March 2016 Running Challenge
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@ddmom0811 - If they are like Hobbes they will behave when moving until they pass a person or another dog and then they just want to be social! I keep Hobbes on the outside of me so he is away from the people and other dogs - not because I am afraid he would hurt anyone, but because of all the stops we would have to make to visit!@shanaber - I LOVE that picture of you and Hobbes. This morning I passed a lady who was on her bike with 2 Vizslas! They were beautiful! She slowed down as we approached each other the adorable dogs were all friendly with me. I talked to her a few minutes. I don't know how in the world she doesn't fall with two dogs pulling her like that. They were so sweet.
@5BeautifulDays - I hope your foot is better soon!
@skippygirlsmom - Love the running in the morning meme! It is pretty much how I feel if I am out there really early! How is the Skippygirl feeling?
@instantmartian - I have not heard of On shoes but you might look online and see if you can find a pair cheaper, maybe last year's model to try out? I did that with my Skora's (not sold in any stores here) but made sure I could return them if they were the wrong size or anything.
@_nikkiwolf_ - That is so cool about your Virtual race! Love all the bling and a PR too!!
@9voice9 and @WhatMeRunning - Nice to see you can run more than @kristinegift on a cutback week LOL!! Then again I don't even aspire to run as much as the 3 of you do!
@Elise4270 - so glad about the shoes! I have decided to stop looking and just keep enjoying my Skoras! If I catch Innov8's on sale I may try them though.
Congratulations to everyone who made their goals and those that didn't but tried! Remember you are SO much further along than those who never even try!!
On to April!!
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Congrats on the PR @_nikkiwolf_ ! That looks like a great haul of goodies!0
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Sweet stuff and congrats on the new PR @_nikkiwolf_ !0
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Wow, @_nikkiwolf_ that is some great swag, and it sounds like it was a lot of fun!
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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)
3/31: 6 miles, easy
Total: 186.04 miles
Happy to finish out the month at 186 miles! 21 miles over my original goal, though I did some significant rearranging of my training schedule haha. Planning to hit 190 in April!
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 -
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)
3/25: 1 mile, 3 pairs of shorts!
3/26: 8 miles - NJM course preview!
3/27: 16 miles w/ 4 at HMP/MP tempo
3/28: 5.8 miles with Joe to Go crew
3/29: Rest day!
3/30: 10 miles speedwork
3/31: 7.8 miles with the Thursday crew
Got a bit more mileage today than I meant to. Usually Thursday evening is 6 miles, but I ran up to the store for the group run from my apartment so +1 mile and then we did a 3.4 mile loop... and then we headed out for another 3 mile loop so I peeled off at the university to finish out the run without going back to the store. But got enough for a nice, even number for the month! Kept the miles easy, conversational, and legs are feeling good. Some roaming aches, but that's to be expected this far into a training cycle.
Just two more weeks of training and then taper begins. Hallelujah!
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 -
Nice Running @kristinegift Do I see a HM and a 6k on your list before the Marathon? You are rocking it!0
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »Nice Running @kristinegift Do I see a HM and a 6k on your list before the Marathon? You are rocking it!
@MNLittleFinn Yep! HM this weekend (been my goal race for a while so I'm not freaking about the marathon the whole training cycle), and the 6k is just for fun
It's at a brewery and we get growlers for having 10 people on a team, so that alone seemed worth the fee. I won't be racing, just having a good time! 0 -
kristinegift wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »Nice Running @kristinegift Do I see a HM and a 6k on your list before the Marathon? You are rocking it!
@MNLittleFinn Yep! HM this weekend (been my goal race for a while so I'm not freaking about the marathon the whole training cycle), and the 6k is just for funIt's at a brewery and we get growlers for having 10 people on a team, so that alone seemed worth the fee. I won't be racing, just having a good time!
I think I am totally jealous now.0 -
3/2 - 3 mile walk
3/3 - 2.25 mile run
3/6 - 2 mile run
3/7 - 3 mile brisk walk
3/8 - 2 mile run, 1 mile walk
3/9 - too much lightning
3/10 - 2 mile run, 1.25 mile walk
3/12 - 2.5 mile run, 2 mile walk
3/14 - strength training
3/15 - Ow...DOMS... 1 mile run/1.5 walk
3/17 - Planned run day but my legs were still way too sore
3/19 - 2.5 mile run, 1.25 mile walk
3/22 - 2.5 mile run, 1.25 mile walk
3/25 - 3 mile run
3/26 - 3.4 mile hike/trail run preview of May's 5K
3/27 - 2.6 mile run
3/29 - 2.8 run, .9 walk
3/30 - 2 mile walk
3/31 - 2.8 mile walk
Made it with a little to spare!
Goal/Planned Races:
04/16 - something...
5/7/16 - Wildflower 5K trail run (registered)
7/9/16 - Jingle in July! 5K, North Pole, AK
12/3/16 SA Rock N Roll - 5K/10K
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Did it!
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FINAL MARCH REPORT
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 – 9.66 warm up, speed work
[Target for week ending 4/2 is 56]
March total miles – 282.76 vs. estimate of 282. How did I come that close???
Goal – 56, 62, or 68 miles per week, per training plan
Expected March total - ~282 miles
Today's notes – Ran the customary 2 mile warmup before speed work. Today's assignment was 3 miles easy, 20 minutes at T pace, 2 miles easy. Talked to Coach about feeling beat up and ready for taper. He advised me to substitute 3 x 5 minutes at T with 2 minutes recovery for the 20 minutes. So I did that, and 3 x 5 minutes turned out to be about all I could handle today. Got back to base at 1.5 miles on an uphill and was feeling pretty done, so I skipped the last half mile of easy. That leaves me 13.61 miles short of the weekly target, with a 13 mile easy run planned for Saturday. Just run it a little long, and I'll come in on the week's target.
Next week the taper starts in earnest.
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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Final March Report and Run.
I am back from the Ham String Injury. Did 15 km in 91 minutes tonight - average pace 6:04/km.
Half on paved Riverbank Trails and Half in the Bush on narrow winding wilderness trails that had snow and Ice cover on all the North and East Facing Slopes. It was an Early Season Exploratory Run in an area that I have never been in. In one place that faces South West there was a huge Block of Ice coming out of the side of a slope on the hill - Possibly a free flowing Spring/Artesian Well that could be a source of beautiful pure mid run water or a horrible obstacle. Still need at least 2 weeks of good weather for the trails to dry out before they will be truly run-able. I am a little bit short of Goal but quite happy considering my little ham string injury and 8 days lost to my swimming club.
03/01 – 0.0 Km – 0.0 - 140 km
03/02- 10.0 Km – 10.0 - 130 km
03/04- 11.0 Km – 21.0 - 119 km
03/05- 13.0 Km – 34.0 - 106 km
03/06- 8.0 Km – 42.0 - 98 km
03/12- 20.0 Km – 62.0 - 78 km
03/13- 6.0 Km – 68.0 - 72 km
03/14- 7.0 Km – 75.0 - 65 km
03/16- 8.0 Km – 83.0 - 57 km
03/23- 9.0 Km – 92.0 - 48 km
03/26- 10.0 Km – 102.0 - 38 km
03/29 –10.0 Km – 112.0 –28.0 km
03/31 –15.0 Km – 127.0 –13.0 km – YTD 390.8 Km
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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
3/31 3.25
Total 75.83
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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_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »I'll have to catch up on everyones posts tomorrow - I have a date with a hot bath and a glass of chilled white wine not, but I first want to write about my first virtual race. It was absolutely awesome!
It was the Zombies Run spring race, so it came with a special dedicated "story mission" in the ZR app (=voice clips telling you a story in which you are one of the main characters, that advances with the distance you run). And a lot more than that, actually - there were two training missions before leading up to the main story, and emails with extra content, like introducing the other "team members" you run with in the story, a phone number you could actually call in real life, and of course a race packet. The bling was better than any I've gotten in a real race yet!
A tech shirt (with a zipper pocket that fits my apartment key), a badge/button, a certificate where you can enter your time, and the medal, but all done in the theme of the mission - there was a card with an "eyes only briefing", and even the plastic wrapper the shirt was in had a biohazard logo and the text "special threat response uniform" on it :-D
It did feel a little weird to clip on the race bib and head out for a race competely on my own. Since I didn't want to ruin the atmosphere by running somewhere with cars, live people and the like, I ran out towards some dark fields before starting the race mission. I might have been able to run a faster time on a flat course, or somewhere where my flashlight was not the only light source around, but it was definetely more fun this way. And I ended up with a 5k PR anyway! 28:35min, with is 31 seconds faster than my previous PR of 29:04 min in my last 5k race last July.
@_nikkiwolf_ That. Is. Totally. Freaking. Awesome.
Awesome bling.
Mega-awesome PB!0 -
03/02 4.5 miles Legs took a while to warm up seriously thought of turning back home at mile 1 but persevered with it and turned into a really good run.
03/04 4.6 miles Kept it comfortable rather than the build up that was suggested legs wanted a slight break
03/06 8.7 miles Bit hillier than I normally do so was rather happy to find that I could run up the hill on the route.
03/08 4.5 miles
03/13 11 miles Longest run so far!
03/17 4.5 miles Rather comfortable run to set me up before my first race on Sunday, probably my last run until then as I don't want to exacerbate the blister on the arch of my foot.
03/20 6.3 miles First ever race.
03/23 4.6 miles
03/27 6.6 miles Lovely run down by the canal where my parents are moving to slightly faster than planned but felt good for it.
03/29 5 miles Went off way too fast and really suffered towards the end because of it but I was determined to the the mileage in to reach my monthly total with a run in hand first time since I've joined this group in December!
03/31 3 miles Lovely weather nice easy run out to finish a good month.
Looks like Aprils going to be a busy month with the amount of races on everyone's calender.
03/20 Canterbury Riverside 10k 1:16:12
05/29 Edinburgh Half marathon0 -
@_nikkiwolf_ That sounds like so much fun, and such great race swag! Well done on your PR too
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Ended the month with 216.4 miles. No races. Now onto April.0
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Well, I finished my March out with an "easy" 5K to test out the new shoes. So far so good! No hot spots, no blisters, and no additional toenails looking like they're going to fall off. Win, win, and win! My only complaint at this point is that my feet felt unusually warm running. My "easy" 5K turned out to being a bit of a faster pace than I had intended. I noticed this around mile 2, so I just went with it. I have reason to believe my shoes, and my mental state they created, may have contributed to at least part of what I will refer to as Miserable March. Running was starting to feel like a chore, and I believe my mileage and lack of days prove this. It's amazing what a good pair of shoes can do for one's attitude!
I will be starting April off with a 15K on Saturday.
03/01 3.47 mi
03/03 3.25 mi
03/07 2.71 mi
03/09 4.00 mi
03/13 4.00 mi
03/17 5.41 mi
03/21 4.73 mi
03/28 4.63 mi
03/31 3.10 mi
TOTAL 35.30 mi
2016 Races:
02/21 – Disney Princess Half Marathon – 2:38:29 (included 16 stops to either take photos of something or have my photo taken with something)
04/02 – Philadelphia Hot Chocolate 15K
04/09 – Yuengling Light Lager Jogger 5K
04/16 – River Horse 6K
05/01 – Blue Cross Broad Street Run (10 miles)
08/06 – Foreman Foundation Chocolate Tour 10K
09/18 – Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon0 -
@shanaber thanks for asking, she is still throwing up (day 5). Took her to the doctor yesterday and he said she's not pregnant (she said OMG I don't have sex LOL) looks like a stomach virus. He said her anti nauseous meds, they don't seem to be helping much. She has so much running this weekend, meet tomorrow, 5K on Sunday, meets on Monday and Tuesday. She's chugging pedi lite. What's weird is she throws up and then comes down the hall singing, no fever, no feeling bad except right before she gets sick. It seems to be after she eats and first thing in the morning.0
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