Daily Check In Thread -- 10k+ version
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I ran with the girls from work yesterday afternoon. It was HOT! The first 2.5 miles was at a slower pace so the one could get in her c25k w7d1. Then I sprinted to catch up with the other and we finished out her 4 mile run at a faster pace. It felt great to kick it into high gear and just run as fast as I could!
Your running has been coming along so fast! My trainer does triathlons and he swears biking is good for running.
I've started hearing that a lot. I wonder if I could get the girls to sit in a bike trailer without hitting each other.0 -
Tonight would usually be my "long" run, but I'm doing the 10k this Saturday. So 45 minutes each today and Thursday. I'm taking Friday off for a "taper."
My subdivision/neighborhood is composed of two blocks that add up to about a mile. I'm thinking about putting a sprinkler in the front yard and running through it during each circuit. And having a water and gel break. It might be 15 minute miles, but at least I won't be passing out.0 -
You are still doing gip.is app?
It's doing good things for you.
Yeah I'm still doing one of the B210K programs, it's not the gip.is app though. I found my training went a little too haphazard without some guidance. I'm hoping once I finish this and my base is up. I'll be able to wing it until I have an actual race to train for.
W4D2 again for me, today I nailed it. 10.5km in 64:08, with my 10k time of 60:03 (3rd fasted 10k according to Strava)0 -
Tonight would usually be my "long" run, but I'm doing the 10k this Saturday. So 45 minutes each today and Thursday. I'm taking Friday off for a "taper."
My subdivision/neighborhood is composed of two blocks that add up to about a mile. I'm thinking about putting a sprinkler in the front yard and running through it during each circuit. And having a water and gel break. It might be 15 minute miles, but at least I won't be passing out.
The sprinkler was freaking brilliant.0 -
New around these parts. I just finished C25k two days ago and now I've moved onto a B210k program. Finished Week 1, Day 1 tonight... looking forward to the next run.0
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Tonight would usually be my "long" run, but I'm doing the 10k this Saturday. So 45 minutes each today and Thursday. I'm taking Friday off for a "taper."
My subdivision/neighborhood is composed of two blocks that add up to about a mile. I'm thinking about putting a sprinkler in the front yard and running through it during each circuit. And having a water and gel break. It might be 15 minute miles, but at least I won't be passing out.
The sprinkler was freaking brilliant.
Glad it worked out for you! If we could get away with it here in summer I would contemplate it!0 -
New around these parts. I just finished C25k two days ago and now I've moved onto a B210k program. Finished Week 1, Day 1 tonight... looking forward to the next run.
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New around these parts. I just finished C25k two days ago and now I've moved onto a B210k program. Finished Week 1, Day 1 tonight... looking forward to the next run.
Welcome to the group!!0 -
The sprinkler was freaking brilliant.
Awesome!!0 -
New around these parts. I just finished C25k two days ago and now I've moved onto a B210k program. Finished Week 1, Day 1 tonight... looking forward to the next run.
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New around these parts. I just finished C25k two days ago and now I've moved onto a B210k program. Finished Week 1, Day 1 tonight... looking forward to the next run.
Welcome!0 -
New around these parts. I just finished C25k two days ago and now I've moved onto a B210k program. Finished Week 1, Day 1 tonight... looking forward to the next run.
Welcome!
And congrats on finishing C25K 0 -
Last night was a sweaty 6.5-mile easy run. It felt like the most I have ever sweat - my shirt was all clinging to my skin and I left a little puddle when I was stretching afterwards. The night before was speedwork (fartleks) and I don't think I sweat that much then.
I just hit 90 miles for the month. This will be another record month for me and I haven't even gotten into the real marathon training yet! I was talking to my coach last night and he said in July we will start getting into the serious stuff. Hard to believe it's almost July and that means 4 months of training left before the big one!0 -
Wow 90 miles already Tim! That's fantastic.
I had my final pre-HM training run this morning. Jason said to run 2-3 miles depending on how I felt. I decided I would feel better if I did 3 so went out 1.5 before turning around, but at 2 miles was ready to stop. I was still a mile from home so I kept running. At 2.5 miles both Tuesday and this morning I mostly just wanted to sit down. My trainer assures me that's not uncommon during a taper week so not to let that worry me. 48 hours from now I should be in the final couple miles of my race!0 -
Good luck on your race Laura!!0
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Good luck on your race Laura!!
Thanks Tim!0 -
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:0 -
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:
Welcome! Sometimes the runs where we feel the worst produce the best results, but I wouldn't recommend that as a training plan ????0 -
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.0 -
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.0 -
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.
Good luck with your 10K tomorrow!0 -
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
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