October 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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FROM YESTERDAY:
Twin Cities Marathon Weekend is here!!!
I actually managed to drag myself out of bed at a reasonably early hour, which is good, since I’ll need to be up even earlier the next two days. I got a solid few hours of work in and then biked downtown to catch the light rail to St. Paul to the expo for packet pickup. I remember going to the expo last year and feeling like a total poser. This year I just felt like I was surrounded by my people.
Packet pickup went smoothly, though I’m disappointed by the design of the race shirts. I’ve done four other races from the same race management group and this is the first set of designs I haven’t liked, so I suppose it’s just a fluke. We also got buffs, which are always useful and I do like the design, although I initially through they were sleeves and got all excited because I actually could use another pair or two of those.
Shrug
TODAY:
Was a little nervous yesterday watching the weather report - we received a warning email from the race organizers about storms predicted for this morning. The race will go on in rain, but not lightning. Luckily, the new Spider-Man movie was playing at the second run theater nearby and, unusually for us, we’d missed it during its first release. So that was a great way to get my mind off the race, and we maintained our unbroken streak of seeing every MCU film released since we started dating on the big screen. #nerdlife
Got home around 10 and was super tired. Made a packing list and got to sleep around 11:30. Slept poorly, as is usual for the night before a race.
Woke up at 5 AM to an email that all races today were canceled. Fart. Went back to sleep for another four hours.
And now I’m up, updating here and planning on getting some work this morning. I’m disappointed, but also a little relieved not to have spent the morning huddled in an overcrowded tent in pouring rain for a delayed or canceled race. At least this way I got to stay warm and dry.
It’s looking like rain for most of the day, and we’ve got other stuff to do, but I’m going to try and get out for a loop of the lake to shake off the stiffness before the 10 Miler. Thankfully, the weather continues to look just fine for tomorrow. I'd been a little concerned about how my legs were going to manage the back-to-back races, so with that concern out of the way, I'm really just excited about tomorrow.
Question for the group: We’ve been told we can pick up our medals for the canceled race in a couple of weeks. Should I pick it up and run a virtual race to make it up, or just forget about it? I’m not really leaning one way or another, so curious what others would do.11 -
16 miles this morning. Found a slightly different route, added another park, which got me running through 6 different parks on this run. Felt pretty good. Had a bowl of oatmeal before the run for the first time in about 6 months. I think the shock of carbs along with marginally cooler temp helped me get through it relatively easy.
2 weeks until the PTC Classic 15K, and 71 days until the Dallas marathon. It's getting real now.
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@MegaMooseEsq sorry about the race cancellation. Good luck tomorrow!
October Miles - 9.41/60, walk 0.46
10/02 - 3.48
10/03 - 2.42; walk 0.46
10/05 - 3.51
Yesterday was a planned rest day. Today was an easy 3 miles (and then some) with a few sprints mixed in. According to Garmin my fastest pace was 5:31 min/mile!! For twenty seconds, I ran faster than 6:30. My easy pace is almost twice that at ~12. Sprints are so much fun.7 -
quilteryoyo wrote: »@hamsterwheel6 I used to want to skydive, until when I was getting my private pilots license, my instructor let me go up in a small skydiving plane, just to watch. I was sitting in the floor, buckled in, when he banked the plane to let the divers go out. They climbed out on the wing strut and then let go. All I could think of was that, if I ever tried, he'd have to land with me clinging to the strut. There was no way I'd let go. So, that ended that fantasy.
See, glad I’m not the only one!
@143tobe great determination and race! Congrats to both of you...
@MegaMooseEsq sorry about the cancellation, now you can concentrate for tomorrow! I would probably pick it up and do a virtual race to feel like I earned it.
@autumnblade75 be careful with that knee...take it easy on the race if you have to. I have a pretty weird gait, my right foot goes outward than in..I try to keep it straight but feels very off...don’t if that can be corrected either
@zeesparrow Right! Love seeing those times on sprints even if ever so briefly!
Packet pick up today for the race tomorrow. Temps should be low 60’s to start..Woohoo!
Rest day, did do a 2 mile walk yesterday, super easy on the legs as I really want to do well.2 -
username301 wrote: »Went to bed Friday evening saying I would do that night's run Saturday morning with no intention whatsoever on following through.
Well would you credit it, I did it 6am Saturday morning. Thats right teenage me, I got up at 6am on a saturday, through choice.
1st morning run in at least 3yrs, my watch says its a clear PB (which I put down to my phone/watch playing up). But I did it,.
Goal for October:
1. 15runs.......3
2. 80km.........13km
3. 8km long...x
4. PB 5km......Done 5 Oct
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PastorVincent wrote: »No run yesterday, did two hours of volleyball instead. It was a company picnic and a group of people started a game and called me and my wife to join them. Since that was better than attempting and falling small talk I went over and of course, my wife joined me. All of our endurance training really paid off as people kept dropping out of the game (temp was in the 90s) too tried to continue and others rotated in to replace them. My wife and I were on the field for every single game and never rotated off.
When the last game finally ended, we left, which was far better than rejoining the small talk game.
No run today, have company over. Hope to get a longish run in tomorrow. We will see.
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@MegaMooseEsq Sorry about the cancellation, but glad they cancelled early enough for you to just go back to bed. Good luck tomorrow. As for the medal, if I did pick it up, I would definitely do a virtual race to make up for it. I would personally feel bad about having a medal I didn't "earn."
Great pace for the sprints, @zeesparrow .3 -
@MegaMooseEsq I'd pick it up and do a virtual race. You paid, you put in the training, you earned it.4
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6.1 miles (longest since I broke the leg)
14.2/90-ish13 -
@Squish815 Hope your cold is better and you have a great first HM tomorrow!
@7lenny7 Hang gliding is something I would love to give a try. Seems a little safer than sky diving. I think I would like the feeling of flying. I used to have dreams that I could fly all of the time. I haven't had those lately. Humm. Wonder why?
@HonuNui Glad you didn't rage quit. Hugs for your grief and worksuck.
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Just need to vent a little bit about Strava. Ever since the Sept 26 update it quit syncing with my Fitbit and hasn’t tracked my last few runs. It’s annoying. I’ve troubleshot a bit and think I might have it fixed. I’ll know after I run later today if it’s working. I have my Fitbit set up to sync with bith Runkeeper and Strava. I like different things from
each of those apps and hope it will work again soon.3 -
No run today - spent it looking for clothes to fit my teenager that he would be willing to wear. *sigh* Was not very successful.8
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MegaMooseEsq wrote: »Question for the group: We’ve been told we can pick up our medals for the canceled race in a couple of weeks. Should I pick it up and run a virtual race to make it up, or just forget about it? I’m not really leaning one way or another, so curious what others would do.
IMO, you bought the shirt, but you did not run the race so you should not get the medal. That being said its not like I would scream and yell HERETIC! BURN AT THE STAKE! over it. I personally would not get the medal. If you do, you do. Its your call.
It sucks that the race got canceled.
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Guh awful sleep last night. Got called in to work at 11pm, home at 2am. Struggled to get back to sleep. Called in again at 445am. Dozes/slept till about 830.
I wanna run but I don't. Might get suited up, and walk/run. See what I end up doing. Just want to get out.8 -
I met my goal this week! 2 mile outdoor run, 2 mile indoor run!
The outside run in the evening was absolutely glorious. And since the Salomons and NOT lifting in running shoes, my feet hurt so much less!
Today is a personal record for MFP stats. 707 total calories burned for exercise! I have 1399 left and it is 4:55pm! I also ordered a running belt.
I would like to get some kind of lighting for the night running but I feel like the gear is so freaking expensive. What do you suggest? What has worked well and is affordable?
Here’s to another great day, smashing goals
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October goal: 100 miles
10/1: 5.75 miles
10/2: 6.27 miles
10/5: 1.01 miles warm up
3.14 mies Old Rip 5k
16.17/100 miles completed
4.13 miles for me today. I ran a mile warm up plus a 5k race.
Old Rip 5k Race Report
Today I ran the Old Rip 5k for the 3rd year in a row. The race is in a town about 30 miles away, so we got up early and headed over there. I got my bib and shirt and did a warm up mile. Last year I ran this race in 29:43 which was a PR and I was 2nd in my AG. This year I had a new PR 27:27. I was 1st in my AG and 2nd Female Finisher and 9th Overall. My average pace was 8:45. I was really excited and proud of myself.
There is a woman who runs a lot of local races and always gets 1st in the women's 50's age group. My plan was to always keep her in my sites. I did that last year and it worked well. I usually listen to music and I had my playlist all ready, but when we started out my phone and my headphones didn't connect. I could hear the music coming from my phone. But I didn't want to be that person so I turned it off. I always just use one earbud anyway so I can hear my surroundings and I tuck the other in my hat. So I took out my earbud and looped it into my hair and my hat. Surprisingly this didn't really slow me down and I was still just a little way behind Peggy and ahead of my virtual pacer on my watch. I actually didn't mind not having the music and as I got closer to Peggy I could hear her music (which kind of annoyed me, but was actually a good thing). I kept gaining on her and a little over 1k into the race I passed her. I didn't want to relax though because I could hear her music and I knew she could always pass me. There was a water stop about halfway through. I had planned not to stop, but there were some little girls handing out water and they looked really excited to be handing us the water so even though I didn't stop, I took a cup from one and just tried to get some in my mouth. I am not good at drinking on the run, but I did manage to wet my mouth a little which did help. I also got some in my eye, but I didn't let it slow me down. Peggy's music had been getting quieter and soon I realized that I couldn't hear it anymore. That was when I really felt like I was far enough ahead of her that she wouldn't be able to catch me.
The Old Rip course starts at an elementary school and is pretty flat for the first 1.5 to 2 miles and then there is a pretty good hill that takes you up and loops through the park and then back down and ends back at the school. I felt really strong going into the hill and I felt confident that even if I slowed down some on the hill I would still be able to finish first in my age group. So I just kept going. I was almost at the end when I passed a young man and was a little ahead of him for a bit but then then he passed me and finished about 2 seconds ahead of me. Turns out he was 18 years old so I didn't feel bad about him beating me.
At the beginning of the race I made sure I could see Peggy, but I didn't really notice if there were other women ahead of us. It turns out there was just one. She was 18 years old and she finished one minute and 17 seconds ahead of me. I was 1 minute and 2 seconds ahead of Peggy. Last year Peggy got 1st and I got second in our AG and I came in 1 minute behind her. I have to say it was kind if cool to finally beat her.
So it was a pretty fun race. My husband was there cheering me on which always makes me feel good. A question was asked a while back about large versus small races. I have only run small races, but I will say that it is fun to be competitive in my age group and I don't know if that would happen in a larger race.
@MegaMooseEsq My last half was cancelled due to weather. We stood around under the shelter waiting for a couple of hours before they called it. It was disappointing. They told us to go ahead and take the medals. I felt a little conflicted about it, but I ran 13.1 miles the next day as a virtual race and I think that was ok.
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 - PR 27:27, 1st AG
2020 races:
5/16/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon16 -
@MegaMooseEsq I saw the race cancelation notice when I got up and immediately thought about you. So sorry it was canceled but it is great that you found out so early. Thanks for picking up my packet! I think the shirt for the 5k/10k looks better than the 10M.
I'm not one who cares much about medals so I wouldn't even bother picking it up unless it was super convenient. So I guess that means I wouldn't run a self declared virtual either. That said if it's a way for someone to be able to enjoy and feel like they earned the medal, I'm all for it!
The only time I ran a virtual was in honor of @HonuNui 's son, and I ran it at a Parkrun in Eagan. The fact that the virtual had meaning, and that I incorporated it into a race made it special.
I'll see you bright and early tomorrow!6 -
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I’m really enjoying the race reports. Great job to all the racers.
I’m about to head out for my training run to test the Fitbit/Strava connection but I must have done something right. The last 2 runs magically ported over to Strava. So I’m only missing a couple of shorter runs in my data. 🤷♀️2 -
Good luck tomorrow @MegaMooseEsq and @7lenny7! Sorry things were canceled today. Hope the weather works out for you tomorrow.
@kgirlhart congrats on your 5k! Awesome PR and AG place! And you beat Peggy. That's so great, glad you had a fun one.
@autumnblade75 be careful with that knee!
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
I also ran a 5k today. But first I ran 7 miles for my long run. It was very chilly out in what seems like a very sudden transition from summer to late fall. The temp was 32 or 33 degrees when I got to the park and I had several layers on because I am definitely not adapted yet. It was beautiful at the lake with fog over the water as the sun rose. A friend posted this picture of it on facebook:
I wasn't really planning on racing hard for the 5k, but a friend was helping organize it for a fundraiser for the local democratic party, so I wanted to do it. I still needed my long run today so decided to just tack the 3.1 miles onto the end of that. We ran the 7 miles easy and slowish. The race started at 9 am and it was - loosely organized (despite my friend's best efforts to help what seemed to be a group of people with no experience running a race). There was no timing other than somebody with a stopwatch (I think) and maybe 50 people or so. There were two age groups - under and over 65. Oh, maybe 3, there were some kids awards too.
I started out not sure how I was going to run it, with my friends just for fun or try to get a decent time. Just after the ready, set, go start I was kind of in the front of the pack (given how few people were actually running) and it was kind of narrow, so I wanted to just get out of that quickly. I decided then to at least go for a decent paced run to push myself a little in practice for race day in a couple of weeks. It went pretty well overall (except I felt like the long leggings that I haven't worn in a while were falling down the whole race) and I had negative splits according to Garmin. My watch time was 30:20, which is actually my second fastest 5k time. Or would be I guess if it were official. I was pretty pleased with that given this was after running 7 miles. I have no photo evidence, no posted results, and certainly no bling. But I did get a t-shirt and a bagel with cream cheese so it's all good.13 -
@katharmonic Love the picture! Congratulations on your second fasted 5K, especially after running a 7 mile warm-up. 0
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@kgirlhart Congratulations on your 5K PR, winning your AG, and beating your nemesis! You are awesome!
@katharmonic great job on your 5K and 2nd fastest time, especially after you ran 7 miles prior!
@MegaMooseEsq Sorry your race was canceled today. Hope you and @7lenny7 have better luck tomorrow!0 -
October 2019 Running
10/01: 5.47 mile trail run
10/02: 9.07 miles - 3x(12' TR/6' EZ)
10/03: 6.09 mile run commute
10/04: 18.06 mile trail long run
10/05: 7.61 miles - 5.5 trail club run
Total: 46.30 miles
Notes:
I had a wonderful long run on the trails yesterday! Originally set out to do 16 miles, but the weather was beautiful and I felt really good so I tacked on an extra two miles. Didn't feel too beat up afterwards, nothing that a good meal and a nap couldn't fix! Average pace ended up being around 10:30 min/mile, which was faster than I expected considering I hiked most of the steeper/longer uphills. I'm excited to see what I'll be able to do in five weeks! The course itself is three loops of the perimeter trail at a nearby state park, so I'm planning to drive out there for my next long so I know exactly what to expect come race day!
Today's run was 5.5 miles with the MCRRC trail running group, plus 1(ish) mile each way to/from the trailhead. I missed out on the last two weekends with the group because of my sprained foot, so it was really nice to see them again and catch up! It really felt like fall today- temperature in the low 40s and a good breeze rustling through the trees. I almost missed the run because I spent too much time digging around my apartment to find my warmer running gear
My legs are pretty sore this evening, though I think it is more from the strength training I did this afternoon than anything else. Looking forward to taking it easy tomorrow and having a rest day on Monday!
Two pictures from my long run:
Upcoming Races
11/09: Rosaryville 50K
12/01: Space Coast Half Marathon
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20.01 miles today. They were slow and uncomfortable. Also boring, since I stayed in town today and did it mostly around 1 track that is only 1/2 mile long at the local park. We don't have long trails around here, but the good about that location is there is a bathroom and a place to refill my water bottle.
Chicago Marathon 1 week from tomorrow.
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Thanks @quilteryoyo @katharmonic
and @scott6255!
Great job on your 5K @katharmonic too!
Good luck to everyone racing tomorrow!0 -
Too tired, race report tomorrow. Left Bank Festival 5k was at 10 am and got home from the festival at 8 pm - according to my tracker I walked more than 10 miles plus the race. I was 4th female overall and master’s female. This is an adorable little festival, we had a great time last year and this year was even better. Walked across the bridge to eat brisket at the train yard in Memphis, walked back, ate more food at the catfish judging, listened to a bunch of old school blues, finished up the night dancing about 10 feet away from Don Bryant singing the song he originally wrote, “I can’t stand the rain,” which just happens to be one of my favorite songs. There were about 50 people in the crowd so it was basically like a private concert with an R&B legend. All us old ladies just stood up and danced, there’s something wonderfully freeing about being over 50, you just do not care what people think anymore. Also, I danced with a labradoodle and a baby!12
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quilteryoyo wrote: »@katharmonic Love the picture! Congratulations on your second fasted 5K, especially after running a 7 mile warm-up.
This! Well done, and that really is a great shot!0 -
@kgirlhart Great job in showing Peggy who is boss of the 5k!
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@ariceroni that looks like a great place to run!0
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October Goal: don't rage quit
10/1 rest
10/2 3.00
10/3 2.50
10/4 rest
10/5 2.10
Total : 7.60
Upcoming races:
Revel Kulia Half Marathon 1/18/20
Ticker is my goal for 2019 and progress to date:
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