May 2015 Running Challenge

@stoshew71 LOL on the video, I was shocked Skip wasn't out there. But evidently there was a 17 year old boy who was chatting her up - to the point of asking her out.
@ddmom0811 thanks!

I'm sorry I'm so behind on everyone's posts - I'm reading them all just not giving my 2 cents LOL Work is insane - home is insane - did I mention my other half is home after being overseas 6 months - yeah things are insane

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
5/24 - rest day - walked Macy 3 miles
5/25 - 6.2 miles 10K cotton row run - tough course, it wanted to make me cry LOL No PR for me 1:03.03 was the chip time. Skip finished 57:49 chip time a PR for her though she wasn't thrilled with it. The "hill" was all everyone promised it was be I did a speed walk up it and wanted to die never mind run Race was delayed an hour because a tree fell on the course 30 mins before start time. I'm checking mapmyrun and it looks like the hill goes up 100 feet in less than a quarter mile. But before that "hill" it uphill for over a mile.
5/26 - 4.6 recovery miles - ouch
5/27 - 3.5 miles decided to cut it a bit short - needed to get to work my VACATION starts at noon today!

98.3 out of 120 miles completed - I am so down to the wire on meeting this!

jtarmom wrote: »

Tried a slow run today, but my IT band started hurting ~1 mile in. Anyone know how long I can expect to be sidelined with this? I'm stretching and foam rolling, and now very frustrated. I just complete my first half marathon and now can't even run a mile.

@jtarmom IT bands can be tricky, because they're usually not actually a knee problem, but a symptom of something going on elsewhere. When I've had ITB issues, it's been because my glutes are sleepy from sitting too much/sitting a particular way. I make a conscious effort to stand more and I do glute specific exercises, and the IT band fixes itself in a few days, and I back off on the running in the meantime.

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
5/15 - 6.27 miles
5/18 - 4.10 miles
5/20 - 6.24 miles
5/25 - 4.33 miles
5/27 - 6.21 miles

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
5/24 - 6.1 miles
5/25 - 1 mile
5/26 - 4 miles
5/27 - 3.7 miles

@jtarmom - like the others above, my IT band issues last year wound up being related to strength in hip flexors, core and glutes (one of more). I would only notice it after 12+ mile runs, and only became somewhat painful after my first half. It never got to the point where a few days rest did not take care of it for me, so I was lucky, I guess. But once I added in some strength routines for runners that focused on hip flexors, core and glutes that problem never came back again. It also made me faster.

If you are already doing such exercises, then I guess this advice won't help.

@skippygirlsmom - so is Skip going out with the 17 yo? That is tough that she is now old enough to drive and date (maybe)!
Enjoy your vacation and having your significant one at home for a few days! Hope you can get away for a few days!!
@Stoshew71 - the video is awesome! I was trying to pick you and @skippygirlsmom out

@shanaber she told him no thank you. Good thing I would have hated for her to have to call him later and tell him her Mom said "are you out of your freaking mind". LOL

I was back aways, or in the porta john ha ha!!!! Skip was near the front, but when you are 78 lbs and 5' tall you don't stand out too much.

Thanks @karllundy - he is not Skip's Dad but he's been there for half of her life so she considers him Dad. He took her all around while he ran errands yesterday and was texting me all excited.

Almost there!

5/1 3 miles
5/2 8.5 miles
5/3 8 miles
5/4 rest day
5/5 4 miles
5/6 4 miles
5/7 elliptical
5/8 4 miles
5/9 1.1 miles
5/10 9.35 miles
5/11 rest day
5/12 4 miles
5/13 4.37 miles
5/14 elliptical
5/15 4 miles
5/16 1 miles
5/17 6.2 miles Race day; 5th in my age group! (Ok, ok, not very competitive, but still number 5!)
5/18 rest day
5/19 Travel day :-(
5/20 3 miles
5/21 elliptical
5/22 4 miles
5/23 8 miles
5/24 8 miles
5/25 8 miles
5/26 rest day
5/27 3.2 miles

Total 95.7 out of 110 goal

@bob108819: 10k a day is really awesome! I havent yet managed to run everyday for a month; but "1k a day" would probably be a more realistic goal for me ^^

@Stoshew71 Thanks for sharing that video, lovely way to pass the waiting time.

@ShortMrsN at least you got a few kilometres in today. Too bad the weather wrecked your running plans, hopefully the next run will be more enjoyable.

@jtarmom: No idea how long it takes until the IT band stops hurting - I guess that depends on what is wrong with it (maybe you wrote it somewhere and I missed it). If it's just over-usage from the half marathon, maybe you'll be a couple of days of rest will already do the trick. If you use the foam roller on it, there are a few websites that advise caution, because doing it wrong could actually make things worse. If you google for "foam rolling it band mistakes", you get quite a few results. I'm no doctor, and I don't know which of all the websites our there are correct and wich aren't, but maybe a bit of research could help, before you do too much of (the wrong kind) of foam rolling.

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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
25.5.15 - 8.9 km
27.5.15 - 3.5 km
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84.7km (of 100km) done

5/7 - 2.25
5/12 - 3.25
5/16 - 3.75
5/17 - 1.5
5/20 - 3.0
5/22 - 2.25
5/24 - 3.0
5/25 - 2.5
5/27 - 1.5

Only 2 miles to go and my 5k on Friday will take care of that.

Thank you to everyone who gave me positive responses to my last post.

Aine8046 wrote: »

Same here! Up for 70!

May 2nd - 6.8 miles
May 5th - 3.2 miles
May 7th - 3.3 miles
May 10th - 6.2 miles
May 12th - 3.7 miles
May 14th - 4 miles
May 16th - 9.4 miles
May 19th - 3.8 miles
May 21st - 4.7 miles
May 23rd - 9.2 miles
May 26th - 4.2 miles
May 27th - 3.7 miles

Total: 62.2 miles

2.15 Miles this evening







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
5/20/2015 2.03 Miles 18:22:39 9'03" Asthma acting up today, had to take an inhaler break in the middle, okay run though
5/24/2015 5.0 Miles 54:46:82 11'06"
5/25/2015 2.01 Miles 27:42:48 13'57" Did a slow run with my someone just starting out
5/27/2015 2.15 Miles 22:19:27 10'30"

Total Miles: 34.94

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
5/24................10.00............138.00
5/26..................6.00............144.00
5/27..................5.00............149.00
5/28..................6.25............155.25

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
May 25 - rest - travel day
May 26 - Strength training
May 27 - 5 miles
May 28 - 3.2 miles and strength training





@7lenny7 - that's very encouraging!
@Pandora_and_her_box -- don't worry about it. You had a good month and June is almost here with a fresh start! I'm not hitting my goal either. Whatever we did run is better than sitting on the couch!