April 2016 Running Challenge
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I must sound like the most morose person in the world...LOL.....I use self deprecating humor as a motivator....does not come across well in type....0
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »
I've learned, just don't compare yourself to @kristinegift @Stoshew71 or @MobyCarp and it gets easier to feel good about distances.onesmallchoice wrote: »Wow, looking at the math on miles in this group, I'm definitely dragging down your average! Thanks for being open and available to newbies, you all are excellent inspiration (I just need to find the time to keep up with this thread!).
4/1-rest
4/2-2 miles
4/3-2 miles (first back to back runs in about two months after back injury!)
There are a few things that new runners need to hear, and sometimes need to hear repeatedly:
There is always someone running faster than you. There is always someone running slower than you. And no matter how slow you run, as long as you keep moving you're lapping the people who stay on the couch.
Dead Last Finish beats Did Not Finish. Did Not Finish beats Did Not Start.
And, just for this group: No matter how many miles you run, someone is running more miles. It doesn't matter, as long as you are running enough miles to be happy and healthy. Staying healthy to run again is more important that running farther.
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Poured down with Ice Cold rain last night and still below zero this morning and very humid.
How quickly our bodies adjust to warmer temperatures is amazing. 2 weeks ago our club would have though of this as a really balmy running day. We all started out chilled and wearing gloves and toques, after 2 km these were stored in pockets and the vent zippers were getting opened on the coats. Of course there are always those Special People who once they put on shorts refuse to go back to tights or long running shells.
Traditionally Sunday is shorty day as it allows those who attend Church to get in an early run if they want to and gives everyone a shorty day built into the schedule.
8 km today with 3 different groups going out based on the Avg speed. Some Running longer. Another hill day, dropped down into the valley and stayed on the pea gravel trails as the bush trails were muddy swamps
then back up the hill to finish at Tim's for a coffee and plan our local summer events.
Heritage Run 5km, 10km and HM, Beer Mile and then 7 Hills + 7 Pubs. ( Gotta have a little fun )
04/01 – 0.0 Km – 0.0 - 140 km
04/02 – 10. Km – 10 km- 130 km
04/02 – 8.0 Km – 18 km- 122 km – YTD 408.8 km
@skippygirlsmom Glad there is a diagnosis and really hope this puts Miss Skippy on a path back to good health.
Too many posts to send congrats or encouragement to everyone who deserver's it. I think @Elise4270 said it bestI got to thinking how many miles we must have had as a group? So I did a little math, I did not get everyone (girl math- did use excel) but tried to get as much data as I could easily. Used Strava on some.
Between ~55 random people (easy data pickin's), we accumulated 4807 miles. An average of 87 miles per person, 155 miles per day. The actual number is greater than that.
I wonder if there is a way on Strava to see the miles logged by our group. I couldn't figure it out, usually on mobile and on a mission.
It was amazing seeing everyone's miles. Usually, I don't mind everyone's miles- its a personal challenge -respect- and I know 5 miles can seem as difficult as 100 miles. Actually- 100 miles a month is WAY EASIER than the 30 I started with my first month.
So for all of you that missed a pat on the back and a high five- I am inspired, and very grateful for each step you took last month. I know we tend to have smaller circles of folks we each follow, and I miss all the great MILEstones. Just seriously- Ya'll rock!
I know I have missed Great Accomplishments by fellow runners so I tip my Hat to Everyone.0 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »I must sound like the most morose person in the world...LOL.....I use self deprecating humor as a motivator....does not come across well in type....
It's OK. I do the same thing. LOL
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »I must sound like the most morose person in the world...LOL.....I use self deprecating humor as a motivator....does not come across well in type....
I was broke from that with my last round of PT. It was not tolerated. I learned to hold my tounge.
They did not understand it's also about accepting my limitations. I can see in their profession they encounter a lot of negativity though. 0 -
Easy 8.59 km this morning; @ 7:28 min/km; av HR 127, max HR 140. Weather is cooling off a bit here, and humidity easing off (at last!); so a lovely 21C with 83% humidity to run in this morning. Didn't know how I would feel after my long run Saturday, but all good.
Apr 1 – Rest
Apr 2 – 27.55 km
Apr 3 – Rest
Apr 4 – 8.59 km
Total: 36.14 km / 240 km
Races:
5 June Rocky River Run 21km
3 July Gold Coast Marathon
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04/03 - start of the challenge,
2 miles jogged
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@Stoshew71 Thanks for a great race report! Sounds like a challenging course, but you slaaaayed it! And all that amazing swag.... I may have to add this to my race wish-list!0
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kristinegift wrote: »@Stoshew71 Thanks for a great race report! Sounds like a challenging course, but you slaaaayed it! And all that amazing swag.... I may have to add this to my race wish-list!
Unless you signup the morning it opens, don't bother. We all set our alarms first thing the Sunday morning it opened. There's only 1200 spots and it sold out within 6 hours this past year. And there are no transfers or refunds. There are about 100 set aside for charity spots. But they raise a ton of money.
But I can give everyone a heads up if any one is interested.
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Oh my! I just tracked through the last few pages of posts and see at least 6 people PRing their races on the weekend! Congrats to:
@Stoshew71 for your HM - awesome race report, pics and loot!
@kristinegift for your HM - great result in windy conditions!
@ariceroni for that fast 8km!
@louubelle16 for your HM - super PR! I bet you can go faster, too!
@vandinem for your 10km!
@AdrianChr92 for your 10km! In long pants, too!
Congrats to anyone else I missed who ran on the weekend!
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I was broke from that with my last round of PT. It was not tolerated. I learned to hold my tounge. They did not understand it's also about accepting my limitations. I can see in their profession they encounter a lot of negativity though.It's OK. I do the same thing. LOL
I know my limitations, or, at least I haven't found my upper limits yet, and I've stopped looking....When I self deprecate, it's more of a Sic Transit Gloria Mundi kind of thing.....and It's also my backhanded way to laude the folks who are awesome runners0 -
Wow - page eleven already? I had a few crazy days at work (including spending some time there on both Saturday and Sunday *sigh*), didn't get a chance to look into this thread earlier, now I spent so much time catching up that I'm more than overdue for heading to bed, but if I don't reply now I'll probably forget everything I want to write until tomorrow ^^
Congratulations on the awesome race times @Stoshew71 @kristinegift @AdrianChr92 @louubelle16 @vandinem and @ariceroni . So many new PRs, well done everyone! (I hope I didn't overlook anyone)
@skippygirlsmom Oh no, visit to the ER, that sounds really bad. I hope Skip will be up and running again in no time.
@ddmom0811 glad your suitcase was found. Although - maybe if it had stayed lost, the airline company would have paid for a lot of nice running gear for you to replace the lost stuff, that might have been nice too ;-)
@Elise4270 Cool idea to sum up all our miles! 140km on average, that's quite impressive!
On a related note: my goal for this month will be 180km. At least that's what I think now, maybe it'll be a little more... I didn't find a nice, quite moment yet to properly plan my training for this month. At the beginning of this year I started with Hal Higdon's Novice 2 HM plan, but I've been deviating more and more from it, might as well admit that I'm not actually following it at all anymore.
I've got my first 10k race next weekend. Apart from that I'll probably aim to keep my weekly mileage at the current level for now, but I haven't yet had a chance to write down what how I want to distribute it across the days of the week...
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You all are so kind. She is feeling so much better, keeping food down and says she is tired but feels good. @elise4270 thanks for the info on the iron water I'll look into that.
4/1 - 5.5 miles
4/2 - family day
4/3 - 5 miles 5K and some extra going back and forth 9:41 pace
10 of 100 miles
I ran a 30:17 according to my watch, 30:26 according to the timer (non chip race). No PR but I finished 2nd in my AG. This was such a fun run and it raised money for our local children's advocacy center. My plan was to run with my friend, but she was ready to walk at .5 miles and I really needed to run more of the race. So told me to go so I did. I went back about .75 a mile to get her at the end and then went back to get her daughter so that added some miles.
Skip was supposed to run as Spiderman so here she is as Miss Spiderwoman I guess LOL
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Retail therapy took care of my feeling slightly guilty about tomorrow being a rest day..... I'll have some new stuff in time for my Thursday morning run!0
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April Running Totals (miles)
4/1 – scheduled rest day
4/2 – 13.31 easy
4/3 – 7.83 easy
April total to date – 21.14
Nominal Challenge Goal – 200 miles
Real Goals: Taper well. Arrive at Hopkinton healthy. Run Boston well. Recover well.
Today's notes – Dodged the winter weather. It snowed last night, but the roads were clear by the time I ran this afternoon. 31° F with 21 mph WNW wind and snow on the grass but clear asphalt roads and shoulders is pretty good running conditions, just more wintry than I expect in April! The assignment was 60 minutes at E, so I quit at 60 minutes; but under the weather conditions I ran a shade faster than I was supposed to. Oh, well. I'll probably get away with it.
More snow is coming down now. Between tonight and tomorrow, we're supposed to get 3 to 5 inches. I'll see how it is for running tomorrow; snow is frequently over-forecast here. Worst case, I break out the trail shoes to run tomorrow.
Yesterday after I posted my mileage, I registered for a couple more races. The Lilac Run 10K and the 5K to Cure ALS are Rochester Runner of the Year races, and I want to run at least 6 of the 12. Can't do the River Run 5K, because it's the Monday before Boston; and I held off registering for the Fast and the Furriest 10K, because there's an off chance I might be doing a half marathon the first weekend in June. But the calendar has filled in a little, and it will fill in more later. There are some races I know I'll run that aren't yet open for registration.
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)
May 15, 2016 Highland Hospital Lilac Run 10K (Rochester, NY)
June 19, 2016 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY)
July 16, 2016 Shoreline Half Marathon (Hilton, NY)
September 18, 2016 Rochester Marathon (Rochester, NY)
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A little late to the party but I'm in. Shooting for a goal of 50 miles.
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@skippygirlsmom Congrats on the AG 2nd place!! Also I loooove your leggings. And glad Skip is on the rebound!0
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Missed my March goal by about 8 miles: I took the last week off when I had to abandon a long run 4 miles in with a calf strain. It didn't feel right so I wanted to stay off it rather than push it until it went seriously wrong, so no running for 10 days. Ugh.
It's been feeling a bit better now, so I tried an easy 5k today. Still a bit tight, but nothing nasty going on, so I think I'll be ok to ease back in. Going to aim for the same 75 miles I was going for last month.0 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »nicolemarie999 wrote: »Hi! Joining late, but I need the motivation to return to running. Goal for April will be 60 miles.
4/3 - 5 miles
welcome to the group. You have a good start on the month, keep it up!
Thank you @MNLittleFinn . Looks like this will be a busy thread and very positive. Nice to see so many runners encouraging each other. I will try to check in regularly and get to know everyone.
Do most people on this thread race? It seems like it. I havent raced in a long time, maybe I will be inspired 0 -
kristinegift wrote: »@skippygirlsmom Congrats on the AG 2nd place!! Also I loooove your leggings. And glad Skip is on the rebound!
@kristinegift. Thanks. I got them at Kohls, very comfy. Not something I normally wear but Skip talked me into them.0 -
Temp dropped like crazy over the last 48 hours where I am... went from 60's Friday morning to 25 with a nice layer of white frozen h2o on the ground when I woke up today (not a fan, mother nature, not a fan at all
). So this evening I made myself a nice hot bowl of tortellini soup, which was absolutely fantastic and I wondered why the heck it had been so long since I'd had tortellini, and then I sat down on the sofa and watched the snow fall and thought about the maths homework I really should do in preparation for an exam on Friday... and then I changed into my cold weather gear and did 3.7 miles. Spent a bit of the run trying to push myself this time, versus simply settling into an easy(ish) pace as I usually do. If you'd told me two months ago that I would one day go for a run in the cold as means of procrastination, I'd have laughed in your face and settled into a warm bed with extra blankets and netflix.
1/4 - 0mi
2/4 - 5.47mi
3/4 - 3.73mi
total to date - 9.20/50mi0 -
@nicolemarie999 Quite a few people race! We're also in peak spring race season, so there is bound to a big influx of race posts probably through May. If you're inspired to register for one, we wanna hear all about it!
@kgj4105 Haha, the way running changes us! (Also side note, I always have to do a doubletake with your screen name, because my initials are kjg so I keep seeing your name and being like, "Huh, me, what? Oh, nope." Even though my username doesn't even have my initials
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There are a lot of racers, but also a lot of people who just like to run. I'm kind of both, I just like to run, but I entered in an 8K this coming June, and a half marathon in September.nicolemarie999 wrote: »Thank you @MNLittleFinn . Looks like this will be a busy thread and very positive. Nice to see so many runners encouraging each other. I will try to check in regularly and get to know everyone.
Do most people on this thread race? It seems like it. I havent raced in a long time, maybe I will be inspired
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All the PR's are amazing!! Congratulations everyone!
4/1 - Rest day
4/2 - 8.12 includes cool down. City Park.
4/3 - 5.52 Recovery run. Includes cool down. Legs feel heavy and tired but that's to be expected. Otherwise it was a very enjoyable run.
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
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I'm on my phone so it's hard to tag each person. So all I can say is some awesome races were run this weekend. You are all rock stars! Congrats on all the PRS.
I'm definitely going to set my alarm for oak barrel next year @Stoshew71. Sorry Jennifer decided not to run today, such a beautiful day. I would have loved to see her.
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No time to catch up at the moment. I didn't end up running this weekend. One of the neighbor's dogs killed our dachshund, Maggie, yesterday morning. I had left her out in our fence with our two big dogs and there was a place under the fence that a recent rain had eroded out. She liked being outside, so, as usual, she was reluctant to come in after i let her out that morning. We went to the store, and it happened while we were gone. I feel horrible, guilty, sad. She was such a sweet little dog...
Hopefully I'll get back on track this week. I drank heavily last night and was in no shape for running today...0 -
ceciliaslater wrote: »No time to catch up at the moment. I didn't end up running this weekend. One of the neighbor's dogs killed our dachshund, Maggie, yesterday morning. I had left her out in our fence with our two big dogs and there was a place under the fence that a recent rain had eroded out. She liked being outside, so, as usual, she was reluctant to come in after i let her out that morning. We went to the store, and it happened while we were gone. I feel horrible, guilty, sad. She was such a sweet little dog...
Hopefully I'll get back on track this week. I drank heavily last night and was in no shape for running today...
Oh I'm so sorry to hear that. I've lost a few pets and always feel responsible.0 -
I can't remember if I've joined one of these challenges before, but I'm going to try it now.
Mainly a walker, but I want to get back into Couch to 5K again.
I have a 14km race in June that I participate in every year, but I usually just walk it. I figure my walk time's as good as it's going to get, so time to start running jogging, at least a little if I want my time to be below the 2 hour mark.
I'm aiming for consistency more than a set distance. I will aim for the relatively low 30km (~18mi), but I also want to try get out and move more. For that, I am aiming for 20 times across April.
1) Mon 4 April 3.32km
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@ceciliaslater So sorry about your dachshund
I have an almost 15 year old dachshund and he's family to us.
@SunnyDuckling Welcome and good luck with your goals!0 -
Congratulations to all of you with races well run! I'm so impressed by all the fabulous reports and PRs!
@skippygirlsmom I'm so glad to hear you've figured out what's up with Skip. I hope she's feeling much better soon. I sympathize with her not wanting to take her iron--I'm due to see my doctor in a couple of weeks and I'm fully expecting to get a lecture about my bloodwork. I've sort of fallen off the whole supplement bandwagon and need to get back on it.
@ceciliaslater I am sooo sorry to hear about your poor little dog. That's so sad.
4/1...5.0 @ 12:00 on the TM (4.0 @ 11:15 and 1.0 walking)
4/2....3.1 @ 11:45 through the neighborhood. My ankle hurt the first mile or so, especially on the uphill bits--downhill isn't too bad
4/3...Rest day
I signed up yesterday for a 10K at my local park trail on the 23rd. I will try hard not to be irritated at all those other people running on "my" trail, lol. I'd love to match my 1:09 time from last fall's MCM 10K, but this is much hillier and loose gravel, so I don't know if that's reasonable or not. Can't hurt to try, though!
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