May 2016 Running Challenge
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Back into the challenge for May after injuring my hip. I have been running the past 2 weeks using the couch to 10k program and it is going well so far. I am setting a conservative goal of 30 miles and a stretch goal of 40 miles. I have a 5k June 11th that I would like to PR in so I want to take it easy and stay uninjured that is my main goal. I am rediculously slow and get really nervous around big groups of people so as long as I don't panic I should be able to beat my 39 minute goal, just need to get there healthy and ready to run.4
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I'm in week 7 of C25K ... I think this challenge is going to be just what I need to keep going ... I want to run 40 miles this month .... Here I go :0)5
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5/1- 4.1 Miles
Total: 4.1/100
Notes on today's run: Quick note, my training plan has my Long Runs on Sunday, but since I've been doing them on Saturdays all along, I swapped the two days. So, Today's (yesterday's) assignment was 30-45 minutes at E. I took the pace easier than yesterday, because I pushed it too hard on my Long Run, but still not super slow for me. Ended up doing 4.12 miles in 45:33 for a pace of 11:03/mile. Run felt good, but my legs and lungs did still feel yesterdays over-effort a little on the run. Tomorrow is a rest day, and I can say I don't mind, with my T-Th a 3 day stretch of hills and easy runs.4 -
Hi! I'll join
My goal for May is 150km. 5 down, 145 to go 
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@Ohhim That's awesome!0
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@Ohhim Love the outfit!
Good luck to everyone racing today!
5/1 - 2 mi 28 to go
Plan called for 20 minutes nonstop but my calves kept tightening up so needed 2 walk breaks to stretch them out. So should I redo the week or continue on with the plan since I didn't do what the plan called for? I finished week 5 of Couch to 10k (possibly). I am fine with either option since I have plenty of time and don't have a 10k scheduled yet.
Planned races:
6/11 Run and Ride 5k at Cedar Point
Oct, Nov, and Dec 5 mile trail series
Dec Santa Hussle Half Marathon2 -
Buffalo Bell Stampede Half Marathon - post race report:
HILLS!!!
Chip time 2:25:06
Not a PR, but Garmin and Strava both say it is because of last weeks distance enigma.
13.1/200 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) 2:28:39.52 new PR
4/23 - Heroes for Hope half marathon (North Kansas City, MO) 2:19:14 new PR
5/1 - Buffalo Bell Stampede half marathon (Leavenworth, KS) 2:25:06
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)5 -
I'm in for 50 again.4
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Off to a strong start
1/5: 8.1 Miles
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5/1 - 5 miles
5 out of 100 miles
@ohhim best running outfit yet!! Do your horns light up?
@whatmerunning fantastic time!!! I'm amazed at how many HMs you have run this year!
Upcoming races:
5/7 Steeplechase 8K
5/14 Technicolor 5K
5/30 Cotton Row 10
I love when Skip is done with race season so we can do races on Saturdays!3 -
Ok. Got my BQ with 95 seconds in the bank (3:08:25). Full report later but took the first half easy then ran like hell. Yes the horns lit up.
5/1 - 26.2 (Pittsburgh marathon 3:08:25)
Total: 26
Goal:180
Remaining: 15414 -
Congrats @Ohhim!!!0
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5/1 - 3.5 miles
My first entry!
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Hey guys! I'n new here to this running challenge. (And only started running 5 months ago.) I'm doing half marathon training for an event at the end of June and I think my planned runs for the month take me to around 80 miles plus 10 hiking. I am so tempted to make my goal 100, but I'm afraid it will only lead to injury. So....my goal is 80 miles, 90 if I decide to trail run instead of hike my one Sunday of the month.
Oh! I did 9 miles today (My long runs are on Sunday). No walking or stopping expect to take off my patella straps which were bugging me.
9/90
Race completed: Zion half marathon 3/12/16
Upcoming race: Hella Hamburg half marathon 6/26/163 -
1---0.5 test run, 6.0 walk/trail runnish
Foot isn't ready.
6.5/100+
Upcoming races:
11/05/16 Jenks Half Jenks OK
Run the year 2016 704.85/ 20162 -
It's nice to join in the group again. I'm shooting for 125 mi this month. A little ambitious for me, but why not?
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5/01: 6 miles, easy
Total: 6 miles
A lovely easy 6 miles today! My legs really wanted to go further but this is only my third run back to I wanted to take things a little on the easy side.
Races I'm registered for:
05/22 - Chicago Spring 13.1
05/28 - Soldier Field Run (10 miles)
07/21 - Esprit de She 5K
09/10 - Magnificent Mile Half Marathon
09/25 - Chicago Lifetime 5K
10/09 - Chicago Marathon
10/30 - Hot Chocolate 5K
11/27 - Space Coast Half Marathon3 -
All you folks racing are making me jealous, It's a long haul for me to get to any races.3
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Well, I'm not racing next week, so don't blame me. 4
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@WhatMeRunning that's only because youve already run more half marathons than I will this year......0
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5/1: 26.2 miles (26.5 according to Garmin!)
First things first: I did not BQ, but I did PR by quite a lot! I ran a 3:49:08, which is a 13.5 minute PR from last fall! I kept getting passed by pace group after pace group after I lost the 3:30 group, and it was all I could do to stay ahead of 3:50 in the last 3 miles!
Today was just not my day. I started out solid and was at 8 miles around 64:30, which was spot on. At 8 miles, I planned to drop to a 7:40-7:55 pace. However I told my legs "Go!" and my legs said, "Uh, how about not." I was really hoping this wasn't going to be the case, but knew it might be because of where I am in my lady cycle right now. So I just went by effort and what my legs/quad cramps would let me do (the cramping started, per usual, around 20-21 miles in, despite 5 gels, a bottle of nuun, plenty of Gatorade/water AND 3 salt cap tablets! idk how to avoid it). Also it was drizzling at the start, then lightly raining the rest of the race and pretty darn windy. My shoes were so heavy that I had to stop and retie them tighter because they were almost falling off! I made a decision about 16 miles in that I was not going to BQ, or try, because I'd been passed handily by the 3:35ers by then, so I just wanted to finish the race feeling happy. So I made it a point to smile at spectators, high-five kids, and grin for the cameras. It wasn't my HARDEST marathon to date, but it was definitely really difficult mentally because my legs just weren't cooperating.
Highlights though! My teammate WON THE WOMEN'S DIVISION! Like #1 woman overall. I was so excited for her! I saw her at the out and back as she came to mile 21 and she looked so strong and happy! She's retiring from marathons (allegedly) after this; Boston was going to be her last but she DNF'd because of the heat (decided at mile 14 to walk off the course to her cousin's house because she wasn't having any fun) but she decided last minute to do this race, so at least her last marathon will be a WIN instead of a DNF. Also one of my other teammates/running buddies ran her first 26.2 today and smashed it with a 3:57!! AND another teammate kicked *kitten* with a 3:31 which qualifies her for Boston. So everyone had a super great race today except me (in terms of goal smashing; I am happy with a 3:49, don't get me wrong!)), but sometimes it's just not your day, you know?
Taking a few days off probably and then running light mileage the rest of the month while I decide what I want to do next. I'm signed up for Philly for this November, so I'll be BQ attempting again there. But what to do for the next six months?!
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Put in 5 miles today. It was a cold, wet day in Illinois. Hoping the sun comes out soon.
5/75
Should think about looking for a race, but I'm kind of intimidated by the idea, and it seems all the races are early in the morning, and I can't do that.
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Like @MNLittleFinn I am envious of the people who have lots of HM and M close to them. My closest community that host's multiple events is 2.5 hrs away. My community is quite small which results in limited Volunteers and Volunteer Burnout.
10 km Trail run today. Was initially supposed to be the Short run day < 8 km. We all felt so good at the top of the Trail that we extended out to do a Power line Trail on the way back to our Vehicles. The Power line company had mowed and brushed the line during the winter so it was a great run - No short willows whipping your legs - Ended up with 10 km.
05/01 – 0.0 Km – 0.0 - 140 km
05/01 – 10.0 Km – 1 0.0 - 130 km – YTD 524.8 km
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@Ohhim - That's way cool that you could BQ while running in costume! Maybe I'll see you at Boston next year.
@kristinegift - It's pretty impressive to have a PR by 13.5 minutes on a day when your legs don't do what you want them to! Maybe Philly will be your race; I know someone who put in a BQ effort at Philly last year after missing a BQ twice earlier in the same year.3 -
May Running Totals (miles)
5/1 – 3.11 easy
May total to date – 3.11
Nominal Challenge Goal – 150 miles
Real Goals: Recover from Boston and Flower City. Build Base. Start training program for Rochester Marathon.
Today's notes – My coach's last piece of advice on recovery was the standard, "Listen to your body." That's one of those things that is undeniably the right thing to do, yet the advice tells you nothing about how to do it. Listening to my body is easy enough. Figuring out what it's trying to tell me and what I should do about it is the hard part.
I felt pretty good this morning. The right hip abductor was silent, I was able to walk down stairs pretty normally, and jogging up and down the hall while the eggs cooked felt good. Long rest for the legs at church, and got out to run this afternoon at 55° with light drizzle and negligible wind. Thought I'd do a familiar 4.6 mile loop.
What minor twinges I had in my right calf and hamstring quieted right down within the first mile, but my right hip abductor started telling me it was there. Not a pain, not even an ache, just as mild statement that it was there. Then it got a bit louder, and I made the judgment call to turn the loop into an out and back. Ended up running right around 5K, and late in the run I had brief periods of a dull ache in the hip abductor like I had late in the 4 miles Friday. However, I was rewarded for cutting the run short with the ability to do full range of motion hip abductor stretches with no pain. Yes, the abductor kept telling me it was there; but it didn't really hurt.
Took my ibuprofen on time, iced down the abductor, cooled off. I've made the executive decision that I'll take tomorrow as a rest day even if I feel great. I still don't understand recovery from a marathon, but an extra rest day can't hurt physically, and I'll be okay emotionally if I can run every other day.
Nominal May challenge goal is 150 miles, but right now it's not about running more miles. Right now, it's about recovering well so I can run more miles in the next marathon training cycle. Right now, and extra rest day seems more important than an extra running day with 4 to 6 more miles for the month.
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) finished in 3:23:01
April 24, 2016 Flower City Challenge Half Marathon (Rochester, NY) finished in 1:36:50, targeting MP
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)
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WOW!!! You mean we get to cheer you on next year in April. Ok, I'm seriously just taking that day off next year. LOVE that picture too. You crack me up.Ok. Got my BQ with 95 seconds in the bank (3:08:25). Full report later but took the first half easy then ran like hell. Yes the horns lit up.
5/1 - 26.2 (Pittsburgh marathon 3:08:25)
Total: 26
Goal:180
Remaining: 154
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@kristinegift you did awesome, and that PR is wicked sweet....13.5 minutes is HUGE!
@MobyCarp sounds like you have a great plan for the month!0
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