March 2015 Running Challenge
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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
Just imagine yourself stretching at the end of your 4 miles Saturday morning - so proud of yourself and ready for a nice warm shower ... you've so totally got this!
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Goal: 40 miles
3/3: 3.06 miles (Treadmill)
3/5: 2.52 miles (Treadmill)
3/7: 4.01 miles (Treadmill)
3/9: 2.07 miles (Treadmill)
3/12: 3.15 miles (Treadmill)
Total: 14.81 miles
Remaining: 25.19 miles0 -
This is exactly why I run alone 99% of the time. I run with a friend about every 6 weeks or so... I can deal with him because he is a bat-shlt crazy weightlifter and thinks everything is a competition, so he will run any distance I pick. He won't ever quit because he doesn't want me to"win". Since he doesn't run often, ten milers out on the trail hammer him to the point of tears, but he claims he loves it. The boy ain't right, but he's entertaining company if I feel like a change of pace.akirkman86 wrote: »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?
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03/02 - 2 miles
03/04 - 2.5 miles
03/06- 3.1 miles
03/09 - 2.5 miles
03/10- rest
03/11- 2.5 miles
03/12- rest day (backyard clean up- 'tis the season, and agility practice)
03/13- 3 miles... Graduated C25K today!!! At the start of the year I could barely run 90 seconds, now I'm running 30 min straight.
Total 16 miles....... Goal 26 miles
Also question: when I show the dogs, it's a lot of sprint and rest, Sprint and rest. Last year I struggled with keeping up, this year I've been running 3x a week and now that I've graduated to C25K I am going to add some weights to get some more fat off, which I know will make it easier to run. I was thinking of doing speed intervals but I've read that if you start those while your new to running you can hurt yourself, with a show 4 weeks out I can't afford that. Any advice appreciated.0 -
@akirkman86 - it is hard when you and your training partner have different goals in mind. Perhaps you can run with her on your shorter days or even have her meet you for the last part of your longer runs? Then you can still run with her but still be able to stay on track for your training. When is your half again?
@shanaber - I am contemplating doing the 1st half of the SF marathon as well. It is between that one or doing an Olympic Tri at Donner lake which is the same day. The tri would be my 1st ever. I may hold off and do the Pacific Grove tri instead in September.
I will be running later this evening. I got dressed and ready this morning and then both my daughters woke up. I decided to cuddle with them on the couch and drink coffee before work instead of running in the dark. 0 -
1 - 12mi, easy
2 - 8.2mi, easy
3 - 8.2mi, tempo
4 - 10mi, easy w/FF
5 - 8mi, intervals
6 - 8mi, easy+3.2mi, tempo
7 - 18mi, easy
8 - Rest
9 - 7.2mi, easy
10 - 6.3mi, easy
11 - 6.5mi, easy
12 - Rest
13 - 5.2mi, easy w/strides
Love strides!
Total: 100mi
Mar goal: 250mi (adjusted per coach's schedule)
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arussell134 wrote: »Wow - this thread is hopping. How do you all keep up/manage it? I'd love some tips since I'm newer!
Here's my month, so far:
3/1: 5.33 (treadmill) - about 9:30 min/mile pace
3/2: Easy 3 - about 10 min/mile pace
3/3: Hard 6 (done as intervals)
3/4: Easy 3 - about 10 min/mile pace
3/5: Tempo 5 - up to 8 min/mile pace
3/6: Rest
3/7: Hard 6 - 8:40 min/mile pace on hills
3/8: Easy 9 - 11:20 min/mile pace on hills
3/9: Easy 2 - 9:25 min/mile pace
3/10: Easy 23 minutes - 10 min/mile pace, plus 6 intervals of 1 m b/w 8 - 8.5 on treadmill - total miles, 3
3/11: Easy 2
TOTAL MILES: 44.33
I don't have a monthly mileage goal, but I'm guessing I'll end up topping 100 for March. Today I'll probably just do 1 or 2 miles, with rest days tomorrow & Sat. Sunday is my 5K and I'm getting nervous & excited!
After that race, I'll be moving onto a half marathon training cycle.
Who's training for a race here? What distance? Any time goals?
Go into the group (1st post in this thread at the bottom shows the link) and then take a look at Running Related Sites and references. Also look at the Discussions below it. I and others posted lots of good info in the discussions.
I have 4 Half Marathons on back to back to back to back weekends starting in Knoxville on the 29th of this month with Sonic. I keep my full race schedule is in my profile. Most of them will be used as fun long runs (not racing them), but my feature race is the Bridgestreet one (the same one CodeMonkey and skippygirlsmom mentions above) which is local and relatively flat compared to the others. But running the first one with Sonic may redefine what is called a "fun training run".
Man, 6mos ago, I thought I could make this work, but I can't without jeopardizing my marathon (and possibly, relationship haha) because I was already signed up for Run The Bluegrass HM that Saturday. Tell Noelton Hill I said "eff off" and you better join the ranks of the Half Fanatics after your four in a row - guaranteed a couple moons at least!
Saturn level, actually
http://www.halffanatics.com/are-you-a-fanatic/fanatic-criteria
SATURN
4 Half Marathons within 37 days.
12 - 18 Half Marathons within 365 days.
4 Half Marathons in 4 different US states, Countries or Canadian Provinces (any combination) 51 days.
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@jorocka I agree on the vest love it
@faytwain girl you have this 10 miles you amaze me with all you do
@ddmom0811 my Skip is like your daughter "I want to run with you" that was our first 5K together, at mile 1 she said "crap I'm so slow" and left me, now she starts at the front of the pack to do her own thing. My last words to her at every race are "be fast, be good, be gone". She is usually at the finish line with a cold drink waiting for me by the time I get there. I love when races loop around so we can pass each other and I can give her a Hey!
@akirkman86 I run alone for the reasons some said above. I like to do my own pace and my own thing. Right now my daughter is playing soccer so when she runs with me she only wants to do 3 miles 4 at most. So we run a loop where I can send her back at what I tell her is mile 3 though I know it's 4 :-) she never wears a watch that'll teach her. I have a friend who when I started to run ran faster and more than me. I would be her warm up 2 miles and then she would leave me. I always knew she would so I never felt bad, I'm sure your friend won't either.
I hate when you have the best plans for the day that don't work out. Decided I'd take my running stuff to work today and run around some of HM course I'll run next month after work. Don't you know today is the day Skip leaves her keys on the kitchen table. So I'll run the hood when I get home tonight. Note to self, keep deodorant and shower stuff at work and you can run at lunch time.0 -
Its almost time to change my ticker graphic
1 March – Rest
2 March – P90X3/push up, sit up circuit
3 March – 3.07 miles
4 March – Push up, sit up circuit
5 March – Rest
6 March – 3.07
7 March – 3.25 – 5k(26:34 @ 8:11 Avg. pace) + plus .5 mile warm up and .5 mile cool down not logged.
8 March – 3:13
9 March – Rest
10 March – 4.06
11 March – Push up, sit up circuit
12 March – 5.28
13 March – Push up, sit up circuit0 -
3/13 3 miles
My calves are still pretty grumpy about Wednesday's run but I got through it without too much discomfort.
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I hate rest days. I'm living vicariously through all of you, so run like the wind today! My happiness depends on it. (jk, of course)0
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Maybe we (Virginia) get your rain tomorrow. Sunny and 60 on Sunday for us, lol ...0 -
01/03- rest sick
02/03- rest still sick
03/03- 3.6 miles TM
04/03- 3.74 miles TM
05/03- 3.84 miles TM
06/03- 4.08 miles TM
07/03- 1.4 miles OUTSIDE 3.7 TM
08/03- rest day
09/03- 1.5 miles TM
10/03- 4.25 miles outside on a trail
11/03- 2.7 miles trail
12/03- 4.32 miles road
13/03- 4.48 miles road
I'm sensing a trend here, every run outside is better than the day before. Today was my farthest distance and best time. 4.48 miles in 54:37 with an average pace of 12'11"! Holy Hellfire and Brimstone that is AMAZING to me. Every time my little GPS pipes up in my earbuds and tells me my distance and time, it just pumps me up. Now, I'm Canadian, so measuring runs in miles isn't what I'm used too. When I discovered that yesterday I was 0.04 miles short of 7k, I was in shock! Now today I ran 7.21 k's!!! And here I was thinking I would NEVER be able to run a 10k.....looks like it may be possible. Very motivating and exciting for this chick! And I'm just over halfway to my goal for the month! HELLS YEAH!
Happy Friday the 13th to everyone in my new running family!! Time to get my stanky *kitten* in the shower!
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cooter_mom wrote: »01/03- rest sick
02/03- rest still sick
03/03- 3.6 miles TM
04/03- 3.74 miles TM
05/03- 3.84 miles TM
06/03- 4.08 miles TM
07/03- 1.4 miles OUTSIDE 3.7 TM
08/03- rest day
09/03- 1.5 miles TM
10/03- 4.25 miles outside on a trail
11/03- 2.7 miles trail
12/03- 4.32 miles road
13/03- 4.48 miles road
I'm sensing a trend here, every run outside is better than the day before. Today was my farthest distance and best time. 4.48 miles in 54:37 with an average pace of 12'11"! Holy Hellfire and Brimstone that is AMAZING to me. Every time my little GPS pipes up in my earbuds and tells me my distance and time, it just pumps me up. Now, I'm Canadian, so measuring runs in miles isn't what I'm used too. When I discovered that yesterday I was 0.04 miles short of 7k, I was in shock! Now today I ran 7.21 k's!!! And here I was thinking I would NEVER be able to run a 10k.....looks like it may be possible. Very motivating and exciting for this chick! And I'm just over halfway to my goal for the month! HELLS YEAH!
Happy Friday the 13th to everyone in my new running family!! Time to get my stanky *kitten* in the shower!
Woohoo! You are hooked girl, great job!
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LoneWolfRunner wrote: »This is exactly why I run alone 99% of the time. I run with a friend about every 6 weeks or so... I can deal with him because he is a bat-shlt crazy weightlifter and thinks everything is a competition, so he will run any distance I pick. He won't ever quit because he doesn't want me to"win". Since he doesn't run often, ten milers out on the trail hammer him to the point of tears, but he claims he loves it. The boy ain't right, but he's entertaining company if I feel like a change of pace.
LOL - he must be crazy to not be a runner and then go 10 miles just for ego, or whatever you call that....
@cooter_mom - wow, that's amazing how fast you are progressing.
@skippygirlsmom - Skip and my daughter sound similar. Have a good run after work! 0 -
@cooter_mom - Keep it up!!! You're doing awesome!
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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.
3/13, 5.2 miles, outside! Yeah sun; boo wind
40.04 miles total; 100 miles goal
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@cooter_mom nice! So excited for you!0
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__Date___ Miles
Mar 1 ___ 3.5am 7°F + 6.1pm 26°F + strength training
Mar 2 ___ 5.7 with friends + 3.6 alone
Mar 3 ___ 1.4 streak + strength training
Mar 4 ___ 5.1 with friend + 3.5 alone
Mar 5 ___ 2.3 + strength training
Mar 6 ___ 8.8am alone + 4.6pm w/friend
Mar 7 ___ 3.1
Mar 8 ___ 12.5 cloudy, then snowy, then sunny all in the same run
Mar 9 ___ 6.0 w/friends (& another 1.4 with my youngest not included in total.)
Mar 10 __ 3.1+ strength training
Mar 11 __ 5.8 + Yoga
Mar 12 __ 2.2 + strength training
Mar 13 __ 7.1 + Yoga ***halfway to goal***
Month total= 84.3 running miles __80.7 remaining
Current Streak: 201days = 1259.5miles
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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
13--- 7mi
Done: 95.30/200mi goal0 -
LoneWolfRunner wrote: »
This is exactly why I run alone 99% of the time. I run with a friend about every 6 weeks or so... I can deal with him because he is a bat-shlt crazy weightlifter and thinks everything is a competition, so he will run any distance I pick. He won't ever quit because he doesn't want me to"win". Since he doesn't run often, ten milers out on the trail hammer him to the point of tears, but he claims he loves it. The boy ain't right, but he's entertaining company if I feel like a change of pace.akirkman86 wrote: »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?
That sounds like my kind of peoples LOL0 -
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Approximately 4 mile trail run/walk with my momma this morning in the Superstition Mountain foothills. I'm so never going home to the Midwest. 80s and sunny!
52ish/100 for the month.0 -
@HealthyFocused715 - I admire all of you who do treadmill runs... if I had to I probably wouldn't run much!
@akirkman86 - Could you run with your friend and then just run the rest of your planned distance? For me I would just tell her "I want to get in a bit more so I am going to keep going, see you tomorrow" Is there reason she wants to quit early? Maybe she needs a goal or motivation to keep going further.
@autumnblade75 - be careful with that ankle and don't push it too fast. I know it is frustrating but I would take it slow and easy so you don't injure it again/more by trying to do too much too soon.
Good luck to everyone running in races this weekend! Everyone else have a great weekend of running and enjoying whatever activities you have!
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
03/13.....7.08......63.01 - Hot and windy but a good run! Much better than yesterday
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3/1 - 2.25 miles - walking, and another 2.25 miles - walking
3/2 - 1 mile - running, 1 mile - walking, and another 2 miles - walking
3/3 - 5 miles - walking ***that single mile of running was a mistake***
3/4 - 2.25 miles - walking, and another 1.5 miles - walking
3/5 - 2.25 miles - walking
3/6 - 1.75 miles - walking
3/7 - 2.25 miles - walking, and another 1.75 miles - walking
3/8 - 2.1 miles - walking, and another 4.25 miles - walking
3/9 - 2.5 miles - 1.16 running, 1.34 walking (we'll see if I was ready, yet), and another 2 miles - walking
3/10 - 2.7 miles - 2 running, 0.7 walking (I couldn't NOT run with new running shoes! The ankle feels... 3/10 for pain? But the run felt good. I'll have to accept it.)
3/11 - REST
3/12 - 3 miles - running
3/13 - 2 miles - walking (the blister didn't allow for any of my running shoes, so no running.)0 -
01.03.15 - 13.0 km
03.03.15 - 3.3 km
05.03.15 - 4.8 km
08.03.15 - 14.2 km
10.03.15 - 3.6 km
13.03.15 - 4.4 km
43.4 km done (of 100km)
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Easy 5 miler in the hot sun this morning. Racing another 5 tomorrow.
3/1 - 17 miles
3/3 - 5 miles
3/4 - 8 miles
3/5 - 5 miles
3/7 - 8 miles
3/8 - 18 miles
3/10 - 5 miles
3/11 - 8 miles
3/13 - 5 miles
Total: 79 miles
Goal: 180 miles
Remaining: 101 miles
@faytwain loved running broad street, as I stepped up to it 3 months after my first 5k back in 2013. Definitely some of the toughest 10 miles of my life, as I was still at a BMI of 32 for it, but nothing like running with 30,000 other folks through Philadelphia, not having to worry about any turns (aside from the city hall jaunt).0 -
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)
March 12 - 2 miles (I am running my first 5k race in the morning!)
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SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »ETA if you want to dig a little deeper and see how I train relative to my race paces, here ya go. My easy pace is a minute above my marathon pace, which right now is 7:45. I do that once a week, along with a speed session, and I'm still relatively fast. Some people will run everything at MP or harder, and that's a recipe for burnout.
Or injury... per an ultra-competitive triahthlete friend of mine, I started training by HR a while back which had me slow my pace significantly to stay under 140 bpm for 80% of my runs. Although my non-speedwork training runs take a few minutes longer, I've definitely avoided hurting myself as often, I don't feel dead for the rest of the day after killing myself during longer runs, and I've become significantly faster in the process.0 -
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
3/13 3.08
Total 27.36
(Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date)
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