October 2022 Monthly Running Challenge

eleanorhawkins

mollyeliz00 wrote: »

Hi everyone, I’m new to the group and excited to hopefully get some running motivation and accountability! I’m training for my first ever marathon in February and would love all the advice. I’m also the slowest runner I know :O

@mollyeliz00 welcome! You clearly haven't met me yet, I'm probably slower!

tarun_yadavA

Good morning all.

Got my usual 9k in. (3 more runs till I rest up for a week!)

@Fit2btied2016 - thank you! Can't wait for 3.30 to see/hear how he did!

eleanorhawkins

@tarun_yadavA can't wait to hear how it went!

I seem to be over the worst of my taper cold, thank goodness. Watch still claims I'm over-fatigued despite behaving more or less like a vegetable and eating way too much junk, but hey ho. I've been running short runs later in the day because the location of my race is usually hotter than down here on the coast, but just checked the forecast and it says 80% chance of rain. I hadn't factored rain in, better start thinking about that possibility. So nervous. So excited. So scared I'm going to die. So resisting signing up for a half on Nov 13th and a full marathon at the end of April until I see if I survive lol.

tarun_yadavA

Hi everyone!
He did it! No stopping. Placed 46 out of 206 kids!

Scott6255

Yay! Way to go mini @tarun_yadavA

Teresa502

No run today but I did a couple of virtual workouts this morning and will get a walk in at lunch.

@eleanorhawkins - You got this!! You've embraced the taper and you will do more than survive and if it rains I hope it's one of those light, refreshing ones that waits until you are almost finished.

Welcome @mollyeliz00! I'm a proud member of the slow runners club! A mile is a mile no matter the speed!


@Fit2btied2016 - That's scary about the fires and the smoke. I hope they are contained and that you get a nice, slow soaking rain. Hope you friend in the hospital is doing better.

Teresa502

tarun_yadavA wrote: »

Hi everyone!
He did it! No stopping. Placed 46 out of 206 kids!

Tell him congratulations and well done! (Even if from complete strangers, everyone likes to be congratulated right?)

tarun_yadavA

Teresa502 wrote: »

tarun_yadavA wrote: »

Hi everyone!
He did it! No stopping. Placed 46 out of 206 kids!

Tell him congratulations and well done! (Even if from complete strangers, everyone likes to be congratulated right?)

@Teresa502 - haha! Thanks! 😊

@Scott6255 - thanks buddy 😊

martaindale

Welcome to @laurajeanne123. Jump right in and let us know how things are going.

Welcome @mollyeliz00 too. What marathon are you doing? How’s training going so far? We have a couple of people marathon training right now so you’re in good company.

Congrats to mini @tarun_yadavA!! Well done!

martaindale

October total: 85.5/180 miles

10/1: 10 miles
10/2: 6.1 miles
10/3: 6.2 miles
10/4: 5.1 miles
10/5: 7 miles
10/7: 6.6 miles
10/10: 5.9 miles
10/11: 3 miles
10/12: 7 miles
10/13: 6 miles
10/14: 10 miles
10/16: 6.5 miles
10/17: 6.1 miles

I don’t know if it was just me, but MFP was giving me issues logging in yesterday and earlier today.
This is yesterday’s run. Speed work. 5 x 1k @ 5k pace with 400m recovery. My splits were consistent but slow, about 40 secs slower than target (waaay off!). I put the workout in Garmin and didn’t miss any cues and it seemed like I was running in the range I set. I am wondering if I did some math wrong. The workout was written in km and I needed to convert the time targets in my plan to a pace for the Garmin reminders, so I used min/mile since that is a number that makes more sense to me. I probably messed it up. Initially I thought maybe I was just running too cautiously because it was raining throughout this run and the sidewalks were a little slippery in spots. And it was dark so even with my light I was working a little to dodge all the storm debris. I’m sure those things played a role, but math might have also been a factor. Oh well. I was still pushing it. I love these rainy runs. There was NO ONE out and it’s so quiet!
That storm was ahead of a lovely cold front. This morning it was low 50’s and beautiful! But it was my rest day, so no running. But, I had to be up early because my kid had theater rehearsal, so I took my coffee and went on a walk in the cool, crisp dark. It was like 6am and low 50’s is cold for Houston, so only saw 2 people out walking dogs but I heard an owl and saw a possum. I guess everyone else was waiting for the sun to warm everything up!

Scott6255

8 miles this evening. I guess this was technically a speed day, so I did 8 miles at marathon pace. It did feel a little hard, but after that grueling 14 miler on Sunday that is not unexpected. But temps were very pleasant at 64F and low 17% humidity.

tarun_yadavA

Scott6255 wrote: »

8 miles this evening. I guess this was technically a speed day, so I did 8 miles at marathon pace. It did feel a little hard, but after that grueling 14 miler on Sunday that is not unexpected. But temps were very pleasant at 64F and low 17% humidity.

@Scott6255 - well done on 8, bud! 🤷

tarun_yadavA

Wrong emoji. Showing my age

tarun_yadavA

Morning all.
Woke up in the zone... Nice sugary chai... Legs didn't give any issues... So got in a 10K!

PS: @martaindale - thanks Sarah 😊

tarun_yadavA

Fit2btied2016 wrote: »

Thanks Teresa, and thanks all. Yayy to the little Marathon-mini-champ! 46 is pretty impressive, considering! Something tells me he will be running more with his Dad for future events, lol.
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@Fit2btied2016 thanks T! And hope you feel better soon

Teresa502

I ran 5 miles with a friend this morning. Temp read 37F on my car but it was breezy and felt much colder to begin. I ended up shedding my gloves and unzipping my jacket part way through the run.

yirara

03.10 Mon 13°C 4.1km 36min
05.10 Wed 17°C 6.2km 55min
07.10 Fri 13°C 5.2km 45min
08.10 Sat 12°C 10.4km 92min
10.10 Mon 14°C 3.6km 30min
12.10 Wed 10°C 5.2km 44min
14.10 Fri 14°C 5.3km 48min
15.10 Sat 16°C 4.2km 34min
16.10 Sun 15°C 7.2km 63min
17.10 Mon 20°C 3.6km 30min
19.10 Wed 10°C 5.5km 45min

total: 60.48/80.5km (10.9km ahead)

YAY! I had an excellent run! I think I finally found my running karma back. Well, kind of anyway. Still nowhere where I used to be (a wee bit faster only) but running is getting easier again. These 45 minutes were faster than all previous similar runs. Intervals 10min warmup, then fast with corresponding slow 2, 4, 3, 2, 3, 2mins, cooldown.