April 2016 Running Challenge

Argh, had a nightmare of a week I teach pupils with special needs and when one lost his temper during the week he stamped on my foot and bruised it. I couldn't have run with decent form because I was hobbling around even when walking. So I'm going to hope that the rest will have done me good, only a week out from my next half. It does mean I didn't get my 10miler in though, so I'm not feeling as prepared for this half marathon as I would like too. Grr, I'm really annoyed : and I missed my monthly target, which should have been easy. This week has been a stinker in every sense of the word, it's messed up my whole month.

Oh well, on to a bigger and better month in May...

Well done to everyone who met their goals this month! And good luck to all racing tomorrow

3rd April - 13.1 miles - Half PB 2:04:35
5th April - 2.43 miles
6-8th April - away
9th April - 3.09 miles
10th April - 6.4 miles
12th April - 3.67 miles
14th April - 4.53 miles
17th April - 7.37 miles
19th April - 7.18 miles
22nd April - 3.07 miles
23rd April - 3.04 miles
24th April - 3.25 miles - 5km PB 26:11
30th April - 3.22 miles

MTD - 60.24/65 miles

Upcoming races:
8th May - Run Hackney Half Marathon
2nd Oct - Tonbridge Half Marathon
30th Oct - River Thames Half Marathon
9th April 2017 - Brighton Marathon

10 km run through the East Riverbank Hill Trails. The East side is a lot steeper than the West so we do most of our running on the west. Bottom of the valley is about 330m and top is roughly 570m ( depending on where you call top of valley ) Went up Kaufman Hill which is one of the steepest in the area; 240m Gain over 2 km-a real leg buster. Then 4km along the Top of the valley and 4km downhill on a real rabbits warren of crossing trails, some turn and take you back up, some track parallel across the slope, some go straight down and some zigzag. So a nice run once you finish the battle to the top of the hill.

We lost one member of our group during the run. He turned onto a wide well used crossing trail when we kept going straight across into the bush on the single track that we were on. Once you get 20-30 meters apart you can't see the people around you due to the Thick Forest cover so its easy to get separated. He followed our club guidelines in that if you get separated and lose touch to just head down to a pinch point or back to the starting point. No cellphone coverage in quite a few of these places due to all the little hills and ridges which create Cell Phone Black Holes.

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
04/11 –6.5 km – 63.5 km –76.5 km
04/16 – 21km – 84.5 km – 55.5 km
04/21 –8.5km – 93.0 km – 47.0 km
04/23 –10km –103.0 km – 37.0 km
04/27 –11km –114.0 km – 26.0 km
04/30 –10km –124.0 km – 16.0 km – YTD 514.8 km

16 km short of goal. Lost a week in the middle of the month due to the HM and Ski Trip, plus I had to many days in the swimming pool which cut back on my available Running time.

@HonuNui Glad to hear your son is upbeat and tolerating chemo!

Had an awesome long run this morning. It rained overnight so it was cool and a bit sloppy starting out but turned into a cool partly cloudy lovely day to run. If I hadn't had an appointment to get to I would have just kept running and maybe would have gotten to my goal. As it is I am only a bit under 3 miles short - not bad for my first month post surgery.
@ddmom0811 - Congrats to your programming team on an awesome 1st place! I laughed out loud at your toe nail story!! Would love to know what you said to everyone and their reactions especially if they are not runners!
@louubelle16 - hope your toe is ok! Next week and next month have to be better for you!
@skippygirlsmom - hope Skip is doing ok after sectionals! @Stoshew71 is right she had an amazing year and not making state should not take away at all from what she has accomplished this year!

Congrats to everyone who raced today and good luck to all who are racing tomorrow!

Date..........Miles.........Total
04/01.......5.44..........5.44
04/02.......8.33........13.77
04/03.......0.00........13.77
04/04.......5.25........19.02 - + Agility
04/05.......5.21........24.23 - + Strength Training (one armed )
04/06.......0.00........24.23
04/07.......5.86........30.09 - + Strength Training (one armed )
04/08.......4.34........34.43 - Rain run!
04/09.......0.00........34.43
04/10.......0.00........34.43
04/11.......6.20........40.63 - + Agility
04/12.......5.30........45.93
04/13.......0.00........45.93
04/14.......6.30........52.23 - Fartleks
04/15.......6.40........58.63 - Back to base building
04/16.......0.00........58.63 - + Agility
04/17.......0.00........58.63 - + Agility
04/18.......5.46........64.09 - + Agility
04/19.......5.26........69.35 - + Strength Training
04/20.......0.00........69.35
04/21.......5.48........74.83 - + Strength Training
04/22.......3.00........77.83
04/23.......7.36........85.19
04/24.......0.00........85.19 - + Agility
04/25.......5.35........90.54 - + Agility
04/26.......6.26........96.80
04/27.......0.00........96.80 - + Strength Training
04/28.......5.31......102.11 - Tempo run + Strength Training
04/29.......5.14......107.25 - Recovery from ^^^
04/30.....10.09......117.34




Upcoming Races - Let me know if you will be running too!
06/25/16 - SHEPower Virtual Half Marathon
07/31/16 - San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon
09/xx/16 - Beat the Blerch Half Marathon, Seattle
11/19/16 - USA Invitational Half Marathon (Yay, I qualified again!)
xx/xx/xx - Nike Women's Half Marathon, Los Angeles
12/18/16 - San Diego Holiday Half Marathon

@stoshew71 and @shanaber thanks. She is so happy with the year she had. She was more upset not to PR her 800m since she's been getting faster every meet. I told her if she continues to cut time in the next two years the way she did over the past two years she'll be running a 5:30 1600 and a 2:30 800 and she was like wow. She really likes cross country more so she can't wait to see how she does there because she's been doing so much speed work during track. I'm going to hire her a running coach for the summer, she asked for that for her birthday. @stoshew71 I think I'm going to call Runninglane I hear so many good things about them. I wish someone like Brandon gave private coaching

I really appreciate you all letting me brag on her this year, I'm really so proud of her.

@skippygirlsmom - what a great present! Tell her we are all cheering her on!

Oops it's May - better go find that thread and set a goal!

Ok. Finally added it all up. 97 km for a goal of 140 km. But no injuries, hit 150 km including bike and hiking. A few PRs. It's all good. Looking forward to May.

Just finishing out my log.

4/1 - 5 miles on the bike around town, 3 mile walk, 45 min strength training
4/2 - 4.5 mile run, 3 mile walk
4/3 - rest day
4/4 - 3 mile run, 23 min strength training
4/5 - 4.25 mile run
4/6 - rest day
4/7 - 20 min light walk
4/8 - 3.1 run, 1.5 mile walk
4/9 - 5 mile run, 25 min stretching and foam rolling, 35 min strength training
4/10 - 1 hour indoor low impact cardio
4/11 - 1 hour strength training/pilates/stretching/foam rolling
4/12 - 5 miles biking, 50 mins low impact cardio indoors
4/13 - 30 mins light walking
4/14 - 30 min pilates, 15 min walking
4/15 - 3.1 mile run with 1.3 miles of warm-up/cool down time, another 2.5 miles walk later
4/16 - 2 mile run, 35 min lower body strength& pilates
4/17 - rest day
4/18 - 3 mi run, 30 min ab workout, 10 min upper body
4/19 - 1 hr indoor cardio, 30 min lower body pilates
4/20 - rest day
4/21 - 30 min light walking
4/22 - 6 miles walk/hike (part natural trail/part concrete trail), 35 mins strength training
4/23 - 6 mile bike ride, 2.5 miles walking
4/24 - 30 min lower body pilates, only 6 min upper body strength b/c my arm felt weird
4/25 - 5 miles walking, not all at once
4/26 - 30 min indoor cardio, 1 hour strength+pilates
4/27 - 40 min light walking
4/28 - 3.2 mile run - YAY!
4/29 - 3 hours cleaning a large building :-D
4/30 - 4 mile run

35.1 of 60 miles April running goal

Oops wrong thread...

juliet3455 wrote: »

@7lenny7 Thought of your Honey Experiment when I stumbled across this old gem.

That honey experiment worked great! I plan on using honey for my marathon in on the 14th.