June 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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@MegaMooseEsq - have you tried icing your shin right in the spot that is hurting? You might also try some calf stretches/raises - sometimes shin splints occur because your calf muscles are tight and pull at the attachment points along the shin causing inflammation. 3rd thing to consider is the age and miles on your shoes and/or try running in a different pair and see if it helps.
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Hobbes and I went out planning for 6 miles with the thought we would come home if it got too hot. We did end up running about 6.5 miles and it did get hot but I stopped a few times to let him rest in the shade. Between us we consumed the entire 1.5L of water in my pack plus drinks, especially for him, from the drinking fountains. It has been so cool that we just aren't adjusted to the hotter weather that is now upon us.
Date........Miles.......Total
06/01......4.31........4.31
06/02......0.00........4.31
06/03......4.36........8.67 - + Agility class
06/04......3.53......12.20
06/05......3.45......15.65 - Global Running Day pledge
06/06......0.00......15.65
06/07......5.42......21.07
06/08......0.00......21.07
06/09......6.57......27.64
2019 Planned and Completed Races
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
02/02/20 - Surf City Half Marathon7 -
@MegaMooseEsq - have you tried icing your shin right in the spot that is hurting? You might also try some calf stretches/raises - sometimes shin splints occur because your calf muscles are tight and pull at the attachment points along the shin causing inflammation. 3rd thing to consider is the age and miles on your shoes and/or try running in a different pair and see if it helps.
I just finished icing and it definitely helped with the pain. I do have tight calves, but that's not anything new. This happened so soon after dealing with my knee/hip issue that I wonder if it might be related. My shoes are new but not brand new - I've been running in them for occasional short runs all spring and switched to them full time maybe three weeks ago. I've worried that they might be part of the issue, but then, my old shoes had over 500 miles so I was worried that might have been the issue. I'm a little overwhelmed by all the possibilities at this point.3 -
Now jogging 5km without interval pretty consistently although very slowly. However on the plus side that is all i had hoped for when i was not running at all.
2 June....5k
5 June....5k
7 June....5k
9 June....5k
Goals June
1...no of runs 13................4
2...total distance 69km.....20km
3...5km no interval............Done
4...speed 5km < 40m........41.35
5...longer run 6km.............5km
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6/1 26.53 miles
6/2 26.43 miles, Cycling 3 hours
6/3 26.56 miles
6/4 21.3 miles, 400 days on the run
6/5 20.57 miles
6/6 20.3 miles
6/7 20.12 miles
6/8 27.56 miles
6/9 15.12 miles, Cycling 3 hours, 405 days on the run8 -
June goal: 90 miles
6/2: 8.51 miles
6/4: 5.52 miles
6/5: 5.26 miles
6/6: 5.51 miles
6/9: 10.05 miles
34.85/90 miles completed
I knew today was going to be hot so I got up pretty early to run. But it was already 75F (I don't know if it was ever any cooler than that). I had a nice 10 mile run. It was hot though and I felt slow. I kind of overate yesterday so I felt kind of bloated this morning. That plus the heat and the sun is probably why I felt so slow. But it was my long run and I think they are supposed to be run at an easy pace anyway, so slow was probably good. I was early enough that a lot of my run was shaded so that was nice. And between 4.5 and 5 miles there was a very light rain. It was weird too because the sun was shining and it wasn't very cloudy. But it was nice and helped me cool down some.
@RunnerGirl238 Congratulations on the PR! And good luck on your first full! You'll ace it!
@katharmonic Way to meet your goal of not finishing last! Sounds like a fun race.
@noblsheep That's a lot of stairs!
@Teresa502 I'm glad no one was hurt!
@MegaMooseEsq Hope the shin is better soon and it isn't anything too serious.
2019 races:
2/2/19: Catch the Groundhog Half Marathon - PR 2:15:17
5/18/19: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon - Cancelled due to weather4 -
AlphaHowls wrote: »6/1 26.53 miles
6/2 26.43 miles, Cycling 3 hours
6/3 26.56 miles
6/4 21.3 miles, 400 days on the run
6/5 20.57 miles
6/6 20.3 miles
6/7 20.12 miles
6/8 27.56 miles
6/9 15.12 miles, Cycling 3 hours, 405 days on the run
You're running those distances daily?! You are a machine. Tell me how...1 -
@katharmonic congratulations on not being last! That's my C goal for every single race:)
Trail running is no joke!0 -
@RunnerGirl238As @PastorVincent once told me, left, right, repeat till you get there...
In seriousness, the distances I have been building on for awhile.
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June Running Totals (miles)
6/1 – 5.08 group run
6/2 – 6.30 easy
6/3 – rest day
6/4 – 6.13 easy
6/5 – extra rest day
6/6 – extra rest day
6/7 – scheduled rest day/precautionary DNS
6/8 – 6.30 easy
6/9 – 5.03 warm and humid
June running total to date – 23.84
Nominal June mileage goal: 100
Real Goals: Get back to running regularly without injuring myself.
Today's notes – Long time since I checked in. After last Tuesday's surprise quad hurt, I took 2 extra rest days, then honored the normal Friday rest day instead of running the McMullen Mile. I volunteered, and lost count of how many times I got asked why I wasn't running. The volunteering was fun, and I likely was in shape to run a mile; but running a mile at mile race pace was just too risky for the current state of my running chain development.
Saturday the alarm rang so I could go to a group run, and I shut it off and rolled over. Slept another 3 hours, then went out and ran 6 miles solo. It went great, no aches. I'd like to report that I held discipline and just ran 5 miles on principle today, but that's not how it happened.
I got optimistic after yesterday's nice run, and set out to run 8 miles. Took the 2 detours that would turn a 6.3 mile route into an 8.1 mile route. And partway through the second detour, my left vastus lateralis started muttering. Okay, that was sore enough to make me take extra rest a while back. It was warm and humid, so I popped an S-cap on the chance it was just electrolytes. By the time I'd run 4.4 miles, I knew I wouldn't run 8. Gutted it out to 5, slowed to a walk, and turned the short way so I'd only have a bit over 2 miles to walk home instead of 3.1.
I felt less worried when a symmetrical ache appeared in the right vastus lateralis as I was walking. Maybe I can just walk this off. Found a utility pole with some shade and grass to do my stretching, walked the rest of the way home, and I'm fine with walking and stairs and all. It feels like I simply pushed my quads as far as I can today. I *think* I managed to avoid pushing them too far, but it's going to be a slow road back to doing real long runs.
Scheduled rest day tomorrow. I'll honor that, then go to club practice on Tuesday and see what I'm fit to do. Right now I'm thinking a repeat of the easy intervals I did a couple weeks ago that wiped me out. I might be fit enough for them now.
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) DNS - injury
April 15, 2019 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA to Boston, MA) DNS - injury
April 28, 2019 USATF Masters 10K (James Joyce Ramble) (Dedham, MA) canceled registration - injury
May 19, 2019 Lilac Run 5K (Rochester, NY) DNS - injury
May 19, 2019 Lilac Run 10K (Rochester, NY) DNS - injury
May 25, 2019 Sunset House 5K (Rochester, NY) DNS - injury
June 7, 2019 Charlie McMullen Mile (Pittsford, NY) DNS - precautionary
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)8 -
June goal 100 miles
Somehow managed to simultaneously choke on water and pee myself, yesterday during the local 10k. Hahaha. At least I avoided running into the person who also chose that moment to start walking in front of me with no warning! It was a very small race, but the ladies my age showed up! My time would have been in the top 3 for ANY of the other female age groups, including the 4 younger than me, but only got me 6th in my own. It was really fun, though, and I think I've got a new 10k PB! I was actually surprised during the last kilometer, when I realized I had a PR chance, but gave it my best for a fast finish.
Shortly after the finish, a guy caught up to me and complimented me on my pace! He must've been following me
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What a treat today! I came out to Missoula, MT for work and my run was along the river here. What a perfect day, sunny, 70, 24% humidity with lots of birds, blue sky, green trees, and snow capped mountains. My 5.5 miles took me 52 minutes but it was so incredibly pretty. I was bummed the trail was gravely and rocky so I had to look down a lot to keep from stumbling. One of my favorite runs ever.
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Morning all.
Was planning for a 21km hike/run today on a trail, but woke up to the kind of rain that gets races cancelled. It's eased up a bit now but more rain is forecasted in the afternoon and the trail is definitely all sloshed up by now. Kinda bummed because this was going to be the highlight of this trip.
Guess that means I'll spend the day wandering around town and eating tofu.
More on the trail for people who are interested:So when Kobo Daishi (founder of Shingon Buddhism in Japan) was living at the top of Mt. Koya, his mother came to visit him. However she could not go up the mountain because women were banned from the sacred grounds. So the master would walk down the mountain along this trail daily to see her, and then back again. (To think of it, he was running a trail marathon every day!) A few hundred years later, a series of 180 Gorinto - stone pillars about 3 meters tall and shaped like a pagoda - were set up to mark the course and pilgrims to Kobo Daishi's grave at the top of the mountain have been following it ever since.
Pictures and stuff: http://kansai-odyssey.com/choishimichi-koyasan-pilgrimage/7 -
OK, I've not been here all month yet. But now I'm going to post a goal and distance so far.
Goal is 80 miles for this month. It's just over half of last month's goal and actual, but there is a reason... I'm moving in a couple weeks (work transfer) and I've been super busy getting ready for that.
So far, I ran the Revel Rockies marathon on 6/2, ran 4.68 miles on 6/5, and ran 5.68 miles today.
Before today's run, I tried a sample of Stimul8 pre-workout. I was impressed, though I can't say whether my good run was because I have rested so well (i.e. not run much in the past week) or if it is because of the pre-workout. But I may end up buying some and seeing if those results persist.
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Morning all.
Was planning for a 21km hike/run today on a trail, but woke up to the kind of rain that gets races cancelled. It's eased up a bit now but more rain is forecasted in the afternoon and the trail is definitely all sloshed up by now. Kinda bummed because this was going to be the highlight of this trip.
Guess that means I'll spend the day wandering around town and eating tofu.
More on the trail for people who are interested:So when Kobo Daishi (founder of Shingon Buddhism in Japan) was living at the top of Mt. Koya, his mother came to visit him. However she could not go up the mountain because women were banned from the sacred grounds. So the master would walk down the mountain along this trail daily to see her, and then back again. (To think of it, he was running a trail marathon every day!) A few hundred years later, a series of 180 Gorinto - stone pillars about 3 meters tall and shaped like a pagoda - were set up to mark the course and pilgrims to Kobo Daishi's grave at the top of the mountain have been following it ever since.
Pictures and stuff: http://kansai-odyssey.com/choishimichi-koyasan-pilgrimage/
How disappointing. That trail looks awesome!
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@polskagirl01 - Congratulations on your 10k!!
@noblsheep - that trail and the history are fantastic! Hopefully maybe you can do it on another day!
@Lazy_Bones_85 - I rarely hear anyone mention Missoula, MT. I was actually born near there when my dad was getting his masters at the University of MT. Beautiful place to run!2 -
Sorry guys, skipped the last few pages. Hope everyone had a great weekend!
I've decided to let go of the HM in July. I'm way too stressed and don't actually have the time or energy to do long runs on the weekend for the next couple of weeks. And add to that, today was my last Monday at work and I'm sick. I'm probably going to be off work tomorrow. And this is a viral illness in my chest. So no running. Hopefully I'll be OK in a couple of days.11 -
@Lazy_Bones_85 that is beautiful. The sky...
@polskagirl01 I hear you. I see you. I might have peed in a half marathon or two...I'm terrified of the marathon...body issues.
@midwesterner85 good luck on the move! Hope it is somewhere cool.
Yesterday was a rest day. Today I'll lift and do some light cross training- elliptical maybe. My legs feel pretty good despite a bit of quad muscle soreness.
My month so far: 33 miles. 92 to go for goal.
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@polskagirl01 great job on your 10k. Your age group really represented!
Re: the peeing, when I was training for the marathon last year my friend said to me in seriousness "You need to decide if you're going to be okay with peeing yourself during the race" and I was most decidedly not ok with that. But you know, a little pee sometimes happens, especially when you cough/choke. I'm just not cool with letting it happen on purpose and fortunately have never had a true emergency in that department.
@Lazy_Bones_85 gorgeous!! What an amazing place to run.
@midwesterner85 good luck with your move.
@avidkeo hope you feel better!
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runnermom419 wrote: »runnermom419 wrote: »runnermom419 wrote: »Well, I am late to the game this month.
The last two months, I've been able to get 110 miles, so I'd like to set my first goal to 110 miles and my stretch goal at 120 miles. Marathon training is in full swing; I gotta get on the ball.
June 1 - 6 miles
June 2 - 10 miles
June 4 - 3 miles
19 miles for June
Miles until Goal #1 - 91miles
Miles until Goal #2 - 101 miles
June 5 - 3 miles of speed work
22 miles for June
Miles until Goal #1 - 88 miles
Miles until Goal #2 - 98 miles
June 6 - 7 miles after work to help clear my head
29 miles for June
Miles until Goal #1 - 81 miles
Miles until Goal #2 - 91 miles
June 8 - 3.1 miles (5K with hubby, he got a new PR)
June 9 - 14 miles
46.1 miles for June
Miles until Goal #1 - 63.9 miles
Miles until Goal #2 - 73.9 miles
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Well, yesterday was my feeling-sorry-for-myself day and now it's a new day and time to make plans. My shin doesn't hurt this AM so I decided to email the PT at my gym about it rather than go into the sports medicine clinic. I hadn't planned to run today either way but will go to the gym and lift, but take it easy on impact motions. We're starting a heavy cycle so I'm not too concerned about that. So that's today's plan.
Tomorrow morning I'd planned to run 3.5 miles around the lake while my husband tries out the kayak we decided he should buy from REI today (100% return policy FTW) and then Wednesday PM is my 5K trail race. Absent professional advice or pain during normal activities I'm planning on easy run/walk intervals for both - I assume I'd have been doing that on the trail anyhow. If my leg is hurting and I haven't heard from the PT yet, or if she advises against running, I'll walk down to the lake and walk/do yoga while the husband paddles around.
I have two long runs planned before the 10 Mile race - 5.5 miles this week, 7.5 the next week. If I can manage both of those and keep my endurance up I'm reasonably confident about jumping to 10 miles, but if I need to take any significant amount of rest I'll either move to the 5K or 10K. This race lets you do that for free on race day, so that's nice and easy.
Thanks for the good wishes and the place to vent. My evil brain says I'm being a big whiner about this but my reasonable brain (and my husband) says to knock off that kind of thinking.
@avidkeo: Hope we both feel better soon!
@kgirlhart: Thanks - here's hoping!6 -
@MegaMooseEsq I'm sorry your shin is causing you stress, but glad you've got a plan in place. I hope it cooperates with you!
June goal - 50 miles
June Miles - 10.92, walk 7.98
06/01 - walk 0.79
06/02 - walk 1.8
06/03 - walk 1.85
06/04 - 3.32
06/05 - 2.3 knee pain
06/06 - rest
06/07 - walk 1.14
06/08 - rest
06/09 - 5.3
06/10 - walk 2.4
My knee was a little touchy after yesterday's run. It isn't too bad this morning, though so I took the dogs out for a walk and we pushed the pace. I had planned on maybe 2 miles but we were making about 16 minutes per mile (including two significant breaks because of squirrels) and really stretched the time.
It's hard to believe that 7 months ago I was running 15 minute miles... and today I walked almost that fast!!
My dad's having arthroscopic knee surgery for his meniscus this morning, and hopefully my mom (who hasn't driven in over a year) doesn't have any issues driving him home. I already offered but she insisted she'll be fine and will call if anything changes. Once I know they're home safe, I might just have to sneak away for some lunchtime yoga to de-stress.5 -
i did a 5k saturday. it was a run to raise awareness regarding addiction. it was started by a mom and cross country coach who lost a son/student to an overdose.
it falls around my wedding anniversary so it's a good run for me too as i never got to spend an anniversary with my husband. he overdosed 3 months after we were married.
i ran by myself but hung out with a family that's kinda adopted me into their ranks. the woman my age lost her best friend to an overdose and that girl's mother has organized a team.
it was warm and humid. the first half mile was a hill and then you turned and there was more hill. i felt like i hadn't run before in my life. but i found my pace. even had a mile under 11min. during most of the race, i was stuck near a stroller with a crying/screaming child. as much as i tried, i couldn't get past them. they kept catching up to me. i was pacing with someone but i didn't know she was using me too. so when i started to flag a bit, she turned to me and said, "come on, pace car, let's go"
she faltered about .25mi from the end, but i met her at the finish line.
this was the second year and we had roughly 800 people run or walk. lots of walkers but i didn't find that they clogged the way except right at the beginning. there was music and raffles and resource tents. there were posters and quilts with the faces of those lost to addiction. i think almost everyone who did this was part of a team. my normal team was down in Akron for AA's Founder's Day.12 -
@zeesparrow: Thanks! I feel much better knowing I have a plan in place. I'm not exactly a control-freak, but it does help my anxiety if I feel prepared.
@mbaker566: I'm not glad that a race like that has to exist or had such a big turnout, but I am glad that people are able to come together to support each other through unbelievable loss. *hugs*3 -
RunnerGirl238 wrote: »@polskagirl01 I hear you. I see you. I might have peed in a half marathon or two...I'm terrified of the marathon...body issues.katharmonic wrote: »@polskagirl01 great job on your 10k. Your age group really represented!
Re: the peeing, when I was training for the marathon last year my friend said to me in seriousness "You need to decide if you're going to be okay with peeing yourself during the race" and I was most decidedly not ok with that. But you know, a little pee sometimes happens, especially when you cough/choke. I'm just not cool with letting it happen on purpose and fortunately have never had a true emergency in that department.
Ok, regarding this issue... this time, absolutely no one noticed. It was only a little bit, and my black shorts were already partly wet due to me dumping water on my head earlier.
I used to have worse problems with this. Tried to start running shortly after having baby #2, printed out a C25K plan and everything... and gave up during the very first workout. I felt so defeated. Didn't try running again for 3 years after that, and even then, I told myself I'd go out and run-walk the block, and if I didn't pee myself, I'd try again. Fortunately I made it through that run and eventually found out that I love running. I would still have problems though, especially if I was trying to run fast. For some reason, it's really improved over the past few years, but I can't say I have any particular reason for that. I don't do the exercises, nothing has changed in my routine, etc. I just run more and somehow have more control in that area too.
But here are some tips:
1. Definitely empty your bladder right before you run.
2. Plan routes with potty stops.
3. Wear a pad. No one can tell, and it will help you feel a little more secure.
3. Choose clothing with colors/patterns/styles that won't show as much if you do have an accident. (So... don't wear those grey tights to a 5k if you've been coughing all week.)
4. There may be medical solutions your doctor can help you with, too. Don't be afraid to ask. It seems to be a common problem, and not just for women who have given birth.6 -
Track workout. Clearly the track isn't used much; hurdles were pretty much where I left them last week.
6x800@5k pace. Afterwards I noticed the plan said 10k pace. Oops, maybe that's why it was so stinking hard! But I did it
June goal 100 miles
Upcoming races:
June 22: Rockwood Rotary HM (rail trail between Rockwood & Garrett, PA)8 -
6/1 - 8.0 miles
6/2 – 2.0 miles + lower body PIYO
6/3 – 5.0 miles + yoga
6/4 – 1.2 miles TM + upper body PIYO
6/5 – 5.0 miles + yoga
6/6 – 1.1 miles TM + PIYO Sweat (20 minutes)
6/7 – 5.0 miles
6/8 – 11.25 miles
6/9 – 1 mile
6/10 – 4.65 miles
69F and a few sprinkles of rain this morning.
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7 miles this morning. Not a bad run, but hardly remember any of it. My brain is just mush right now.
Too much going on.
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RunnerGirl238 wrote: »Got a pity bib into the Marine core marathon.
Today is a great day guys.
First full, here I come.
I'm registered for the MCM too! Also hopefully my first full! What training plan will you be using?0 -
6-1 7.5k slow
6-2 11k easy
6-3 rest
6-4 7k moderate
6-5 7k easy
6-6 rest
6-7 7k slow
6-8 9k slow
6-9 7k easy
6-10 rest
June Total: 55.5k
June Goal: 150k
January Total: 131k
February Total: 159.5k
March Total: 183k
April Total: 126k
May Total: 128k
Monthly average: 145.5k
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
Scheduled rest day today. Played golf instead. It was actually like a double rest day, because I didn't have pain in my right hip and knee keeping me awake most of the night. Swapping shoes was the right move.
2019 Races:
4-13 Shine the Light 5K - 31:12 chip time; First Place male 65 and older
6-30 Strides for Starfish 5K
7-27 Solon Home Days 5K7
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