April 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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Hey all. No run for me. Come to the big smoke to do a shopping trip with a friend. Bought some new work shoes that will double as interview shoes. Currently sitting 8n Mcdonalds while the kids play in the playground. They don't really like mcdonalds food, and I'm not eating any, but they have that damned playground that the kids LOVE. Jessica 3ven promised to eat the food if we go. I got them apple slices, and water and the happy meals come with a book so that's something.
I have gotten so picky with shoes now, even work shoes. My running life bleeding into work life haha. But I refuse to accept uncomfortable shoes now. 8m pretty sure these shoes will work but until I wear them at work, I'm skeptical.3 -
No run today, spent it driving around instead... err looking at the clock, I mean no run YESTERDAY. Erf. Been a really long day... hopefully, that means tomorrow (err today?) is shorter to make up for it!
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Didn’t slip out of work quite as early as I wanted, but made it out with plenty of time before I got dark. Ran along the cycle track but then got to the end with more miles wanted!! Hopped over a stile and across into Vallis Vale, a path along the river with a famous Unconformity named after the father of British Geological Survey, Henry de la Beche. For a nerdy moment I did a quick gawp at how hundreds of years ago some chap stared at a rock and realised odd stuff was going on, and how the Earth was formed.
I learnt a few things on my run:
It’s amazing how much nicer running on hard packed Earth is to tarmac
The track near my work isn’t long enough
I can amazingly (although painfully slowly) crack out a 10 mile run after a day at work
Refuelling should happen earlier than 6 miles in - I had a wooden legs half hour where my pace was a spectacular 13.46 minute mile as the flapjack tried to kick in
Never say hi to a dog as it tries to say hi back #muddypaws
I should do speedwork.
I should leave a note so when colleagues see my car still at work they don’t worry about me.
Plan ahead and have food ready to eat when you get back - rather than having to stop at the store
It’s wild garlic season already.
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01/04 1.73 miles
02/04 3.42 miles
03/04 3.24 miles
04/04 2.37 miles
05/04 3.51 miles
06/04 3.22 miles
07/04 2.78 miles
08/04 2.08 miles
09/04 3.22 miles
10/04 3.24 miles
11/04 2.23 miles
12/04 1.04 miles - for the April Streak
13/04 4.14 miles
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girlinahat wrote: »Didn’t slip out of work quite as early as I wanted, but made it out with plenty of time before I got dark. Ran along the cycle track but then got to the end with more miles wanted!! Hopped over a stile and across into Vallis Vale, a path along the river with a famous Unconformity named after the father of British Geological Survey, Henry de la Beche. For a nerdy moment I did a quick gawp at how hundreds of years ago some chap stared at a rock and realised odd stuff was going on, and how the Earth was formed.
I learnt a few things on my run:
It’s amazing how much nicer running on hard packed Earth is to tarmac
The track near my work isn’t long enough
I can amazingly (although painfully slowly) crack out a 10 mile run after a day at work
Refuelling should happen earlier than 6 miles in - I had a wooden legs half hour where my pace was a spectacular 13.46 minute mile as the flapjack tried to kick in
Never say hi to a dog as it tries to say hi back #muddypaws
I should do speedwork.
I should leave a note so when colleagues see my car still at work they don’t worry about me.
Plan ahead and have food ready to eat when you get back - rather than having to stop at the store
It’s wild garlic season already.
That looks like a great place to run!
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girlinahat wrote: »Didn’t slip out of work quite as early as I wanted, but made it out with plenty of time before I got dark. Ran along the cycle track but then got to the end with more miles wanted!! Hopped over a stile and across into Vallis Vale, a path along the river with a famous Unconformity named after the father of British Geological Survey, Henry de la Beche. For a nerdy moment I did a quick gawp at how hundreds of years ago some chap stared at a rock and realised odd stuff was going on, and how the Earth was formed.
I learnt a few things on my run:
It’s amazing how much nicer running on hard packed Earth is to tarmac
The track near my work isn’t long enough
I can amazingly (although painfully slowly) crack out a 10 mile run after a day at work
Refuelling should happen earlier than 6 miles in - I had a wooden legs half hour where my pace was a spectacular 13.46 minute mile as the flapjack tried to kick in
Never say hi to a dog as it tries to say hi back #muddypaws
I should do speedwork.
I should leave a note so when colleagues see my car still at work they don’t worry about me.
Plan ahead and have food ready to eat when you get back - rather than having to stop at the store
It’s wild garlic season already.
I'm thinking that stream is full of trout...2 -
Aww @7lenny7 I’m so heartbroken for you. I really hate it when our medical professionals peapol don’t come through.
My Running Strong book by Jordan Metzl (runners world doc), says it’s simply overuse. Culprits include: too much too fast, hill running to quickly, possibly weak calves, tight calves or overpronation. So if your shoes are causing overpronation, I wouldn’t replace them unless it’s time. I just don’t buy into the drop being an issue unless you haven’t adjusted.
Book snippet
@7lenny7 - I agree with @Elise4270. Your sports doc sounds an awful lot like the podiatrist I saw who wanted me to wear 'normal' running shoes like Asics or Saucony and not the Altras she had never heard of. She didn't talk about the drop but she also told me to never go barefoot, wear shoes with lots of support and cushion. Too bad those shoes make my feet and knees hurt and I can't run in shoes with lots of cushion and I had been running in Altras or similar for years. She also didn't listen to me or hear my concerns, gave me no 're-entry' to running instructions or exercises.
The orthopedic sports doctor and PT I saw after her, both told me I needed to wear shoes with a wide toe box (like Altras which they new about and fully approved of) as well as going barefoot to strengthen the muscles and tendons in my feet and ankles.
I was going to ask “what’s with this no barefoot “ movement? When I was a kid, we never wore shoes, it was good to go barefoot to strengthen the feet. How would shoes ever help? I did shortly work with a rather overweight woman that had issues with pf and said shoes helped. I love a shoe that I can feel the ground. Maybe the shoe companies have gotten to our docs, lobbying them like the Pharma reps do.
Eric’s gone all weekend. So I did a Walmart pick up order and the second I hit submit I remembered 2 things I wanted. One was pie. So I guess that’s a win. I need to study muscles. I need a study buddy (with pie).
It’s a nice day to run here. Cool, drizzle and overcast. Always seemed to be my best running. Oh how I miss flying through that trail. Oh leapt o’er a lil ‘nakie... feet in the stream, ohh you see that owl swoop down? Ahh. Awesome run. I can just about hear those foot falls.
I ditched the crutches yesterday evening. Dh is gone. So no one is here to tell me use them. My gait is beyond horrible. I can not adequately describe it. Think The Penguin if he had a derotational femur surgery. I’m sure sans crutches are a bad idea as i could develop some bad habits to over come or worse cause a muscle imbalance. Perhaps it’s time to use one with a little patience.
Go fly my little birdies.11 -
4-1 rest
4-2 7k easy
4-3 7k easy
4-4 rest
4-5 7k easy/threshold
4-6 11k easy
4-7 7k recovery
4-8 rest
4-9 7k easy/threshold
4-10 4k slow
4-11 rest
4-12 4k easy
4-13 5k (Shine the Light)
April Total: 59k
April Goal: 150k
January Total: 131k
February Total: 159.5k
March Total: 183k
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
The Shine the Light 5k is a small church run. Weather was perfect; but legs ran out of strength and lungs ran out of wind; need to do a better job training. Managed to finish ahead of the guy who won the age group last year, so that was a plus. Perhaps my 2019 goal of getting under 30:00 will not be as achievable as I thought last October.
2019 Races:
4-13 Shine the Light 5K -- 31:12 chip time; First Place 65 and older
6-1 Freedom 5K (Will be off the schedule due to another commitment)
6-30 Strides for Starfish 5K11 -
Because the race got called off, I decided on a HM LT run a little after midnight before the storms hit. Running north or east was arduous due to the increasing wind speed, but overall I hit an average pace of 7:24.
Calling off the race was a wise move...we just had a barrage of quarter-sized hail, and that would've hurt. A lot. And seeing as we're completely surrounded by storms, more is to come. That big sucker on the left? Yeah, that actually runs pretty much the length of Texas and deep into Oklahoma, and it's making its way in our direction.
02 - 14.22
03 - 14.14
04 - 11.40
05 - 10.10
08 - 9.11
09 - 7.30
10 - 7.54
11 - 6.13
13 - 13.11
Total: 93.05 / 220 miles8 -
@girlinahat Looks like a wonderful place to run. I need to find something better than up and down my driveway or out my rural road and back.0
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Bunnyhop 5k this morning. The rain held off and it was an easy race. My fastest 5k yet chip time 27:03. Placed 4 in age group. The medals were divided only by age group not male/female so 3 female in age group. Daughter finished 2 in age group/ 1 female. Really good small race and the shirts were purple so a definite win.13
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Congrats @Butterchop !
April Goals: Run 100+ miles, stay healthy & keep up with marathon training plan.
4/1-7 Totals: 62.1 km run, 1600 m swim, 0 bike
4/8-14 Totals: 40.5 km run, lots of cleaning, short hike
4/8 - 8.5 km dirt track
4/9 - no run
4/10 - 7.2 km run
4/11 - no run
4/12 - short hike with the kids and some walking downtown
4/13 - 24.8 km early morning run
The teacher strike is still on which complicates things, but my housemate sat down with me and we compared schedules so I could have time to run this coming week. It's a very important one for my marathon training. I was so happy today that I got to run
Upcoming races:
April 27 - Botanical 5k
May 12- Lublin Marathon5 -
Congrats @Butterchop and @Tramboman on your races.
@garygse that's awesome you went ahead and ran your HM. Who needs bling anyway
We just got a barrage of hail here too. Heavy rain expected all day. So guess the run this weekend will get pushed to Sunday again.
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Because the race got called off, I decided on a HM LT run a little after midnight before the storms hit. Running north or east was arduous due to the increasing wind speed, but overall I hit an average pace of 7:24.
Calling off the race was a wise move...we just had a barrage of quarter-sized hail, and that would've hurt. A lot. And seeing as we're completely surrounded by storms, more is to come. That big sucker on the left? Yeah, that actually runs pretty much the length of Texas and deep into Oklahoma, and it's making its way in our direction.
02 - 14.22
03 - 14.14
04 - 11.40
05 - 10.10
08 - 9.11
09 - 7.30
10 - 7.54
11 - 6.13
13 - 13.11
Total: 93.05 / 220 miles
Nap weather!!! The storms hit in my corner of Texas this morning and it’s still pouring. It’s a rest day for me with no work. I am still in bed in my pajamas at noon. I plan on doing nothing the rest of the day and it will be amazing. Can you tell I am burnt-out? 😂7 -
Congrats on your races @Tramboman and @Butterchop!
Impressive getting in your HM before the storms @garygse. Definitely looks like a day to stay inside.
I hear you @amymoreorless - enjoy your day of doing nothing. That sounds fantastic and much needed.
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
04/01/19 :::: 3.8 :::: 3.8
04/02/19 :::: 2.7 :::: 6.5
04/03/19 :::: 1.6 :::: 8.1
04/04/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 8.1
04/05/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 8.1
04/06/19 :::: 5.7 :::: 13.8
04/07/19 :::: 5.0 :::: 18.8
04/08/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 18.8
04/09/19 :::: 3.4 :::: 22.2
04/10/19 :::: 3.3 :::: 25.5
04/11/19 :::: 4.1 :::: 29.6
04/12/19 :::: 3.6 :::: 33.2
04/13/19 :::: 5.5 :::: 38.6
I got one last run in this morning in San Diego. It was a gorgeous morning - as my Lyft driver said, every day is beautiful in San Diego. I looped around a little park with a fitness trail and did some of the stations for the pushups, pull-ups, rings, etc. A little bonus Spartan race training! They were setting up the finish area for the SoCal Ragnar race which ends later today and I suddenly felt a little left out of all the excitement.
Heading out on my flight in a little while so I've got a long day of sitting around ahead of me. I'm just excited that unlike on the way here I am NOT going to do any work. Maybe I'll even catch a little nap.
Good luck to any other racers this weekend! Stay safe from all the storms those of you in the paths.
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We are always in this pocket. We didn’t get anything but drizzle and some wind.
*study break*
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Butterchop wrote: »Bunnyhop 5k this morning. The rain held off and it was an easy race. My fastest 5k yet chip time 27:03. Placed 4 in age group. The medals were divided only by age group not male/female so 3 female in age group. Daughter finished 2 in age group/ 1 female. Really good small race and the shirts were purple so a definite win.
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Was planning an easy run today, but ugh. Not feeling up to it. Think might have gotten bad food at the rest stop on the turnpike. Shocking I know. Ugh.3
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Butterchop wrote: »Bunnyhop 5k this morning. The rain held off and it was an easy race. My fastest 5k yet chip time 27:03. Placed 4 in age group. The medals were divided only by age group not male/female so 3 female in age group. Daughter finished 2 in age group/ 1 female. Really good small race and the shirts were purple so a definite win.
Great race!!!0
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