April 2016 Running Challenge

Hello! It's been 12 days away from this group and 1.1K new messages!! I've missed jumping in here and catching up on everyone. I haven't been going so strong with mfp lately, I've been active though less of it with running, but after my anniversary and beach trip I've had troubles getting back on track with my eating. Though I still haven't drank so it's been about 8 weeks with no alcohol, and I have nondesire, urges or cravings for it.

There is 12 weeks now until Relay for Life and I want to run laps this year instead of just walking so I thought I better get back in here where I am most encouraged. I'm reading the book 40 Days... the guy who ran around Michigan lake by running a marathon each 40 days. I can't wrap my mind around it at all but wow! So inspiring.

I also have 4 weeks till I turn 45 eek! And I want to make this an awesome four weeks and get completely back on a healthy track. I want to be empowered by this number and not afraid of it!

And last, my grandbaby turned 1 this past Sunday. She has been such a light since my dad passed, and soon she will be very active herself. I want to keep up and encourage and share as many experiences with her outdoors as possible.

It's been a rough year for me, I'm sorry for my inconsistencies for those who've been affected or have experienced them, but I keep pushing through and that won't stop!

With that all said, I actually stated back at the beginning of c25k again today. Since I've been gone when I ran it would be a 20 min run at a 15 min per mile pace. So I jumped back and increased to 12 min per mile pace. May have gone too far back, but I have time so I'll just continue with this and complete the first 2 and a half weeks for April.

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
4/8 – scheduled rest day
4/9 – 7.30 speed work
4/10 – 11.67 easy
4/11 – 3.87 easy
4/12 – 7.78 warm up, speed work, cool down, commute
4/13 – 3.92 easy

April total to date – 91.04

Nominal Challenge Goal – 200 miles
Real Goals: Taper well. Arrive at Hopkinton healthy. Run Boston well. Recover well.

Today's notes – The assignment was 30 easy minutes. Typical taper, I went out and ran what felt good, and it turned out to be a bit faster than the target easy pace. 3.92 miles in 30:01 for an average pace of 7:39 per mile. On the plus side, average heart rate was 126 and max was 141, with 73% of the time in Zone 2. So that's close enough to easy. Didn't run Methodist Hill because I decided on the spur of the moment that I didn't want to deal with traffic. Ran the back side of the hill, up and down three times on residential streets instead. Floating down the hill contributed to the faster pace, and it felt easy.

Today was also my last day at the office before Boston. This morning, I found that my co-workers weren't just spacing me off as I babbled about Boston:




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)