May 2015 Running Challenge

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  • mwyvr
    mwyvr Posts: 1,883 Member
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    To date: 109.45km
    Wed May 13 3:53PM	14.02 MAF running, felt good
    Tue May 12 5:28PM	7.54 A 'rest' day. Oops.
    Mon May 11 4:20PM	10.01
    Sun May 10 9:52AM	6.09
    Sat May 9 1:56 PM	14.16
    Fri May 8 12:05 PM	7.67
    Thu May 7 5:38 PM	4.19
    Wed May 6 4:05 PM	10.02
    Tue May 5 7:25 PM	8.49
    Sun May 3 5:32 PM	6.5
    Sat May 2 4:16 PM	13.13
    Fri May 1 1:57 PM	7.62
    

  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
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    May goal 65 miles

    5/1 3.32
    5/2 3.34
    5/3 3.18
    5/4 rest
    5/5 4.21
    5/6 4.00
    5/7 3.15
    5/8 rest
    5/9 6.16
    5/10 4.01
    5/11 strength training
    5/12 snorkeling 3 hours: not the best day: but still lots of pretty fishies!
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    5/13 3.37

    Total 34.74

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

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  • LoneWolfRunner
    LoneWolfRunner Posts: 1,160 Member
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    DATE...............MILES............TOTAL
    5/1...................6.25.................6.25
    5/2...................6.50...............12.75
    5/3...................6.00...............18.75
    5/4...................Weight training
    5/5...................5.25...............24.00
    5/6...................5.00...............29.00
    5/7...................5.75...............34.75
    5/8...................Weight training
    5/9..................19.00..............53.75 (30k trail race)
    5/10..................7.75..............61.50
    5/11.................Weight training
    5/12..................7.00..............68.50
    5/14..................8.00..............76.50


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  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,878 Member
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    May 1- strength training
    May 2- cycling - 34 miles
    May 3 - rest day/walked 4 miles
    May 4 - 4.1 miles + Strength training
    May 5- 5.2 miles
    May 6 - rest
    May 7 - 5.1 miles
    May 8 - Strength training
    May 9 - 39 miles biking
    May 10 - 5K and 36 miles biking
    May 11 - Strength training
    May 12 - 5.5 miles
    May 13 - 3.53 miles + 21 mile bike ride
    May 14 - 5.44 miles


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  • chazdiezal
    chazdiezal Posts: 87 Member
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    May goal 65 mi

    5/3...10 mi
    5/4... Rest
    5/5... 2 mi
    5/6... 4 mi
    5/7... 2 m
    5/8... Rest
    5/9... 4 mi
    5/10...2 mi Cross/Walk
    5/11...Rest
    5/12...2 mi
    5/13...3 mi
    5/14...2 mi

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  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
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    Date Miles today. Miles for May
    5/1 REST DAY - 0
    5/2 16 miles - 16.0 <<< Madkin and Weeden Mountains on RSA (1,208ft elevation gain)
    5/3 REST DAY - Went hiking ~4 miles with the wife at Monte Sano instead
    5/4 10.35 miles - 26.35 << slow recovery miles. Still feel sore from weekend
    5/5 10 miles 36.35
    5/6 8 miles - 44.35 << easy paced
    5/7 5.25 miles - 49.6 << fast paced
    5/8 15 miles - 64.6 << Friday night long run
    5/9 REST DAY <<< Georgia Aquarium
    5/10 REST DAY
    5/11 10.5 miles - 75.1
    5/12 10 miles - 85.1
    5/13 8.25 miles - 93.35 << easy effort
    5/14 8 miles - 101.35 << CRR preview + 2

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  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
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    1 - 6.2mi, trail
    2 - 8.4mi, 5k, kids run, treadmill challenge
    3 - 13.1mi, Pittsburgh half marathon
    4 - 7mi, easy
    5 - 5.5mi, 5k race
    6 - Rest
    7 - 8mi, easy w/strides
    8 - 6mi, easy
    9 - 6mi, trail
    10 - 10mi, 7 easy/3 @7:00
    11- Rest
    12 - 7mi, easy
    13 - 5mi, easy (jogged a 5K+)
    14 - 6mi, easy
    15 - Rest

    Just easy running before my pacer job at the Cleveland Marathon this Sunday (5:30 group). Also, broke 1,000 miles for the year today :D

    Total: 88mi

    May goal: 120 (through 17th)
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
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    mwyvr wrote: »
    I have added No-see-ums / Midgies / Sandflies to the food database. For many of us, 'tis the season to ingest them!

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/update_nutrition_facts/195994609?date=2015-05-13&show_controls=true

    Hysterical and thank you! I hope no-see-ums are zero calories!



    I run a 3:19 and am running a 5:30 this Sunday. Personally I wouldn't race what I'd consider a "destination" race like Boston (I jogged Chicago in 3:52 just to enjoy the sights) unless I ran it every year, so this by itself doesn't make Rossi a cheater. The fact that no other races he's done (from Athlinks) supports his 3:11 in any race predictor makes him suspicious. That and he's a douche who drew a lot of attention to himself by shaming an innocent school administrator.

    @SonicDeathMonkey80 but you are doing a pace group this weekend correct? You haven't decided geez I think I'll just jog a 5:30 this weekend so I can see the sights.

    If I made a big deal out of it every time Skip's school administrator and I didn't agree I'd spend a lot of time being a jerk. So they didn't excuse the kids, big deal. When Skip was in middle school, they gave her excused absences to volunteer at Special Olympics, the Principal at the 9th grade level won't unless the kids are involved in a school sponsored club that is attending. She is for one SO event but not for the 2nd one we volunteer at...guess what I'm not going to lose my mind over one unexcused absence. Life is too short. Why we feel the need to call people out over everything we think we are entitled to amazes me. Skip misses very little school, so if I decided to take a long weekend and go somewhere with her I don't lie and say she's sick or anything I put on the note, "went to the beach on Friday :-)" they can decide if that's excused or not I couldn't care less.

    I'm taking my kid out of school for a trip to DC for the Marine Corps Marathon this October. My plan is to not shame the administration/teachers over their policies, but rather get their inputs on things he should do/see, and possibly squeeze some kind of report/assignment to do while he's there. I don't understand why people have to grandstand.

    Oh, and there will be plenty of sightseeing and eating at the marathon. The race's social media director wants me to flood IG with pictures of pretty much everything lol
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
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    Elise4270 wrote: »
    I didn't understand the desire to cheat at a run either. Who knows, maybe the guy really did qualify. Its just odd he can't back it up since he is apparently wearing a gps watch in the qualifying run at the finish.

    He's really stepped in it. The running community isn't going light on this fellow.

    @Stoshew71 you are fast, do you think this guy could qualify with a 3:11 and run a 4:01 at Boston? Is there typically that much variability in marathons?

    Fast is all relative. I may be fast to some of you guys but I am slow as heck compared to Josh Whitehead, Brandon York and Meb. Sonic is faster than me.
    I run a 3:19 and am running a 5:30 this Sunday. Personally I wouldn't race what I'd consider a "destination" race like Boston (I jogged Chicago in 3:52 just to enjoy the sights) unless I ran it every year, so this by itself doesn't make Rossi a cheater. The fact that no other races he's done (from Athlinks) supports his 3:11 in any race predictor makes him suspicious. That and he's a douche who drew a lot of attention to himself by shaming an innocent school administrator.

    I agree with Sonic. If I worked my *kitten* off to get to Boston (which I am trying to do) I don't think I will try and actually do my best once I reach Boston. I would take it easy and just enjoy my time there. But it's also very unusual as McMillian stated in the article to go from 4:26:37 in Nov 2013 to 3:11:45 in September 2014. There had to be at least another HM or some other race that he would have ran at near best. it's pretty ignorant to run at PR level in training runs. And you want to run at least a half race about a month before your goal marathon just so you know your planned pace for your goal marathon is on track. So that is is something that would point to suspect.

    The picture thing is suspicious but it is not all unusal that people around you get their picture taken and you don't. That happened to me quite a bit when the photographer is busy doing something else by the time you reach them. Heck at the Huntsville Half, the photographer was busy taking pictures of his possee that was standing by him while I ran by him. But if there were 6 spots where photographers were taking photos along the course and they only got him at the finish? That is pretty unusual. You would think at least 1 or 2 of the spots he could be seen, especially near the beginning of the race where everyone is still bunched up together.

    For me, the hard work paying off and knowing I earned my way means more than actually paying my way (through charity) or cheating and therefore it is not worth it. By all means I am not taking anything away from those that raise money for a good cause. It's just not the way I want to get into Boston.



  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    edited May 2015
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    5/1- rest day
    5/2 - 5 miles 8K Steeple Chase Race
    5/3 - 3.5 miles
    5/4 - rest day
    5/5 - 6.3 miles
    5/6 - 3.5 miles - decided to cut it short a bit so I could go home and get Macy for a walk
    5/7 - 4.5 miles
    5/8 - 4.6 miles
    5/9 - 2.4 miles - just a quick run to get my legs moving
    5/10 - 3.5 miles of Mother's Day fun with Skip way hot at 85 degrees
    5/11 - active rest day walked the Macy 3 miles
    5/12 - 6.5 miles
    5/13 - rest day - well I walked 3 miles with Macy and cut the yard so my feet were moving LOL
    5/14 - 5.5 miles

    Just realized I better step things up if I'm going to make goal this month!

    45.3 out of 120 miles completed

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    Brought myself a new toy :smiley:. Skip's birthday is Monday (15 yipes!) and I brought her a Forerunner 10 and this Forerunner 15 magically jumped into my cart for me.

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  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
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    5/2 - 5.25 beautiful miles through my neighborhood
    5/4 - 5 miles, indoor track
    5/5 - 4 miles, treadmill (soggy, foggy day here); another 5 on stationary bike
    5/6 - 4 miles, indoor track; weights / abs
    5/7 - woke up feeling like #$*%...so decided to go back to sleep. May run this evening if I feel better.
    5/8 - 4 miles, indoor track; weights
    5/9 - 10.5 miles to celebrate 1000 days on MFP. Don't usually pay attention to those numbers, but 1000 is a lot!
    5/10 - HAPPY MAMA'S DAY - rest for me too
    5/11 - 4.5 chilly, windy miles. Who dialed the weather back a month or so?
    5/12 - 4 miles, indoor track; weights / abs
    5/13 - 4.05 miles
    5/14 - 4.75 miles, treadmill
  • Ghlt4
    Ghlt4 Posts: 241 Member
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    Miles so far.
    5/01 - 4.83 miles
    5/04 - 2.04 miles
    5/05 - 4.10 miles
    5/07 - 2.44 miles
    5/08 - 3.27 miles
    5/09 - 4.15 miles
    5/12 - 3.18 miles
    5/14 - 4.02 miles

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  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
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    5/1- rest day

    Brought myself a new toy :smiley:. Skip's birthday is Monday (15 yipes!) and I brought her a Forerunner 10 and this Forerunner 15 magically jumped into my cart for me.

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    Nice!

    Happy Birthday to Skip!
  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,878 Member
    edited May 2015
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    [quote="skippygirlsmom;
    Brought myself a new toy :smiley:. Skip's birthday is Monday (15 yipes!) and I brought her a Forerunner 10 and this Forerunner 15 magically jumped into my cart for me.

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    Haha! Great -- can't wait to see how it does. Does it have a HRM with it?

    As a high school teacher, I have seen the progression of parents supporting teachers -- to today's world of let's bully teachers, admins, etc. And who do they think that is helping? Not their child, that's for sure. But ... that's another topic altogether. Running helps me not worry about it too much!
  • mwyvr
    mwyvr Posts: 1,883 Member
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    Brought myself a new toy :smiley:. Skip's birthday is Monday (15 yipes!) and I brought her a Forerunner 10 and this Forerunner 15 magically jumped into my cart for me.

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    Excellent. The family that runs together... smiles a lot!

    I bought a Forerunner for myself well ahead of my birthday in September but will forgive myself provided I make my goal weight by then, a promise I made myself on my last birthday, 63 pounds and many kilometers ago.
  • briebee7
    briebee7 Posts: 224 Member
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    @skippygirlsmom - Happy birthday Skip! I fully support you getting yourself a "birth" day gift as well. Enjoy!

    DATE ... MILES
    5/1 ... 4
    5/2 ... 6
    5/3 ... 10
    5/4 ... 3.5
    5/7 ... 5.5
    5/9 ... 8
    5/10 ... 10
    5/11 ... 6
    5/12 ... 5
    5/13 ... 7
    5/14 ... 6

    71/150 goal. Almost half way there!
  • chazdiezal
    chazdiezal Posts: 87 Member
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    @briebee7 Great job on the mileage, i hope to get there someday!
  • Wendy1Fl
    Wendy1Fl Posts: 102 Member
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    5/14 1.2 miles – training Lola! Pace 11:20
    5/12 3.66 miles – Doomsday Hill up & down 3x Pace 10:11
    5/11 Yoga Bliss Hips
    5/10 9.53 miles - a distance record for me Pace 10:39
    5/9 5.53 miles Pace 10:00
    5/8 Yoga Bliss Hips
    5/6 6 miles Pace 10:00
    5/5 5 miles Pace S-L-O-W 12:12
    5/3 8.21 miles - Bloomsday race 7.62 miles Pace 9:23
    Total: 39.13; 77.07 to go

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    Look at this adorable bobble-head I adopted last night! She came from a search & rescue family who found that she didn't have enough desire to leave their side out on mountain trails or any prey drive present to make her an effective search & rescue dog. Her name is Lola, and I am head-over-heels for this sweetie! She is the best behaved 6 month old puppy I've ever met. She never was leash trained as she has excellent recall & her job was supposed to be actually tracking out a mile or 2 away from her family to find the lost & wounded. BUT, she is as smart as a whip & on just the little 1.2 miles I jogged with her this morning she learned so much about how to heel! I'm really excited about finding her!
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  • davetheperson
    davetheperson Posts: 124 Member
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    2.2 Miles this morning (Scheduled miles 1.5 + another .7 to make up for yesterday)



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    5/3/15 3 Miles 32:59:43 11'06"
    5/6/15 2.5 Miles 26:01:45 10'10"
    5/7/15 3.25 Miles 32:33:16 10'10"
    5/8/15 1.5 Miles 14:31:78 9'40"
    5/10/15 4 Miles 45:15:64 11'32 Ben Franklin Bridge
    5/12/15 2 Miles 21:52:45 10'54"
    5/13/2015 2.3 Miles 25:00:00 11' Estimate GPS watch screwed up
    5/14/2015 2.2 Miles 23:09:48 10'31"

    Total Miles: 20.75
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
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    @Wendy1Fl Aw that's great! Congratulations! I should take mine running, I bet they love it.