August 2021 Monthly Running Challenge
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@skippygirlsmom - so awesome for Skip.
@polskagirl01 nice job getting a hike in while recovering from your race. I'm not going to tell my trainer that quote "if you're getting enough air to complain...you're fine". Ha, love it.
@rheddmobile and others, very glad for the break in the extreme heat for you.
@WhatMeRunning glad to hear your test run seems successful.
@TheMrWobbly good to see you check in. Walking counts in my book too!
@quilteryoyo I know that snoozing for over an hour feeling. I am not a born early-moring runner and I wish I was. Great job on your tempo run!2 -
Hike report from yesterday - I summited 5 of the 46 official [Adirondack high peaks and 1 extra that doesn't count (but exceeds the 4000 ft elevation criteria. It took 12 hours 43 minutes and clocked in at 20 miles (Garmin over-estimates). I'm now at 40/46 - just 6 peaks left.
Hike report (long) under first spoilerAn epic and picture-perfect day hiking the Lower Great Range with my new hiking friend Courtney. We started at a little after 6 am - last time needing to park at the AMR lot and walk up Lake Road! This time we walked all the way out to Lower Ausable Lake about 4 miles on the road before turning off onto the AW Weld trail to head to Sawteeth. We first stopped by Rainbow Falls, which was gorgeous and had rainbows, as advertised. The hike up the Weld trail I had read was "gentle" as compared to the scenic route and we took it to save some time on a big day. I wouldn't have described it quite that way and found it plenty strenuous going up. We summitted Sawteeth about 9:30 am, and the blue skies were amazing. We had definitely worked up a sweat and were surprised when we arrived and some girls were saying the wind was cold up there. We proceeded to the lookout point and made sure to get to the actual summit and then came back to sit on the rocks and enjoy the view and have some snacks and quickly understood as we got chilled sitting there. Time for long sleeve shirt #2.
The hike from Sawteeth to Pyramid (which for some reason doesn't count) was some of the steepest of the hike and we worked for that one. We arrived a little after 11 and laid down gratefully on top of that flat rock summit. I could have taken a nice nap while enjoying the view. But we had a long day to go yet so got back up and headed over to Gothics, which we could see looming in the so close but yet so far distance.
The trip to Gothics was pretty short from there and not so bad as we had already done most of the elevation getting to Pyramid. Just a tiny down then up and we were there by 11:40. This was a pretty big summit with amazing views of all the mountains around and there were a few other people up there enjoying a break. We had some more food and worked on identifying all the peaks we could see, starting to get a much better feel for how they relate to each other. And Marcy is always the easy one to identify and it's fun to spot and orient to it.
Armstrong was next and we were surprised there was a lot more going down than up to get there. We arrived just before 1:00 and enjoyed another break identifying peaks and enjoying the incredible day. Armstrong and Upper Wolfjaw were new to Courtney who had done the others separately, so she was excited to be adding to her numbers finally. We headed over to Upper Wolfjaw next. Lots more heading down and some of it quite steep. There was a ladder in one section and others that could have used a ladder I thought (and my left upper leg/butt agrees with me after a slip left a nasty bruise). We were on UWJ at 2:15 and didn't stay too long on that small summit, gearing up for the final push.
We could see LWJ in it's pointiness and some other peak in front of it that we hoped we wouldn't have to go over (some BS mountain as Sheley would say. Turns out I just found out the is Middle Wolfjaw). But of course we did. I had been told that between the Wolfjaws and summiting LWJ was a tough section, and it indeed was a beast. A steep descent to the notch and then a steep relentless climb on tired legs for summit #5 (6 really!) of the day. We were once again soaking wet with sweat and then quickly chilled sitting on that summit for another last refuel. I was happy I had tucked a light windbreaker in my bag to have one more option with sleeves. It was 4 pm and peak #40 was done. The view was not the best, but I was happy to be there.
We geared up for the hike out, which proved to be a tough descent and the typically never-ending feeling. I started to look forward to slight uphills because the downhill was just hammering away at the legs and feet. Finally we hit the flatter parts of the trail and started to see signs of civilization in the form of boards over mud patches and some hand rails. And then the Canyon bridge and back over to our old friend the Lake Road. Just a "short" almost 2 miles back to the parking lot from there, but I was happy to see the road and know it was "gentle".
We arrived at the car at 7 pm. 12 hours and 43 minutes (or right about there, Garmin died at 12 hours in and I missed a few minutes before starting Strava - which is why the GPX track ends too early here). We were feeling exhausted but accomplished - a huge day to get 5 done, and get to 40 for me and 28 for Courtney. We saw a mother and her maybe 12 year old son who we talked to on the Lake Road on the way out, they were going to do Gothics and Sawteeth as a loop that day, and do Wright, Algonquin and Iroquois the next. They were back at their car looking happy and they had taken their time and enjoyed some "camp food" and coffee and relaxed at the summits. It was fun to connect with them at the beginning and the end.
We said our goodbyes and I changed and headed over to Stewart’s for a big coffee and some food. The drive home was hard but I sang my way through it and arrive at home a little after 11. Showered and crawled into bed, where I fell asleep immediately.
Bunch of pictures:
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I finally feel my body is working as it should - all those niggles have gone - the foot, the hip, the shoulder. Hooray. Today's run felt smooth and even, although my glutes and hamstrings were a little tired from yoga and ballet yesterday.
Onwards and upwards. Four weeks till my next half, or is it a 10k? - I haven't decided yet.8 -
@katharmonic Great hiking! I bet you'd do great at something like my recent race. You've probably already got the fitness for it.
It was a big deal for me, but there are a bunch of people from my running club who run those sort of mountains regularly as training runs. They were all still encouraging to me though. It's amazing what our bodies can adapt to! And now I want to get better at it.6 -
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Good morning everyone. Today training was a long run of 1.5 miles. Very short run. Weather was shot but finally no thunderstorms. Yesterday was a rest day which I needed after my fall on Saturday. Nothing except my hands were hurting me. They took the brunt of the fall. They are still a little tender and black and blue. Have scrapes on my right leg and arm but no bruises there.
August totals
8/01 6.23 miles run
8/02 rest
8/03 rest
8/04 6.24 miles walk
8/05 2.31 miles run
8/06 6.43 miles walk
8/07 2.39 miles run
8/08 5.00 miles walk
8/09 rest
8/10 1.18 miles run
8/11 6.89 miles walk
8/12 2.44 miles run
8/13 6.26 miles walk
8/14 2.35 miles run
8/15 4.55 miles walk
8/16 rest
8/17 1.50 miles run
Total miles walk 35.37
Total miles run 18.40 with 31.60 left to go
Tomorrow is a cross training day which I will Walk 5 mega miles with Leslie Sansone. She really gets your heart pumping with her boosted walking ( it’s a gentle jog). Hope your day goes great.
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8-1 7k measy (between moderate and easy)
8-2 rest
8-3 7k measy
8-4 7k easy
8-5 rest
8-6 7k measy
8-7 7k moderate
8-8 7k measy
8-9 rest
8-10 4k easy
8-11 4k moderate
8-12 rest
8-13 6k measy
8-14 4k measy
8-15 7k easy
8-16 rest
8-17 4k easy
August Total: 71k
August Goal: 150k
Cloudy, low 70s F, and no wind today. Pretty much a blah day with an unhappy left hamstring (again).
When you pop in here claiming your December 2021 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
PUT THE FUN BACK IN THE RUN!
Return to a good running weight of 175 lbs (second attempt)
2021 Races:
6/26 Direction Up 5k, Solon, OH 31:48 chip; 31:59 Garmin; 53d overall; 2d male 65 and over
7/17 Run of the Ox 5k, Mantua, OH 32:19 Garmin; 44th overall; 3d place male 60 and over
9/18 5k Run and Roll, Aurora, OH5 -
Awesome hiking (and pictures) @katharmonic! You have to be in really good shape to tackle those mountains.
Great to hear you are feeling so much better @ContraryMaryMary! But sad to hear you are all in lockdown again
@quilteryoyo good job on your HM training! You are doing so well and being so consistent.
6.5 miles this morning. Did a little bit of speed work today, just to say I did it. But it wasn't pretty (or fun).
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@WhatMeRunning Glad to hear you are easing back into running. I hope the PF gives you a break.
@quilteryoyo You are doing a great job!
@katharmonic Awesome hike! I love hiking so much and can’t wait for the weather to chill a little so I can get back out there. Until then, I’ll live vicariously through you!
@Tramboman I hope your hamstring feels better.
@julieannegannon Good work on your run!3 -
Aug Total: 27.7/60 miles
8/4: 3 miles
8/7: 3.1 miles
8/8: 5.1 miles
8/11: 3.1 miles
8/12: 3.1 miles
8/14: 6.7 miles
8/17: 3.6 miles
It was just a few degrees cooler (75F) and minimally less humid (93%) this morning but it made a big difference. I have been working on slowing down, trying to bring my heart rate average down a bit. If I just look at the zones, it looks like I’m max effort all the time. I’m not, but for some reason, my heart rate climbs pretty quickly then stays high no matter the effort. It will be higher on actual hard effort days, like 170-ish vs 160-ish, but it’s always high nonetheless. I have been trying to shift more of my zone 5 into zone 4, and today’s looked pretty good even though I did let the pace get away from me a little at one point. Slowing down is definitely helping with the temp tolerance, too. I just have to check my watch more frequently because when I run by feel my legs tend to fall into my usual pace which is just too fast for this heat.6 -
8/2 – 6.01
8/3 – 5.01
8/5 – 3.01
8/6 – 6.22
8/8 – 6.01
8/8 – 3.39 biking
8/10 – 6.01 Happy 60th birthday to me
8/11 – 3.03
8/14 – 2.72
8/16 – 4.02
8/17 – 6.01
47.53 of 70 miles
@rheddmobile isn’t that the truth, the time is flying by.
@WhatMeRunning I’m glad you were able to get that mile in running. Good approach I think, slow but steady on getting back.
@quilteryoyo that’s a lot of hitting the snooze ha ha Great run, man I feel you on the sweat, I have water running in places I never knew I had. Dang sweat is dripping off my elbows during my runs.
Thank you all for indulging me bragging on my girl, she does give me fits from time to time, but she is really is a good kid.
@katharmonic I’m so living all these peaks through you. I get so excited when I see your hiking reports. Are all these trails marked well? Love the don’t be a drop out sign ha ha As usual the pictures a breathtaking, I can’t imagine how beautiful it is in person.
@ContaryMaryMary glad you are feeling good.
@Avidkeo ugh on the lockdown, we won’t do that here and I’m not sure if it’s good or bad. No one can agree and everyone wants to fight everyone about it. Vaccinated vs unvaccinated masks vs non maskers. My job has now said if you in the building you must be vaccinated and prove it, if you are essential and not vaccinated you will have to do weekly testing and your expense. Must wear masks in the building, Skip’s school is masks indoors. She said something about not wanting to because she vaccinated, I told her shut her face and wear it, the school is mandating it and you will comply. Ugh!
@Scott6255 sorry about the speed work.
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It cooled down a bit today, and rained in the morning. So the trails were wet, but my legs are feeling a good bit better (still sore, but in a good way if that makes sense), so I walked an easy mile to show my family the way to the old abandoned hospital building I saw yesterday, then switched my watch over to "trail running" and went up a nearby peak. Fast-ish hike up, slow careful jog down. 6k with 380 meters up & down was just about perfect for my legs today.
OK but now the creepy part. I was getting into the climb, maybe a kilometer away from the main road, and it was quiet with no one around. All of a sudden, I hear music. Like toy music, the kind that's in those musical greeting cards that plays when you open the card. I stopped, looking around, reaching for my phone but realizing, that's not my phone. I was getting ready for a clown or something to jump out and murder me. This is how it happens in horror movies, I am done for. Then, as "Santa Clause is coming, to town" sounds, I look over and see a picture on a tree, like the kind people here put up for saints or with a crucifix or something, and it has a little light lit on it. That's where the music was coming from. I'm guessing I tripped a sensor somewhere. What kind of person puts something like that in the middle of the woods?
The picture looks like one of the "Stations of the Cross", so there are probably more out there 😱. Someone clearly did not think things through when they put that music on there.5 -
@polskagirl01 that is way creepy!1
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@skippygirlsmom overall, as a nation of only 5 million, we pretty much agree on a full lockdown. We've got the benefit of seeing what's happening overseas with delta variant. NSW in Australia is a good example of what happens if it gets loose. It was only 1 case yesterday, but this morning it's already up to 5 confirmed, and they have only just started testing.
There will be people who disagree, but they are such a minority that they are largely ignored.
It does mean I'll be able to catch up on my paperwork cause works going to be quiet, since all out patients, clinics and non essential images will be cancelled4 -
polskagirl01 wrote: »It cooled down a bit today, and rained in the morning. So the trails were wet, but my legs are feeling a good bit better (still sore, but in a good way if that makes sense), so I walked an easy mile to show my family the way to the old abandoned hospital building I saw yesterday, then switched my watch over to "trail running" and went up a nearby peak. Fast-ish hike up, slow careful jog down. 6k with 380 meters up & down was just about perfect for my legs today.
OK but now the creepy part. I was getting into the climb, maybe a kilometer away from the main road, and it was quiet with no one around. All of a sudden, I hear music. Like toy music, the kind that's in those musical greeting cards that plays when you open the card. I stopped, looking around, reaching for my phone but realizing, that's not my phone. I was getting ready for a clown or something to jump out and murder me. This is how it happens in horror movies, I am done for. Then, as "Santa Clause is coming, to town" sounds, I look over and see a picture on a tree, like the kind people here put up for saints or with a crucifix or something, and it has a little light lit on it. That's where the music was coming from. I'm guessing I tripped a sensor somewhere. What kind of person puts something like that in the middle of the woods? The picture looks like one of the "Stations of the Cross", so there are probably more out there 😱. Someone clearly did not think things through when they put that music on there.
"He knows if you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness' sake."3 -
I'm away on holiday with the family until Friday, but did a 10 mile run this afternoon, with an average pace of 8:49 min per mile and 226 feet of elevation.
August cumulative:
45.5/100 miles
4,049/10,000 feet of elevation6 -
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You're doing great @julieannegannon ! Glad you are okay after your fall.
Sorry about the hamstring issue @Tramboman !
Thanks @Scott6255 ! Speed work doesn't have to be pretty to be beneficial, thank goodness.
Thanks @martaindale ! You are doing great. Slowing down in the heat is helpful.
@skippygirlsmom Glad I'm not the only Southern Lady who sweats that much and doesn't just glisten, as the old saying goes. I'm not sure I have had sweat dripping from my elbows before, but it does roll down places you wouldn't expect!
@polskagirl01 Love your hike report and pictures. I can't imagine hiking for over 12 hours! That would be spooky to hear music in the middle of nowhere. Glad you found the source.
Nice run @sweetdaisy13 .3 -
@ContraryMaryMary glad you were feeling good on your run!
@Avidkeo sorry about the lockdown. Hope it keeps things under control.
@polskagirl01 now that is super creepy! Exactly like a horror movie. How bizarre.skippygirlsmom wrote: »8/2 – 6.01
@katharmonic I’m so living all these peaks through you. I get so excited when I see your hiking reports. Are all these trails marked well? Love the don’t be a drop out sign ha ha As usual the pictures a breathtaking, I can’t imagine how beautiful it is in person.
Thanks all of you and glad you enjoy the hike reports. I like having them to look back at and relive the experience later. @skippygirlsmom most of the trails are well used and pretty easy to follow. This one was very well marked and very easy to follow the whole way. A good number of them are actually unmarked though, and just "herd paths". They can be trickier to follow and I always use AllTrails app on my phone. I should also use a paper map and compass but I don't. There are some times when we have gotten off trail but usually realized it pretty quickly and were able to correct. It gets hard when the leaves fall and then the snow - if no one has broken out the trail.
@polskagirl01 hiking is one thing, I don't know about racing in the mountains. Although Spartan races I've done have been on mountains.5 -
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
08/01/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 0.0
08/02/21 :::: 3.0 :::: 3.0
08/03/21 :::: 1.8 :::: 4.8
08/04/21 :::: 5.5 :::: 10.3
08/05/21 :::: 3.1 :::: 13.4
08/06/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 13.4
08/07/21 :::: 5.0 :::: 18.4
08/08/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 18.4
08/09/21 :::: 2.6 :::: 20.9
08/10/21 :::: 3.2 :::: 24.1
08/11/21 :::: 4.1 :::: 28.2
08/12/21 :::: 1.3 :::: 29.5
08/13/21 :::: 7.0 :::: 36.5
08/14/21 :::: 4.2 :::: 40.7
08/15/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 40.7
08/16/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 40.7
08/17/21 :::: 3.9 :::: 44.5
I hiked on Sunday and didn't feel up to running yesterday so took the day off. I was not excited to run today either. I planned to do a short warmup run before yoga but got a phone call so missed that window. Fortunately a friend texted to see if I wanted to run in the afternoon or I may have bailed on the day again. I felt really awkward and stiff. I'm finding it tougher to recover from these long hikes and get much running done. Which I think is probably normal but makes me feel like I'm slacking off as my mileage has been so low this summer.
After I got home from the run it started thundering and then raining. It's currently pouring out so I'm very happy to have gotten that in when I did.9
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