May 2015 Running Challenge

03/05 - 5.04km
13/05 - 6.12km
19/05 - 6.13km

I'd really like some of that post race (sometimes mid-race) food that @SonicDeathMonkey80 posts pictures of.... or take a rest day with this Dr. Jack Daniels that @Stoshew71 quotes.... however, with my lack of running miles it looks more like I need to fall back in @LoneWolfRunner 's pack

Ran with my hydration belt. Wasn't bad. Was incredibility hot and humid. Sure I'm sun burnt. Ran at lunch and after work. I anticipate being short this week with rain and appointments.

7. 48 total today..most in one day.

42/75

5/1 - 3.4 miles
5/3 - 10.5 miles
5/4 - 3 miles
5/6 - 3.4 miles
5/8 - 3.5 miles
5/10 - 12 miles
5/11 - 4 miles
5/13 - 3.5 miles
5/15 - 4 miles
5/17 - 7 miles
5/18 - 3.6 miles

I think I miscounted when I putting miles into my ticker...should be only 57.9 miles. whoops. In the taper for my first half on sunday!!

CodeMonkey78 wrote: »

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%

^^^^ @CodeMonkey78 - Congratulations! That is awesome!
@italysharon - the Santorini picture is beautiful. I suspect it was a challenging run to get there but definitely worth it!
@SonicDeathMonkey80 - Awesome job with the pacing in terrible conditions! Those 2 runners will never forget what you did for them and hopefully will pay it forward at another race!!
@LoneWolfRunner - I feel exactly the same on my rest days and hate it when I check in here and see all of the running going on - I can't however roll over and go back to sleep. I know I need the rest days but sometimes it is just so hard not to run! Who knew I would EVER feel that way!
@_nikkiwolf_ - Great job putting those endorphins to use :laugh: You definitely get to enjoy the couch tomorrow, maybe have some bonbons while you are lazily sitting there reading the challenge updates
@Elise4270 - I don't go out without sunscreen, ever... I hate getting sunburned and being a redhead I fry easily! I don't envy all of you in the heat and humidity already! I would be running at 4 am to avoid it!

Cool and overcast here this morning with even a bit of drizzle! Perfect running weather. Training plan called for a timed 50 minute run not including warm up and cool down. Tomorrow is a Race Pace run. Hope this weather holds!

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
05/18.....7.10.....63.74 - Timed run + Strength Training

I learned during my run in Sunday's heat that if you turn down the wrong road, suddenly a short soft run gets long and hard...

01/5 - Recovery
02/5 - 15.1 miles Trail
03/5 - 8.1 miles Trail
04/5 - Recovery
05/5 - 10.6 miles Trail
06/5 - 12.1 Miles Trail (split into 2 runs)
07/5 - 10.3 Road
08/5 - Recovery
09/5 - 17.3 Trail
10/5 - Swapped a recovery day due to twinge in calf
11/5 - 10.8 miles -2 runs one trail and one on the road
12/5 - 8.2 miles Trail Hill repeat
13/5 - 11.8 miles Trail
14/5 - 13 miles Road with the Hound of Love
15/5 - Recovery Day
16/5 - 11 Miles Trail
17/5 - Recovery (swapped day)
18/5 - 21.6 miles Trail

My back was still giving me issues on Sunday so I swapped a recovery day to hopefully help. So Monday it was no better (so much for an extra recovery day) so I went for a run anyway. The pain settled down after a few hundred metres. Surprisingly after my run my back was so much better so obviously you cure a bad back by running it into submission. It was a beautiful day lots of sun trails were a mixture of mud and dry fire road. I kept out of the hills thinking technical descents would irritate my back.

Lovely day and lovely run

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
5/19..................7.00............105.00

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
5/15...Rest
5/16...4 mi
5/17...2.5 mi Cross/Walk
5/18...4 mi
5/19...4 mi

shanaber wrote: »

CodeMonkey78 wrote: »

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%

^^^^ @CodeMonkey78 - Congratulations! That is awesome!

Thanks @shanaber!

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
5/15 - 4.1 miles, FOGGY...I kinda like running in the fog, feels mysterious.
5/16 - 4.5 miles
5/18 - 4.1 miles...lots of wind
5/19 - 4 miles...still windy...is it May or March?

@LoneWolfRunner - you are killin' it with the humor!
@Stoshew71 - you continue to amaze
@kristinegift - the mental aspect is always harder for me than the physical. You can do it!
@SonicDeathMonkey80 - way to help out others! The "running community" is so supportive in general...love it!

Have a good day all!

CodeMonkey78 wrote: »

shanaber wrote: »

CodeMonkey78 wrote: »

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%

^^^^ @CodeMonkey78 - Congratulations! That is awesome!

Thanks @shanaber!

I totally missed this - awesome!!!

@lonewolfrunner - great street sign LOL

@sonicdeathmonkey80 didn't think about the weather. We were talking to some folks after a race the other day and they asked if I planned to run a marathon. I laughed and said the thought of running for 5+ hours is something my brain can't even think about...so no.

Wow, so many posts since I last ran Saturday!

@skippygirlsmom - Congrats, especially to Skip on the win and the great medal!
@LoneWolfRunner - Nice 30k swag. Congrats on actually sleeping in for once. :-) Not sure what to say about that street sign other than to say that on my phone it looked really huge, I had to scroll all the way up that pole just to see what it was! :-D
@Remus42 - Congrats on the PR!
@shanaber - Glad the hip is feeling better.
@italysharon - That is an amazing view! Hope you are having a great time.
@SonicDeathMonkey - Major kudos for helping to push those people along under tough conditions. I had someone help me this last weekend when I truly bonked that last mile. I hope to pay it forward some day, and those people you helped feel similar, I'm sure. Also, hats off to your son for sprinting that pacer stick to the finish!
@CodeMonkey78 - Congrats on that 5k, way to go!
@_nikkiwolf_ - Enjoy your well earned rest day. :-)
@isulo_kura - Funny how some pains just go away when you run on them. Not always the case, but nice when it works that way.
@elise4270 - Hope your migraine clears soon.

I'm sure I missed some racers from last weekend, so...CONGRATS! Also, welcome to any new runners I may have missed.

Today was my first steps towards training for fall. After looking at a number of things and even talking it over with a couple very experienced pacers/runners during this weekends half, I'm going to build miles in something of an ultra runner way with two long runs on the weekend. I'm not jumping into any sort of ultra plan, mind you, and my weekly mileage is starting right off where it has been. I'm basically just changing my schedule to 3 shorter runs T-Th and then two longer runs Sa-Su, starting at current weekly mileage and slowly building up mileage. This means my long runs start at relatively short distances to most of my current long runs (8 and 6 to start). The next few weeks are all easy to help recover from Spring and also to keep a base up. The primary goals are losing weight by running many slow miles while also building up a bigger base and increasing speed.

If I build enough distance by the fall then I hope to either be able to do 2 HM's in a weekend, or maybe even a full marathon if I get up to at least two 20+ mile long runs over separate weekends. Neither of these would be raced but simply plan to finish. Target weekend for the half's (or even a full by upgrading one from half to full) is November 14-15. While this seems a bit lofty seeing it on paper right now, if I think back to January when I was making my Spring training plan I thought that looked pretty crazy too, and I achieved even my stretch goals for Spring.

5/2 - 6.07 miles
5/4 - 3 miles
5/5 - 3.01 miles
5/6 - 3.02 miles
5/9 - 13.1 miles 2:37:20.4 new PR
5/11 - 3.04 miles
5/16 - 13.1 miles 2:53:02
5/19 - 3.06 miles

I love the fact that Sonic's painfully slow run would be me kicking *kitten*.... lol... my pace substantially increases my time on feet... so anytime I want to do a run of 26 miles or beyond, I have no choice but to prep for a minimum of five hours on my feet... and that is without taco stops... just once I wish I could run like him.

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
5/17 ... 13
5/18 ... 7
5/19 ... 5

96 done/150 goal