September 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • polskagirl01
    polskagirl01 Posts: 2,024 Member
    @mbaker566 hope you feel better soon!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    So here is a question... when I walk at lunch, I walk between 14 and 15 mins/mile pace. This means sometimes I come upon runners that I am walking slightly faster than.

    Do you think it is embarrassing for them / rude for me to pass them? Should I slow down a bit and let them pull away?
  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,861 Member
    September 1 – 8.17 miles
    September 2 – 4.2 miles
    September 4 – 6 miles
    September 5 – 8.5 miles
    September 7 – 8 miles
    September 9 – 4.72 miles (am) and 1 mile (pm bootcamp pre-test)
    September 10 – 45 minutes weight conditioning

    Total - 40.59 miles of 100 mile goal

    @autumnblade75 – Congrats on doing so well racing in a squid costume!
    @MNLittleFinn – Wow! Just wow! What an amazing accomplishment for you!
    @ContraryMaryMary – Congratulations on your half marathon! Great time!
    @7lenny7 – Congratulations on your 5K race!
    @mbaker566 – Oh goodness! I’m so sorry for the dog fight and you’re having to intervene. I hope you heal soon.
    @MegaMooseEsquire – Congratulations!!! Completing a half marathon after all the injuries that you have struggled through this year is quite an accomplishment!

    I got back from vacation late Saturday night. Heading to a conference in Orlando today but I’ve packed my running clothes and hope we’re staying some place where I can get out and run early in the mornings before the conference.
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    kgirlhart wrote: »
    Way to go on your half @MegaMooseEsq! And great race report!

    This!

    Double this!!! Fantastic!!!
  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    edited September 2019
    Thanks everyone! My legs are feeling a lot better this morning, just a little lingering quad stiffness. It felt good to write all that out - it was quite an experience.

    I'd been planning on going to the gym this morning but then my husband managed to break our shower, which wouldn't have been too bad since we have two other showers, but then he broke it worse trying to fix it, so now the water is off until the plumber can get here sometime today. I'm still hoping to make it to the 5 or 6 PM class, we will see.
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    @MegaMooseEsq that was a great RR and a great race! You overcame much adversity to even show up, great ob on the finish! I see you have the Bemidji Blue Ox 26K on your schedule. I'll be looking forward to your report on that race. I'm considering doing their marathon some day.

    I'd been feeling a little hesitant about running the Bemidji Blue Ox the weekend following my TCM double-header and decided just this morning to pull it from my schedule. Maybe next year! That said, if your invitation from last year to pace a loop at the Loopet Loppet still stands, I've got the weekend free now. Assuming that a super slow trail noobie would make a helpful pacer, of course.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    So here is a question... when I walk at lunch, I walk between 14 and 15 mins/mile pace. This means sometimes I come upon runners that I am walking slightly faster than.

    Do you think it is embarrassing for them / rude for me to pass them? Should I slow down a bit and let them pull away?

    It's only rude if you walk circles around them.

    So, stick to dodecahedrons?
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »
    @PastorVincent I am one of those slow runners that has experienced it from the other side. When I get passed by a walker, I do get a bit annoyed, but it isn't you... it is me. It reminds me that I am slow, but that isn't news to me. And I would not expect someone to slow down to try to make me feel better. That just makes it way more awkward. So just keep doing your own thing.

    I just do not want to discourage people that are out there getting after it however fast they are going.
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    polskagirl01 wrote: »
    Edit: "squirrels AND two different men"... the guys weren't squirrels.
    Ha! I thought maybe the squirrels looked like a couple of different men who just woke up in the forest 🤣
    Also I bet that runner saw you and sped up to show off and then cramped - karma!
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,264 Member
    01/09 2.58 miles
    07/09 3.28 miles
    08/09 2.52 miles
    10/09 3.29 miles got run done just as the rain and wind was starting. We're supposed to be getting the tail end of the Bahamas hurricane. Shame we don't get their sun instead.


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  • hamsterwheel6
    hamsterwheel6 Posts: 544 Member
    kgirlhart wrote: »

    @PastorVincent I would probably be embarrassed if I was running and a walker passed me and I would probably try to speed up. But I wouldn't think that the walker should slow down because of that, and I don't think it would be rude for you to pass them.

    This
  • hamsterwheel6
    hamsterwheel6 Posts: 544 Member
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    hamsterwheel6 wrote: »
    Congrats @MegaMooseEsq! Great perseverance, and will be inspiring for me on my first HM this Saturday. I'm a bit nervous actually. I have a time goal in mind based on my training runs (anything under 2:30), but I'm not sure why I don't feel like I can do it. I'm actually hoping to just finish at this point.
    Although I'm excited by the race and venue itself - It's a Marine Corps Half at Camp LeJeune, NC...most of it is run on the base itself, so looking forward to that experience!

    You can do it! I went into this one just wanting to finish, not expecting a PR, and it felt great crossing that finish line. I think it's easy to lose track of the fact that finishing a half is a HUGE accomplishment when it feels like I'm surrounded by stronger runners (900 or so in the case of this particular race!). I have to step back to the world of non-runners and remind myself what a big deal running that first continuous mile was back before I was sucked into the world of races and intervals and cross training and PRs.

    You are so very correct! I need to think about the actual accomplishment that finishing , even attempting one is!
    I've come a long way as it is, and never imagined I would be a runner let alone trying a half!
    Thank you! ( I do get caught up with numbers, times etc as well - I need to also not do this).
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,556 Member
    Yeah, @PastorVincent just do you, don't worry about embarrassing the slower runners. As long as you aren't yelling any snide remarks at them as you walk past, but of course I know you wouldn't do that.
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    hamsterwheel6 wrote: »
    Congrats @MegaMooseEsq! Great perseverance, and will be inspiring for me on my first HM this Saturday. I'm a bit nervous actually. I have a time goal in mind based on my training runs (anything under 2:30), but I'm not sure why I don't feel like I can do it. I'm actually hoping to just finish at this point.
    Although I'm excited by the race and venue itself - It's a Marine Corps Half at Camp LeJeune, NC...most of it is run on the base itself, so looking forward to that experience!

    That sounds like a very cool race! Trying to figure out a time goal for your first race at a given distance is very hard to do. Using your training long run paces, as you've done, is probably the best way to go. That should ensure you can comfortably finish the race and allow you to focus on the moment and the experience. Have an awesome time!

    @MegaMooseEsq I was actually thinking about your interest in pacing the Loopet Loppet last year and was planning on asking if you were interested until I saw the Blue Ox race on your schedule. YES the offer still stands! My son won't be around to pace this year. We can have pacers after 1:00PM as I recall. For reference, last year my loop paces after that time were 16:00/mile, 15:20, 18:00 and 20:00. yeah, I was hiking those last two. The race this year is on Sunday, October 13th. We can coordinate closer to the date. Cool!!
  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,861 Member
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    @MegaMooseEsq I was actually thinking about your interest in pacing the Loopet Loppet last year and was planning on asking if you were interested until I saw the Blue Ox race on your schedule. YES the offer still stands! My son won't be around to pace this year. We can have pacers after 1:00PM as I recall. For reference, last year my loop paces after that time were 16:00/mile, 15:20, 18:00 and 20:00. yeah, I was hiking those last two. The race this year is on Sunday, October 13th. We can coordinate closer to the date. Cool!!

    I love this! You two will have so much fun!

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