March 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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Another long hot run this morning. After the weekend's adventure and resulting DOMS I was less than enthusiastic starting out, however, my fears were groundless - slow and steady, no problems.
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
20 Mar: Yoga
21 Mar: 19.2km
122.68 of 160km for March7 -
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
03/19/19 :::: 2.5 :::: 54.7
03/20/19 :::: 3.2 :::: 57.9
A lovely 52 degree day so finally got myself outside for a run - because I think it's heading back to winter over the next few days. My pace was much better than it has been for my treadmill runs lately, so getting outside definitely helps. I just think I've maxed out on the number of cold runs I can do for the season.
After my run, I went to yoga and was happy to accomplish a forearm stand - at least using the wall. Maybe without the wall for second.
@lporter229, interesting about the stimulation. And I thought there was at least moderate evidence for short-term benefits of dry needling although I haven't done more than a cursory look at the literature.
Good luck to you and @MobyCarp in the weeks leading up to Boston. Hoping you stay healthy and feel well trained, rested, recovered and ready to go.
@Avidkeo good luck with your big move. Hope your house sells quickly and all the job things work out.
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Meant to do a longer run today but I was feeling real lazy 🤷♀️
March running
3/6: 3.1 miles
3/8: 3.1 miles
3/10: 3.8 miles
3/11: 1 mile
3/12: 1 mile
3/13: 1 mile
3/14: 2.4 miles
3/15: 1.2 miles
3/17: 3.6 miles
3/19: 1.3 miles
3/20: 1.5 miles
Cumulative miles: 23 miles/I have no idea miles5 -
Date...........Run.......Walk.........Pushups
03/01........00M.......3.5M........30
03/02........20M.......0.0M........00
03/03........00M.......0.0M........00 *injury*
03/04........06M.......0.0M........00
03/05........04M.......1.0M........00
03/06........00M.......0.0M........25
03/07........11M.......0.0M........00
03/08........16M.......0.0M........00
03/09........09M.......0.0M........00
03/10........09M.......0.0M........00
03/11........00M.......3.5M........00
03/12........07M.......3.5M........00
03/13........11M.......3.5M........4x10
03/14........11M.......4.0M........0
03/15........00M.......3.5M........4x10
03/16........00M.......0.0M........00
03/17........11M.......0.0M........00
03/18........00M.......3.5M........00
03/19........06M.......3.5M........5x10
03/20........11M.......0.0M........0
---MTD: 29.5miles walking, 123 miles running, and 0KM resting
Upcoming Races
Steel Challange 5k - May 2019
Pittsburgh Marathon - May 2019
Glacier Ridge 50k Trail Race - May 2019
202? - Disney World Dopey! (if can raise funds)
2019 GOAL: Knock a full hour off my 50k time at Glacier Ridge.5 -
So I completely forgot how to dress for running in the mid 50's it seems... had to peel off layers and carry them with me while I ran, for at least 8 of the 11 miles!3
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ContraryMaryMary wrote: »ContraryMaryMary wrote: »And on another note, we've made a pretty radical decision to sell up and move. We are going to list the house at the end of the month, see how long it takes to sell, and then I'll get a job IN A CITY!!! I love my current job and I enjoy living where we are, but we are so limited. My eldest is about to turn 5, and schooling, while ok, is a consideration. There is also not a lot for the kids to do. Not that I want to load them up, but having a variety would be nice. And I dream of all the running events I could do. And ease of buying shoes!! Lol.
So I'm feeling guilty at work when they talk about including me in future projects as it doesn't look like I'll be around. I'm sad about the idea of leaving, though after 6 years I've grown as much as I'm going to. I'm excited about the idea of learning new things - I would immediately be learning CT in the hospital that I'd be working in which is something I've always wanted to do, but cannot do where I am. I already spoke with the hospital and they are desperate for staff so it sounds like I'd walk into a job. Just need the house to sell.
Ooh, where would you move to? Will you stay in Northland?
Going to New Plymouth. so actually further away from you haha
New Plymouth is great. Good running. Plenty of trails and hills. Quite a bit colder though...
Used to it, lived there years ago, and hubbys family are there. Anyway isnt everywhere colder than the "winterless far north" hahaha. and I love how we look at a place based on the running. Ill definitely get good at hills running! though the foreshore is a great place to run, and they have an excellent park run group going.4 -
7.58 miles, 2nd run after getting back after almost 2 weeks off. Still not totally healed, but coming back. Garmin even upgraded my estimated VO2 Max, which is good because it had fallen really low. I still have a long ways to go, and I need more good runs like this to get there as quickly as possible.
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March Running Totals (miles)
3/1 – rest day
3/2 – 20.05 paced run + solo miles
3/3 – 8.28 easy
3/4 – rest day
3/5 – 10.27 warmup, speed work, cool down
3/6 – 8.75 easy
3/7 – 8.41 warmup, MP run, cool down
3/8 – rest day
3/9 – 15.59 Around the Bay (Irondequoit)
3/10 – 12.47 easy shading to MP
3/11 – rest day
3/12 – 15.01 long intervals
3/13 – 7.31 easy
3/14 – 5.05 before dusk
3/15 – rest day
3/16 – 7.53 commute, warmup, 8K race
3/17 – 15.40 commute/warmup, half marathon, commute/cool down
3/18 – rest day
3/19 – 8.18 easy with a few strides
3/20 – 8.08 easy and MP
March running total to date – 152.38
Nominal March mileage goal: 200 miles
Real Goals: Train well toward Boston. Cut back before St. Patrick’s Day weekend, run the 8K hard, use the half as a training race. Remain uninjured, even if it means cutting back on planned mileage.
Today's notes – Podiatrist visit this afternoon, so running got deferred till after 6 PM. And there was daylight till 7:30! Woohoo! Not a very noteworthy run today. Porch thermometer said 53° F when I started, so I went out in shorts and a tee. Felt a little cold going into the wind (which wasn't really all that strong), and regretted having bare hands instead of light glove. When I got home, the porch thermometer was down to 45°F. Well, that's gloves and long sleeve tech shirt weather.
Possibly because I felt chilly, my pace accelerated from easy to MP during the run. I didn't worry too much about it as long as my heart rate stayed below 130, which it mostly did until I hit the hills in the second half of the run. Even there, the HR only got up to the low 140s, briefly. Average for the entire run was something like 126. So the HR data says I ran easy, even though there were 3 or 4 miles that the pace said MP. *shrug* Still healthy, will probably do some easy speed work tomorrow.
2019 Races:
January 1, 2019 Freezeroo #2 (Resolution Run 7.5 mile) (Mendon, NY) finished in 50:55
January 5, 2019 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY) finished in 1:30:48
January 12, 2019 Freezeroo #3 (Pineway Ponds 5 Mile) (Spencerport, NY) finished in 33:10
January 26, 2019 Freezeroo #4 (Hearnish 5 mile) (Victor, NY) 4.9 miles, finished in 32:28
February 2, 2019 USATF XC Championship, Masters 8K (Tallahassee, FL) finished in 32:53
February 9, 2019 Freezeroo #5 (Tom Brannon 8 mile) (Greece, NY) finished in 55:55
February 23, 2019 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY) finished in 28:34
March 16, 2019 USATF Masters 8K Championship (Shamrock 8K) (Virginia Beach, VA) finished in 32:02
March 17, 2019 Shamrock Half Marathon (Virginia Beach, VA) finished in 1:34:21
April 13, 2019 BAA 5K (Boston, MA)
April 15, 2019 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA to Boston, MA)
April 28, 2019 USATF Masters 10K (James Joyce Ramble) (Dedham, MA)
May 19, 2019 Lilac Run 5K (Rochester, NY)
May 19, 2019 Lilac Run 10K (Rochester, NY)
May 25, 2019 Sunset House 5K (Rochester, NY)
June 7, 2019 Charlie McMullen Mile (Pittsford, NY)
June 16, 2019 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY)
June 29, 2019 A Country Mile at Ganondagan (5-ish mile trail) (Victor, NY)
November 3, 2019 TCS New York City Marathon (New York, NY)5 -
Walked the dogs this morning before work, then went 9.5 miles on the bike after work. Also did 3 sets of 15 reps eccentric heel drops... both straight and bent leg... three times throughout the day (270 total).5
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5.6 miles today - was supposed to be 10k but turned too soon and ended up about a half mile short.
My husband has a sore throat and runny nose. He considered skipping but decided at the last minute to run with me as long as I promised to keep it easy, which wasn’t a problem since I lifted heavy yesterday and my legs still feel tired from Monday’s long run. Today was planned to be hill work, so what we ended up doing was a preview of the course for the 10k we’re looking at in April, the Big BBQ at Shelby Farms, which has a half, 10k, and 5k option. The 10k course is basically the same path we run when we do hills anyway, only backwards, which means a lot of fairly steep downhills and long gradual climbs. He walked a couple of the hills while I challenged them then ran back down to him. All things considered he did really well - our usual easy is a shade under 10 minute mile pace and today was about 10:30 despite his hacking cough, sinus headache, and general malaise. We even managed to run it in at a little faster pace for the final split. I’m looking forward to this race which will be my first 10k that’s not a trail race, and also cover the same ground as the 5k course which I PR’d on in November.
We turned short because the map on my phone is based on the old configuration of the lake, which has been completely redone and the road which used to cross it taken out. Very confused until we compared maps later!
Weather was grismal, drizzle and sharp wind, but other than that not a bad run. We saw a huge herd of deer crossing the trail in front of us, and the male bison were bonking heads together in celebration of springtime.6 -
March Runing Goal: 10.5/20 miles
3/1 1 mile
3/2 1.5 mile
3/4 1.5 mile
3/14 2 miles
3/18 1 mile
3/19 1 mile
3/20 2.5 miles3 -
Another nice, dry, warm evening run. It wasn’t quite as late as last night, so I had a bit more pep.
@Avidkeo That sounds like an exciting move.. I think I’m finally at a place where I appreciate being in a city (which is handy because that’s where my job is). In the past 10 years we lived in 1 biggish city (this one), 1 smaller city, 1 college town, and 1 rural place. This city (Seattle) and the rural place (upstate New York) were my favorites because they’re gorgeous, but it was also great to move here with kids and have so many things to do. I hope your house sells quickly!
March goal: 60 miles
3/2 6 mi
3/3 cross (easy bike ~10 mi)
3/5 4 mi
3/7 4 mi TM
3/9 6 mi
3/10 cross (bike 25 mi w/kids)
3/12 4 mi
3/14 4 mi
3/16 3.1 mi (5K PR!)
3/17 3 mi + cross (snowboarding)
3/19 4.5 mi
3/20 3.1 mi
March total: 41.7 mi
Races:
3/16 Kirkland Shamrock Run 5K
5/6 Vancouver BMO Half Marathon
8/11 Lake Union 10K?5 -
Another nice, dry, warm evening run. It wasn’t quite as late as last night, so I had a bit more pep.
@Avidkeo That sounds like an exciting move.. I think I’m finally at a place where I appreciate being in a city (which is handy because that’s where my job is). In the past 10 years we lived in 1 biggish city (this one), 1 smaller city, 1 college town, and 1 rural place. This city (Seattle) and the rural place (upstate New York) were my favorites because they’re gorgeous, but it was also great to move here with kids and have so many things to do. I hope your house sells quickly!
March goal: 60 miles
3/2 6 mi
3/3 cross (easy bike ~10 mi)
3/5 4 mi
3/7 4 mi TM
3/9 6 mi
3/10 cross (bike 25 mi w/kids)
3/12 4 mi
3/14 4 mi
3/16 3.1 mi (5K PR!)
3/17 3 mi + cross (snowboarding)
3/19 4.5 mi
3/20 3.1 mi
March total: 41.7 mi
Races:
3/16 Kirkland Shamrock Run 5K
5/6 Vancouver BMO Half Marathon
8/11 Lake Union 10K?
Thanks! Definitely hopeful0 -
Still no running for me this week. In the morning I have decent energy in spite of congestion and runny nose and I think I might be able to run in the evening but by the time I'm done with work I'm fatigued and I know a run isn't happening.
I may take Kody for a walk tonight. I need to do something in this nice weather we're having...enough with laying on the couch.
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A new reason to have to run was anouced...
LG's SnowWhite is like a Keurig for ice cream
https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/12/lg-snowwhite-ice-cream-maker-keurig/
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got a run in 5.45mi. i have to admit, i was a little nervous after such a horrible run on sunday. i wanted to push the pace a bit since it was going to be a shorter run. my lungs felt a bit tight. so hmm but overall it was a good, tough run to push sunday's bad run out of the way
found some spring showers along the way. i'm glad i brought a change of clothes as i had an aerial yoga class to teach after
i ran pretty barebones. i ran in capris and a long sleeved with a buff. i relished in the rain. i ran past another lady and i had to laugh. she looked pissed at the rain. and she had a rain jacket, and two other top layers, hat, beats headphones, long pants, compression socks, and headlamp(on and it wasn't even after sunset). maybe she was having a bad run, but i was feeling thankful i could enjoy the run and not curse the rain
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PastorVincent wrote: »A new reason to have to run was anouced...
LG's SnowWhite is like a Keurig for ice cream
That looks like space food.
ETA Cutes! @mbaker566 ! Beautiful scenery! Maybe her play list sucked... or she was running off a bad day. Hope it ended well for her.1 -
PastorVincent wrote: »A new reason to have to run was anouced...
LG's SnowWhite is like a Keurig for ice cream
i want that. i have no counter space for it. i will make counter space. want. badly. now3 -
04Mar - 1.8 miles (treadmill)
07Mar - 1.6 miles (treadmill)
08Mar - 2 miles (treadmill)
11Mar - 2 miles (treadmill)
15Mar - 8.85 miles (outside)
17Mar - 5 miles (outside)
18Mar - 2 miles (treadmill)
21Mar - 2 miles (treadmill)
Total so far: 25.25 miles of 40
Should hopefully get 2 more miles in tomorrow at the gym before the weekend, then it's off to a spa for my best friends hen party. Might be able to get some more miles in next week before the end of the month, but my nephew should make an appearance any day now (currently a week overdue) so it will entirely depend on when he arrives!5 -
3-1 Rest
3-2 10.5k easy
3-3 11k slow
3-4 10.5k recovery
3-5 Rest
3-6 7k slow
3-7 10.5k easy
3-8 Rest
3-9 11k easy
3-10 7k recovery
3-11 8.5k slow
3-12 Rest
3-13 7k slow
3-14 7k easy
3-15 Rest
3-16 7k easy
3-17 11k slow
3-18 7k recovery
3-19 Rest
3-20 7k easy
3-21 7k slow
March Total: 129k
March Goal: 175k
Next year when you pop in here claiming your December 2019 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
Run at least 4 5k races.
Get under 30:00 and a PR for 5k.
Average at least 135k per month, which would put me over 1,000 miles for the year.
Run the Year Team: Five for Nineteen
Blah. Ran like an elephant today - a ponderous pachyderm plodding along the path. This cold is still kicking my *kitten*, and I'm having a tough time kicking back.
2019 Races:
4-13 Shine the Light 5K (Registered)
6-1 Freedom 5K (Will be off the schedule due to another commitment)
6-30 Strides for Starfish 5K10
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