March 2016 Running Challenge
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Looks like I have a 46.4 miler tomorrow! JK. Not quite up to that level. YET. Training got derailed due to a Mexican cruise. So worth it! Next month(s) will be on point though. Dozen races coming up. Time to grind.
March total: 103.6/150mi
Longest run of the month: 20.0mi
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I did it! My goal was 35 miles for March and tonight I hit 36.9! I sent my husband and son to soccer practice in the truck and I ran through my neighborhood there and then ran a few laps around the whole soccer complex. It’s just down the street from our neighborhood so it works out well. I think I’ll set my April goal for 40 miles. Feels good to hit my goal!
3/1: 3.25 miles (beautiful day!)
3/2: 2 miles (indoor track)
3/5: 3.5 miles (treadmill)
3/7: 3.25 miles (another nice day)
3/9: 2.75 (outside)
3/13: 2.42 (indoor track)
3/17: 3.19 (Outside. Hello, allergies!)
3/20: 3.08 (treadmill)
3/22: 2.88 (indoor track)
3/26: 4.02 (treadmill)
3/28: 3.25 (outside)
3/30:3.27 (around the soccer complex)
Upcoming races:
4/16/16: ODU Big Blue 5K (Norfolk, VA)
5/22/16: Kings Dominion Run & Ride 5K (Doswell, VA)
8/6/16: Coast Guard 5K (Portsmouth, VA)
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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 – scheduled rest day
3/26 – 15.10 warm up, 15K race, cool down
Weekly total 62.08 vs. target 62
3/27 – 7.60 easy
3/28 – 7.55 easy + 4 strides
3/29 – 10.83 warm up, speed work, cool down
3/30 – 6.75 easy
3/31 –
[Target for week ending 4/2 is 56]
March total to date – 273.10
Goal – 56, 62, or 68 miles per week, per training plan
Expected March total - ~282 miles
Today's notes – Great weather, in the low 60s with clear skies and the temperature falling just a bit as I ran, negligible wind. But I was a little short on sleep last night, and my legs felt heavy. I was surprised when I looked at the stats afterward that my pace averaged 7:57, right around where easy averages when I'm feeling great; and I kept my heart rate in Zone 2 92% of the time. Normally on an easy run it stays in Zone 2 60% to 80% of the time. Okay, so maybe I avoided some hills; but I didn't avoid them all.
Speed work tomorrow to end the month, then a rest day on Friday. Taper starts in earnest next week, and today I'm feeling like it's about time for taper.
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) finished in 1:05:24
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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@MNLittleFinn Thanks! Goal for April is 153mi. My race plan. @rcsmom2002 Congrats! @MobyCarp Great mileage!0
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I surpassed my March goal! Tomorrow is a rest day, so I plan to end the month with 59.5 miles (my goal was 55). I also PR-ed my 5K time today with my 33:08 finish (no, it wasn't a race, but my last race finish was 38:56, so I'm totally counting this in my mental book of "GO ME!")
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01-Mar: 0.00 miles but 6.14 miles (walk)
02-Mar: 0.00 miles but 5.73 miles (walk)
03-Mar: 2.10 miles plus 2.50 miles (walk)
04-Mar: 0.00 miles but 5.96 miles (walk)
05-Mar: 3.16 miles
06-Mar: <Life Day> but 6.87 miles
07-Mar: 3.87 miles
08-Mar: 4.93 miles
09-Mar: 4.30 miles
10-Mar: 3.28 miles plus 2.35 miles (walk)
11-Mar: 4.66 miles
12-Mar: 3.35 miles
13-Mar: <Life Day> but 2.47 miles (walk)
14-Mar: 4.72 miles
15-Mar: 6.05 miles
16-Mar: 3.17 miles
17-Mar: 3.25 miles
18-Mar: 6.67 miles
19-Mar: 3.10 miles - Cherry Blossom Road Race 5K
20-Mar: <Life Day>
21-Mar: 5.40 miles
22-Mar: 7.13 miles
23-Mar: 3.18 miles
24-Mar: 7.25 miles
25-Mar:
26-Mar: 8.21 miles
27-Mar: <Life Day> but 3.37 miles
28-Mar: 6.47 miles
29-Mar: 4.41 miles
30-Mar: 3.19 miles
31-Mar:
I think maybe I probably shouldn't have decreased my goal so much - I mean, surgery and recovery, but addict, amiright?
Yes - I have signed up for the 10.5K at 8:30 AM and the 5K at 12:30. SWMBO just grumbles and shakes her head. She realizes that logic and talk don't mean a whole lot at this point.
Upcoming Races:
02-Apr: Run 2 End Alzheimer's 10.5K, Bonaire, GA PLUS Miles for Miracles 5K, Macon, Georgia
^^ Yes, I'm running both in the same day. </crazy>
16-Apr: Running for Ronald 10K or 15K, Macon, GA
04-Jul: Peachtree Road Race 10K, Atlanta, GA
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Love this! I sometimes ... struggle is not the right word, but I can't think of a better one ... with my self-image (my legs look pretty good, I think, but still have a bit of a "beer belly" - used to be 260 pounds, so...).It helps me break that stereotype of what runners look like. It helps me see the runner in me.
I think too often about what I must look like to the folks in the neighborhood who see me out pounding the miles, but then I think about how proud I am of the "large mammal" folks I sometimes see out walking or whatever, and think, "Maybe I can provoke some positive feelings in some folks seeing me."
Or something.
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3/1.....3.0 @ 10:40 on the TM, plus strength training
3/3....3.5 @ 11:25 on the TM
3/5....4.5 @ 10:33 on the TM ( .5 walking and 4 @ 10:00, which I think is my farthest distance at that speed)
3/8....4.5 @ 11:53 on the park trail
3/9...2.5 @ 15:00ish walking the world's fattest, most slothful dog
3/10...4.25 @ 11:37 on the rail trail near my house. It was so nice to be outside--and warm!--at 6 am!
3/11...3.00 @ 10:39 on the rail trail
3/14...3.0 @ 10:56 on the rail trail--it was a little wet and slippery; I almost landed on my rear in the creek at the water crossing!
3/15...3.0 @ 10:24 on the treadmill and strength training
3/17...2.25 @ 11:06 on the treadmill and strength training
3/21...5.0 @ 12:00 on the treadmill
3/23...3.25 @ 10:39 on the treadmill and strength training
3/25...3.0 @ 10:57 on the treadmill and strength training. So very, very sore!
3/28...5.0 @ 12:00 on neighborhood streets on a beautiful day!
3/29...2.0 @ 12:00 on the treadmill and strength training
3/30...4.5 @ 12:00 on the park trails; quite a bit of pain on top of my foot/front of my ankle. Took it nice and slow.
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Love this! I sometimes ... struggle is not the right word, but I can't think of a better one ... with my self-image (my legs look pretty good, I think, but still have a bit of a "beer belly" - used to be 260 pounds, so...).It helps me break that stereotype of what runners look like. It helps me see the runner in me.
I think too often about what I must look like to the folks in the neighborhood who see me out pounding the miles, but then I think about how proud I am of the "large mammal" folks I sometimes see out walking or whatever, and think, "Maybe I can provoke some positive feelings in some folks seeing me."
Or something.
Finally! Caught up...and this is the last, beautiful post!
I am a large mammal. Even now, 100 lbs or so down, I'm still large for a runner. When I see folks like me--and bigger than me--running, I want to hug them. To tell them how awesome they are. To high-five them waaaaay up in the air. Running is hard! It's even harder when you're lugging around an actual spare tire or two. But it will get you where you need to be, in more ways than one!
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Oh! And guess who signed up for another Disney half? I'm doing the Wine and Dine in November!
Now, need to get that surgery scheduled and out of the way so I can get down to some good training. One thing about training for the half in February was that I did way too much of it on the treadmill, I think. With this one in November, I'm hoping to do the majority of my runs, and especially my long runs, outside.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)
3/25: 4 miles, easy
3/26: 6.55 mile race, 49:44 (7:36 pace) + 1 mile warm up
3/27: 12 miles, long and easy
3/28: 5 miles, easy
3/29: 6 miles, easy
3/30: 6 miles total, 3 miles @ 7:41 pace (am)
3/30: 4 miles, easy (pm)
Total: 180.04 miles
Overview:
An easy 4 miles this evening to shake out my legs after this morning’s hard run. Two more easy days, and then my next race!
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 49:44 - 10K PR of 47:03 and 1st in my age group!
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 -
5BeautifulDays wrote: »Oh! And guess who signed up for another Disney half? I'm doing the Wine and Dine in November!
Now, need to get that surgery scheduled and out of the way so I can get down to some good training. One thing about training for the half in February was that I did way too much of it on the treadmill, I think. With this one in November, I'm hoping to do the majority of my runs, and especially my long runs, outside.
Disney runs are awesome, great entertainment on course- but SO many people. I didn't sign up this year, because it is a day time race instead of night. Hoping they bring back tower of terror or add in some race at night. Living only 45 min from Disney has its perks.0 -
I got my bandage off, stiches out and a new and improved much smaller cast on today!!
What was the first thing I did (after taking a picture) - well go for a celebration run, of course! It was cool, beautiful and threatening rain! Felt like the best thing ever!!
I probably won't get a run in tomorrow to make my new goal but I am ok with it. Onto April!!
Date..........Miles.........Total
03/01.......0.00..........0.00 - + Strength Training
03/02.......4.16..........4.16
03/03.......0.00..........4.16 - + Strength Training
03/04.......6.23........10.39
03/05.....12.13........22.52
03/06.......0.00........22.52
03/07.......6.40........28.92 - + Agility
03/08.......4.33........33.25 - + Strength Training
03/09.......0.00........33.25
03/10.......0.00........33.25 - + Strength Training
03/11.......4.14........37.39
03/12.......8.10........45.49
03/13.......2.00........47.49 - + Dog Beach run/walk
03/14.......0.00........47.49 - Surgery
03/15.......0.00........47.49
03/16.......0.00........47.49
03/17.......2.00........49.49 - Walk
03/18.......3.41........52.90 - Walk
03/19.......0.00........52.90
03/20.......3.42........56.32 - Walk
03/21.......0.00........56.32
03/22.......4.98........61.30 - Walk
03/23.......0.00........61.30
03/24.......5.16........66.46 - Walk
03/25.......0.00........66.46
03/26.......0.00........66.46
03/27.......5.53........71.99 - Walk and just a little run (shhh don't tell!)
03/28.......0.00........71.99 - + Agility
03/29.......0.00........71.99
03/30.......4.64........76.63 - Running Again!!
03/31.......0.0..........76.63 - + Strength Training
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Upcoming Races - Let me know if you will be running too!
06/25/16 - SHEPower Virtual Half Marathon
07/31/16 - San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon
xx/xx/xx - Nike Women's Half Marathon, Los Angeles
12/18/16 - San Diego Holiday Half Marathon0 -
Ended up doing a double today (with 5 easy miles tonight) to make tomorrow's remaining mileage a bit easier to bite off. I'll plan it as a 10 miler early in the day, then just run to/from my open water swim practice to get in my last 2.5. Just glad I hit my biking goal early enough in the month that I can just swap biking time for running to reach my target.
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
3/12 - 5 miles
3/15 - 6 miles
3/17 - 5 miles
3/18 - 1 mile
3/19 - 10 miles
3/21 - 20 miles
3/23 - 11 miles
3/25 - 5.5 miles
3/27 - 9 miles
3/28 - 20 miles
3/29 - 9 miles
3/30 - 15 miles
Total: 187.5 miles
Goal: 200 miles
Remaining: 12.5 miles
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Love this! I sometimes ... struggle is not the right word, but I can't think of a better one ... with my self-image (my legs look pretty good, I think, but still have a bit of a "beer belly" - used to be 260 pounds, so...).It helps me break that stereotype of what runners look like. It helps me see the runner in me.
I think too often about what I must look like to the folks in the neighborhood who see me out pounding the miles, but then I think about how proud I am of the "large mammal" folks I sometimes see out walking or whatever, and think, "Maybe I can provoke some positive feelings in some folks seeing me."
Or something.
Exactly! My favorite example of this is seeing a couple of very overweight women climbing a sandhill at the beach. My husband and I challenged ourselves to it, it was not easy at all, very steep and very high. Half of that climb one of the women did it on her hands and knees! I was so inspired by her! The other woman cheering her on the whole way. ... once at the top it was like heaven. A cliff looking over the rocky shore of the oregon coast. It was amazing, we had no idea. I thought it was just more sand on the other side. Anyhow it's so important for people to be out there no matter size or shape! There just might be someone encouraged by it.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
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
3/21 bonding
3/22 with son
3/23 and DIL
3/24 and shivering in the cold Great Basin
3/25 travel
3/26 3.12
3/27 3.12
3/28 2.72
3/29 rest
3/30 3.20
Total 72.58
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:
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And finally, it it just me who is wondering if @Stoshew71 and @skippygirlsmom are married?
Hahahaha Oh my! I got a chuckle out of this.skippygirlsmom wrote: »@orphia ha ha @stoshew71 is married to a wonderful lady name who I'm happy to call my friend. We all meet here on MFP and realized we lived only miles from each other. We see each other races, hockey games and around town.
Yup! Very well said. ^^^^^^^
Thanks guys! Thanks for being good sports, literally. I'm loving the discussion with @MNLittleFinn and learning something. Thanks to both of you!
Ditto!
I'm pretty much at the same point and times as MNLittleFinn.
The calculator says I should run my long runs at 7 min 30 to 8 min 30 per km.
But I can't help doing them at 6 min 30 to 7 min per km.
My 5K PB is 30:10.
I don't know what my goals are either, besides "more running please".0 -
JaneKnoll1 wrote: »I was able to do my first 30 min non stop run this morning. I am slow but that's ok with me. I started running on my 62nd birthday month in January having been overweight and out of shape almost my whole adult life...proving you are never to old to try! Now I am at my goal weight with 71 lbs gone. This is so I can run/walk the 5k in the Ottawa Race weekend at the end of May. I need 2 days between runs but I swim and walk and do Tai Chi and Aqua strength training in between. I have to keep active to help maintain good blood sugar control with my Type 2 diabetes and I think I am doing it. I challenge myself to run and I don't mind that I run at 4.9 or 5.0 lol. To me it's a miracle I can even run!!
@JaneKnoll1 Wow, that's brilliant! Yay you!
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Oops, nearly forgot my final tally.
1 Mar – 3 km
2 Mar – 4 km
5 Mar – 5 km
6 Mar – 10 km – first time ever!
8 Mar – 7.5 km
10 Mar – 5.1 km
12 Mar – 5 km – parkrun PB!
13 Mar – 10 km
15 Mar – 7.5 km
17 Mar – 5.4 km
19 Mar – 5 km
20 Mar – 13 km - furthest distance yet!
22 Mar – 7.2 km
24 Mar – 7.1 km
26 Mar – 5 km – parkrun PB!
27 Mar – 15 km – new distance PB!
29 Mar – 7 km
31 Mar – 6 km
Total: 127.8 km
Goal: 60 km
Totally rocked my goal this month!
It might look like I pushed myself too hard, but my goal was very conservative and allowed for plenty of injury down-time that I didn't end up needing, due to a month free of injuries. Yay!0 -
3 miles today, really cold but really sunny, it was beautiful. 15 miles off my March goal but I had a week off sick and then the week after that I really struggled. Overall I'm really pleased with my month, my highest miles yet 0
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5 easy paced miles to end the month. Congrats to everyone! See everyone in April!!
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
3/28 - 5 miles
3/29 - 5 miles
3/30 - 8 miles
3/31 - 5 miles
157/150 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)0 -
03/01 3.23
03/02 3.19
03/03 3.17
03/04 3.27
03/05 6.83
03/06 8.15
03/07 3.17
03/08 3.43
03/09 3.59
03/10 6.25
03/11 2.70
03/12 0.00 (16 mile bike ride)
03/13 7.01
03/14 3.09
03/15 3.28
03/17 3.34
03/18 5.21
03/19 4.90
03/20 7.01
03/21 2.79
03/22 3.11
03/23 3.29
03/24 3.30
03/25 3.07
03/26 8.01 CHALLENGE ACHIEVED!!!!!
03/27 9.01
03/28 2.42
03/29 3.27
03/30 3.45
03/31 3.29
TOTAL 127.70
GOAL 100
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Congratulations to everyone who made their goals this month and to everyone who achieved a PB!!!
I ended up taking most of the month off to try to let my hip heal so no where near my goal but that is fine if I can stay healthy. I getting back into it with couch to 10k and am starting with week 3. 90 second and 3 minute intervals feel easy but I am trying not to push it. After first run yesterday, so far so good. No pain or soreness. Here is hoping for a better April.0 -
For those of you who hate to run in the morning, here's another good reason not to.
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Reposting my end total one last time even though I haven't ran since Monday. I never ran more than about 45 miles in a month so this month was a huge success for me.
Great job everybody!
3/1/16 - 2 miles
3/4/16 - 6 miles
3/5/16 - 4.5 miles
3/6/16 - 3.1 miles
3/11/16 - 6.2 miles
3/12/16 - 5 miles
3/14/16 - 3 miles
3/15/16 - 4 miles
3/18/16 - 6.5 miles
3/19/16 - 4 miles
3/20/16 - 5 miles
3/21/16 - 3 miles
3/23/16 - 2 miles
3/25/16 - 4 miles
3/26/16 - 7 miles
3/28/16 - 6.2 miles
Total 71.7 miles (Above numbers are rounded. 71.7 is the exact total.)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. 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
26-13.12 mi
27-flaring/easter food
28-flaring
29-flare and cold. i miss my mileage
30-yoga tonight-still flaring. I hope to run tomorrow. a rather suck it up buttercup sorta thing
31-decided one more day of rest or i could set the flare off again, but i did better this month than last month
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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Hello, all. I have some questions for you about shoes, well, a specific type of shoe, really.
I was able to stop into Philadelphia Runner on my way to dinner last night, and I picked up a new pair of Mizunos. I've actually never run in Mizunos before. Saucony and Brooks have been my running shoes of choice as of late, but with my terrible, awful experience with the Brooks Ravenna 6, I decided I needed to change things up a bit. I tried on a few different pairs of shoes, and I had my options narrowed down to two shoes, ultimately deciding on the Mizunos because they felt like what I am used to, and since I don't have a decent pair of shoes to rotate into these with, I figured it was best to play it safe this time around. I over pronate, as told by a podiatrist after I injured my foot several years ago due to my over pronation, and I have found I am most comfortable in a stability shoe.
So far so good with the Mizunos. I walked around in them a bit, and I will be doing a few miles in them this evening to really give them a try; however, I am still intrigued by the other shoes I was considering - the On Cloudflyer. The shoes felt great. They were much lighter than any stability shoe I've tried in the past, and the little bubble/pod things on the soles definitely made them feel different from anything I've tried before, but they were different in a good way. I was seriously considering them, and I was quite torn on which pair to purchase, but the Ons are so very different from what I'm used to, and since I pretty much have to jump right into a new shoe, I didn't want to be too adventurous with my purchase. So, I decided on Mizuno. I still want to give the Ons a try, however, spending $280 on shoes in one clip is a little (a lot) out of my current budget.
Here are my questions: Has anyone had any experience with On running shoes? If so, do you like them? Why or why not?0 -
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
3/29- 4.0
3/31- 4.08
Monthly total: 76.67/56
Good run this morning in the chilly 28 degree weather. UA turtleneck and Brooks jacket on top and Nike pants on bottom made for a pleasant run. Topped off the clothes with a light knit hat and my gloves. Plenty warm. Managed to push it a little, for the last run of the month. Averaged 10:45 miles, first mile was slowest at 10:55, but it always is, as I'm warming up. Miles 2 and 3 were 10:31 and mile 4 was 10:27. Felt pretty good about the consistency of my pace. Average HR was 150 with a max of 162. 75% of the time in HR Zone 4 and the other 25% in Zone 3, felt really good the whole time, and there was time, so I was tempted to go another mile, but was good and stuck with my plan.0 -
@skippygirlsmom - LOL about running early!
I ran at oh-dark-negative-30 this morning. After not taking a flashlight yesterday and finding the run surprisingly enjoyable I did the same today along the streamway park trails. There is just enough ambient light from the surrounding civilization to see just fine. Things look so different though, and it is so quiet and peaceful. It's like running in a dream or something. I think I like this as much as running during snowfall. Plus, it might be dark enough that I pass right by the body without noticing. 0 -
WhatMeRunning wrote: »@skippygirlsmom - LOL about running early! I ran at oh-dark-negative-30 this morning. After not taking a flashlight yesterday and finding the run surprisingly enjoyable I did the same today along the streamway park trails. There is just enough ambient light from the surrounding civilization to see just fine. Things look so different though, and it is so quiet and peaceful. It's like running in a dream or something. Plus, it mighr be dark enough that I pass right by the body without noticing.
I hear ya on running in the dark. I have streetlights most places, but it's still pretty darn dark. I love it. It's going to be hard in summer when the sun is up earlier, I'll have to get used to running in the light again.0
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