May 2015 Running Challenge
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I went along to my local Parkrun for the first time in 3 years yesterday - had forgotten what a good event thst it.
Still, way off this month's target. Just not getting the time for my usual Sunday long run
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@Pandora_and_her_box how is it coming along this month? I KNOW you can do it!!!
@skippygirlsmom avoiding a loose pit is always the best course of action - good instincts! I once had one run up & put her hot slobbery jaws on my Pug/Jack Russell's back, I just barely managed to yank my dog's leash hard enough to rip her away as those jaws were closing down. I held her to my chest, stood as big as I could manage & yelled as meanly as I could "NO! BAD DOG!" & she immediately dropped to her belly & slunked away like she thought I was going to beat her or something. That is what my dog Trainer told me to do whenever in a confrontation with a big dog - stand tall, clutch whatever it is they want possessively to your chest, look down severely & sternly tell them no in as low & growly a voice as possible. Luckily you didn't have to face that dog, but if you ever have to & you don't have pepper spray they do respond to confidence & dominance in most cases. Now I carry pepper spray just in case. It was too scary for me to ever want repeated...
5/5 5 miles Pace: S-L-O-W 12:12
Um, I forgot to count my warm up run Bloomsday, so here is my updated mileage, plus according to my Garmin with all my bobbing & weaving I actually ran a 7.62 mile Bloomsday.
5/3 8.21 Miles; Bloomsday race 7.62 miles Pace 9:23
Total: 13.21; 102.99 to go
Thanks! Sadly, it'll take a miracle now. Just not getting enough time to run!
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5/02/15 - 4.35 miles
5/03/15 - 9.38 miles
5/05/15 - 5 miles
5/07/15 - 3.16 miles
5/08/15 - 5.46 miles
5/09/15 - 5 miles
5/10/15 - 10 miles
5/12/15 - 5.02 miles
5/14/15 - 5 miles
5/16/15 - 5 miles
5/17/14 - 8.25 miles
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Only just found this so joining a little late :') Obviously because of this my goal is a lot lower (and because I'm a super beginner!) than it will be next month
Only started yesterday so wish me luck!
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5/1: 5.2 miles
5/2: REST
5/3: 12 miles (scheduled: 20; left calf was not having it today)
5/4: REST
5/5: 1 mile (meant to bike to rest my calf, but the bike room was closed for asbestos removal
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5/6: 5 miles
5/7: 6.1 miles
5/8: REST
5/9: REST
5/10: 15 miles
5/11: REST
5/12: 4 miles
5/13: REST (aka: I accidentally took a 2.5 hour nap instead of running...)
5/14: 6.7 miles
5/15: 5 miles
5/16: REST
5/17: 20 miles FINALYYYYYYY
Started out just a bit before 7, and it was 65 degrees, nice and cloudy, and 90% humidity. Got done about quarter past 10 and it was 75, sunny and 78% humidity. Good practice for the kind of humidity I'll have in Minneapolis for the marathon, but I'd love the race to be about 10 degrees cooler at the start. Fingers crossed!
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Welcome @emmy15rocks . Miles are miles! Ill warn you- if you hang out here the running bug may get you. Or maybe I just have no life and am OCD- all I think about is my next run, logging another mile...
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Welcome @emmy15rocks . Miles are miles! Ill warn you- if you hang out here the running bug may get you. Or maybe I just have no life and am OCD- all I think about is my next run, logging another mile...
Thanks
I used to do athletics a few years back but never really ran any further than 1500m :') I was super into throwing at the time! Looking forward to catching the running bug tbh 0 -
3 miles today. It was kind of a sucky run, it was humid and I did not hydrate enough.
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"
5/17/2015 3 Miles 33:47:07 11'19" Humid bleh run
Total Miles: 23.750 -
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
5/15 - 5.3 miles
5/16 - 3.2 miles - 5K and a little extra with warm up
5/17 - 6.4 miles with Skip nice easy miles
60.2 out of 120 miles completed
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Welcome @emmy15rocks . Miles are miles! Ill warn you- if you hang out here the running bug may get you. Or maybe I just have no life and am OCD- all I think about is my next run, logging another mile...
Nice pix @elise4270
Welcome @emmy15rocks
Great job @kristinegift I laugh here when people complain about the humidity..try NJ some time, way humid! How does the calf feel?
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »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
5/15 - 5.3 miles
5/16 - 3.2 miles - 5K and a little extra with warm up
Skip ran with me. She finished 1st overall female and ran about a 25:45, she forgot to stop her watch so we got that time from the guy in front of her. It wasn't timed. I did 3.15 (according to my wonderful new Garmin) in 30.01. What a great race, so much fun, wonderful people. Love the placer medals, they were hand made by one of the sponsors. It was gold, the picture doesn't do it justice, it was also on a red rawhide cord. So sorry I didn't get one!
53.8 out of 120 miles completed
Awesome work! Congrats!0 -
Date.......Miles......Total
05/01.....9.20.......9.20
05/02.....0.00.......9.20 - Rest
05/03.....4.33.....13.53
05/04.....6.42.....19.95 - Running with a friend
05/05.....0.00.....19.95 - Strength Training
05/06.....5.13.....25.08
05/07.....0.00.....25.08 - Travel day (flight cancellations, etc...)
05/08.....0.00.....25.08 - Extended travel day
05/09.....4.13.....29.21 - Treadmill
05/10.....0.00.....29.21
05/11.....5.25.....34.46 - Treadmill
05/12.....3.76.....38.22 - Treadmill
05/13.....0.00.....38.22 - Travel day
05/14.....7.51.....45.73 - +Strength Training
05/15.....0.00.....45.73 - unplanned rest for my tight hip
05/16.....8.17.....53.90
Got in a good longish run today. Plan called for 10 but 8 was all I could manage. My hip is still tight but felt better after the 1st couple of (slow, slow, slow) miles. Tomorrow is planned rest with possibly a beach run depending on the weather.
@skippygirlsmom - sounds like a fantastic race! so glad both you and the SkippyGirl did so well and she got some bling!!
@9voice9 - congratulations placing in your age group! That is an awesome accomplishment!
@CodeMonkey78 - congratulations on your race too! Looks like you placed as well! Also I love the excel chart! I do something similar with my stats as well - geeks unite! :laugh:
@WhatMeRunning - so glad the achilles did well for your half this weekend. Great job finishing 2 a week apart!
@Wendy1Fl - Wow you are really picking up some speed girl! Great job!!
Thanks Shana! I love graphs and charts
My profile pic was from two races ago. I'll explain in a moment in my update.0 -
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Recent Race Results
05/02/15 - Kiwanis River Run 7km; Fayettevillle, TN
- 32:24; 12/106, 4/8 AG - Top 11.32%
05/09/15 - Chick-Fil-A Connect Race Series 5k; Athens, AL
- 23:06; 14/217; 1st AG - Top 6.45%
05/15/15 - Relay for Life Glow Trot 5k; Oakwood, GA
- 22:58; 3/180; 3rd OA, 1st AG - Top 1.67%
Current total 126.7 miles
Remaining: 73.3 miles0 -
skippygirlsmom wrote: »Welcome @emmy15rocks . Miles are miles! Ill warn you- if you hang out here the running bug may get you. Or maybe I just have no life and am OCD- all I think about is my next run, logging another mile...
Nice pix @elise4270
Welcome @emmy15rocks
Great job @kristinegift I laugh here when people complain about the humidity..try NJ some time, way humid! How does the calf feel?
@skippygirlsmom Haha, NJ humidity day-to-day has nothing on Iowa humidity... but when we're between storms, NJ does it's best IA impression! I just need to relearn how to breathe & run while in an outdoor sauna, or else this marathon is going to be torture! The calf feels pretty good, thanks for asking! I'll throw on some compression socks and foam roll it, but it didn't start to really tighten up til 18 miles in, so that's enormous progress, since it was bothering me 5-8 miles in just a couple weeks ago. Since I'll be taking it easy the next two weeks, I think it will be really, truly 100% better by race day.0 -
kristinegift wrote: »
The calf feels pretty good, thanks for asking! I'll throw on some compression socks and foam roll it, but it didn't start to really tighten up til 18 miles in, so that's enormous progress, since it was bothering me 5-8 miles in just a couple weeks ago. Since I'll be taking it easy the next two weeks, I think it will be really, truly 100% better by race day.
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Well done everyone who raced this weekend! Some quite nice medals I saw in this thread.
And some really cute running buddys
2.5.15 - 4.1km
4.5.15 - 3.9km
6.5.15 - 4.2km
8.5.15 - 5.3km
10.5.15 - 11.7 km
11.5.15 - 3.6 km
13.5.15 - 6.8 km
15.5.15 - 6.2 km
17.5.15 - 15.3 km
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61.1km (of 100km) done
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Ran my 10k today and got a new best personal time. 52:240 -
To date: 135.29km Sun May 17 9:13AM 13.47 ; 57.41km this week. Sat May 16 8:09PM 0.00 Rest Fri May 15 1:28PM 7.70 Thu May 14 6:27PM 4.67 Wed May 13 3:53PM 14.02 Tue May 12 5:28PM 7.54 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 Tue May 2 0:00 PM 0.00 Rest Sun May 3 5:32 PM 6.5 Sat May 2 4:16 PM 13.13 Fri May 1 1:57 PM 7.62
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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
5/16................14.50..............91.00
5/17..................7.00..............98.00
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Raced the single loop 5.4 mile course today, instead of the 2 loop course so I could ride with my dad this afternoon. Glad I did because it was muddy, hilly, rocky, humid and totally awesome!
Latched on to someone from Team RWB around mile 2 and we ended up running together the whole way and crossing the finish line together. For a misanthropic, grumpy old loner like me, it was really nice to be reminded of just how great the running community can be. I workout alone 99% of the time, so this was pretty cool.
Finished right around the middle of the pack with a chip time of 1:03ish. Pretty chuffed, I have to say.
22.5 total.0 -
By the way, @skippygirlsmom and @LoneWolfRunner, those are nifty medals. I love it when race directors get creative (just not TOO creative, like the genius that came up with my purple-American-Indian-shooting-an-arrow belt buckle that's 5 inches wide and creepy)0
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By the way, @skippygirlsmom and @LoneWolfRunner, those are nifty medals. I love it when race directors get creative (just not TOO creative, like the genius that came up with my purple-American-Indian-shooting-an-arrow belt buckle that's 5 inches wide and creepy)
LOL yeah that one sounds great @SBRRepeat I talked to the girl that made the medals last night and she thrilled we like them so much.
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05/01 10 Km
05/05 5 Km
05/08 5 Km
05/13 5 Km
05/15 10 Km
05/17 6 Km
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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
5/13 3.37
5/14 rest
5/15 3.47
5/16 3.8
5/17 3.0
Total 45.01
(Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date)
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Date.......Miles......Total
05/01.....9.20.......9.20
05/02.....0.00.......9.20 - Rest
05/03.....4.33.....13.53
05/04.....6.42.....19.95 - Running with a friend
05/05.....0.00.....19.95 - Strength Training
05/06.....5.13.....25.08
05/07.....0.00.....25.08 - Travel day (flight cancellations, etc...)
05/08.....0.00.....25.08 - Extended travel day
05/09.....4.13.....29.21 - Treadmill
05/10.....0.00.....29.21
05/11.....5.25.....34.46 - Treadmill
05/12.....3.76.....38.22 - Treadmill
05/13.....0.00.....38.22 - Travel day
05/14.....7.51.....45.73 - +Strength Training
05/15.....0.00.....45.73 - unplanned rest for my tight hip
05/16.....8.17.....53.90
05/17.....2.74.....56.64 - Dog beach run
Back to work for me tomorrow...
Hip is feeling better and it is supposed to stay cool and cloudy this week. Hoping to get in a good run tomorrow after all my meetings!
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Goal = 62
Completed = 42
Remaining = 20
5/3 - 8.5 miles
5/5 - 5.5 miles
5/9 - 8 miles
5/11 - 5 miles
5/14 - 6 miles
5/17 - 9 miles0 -
@skippygirlsmom, well done to you both, I that medal - you must be super proud.
@emmy15rocks, welcome! you're nearly a quarter of the way there.
@remus42, well done on the PB!
As always, reading all your posts has made me feel like getting off my butt and getting out there (if not a little guilty at how lazy I've been and how far behind I am on the miles!)!0 -
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