October 2015 Running Challenge

@ddmom0811 I remember it coming on Saturday after cartoons went off. I'm not limber as those folks were but I know how some older folks got their bad backs now.

October Goal—stretch goal 120 km, realistic goal 100 km
10/1—rest getting a cold I think…
10/2—10.18 km
10/3—rest, taking care of errands and resting up for…
10/4–10.73 km
10/5—typhoon day, good thing it’s a traditional rest day anyway
10/6–5.16 km
10/7—rest
10/8–5.49 km
10/9—rest
10/10–13.92 km
10/11—3.34 km recovery run
10/12—5.12 km
10/13—2.89 km
10/14—rest
10/15—5.38 km
10/16—rest
10/17—5/24 km—2 laps around a hilly park
10/18—15.53 km
10/19—rest
10/20—5.10 km

As of 10/20 I've run 88/120 km. I should be right on track...

Auna01 wrote: »

@Elise4270
@skippygirlsmom
@stoshew71
Thanks for helping out! Went to the chiropractor and he readjusted and found my femur and talus to be out of place but before I went I googled subluxed cuboid and found an adjustment I could try as well. So I am not sure which helped out but I was able to do a 1.5 mile walk with dog. YAY!!! If it feels good tomorrow I will have to try a run. <fingers crossed>

Awesome! Take care!

Okay.. I need some advice about my 10k this Saturday.
It is a twilight run, starting at 5pm (I usually run first thing in the morning).. Just wondering if you have some tips about what/when to eat during the day before the race?

I usually have a morning coffee before my runs and have yoghurt, oasts and fruit when I get home when I run in the mornings.

I want to fuel up properly but worried about having food/drink sploshing around and making me feel sick at that time of day. Advice??

@kstar_lee AWESOME job!!!

juliet3455 wrote: »

@kareF Tomorrow during the day do every thing as you would normally - except save your run for 5pm.
Eat just as you normally would during the day. Have a light snack ( bagel, banana etc, Something that you normally have ) about 60-90 minutes before the run. Personally for a 10k run I find that I don't really need to do anything special for Fuelling or Hydrating my body.

Hit the port-o-potty even if you don't feel the need.
Find someone to have a chat with in the pre-start crowd, even if you don't know them - this helps with race jitters.
Hit the porta-potty again !!!!!
Let people know that it is your first race - you will be surprised by the support and offers of Pace Buddies.
You know your avg 5km/10km time use that as a reference for a Pace Buddy.
Or find someone who seems to be running at a pace that you are comfortable with and tuck in beside/behind them as a pace buddy.
Take the water at the refreshment stands - especially the 2nd one as by then you are truly settled into your race pace and could use a little hydration.
Have Fun - Enjoy the people around you before-during and after the race.
Pram - Makes me think UK. In Canada Common Race Etiquette is keep to the right unless passing- yours is probably keep left unless passing a slower runner.

FYI My Avg 10km Race time is right on the 1 hour mark so your 1:19:00 from the 10/17 is very good. Race pace seems to magically drop time from your normal Avg pace. I predict 1:11:00.

Running with the Pram; That's a tough workout unless you have one of the Big Wheel ones for attaching to a bike.

Thanks so much!! 10k is the longest I have run, but I think running in the afternoon for that long just makes me a little nervous. I don't want to cross the finish line and be turning green lol
I am really excited to be running in an actual race! I'm in Australia, but not a bad guess

Thanks, honestly for making me feel more relaxed about it.. and your predicted time is awesome! See how I go!

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
14/10 - 13.3 miles
15/10 - 10.3 km
16/10 - 12.3 km
17/10 - 12.3 km
18/10 - 26.2 miles - Amsterdam Marathon
19/10 - 12.3 km
20/10 - 13.1 miles


tot 373/500km

what a week!

10k on thursday at 4am, couldn't barely move, nervous, sleepy, tired and relaxed at the same time, easy easy pace

in the plane my left quad start to hurt a lot, and this has been a huge concern for the past days, don't know what I've done, no weird movements, no strange feelings when running, nothing, but on friday and saturday I couldn't extend my left leg

12k (~1h) easy easy easy pace on friday in amsterdam, leg pain that got a bit better towards 5k
12k (~1h) jog on Saturday in Amsterdam, super super slow, still very painful, start to think to not run the marathon

SAINT IBUPROFEN!!! it did help, even though I was at 50% saint ibuprofen and 6k steps before the race did help in relaxing the leg

Sunday: very well disorganized, need to improve the marathon prep, forgot a bag, forgot a jumper, spent 30 minutes in the cold before the start, that almost killed me. but the feeling at the start is amazing, you do think you are going to break the world record lol - the atmosphere was great, lots of people cheering in the stadium
I started quite slow, I was terrified to do something wrong to my leg, and really didn't know how it was going to respond. plus the rout was quite narrow and we had to stop quite a few times in the first couple of km
but the more I was running the more I was enjoying, and the more I was feeling better and focused

I have to say there were lots of idiots - both people faster or slower, I really don't know why they didn't start in the proper time group. I'll never understand the point to overtake, hit people, almost make people falling down because they have to squeeze in the tiniest gap to overtake, to then slow down after half race! there were others that were actually killing themselves, they were not even able to breath!!!

Anyway, I never properly suffered, my training paid off, and the leg went numb just at 40km, so it didn't affect my performance too much - mentally, it was...easy! because you can't think of retiring when you are in a foreign country, in the middle of nowhere, god knows where was the closest metro station, and without a mobile with you! it's a feeling that is difficult to explain in words, it's pure joy, it's enjoying the achievement while doing it. I'll never never forget how I felt at about 2km to the end and obviously after the finish line.

only regret I couldn't do a bbq after it, had 4k calories to eat overall and had to estimate (and I normally over estimate when I don't have accurate info)

Amsterdam is a great town, but there are sweets everywhere, river and river of melting nutella everywhere, and it's hard for people that are watching their diet !!! the smell of pancakes/waffles is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo tempting

I wanted to run in less than 4hours, so I am really pleased with my results, considering the leg

and in the end who cares about the pace? the experience is something I'll bring with me forever, and, unless you are a competitor or you particularly train to improve your time, ,much better an enjoyable pace, to look around you, to give a high five to a kid or a poor man on a wheel chair, to listen to the crowd, than trying to pass into a 1 square cm to overtake someone and then slow down cause you are going to fast!

I smiled for the rest of the day and couldn't sleep

did a 12k (1h) recovery run on monday still there, that was pure pain couldn't move, my leg was in pain, no energy at all

today home, 4.30am HM, pace was incredibly slow, but lots of stars that distracted me from the thoughts of commuting and coming back to work, leg a bit better, sore muscles but in the end I did it and I'm going to do another one tomorrow (hopefully)

thanks a lot to everyone for the kind words, only 1 person asked me how it went here, obviously it's hard to accept that someone who was obese till 18months ago could do it or can run 80 miles per week, and enjoy it more and more

now time to find the next one and start to look at something a bit more challenging!

Thank you @Elise4270 I know you're right but it is hard not to compare! But yes I'm pleased with my personal progress as 2 months ago I had a personal goal to run 20 miles. It's all progress!

@patrikc333 great achievement. And dont worry the crepes smell better than they taste!!

This is what Kody does for exercise on days I don't take him running:

kareF wrote: »

Okay.. I need some advice about my 10k this Saturday.
It is a twilight run, starting at 5pm (I usually run first thing in the morning).. Just wondering if you have some tips about what/when to eat during the day before the race?

I usually have a morning coffee before my runs and have yoghurt, oasts and fruit when I get home when I run in the mornings.

I want to fuel up properly but worried about having food/drink sploshing around and making me feel sick at that time of day. Advice??

I usually do an evening run once a week, and here's what I do:
-No more food after 3-4 pm (~2-3 hours pre-run)
-But still plenty of water because hydration is good
-Bathroom at least 20 mins before, or else I need to pee about 1 mile in

And then, of course, treat yourself to a good dinner afterwards, because you earned it!

I find that my afternoon/evening runs are always much faster than my morning runs because I've had breakfast, lunch, coffee, etc. So hopefully you find that running at 5 pm gives you an especially good 10k time!

kristinegift wrote: »

7lenny7 wrote: »

@kristinegift, congrats on the great HM! Why do I say great when you didn't reach your goal and made all of those mistakes? Because you had a great time, missing your PR by only 46 seconds IN SPITE OF all those mistakes!! I'm also impressed that you're able to honestly appraise your mistakes and come here and tell us about it so we might learn from it as well.

Upcoming Races
10/31 - Monster Dash Half Marathon, St. Paul, MN
11/26 - Turkey Trot 6K, St. Paul, MN - With my daughter and two neices.

I do what I can for the good of the group

Is the Monster Dash HM one of the Team Ortho races? I did their Chicago Monster Dash in 2012, and I still love/wear the jacket I got. Team Ortho races have the best swag (see also: windbreaker finisher's jacket for Minneapolis Marathon)!

I'm doing a 10k monster dash by team Ortho in Dallas the 31st! The finishers medal is stained glass and we also get the full zip up jacket.. Sweet swag indeed!