August 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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Here's a photo from the finish of the Xterra yesterday. You can see the guy I passed in the last 200m is not best pleased. We chatted after - I thanked him for giving me something to chase in the final couple of kilometres and apologised for pipping him at the end. He was most complimentary and said I was "very strong" but I can see now he wasn't that happy.
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@katharmonic You should try the pack with Stella. Tippy seems to enjoy it. I put bottled water in it, so she carried our water. Glad you had a nice relaxing day and found the falls.
@Faebert Thank you and good for you getting in a long run in the heat.2 -
katharmonic wrote: »
It’s a virtual class through my workplace fitness center. The lady who teaches it is a runner and it’s designed to do after a run to release those knots and tight areas. She covered rolling a tennis ball under the foot, used the foam roller on the legs and some other general stretching. I’m really bad about stretching properly after a run. It’s easier if someone tells me what to do!
BTW I loved your hiking pictures from earlier in the week. I haven’t had time to comment on everyone’s posts but I’ve been hitting the like and inspiring buttons a lot in this group!2 -
@ContraryMaryMary -yes you are getting “the” look! Lol. Good job!
@quilteryoyo - love the fur babies!1 -
Hahaha @ContraryMaryMary . He was not pleased, was he? Great job in overcoming him at the end.0
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ContraryMaryMary wrote: »Here's a photo from the finish of the Xterra yesterday. You can see the guy I passed in the last 200m is not best pleased. We chatted after - I thanked him for giving me something to chase in the final couple of kilometres and apologised for pipping him at the end. He was most complimentary and said I was "very strong" but I can see now he wasn't that happy.
That's one of the benefits of racing, right?
I always used runners finishing ahead of me as motivation to train better.2 -
@quilteryoyo AAAAWWWWWW CUTE PUPPY!1
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ContraryMaryMary wrote: »Here's a photo from the finish of the Xterra yesterday. You can see the guy I passed in the last 200m is not best pleased. We chatted after - I thanked him for giving me something to chase in the final couple of kilometres and apologised for pipping him at the end. He was most complimentary and said I was "very strong" but I can see now he wasn't that happy.
Yeah, it can be disappointing to get passed in the last 200m. But if he is smart it will motivate him to train harder.
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@quilteryoyo - adorable puppies. I too would not have a Husky for various reasons not least of which is that they wouldn't do well in our heat here. You really should consider a Vizsla! They are one of the fastest dogs and can run for miles and miles (Greyhounds are faster but don't have the endurance). They are also easy to train because they are very smart but you definitely have to keep them busy/tired!
@ContraryMaryMary - fantastic race and yep that guy was not happy with you!1 -
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 original goal of a BQ in 2021 (thanks to all the mess around COVID-19 and etc, this will probably be delayed but still a future goal). 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 :::: 8 miles :::: 10.5 miles
Tuesday :::: Rest Day ::::: Rest Day
Wednesday :::: 10 Miles :::: 10 miles
Thursday :::: 10 miles :::: 11 miles
Friday :::: Rest Day ::::: Rest
Saturday ::::: 10 miles :::: 0 Miles
Sunday ::::: 6 miles ::::: 14 miles
Total Miles: 45 running out of 44 planned
Pretty low mileage week all the way around. As I mentioned up thread I did not get my Saturday run in as I spent the the day fighting a plumbing issue, which I think I finally have fixed today. 🤞 So my plan today was to run both Saturday's run and Sunday's run together but that failed. I was just too tired after the long hours fighting the plumbing and it was in the 90s again. After running for what I was sure was at least 60 miles, I checked my watch and had only gone 10.53. So I decided I would run home and just be done, but then when I was getting close to 12 miles I was like, "I should at least do a half," so I talked myself into keeping going. Then I crossed 13 and was like "go for a round 14." Then the battery in my headphones died (I forgot to charge it) and I was at 13.88 miles. At this point I was unable to convince myself to push beyond 14. I was dehydrated, tired, hot and done. So made it to 14 and then walked home. Now hours later I still feel beat.
Not looking forward to the intervals I have to run tomorrow...8 -
08/01 - 2.55 miles
08/02 - Rest Day
08/03 - 2.44 miles
08/04 - 0 miles
08/05 - 0 miles
08/06 - 0 miles
08/07 - 0 miles
08/08 - 5.73 miles (run/walk)
08/09 - 3.42 miles
Thought I was going to have to abort the 3 miler today due to the foot hurting. Once I started running, it felt much better. Took it at an easy pace. Foot is better much still hurts.4 -
August Goal: 55 miles
8/1 3.00
8/2 off
8/3 4.00
8/4 off
8/5 3.00
8/6 off
8/7 4.00
8/8 off
8/9 2.50
Total 16.50
Re: dreams....I have too many recurring dreams to mention, but I did have a dream 3 days ago where I was asking if anyone here (and specifically @skippygirlsmom ) had heard from @Stoshew71 , then suddenly a new challenge appeared that he started.
Upcoming and current races:
D-Backs Virtual Run Against Cancer on 10/17 (which would have been my son's 43rd birthday....)
https://raceroster.com/events/2020/27903/2020-d-backs-virtual-race-against-cancer
Big Island Challenge (virtually run 110 miles from Hilo to Kona by 9/27)
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I often have dreams about school, not doing my homework, not ready for a test, not being in class for a long time, etc.
Got my 5 mile run in today.3 -
My one recurring dream is a great one - I've been having it on and off since I was a child. I dream I find money on the ground and as I pick it up I see more, and more, and more. Interestingly, when I was young, it was 5 and 10 cent pieces in the school fields, and as I've gotten older the locations are either the beach or nowhere significant, but the value of the coins has increased - they're $1 and $2 pieces these days. There's always more coins, more than I collect, but the dream doesn't have an ending - I'm always picking up more, coming perilously close to running out of hands to hold the coins, but I never stop collecting or start spending. It'd be interesting to know what this signifies.5
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@quilteryoyo Tippy is a good looking dog, and that puppy is ADORABLE!!
@ContraryMaryMary great pic, and that guy learned his lesson I think.
@PastorVincent glad you got your plumbing fixed. Plumbing is one of the hardest household maintenance jobs there is! Great job finishing 14 miles!1 -
@ContraryMaryMary Great race!!!
@quilteryoyo What a cute puppy!
I was supposed to run 8 yesterday. It hasn’t really gotten below about 72 here any recent evenings, so it was about that temp and 94% humidity when I got out to run yesterday morning. I ran 6 but was then so drained from the increasing temps, so I ended up walking the last 2 miles.
Also, gotta NSV: I’ve slowly been losing the extra weight I’ve been carrying, and I had to buy some new clothes this weekend because some of my others are now too big! Just don’t tell my husband that I snuck some running clothes into that as well...😉2 -
@Contrary_MaryM I think it means that one day you will be rich, but decide you do not want the money and give it all to me.
@marisap2010 what is NSV? Congrats on the need for clothes! 1 -
I got out at day break this morning and ran 4 miles. It was 64F with 94% humidity but it was beautiful seeing the moon and watching the sun come up.
@PastorVincent - NSV= non-scale victory (smaller clothing sizes, lower blood pressure, etc.)1 -
@quilteryoyo such a cute puppy. i fostered a couch potato husky. i enjoy them but like malamutes-little more chill...but only a little
@Contrary_MaryM lol. totally getting a look. i usually pass people at the end. seeing the finish line helps me find that little bit that i didn't think i had.
@PastorVincent i felt like he was still dreaming.
@AlphaHowls i hope you feel better soon.2 -
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
08/01/20 :::: 1.3 :::: 1.3
08/02/20 :::: 1.6 :::: 2.9
08/03/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 6.0
08/04/20 :::: 5.0 :::: 11.0
08/05/20 :::: 4.1 :::: 15.1
08/06/20 :::: 3.2 :::: 18.3
08/07/20 :::: 2.5 :::: 20.8
08/08/20 :::: 6.8 :::: 27.6
08/09/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 30.7
08/10/20 :::: 3.7 :::: 34.3
Good morning and happy new week. It's a hot one again. We're headed to 90 degrees today and for the next couple of days, which calls for early morning running. Well, my early being 7 am which is not that early I realize. This is really my last week of summer break so after this week I will probably have to move that earlier. I met a friend at the lake - she is someone I work out with but don't often run with other than speedwork, and she was telling me about a foot injury last night so I expected a shorter, slower run. Turns out she is one of those people who is all business and just kind of runs full out all the time, so the pace was more aggressive to start than I normally would do on a daily run. I did my best to keep up and then she was fading a bit in the second half. By then I was warmed up and thinking if we're running this fast I'm going to just finish it out at the same pace. So my usual two lake loop was faster than normal (Strava tells me it was PR but I don't think that's accurate). I think this week's speedwork is a tempo run so I may just call that done.
I had seen a few of my regular running buddies out there so after we finished and my friend left to get to work, I circled back and finished up with them at our usual more leisurely chatty pace. It made me think about whether I should be trying to push my pace up a little on my daily runs. My coach is definitely of the philosophy that you don't worry about pace except during speedwork, and even then it's not the numbers but the effort, so I try not t o get too hung up. But I think I've been drifting to a slower and slower average pace.2 -
Took Speed Demon and Twyla to Harrington State Park.
no official distance or time. I wasn't sure how Twyla would do. she did alright. estimate is 5 miles in a little over an hour.
the dogs like the quarry, did not like Lake Michigan.
i felt hot but strong. nicely wooded. pretty flat. it got a little busy. Twyla followed Speed Demon's lead and only sniffed toward people. She seemed intrigued by the small humans that we saw. Speed Demon still likes to avoid people. social distancing before it was a thing
also why running, heat, and relatively freshly dyed hair is not a great idea.
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5 miles this morning. Feels like temp 85F at 5am. So much for getting to use the treadmill when weather is crap...Wife says it is too loud with her aunt sleeping in the next room. So I probably won't be able to use it unit October, but by then it will be great weather, so I won't need it. I guess it will be waiting for me in Decmember.
Anyway, it was a blistering hot run, but that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger, as the saying goes. Not really sure which category this run falls into, but since I am typing this, I guess it is the latter 😕
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@mbaker566 HA! I have seen several runners learn that lesson 2
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5 miles this morning. Feels like temp 85F at 5am. So much for getting to use the treadmill when weather is crap...Wife says it is too loud with her aunt sleeping in the next room. So I probably won't be able to use it unit October, but by then it will be great weather, so I won't need it. I guess it will be waiting for me in Decmember.
Anyway, it was a blistering hot run, but that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger, as the saying goes. Not really sure which category this run falls into, but since I am typing this, I guess it is the latter 😕
Dreadmills are very loud.
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As temps in crease, your pace will decrease, that is why learning to run by effort is so important.katharmonic wrote: »My coach is definitely of the philosophy that you don't worry about pace except during speedwork, and even then it's not the numbers but the effort, so I try not t o get too hung up. But I think I've been drifting to a slower and slower average pace.
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@shanaber I was actually thinking about looking into a Vizsla, just because of your posts about Hobbes. But, one thing I did learn from the weekend is that Tippy is much happier as an only dog. So, it will be a while, I hope, before I am ready to get another dog. I will keep that in mind though, when the time comes.
@PastorVincent I guess yesterday was the day for headphones to die. I hadn't plugged mine in either. Now it would be really eerie if you were listening to American pie when your music died too. You did good to push through and get in 14 miles! Glad your plumbing is fixed.
@marisap2010 Yeah for the NSV. I need to go shopping for new clothes, but for now am just wearing the few I have that sort of fit.
Great run @katharmonic ! Sometimes I feel like I'm drifting to slower pace too, but I have realized this weekend that my fitness level seems to have really increased with the longer, slower runs.
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@mbaker566 Love the pictures of the run. Glad the dogs both did well. They are adorable. I did laugh at your selfie.
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quilteryoyo wrote: »
@PastorVincent I guess yesterday was the day for headphones to die. I hadn't plugged mine in either. Now it would be really eerie if you were listening to American pie when your music died too. You did good to push through and get in 14 miles! Glad your plumbing is fixed.
You know funny thing now that you mention it... I was, in fact, listening to an audio book
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@mbaker566 I'll have to remember that next time I go blond.2
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