October 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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eleanorhawkins wrote: »Just had a quick look at the google doc for the miles for Kevin (MobyCarp) runs.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u1kakszOV9CNZ6ONIzsQjF2Oq8lgpOZh/edit#gid=1527975205
As it stands, from what I can make out (I suck at spreadsheets lol) if we moved the start back an hour and start the 24 hour period at 6pm EST, we would still have 8 hours to cover to make the full 24. Anyone able to take any of those slots?
I started a thread an taged you . I'm running short on time this morning and on mobile so I don't have the link to the new thread. It's in the group challenges thread. Sorry I'm lazy...
Here is the link to the Run for Kevin (@MobyCarp) that @elise4270 created. If it works better I can adjust the spreadsheet fo start at 6pm eastern but we already have people in slots at either end so maybe we just extend it a bit or make it a 36 or 48 hour period?0 -
I'll be in Mexico on that day, but am def going to try to get a run in on that day - I'll add my name to the spreadsheet0
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10-1 7k slow
10-2 7k easy
10-3 rest
10-4 rest
10-5 7k moderate
10-6 7k easy
10-7 rest
October Total: 28k
October 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
September Total: 135k
2019 total: 1,308k / 811m
Monthly average: 145.3k
Next year when you pop in here claiming your December 2019 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
Run at least 4 5k races. Completed 8-31
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 - Completed 9-28
Scheduled rest day today. Golf instead of running.
@143tob Great race. That's why one should slink around early before the race to see who the competition is.
@Squish815 Fantastic!!!
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 5k2 -
T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »
I'm also doing a race (marathon) in eastern time zone (WV) starting at 7am, so that is why I filled up 5 hours. I'm sure many of us are doing a morning race that day on the same day as the New York Marathon.
Looks like it, and that's super! The reason I suggested that date was that he had said that the New York Marathon was his main goal for this year. Obviously, most if not all of us are unable to go run it for him, but the next best thing surely is for as many of us as possible to race in his memory that day. I'm pretty sure there will be at least 4 or 5 of us racing that day somewhere in the world.
My head says to take my HM that day easy, but my heart really wants to go for a PR and dedicate it to him.
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eleanorhawkins wrote: »T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »
I'm also doing a race (marathon) in eastern time zone (WV) starting at 7am, so that is why I filled up 5 hours. I'm sure many of us are doing a morning race that day on the same day as the New York Marathon.
Looks like it, and that's super! The reason I suggested that date was that he had said that the New York Marathon was his main goal for this year. Obviously, most if not all of us are unable to go run it for him, but the next best thing surely is for as many of us as possible to race in his memory that day. I'm pretty sure there will be at least 4 or 5 of us racing that day somewhere in the world.
My head says to take my HM that day easy, but my heart really wants to go for a PR and dedicate it to him.
I signed up for an hour's worth...3 -
eleanorhawkins wrote: »Just had a quick look at the google doc for the miles for Kevin (MobyCarp) runs.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u1kakszOV9CNZ6ONIzsQjF2Oq8lgpOZh/edit#gid=1527975205
As it stands, from what I can make out (I suck at spreadsheets lol) if we moved the start back an hour and start the 24 hour period at 6pm EST, we would still have 8 hours to cover to make the full 24. Anyone able to take any of those slots?
I started a thread an taged you . I'm running short on time this morning and on mobile so I don't have the link to the new thread. It's in the group challenges thread. Sorry I'm lazy...
Here is the link to the Run for Kevin (@MobyCarp) that @elise4270 created. If it works better I can adjust the spreadsheet fo start at 6pm eastern but we already have people in slots at either end so maybe we just extend it a bit or make it a 36 or 48 hour period?
Ya, no reason it can’t turn into “how long can we keep it going?”
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Thank you @kgirlhart , @zeesparrow , @Scott6255 , @hamsterwheel6 and @Tramboman
And thank you @quilteryoyo ! I was just so happy to a) see the finish line and b) see that my family had been able to make it!
Thanks for the link @shanaber I'm going to head over to the challenge and see if I can take any of the slots. I'm not sure what I'm doing that weekend, but I should be able to get at least half hour in in honour of @MobyCarp1 -
October Goal 100 miles
October 2 – 5.18 miles
October 4 – 10.7 miles
October 7 – 4.01 miles
I was able to do my long run before work on Friday so I went cycling Saturday morning (22 miles) instead of my usual long run. We’re supposed to have cooler weather this week but this morning was another muggy one. I ran almost half a mile before I remembered to start my watch. The girl that I ran with had to be at work early so we only got in 4 miles instead of our usual 5 miles. I could have gotten in an extra mile by myself but I was ready to be done and we were back at the car so the stopping there won out.
@quilteryoyo – we didn’t get much rain yesterday either. I’m praying we will get more today. I can relate to your cattle chasing story as I help my dad with the same thing from time to time. That’s quite a feat to beat those 4-legged creatures! Especially the calves! Yesterday, my dad and I spent the day hauling the round hay bales. He’s already having to feed since the pastures are bare so he bought some hay and we hauled 4 loads yesterday.
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@Squish815 Great job!1
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10/1 - 4.5
10/2 - 3.5
10/3 - 5.5
10/4 - 0
10/5 - 4
10/6 - 3
17.5, I need to get out today and get some miles in...
Hello, surprise! 20.5 miles! My math was off...oops...6 -
@T1DCarnivoreRunner I don't believe there's any way to get Alexa to do anything if the phone is locked. And ok google once told me it couldn't do any commands with Stitcher since it's not it's app. I also don't know of a way to open my phone by voice. But I haven't looked into that before.0
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RunsOnEspresso wrote: »@T1DCarnivoreRunner I don't believe there's any way to get Alexa to do anything if the phone is locked. And ok google once told me it couldn't do any commands with Stitcher since it's not it's app. I also don't know of a way to open my phone by voice. But I haven't looked into that before.
I agree about not getting Alexa to do anything with the phone locked... but it shouldn't be locked anyway. The whole point of Smartlock is to keep the phone unlocked when headphones are paired, so why should I have to swipe to unlock?! I can use Google voice commands to unlock the phone (when it is supposed to be unlocked anyway), but can't do anything besides give Google commands. IDK... I'm annoyed, so I might just find an Android forum to ask.1 -
Yesterday I ran somewhere between 10 and 10.32 miles at the Twin Cities Marathon Weekend Ten Mile race (I forgot to turn off my watch at the finish line). It was a beautiful day to run, and although I didn’t run as strong as I’d hoped, I finished the race and am feeling good today.
Race report under the spoiler!After unexpectedly not racing on Saturday, I'd considered taking a shorter run but decided to do a longer yoga stretching video instead, which I think was a good call. We went to a concert that evening by a fabulous singer and violin player I went to college with, so once again, no time to dwell on pre-race jitters.
Sunday started a little before 5 after about 4-4.5 hours of sleep. I was feeling more rested than I deserved, but unfortunately had to spend the first part of the morning shaking off a recurring nightmare totally unrelated to running. Good times!
By the time I’d finished my first cup of coffee I was pretty excited. It was still dark when we headed downtown, blasting Lizzo for a little motivation. The race started just a few blocks from my husband’s building where he has contract parking, so that part was easy. I was a little worried we’d run into traffic once we got downtown since a bunch of roads are closed for the 10 Miler and Marathon, but thankfully that wasn’t a problem either.
We parked around 6:15 and met up with @7Lenny7 - there’s no day-of packet pickup so I’d picked up his bib and shirt when I went to the expo on Friday. That was my first time meeting a fellow MFP running group member in real life, so that was neat. We got a pre-race photo in and then parted ways.
Pre-Race Photo with @7Lenny7.
I’ve never run a race with assigned corrals before and hadn’t taken into account the delay for staggered starts. It was chilly enough that I probably should have gone back to the car and maybe eaten something or stretched a little more, but I was pretty wired up and ready to go, so instead we stood around and took pictures.
Traditional pre-race photo from my awesome driver/pack mule/photographer/cheering section. I guess my running outfit is a full-on Captain Marvel cosplay now, although I'm still looking for red gloves and socks to really pull it together.
In spite of the crowd, I found my corral and the 2 hour pacer fairly easily. The race officially started at 7:00 but it was around 7:20 by the time it was our turn, at which point the sun was starting to rise, which was pretty neat. Given that there were somewhere between 11K and 13K people racing with six different starts (female and male elites plus four corrals for us plebes), it didn’t seem like an unreasonable amount of time to wait.
The first few miles were really lovely. It’s a beautiful course heading out of downtown Minneapolis, following the Mississippi River east and then south until crossing into St. Paul. After five miles the course stops following the river and takes a straight shot east towards downtown St. Paul along Summit Ave. Summit is a fairly wide boulevard with lots of old houses and several small colleges, including Macalester, where I attended undergrad. I used to walk from Mac down to the river and back pretty often, and I’ve run most of the course a few times in different chunks over the last couple of years, so I’m familiar with the area.
At about the five mile mark, I started to get signs that I’d started too quickly. I’d had a pretty easy first 10 miles at the half marathon last month, but was running with a 12’15” pacer rather than the 12’00” pacer I started with yesterday. I’d hoped to finish under two hours for no real reason other than that it’s a nice round number, but I had some shin and glute pain starting early on that never really worked itself out, and was much more tired at the five mile mark than I’d hoped to be.
Looking at the splits as I’m writing this, it looks like the pacer (who was very nice but did say it was her first time pacing ten miles) was running faster than I’d realized. The first five miles were 11’19”, 11’38”, 11’49”, 11’25” and 11’51”. In comparison, the 12’15” pacer in Sioux Falls ran 12’03”, 12’12”, 12’26”, 12’18”, and 12’15”. Well, nothing to do about it now, though I think in future races I may set a pace alarm on my watch so I can be aware if that happens again. It does explain why I was feeling so beat at mile five, though.
In any case, by mile six I started taking walking breaks. A couple of times I thought I’d walk until I saw the 12”15 pacer but I never did, which I realize now is because the 12’ pacer had been going too quickly. At the time I didn’t put it together though - my brain doesn’t function terribly well while running, which is generally part of the appeal but can be inconvenient at times.
The crowds were really great, especially along Summit, where there were spectators on almost every block. I tried to high five all the kids I saw with their hands out, and touched a few of those “power up” signs too. I got a handful of “go Wonder Woman!” shouts, which I’ll totally accept even if my shirt is actually the Captain Marvel logo. I guess having a $1.1 billion movie named after you isn’t enough to overcome several decades in which Wonder Woman was the only female superhero most people could name.
Anyhow, over the last three or four miles I started playing tag with a few other interval runners. At one point, one of them told me she’d been pacing herself by keeping me in sight, which felt good given how much I felt I was struggling. Another person started giving thumbs up or encouraging words when they passed me, so I started returning the favor when I passed them. I thought a lot about that back of the pack video @PastorVincent posted, too, although it turns out that there were over 1000 people behind me.
The final approach to the finish line is a lovely downhill with a great view of the finish line and after-party. I didn’t have the energy for a fast finish but I think I managed to run the whole way once I could see the end. I spotted my husband at the finish line, which always makes me smile. We met up at the PR bell, which I rang because this was my first 10 Mile race so it counts as a PR, damn it!
BONG!
Chris had left the car in Minneapolis and taken the light rail to meet me at the capital rather than trying to find parking, so we took the light rail back along with a bunch of other runners. I can only imagine that it must have smelled pretty ripe, but I was much too drained to care.
Once I got home I showered (after updating my trophy display, of course), and then we went out to brunch, and then I took a nap, the perfect post-race trifecta.
Medals!
Talking big races verses small races, I don’t know what I would have done if I hadn’t had those spectators and fellow runners to encourage me for the last half of the race. I’ve never DNFed before, but I have to imagine those last few miles would have been much harder if I were running alone. On the other hand, around mile three or four I glanced to the side of the road looking for a trash can and managed to clip another runner who’d stopped for a selfie, which has definitely not happened to me before. I’m going to take 20% responsibility for that one.
For all that it wasn't the weekend I'd anticipated, it was a lot of fun and I definitely want to continue running the 10K or 10 Mile TCM races as an annual thing, maybe volunteering on the day I don’t run. I don’t know that I’ll try for the back-to-back next year, but who knows. It was an accident this year, since I’d entered the 10K planning to upgrade if I could get into the 10 Mile through the lottery, but ended up with a guaranteed entry through a new rewards program because the 10K was my third race with that same management company. I like mixing up my races so don’t think I’ll do the same races next year, which means I’d probably be in the lottery for the 10 Miler, but that's okay.
I’m adjusting my goal for the month to 60 miles and planning on some shorter runs, including a 10K in two weeks. Mainly I’d just like to get my running frequency back up to 3-4 times a week. We will see how it goes.
October Total: 11.94 miles
October Goals: Run 60 miles, lift minimum 3x/week, 15 minutes/day of moderate cardio, 15 minutes/day of mobility.
2019 Races! (bold registered)
January 26: Securian 10K, St. Paul, MN Chip time: 1:05:07
February 16: Half Fast 10K DNS - weather
March 23: Hot Dash 5K, Mpls, MN Chip time: 0:28:39 (*PR!)
May 19: Women Run the Cities 5K, Mpls, MN Chip time: 0:33:02
June 8: PHRC Pensieve 10K (virtual)
June 12: ESTRS French 5K, Plymouth, MN DNS - injury
June 29 Lift Bridge 5K, Bayport MN Chip time: 0:32:51
August 3: Beat the Blerch 10K, Carnation, WA
September 2: MDRA Victory Labor Day 5K, Mpls, MN Chip time: 0:33:04
September 8: Sioux Falls Half Marathon, Sioux Falls, SD Chip time: 2:47:13 (in memory of @MobyCarp)
October 5: TCM 10K, St. Paul, MN Canceled - weather
October 6: TCM 10Mi, Minneapolis to St. Paul, MN Chip time: 2:03:31
October 26: Minneapolis Halloween 10K, Mpls, MN
November 28: Turkey Trot St. Paul 10K, St. Paul, MN
December 14: Reindeer Run 10K, Mpls, MN14 -
T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »RunsOnEspresso wrote: »@T1DCarnivoreRunner I don't believe there's any way to get Alexa to do anything if the phone is locked. And ok google once told me it couldn't do any commands with Stitcher since it's not it's app. I also don't know of a way to open my phone by voice. But I haven't looked into that before.
I agree about not getting Alexa to do anything with the phone locked... but it shouldn't be locked anyway. The whole point of Smartlock is to keep the phone unlocked when headphones are paired, so why should I have to swipe to unlock?! I can use Google voice commands to unlock the phone (when it is supposed to be unlocked anyway), but can't do anything besides give Google commands. IDK... I'm annoyed, so I might just find an Android forum to ask.
So I do not have an Andriod device, but I assume this is the same... with my iPhone I do not have to unlock my phone to control Amazon music, I can use the buttons on my headset. Granted all I do is play/pause/volume, but beyond that, there are more buttons.
Personally I have too much of my life tied up in my phone to leave it unlocked ever.1 -
PastorVincent wrote: »T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »RunsOnEspresso wrote: »@T1DCarnivoreRunner I don't believe there's any way to get Alexa to do anything if the phone is locked. And ok google once told me it couldn't do any commands with Stitcher since it's not it's app. I also don't know of a way to open my phone by voice. But I haven't looked into that before.
I agree about not getting Alexa to do anything with the phone locked... but it shouldn't be locked anyway. The whole point of Smartlock is to keep the phone unlocked when headphones are paired, so why should I have to swipe to unlock?! I can use Google voice commands to unlock the phone (when it is supposed to be unlocked anyway), but can't do anything besides give Google commands. IDK... I'm annoyed, so I might just find an Android forum to ask.
So I do not have an Andriod device, but I assume this is the same... with my iPhone I do not have to unlock my phone to control Amazon music, I can use the buttons on my headset. Granted all I do is play/pause/volume, but beyond that, there are more buttons.
Personally I have too much of my life tied up in my phone to leave it unlocked ever.
I can control some things with the buttons on my headset... but I can do so much more if Alexa can hear me.0 -
SOOO I think my fitness coach works for Candid Camera (for non-USAians - a show that sets people up for practical jokes and films it, but safe fun ones, not mean)! She added an exercise called the "Stability Ball Dead Bug" in for me to do today.
I mean, I thought I had SOME level of coordination until I tried this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUfeEgFly8w
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@Teresa502 Where are you racing on Nov 3? I don't think I'm ready for a 10 mile run, but still interested, since I live in E. TN. As for the rain, we got a total of about a half an inch. Every drop is appreciated and will help, but we need a lot more to alleviate the drought. They were calling for more tonight. Hope we get some. Dad's been feeding his cattle hay for a couple of weeks now....maybe longer. The little stream that runs through my property is almost dry, which NEVER happens. That was the main reason for the urgency in getting them moved.
@hamsterwheel6 Love the pictures and your shirt!
@MegaMooseEsq Sounds like a great, exhausting race! Loved the report. Except, you forgot to let us know what your finish time was. Sounds like it was probably better than expected! WTG!
@PastorVincent I can see how that could go wrong really quickly!1 -
The cold front blew in last night so my 5 miles today were at a solid 15 degrees cooler than I have been running for the last few months and it was great!!
10/2: 3.2 miles
10/7: 5 miles
Oct total: 8.2 miles
Oct goal: 70 miles
2019 Races:
Piney Woods Trailfest 5k - 2/2/2019 29.23
Rodeo Run 10k - 2/23/2019 1:03.12
Run Houston! Minute Maid Park 10k - 3/23/2019 1:01.28
Brazos Bend 50 10k - 4/6/2019 1:15:33
Run for Life 5k - 9/7/2019 27.10
10 for Texas 10 Miler - 10/2019 registered
Wine and Dine half marathon - 11/3/2019 registered
Run the Year 2019 - Team Five for Nineteen - FINISHED!!6 -
Great job @Squish815. Love the excited photo.
Congratulations on your 10 mile race @MegaMooseEsq. Definitely ring that PR bell! Cool that you and @7lenny7 met up.
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
10/01/19 :::: 4.8 :::: 4.8
10/02/19 :::: 3.0 :::: 7.8
10/03/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 7.8
10/04/19 :::: 3.1 :::: 10.8
10/05/19 :::: 10.1 :::: 21.0
10/06/19 :::: 1.0 :::: 22.0
10/07/19 :::: 2.7 :::: 24.7
Treadmill miles tonight before strength training. I was on the slow treadmill again
I swear that one on the end is on some alternate temporal plane where Garmin only counts 2/3 of the steps or something.
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@hamsterwheel6 @RunsOnEspresso @PastorVincent
I started a thread here to see if someone smart can help solve my issue with Android lock screen and Amazon Music: https://androidforums.com/threads/how-to-turn-off-swipe.1314741/1
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