March 2016 Running Challenge

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
3/11 more meh
3/12 4.05
3/13 4.01
3/14 3.14
3/15 rest
3/16 3.38
3/17 snorkel 2.5 hours
3/18 3.20
3/19 rest
3/20 13.39

Race report: I have not trained well due to my son's recent cancer diagnosis, so I had three goals: 1. finish 2. finish upright 3. Don't finish last. I finished....barely. Upright....barely (having passed out 500 yards from the finish and triggering the medical staff response. And not last (there were 2 behind me.)
And so now I am off for the next week to spend some quality time with my son who has completed brain surgery, 4 cyberknife brain radiation sessions, and starts experimental immunotherapy in two week. Lots of cards, hugging....but won't be running much!

Congrats to all who ran this weekend: some great pictures, and happy birthday @kristinegift

Total 59.32


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:

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 – 15.10 easy 2 solo, pace 8, race 5
Weekly total 62.59 vs. target 62

3/13 – 11.00 – 4 easy, 3 MP, 4 easy
3/14 – 5.74 easy + 4 strides
3/15 – 7.96 easy
3/16 – 9.41 easy
3/17 – 9.79 easy
3/18 – scheduled rest day 2.38 easy
3/19 – 22.03 (14 with 8:00 pace group + 8 solo)
Weekly total 68.31 vs. target 68

3/20 – 7.39 easy with stride at end
3/21 –
3/22 –
3/23 –
3/24 –
3/25 –
3/26 –
Weekly total TBD vs. target 62

March total to date – 185.68

Goal – 56, 62, or 68 miles per week, per training plan
Expected March total - ~282 miles

Today's notes – The good news is, my ankle is letting me run and didn't complain about 22 miles yesterday. The bad news is, the ankle still isn't 100% and it wouldn't be wise to do challenging speed work. That makes this week a bit of a puzzle. Today's assignment was 30 minutes at E. But I'm not going to be running the Yasso 800's that are Tuesday's assignment, and getting the weekly miles in around the assigned workouts looks tricky. So . . . I ignored the 30 minute limit, and set out to run 7 easy miles this afternoon. I know this should not be a problem after a 22 mile run, because the earlier weeks in the program called for 90 or 60 minutes the day after a 22 mile run. Ended up running 7.39 miles in 59:25; if I'd been looking at the watch when I got back to my driveway, I would have kept running to be 60 minutes. Oh, well. Close enough, and 3 more miles makes the week easier to work with.

I'm thinking there's a 50/50 chance I'll be able to run Thursday's speed work assignment. It's not a lot of real fast running, but it is long: 3 miles at E, 2 x (4 miles at MP, 1 mile at T), 2 miles at E. I did this once earlier in the training program, and it is challenging; if the ankle isn't up to that challenge by Thursday, it's likely I won't get 15 miles in that day and I'll have miles to make up somewhere else. That was in the back of my mind when adding 3 miles today; now I'm kind of on track to "only" have to adjust for the possibility that I don't run the full distance Thursday.

No more 22 mile runs, and no more 68 mile weeks between now and Patriot Day. The challenges will be getting the ankle to be healthier, and living with the taper crazies.

Upcoming races:
March 26, 2016 Spring Forward Distance Run 15K (Mendon, NY)
April 18, 2016 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)
April 24, 2016 Flower City Challenge Half Marathon (Rochester, NY)

2/3........5k
4/3........5k
6/3........7k
9/3........5k
11/3......5k
13/3......8k
15/3......5k
20/3......9k

Had some back pain this week which meant that I missed a run. So I went out tonight with the intention of doing 5k but managed to keep going through to my originally planned long run of 9k.

was doubly pleasing as after passing 5k I never lost myself in the run. I had to fight for every yard.

Jan 45k
Feb 61k
Mar 49k

Goals for March:
1. 13 runs @ 74km......8 run at 49k
2. 8km long run...........9k
3. Be less slow............I am a little less slow.

@HonuNui We'll be thinking about you and your son. I hope he makes a remarkable recovery. Much love going out to you both!

@ariceroni Love the picture and the costumes! Congratulations on the race!

@Kristinegift and @whatang Happy Birthday!
@CivicSista Congratulation on the race!
@rune1990 Fist bump! Nothing cooler than your first race. Glad you signed up!

Great running today!
I'm sure there are others and I can't seem to navigate from the desktop through pages and not lose my post. I like my new phone, but it has a glass cover on it that isnt flush and doesnt make texting easy... might be $40 wasted.

I thought I saw a newbie training for their first half! Welcome



Race Bling. I'll forgo a real race report. I'll just fuss. It really was a win for me, I just cant seem to get over the people traffic.. end that there. or I'll grumble.. But it was really cool. They closed part of the highway in downtown Dallas, we ran up the ramp and over a very high section. Lots of folks stopped and took pics from up there. I put myself in the 2:40 finish group, so really serves me right for all the traffic. SO, Ill note that when I schedule a race 6 months out from now on. When I registered, I wasn't sure where I'd be with the injury or training. But, lucky for me I have advice training and that helped me immensely. I just kept channeling Kara Goucher the last 4 miles. Mile 11 my legs said WTF (Where's The FINNISH?).

After the race we ate at reunion tower, was pretty cool. For all ya'll not familiar- that's the tall building with the ball on top in Dallas TX. The restaurant and cafe (where we 8) revolves and there are glass windows. long drive home. Think next year, I'll stay here an run the A2A

Division place was 247/666, gender 2418/5755, overall 4938/9538


DH

@HonuNui - I'm so sorry for what your son is going through and am lifting him and your family in prayer

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. And 6.25 is a distance PR for me but every long run from here on out for the next 6 weeks will be a PR.
3/20 - 3.89 Recovery run (includes cool down) and 100m in pool swimming with grandkids today. Legs are definitely tired but the run wasn't hard at all.

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.**

@ddmom0811 the music was alright. I didn't stay for the headliner. It was cold and we has a time crunch getting back to the hotel and out by check out. I'd do it again. Right now it's 50$ for the HM next year for early registration.

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

Last week was one to forget, it was a miserable one. Planned for at least an 8K long run and had to return after 1K. Still not able to understand why do I get exhausted so soon, at the end of 1K, I was getting all exhausted like I have been running for hours. Need to get this nourishment thing correct, I was out of energy.
Don't know if I will be able to finish the monthly target, next is the Easter week donno how much will I be able to run. need some long run to pull the spirits back.

Bad run.. bad run...

Date.................KM...................Total
3/2..................04.13.................04.13 (Walk)
3/3..................02.62.................06.75 (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)
3/12.................05.16.................22.78 (Run / Walk)
3/15.................05.65.................28.43 (Run / Walk)
3/19.................01.31.................29.74 (Run / Walk)


Upcoming Races: 10 April (5K) - Technically the first 5K

3.3 miles today, hopefully I'm out of my 2 mile slump! And to be honest I could have gone further but I had to get home to get the kids up and ready for school. I really needed that today, confidence restored