March 2015 Running Challenge

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  • johnsonnelly
    johnsonnelly Posts: 103 Member
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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)
    March 13 - 2 miles (night before first 5k race)
    March 14 - 3.1 miles (5k) I feel great about most of my first race! I ran my fastest mile time so far (8:56 mpm) and was on track to *maybe* place but ended up with a side stitch right in the middle that slowed me way down for about 1/2 mile (I need to fine tune what I should eat on race mornings) so my finish time was right at 30 minutes. I *think* this is a decent time for a first 5k race?? :)
    March 15 - 4 miles


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  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,390 Member
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    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 :)
    03/14.....0.00......63.01 - pre-5K rest and travel to San DIego
    03/15.....3.10......66.11 - 5K
    Fun 5K today - not a new PR but right on my previous one, 57th overall of a small field of 680 and 1st in my division! WhooHoo! Even got my husband to walk it and went back and walked the last mile + with him.

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  • rnjcb
    rnjcb Posts: 86 Member
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  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,878 Member
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    March 1 - 5K - 3rd place in my age group. Not my best time, but happy with it! 29:07
    March 2- rest
    March 3- 5.05 miles and strength training
    March 4 - 5.09 miles
    March 5 - 5.13 miles
    March 6 - strength training
    March 7 - 34 miles Biking - brutal winds today. I couldn’t keep up around the lake.
    March 8 - 71 miles biking. Beautiful day out but that was too long.
    March 9 - rest day
    March 10 - strength training.
    March 11 - 5.2 miles - knee felt fine! So thankful.
    March 12 - 5.2 miles.
    March 13- rest
    March 14 - 10K
    March 15 - 3.3 miles
    March 16 - 4.4 miles, having a little bit of heel pain and one arch hurts. I landed weird on a turn on Saturday and the arch on that foot has hurt a little since. So I ran very slowly concentrating on form today. Tomorrow is strength training so it should be better by Wednesday.


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    @shanaber -- Awesome- first in your division! And that's really good to be 57th out of 600+!

    @littlenell107 - Hope your knee feels better soon.
    LoneWolfRunner wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    Soon enough I'll be doing you in the warm weather runs.
    What a good running partner you are....
    You guys crack me up.

  • JustWant2Run
    JustWant2Run Posts: 286 Member
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    Thanks @LoneWolfRunner and @skippygirlsmom :) This week is a cutback week and I'm looking forward to it! :D
  • dennie24
    dennie24 Posts: 251 Member
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    3/16 3miles
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  • harpere87
    harpere87 Posts: 142 Member
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  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
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    Date Miles today. Miles for March

    3/1 6.5 miles - 6.5 <<<< 1.5 w/u plus 8K race
    3/2 5 miles - 11.5
    3/3 8 miles - 19.5
    3/4 8 miles - 27.5 <<< new shoes today (ASICS Gel Noosa Tri 8's)
    3/5 6 miles - 33.5 <<< TM intervals (ice covered streets)
    3/6 8 miles - 41.5 <<< TM progressions @ recovery & easy paces
    3.7 15 miles - 56.5 <<< Madkin and Weeden Mtns long run (1,299 ft elevation gain)
    3/8 6.2 miles - 62.7
    3/9 8.5 miles - 71.2
    3/10 8 miles - 79.2
    3/11 6.2 miles - 85.4
    3/12 9 miles - 94.4
    3/13 REST DAY
    3/14 15 miles - 109.4 << Madkin and Weeden again
    3/15 REST DAY
    3/16 10.15 miles - 119.55

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  • 4leighbee
    4leighbee Posts: 1,275 Member
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    LoneWolfRunner wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    Soon enough I'll be doing you in the warm weather runs.
    What a good running partner you are....

    Runners really do have more fun. ;)
  • TwelveSticks
    TwelveSticks Posts: 288 Member
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    Still not as much as planned, but they're ticking away (and I HAVE walked almost 54km in March as well!)
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  • SLHysell
    SLHysell Posts: 247 Member
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    My ear bud jack in my phone broke. I did 11.44 miles with no ear buds. It was strange to hear my own footsteps......and barking dogs, and traffic, and friendly greetings from passers by. The mental battle was completely different. Who'd have thought boredom could be an issue.

    03/01/2015 - 12.01 Miles - Cumulative 12.01
    03/03/2015 - 4.35 Miles - Cumulative 16.36
    03/05/2015 - 8.10 Miles - Cumulative 24.46
    03/08/2015 - 12.06 Miles - Cumulative 36.52
    03/10/2015 - 4.11 Miles - Cumulative 40.63
    03/12/2015 - 8.01 Miles - Cumulative 48.64
    03/15/2015 - 11.44 Miles - Cumulative 60.08


    Goal 70 Miles

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  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    3/1 - 6.5 miles
    3/2 - 3.9 miles - miserable windy 20 mph with gusts, I hate wind even when it's 100 out LOL
    3/3 - rest day
    3/4 - 6.1 miles a beautiful 64F at 5:30 am when I ran - ran in a tank top. I love Alabama, tonight it will be 25F with a winter storm watch
    3/5 - ice day
    3/6 - ice day
    3/7 - 8.4 miles
    3/8 - lazy day
    3/9 - 3.5 miles
    3/10 - 6.5 miles
    3/11 - 4.4 miles - yes yes yes it's been a bit since I was a sub 10:30 pace...10:27 but hey it's sub 10:30 :smiley: I felt great today! Wish I'd paid better attention to the time, it got way dark and I had to head home. Didn't have my lights with me.
    3/12 - rest day
    3/13 - lazy day LOL
    3/14 - 8.4 miles - cut 4 mins off my time from when I ran this course on 3/7 :-)
    3/15 - 3.5 miles
    31/6 - 4.5 miles

    55.7 out of 70 miles

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  • DM01234
    DM01234 Posts: 317 Member
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    Run #6 was 4.25 miles / 22.25 miles run so far with a monthly goal of 43 miles
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    Date Miles today. Miles for March


    3/16 10.15 miles - 119.55

    @stoshew71 - Stan too funny that you put .15 miles on your miles this morning. While I was running today I was thinking about how your numbers are always exact and I was thinking I wonder if he just chops off the back number. Then I was thinking if you run 8.7 do you say 9 or 8. Thanks for keeping me entertained this morning while I was running LOL

  • nickylee76
    nickylee76 Posts: 629 Member
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    March 1---5.5 miles
    March 2---2.5 miles
    March 4---3.5 miles
    March 8---5 miles
    march 9---3 miles
    March 10-4 miles
    March 12-3 miles
    March 15-6.5 miles

    Total 33 miles Goal-50 miles
  • CodeMonkey78
    CodeMonkey78 Posts: 320 Member
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    ******* RUNNING *** CYCLING **** RUN TOTAL ** CYCLING TOTAL
    03/01: REST DAY
    03/02: 05.25 miles -- 28.00 miles => (05.25/140) -- (28.00/600)
    03/03: 00.00 miles -- 13.88 miles => (05.25/140) -- (41.88/600)
    03/04: 06.50 miles -- 22.00 miles => (11.75/140) -- (63.88/600)
    03/05: 09.01 miles -- 27.50 miles => (20.76/140) -- (91.38/600)
    03/06: 00.00 miles -- 20.22 miles => (20.76/140) -- (111.60/600)*
    03/07: 00.00 miles -- 54.87 miles => (20.76/140) -- (166.47/600)*
    03/08: 00.00 miles -- 15.73 miles => (20.76/140) -- (182.20/600)**
    03/09: 12.00 miles -- 00.00 miles => (32.76/140) -- (182.20/600)
    03/10: 05.75 miles -- 25.00 miles => (38.51/140) -- (207.20/600)
    03/11: 07.80 miles -- 00.00 miles => (46.31/140) -- (207.20/600)
    03/12: 00.00 miles -- 14.50 miles => (46.31/140) -- (221.70/600)
    03/13: 08.00 miles -- 30.00 miles => (54.31/140) -- (251.70/600)
    03/14: 08.40 miles -- 28.50 miles => (62.71/140) -- (280.20/600)
    03/15: 00.00 miles -- 48.90 miles => (62.71/140) -- (329.10/600)

    * Planned running rest for long run
    ** Planned long run day; spent time with family instead
  • nate1618
    nate1618 Posts: 15 Member
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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)
    3/14: 4.55 miles (Treadmill)

    Total: 19.36 miles
    Remaining: 20.64 miles
  • briebee7
    briebee7 Posts: 224 Member
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    Wow! A ton of fantastic running going on in here! Today is a rest day for me but here is my mileage from the last couple days:

    Date... Miles... Total
    3/1... 3.5... 3.5
    3/2... 6... 9.5
    3/3... 6... 15.5
    3/4... 6.5... 22
    3/7... 20.5... 42.5 (5100 ft elevation gain)
    3/10... 6... 48.5
    3/11... 5.75... 54.25
    3/12... 5... 59.25
    3/13... 3.5... 62.75
    3/14... 13... 75.75
    3/15... 10... 85.75

    I am just over halfway to go 85.75/160 goal

    I have a question for those of you that run in the dark - do you carry any kind of defense mechanism with you? I do a large part of my runs by myself in the morning darkness along a bike trail by the water. Even though I live in a very safe area I am starting to think maybe I should be running with pepper spray or something along those lines just to be on the safe side.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    @briebee7 I don't carry any type of protection when I run in the dark and I finished my run today before the sun was coming up. I do think about it and I do look at things like pepper spray.

    The one thing I do make sure I wear is my RoadID, not that it would protect me, but if I was hit by a car/attacked and left for dead or any other nice thing like that they would be able to id me and call someone. I do run in my neighborhood and I feel very safe there. If I run at the Greenway, it's during the day light hours and there are usually people around. I want to run more here around work and I have heard that either running with someone or having some kind of protection might be a good idea since I'm a girlie. I guess the local redneck boys in their big trucks like to yell things out their windows etc. When my 14 year old runs alone she takes the dog...then again she's a black belt in karate. :smile:

    I do always make sure someone knows where I'm running and approximately how long I'll be gone. Saturday I only planned to run between 5 and 6 miles but when I got out and it was misty and it felt good I added more. I told Skip I'd be about an hour. At an hour 15 min she came on her bike to find me. She has run my route many times with me so she would know where to send the cops to start to look for me if I didn't come back in a reasonable amount of time.
  • CodeMonkey78
    CodeMonkey78 Posts: 320 Member
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    briebee7 wrote: »
    I have a question for those of you that run in the dark - do you carry any kind of defense mechanism with you? I do a large part of my runs by myself in the morning darkness along a bike trail by the water. Even though I live in a very safe area I am starting to think maybe I should be running with pepper spray or something along those lines just to be on the safe side.

    This has a comfortable handstrap:
    http://www.amazon.com/Mace-Jogger-Pepper-Spray/dp/B00OYFOW42

    Or, take out some kneecaps:
    http://www.defensedevices.com/steelbaton26.html

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