October 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,551 Member
    @143tobe Congrats on finishing your HM and smashing your PR! Sounds like a tough course with all those hills. Glad you and your husband can run together (and you even saved his *kitten*)! Great job!!
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    143tobe wrote: »

    I beat my previous PR by almost 9 minutes (2:26:44)! My average pace went from an 11:10 minute mile to a 10:20 minute mile. In just two weeks! And on a course that was twice as hard. I'm sorry, I hope you all don't think I'm gloating but I am SO proud of myself.

    Well done! And great work rescuing your husband! :)

    Yes, indeed!!!
  • LoveyChar
    LoveyChar Posts: 4,336 Member
    edited October 2019
    I'm following all the trail run talk. Austin Marathon is a trail run and from what I've been told, this will be a rude awakening. Up winding hills and over rocks, huh? At least I have nothing better to compare it to...
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,204 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Camaramandy648 wrote: »
    My new shoes came yesterday and I could NOT WAIT to take off in them! I promised myself and explained to the kids that after dinner, I would be gone for not more than thirty minutes, just to run. I didn't think I'd make it out the door. Stuff kept happening, life is demanding, things kept getting in the way, but I DID IT and IT. WAS. GLORIOUS. Gorgeous Fall evening - Perfect! The only thing I'd do (and will do) differently is add some reflective clothing and maybe some lighting and maybe a running belt. Other than that, it was so great! And while my pace wasn't amazing, it wasn't near as bad as I thought it would be!

    I just bought Nox Gear Tracer 360. I have seen it on other runners and plan to use it as sunset is about to get a whole lot earlier (only a few weeks till we move the clocks again here). In the past, I have used belts, and arm flashy things, but this is so much easier to see in the dark.

    5s8fyocmmd4c.png

    Review when you've had a go. I keep looking at getting one. Fortunately I can now put it off for 6 months now but be keen to hear what you think.
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,204 Member
    LoveyChar wrote: »
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    girlinahat wrote: »
    polskagirl01 wrote: »
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    Is the marathon distance in decline? Interesting read from the local paper ahead of Sunday's Twin Cities Marathon. Some of the comments are really idiotic.

    http://www.startribune.com/twin-cities-marathon-has-a-defining-distance-of-road-racing-hit-the-wall/562099202/

    Does this mean I might have a chance at placing in my AG if I just keep going?
    Marathons are hard. The commitment and training required really don't compare to preparing for a half. And yet, a half marathon is still a huge accomplishment! So I don't blame people for choosing shorter distances, and it's also my favorite race distance.

    I dearly want to run an Ultra, but my recent marathon experience showed me that I need to go right back to basics, get some speed and consistency up, and focus on 10k races next year. I have a mental hurdle with that, as it almost doesn't seem worth getting out of bed for a 10k race. BUT marathon training takes so much time. I really want to be able to just run 20miles whenever I feel like it, but for me that's a day out of my weekend.

    I'm trying to change my mindset that 10k is fine. I have a new challenger on the block - my sister, who took up running recently, who only finished chemo/radiotherapy back in June, has just done a 5k in under 30 minutes. And she's seven years older than me. this is war.

    This time last year I thought I would build up and run a marathon. Then I looked at the training plan, and decided I don't feel the need to do a full. I no longer feel the need to to a half, though I would LIKE to one day. The length of time for training runs was just too much of a commitment for me in this phase of life - two young children.

    I wonder if that's why so many over 35 take up marathon running, the kids are teenagers so they have the time to get out for 2+ hrs for a run. I had my kids in my 30s, so watch this space when I'm 45 haha

    I may be the rarity. I have a 16 year old cross country runner, a 12 year old, and a 17 month old and I am 43! They're spaced out; I had one in my 20's, one in my 30's, and one in my 40's. I am busy as hell with all their activities and I usually run with my 17 month old but my reason for the marathon is, more than anything, just to lead by example. I only wanted to do a half; my husband convinced me I could run a full. My sister in law has three small kids, though, and runs marathons. Three small kids and no excuses not to run marathons. I think she likes them seeing mommy run marathons. She's mid 30's.

    Well that's my excuse blown to smithereens bahaha. Well done, that's amazing! I'm always amazed by the parents who get out there with strollers and the like. I did one 10k pushing a stroller once. Was a pita.
  • kjkrentsa
    kjkrentsa Posts: 9 Member
    10/1 - recovery
    10/2 - 3.1
    10/3 - rest
    10/4 - 2.21

    5.31 / 45 miles completed
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    Forgot to use my inhaler before running - which really was a bad idea considering the cold air... Took 3/4 mile before I felt like me again then simply ran out of time and had to stop... Apparently the asthma didn't hold me back as much as I thought while running - I almost PR'd on the second mile! I must've been fueled by aggravation :-)

  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Camaramandy648 wrote: »
    My new shoes came yesterday and I could NOT WAIT to take off in them! I promised myself and explained to the kids that after dinner, I would be gone for not more than thirty minutes, just to run. I didn't think I'd make it out the door. Stuff kept happening, life is demanding, things kept getting in the way, but I DID IT and IT. WAS. GLORIOUS. Gorgeous Fall evening - Perfect! The only thing I'd do (and will do) differently is add some reflective clothing and maybe some lighting and maybe a running belt. Other than that, it was so great! And while my pace wasn't amazing, it wasn't near as bad as I thought it would be!

    I just bought Nox Gear Tracer 360. I have seen it on other runners and plan to use it as sunset is about to get a whole lot earlier (only a few weeks till we move the clocks again here). In the past, I have used belts, and arm flashy things, but this is so much easier to see in the dark.

    5s8fyocmmd4c.png

    Review when you've had a go. I keep looking at getting one. Fortunately I can now put it off for 6 months now but be keen to hear what you think.

    I will. :) Watch for it posted to the FB group since I am not allowed to link to my reviews here. I did recently review the Trekz headphones but right now I am not sure if I remembered to post it to the FB group. :)

    It probably be a while as I like to use things for a bit before commenting and right now it is just sitting on my desk.
  • zeesparrow
    zeesparrow Posts: 348 Member
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Camaramandy648 wrote: »
    My new shoes came yesterday and I could NOT WAIT to take off in them! I promised myself and explained to the kids that after dinner, I would be gone for not more than thirty minutes, just to run. I didn't think I'd make it out the door. Stuff kept happening, life is demanding, things kept getting in the way, but I DID IT and IT. WAS. GLORIOUS. Gorgeous Fall evening - Perfect! The only thing I'd do (and will do) differently is add some reflective clothing and maybe some lighting and maybe a running belt. Other than that, it was so great! And while my pace wasn't amazing, it wasn't near as bad as I thought it would be!

    I just bought Nox Gear Tracer 360. I have seen it on other runners and plan to use it as sunset is about to get a whole lot earlier (only a few weeks till we move the clocks again here). In the past, I have used belts, and arm flashy things, but this is so much easier to see in the dark.

    5s8fyocmmd4c.png

    Review when you've had a go. I keep looking at getting one. Fortunately I can now put it off for 6 months now but be keen to hear what you think.

    I have one, as well as the Light Hound for my dogs. My neighbor once commented he saw us coming from a long way. So many people have said something... even a lady driving by rolled down her window to ask where I got them. I run (and walk) my dogs around 5am and in the winter I absolutely love having them.
  • zeesparrow
    zeesparrow Posts: 348 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Camaramandy648 wrote: »
    My new shoes came yesterday and I could NOT WAIT to take off in them! I promised myself and explained to the kids that after dinner, I would be gone for not more than thirty minutes, just to run. I didn't think I'd make it out the door. Stuff kept happening, life is demanding, things kept getting in the way, but I DID IT and IT. WAS. GLORIOUS. Gorgeous Fall evening - Perfect! The only thing I'd do (and will do) differently is add some reflective clothing and maybe some lighting and maybe a running belt. Other than that, it was so great! And while my pace wasn't amazing, it wasn't near as bad as I thought it would be!

    I just bought Nox Gear Tracer 360. I have seen it on other runners and plan to use it as sunset is about to get a whole lot earlier (only a few weeks till we move the clocks again here). In the past, I have used belts, and arm flashy things, but this is so much easier to see in the dark.

    5s8fyocmmd4c.png

    Review when you've had a go. I keep looking at getting one. Fortunately I can now put it off for 6 months now but be keen to hear what you think.

    I will. :) Watch for it posted to the FB group since I am not allowed to link to my reviews here. I did recently review the Trekz headphones but right now I am not sure if I remembered to post it to the FB group. :)

    It probably be a while as I like to use things for a bit before commenting and right now it is just sitting on my desk.

    Hey thanks for mentioning your other review. You posted it earlier and I mean to watch it, though I already have the headphones. I'm curious what you think of them.
  • chris_in_cal
    chris_in_cal Posts: 2,517 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Watch for it posted to the FB group since I am not allowed to link to my reviews here. I did recently review the Trekz headphones but right now I am not sure if I remembered to post it to the FB group.

    I would like to read your reviews, and I am not on FB.

    Could you copy and paste the from to an MFP blog entry...you can like those fully here to us. Somehoy, or another, i woild like to read them.

    Thank you
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    chris_in_cal wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Watch for it posted to the FB group since I am not allowed to link to my reviews here. I did recently review the Trekz headphones but right now I am not sure if I remembered to post it to the FB group.

    I would like to read your reviews, and I am not on FB.

    Could you copy and paste the from to an MFP blog entry...you can like those fully here to us. Somehoy, or another, i woild like to read them.

    Thank you

    @chris_in_cal here's a video review of those I saw recently. I can't recall where I saw it posted though.

    https://youtu.be/F0P94t6CRjc

  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    @143tobe That is soo awesome that your husband is so enthused!

    BTW, your race photos are excellent also!
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    girlinahat wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    RunsOnEspresso wrote: »
    girlinahat wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Nike's new ad, dedicated to the back of the pack, worth a watch:

    this may not be the effect that Nike wanted, but all I take from that ad is 'what disgusting human beings who think littering is suddenly okay because they are in a race and someone else is going to clean up after us' #runclean #carrymyown

    If I stop, I usually try to put it available cans. Usually though they put the cans right next to the station and most people grab and keep moving. If I can't get it in the can I try to get it to the side of the road. I've slipped and seen others slip on cups and wrappers before.

    Yeah, the need to have the cans spread out in a line after the water just like they have the cups spread out for picking up. One or two races I have been in have done that and there was much less mess.

    It still all ends up in a landfill though, unless the race at least uses recyclable and recycles.

    this is the problem for me (along with the mentality it breeds). I guess because I only run trail races, it's ingrained in me not to drop litter (most trail races disqualify you for that anyway). The more we can do to reduce the actual single-use litter the better, and that really does need a mentality shift.

    At a recent Half Marathon road race near me, the problem was two-fold. Firstly it's plastic (well done Nike on showing paper cups), and secondly the bottles were all still half-full as they were thrown to the side (water should be considered a precious resource, there are people who do not have access to water and we'd do well to remember that). Also the gel station - I can forgive the plastic bottles, but gel wrappers? No, I can't forgive that. I don't care if it is sticky as you put it into your pocket, it's not like you aren't about to wash that item of clothing after a race.

    Many races out this way (Western US) including the northwest where Nike is headquartered, use compostable 'paper' cups now. The race I was at in Boise did. Although I still made the effort to put them in the bins that were too close to the tables. It was also a pretty small race too with only about 500 runners total across the full and half.
  • eleanorhawkins
    eleanorhawkins Posts: 1,659 Member
    shanaber wrote: »
    girlinahat wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    RunsOnEspresso wrote: »
    girlinahat wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Nike's new ad, dedicated to the back of the pack, worth a watch:

    this may not be the effect that Nike wanted, but all I take from that ad is 'what disgusting human beings who think littering is suddenly okay because they are in a race and someone else is going to clean up after us' #runclean #carrymyown

    If I stop, I usually try to put it available cans. Usually though they put the cans right next to the station and most people grab and keep moving. If I can't get it in the can I try to get it to the side of the road. I've slipped and seen others slip on cups and wrappers before.

    Yeah, the need to have the cans spread out in a line after the water just like they have the cups spread out for picking up. One or two races I have been in have done that and there was much less mess.

    It still all ends up in a landfill though, unless the race at least uses recyclable and recycles.

    this is the problem for me (along with the mentality it breeds). I guess because I only run trail races, it's ingrained in me not to drop litter (most trail races disqualify you for that anyway). The more we can do to reduce the actual single-use litter the better, and that really does need a mentality shift.

    At a recent Half Marathon road race near me, the problem was two-fold. Firstly it's plastic (well done Nike on showing paper cups), and secondly the bottles were all still half-full as they were thrown to the side (water should be considered a precious resource, there are people who do not have access to water and we'd do well to remember that). Also the gel station - I can forgive the plastic bottles, but gel wrappers? No, I can't forgive that. I don't care if it is sticky as you put it into your pocket, it's not like you aren't about to wash that item of clothing after a race.

    Many races out this way (Western US) including the northwest where Nike is headquartered, use compostable 'paper' cups now. The race I was at in Boise did. Although I still made the effort to put them in the bins that were too close to the tables. It was also a pretty small race too with only about 500 runners total across the full and half.

    Here in southern Spain the only thing they've used in any of the races I've run were plastic bottles, and yes the marathon/HM course particularly was absolutely disgusting with piles of empties after stations by the time I got to them. Being back of the pack and with the sole target of avoiding the sweeper wagon, I have no problem at all with adding a few more metres to approach a bin and throw my empty bottle in it. Then again, I always run with at least one bottle if not more so also have no problem hanging onto it until I can dispose of it properly. Guess those extra few grams of empty plastic would ruin my race time if I was trying for time though.
  • username301
    username301 Posts: 247 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Nike's new ad, dedicated to the back of the pack, worth a watch:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8WAYF5_NEM

    Nike are pretty good at their marketing.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    edited October 2019
    ContraryMaryMary wrote: »
    Rules here seem to be, for road running: grab cup, don't stop (certainly for the front quarter of the pack (for the rest it seems to be stop right in the wrong place so the person behind you collides with you), drink, toss towards bin, if you goes in, great, if not, there are a million volunteers who are there specifically to pick up cups. For trail it seems to be: stop at water stops, fill cup, have a chat with the marshalls, eat a few jelly beans, put cup away, carry on.

    This is my experience too. For trail especially I carry my own bottles and refill. Around here the mantra is "leave nothing but footprints and take nothing but experience."

    The more relaxed nature of ultras and trail is another attraction to them over the road for me.

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