April 2015 Running Challenge

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  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    @stoshew71 I love the video how neat. Was that course out and back? Looks like a pretty place to run.

    There were 2 turnarounds on the course. It was through a greenway around Fowler Park in Cumming, GA. I swear, I do not make up the names of these towns.

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    Interesting course. It's the south all names are weird ;-)

  • ShortMrsN
    ShortMrsN Posts: 177 Member
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    02/04 - 9.10km
    03/04 - 7.00km
    10/04 - 6.62km
    17/04 - 5.06km
    20/04 - 8.51km

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  • _nikkiwolf_
    _nikkiwolf_ Posts: 1,380 Member
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    Here I just wanted to quickly log my run for today (20.04.2015 - 3.8 km), and find there is so much to catch up!

    @Timby1 : congrats on the new PR!

    @Remus42 : already past the goal on the 19th? Amazing!

    @cooter_mom: New 10k PR, well done!

    @csman49: that looks chilly indeed - but a beatiful scenery.

    @Daisy471 The jewellery is so pretty, what a great medal as a reward for your new PR.

    @Stoshew Your medal is also pretty cool ;-) And the video is really nice.

    @teacton11 : with pictures like that, it isn't hard to imagine why you love trail running.

    @tdbernd: well done on the 10k! I might have to add one of those to my to-do-list in the future.

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  • _nikkiwolf_
    _nikkiwolf_ Posts: 1,380 Member
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    shanaber wrote: »
    @_nikkiwolf_ - Congratulations on finishing your first race and with a PR!! Love your picture!! Did you have so much fun?
    @shanaber: yes, appart from getting up early on a Sunday, I had lots of fun. Some things were a little different than I expected. One example: I read everywhere that you should start queing for the toilets after picking up the race douments. So that's what I did - in the sports club were the signup was, there was a single toilet with a looong queue on the ground floor. After I had waited for 10 minutes, one of the organisers walked by and said "ladies, why are you all standing in line? There are eight more toilets just down the stairs." Totally not what I was lead to expect! ^^

    Nearly everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves - with the exception of one guy I talked to after the race. He was 74 years old and running the 10k that day, which I found pretty impressive. But he was really annoyed that he ended up second in his age group and went to complain to the organisers, claiming it was because he was hampered at the start and wanted that fact to be taken into account somehow. I finally left while he was still arguing - when I looked up the results online, I found that he was 13 minutes behind the runner who came first in his age group, so not sure if arguing about a delay at the start won hin anything. I guess you can find a bad-tempered individual whereever you go, but everyone else seemed to be having fun.

    I think what I found most impressive was the second kilometer or so when chaos of the start was over and I was in a large group moving at roughly the same pace. I was running without music, but all steps of all the runners (nearly in sync) were a great rhythm to run to. By the halfway point the field had streched out much more, but at that point the "way back" started, and that was motivating as well.
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,394 Member
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    Date.......Miles......Total
    04/01.....4.07.......4.07 - +2 mile walk
    04/02.....5.20.......9.27 - + Strength Training
    04/03.....6.48.....15.75
    04/04...13.10.....28.85
    04/05.....0.00.....28.85 - Rest - 3 mile walk on the beach
    04/06.....7.20.....36.05 - + Agility
    04/07.....6.24.....42.29 - + Strength Training
    04/08.....0.00.....42.29 - Rest + Strength Training
    04/09.....4.37.....46.66 - Surprisingly good tempo run
    04/10.....6.20.....52.86
    04/11.....8.23.....61.09 - Hill repeats, trail run and more hills!
    04/12.....0.00.....61.09 - Rest - 3 mile walk on the beach
    04/13.....7.40.....68.49
    04/14.....5.36.....73.85 - + Strength Training
    04/15.....0.00.....73.85 - Rest
    04/16.....5.57.....79.42 - + Strength Training
    04/18.....5.50.....90.94
    04/19.....0.00.....90.94 - Rest
    04/20.....4.64.....95.58 - Taper Week

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    @HonuNui - hope you got home safely and got some rest!
    @csman49 - beautiful picture but it does look cold!
    @Training2BeFast - you will rock that HM. It will be a 'short' training run for you!
    @Daisy471 - Love the necklace! and the name of the race :) It is wonderful that you get to run with your sisters!
    @Stoshew71 - congratulations on another awesome race!
    @teacton11 - lovely place for a trail run!
    @tdbernrd - whoohoo! congratulations on an excellent 10K!
    @_nikkiwolf_ - oh those grumpy old men... have to find something to complain about! He probably wasn't expecting to have any competition :) It is impressive though to see all the older runners still at it! I am so glad you had fun and yes there are those moments when everyone is moving together - I love the camaraderie!
  • gabbo34
    gabbo34 Posts: 289 Member
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    Wow - lots of folks in events last week! Congrats to all of you....I lost track of the names and don't want to forget anyone...but I read each and every one of the posts from the weekend!
  • cooter_mom
    cooter_mom Posts: 108 Member
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    So another rest day...crap on a cracker! Apparently I have extensor tendinitis. So ice and rest it today. And lace my shoes differently. The top of my foot has hurt off and on, but after yesterday's 10k, it was really tender. So I asked my RMT......oh boy did I get in poopoo for not asking sooner. Haha. Good thing she's my great friend and just shakes her head at me. It's not excruciating, but I figured I had better rest it. I'll do a short run tomorrow and see how it feels. I really do dislike days I don't run. You have ruined me........ And I love it!!!!!
  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
    edited April 2015
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    April Goal 60 miles

    4/1: unplanned and unwelcome rest
    4/2: planned rest
    4/3: 3.43
    4/4: 4.44 (no, I didn't plan that.....)
    4/5: work and church and company for dinner...oh my
    4/6: 4.15
    4/7 snorkel 2.5 hrs
    4/8 3.20
    4/9 3.67
    4/10 rest
    4/11 3.86
    4/12 3.29
    4/13 too lazy to move
    4/14: I don't normally post until I have a run to report...but today's 4 hours of snorkeling was too good to not report....turtles and whales and eels and: OCTOPUS!!!! (oh my....)
    4/15 4.76
    4/16 2.76
    4/17 3.22
    4/18 3.17
    4/19 rest/travel
    4/20 3.35...and congratulations to my coworker Josh who ran his first Boston Marathon in 3.01!

    Total 43.30
    (Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date)

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  • Nottafattie
    Nottafattie Posts: 140 Member
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    4/1 = 3.50 miles
    4/5 = 5.54 miles
    4/7 = 6.24 miles
    4/15 = 5.00 miles
    4/16 = 7.10 miles
    4/18 = 3.28 miles
    4/20 = 4.38 miles
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    Total =35.04 miles
    14.96 miles until goal

    Went for a nighttime run in my neighborhood. I've done it so many times before, so I'll admit I was daydreaming a bit. When you know exactly where each foot needs to land and none of the dogs even bother barking at you anymore, you just let your guard down. So just shy of two miles, I nearly soiled myself when an opossum jumped out of some shrubbery and right back in, right in the middle of a shadowy section between the street lights. I made some sort of strangled cry and launched myself down the road. I debated calling it for the night, wondered if opossums could catch rabies, then I just kept going and thanked heaven that it wasn't a skunk.
  • csman49
    csman49 Posts: 1,100 Member
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    csman49 wrote: »
    April
    5th - 4.6km (walk)
    6th - 5km
    7th - 5.5km
    8th - 6.6km
    9th - 10km
    11th - (cycling, turbotrainer, 17.5km not counted)
    14th - 3.68km
    15th - 7.4km
    16th - 2.68km (walk)
    17th - 2km (walk) plus 500m pool swim (not counted)
    18th - 10km
    19th - 500m lake swim (not counted)
    20th - 10.1km


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    Chilly sunday morning swim!
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    @shanaber @_nikkiwolf_ @skippygirlsmom it was 12.1c at the waters edge, but trust me it was much colder out in it! Wetsuit on though, so only my feet really felt it (numb feet). Some big fish in there too!



  • jtarmom
    jtarmom Posts: 228 Member
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    4/1 - 3.44 miles
    4/3 - 5 miles
    4/4 - 5 miles
    4/6 - 4 miles
    4/8 - 3 miles
    4/10 - 3.5 miles
    4/12 - 8 miles
    4/13 - 3.5 miles
    4/15 - 3.47 miles
    4/17 - 3.25 miles
    4/18 - 9 miles
    4/20 - stair workout

    not sure how many miles it was, but it was a LOT of stairs!!!

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  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
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    1 - 12mi, intervals
    2 - 6mi, easy
    3 - 8mi, easy w/strides
    4 - 10mi, easy
    5 - 20mi, long run
    6 - 5mi, easy
    7 - 7mi, intervals
    8 - Rest
    9 - 8mi, easy
    10 - 6mi, easy w/strides
    11 - 6mi, easy
    12 - 14mi, easy
    13 - 5mi, easy
    14 - 6mi, intervals
    15 - 4mi, easy
    16 - Rest
    17 - 3mi, easy
    18 - 26.3mi, Carmel Marathon
    19 - Rest
    20 - Rest
    21 - Rest

    I'll be back running tomorrow! Got the Kentucky Derby HM Saturday :)


    Total: 146.7mi

    April goal: ~180mi


  • rnjcb
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  • FancyPantsFran
    FancyPantsFran Posts: 3,687 Member
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    Broad Street run coming up on May 3rd. I'm tired from training!! This is the longest race I have ever run and I'm really excited. In the taper phase now. Massage today along with rest. Any advice from seasoned runners????
  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,878 Member
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    Nottafattie wrote: »

    Went for a nighttime run in my neighborhood. I've done it so many times before, so I'll admit I was daydreaming a bit. When you know exactly where each foot needs to land and none of the dogs even bother barking at you anymore, you just let your guard down. So just shy of two miles, I nearly soiled myself when an opossum jumped out of some shrubbery and right back in, right in the middle of a shadowy section between the street lights. I made some sort of strangled cry and launched myself down the road. I debated calling it for the night, wondered if opossums could catch rabies, then I just kept going and thanked heaven that it wasn't a skunk.

    Oh my gosh! Opossums are so ugly. I have seen them and armadillos when running and doesn't it feel like your heart just stops? And it's so ridiculous, because they aren't going to do anything to us! It really makes me wonder if a scary guy jumped out how I would react, if I act like that at a rodent.


    cooter_mom wrote: »
    So another rest day...crap on a cracker! Apparently I have extensor tendinitis. So ice and rest it today. And lace my shoes differently. The top of my foot has hurt off and on, but after yesterday's 10k, it was really tender. So I asked my RMT......oh boy did I get in poopoo for not asking sooner. Haha. Good thing she's my great friend and just shakes her head at me. It's not excruciating, but I figured I had better rest it. I'll do a short run tomorrow and see how it feels. I really do dislike days I don't run. You have ruined me........ And I love it!!!!!

    LOL, crap on a cracker! I hate non-running days also! And it's all because of this group! Didn't run this morning because I have strength training after school. And there's a chance I might not make it to training because of car repair issues, so if that happens I'll be really mad and may even run in the 90 degree weather after work.
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
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    faytwain wrote: »

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    Broad Street run coming up on May 3rd. I'm tired from training!! This is the longest race I have ever run and I'm really excited. In the taper phase now. Massage today along with rest. Any advice from seasoned runners????

    Reduce your time, but keep the same intensity. Don't rest too much. Are you following a plan?
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
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    Date Miles today. Miles for April
    4/1 6.2 miles - 6.2
    4/2 5.35 miles - 11.55
    4/3 REST DAY (TAPER)
    4/4 13.1 miles - 24.65 <<< Oak Barrel HM in Lynchburg, TN (1:44:13)
    4/5 REST DAY
    4/6 10.5 miles - 35.15
    4/7 REST DAY (also travel day as I am in Md this week)
    4/8 5 miles - 40.15
    4/9 4.2 miles - 44.35
    4/10 REST DAY/TAPER
    4/11 REST DAY/TAPER
    4/12 13.2 - 57.55 <<< Bridge Street HM (1:39:26 PR - 53 OA, 5 AG)
    4/13 REST DAY
    4/14 6 miles - 63.55
    4/15 8.15 miles - 71.70
    4/16 REST/TAPER
    4/17 REST/TAPER
    4/18 13.1 - 84.8 <<<<< GEARGIA PEACH JAM HM (1:44:38 - 45 OA, 9 AG)
    4/19 REST DAY
    4/20 8.25 <<<< 93.05
    4/21 9 miles 102.05

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  • Daisy471
    Daisy471 Posts: 409 Member
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    Thanks everyone! It was a great race, and if any of you ladies are looking for a spring half or 5k in western Michigan I would highly recommend this one. Sorry guys, you can't run but you can always volunteer!

    The course goes through downtown Grand Rapids up to the minor league ballpark and back, crossing the Grand River 4 times. This year's course was much better than last year and a large portion of it is on a paved bike trail. GR is a fun city, lots to do and great places to eat. We had lunch at a brewery after the race - peanut butter burger and a rye beer, perfect post race meal!

    4/1 - 3.8 miles (trail)
    4/4 - 11 miles
    4/5 - 3 miles
    4/7 - 5 miles
    4/8 - 3 miles
    4/9 - 7 miles (speedwork)
    4/11 - 12 miles
    4/12 - 3 miles
    4/15 - 3 miles
    4/16 - 3 miles
    4/19 - 13.1 miles @ Gazelle Girl Half Marathon, 2:24:10, new PR!
    4/21 - 4 miles

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  • karllundy
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    4/1 - Nice 3.1 miles on indoor track
    4/2 - Brutal 4.75 miles of "hilly" treadmill
    4/4 - 10 miles, nice mix of hills
    4/6 - 4 miles on indoor track
    4/8 - 4 miles on indoor track (33:16...pretty speedy for me)
    4/9 - Another hot, humid 5 miles on a "hilly" treadmill (Total 30.85/110)
    4/10 - 4 miles on indoor track
    4/12 - 11 miles, on the windy side, but otherwise nice
    4/13 - 2 recovery miles - maybe should have skipped it...ouch!
    4/14 - power outage = no alarm = unplanned rest
    4/15 - 4 miles on indoor track
    4/16 - 5 miles on treadmill (nice mix of hills, tempo and a few short "sprints")
    4/17 - 4 miles on indoor track; weather forecast is making the 12-miler for the weekend look difficult to get in :/
    4/18 - 10.4 miles; managed to squeeze in a shorter run than I planned between the thunderstorms
    4/20 - 4 miles on indoor track
    4/21 - 4 miles on indoor track

    @Daisy471 - jealous of your post-race meal...sounds delicious! Peanut butter is like bacon, it makes everything better!
  • helenrachel123
    helenrachel123 Posts: 22 Member
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    Will you be doing this again in May? Have only just seen it today and its now nearly the end of April think a challenge like this may set me back on the track for starting to run again as since xmas day have done one outside 5k and about 3 treadmill ones

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