September 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • emmamcgarity
    emmamcgarity Posts: 1,594 Member
    kgirlhart wrote: »
    September goal: 110 miles

    9/1: 8.86 miles
    9/3: 6.31 miles
    9/4: 6.25 miles
    9/5: 6.25 miles
    9/8: 10.55 miles
    9/10: 6.25 miles
    9/11: 6.25 miles
    9/12: 6.26 miles
    9/15: 10.25 miles
    9/17: 6.55 miles
    9/18: 6.26 miles
    9/19: 6.25 miles
    9/22: 10.05 miles

    96.34/110 miles completed

    Today's run was tough. It was hot when I started out at 7:30 this morning at 76°F, Feels like 77°F, Humidity 79%, Dew point 69°F. And there were 10-15 mph winds. Running south was really hard. I felt so slow today. I had to remind myself that long runs should be run slower, but it just felt tough. I told myself that I could just run 8 miles and it would still be a long run, but as I got to the end of the run I just kept running my regular route and ended up with 10 miles. I did get my new shoes too, so that was good. But I am definitely looking forward to some cooler weather.

    Obligatory shoe pic:
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    Congrats to all who raced this weekend! It looks like there were lots of great PRs and AG wins and just good runs!



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    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 weather
    10/5/19: Old Rip 5K


    2020 races:
    5/16/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon

    We are shoe twins! I have the blue ISO Ride as well. How do you like them? I found they had a much better heel fit than my ASICS did.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    @katharmonic great pics! Glad you got your hike in! That would have been a shame to miss!

    Well done @Avidkeo!
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @T1DCarnivoreRunner wow, sounds like you had quite a bit stacked against you. you did an awesome job getting through it, and managing your insulin/glucose issues.

    side note, I do some medical at races, trail races in particular, would having some u-100 syringes in my bag be worth something worth having, on the off chance I have a runner who experiences a similar issue?

    @MNLittleFinn I have a WFR as well, but don't normally sign up as an official volunteer (not that I wouldn't, I just don't know of anything around here where they need me). There may be an advantage to having a syringe, but I'm not suggesting carrying one for long distances when weighing the odds of needing it vs. the benefit. My med kit for trail running is pretty small. When planning to go slower, I'll carry more, but I go light when trying to run trails.

    The syringe they gave me was not actually intended for insulin, but was a 1CC syringe with markings for 100 mcg within that 1 CC. So the markings were perfectly worked out. At one of the places I asked where they didn't have a syringe at all, they said they didn't have insulin. Obviously they wouldn't... I explained I didn't need the insulin, I had some in my pump reservoir and just couldn't get to it at the moment because the infusion set had fallen out. But I also understand why they would not carry an insulin syringe when they don't carry insulin.

    As you know, a syringe can be used for other purposes besides just injecting insulin. This is why I think it would be valuable to have a couple of them at a fixed aid station (not carrying 100 miles...) with a couple different markings, perhaps. For example, if someone has only 1 epi-pen and starts needing a 2nd (but already used the only 1 they brought), the auto-jectors don't use up all of the epinephrine. If you act very quickly, you may be able to cut the reservoir out of the auto-jector and pull the remaining medicine out with a syringe. Of course, hopefully you had the patient chew up and swallow benadryl when they could a few min. ago, but that is a different conversation.
    There are likely other examples, but I'm not sure the benefits are worth carrying one for a long distance. It is a good idea to have in a fixed medical station, though, like if you are taking a whole big pack or even if they drive a plastic tub of medical supplies, water cooler, etc. out on an ATV to setup an aid station... definitely it is worthwhile to throw a couple syringes in that medical tub.

    Personally, I think I'm going to add a syringe to what I carry for longer runs and marathons.

    I might get some, just in case. Before I had WFR, when I was WFA, we learned about how to get the extra epi out of the pens. Not part of normal curriculum, but you know.... Benadryl is part of my normal carry bag. Extra epi is high on my priority due to the bee sting incident at my last race, where the runner didn't respond to his first dose. Other runners had found him with his autoinjector right next to him.

    When I'm working medical, my truck is normally within like 100m. I have a full trauma kit in there, and a quick go kit in case I need to go out on trail. I'm always looking for more ideas and more training, can't get enough.

    I also had WFA before WFR. And when it comes to "wilderness," nothing is normal. B) When we did training missions for WFR, we were allowed our typical hiking pack and no medical supplies (except gloves). One one of the night missions, the patient I found had a sucking chest (left anterior trunk) wound and fractured tibia. In this case, the story, make-up, layout, etc. was that the patient had been running from wild hogs (this was in AR in a park where wild hogs are everywhere, it's ridiculous), climbed a tree, but then fell out of the tree after the hogs left. The sucking chest wound was from landing on a sharp rock (only 1 opening). The fix for the sucking chest wound was a glove (could have easily used a plastic ziploc bag if I hadn't brought extra gloves) and duct tape to seal air out, then monitor the patient and manually vent every few min. as needed. For the fractured tibia, splinted with a hiking pole and clothing for padding. Of course, it had to rain that night and there were lots of spiders too, so the "E" part was a big challenge as well. But anyway, the point I'm making is that sometimes we do what we can with what we have and that is an important part of the wilderness medical training. Other times, nothing we have is going to do the job. That's what I was faced with yesterday and why I asked for a syringe... I know they wouldn't carry infusion sets, but figured they would likely have syringes.

    ETA: But of course, yesterday was also not wilderness.

    Falling out of trees is such a staple. Our last scenario was a moron who was climbing trees and fell. Open fracture right femur, broken pelvis, chest trauma, head trauma, ANO1-2 depending. It was a simulated SAR so we had full gear, but getting him extracted from tree branches, on the litter and then to the HLZ, was interesting. So glad that one was daylight, there was only 5 of us, so the litter carry was a beast.

    Only 5?! Yes, that is rough. And at A+Ox2, the patient automatically fails an FSA. At least in my practice case, the patient was always A+Ox4, no other factors, and pass the FSA. Plus a femur / pelvis, yikes! To be honest, though, IRL I far prefer trauma cases rather than sickness. On the patient side as a diabetic, I know what I need to do for diabetes-related sickness issues assuming I'm A - even at just A with hypoglycemia, I usually know what to do because it is more ingrained into me than my own name after so many decades.

    Interestingly enough, I just tried going to Walgreens and apparently can't buy syringes here without a prescription. I really thought they were OTC in every state, but I guess Tennessee is backwards. :( So I guess I need to head up to KY next weekend for a pharmacy, maybe use it as my reason to finally go run Land Between the Lakes, which I mentioned to @AlphaHowls that I had it on my list.

    Yeah, it was interesting, and, yeah, from a treatment position, I prefer treating trauma, it's more straight forward. With the pelvis and leg, it was automatic litter carry, going A&Ox2 was just the icing on the cake. We were out there a while figuring it out. Got lots of practice taking vitals. Other patient was a slight knock on the head and a stable ankle injury. We had a third patient, but it was a CPR dummy, with a tree on it, and a hand near it... Automatic triage code black. Supposed to be obviously dead

    Guy who was our simulated team lead had a real hard time with us not treating the code black, but parameters of the exercise put evac too far out for us to help.

    Course was crazy, but it got me interested in SAR, and now I'm a member of the County rescue squad

    Ugh, sucks when the team leader can't even go along with an objective #5.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,151 Member
    @emmamcgarity I've never worn Asics, but I really like the Sauconys. I do wish they lasted longer, but they fit well and are comfortable.
  • polskagirl01
    polskagirl01 Posts: 2,024 Member
    Anyone else seeing lots of space inserted above posts lately? Or is it just me? Looks like half of us (my posts sometimes, too) hit the enter key a bunch of times before starting to type.

    Something was wrong with my bike, and I discovered it as I was rushing out the driveway to get one of the kids to school. So I ditched the bike (& plans to ride to the track), and did my 3x1600@HMpace workout on the road & trail instead. My hubby fixed the bike, and now I'm all comfy under a quilt that I'm repairing :)

    September goal 100 miles

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    Upcoming races:
    Oct. 19 - CityTrail trail 5k (#1 of 6 in the series)
    Oct. 26 - Botanical Autumn 5k
    Oct. 27 - Lublin Half Marathon
  • zeesparrow
    zeesparrow Posts: 348 Member
    @polskagirl01 I've noticed the spacing issues too.

    Rest day for me. That's why I woke up half an hour early, I'm sure.
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    I have had the spacing on mobile for a week or 2 now. Maybe once on PC is all.
  • zeesparrow
    zeesparrow Posts: 348 Member
    @MNLittleFinn I just finished your Superior RR. Wow. That's ... WOW!
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    edited September 2019
    Scott6255 wrote: »
    Yes, seeing all the spacing preceding the post. Only on mobile, and I think it is usually the last post of the current notification (for me anyway). Seems like it started about a week or so ago.

    7 easy miles this morning. I just don't understand how it can still be 80F at 4am at the end of September. I keep thinking "just get through this hot/humid run, and the next one will be cooler". But it has yet to come true. About 5 miles in, I just decided to be grateful that I got to run today, and nothing really hurt. So I'm counting that as a win.

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    I know. I just saw the forecast for next week. We are supposed to be over 100 actual temperature with heat index higher on the first day of October. What the kitten. This is supposed to be the good time of year!
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    I took a much needed rest day yesterday and today is ending up as a 'life gets in the way' day. Too many things to get done before we leave on Wednesday. I do have a run planned for tomorrow after changing my schedule around and cancelling the strength training I had tried to keep in my plan. I would rather go for an early run instead. Once we are in NJ I will likely just hit the hotel gym treadmill as it is supposed to be hot and humid and I don't think the area is a good one for running (traffic and no sidewalks). I don't think I will get to 100 but I am way beyond my 50 mile goal for the month as well as my stretch 75 mile goal.

    @polskagirl01 - no spacing issues for me (web browser) but I have lost the post editing functions again and none of the MFP support team fixes are making any difference.

    @juliet3455 - Achilles issues can take so long to heal. My doc had me applying warm compresses to the area to encourage more blood flow. He also used a K-laser on that area each time I saw him. You can always hop over to the Injured Runners thread for support too - https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10623943/cathartic-thread-for-injured-runners-er-support-for-managing-injuries#latest
    (sorry no post editing controls so can't embed the link)
  • 143tobe
    143tobe Posts: 620 Member
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    Morning all. Congratulations @PastorVincent and everyone else.

    I finally had an achievement... My 3k run this morning was less than 6min per km! Its only been a week of getting back into the Grove and I felt like my old self again. Just needed some actual consistency. Will see how tomorrow's 5k goes though.

    Awesome! Way to go, great pace!
    BeverlyW1108 wrote: »
    September MTD 41.9/Goal 40😀

    Congrats on meeting your running goal for the month!
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    edited September 2019
    @juliet3455 I wondered where you had gone, thought perhaps I just kept missing your posts. I agree with @shanaber, it might be time for some outside help, if you already haven’t. I had some ultrasound therapy on my low back years ago and I think one pt did my itb. Hoping you be back to trails soon.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @juliet3455 I wondered where you had gone, thought perhaps I just kept missing your posts. I agree with @shanaber, it might be time for some outside help, if you already haven’t. I had some ultrasound therapy on my low back years ago and I think one pt did my itb. Hoping you be back to trails soon.

    I agree. Get an expert opinion from a sports doc or pt maybe.
  • kirstymn
    kirstymn Posts: 90 Member
    September Goal: 160km

    02/9: 5.11
    03/9: 8.11
    04/9: 6.73
    06/9: 8.46
    07/9: 14.06
    09/9: 6.15
    11/9: 13.05
    13/9: 8.44
    14/9: 16.14
    16/9: 5.22
    17/9: 8.11
    18/9: 5.34
    20/9: 8.07
    21/9: 14.51
    23/9: 5.54
    24/9: 10.08

    Total KM run: 143.12

    Well after the last several days of near perfect spring weather the rain and wind have returned :( I really didn't want to go out this morning, but I forced myself out the door into the wet and windy weather and got my 10k in. It was slow and I was counting down the distance I had left to go the whole way, but in the end I'm glad I got out there because the weather is now much worse. Come back spring!!

    I'm about six pages behind on the thread, hopefully I will have time to go back and read later but in the meantime congratulations to all who have raced recently and I hope everyone else is staying injury free and having fun :)

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