March 2016 Running Challenge
Options
Replies
-
Going to rest tomorrow, and maybe do a quick 1.5 miles at lunch. Sat is one of my first big "tests" I have for myself before deciding on whether I want to do that half marathon in Sept. Going to run a "half a half" I have a 6.58mi course picked out. If that goes well (as in I can actually do it and hopefully in under 1:15:40) I may just sign up for that half this weekend. I know it's a long way out, but, I want to have plenty of time to train to avoid injuries0
-
March Goal - 50km walking
March 11 - 6km
March total - 33km
17km to go
0 -
3.1.16 - 7.2 m. : Rolling Hills preset program.
3.3.16 - 11 m. : 89:30.
3.4.16 - 6.6 m. : 59:45.
3.5.16 - 7.1 m. : 68:42.
3.6.16 - 18.6 m. : LR, North side of Lake.
3.7.16 - 7.2 m. : 5K EZ; 4.1 miles @ under an 8 min/mile pace.
3.9.16 - 7 m. : Rolling Hills preset program.
3.10.16 - 9 m. : 7:58 overall pace.0 -
3/1: Rest day
3/2: 12 miles (am), 5 miles (pm)
3/3: 7 miles speedwork (am), 6 miles with Thursday crew (pm)
3/4: Rest day
3/5: 7.3 miles
3/6: 15.2 miles
3/7: 6 miles with Joe to Go crew
3/8: Rest day
3/9: 12 miles (am), 5 miles (pm)
3/10: 8 miles (am), 6 miles with Thursday crew (pm)
Pub Run was such a hit! We had about 40 people show (our usual Thursday group is more in the 15 person range), and it was so much fun! People were in such a good mood because the weather this week has been phenomenal and it was still in the 70s when we started our run. Went to the brewery after and got my free beer, bought a beer and a burger for dinner (expensive but worth it as I was starving!), then someone else bought me a 3rd beer, so now it's definitely time to go to bed! Just wanted to update you lovely folks first
I usually don't run Fridays, but I will probably run just a couple really easy miles tomorrow to hit 65 for the week and stay limber for the 5k race on Saturday. I don't want to be sore and ambivalent on Saturday morning like I was last week. Gotta have my game face on!!
Upcoming Races:
3/12: Run O' The Mill 5K (Clinton, NJ)
4/3: Caesar Rodney HM (Wilmington, DE)
5/1: New Jersey Marathon (Lots of towns, NJ)0 -
March Running Totals (miles)
[2/28 – 7.78 easy]
[2/29 – 7.22 easy + 4 strides]
3/1 – 9.31 warm up + 8 x Yasso 800s
3/2 – 6.02 easy
3/3 – 15.05 easy
3/4 – scheduled rest day
3/5 – 17.01 2 easy, 13 MP, 2 easy
Weekly total 62.39 vs. target 62
3/6 – 7.70 easy
3/7 – 8.17 easy + 4 strides
3/8 – 11.67 warm up, speed work, cool down
3/9 – 11.03 easy
3/10 – 8.92 warm up, speed work, cool down
3/11 – scheduled rest day
3/12 –
Weekly total TBD vs. target 62
March total to date – 94.88
Goal – 56, 62, or 68 miles per week, per training plan
Expected March total - ~282 miles
Today's notes – Today was the last indoor track speed workout; next Tuesday, the club moves back outside. Ran 2 miles easy, then 2 x 2 miles at T with 2 minutes recovery, then 2 more miles easy. Without GPS, Garmin overestimates distance on my fast paces; but I've been recording what Garmin came up with. Probably should overshoot the weekly target by a mile or so to be close in reality.
Rest day tomorrow, then a 5 mile race on Saturday. I'll need 10 or 11 easy miles in addition to the race; I know where 7.5 of them will come from. By Saturday, I'll have a plan and it will all work out.
Upcoming races:
March 12, 2016 Johnny's Runnin' of the Green 5 mile (Rochester, NY)
March 26, 2016 Spring Forward Distance Run 15K (Mendon, NY)
April 18, 2016 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)
0 -
Consider yourself blessed!!We can do that. We can just start adding a note with our mileage. I'm bad about it. I always until I'm hurting a few days. I've been eyeing the tennis ball all evening.
Okay - what am I missing? I've never felt the need to roll or anything. And if I'm being perfectly honest, I almost never do a stretch or anything before I head out for a run - am I missing something here too?
0 -
March Goal: Run often
3/1 3.44
3/2 9.27
3/3 rest
3/4 3.30
3/5 meh
3/6 3.70
3/7 3.12
3/8 struggling
3/9 mightily
3/10 5.00
Total 27.53
Upcoming races:
3/20 Big Island International 1/2 marathon
6/26 SHEPower Virtual 1/2 marathon
11/13 Las Vegas Rock n Roll 1/2 marathon
Ticker is my goal for 2016 and accumulation to date:
0 -
Got in a reasonable run tonight but didn't do a full 20, as I had a guest arriving from the airport, have an early (fast) group ride in the AM, and got in 18 on Monday as well. Heading down to the keys tomorrow for a 5 day bike trip across them, so I'll need to cut back my running mileage with the extra time on the bike.
3/1 - 3.5 miles
3/2 - 10 miles
3/3 - 5 miles
3/4 - 3 miles
3/6 - 11 miles
3/7 - 18 miles
3/8 - 7.5 miles
3/10 - 13 miles
Total: 71 miles
Goal: 200 miles
Remaining: 129 miles0 -
I had one of those - read about it here and in RW and pretty much everywhere else, so I felt like I had to try! I used it maybe three times, and it felt really awkward to me to try rolling around on the thing. It then went to lie around in a corner for a few month, and when I moved, I finally gave it away. I'm going to stick to traditional streching...MNLittleFinn wrote: »
Ha-ha! Maybe it just us old folks! Helps soreness, prevents fascia pain, loosens muscles, helps me with muscle imbalance issues and prevents additional scaring around nerves.
http://www.runnersworld.com/running-tips/how-to-use-a-foam-roller
Funny, I just had the same thought yesterday, when I came back from a 12km run. A year ago I would have called that my "long run", prepared for it with hydration bottle and some mid-run snacks, and been super-hyped if I actually managed to go the whole distance (more than 10km!) without walking breaks. Yesterday I just logged it as an "easy run", and the challenge about it was not running that far, but finding the time (I'm still slow - took me 90+ min). When did 12km become an easy distance for me?!But if you do it right, one day you realize that 6 miles or 8 miles is now an easy run, when you used to consider 3 or 4 miles an easy run. This sneaks up on you.
@skippygirlsmom Spiderman in a tutu? That sounds hilarious, I'm sure nobody else will have the same costume!
@ceciliaslater How annoying! Even if they didn't feel like calling all patients and canceling the appointments, a sign at the door would seem like the minimum they could do when they close down.0 -
Bit behind so far this month, but I did get out for a quick run last night. I admire all you guys and your dedication to running, for me it's still something i'm doing 'when I can find time' right now. I try and get out 3 times a week, and I can see progress, but I need to start making more of an effort if I want to really see results. I'm hoping to do a 5k for a cancer charity in June so I must start pushing myself a bit more.
0 -
[img][/img] 0 -
Only 1.16mi today but it is better then the 0 that I thought of doing
0 -
01/03 3.5miles
02/03 3.5miles
04/03 3.5miles
05/03 3 miles
07/03 3 miles
09/03 4.5miles
11/03 5 miles
0 -
Date.................KM...................Total
3/2..................04.13.................04.13 (Walk)
3/3..................02.62.................6.75 (Walk / Run)
3/4..................03.40.................10.15 (Walk / Run)
3/5..................04.37.................14.52 (Walk / Run)
3/6..................01.52.................16.04 (Run)
3/10.................01.58.................17.62 (Walk)
Upcoming races: 10 April (5K)
0 -
1-nothing yet
2-yoga
3-sicker yet. sick sick sick
4-still sick
so since i had no running to blog about i made a blog with some running memes.
Happy Friday
5-nothing
6-nothing
7-3.77, it felt nice. lots of people out so dog couldn't come with. i have to keep working on socialization
8-nothing yet
9-yoga
10-new medicine-nauseous
11-yoga
12-Great Pi Race 5k
i need to catch up. i'm very far behind. i got out of the habit.
RACES:
Jan 16-Frosty 5k-33:43:123 (gun time-don't have chip time)
Feb 13-Steve Cullen Run 8k chip time: 53:37
Feb 15 Puppy Love Virtual Run 10k runkeeper time: 1:13:20
Mar 14-Great Pi Run
May 7-Door County Half Marathon
?Jun 11-Rock n Sole 5 or 8k? honeymoon might interfere
June 19th through Sunday, July 10th SHE Power Virtual Half
0 -
Looking forward to Saturday, weather is supposed to be nice (at least for Montréal) 0 -
Hey you Saucony wearers, Woot has a sale (50% off or more) going on right now on many models of Saucony shoes. I'm going to display some restraint for once and not buy any but thought there may be some here who would be interested. If you're not familiar with Woot, they're a part of Amazon and they specialize in one day closeout sales.
http://www.woot.com/plus/saucony-mens-and-womens-running-shoes-4?utm_source=Daily+Digest&utm_campaign=8832fe88db-Daily+Digest+-+20160311+-+Woot&utm_medium=email
As for me, I'm 10 pages behind on this thread. I did get in a 5.9 mile run with Kody last night night and am really looking forward to Saturday's 14 mile run. I have a state trail picked out. The trail is 60 miles long, and in various places it's crushed limestone, crushed granite, asphalt, and mowed grass. My goal is to run it all in 2016.
0 -
If My Nike's didn't only have 20 miles on them, and if I'd had any experience with Saucony's, I'd be in deep trouble right now.....don't want to even risk that cheap on shoes I haven't tried....oh well, guess it's all for the bestHey you Saucony wearers, Woot has a sale (50% off or more) going on right now on many models of Saucony shoes. I'm going to display some restraint for once and not buy any but thought there may be some here who would be interested. If you're not familiar with Woot, they're a part of Amazon and they specialize in one day closeout sales.
http://www.woot.com/plus/saucony-mens-and-womens-running-shoes-4?utm_source=Daily+Digest&utm_campaign=8832fe88db-Daily+Digest+-+20160311+-+Woot&utm_medium=email
0 -
3/3 - 3.25 miles on indoor track
3/5 - 4 windy miles.
3/6 - 6.5 flat, windy, hot (72°) miles...sweaty.
3/9 - 3.46 miles
3/10 - 4.45 miles on treadmill (Trek class)
3/11 - 4 miles on indoor track + weights
0 -
We can do that. We can just start adding a note with our mileage. I'm bad about it. I always until I'm hurting a few days. I've been eyeing the tennis ball all evening.
Okay - what am I missing? I've never felt the need to roll or anything. And if I'm being perfectly honest, I almost never do a stretch or anything before I head out for a run - am I missing something here too?
I'm with you on this one. I don't stretch, and I don't foam roll. My boyfriend, however, is very adamant about both of those things. I only foam roll or use the "torture ball" (I have no idea what it's actually called, but it's blue, about the size of a cantaloupe, and covered in little spikes and nubs) when he hounds me about it after I complain of soreness for a few days (like my current shoulder issue). Sometimes, I feel like it helps, but usually only temporary. Regardless, doing it is awkward, uncomfortable, and often painful. I'd much rather see a chiropractor and/or massage therapist and have them fix my issues instead of squirming around on the floor squishing some part of my body on a cylindrical piece of hard foam...but that might be just me. I know a bunch of people who swear by it.
@kristinegift: Princeton is a beautiful town! I'm glad you came to like the area. I wouldn't mind living/working there, myself. A good friend of mine (who is more-or-less family to my boyfriend) is the head coach for varsity boy's at Princeton National Rowing Association.0
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 391.7K Introduce Yourself
- 43.5K Getting Started
- 259.8K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.6K Food and Nutrition
- 47.3K Recipes
- 232.3K Fitness and Exercise
- 395 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.4K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 152.7K Motivation and Support
- 7.8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.3K MyFitnessPal Information
- 23 News and Announcements
- 960 Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.3K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions