April 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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HazelNgobeni wrote: »I’m in. I did my first run a a very very long time today. Only managed 3.5km. Will go again tomorrow.
Congrats!
I could caution that you should be a bit careful and take it easy when working back in. Pushing too far/fast at first is a fast way to burn out and/or injury.2 -
@katharmonic I am in awe of all you do!
@noblsheep Glad you went out and did something. Some days it's just hard to get out there. How are things going with opening the country back up?
That was a lot of exercise yesterday @Faebert . No wonder you are sore today. Glad you got out and ran despite that. Great job in getting in over 100 this month. Congratulations!
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PastorVincent wrote: »HazelNgobeni wrote: »I’m in. I did my first run a a very very long time today. Only managed 3.5km. Will go again tomorrow.
Congrats!
I could caution that you should be a bit careful and take it easy when working back in. Pushing too far/fast at first is a fast way to burn out and/or injury.
Welcome @HazelNgobeni ! I agree totally with @PastorVincent . Take it easy to begin with. Distance and speed will come with time. BTW, my mom's name is Hazel.
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4-1 7k easy
4-2 7k easy
4-3 8k slow
4-4 7k moderate
4-5 7k moderate
4-6 7k easy
4-7 rest
4-8 7k moderate
4-9 7k easy
4-10 7k easy
4-11 7k easy
4-12 7k moderate
4-13 7k easy
4-14 rest
4-15 7k moderate
4-16 11k slow
4-17 7k moderate
4-18 7k easy
4-19 7k threshold
4-20 7k easy
4-21 rest
4-22 7k easy
4-23 7k easy
4-24 7k moderate
4-25 11k easy
4-26 7k moderate
April Total: 170k
April Goal: 170k
January Total: 161k
February Total: 167k
March Total: 181k
2020 Total through March: 509k
Cloudy and 50 F today. Started out in a light rain, but read the radar correctly and rain gradually petered out, so no bad *kitten* award. Wind was out of the northeast and no fun at all. Intended to just run easy, but everything felt good so I let the pace go where it wanted to go.
@quilteryoyo That's an excellent 10k time. Well done!!!
When you pop in here claiming your December 2020 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
Return to a good running weight of 175 lbs
Run at least 4 5k races
Get a 5k PR
Average at least 138k per month, to meet my Run the Year pledge of 1,020 miles
Stretch goal: If I can average 169k per month, I can run 2020K in 2020
Run the Year Team: Pavement Pounders
2020 races:
5-23 Race for the Parks 5k, Hudson OH
6-20 Freedom Run 5k, Aurora, OH2 -
@Faebert well done on your 10k and then all your hard work efforts - and then getting in another 4 miles on your sore legs the next day. I wish I was getting some productive house or yard work done. That is something I can't seem to make myself take the time/effort to do.
@quilteryoyo, thanks. You are no slouch yourself!
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
04/01/20 :::: 5.0 :::: 5.0
04/02/20 :::: 3.0 :::: 8.0
04/03/20 :::: 3.5 :::: 11.6
04/04/20 :::: 10.2 :::: 21.8
04/05/20 :::: 1.5 :::: 23.3
04/06/20 :::: 2.3 :::: 25.6
04/07/20 :::: 4.6 :::: 30.2
04/08/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 33.3
04/09/20 :::: 3.0 :::: 36.3
04/10/20 :::: 4.0 :::: 40.3
04/11/20 :::: 8.3 :::: 48.6
04/12/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 51.7
04/13/20 :::: 5.1 :::: 56.8
04/14/20 :::: 3.5 :::: 60.3
04/15/20 :::: 3.3 :::: 63.5
04/16/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 66.6
04/17/20 :::: 3.9 :::: 70.6
04/18/20 :::: 7.1 :::: 77.6
04/19/20 :::: 9.0 :::: 86.7
04/20/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 89.7
04/21/20 :::: 1.6 :::: 91.3
04/22/20 :::: 3.7 :::: 94.9
04/23/20 :::: 4.1 :::: 99.0
04/24/20 :::: 5.0 :::: 104.0
04/25/20 :::: 7.0 :::: 111.0
04/26/20 :::: 3.3 :::: 114.3
I briefly entertained running at 7 am this morning before the rain, but I needed the sleep so I rolled over and enjoyed the extra time. A friend was up for a socially distant short run at 10, when the rain had started but was light. Not a bad run, we both had stories to tell from not seeing each other (or pretty much anyone) for a while so yelling those stories at each other kept us occupied. Given the rain, things were not crowded on the canal path, which is nice and wide.
A couple from my usual weekly speedwork group (which of course hasn't been meeting for several weeks) got engaged yesterday and they posted the proposal on facebook. So cute! I am sure they didn't quite intend it to happen under these circumstances at home with just what looked like a couple of family members sitting apart in their driveway, but they looked really happy. I saw them run past me on the trail today and was able to wave and yell my congratulations. Really made me miss our groups, these two are very popular members who are so encouraging and fun, so I know the group celebration would be a great event - and will be soon, hopefully!6 -
4/3 - 3
4/4 - 3
4/7 - 3
4/9 - 2
4/10 - 3
4/11 - 3
4/12 - 2
4/15 – 3
4/16 - 3
4/18 - 3
4/19 – 3
4/21 – 2
4/22 – 3
4/24 – 3
4/25 – 4
4/26 – 3
46 of 40 miles – goal reached
Sorry you all I’m playing catch up on everyone’s posts
@AlphaHowls you simply amaze me.
@Avidkeo fantastic job on the run! We can buy beer and wine in pretty much everywhere, but hard liquor you need to go to a liquor store
@rheddmobile I hate cyclists like that, let me know where you are going jerk.
@katharmonic great job with the weighted vest.
@noblsheep hooray for running in shorts!
@HazelNgobeni welcome! That’s a great start back.
Our local Fleet Feet had an online sidewalk sale yesterday and I called in the morning to get some shorts they posted for Skip and said just leave the bag and I’ll add to it during the day ha ha. Ended up with a Patagonia jacket, shorts and 2 bras for her and FF shirt and New Balance rain jackets I’ve been eyeing for months, all 70% off. The jacket was $175 marked down to $70, I wore it this morning, well too hot so I took it off half way, but the zippers are actually sealed and the seamed are sealed to prevent water getting in just based on the construction it’s amazing. They even threw in a pair of pretty decent sunglasses as a thank you. Of course the best part for Skip was one of her besties was working and brought out our bag it was the first time they saw each other face to face in almost 2 months, they were both almost crying and just lots of I love you and miss you, made me sad for her.
Upcoming Races:
RunningLane Retro Run 2020 – Virtual
Flora Bama 600K 5/7 – 9/7/20 - Virtual
Oak Barrel HM – Oct 2020
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@ContraryMaryMary - I think I would avoid the Trust and drive to where I could but it in a regular grocery store! When I was a kid Idaho had government run liquor stores that were only open government hours (9-5, closed on weekends and all holidays) so there would be lines of people stocking up for the weekend. My mom would take a drive (a few hours typically but a lovely drive) to either the Oregon or Nevada border to buy beer and spirits.
@noblsheep - welcome back! Hope all is going well with you with the country reopening more. Glad the weather is warming up for shorts!
Welcome @HazelNgobeni! My grandmother was also named Hazel and I love that name! One of our friends has named their little girl Hazel as well.
@skippygirlsmom - Wow that is a great sale. I've said before, I sure wish there were a Fleet Feet near me! I am sure that the Stay at Home orders are really hard on all the kids.
Date..........Miles........Total
04/01.......2.77..........2.77
04/02.......0.00..........2.77 - Home workout (AKA Vizsla Strength Training)
04/03.......6.91..........9.68 - Gratitude Un-Canceled Virtual 10k
04/04.......6.51........16.19 - Gratitude Un-Canceled Virtual 5k
04/05.......0.00........16.19 - + Stretch and Roll class
04/06.......0.00........16.19
04/07.......0.00........16.19
04/08.......6.94........23.13 - Hope Un-Canceled Virtual 5k
04/09.......0.00........23.13 - + Strength Training @ Home
04/10.......5.44........28.57 - Rainy day run
04/11.......7.92........36.49 - Hope Un-Canceled 10k
04/12.......0.00........36.49 - + Stretch and Roll class
04/13.......6.72........43.21 - Humor Un-Canceled 10k
04/14.......5.64........48.85 - Humor Un-Canceled 8k
04/15.......0.00........48.85
04/16.......5.66........54.51 - + Stretch and Roll class
04/17.......4.42........58.93 - Humor Un-Canceled 5k
04/18.......7.50........66.43
04/19.......0.00........66.43 - Home workout (AKA Vizsla Strength Training)
04/20.......5.65........72.08 - Inspiration Un-Canceled 5k
04/21.......5.24........77.32 - Tabata Tuesday/Inspiration Un-Canceled 8k
04/22.......0.00........77.32
04/23.......7.00........84.32 - Inspiration Un-Canceled 10k
04/24.......4.87........89.19
04/25.......0.00........89.19
04/26.......5.47........94.66
2020 Run the Year Team - 2020 R.I.O.T. (Running Is Our Therapy) 600.60/1000 miles (running and walking)
2020 Planned and Completed Races
02/02/20 - Surf City Half Marathon3 -
Forgot I wanted to post this as well... It is a Rolling Stones video of a song they recorded over a year ago and released last week because it seemed so appropriate for our times. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Not only do I like the song the video is pretty cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=125&v=LNNPNweSbp8&feature=emb_logo
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@skippygirlsmom Sounds like you did great with the shopping. I love getting stuff I need on sale.
Cool video and song @shanaber . Thanks for sharing.1 -
4/1- 8.2
4/2- 6.4
4/3- 3.5
4/4- 4.2
4/5- 7
4/6- 4.2
4/7- 4
4/8- 5.2
4/9- 9
4/10-4.2
4/11-3.2
4/12-3.2
4/13-3.7
4/14-3.2
4/15-3.2
4/16-4.2
4/17-3.2
4/18-4
4/19-5.2
4/20-3.2
4/21-3.2
4/22-4
4/23-6.4
4/24-5.2
4/25-4.2
4/26-4.2
I have run every single day this month!!! I haven't hit my goal, yet, but I'm almost there!
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HazelNgobeni wrote: »I’m in. I did my first run a a very very long time today. Only managed 3.5km. Will go again tomorrow.
Welcome!
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@shanaber thanks for sharing the video.1
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April Goal: 100 Miles
4/1: 5.16 miles
4/2: 5.15 miles
4/5: 9.02 miles
4/7: 6.22 miles
4/8: 5.51 miles
4/9: 5.26 miles
4/12: 10.2 miles
4/14: 6.23 miles
4/15: 5.15 miles
4/16: 5.20 miles
4/18: 5.2 🎂 miles
4/19: 9.55 miles
4/21: 5.42 miles
4/22: 5.91 miles
4/23: 6.30 miles
4/26: 10.51 miles
105.98/100 miles completed for April
417.37/1000 miles for Run the Year Team Pavement Pounders
Today's long run was just wonderful. The weather was perfect at 56°F at the start and 69°F at the end with a light wind. It was a really pretty day and I felt really good the whole run. I was running the Inspiration Un-canceled 15K, but I actually ran 10.5 miles. That puts me over my 100 mile goal for April. I did have one kind of nerve racking moment. Yesterday a pedestrian walking on the sidewalk next to the highway by the park was killed when a pickup jumped the curb and ran up on the sidewalk and hit the man. They haven't released the man's name and I don't think I know him. I am hoping he isn't one of the regular walkers that I see at the park. So today I was even more aware of cars than usual. I was coming down a stretch of road when I saw a car coming towards me. Instead of pulling away they seemed to be heading toward the shoulder of the road and it looked like they were coming right at me. But then I heard a truck behind me and realized that they had actually pulled off on the side of the road and waited for the truck to pass before they passed me. I guess some drivers are courteous.
@marisap2010 I am still waiting for my new shoes too. And I ordered shoes for my husband the same day I ordered mine and his have already come in.
Re: alcohol sales. The county I live in is semi-dry. We can buy beer and wine here but not liquor. And the wine is a new thing. Last year in November we finally passed that we can sell wine here. Before that it was only beer under 5%. So if you wanted a bottle of wine or a six pack of Guinness you had to drive at least 30 miles away. And we still have to drive 30 miles to buy liquor.
2020 races:
5/16/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon 🤞5 -
@ContraryMaryMary - I think I would avoid the Trust and drive to where I could but it in a regular grocery store! When I was a kid Idaho had government run liquor stores that were only open government hours (9-5, closed on weekends and all holidays) so there would be lines of people stocking up for the weekend. My mom would take a drive (a few hours typically but a lovely drive) to either the Oregon or Nevada border to buy beer and spirits.
Lol im guessing they do given that a large part of West Auckland is only a few minutes drive from the next suburb. Still it's hard when it's your local.
I had a wonderful run this morning! Was just 5k, and after doing the HM on Saturday, it was nice doing a short gentle one. I decided to go a different way and go up a hill I always look at and shudder. Well my stamina must have really improved because the hill was fine! I wouldn't say it was easy, it's about 500m long and fairly steep, but I was able to get up without stopping and could just keep going! So definitely proud of that.
On the shin splints, after stretching, rolling and scraping on Saturday night, and a gentle walk in new shoes yesterday, I am mostly pain free. I had a really really mild niggle - enough to say it was there - when I started my run this morning, but it disappeared by the end of the first km.
So shoes? Rolling? Scraping? Who knows. But all 3 seems to have sorted it for now. My money is on shoes causing the issue, with the scraping helping fix it swiftly. No idea if that actually works but every time I use it, I go from a lot of pain to virtually pain free overnight.4 -
@ContraryMaryMary - I think I would avoid the Trust and drive to where I could but it in a regular grocery store! When I was a kid Idaho had government run liquor stores that were only open government hours (9-5, closed on weekends and all holidays) so there would be lines of people stocking up for the weekend. My mom would take a drive (a few hours typically but a lovely drive) to either the Oregon or Nevada border to buy beer and spirits.
Lol im guessing they do given that a large part of West Auckland is only a few minutes drive from the next suburb. Still it's hard when it's your local.
The hilarious thing is I can't buy booze at my local Countdown supermarket, but I can buy it at Countdown online and have it delivered. That's what's so irritating, the whole Trusts monopoly is stupid and pointless. I don't actually care about buying alcohol in the supermarket, what annoys me is we can't have a decent cocktail or wine bar in our neighbourhood. Our local Trusts establishment, Mr Illingsworth, which is the newest Trusts venue at only 18 months old and their best and pride and joy, can barely make a G&T, let alone a caprioska or mojito.2 -
ContraryMaryMary wrote: »@ContraryMaryMary - I think I would avoid the Trust and drive to where I could but it in a regular grocery store! When I was a kid Idaho had government run liquor stores that were only open government hours (9-5, closed on weekends and all holidays) so there would be lines of people stocking up for the weekend. My mom would take a drive (a few hours typically but a lovely drive) to either the Oregon or Nevada border to buy beer and spirits.
Lol im guessing they do given that a large part of West Auckland is only a few minutes drive from the next suburb. Still it's hard when it's your local.
The hilarious thing is I can't buy booze at my local Countdown supermarket, but I can buy it at Countdown online and have it delivered. That's what's so irritating, the whole Trusts monopoly is stupid and pointless. I don't actually care about buying alcohol in the supermarket, what annoys me is we can't have a decent cocktail or wine bar in our neighbourhood. Our local Trusts establishment, Mr Illingsworth, which is the newest Trusts venue at only 18 months old and their best and pride and joy, can barely make a G&T, let alone a caprioska or mojito.
Yeah that is ridiculous. Money and power eh! I did a bit of googling and can see people have tried to overthrow it, but no success. I just can't believe the council/government would allow it0 -
SUNDAY UPDATE - Pastor Vincent vs Boston!
For those new/or with short memories I recently hired a coach to help me run faster - with the goal of a BQ in 2021. It is probably an unrealistic goal, but I am not getting any younger, so going for it. Several people asked to be updated on what the coach has in for me so I post each week what the coach's plan was, and what I actually did.
So here we go:
DAY :::: PLAN :::: ACTUAL
Monday :::: 6 miles + 8x1min sprints :::: 10 miles
Tuesday :::: Rest Day ::::: Rest Day
Wednesday :::: 10 miles:::: 14 miles
Thursday :::: 10 miles :::: 10 miles
Friday :::: Rest Day ::::: 18 miles
Saturday ::::: 20 miles :::: started building a green house
Sunday ::::: 6 miles ::::: family night
Total Miles: 52 out of 46 planned
I was feeling pretty dumpy on Monday and was sure I was not up to the speed work, so I did an easy 10 miles instead. Weds... 14 miles was a bit of an accident... kind of just miscalculated route. Thursday, of course, I hit my target fine, but I knew I would be busy Saturday so I did my long run on Friday instead BUT IT WAS STINKING HOT. I actually stopped about 2 miles in to take off my T-Shirt and put on a singlet. AT 18 miles, I was just roasted so I came in early.
Sunday night played Sequence and watched Netflix with the fam instead of run. Some things have to take precedence.
Still overall not a bad week I think!
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quilteryoyo wrote: »@noblsheep Glad you went out and did something. Some days it's just hard to get out there. How are things going with opening the country back up?
Thanks for asking. There are now plenty of cars and (masked) people on the streets, in supermarkets, in restuarants, in coffee shops. Even the peddlers selling from the back of their carts are coming back out.
10 days ago, we had a freak case of group infection about 10km from where I live - some guy coming back from the US came out of a two week quarantine, went back to his family, took his parents out to see a bunch of friends, took his little brother ice-skating yada yada, and suddenly started coughing nearly a month after he landed. Dude was promptly quarantined again along with all 63 people he'd come into contact with, but his grandparents and little brother were infected already.
So now I live in the only red alert area in the country. Yay.
But that's just a blip in the big picture. Stores are opening (with lots of disinfectants in place). Economy is looking up. My company has gone from going to work once every three days to every other day now. There are rumblings about going back to a regular 5 days a week work schedule next month.
Life is almost, almost, back to where it used to be, only with more handwashing.9 -
Not sure if I'll run today or not, decisions decisions. If I do it'll be later when it's 70F instead of 35F, I'm tired of the cold ha ha such a baby.
@ContraryMaryMary we can’t have wine delivered to our state, not sure about other alcohol. I was in Indiana at a winery and though I’m not a big wine drinker I really like theirs and wanted to be able to buy it online and have it shipped. Nope. Beer I can, that I know because I did the beer of the month once for my ex. My old boss is a HUGE wine drinker and used to have his wine shipped to a coworker who lived just over the border in Tennessee. Ha ha
When I lived in NJ we had a town that basically closed on Sundays, no businesses, no alcohol at any time, you couldn’t even drive a car in town on Sunday.
Wow @noblsheep at month later, seems this virus just don’t follow the rules we keep giving it. So glad things are getting back to normal there.
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@noblsheep glad to hear you're ok, and that things are starting to reach some form of new normality there now.
They started letting children outside here as of yesterday. Rules are: 1 hour per day, with 1 adult, no more than 1km from their home and to maintain 2 metre social distancing. So what happened? Crowds everywhere, no distancing, no masks, no nothing. I fear this bodes badly, they had been saying they might let us adults out to exercise next week but after what we all saw yesterday I'm not getting my hopes up.
Actually, I'm not sure whether I'm excited/looking forward to be able to go out and run, or scared to go out. I've only set foot outside my front door once since the 13th of March and that was just to go down to the street door the other to receive a delivery.
Today's run was fartleks. I hit the 4 instead of the 5 when manually logging my run with Hal, which led to him telling me off! Almost made me cry until I noticed my mistake and corrected it, resulting in a pat on the back. I think this man in my phone has too much power over me LOL.
01/04: 4.81km tempo
02/04: 6.57km base
04/04: 9.6km easy
06/04: 5.08km easy
08/04: 8.5km hill repeats
09/04: 8.06km east
11/04: 8.34km hard
13/04: 5.15km fartleks
15/04: 6.6km easy
16/04: 8km fast intervals
18/04: 11.5km long
20/04: 4.56km tempo
22/04: 8.23km 'easy'
23/04: 9.6km fast intervals
25/04: 13.1km long
27/04: 5.79km fartleks
Revised April goal: 140km. Run so far: 123.49km9 -
@kgirlhart Glad you had a great run. That's awful about the pedestrian getting killed.
@noblsheep Sorry about the new cases in your area, but sounds like things are looking up. That gives me hope things can get back to normal, if we don't try to come out of it too soon. That's my concern here.0 -
Absolutely brutal long run yesterday. I wasn't feeling tip-top going in and it was much warmer than it has been (about 60 degrees, but it felt warm after our winter. The first 12 miles were fine, everything after that was pretty rough. But it got done. Now just to prepare to do it all again, plus one more mile, next Sunday!
4/1: 7.75m
4/2: 4m
4/3: 2.5m
4/4: 7.25m
4/5: 13.5m
4/6: 1.25m
4/8: 7m
4/9: 4m
4/10: 3.75m
4/11: 7.5m
4/12: 15.25m
4/13: 1.5m
4/14: 4m
4/15: 5m
4/16: 4m
4/17: 1.5m
4/18: 3.5m
4/19: 12.75m
4/20: 2.5m
4/21: 4m, 2.25m
4/22: 4m
4/23: 8m
4/24: 2m
4/25: 8m
4/26: 17m
4/27: 1m6 -
4-1 7k easy
4-2 7k easy
4-3 8k slow
4-4 7k moderate
4-5 7k moderate
4-6 7k easy
4-7 rest
4-8 7k moderate
4-9 7k easy
4-10 7k easy
4-11 7k easy
4-12 7k moderate
4-13 7k easy
4-14 rest
4-15 7k moderate
4-16 11k slow
4-17 7k moderate
4-18 7k easy
4-19 7k threshold
4-20 7k easy
4-21 rest
4-22 7k easy
4-23 7k easy
4-24 7k moderate
4-25 11k easy
4-26 7k moderate
4-27 7k easy
April Total: 177k
April Goal: 170k
January Total: 161k
February Total: 167k
March Total: 181k
2020 Total through March: 509k
Sunny and low 40s F this morning. There was little wind; took a chance with shorts and tech shirt and was fine. Just a very nice day to run.
When you pop in here claiming your December 2020 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
Return to a good running weight of 175 lbs
Run at least 4 5k races
Get a 5k PR
Average at least 138k per month, to meet my Run the Year pledge of 1,020 miles
Stretch goal: If I can average 169k per month, I can run 2020K in 2020
Run the Year Team: Pavement Pounders
2020 races:
5-23 Race for the Parks 5k, Hudson OH
6-20 Freedom Run 5k, Aurora, OH3 -
All right I keep trying to respond to each of you as I am writing my reply but I keep losing it and having to start over.
So.
@shanaber I LOVE the rolling stones - did not know this existed and I can't wait to hear it!
@Avidkeo EXCELLENT JOB! And I am so glad I'm not the only one who runs in my glasses!
@Tramboman You just keep going and you are such an inspiration to me. I think it's the consistency that gets me. It's just so much a part of your life that there is no question of whether or not you will. You just DO. My big brother is like this also and I hope to be more like him.
@AlphaHowls You are a beast. I love it. KEEP GOING!
@rheddmobile I have not encountered any rude cyclists yet - I would be surprised if I did - I'd maybe not handle it well.
@PastorVincent you are doing awesome! KEEP GOING! I so want to be you when I grow up!
@Scott6255 How are you all feeling?
So my run Saturday - remember last week, we talked about trying for PR for a HM instead of running the full? Well - I woke up with a migraine and some GI issues and just DID NOT WANT TO go run. After an entire pot of coffee - I listened / watched the Eye of the Tiger video where Apollo is telling Rocky he's got to get his edge back. Start back at the beginning...
And then I got ready and went!
The first little bit felt great, but I focused more on running UP the hills and WALKING down them - I learned somewhere that the downhill running can irritate the IT band if the muscles are weak. Which - side note - learning that i have "weak" muscles is really frustrating because ya know, I lift AND run. But anyway.....
It was hot. I was tired.
But I was having fun - my best pace was just like 12:44 and worst pace at the end was 25 minutes, lol. You can see there were some areas where I just struggled. I was in a lot of pain. At 10.83 miles, I decided I had run long enough on a full bladder, so I went home to pee. I was pretty sure I was done at that point. But then I decided to take Buzz (our malamute love beast) out for the rest and he could pace me. Well. I adore his company and he's the greatest dog that ever lived, but he's not a great pacer - he stops to pee on EVERYTHING. There are pictures on the fb page.
One thing I was thinking about a lot while I was running is that in the last couple of months, I have not been pushing myself like I normally would because of injuries. So I can barely run for any period of time but instead have to break it up into structured walk/run intervals. This is really frustrating for me because I had made so many gains. Or so I thought. I'm trying to decide how best to work on endurance again without further injuring myself. What does that look like in conjunction with more focused strength training? Shorter mileage?
Oh and guess what else:
1. I found a massage gun for $40! I didn't even want to spend that much but then I talked myself into it because the one I had wanted was $400 and there is NO WAY I'm doing that. So I used it on my legs last night and let me tell you. Oooh la la - that thing is awesome!
2. I got a personal record for distance last week! 42.60 miles! And I already have a PR for distance this month - 137.96 miles in April so far! That is less than three from my goal, so now I am wondering if maybe I could do 150???
So all in all, we'll see how this thing lands. But I REALLY want to start working on my endurance again and ability to run distances without walking....
Anyway, I'm pretty excited.
Oh one more thing. The theme this week for The Uncanceled Project is "Courage." It's not too late to sign up! The homework before tonight's "fireside" chat is to watch the movie about Billy Mills - it's on youtube. "Running Brave," made in 1983.
I'm pretty excited about that too - I have to decide what I'm going to write about courage...
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Hey runners. Haven't posted in a while since I am not running. Do you really care to hear about my indoor riding, lol? I am sure the answer is a resounding no for some of you.
I got the go ahead to start walking and will try a run (actually more like walking for me anyway) in about 3 weeks. Just when the humidity and heat really start ramping up - yay!
Yesterday, did a Tour de Peloton challenge - you take a ride with every teacher available - 23 in total. The shortest possible is 2 hours and 35 minutes, plus transitions. I did it in just under 3 hours. No breaks. No getting off the bike. Road about 40 miles. Good workout. Margaritas were part of my recovery.
Went and walked my running trail on Sunday. Felt totally exposed to the virus since I was wearing a mask but others were not. There was plenty of space to socially distance until people had to pass, then it was too close for comfort with heavy breathing. I went early but still pretty crowded. Can't wait to get back down there when the curve is going down....if that ever happens.
Happy Trails to all y'all.
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Camaramandy648 wrote: »
Thanks, but I have no plans to grow up at this time.2 -
Camaramandy648 wrote: »
One thing I was thinking about a lot while I was running is that in the last couple of months, I have not been pushing myself like I normally would because of injuries. So I can barely run for any period of time but instead have to break it up into structured walk/run intervals. This is really frustrating for me because I had made so many gains. Or so I thought. I'm trying to decide how best to work on endurance again without further injuring myself. What does that look like in conjunction with more focused strength training? Shorter mileage?
Well done on your run!
As for endurance, the primary way to increase that is to endure more. So longer runs, and more back to back runs with outbreaks. So like run three days in a row, or/and run mid-range run the day after your longest run. That kind of an idea. Do fewer days, or more days depending on what your current physical level and schedule can accommodate.
Always build slowly and listen to your body. If it hurts in the wrong way, stop. 4 -
@bearly63 Feel free to post about indoor cycling! It's all fitness and I'm seriously impressed by spending three hours on a bike with no breaks. You earned that margarita!3
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Didn't think I felt very good when I woke up, and the 1st mile (as always) wasn't great, but then the following 7 came in under 9 min/mi. But fought hard with my brain after 5 because it wanted me to walk. But we got past that and things got better. Apparently it was my fastest run since October.
I keep waiting for the new Fleet Feet to open, but of course they are delaying. I really wanted a proper fitting (my usual local run store does a minimal job, and I wanted a second opinion). But alas, it seems like it is still going to be a while, so I caved and ordered a pair of my go-to shoe: Brooks Ghost 12. I have been in Ghost 11's for almost 3 years, and reading reviews says the 12's are basically the same apart from aesthetics in the upper. So maybe when these wear out Fleet Feet will be open
Thursday is officially the 14 day mark after my positive COVID-19 test, but I will probably wait until the following Monday to go back to work. Been home a month, and I haven't murdered my wife. So after 35 years, maybe this relationship is starting to stick 12
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