April 2016 Running Challenge

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  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
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    Thanks _nikkiwolf_! I have some work to do.

    About 5 years ago when I was trail running regularly I did like trail runners, and I also used gators on bad days to keep all the rocks and mud out of them. Your distances are awesome!
  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
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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
    4/8 5.81
    4/9 rest
    4/10 6.20
    4/11 strength train
    4/12 3.00
    4/13 rest
    4/14 3.96
    4/15 meh
    4/16 4.12

    Total 40.04

    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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  • ROBOTFOOD
    ROBOTFOOD Posts: 5,527 Member
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    4/16 - 5.2mi recovery in the mtns. Light vertical (873ft). Great day! Bit windy out though! @WhatMeRunning Congrats on the PR!! And to anyone else racing that I missed.

    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)
    4/10 - 7.1mi on Black Mtn, 2,234ft vertical gain, 14:11/mi (PR)
    4/11 - AM 9mi easy (8:41/mi) ---- PM 6.4mi trail (1,207ft vertical) -15.4mi total
    4/12 - rest
    4/13 - AM: 2.25mi Med w H bursts (6:59 avg). 2.25mi slow back. PM: 10.2mi @ glacial (9:05/mi) - 14.7mi total.
    4/14 - 8.3mi easy. 463ft vert.
    4/15 - 5mi all out. 36:14 (7:15/mi)
    4/16 - 5.2mi recovery (873ft vert)

    April total - 94.6 / 153mi
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
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    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 ran to the next town and back!
    12 April – 8.4 km
    14 April – 7 km
    16 April – 5 km parkrun PB 28:43!
    17 April – 12 km

    Total: 82.7 km
    Goal: 100 km
  • Amandajs232
    Amandajs232 Posts: 194 Member
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    April 2016

    2/4 - 5.64k
    3/4 6k
    9/4 4K
    13/4 -4.5
    14/4 4.86
    16/4 7.5
    17/4 8.5

    41/75

    Had planned on doing about 5 or 6k this morning but have decided to have some wine tonight so added a couple of km's to help compensate :wink:

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  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
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    @Elise4270 - Yikes! Your doc seems to have a twisted sense of humor! I hope the surgery is successful and you will be pain free. I'm guessing you'll be feeling so good you may run circles around the rest of us a Jenks this fall!

    @Orphia - Congrats on the PB, and congrats again on the great success on your goals!!

    @5BeautifulDays - My thoughts are with your friend.

    @louubelle16 - It sounds like you need a bit more recovery after your half perhaps. Could it be iron?

    @sunnybeaches105 - It sounds like a winning day at the 5k to me!!:smile: Congrats to the kids, and good luck on your training and future races!

    @4leighbee - Congrats on the distance PR!!

    @kristinegift - That is some great swag! Yesterday was the first time I've been at a race that had beer at the end. It was marvelous!! That should be required at all finish lines.

    @MNLittleFinn - Hope you solved the foot issues for good with that ice bath.

    @9voice9 - Way to go getting that first and last place wrapped up on your first "trail run"!:lol:

    @Diantha21 - We're all running for ourselves, no matter the distance. Don't ever feel like you have too few miles, we all started from zero at some point. And we all have learned the hard way the pains/injuries of pushing too hard too fast. Just do what you can, and keep on posting. That's the magic formula here. My first month my goal was 40 miles...and I don't think I hit it!

    @_nikkiwolf_ - Wow, what a run you went through!! I find trail shoes easier on trails than road shoes. They have different traction patterns and also tend to have lower drop in the heels for better control on tough terrain.
  • instantmartian
    instantmartian Posts: 335 Member
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    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    @kristinegift & @instantmartian So cool that you guys got to meet each other. Loving the goodies & free beer, WHAT?!?

    It was great meeting @kristinegift and I'm sure we'll be running into each other, again. :smile:

    @Stoshew71 Most of the goof-off, keep-my-butt-motivated runs I do revolve around beer. :smile: Unfortunately, this year many of my favorites conflict with life/other runs. I've done the Yuengling Light Lager Jogger 5K, the Yuengling Oktoberfest 5K, Flying Fish 5K, Dogfish Head 8K, Sly Fox Fox Trot 5K, Chickie's & Pete's Boardwalk 5K (Yuengling and Crabfries at the end) and River Horse 6K. I'be done many of those more than once, and I'm probably missing one or two in there. I'll also be doing the 5,000 Yards Dash at Yards in Philadelphia this year (it's a new one). The organizations that put on many of these runs (CK Running and Great American Brewery Runs) do a great job keeping everything organized and running smoothly. Besides, beer is supposed to be good for recovery, right? haha

    Not only did I get to meet @kristinegift at the race yesterday; I alao got to spend some time with friends I haven't seen in nearly a year. Needless to say, along with the great River Horse brews, we ended up hanging around until about 2:30pm (which was not in the plan), and the pale, Irish skin on my face, chest, and back of my legs currently matches the red sweatshirt I'm wearing. I was slow. I expected to be slow. I'm not a fast runner, anyway. My ability to finish almost directly in the middle of every race I run continues to astound me. If nothing else, I am consistant. My knee/ITB didn't bother me at all during the race, and that was my big concern, so all seems to be well on that front. Since I seem to be mostly injury free, and actually motivated to run this year, I might be able get myself back into some actual training to improve speed and endurance as opposed to just maintaining. Yay! Yesterday was a 6K PR for me since it was my first official 6K. So, I have that under my belt, now.
  • smilelaughlove17
    smilelaughlove17 Posts: 134 Member
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  • AdrianChr92
    AdrianChr92 Posts: 567 Member
    edited April 2016
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    Long time no update since I didn't run at all this week. Well except for the weekend.

    First I did the color run yesterday with a friend that didn't train at all and she declared she hated running afterwards :)) It was fun and I'm still a bit blue on the belly, even though the 5k was actually 4 km.

    Today I ran for trees (call me a treehugger now) and did the short 5k. It was a small event (500 people) though there were another 200 people at 10k and 15k part. I decided to PR it and I did in 22:05, according to my watch (no official time). I came in top 20 I think and almost snagged 5th open. Small local races are fun when those damn Kenyans don't come to run alone in the front of the pack. The disadvantage to run just behind the lead pack is I ran half of the race alone :)) and of course I went to fast and some people kept blocking me at the start but I forgive them since I still PR'd. I also ate way too many fruits and chocolate that they had at the finish line.

    Now for the sad part. After the color run yesterday I felt a slight sting in my right knee. Nothing too bad and I figured it will go away after a good sleep. And it did. Today I ran the race just fine...until I stopped. The inside of my patella hurt like crazy. It went away after a few minutes but I can't straighten my knee or squat without pain. There goes my goal for this month, I plan to not run for 2 weeks at least (as opposed to a few years ago when I didn't listen). So I'm officially injured. At least I'll bench hard and get big pecs for girls :)

    Date.......Distance...Pace (min/km)
    April 1 - 3 km...........(7:30)
    April 2 - rest
    April 3 - 10 km.........(4:51)
    April 4 - 5.2 km........(7:35)
    April 5 - 4.8 km........(6:30)
    April 7 - 8 km...........(5:30)
    April 8 - rest
    April 9 - 12 km walk
    April 10 - 4 km.........(6:00)
    April 11-15 - dead
    April 16 - 3.7 km
    April 17 - 5 km

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    03/04: Bucharest 10k and Family run 48:37, 188/1010
    16/04: Color Run Bucharest
    17/04: Forest Run (registered) 22:05
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
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    @instantmartian - You sure seem to have a lot of runs up there that revolve around beer. Maybe I'm in the wrong part of the country!:lol:

    Hope the knee issue clears up soon @AdrianChr92.
  • Ohhim
    Ohhim Posts: 1,142 Member
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    Took a much deserved rest day yesterday as it was my old college's spring carnival and I was hopping from buggy races, to alumni receptions, to BBQ, to a poker game, to a baseball game all day.

    Still, this morning I got up early and joined my Sunday morning long run crew, and got to catch up with a few folks I hadn't run with in a few months. During the run, all of the beer and BBQ from yesterday finally caught up with my stomach, as I had to take a few breaks mid run, and I could tell I was pretty dehydrated at the end. As my last few runs have been pretty hilly (or at least much hillier than Florida), I'm starting to notice some mild knee soreness, but hopefully I'll adapt to the hills over the next week and a half going into the Pittsburgh marathon.

    4/1 - 0.5 mile
    4/2 - 6.5 miles
    4/3 - 20 miles
    4/5 - 4 miles
    4/6 - 8 miles
    4/8 - 2 miles
    4/10 - 13.1 miles (Ironman Florida 70.3, 1:40:14 run, 5:07 total time)
    4/13 - 9 miles
    4/14 - 21.5 miles
    4/15 - 7 miles
    4/17 - 13.5 miles

    Total: 105 miles
    Goal: 160 miles
    Remaining: 55 miles

    Upcoming races:
    5/1 - Pittsburgh Marathon
    9/25 - Ironman 70.3 Augusta
    10/9 - Chicago Marathon (lottery TBD)
    11/5 - Ironman Florida

    @kristinegift - great time on the 6K and it is always good when you can rule out clothing from a practice race before you get burned by it on a full course.

    @WhatMeRunning - Big congrads on making it under the 2:30 mark. I'm sure you'll be blowing away the 2 hour one sooner than you think with the continued weight loss and the volume of monthly mileage you are stacking up.

    @mobycarp - Best of luck tomorrow!
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
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    So I really did not feel like running this morning but I made myself do it anyway. It started out slow, I was a bit tight at first, but it wound up being a pleasant 5 mile recovery effort run.

    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
    4/14 - 5 miles
    4/15 - Rest
    4/16 - 13.3 miles
    4/17 - 5 miles

    101.7/160 miles

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    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) 2:28:39.52 new PR
    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)
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
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    Ohhim wrote: »

    @mobycarp - Best of luck tomorrow!

    Second! Have a spectacular day!
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    The sunny and 75 weather plus all you having good runs is making it very hard for me to honor my self imposed extra rest day today! Foot feels good, but I AM being a good boy and resting today as well as tomorrow's schedled rest day....and giving it another ice bath later today.
  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
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    WhatMeRunning wrote: »
    kristinegift wrote: »
    Also, since it was put on by Garmin.... was it 100% accurate 13.1?!
    Well, my Garmin said I ran 13.1 miles in 2:27:44 and Garmin Connect is now showing that as my fastest HM time!:lol: Since my official time was just 55 seconds longer then the two were pretty closely matched up.:smile:

    The mile markers were all in the right spots (a little ahead as normal though) except for some reason the 8 mile marker was a good quarter mile past the real mile 8, not sure why.

    Wow! Congratulations!
  • Mathsrunner
    Mathsrunner Posts: 93 Member
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    1/4 : 3.2 Miles
    3/4 : 7.0 Miles
    9/4 : 3.1 Miles
    16/4: 3.7 Miles
    17/4: 6.3 Miles

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  • Knyvern
    Knyvern Posts: 183 Member
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    2.75 miles today
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