October 2015 Running Challenge
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@7lenny7 Those trails are gorgeous, and remind me of some of the trails we have at home. Making me quite Midwest homesick! Also, nice distance PR! Are you training for a marathon or just racking up mileage?0
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Well, since I have been lurking, I guess it is time to announce myself. My target for the month is 100 miles. Here is my progress to date
Date Day Miles MTD
1-Oct Thu 5.58 5.58
2-Oct Fri 5.46 11.04
3-Oct Sat 4.08 15.12
5-Oct Mon 4.25 19.37
6-Oct Tue 5.12 24.49
7-Oct Wed 5.0 29.49
8-Oct Thu 3.48 32.97
11-Oct Sun 1.79 34.76
12-Oct Mon 6.15 40.91
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kristinegift wrote: »@7lenny7 Those trails are gorgeous, and remind me of some of the trails we have at home. Making me quite Midwest homesick! Also, nice distance PR! Are you training for a marathon or just racking up mileage?
@kristinegift, a little bit of both.
I have a half marathon on Halloween. I have a training plan that a friend put together for me but I've greatly exceeded the plan miles. At the time he created it I told him I just wanted to be able to finish and he came up with a great plan for that. Since then I've come to really love running and my body has withstood the rigors quite well (I wasn't very sore at all after this past run) so I've been running more, and more often, than scheduled. If I had a few more weeks to train (and no hunting trips planned), I do think I'd be ready for a full this year yet.
As it stands, my goal for the half has gone from just wanting to finish, to 2:15 and now, based on my recent 5K results and training results, I'm shooting for a sub 2 hour run. During that 18 mile run I ran the first 14 miles at a 10:30 pace, then ran 3 miles at about a 9:10 pace, finished with a one mile cool down. I was a little surprised and encouraged that I was able to do those three miles at the end quicker than my hopeful HM pace only getting 4 hours of sleep the night before.
I really wish I could fit in a full marathon this fall, but it will have to wait until next year. Even if I went out of state to run one, my training will fall apart in November.
I think the link I posted only takes you a single photo. This should take you to the entire album of photos I took that day:
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10/1 8.25 treadmill run at just around 12:00
10/2 3.75 treadmill run at 11:28
10/3 rest
10/4 3.0 @ 12:03 outside
10/5 unplanned busy busy "rest" day
10/6 5.25 @ 11:40 on the treadmill, plus strength training
10/7 6.0 @ 12:05 on the park trail (and 2.5 walking to and from school/warm up/cool down--not counted)
10/8 rest
10/9 5.25 @ 11:14 on the treadmill, plus strength training
10/10 rest
10/11 4.5 @ 11:49 on the park trail, just a nice, enjoyable run on a beautiful Sunday morning
10/12 4.0 @ 12:00 on the treadmill, nice and easy
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kristinegift wrote: »@7lenny7 Those trails are gorgeous, and remind me of some of the trails we have at home. Making me quite Midwest homesick! Also, nice distance PR! Are you training for a marathon or just racking up mileage?
@kristinegift, a little bit of both.
I have a half marathon on Halloween. I have a training plan that a friend put together for me but I've greatly exceeded the plan miles. At the time he created it I told him I just wanted to be able to finish and he came up with a great plan for that. Since then I've come to really love running and my body has withstood the rigors quite well (I wasn't very sore at all after this past run) so I've been running more, and more often, than scheduled. If I had a few more weeks to train (and no hunting trips planned), I do think I'd be ready for a full this year yet.
As it stands, my goal for the half has gone from just wanting to finish, to 2:15 and now, based on my recent 5K results and training results, I'm shooting for a sub 2 hour run. During that 18 mile run I ran the first 14 miles at a 10:30 pace, then ran 3 miles at about a 9:10 pace, finished with a one mile cool down. I was a little surprised and encouraged that I was able to do those three miles at the end quicker than my hopeful HM pace only getting 4 hours of sleep the night before.
I really wish I could fit in a full marathon this fall, but it will have to wait until next year. Even if I went out of state to run one, my training will fall apart in November.
I think the link I posted only takes you a single photo. This should take you to the entire album of photos I took that day:
http://1drv.ms/1ZwyvNi
It sounds like you'll definitely be ready for a full next year then! I'm glad that you've taken to running these longer distancesso well, and that the long miles have taken a liking to you! I'm excited to hear how the Halloween half goes!
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Date Miles today. Miles for October
10/1 6.6 miles - 6.6
10/2 6.75 miles - 13.35
10/3 22.1 miles - 35.45
10/4 REST DAY
10/5 10.75 miles - 46.2
10/6 10.5 miles - 56.7
10/7 6.6 miles - 63.3
10/8 10 miles - 73.3
10/9 6.75 miles - 80.05
10/10 3.88 miles - 83.93 <<< Warrior Dash
10/11 REST DAY
10/12 10.25 miles - 94.18
I have some catching up to do. Will get to it later. Had the day off from work today for Columbus Day. Went to Planet Fitness with my wife and some other things. Warrior Dash on Saturday was fun. I did it twice. First time was mostly hiking (walking) since I did it with Jennifer. The second time I did it by myself and ran the whole thing. I logged only the second time above. Pictures can be seen on my Facebook page.
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10/11- rest day
10/12-4.32 miles
Congratulations to everyone that finished races this weekend!
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So I'm not really sure what to do here. I took three days off last week because of shin splints, woke up the next day fine, ran, and shin splints are back again. I've been following C25k and did week 6 day 2 on Saturday. Is this program going too fast for me? Could it be my shoes? I don't know but this is really frustrating because I don't want to mess up my running schedule. I'm the type that will quit if I have too many days off. I don't want to quit!
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10/1: 8 miles am and 6.2 pm with the Thursday crew
10/2: Rest day
10/3: 10 miles with Saturday crew
10/4: 13.1 - Princeton Half Marathon (new HM PR!)
10/5: 5 miles recovery style
10/6: O Holy Rest Day........
10/7: 7 miles hills
10/8: 10 miles (am), 6.4 miles (pm) with the Thursday crew
10/9: Rest day
10/10: 20.5 miles
10/11: 4 miles
10/12: Rest day
Wasn't sure if I was going to rest today or tomorrow (usually my LR is Sun and my rest is Tues, but everything got shifted a day), but my mind was made for me when I woke up briefly, checked my clock, saw it was 6:30, and then fell right back to sleep for an hour. Sometimes I forget how much I live for rest day sleep-ins.
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August: 66.23 of 75 miles
September 79.3 of 92
October.... I'm going to aim I think for 50.
10.1.15... 4.... 33 min- rainy but good.
10.3.15- 12 miler FLOP
10.6.15...3.04....26 Min- late night run- felt really stressed in the lungs- think the lack of a long run might have been a bad call. Ah well.
10.7.15... 2... 16:30- easy shake out run- technically the last official run before the half- but I suspect we'll go for a light easy miler Friday night. I think I'm going to opt out of my new belt for this weekend- I have essentially only run 5 miles in it- it was okay with a shirt on- but I prefer running shirtless- and it just rubs a little to much for my own comfort for that time frame. I'll use my beat up arm band as I always have and call it a day.
10.10.15...13.18...1:58- HALF ACCOMPLISHED.
22.22 of 50
Total Half Training Mileage DONE!
206.58 of total 225
I'm not unhappy that I am just shy of the total 225- I'm also comfortably happy along in my 50 miles for this month.
I was deeply considering doing the Trenton half- but at this point it's 100$ and I can't do that- I have a new costume set to purchase- so yeah- no so much on that- I'll be looking for something else a little more financially reasonably for myself.
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10/5 3.5 miles
10/6 4.0 miles
10/8 3.0 miles
10/11 3.75 miles
10/12 4.5 miles for a total of 18.75 miles out of a goal of 42 miles.0 -
@Jorock816 Congrats on your half, and to you too @MamaMollyt for your 10km placement! Well done both of you!
I'm taking the day off here and for Canadian Thanksgiving am cooking turkey and all that goes with it. Yesterday hit the hills a hike up to Dog Mountain with family and friends, and an even longer urban hike later to help loosen up after Saturday's race. Back to running Tuesday, assuming I can move after tonight's dinner. 0 -
My goal is 70 miles for the month. The rain in NC restrained me from running and now being sick, I'm not sure if I'll hit my goal but I definitely want to set a higher bar!. I want to put this down here tonight and I'll create a ticker and log the miles I have done already in October.0
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1 hr 58 minutes and 7 seconds!!!!
And no sh**tting on myself!!
DOUBLE WIN WIN!
I had a really wonderful weekend- it was a horribly long day out there- took something like 5 plus hrs with the crappy weather- we went to bed around 1130 PM I think. We set oatmeal up for room service/delivery for the morning 7AM- I tend to not eat before running so I really didn't eat that much of mine- our race was at 8:30 and it was nice a crisp and cool. I dumped my henley about 1/2 mile in over a flower box I thought I could easily retrieve it later. We ran the C and O Canal for a little whiles then headed into the Antietam Battle Field- so we ran up up up up up up through to the top of the battle field- essentially up to where the now Observation tower (WHERE THERE WAS A *kitten* BAG PIPPER!!! SERIOUSLY! BEST MIDWAY RACE SURPRISE EVER) is and across Bloody lane and the Sunken road. then came back down essentially into town and down down down back into the stadium to finish. My bestie stayed with her brother- he had some knee problems and she was really worried about him over doing it- so she opted to stay with him. I felt SLIGHTLY douchey running on my own- but we had already discussed we weren't officially running together. They finished about 2:15 I think. I stuffed my face with 2 pieces of pizza and stretched out and was getting ready to head back out to go find them but they were rounding the corner to head into the stadium so I yelled at them and cheered them on.
Also- I may have started cheering F**K YES at the line... when I realized I made my under 2 hr time frame. PS- west Virginians do not appreciate that sort of cheering the same way they do here.
We cooled down and stretched- had some chow etc etc and then parked ourselves on the very last tiny hill and cheered the marathoners on as they came home. I hadn't ever watched marathoners finish before- so that was really interesting for me- plus it was cool to actually just cheer people on as they finished.
We hobbled home to the Inn (also where awards were) foam rolled and showered and then hobbled to the awards ceremony- a free beer and a free pint glass- we got a cool hand made ceramic awards- a nice shirt- and then the pint glass. We hung out listening to the music and chatted with the other racers. After about 2 hrs we packed up and headed into the town to go explore. Had a great time- the town of Shepardsville is pretty awesome. We went hunting for a tattoo shop- Jessie and I were had some plans- but it wasn't meant to be -so we headed back- changed clothes for the cooler weather coming and walked back into town for our dinner where we had a delicious dinner and killed 3 bottles of wine and talked about social gender norms.
Sunday we woke up around 8-9 AM and rolled out grabbed coffee- checked the local farmers market and then headed for the Battlefield- we were there from probably 10-2- was really awesome- and saddening. Then- off to Cracker Barrel!!! And then I headed home to NJ- and went straight to my fiance's house to surprise him when he got off work- lounged around all day and headed back today for PT and food!!! I'm safely home and relaxing!!
Edit- I got the email that said "race results and pictures" I decidedly do NOT look good while running- I look completely inept and stupid. (I really want to stay retarded - but that's so offensive... but well... it's pretty darn close)
www.itsyourrace.com/qrresults/24ed2bfc/1614
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@Auna01 what do you mean by slow? What pace at
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@Auna01 what do you mean by slow? What pace are you currently walking/jogging/running at? Pace is relative to your experience and fitness level! Don't sweat it....the longer you train for it the faster your pace will become! OR instead of a faster pace....why not go the distance and work on your endurance for longer periods of jogging/running....your pace will look after itself in time! Good luck and keep at it! 0
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Decent weather again tonight as I was able to get through 5 miles with a neighbor and 2 more solo.
10/1 - 7 miles
10/2 - 8.5 miles
10/3 - 4 miles (pace run at 1/2 marathon speed)
10/4 - 9 miles
10/5 - 8.5 miles
10/6 - 8.5 miles
10/7 - 8 miles
10/8 - 8 miles (w. 0.25-0.5-0.75-1-0.75-0.5-0.25 pyramid @ 6:35 pace)
10/9 - 9 miles
10/10 - 4 miles
10/11 - 8 miles
10/12 - 7 miles
Total: 89.5 miles
Goal: 170 miles
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So I'm not really sure what to do here. I took three days off last week because of shin splints, woke up the next day fine, ran, and shin splints are back again. I've been following C25k and did week 6 day 2 on Saturday. Is this program going too fast for me? Could it be my shoes? I don't know but this is really frustrating because I don't want to mess up my running schedule. I'm the type that will quit if I have too many days off. I don't want to quit!
MTD - 20.3
Hey there Loooong time shin splint sufferer here! *waves*
My personal advice would be to find a physiotherapist who specializes in running injuries. I have learnt not only brilliant stretches from mine (google: calf stretch, achilles stretch and outer hamstring and hip stretch).
He has also shown me the pressure points where I get most of my pain and how to reset the muscles with a few short squeezes of the muscle - This needs to be shown to you personally though as you can have anterior or posterior shin splints - or something else.. So best to be sure before you prod around too much!
I know a lot of people say that you need to rest. Rest for a few days, by all means. If it hurts to walk after a few days, I would honestly get to a physio and get checked out just in case. I haven't known anyone personally to go through it, but I have read that some unlucky runners end up with little fractures in the shin if it's gone too far without treatment etc. Not saying that's what you have.. but if it hurts to walk and you are feeling unsure, best to get it checked!
I like to massage my calf muscles with the palms of my hands too.. I find it gives some relief.
I have a foam roller and a little spikey hand-held massager - these are great tools to run alongside the shin to help loosen up small areas of the muscle (you can use a tennis ball too!)
I wear compression sleeves on both legs every time I run (sometimes for an hour or so the morning after I run too).. I only get shin splints in one leg, though I cannot speak highly enough of the support these give my legs! They hold all the muscles in your lower legs tight so the calf muscles don't move around too much, while still allowing good blood flow and support - They make your legs feel like feathers!
After each run I do my physio stretches (search up on yoga exercises for runners too - there are some great stretches and make all the difference!)
Then I ice my legs with the compression sleeves still on... and after my shower I massage my calves and shins with Deep Heat muscle relief ointment.
My legs feel like a million dollars after all of this.
I have to add too, I slowed my pace down by a LOT and since doing this, the shin splints are nearly non-existant! By doing this I have doubled my running distance and nearly 100% pain-free. Just something else to look at maybe.
But first, please see a physio.. I'm lucky in that mine was diagnosed as shin splints - because my left calf muscle was still weak.. He said I just had to work on strengthening the leg muscles some more, take it slow.
He did however (and every person with shin splints will say something different, depending on why they have shin splints).. that the longer you rest, the pain will go away.. but if it is something to do with muscles or if you are doing too much too soon, running to fast etc.. the shin splints will only come back after each rest.
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October goal 75 miles
10/1 big fat...REST day
10/2 3.15
10/3 4
10/4 7.55
10/5 rest
10/6 4
10/7 4.14
10/8 snorkel 3 hours
10/9 rest
10/10 6.17
10/11 lazy
10/12 3.25
Total 32.26
@7lenny7 ...lovely pictures! I like the "lots of tree cover"
Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date:
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I have read through everyone's posts and so much is going on!
@7lenny7 - thanks for the trail pictures. I really want to come run there - It is so beautiful! I think you will be awesome for your half on Halloween!
@Elise4270 - Oh NO - that sucks about your foot! Did the doctor today say anything more about it?
@JoRocka - awesome job on the half! Careful these races can be addicting! I just signed up for another one in February - I now have four on the calendar!
@karllundy - good luck with the 5k and half this weekend!!
@msf74 - Your buildup run sounds interesting. I think I may have to try it out!
@skippygirlsmom - love the rest day pictures! Hope you had a great day off!
@LunaStar2008, @SAfricaChick, @sybabe35 - welcome to this group of crazy runners!
@mwyvr - Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner
I had a really great run this morning - it was warm but really didn't feel too bad because the humidity was down... unfortunately it is back now! At agility class tonight it was so hot and extremely humid! I was drenched when we were finished! It was nearly 90F still when I got home at 10pm! They are saying tomorrow will still be hot but then it will cool down into the 80's and we may even get some rain!
Date.......Miles......Total
10/01.......8.45........8.45 - +Strength Training
10/02.......0.00........8.45
10/03.......6.12......14.57
10/04.......4.47......19.04
10/05.......5.39......24.43 - + Agility
10/06.......4.70......29.13 - + Strength Training
10/07.......0.00......29.13
10/08.......5.12......34.25
10/09.......7.57......41.82
10/10.....10.90......52.72 - Early long run
10/11.......0.00......52.72 - Dog beach Sunday, a little walking, a little running. Hot even on the beach
10/12.......6.29......59.01 - + Agility
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01/10 - 10.3km 02/10 - 13.1 miles 03/10 - 10.3km 04/10 - 22.1 miles 05/10 - 10.3km 06/10 - 13.1 miles 07/10 - 13.3 miles 08/10 - 10.3km 09/10 - 13.2 miles 10/10 - 10.3km 11/10 - 22.2 miles 12/10 - 10.3km 13/10 - 13.1 miles tot 240/500km
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr - garmin froze and I'm missing about 1 mile from my HM record, plus pace and calories burnt are all messed up (obviously when I also have a work lunch)
it was tough this morning, as said yesterday my head is full of negative thoughts for Sunday, need to get rid of them or disaster will happened
I met a young fox again, it was beautiful, very fluffy tail
don't quite get while people have to stand in their cars/vans for ages with the engine on, I got very sensitive to the smell of gas
wore leggings for the first time, goodbye shorts, left home with 4C!
tomorrow last big effort, then off to Amsterdam for relax and "some" running
can't wait to NOT go to work for a couple of days and walk around/relax/do some shopping0 -
Slowly but surely - getting there0 -
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So I went back and looked at the miles I've done for the month of October. Turns out I've only gotten out twice this month. The rest of the time I've been indoors doing Zumba because of the 2 weeks worth of rain straight that we've had in NC!!
So I've decided instead of a goal of 70 miles, to do 50, and if I do more, that'd be icing on the cake!
10/1/15 3.64 mi
10/9/15 4.6 mi
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@jorocka - loved your HM commentary. Too funny. LOL at the comment that the WV fans didn't appreciate your celebratory yell. Nobody looks good in their race pictures.
@patrikc333 - people sit in their cars here as well, with the AC on, because it is so hot. There is a beautiful lake that I have run and biked and it is full of people sitting in their cars with the AC on. Feel like I shouldn't breath while going past them! Nothing like enjoying nature ... in your car. Positive thoughts for Amsterdam!
Cycling today for me after work.
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10/1: 8 miles am and 6.2 pm with the Thursday crew
10/2: Rest day
10/3: 10 miles with Saturday crew
10/4: 13.1 - Princeton Half Marathon (new HM PR!)
10/5: 5 miles recovery style
10/6: O Holy Rest Day........
10/7: 7 miles hills
10/8: 10 miles (am), 6.4 miles (pm) with the Thursday crew
10/9: Rest day
10/10: 20.5 miles
10/11: 4 miles
10/12: Rest day
10/13: 8 miles, very hilly!
Didn't feel like running my usual neighborhood runs, so I did 4 miles up from my apartment and up these huge, long hills north-westish of the main part of town. It's a really hilly, forresty area with some schools and parks and gorgeous homes, so it was a nice change of scenery. Plus, all the downhill was really fun I wish I'd taken my phone to snap a few pictures though; there were some really beautiful trees along the route and the sunrise was lovely.
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@skippygirlsmom ~ you can clearly recognise great literary talent when you see it. I salute you!
@7lenny7 ~ Given your current pace and distance of your recent run I think you could go out tonight and run a sub 2 hour half. You did that on 4 hours sleep? Respect
@shanaber ~ I've been researching it (yes, I'm one of those people who simply must know why I am doing something rather than just shutting my mouth and doing as I am told...) and it seems that a "build up" run is a type of "progression" training run where the aiming is to get progressively faster as the run goes on. Apparently you can split it into equal chunks as I did, or aim to run at a moderate pace until the last 1km and then sprint for home, or something in between! It's certainly a challenge and adds a little variety. I have another one scheduled for tonight but I have the added weight of my backpack to think about as I can only squeeze in a run from work back home before an evening meeting. All in good fun though 0 -
Hi all,
bit late, but I'm in for 35 miles for the rest of this month.
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