September 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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So I accidentally ran a half marathon today. Ops. Set out for 8-10 miles, so I guess it was not much of a stretch. The cool thing is that Strava said my "estimated 10 mile time" was 1:24! I am hoping to break 1:20 in the 10 miler in November, so that is a positive sign.
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Great pictures @ContraryMaryMary. Looks like a fun weekend.0
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Looks like my running buddy, Hobbes the Vizsla, is likely going into round 2 of cancer treatment. He had a needle biopsy today with surgery scheduled when we return from NJ. Depending on the biopsy results it could be 2 masses removed under GA or one under a local. The good news it doesn't seem to bother or slow him down much so far.
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September goal: try to keep up
9/1 3.30
9/2 2.00
9/3 rest
9/4 4.70
9/5 rest
9/6 3.12
9/7 Travel to> O'ahu CME conference<travel from
9/8 3.00
9/9 snorkel 3 hours
9/10 lazy
9/11 4.5
9/12 rest
9/13 2.80
9/14 3.30
9/15 rest
9/16 2.50
9/17 long workday, long band practice
9/18 5.00
9/19 2.50
9/20 3.30
9/21 Managed and played in a Kanikapila (music jam)
9/22 exhausted and wiped out from herding cats (see above)
9/23 2.80
Total : 43.92
@shanaber: I'm sorry...hugs to Hobbs and you...
Upcoming races:
Revel Kulia Half Marathon 1/18/20
Ticker is my goal for 2019 and progress to date:
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@shanaber :-( life sucks sometimes, really hope they can sort it.
Just looked up the lists of who has signed up so far for my HM on Nov 3rd. Of 504 people, only 77 are women. I guess this means I will be last of fewer women than if it was a bigger race LOL.5 -
It's the same here in Poland. I typically see 10-20% females at the longer distances. We do seem to be catching up, especially at shorter races. But then in the USA, I think women frequently make up the majority of runners. It would be interesting to look at it from a cultural perspective, as to why. I have some ideas, but am guessing it's a combination of factors.eleanorhawkins wrote: »@shanaber :-( life sucks sometimes, really hope they can sort it.
Just looked up the lists of who has signed up so far for my HM on Nov 3rd. Of 504 people, only 77 are women. I guess this means I will be last of fewer women than if it was a bigger race LOL.
@shanaber so sorry
I thought of Hobbes just the other day when I saw a dog that looks just like him, running with his owner. Hope the treatment goes well for him!
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Looks like my running buddy, Hobbes the Vizsla, is likely going into round 2 of cancer treatment. He had a needle biopsy today with surgery scheduled when we return from NJ. Depending on the biopsy results it could be 2 masses removed under GA or one under a local. The good news it doesn't seem to bother or slow him down much so far.
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@shanaber Praying for Hobbes.0
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@shanaber: All the best to you and Hobbes. *hugs*0
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9-1 4k recovery
9-2 7k easy
9-3 6k easy
9-4 rest
9-5 7k moderate
9-6 rest
9-7 7k moderate
9-8 7k easy
9-9 rest
9-10 7k easy
9-11 7k moderate
9-12 rest
9-13 rest
9-14 7k threshold
9-15 7k moderate
9-16 rest
9-17 7k easy
9-18 7k moderate
9-19 rest
9-20 7k easy
9-21 rest
9-22 6k all over the place
9-23 rest
9-24 7k moderate
September Total: 110k
September Goal: 135k
January Total: 131k
February Total: 159.5k
March Total: 183k
April Total: 126k
May Total: 128k
June Total: 161.5k
July Total: 151k
August Total: 133k
Monthly average: 146.6k
Next year when you pop in here claiming your December 2019 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
Run at least 4 5k races. (Check)
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
Clear and cool this morning; made the run a pleasure rather than a chore. Tried to work on mid-foot striking; as a heel striker, I think that was putting a lot of shock/strain on my knees, hips, and SI joints. See med to work out well; few niggles and my pace piked up a little.
2019 Races:
4-13 Shine the Light 5K - 31:12 chip time; First Place male 65 and older
6-30 Strides for Starfish 5K - 31:34 chip time; 31/77 overall; second male 65 and older (no official category)
7-27 Solon Home Days 5K - 31:11 chip time; 95/141 overall; 4/6 age group (male)
8-31 Race for Freedom 5k - 31:39 chip time; 32:00 Garmin time; Third Place male 60 and older
9-14 Gift of Life 5k - off the schedule; insufficient recovery time
10-13 Haunted Hustle 5k8 -
aw, I take a look in here having been absent for a while, and see that about Hobbes @shanaber.
Hope things go well for him. We need him back out there!!!
I'm not going to go through and read all the posts I've missed, life is too short.
quick summary of where I'm at -
find it impossible to follow a training plan for an impending marathon. Having said that, I've managed the long runs I need, on the down side, that's ALL the running I've done, just the long runs......
Marathon is this weekend. Predicted weather is South-Westerlies 20mph gusting 38mph. Race heads West. With lots of hills and a steep cliff to the South.....so on the one hand the wind will keep us on the path, on the other it'll be pushing us back to the start...
and I've been a bit absorbed in having to move house. Early days yet on flat hunting (waiting for a mortgage, hello adult world).
I'll report back in October when the marathon is done and dusted and I have reached the finish line....10 -
So sorry to hear this. Big hugs for both of you!Looks like my running buddy, Hobbes the Vizsla, is likely going into round 2 of cancer treatment. He had a needle biopsy today with surgery scheduled when we return from NJ. Depending on the biopsy results it could be 2 masses removed under GA or one under a local. The good news it doesn't seem to bother or slow him down much so far.
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@shanaber Big hugs to you and Hobbes. I am hoping for a positive outcome.
Congrats to everyone who raced over the weekend.
Got in 2 miles yesterday morning. I had a terrible migraine last night, and I don’t feel so hot this morning, so skipping today’s run. We fly back to GA tonight.
9/1: 3
9/2: 6.2
9/5: 2 (cadence drills)
9/7: 3
9/8: 4
9/9: ST
9/10: 2
9/11: ST and swimming
9/14: 3 (hill repeats), 3 more
9/15: 5
9/17: ST (barely due to headache)
9/18: 2 (intervals)
9/21: 2.5
9/22: 3
9/23: 2
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Thanks all on the thoughts and prayers for Hobbes!
@elise4270 - unfortunately mast cell cancer tends to reoccur and metastasize with a vengeance. It also is a great pretender and often masks itself by looking like something else (a small bug bite that comes and goes, a fatty tumor, etc.) pretty much all lumps and bumps need to be tested and then if they are MCT they need to be removed with really good margins to prevent it from coming back in the same spot. Hobbes is pretty young to have it so for now we just keep testing/treating any new lumps.@shanaber what’s the prognosis? Is it metastatic or just perhaps they didn’t get the smaller grows that were too small to identify? Best wishes to Hobbes, he seems to be such a gentle loving soul. Well give him to St. Francis for prayer.
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Thanks all on the thoughts and prayers for Hobbes!
@elise4270 - unfortunately mast cell cancer tends to reoccur and metastasize with a vengeance. It also is a great pretender and often masks itself by looking like something else (a small bug bite that comes and goes, a fatty tumor, etc.) pretty much all lumps and bumps need to be tested and then if they are MCT they need to be removed with really good margins to prevent it from coming back in the same spot. Hobbes is pretty young to have it so for now we just keep testing/treating any new lumps.@shanaber what’s the prognosis? Is it metastatic or just perhaps they didn’t get the smaller grows that were too small to identify? Best wishes to Hobbes, he seems to be such a gentle loving soul. Well give him to St. Francis for prayer.
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Was able to do a 5k run this morning. Been using my new shiatsu massager I ordered a few weeks ago, along with lost of arica rubs and baths trying to get my calf in order. It's all helped, but sometimes there's nothing more healing than a nice little run. I ran a (kinda) new route because I'm kind of bored with my usual routes so that was nice. Ran it at a 10 minute mile pace, which had been a long time goal of mine. This is the third time I've been able to do it, but I think this new route is flatter than my other two. In any case, my calf is better! Still bruised, but as long as I don't bang it again, I think I'm good.
Today's miles: 3.1
Total miles: 61.6/8010 -
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
9/24: 6.08 miles
102.42/110 miles completed
I ran 6.08 miles this morning. I wish I could say it was a great run, but honestly it was a really meh run. It was just so hot and humid that I never really got into the zone and I was just so slow. It is supposed to be fall, but it doesn't seem at all fall-like around here. Maybe tomorrow's run will be better. Although I think it is supposed to be warmer tomorrow, but maybe not as humid. At least I got the run done today, and I'm pretty close to my goal for the month.
@shanaber Lots of hugs to you and to Hobbes.
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 Marathon5 -
September Miles - 39.35/?, walk 10.8
09/02 - 0.88; walk 2.69
09/04 - 3.67
09/06 - 1.54; walk 0.5
09/08 - 4.91
09/10 - 2.88; walk 0.78
09/11 - 3.78; walk 0.32
09/12 - walk 1.4
09/13 - 3.41; walk 0.47
09/15 - 3.59; walk 1.88
09/16 - walk 1.06
09/18 - 3.5
09/21 - 3.29; ST
09/22 - 4.81
09/23 - walk 1.7; ST
09/24 - 3.09
Actual strength training session during lunch yesterday meant I was a little sore this morning. A few warmup moves and walk, followed by a nice easy run for just over 3 miles was absolutely perfect.
@shanaber More hugs for you and Hobbes, as well as belly rubs and ear scritches if he likes 'em. (Or if you do.
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Morning all.
I never told you how my wet run went yesterday! Well it was wet. Haha. Very wet. Was soaked to the bone before I finished my warm up. And I had the best run I've had in ages. I not only did 5k, I ran the whole way including up the hill I thought it would take me a few weeks to get up. My time was 30:30 - so a long way off my best but also a long way off my worst.
Today I'm planning on a game of squash with Hubby, and another weight lifting session.10 -
I know I'm late..... vacation... life.... I'm down for 26 miles for Sept. I have 15 miles in so far only 11 more to go.
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Short run to get a couple of km's in. 3km, bad weather now here and a went the opposite way around my route. It felt very weird.
Goals September:
13 Runs................................10 run
71km....................................53 km
5km PB.................................Done 1 & 7 Sep
6km PB.................................Done 1 & 7 Sep
7km.......................................Done 22 Sep
Child to do 5km...................Done 5 Sep
Child to do r/w of 10/1m....x
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Date........Miles.......Total
09/01......8.27........8.27
09/02......6.34......14.61
09/03......0.00......14.61 - + Strength Training
09/04......5.26......19.87
09/05......0.00......19.87 - + Strength Training
09/06......4.31......24.18
09/07......3.86......28.04
09/08......0.00......28.04 - to Reno
09/09......2.78......30.82 - to Boise
09/10......0.00......30.82 - to Richland
09/11......6.83......37.65
09/12......2.33......39.98
09/13......3.80......43.78 - to Boise
09/14......0.00......43.78
09/15....13.53......57.31 - J&J HM
09/16......2.00......59.31 - Homeward Bound
09/17......0.00......59.31 - Home
09/18......0.00......59.31
09/19......5.18......64.49 - + Strength Training
09/20......5.32......69.81
09/21......7.38......77.19
09/22......0.00......77.19
09/23......0.00......77.19
09/24......4.47......81.66
2019 Planned and Completed Races
02/03/19 - Surf City Half Marathon - Deferred to 2020
05/11/19 - Santa Barbara Wine Country HM - Complete
09/15/19 - Jack and Jill Downhill HM - Boise - HM #25 Complete
11/23/19 - USA Women's HM
02/02/20 - Surf City Half Marathon5 -
5.19 miles tonight
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I'm supposed to be tapering for my half next week but I really want to meet my mileage goal I set for this month. I went out to explore a path I used to bike. I couldn't remember if it was paved or just grass/gravel. Went a little further than expected. It was paved thank god. It rained last night so the ground was muddy. I went out before the sun came up in a light drizzle, and tripped on a curb the first two minutes in. No damage, but I am pretty disaster prone, so maybe running in the dark under the cover of clouds before the sun came up wasn't the best idea. I Thought it would be colder than it was, so I overdressed. Got warm pretty quickly, but my body has somehow come to a point where it's able to regulate itself better, so although I was overdressed, I didn't overheat. It's also good practice for my half. The forecast says it might rain, so in the past weeks I've tried out all different outfits for all different conditions. Underdressed, overdressed, so come race day, I think I'll be able to make a good decision as far as what to wear. The weather here's been at that weird point between summer and fall where basically anything goes. Ran with a 4lb weight vest. Ran at a nice relaxed pace, which would have been great, expect I went a mile and a half further than planned and I felt it.
Today's miles: 5.5
Total miles: 67.1/8013
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