August 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    @martaindale Your weather sounds just like ours! It’s soupy wet and warm in the mornings and baking hot later in the day.

    We got out a little earlier today, still almost 90 by the time we finished but the dewpoint was only 71 instead of 81 like last time when we thought we might die. Comparatively it felt almost nice, especially under the trees where there was a little breeze. Tried for 5k at 10 minute pace and the three mile splits came out 9:51, 9:48, 9:52. So at least I’m consistent! I lifted heavy yesterday and my legs today felt like I borrowed someone else’s legs - you know how rental anything is always almost but not quite worn out and not the most expensive model even when it was new? That was what I felt like today. I’m having a weird hip issue which I think is caused by my gluteus medius tightening up on the opposite side from my tight ankle. Seems like I’m favoring the ankle and it makes my gait crooked. I tried to run straight and tall and the tightness didn’t exactly get better, but it stopped getting worse.

    We took our cool down walk along the Wolf River and saw about a zillion damselflies and butterflies, as well as two blue tailed skinks. One of the things I like best about running is that it forces me to go outside when sane people are hiding in their air conditioned palaces, and there is always neat stuff to see outside.

    @PastorVincent Great squirrel picture! Can I box up all our squirrels and ship them to you? The greedy little beasts are costing me a fortune in birdseed, they can jump to the feeder from anywhere in the yard and empty it in about ten minutes. They used to at least run when I went outside, but now they aren’t even scared of me anymore and just flip their tails at me.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    @PastorVincent Great squirrel picture! Can I box up all our squirrels and ship them to you? The greedy little beasts are costing me a fortune in birdseed, they can jump to the feeder from anywhere in the yard and empty it in about ten minutes. They used to at least run when I went outside, but now they aren’t even scared of me anymore and just flip their tails at me.

    That is what this one was doing actually! We have red, grey AND black squirrels at our bird feeder every day.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    autumnblade75 wrote: »
    We hosted a party this weekend, and it went very well. I don't think I'm on track with which day was supposed to be a run day, and which a rest - but now I've had 2 days of running in a row, so tomorrow will be a rest day. I calculated that each of 20 runs will need to average 6 miles or less to keep under that 120 mile limit, so I've done 3 x 5 miles, and now I am due a run of anywhere up to 9 miles. :) It might be a silly way to plan things, but it seems to be working out... I don't think I'm ready for a 9 mile run, though. I'll probably run 7 or 8, or one of each, and then a few more 5's to bank miles in the same way some members bank calories. I amuse myself.

    Not silly at all. We all do what works best for each of us. We might START using some pre-can planned but then we vary it to whatever degree is needed for our personal life to make work.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    martaindale wrote: »
    I'm not working this week, so I went running with my husband this morning. I considered waiting until this evening but was stuck with no good options. It was either hottish with soupy air or dryer but 100F. I opted for hottish with soupy air because I could at least avoid the sun's radiating heat. It was super slow, but we got it done.

    Yeah, [high heat low humidity] vs [high humidity med heat] is a tough call. I tend to end up in the high heat low humidity part of the day just do to schedule, but I lean towards thinking the med heat part of the day is probably better.

  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    shanaber wrote: »
    @ContraryMaryMary - Brilliant on the HM! Such a great time, Congratulations!!
    @skippygirlsmom - I hope Vanderbilt can figure out what is going on with the Skippy Girl. I also think it is so wrong of the school to keep her from running when they did nothing to fix the issue that caused her to leave in the first place!

    Vanderbilt is awesome. At least the children's hospital there! They treated my son when he was 2 and we nearly lost him. I hope you get answers soon!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member

    Tramboman wrote: »

    Scheduled rest day today. @AlphaHowls can lower her dew claws.

    To be honest, I have never seen her do that! LOL
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    @PastorVincent Great squirrel picture! Can I box up all our squirrels and ship them to you? The greedy little beasts are costing me a fortune in birdseed, they can jump to the feeder from anywhere in the yard and empty it in about ten minutes. They used to at least run when I went outside, but now they aren’t even scared of me anymore and just flip their tails at me.

    That is what this one was doing actually! We have red, grey AND black squirrels at our bird feeder every day.

    When our daughter lived in Baltimore we got a round 'squirrel proof' bird feeder with a center core for the seed. It was, sort of squirrel proof, until one managed to get inside and was running around and around like in a hamster ball and couldn't get out... I don't think he came back to try it again.
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    @Lazy_Bones_85 - I don't do strep throat, can't. I have a very specific vulnerability so keep it where ever you are please! I do hope you are feeling better soon - it can be miserable!
  • eleanorhawkins
    eleanorhawkins Posts: 1,659 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    Just signed up for my HM on Nov. 3rd. I've put the correct times in the Run for Kevin spreadsheet. Kind of terrified now because I made the mistake of reading the small print and the cutoff time is 2:40. I managed to do my first and only HM back in December in just over 2:30, but I was doing 9 minute run, 1 minute walk intervals for that whereas now I'm stuck on 1 or 1.5 minute runs and 30 second walks. AND I messed my legs up last time. So yeah, the panic begins now and will continue for the next 3 months! Sorry folks!
    Signed up for a 5.5k race the Sunday afterwards too, although I have no idea whether I'll be in any state to run it. But the scenery is pretty and I didn't get the chance to run that one last year. You only live once, right?
    I've asked the local women's running group to let me know when they're planning a short/easy run too to go see if I can keep up, cause I'm feeling rather lonely atm and it might help me make some friends outside my computer. But that would mean interacting with other human beings. Argh!
    Coffee anyone? lol

    A 5k a week after a HM should be fine. A lot of people advise running a 5k the day after as a "recovery run" even. I would not stress that.

    You have 3 months to get ready for the Half, and since you have already run a half, I am sure that will be plenty of time. Pick a good training plan, and stick with it and you should have no issue.

    You got this! :)

    Yip, started it yesterday. And I've just taken a few cutback weeks after following a 15km plan (well it was 9 miles actually, dunno why it was classified as 15km lol) which went fine. I know I can do the distance, and I am pretty certain (famous last words?) that if I run-walk-run it and take it easy I should have no issues physically. Trouble is that cutoff isn't very generous for those of us who are 'velocitically challenged' and that will be sitting in the back of my mind the entire time. Serves me right for reading the boring stuff most people ignore! I may be resisting the urge 13 weeks out to ascertain and write down the exact times I would need to be passing the check points (every 5km) to match my time from last year. But that would be silly, and obsessive. Right? :-D

    Umm... it could be but... uhh... well that IS what the many runners do. :) My marathon this year I had my splits tattooed on my arm so that I could hit my desired times:

    edzd7mc8yee9.jpg

    Really, it is a good plan if you have a time you want to hit or beat.

    Yeahhhhhhh but did you wear that for 13 weeks beforehand? :-D
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    Just signed up for my HM on Nov. 3rd. I've put the correct times in the Run for Kevin spreadsheet. Kind of terrified now because I made the mistake of reading the small print and the cutoff time is 2:40. I managed to do my first and only HM back in December in just over 2:30, but I was doing 9 minute run, 1 minute walk intervals for that whereas now I'm stuck on 1 or 1.5 minute runs and 30 second walks. AND I messed my legs up last time. So yeah, the panic begins now and will continue for the next 3 months! Sorry folks!
    Signed up for a 5.5k race the Sunday afterwards too, although I have no idea whether I'll be in any state to run it. But the scenery is pretty and I didn't get the chance to run that one last year. You only live once, right?
    I've asked the local women's running group to let me know when they're planning a short/easy run too to go see if I can keep up, cause I'm feeling rather lonely atm and it might help me make some friends outside my computer. But that would mean interacting with other human beings. Argh!
    Coffee anyone? lol

    A 5k a week after a HM should be fine. A lot of people advise running a 5k the day after as a "recovery run" even. I would not stress that.

    You have 3 months to get ready for the Half, and since you have already run a half, I am sure that will be plenty of time. Pick a good training plan, and stick with it and you should have no issue.

    You got this! :)

    Yip, started it yesterday. And I've just taken a few cutback weeks after following a 15km plan (well it was 9 miles actually, dunno why it was classified as 15km lol) which went fine. I know I can do the distance, and I am pretty certain (famous last words?) that if I run-walk-run it and take it easy I should have no issues physically. Trouble is that cutoff isn't very generous for those of us who are 'velocitically challenged' and that will be sitting in the back of my mind the entire time. Serves me right for reading the boring stuff most people ignore! I may be resisting the urge 13 weeks out to ascertain and write down the exact times I would need to be passing the check points (every 5km) to match my time from last year. But that would be silly, and obsessive. Right? :-D

    Umm... it could be but... uhh... well that IS what the many runners do. :) My marathon this year I had my splits tattooed on my arm so that I could hit my desired times:

    edzd7mc8yee9.jpg

    Really, it is a good plan if you have a time you want to hit or beat.

    Yeahhhhhhh but did you wear that for 13 weeks beforehand? :-D

    No, but many people set their watches to beep at pace/time/distance so that they can do the same. Seriously if you have a target time or pace, it only makes sense to track where you are in respect to that target.
  • eleanorhawkins
    eleanorhawkins Posts: 1,659 Member
    edited August 2019
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    Just signed up for my HM on Nov. 3rd. I've put the correct times in the Run for Kevin spreadsheet. Kind of terrified now because I made the mistake of reading the small print and the cutoff time is 2:40. I managed to do my first and only HM back in December in just over 2:30, but I was doing 9 minute run, 1 minute walk intervals for that whereas now I'm stuck on 1 or 1.5 minute runs and 30 second walks. AND I messed my legs up last time. So yeah, the panic begins now and will continue for the next 3 months! Sorry folks!
    Signed up for a 5.5k race the Sunday afterwards too, although I have no idea whether I'll be in any state to run it. But the scenery is pretty and I didn't get the chance to run that one last year. You only live once, right?
    I've asked the local women's running group to let me know when they're planning a short/easy run too to go see if I can keep up, cause I'm feeling rather lonely atm and it might help me make some friends outside my computer. But that would mean interacting with other human beings. Argh!
    Coffee anyone? lol

    A 5k a week after a HM should be fine. A lot of people advise running a 5k the day after as a "recovery run" even. I would not stress that.

    You have 3 months to get ready for the Half, and since you have already run a half, I am sure that will be plenty of time. Pick a good training plan, and stick with it and you should have no issue.

    You got this! :)

    Yip, started it yesterday. And I've just taken a few cutback weeks after following a 15km plan (well it was 9 miles actually, dunno why it was classified as 15km lol) which went fine. I know I can do the distance, and I am pretty certain (famous last words?) that if I run-walk-run it and take it easy I should have no issues physically. Trouble is that cutoff isn't very generous for those of us who are 'velocitically challenged' and that will be sitting in the back of my mind the entire time. Serves me right for reading the boring stuff most people ignore! I may be resisting the urge 13 weeks out to ascertain and write down the exact times I would need to be passing the check points (every 5km) to match my time from last year. But that would be silly, and obsessive. Right? :-D

    Umm... it could be but... uhh... well that IS what the many runners do. :) My marathon this year I had my splits tattooed on my arm so that I could hit my desired times:

    edzd7mc8yee9.jpg

    Really, it is a good plan if you have a time you want to hit or beat.

    Yeahhhhhhh but did you wear that for 13 weeks beforehand? :-D

    No, but many people set their watches to beep at pace/time/distance so that they can do the same. Seriously if you have a target time or pace, it only makes sense to track where you are in respect to that target.

    So I now know EXACTLY the paces I need to run at both to stay ahead of the sweep cart and to match my other HM race time. Now the challenge will be stopping myself (in keeping with this easy pace for most of training theory) from doing every run at that pace just to convince myself I can. The plan I'm using this time includes a mid-week race pace run every second week, which the one I used last time didn't, but the longest of those is only 5 miles.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    Just signed up for my HM on Nov. 3rd. I've put the correct times in the Run for Kevin spreadsheet. Kind of terrified now because I made the mistake of reading the small print and the cutoff time is 2:40. I managed to do my first and only HM back in December in just over 2:30, but I was doing 9 minute run, 1 minute walk intervals for that whereas now I'm stuck on 1 or 1.5 minute runs and 30 second walks. AND I messed my legs up last time. So yeah, the panic begins now and will continue for the next 3 months! Sorry folks!
    Signed up for a 5.5k race the Sunday afterwards too, although I have no idea whether I'll be in any state to run it. But the scenery is pretty and I didn't get the chance to run that one last year. You only live once, right?
    I've asked the local women's running group to let me know when they're planning a short/easy run too to go see if I can keep up, cause I'm feeling rather lonely atm and it might help me make some friends outside my computer. But that would mean interacting with other human beings. Argh!
    Coffee anyone? lol

    A 5k a week after a HM should be fine. A lot of people advise running a 5k the day after as a "recovery run" even. I would not stress that.

    You have 3 months to get ready for the Half, and since you have already run a half, I am sure that will be plenty of time. Pick a good training plan, and stick with it and you should have no issue.

    You got this! :)

    Yip, started it yesterday. And I've just taken a few cutback weeks after following a 15km plan (well it was 9 miles actually, dunno why it was classified as 15km lol) which went fine. I know I can do the distance, and I am pretty certain (famous last words?) that if I run-walk-run it and take it easy I should have no issues physically. Trouble is that cutoff isn't very generous for those of us who are 'velocitically challenged' and that will be sitting in the back of my mind the entire time. Serves me right for reading the boring stuff most people ignore! I may be resisting the urge 13 weeks out to ascertain and write down the exact times I would need to be passing the check points (every 5km) to match my time from last year. But that would be silly, and obsessive. Right? :-D

    Umm... it could be but... uhh... well that IS what the many runners do. :) My marathon this year I had my splits tattooed on my arm so that I could hit my desired times:

    edzd7mc8yee9.jpg

    Really, it is a good plan if you have a time you want to hit or beat.

    Yeahhhhhhh but did you wear that for 13 weeks beforehand? :-D

    No, but many people set their watches to beep at pace/time/distance so that they can do the same. Seriously if you have a target time or pace, it only makes sense to track where you are in respect to that target.

    So I now know EXACTLY the paces I need to run at both to stay ahead of the sweep cart and to match my other HM race time. Now the challenge will be stopping myself (in keeping with this easy pace for most of training theory) from doing every run at that pace just to convince myself I can. The plan I'm using this time includes a mid-week race pace run every second week, which the one I used last time didn't, but the longest of those is only 5 miles.

    Then do that, and do the pace run when it is asked for and only when it is asked for. :) You should not do EVERY run at race pace, but every other week to push yourself is a good idea. Stick to the plan, and relax. :)
  • polskagirl01
    polskagirl01 Posts: 2,024 Member
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    Just signed up for my HM on Nov. 3rd. I've put the correct times in the Run for Kevin spreadsheet. Kind of terrified now because I made the mistake of reading the small print and the cutoff time is 2:40. I managed to do my first and only HM back in December in just over 2:30, but I was doing 9 minute run, 1 minute walk intervals for that whereas now I'm stuck on 1 or 1.5 minute runs and 30 second walks. AND I messed my legs up last time. So yeah, the panic begins now and will continue for the next 3 months! Sorry folks!
    Signed up for a 5.5k race the Sunday afterwards too, although I have no idea whether I'll be in any state to run it. But the scenery is pretty and I didn't get the chance to run that one last year. You only live once, right?
    I've asked the local women's running group to let me know when they're planning a short/easy run too to go see if I can keep up, cause I'm feeling rather lonely atm and it might help me make some friends outside my computer. But that would mean interacting with other human beings. Argh!
    Coffee anyone? lol

    A 5k a week after a HM should be fine. A lot of people advise running a 5k the day after as a "recovery run" even. I would not stress that.

    You have 3 months to get ready for the Half, and since you have already run a half, I am sure that will be plenty of time. Pick a good training plan, and stick with it and you should have no issue.

    You got this! :)

    Yip, started it yesterday. And I've just taken a few cutback weeks after following a 15km plan (well it was 9 miles actually, dunno why it was classified as 15km lol) which went fine. I know I can do the distance, and I am pretty certain (famous last words?) that if I run-walk-run it and take it easy I should have no issues physically. Trouble is that cutoff isn't very generous for those of us who are 'velocitically challenged' and that will be sitting in the back of my mind the entire time. Serves me right for reading the boring stuff most people ignore! I may be resisting the urge 13 weeks out to ascertain and write down the exact times I would need to be passing the check points (every 5km) to match my time from last year. But that would be silly, and obsessive. Right? :-D
    I think it's good to be detailed in your planning, as long as you are prepared to make changes as necessary. Would save you from worrying about it and trying to do math while running the race!
  • zamirasoni
    zamirasoni Posts: 89 Member
    @Avidkeo - Hope your ear infections gets better soon.

    @Lazy_Bones_85 - That blows, hope you can get some antibiotics and get better soon.

    @autumnblade75 - Life happens, as long as you get back in your own pace. This weekend, we get to travel 12 hrs to see my nephew and niece. So, all my runs moved to mid week.

    @martaindale - I feel you, literally, since i live here too. Yesterday was my day off, but today temp was not much better. The humidity is making my runs miserable.

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