April 2016 Running Challenge
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Great to hear about all of the PRs and AG awards ( @Stoshew71 @skippygirlsmom @kristinegift )!
Had some dryer/lower humidity weather today with a reasonable high in the mid 70s, so I ended up doing my 3rd (of 4) pre-marathon 20 mile run this afternoon. Got a neighbor to join me for the first 8, taking them pretty slow, but got to my normal pace for the next 7, then pushed the last 5 to get in a 3-1 run as I felt pretty strong finishing the run closer to my target race pace. I still need to figure out my running taper strategy for the week as I have my ironman 70.3 on Sunday, but I'll see what I can dig up online as I may want to rest/5/10/5/3/rest/race with a bit more swimming in the mix than usual. I'll then do my final 20 once I get to Pittsburgh on the 13th, then start my official marathon taper for the 2.5 weeks leading to the race.
4/1 - 0.5 mile (pre-lift warm-up)
4/2 - 6.5 miles (speedwork - 6 x 5 min threshold/1 min rest)
4/3 - 20 miles (8 super-easy, 7 easy, 5 mid-hard)
Total: 27 miles
Goal: 160 miles
Remaining: 133 miles
Upcoming races:
4/10 - Ironman 70.3 Florida
5/1 - Pittsburgh Marathon
9/25 - Ironman 70.3 Augusta
10/9 - Chicago Marathon (lottery TBD)
11/5 - Ironman Florida0 -
April is the beginning of the running season for me. Earlier daylight will help me get back on my morning running schedule. I need to lose a few pounds that I put on during the winter. My goal is to run 60 miles this month.0
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Hi all - I am behind again because I haven't kept up or posted over the weekend. I went out to a concert with friends Friday night and haven't really been online much since then. I did get in a longish run midday on Saturday. It was too hot so I took it slow and tried to keep my HR below 125 for most of the run which was an incredible struggle. Today was a rest day playing on the beach with Hobbes the Vizsla and lots of other Vizsla friends!
Date..........Miles.........Total
04/01.......5.44..........5.44
04/02.......8.33........13.77
04/03.......0.00........13.77
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@Stoshew71 ... Congratulations Stan on the Age Group win and PR. That was a challenge course.
It was a nice write up. Award and medal are pretty awesome
@skippygirlsmom .. Congratulations on AG 2nd place win. That must be fun running with Iron Man and Captain America
Date.................KM...................Total
4/2..................06.31.................06.31
5/2..................03.16.................09.47
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Date.........Miles..........Total
1/4............Rest..............0
2/4............Rest..............0
3/4.............3.7..............3.7
4/4.............3.0..............6.7
A harder run today, I pushed myself to go a little bit faster than usual. So far so good 0 -
Congratulations to everyone who had races this weekend and for all the PRs and AG wins - @Stoshew71, @skippygirlsmom, @kristinegift, @AdrianChr92 and anyone else I missed!!!
@skippygirlsmom - I am so sorry yo had to spend time in the ER but I am glad your Skippygirl is feeling better! Even if she has to miss some races now, there will be plenty in her future!
@ceciliaslater - Oh NO!! I am so sorry about your puppy! I am sure you are devastated.
@Elise4270 - love that you did the math to figure out what we all ran as a group!
Welcome Newbies!!0 -
April Goal: Run often
4/1 couldn't
4/2 4.05
4/3 3.15
Total 7.20
Upcoming races:
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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Oookay, you guys must find this a little funny, but I'm a beginner dragging a couple of health problems around, so I'm quite happy with my single kilometre.
I was going to do more, but my knee started acting up a bit, and I've learned to stop right away when that happens. 0 -
Oookay, you guys must find this a little funny, but I'm a beginner dragging a couple of health problems around, so I'm quite happy with my single kilometre. I was going to do more, but my knee started acting up a bit, and I've learned to stop right away when that happens.
Nope, I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say that I find it brilliant that you are getting out there (and that you know when to stop so you don't hurt yourself).0 -
1/4....5k
3/4....6k
4/4....3k
Running Thoughts:
Jogging with my kids, it was their first time, so slow and lots of walking. They're both tired but they stuck with it. I'd quite like to try and persuade them to go again at the weekend, it was though a little easy for the elder one and a little too hard for the younger one.
I'm still counting it on my miles though.
goals
1. 18 runs.............................3
2. 115km total......................14k
3. 4 runs a week
4. quickest 5km of 2016
5. quickest 10km of 2016
6. 11 km long run
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »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!
@MNLittleFinn
Gotta have something to look forward to!
And new gear puts the cherry on top of a much-anticipated run!
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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...
@ceciliaslater oh my gosh. I am so sorry for the loss of your Maggie. Don't feel guilty you did nothing wrong. Hugs.0 -
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Oookay, you guys must find this a little funny, but I'm a beginner dragging a couple of health problems around, so I'm quite happy with my single kilometre. I was going to do more, but my knee started acting up a bit, and I've learned to stop right away when that happens.
sounds smart to me! 0 -
I'm a sprinter, not a long distance runner, so my mile/km goal won't be very high
Instead, I want to up my jogging pace from 11.5 kmph (7.15 mph) to 12.1 kmph (7.52 mph), and up my running pace from 13.3 kmph (8.26 mph) to 13.5 kmph (8.39 mph). No set goal for sprinting pace.
Will probably complete about 35 miles during April, will keep track, currently on 4/35+0 -
Well, I finished the Philadelphia Hot Chocolate 15K on Saturday. It wasn't nearly as cold and windy as it was last year, but it rained/drizzled a chilly rain for the duration of the race. I PRed the 15K distance by nearly 4 minutes, but it should have been more. My IT band started acting up, and I had to run/walk the last 3ish miles. I've never experienced an IT band/knee issue, before. I swear, it's always something new. Oh, well.
I don't have much on my plan for this week having done the 15K (a long distance for me), and I have an incredibly hilly 5K this upcoming Saturday. Not to mention the IT band whatever is going on. I hope to do one 2-3 mile run on Wednesday or Thursday and that'll be it for running before Saturday.
03/02 9.3 mi
TOTAL 9.3 mi
GOAL 45.00 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 – 1:44:22 15K PR
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 -
@ceciliaslater - I am so sorry about Maggie. Just awful. But it is not your fault.
@Stoshew71 - awesome pictures! Such a great time too!
4/1- 5.1 miles in the rain
4/2 - rest/travel day
4/3 - 34 miles on bike
4/4 - 5.1 miles (intervals)
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4/1: Rest day!
4/2: 5 miles
4/3: 13.1 Caesar Rodney HM!
4/4: 3 miles with Joe to Go crew
Easy run with my Monday morning coffee crew today! Both me and my running buddy who raced with me yesterday thought it would be nice to just go to the 2nd loop at 6:30 so we could snag some extra sleep, so 3 miles today instead of 6. I was surprised that I really wasn't very sore at all; my glutes are feeling the hills, and that's about it. All my calf aches from the last few weeks have mysteriously disappeared.
I think I'm gonna lower my goal for the month from 200 to 180. This week should be about 64 miles, but then I start my ween myself off the high mileage and into a taper. I want to be as rested and fresh as possible for NJM, so if that means cutting miles, I want to be able to do it without worrying about missing out on my 200 target.
Oh, and my blog post about yesterday's race is up! Find it here!
Upcoming Races:
3/12: Run O' The Mill 5K: New PR! 21:55
4/3: Caesar Rodney HM: New PR! 1:40:13
4/16: River Horse 6K (Ewing, NJ)
5/1: New Jersey Marathon (Lots of towns, NJ)
11/20: Philadelphia Marathon (Philly, PA)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...
@ceciliaslater That's so sad! I'm sorry
instantmartian wrote: »Well, I finished the Philadelphia Hot Chocolate 15K on Saturday. It wasn't nearly as cold and windy as it was last year, but it rained/drizzled a chilly rain for the duration of the race. I PRed the 15K distance by nearly 4 minutes, but it should have been more. My IT band started acting up, and I had to run/walk the last 3ish miles. I've never experienced an IT band/knee issue, before. I swear, it's always something new. Oh, well.
I don't have much on my plan for this week having done the 15K (a long distance for me), and I have an incredibly hilly 5K this upcoming Saturday. Not to mention the IT band whatever is going on. I hope to do one 2-3 mile run on Wednesday or Thursday and that'll be it for running before Saturday.
@instantmartian Congrats on the PR! Hope the ITB feels better for Saturday! I've had my share of ITB problems, and sometimes it goes as quick as it comes, so I'll keep my fingers crossed that that's the case for you!0 -
There must be something in the water, because I got motivated to go out again this afternoon!
I ended up following through on what I said earlier about getting back into C25K. Completed Week 1 Day 1.
This makes my totals as follows:
1) Mon 4 April 3.32km
2) Mon 4 April 2.98km
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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...
I am so, incredibly sorry to hear that. I would be absolutely heartbroken if anything happened to one of my two fur babies. 0 -
Finally on the chart with 2.5km... not a big amount for most- but a hard run for me!
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April
1-no run yet, maybe later
2-13.2mi
3-nothing
4-nothing
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kristinegift wrote: »instantmartian wrote: »Well, I finished the Philadelphia Hot Chocolate 15K on Saturday. It wasn't nearly as cold and windy as it was last year, but it rained/drizzled a chilly rain for the duration of the race. I PRed the 15K distance by nearly 4 minutes, but it should have been more. My IT band started acting up, and I had to run/walk the last 3ish miles. I've never experienced an IT band/knee issue, before. I swear, it's always something new. Oh, well.
I don't have much on my plan for this week having done the 15K (a long distance for me), and I have an incredibly hilly 5K this upcoming Saturday. Not to mention the IT band whatever is going on. I hope to do one 2-3 mile run on Wednesday or Thursday and that'll be it for running before Saturday.
@instantmartian Congrats on the PR! Hope the ITB feels better for Saturday! I've had my share of ITB problems, and sometimes it goes as quick as it comes, so I'll keep my fingers crossed that that's the case for you!
Thank you! Not even an hour after the race, while walking over to Federal Donuts in Philly (one of my favorite places in the world) for post-race lunch, my IT band randomly felt perfectly normal, again - the discomfort went away just as quickly as it came. I plan on foam rolling it a few times this week despite my absolute hatred for foam rolling, and doing some ITB-specific stretches/exercises, and hopefully Saturday was just a fluke.0 -
Oookay, you guys must find this a little funny, but I'm a beginner dragging a couple of health problems around, so I'm quite happy with my single kilometre. I was going to do more, but my knee started acting up a bit, and I've learned to stop right away when that happens.
Not funny at all. It's very important to stop when you have to avoid re-injury; many of us find that lesson very hard to learn. Good for you! Living to run another day is more important than going over that kilometre.0 -
@kristinegift nice write up on the race.0
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Wow, 60 posts to catch up on!!
Today was 5 easy miles in the the dark before time began. While it is really peaceful and serene...which I love, I realized that I am not posting running pics to Instagram because...well...no light. This weekends race should have some IG opportunities though.
4/1 - Rest
4/2 - 14 miles
4/3 - 5 miles
4/4 - 5 miles
24/160 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 -
Oookay, you guys must find this a little funny, but I'm a beginner dragging a couple of health problems around, so I'm quite happy with my single kilometre. I was going to do more, but my knee started acting up a bit, and I've learned to stop right away when that happens.
Knowing when to rest makes the difference between a runner and an athlete.0 -
WhatMeRunning wrote: »Wow, 60 posts to catch up on!!
Today was 5 easy miles in the the dark before time began. While it is really peaceful and serene...which I love, I realized that I am not posting running pics to Instagram because...well...no light. This weekends race should have some IG opportunities though.
Those morning runs are the reason I have a headlamp on the way. I've been restricting myself to places with streetlights.... no more of that starting with my Thursday run!0 -
Back in the saddle!
Did my W8D2 yesterday. 30 minutes straight, 2.75 miles non-stop running. One more session tomorrow and then I graduate from the C25K! Time to find a race somewhere...!
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