August 2015 Running Challenge

Aug 1- 3 miles
Aug 2 - 1 miles
Aug 6 - 2 miles
Aug 9 - 2 miles
Aug 14 - 2 miles
Aug 16 - 4 miles
Aug 18 - 2.2 miles

16.2/40 miles. Don't think I will make 40 but will aim to get as close as possible.

Every one seems to be on a Hill Push. So I had to go out and do what we call Tower Road on Misery Mountain ( Local Ski Hill ) 7.5 km. Contemplated returning on the south slope through the "Camel Back Humps" ( every trail has a local un-official name) but recent rain made it look like a really bad ankle breaking super slide so just looped back on the same trail.
Will have to do a post on just HILLS where we can post pictures of our best/worst nightmares.

8/1 7km 7
8/4 5km 12
8/6 5km 17
8/10 6km 23
8/11 6km 29
8/12 5km 34
8/16 8.5km 42.5
8/17 5km 47.5
8/18 7.5km 55
The Ticker seems to be wonky right now 55km of 70 completed.

@Stoshew71 Loved your picture of your version of the Winter Frost Bite run. A great visual as to the wide variety of clothing options for people who have never ran in sub-zero temps.

ruqayyahsmum wrote: »

went out fully intending to do 2 miles, put little miss on her scooter .. half a mile in and I hear her clatter to the floor. the blood running down her leg says not ok---so we went home and shes now wrapped up on the sofa issuing orders and telling me shes never going on the scooter again, she will just run instead

That your at home and not at the Hospital is the most important part of this -- all though does this mean @skippygirlsmom will have some friendly competition in the future?

A great run tonight. I missed out on the rain I had hoped for but it was only 66F so not bad at all.

A package had arrived for me and it was the Brooks jacket and FuelBelt hydration belt I ordered from the REI Outlet store. I decide a short run would be best to test the belt so I filled the 20 oz bottle and brought it along.

I started with a 1 mile walk, followed by a 1 mile easy run, followed by a 5K run at near race pace. I ran that final 5K in new PR time of 28:31, beating my previous PR by 2:42! I was pushing hard with a HR of 159, but my races have been with a HR of 166 to 168, so I still had more to give. This in spite of my 1 mile walk and 1 mile run just prior, and carrying 20oz of water on my waist. It's very satisfying to see that kind of payoff for my efforts and just motivates me more to keep it going.

I think the water belt will work ok. I'd rather not have one, but it's not as bad as carrying a bottle with me and now that I'm up to 2 hours of running, I need to make sure I have water. I suspect it will be like my Garmin FR 305, where it was annoying to start using it, but I got used to quick enough. Now I don't even notice it.

I'm excited about tomorrow's run. The high is only forecast to be just 61F and will be down to 58F by the time I get out.

@snha If you go to page 1 of this thread and read the first post it gives a great example of how to do it.

@karllundy and @skippygirlsmom thanks - now on other antibiotics for a secondary issue that cropped up when on antibiotics last week. The dog bite seems to be the gift that keeps giving. On the plus side, these ones don't seem to be destroying my stomach as badly as my last set (yet).

Got in 8 cooler miles today as the heat wasn't as ugly, and ended up running with 2 medical professionals who seemed much more interested in my latest ailment and antibiotic dose than I was. Still, I guess I can understand why they are medical professionals as they were fascinated by one issue. Tomorrow's run is with a prominent chess player (coming off a huge tournament win), so hoping to have fewer discussions about scars, pus, and other medical problems.

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 (sprint triathlon 5k @ 7:03 pace)
8/10 - 9.5 miles
8/11 - 3 mile run
8/13 - 1 mile run
8/16 - 5 mile run
8/17 - 7 mile run
8/18 - 8 mile run

Total: 71 miles
Goal: 140 miles
Remaining: 69 miles

thanks @skippygirlsmom shes ok, shes used to falling, shes sat telling me how much better the new plasters are over the old ones she had

@juliet3455 we already have frequent flier miles at our local hospital so yes im very glad we didnt have to go in
once school is back she will only join me at the lake on the weekend to run, school prefer to have her compete in disability sports and she represents the school in boccia tornaments.

while shes recovering ill be getting my runs in by running loops of the road i live on while she sits in the house watching from the window. i dont normally run here for a couple reasons

1. i live on a hill, i hate hills so i fully expect to be whinging about that later
2. i live next to crackheads who make it thier mission in life to make mine a misery, the peanut gallery like to remind me im fat when i run here
3. i stopped running in the area when the local riff raff started shooting at each other, after one of my night runs a few months back (missy was safely in the house being watched by a friend) i was just entering the house when one was shot in the leg, i moved to running a park out the area after that

patrikc333 wrote: »

I'm afraid it's long sleeves times for early morning runs

it was not a great summer here where I live in UK, but it's pretty depressing going out and not seeing the sun up in the sky anymore, makes the runs tougher

is it ever great in the uk in summer?

i live up north and at least a quarter of my august runs have been done in the rain. im told todays going to be a great day, we might even see that yellow thing in the sky for a while

8/1: 5 miles
8/2: 11.5 miles
8/3: 4 miles
8/4: XT day: 42 min bike (12 miles) and 35 min walk (2 miles), AKA: 2 episodes of Gilmore Girls
8/5: 8 miles
8/6: 6.5 miles with the Thursday crew
8/7: 5 miles
8/8: 3 miles
8/9: 18 miles
8/10: 4 miles
8/11: REST DAY!!
8/12: 10 miles
8/13: 7 miles am, 6.4 miles pm with Thursday crew
8/14: REST DAY!!
8/15: 6 miles with the Saturday morning group
8/16: 14 miles
8/17: 5 miles
8/18: Rest
8/19: 9.2 miles

Total slog today. It was 75 degrees and 90% humidity when I left at 6, and 75 degrees and 88% humidity when I got back an hour and a half+ later. Could not get my feet moving and made the dumb decision to put lots of hilly stretches in my route. Cannot wait til some storms come through and knock these 90+ degree days out of here!

On the bright side: there were a ton of other runners slogging it this morning too who were all quite friendly, and for the first time since I moved out here I saw a FOX! I ran past it and it jumped out of a bush and dashed through someone's backyard. It was so fluffy and cute!

122.6/200

1/8/15 - 3 miles
3/8/15 - 1.5 miles
4/8/15 - 1.5 miles
6/8/15 - 1.5 miles
7/8/15 - 2 miles
8/8/15 - 3 miles
10/8/15 - 1.75 miles
11/8/15 - 1.75 miles
13/8/15 - 1.75 miles
14/8/15 - 1.75 miles
16/8/15 - 3 miles
17/8/15 - 2 miles
19/8/15 - 1.5 miles





i hate hills. did i mention i hate hills? no? well i hate hills

ran as fast as i could since missy was in the house alone, managed 1.5 miles in 16 minutes 12 seconds

im not sure running straight after my injection was my best idea, might go out again tonight and run some more

Aug. 4 - 2.5 miles
Aug. 5 - 1.5 miles
Aug. 7 - 5.04 miles
Aug. 10 - 4.5 miles
Aug. 11 - 3 miles
Aug. 12 - 4.14 miles
Aug. 14 - 3.5 miles
Aug. 18 - 1.0 miles
Aug. 19 - 4.0 miles

Completed 28.18/50 miles
Remaining 21.2 miles

For those of you east of the Midwest. Cooler temperatures heading your way, for one day at least. 57° F this morning felt almost cold!

My July goal was 30 miles and I hit that. I think I will shoot for 35 for August.

8/2 - 3.5mi. PR for distance Woohoo! According to my GPS I went 3.5 but according to the trail map I did 3.7 miles. I am going with my GPS since I always use the same one when I run so any errors should be consistent. Walking up to get ice cream with son and dog later so that will be another 3 miles but I will not include it in my monthly total.
8/4 - 3.6mi. Another PR! I went for a run on my break at work because I was falling asleep at my desk, don't tell the boss, and I ended up completing the run in 50 minutes which is what it took me to run 5k last month in the heat and humidity. I learned that my ideal pace right now is about a 13 minute pace so I was able to cut out most of the walk breaks except for walking up the big hill at the end of trail. (Why is there always a big hill at the end of a run?)
8/6 - 3.5mi. Got up at 6:30am on my day off for a beautiful cool morning run with Neeko. Kept my average pace at 13:14 which seems to be ideal for me but I will admit my legs were tired when I was done. That hasn't happened in a while but it was a great feeling.
8/8 - 2mi. Over did it on strength training yesterday and pushed myself to do 3 reps of 12 leg presses at 210 lbs so my legs were dead today. Even Neeko was confused when I turned around early LOL. I think I am going to try again tomorrow depending on how crazy work is and I am not sure if I want to push for 4 miles since I just stepped up to 3.5 last week. I guess I will see how I feel.
8/10 - 1.5mi. Well yesterday didn't happen, work was insane and today it started raining and thundering when I started. Neeko and I kept going until we saw lighting but got in a fast comfortable mile and a half. No running tomorrow, I have a session with my trainer so I will try again on Wednesday for 4 miles.
8/12 - 3.5 mi at the crack of dawn today.
8/14 - 4.0 mi. Broke thru my glass ceiling this morning and finally made 4 miles! Woohoo! I can't believe how much my running has improved since the temperature and humidity have gone down. A few months ago I could barely make 3 miles in what it took me to run 4 today and I felt good at the end.
8/17 - 3.0 mi Was going for 4 miles but the heat and humidity returned with a vengeance. My 3 included more walking then I wanted as it was.
8/19 - 3.2 mi Today was the first day of school for JJ so Neeko and I were out the door at 5:15 to get our run in before I had to get him to school and me to work. At least it was nice and cool but never realized how many streets around us don't have lights.


Completed : 27.8 mi
To go : 7.2

ddmom0811 wrote: »

@7lenny7 - I use my water belt when running more than an hour. Although in the Florida summer heat I should probably just wear it all the time. I don't mind how it feels I just hate the noise it makes.

@ddmom0811 I've taken to running with one, a Nathan bottle fanny that I paid all of $10 for at a Nathan rep's sample clear out sale. I don't notice it much except for the noise and to combat that I only carry, for most runs, the bottle 1/4 full. That seems to help a lot with noise and is usually all the water I need for 90 - 120 minutes.

It has a pocket for the little gel bottles which I don't use but it holds a phone and a protein bar nicely. Bonus: when I have to have Kady on a leash I slip the handle through my belt so I can run hands-free - I really like not having to hold the leash while running.

@WhatMeRunning So glad to see you feeling better and back! You can always roll this month's goal forward to September. I'll be doing that, there's no way I'm going to catch up now.