March 2015 Running Challenge
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LoneWolfRunner wrote: »My training pace is 10:30-12:00 minutes per mile.
My race pace is 10:30-12:00 minutes per mile.
My all out sprint pace is 10:30-12:00 minutes per mile.
My slow recovery pace is 10:30-12:00 minutes per mile.
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I realize that other peoples pace does not affect mine but it is helpful to know what other people run. I think that maybe part of my frustration may be that my treadmill is not accurate. It has me running 11:97 mpm whereas anytime that I run outside (and I feel that I am running the exact same pace according to my steps and breathing) it says that I am between 9:23-10:40. I think that my treadmill is not giving me full credit for the mileage that I have been running?? I am looking forward to more outside runs this weekend! Again, I appreciate everyone's responses, it makes me feel much better!!0
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@leighbee I completely understand the middle of the road feeling because that is how my life has always been and will likely always be as well!
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I know for a fact that the treadmills at the Y rip me off... just one more reason to hate those nefarious machines.johnsonnelly wrote: »I think that my treadmill is not giving me full credit for the mileage that I have been running??
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You people are amazing. I feel a little silly here. 17/25, getting there!0
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arussell134 wrote: »
Who's training for a race here? What distance? Any time goals?
I'll be running the Blue Angels Rock N Fly Half Marathon on March 21. I missed it last year due a knee injury about 1 month before the event. I've been nursing that knee back to health for a full year, and I'm finally ready to make it happen. It will be my first half. It is a goal I never ever believed I'd be up for.0 -
IDK why, but here we use XC for cross country. And for Lacrosse it is LAX, which is quite popular in FL. thanks! don't know why that didn't occur to me but the only CC runners I see are 14-16 year olds...
Wow, so many posts the last couple days! I can't catch up with everything... but...
@briebee7 -- I hope you are okay. Sounds painful. I pretty much always run in the dark and one of the rare days when I ran in the daylight, I almost fell! I caught myself before I did but it was one of those ugly trips where you take some giant steps and then catch yourself. And, it was very close to my house, and some neighbors were outside talking.
@cooter_mom - so excited for you!!! It will just keep getting better -- and I love those pictures from the other day.
@shanaber - massages sounds like a good thing to add to my list for next week.
I used to use LAX when I had to go on travel to California in the Los Angeles area. ;-)
I am also used to XC for cross country. Never seen it as CC.
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IDK why, but here we use XC for cross country. And for Lacrosse it is LAX, which is quite popular in FL. thanks! don't know why that didn't occur to me but the only CC runners I see are 14-16 year olds...
Wow, so many posts the last couple days! I can't catch up with everything... but...
@briebee7 -- I hope you are okay. Sounds painful. I pretty much always run in the dark and one of the rare days when I ran in the daylight, I almost fell! I caught myself before I did but it was one of those ugly trips where you take some giant steps and then catch yourself. And, it was very close to my house, and some neighbors were outside talking.
@cooter_mom - so excited for you!!! It will just keep getting better -- and I love those pictures from the other day.
@shanaber - massages sounds like a good thing to add to my list for next week.
I used to use LAX when I had to go on travel to California in the Los Angeles area. ;-)
I am also used to XC for cross country. Never seen it as CC.
We used to write CC with an arrow through it. Zoooooom ... super-fast like an arrow ...
ETA: We were slightly nerdy though.0 -
You people are amazing. I feel a little silly here. 17/25, getting there!
don't feel silly- I only run 2x a week- I have to remember what page I posted on- I simply cannot keep track. I run very little... but every little bit counts!
and to keep with the times XC and CC were interchangeable for me.
LAX_ has always been L.A.X- as in the airport- but after I moved to VA/NorthEast- where you know people acutally play the sport of Lacrosse- I learned that LAX also equalled lacrosse LOL.0 -
Week update for me.
hard to keep track when you're only 2x a week lol- no worries!
3.2- 2.48 @ 23 min (seriously ice conditions-didn't die- celebrate)
3.4- 2 miles @ 37 min (no sports bra- walking incline FWD/BKW)
3.7 - 3 miles @ 30 min (treadmill- slow run- and bothers my shins- still done)
3.12.-4.17 miles @ 35:42
outside- brisk- not a breeze but the air was crisp- just felt windy- even though it wasn't to much- was hoping for 5 but I have class in 15 min- so no go. Hoping to get another 'longer' run on Saturday while my car is being looked at- woot woot- I felt quick today- but it definitely felt like work. I'm alright with it though.
Total March Goals
16.65 Miles of 60 hypothetical miles
New hi vis vest- I finally got to wear- I'm actually pretty happy with it- it's not noisy- I can adjust it and I feel a lot more visible with it on!
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Goal: 65 miles
3/1: 6.38 miles, 11:42 pace, snow covered sidewalks but beautiful day!
3/2: REST
3/3: 3.01 miles, 10:52 pace, in a misty, cold rain - LOVED it!
3/4: 3.00 miles, 11:42 pace, I felt like I had lead feet today.
3/5: REST - my Achilles' tendon was aching so I dropped my scheduled 3 miles
3/6: REST
3/7: My 1st 8k race, 5.01 miles, 10:32 pace - I felt AWESOME! My best race pace by far. Also a 2 mile walk with my husky in the evening.
3/8: 10 mile bike ride, weight training
3/9: REST
3/10: 3 mile run, 11:39 pace, weight training
3/11: 4 mile run, 11:52 pace, in the rain with my husky Ellie - we both enjoyed it & I didn't have any aches today
3/12: 3 mile run, 10:57 pace, weight training0 -
Broad Street Run 10 mile training.... 4 miles coming up this Saturday...This will be my longest run ever... If I can get thru this mentally I can get thru 5miles next then thast half the race!!! One step at a time
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Oy vey, I'm falling behind. I've done a mile swim and a strength training session since I posted last and today I coached my Girls on the Run team.
They ran a few strides to warm up, then about ten minutes steady. Their 5K is a week after my marathon in May, can't wait.
Currently in an airport, I'm ready for a nice sunny desert run tomorrow morning!0 -
1--- 6mi
2--- REST DAY
3--- 8mi
4--- 7mi
5--- 10mi
6--- 7.25mi
7--- 18.05mi
8--- 6mi --- (Weekly total: 56.30 miles)
9--- REST DAY
10--- 10mi with 6 @ goal marathon pace
11--- 8mi
12--- 8mi
Done: 88.30/200mi goal0 -
March Goal 75 miles
3/1 rest
3/2 2.34 run, then I lifted and carried 25 60#bags of cement to help DH build an observation deck...
3/3 rest because I couldn't walk....see above^^^
3/4 3.44
3/5 3.96
3/6 3.35
3/7 strength training (with bar and dumbbells, not cement bags!)
3/8 3.85 followed by a whale watching cruise
3/9 4.12
3/10 rest
3/11 strength training
3/12 3.22
Total 24.28
(Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date)
@lonewolfrunner : And at that you've still got me beat most of the time!0 -
03/03 - 6.2km
04/03 - 8.59km
06/03 - 4.0km
10/03 - 6.1km
11/03 - 6.02km
13/03 - 4.02km
Another short one today...... had just enough time to squeeze it in this morning before having to shoot off to donate plasma. Weekend is full to bursting so won't be running again until Tuesday
but next weekend I should be able to get in my Sunday morning run!!
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March 1 -Rest
March 2 - 4 miles
March 3 - 5.1 miles (furthest run to date)
March 4-6th - Rest arches, I pulled them jumping rope.
March 7 - 4 miles OUTSIDE!!! It was so warm here, I was surprised!
March 8 - 4 miles (plus a hike on the mountain)
March 9 - 3.1 miles (5k OUTSIDE!!, plus a 2 mile walk and weight training)
March 10 - 2.25 miles (It was hard to run tonight....)
March 11 - 3.1 miles (5k)
March 12 - 3.1 miles (5k, outside and the pace was MUCH different than on the treadmill. It was 9:47 mpm versus the almost 12 that I get on the machine)
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@arussell134 - I have a 5k on Sunday and the San Francisco Half Marathon in July. Thinking about running the La Jolla Half at the end of April. I would love to hit 25 mins in the 5K but this would be really pushing it - my PR is a 29. For the Half my goal is to get under 2:15 - I think it is doable as my PR is 2:17.
@marekdds - don't feel silly! You are doing great! Looks like you will hit that goal well before the end of the month if you keep at it!
@JoRocka - love the new vest.
My run today was not great, I was tired. Went to the gym for training and lifting heavy felt so good! Guess I wasn't as tired as I thought
Date.......Miles.......Total
03/01.... 2.00....... 2.00 - Dog Beach run
03/02.... 5.22....... 7.22 - Fast rain run
03/03.... 7.88......15.10 - + Strength Training
03/04.... 0.00......15.10
03/05.... 4.03......19.13 - + Strength Training
03/06.... 8.74......27.87 - Windy and so dry
03/07.... 6.70......34.57 - Hot, hot, hot (sorry to all who are still dealing with snow and ice!)
03/08.... 2.00......36.57 - Dog Beach run
03/09.... 5.09......41.66
03/10.....9.52......51.18 - + Strength Training
03/11.....0.00......51.18 - much needed rest day!
03/12.....4.75......55.93 - + Strength Training
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- 12-Mar: 5K
- 13-Mar: 5.2K
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3/1 - 4 miles
3/9 - 3.5 miles
3/11 - 4.02 miles
3/13 - 5.05 miles
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@JoRocka - Love the vest! Looking good! I'm training for a HM on May 3rd and hoping for a sub 2:00 time...
@ddmom0811 - Have a great race on Saturday!!! I would love to try a 10K, they seem to have very few of those in my area...but it seems like it would be such a great racing distance.
@autumnblade75 - Welcome back! Your tenacity is admirable!
@cooter_mom - So awesome to see your excitement! You're making me itchy for spring runs!!!
@4leighbee & @briebee7 - Nice job with those hills!! In Maine, everyday that I'm not on my treadmill is a hill training day. I feel like an old grandpa..."I run up hill both ways..."
@johnsonnelly - My pace is ridiculously slower on the treadmill as well...not sure if that's my body rebelling and expressing its distaste for it or if it's as @LoneWolfRunner says and its robbing of us of miles. I naturally run faster outside without significantly elevating my heart rate and also feel less sore afterwards. I just remind myself that the treadmill is serving a purpose...and that's keeping me running through the months that I wouldn't be able to run otherwise!!
3/1, 2.2 miles, snowshoe (not counting as running miles)
3/2, 5.0 miles, treadmill (C'mon spring, I want off this treadmill!)
3/3, 6.0 miles, outside!!! It was cold, wet and icy but worth it!
3/4, rest, was able to get a walk at lunch in the 40 degree sunshine!
3/5, 4.34 miles, treadmill
3/6, 4.34 miles, treadmill
3/7, unplanned rest day, life...
3/8, planned rest day
3/9, 4.34 miles, treadmill & Zumba at lunch
3/10, planned rest, hosting book club! But I got a quick walk in at lunch!
3/11, 5.2 miles, OUTSIDE!!!!!!!!! I wouldn't call it spring weather quite yet but I will call running outside in the sun GLORIOUS!!!
3/12, 4.17 miles, dreadmill. Body expressed its distaste for the treadmill after yesterday's outside run...I had wicked side aches the whole time and I had to keep slowing my already slow pace.
34.84 miles total; 100 miles goal0 -
DATE...................... MILES...............TOTAL
3/2...........................Weight training
3/3...........................5.25....................5.25
3/4...........................5.25..................10.50
3/5...........................7.75..................18.25
3/6...........................Weight training
3/7.........................11.00..................29.25
3/8...........................5.50..................34.75
3/9...........................Weight training
3/11.........................8.00..................42.75
3/12.........................8.75..................51.50
3/13.........................1.25..................52.75
3/13.........................Weight training
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We each do our own pace. The first time we ran a 5K together on Thanksgiving she thought she was going to stay with me. I had told her before hand to just go ahead but she said "no, I'll stay with you!". Then after a few minutes, before mile 1, she said "Ok, see you at the end!" and took off.@ddmom0811 - Enjoy your 10K! Are you running the entire way with your daughter or are you both doing your own pace?
Have great runs today and this weekend everybody!
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3/2 = 4.56 miles
3/3 = 2.26 miles
3/4 = 3.52 miles
3/5 = rest
3/6 = 4.51 miles
3/7 = rest
3/8 = 8 miles
3/9 = rest
3/10 = 5.02 miles
3/11 = 3 miles
3/12 = 4.59 miles
3/13 = rest
Total = 35.46
Was going to do five yesterday, but I was running with my friend and she quit on me at the end. Guess I could have kept going for those last few tenths of a mile, but I felt bad. This is the friend who I did the Couch to 5k with starting in October... at the beginning she told me that there was no way she was going to be able to ever do the 5k, and now we have gone way beyond that! However, I am training for this half marathon which she doesn't plan to do, so sometimes that makes it a little awkward. She enjoys doing long runs with me, but sometimes wants to "give up", especially on shorter runs, before I do. I want to keep running with her, but I also have a training schedule I feel like I have to stick to. I feel bad running on without her, but I guess that's what I'm going to have to do soon?
Anyway... keep trekking everyone!
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Goal 130 Miles
1/3 - 0
2/3 - 5 miles (treadmill)
3/3 - 0
4/3 - 0
5/3 - 10 miles (treadmill and wow was this boring)
6/3 - 5 miles (treadmill)
7/3 - 7.5 miles (outside, yay for weekends)
8/3 - 13.25 miles (outside)
9/3 - 5 miles (treadmill)
10/3 - 5 miles (treadmill)
11/3 - Rest day.
12/3 - 5.2 miles (treadmill)
13/3 - 5.2 miles (treadmill)
Total 61.15miles.
I am really starting to hate the treadmill, luckily it is getting lighter at nights now, so I can start running in the evenings, around 21:00ish instead.0 -
HealthyFocused715 wrote: »@autumnblade75 - Welcome back! Your tenacity is admirable!
Thanks. I should really still be taking it easy on that ankle. I got a brace for it, but that rubbed my heel and I have a HUGE blister. I felt it forming, and said "I don't even care - I'll worry about it later. I'm doing 3 miles!" But I don't know if I'll be able to use the brace again today, with that blister. And I'm not sure the brace even helped, anyway - my ankle doesn't seem to be any the better for it. I haven't decided what to do about it, today, yet.
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Goal 25 miles
3/9 = 1.25 mile run outside
3/11 = 2.75 mile walk on treadmill
3/13 = 3 mile run/walk on treadmill
18 miles left to go this month
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03/01 - jog outside 2.3 miles
03/03 - jog outside 2 miles
03/05 - brisk walk with dogs 2 miles
03/06 - jog outside 2.2 miles
03/07 - brisk walk with dogs 2 miles
03/08 - jog outside 2 miles
03/09 - brisk walk with dogs 3 miles
03/10 - jog outside 2 miles
03/13 - jog outside 2 miles
*days I'm not jogging are yoga and/or strength training days.0
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