October Goals
230137isntmyweight
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Happy first day of October! I have a few goals for the month that I'm going to put in writing to keep me committed. Please feel free to comment or to add your own goals to this thread.
October Goals:
1.) Complete Harbor 10k (Oct 20th) in 1:30 (good), 1:25(great), or 1:20 (the moon and stars aligned just for me...)
2.) Complete at least 50 miles of training runs this month.
3.) Get back to running 4 days a week. This last month has been hit or miss what with the move and adjusting to a different weather system.
October Goals:
1.) Complete Harbor 10k (Oct 20th) in 1:30 (good), 1:25(great), or 1:20 (the moon and stars aligned just for me...)
2.) Complete at least 50 miles of training runs this month.
3.) Get back to running 4 days a week. This last month has been hit or miss what with the move and adjusting to a different weather system.
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Great goals, I hope your 10k goes well.
I am running with my kids this month so my goal is to keep them motivated!
I also want to do more cycling and weight lifting. Cycling is weather dependent where I live so that might not be possible but I will do my best.0 -
1.) Complete Harbor 10k (Oct 20th)
Good luck on your 10K! Those are great goals for the month.
For me, I just want to get over this injury while slowly building my mileage back up at the same time. I have a 10-mile race on 10/27 and I want to be able to run the entire distance. My longest run was 9 miles right before the injury.0 -
I want to finish my half marathon. That's it. Just avoid getting kicked off the course.0
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@romyhorse How old are your kids? Our seven year old keeps on asking to run with either me or my husband but we're not sure if he's ready to start. I'd like to see him give it a try though.
Timeaster I hope you can get back into your groove and complete your 10 miler. I'll be ecstatic when I can do six miles and not feel like it was a big deal.
Vardaeml What 1/2 are you doing? I've got one in mid Jan, which I'm slowly working up to. Do you have a time goal in mind or just want to run it the entire way?0 -
@romyhorse How old are your kids? Our seven year old keeps on asking to run with either me or my husband but we're not sure if he's ready to start. I'd like to see him give it a try though.
Timeaster I hope you can get back into your groove and complete your 10 miler. I'll be ecstatic when I can do six miles and not feel like it was a big deal.
Vardaeml What 1/2 are you doing? I've got one in mid Jan, which I'm slowly working up to. Do you have a time goal in mind or just want to run it the entire way?
I had a time goal but right now I just want to finish.
Here's an article for encouraging younger runners: http://www.health.com/health/article/0,,20411921,00.html0 -
I am officially starting to bridge to 10K today. I've been "playing around" by running slightly longer than 5K for a few weeks now but not following an official program. Today I start with the program.
Great goals!
Good luck in your 10K, mtdewaddict!
Varda, I'm rooting for you to finish your marathon. When is it?
Timeasterday, I hope you recover from your injury and run the 10 mile race.
You are all such good motivators.0 -
I am officially starting to bridge to 10K today. I've been "playing around" by running slightly longer than 5K for a few weeks now but not following an official program. Today I start with the program.
Great goals!
Good luck in your 10K, mtdewaddict!
Varda, I'm rooting for you to finish your marathon. When is it?
Timeasterday, I hope you recover from your injury and run the 10 mile race.
You are all such good motivators.
October 26th.0 -
I really need an October goal. Right now all I can think is "stay sane." I am still mourning the loss of my summer workout schedule and the flexibility 15 hours of daylight gave.0
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Great goals all!
Let's see...I want to run a 5K for W8D1
Increase mileage through a bridge to 10K after I get the 5K distance, to prepare for my first 5k on Nov 9th.
Been looking at smartcoach for a training plan for a half that I would like to attempt on May 10, so I am doing the bridge thingy until I have a 5K time to enter into the prompts, since my mile time seems like it makes an excessive training plan.0 -
Great goals all!
Let's see...I want to run a 5K for W8D1
Increase mileage through a bridge to 10K after I get the 5K distance, to prepare for my first 5k on Nov 9th.
Been looking at smartcoach for a training plan for a half that I would like to attempt on May 10, so I am doing the bridge thingy until I have a 5K time to enter into the prompts, since my mile time seems like it makes an excessive training plan.
Rduhlir (Becky) is running a half on October 1st and I'm running one on October 26th.
I can tell you that it looks excessive because it kind of needs to be. It's where the sheer distance becomes tough. WALKING 13 miles would be hard. And then there's the .1. I mean, I drive 14.5 miles to work every day - I wouldn't even consider doing it on a bicycle - and I'll be running it in three weeks.
Not that I'm discouraging you in any way. However, based on my experience, I'd get my weekly mileage up to 15 miles/week before starting training and I'd be more prepared for the demands. A lot of people on the various boards complain about being a little burned out on running about 4 weeks from race date and I've joined them.
Hal Higdon and Jeff Galloway have to two most popular plans, so I'd look at those over Runner's World as well.0 -
@romyhorse How old are your kids? Our seven year old keeps on asking to run with either me or my husband but we're not sure if he's ready to start. I'd like to see him give it a try though.
Timeaster I hope you can get back into your groove and complete your 10 miler. I'll be ecstatic when I can do six miles and not feel like it was a big deal.
Vardaeml What 1/2 are you doing? I've got one in mid Jan, which I'm slowly working up to. Do you have a time goal in mind or just want to run it the entire way?
My son is 11 and my daughter just turned 10 today! So far they have been really great about getting up at 6am to run before school, how long that will last I don't know. My daughter did up to week 7 of c25k with me at the beginning of the year but she had a couple of weeks off with a bad cold and never really got back into it. I'm hoping they will both get to the end and carry on running a couple of times a week. My next 10k is in March and I am entering them in the kids race, I think they are quite excited about it.0 -
Rduhlir (Becky) is running a half on October 1st and I'm running one on October 26th.
I can tell you that it looks excessive because it kind of needs to be. It's where the sheer distance becomes tough. WALKING 13 miles would be hard. And then there's the .1. I mean, I drive 14.5 miles to work every day - I wouldn't even consider doing it on a bicycle - and I'll be running it in three weeks.
Not that I'm discouraging you in any way. However, based on my experience, I'd get my weekly mileage up to 15 miles/week before starting training and I'd be more prepared for the demands. A lot of people on the various boards complain about being a little burned out on running about 4 weeks from race date and I've joined them.
Hal Higdon and Jeff Galloway have to two most popular plans, so I'd look at those over Runner's World as well.
The training plans thus far seem to go no longer than 24 weeks in advance...so that puts me around Nov 25th to start one..i figured doing the rundouble 5k to 10k til that time will help to increase mileage before i start.. i think week one is 5 repeats of 8 min running and 1 min walking....then 4 repeats of 12 and 1, 3 repeats of 18 and 1, 2 repeats of 27 and 3, 2 repeats of 30 and 3, then 60 minutes...it's about 8 weeks til I can start a training plan for a half...and I figured that this bridge would get mileage up and increase running time before i hit the plan...
the reason i thought the plan was excessive is because I ran (3) 1 mile for time over the course of 2 days and had an average time of 6:43... The race pace for the half marathon was mindblowing, so i felt that an actual timed 5K event would be a more reasonable assessment for the program than a 1 mile sprint.0 -
Rduhlir (Becky) is running a half on October 1st and I'm running one on October 26th.
I can tell you that it looks excessive because it kind of needs to be. It's where the sheer distance becomes tough. WALKING 13 miles would be hard. And then there's the .1. I mean, I drive 14.5 miles to work every day - I wouldn't even consider doing it on a bicycle - and I'll be running it in three weeks.
Not that I'm discouraging you in any way. However, based on my experience, I'd get my weekly mileage up to 15 miles/week before starting training and I'd be more prepared for the demands. A lot of people on the various boards complain about being a little burned out on running about 4 weeks from race date and I've joined them.
Hal Higdon and Jeff Galloway have to two most popular plans, so I'd look at those over Runner's World as well.
The training plans thus far seem to go no longer than 24 weeks in advance...so that puts me around Nov 25th to start one..i figured doing the rundouble 5k to 10k til that time will help to increase mileage before i start.. i think week one is 5 repeats of 8 min running and 1 min walking....then 4 repeats of 12 and 1, 3 repeats of 18 and 1, 2 repeats of 27 and 3, 2 repeats of 30 and 3, then 60 minutes...it's about 8 weeks til I can start a training plan for a half...and I figured that this bridge would get mileage up and increase running time before i hit the plan...
the reason i thought the plan was excessive is because I ran (3) 1 mile for time over the course of 2 days and had an average time of 6:43... The race pace for the half marathon was mindblowing, so i felt that an actual timed 5K event would be a more reasonable assessment for the program than a 1 mile sprint.
That's a freaking phenomenal one mile pace.
I put in my 10k time and saw a half marathon time of 2.5 hours. Reality is probably going to be just over 3 hours. The 10k was great. A 6 mile run is fun. But anything over 7 starts pushing the envelope. Over 9 and its force of will for the last couple miles.
Doing the 10k plan sounds like a great idea.0 -
Joe: I'm using B210k as a build-up for a half marathon plan as well. I'm hoping that this 10k that I'm doing in a few weeks gives me a pretty accurate time estimate.
Right now I'm holding pretty steady at a 4 mile run in Wk4 of the program. Next week is two 30 minute runs so I might make it up to a 4.5 or there abouts. Not really concerned with pace so much as just finishing both my 10k and my half with over 90% running. The cut off time for my half is a 16 minute mile so my goal pace is a 15 m/m just to be safe. Right now I'm at a 14 m/m on most runs so I'm ahead of the game. Anything else is gravy.0 -
Well...my goals don't technically belong in this group, but I love hanging out with you, so I'm staying.
My goal for the next three months is speed, working that speed up to 5K distance endurance-wise. Then, Jan-March, I will increase to 10K distance (I was already running 10K distances this summer, but at a slower pace than I would like). Then, April-June I will work on increasing to half-marathon distance.0 -
My goal for October is to get myself back on track. My still a little iffy goals for next year is a half Marathon in late April and then two sprint tris in August and September and with a planned 2 week trip to Poland right between the two tris. But first I need to seriously think about the half marathon. From what I understand all of these races fill and close pretty quickly with the half opening October 15th and the first tri at least opening in early November.
Can I do a half marathon, within the 3:30 time limit, by April? That's the question. At this point 5 miles is the most I've run, although I have done it twice without too much trouble. This month I'll finish the 5 to 10k (I hope) with a 5 mile run this weekend, a 5.5 mile next weekend and a 10k training run on either the 19th or 20th OR enter the 10k race that's an hour from my house on the 19th.0 -
Well...my goals don't technically belong in this group, but I love hanging out with you, so I'm staying.
My goal for the next three months is speed, working that speed up to 5K distance endurance-wise. Then, Jan-March, I will increase to 10K distance (I was already running 10K distances this summer, but at a slower pace than I would like). Then, April-June I will work on increasing to half-marathon distance.
I don't think anybody kicks you out
If anybody feels like trying to establish parameters for this group, I'd be happy to add my thoughts, but I'd rather not. 0 -
Can I do a half marathon, within the 3:30 time limit, by April? That's the question.
My answer is yes.0 -
Plexgut: Welcome (again) to the 10k side!!
Laura: I've embraced running in the dark, mostly because even in the summer I couldn't get out of the house until close to 9pm. Just get a reflective belt or a head light and go for it. It's nice and peaceful once the sun passes over the horizon.
Romny: So a bit older but not older teenagers. I'll check with his pediatrician to see what she would recommend and then out we go. He should be able to do the first week of C25k with no real issues.
Kathleen: Working on increasing your pace is great goal, doesn't matter if you do it at a smaller distance at first or not. And no one will kick you out of here because you're not doing B210k. I picture this more as a "I can do a 5k and I'd really like to do more/better but I'm not quite ready for my Nike sponsorship" group. If anyone here is ready for Nike to contact them can I please have a pair boys size 2 or actually men's size 2. My 7 year olds feet are constantly growing!!!
Btsinmd: Of course you can do the 1/2. I'm not sure about the tri's because I have no familiarity with the swimming portion but most walkers can do a 1/2 in 3:30 so it stands to reason that a runner or a run/walker can do it easily. You just have to believe that you can.0 -
Joe: I'm using B210k as a build-up for a half marathon plan as well. I'm hoping that this 10k that I'm doing in a few weeks gives me a pretty accurate time estimate.
Right now I'm holding pretty steady at a 4 mile run in Wk4 of the program. Next week is two 30 minute runs so I might make it up to a 4.5 or there abouts. Not really concerned with pace so much as just finishing both my 10k and my half with over 90% running. The cut off time for my half is a 16 minute mile so my goal pace is a 15 m/m just to be safe. Right now I'm at a 14 m/m on most runs so I'm ahead of the game. Anything else is gravy.
Sounds Fantastic!!..i hope to start my bridge middle of next week....i am a bit confused about "logging" miles ... I would think I'll be logging more miles with the bridge, but I have read elsewhere in the forums that only running counts towards mileage and it should not be broken up, so I will just do the bridge, forget about all the info about logging miles, til I start the training for the half0 -
Great goals, everyone and best of luck to those with races coming up!
This month I just need to get back on track - Last week of September I didn't get to run much as I was on holiday though I managed 3 x 2miles before I picked up a blinder of a chest infection which is still very much in attendance so my total mileage for October so far is a big fat zero. Plenty of room for improvement then lol
If I can run 5miles by the end of it, I'll be happy so I'll make that my goal. 0 -
Joe: I'm using B210k as a build-up for a half marathon plan as well. I'm hoping that this 10k that I'm doing in a few weeks gives me a pretty accurate time estimate.
Right now I'm holding pretty steady at a 4 mile run in Wk4 of the program. Next week is two 30 minute runs so I might make it up to a 4.5 or there abouts. Not really concerned with pace so much as just finishing both my 10k and my half with over 90% running. The cut off time for my half is a 16 minute mile so my goal pace is a 15 m/m just to be safe. Right now I'm at a 14 m/m on most runs so I'm ahead of the game. Anything else is gravy.
Sounds Fantastic!!..i hope to start my bridge middle of next week....i am a bit confused about "logging" miles ... I would think I'll be logging more miles with the bridge, but I have read elsewhere in the forums that only running counts towards mileage and it should not be broken up, so I will just do the bridge, forget about all the info about logging miles, til I start the training for the half
Long runs shouldn't be broken up, although there are other opinions (see articles below). For instance, you shouldn't do 6 miles in the morning and then 6 miles in the evening. However, running six miles to the coffee shop, drinking some coffee and running back home is not considered broken up. And, I mean, if you're out there for three hours training for a marathon, chances are that you'll need to pee sometime.
Jeff Galloway's marathon plan includes walking breaks and has gotten people Boston Qualified (BQ'd). I did an 11.7 mile run on Wednesday that was punctuated by waiting for traffic lights and included a one minute walking break at the turn around and a walking break when I hit a specific bridge, and a stop to refill my fuel belt with water. I've actually done more walking training for the half than I did previously.
You want to increase your running base: you want to get out there and increase the amount of time you are running each week. And you don't want to increase that by more than 10% each week. But running for 5 miles with a one minute walking break between each mile doesn't count less than 5 miles straight.
http://beta.active.com/running/Articles/Should-You-Split-Your-Long-Run?page=1
http://community.runnersworld.com/topic/splitting-up-mileage-on-long-run-days
(also, as an FYI, I walk between sprints when I do intervals and count it all as "running")0 -
Great goals, everyone and best of luck to those with races coming up!
This month I just need to get back on track - Last week of September I didn't get to run much as I was on holiday though I managed 3 x 2miles before I picked up a blinder of a chest infection which is still very much in attendance so my total mileage for October so far is a big fat zero. Plenty of room for improvement then lol
If I can run 5miles by the end of it, I'll be happy so I'll make that my goal.
Ugh. I had a similar thing happen with a sinus infection that turned into bronchitis. Becky got me back on track with a two mile run with a one minute walking break after each mile. After a week, I eliminated the walking break and started adding mileage again.0 -
Sorry I havent' posted lol. My half is next Sunday actually (Oct 13) and I sometimes feel prepared and sometimes don't. This weekend is my final long run (10 miles), and so far my long runs have been pretty good.
Varda, just focus on that finish. Don't worry about a time goal, just finish. If you have to Galloway it then just remember one mile/one min, one mile/one minute.
Yam, have you been walking at all. While walking isn't running, it will help keep some of that time on your feet. The good thing about running is once you have a basic base it is easy to pick it back up. Just start out with a mile or two and then go up from there.
Joe, I don't know where you get that it shouldn't be broken up? Walking is a huge benefit to running. There are several B210K apps, but all the ones I have seen have you running 10 min, walking one min, and then increasing the time ran until the last 2 weeks where you run completely. Never view walking as bad, it isn't. Walking is a wonderful tool to use and should not be thrown out (I am running/walking my half).
Kathleen: Working on pace is great! Most people schedule 5Ks 2 months apart to help view the improvement with 2 dedicated 5Ks a year. Good luck! Let us know your results!0 -
Well...my goals don't technically belong in this group, but I love hanging out with you, so I'm staying.
I kind of think of this group as "Bridge to 10K...and Beyond."
This week I started Hal Higdon's 15K training program. Although I'm going to incorporate some new cardio into my workout routine over the winter my trainer told me he still wants me running three times a week and gave me the okay to do this plan. Higdon has recovery weeks built in, including week 1, so just three 2 mile runs. Monday I had to split it into two 1-mile runs because of scheduling with my trainer, and Wednesday was 2 miles on the treadmill, but tomorrow's 2 mile run I plan to do hill repeats (on a fairly long loop so I'm estimating 5 or 6 times up the hill).0 -
I'm just scared, Becky. I run the numbers, it looks like I'll be fine. But those last couple miles kill me and I'm just scared.
There's going to be marathoners passing me toward the last third of the race, you know.0 -
My goals for October are to keep working on my 10k training. I'm not concerned with my speed, mainly working on building up my miles. This extends into November a bit, but when I finish the 10k program, I would like to figure out how best to work in a 4th day of running.
I have my 2nd 5k coming up on October 18th. This one is a flat course as opposed to the 6 or 7 hills in the first one, so it should be a little easier.0 -
I hear ya Varda. I am nervious as hell, but trust your program. I trust mine. Go out there, settle in your pace and enjoy your run. Dont' get carried away, stick to the back of the pack, go potty befor hand, etc...
I had speedies pass me in the 5Ks, this is no different. Remember, save your energy for the last 1/3 of the race. Keep your head up, you are finishing a half marathon this year! A year ago you weren't even breaking 3 miles!0 -
My goals for October are to keep working on my 10k training. I'm not concerned with my speed, mainly working on building up my miles. This extends into November a bit, but when I finish the 10k program, I would like to figure out how best to work in a 4th day of running.
I have my 2nd 5k coming up on October 18th. This one is a flat course as opposed to the 6 or 7 hills in the first one, so it should be a little easier.
You are going to suprise yourself with the flat course. Hills are speed sessions in drag!0 -
I hear ya Varda. I am nervious as hell, but trust your program. I trust mine. Go out there, settle in your pace and enjoy your run. Dont' get carried away, stick to the back of the pack, go potty befor hand, etc...
I had speedies pass me in the 5Ks, this is no different. Remember, save your energy for the last 1/3 of the race. Keep your head up, you are finishing a half marathon this year! A year ago you weren't even breaking 3 miles!
LOL. I started C25k on November 18. A year ago today I was sure I'd never be a runner. I guess I find out for sure in three weeks..,0
