Daily Check In Thread -- 10k+ version
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I haven't been around for ages. I'm still running consistently but have nothing to add here. The summer heat is hard on me (and others, I know....I'm not a special snowflake
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I'm very pleased at having made it through the summer consistently running at least 5K. I have had to walk a minute every now and again on the hotter hot days but I kept running until I'd covered 5K of running time/distance. No cutting corners on that. On the cooler hot days, I tried for 6K and often did that.
This past week has been incredible. I ran a 7K....the first since the spring! I was thrilled that I could still achieve that. Then today, I ran 5K in 37:34....a Personal Best!! I've broken the 38 minute wall a couple of times but only by a few seconds; not a half minute! Things bode well in my running world. A 35 minute (or less) 5K may be in the picture by the end of the winter!0 -
Welcome back and congratulations on pushing your envelope. I hope your running goes well during the fall and you get to where you want to be at the end of winter0
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I ran yesterday. 8.42 miles running plus warm-up and cool down. The first 5 miles were great. Then my legs and feet started complaining. I had no choice but to keep going because I was running an out and back course. I ended up walking a few times, but still managed an 11:19 pace. Looking back, I know my struggle yesterday had everything to do with the 40 miles I rode on Saturday. Must remember that I can't do long ride and long run back to back!
Anyway, that was my longest run to date!
Hope everyone else is enjoying weather as good as we had yesterday!0 -
Ceci
Well done, extreme cross training, now if you did some swimming as well, you could start triathlons. :bigsmile:
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Ceci
Well done, extreme cross training, now if you did some swimming as well, you could start triathlons. :bigsmile:
Have fun and well done on persevering
I'm a terrible swimmer, but that is on my list of things I need to improve. I'll probably do a duathlon next year. There's a local one that is run 5k, ride 15k, run 5k.0 -
With 3 months before your official start of your HM Robbie, you could come close to doing that program twice if you wanted.
As you don't want to over do it, take a week off with just some gentle runs Perhaps the 'pre training' amount they list. Head into the program and run through till around week 8-10 (depending on how things go) have another easy week or two and then start over with the focused deadline.
Great week for your running Patrya! Even if it's just a little I ran 5k today, or I ran 10m you can still update here. Don't need to be smashing records to keep us entertained
Romy, good running on a full stomach! Not good idea, but well done for sticking to your program/plan.
I'm sure you'll rock your duathalon Ceci! Long Ride+Long Run.. well that's one way to cross train the accumulated fatigue into the legs if you're planning on chasing some big miles down the track!
Saturday I ran Tough Mudder... well didn't run too much actually. Course supposedly 20km. Best GPS route I've found of it was 15.5, but you don't expect certified for these things. Took me 4 hours or so, but that's because I joined in with a team and one of our guys got mega cramps about 6-10k in, so it was walk a bit, run a bit, wait for the cramps to subside. All credit to him for pushing through to the end. He skipped I think only 1 or 2 obstacles because of the cramps and gave everything else a good attempt. He even succeeded on Everest with some help from those on top of the ramp.
It was a shorter course than last year, several obstacles seemed easier, some new ones that tested me. Overall quite good. The fact I forgot my gels, that we were out there for 4+ hours, and that I played human scissor lift for probably more people than last year has left me physically shattered. I think I hurt more than I did after my HM 2 weeks ago. Including TM I made just over 25miles for the week.
I still dragged my backside out of the house yesterday arvo for a recovery run. Managed 6k at about 6:15min/km pace. I was thinking about a longer run, but we had visitors coming over and I would have been in trouble if I hadn't made it back home before they got there. Still did the first 2k a bit fast for recovery... I can't wait till I get my GPS watch!0 -
With 3 months before your official start of your HM Robbie, you could come close to doing that program twice if you wanted.
As you don't want to over do it, take a week off with just some gentle runs Perhaps the 'pre training' amount they list. Head into the program and run through till around week 8-10 (depending on how things go) have another easy week or two and then start over with the focused deadline.
Thanks, I had planned to ensure that I could do the "pre training" although I will mix in a sample of the quality sessions just to see what they are like until I go on vacation. On return I have about 7 weeks before the real start, but that is Christmas week, so I intend to start the programme a week earlier to do week 1 twice based on "commitments".
Saturday I ran Tough Mudder... well didn't run too much actually. Course supposedly 20km. Best GPS route I've found of it was 15.5, but you don't expect certified for these things. Took me 4 hours or so, but that's because I joined in with a team and one of our guys got mega cramps about 6-10k in, so it was walk a bit, run a bit, wait for the cramps to subside. All credit to him for pushing through to the end. He skipped I think only 1 or 2 obstacles because of the cramps and gave everything else a good attempt. He even succeeded on Everest with some help from those on top of the ramp.
It was a shorter course than last year, several obstacles seemed easier, some new ones that tested me. Overall quite good. The fact I forgot my gels, that we were out there for 4+ hours, and that I played human scissor lift for probably more people than last year has left me physically shattered. I think I hurt more than I did after my HM 2 weeks ago. Including TM I made just over 25miles for the week.
I still dragged my backside out of the house yesterday arvo for a recovery run. Managed 6k at about 6:15min/km pace. I was thinking about a longer run, but we had visitors coming over and I would have been in trouble if I hadn't made it back home before they got there. Still did the first 2k a bit fast for recovery... I can't wait till I get my GPS watch!
Nice play on the TM and the recovery run and well managed with the "commitments". Hope your new toy comes soon, let us know how you get on with it.0 -
Everyone is doing great with their running!
Well done Ceci on your longest run, especially after a long ride the day before. Like you I am a rubbish swimmer but I wouldn't mind doing a duathlon.
Congrats on running HM distance Robbie! You should feel confident for your HM next year now.
Congrats on your TM taeliesyn, I don't like water or heights so I have a great respect for people who do these!
And finally, tonight I ran my first sub-30 minute 5k! 29:37 to be exact. Thought I was going to throw up running up the last hill but I made it!0 -
And finally, tonight I ran my first sub-30 minute 5k! 29:37 to be exact. Thought I was going to throw up running up the last hill but I made it!
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Romy - well done on getting sub30, Woohoo, looks like I have another excuse for a celebration at the weekend.
Ceci - I apologise, I missed your post about duathlons. It is not a surprise that you have getting better at swimming on your list of things to do. You are amazing.0 -
Romy - well done on getting sub30, Woohoo, looks like I have another excuse for a celebration at the weekend.
Ceci - I apologise, I missed your post about duathlons. It is not a surprise that you have getting better at swimming on your list of things to do. You are amazing.
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And finally, tonight I ran my first sub-30 minute 5k! 29:37 to be exact. Thought I was going to throw up running up the last hill but I made it!
Amazing!! Well done, Romy!! This is a fantastic time. Congratulations!0 -
Welcome back and congratulations on pushing your envelope. I hope your running goes well during the fall and you get to where you want to be at the end of winter
Thanks, Robbie! I am going to get to my goal....it's just a matter of when. 0 -
And finally, tonight I ran my first sub-30 minute 5k! 29:37 to be exact. Thought I was going to throw up running up the last hill but I made it!
WooHooo! Way to go Romy!0 -
hi all again! miss you bunches still running 3 miles a day in the upwards of 80% humidity every day- can't WAIT for it to get cool enough for me to go a long way without water (I still really hate carrying water) - next race will probably be a 10K on Dec 5th (savannah bridge run) - still haven't made up my mind about the half marathon in Nov (Rock and roll) the one Tim and his wife are doing (they are doing the full I think!)? 0
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hi all again! miss you bunches still running 3 miles a day in the upwards of 80% humidity every day- can't WAIT for it to get cool enough for me to go a long way without water (I still really hate carrying water) - next race will probably be a 10K on Dec 5th (savannah bridge run) - still haven't made up my mind about the half marathon in Nov (Rock and roll) the one Tim and his wife are doing (they are doing the full I think!)?
Yep, we are doing the full. Going to have a bunch of people from our local running group down there so it should be a good time.
I am also looking forward to cooler weather. We have a half marathon up in the Smoky Mountains this Saturday and race morning is forecast to be 57°. I can't wait for that!0 -
Tim good luck for the weekend0
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Tim good luck for the weekend
Thanks Robbie! I'll be taking it a little slowly so I don't aggravate my achilles.0 -
Short dreadmill run on Wednesday because of thunderstorms. I hate running on a treadmill, but I just got new running shoes and HAD to try them out!
Yesterday was a bike day- 34 miles (21 on my own and 13 with my girls' group). During the group ride, we went up a hill that I really struggled with the last time I rode it. Yesterday it wasn't so bad!
Hoping I will get to try the new running shoes outside today!
Hope everyone has a great weekend!0 -
Short dreadmill run on Wednesday because of thunderstorms. I hate running on a treadmill, but I just got new running shoes and HAD to try them out!
Yesterday was a bike day- 34 miles (21 on my own and 13 with my girls' group). During the group ride, we went up a hill that I really struggled with the last time I rode it. Yesterday it wasn't so bad!
Hoping I will get to try the new running shoes outside today!
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Ladies and shoes :laugh:
Like you, I do not like the dreadmill, it's not so much the environment but the fact I can never get the speed right, I do not run at a continuous pace , it varies largely I think do to distractions.
Well done on tackling the hill, it is always good to find that you no longer struggle with activities that have previously taxed you. Hope you get to try the shoes outside, enjoy your weekend.0 -
C210k completed. 10k finished in 01:01:42, about 3 mins better than I was expecting and 7:10 better than my previous effort, doing intervals. As a byproduct my 5k snuck under 30mins (29:52) a 30 sec improvement from a month ago.
I also got embroiled in a bleep test yesterday, huge mistake, I managed 6-2 failing at 6-3 and 6-4. My mind was not prepared to keep pushing. I suspect that with a stronger mindset, I would have got into level 7 but at the end of a long week, my mind overruled my body. I now remember why I detested them so much when I was in my 20's, they are just a sadistic tool for coaches.
I am now looking forward to the easy period prior to starting the training for the HM. Hope you all have an enjoyable and successful weekend. Have fun.0 -
Congrats on the sub 30 Romy!! Sub29 in your future, especially on flat ground!
Welcome back MadMiss
Good luck for this weekend Tim & wife
I'd rather run in the rain than the dreadmill Ceci, but dreadmill is better than no run at all.
Congrats on finishing C210K Robbie. Onwards and upwards! I've never done a beep test. Enjoy your downtime before your HM training!
Tuesday I did my group stuff, first 5k at an easy 6min/km pace, the social laps was done at around 5:30 pace for another 5k and the final 5k was done mostly at a slow pace, keeping a friend company. She took at shortcut near the end and I finished the last 1500m or so around 5:30 pace again.
Wednesday my new toy arrived... with no runs until Friday... I just fiddled with the watch, lots more fiddling to do yet.
Friday I went out on the trails, 8k or so, a few hundred metres of elevation. Both harder and easier than intended, but it was a good run. I need to push on the hills more often. Saturday I was timekeeper at parkrun, which meant I couldn't run parkrun. So I ran to and from parkrun. Run down was nice, run home I could feel the accumulated fatigue in my legs. This wraps up another 25+mile week for me. Well on track to have another 100mile month.0 -
This weekend instead of running I was climbing a mountain. Me and 7 friends climbed Lochnagar. It was 19km in total and took us 7 hours. It was a long tiring day but the weather was perfect and we all had a great time, but the last 1 and 1/2 hour hike from the bottom of the mountain to the car seemed to take forever. Then we drank lots of alcohol and danced till 1am. Perfect day, lol! The only part of me that is sore is my big toenails, I stubbed my toes a few times on the steep descent! Hopefully get out for a run tomorrow and go out with JogScotland on Wednesday and then my 10k race on Sunday. Hope everyone had a great weekend.0
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Tim, how was your half marathon?
The treadmill has its challenges. Boredom is one of them. Like Robbie, I don't seem to run at a steady pace and am forever changing the speed on the treadmill to try to match my gait. Since I'm trying to forget that I'm running on a treadmill and just run & relax into the music & rhythm, the constant manipulating is distracting. However, it's better than not running and is my only option in the winter. Luckily, I have a treadmill at home so it's quite easy to just get on it and run.
Robbie, congratulations on completing C210K and your time is great! Way to go! And a 5K in under 30 minutes!! Nice run!
Romy, your hike sounds wonderful.
Today I ran 7K in 54:54. Robbie, that's about 8K to your 10K. :laugh: I had a wonderful run and thoroughly enjoyed it. The weather was sunny, warm but not hot and I followed the river, went through a park and back along the river. It's nice to run and watch the tugs go by. Today there were many walkers and bikers on the path but only a couple of runners. In the park is an arched wooden bridge that jumps a bit when I'm running across the center (high point). It's a bit tricky to place one's feet when one's ground keeps moving. I've only run this path a couple of times and that bridge is fun to run.0 -
Looks like everyone has been doing great!
Awesome job on your 10k Robbie! I'm still working on getting my 5k under 30 minutes.
Paytra, sounds like a wonderful place to run!
Romy, we have some nice hiking trails through the Ozarks near here. I really need to get out there and hike now that I am in better shape!
I have been lazy, sort of. Instead of running on Friday, I decided to walk around the local art museum (www.crystalbridges.org) to see the new State of the Arts exhibit.
Saturday, I did a long ride (45 miles) on the bicycle with my girls' bike group.
I had every intention of running yesterday but I just didn't. I watched football and took a nap instead. I will run today.0 -
Ceci, mine came with doing distance, nothing more nothing less. But I can't ride for toffee, 45 miles sounds a long way. Well done and rest is just as important as play!!
Paytra, it does sure sound nice, I love bridges and ones that are live as you use them I really do enjoy. I am sure you are on the way to meeting your end of winter goals.
Romy, I am sure you are going to take it easy, I hope your 10k at the weekend goes well.
taeliesyn, you are a busy boy helping out others. Well done on getting the miles in and please get out and use your new toy. You deserve it.
Me, simple went out for an easy run, 3 miles, now doing a modified bridge programme to get to HM training. Kept the heart rate down, for the first time. The only issue I have is that runs now happen in the dark, early morning, although I get to see the dawn, but even that won't be for long. At least it's not wet or too cold yet.
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Sounds like a good weekend Romy, hope your toe has recovered.
Good run Paytra, the bridge sounds interesting!
Ceci, nice ride on the weekend. I hope you did get out there for your run! 'Easiest' to use the term loosely way to bring your 5k time down is to work on your distance, I've gotten mine down the same way as Robbie.
Robbie, it's one of those things with group runs, you help someone one run, someone else helps you another. Get yourself a good headlamp and you'll be fine running in the dark. Maybe some reflective gear too.
Yesterday I did my normal home hill circuit. Playing with settings on my watch, I had a fast & slow alert set, will be good for training but maybe not for the home circuit. The fast alert was useful, the slow one generally only came on on the hills. I did walk part of one hill as my left calf was getting tight. Nearly turned for home, but pushed on and another k or so in it all loosened up. Group run tonight, may only do 10k instead of my normal 15. Having a bit of a cut back week.0 -
I skipped my long run, using the time to take my kids to a one mile fun run. My 4-year-old ran the full mile and the 2-year-old made it about a 1/4 mile before she petered out.0
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hi all again! miss you bunches still running 3 miles a day in the upwards of 80% humidity every day- can't WAIT for it to get cool enough for me to go a long way without water (I still really hate carrying water) - next race will probably be a 10K on Dec 5th (savannah bridge run) - still haven't made up my mind about the half marathon in Nov (Rock and roll) the one Tim and his wife are doing (they are doing the full I think!)?
Yep, we are doing the full. Going to have a bunch of people from our local running group down there so it should be a good time.
I am also looking forward to cooler weather. We have a half marathon up in the Smoky Mountains this Saturday and race morning is forecast to be 57°. I can't wait for that!
Oh wow. That's your first full, right?0 -
I ran yesterday, 5k in my national park. 1 minute faster than the last time I ran the same route. 10:04 pace (according to RunDouble) with my fastest mile at 8:39 (according to Strava). This route is mostly uphill the first half and then mostly downhill back to the start.
This was my first real run in the new shoes. Can't say I'm thrilled with them. I ended the run with a blister on the ball of my left foot. I forgot my vaseline so it probably wasn't just the shoes. :frown: Maybe someday I'll find that magic combination that will let me run without blisters!0
