April 2016 Running Challenge
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Thought I would do a quick check in and post my miles but I am 130+++ posts behind and it is already after 11pm. I am going to bed and will check in and post in the morning! This thread has gotten crazy busy!!0
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juliet3455 wrote: »Fast Jeff, Young Jeff, and me.
@MobyCarp I think this is a universal way of tagging people in what ever event you / we are doing. In my local group we have Biker Steve ( $10,000.00 Carbon Fiber Tri-Bike & kit and a $5,000.00 Car ), Old Steve ( he's 18 ), Young Steve ( he's 55 ) and Steve.
Actually, it's just a way to describe them on semi-anonymous message boards without using their surnames. They're both named Jeff, so I need to distinguish them. Fast Jeff is 5 years younger than me, and faster than Young Jeff who is 10 years younger than me. But we're all close enough to the same speed to do our long runs together.0 -
4/1- Rest
4/2- 6.23 miles
4/3- 4 miles
4/4- Rest
4/5- 4 miles
4/6- Rest
4/7- 4 Miles
4/8- Rest
4/9- 6.24 Miles
4/10- 4 Miles
4/11- Rest
4/12- 4.14 Miles
4/13- 2.2 Miles (first Wednesday Run)
4/13
Total: 34.8/60
Today was my first Wednesday run, sandwiched between my normal Tuesday and Thursday runs. It was a good run, kept my HR in the zone I wanted, but my right arch started to ache a little during the run. Shoes were ones I've only worn for like 8 miles, could that be the cause?3 -
@MNLittleFinn - Yes, that could be the shoes. You can tell for sure by rotating through different shoes and seeing if the arch ache happens with one pair but not with another. With enough running experience, you'll be able to tell just by how the shoe feels different from what you're used to.0
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The route I took today went a tiny bit longer than the planned 8 miles, but that's fine by me because my planned 14 mile long run last weekend at the half marathon was only 13.13 miles. Granted, I recorded that on my list below as 13.1 miles, so considering I ran 8.28 miles today I will record it as 8.3 miles to make up the difference.
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
4/9 - 13.1 miles
4/10 - 5 miles
4/11 - 5 miles
4/12 - 5 miles
4/13 - 8.3 miles
78.4/160 miles
Upcoming races:
4/9 - Rock the Parkway half marathon (Kansas City, MO) 2:30:17.6 new PR
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)3 -
@MNLittleFinn - Yes, that could be the shoes. You can tell for sure by rotating through different shoes and seeing if the arch ache happens with one pair but not with another. With enough running experience, you'll be able to tell just by how the shoe feels different from what you're used to.
Thanks. I was planning to go back to my other pair for tomorrow and Saturday anyway, so I will for sure now.0 -
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 1.5 miles
4/9 rest
4/10 3.67 miles
4/11 rest
4/12 5.27 miles
25.17 down...34.83 left for April! Great job everyone!3 -
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Date Miles today. Miles for April
4/1 REST DAY
4/2 14.3 miles - 14.3 <<< 13.1 HM + 1.2 warmup
4/3 REST DAY
4/4 4.2 miles - 18.5 << will try and get a second lunch time run in
4/4 4.0 miles - 22.5 << daily double, 3E +1HMP
4/5 8 miles - 30.5
4/6 4.2 miles - 34.7 << easy recovery 4 (taper week)
4/7 6 miles - 40.7
4/8 5 miles - 45.7
4/9 3.3 miles - 49
4/10 14.2 miles - 63.2 << 13.1 + 1.1 w/u
4/11 6.2 miles - 69.4
4/12 9 miles - 78.4
4/12 6.2 miles - 84.6 << daily double
4/13 6.2 miles - 90.8
Upcoming races:
Oak Barrel HM - 4/2 <<<< 1:38:00 3 in AG
Bridge Street HM - 4/10 <<< 1:36:33 3 in AG
PEO-AVN Team Day 5K - 5/4
Cotton Row Run 10K - 5/30
Firecracker Chase 10.2 miler 6/25
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@WhatMeRunning - wow, so you did the 3am alarm!
@mobycarb - great picture! In my biking group we have an "Alabama Jeff", "Irish Jeff" and Jeff.
I've got a group bike ride planned after work. Afraid it will rain. If it does, then I will just run. Although I suppose I should be planning a rest day at some point.0 -
@ddmom0811 - Actually, I set the alarm for 3:10, not 3:00. I'm not crazy, ya know!6
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4/1 - 3.5 miles on indoor track + weights/abs
4/2 - Life day
4/3 - 10 miles. Very windy.
4/4 - Rest day.
4/5 - 4 miles on the treadmill, then weights/abs.
4/6 - 4.3 miles. Cool, damp and breezy.
4/7 - 4.5 miles on treadmill (Trek class)
4/8 - Rest day...lots of housework/painting/yardwork
4/9 - 4.05 mile trail race...super fun with local microbrews at the end! Had way more fun than I expected!
4/10 - Skipped my long run due to back pain / spasms. Not sure if they were from the trail race or from moving my son's room. Had to skip my planned 10+ mile long run. Hope it gets better fast!
4/11 - Woke up with continued back pain. Getting cranky.
4/12 - 4.4 miles. Chilly, but tolerable. Back was tender, but not painful.
4/13 - 5.43 miles. Went further than planned, because it was beautiful out.
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juliet3455 wrote: »Fast Jeff, Young Jeff, and me.
@MobyCarp I think this is a universal way of tagging people in what ever event you / we are doing. In my local group we have Biker Steve ( $10,000.00 Carbon Fiber Tri-Bike & kit and a $5,000.00 Car ), Old Steve ( he's 18 ), Young Steve ( he's 55 ) and Steve.
Actually, it's just a way to describe them on semi-anonymous message boards without using their surnames. They're both named Jeff, so I need to distinguish them. Fast Jeff is 5 years younger than me, and faster than Young Jeff who is 10 years younger than me. But we're all close enough to the same speed to do our long runs together.
Do you wear inserts in your shoes? I have extremely high arches and they tend to "collapse' on long runs. My foot doctor recommended OTC inserts as a substitute for custom orthotics (I like PowerStep brand or SuperFeet). You can buy them at any running store or online.0 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »@Elise4270 How did you like the GU? I'm starting to look at foods while running with my plans to start taking my runs out to 1:30:00
@MNLittleFinn Can you allow me to address this? Pardon me if you are aware of what I am about to say already, but in case anyone else reads this as well...
Don't feel compelled that you need to take something just to make it for 90 minutes. In my experience, if you are eating a normal healthy diet, you are relatively healthy, your long runs are at a nice easy pace, and you are not running more than 90 minutes, eating something on the run may actually delay progress as opposed to helping you. You should have enough energy to make it through the run as long as you are running that longer run at an easy conversational pace. The idea is that you want to begin exhausting your stored carbs and forcing your body to tap into your stored fat for energy.
Gu's and stuff also cost money. (I am a cheapo by the way) So you only want to take it when you are absolutely sure that it will help you. Now are there times when you want to take Gu or beans or other things in while on the run, yes. I would say once you are getting into 2 hours or more then you may want to look into Gu's. Or if performance is necessary (like racing a 10K or HM). Gu's and stuff are very important in the later stages of marathon training and for some that will take a while to run a HM, in those later stages.
Me personally, I run first thing in the morning and only drink a cup of coffee. And there are times where I will be going about 90 minutes. When I first started, that was not the case. But I found out later that a lot of that was mental and my body adjusted in time when I went fasted.
If you are having problems making it through a long run, you may want to look at some other things first: Am I getting enough sleep? Is my regular diet sufficient? (iron? electrolytes? carbs? protein? healthy fats? vit D and calcium? vit C? potasium?) stress? (lots of mental or physical stress will drain your energy and flood your system with harmones like cortisol, adrenaline, and norepinephrine)? Are you allowing yourself to be recovered from workout to workout?
Experimenting with different things like Gu's and beans and sports drinks, and other stuff is important in training just so you know what works in your stomach and what doesn't. You will need to do this during training and not end up with GI distress in the middle of a race.
But at the same time, you don't want your body to depend on this stuff all the time in training. here are some links to consider:
http://runnersconnect.net/coach-corner/marathon-long-runs-on-an-empty-stomach-or-fully-fueled/
http://triathlon.competitor.com/2014/06/nutrition/inside-triathlon-magazine-fat-burning-machine_31034#sSfKucKImFZIxZIu.99
http://runnersconnect.net/running-training-articles/cience-of-bonking-and-glycogen-depletion
http://therunningstan.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-long-run.html
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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 3.3 miles
4/9 20miles
4/10 rest day
4/11 yoga only
4/12-8 miles
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kristinegift wrote: »Re: fuel -- Personally, I can't stand the texture of GU. It's too thick for me. I prefer Honey Stinger gels and Power Bar gels. Both brands have decent sample packs on Amazon! As a Honey Stinger ambassador, I like to remind people that GU isn't the only option out there if you aren't crazy about the texture, flavors, etc.!
You can also make your own gel...
http://www.active.com/cycling/articles/make-your-own-homemade-energy-gel-871738
http://www.nomeatathlete.com/homemade-energy-gel-chia/
http://runningmagazine.ca/homemade-sports-gels/
http://blog.lululemon.com/diy-endurance-gels/
http://www.summitpost.org/home-made-power-gels-energy-for-less/239378
http://www.cranksports.com/epower/docs/article.asp?docid=45409
all of that from google
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@5BeautifulDays I am so sorry about your son. Prayers for him.
I am also sorry for your best friend. That must be tough.0 -
@Stoshew71 Thanks for all the info. I think you addressed this in your post, I am looking to try stuff now is not so much because I need the fuel, but because I want to try it in a "controlled" setting, where I'm not on a big run and farther from home, in case I have a not so happy reaction to the food, and log how things go in my training log. I'm looking at taking some food at like minute 40-45 of a 90 minute run, so I can gauge how I react to the food.2
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »@Stoshew71 Thanks for all the info. I think you addressed this in your post, I am looking to try stuff now is not so much because I need the fuel, but because I want to try it in a "controlled" setting, where I'm not on a big run and farther from home, in case I have a not so happy reaction to the food, and log how things go in my training log.
OK! Good to hear! Well, then that was for anyone else new that may have been reading along in the discussion.
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