November 2015 Running Challenge

kareF wrote: »

Runkeeper kept pausing on my walk today.. Every few mins the lady would say I had paused my activity and I had to keep telling the app to continue, even though the screen said it was still recording my walk. It's never played up before so I'm not sure now

Hmm, sounds like the new update is full of bugs and glitches. Definitely time for a new app I think! I'll try Nike again and see how I get on. I used to use it before I took running seriously and used to like it.

Nov 1 - rest
Nov 2 - 3.2
Nov 3 - 4.3
Nov 4 - strength training
Nov 5 - rest
Nov 6 - 5.0 Had to loop in front of house to hit 5 exactly.
Nov 7 - 5.0 in daylight!
Nov 8 - 6.0 in daylight, but too darn hot and humid.
Nov 9 - rest day.
Nov 10 - 4.7 miles
Nov 11 - strength training
Nov 12 - 5.33 miles
Nov 13 - 4.04 miles + strength training
Nov 14 - 34 mile bike ride
Nov 15 - 40 mile bike ride
Nov 16 - 4.3 miles
Nov 17 - rest day.
Nov 18 - 5.0 miles
Nov 19 - cycling class
Nov 20 - strength training
Nov 21 - 4.4 miles
Nov 22 - 7.06 miles





I had an unplanned run today and it was awesome! It was raining so we couldn't bike. Was barely drizzling but on a bike, that's just no good. Anyway, I tried the app RockMyRun and loved it! It uses your heartbeat to pick the songs and what I liked is you didn't necessarily hear the whole song. It would just transition into a new song. Runner's HIGH for me! And only two days of school this week! My students took 2nd place at the programming competition yesterday too. I better just get off this cloud I'm on.

@dharwood68 - here is my shitzu mix. I don't think he could go 1/2 a mile with me. Amazed yours can! I am thinking of getting a running dog partner one of these days. But it would have to be able to stand the Florida heat.
The rescue place suggested a Rhodesian Ridgeback because they are from Africa, but I think they said that because they had a bunch of puppies of that breed ready to be rescued. I can't get one until school's out, so I will be home to train him/her.

ddmom0811 wrote: »

@dharwood68 - here is my shitzu mix. I don't think he could go 1/2 a mile with me. Amazed yours can! I am thinking of getting a running dog partner one of these days. But it would have to be able to stand the Florida heat.
The rescue place suggested a Rhodesian Ridgeback because they are from Africa, but I think they said that because they had a bunch of puppies of that breed ready to be rescued. I can't get one until school's out, so I will be home to train him/her.

Aw that's a beautiful pup!

6 km run with all 3 members of the Running club who showed up. Usually have 10-20 on Sunday morning. Beautiful day 5C Sunshine and No Wind.

11/01 – 4.6 Km – 4.6km – 135.4 Km
11/03 – 5.6 Km – 10.2km – 129.8 Km
11/04 – 6.0 Km – 16.2km – 123.8 Km
11/06 –21.1 Km – 37.3km – 102.7 Km
11/08 – 5.0 Km – 42.3km – 97.7 Km
11/09 –10.0 Km – 52.3km – 87.7 Km
11/15 –7.0 Km – 59.3km – 80.7 Km
11/16 –8.0 Km – 67.3km – 72.7 Km
11/18 –7.0 Km – 74.3km –65.7 Km
11/21 –7.5 Km – 81.8km –58.2 Km
11/22 –6.0 Km – 87.8km –52.2 Km – – YTD – 6.0 + 460.9 = 466.9Km



Since it is such a Beautiful Day a group of us are going into the North Hills this afternoon Trail Scouting / Maintenance and marking. Its a lot easier to see the best lines and Trail Building routes when all the leaves are off the trees. Trying to link 3 different trails to make some circle routes.

Date      Miles      MTD
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Nov 01      6.5      6.5
Nov 07      4.2T    10.7
Nov 08      4.2T    14.9
Nov 10      5.3     20.2
Nov 18      4.2T    24.4
Nov 20      4.4T    28.8
Nov 22      5.6     34.4

@kareF what @Amandajs232 said above. i use nike app on iPhone and it works really, really well. i have no problems with it at all.

11/1: 22 miles LR
11/2: 5 miles recovery style
11/3: XT: 15 miles indoor bike
11/4: 10 miles
11/5: 7 miles tempo run (am), 7.2 with the Thursday crew (pm)
11/6: Rest day
11/7: 6 miles
11/8: 15 miles - partly with group, partly solo
11/9: 5 miles
11/10: XT: 30 mins yoga
11/ 11: 6 miles
11/12: 4 miles (am), 3 miles with the Thursday crew (pm)
11/13: Rest day
11/14: 6.3 miles inlcuding 5k race and new PR! 22:16!
11/15: 10 miles
11/16: 4 miles
11/17: Rest
11/18: 6 miles
11/19: 3 miles with the Thurdsay crew
11/20: Rest
11/21: 3 miles easy peasy
11/22: 26.5 miles -- Philadelphia Marathon: PR 4:02:32

Counting the race as 26.5 because the course ran fairly long long. From the third mile marker and on, I was coming to the marker .25 or more after my watch buzzed. By the end of the race, this was torture, as the race did NOT go as planned.

That hamstring I've been worrying over? Simply put, it's overstretched and not firing properly, so I expected some soreness due to compensating for it, but what happened instead was after the two hills of the marathon (miles 8 and 9), during which my calves/quads made up for my hammies entirely, I could not pick the pace back up. Then by mile 15/16, I was getting full-on cramps in my quads, calves and feet, forcing me to walk at least once per mile. I had been on a solid 8:00 pace for the first 10k, feeling really great (the pace didn't even feel hard at all!), but after the cramps started I basically just wanted to be able to finish. I had almost veered off with the HM course, but figured that I'd have a few slow miles and bouce back. But I was very, very wrong. I was not fatigued at all or mentally "checked out" for any of it, unlilke my previous marathons; I just could not get my legs to move faster than a 9:30-10 pace due to the cramping. Some teammates ran with me from 24.5 to almost the finish, and they didn't let me walk, bless their souls, which was amazing, because I would never have managed even this tiny PR without them. I had been aiming for a 3:32 and BQ, which would have been totally within my grasp before this hamstring issue. Instead, I came in at 4:02:32, which is a 2:07 PR, rather than the 32 minute PR I'd been aiming for. But given how painful this marathon was, I will take it! I know I have a 3:30 in me, I just need to avoid overstretching my hammie in yoga 2 weeks before race day next time!!!

Pic from post-race!

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149/150 << may or may not try to get that last mile in; depends on how my legs feel after the rigors of today's race



Upcoming Races:
5/1/16: New Jersey Marathon

@kristinegift great PR even if it wasn't what you were looking for. Darn hamstring.
@ddmom0811 great run!

Rest day today - well drive day 10+ hours on the road to see my Mom. Talked to one of my dear friends, her hubby has been fighting cancer for about 6 years. He hasn't been doing well and looks like only a few more days at most. He and Skip are very close. We will head to the other coast to see them. If you're so inclined please say a prayer for them.

Amandajs232 wrote: »

Nike works without chip if you use an iPhone as it has gps etc. Think you only need chip if using older iPod or suchlike.

and @snha Just need to know if it also records walks as I can't run for a few more weeks.. If it does I'll give it a go! Some apps don't record walks which is a pain.

Unless I just record my walks as 'run' but they will just look like really slow runs!