April 2016 Running Challenge
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All of you running races are making me a bit jealous/lazy (you're totally motivating me). I know I'm nowhere near being ready for my HM, but now I really want to run a 10k. There are none within 200 miles of me in the near future.0
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6 mile run this morning bringing my total to 32 miles for April. I have a 10k mud run / ocr tomorrow morning.0
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@Amandajs232 if it hurts you are doing it right
) Don't worry if you do it for a few weeks it will stop hurting so much. I couldn't roll my quads at first but now their just fine and I can relax my whole body weight on the foam roller.
I didn't run these days and I don't think I will run these days either but not running means one thing: BUY ALL THE SHOES
Adidas Supernova Glide boost 8
These bad boys were bought today and let me tell you, the traction on these is unreal. Went out in the night with them for 200-300 m. Continental rubber and I feel like I'm a truck. They are pretty cushy but that's why I bought them since I am on the heavier side and I need cushy for my runs. That boost foam really lives up to it's name. You can almost feel it push you forward. I can't wait to take them out for a longer spin. They also have a very wide finger box, so wide in fact that I thought they were too big but my big toe fits right. I was surprised how comfortable they felt as compare to my Nike that were pretty narrow.
Oh and even though I didn't run, my garmin indicates I walked 14k steps and 12.3 km today. I should go shopping more often0 -
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Beginners Luck 25k trail race today! Had a 6am start with rain. Became more scattered. Then severe thunderstorms rolled in. Lightning evreywhere. Flooding. And there's still around 80 runners currently on the course for the 55k! Free shower!! My time was 2:53 Elevation gain: 1,841ft.
4/1 - Easy 10.1mi @ 8:25/mi
4/2 - rest.
4/3 - 1mi fun hike for views of SLC. 400ft vertical.
4/4 - Snowboard 41.8mi 30,000ft, descent (not counted on April total), 55.8mph top speed.
4/5 - 7.3mi mountain (steep) run. About 2,000ft vertical, 14:31/avg. Medium effort.
4/6 - Rest
4/7 - 4.5mi easy w speed bursts 8:50 - 5:40/mi
4/8 - rest
4/9 - Beginners Luck 25k trail race (2:53)
April total - 39.1/153mi0 -
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
4/8 3 miles
4/9 20miles
This thread would be so much easier to keep up with if only there was a like button.
@ariceroni -congrats on the strong finish. I think that is what matters the most. My last HM was in poor conditions and I experienced some stomach issues and had to stop to use the bathroom twice. I knew from mile 5 that I was not going to PR this race. But the thing that left me feeling like crap is that I just gave it all up on the last mile. I just cashed it in. This is not typical for me. I wasn't upset about the overall time, these things happen, but I was upset about the fact that I kind of quit. I would have been ok with time, except for the slacker finish. A strong finish says a lot about your character...way to pull it out!!!0 -
16 km with the Local Running Club Core group. I was going for a Time and/or Distance minimum today ( 90 mins ~ 15km ) as this is my last long run before the HM next Saturday. Running with the same group that has done 2 HM's with me. 1:44:45. Might seem slow for 16 km but we were doing a hilly route out of the valley bottom. 2 km relatively flat River side trail then 5 km uphill - Rolling Hills - and 1 km along the Top of the Valley. Turned around and headed back for the Vehicle Parking Lot.
3 Different groups - 3 Different Paces/distance/start times. 32km, 20km and 16km.
I was in the Turtles with a new member of the club so lost a little pace just to help her confidence. Her longest run before today was 7 km so to more than double her distance breaks a lot of the general rules about increasing mileage but she swims and bikes so is in pretty darn good Cardio vascular condition. This will be her first HM so I understand her nerves/confidence issues since it is only my 3rd.
04/01 – 0.0 Km – 0.0 - 140 km
04/02 – 10. Km – 10 km- 130 km
04/03 – 8.0 Km – 18 km- 122 km
04/04 – 12 km – 30 km – 110 km
04/06 – 6.0 km – 36 km – 104 km
04/08 – 5.0 km – 41 km – 99 km
04/09 –16.0 km – 57 km – 83 km – YTD 447.8 km
Next week is pretty much a Taper as Saturday is my next HM.0 -
@juliet3455 That's a good pace. I'll admit, I'm pretty slow, but you did for 16km, what I normally do for 10km. Good job!0
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I am new to the running, not that good at it, seems as though my body is not built for it. You eat big, before a run? or after? I am flat footed and seems as though I shake the ground like an elepant when I run. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?0
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1.4 - rest
2.4 - hike out to Frankenstein (missed cycling)
3.4 - 13.4 km - 5 super slow, 7 hills and stuff (new shoes!)
4.4 - Should have been gym, was rest.
5.4 - 8.4 km - hard time focusing on the run. Pace fine, despite a lot of stop and go.
6.4 - 5.7 km - 'fast' and ugly - PR'ed 5K
7.4 - missed run
8.4 - travel day to Paris too tired for catching up on running after the drive.
9.4 - 8.3 km in Versailles (pictures on Strava.) slow but up one point on VO2Max.
total 35.8 km April goal 140 km
Running thoughts: From the 5K to today's run my left calf has been tight. I fear it is actually my IT band. Rolling the hell out of my entire leg and hoping for the best. I'd like to do a long run on the quais of Paris with my girls but I'll push back a day it if my leg is feeling like today.
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@wesley58 Some people eat 1 hour before a run, some eat 3 hours before. I for one try to eat at least 2 hours before a run. The closer you get to the run the smaller you should eat. Eat mainly carbs. Leave the big meal for after the run. As for for your flat feet there are shoes for that, maybe you should go to a store that sells running shoes and ask people there, they should be able to recommend you shoes that are made for flat feet that support your arches so they don't collapse. As for stomping you need to learn to step lighter on the ground. This takes time don't worry. Just imagine you run on egg shells and try not to break them) but a proper shoe for you will help a lot since you have flat feet. I would consider orthotics if shoes don't help
@EvgeniZyntx When it comes to legs I just roll everything. From glutes and going down to quads, hams calves and even shins sometime. Always have tight calves after a run and can't stretch those pretty good since calves are literally springs0 -
@AdrianChr92 usually just a leg shakeout and stretching gets my legs back in place but last to months I've seen tightness in my left. So yeah. I roll *everything* now. I'm even traveling with a rolling stick.0
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I'm still plugging along... I'm hoping to do a 5k on the trails during the next week- that'll be the first time I do one outside as my others have been on the treadmill. I'm so happy to see sunny, spring-like weather in the 5 day forecast!
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sunnybeaches105 wrote: »My modest contribution thus far for April:
4/1 - walked/rest
4/2 -1.2 miles
4/3 - 1.6 miles
4/4 - walked/rest
4/5 - 1.6 miles
4/6 - 1.2 miles
4/7 - 2.4 miles
This time around, I'm planning to stick with 5k and shorter and just see what I can do with speeding things up. For the next few weeks though, my goal is don't die and don't pass out.
Adding:
Friday 4/8 - rest day
Saturday 4/9 - 3.4 miles (also heavy legs day)
I'm feeling much better. I stopped running regularly at the beginning of 2015 and I've felt it. My asthma has been acting up and I haven't had as much energy when lifting weights. Today was the first day where my lungs opened up and I enjoyed the run. I'm running a 5km (the first since December) with the family next weekend, and I'm very much looking forward to it! Tomorrow will be a longish bike ride.
This thread with all these real runners is great motivation!0 -
ugh I typed a long post and lost it
@ariceroni great HM super time especially in those conditions
@whatmerunning great HM for you too!!! congrats. Also congrats to your SIL - my first HM was 2:18 also
@mobycarp I agree with @ddmom0811 I want to follow you at Boston so we'll need your bib or something
@kristinegift sounds like a fun day
@robotfood wow great race, sounds wild!0 -
Well done on all the runs and races today - a lot of you have been very busy.
@nicolemarie999 I am doing an internal rotator exercise @AdrianChr92 shared -lifting my foot in the air whilst lying on my side holding something between my knees. If you know of another I will give anything a try.
Just below my gluteus maximus is still sore from rolling 13 hours ago so I guess I really went for it.
@michable my foot has always turned really badly and I tried to sort it once but gave up very quickly as it hurt other parts. In hindsight I can see I should have sucked it up. I can do a standing quad stretch (holding foot to bottom) on left side fine but struggle to even grab my foot on right side - it's a proper spectacle. I now see it's all related. I am now wondering if I can use this to explain away all my falls ......
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Just a final shakeout run today, then racing the 70.3 in the morning.
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)
4/5 - 4 miles
4/6 - 8 miles (w. 6x1km repeats at 10K pace in middle)
4/8 - 2 miles
Total: 41 miles
Goal: 160 miles
Remaining: 119 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 -
04/09 - 2.5 miles run
total - 6.1 ran, 18.9 miles left0 -
@Amandajs232 it's normal to be sore from rolling. Just keep in mind to not foam roll directly on hip bones. And if you keep at it and it starts hurting or nothing changes after quite a while you should check with a doctor. It may be that's how your bone structure is and you may need to look at other things like orthotics. Anyway keep at it and don't rush it. 15 min a day is all you need and as usual make sure to take rest days. Every other day should be fine0
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Just found this thread. I started running last year. No races, just me and the wind. All of it outdoors on trails, to heck with the weather so long as the mud is not too sloppy!
4/1 - 6.26 miles
4/2 - 5.5
4/3 - 5.2
4/4 - 6.03
4/5 - 6.12
4/6 - 7.01
4/7 - 6.45
4/8 - 7.08
Total: 49.65
Goal: 150? Had 136.6 for March and just over 411 for the year through 4/3.0 -
1---rest
2---6.79
3---7.38
4,5---tired
6---5.20
7---7.28
8---6.96
9---3.9 walk with hubs. Hoping tomorrow I'll be good enough to run.
37.51/130 miles
"Don't let fear decide your future" Shalane Flanagan. Olympic Bronze Medalist
Upcoming races:
04/24/16 OKC Memorial Half
10/16/16 THAT dam half, Lewisville TX
11/05/16 Jenks Half Jenks OK
Run the year 2016 550.19/ 20160 -
Finally forced myself to go out and run in the ridiculous wind, even if it was on the short side. Very little wind tomorrow so I'm taking advantage of it and going to try and rack up at least 25 miles on the bike. So I suppose this week's running miles are going to be on the low side.
4/4 3.6 miles
4/9 2.7 miles
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@skippygirlsmom @ddmom0811 - I hadn't thought that people I know only online might want to follow my progress at Boston. However, BAA has contemplated that people might want to follow any individual runner, and lets you get check point times for a runner by bib number. One of the local runners I know plans to be checking on all the Rochester NY runners at Boston that way; he can get bib numbers from names on the BAA site. My bib number is 11935. I am seeded in Wave 2, Corral 4. Wave 2 starts at 10:25 AM EDT.
You can poke around on the BAA web site and see what options they have for reports. I recall watching a buddy of mine that way in 2014, and worrying that a late split wasn't being reported; turned out he got dehydrated and had a terrible last 6 or 8 miles.
I do not expect to show up on television. As another buddy of mine says about the prospects of seeing him on TV at Kona, I will be nowhere near the leaders who get most of the coverage and I'm not old or slow enough to be a human interest story. At Boston, I will be a middle of the pack runner. I expect to finish well ahead of median in my age group but nowhere near getting an age group award.
FWIW, I expect to record my Boston Marathon experience on Garmin, and it will automagically transfer to Strava before I get a chance to edit it and add comments. I expect I'll be slow to add those comments on Strava, because I'll be busy with other stuff after I cross the finish line.
If the running community weren't so friendly and supportive, the fact that I can be so easily stalked would bother me. But the running community is supportive, and part of the reason I'm running Boston is because it's about all I can do to not let terrorism win.
"We will finish the race." Damn right, we will.0 -
4/1 - 5 miles on the bike around town, 3 mile walk, 45 min strength training (This is what I do when I can't run.)
4/2 - 4.5 mile RUN! (no pain!), 3 mile walk because I love spring weather
4/3 - rest day
4/4 - 3 mile run, 23 min strength training
4/5 - 4.25 mile run
4/6 - rest day (should've gotten up earlier and done strength training)
4/7 - 20 min light walk after an hour in the car, so I don't have to call this another rest day!
4/8 - 3.1 run (testing out my sore knee so no Friday long run), 1.5 mile walk trip to grocery store, no strength because I have a pinched nerve causing my whole arm to burn
4/9 - 5 mile run followed by 25 min stretching and foam rolling followed by 35 min strength training (finally!)
19.85 of 60 miles April running goal
Totally crashed after family get together. Woke up at 5pm and weather had totally changed from bright and sunny to dark and dreary. Only got sprinkled on raining though and the wind felt good because it felt awful humid. Overall tried to slow down this run, starting with a 9:50 mile I think it was, 3 miles around 9:25ish, last mile 8:55 I think. But I was surprised when Strava told me I PR'ed the hill segment.
@KoraMT Wind is challenging, way to go getting out there anyway!
@mk2loser Welcome
@ohhim Good luck tomorrow!0 -
@louubelle16 Nice "moment"!
@michable Thanks for the kind words.lporter229 wrote: »This thread would be so much easier to keep up with if only there was a like button.
@lporter229 Ditto!Just a final shakeout run today, then racing the 70.3 in the morning.
70.3 Miles??!!!! Even if it's kilometres, I am totally in awe and astounded. Big hugs and best wishes!0 -
2 April – 5 km parkrun
3 April – 10 km PB 1:02:23
5 April – 8.2 km
7 April – 7.1 km
9 April – 5 km parkrun PB 29:12 Sub-30 goal achieved!
10 April – 15 km
Total: 50.3 km
Goal: 100 km
Ran 15 km to the next town and back. Yay, that's one to tick off my list of things I'd been aiming to do.
Bit short on goals now, other than, like @HonuNui , to run more.
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@mk2loser Welcome to the Shoe Destroyers and dang Lady I like your thought process, to paraphrase @MobyCarp " there is no bad weather just bad clothing choices ". For me as long as the mud doesn't rip off a shoe it's good, and that's not with Trail Shoes that have a little extra in the Body and Laces to keep them on your feet.Just found this thread. I started running last year. No races, just me and the wind. All of it outdoors on trails, to heck with the weather so long as the mud is not too sloppy!0 -
@wesley58 Welcome to the gang.
Eating before running will be a very individual thing so you will need to experiment and find what works for you in terms of timing, quantity and food choices. Enough to fuel the body - light enough not to feel like a Brick in your Digestive system. This Morning I had 30gm Cheerios, 100gm Banana, 80gm Milk and 100gm of Yogurt and 1 liter of water ( 2 bottles ) One Hour Before my 16km run. After the run it was water, coffee and a bagel at the local Tims ( Canadians Know ). For a shorter run/ longer run / Afternoon run / Evening run this all changes.
"Shaking the Ground when you run" Maybe give us a little more info about your running experience so far.
How long have you been running?
Did you start with a program such as C25K?
Average Run distance, Pace time, Longest run.
I am sure the more experienced runners will be able to provide some suggestions based on this info.
As already asked by @AdrianChr92 Were you ever fitted for shoes at a True Specialty Running Store?
At my Favorite store you do a Barefoot Run on a Treadmill ( dreadmill ) that they record and play back in SloMo? This Store has a Kick @ss Treadmill than can imitate an uphill or downhill slope. The first time I did this they described what they were seeing in the replay and then pulled out multiple pairs of shoes across different brands. ( they never tried to push the most expensive shoe or a particular brand on me ) I did a walking comfort/heel lift/toe room walk test and those that passed were set aside for a Test Run on the treadmill. This quickly eliminated shoes until I was down to two different brands/models. Left with the ones that felt the best. I spent over an hour in the shop the first time. So go to the Running Store(s) in Running Gear and be ready to do some test runs.
A few months later I bought the other model. I now switch back and forth between the two. I prefer one style for the Shorter runs ( < 10 km ) and the other Brand for the Longer runs (> 10 km) . I can't really explain why during the run, other than the Feet feel better after a run using them this way.0
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