Daily Check In Thread -- 10k+ version
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Morning run today, and it was ok. I stopped for water at every half mile and got 'er done. I feel great now.0
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Morning run today, and it was ok. I stopped for water at every half mile and got 'er done. I feel great now.
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Good luck in your race Laura!!
10.5km again tonight as I finally finish W4 of B210K. I was either sandbagging or just taking it way to easy for the first run section as my walk break kicked in before the end of the hill I hate. I don't actually hate the entire hill, just the last 30m or so of it, where the gradient seems to increase exponentially. I was well behind pace there, put a little extra effort in the downhills and I was nearly on par with Wednesdays run when I got the half way done notification, still maybe 50-100m behind pace. Got up the next hill and decided to put a little more effort in. Powered on the downhill and by the time the next walk break kicked in I was maybe 20m off pace from Wednesday. Kept with the increased pace on the 3rd run leg and definitely picked up some time on the downhill. Kept powering along and made it past Wednesdays 'finish' point for the run by a hundred or so metres. Pushed on for a bit more before finally heading into my cooldown walk.
58:51 for 10K time, and a 28:12 for 5K both new PB's for my home circuit.
Yay for picking up pace, and I was still able to sing along at points with the music on my iPhone.
Thanks! And awesome new 5K and 10K PBs!0 -
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Thanks for all the welcomes!! :blushing:
Week 1, Day 2 tonight. Perfect example of garbage in, garbage out... part of my reward for achieving my first 25 lbs lost goal this week was that I could have three (ice cold... mmmmm...) cans of Mountain Dew. Now, a normal person might spread those out over a period of time. Me? I drank all three today (and still stayed under my calorie goal!) and then felt sluggish my entire run. Funny thing, though? Tonight is the first night I ran a full 5k (41:40) and I achieved new PRs all across the board. So, either Mountain Dew is the best pre-run diet ever or I subconsciously pushed myself harder because I knew I was feeling like crap. ...I'd be lying if I said I didn't wish it was the first part. :laugh:
It really might be the first part. Sugar + caffeine? Hell, yeah.
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I gotta agree it could be the Sugar + Caffeine...
A large part of my diet yesterday before my run, was skittles & lemonade LOL0 -
Today was our 7th trail race in an 8-race series. It was a 2.85 mile race. My wife already had the series points championship locked up for her age group going into this race. I just needed to show up and place in the upper 50% of my age group to lock in my series win. It was warm and humid as hell with a kind of late 8:30am start. I went out pretty fast - going 7:05 in the first mile. I really had a hard time getting my breath and slowed down to 7:54 in the 2nd mile as we hit more hills. The last 0.85 was a little faster at 7:47. My wife got 3rd overall female and I got 2nd in my age group. The last race of the series is one month away and we can both take it easy. Good thing because it's 2 miles up a mountain and 2 miles down the other side.
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Congrats Tim to both you & your wife! 2 miles up a mountain sounds brutal. 2 miles down a mountain just sounds scary.0
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Indeed congrats to you and your wife Tim! Well done on the race and the series
Today I took part in what's known as 'The Longest Run' It's an offshoot from parkrun, although not an official parkrun event. The basic idea (for Perth anyway) was to run all 7 parkrun courses in a single day. I joined in for 3 of the courses. 15km later I'm actually feeling pretty darn good. I didn't push myself too hard at any race and still nearly set some new PB's (Not quite) but came in at 79minutes total for the 15km.
Each course is 5km and my times were 27:56, then 25:03 then 26:01.
First run, I ran with friend as I knew I would get lost otherwise, second run I got caught up at the start with a bit of a crowd and some socialising (LOL) third run was semi conversational pace for pretty much most of it.
Absolutely over the moon that I could turn out those times for all 3 runs.
There were 7 total runs for those who did all the courses, hopefully next year I'll be up to running all of them.0 -
Week 1, Day 3 tonight. I was dragging *kitten* the entire time, but still managed to finish. I think it is mostly due to running earlier than usual - it was still 84 degrees outside when I went. Ick. Will see what Week 2 has to offer this week....0
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Week 1, Day 3 tonight. I was dragging *kitten* the entire time, but still managed to finish. I think it is mostly due to running earlier than usual - it was still 84 degrees outside when I went. Ick. Will see what Week 2 has to offer this week....
Yep heat will do that when you're not used to it. And there are days where you just have a bad run, good work for pushing through to finish.
8.8km tonight for me as per my program, proud of myself for backing up after the 15km yesterday. Ankles were a little seized up last night and still a bit stiff this morning. Got through my warmup walk without much hobbling and within a few metres ankles were all good.
Ran my program as expected, cut the loop short as it was a shorter run. Legs felt fine until the last km or so when the calves tightened up. They keep threatening cramps, but haven't yet followed through.
I guess that's what I get for doing a recovery run with hills.0 -
Awesome 5k on Saturday with a group of co-workers. I finished in a personal best 30:24, 4th in my age group. The best part was watching my friends cross the finish line, knowing how hard they had worked to get to that moment! We already have another 5k planned and are looking for a 10k to do!
Finished up my Saturday with a trip on the lake in our new sailboat, very relaxing!
Sunday afternoon, I was already over on my calories for the day before really eating dinner, so I went for a long ride on the bike- 25 miles through my National Park. I saw deer, squirrels, wild turkeys, rabbits, a scissor tail, an owl and lots of other birds.0 -
I ran my first 5K this Sunday since having surgery in February. It was a last minute decision to do the race since I had decided to focus on gaining miles instead of races. But this one was near my neighborhood at a beautiful park on the waterfront and it was only $20 to register on site. I restarted C25K distance a few months ago and I am now in week 9, so this did time out perfectly. I must admit, it was very difficult. The course was mostly flat, but it was very humid. My chip time was 43:16. My last 5K back in August was a little over 34 minutes. So that means it took me 9 minutes longer to cover the same distance. I had hoped after that August 5K, that I wouldn't be long before I achieve sub-30, but my body had different plans. I have decided not to dwell on times or personal records, but just to get out there and give all I have and that is what I did.0
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mrsmalcom you've got a great attitude. It's great that you went and ran this race. As I posted on your wall earlier the time is irrelevant - what matters is that you went and did it. Hopefully your body is ready to start building again!
I had my half on Saturday. At the risk of sounding cheesy, it was everything I wanted it to be. Finishing faster than I thought was possible was just a bonus. It was an amazing experience. My next race is a 5K next Friday.0 -
Thanks Laura, and Congrats on your Half0
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I haven't posted here in a long time. I had to rest my legs for two weeks beginning of May as I had some pretty bad ITBS issues with my left leg. I was then in and out of the hospital over the next couple weeks with my daughter as she was newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. So in total I had 5 weeks off from running. I wasn't thinking and started back in with too many miles and struggling with not being able to run a full mile without a walking break. My running club was hosting a 10 mile and a 4 mile race, so I figured I would do the 4 miles with a run/walk combo and just not worry about my time. Between the front of my ankle hurting and my left hamstring cramping really bad, I ended up walking about 85% of it and the walk was even very slow. That was Saturday, Sunday my shins starting hurting. Today my shins still hurt, and IT band pain in both legs. Clearly at this point I need some rest from running. But when I start back in, I'm thinking about doing C25K to ease back into things. Several months ago I signed up for a half marathon on September 21st, which I'll end up having to switch to the 5k. Looks like next year I'll tackle the half and work on very slowly rebuilding.0
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I haven't posted here in a long time. I had to rest my legs for two weeks beginning of May as I had some pretty bad ITBS issues with my left leg. I was then in and out of the hospital over the next couple weeks with my daughter as she was newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. So in total I had 5 weeks off from running. I wasn't thinking and started back in with too many miles and struggling with not being able to run a full mile without a walking break. My running club was hosting a 10 mile and a 4 mile race, so I figured I would do the 4 miles with a run/walk combo and just not worry about my time. Between the front of my ankle hurting and my left hamstring cramping really bad, I ended up walking about 85% of it and the walk was even very slow. That was Saturday, Sunday my shins starting hurting. Today my shins still hurt, and IT band pain in both legs. Clearly at this point I need some rest from running. But when I start back in, I'm thinking about doing C25K to ease back into things. Several months ago I signed up for a half marathon on September 21st, which I'll end up having to switch to the 5k. Looks like next year I'll tackle the half and work on very slowly rebuilding.
I'm not sure what distance you were doing before you break Rindy, but maybe a physio trip could be the key and you could still do the half. I haven't had the ITB/muscular skeletal issues but taking just 5 days off running REALLY hurt when I started back up, a week or so later I was considering a 12K at the end of August only because that would be about 1yr since I got into running.(12K isn't happening due to a scheduling clash)
Excellent attitude mrsmalcom! I agree with laura, time doesn't matter. It's that you went and did it that matters!
Laura and Ceci... WHOOO Great work on your races. 0 -
Still had difficulty completing W9D1, but it was better this time around. I managed to get through the first 20 minute segment with no problem. I struggled with the second set though (made it about 10 minutes in), so I decided to just finish it out by doing short run/walk intervals on my own for the next 2.5 miles. Hopefully I'll get it down by the third time. I carried a bottle of Gatorade with me this time, so that helped tremendously!0
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Ran 4 miles in the rain yesterday. It was glorious! Apparently at some point during my run, I lost my driver's license. I didn't realize it until someone called me at work today to let me know they had it! Time to get a road ID!0
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I haven't checked in for awhile now.
Tim, congratulations to you and your wife. That sounds like a brutal race.
Rindy, sorry to hear of your leg pains and your daughter's diabetes. Hang in there. Re-doing part or all of C25K to get back into things sounds like a solid plan.
I've just been running along. I now consistently run more than 5K but usually broken up. I run a complete 5K and the rest of the running time is split up into segments, depending on my energy level. Sometimes I run additional half Ks or full Ks or multiple Ks. This morning I ran 5K and 2 1K segments.
I've run 10K twice but not in one stretch. The first time I ran 5K, then 5 1K segments; the second time, I ran 7K, 2K and 1K segments. I felt better (less tired) after the second 10K run. My run time for both was the same (within seconds of each other).
My pace seems to be a consistent 7:00-7:30 minutes per Kilometer (which is about a 12 minute mile, I think). I suspect that will slow down as the heat increases.
All in all, I'm pleased with my running. I'd still like to get quicker but that will wait for time and/or autumn. It won't happen in the summer. 0 -
Ran 4 miles in the rain yesterday. It was glorious! Apparently at some point during my run, I lost my driver's license. I didn't realize it until someone called me at work today to let me know they had it! Time to get a road ID!
I bought a GoSport ID last summer & wear it every time I run or even if I go for a long walk. I have my name, my emergency contact's name & phone number, and there was an extra line to include a motto or something I find inspirational so I did that too.0 -
I haven't posted here in a long time. I had to rest my legs for two weeks beginning of May as I had some pretty bad ITBS issues with my left leg. I was then in and out of the hospital over the next couple weeks with my daughter as she was newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. So in total I had 5 weeks off from running. I wasn't thinking and started back in with too many miles and struggling with not being able to run a full mile without a walking break. My running club was hosting a 10 mile and a 4 mile race, so I figured I would do the 4 miles with a run/walk combo and just not worry about my time. Between the front of my ankle hurting and my left hamstring cramping really bad, I ended up walking about 85% of it and the walk was even very slow. That was Saturday, Sunday my shins starting hurting. Today my shins still hurt, and IT band pain in both legs. Clearly at this point I need some rest from running. But when I start back in, I'm thinking about doing C25K to ease back into things. Several months ago I signed up for a half marathon on September 21st, which I'll end up having to switch to the 5k. Looks like next year I'll tackle the half and work on very slowly rebuilding.
Definitely sounds like you need to ease back in. I know I've seen Varda post a schedule she follows when she's coming back to running from being sick, but I don't remember what it was. It's faster than starting over with C25K anyway. Have you foam rolled your IT bands yet?0
