April 2015 Running Challenge

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  • Wendy1Fl
    Wendy1Fl Posts: 102 Member
    edited April 2015
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    Sorry, duplicate post.
  • thomaszabel
    thomaszabel Posts: 203 Member
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    StartedJanuary12th wrote: »
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    StartedJanuary12th wrote: »
    I'm just starting out. This is my first week with C25K training but I'm extremely excited to be finally working towards my dream of being a runner/jogger. Will you be doing this again for May?

    Welcome to running and to the challenge. Yes we do this every month. @stoshew71 sets it up, cause he's good like that!
    Sounds good, thank you!

  • thomaszabel
    thomaszabel Posts: 203 Member
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    No goal cause I'm a slacker, but 34 miles done so far. Next month gonna set goal of 50.
  • Wendy1Fl
    Wendy1Fl Posts: 102 Member
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    9 miles today for a new longest distance ever for me. My pace was 10:00. It wasn't easy to do it on less than fresh legs, at 5.4 miles I hit a wall that made each foot I was able to put in front of the last one a miracle! But I am so grateful for my new chiropractor & massage therapist. They have me doing a lot of physical therapy exercises at home & I know I would not be able to push longer distances without their care. So that brings my total up to 76.03; 7.97 miles to go :smiley:
  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,878 Member
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    April 1 - rest
    April 2- 6.01 miles
    April 3- 5.15 miles
    April 4 - 34 mile bike ride
    April 5 - 20 mile bike ride - hilly ride.
    April 6 - 6.01 miles
    April 7 - Weight Training
    April 8 - 4.89
    April 9 - 6.02
    April 10 - 5.03
    April 11 - 34 mile bike ride
    April 12 - 40 mile bike ride
    April 13 - 4.25 miles
    April 14 - Weight Training
    April 15 - 5.1 miles :)
    April 16 - rest
    April 17 - Weight Training
    April 18 - 5.15
    April 19 - 41 mile bike ride
    April 20 - 4.32
    April 21 - rest
    April 22 - 5.25
    April 23 - 5.36
    April 24 - Weight training
    April 25 - 34 mile bike ride
    April 26 - 67 mile bike ride
    April 27 - 3.15 easy, slow run to recover from biking


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  • rnjcb
    rnjcb Posts: 86 Member
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  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
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    No run for me today but so many things happened here over the weekend that I had to reply. :)

    @peeanoe - Congrats on the 5k!

    @Wendy1Fl - Way to smash the 8 and 9 mile barriers!

    @csman49 - Congrats on the new record!

    @gabbo34 - Wow! Great time for a first HM! And for being one spot out of the top 3 in your age group! :D

    @kristinegift - Congrats on smashing your PR! Woot!

    @Training2BeFast - Fantastic time, and congrats on the new PR!

    @briebee7 - Most impressive sticking it out on those hills against the wind. Huge kudos!

    Congrats to all who have hit their monthly goals so far!
  • csman49
    csman49 Posts: 1,100 Member
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    April
    5th - 4.6km (walk)
    6th - 5km
    7th - 5.5km
    8th - 6.6km
    9th - 10km
    11th - 17.5km cycle (turbotrainer, 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
    21st - 660m pool swim (not counted)
    22nd - 9.1km
    24th - 3.5km (walk) plus 10km cycle (turbotrainer, not counted)
    25th - 5km
    26th - 5km cycle (turbotrainer, not counted)
    27th - 11.25km

    I've pre-added this evening's planned run on the assumption that i probably wont get time to add it after. If it doesn't happen then i'll delete it.

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  • gabbo34
    gabbo34 Posts: 289 Member
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    Wendy1Fl wrote: »
    9 miles today for a new longest distance ever for me. My pace was 10:00. It wasn't easy to do it on less than fresh legs, at 5.4 miles I hit a wall that made each foot I was able to put in front of the last one a miracle! But I am so grateful for my new chiropractor & massage therapist. They have me doing a lot of physical therapy exercises at home & I know I would not be able to push longer distances without their care. So that brings my total up to 76.03; 7.97 miles to go :smiley:

    Great job on the mileage this weekend. Just be careful pushing personal distance records on back to back days. Ramping up mileage in a short period of time without recovery can be a recipe for an overuse injury. (Have have a t-shirt for doing that at the end of the November challenge. :smiley: )
  • Daisy471
    Daisy471 Posts: 409 Member
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    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
    4/22 - 4 miles
    4/24 - 14 miles
    4/26 - 3.5 miles (trail)

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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
    22 - 4mi, easy
    23 - 6mi, easy
    24 - Rest
    25 - 13.1mi, easy
    26 - 6.1mi, easy

    Kentucky Derby half marathon on Saturday with a couple of MFPers, @lbelle987 and @JTick , followed up by Free Your Sole 10K with my girlfriend on Sunday. Yes, I stopped at McDonalds during the race. I was deathly hungry, having been up since 3:30am on nothing but a banana, Froot Loops, and coffee.

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    Total: 175.9mi

    April goal: 197mi
  • 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 <<<<< GEORGIA 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
    4/22 6.2 miles - 108.25
    4/23 8.25 miles - 116.5
    4/24 REST DAY
    4/25 15 miles - 131.5
    4/26 REST DAY
    4/27 10.5 miles - 142.5

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  • MrsKGrady
    MrsKGrady Posts: 276 Member
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    April 25 - 3.1 (Super Hero 5k) - Came in third in my age group!

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  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
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    MrsKGrady wrote: »
    April 25 - 3.1 (Super Hero 5k) - Came in third in my age group!

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    Congrats! We had a superhero 5k in my town last weekend.

  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    edited April 2015
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    @gabbo34 Congratulations on your first half and 4th in AG.

    @kristinegift Congratulations on your half. I am originally from NJ. What exit are ya? :-)
    I grew up in Union County, lived in Bayonne for a bit, moved down to Eatontown, then Brick before moving to Alabama.

    @csman49 Congrats man on your PB.

    @briebee7 Congrats on your marathon.

    @sonicdeathmonkey80 - I think McDonalds needs to sponsor you and put you in a commercial for how speedy their service is that it didn't slow down your race. :-)

    Ba da da dum! I'm Loving it!



  • JustWant2Run
    JustWant2Run Posts: 286 Member
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    @briebee7 Congrats on your second marathon! Great time for an hilly and windy race :) Big Sur is on my bucket list... It looks soooo amazing!
  • teacton11
    teacton11 Posts: 65 Member
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    3/30 - 7 Mi easy
    3/31 - 10 Mi steady state
    4/1 - 6 Mi recovery
    4/2 - 7 Mi steady state
    4/3 - 4 Mi easy double stroller
    4/4 - 22 Mi long
    56 mile week (39 in April)

    4/6 - 7 Mi easy
    4/7 - 10 Mi steady state
    4/8 - 6 Mi easy double stroller
    4/9 - 11 Mi easy
    4/10 - 7 Mi easy
    4/11 -10 Mi easy double stroller
    51 mile week

    4/13 - sick...
    4/14 - 7 Mi easy...still sick no fun crap crap crap
    4/15 - 10 Mi easy...blah
    4/16 - 11 Mi feeling a bit better
    4/17 - 7 Mi steady state back to normal
    4/18 - 13 Mi Trail
    48 mile week

    4/20 - 11 Mi steady state
    4/21 - 12 Mi easy
    4/22 - 7 Mi recovery
    4/23 - 14 Mi long
    4/24 - 7 Mi recovery lunch run :)
    4/25 - 8 Mi easy
    59 mile week


    197/200 total

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  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    edited April 2015
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    @briebee7 and @Training2BeFast and @kristinegift
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  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
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    Stoshew71 wrote: »

    @kristinegift Congratulations on your half. I am originally from NJ. What exit are ya? :-)
    I grew up in Union County, lived in Bayonne for a bit, moved down to Eatontown, then Brick before moving to Alabama.

    No idea what exit I am! But I live in Princeton. I moved out here just last September for grad school :) Pretty sure I drove through Eatontown yesterday (but then again I could be mistaken as my NJ geography is awful).
  • mmabry72
    mmabry72 Posts: 100 Member
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    Congrats to all the awesome finishes this weekend! THe McD's break in the middle of a race is epic :)


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    April 2 – 3.13 mi
    April 4 – 6.31 mi
    April 7 – 3.23 mi
    April 8 – 3.25 mi
    April 10 – 3.25 – 5k Glow Run. Running at night, through the woods. Official time 29:10 for 13th place overall.
    April 11 – 4.09 mi
    April 12 – 4.27 mi
    April 14 – 2.18 mi
    April 15 – 3.08 mi
    April 17 – 3.08 mi
    April 18 – 4.12 mi
    April 20 – 2 mi
    April 22 – 3.5 mi
    April 24 – 3.12 mi 24:08 5k
    April 26 – 6.32 mi

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