October 2015 Running Challenge

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  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
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    kristinegift wrote: »

    @Stoshew71 Oof, looks like a rough one today, but I hope you don't let it get you down! Funny how quickly we get used to the cooler temps. How many more long runs before your race?

    I have a couple of long runs before my Shakeout Half on November 14, then maybe one more LR before I start my taper for Dec 12th.

  • annekka
    annekka Posts: 517 Member
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    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
    10/21—rest
    10/22—complete rest day—no running no weights
    10/23—5.37 km
    10/24—10.47 km
    10/25—8.42 km. 4 times around a hilly loop in a local park. The worst hill (HILLdegaard) is my current nemesis.
  • kstarallen
    kstarallen Posts: 116 Member
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    @juliet3455 thank you so much!
  • dperich1968
    dperich1968 Posts: 235 Member
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    kstar_lee wrote: »
    Ran 2.16 miles today non stop. My farthest and fatest ever at about a 12 min mile. Was great without the stroller!
    Way to go!!
  • kstarallen
    kstarallen Posts: 116 Member
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    @dharwood68 -- thanks!!
  • MamaMollyT
    MamaMollyT Posts: 197 Member
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  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    @karef I love that your daughter was yelling for you! So sweet. Congrats on the fantastic PR
    @stoshew71 funny you mentioned the weather, I thought it felt much warmer today then the temps and humidity said too.

    Thanks for the good luck to Skip, she didn't have her best time, 22:36 but she qualified for sectionals and learned that Mommy is usually right. She will not eat fried shrimp and french fries 2 hours before a race again. :wink: She was happy with her race, I was surprised she finished at about 1 mile she passed me holding her side and crying. I told her just keep breathing, she made up some time, but still didn't look too great at the end. Always proud of her!
  • gabbo34
    gabbo34 Posts: 289 Member
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    @kareF - AWESOME job on your 10k and getting a PR!!! Sounds like it was a fantastic event!

    @skippygirlsmom - Congrats to Skip on making sectionals and pushing through on a tough day!
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,493 Member
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    @kareF, congrats on a fantastic race! I'm so glad you had such a fantastic experience!
  • runner_girl83
    runner_girl83 Posts: 553 Member
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    @Stoshew71 sorry to hear you had a bit of an off run. it is warming up here in Oz and the humidity isn't easy to run in!
    @ACSL3 i wanted to share my first race experience.. i was taking notes of all the great things and how awesome it all felt, wanted to tell you all about it, so glad i explained it well :smile:
    @skippygirlsmom Skip has a great teacher! she is going to go so far with her times! i am in awe!
    @HealthyFocused715 awesome for upping your goal miles! you will reach it easily!
    @juliet3455 you did predict 1:11 .. and i thought you were crazy :dizzy: LOL and even though I wanted to finish around 1:15, your prediction wasn't far from my thoughts! The support from this group is absolutely amazing! thank you!! i am going to aim for at least one 10k run each week. I'd also like to slowly increase it a little here and there when i can fit longer runs in.
    @annekka good on you for tackling that hill! i try and run one hill on my longer runs too.
    @kstar_lee how good is it to be able to go for a run without the stroller! I have to work my runs around when my husband is home with the kids as i don't run very well with the pram. Glad you got a stroller-free run in there :smiley:
    @gabbo34 Thanks!!! :smile: it was definitely a great run and a great day! Even though my thighs are starting to feel it I am sitting here wondering if I should go for an easy 2km run to stretch.
    @7lenny7 It was awesome!! Already thinking about my next race! :wink:

    Thanks for being so awesome and encouraging everyone!!
  • Clarewho
    Clarewho Posts: 494 Member
    edited October 2015
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    Well done everyone :smiley:

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  • tdbernrd
    tdbernrd Posts: 510 Member
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    @snha I'm glad your wife enjoyed that video. It was funny. Oh, I'm fine. I literally slid, popped up, and was running again. I also laughed at myself because I didn't have a clue how it happened. I see you've already met your goal for the month. Way to go!
    @Stoshew71 20?!? That's amazing! The humidity was high here too.
    @kareF Congratulations on your PR! Awesome time!
    @ACSL3 I'm not really sore. I have a bruise on my arm.
    @HealthyFocused715 I'm good. I'm also clumsy.
    @skippygirlsmom Congratulations to Skip! I don't see how she was to perform after eating anything fried.
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
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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: 1:43:38)
    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!
    10/14: 7 miles speedwork
    10/15: 8 miles (am), 3.4 miles (pm) with the Thursday crew
    10/16: 2 miles to shake off the drove-for-3.5-hours feeling
    10/17: 13.1 miles - Baltimore Half Marathon (1:44:24)
    10/18: Rest/Lazy Day
    10/19: 5 miles
    10/20: XT: 15 miles indoor bike (aka: 1 episode of Blindspot)
    10/21: 7.7 miles speedwork (2ish mile warm up, 3.5 miles speedwork, 2ish mile cooldown)
    10/22: 5.2 miles (am), 4.6 miles solo and 6.4 miles with Thursday crew
    10/23: O Holy Rest Day!
    10/24: 6.2 miles
    10/25: 16 miles

    I felt iffy about this run last night, so I routed a 5 mile loop and an 11 mile loop, so I could come home if my hammie felt bad. But luckily, I woke up this morning and all the weird stiffness was gone, and my run ended up going pretty darn well. I feel like I'm getting my mojo back after a week of pretty "meh" runs. I practiced my fast finish and brought my pace down from 8:52 to 8:41 in the last three miles (splits: 8:06, 8:11, 7:27<<downhill mile!). Just one more big long run until I start to taper... :open_mouth:

    182.8/220

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  • vandinem
    vandinem Posts: 550 Member
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    Date      Miles      MTD
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Oct 03      6.0      6.0
Oct 04     11.2     17.2
Oct 06      4.3     21.5
Oct 08      6.3     27.8
Oct 10      8.3     36.1
Oct 11      6.0     42.1
Oct 14      4.3     46.4
Oct 15      5.1     51.5
Oct 18     10.0     61.5
Oct 20      5.2     66.7
Oct 24     11.3     78.0
Oct 25      5.0     83.0

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    Took it easy today, hopefully to recover a little from the long run yesterday.

    @kareF Thanks for the kind words. Nice job on the PR!
  • HealthyFocused715
    HealthyFocused715 Posts: 340 Member
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    10/1, 3 miles
    10/2, 5.2 miles
    10/3, 14 miles
    10/4, yoga for runners
    10/5, Zumba
    10/6, 4.75 miles
    10/7, 5.2 miles
    10/8, 8 miles
    10/9, rest
    10/10, local 5K here in Maine, finished in 25:31!!
    10/11, 6 mile hike
    10/12, 1 mile
    10/13, Zumba and yoga for runners
    10/14, 7.6 miles
    10/15, 5.0 miles
    10/16, 3.5 miles
    10/17, 10 miles
    10/18, 3.6 miles
    10/19, 5.2 miles
    10/20-21, rest (got some short walks in but that was it)
    10/22, 2.5 hour Zumba challenge at work for breast cancer awareness - I know this has nothing to do with running but it was pretty awesome!
    10/23, another walk/rest
    10/24, 5.0 miles
    10/25, 8.0 miles

    Goal: 100 miles. Total 92.15 miles
  • dperich1968
    dperich1968 Posts: 235 Member
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    10/3 2.91
    10/4 5.16 (8.07)
    10/5 3.21 (11.28)
    10/7 3.12 (14.4)
    10/8 3.29 (17.69)
    10/9 3.00 (20.69) power walking on the treadmill after PiYo
    10/10 rest day
    10/11 12miles on the bike with the hubby. Been over a year since I have gotten on my road bike. Not counting these easy miles for my total. I'll do my long run in the morning. Time for some football.
    10/12 a few miles on the bike running errands.
    10/13 3.52 (24.22)
    10/15 3.78 (28)
    I'll be out of town until late Sunday. I might find some time to run, but not going to kill myself trying. Back at it on Monday. Have a great weekend to you all and run run run. :p
    10/19 5.98 (34) - far too many beer calories consumed this weekend. I felt it today.
    10/22 5.29 (39.29)
    10/23 3.08 (42.37) procrastination put me out the door mid-morning and 77F. I over heat quickly, such an uncomfortable run today. But it always feels good in the end.
    10/24 rest day
    10/25 3.03 (45.4) Dionysus 5K this morning. Improved 2 mins in 36 days. Bone Marrow Transplant can't stop me. Next 5K in 27 days.

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  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    10/1 - 8 miles
    10/2 - 5 miles
    10/3 - 5.1 miles
    10/4 - rest day Allen's son is in the Nat'l Guard and was supposed to jump yesterday. We were headed there when they cancelled the jump :-1:
    10/5 - 10.1 miles
    10/6 - 5.1 recovery miles
    10/7 - rest day
    10/8 - 6.6 miles of hilly hills :smiley: not big hills just rolling up and down and up and down
    10/9 - 5 miles my first mile I thought was crappy because I thought my watch said 10:50 and it felt like 10:50. Turned out it was 10:05 which I didn't realize until I pushed harder and my next split was 9:47. Ended up with a 9:49 pace... so happy especially after dancing too much and too late at the Miranda Lambert concert last night!
    10/10 - 5 miles - 9:55 pace don't know what's gotten into me. Ran with Skip who is home from Disney.
    10/11 - 5.1 miles
    10/12 - rest day
    10/13 - 11.1 miles (yes I want my .1)
    10/14 - 5 miles - recovery run with Skip, cool morning about 44F at run time.
    10/15 - 5 miles - another cool morning, I wanted to add a few miles but I got out late so had to stick to my usual run
    10/16 - 3.5 miles I don't know if the stress of this week got to me, if Allen leaving yesterday got to me or my legs just rebelled this morning LOL From step one to failure on my 6 mile run today I felt like crap. Got to about 3 miles and said the hell with it and went home. Oh well 3.5 is better than 0!
    10/17 - rest day XC meet - Skip did great 22:18 top 25 placed and she finished 23rd. She cut 2.5 mins her off time from this race last year.
    10/18 - 4.3 miles with the trail running group we joined. Wow ran trails I would never try alone, when they call a trail "goat trail" they mean it, up up up a narrow rock trail. I was in the middle of the pack, Skip killed it staying at the tail end of the "fast" group.
    10/19 - 5 miles 35F bbrrr degrees at run time today
    10/20 - 1.2 miles it was supposed to be a rest day but Skip's coach wanted me to run a quick mile with him before their meet. He's got a 1,000+ day streak going. Crazy man!
    10/21 - 5.1 miles
    10/22 - 7.2 miles
    10/23 - rest day
    10/24 - 13.1 miles - long run around the neighborhood, but beat my HM time by about 2 mins. :smiley:
    10/25 - 5 miles of recovery run a bit of a drizzle while running with Skip, but it felt refreshing

    120.5 of 120 miles

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  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    @dharwood68 great job on cutting time on your 5K Without being too personal "bone marrow transplant"??
    @kristinegift great 16 miler glad you are feeling good
    @juliet3455 awesome place to run looks so pretty
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
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    8 km - Chilly Fog Bowl Run With the Running Club.
    WoHo - Goal plus 4.86 km and 6 more running days in the month.
    10/04 – 7.1 Km – 7.1 Km – 92.9 Km to go
    10/05 – 7.0 Km –14.1 Km – 85.8 Km to go
    10/07 – 12.5 Km –26.6 Km – 73.4 Km to go
    10/10 – 16.8 Km –43.4 Km – 56.6 Km to go
    10/15 – 9.96 Km – 53.36 Km – 46.64 Km to go
    10/16 –11.5 Km – 64.86 Km – 35.14 Km to go
    10/18 –10.0 Km – 74.86 Km – 25.14 Km to go
    10/23 –10.0 Km – 84.86 Km – 15.14 Km to go
    10/24 –12.0 Km – 96.86 Km – 3.14 Km to go
    10/25 –8.0 Km –104.86 Km – Goal + 4.86 Km – YTD - 8 + 334.66 = 342.66 Km
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  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,394 Member
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    I was away for business travel and got stuck Thursday in Dallas for hours sitting on the plane on the tarmac in the storm... I thought somewhere in that time frame I had posted my running but apparently I did not. I am also pages and pages behind in all the updates and I must say I have been missing what has been going on with everyone! I will go back tonight or this afternoon and get caught up on what everyone has been doing though. It looks like pretty much everyone is killing their goals! Great job!!

    I ran on Friday morning and it felt so wonderful to be running outside even if it was on only a couple of hours of sleep. I rested yesterday and ran my long run this morning. I went out for 8 and it just felt so great I kept going and hit 13.2. Even managed to keep it at a nice and even pace, just over my HM PR pace.

    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
    10/13.......6.16......65.17 - + Strength Training
    10/14.......0.00......65.17
    10/15.......4.40......69.57 - + Strength Training
    10/16.......4.19......73.76
    10/17.......9.10......82.86
    10/18.......0.00......82.86 - Dog beach Sunday, a little walking, a little running
    10/19.......6.79......89.65
    10/20.......3.65......93.30 - Dreadmill run at the hotel gym
    10/21.......0.00......93.30
    10/22.......4.65......97.95 - Dreadmill run at the hotel gym
    10/23.......5.42....103.37 - Home and running outside again!
    10/24.......0.00....103.37
    10/25.....13.20... 116.57


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