August 2015 Running Challenge

Definitely needed a break. Hope to get a long run in tomorrow. I'm not necessarily feeling too tired/sore in the legs or anything (although they never feel rested any more), but mentally I've worn down quite a bit. So time to regroup! I might have to revise my monthly total downwards missing this big of a long run.

8/1 - 3 miles Potter Run - Way fun with lots of people in costume.
8/5 - 2.25
8/6 - 2
8/8 - 2.75

8/1- 2.62
8/2- 5.24
8/3- 3.52
8/4- .84
8/5- 3.79
8/6- 5.54
8/7- 2.81
8/8- 2.84 so far

27.2 miles so far in August
This is walking and running all measured by my fitbit.

I think I'll be ambitious and make my goal 100 miles.

8/1 - 10 miles
8/2 - 3.2 miles
8/3 - 5.5 miles 1st day of school here, can't believe my baby is a Sophomore!
8/4 - 3.2 miles
8/5 - rest day
8/6 - 1.8 miles ending up not getting back out last night - had to bring work home with me and worked until 9:30
8/7 - 4.4 miles in the fog 5K Run to the Rescue with Skip and some of her teammates tomorrow.
8/8 - 3.1 Run to the Rescue 5K today. Skip and I ran, it was trail for almost 2 miles (I've never run off the road) then onto the road, then onto parking lot gravel (ugh) then back to road and finish on grass. We don't have official times, I was I did a 9:43 pace just over 30 min so not near a PR, Skip said she was about 23:49 not near her PR either. I thought it was a tough course, a few hills. The trail was hard for me very rooty and uneven, but it was a lot of fun. I finished 3rd in my AG and she finished 1st in her AG.

31.2 miles of 120



Fleet gifts cards!

6 miles down memory lane for me this morning. I'm in my home town for my 30 year high school class reunion. Considering the time I finally got to bed this morning, I'm surprised it happened, though I did sleep in 2 hours longer than planned.

That makes 23 of 100 miles for the month.

I just started the Hal Higdon training for 10km.

Today I ran 4 km.

bigorangemichael wrote: »

I'm going to try for 140 in August.

Here's what I've done so far in August:

8/01 -- 7.42
8/02 -- 6.54
8/03 -- 6.00
8/04 -- 7.02
8/05 -- 7.60
8/06 -- Rest Day
8/07 -- 6.40
8/08 -- 6.30

Anyone else log run on RunKeeper? I got an e-mail that tomorrow if you use RunKeeper and do a 5K (at least), you can take part in some kind of special event. Sorry if I'm unclear on details, but I figure I'll get up and participate. Anyone else with me?

8/2 - 10k
8/5 - 5k
8/7 - 7k

22/88km

@JoRocka - hope your calf is feeling better! Did you hydrate well before your run? I had a terrible cramp in my calf that knocked me out for a week or so and I am pretty sure it was because I wasn't hydrated and it was really, really hot. Love the pictures - my dog likes to help me roll and stretch. He wants to lick away the sweat (YUCK) and just gets in my face. That is a really weird ant thingy - I have never seen anything like that!
@WhatMeRunning - you have been pushing it pretty hard! I hope a bit of a break and rest helps and you can come back rested and ready to run again! My body typically lets me know that I need to rest by making sure I hurt somewhere
@ddmom0811 - you continue to amaze me with your long rides!
@skippygirlsmom - Awesome that you got gift cards to your favorite running store! I need to find one of those around here that sponsors fun 5 and 10Ks - I don't do enough of those and it would probably be good for me!
@7lenny7 - so cool to run areas you ran growing up! Have fun at your reunion!

bigorangemichael wrote: »

kristinegift wrote: »

8/1: 5 miles

8/8: 3 miles; 5 was scheduled, but I am upping my long run to 18 from 16 tomorrow because we're finally having a Sunday with a high below 90 degrees, so that means a beautiful morning to run long! Plus, I have to hurry up and shower because there's a $12 dress sale at Old Navy but it only goes until 1 pm! And since I'm slimming out of half my clothes it seems, I need to get all the bargain prices I can!

I'm with you on keeping up on what's on sale and getting bargains! I swim laps for exercise as well and have found I need smaller trunks or else when I flip turn, I run the risk of my trunks not staying where they should! LOL

My wife and I have been working on losing weight this year and we are keeping our local Goodwill and consignment store in business!

Congrats on the need for new clothes. It's a great feeling!

@kristinegift and @bigorangemichael - It is SUCH a great feeling to need new clothes! When I lost all my weight I pretty much turned over my entire closet. It was so much fun buying everything new even though my husband wasn't thrilled with the expense! I kind of miss that now but I still treat myself when I see something cute on sale and especially if it is something I could not have worn before (or running clothes )
@5BeautifulDays - love the trail pictures! Wish I had somewhere here like that to run!

I had a pretty good long run today. I am still fighting that sore muscle pain in my side. I think I must have pulled something there. It is fine when I walk but when I start to run I must engage that muscle and it is excruciating and brought tears to my eyes. I almost went back home but once I was running I was fine. So... I ran most of the 10.5 miles without stopping because I knew it would really hurt to start again. Of course I had to stop for the dog to do his business and to get some water but otherwise we just kept moving. I took some Aleve and hoping with rest tomorrow it will be fine!

Date.......Miles......Total
08/01.....8.45.......8.45
08/02.....0.00.......8.45 - rest
08/03.....0.00.......8.45 - unplanned rest +Agility
08/04.....5.11.....13.56 - +Strength training
08/05.....4.18.....17.74
08/06.....4.86.....22.60 - +Strength training
08/07.....5.32.....27.92
08/08...10.48.....38.40

Thanks all for the encouragement. Ended up racing the sprint triathlon this morning (w. Waterproof bandages over the bite) and earned some hardware (2nd age group prize, 19th/244 overall), but had to leave early for a wedding and couldn't collect the age group prize medal.

I was pretty exhausted by the run, but put together a 21:54 5k (7:03/mile pace - 21st out of 244). Still, the bike went well (19/244 on a $170 Walmart road bike), and I had the fastest Transition 2, and T1+T2 time overall (as I did the bike + run in the same shoes without socks which helped). Swim start was botched, but I avoided getting kicked too much.

8/1 - 3 miles
8/2 - 6 miles
8/4 - 12 miles
8/5 - 5.5 miles
8/6 - 8 miles (w. 8x800s @ 6:22 pace)
8/8 - 3 miles (triathlon 5k @ 7:03 pace)

Total: 37.5 miles
Goal: 140 miles
Remaining: 102.5 miles