April 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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Well, not exactly the week I’d hoped to have, but so it goes. It started off really strong (literally - I’m still pretty excited about that deadlift PR) but farted out around Tuesday evening. I had a good but tough therapy session and decided to celebrate that by drinking too much three out of the six remaining evenings in the week. Hurm. So while Tuesday and Wednesday were planned rest days, Thursday and Friday were not. So it goes.
I got two runs in (four planned) and two strength classes (three planned), so I was short on those two goals for the week. I almost managed to hit my moderate cardio goal (194 out of 210 minutes) and once again I exceeded my mobility goal (129 of 120 minutes, thank you Yoga With Adriene). It’s something and I’ll take it. I’ve struggled with yoga and stretching in the past but it really is a great way to start the day and helps me refocus at work.
This week I’m aiming for four runs: three short and one long. I’ve worked out a couple of “scenic routes” to the gym that get me 2.4 or 3.4 miles instead of the 1.75 mile direct route. I don’t generally care about hitting round numbers but since today will be my last run of the month I think I’ll try and hit 35 miles exactly for the month before heading over to May. Either way, I made my minimum goal of 10 miles for the month and will miss my conservative goal of 40 miles. Life goes on.
4/1 Rest
4/2 Strength class, ran/walked 1.13 miles
4/3 Yoga and prehab
4/4 Strength class, ran .75 miles
4/5 Strength class, ran 1.65 miles
4/6 Rest
4/7 Ran 3.74 miles
4/8 Rest
4/9 Ran 1.76 miles, strength class
4/10 Spring blizzard
4/11 Spring blizzard
4/12 Ran 3.38 miles, strength class
4/13 Strength class
4/14 Ran 4.73 miles
4/15 Ran 1.75 miles, strength class
4/16 Rest
4/17 Strength class, ran 1.87 miles
4/18 Rest
4/19 Ran 2.41 miles, strength class
4/20 Ran 5.27 miles
4/21 Rest
4/22 Ran 1.75 miles, strength class (deadlift PR: 200 lbs!)
4/23 Rest
4/24 Rest
4/25 Rest (unplanned mental health day)
4/26 Rest (unplanned - work)
4/27 Ran 2.4 miles, strength class
4/28 Rest (unplanned mental health day)
April Mileage: 32.59 miles
2019 Races! (bold registered)
January 26: Securian 10K, St. Paul, MN Chip time: 1:05:07
February 16: Half Fast 10K DNS
March 23: Hot Dash 5K, Mpls, MN Chip time: 0:28:39 (*PR!)
May 4: PHRC Pensieve 10K (virtual)
May 19: Women Run the Cities 10K, Mpls, MN
June 12: ESTRS French 5K, Plymouth, MN
June 29 Lift Bridge 10Mi, Bayport MN
August 3: Beat the Blerch Half Marathon, Carnation, WA
September 2: MDRA Victory Labor Day 5 or 10K, Mpls, MN
September 8: Sioux Falls Half Marathon, Sioux Falls, SD
October 5: TCM 10K, St. Paul, MN
October 6: TCM 10Mi, Minneapolis to St. Paul, MN
October 12: Bemidji Blue Ox 26K, Bemidji, MN
November 28: Turkey Trot St. Paul 10K, St. Paul, MN
December 14: Reindeer Run 10K, Mpls, MN8 -
@Scott6255 I have a code for 5$ off the trinity river run. It’s not much, but it’s a good code. Anyone else that’s interested, feel free to sign up. I’m hoping to be able to do the 5k.
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eleanorhawkins wrote: »Having some doubts and would like to pick the brains of the more experienced runners round here. I know none of you are doctors or trainers and whatever I do is under my own responsibility etc etc etc, just looking for opinions!
As most of you know, I trained for and ran a HM in December. It was probably too much too soon for someone still pretty new to running, and led to injury and having to take time off then start over from scratch. I completed c25k again, followed by an 8km training plan which I finish this weekend. My plan had been to then start a 15km plan, followed by a couple of weeks to move from 3 to 4 runs per week then start a HM plan with an aim to running my local HM on November 3rd.
This would result in wave-like cycles, with total weekly mileage increasing during each separate plan then dialling right back down to start the next. Seemed like a really good idea when I mapped it all out.Now I'm wondering whether the dialing back parts are worth it, or whether I might as well just maintain the distances (maybe with a cut-back week once a month) until I reach the weeks when the mileage increases again...
Btw I know there's a mistake in next week's mileage, after swapping the 2 mile run on the plan for a 7km race it will actually be 7.5 miles
Thoughts?
Those last few weeks look like the Hal Higdon HM Novice 2 plan - I'm going to be starting that one in a couple of weeks, rearranged a bit for my weird summer race schedule (10K, trail 5K, 10 Mile, HM). I used his plans last year for my first and second half marathons and didn't have any injury issues. I mostly try and stick to the 10% increase per week and a lower mileage week every month or two, though I find 10% too restrictive when my weekly mileage is under about 15 miles per week.2 -
eleanorhawkins wrote: »Does anyone else wonder whether Kipchoge is human or is it just me?
After Eliud set the world record at Berlin in 2:01:something (and having previously run 2:00:25 on a track time trial that wasn't eligible for the record), he was quoted as saying something like, "I've run 2:03, 2:00, and 2:01. Next I must run a 2:02." So I see at London he ran 2:02:39.
Kind of like Babe Ruth's called shot home run.
Exactly, that's why I think he might just be a robot. Or superman!0 -
MegaMooseEsq wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »Having some doubts and would like to pick the brains of the more experienced runners round here. I know none of you are doctors or trainers and whatever I do is under my own responsibility etc etc etc, just looking for opinions!
As most of you know, I trained for and ran a HM in December. It was probably too much too soon for someone still pretty new to running, and led to injury and having to take time off then start over from scratch. I completed c25k again, followed by an 8km training plan which I finish this weekend. My plan had been to then start a 15km plan, followed by a couple of weeks to move from 3 to 4 runs per week then start a HM plan with an aim to running my local HM on November 3rd.
This would result in wave-like cycles, with total weekly mileage increasing during each separate plan then dialling right back down to start the next. Seemed like a really good idea when I mapped it all out.Now I'm wondering whether the dialing back parts are worth it, or whether I might as well just maintain the distances (maybe with a cut-back week once a month) until I reach the weeks when the mileage increases again... Btw I know there's a mistake in next week's mileage, after swapping the 2 mile run on the plan for a 7km race it will actually be 7.5 miles
Thoughts?
Those last few weeks look like the Hal Higdon HM Novice 2 plan - I'm going to be starting that one in a couple of weeks, rearranged a bit for my weird summer race schedule (10K, trail 5K, 10 Mile, HM). I used his plans last year for my first and second half marathons and didn't have any injury issues. I mostly try and stick to the 10% increase per week and a lower mileage week every month or two, though I find 10% too restrictive when my weekly mileage is under about 15 miles per week.
@MegaMooseEsq and @Elise4270 It isn't my own doing (apart from a couple of tiny tweaks), it's Hal Higdon's Novice 15km followed by a couple of weeks to adapt back to 4 runs per week instead of 3 followed by his HM Novice 2. I used the HM Novice 1 last autumn and I really liked it, but (although too much too soon led to injury in my case) I did feel I went into the race with nowhere near enough mileage under my belt. In theory this plan is around the same mileage, but it's split slightly differently and has slightly longer long runs towards the end, which I feel would leave me better prepared.
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@katharmonic Sounds like a tough race! Doing anything for eight hours sounds exhausting, much less all that elevation plus obstacles! Great job. Hope your leg heals quickly.
@Tramboman and @PastorVincent Good luck with the back issues. My husband tweaked his back right before our 10k trail race and just ran it anyway, but he says it was completely exhausting, could only breathe about half normal depth. His was something that just came up after turning over in bed like @PastorVincent ‘s. He looked it up and apparently his was more likely to be muscle tension than actual spinal issues, so he just soldiered on and it eventually went away.
Walked 10k yesterday. I’m still walking although every time I get out there I test out a little run for a few paces. Time before this I was able to very slowly jog without pain. So this time I tried a little more speed, and although there wasn’t pain per se it felt tight and wrong after a few strides, as it did right before the injury occurred. It’s starting to look like the Nautical 10 miler which is June 2nd isn’t going to happen which breaks my heart, since that was my big race of the year.11 -
Diagnosis: Low lumbar strain.
Treatment: Active rest; muscle relaxant; pain medication; drink plenty of water.
All in all, good news.15 -
So Hurray for cross training! I lifted legs on Friday, fairly heavy for not having done it in a while. Worked both jobs and was on the clock until 0100 Saturday morning, then back at 0700. So no run on Saturday. Sunday was a veg out day with meal prep for the week. This morning's run was just a short one as I had TRX class at 0545. I am ecstatic! Split times were fairly consistent @ around 10:15/mile and the effort felt fairly easy. Hopefully can duplicate this run feeling on Saturday for my 10K.
and @eleanorhawkins I just may steal that plan
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ETA: May thread anyone?6 -
Just walked an experimental 5k. Seem okay. Will try easy short run after work in the park where it is flat.
6 days till Pittsburgh Marathon. So thinking about goals.
My Prior marathon runs:
1st: 4:11:27 - This was the last year of the harder course
2nd: 4:24:00 - This was a bad year for me - executed plan poorly
3rd: 3:51:59 - Left it all on the course, but got my PR
So this year I ordered a 3:55:00 pace tattoo. I am not shooting for a PR, my real target is to PR the 50k the following weekend, but I would still like to get under 4 again cause 4 is like a magic number where below it I can pretend I ran well or something. I dunno. Just feels cool to say "Yeah, I run a sub-4 marathon." 10 -
workaholic_nurse wrote: »So Hurray for cross training! I lifted legs on Friday, fairly heavy for not having done it in a while. Worked both jobs and was on the clock until 0100 Saturday morning, then back at 0700. So no run on Saturday. Sunday was a veg out day with meal prep for the week. This morning's run was just a short one as I had TRX class at 0545. I am ecstatic! Split times were fairly consistent @ around 10:15/mile and the effort felt fairly easy. Hopefully can duplicate this run feeling on Saturday for my 10K.
and @eleanorhawkins I just may steal that plan !
ETA: May thread anyone?
Set it up!0 -
I went ahead and set up May - It is located here:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10741323/may-2019-monthly-running-challenge/p1?new=13 -
Aww - thanks @scott6255...
Honestly I just wanted to be first to post my goal 🤣4 -
DONE!
Running challenge
1 Apr: Pilates + Yoga
2 Apr: 6.47km
3 Apr: Yoga
4 Apr: 10.68km
5 Apr: Rest (but not really, was a mad day prepping for kid’s birthday party)
6 Apr: Yoga
7 Apr: 9.8km
8 Apr: 6.92km + Yoga
9 Apr: 5.46km
10 Apr: Yoga
11 Apr: 10.0km
12 Apr: Many cocktails and much food
13 Apr: Many more cocktails and even more food
14 Apr: Yet more cocktails and food
15 Apr: Rest (from cocktails and food)
16 Apr: 6.82km
17 Apr: 10.09km
18 Apr: Rest
19 Apr: 17.37km plus Easter chocolate
20 Apr: Rest plus many, many hot cross buns
21 Apr: 10.73km plus more chocolate and hot cross buns
22 Apr: 10.67km trying desperately to outrun the Easter bunny!
23 Apr: 9.78km And I can’t believe it, my daughter has just won more chocolate.
24 Apr: Rest, from all the things
25 Apr: 12km trail run with my running club
26 Apr: Yogalates - first class in over two weeks, nearly fell over more than once.
27 Apr: 8.10km + Yoga
28 Apr: 12.1km
29 Apr: 6.61km + Pilates + Yoga
30 Apr: 6.59km
160.19 of 160km for April4 -
@Tramboman - so glad it is a muscle strain an not something with a bone or joint! Sounds like time, gentle stretching (yoga), etc.. will get you back to feeling better! Did they recommend any specific stretches or PT or anything?
@eleanorhawkins - I like your training plan but if you feel like you don't need to ramp down and start all over again with each plan you really don't have to. Like others have said do what works for you to transition from one to the other, without any huge jumps in distance or pace and plenty of recovery.
Taking it slow and easy today. Waited for the rain to pass and headed out in the sunshine and then the clouds moved back in. It sure looked like we were going to get wet. Heard distant thunder but only got just a few sprinkles. It was nice and cool in the low 60's though.
This was a picture from last week that I forgot to post here. It is hard to get Hobbes the Vizsla to look at the phone or camera but I managed to 'catch' him smiling in this one, or at least it looks to me like he was smiling. He did really enjoy that run on Friday.
That is goal for me and my last run for April. I can't believe I finally made it back to 100miles. First 100 mile month in 7 months!
Date........Miles.......Total
04/01......4.72........4.72 + Agility
04/02......0.00........4.72 + Strength Training
04/03......5.45......10.17 + Sport Dog
04/04......0.00......10.17
04/05......5.67......15.84 - with Drills and Strides
04/06......8.64......24.48 - 2mile wu, 4 miles tempo w/90sec rest, 2mile cd
04/07......3.50......27.98
04/08......4.75......32.73 + Agility
04/09......0.00......32.73 + Strength Training
04/10......6.67......39.40 + Sport Dog
04/11......0.00......39.40 + Strength Training
04/12......0.00......39.40 - Agility Trial
04/13......9.71......49.11
04/14......2.34......51.45 - On the road
04/15......3.76......55.21 - Tucson run
04/16......0.00......55.21
04/17......3.45......58.66 - Los Alamos
04/18......4.71......63.37 - Santa Fe Rails to Trails run
04/19......0.00......63.37
04/20......3.57......66.94 - Santa Fe Rails to Trails run revisited
04/21......0.00......66.94
04/22......9.83......76.77 - + Agility
04/23......0.00......76.77 + Strength Training
04/24......5.07......81.84 + Sport Dog
04/25......0.00......81.84 + Strength Training
04/26......4.88......86.72
04/27....12.59......99.31
04/28......0.00......99.31
04/29......4.47....103.78 - + Agility
04/30......0.00....103.78
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)
02/02/20 - Surf City Half Marathon11 -
Ran my first miles since injury. 5 miles at a little faster than easy pace at a park which is about as flat as it comes around here. Was really hard to get going, but once I got going seemed okay. As long as I do not do something stupid I should be okay for the Marathon...13
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eleanorhawkins wrote: »@MegaMooseEsq and @Elise4270 It isn't my own doing (apart from a couple of tiny tweaks), it's Hal Higdon's Novice 15km followed by a couple of weeks to adapt back to 4 runs per week instead of 3 followed by his HM Novice 2. I used the HM Novice 1 last autumn and I really liked it, but (although too much too soon led to injury in my case) I did feel I went into the race with nowhere near enough mileage under my belt. In theory this plan is around the same mileage, but it's split slightly differently and has slightly longer long runs towards the end, which I feel would leave me better prepared.
That is pretty much how all of my plans come about. I find one I like from someone like Hal and then adjust it to my reality.
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WTG @shanaber and thank you for setting up May thread ma'am
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Ran a little bit today. It puts me at 28.27/30 for the month.5
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Hey guys! Did a 7k run this morning, bringing my distance foe April to 150k - which is my goal woo hoo!
Oh and had the interview, not official yet but I got the job!18 -
@Avidkeo Congratulations!!!!! Which job did you take?1
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Last run of the month. Didn't quite make goal, but was pretty close.
On to May!!
4/3: 3.1 miles
4/5: 3.3 miles
4/6: 7 miles
4/8: 4.3 miles
4/8: 2.1 miles
4/10: 2.4 miles
4/12: 7 miles
4/14: 2.4 miles
4/15: 5.2 miles
4/17: 3.6 miles
4/19: 7.1 miles
4/21: 3 miles
4/22: 3 miles
4/26: 4 miles
4/28: 3.1 miles
4/29: 4 miles
April total: 64.6 miles
April goal: 70 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 1:01.28
Brazos Bend 50 10k - 4/6/2019 1:15:33
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 registered
Wine and Dine half marathon - 11/3/2019 registered
Run the Year 2019 - Team Five for Nineteen9 -
8.4 miles today.
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Great job meeting your goal @avidkeo, and congrats on the unofficial job offer!
@Tramboman glad your back isn't a more serious problem.
@PastorVincent glad you were able to get a little run in, take it easy before your marathon.
@eleanorhawkins that seems like a good approach. Good luck with your training.
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Thanks again to all for your kudos and acknowledgement of my craziness with the Spartan race.
No run for me yesterday or today. I intended to go to my run group and just do a little recovery run but totally spaced that I had a retirement party to go to tonight, so I had hors d'oeuvres, wine and carrot cake instead. I'm not a huge fan of carrot cake but I will say this was excellent so I had two pieces. At some point I really should stop eating like I just ran a race.
I did go to an infrared sauna place today and sat in there for 30 minutes after reading how helpful they were with recovery. I have to say it felt pretty good and I do think I'm significantly less sore after doing that. I did a buy one get one free so I still have a second session to use this week.
I may or may not do a short run tomorrow to finish up the month. I'm a little short on my goal, but the most important thing right now is to recover well so I can run another race this Sunday - not to race it but just to finish.12 -
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quilteryoyo wrote: »@Avidkeo Congratulations!!!!! Which job did you take?
This is the hospital one, not the private practice. I'll leave that role for mum5 -
Got a last run in for the month this morning and reached and passed goal.
April goal: 40km. Run so far: 42.6km
Although it is was a vey low goal, I'm very happy with this month. I knew it was going to be a month when there wouldn't be much running distance as I'm still building back up, plus there was a 10-day holiday that included hiking all the miles (we walked from Valença in Portugal to Santiago de Compostela in Spain in 8 days). I failed at getting any stretching in while we were away, mainly because my legs just seized up and refused to play after we finished the longer stages especially (getting out for dinner was a challenge to say the least!) but apart from the 10 days away I did keep up with my strength training and stretching for the rest of the month.
Looking forward to May! (Which starts with a short run and a physiotherapy session on Thursday to hopefully sort out the tight legs!)8
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