March 2016 Running Challenge
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Becky71_cm wrote: »I have been away about two weeks. I actually deleted my account (I know I have issues) so my name is a tad different. I tried to pick up another job, which meant that full time very physical job (lost 3.5 lbs in a week of training vs my usual barely able to Los a half pound) plus my part time and also owning a store with my husband. Not the best choice for me so I quit. I'm pretty bad about feeling obligated to do for everyone else. Anyhow, I couldn't figure out how to fit running or working out in to it, (time and physically wise) and I miss it, so here I am. Obviously not going to make my March goal, but that's ok, I have all year to reach my ultimate goal for 2016, and have April to do some *kitten* kicking. See, this job pushed me further physically than I thought was possible with my health issues. So at this point I feel very hopeful that I can push myself even harder to reach my monthly goals. So I will definitely be getting back at it, just need to figure out where to start back from after 2 weeks of not running.
Glad you're back! It's hard to find that balance and make the call.
2 weeks off- for me I had to drop back to 75% or less. But everyone's different. Getting back in the grove took some time too. Set a loose goal and feel your way back in.0 -
a bit cheap ... but I'm claiming it ... 1.25 walking
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My half training plan calls for 4 miles today. I ran a little over 3 on Monday, did Physical therapy on Tuesday plus swimming, rested yesterday. Today I'm really feeling the doms from the workout on Tuesday with the PT, and one muscle does NOT want to quiet down. I slept a lot yesterday (blizzard came thru so no work!), I'm very tired/fatigued right now, skipping swim lesson, I still haven't done the run, and all I want to do is go to bed. Literally.
So here's my question...is it better to go sleep or get the work done that is scheduled for today? I don't want to get behind on training, but then again, if my body is screaming for sleep, I don't want to ignore what it's saying (that's a bad habit btw and I'm trying to get better at listening. Losing 4 miles, in the grand scheme of things is pretty minor...right?0 -
Thanks! @Elise4270 I know we have some similar issues, so probably about the same for setback for me. Gives me a good idea where to start.Becky71_cm wrote: »I have been away about two weeks. I actually deleted my account (I know I have issues) so my name is a tad different. I tried to pick up another job, which meant that full time very physical job (lost 3.5 lbs in a week of training vs my usual barely able to Los a half pound) plus my part time and also owning a store with my husband. Not the best choice for me so I quit. I'm pretty bad about feeling obligated to do for everyone else. Anyhow, I couldn't figure out how to fit running or working out in to it, (time and physically wise) and I miss it, so here I am. Obviously not going to make my March goal, but that's ok, I have all year to reach my ultimate goal for 2016, and have April to do some *kitten* kicking. See, this job pushed me further physically than I thought was possible with my health issues. So at this point I feel very hopeful that I can push myself even harder to reach my monthly goals. So I will definitely be getting back at it, just need to figure out where to start back from after 2 weeks of not running.
Glad you're back! It's hard to find that balance and make the call.
2 weeks off- for me I had to drop back to 75% or less. But everyone's different. Getting back in the grove took some time too. Set a loose goal and feel your way back in.
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@elise4270 I hope you stay pain free0
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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 Mar 22 4.5T 53.6 QS 6.5-7.0, 42m Mar 24 5.1T 58.7 QS 6.5-7.0, 46m
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@Virkati - If you need sleep, get some sleep. Sleep is the most under-rated part of training, but it's vital. When I don't get enough sleep, everything else is harder and the wheels tend to fall off the running machine.
Take the 4 miles instead of sleep, and you are likely to have a low quality, not very fun 4 miles. Get the sleep, and the next 4 miles will be much better.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!
3/21: 6 miles with Joe to Go crew
3/22: Rest day!
3/23: 10 miles (am), 6 miles (pm)
3/24: 8 miles speedwork (am), 6.1 miles with Thursday crew (pm)
Small group today! Like, half the numbers we usually have. Very odd! It was cloudy and a little chilly, but come on! We broke into three groups, and me and two guys headed up the lead pack. We did the first three miles all sub-8, then had some uphill miles so we slowed to 8:15-8:30. None of us particularly wanted to run that fast, but it was all downhill and flat for those first 3 miles, and we were yammering the entire way, so it must have been fine with our legs and lungs!
Side note: My legs still feel really darn fresh for having done 30 miles in the last 48 hours. I was running great paces for every single one of the last four runs and feeling great. I must be getting used to the mileage. This week has gone really well, and with a cutback next week... I'm feeling really optimistic about my April 3rd HM!
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 -
3/01: 3 miles, easy (am)
3/01: 6 miles, 2x1 mile at LTP (7:30) then 800m @ 5K pace (pm)
3/02: 6 miles, easy
3/03: 5 miles, 5x800m @ 6:45 pace with 400m recovery jog between
3/04: 5 miles, easy
3/05: 6 miles, easy
3/06: 13.1 miles, long and easy
3/07: Off, have the flu
3/08: 4.25 miles, easy
3/09: 5 miles, easy (am)
3/09: 5 miles, easy (pm)
3/10: 4.75 miles, 3x800m @ 6:45 pace + 2x400m @ 6:30 pace with 400m recovery jog between
3/11: 5 miles, super easy
3/12: 2 miles, warm up
3/12: 5K race, 23:27
3/13: 9 miles, easy with strong finish
3/14: 5 miles, easy
3/15: 5 miles, 1.5 miles at LT pace (7:40)
3/16: 5 miles, easy
3/17: 5 miles, 3x1/2 mile @ 7:00 pace with 1/2 mile recovery
3/18: Off, rest day
3/19: 3 miles, easy with quick finish
3/20: 10 mile race, 1:19:39
3/21: 4 miles, easy
3/22: 5 miles, easy
3/23: Off, rest day
3/24: 6 miles, easy (am)
3/24: 4.5 miles total, 2 miles @ 7:40 pace (pm)
Total: 135.37 miles
Overview:
4.5 miles on the treadmill this evening. The hard rain that we had in the morning turned into a rain/snow combo in the evening. Plus my "bad weather" running shoes were still wet from this morning's run so I didn't feel too bad running inside instead
1.5 miles easy; 2 miles @ LTP (7:40); 1 mile cool down. Still having some discomfort in my right arch. Hopefully it will go away soon....
Races I'm registered for:
03/20 - Excalibur 10 Miler 1:19:39 - PR and 2nd in my age group!
03/26 - Chicago Quarter Marathon
04/03 - Shamrock Shuffle (8K)
04/09 - Chi Town Half Marathon
04/24 - Ravenswood Run (5K)
05/22 - Chicago Spring 13.1
05/28 - Soldier Field Run (10 miles)
10/09 - Chicago Marathon
11/27 - Space Coast Half Marathon0 -
I filled out a survey for the RNR experience. And in exchange I got a $10 off registration with this code. 2016dalrunner it does exclude certain events, tris, bike tours, mini marathons, 10, 8, 5k's and European international events and discounted race events. Whew! Good til June 18th 20160
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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 – 8.24 easy + 4 strides
3/22 – 11.46 easy, speed work, easy
3/23 – 7.76 easy
3/24 – 12.13 aborted long workout, cool down
3/25 –
3/26 –
Weekly total TBD vs. target 62
March total to date – 225.27
Goal – 56, 62, or 68 miles per week, per training plan
Expected March total - ~282 miles
Today's notes – The iffy ankle felt almost normal this morning, perhaps 95%. I decided I could attempt the assigned speed workout for today: 3 miles at E, 2 x (4 miles at MP, 1 mile at T), 2 miles at E. This workout appears a few times in the training plan. The first time it showed up was a Saturday, and I ran it as an out and back mostly on the Erie Canal Trail, where I had a soft crushed stone surface that was mostly flat and only had to deal with one road crossing. I got that one done.
The second time this workout showed up, the weather was too nasty for speed work on the roads so I tried to run it on the indoor track. But I was coming down with a cold, and I crapped out after the first set of 4 miles MP, 1 mile T.
This time, I have the recovering ankle and the weather was good enough to run outdoors. I got to Cobb's Hill Park early, taking a little time to pick up the packet for Spring Forward, and started running at 5:18 PM. The club meets at 6, and I knew I would be running past the meeting time. Ran my 3 miles at E. Ran the first 4 miles at MP. Tried to run the first mile at T, came close enough. Backed off to MP, and I was mentally defeated. Ran a mile of MP, then backed off to recovery for a mile. Ran over and checked the whiteboard for the general club workout; Coach had people doing something light because a lot of them are running Spring Forward on Saturday, duh.
Chatted a bit with another club member, then set off for a cool down run to take the taste of failure out of my mouth. The idea was to run a bit over 2 miles back to my car. It turned out to be a little shorter than envisioned, because a mile and a half in it turned out to be a run for the port-a-pot. But it was a shade over two miles, it felt good, and it convinced me I can still run.
The good news is, the iffy ankle didn't fail me at MP or T. The bad news is, the challenging workout was too challenging for me today. I don't know if I was targeting MP a little too fast; or failing to adjust for the part of the T mile that was uphill; or failing to adjust MP for running up and down hills; or just happened to have a bad day. Maybe the fact that I didn't have a full rest day last week, and this is my 13th day of running in a row, has a little to do with it.
Whatever. Tomorrow is a scheduled rest day, and I will honor it. Saturday is Spring Forward 15K. The plan is not to race the 15K, but to treat it as a training run. The assignment will be to run MP -10 seconds for the first 10K, which is net downhill; then run MP to MP + 15 seconds for the last 5K, where I have to gain back the altitude. That won't be as fast as I would race a 15K, but this isn't an A race. This is practice for pacing strategy at Boston.
In other news, after seeing the discussion of @WhatMeRunning 's race list, I decided to put all the races I'm registered for in 2016 in my footer. Seeing some of my successes may help with the downer of not completing the planned workout.
2016 races:
January 1, 2016 Resolution Run 7.5 mile (Mendon, NY) finished in 53:58
January 9, 2016 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY) finished in 1:30:59
March 12, 2016 Johnny's Runnin' of the Green 5 mile (Rochester, NY) finished in 32:32
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)
July 16, 2016 Shoreline Half Marathon (Hilton, NY)
September 18, 2016 Rochester Marathon (Rochester, NY
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No running today, too much going on and I didn't get sleep last night to have the energy today.0
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »
Our next "t-shirt" order will have to be sweat hoodies and long sleeve tech shirts with this motto, maybe?
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March Running Totals (km)
3/1- 1.4 (1.4/35)
3/2- 2.51 (3.91/35)
3/3- 1.42 (5.33/35)
3/4- DOMS hit hard. Need to remember to foam roll!
3/5- Life
3/6- 3 (8.33/35)
3/7- Life
3/8- 3.5 & 1.97 (13.8/35)
3/9- 1.41 (15.21/35)
3/10- Cross training
3/11- Life
3/12- 3.1 (18.31/35)
3/13- 3.6 (21.91/35)
3/14- Strength
3/15- 3.6 (25.51/35)
3/16- 5.1 (30.61/35) Shamrock 5k
3/17- Rest kind of. Walked at work, taught fitness class (participated in about half)
3/18- Rest and fun night out with friends
3/19- 3.2 (33.81/35)
3/20- Rest
3/21- 3.6 (37.41/35)
3/22- Walk at work and yoga
3/23- 3.8 (41.21/35)
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3/25-3.9 (45.11/35) C25K is complete!!!! I'm so happy I could burst lol. I ran for 30 minutes straight! Because I'm slower it wasn't a full 5k, but I felt like I could keep going even after it told me to start my cool-down. I didn't get a chance to see how much further I could go since I had to get home and ready for work. I want to be able to do a full 5k before my race on 4/10 and now I believe I can. Woo!!!
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Races
March 16th- Shamrock Run (47:05)
April 10th- Run For Home HM (Relay Team)
May ?- TuscBDD 5k
June 25th- Indian Mud Run
August 13th- Insane Inflatable 5k
August 20th- Warrior Dash0 -
@Orphia HAHA! I want an old style soccer shirt. The kind with holes in it. Dark green with the number 7 on it. We lost every game. but I loved that shirt.
I'm not opposed to doing another order. Even if someone else wants to handle shipping, or not. I need a good hat.
I get to run today! well, once i shake the medicine stupor and the headache from oversleeping and propofol.0 -
@ceckhardt369 That is an incredible accomplishment! You should be proud. I remember the first time I ran a whole half mile without stopping
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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. great time with some horrible hills. I would have had an amazing time without them and as it was i still beat my last 5k by 2:37min. Stepdaughter to be got second in her age group. i was 20 out of 36.
13-rest day
14-4.87mi happy bunny
15-no run (yet) knee and kidneys are sore.
16-no run-kidney's still hurt
17-carpool-no run. grumble.
18-carpool and slush fell from the sky this morning. so I vinyasa/power aerial yoga-ed
19-car shopping
20-family stuff
21-6.13mi not easy not too hard. well the first 15 min were awful but then it settled in.
22-wedding stuff to do, hip hurts-yoga tonight
23-more yoga
24-4.78 mi
25-cleaning day
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 12-Great Pi Run 5k 32:17
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
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