of families.
Anyway, well on track for goal with 24km run of 40, also keeping up with my 2 x total body and 1 x upper body strength workouts each week. Stretching is not as regular as I would like, but that is always first to go out the window when time constrictions appear.
As far as fairness is concerned, I would tell them both not to show up. You have done the work in training, you should be the one who gets to run the race. I understand however that having to put up with husband and wanting to encourage your daughter may be overriding factors, just wanted to let you know what I think is fair. Running is a choice, and a privilege, and not something that whiners should be allowed to spoil for not-whiners.
My parents were extremely hardcore people but I have to laugh imagining the look I would have gotten if I ever tried to tell either that I wanted to participate but wasn’t willing to try to run, so one of them had to give up their plans for me. You need to do what works with your own family dynamic but I want to assure you that you are already being extremely considerate by planning to do anything to accommodate either one at all.6 -
@MegaMooseEsq - I have signed up to run a lot of races and usually quite a ways in advance to get the lower registration cost. I have only DNS'd 3. One a HM that the organizers cancelled because they had a disagreement with the city (2nd USA Invitational HM) and we all got our money back. The other 2 have been since my injury last fall; a 10k turkey trot that I was going to run with a friend and I ate the cost of entry on that one and the Surf City HM this last February. I was tempted to try to walk the HM but was advised against doing so by my doctor and you all here. It hurt to miss it but it was the right decision and I will run it next year. In fact they allowed me (for a small fee) to do exactly that so I wasn't completely out my registration.
This morning I had a fantastic run! Well mostly fantastic except for the bug... More on that in a minute. We got out a little earlier and it was absolutely beautiful. Sunny, blue skies, no wind to speak of and cool (mid 60's). This run felt so amazing! I reduced my walk interval time and added in an extra interval set. Ended up with a bit more than the 4miles on my HM training plan day #1. The only downside was about 2.5 miles in, I was happily running along, talking and singing to Hobbes and a big bug decided to fly right into my mouth and the back of my throat. I immediately stopped, hacking, choking and gagging. People along the trail were looking at me like I was crazy or in need of an ambulance. I eventually got it out and continued running but had to wait for the next drinking fountain to rinse out my mouth. Yuck!!
After my run today our plan was to drive out to see the Super Bloom. I have been learning to use my Nikon camera and was all set to get some great pictures. The bad news is that the area where the Super Bloom is accessible near us (about an hour away) had an overwhelming number of people show up this weekend. So bad they are calling it the poppy apocalypse and they have shut down the area to all visitors
I guess the city wasn't as well prepared for all the visitors as they thought they were. I am glad I checked before we drove all the way there. Now I am wondering if there might be another, lessor known area to visit. We could go out to Anza but it is a 3 hour drive each way...
Date........Miles.......Total
03/01......0.00.......0.00 - Agility Trial
03/02......0.00.......0.00 - Agility Trial
03/03......0.00.......0.00 - Agility Trial
03/04......4.55.......4.55 + Agility Class
03/05......0.00.......4.55 + Strength Training
03/06......4.25.......8.80 + Sport Dog Class
03/07......0.00.......8.80 + Strength Training
03/08......5.12.....13.92
03/09......6.16.....20.08
03/10......0.00.....20.08
03/11......4.81.....24.89 + Agility Class
03/12......0.00.....24.89 + Strength Training
03/13......4.66.....29.55
03/14......0.00.....29.55 + Strength Training
03/15......4.84.....34.39
03/16......7.29.....41.70
03/17......0.00.....41.70
03/18......4.71.....46.41 + Agility Class
02/03/19 - Surf City Half Marathon Deferred to 2020
05/11/19 - Santa Barbara Wine Country HM
09/15/19 - Jack and Jill Downhill HM - Boise
11/23/19 - USA Women's HM (lottery)5 -
Finally got out after a week of a cold from hell! Completely knocked me sideways, still an amazing volume of mucus being produced and my body seems to have taken a disliking to my lungs as it tries to cough them up every second…. But anyway I got my gear on and ran today and it was amazing, I stopped coughing…. Made up for it when I walked back in my house but for 40 blissful minutes I actually didn't cough!
01/03 - rest
02/03 - rest
03/03 - rest
04/03 - rest
05/03 - 3.87km/96.13km
06/03 - 4.23km/91.90km
07/03 - 3.87km/88.03km
08/03 - 4.50km/83.53km
09/03 - Rest
10/03 - Spinning
11/03 - 4.23km/79.30km
12/03 - 4.94km/74.36km
13/03 - sick
14/03 - sick
15/03 - sick
16/03 - sick
17/03 - sick
18/03 - 4.73km/69.63km
So myself and a friend have decided to join a 1000km in 2019 challenge now! So I guess given there's 10 months left I'll have to average 100km a month for the rest of the year!
Have decided that I will start training towards a marathon in October! They release more spots in July so I'm thinking I'll just start working towards it and see where I'm at by the end of June. If all is going well I'll sign up!
So, long story short, I'm in for 100km
Planned races
11/05 - Kungsholmens runt, Stockholm
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MegaMooseEsq wrote: »Hey all, I had a question for the group that I think got buried in the weekend race reports (congratulations all!) - I've been planning my race schedule for this year since late 2018 but have found myself hesitant to actually pull the trigger and register too far in advance. My issue is that I keep getting caught up in the "what-ifs" - what if I get pregnant/sick/injured and can't run, what if the weather is a disaster, and so on. Does anyone have any tips for sucking it up and accepting that I can't control everything? How far in advance do you feel comfortable registering for events?
Pretty sure you know how to control this ^^^
And if you can't, well just set your priorities.
As for the other possible life events, just try to be as careful and smart as you can, and be confident you will make the race.
Haha, true.eleanorhawkins wrote: »MegaMooseEsq wrote: »Hey all, I had a question for the group that I think got buried in the weekend race reports (congratulations all!) - I've been planning my race schedule for this year since late 2018 but have found myself hesitant to actually pull the trigger and register too far in advance. My issue is that I keep getting caught up in the "what-ifs" - what if I get pregnant/sick/injured and can't run, what if the weather is a disaster, and so on. Does anyone have any tips for sucking it up and accepting that I can't control everything? How far in advance do you feel comfortable registering for events?
I find registering early makes me stay accountable and not come up with excuses to skip on the training. When I got injured that led to me having to DNS one local race (was upset about it but it cost something like 3€ to sign up so no huge loss) and having to pull out from the half marathon that is actually next Saturday. THAT I was pretty upset about, but I got 60% of my inscription fee back (sadly they couldn't just change my 2019 inscription to 2020 as I think a lot of races can/will) but I'll be signing up for next years as soon as registrations open.
Getting pregnant... as long as there are no special concerns I understand doctors are happy with you continuing to do what you have been doing, so if that is running and/or racing and you feel ok doing so, no reason not to. I've seen very pregnant runners at races. Some even swear it makes labour easier ;-)
Weather... well I probably wouldn't sign up for something that was very likely to happen in horrific weather, but from the pictures we see in this group I think it would have to be VERY extreme to stop a race being runable.
Sick/injured... nothing you can do about that, but we can't spend our lives constantly fretting over the what ifs.
I definitely want to continue running if I get pregnant, assuming it doesn’t make me miserable. The weather thing is tough - my DNS last month was largely weather-related, and the half marathon I’m thinking about doing in July was canceled last year because of heat. Minnesota isn’t exactly forgiving where weather is concerned. I’m sure I’m just stressing myself out unnecessarily about things I can’t control - I struggle with being decisive sometimes.0 -
@MegaMooseEsq I hope when the time comes you can and it doesn't! I felt pretty chit the entire time, but then again I was unfit and a little overweight to start with. I would imagine going in in good shape makes a big difference.
I just checked the weather forecast for the next couple of weeks and it looks like we have some rain coming. In fact there's rain forecast for the controversial race day. So I got excited and said if it rains I guess I'll be racing alone and they'll be staying home. Guess what the DH (meaning damned husband in this case ;-) ) replied with.... "no I'll come with you anyway, it's time to find out why you like running in the rain so much." This is from a Spaniard who acts like he's going to melt at the sight of a single raindrop. Who by the way is sprawled on the sofa moaning about how much his legs ache right now even though he acted like a sleep-deprived sugar-high two-year-old yesterday because he reckoned his daughter damped his style and stopped him from running as much as he wanted to. Jayzuz!
I need a run lol, morning can't come quick enough.5 -
Today is a planned rest day. Not sure if I will run or not later. Probably not. Lots of stuffs to get done. 0
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@eleanorhawkins - she's 13. She can run/walk/runwalk the race by herself. As someone else said, you've put in the training, you should get to race the event. You'll see her at the start, be waiting at the end, and Dad will be somewhere not far either. If she's nervous about doing it by herself, tell her to invite a friend to do it with her.
@MegaMooseEsq I register for most of my events up to a year out. You might have to miss one because plans change but your training will be done and you can pick up another event on a whim (I find it hard to do the long runs without a specific event that I'm building up to). One of my halfs last year I was a DNS on the morning of the race due to flu, one this year I know I won't race because it clashes with another that I entered as part of a series of events. *shrugs* Also, re the pregnancy thing. My six year old is super proud she's already run two half marathons - one at 18 weeks gestation, the other at 21 weeks. Pregnancy slows you down, but it shouldn't necessarily stop you.
Running challenge
1 Mar: Rest
2 Mar: Rest
3 Mar: Rotorua Off Road Quarter Marathon. 10.7km
4 Mar: Pilates + yoga
5 Mar: Rest
6 Mar: Yoga
7 Mar: 18.8km
8 Mar: Yogalates
9 Mar: Riverhead Rampage, 10k trail event
10 Mar: 10.5km
11 Mar: Pilates +yoga
12 Mar: 6.55km
13 Mar: Yoga
14 Mar: 19.7km
15 Mar: 6.54km and excessive amounts of birthday treats.
16 Mar: Rest
17 Mar: 15.5km trail run/hike up The Pinnacles
18 Mar: Pilates (ouch) + Yoga
19 Mar: 5.69km with DOMS (ouch again)
103.48 of 160km for March10 -
March goals: Run 100+ miles, stay healthy & keep up with marathon training plan
3/1-10 Totals: 73.7 km run, 5.6 km hiked, 1 hr yardwork
3/11-15 Totals: 48.1 km run, 3.5 km bike
3/18 - 32.2 km
Change of kids' plans meant I got to do my long run today. When I told my housemate that I was planning to run for about 4 hours, she responded, "oh how nice!". She spent the day making pierogies. Yum! Anyway I kept it slow - almost the same as my run 2 weeks ago, but slightly stronger this time in the second half, and finished feeling awesome.
I'm taking recovery seriously with foam rolling and compression tights, a load of Ukrainian pierogies for supper (filled with your choice of mushrooms, meat, potatoes or sweet cheese thank you very much) and getting to sleep here in a few minutes. And since there's a slight complaint in my quad, massaging it with my elbow and no running tomorrow, just in case. I'm honestly not sure if it's real pain or my imagination but don't want to risk it when I've already done this much work.
Sidenote: I ran out of podcasts. Suggestions, anyone?
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I agree with this. It's totally acceptable for you to set some healthy boundaries, and I'd state them before race day so everyone has time to decide if they're "big kid" enough to cover 7km on a marked course with runners and volunteers around, while mama runs at her own pace.ContraryMaryMary wrote: »@eleanorhawkins - she's 13. She can run/walk/runwalk the race by herself. As someone else said, you've put in the training, you should get to race the event. You'll see her at the start, be waiting at the end, and Dad will be somewhere not far either. If she's nervous about doing it by herself, tell her to invite a friend to do it with her.5 -
8 mile run this evening out by the moonlit sea.
55 for the month.😁7 -
MegaMooseEsq wrote: »Hey all, I had a question for the group that I think got buried in the weekend race reports (congratulations all!) - I've been planning my race schedule for this year since late 2018 but have found myself hesitant to actually pull the trigger and register too far in advance. My issue is that I keep getting caught up in the "what-ifs" - what if I get pregnant/sick/injured and can't run, what if the weather is a disaster, and so on. Does anyone have any tips for sucking it up and accepting that I can't control everything? How far in advance do you feel comfortable registering for events?
a) I've wasted a lot of race entry fees from registering when I'm healthy then being injured and unable to run. But if I register later, it's more expensive. *shrug* You just play the odds as best you can.
b) About two and a half years ago, I was talking to a female runner who said in passing that she wasn't sure she should register for Boston, because she was trying to get pregnant. So at Boston 2017, I saw her cross the finish line. Her shirt said, "Baby's First Boston." Life happens, and pregnancy doesn't eliminate all normal activity. For her, running Boston was a normal activity.
c) The weather: I have spent some time pacing long runs for a training program. I've heard people gripe about having to run in the rain. I used to tell them, if it's raining with the temperature in the 30s and the wind blowing in your face, they still run the race. So train in it. In 2018, I was very glad I'd trained in the rain. The entire country was glad that Des Linden had trained in the rain.9 -
Today I got to run 3.07 miles, my first time running the entire distance to and from the gym, and it appears that I’ve found the most direct route as well. Unlike last week the sidewalks were clear enough that I only had to pick my way around ice a couple of times, meaning that a trip that was taking 24-25 minutes earlier in the month was 17-18 minutes today. Not bad considering how many stop lights I have to deal with! Once ice isn’t an issue I’ll take a less direct route without all the stop lights, but for now I’m just happy to have reasonably clear sidewalks.
At the gym I deadlifted 120 pounds for four sets of eight reps, and my palms are really yelling at me. The rest of me feels pretty great, though. Thanks for the kick in the butt about race registration, all. I think I was feeling bad about having DNSed two races already in my short running career, but considering one was because of a grandparent heart attack and the other was because of misjudging my tolerance for running in snow, I really ought to give myself a break.
3/1 Fr - Strength class
3/2 Sa - Shoveled
3/3 Su - Rest
3/4 Mo - Strength class, ran/walked 1.86 miles
3/5 Tu - Rest
3/6 We - Strength class, ran/walked 1.66 miles
3/7 Th - Rest
3/8 Fr - Strength class, ran 3.14 miles
3/9 Sa - Shoveled
3/10 Su - Rest
3/11 Mo - Shoveled
3/12 Tu - Strength class, ran/walked 2.35 miles
3/13 We - Shoveled
3/14 Th - Strength class, ran/walked 2.09 miles
3/15 Fr - Rest
3/16 Sa - Ran 3.64 miles
3/17 Su - Rest
3/18 Mo - Strength class, ran 3.07 miles
March Mileage: 17.80/35
2019 Races! (bold registered, italics under consideration)
January 26: Securian 10K Chip time: 1:05:07
February 16: Half Fast 10K DNS
March 23: Hot Dash 5K
April 27: Get In Gear 10K
May 19: Women Run the Cities 10K
June 12: ESTRS French 5K
June 29 Lift Bridge 10M or 10K
July 4: Red, White, and Boom Half Marathon
July 10: ESTRS Lebanon 7Mi OR
July 17: Torchlight 5K
July 27: St. Croix Crossing Half OR
August 3-4: Beat the Blerch Half Marathon, Carnation, WA
August 7: ESTRS SLP 5Mi OR
August 10: Gopher to Badger 10K
September 2: MDRA Victory Labor Day 10K
September 8: Sioux Falls Half Marathon
September 21: Surly Trail Loppet 7Mi
October 5: TCM 10K OR
October 6: TCM 10Mi
October 12: Bemidji Blue Ox Half Marathon OR 26K
November 28: Turkey Trot St. Paul 10K
December 14: Reindeer Run 10K6 -
ContraryMaryMary wrote: »My six year old is super proud she's already run two half marathons - one at 18 weeks gestation, the other at 21 weeks. Pregnancy slows you down, but it shouldn't necessarily stop you.
I love this, and the Baby's First Boston story, @MobyCarp. It's possible that my control issues are a touch heightened when it comes to the idea of someone else hitching a ride on my body for most of a year.
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Absolutely glorious run! I feel like I have been asleep or living under a rock for the past 6.5 years. The last half of Saturday's run I finally got the 'go slow' philosophy to get through my thick skull. Today I kept that going, and even played a game trying to go as slow as possible (without walking). It felt so relaxing and easy. I maxed out at 9:49/mi. After 7 miles, I felt as good as I did after mile 1. Knee didn't hurt at all. This is such a game changer.
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Heh. The lady at registration said I wouldn't show in the Dolphin Challenge standings. I went to look at how it's scored, and there I was! The score is simply the sum of your 8K time and your half marathon time; in the Dolphin Challenge I finished 17th of 1000 overall, and 1st of 64 in my age group.15
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Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
03/01/19 :::: 2.9 :::: 2.9
03/02/19 :::: 5.5 :::: 8.4
03/03/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 8.4
03/04/19 :::: 3.1 :::: 11.4
03/05/19 :::: 2.0 :::: 13.5
03/06/19 :::: 3.3 :::: 16.8
03/07/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 16.8
03/08/19 :::: 3.1 :::: 19.9
03/09/19 :::: 4.1 :::: 24.0
03/10/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 24.0
03/11/19 :::: 4.3 :::: 28.3
03/12/19 :::: 2.3 :::: 30.6
03/13/19 :::: 3.0 :::: 33.6
03/14/19 :::: 3.9 :::: 37.5
03/15/19 :::: 3.1 :::: 40.6
03/16/19 :::: 5.0 :::: 45.6
03/17/19 :::: 3.1 :::: 48.7
03/18/19 :::: 3.5 :::: 52.1
Tonight's speedwork was a ladder workout of 1-2-3-2-1 minute intervals with 90 sec rest between. With warm-up, cool-down and 4 sprints (strides I guess), it was about 3.5 miles for me. It felt like I hadn't run in ages. I'm really feeling that my mileage has been down for the past 4 weeks.
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After having my gall bladder removed and spending 10 days without running, I've been cleared to run again (walking / jogging / taking it easy running). So I did 7.13 miles tonight. I have a lot of catching up to do.
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Back from spring break and getting back on schedule! We had a great time and it was nice to get out of town for a bit. I love traveling, even if just for a night or 2 here and there. When I sat down and looked at my calendar over the next several months, I will be going somewhere that requires at least 1 night in a hotel every month until September this year! Then again in October and November. Luckily my family also likes to travel, but my husband and daughter get tired of it sooner than I do. There are a couple of trips in there that I am doing alone, so they get a bit of a break!
I am not even going to try to catch up on the 350+ comments from last week. I did skim a few recent pages to make sure I wasn’t woefully out of touch!
This week is fantastically springy - about 70F and sunny. I have another 10k race this Saturday, so not pushing it too hard this week but trying to get the rust knocked off. My knees ached a little today when I got started but that worked itself out soon enough. Just a bit stiff from almost 1.5 weeks of no running.
3/2: 6.5 miles
3/4: 2.4 miles
3/7: 3.7 miles
3/18: 2.5 miles
March total: 15.1 miles
March goal: 35 miles
2019 Races:
Piney Woods Trailfest 5k - 2/2/2019 29.23
Rodeo Run 10k - 2/23/2019 1:03.12
Run Houston! Minute Maid Park 10k - 3/23/2019 registered
Brazos Bend 50 10k - 4/6/2019 registered
El Chupacabra de Houston 10k (night trail run) - 8/2019
TWRC Run Wild Run Free 5k - 9/2019
10 for Texas 10 Miler - 10/2019 registration opens Jan 2019
Wine and Dine half marathon - 11/3/2019
Run the Year 2019 - Team Five for Nineteen
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