March 2016 Running Challenge

shanaber wrote: »

@kristinegift - I pretty much only wear compression shorts as the others all seem to ride up on me or chafe. Is there a reason you don't want to wear compression? I actually found a site with compression shorts with side and back pockets but I don't remember the name and can no longer find it

Is it wrong that I am totally focused on getting my bandage off and a smaller cast put on, Wednesday afternoon and whether or not I will be able to fit in a run afterwards? I honestly have not thought of much else and am still thinking about which shoes to wear, how far to run...

@shanaber I wear tight shorts most of the time because they don't ride, but lately I can't find any with enough/big enough pockets. I ordered a pair of Saucony scoot tight shorts and the pocket barely could hold one gel! Some of the loose-leg Oiselle shorts (and other brands, obviously) have larger pockets and side pockets you can't get with compression shorts. I hate to leave compression shorts behind because they make my butt look great but I need more pockets, darn it! I wear tight shorts to avoid chafe, but I actually didn't chafe with the Distance shorts, which was a happy surprise -- though I did lube up quite a bit with Vaseline beforehand!

Aaaaand hope you can get a run in with the smaller cast!! You must be going stir crazy!

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
3/22-3.0
3/23- Rest
3/24- 5.52<-First ever daily double. 3.5 morning, 2.02 afternoon.
3/26- 9.0 <- daily double
3/27- 3.0

Monthly total: 68.42/56

Today's run was a lovely recovery run at o'dark thirty in the rain.... Jacket worked great and I didn't get wet.

Great 10k today. Went fast during the last 2 km and I was amazed I could run that fast after 8 km. I remember first time I finished 10k I was at a 7 min/km pace and was really hard. That was a month and a half ago. Today I ran almost all of them at 6 min/km and finished last 2 under 5min/km and could even sprint the last hundreds. Wanted to test for next sunday 10k race. I'm confident I can get my time under 55 minutes in race conditions. It's so great when you look back and you see how much you progress. It may not seem much day by day but it adds up a lot in time.

My little sister ate half of my fruit jellies

.....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
March 21 - 5.3 km+ONE (1) hour of stationary bike..............Music
March 22 - 5.6 km
March 23 - 3.6 km....................................................I ate 5 bananas today
March 24 - 6 km............(7:00)......................................Now that's easy
March 25 - 2 km............(6:30)..................................Gotta rest a little too
March 26 - rest
March 27 - 10 km..........(5:53).................It takes me around 4 km of jogging to warm properly



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)

Congrats on the awesome 10k @AdrianChr92!!

This morning I could hear rain so I checked my weather app to figure out how to dress. It said it was 32 F (0 C) and snowing. I looked outside and saw rain coming down, white on the grass, cars and patches of white on the streets. So I dressed up in pants, tights, shorts, hoodie and gloves and headed out. I did not encounter any ice but plenty of slush and puddles.

It transitioned to giant snowflakes on the way home making for a beautiful scene with the green and blooms of spring, running streams, contrasted with the white patches on the ground and giant snowflakes falling.

Happy Easter everyone!

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
3/21 - 4 miles
3/22 - 4 miles
3/23 - 4 miles
3/24 - 4 miles
3/25 - Rest
3/26 - 8 miles
3/27 - 4 miles

134/150 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)
9/25 - Broadway Bridge half marathon (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)

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)
3/24- Rest. Allergies hitting full force!
3/25-3.9 (45.11/35)
3/26- Taught yoga and lifted.
3/27-5.5 (50.61/35) Decided to use C25K's 10k training program to keep myself motivated to keep going. It started me on W9D1 since I'd finished C25K already. It was a good run, only stopping once for traffic during the intervals. Dressed a little warm since I didn't account for the sun beating down on me (another reason I prefer predawn runs!) but rolled up my sleeves and kept going. Feeling great about this!
3/28-
3/29-
3/30-
3/31-


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 Dash

AdrianChr92 wrote: »

Great 10k today. Went fast during the last 2 km and I was amazed I could run that fast after 8 km. I remember first time I finished 10k I was at a 7 min/km pace and was really hard. That was a month and a half ago. Today I ran almost all of them at 6 min/km and finished last 2 under 5min/km and could even sprint the last hundreds. Wanted to test for next sunday 10k race. I'm confident I can get my time under 55 minutes in race conditions. It's so great when you look back and you see how much you progress. It may not seem much day by day but it adds up a lot in time.

My little sister ate half of my fruit jellies

.....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
March 21 - 5.3 km+ONE (1) hour of stationary bike..............Music
March 22 - 5.6 km
March 23 - 3.6 km....................................................I ate 5 bananas today
March 24 - 6 km............(7:00)......................................Now that's easy
March 25 - 2 km............(6:30)..................................Gotta rest a little too
March 26 - rest
March 27 - 10 km..........(5:53).................It takes me around 4 km of jogging to warm properly



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)

lol - just read your random thoughts - don't know how I've missed them before. Five bananas?

HonuNui wrote: »

March Goal: Run often


Thanks for all your prayers and good wishes for my son. I walked into his house on Monday afternoon and recognized he was having a neurologic emergency. So much of our week together was spent with more emergent medical imaging tests and emergency radiation to his spine to ward off his impending cauda equina syndrome. Our time together was great, tho the prognosis remains grim.......thanks for your continued good thoughts and prayers.

Continuing prayers for your son.
So sorry you and your family are going through this.

@AdrianChr92 well done on the 10k. I also noticed the random thoughts just yesterday @4leighbee and it made me chuckle (bamboo was my favourite one).

1st March - 3.03 miles
3rd March - 4.03 miles
6th March - 9.13 miles
8th March - 3.30 miles
12th March - 10.28 miles
17th March - 3.77 miles
19th March - 6.22 10km race PR!
21st March - 3.06 miles
25th March - 4.06 miles
26th March - 4.15 miles
27th March - 6.02 miles

MTD - 57.05/65 miles

Upcoming races:
3rd Apr - Paddock Wood Half Marathon
8th May - Run Hackney Half Marathon
2nd Oct - Tonbridge Half Marathon
30th Oct - River Thames Half Marathon

3.1 - sick
3.4 - 7.2 km
3.5 - 5.6 km
3.6 - 10.1 km
3.8 - 7.5 km
3.9 - 5.3 km
3.10 - 7.7 km
3.13 - 12.2 km
3.18 - 5.1 km
3.20 - 10.1 km
3.26 - 5.3 km
3.27 - 13.8 km

90.0 km so far - goal is 120 km

Races / Training Runs:
3.20 - Ghent Urban Trail 10 km

I think I'm going to miss my goal - two mid weeks ill and lazy, but I do think I might break 100 km of running.

The Gent run was a lot of fun.
Here is a video I made of the event:

https://youtu.be/whr1FmBl5O4