September 2015 Running Challenge

Having taken 5 days off I decided to try a little run today to see how my hamstring felt after a very slow run
and it seems to be fine. I've done loads of stretching of my IT band which seems to be fine now so I'm wondering if there was a problem with it or not as I expected to have problems for a few weeks but now it just seems to be in my hamstring.
My daughter wanted to start the C25K but had been finding excuses why she couldn't actually get started so as I only wanted to go out and test my leg on a very slow run I persuaded her that today is the day. It was great to have someone to chat to while running for a change.
4.9 completed.... 75.1 to do.

We thought that trails would help build our leg muscles too. I agree on the miles, it's hard to get a lot in on trails. We paced around 13 min mile - we made up some time on flat surfaces but most of the time it's slower. I had to wear my glasses too or I wouldn't have been able to see what I was running on LOL

4 mile run with my running club tonight at a pretty easy 10 minute pace. Managed to actually speak to people tonight for almost the entire run, normally I am huffing along and ear-wagging.

September goal: 35 miles

9/1 - 3.1 miles easy
9/2 - strength day
9/3 - 2 miles easy
9/4 - strength day
9/5 - 4 miles easy
9/6 - hiking (2.5 hours)
9/7 - 3 miles easy

September: 12.1 of 35 miles

Because we got out late, decided to run by the beach. It was very crowded but the ocean breeze definitely helped. This is one of my favorite routes:



Hope everyone is having a great Labor Day!

Didn't post here before, but I'm doing 100 in September on Runkeeper, so might as well join in. I've been running less than I'd like as I was focusing on biking and swimming before a tri, but am going to now focus a lot on training for some running stuff.



So far:

9/3: 5.7 miles
9/5: 13.1 miles

@rogue024, great photo!
@skippygirlsmom, thanks for the trail photos and the race report! Sounds like you and Skip had a great time.
@ddmom0811, looks like you're really getting out on foot and on the bike, great job!
@CrimsonWhite, if you have any questions on the FR305, just ask.
@shanaber, Hobbes is one happy boy!
@Alice_Luther, sounds like you've hit a tough stretch, I'm sure you'll emerge from this all the stronger for it.
@kristinegift, congrats on the awesome run!!
@Elise4270, Stay strong! Your comment about the forks made me laugh. With my daughter it was glasses. It was crazy how many glasses she'd accumulate in her room. When she'd finally bring them down, half of them would be moldy. I didn't get on her case too much because at the point I realized she only had a year and half at home, I decided not to sweat the small stuff. It didn't always work, but that was my goal.
@Banksysj11, great job on the HM!
@whatmerunning, quite often when it's dryer or cooler out, my HRM reads quite high as well. I ignore it for the first mile. Sometimes it reads about double what I would expect and sometime it reads some randomly high number. I've heard that licking the back helps it make better contact but I haven't tried that yet. Thanks for the trail suggestion, but I'll need to leave the truck at the hotel so the family can eat while I run. I haven't decided yet where I'll go but I may run the levee on the north side of the river, or just put up with traffic and run down Mass St. to where we used to live near Haskell Indian Junior College (that's what it was when we lived there, I think it's a university now). I'm also avoiding trails until after my HM in October. I know it's likely unwarranted, but after two trail runs in late July and getting injured, I've sworn off trails until then. I'll be back in Lawrence in November and may run out at Clinton then.

Bittersweet day. Today was W3D1 for C25K and I felt really good about it. I was nervous before starting but felt really great after I finished. That is when I noticed that my app, which tracks my distance, had stopped working. This really bummed me out because it made it feel like I had not accomplished anything. But...I snapped back into reality and reminded myself that I had a great run. I went for a short walk to just wind down and get ready for the rest of the week. This is going to be a good week!

9/1 - 2.06 miles (walk)
9/2 - 2.76 miles (run/walk)
9/3 - 2.26 miles (walk/run)
9/4 - 2.82 miles (run/walk)
9/5 - 5 miles (walking) also kayaked about 4 miles!
9/6 - 2.16 miles (walk)
9/7 - approximately 4.42 miles. (Run/walk)

@7lenny7 I don't get on my daughter about the forks. It's really funny as long as I don't have to fetch them. All the dishes from her room are moldy too. Part of me could go ape shlt, but like you, I just pick my battles. She's 20, gotta be close to outgrowing that kinda stuff or moving out. She's my last one at home...

1-rest
2-5.03
3-5.04
4-rest/ travel
5-1.88 walk
6-5.26
7-3.43
7- 7.03 walk/run with DH. Not much running since it was still ~100..


27.67/80+

@Alice_Luther - Welcome to the group!
@kristinegift - congratulations on having a great long run! Your pace just amazes me but then I am a 'bit' older so I will just look on in awe to be able to go that fast!
@Elise4270 - just when you have been doing so well! Tell the daughter to bring your forks back! Then go out and run and forget the husband and work and just lose yourself in the run! You will feel better, especially if you can get out before it gets too hot! I know getting up and out early is a challenge but let's do this!! (I am getting up at 5am tomorrow just to be out before the heat hits). I keep a running diary too - it is always interesting to look back at what I ran previously and how it felt.
@skippygirlsmom - Awesome to get a fun trail run in! Love the cute Skippygirl pictures!
@patrikc333 - Hobbes looks big in the picture but he weighs around 43lbs and his head just comes to my hand and I am short - only 5'. For me he is just the right size - he can lay on my lap and not squish me Awesome find on your run!
@Abakan - glad you are getting that injury sorted out! Awesome that you were able to have your daughter run with you today too!
@ddmom0811 - You are amazing with all the riding and running. Do you think one helps the other? Have you thought about doing a triathlon?
@rogue024 - beautiful beach to run by!
@7lenny7 - congrats on getting in distance PR and a half marathon training run at a great pace!
@endlessenigma - Whether your app captured it or not you completed a great run! Sometimes it is actually nice to run without any electronics and just run without any pressure. You can always estimate the distance afterwards.

I got up to go run hills at a park a ways from my house but my husband needed to go into work and his car had a flat so he took mine. It was also already 85F so I put off going for a run locally thinking I would just go to the gym but I really, really didn't want to do that. So... I headed out in the heat for a slow couple of miles leaving a pouting Hobbes at home. The first few miles weren't too bad and I tried to stay in whatever shade there was. There was a little breeze going out but by the time I was heading home there was no breeze and I felt like my face was on fire. I did stop at one point with about 1.5 miles left, to sit on a neighbors wall in the shade and let my HR recover a bit. I was actually surprised when I got home that it hadn't gotten nearly as high as I thought or felt.
I did not stop, did not pass go, but stripped off my shoes and socks and jumped directly into the pool in my running clothes. It was wonderful! I can just hear the neighbors now...'there that crazy running lady goes again, swimming with all of her clothes on and taking them off in the pool!' Don't care - it was wonderful!

Date.......Miles......Total
09/01.....7.21.......7.21 - + Strength Training
09/02.....0.00.......7.21 - Much needed rest day
09/03.....6.10.....13.31 - + Strength Training
09/04.....4.38.....17.69
09/05.....9.38.....27.07
09/06.....2.00.....29.07 - Dog Beach Sunday
09/07.....5.04.....34.11 - Too hot to be running!



Edited to change my ticker marker from a pumpkin to a sun - seems more appropriate given the hot weather we are having this month

Keeping a journal (even if only here in this thread) I've found to be very motivating. For those new to logging you might *also* consider using an app like Strava. Not only are the run stats useful for looking at progress over time but the interface is great for selecting which shoes I run in (I have four pair on the go at present) so I get accurate miles on shoe stats too.

So many interesting posts to read through, damn the success of this group! ;-)

@ddmom0811 congrats on your new training run distance record. You'll achieve another soon enough! Likewise @7lenny7, great achievement! You earned those fish and chips! PS leukotape ordered. It'll be handy for my kid's soccer shoe blister prevention too.

Blisters be damned, today went out for a nice recovery run with Sue and Kady down through the University Endowment Lands to the dog beach for a swim in the ocean. It was a biathlon only for Kady though.

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Month to date:		036.93 km
Goal:			322 km / 200 miles (11% completed)
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Sep 07 07.82 km Exploring a different trail to the dog beach
Sep 06 21.21 km Running gentle hills around the lake, felt great save for blisters
Sep 05 -----    Life break, coaching soccer 
Sep 04 07.90 km UBC forest - Date Run Friday!
Sep 03 -----    More of same
Sep 02 -----    More of same
Sep 01 -----    Life break, running an evacuation centre

Mid-run swim in English Bay, Vancouver. Tons of happy dogs and their peoples.

https://instagram.com/p/7WH0_7yfls/embed/

01/9 12 miles
02/9 12 miles
03/9 10k
04/9 12 miles
05/9 10k
06/9 34.1k
07/9 10k
08/9 20k

153.8km/400

wanted to run 12 miles but done a bit more, 20km, amazing run this morning, felt really well

met a few foxes, one in particular must have been curious as it tried to follow me

left at 455, from a wonderful moon and stars I then had a nice raising sun

01/09 - 4.52 km
02/09 - 3.04 km - A nice evening run
03/09 - 4.56 km - Lunchtime run but without my run buddy :-(
04/09 - Rest
05/09 - Rest
06/09 - 6.07 km - Lovely evening run
07/09 - 2.04 km - Quick blast on the treadmill to finish my strength training session
08/09 - 4.56 km - My run buddy pushed me hard today but I did get a new PB having cut off over a minute since last week

9/1 - rest day
9/2 - 5.2 miles treadmill "hill" workout with HM training group
9/3 - 4.5 miles around the 'hood...heat and humidity is back 74° and sticky at 5:30 a.m.
9/4 - 4 miles in the humidity...pretty good pace today
9/5 - 8.2 mi with HM training group...tough, ended with a 1/2 mile hill...twice.
9/6 - unplanned rest day
9/7 - 5.76 miles of intervals with HM group
9/8 - 4 miles in drippy, sprinkly and still humid weather...where is fall?