May 2015 Running Challenge
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@Stoshew71 - thanks for the videos! Interesting one about the Kenyans and will catch up on the music/pace ones later this weekend!
@7lenny7 - thanks for all the links! Will definitely check out my music to get the pace!
Busy day but got a quick 4 miles in before heading out to the agility trial. Ended up sitting in holiday traffic for almost an hour (for a 20-30 minute trip). Got there just in time to check in. Hobbes did not run well probably due to my stress but there is always tomorrow!
Hope to get in a decent longish run in the morning before heading out again and hopefully there won't be traffic like today!
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
05/19.....6.55.....70.29
05/20.....0.00.....70.29
05/21.....5.57.....75.86 - +Strength Training
05/22.....4.63.....80.49
Not sure I am going to get to 120 this month, but it will be close and probably come all the way down to the 31st!
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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
19/5 - 10.2 miles Trail
20/5 - Recovery Day
21/5 - 8 miles Road
22/5 - Recovery day because life got in the way
23/5 - 22 Miles Trail
A trail run in lovely weather. Stupidly I didn't have breakfast because I just wanted to get out there so I paid for that later. There's only a limited number of gels I can take
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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
5/15 5.5 miles - 106.85 << recovery pace
5/16 15 miles - 121.85 << Sat long run
5/17 REST DAY
5/18 8 miles - 129.85
5/19 7.09 miles - 136.94 << WRH Brueggers Grp Run
5/20 REST DAY/TAPER
5/21 5.5 miles - 142.44 << WRH Panera Pounders Grp Run
5/22 REST DAY/TAPER
5/23 6 miles - 148.44 << WRH Saturday morning Research Park Grp Run
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3miles with Hubby today!0 -
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
5/20................13.00............118.00
5/23................10.00............128.00
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@isulo_kura... Duncan, you are pounding out some serious miles this month!0
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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
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
5/18 - rest day walked Macy a few miles but that's it, took Skip to breakfast in the morning for her birthday and went to the track banquet last night
5/19 - 6.2 miles
5/20 - 5.3 miles
5/21 - 4.4 miles - I've been running this route pretty consistent since Nov 2014 and this was the fastest I ran it, 43:59
5/22 - 3.4 miles
5/23 - 3.5 miles - easy run with Skip before our 10K on Monday
84 out of 120 miles completed
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LoneWolfRunner wrote: »@isulo_kura... Duncan, you are pounding out some serious miles this month!
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How can you not love a race that has a $5,000 bounty for anyone who breaks the 10K course record? This is the race that @stoshew71 @codemonkey78 and I will be running on Monday. It has a killer "speed bump" and here is the comment from one of the top region female runners "It's just the one hill," Mudy-Mader said of the Cotton Row's infamous uphill climb that begins at mile 2 and tops out at the three-mile mark on Mountainwood Dr. "Before that hill, it's nice. I've run it a couple of times for practice. As soon as you get to a hill, it's super steep. After that your quads and legs are so dead. It kind of helps that it's downhill later on, but you feel like you have the hill in your legs."
Oh I can't wait LOL
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2015/05/5k_bounty_on_course_records_re.html
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@skippygirlsmom wow! Hill? Or mountain running! Way to build endurance!
Question for the community- do you ache when you rest a few days? I haven't run since Monday and I'm so achy. It just gets worse until I swim, walk or run.0 -
Just finished my first Tri of the season, pretty happy with how it went, except for a few mistakes here and there. Won my age group and finished 9th overall female of 59 in the sprint!
As per usual, my run was my biggest limiter, but I was putting up mile splits about 1-2 minutes faster than all of last year's races, so, progress!
My bike split was awesome, felt really strong- 23rd overall of the full field of 140ish people.
Swim was painful. I panicked when I hit the water, no idea why, and it took a couple hundred yards to get my breathing under control. Still finished in the top half of the field, but I was a full 2 minutes slower than where I self-seeded (sorry to anyone who got stuck behind me!). Most importantly, I felt awesome after the race, so it's good to know I could have pushed myself even harder.
Overall, good start to the real race season
At the finish line with my dad:
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@SBRRepeat congratulations!0
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Short on time so will catch up on posts tonight.
Was having lunch with my dad today and decided to run out to his place instead of driving. Temps were nice and the scenery was nice as I got further out of town. Lunch was great too. Might do this regularly, and maybe run back next time as well!
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
5/20 - 3.01 miles
5/21 - 3.1 miles
5/23 - 12.8 miles
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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
16 - 4mi, easy
17 - 26.5mi, Cleveland Marathon pacer
18 - Rest
19 - 4mi, easy
20 - 6.4mi, easy
21 - Rest
22 - 6mi, easy
Total: 140.9mi
May goal: 180mi0 -
@SBRRepeat Sounds like a really nice start to the race season, well done!
@skippygirlsmom Wow, the "speed bump" is a full mile long? That would make for some nice hill repeats training, I bet
I bought new running socks and wore them the first time last night. I guess they don't fit as well as a thought when I first tried them on - they started chafing after half an hour, and now I have blisters on the soles of my big toes. Now I can't decide if I should give those socks a second chance on another run or not...
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
18.5.15 - 5.2 km
22.5.15 - 6.8 km
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73.2km (of 100km) done
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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
)
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
5/18: 3 miles
5/19: REST
5/20: 5 miles
5/21: 6 miles
5/22: REST
5/23: 4 miles
98/155 miles
Shifting my Friday and Sunday runs to Sat and Mon so I can do the RW Run Streak (Memorial Day through July 4) on fresh legs. Being required to do 1 mile the day after my marathon will probaly help me from getting so stiff; I laid in bed all day the day after my first one, and that was a huge mistake!
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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
5/20 - 3 miles
5/23 - 2 miles
Buffalo 1/2 marathon tomorrow!! So excited/nervous - I can't wait (but I feel like I could use another week or ten of training....haha)![exercise.png[\img]](http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/w01r4fO/exercise.png[\img])
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Nice LSR in the rain today (10K!!!). Finished just before the "monsoon-like" rain started. Up to 52 km this month!0
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5/23: 5 miles
So far: 90.1 miles out of 1000 -
@isulo_kura those are some seriously impressive miles!
@SBRRepeat Congrats on the great tri results!
@skippygirlsmom that hill sounds like a great challenge, but I'm sure you'll scoot right over it!
@jtarmom Hope your first HM tomorrow is a great one!0 -
4 miles on the TM bare foot. Found that 3 is all my feet can take before I get blisters.
46.23/75
Gonna push and try to make the 75.0 -
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
5/18 snorkeling 3 hours
5/19 snorkeling 3 hours
5/20 5 miles on dreadmill (cause my legs are sore from all that snorkeling!)
5/21 3.07
5/22 lazy
5/23 2.57
Total 55.65
(Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date)
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Month to date: 181.70 km; Goal: 160km Stretch goal: 200km ========================================================= Sat May 23 5:17PM 0.00 Rest; 36km cycling + nice dinner instead Fri May 22 12:23PM 13.54 Thu May 21 12:23PM 15.83 Wed May 20 6:55PM 4.78 Tue May 19 3:39PM 12.26 Mon May 18 11:50AM 0.00 Rest; 51km cycling instead Sun May 17 9:13AM 13.47 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 4 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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@WhatMeRunning I have a 50 in July so I'm all about volume and running on tired legs at the moment0
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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
May 15 - weight training
May 16 - biking - 34 miles
MAY 17 - biking 40 miles
May 18 - 5 miles
May 19 - 5.75 New York’s central park! Very hilly for this Florida lady.
May 20 - rest day - daughter’s graduation
May 21- rest day - moving out of dorm
May 22 - 6 miles down Hudson River!
May 23 - 22 miles biking around Long Island
May 24 - 5 mile run - along the water in Long Island- PERFECT temps and beautiful out. Don't want to go home to Florida temps tomorrow.
@SBRRepeat - Congratulations! Great picture!
@elise4270 - yes, I get sore when I have rest days too. So strange! If I am feeling sore an easy run just works it all out!
@whatmerunning - Love that idea of running to meet your dad. Only thing is I'd be so sweaty but I would love to do something like that!
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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
19/5 - 10.2 miles Trail
20/5 - Recovery Day
21/5 - 8 miles Road
22/5 - Recovery day because life got in the way
23/5 - 22 Miles Trail
24/5 - 14.5 Miles Trail
A steady trail run today the wind picked up for the last part which made the final few miles a little more challenging.0 -
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
16 - 4mi, easy
17 - 26.5mi, Cleveland Marathon pacer
18 - Rest
19 - 4mi, easy
20 - 6.4mi, easy
21 - Rest
22 - 6mi, easy
23 - 8mi, easy
Pretty big regional 5K I'm running tomorrow - Lou Cox Memorial. If you're not sub-16, you won't see the top 100. The plan is to stick at slightly faster than tempo pace and use it as a training run, but it would be in the neighborhood of my PR. I haven't done any speedwork, so I'm not going to bother trying to ace it. That's July 18th
Total: 148.9mi
May goal: 180mi
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