March 2016 Running Challenge
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Random question for the group. I'm running 4 days a week. Currently one of my short runs is the day before my long run. Would it be better to give my legs an extra day of rest before my long run day, and switch the short run to a recovery run the dater my long run?0
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@MNLittleFinn - I feel better now that I have a short recovery run the day after a long run. I have also had running days before mid-week long runs with no issue but I have always had a rest day before my l Iongest run on the weekend. Not sure if there is a clear answer but I do believe active recovery is wise after a strenuous workout like a long run, which a short and slow run the next day provides. As for going into a long run requiring a rest day ahead of time I think that depends on what that person is capable of. I would say if you need a rest day either before or after that it would be best to rest before the long run.0
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@WhatMeRunning Good enough answer for me. I was set up for MWFS with the long run on Saturday, but was thinking of switching to TThSS since my weekday runs are before work and it would mean less days waking up the family too early....And I like the idea of a recovery run, rather than having a run the day before a long run. I know my legs felt it yesterday.0
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After having a busy weekend I've been unable to go for a walk for a couple of days. Tonight I was feeling like I needed to go for a walk but the last couple of times I walked alone at night I really spooked myself and now I just don't feel like it's a nice walk instead I'm tense for the whole hour. Anyway still wanting to "move" I have just finished walking on the spot for an hour and a half and the app on my phone "lifelog" has recorded my steps but also estimates that I have walked 7.6km. My question is, should I count it towards my goal of walking 50km this month? Or would that be cheating?
Thanks
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Getting closer! Can still achieve my March goal if I average 3.3 miles per day every day!0 -
11/3: 3.2 Miles
13/3: 5.0 Miles
14/3: 3.7 Miles
16/3: 3.2 Miles
18/3: 4.0 Miles
20/3: 6.2 Miles
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Can't wait to catch up on the 166 messages I missed! Later today!
March 1 - 5.05 miles + 1 hour spinning
March 2 - strength training
March 3 - 5K for Orlando City Soccer (not sure why they need $) + 1 mile warmup
March 4- strength training
March 5 - 43 mile bike ride (went 9 more than the usual 34 mile Sat ride).
March 6 - 51 mile bike ride
March 7 - 5 miles
March 8 - recovery/rest day
March 9 - 5.1 miles + strength training
March 10 - 5.02 miles
March 11 - strength training
March 12 - 35 miles bike
March 13- 62.5 miles biking Tour de Cure
March 14 - 4.12 miles - PI run + 0.98
March 15 - Recovery day
March 16 - 4.7 miles (intervals) + strength training
March 17 - 4.5 miles
March 18 - strength training cancelled
March 19 - 34 mile bike ride
March 20 - 8.4 miles - biking was canceled so impromptu run
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Oh yeaaa buddy. Sun is up I can't believe this. Yesterday was snowing and today when I woke up there was no snow to be seen and was pretty hot. Went for 6.5 km and had a barbecue after. Also I let my fast go wild on the last 500-1000 meters. Set course record on the park tour I first started running on strava, even though second place guy ran a wider segment, but strava segments aren't accurate sometimes if they aren't straight
.....Date.....Distance...Pace (min/km).........................Random thought of the day
March 01 - rest
March 02 - 5 km............(4:42).........Stop bouncing like Bambi you idiot you gonna kill your knees
March 03 - 7 km............(6:00)............................Bend at the ankles not the waist.
March 04 - 3.5 km.........(7.46)....................A metronome app helps with your cadence
March 05 - rest
March 06 - 15 km..........(6:00)............Need to taper long run next week but don't want to
March 07 - 5 km............(7:08).........................,.............Treadmills suck
March 08 - rest(4k walk)
March 09 - 3 km............(6:00).................................Treadmills really suck
March 10 - dead
March 11 - dead
March 12 - dead
March 13 - dead
March 14 - 4 km.............(4:20).......................Turns out I'm quite good at biomechanics
March 15 - rest
March 16 - 4.4 km..........(6:50).................I can't do this any slower watch leave me alone
March 17 - 3.4 km..........(5:50)......................Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap
March 18 - 3.4 km..........(5:00)........................................Gotta go fast
March 19 - rest (xt)
March 20 - 6.5 km..........(5:40)........................................Praise the sun
03/04: Bucharest 10k and Family run (registered)
16/04: Color Run Bucharest (registered)
15/05: Bucharest Half Marathon (need to register till march 31)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)
3/11: Rest day
3/12: 5.6 miles (2.5 mile warm up and 5k race)
3/13: 18 miles
3/14: Impromptu rest day
3/15: 6 miles (am), 8 miles (pm)
3/16: 10 miles (am), 7 miles with Wednesday crew (pm)
3/17: DC mini-vacation
3/18: DC mini-vacation
3/19: 7.2 miles
3/20: 20 birthday miles!
Cut my long run from 22 to "just" 20. I lived all day yesterday in compression sleeves for my calf and spent an entire episode of Fringe in the tub massaging my calves. The cranky right one felt much better today, but I'll have to be flexible with my miles this week if it doesn't continue to improve. I ended up cutting my run short mostly because my back and hips were so sore (thank you, 6.5 hours in the car Thurs/Fri!). The way I see it there's no real reason for me to keep going past 20 when my form is going to deteriorate til I'm hunched over like a 90 year old lady Plus I've got another 22 miler in 3 weeks (the week after my goal HM) so there's no urgency in getting this one done.
It was a nice day for a long run though; the sun started to come out in the second half after my running buddy left and there were very few cars to contend with so it was kind of peaceful. Great way to kick off my 25th year of being alive! And in case anyone was wondering: these calories are being donated to the Cheesecake Factory Birthday Dinner Fund
Upcoming Races:
3/12: Run O' The Mill 5K: New PR! 21:55
4/3: Caesar Rodney HM (Wilmington, DE)
4/16: River Horse 6K (Ewing, NJ)
5/1: New Jersey Marathon (Lots of towns, NJ)0 -
@MNLittleFinn - Your legs may feel it the day after the long run too, particularly after a new long distance. Just do some stretching before, run slow, and if it's a really tough one do some regular short walk breaks to use for motivation and to keep the HR down.
@AdrianChr92 - Sounds like a great day!
@kristinegift - That is the perfect birthday fund!
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Easy 5 mile recovery run today. This next week is a down week and my body has been giving some faint signals that it is due for this. The big debate right now is whether to drop to 4 mile daily runs with a short 8 mile "kinda longish sorta" run, or stay at 5 miles every day with no long run.
3/1 - 5 miles
3/2 - 5 miles
3/3 - 5 miles
3/4 - Rest
3/5 - 12 miles
3/6 - 5 miles
3/7 - 5 miles
3/8 - 5 miles
3/9 - 5 miles
3/10 - 5 miles
3/11 - Rest
3/12 - 12 miles
3/13 - 5 miles
3/14 - 5 miles
3/15 - 5 miles
3/16 - 5 miles
3/17 - 5 miles
3/18 - Rest
3/19 - 12 miles
3/20 - 5 miles
106/150 Miles
Upcoming races:
4/9 - Rock the Parkway half marathon (Kansas City, MO)
4/16 - Garmin Wickedly Fast half marathon (Olathe, KS)
4/23 - Race for Hope half marathon (North Kansas City, MO)
5/1 - Buffalo Bell Stampede half marathon (Leavenworth, KS)
5/14 - Running with the Cows half marathon (Bucyrus, KS)
6/2 - Hospital Hill 5k 7pm PRE-RUN (Kansas City, MO)
6/3 - Hospital Hill half marathon 7am RE-RUN (Kansas City, MO)
10/15 - Kansas City Marathon 26.2 (Kansas City, MO)
11/5 - Jenks half marathon (Jenks, OK)
11/6 - Kansas half marathon (Lawrence, KS)
11/12 - Longview half marathon (Kansas City, MO)
11/13 - Gobbler Grind half marathon (Overland Park, KS)
11/19 - White River half marathon (Cotter, AR)
11/20 - Pilgrim Pacer half marathon (Lenexa, KS)0 -
@9voice9 Great race, congrats! I've never had a race which started on an incline. Funnily enough, I think I would actually like that - I imagine it keeps you from going out to fast, and you have the downhill to look forward to.
@AdrianChr92 Lol on the spring meme! I've thought "it's spring!" twice already this year. Like on Tuesday, when I fixed my bike with the intention to ride it to work the next day - only to wake up to fresh snow on Wednesday. But since the end of the week I'm back in "it's spring!"-mode, I'm sure this time it's here to stay.
@annekka Sorry to read you are having such a bad time. 100% humidity would discourage me from running, that's sure. If the weather is supposed to be like that, I can see why you want to drop out of the HM. Maybe you could still ask if they would downgrade your registration to a shorter course, if your race also has them? Then the registration fee wouldn't be completely lost, and having a shorter race might actually be something to enjoy?
@MobyCarb Beautiful picture, I can imagine the wind just by looking at the waves.
@whatang Happy birthday to you! Sounds like you are having a fun day today, nice!
@kristinegift And happy birthday to you, too! Cheesecake factory sounds like a great place for a birthday dinner, enjoy! :-))0 -
3/1 - Last swim lesson with Davis
3/2 - 3.28 Treadmill run
3/3 - ** 3.27 Lunch walk
3/4 - ** 2.11 Lunch walk
3/5 - 5.4 Sloan's Lake (includes cool down)
3/6 - 2.92 Treadmill make-up run
3/7 - Rest
3/8 - 2.31 Treadmill run
3/9 - ** 2.65 Lunch walk
3/10 - 2.92 Lunch run
3/11 - Rest
3/12 - Rest
3/13 - Lazy
3/14 - 3.87 (includes cool down)
3/15 - Swim lesson with Jason
3/16 - Life Day
3/17 - 3.42 Treadmill Run, swim lesson cancelled - I hate when they do that!
3/18 - Last Lenten Fish Fry so I'm calling it a Life-Lazy-eat all the food day
3/19 - 6.7 (includes cool down) long slow run after swimming a half mile. Felt surprisingly good to run after the swim. Two hydration stops during the run, paused the timer each time. And 6.25 is a distance PR for me but every long run from here on out for the next 8 weeks will be a PR lol.
02/20 Snowman Stampede 10 mile race -cancelled due to injury
04/24 Graffiti Run with grandkids - "Memaw's Mini Posse" is our team name!
04/30 Greenland Trail Race...8 mile
05/15 Colfax Marathon (Half)
08/07 Tri for the Cure Sprint Triathlon
09/05 Labor Day Mini Marathon (Half)
10/16 Rock-n-Roll Denver Half
**Ticker is run mileage only. Will add in walking to meet goal if necessary!**
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I tried out a new route today. I live close to the border (France-Switzerland), and usually start my runs "inland", to avoid carrying ID documents with me. Today I decided it was time to be adventurous and go for a two-countries-run. A slightly weird side-effect of running in the south-west rather than north-east direction was that I actually started with a slight downhill, followed by a lot of flat. That, combined with the fact that it meant heading towards more city-like areas, are defenitely minus points for the route (as is the "remember your ID"-thing).
On the other hand, I found the cutest little forest hugging the border on my way back!
I really love running this kind of trail - a few branches to duck under or jump above, but no rocks, and no crazy muddy slopes.
Just to make sure you don't get too jealous of my trails, because I usually only take pictures of the nice spots: I also had to run through streets like this. Much less scenic!
Got a little lost along the way (twice!), so I ended up with 12.9km instead of the planned 10km.
Might have to increase my monthly goal a little...
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loped along until the Foo Fighters came on - Pretender is the best running song, I swear! - and then loped along afterwards, lol (strength day)
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Date Miles MTD ------ ----- ----- Mar 01 3.7 3.7 Mar 02 3.8T 7.5 Mar 04 3.8 11.3 Mar 08 4.1T 15.4 Mar 10 5.1 20.5 Mar 12 6.5 27.0 Mar 13 5.1 32.1 Mar 15 3.5T 35.6 Hills, L8, 6.5MPH, 30+ Mar 17 4.0T 39.6 Hills, L10, 6.5MPH, 35+ Mar 19 6.5 46.1+ Mar 20 3.0 49.1
Well, don't tell but my Garmin says that the St Patrick's Day 5K was just 3 miles, but if a race can have a bit of blarney, this is the one. And I PR'd my mile time with a 7:44. Not to shabby.0 -
@kristinegift wow 20 miles on your birthday. Have a lovely day and enjoy that well deserved birthday dinner.0
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Feeling a bit melancholy - my younger son is on-route to Japan, for the next year or three. Being a 21st century father, I'm tracking him on FlightAware. I'm happy for him, and immensely proud, but it's going to take some getting used-to.
So it's a Rest Day/Life Day - I'll do some walking, but...0 -
1---3.57 walk
2---7.06
3---3.55
4---7.47 walk
5---5.75
6---3.03
7--- work late, DOMS, rain
8---work late, headache, rain
9---6.61cramps
10---5.05 cramps
11---5.41
12---7.33
13---worked, slept
14---2.3 walk, biked 9
15---7.23 easy
16,17---eat days
18---travel/crazy day
19---5k turned out to be 2.85miles, about 0.5k short. So no PR.
20---13.4 RNR half. Unofficial time 2:20:47 I should have just peed my pants instead of stopping.
81.63 miles/150 Dang, I'm behind!
Upcoming races:
04/24/16 OKC Memorial undecided distance
10/16/16 THAT dam half, Lewisville TX
11/05/16 Jenks Half Jenks OK
Run the year 2016 411.30/ 2016
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Full race report later, but FIRST MARATHON is in the books. I finished just shy of 4:52. Due to my recent stress fracture and missed training, my goal was just to finish with a side goal of under 5 hours. Actually ran about 26.5 thanks to bad corners.
Pretty sure that puts me at 75.3 of 100 miles for the month.0 -
Trying to catch up on posts I have missed. What a bunch of busy runners we are! @Stoshew71 -- if you had a nickel for every post in these threads over the past years... you'd be a rich guy!
@WhatMeRunning - omg - dying laughing at the jog strap.
@kristinegift - Happy 25th! Awesome run!
@Elise4270 - awesome time and with a stop!
@9voice9 - wow, that's got to be difficult. It's one of those bitter sweet moments as a parent. You are so proud ... yet it's so hard. And you know it's the right thing. Who would want a kid that never leaves home? (My MIL would have I think). My daughter has lived in NYC since she was 18, college and took a job there. I was a nervous wreck until I went to visit her the first semester and found out she was more street savvy than me.
@7lenny7 - I like that heat map feature too. @WhatMeRunning mentioned it to me for my trip to KC in the spring.
@skippygirlsmom - I'm a few days behind, but I love that note Skippy left you on Friday! So cute. What a good momma you are! Also the shoes ... LOVE Those!
@Stoshew71 & @MobyCarp - Down week? Oh my, that sounds awful. I'm still forcing the rest days.
@Stoshew71 - I think @elise4270 shared that video also. I cried the first time, and watched it again, cried again. I would love to share it with some people I know whom I wish would start walking, but it's not my place.
@CivicSista - Welcome! I am looking for a HM in the fall and saw you are doing Space Coast. I may do it also. I guess that is Thanksgiving weekend and it is hard for me to plan if that will be doable or not just yet. I'm in Orlando area.
@MobyCarp - I'm so excited for your BM. Boston Marathon, that is. Your training is so impressive. And excited for others on here to qualify this year!
@shanaber - hope you are feeling better. I know you can't wait to get out there with Hobbes.
I don't think I remembered to reply to everything I wanted to ... but need to do a little planning for school tomorrow.
In other news, I decided to start the 4 week Squat program that MFP had a blog on. The blog says that we do it to get a big round booty. Umm, no... I just want strong legs, hips, core for running/biking! I already do at least 2 sets of 20 squats when I go to the trainer 2x a week. And he mixes them up with the various types of squats. I'll be away from trainer for a couple weeks because SPRING BREAK STARTS THURSDAY!!!!
March 1 - 5.05 miles + 1 hour spinning
March 2 - strength training
March 3 - 5K for Orlando City Soccer (not sure why they need $) + 1 mile warmup
March 4- strength training
March 5 - 43 mile bike ride (went 9 more than the usual 34 mile Sat ride).
March 6 - 51 mile bike ride
March 7 - 5 miles
March 8 - recovery/rest day
March 9 - 5.1 miles + strength training
March 10 - 5.02 miles
March 11 - strength training
March 12 - 35 miles bike
March 13- 62.5 miles biking Tour de Cure
March 14 - 4.12 miles - PI run + 0.98
March 15 - Recovery day
March 16 - 4.7 miles (intervals) + strength training
March 17 - 4.5 miles
March 18 - strength training cancelled so unplanned rest day.
March 19 - 34 mile bike ride
March 20 - 8.4 miles - biking was canceled so impromptu run
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@ceciliaslater - Super congrats to you! That is an amazing feat! I am so happy for you, and proud!0
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Yessssss!!! Well done!ceciliaslater wrote: »Full race report later, but FIRST MARATHON is in the books. I finished just shy of 4:52. Due to my recent stress fracture and missed training, my goal was just to finish with a side goal of under 5 hours. Actually ran about 26.5 thanks to bad corners.
Pretty sure that puts me at 75.3 of 100 miles for the month.
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ceciliaslater wrote: »Full race report later, but FIRST MARATHON is in the books. I finished just shy of 4:52. Due to my recent stress fracture and missed training, my goal was just to finish with a side goal of under 5 hours. Actually ran about 26.5 thanks to bad corners.
Pretty sure that puts me at 75.3 of 100 miles for the month.
Sa-wheat! Congratulations! I don't the same int the half. Couldn't be avoided with the crowd though... And frozen feet the first 2 miles.0 -
gradchica27 wrote: »Finally feeling like a runner again--can't wait for weather and schedule to permit more outdoor runs.
3/7. ER trip. Rest.
3/8. 4.25 m
3/9. 3.25 m
3/10. Sick. Cross train.
3/11. Sick. Lift.
3/12. 5.05 m
3/13. 3.5.
Weekly mileage: 16 miles
Total month to date: 31.2/60
3/14 3.6 m.
3/15. Cross.
3/16. 5.25 m.
3/17. 3.5 m.
3/18. 2 m.
3/19. Rest.
3/20. 6m
Wtd. 20. 35
Mtd. 55.15/600 -
Just got home from spring break ;c I still got out and ran on vacation though! 23/25 miles for march so far... Looks like next month I'll be setting the bar much higher c:
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I decided to make the best of my time when my daughter had gymnastics today and went for a 2.38mi run followed by a mile walk because I had an hour to kill. I started at the bottom of a hill though and that was hard. I usually do flatter roads but I went from where I was at and that was it. I'm excited that I accomplished my March goal and didn't disappoint myself by falling short though. And today I not only got to use my wireless earphones but I also got a lifeproof armband that my phone fits in with it being in it's lifeproof case which made me SUPER happy. I feel like I'm more together now for getting out there, no irritating earphone cords and no longer having to hold my phone as I go. ♥
Congrats to all who accomplished runs this weekend. I'm hoping to start finding some 5k's around me to run.
03/20 -2.38
03/18 -2.15
03/14 -1.65
03/12 -2.20 -Shamrock Run
03/11 -1.16
03/09 -2.10
03/07 -1.53
06/09 - Mountain Mudder
07/29 - Color me Boss 5k
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@ceciliaslater Congrats on your first 26.2! May there be many more in your future 0
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3/1-2.03
3/2-3.53
3/3-Rest
3/4-Rest
3/5-6.00
3/6-3.13
3/7-3.26
3/8-Rest
3/9-3.23 (5k pr)
3/10-Rest
3/11-Rest
3/12-7.01 (personal distance PR)
3/13-2.25 (getting closer to doing a true recovery run)
3/14-3.14
3/15-2.02 (4-10 inches of snow in the forecast for tomorrow, so I snuck a quick run in tonight)
3/16-Crosstrain HIIT core work
3/17-Rest
3/18-3.01 (First AM run, in the dark)
3/19- 6.27
3/20-3.0
Total: 47.89/56
Notes on today's run: even at 37 degrees, with no hat on, my UN turtleneck+Brooks LSD Jacket means I still get too warm in the sun. Today felt really good. Averaged 11:42 min/mile. a full minute slower than I have before. Think this could be my new easy run pace. Felt really good. Finally dialing in where I should be at for easy runs.0
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