July 2015 Running Challenge

Beautiful weather for a good 10k this morning. Will do another mile on the treadmill after supper so tomorrow I'll just need a 5k to reach my goal!!!

7/1 - 4.05
7/3 - 6.91
7/5 - 4.02
7/6 - 3.05
7/8 - 4.52
7/9 - 8.37
7/11 - 4.29
7/13 - 3.08
7/14 - 4.51
7/15 - 4.52
7/16 - 4.53
7/19 - 6.2
7/22 - 4.56
7/23 - 2.46
7/26 - 4.77
7/27 - 3.61
7/28 - 4.31
7/29 - 5.29

83.05 of 100 miles

10/15km complete

Blister on the ball of my foot. May not run tomorrow. I need better socks

Erin9607 wrote: »

10/15km complete

Blister on the ball of my foot. May not run tomorrow. I need better socks

Ouch. Get some moisture wicking and that should solve your problem. My daughter swears by Swiftwick, but I'm an Under Amour girl.

Close, but I managed at least a short 3.3km run this morning, so that I've now reached my July goal.

The one-month-trial gym membership I currently is really eating up time I would have otherwise used for running. If I stick with that, I think I'll need better time management skills... Let's see what August will bring.

Well done everyone this month - lots of amazing performances all around

7/2 4.5 @ 12:42 treadmill
7/3 4.5 @ 13:58
7/4 5 @ 11:54 treadmill

7/6 4 @ 12:00 treadmill
7/8 5.5 @ 11:42 treadmill
7/9 6.5 @ 11:41 treadmill
7/10 3 @ 10:47 treadmill (good time for me!)
7/11 2.5 @ 12:54

7/13 3.5 @ 11:55/15 splits (half was walking with friends)
7/14 3.75 @ 12:40 treadmill
7/15 6.25 @ 13:40
7/16 2 @ 15:00 (walking with friends)
7/17 4.25 @ 13:41
7/18 4.75 @ 13:24

7/20 5.25 @ 11:57 treadmill
7/21 3.5 @ 12:12 treadmill
7/22 7.25 @ 13:54 (my fastest mile was 12:51--on a blacktop path. The gravel felt especially loose today, otherwise...or maybe it was just me, lol.)
7/23 1.5 on the treadmill @ 13:00 ; I was in so much pain...so I went swimming after doing arms. Felt much better!
7/24 4.5 @ 12:29 (a good time outdoors for me!)
7/25 3.5 @ 12:03 --an experiment running outdoors on pavement vs. the normal gravel lake run. I was definitely faster! But my trail shoes were also completely insufficient and my arches were quite painful by the end of the run and into Sunday (a rest day). Today I got new inserts for the trail shoes, but I won't make the mistake of wearing them on pavement again!

7/27 3.5 at 10:55 on the treadmill, since it was really muggy/rainy this am!
7/28 3.5 at 11:11 on the treadmill (and a butt-kicking strength training day, but not *all* legs, lol!)
7/29 5.0 at 12:48 in soup this morning. I was trying an interval program, but found I couldn't hear it at all when on the main roads. I followed this up with an even soupier hike at a local state park with the kiddos for 2.25 at 20:50.
7/30 4.5 at 12:18 on the most boring road ever. I will be so glad when this humidity breaks.

104.25/100 for the month

7/1: 6.5 miles
7/2: 6.5 miles with the Thursday running crew
7/3: Rest
7/4: 3.1 miles (New 5k PR of 23:42!)
7/5: 12 miles
7/6: 4 miles easy recovery pace
7/7: 5 miles of easy "I'm drowning in humidity" pace
7/8: 4 miles
7/9: 5 miles -- quick, fun ones with the Thursday running group!
7/10: Rest
7/11: 3.1 miles
7/12: 14.3 miles
7/13: 4 miles easy recovery pace
7/14: 5 miles
7/15: 8 miles
7/16: 6.3 miles
7/17: Rest day/XT: 4 mile walk
7/18: 4 miles
7/19: 15 miles
7/20: 4.2 miles (recovery style!)
7/21: Rest/XT day (14 miles stationary bike)
7/22: 9 miles
7/23: 9 miles
7/24: 4 miles
7/25: 4 miles
7/26: 16 miles
7/27: 4 miles slow, easy recovery style
7/28: XT: 15 miles stationary bike
7/29: 10 miles
7/30: 4 miles in the am + 3 miles in the pm... SO CLOSE TO MY GOAL! I'll get it in the morning!

173/175

Did some treadmill work earlier in the day due to rain and ended up doing a long 5 mile fartlek for my final speedwork session tonight as there were just too many flooded streets for doing any type of regular distance interval. Done!

7/1 - 6 miles
7/2 - 6 miles (w. 0.25-0.5-0.75-mile-0.75-0.5-0.25 pyramid @ 7/mile pace)
7/3 - 5 miles w. strides
7/5 - 13 miles
7/6 - 6.5 miles
7/7 - 7 miles w. strides
7/9 - 6 miles (w. 0.25-0.5-0.75-mile-0.75-0.5-0.25 pyramid @ 6:52/mile pace)
7/10 - 6 miles
7/11 - 5.5 miles
7/12 - 10.5 miles
7/13 - 8.5 miles
7/14 - 5 miles
7/15 - 4 miles
7/16 - 5.5 miles (w. 6x800 @ 6:40/mile w. 400 walk/jogs between each)
7/18 - 5 miles
7/19 - 3 miles
7/21 - 5 miles
7/22 - 5 miles
7/23 - 3.5 miles (w. 5x400 @ 5:45/mile w. 400 jogs in between each)
7/24 - 3 miles
7/25 - 4 miles
7/28 - 5 miles
7/29 - 4 miles
7/30 - 8 miles (3 treadmill, 5 fartlek outside)

Total: 140 miles, 5 speedwork sessions
Goal: 140 miles, 5 speedwork sessions
Remaining: Done!

melaniefave41 wrote: »

@GBrady43068 Good job on registering! Is this your first race?!

Not my first, no.,I've done a 5K each of the last two years but this will be the longest one I've done so far.

Finishing off the month with 8 miles of hills. While I could do another 8 tomorrow to hit my goal I am not going to do that because tomorrow is a scheduled rest day ahead of back to back long runs. So I came up 8 miles short...but I'm still happy because 192 miles is still my highest ever monthly mileage.

7/1 - 12 miles
7/2 - 6 miles (18 miles total)
7/4 - 16 miles (34 miles total)
7/5 - 12 miles (46 miles total)
7/7 - 6 miles (52 total)
7/8 - 12 miles (64 total)
7/9 - 6 miles (70 total)
7/11 - 16 miles (86 total)
7/14 - 6 miles (92 total)
7/15 - 12 miles (104 total)
7/16 - 6 miles (110 total)
7/18 - 16 miles (126 total)
7/19 - 12 miles (138 total)
7/23 - 12 miles (150 total)
7/25 - 14 miles (164 total)
7/27 - 11 miles (175 total)
7/28 - 9 miles (184 total)
7/30 - 8 miles (192 total)

Goal 200 miles