April 2016 Running Challenge
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Amandajs232 wrote: »Initially I did them every day, typically after my run. I still do them now a few times a week, rotated in with other exercises and stretches. I also made (and still make) a point to make sure my feet are straight when I run, when I am standing, walking or working out. The paved trail where I run has a line down the middle so I often run with my foot on the line but I also try not to stare down at my feet all the time I will end up on my face
It feels really weird to straighten my foot - when it is straight it feels like it is turned inwards. Not sure I can run with it straight yet - feels really clumsy even to walk with it straight (probably been that way for almost 30 years so no wonder). I will take another few days of walking and doing these exercises then go for it. Thanks to both @shanaber and @AdrianChr92 for your advice.
It felt weird to me too and I had to keep reminding myself. It does get easier but I still fall back into old habits on occasion but now it feels weird when I do that.
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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
4/5: Rest day
4/6: 10 miles (am), 6 miles (pm)
4/7: 7 miles tempo (am), 6 miles with Thursday crew (pm)
Guys...... I have done my last week of Wed-Thurs doubles. Next week I run just once on Wednesday and twice Thursday, and then the last 2 weeks before my marathon just once on Wed and once and Thurs. I AM SO HAPPY. I did double-doubles 8 or 9 times this training cycle, and I survived! The first two weeks of double-doubles were so exhausting, and now I barely bat an eye. That said... I am so ready to start cutting miles as the taper begins next week!
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 -
If I can hit 200k this month I am good.0
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4/1: Rest
4/2: Rest
4/3: 5.0km (Intervals)
4/4: Rest
4/5: 5.2km (Intervals)
4/6: Rest
4/7: 4.9km (Intervals)
Upcoming Races:
5/28: Seven Bridges 5K Run - Orangeville, ON (My first EVER!)
6/12: Guelph Lake 5K - Guelph, ON
7/9: Summer's Night Classical 5k - Guelph, ON0 -
Just updating running kms; will try to catch up on the thread later! It is growing every month!
Apr 1 – Rest
Apr 2 – 27.55 km
Apr 3 – Rest
Apr 4 – 8.59 km
Apr 5 – 8.72 km
Apr 6 – 13.32 km
Apr 7 – Rest
Apr 8 – 8.58 km
Total: 66.76 km / 240 km
Races:
5 June Rocky River Run 21km
3 July Gold Coast Marathon
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April Running Totals (miles)
4/1 – scheduled rest day
4/2 – 13.31 easy
4/3 – 7.83 easy
4/4 – 4.59 easy 30 minutes + 4 strides
4/5 – 14.14 warm up + speed work
4/6 – 5.18 easy
4/7 – 11.45 – short warmup, long speed work
April total to date – 56.50
Nominal Challenge Goal – 200 miles
Real Goals: Taper well. Arrive at Hopkinton healthy. Run Boston well. Recover well.
Today's notes – The weekly target this week is down to 50 miles. I had initially thought I wouldn't run that many, but it turned out I forgot to include the pre-workout warmups and I underestimated how far I would run for Tuesday's time-defined workout. Going into today, it looked like I'd be more than a mile over the weekly target.
Being over the weekly target is not a good thing for the taper, so I cut the warmup today from the customary 2 miles to 1 mile. Then I stood around longer than usual waiting for the club meeting to start, and watching other members run by on their warmups. My assignment today was 30 minutes at E, 20 minutes at MP, 30 minutes at E. I had estimated this would be about 10.5 miles; it came in at 10.44. Throw in an estimate of 7 miles for Saturday's assignment, and I'll be very close to the 50 target, probably a fraction of a mile over.
Next week's mileage target is down to 45 miles, but there are specified workouts each day and it looks like I should be below that. But that's okay; I keep telling myself that in taper, less is more. You do the taper because it's good for you, and it works. You come out the other side on race day like a coiled spring, ready to run. But between now and then, there are the mental games.
I remember in training for my first half marathon, the final taper week had 4 days with an easy 3 miles each. I was almost offended by this. 3 miles? That isn't even 30 minutes! It's hardly running.
Next week, in an admittedly aggressive marathon training plan, there are 3 days where the assignment is 30 minutes at E. I caught myself thinking, 30 easy minutes? That's hardly worth getting dressed for! It isn't even 4 miles! But I'll do it, because I want to be that coiled spring a week from next Monday. Just like the other 29,999 coiled springs I'll be running with.
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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April Goal: Run often
4/1 couldn't
4/2 4.05
4/3 3.15
4/4 ennui
4/5 snorkel 3.5 hours
4/6 6.30
4/7 3.65
Total 17.15
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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kristinegift wrote: »kristinegift wrote: »@greenolivetree Honestly the best way to tell if you're running to hard is to literally talk out loud to yourself. I do this all the time and look like a crazy person, but there's usually not anyone actually around to hear it (though I was singing along to Hamilton yesterday and turned a corner and someone was outside watering some plants... oops). If 8:30 would be a 5k race pace for you right now, then 9:30-10:30 sounds about right for an easy pace as long as it's conversational.
If you could sing Christina Aguilera's Fighter out loud in perfect rythem (singing in tune is optional) while running; then you are running a good easy pace. If not, slow down your pace until you can.
This is a tellingly specific example, @Stoshew71
I figure if I can rap "My Shot" from Hamilton while also moving my body forward, I am A-OK.
"I'mma get a scholarship to King's College. I prolly shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish. The problem is I got a lot a brains but no polish, I gotta holler just to heard, with every word I drop knowledge..." I didn't think I had this song memorized until I was running my shake-out last week and made it through half the rap without music (I'd been running with a friend and didn't have my ipod). Now I'm a pro!
kudos for hamilton lover!!!!
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Still recovering from an upper respiratory infection, so not quite in the swing of things yet, but here goes. Last race was Hot Chocolate 15km in Vegas, Feb 28, 2016. Registered for Delta Splash n Dash April 23rd (600M swim, 5Km run) but unsure if I will race. No races planned after that.
Training for the past week:
Apr 1: rest
Apr 2: rest
Apr 3: run 14.5 km at 6:30/km
Apr 4: 60 min strength training/ TRX
Apr 5: rest
Apr 6: 30 min strength training
Apr 7: rest
The weather is amazing here and the forecast is great, so I hope to get at least one long run in and hopefully some cross training. I haven't been on my bike for a while, I think I need to dust it off.0 -
@SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Hope you feel better soon. And I ran Hot Chocolate LV too!0
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After our discussion earlier on women's running shorts with pockets I decided to go on a hunt for some compression shorts with enough pockets that I wouldn't need to wear a waist belt. I found these http://www.skirtsports.com/product/redemption-shorties/
I wore them today and they have pockets on each side roomy enough to hold my phone, gels or bloks, treats for the pup, etc.. There is no zipper pocket however for a key or driver's license. They are fairly true to size although I probably will order an XS instead of a S if I order another pair. They were super comfortable and did not ride up at all.
They also have these which I also purchased but have not yet run in: http://www.skirtsports.com/product/redemption-fitness-short-2/
These are a bit shorter and have a double pocket on one side and a large zipper pocket in back. They run a bit smaller but the S seems to fit perfectly0 -
Your shoes look great, @MNLittleFinn ! Hope you enjoy many comfortable miles in them.0
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Wow almost 400 new posts since I've been here last. Don't think I can catch up on all that.
Just checking in and letting you all know I took off almost a minute from my time last week with my run group. Ran the whole 30 minutes, no walk breaks.
April mileage: 7.3
Goal:30
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No run today for me. It's a rest day. Tomorrow is my first half marathon of the year. It is also kicking off 4 consecutive weekends with a half marathon. I'm ready!!!
4/1 - Rest
4/2 - 14 miles
4/3 - 5 miles
4/4 - 5 miles
4/5 - 5 miles
4/6 - 8 miles
4/7 - 5 miles
4/8 - Rest
42/160 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 -
@Amandajs232 @shanaber It was weird for me too but at one point It got into habit. I fixed my posture like this as well by adjusting it every single time I felt it off. It should't feel bad, just...unnatural0
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@ohhim - good luck this weekend with Ironman!
@WhatMeRunning - good luck to you as well with the first HM in your series.
@anyone else I missed - good luck on your races!
It's like a part time job to keep up in here, lol. What a great group of runners! Sometimes I want to tell someone something that I learned here and I start it off with "one of my online running friends said....".
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)
4/5 - 5.1 miles - intervals (although slower than yesterday)
4/6 - 22 miles on bike + Strength training
4/7 - 4.2 miles - slow and steady
4/8 - strength training
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Well, after several days' rest, and my knee feeling perfectly fine since a couple hours after the 15K last Saturday, I decided to do a little test run on the treadmill (on an incline since Saturday's 5K is all hills). My knee didn't hurt, but it started to feel weird around 1.5 miles,, so I cut my run to 2 miles. I don't want to chance doing any damage before Saturday. It looks like I might be doing minimal training between now and the Broad Street Run next month.
04/02 9.30 mi
04/07 2.00 mi
TOTAL 11.30 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 Marathon
10/09 – 5,000 Yards Dash
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April
1-no run yet, maybe later
2-13.2mi
3-nothing
4-nothing
5-5.35
6-yoga tonight
7-nope
8-late night tonight(ani difranco concert), so no run this morning
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kristinegift wrote: »kristinegift wrote: »@greenolivetree Honestly the best way to tell if you're running to hard is to literally talk out loud to yourself. I do this all the time and look like a crazy person, but there's usually not anyone actually around to hear it (though I was singing along to Hamilton yesterday and turned a corner and someone was outside watering some plants... oops). If 8:30 would be a 5k race pace for you right now, then 9:30-10:30 sounds about right for an easy pace as long as it's conversational.
If you could sing Christina Aguilera's Fighter out loud in perfect rythem (singing in tune is optional) while running; then you are running a good easy pace. If not, slow down your pace until you can.
This is a tellingly specific example, @Stoshew71
I figure if I can rap "My Shot" from Hamilton while also moving my body forward, I am A-OK.
"I'mma get a scholarship to King's College. I prolly shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish. The problem is I got a lot a brains but no polish, I gotta holler just to heard, with every word I drop knowledge..." I didn't think I had this song memorized until I was running my shake-out last week and made it through half the rap without music (I'd been running with a friend and didn't have my ipod). Now I'm a pro!
This may go before your time (unless you watch Nick at night)
Fish don't fry in the kitchen;
Beans don't burn on the grill.
Took a whole lotta tryin'
Just to get up that hill.
Now we're up in the big leagues
Gettin' our turn at bat.
As long as we live, it's you and me baby
There ain't nothin wrong with that.
Well, we're movin' on up (movin' on up)
To the East Side!
By the way, Nelly used these lyrics in a song the early 2000s. I only know this because I was in high school, and my boyfriend's twin brother at the time was very into Nelly's album Country Grammar. I remember hearing the song for the first time and being annoyed that Nelly ripped it from the Jeffersons!0 -
Took a night off last night, but I plan to be back at it tonight. I was looking forward to another run outside tonight instead of the treadmill, but they are calling for 1-2 inches of snow starting early evening.
Why in the world is it snowing on April 8th?!
4/1……..1.25 miles (Outdoor Interval)
4/2……..Rest
4/3……..Rest
4/4……..3.0 miles (TM 10K training)
4/5……..3.0 miles (TM Interval)
4/6……..1.5 miles (Outdoor Walk at Lunch)
………2.5 miles (Outdoor 10K training)
4/7….....Rest
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Miles in April
4/1 1.5 miles
4/2 rest
4/3 8.23 miles
4/4 2 miles
4/5 rest
4/6 rest
4/7 3 miles
4/8 4 miles
18.73 down...41.27 left for April! Great job everyone!0 -
4/1: Rest day!
4/2: 5 miles
4/3: 13.1 Caesar Rodney HM!
4/4: 3 miles with Joe to Go crew
4/5: Rest day
4/6: 10 miles (am), 6 miles (pm)
4/7: 7 miles tempo (am), 6 miles with Thursday crew (pm)
4/8: Rest day
Woke up this morning craving a recipe my mom makes (beef and peppers) so with all this rest day energy, I'm going to make an attempt at it. I'm not very talented in the kitchen, and this is a whole lot more difficult than my usual crock pot fare, but the craving must be appeased!
Good luck to everyone who is racing this weekend! Knock 'em dead!
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)
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kristinegift wrote: »Woke up this morning craving a recipe my mom makes (beef and peppers) so with all this rest day energy, I'm going to make an attempt at it. I'm not very talented in the kitchen, and this is a whole lot more difficult than my usual crock pot fare, but the craving must be appeased!
That looks really good! And don't worry, from the looks, it isn't too technical so you'll be able to do it.0 -
CivicSista wrote: »Wow almost 400 new posts since I've been here last. Don't think I can catch up on all that.
Just checking in and letting you all know I took off almost a minute from my time last week with my run group. Ran the whole 30 minutes, no walk breaks.
April mileage: 7.3
Goal:30
Congrats. That's a great achievement!
@WhatMeRunning Good luck on your half tomorrow...and the weeks ahead! Wow!
4/1-2.5 miles running with the puppy
4/2-16 miles
4/3- rest day
4/4-4.5 miles
4/5-6 miles w/ 3 @ tempo
4/6-5.1 miles
4/7-7 miles
Last night's run was a good one. I was kind of dreading it because it was windy with a light rain and temps just above freezing. I went out straight from work and I had definitely not planned well for the weather when I packed my bag that morning, so I was really quite under dressed. Luckily I had thrown a jacket in my bag last minute and I always keep a spare pair of gloves. Since it was cold and wet, I had my sleeves pulled down over my Garmin and just kept my head down and ran at what I felt was my easy, comfy pace, which usually lands in around an 8:45. I was pretty shocked when I finished my 7 miles and saw that the pace I had been running was 8:12, which is slightly faster than MP. It was one of those runs that you feel like you just want to keep going forever. Love when those happen!
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4/1 Rest day!
4/2 6 miles in the snow
4/3 4 easy miles
4/4 Rest day
4/5 4 easy miles
4/6 Rest day
4/7- 4 miles
4/8- Rest day....ugh...
Tomorrow is my long run, looking at 6 miles, as I've done the last few weeks. I really want to run my out and back 6 west miler, but it's more miles out of town and returning I'll be facing the sun. My other option is my out and back east 6 miler and that one has a mile more in town. The West run has more hills (that's a + to me), and I want to try it because it covers a half mile out that I haven't done before.
Here's my conundrum, it's going to be like 5F (-15c) in the morning and, of course, I'll be running into the sun on either the outbound or inbound let depending on which one I take. Any thoughts on which route to take? Or just flip a coin and go with that?0 -
@MNLittleFinn - Depending on when you start, I would probably go west because:
1 - That's the route you want to do.
B - The sun will be higher and more out of your face on the way back than on the way out.
Other - It has hills.
Also - It has a new part.0 -
WhatMeRunning wrote: »@MNLittleFinn - Depending on when you start, I would probably go west because:
1 - That's the route you want to do.
B - The sun will be higher and more out of your face on the way back than on the way out.
Other - It has hills.
Also - It has a new part.
Sunrise is about 0630 tomorrow, so I'll be heading out a little before that. Oh yeah, I pretty much always wear sunglasses on daylight runs.0 -
@ddmom0811 Guilty of the same " online running friend " comment.It's like a part time job to keep up in here, lol. What a great group of runners! Sometimes I want to tell someone something that I learned here and I start it off with "one of my online running friends said....".
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juliet3455 wrote: »@ddmom0811 Guilty of the same " online running friend " comment.It's like a part time job to keep up in here, lol. What a great group of runners! Sometimes I want to tell someone something that I learned here and I start it off with "one of my online running friends said....".
Same here. I just cut it to " a friend ". It doesn't matter how we meet.0 -
4/8 - Rest day. Packet pick up for tomorrow's
25k trail race. Fingers crossed for rain! I need it to stay extra cool! ☺
Good luck to everyone racing this weekend!!0
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