Daily Check In Thread -- 10k+ version
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No rain. No lightening.
I found the BEST TRAIL EVER. I'm naming it Faramir. I'm sooo in love.
It runs from 12 ->13 ->8 ->6 ->4 ->3 ->2 ->5 ->4
Nice variations of Georgia hills and rocks and pretty scenery. It's about three miles out and back.
Cool! The Chattahoochee River has a lot of great trails. I haven't fully explored all the trails up here near my house. And I probably won't until winter. They have not kept up the trails and they are pretty overgrown right now with lots of snakes around. At least in winter I won't be in danger of stepping on a copperhead!0 -
No rain. No lightening.
I found the BEST TRAIL EVER. I'm naming it Faramir. I'm sooo in love.
It runs from 12 ->13 ->8 ->6 ->4 ->3 ->2 ->5 ->4
Nice variations of Georgia hills and rocks and pretty scenery. It's about three miles out and back.
Cool! The Chattahoochee River has a lot of great trails. I haven't fully explored all the trails up here near my house. And I probably won't until winter. They have not kept up the trails and they are pretty overgrown right now with lots of snakes around. At least in winter I won't be in danger of stepping on a copperhead!
If I ever need to do a 20-mile run, there are paths that essentially run from my house all the way to the Chatt, now. Not to mention the Silver Comet.0 -
It would have been great if the gov't had the foresight to create a nice greenway from Lake Lanier all the way down to Atlanta. They own a lot of land along the river. But I am glad they are preserving what they can.0
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I'm so far behind! Skimmed the past couple of pages but I'm sure I missed a lot.
Tim, what is Generation UCAN? Great photo from your race!
Varda I'm pretty jealous about your trail. One of my local friends just posted this so I need to go check it out:
I'm dealing with posterior tibial tendonitis right now so I'm on a running rest break this week & then 1-2 months of short, easy runs to give it a chance to heal up. Saw the doctor on Friday and she said I don't have to quit running but if it gets worse to taper mileage. I ran 10 miles on Saturday and hurt for 2 days afterward, so I need to taper. My trainer came up with the recovery schedule, which is worse than I expected, but it's smarter to deal with it now. Still I was pretty down about it Monday and Tuesday. I usually work out my frustrations with a good run and that wasn't an option. Right now it shoots up the side of my Achilles but my doctor told me it could eventually go all the way up my calf. It was starting to get better the weeks after my race but adding on mileage the past couple of weeks it's irritated again. I was going to run a 5K in a couple of weeks so I'm hoping that will still be okay to do.0 -
I don't think I gave myself enough rest since my run on Saturday. Last night I did a 4.37 mile run to the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 44:24. I though I would be able to run at least half of the way back, but my legs were shot.0
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I'm so far behind! Skimmed the past couple of pages but I'm sure I missed a lot.
Tim, what is Generation UCAN? Great photo from your race!
Varda I'm pretty jealous about your trail. One of my local friends just posted this so I need to go check it out:
I'm dealing with posterior tibial tendonitis right now so I'm on a running rest break this week & then 1-2 months of short, easy runs to give it a chance to heal up. Saw the doctor on Friday and she said I don't have to quit running but if it gets worse to taper mileage. I ran 10 miles on Saturday and hurt for 2 days afterward, so I need to taper. My trainer came up with the recovery schedule, which is worse than I expected, but it's smarter to deal with it now. Still I was pretty down about it Monday and Tuesday. I usually work out my frustrations with a good run and that wasn't an option. Right now it shoots up the side of my Achilles but my doctor told me it could eventually go all the way up my calf. It was starting to get better the weeks after my race but adding on mileage the past couple of weeks it's irritated again. I was going to run a 5K in a couple of weeks so I'm hoping that will still be okay to do.
Fingers crossed for you! Go slow, walk if you need to, you know the drill.0 -
Tim, what is Generation UCAN? Great photo from your race!
Laura, sorry to hear about your PTT. I've been through that. And I still get occasional pain there in both legs. Not much you can do except back off the mileage, rest as much as possible, and ice it daily. Even now I still ice the inside of both shins every night. I think it is related to the type of shoes and/or arch support. I've been experimenting with different combinations of shoes & different inserts to see what works. I've noticed that a firm neutral shoe with a high arch support insert does not cause me pain, even though I've always been told that I overpronate.
Regarding Generation UCAN, it's a "superstarch" powder that you mix up and drink before a run. It's a type of cornstarch that does not spike your blood sugar like the typical ingredients in gels and sports drinks. It delivers steady energy and shouldn't upset your stomach because this type of starch cannot be digested in the stomach and only gets digested in the intestines.
http://running.competitor.com/2012/04/nutrition/the-science-behind-high-molecular-carbohydrates_50415
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Yay for wicked trail for Varda! I honestly believe everyone should do more trail running.
Laura I hope your recovery is quick! The pic you friend sent looks like a beautiful trail.
Tim that Generation UCAN sounds intriguing I wonder if I can find it in Aus.
My run last night.... 12.1km which was intended to be an easy run, even going by pace it would appear to have been an easy run. Although it was anything but easy. Right hammy was playing up, right achillies/heal was being annoying, left calf felt dead and the outer edge of the bottom of my left foot felt bruised.
Several times I had to trick myself into continuing my run, rather than turning for home, until somewhere around the 8th km where I finally loosened up, legs felt good (tired but good) and I 'powered' on home.
Longest run I've ever done without stopping/walking. and I now have something to work with for my own City to Surf 12k training/event as I'm already booked for this years proper one. Now to see if I can get this down to sub 60 if I'm having a good run. (Gods that is going to hurt!)0 -
Today's run was a giant, steamy pile of NOPE. My legs and lungs were just fine, but my brain just wanted to stay at home and sleep. I managed to squeeze in a mile and a half run and a mile and a half walk, before calling it quits, and then got some more walking in with a trip to the zoo. I'm hoping that I can get it together and run again tomorrow since I have my first 6k race on Sunday!0
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tomorrow is my 1 year running anniversary! I am pretty excited. Today I hit 300 miles for the year, also very exciting!
So many memories, so much of finding myself this year, it's been awesome. 0 -
Ran my first 6k race this morning. PRs all over the place!!! I finished in 44:10 (about 8 minutes faster than I've been training at home) , and gained 196ft in elevation. All of this despite the fact that I've been training pretty exclusively on a flat course as there are zero hills by my house). It was painful and I wanted to give up and walk so bad, but I did it!!0
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Sorry I haven't been around, traveling, traveling, traveling, and when home, my work location has been changing all over the place.
Had a rotten run today.
The three driving vacations, to St Louis (& New Jersey), Toronto area, and Houston, one after another, in addition to work location switches in between them, have messed up my routine, food, and digestive system. I have spent too much time in the car, too much time in areas I didn't know and had difficulty finding time and places to run, too much time eating what I could get vs planning my food, and too little time sleeping. In addition to getting food when traveling, even when I've been home, I haven't been sure if I would be working in an area with a refrigerator or not or whether I would have time for snacks or just a lunch break. Then I'm baby-sitting the dog of a friend of mine. the dog can be difficult as he gets into trouble whenever I leave him for any length of time, even if crated. So that's another source of stress. Sleep has been tough.
I've been bouncing around what I should be doing. Nothing has gone wrong or bad or spiraled out of control or anything, but I don't have the clear pattern in front of me that I had for the past year.
I've decided that the 2 lbs I went up are real and need to be lost again, however they are just two pounds.
I went to my trainer workout on Wednesday, and metabolic conditioning class on Saturday morning, and ran both to and from them. But, didn't get anything done on Thursday or Friday except doing some stair workouts during work. Today was supposed to be my long run. I'm so off my half marathon plan that I figured I'd just run 8 miles this morning and then figure out what I really should be doing for the next 6 weeks this afternoon. I managed 5 miles, then my nose was running, my throat felt like it had something in it and I kept coughing, my digestive system was in revolt, and my glasses wouldn't stay on my face. They kept sliding off. Oh and my knee hurt. I was more that 3 miles from home, so I ran/walked back home as best as I could. Even now, hours later, my legs (actually my whole body) still feel stiff and sore and I feel tired all over.
I have 6 weeks until my half marathon, so I need to figure out what to do now, come up with a plan, and get myself together.0 -
Whew, it was a busy week of training but I made it all the way through without skipping a run. My knee is feeling better but not 100% back to normal yet. I ran 38.5 miles last week which is a new high. And I just hit 140 miles for the month. By Thursday I should be over 150 for July. Yesterday I started something new with my long runs. I did 50 minutes at an easy pace and 50 minutes at my goal marathon pace, followed by a 1-mile cooldown. It was pretty warm & humid and I did the first 50 a little too fast but nailed my marathon pace for the 2nd 50 minutes. But it was much too hard of an effort. Next week I will back off the pace a little and see how that goes. Each week the marathon pace section will get longer. I keep increasing for 3 weeks then back down to a much slower long run, then repeat the process.0
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Did a spontaneous trail 5k on Saturday. First half of the race rocked and then my sinuses decided to choke me. Once I was able to breathe again, about 30 people had passed me and I wasn't able to get my mojo back. :grumble:
I've got to get this figured out. My quads still feel shredded, though that might be from the swimming and hopscotch that was part of my Sunday.0 -
I've been running up and down the stairs at the hospital where I've been with my Mom since Friday morning. She's on the 3rd floor and I have been avoiding the elevators so I'd get some exercise. Hoping she gets to go home tomorrow and I'll be able to make it back to my home by the weekend. I did run the block to the neighborhood CVS last night. Can't wait to get back at it!0
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I've been forgetting to check in, but still going. I did a short 2 mile hill run the middle of last week, and then I did 5.33 miles on Saturday in 54 min without stopping or walking, which was my goal for the day. I was tempted to run tonight, but one of my calves feels weird since my run on Saturday, so I did some upper body circuit training and as always, getting those 10,000+ steps in.0
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Intervals and a 5k run afterwoods
1200m warmup, 2x 200/200, 3x 400/400 1x 800/400, 2x 200/200 and 400 cooldown (which I sorta forgot)
Not entirely sure of what paces I ran, just ran by feel and towards the end it hurt but it was good. Then the 5k with friends, which came in at 26:37 with a fairly fast finish, with the last 300m under 4min/km pace
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Okay today I did 10K (actually 6.39 miles to be exact), I felt pretty good. I'm trying to be more conscious of my form, and it seems to help. I finished in 1 hour 3 minutes, my pace was an average of 9:52 per mile. I felt as if I could have gone a little faster but I really wanted to do 10K without stopping or walking and was afraid I would burn myself out too quickly.0
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Okay today I did 10K (actually 6.39 miles to be exact), I felt pretty good. I'm trying to be more conscious of my form, and it seems to help. I finished in 1 hour 3 minutes, my pace was an average of 9:52 per mile. I felt as if I could have gone a little faster but I really wanted to do 10K without stopping or walking and was afraid I would burn myself out too quickly.
Great, great job and good time. Learning the correct pacing for longer runs is the key to successful races down the road.0 -
Tim thanks for the info!
Varda hope you can get your sinus/allergy thing figured out.
I ran 2 miles yesterday after 9 days off. It felt good to be out there again. Two miles felt like enough. Worked some hills into my route but kept it at an easy pace.0 -
Did W1D1 of C25K with a friend this morning. Those of you who have done that already know how much fun that is! Let my friend set the pace and the first running interval I looked at my Garmin to see the pace and we were running 10:03. Told her that was pretty fast (first time runner!) so she backed off a little. She did so awesome. At the end she was pleasantly surprised by how good she felt and said "I could do this." No aspirations to be a runner - really is looking at this as a way to get in better shape. She had trail running shoes, which weren't ideal on the track, so I sent her with a pair of my retired Brooks to try out. We went 2.01 miles so an average pace of 15:00 min/mile.0
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Great run last night. 3.1 in 41 minutes. It was getting dark by the time I left the office, so I did some paved paths right next to Faramir trail. I wanted to do the rail trail (flat) but didn't have time. It ended up being sooo much fun. Sometimes running is everything you need it to be, you know.
Still need to figure out the snot issue, but ALL the other problems that I've had this year seem to have vanished. Recovery is still a little slow, but I think I can SLOWLY start building up again. I felt good last night and feel really fresh today. I'll take it!0 -
Did W1D1 of C25K with a friend this morning. Those of you who have done that already know how much fun that is! Let my friend set the pace and the first running interval I looked at my Garmin to see the pace and we were running 10:03. Told her that was pretty fast (first time runner!) so she backed off a little. She did so awesome. At the end she was pleasantly surprised by how good she felt and said "I could do this." No aspirations to be a runner - really is looking at this as a way to get in better shape. She had trail running shoes, which weren't ideal on the track, so I sent her with a pair of my retired Brooks to try out. We went 2.01 miles so an average pace of 15:00 min/mile.
I forgot about your injury. This might be good for you right now too.
Also, she NEEDS to get to a running store. No wonder running has sucked for her.0 -
Did W1D1 of C25K with a friend this morning. Those of you who have done that already know how much fun that is! Let my friend set the pace and the first running interval I looked at my Garmin to see the pace and we were running 10:03. Told her that was pretty fast (first time runner!) so she backed off a little. She did so awesome. At the end she was pleasantly surprised by how good she felt and said "I could do this." No aspirations to be a runner - really is looking at this as a way to get in better shape. She had trail running shoes, which weren't ideal on the track, so I sent her with a pair of my retired Brooks to try out. We went 2.01 miles so an average pace of 15:00 min/mile.
I forgot about your injury. This might be good for you right now too.
Also, she NEEDS to get to a running store. No wonder running has sucked for her.
Yeah I told her that my "reward" for competing Week 1 was good running shoes. I had a history of buying new outfits, etc. every time I was going to work out and then not actually stick with the plan, but I figured after the end of week 1 I would know whether I was likely to keep with it or not.0 -
Great run last night. 3.1 in 41 minutes. It was getting dark by the time I left the office, so I did some paved paths right next to Faramir trail. I wanted to do the rail trail (flat) but didn't have time. It ended up being sooo much fun. Sometimes running is everything you need it to be, you know.
Still need to figure out the snot issue, but ALL the other problems that I've had this year seem to have vanished. Recovery is still a little slow, but I think I can SLOWLY start building up again. I felt good last night and feel really fresh today. I'll take it!
I'm so happy to read this.0 -
Sounds like you're moving again Laura. Great! Glad that you were able to get out with your friend and hope she continues. I was a little disappointed that my running with my sister during the Christmas break didn't encourage her to keep going, but also didn't expect it as it was my idea, not hers. I was glad that she was willing to at least do the first week of C25K before she went home.
Glad you're getting the runs in too, Varda, despite the allergies.
Go Tim, Joe, taeliesyn and Dave!
I'm still having difficulty getting back into my training for my half marathon. My plan was to run 3 mile Monday (did it and added a hard exercise class), 3 miles on Tuesday with my trainer workout, 5 miles on Wednesday, and then 10 miles on Friday. I have a flyball tournament this weekend, so running any real distance is off then. Well as I said I got the Monday and Tuesday in, and Wednesday and today have been just beautiful days to run with unusual cooler weather, but I haven't gotten out.
I seem to have contacted poison ivy somewhere. My belly, legs, and less so, my face have broken out and I itch terribly. I've been having trouble sleeping for 3 or 4 days and feel rotten. Last night I convinced myself that skipping the evening run, going to bed, and then tackling it in the morning would be a good idea, except I didn't sleep well, yet again, over slept and was (very) late to work. Tomorrow is an off day for me, so I'm going to try to sleep well tonight and get that 10 mile one in, no matter what, even if I have to walk some of it!0 -
I did it! I'm so happy! I got on the rail-trail and ran 5.5 miles, then just walked leisurely around as I ate Bonk Breaker (from my Stride Box) and drank some water. Then I noticed that there was a ranger station right there along the rail-trail with public restrooms! Yeah! Used the rest room then ran home, I started walking when I got close the the end, but covered 10.5 miles running! My plan was for 10 miles.0
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I did it! I'm so happy! I got on the rail-trail and ran 5.5 miles, then just walked leisurely around as I ate Bonk Breaker (from my Stride Box) and drank some water. Then I noticed that there was a ranger station right there along the rail-trail with public restrooms! Yeah! Used the rest room then ran home, I started walking when I got close the the end, but covered 10.5 miles running! My plan was for 10 miles.
Woo hoo!
I was gunna make up my missed run this week today, but it doesn't look likely.0 -
I did it! I'm so happy! I got on the rail-trail and ran 5.5 miles, then just walked leisurely around as I ate Bonk Breaker (from my Stride Box) and drank some water. Then I noticed that there was a ranger station right there along the rail-trail with public restrooms! Yeah! Used the rest room then ran home, I started walking when I got close the the end, but covered 10.5 miles running! My plan was for 10 miles.
That's awesome! And I love the name Bonk Breaker. How was it?0 -
The Bonk Breaker was a small dense blueberry oat cake. It tasted fine and was good on my stomach and nice to have as 10 miles takes me a while. I wouldn't have wanted to try to eat it without water though. If I see it in a store I would probably buy it for future runs, but I'm not going to make an effort to order it special. An oatmeal cookie would probably do the same thing, although the cookie would probably be more crumbly and harder to carry.0
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