October Running Challenge

marisas80

October Goal: 50 miles
10/7: 2 miles
10/9: 3 miles
10/11: 2 miles
10/12: 4 miles-11 miles for week 1

golfbrew_matt

Coming down with a cold but still making progress!

blabrecque_xo

Goal: 31 miles

10/6: 3.73 miles
10/7: 1.52 miles
10/8: 2.05 miles
10/12: 2.50 miles

Total: 9.80 miles

ddmom0811

Oct 1 - 3.5
Oct 3 - 3.25
Oct 6 - 3.5
Oct 8 - 3.5
Oct 10 - 3.25
Oct 13 - 3.25
20.25/35

skippygirlsmom

10/1 - rest
10/2 - 7.28 miles
10/3 - 3.8 miles
10/4 - rest
10/5 - 7.53 miles
10/6 - 6 miles
10/7 - 6 miles
10/8 - normal rest day
10/9 - 7.49 miles
10/10 - 6.96 miles - my hill course
10/11 - 4.83 miles
10/12 - rest
10/13 - 9 miles - My longest run ever!
Total: 58.89 miles out of 70

fabnine

nocull wrote: »

10/1: Distance - 1 mile; Time - 12:00
10/2: Distance - 1.75 miles; Time - 21:00
10/3: Distance - 2 miles; Time - 24:00
10/4: Distance - 2.25 miles; Time - 27:00
10/5: Distance - 2.5 miles; Time - 30:00
10/6: Distance - 2.5 miles; Time - 30:00
10/7: Distance - 0.75 miles; Time - 10:00 (REST)
10/8: Distance - 2.5 miles; Time - 30:00
10/9: Distance - 2.75 miles; Time - 33:00
10/10: Distance - 2.75 miles; Time - 33:00
10/11: Distance - 2.75 miles; Time - 33:00
10/12: Distance - 3 miles; Time - 36:00
Total: 26.5 miles
Finally I'm up to three miles! The first mile was really hard though; my shins felt really stiff and my heart kept fluttering? I don't know how to describe it really.

I love the way your mileage keeps increasing, just a wee bit farther each day. Nice work!
It sounds like you're new(ish) to running, occasional rest days & stretching will help with the shins. Be careful if you think you are feeling your heart though. You should never push yourself that hard. Sorry, I'll stop being a worry mommy now.

grapefruitannie wrote: »

Nearly there: Surprised how much I do actually run - Well I use that term loosely - my pace is still only 12-14 mm But I can do 5 miles in one trip now

Don't worry about your pace, you're running 5 miles! As your mileage increases, your running will eventually get easier & faster. Watch, one day soon you'll go out for a little 3 miler & think, "Wow- That was quick!" Then you'll realize how hard you used to think 3 miles was & feel like a superstar. (*)

lawlorka

I'm joining late, but used to do this challenge a few months ago and have been lazy of late, so need some accountability!

bkbenda

10/1 – 3.26 miles
10/2 – Rest day before 13.1
10/3 – Rest day before 13.1
10/4 – 13.36 miles – 1st Half Marathon competed! Goal met! (2:26:19)
10/5 – Rest day
10/6 – 4.06 miles
10/7 – 3.81 miles
10/8 – 4.08 miles
10/9 – 8.35 miles
10/10 – 3.17 miles – Jaxtober Fest 5K
10/11 – Rest day
10/12 – 6.01 miles
10/13 – 3.37 miles

shanaber

Date Ran Total
10/01 - 0.00 0.00
10/02 - 4.17 4.17
10/03 - 4.15 8.32
10/04 - 0.00 8.32
10/05 - 2.00 10.32
10/06 - 4.14 14.46
10/07 - 0.00 14.46
10/08 - 3.55 18.01
10/09 - 0.00 18.01
10/10 - 3.45 21.46
10/11 - 0.00 21.46
10/12 -13.10 34.56



Completed the 1st half of the month just 1 minute over my time from last year. Coming off 4 months of recovery and little running, I am extremely pleased! Today will be a good walk to loosen up all that is so tight today!

ameliad87

10/3: Easy 3
10/4: "Long" run: 5.5
10/6: Easy 3 plus 8 strides = 3.9
10/7: 3.5: speedwork on dreadmill
10/10: Easy 3
10/11: 6 miles! Longest I've ever ran so far!

Crap...I'm doing something wrong with the new forums, and my ticker isn't updating on here.

So, that's 24.9 out of 70 mile goal!

shanaber

nocull wrote: »

Finally I'm up to three miles! The first mile was really hard though; my shins felt really stiff and my heart kept fluttering? I don't know how to describe it really.

Awesome job hitting 3 miles! If you are wearing a HR monitor keep an eye on where your HR is. You maybe pushing it too high and make sure you are breathing well and regularly. You may want to stop and stretch out your calves midway to help your shins feel better. As you hit that 3 miles more often it will get easier and easier and next thing you know you will be at 4 miles!

jdhcm2006

Clocked in 2.5 miles yesterday. Taking me to 33.5/50.

Quick question:

I am new to jogging (I started jogging on 9/21/14 - and I did 3 miles). And I plan on doing a 5k in December; however, is it reasonable to think I'd be able to do 15k instead of 5k? I plan on training 3 days a week, and this past Saturday, I was able to jog a 4.16 miles comfortably in 35 minutes. I did take small walking breaks here and there, but I jogged for 95% of it.

Thoughts or suggestions?

Remus42

Oct 1 - 5k
Oct2 - 5k
Oct 3 - rest day
Oct 4- 7k
Oct 5 - rest day
Oct 6 - 6k
Oct 7 - rest day
Oct 8 - 1 hour of swimming (got to love the cross training)
Oct 9 - 5.5k
Oct 10 - rest day
Oct 11- 5.5k
Oct 12 - Work ( I'm a nurse and on my feet all day. I walked over 7k at work today)
Oct 13- 5.5k

Total distance 39.5k
Goal 90k only 50.5k more to go.

fabnine

jdhcm2006 wrote: »

Quick question:

I am new to jogging (I started jogging on 9/21/14 - and I did 3 miles). And I plan on doing a 5k in December; however, is it reasonable to think I'd be able to do 15k instead of 5k? I plan on training 3 days a week, and this past Saturday, I was able to jog a 4.16 miles comfortably in 35 minutes. I did take small walking breaks here and there, but I jogged for 95% of it.

Thoughts or suggestions?

You started running less than a month ago & can already run 4miles, great work!
Racing 15K in December? I want to tell you yes, but maybe? As a newer runner this is when your eagerness is most likely to cause an injury by over training. As a general rule we're not supposed to increase our miles by more than 10% each week. (Don't look at my running log- sometimes I'm a BAD example.) I'd suggest looking into a training program to decide if it looked manageable to you. Perhaps Hal Higdon I think it's 10 weeks though, so you're cuttin' this close.
The most important questions will be:
1)How well do you listen to your body? Will you be able to say to yourself, 'I really want to do this but I really need to rest,' then actually choose to rest?
and 2)If you choose to try for the 15K but discover you're really not ready & either can't race, race but DNF, or race but finish slower than you'd like what will that do to you?
We always need to have a goal, and I love outrageous goals, but when you're just starting out why not set yourself up to WIN?
Just my two cents-but I'm nobody. So everyone else???

harpere87

After my half marathon upped my miles!

skippygirlsmom

fabnine wrote: »

jdhcm2006 wrote: »

You started running less than a month ago & can already run 4miles, great work!
Racing 15K in December? I want to tell you yes, but maybe? As a newer runner this is when your eagerness is most likely to cause an injury by over training. As a general rule we're not supposed to increase our miles by more than 10% each week. (Don't look at my running log- sometimes I'm a BAD example.) I'd suggest looking into a training program to decide if it looked manageable to you. Perhaps Hal Higdon I think it's 10 weeks though, so you're cuttin' this close.
The most important questions will be:
1)How well do you listen to your body? Will you be able to say to yourself, 'I really want to do this but I really need to rest,' then actually choose to rest?
and 2)If you choose to try for the 15K but discover you're really not ready & either can't race, race but DNF, or race but finish slower than you'd like what will that do to you?
We always need to have a goal, and I love outrageous goals, but when you're just starting out why not set yourself up to WIN?
Just my two cents-but I'm nobody. So everyone else???

I completely agree with this ^^^. I saw you posted the question elsewhere and decided to stick to 5Ks and train for a 10K for now. That is probably the best plan.

shanaber

fabnine wrote: »

jdhcm2006 wrote: »

Quick question:

I am new to jogging (I started jogging on 9/21/14 - and I did 3 miles). And I plan on doing a 5k in December; however, is it reasonable to think I'd be able to do 15k instead of 5k? I plan on training 3 days a week, and this past Saturday, I was able to jog a 4.16 miles comfortably in 35 minutes. I did take small walking breaks here and there, but I jogged for 95% of it.

Thoughts or suggestions?

You started running less than a month ago & can already run 4miles, great work!
Racing 15K in December? I want to tell you yes, but maybe? As a newer runner this is when your eagerness is most likely to cause an injury by over training. As a general rule we're not supposed to increase our miles by more than 10% each week. (Don't look at my running log- sometimes I'm a BAD example.) I'd suggest looking into a training program to decide if it looked manageable to you. Perhaps Hal Higdon I think it's 10 weeks though, so you're cuttin' this close.
The most important questions will be:
1)How well do you listen to your body? Will you be able to say to yourself, 'I really want to do this but I really need to rest,' then actually choose to rest?
and 2)If you choose to try for the 15K but discover you're really not ready & either can't race, race but DNF, or race but finish slower than you'd like what will that do to you?
We always need to have a goal, and I love outrageous goals, but when you're just starting out why not set yourself up to WIN?
Just my two cents-but I'm nobody. So everyone else???

I agree - set yourself up for success. Do the 5k, have fun and enjoy it, give your body time to get prepared for a 10k or 15k and go from there. You may never want to do another 5k or you may find you love it but either way you need to give your body time to catch up with your brain (and endorphins)!

jdhcm2006

Thanks @fabnine and @skippygirlsmom for the advice.

I did decide to stick with signing up for the 5k, and just training like I want to complete a 10k, so by next year, I will be able to do a 10k or 15k. I definitely do not want to injure myself b/c then I would have to start back from scratch.

I've been working out since Feb, and so far I have been able to avoid injury. I do make sure that I listen to my body, and I'll admit that I got super eager in the beginning, and I ran 3 days in a row, which was a mistake. I learned from that, and now know that I need to have a rest day in between runs.

I'll also admit that I probably when too hard during my first outside run b/c my heart rate was spiking out of control during some parts. I have since paced myself, so I can generally keep my HR at a steady pace while jogging now. So I have been learning from my errors.

grapefruitannie

fabnine wrote: »

nocull wrote: »

10/1: Distance - 1 mile; Time - 12:00
10/2: Distance - 1.75 miles; Time - 21:00
10/3: Distance - 2 miles; Time - 24:00
10/4: Distance - 2.25 miles; Time - 27:00
10/5: Distance - 2.5 miles; Time - 30:00
10/6: Distance - 2.5 miles; Time - 30:00
10/7: Distance - 0.75 miles; Time - 10:00 (REST)
10/8: Distance - 2.5 miles; Time - 30:00
10/9: Distance - 2.75 miles; Time - 33:00
10/10: Distance - 2.75 miles; Time - 33:00
10/11: Distance - 2.75 miles; Time - 33:00
10/12: Distance - 3 miles; Time - 36:00
Total: 26.5 miles
Finally I'm up to three miles! The first mile was really hard though; my shins felt really stiff and my heart kept fluttering? I don't know how to describe it really.

I love the way your mileage keeps increasing, just a wee bit farther each day. Nice work!
It sounds like you're new(ish) to running, occasional rest days & stretching will help with the shins. Be careful if you think you are feeling your heart though. You should never push yourself that hard. Sorry, I'll stop being a worry mommy now.

Totally agree you are doing fab and your times are fantastic xx

grapefruitannie wrote: »

Nearly there: Surprised how much I do actually run - Well I use that term loosely - my pace is still only 12-14 mm But I can do 5 miles in one trip now

Don't worry about your pace, you're running 5 miles! As your mileage increases, your running will eventually get easier & faster. Watch, one day soon you'll go out for a little 3 miler & think, "Wow- That was quick!" Then you'll realize how hard you used to think 3 miles was & feel like a superstar. (*)

Thanks hun xx

ShortMrsN

3/10 - 8.27km
5/10 - 6.45km
8/10 - 6.45km
9/10 - 8.54km
10/10-11.11km
14/10-10.11km

Half way there!! But I have pinched my sciatic nerve and it is being a pain in the knee!! (saves the hip and butt pain for night time!!) Missed my Sunday run hoping 3 rest days in a row would help, but nope Can still run just slows my pace down a bit.

traci9028

10-2 - 2.00
10-5 - 1.25
10-6 - .87
10-10 - 1.13
10-10 - 4.25
10-13 - 2.04

Goal - 31 miles in 31 days.

Stoshew71

Date Miles today. Miles for October
10/1 - 6.5 miles - 6.5
10/2 - 7 miles - 13.5
10/3 - 6.5 miles - 20
10/4 - No logging but I did do the Warrior Dash in Pulaski, TN
10/5 - REST DAY (enjoyed a nice hike with my wife instead)
10/6 - 10 miles - 30
10/7 - 7 miles - 37
10/8 - 6.2 miles - 43.2 miles
10/9 - 7 miles - 50.2
10/10 - 6.5 miles - 56.7
10/11 - 16 miles - 72.7
10/12 - REST DAY
10/13 - 10 miles - 82.7

saturnina8

Goal for October: 15 Miles

10/7: 1.9 Miles (Treadmill)
10/9: 1.6 Miles (Treadmill)
10/11: 2.4 Miles (Outside)
10/13: 2.6 Miles (Outside)

LoneWolfRunner

Date Distance Total
10/01 = REST (0.00)
10/02 = 5.00 (5.00)
10/03 = 7.00 (12.00) Hit 1,500 miles for the year so far
10/04 = 3.75 (15.75)
10/05 = REST (15.75) Tapering sucks.
10/06 = 6.00 (21.75)
10/07 = 5.00 (26.75)
10/08 = REST (26.75) Tapering still sucks.
10/09 = REST (26.75) Sunday's race cannot get here soon enough.
10/10 = REST (26.75)
10/11 = REST (26.75)
10/12 = 38.00 (64.75) This was supposed to be 50... DNF....fail
10/13 = REST (64.75)

Runningmischka

10/01 = 7 miles, outdoors
10/02 = 0 miles, strength training
10/03 = 8 miles, outdoors
10/04 = 0 miles, rest day
10/05 = 10 miles, outdoors
10/06 = 6 miles, outdoors
10/07 = 0 miles, strength training
10/08 = 7 miles, outdoors. Watched the Lunar Eclipse!!!
10/09 = 0 miles, strength training
10/10 = 0 miles, rest day. Oh how I needed this!!! 
10/11 = 4.5 miles on the dreadmill; 4.5 outdoors. Liked the later one much better!
10/12 = 6 miles, outdoors
10/13 = 5.5 miles, dreadmill

fabnine

DATE :: MILES :: TOTAL
Oct 1 :: 4.3 & 7.2 :: 11.5
Oct 2 :: 5.2 easy :: 16.7
Oct 3 :: 6.1 & 6.6 :: 29.4
Oct 4 :: 1.1 :: 30.5 just keeping my streak
Oct 5 :: 13.5 :: 44
Oct 6 :: 7 & 3.1 :: 54.1
Oct 7 :: 1streak :: 55.1
Oct 8 :: 5.1 rain :: 60.2
Oct 9 :: 14.3 :: 74.5
Oct 10:: 3.3 easy :: 77.8
Oct 11:: 1streak :: 78.8
Oct 12:: 3.5 easy :: 82.3
Oct 13:: 7.3 & 2.1:: 91.7 Half way to goal

kdeaux1959

OK. Was doing this during late Spring and Summer. Mom passed in July and then marching band season hit us hard (I'm a band director). So Now, I'm back in. I'll start off with a light challenge as we continue the downhill side of marching band.... 20 mile goal for now.
10/13/14: 1.5 miles - 18.5 to go.

golfbrew_matt

Another run in the books.

BChanFit

10/4: 9 miles
10/5: 10 miles
10/7: 2 miles
10/8: 3 miles
10/12: 6 miles

gabbo34

Going for 50 miles this month. Started running in July, first 5k in September. Doing one a month through the end of the year, currently training for 10k next spring....