May 2016 Running Challenge
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6 more slow and easy miles today. These were pretty tough today. I was not sore like yesterday, but it was a bit of a slog. I hope tomorrow's mid-week long run is not like that!
5/1 - 13.1 miles
5/2 - 6 miles
5/3 - 6 miles
25.1/200 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)3 -
Probably will be better, then Thursday will be harder I'm guessing, but it's just a guessWhatMeRunning wrote: »6 more slow and easy miles today. These were pretty tough today. I was not sore like yesterday, but it was a bit of a slog. I hope tomorrow's mid-week long run is not like that!
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May through July is dedicated to continuing my weight loss. Started in April at 234.6 and may 2nd I was 221.5 from random running and working with personal trainer once a week. She quit on me due to personal reasons, so I am doing the Couch to 10K app and doing the P90X Discs in between the runs with an off day on Sunday! Yesterday I ran 2.46 miles Week 1 Day 1 of the app. Do you really want us checking in each day? Or is week better! Love this forum and wish everyone the best of luck in obtaining their goals!!4
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Off-topic: I use cast iron on my glass cooktop, and have no problems. I was very concerned, but all the reputable sources I read say it's okay, as long as you don't drop it on the glass (duh!) and don't slide it - lift and move. But then again, that's pretty much for everything on glass.I use mine on the glass top too. No problems yet.
Hmmm...I'd always read I shouldn't. Maybe I'll pull out one of my smaller ones (best not to start with the 25-lb "family skillet"!) and try it out. 1 -
May through July is dedicated to continuing my weight loss. Started in April at 234.6 and may 2nd I was 221.5 from random running and working with personal trainer once a week. She quit on me due to personal reasons, so I am doing the Couch to 10K app and doing the P90X Discs in between the runs with an off day on Sunday! Yesterday I ran 2.46 miles Week 1 Day 1 of the app. Do you really want us checking in each day? Or is week better! Love this forum and wish everyone the best of luck in obtaining their goals!!
@davidboge welcome, you do what is best for you. If you want to read all the posts, you'll be shocked how many there will be after a week. Most of us check in daily, but like I said whichever works best for you.
@caritjr hugs, she was very young, I'm sorry.
@ddmom0811 butter? LOL I love it!
@stoshew71 I saw that picture on FB too true.
5/3 - rest day for me.
9 out of 100 miles
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@CariTJR I am so sorry for your loss. (And for you, as well, @instantmartian, for your recent loss. Seven months is nothing to grief, I'm afraid).
My dad died at 66 almost 7 years ago now. I still miss him, and yes, still grieve for that loss. He wasn't a runner, but the man could walk (fast!) for miles a day. It was his answer to all things--go for a long walk and clear your head. He never saw me start running, but I can tell you that he is there with me in my head on more runs than not. There are some songs that bring him back to me, but just being outside in the fresh air will work the magic, too. I feel like time spent with him in my memories is just one more of the many gifts that running has given me.
5/1...Rest
5/2...4.25 @ 12:22 on the hilly lake trail
5/3...3.0 @ 13:00 (this is really 2.0 @ 12:00 and 1.0 walking) on the treadmill and strength training day
Completed races:
1/18 MLK 8K, Burke, VA 56:14
2/22 Princess Half, Orlando FL, 2:49:33
4/23 Healthy Strides Community 10K, Burke, VA 1:14:29
4/30 Run for the Children 8K, Fairfax, VA 56:35
Upcoming races:
5/21 RunFitKidz 5K, Springfield, VA (maybe--if recovered enough from surgery)
6/12 Celebrate Fairfax 5K, Fairfax, VA
7/4 Freedom 5K, Fairfax VA
9/5 Great American 5K, Fairfax, VA
Either Hemlock Half or Divas Half in September
10/30 MCM 10K, Washington, DC
11/6 The Parks 10K, Washington, DC
11/19 Potomac River Half, Carderock, MD
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5BeautifulDays wrote: »Off-topic: I use cast iron on my glass cooktop, and have no problems. I was very concerned, but all the reputable sources I read say it's okay, as long as you don't drop it on the glass (duh!) and don't slide it - lift and move. But then again, that's pretty much for everything on glass.I use mine on the glass top too. No problems yet.
Hmmm...I'd always read I shouldn't. Maybe I'll pull out one of my smaller ones (best not to start with the 25-lb "family skillet"!) and try it out.
Ya, I'd still be careful. Unless you're ready for a new stove.
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May through July is dedicated to continuing my weight loss. Started in April at 234.6 and may 2nd I was 221.5 from random running and working with personal trainer once a week. She quit on me due to personal reasons, so I am doing the Couch to 10K app and doing the P90X Discs in between the runs with an off day on Sunday! Yesterday I ran 2.46 miles Week 1 Day 1 of the app. Do you really want us checking in each day? Or is week better! Love this forum and wish everyone the best of luck in obtaining their goals!!
I agree with @skippygirlsmom . Whatever suits you is best. I think you may find yourself checking several times a day once you catch the bug
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Goal: 40 miles (10 miles per week). I'm a beginner. 1
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First run back today, and first run of the month. I did 3.1 miles over lunch. It was sunny and felt incredibly hot for only being 70 degrees out. The sun will do that, though. Felt some minor twinges--in my lower right leg and my left arch--at the beginning of the run, but they all loosened up after about 1/2 mile or so.
@CariTJR - So sorry to hear about your loss. I hope running will provide you a bit of an escape.
I've seen a couple comments about butter today. Do people actually eat butter on bagels? Not a combo I would have put together... Also - I just made some butter last night (about 6 pounds, actually)--and about 9 cups of buttermilk as a side effect. Yum! Too bad I eat low carb, so don't have much use for the buttermilk. Mayhap I should sell it...
3.1 of 100 miles completed2 -
I made a ticker, yay
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New to the Group and this is my 1st Running Challenge
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ceciliaslater wrote: »
I've seen a couple comments about butter today. Do people actually eat butter on bagels? Not a combo I would have put together... Also - I just made some butter last night (about 6 pounds, actually)--and about 9 cups of buttermilk as a side effect. Yum! Too bad I eat low carb, so don't have much use for the buttermilk. Mayhap I should sell it...
I'll eat butter on bagles. Although, I can't have bagles...or pancakes, or wheat toast, or pizza.... Woe is me... I still can't even run. I have no purpose in life.
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5/3 - Rest. Marathon taper crap -__- 4 days to go!
5/1 - Rest.
5/2 - 3.1mi (6:52/mi)
5/3 - Rest
May total: 3.1 / 185mi1 -
ceciliaslater wrote: »
I've seen a couple comments about butter today. Do people actually eat butter on bagels? Not a combo I would have put together... Also - I just made some butter last night (about 6 pounds, actually)--and about 9 cups of buttermilk as a side effect. Yum! Too bad I eat low carb, so don't have much use for the buttermilk. Mayhap I should sell it...
I prefer pork roll, egg and cheese on my bagels, but will put butter on them when toasted
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »ceciliaslater wrote: »
I've seen a couple comments about butter today. Do people actually eat butter on bagels? Not a combo I would have put together... Also - I just made some butter last night (about 6 pounds, actually)--and about 9 cups of buttermilk as a side effect. Yum! Too bad I eat low carb, so don't have much use for the buttermilk. Mayhap I should sell it...
I prefer pork roll, egg and cheese on my bagels, but will put butter on them when toasted
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I put butter on everything.4
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May 3rd and already 259 posts!
I'm going to try to stop by more often this month. I know I can't keep up with everyone, not at this volume of posting, but I'll do what I can.
My marathon training was going great, with two very strong 20 mile runs, then I made the mistake of playing basketball with my son the day after my second 20 miler. The result was a nasty Achilles strain which knocked me out of a 25k trail race and put a serious damper on my marathon training. I stopped running for a week, ran a few times, then stopped again when the progress wasn't going as well as I'd hoped. I only ran 21 miles in 3 weeks span. It finally dawned on me to do something else to keep my cardio up so last week I signed up for lap swimming, though I suck at swimming. I'm getting a good workout though, and hope to continue.
I started running again Friday with 3.8 miles on Friday, 7.9 on Saturday, and a very hilly 4.4 trail run on Sunday. All signs are good, meaning no pain to speak of though I do continue to have some swelling on the Achilles.
My plan for the next 12 days:
05/03 60 Minute Swim + 3 Miles
05/04 8.0
05/05 60 Minute Swim + 3 Miles
05/06
05/07 8.5
05/08 8.5
05/09
05/10 Swim + 3 Miles
05/11 6.0
05/12
05/13 2.0
05/14 26.2 <- Marathon!
Hopefully that will be enough miles without being too much. I'm fairly certain I would have been able to finish the marathon in under 4 hours had it not been for this Achilles strain.
9:10 is the pace for 4 hours. My second 20 mile run averaged 9:26 with the last 6 miles averaging 8:45. I had dreams of 3:50 in my head after that.
I'm not sure what to expect now. 4:30? For now I'm thinking I'll take it easy the first half then increase my pace as pain allows and just see what happens. I'll enjoy the course, enjoy the people, and enjoy the experience.
I'm not setting a mileage goal for May since so much will depend on how my marathon goes. If I come out of it with a re-injured Achilles, I'll quit running for a few weeks until I'm fully healed.4 -
My brother just called me to remind me that we are running our 50k race as training run, not a race so we really don't need to do much tapering. Which is cool, but leaves me in somewhat of a dilemma because my training pace IS my race pace... lol... and the only time goal that causes me any stress is the final cut-off time. I run my best when I just keep repeating "Please don't be last...please don't be last...please don't be last"... as I get passed by a grandma walking her poodle.5
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@PoppetsMaster you better taper then. Better chance of passing the walkers that way. I was passed last year by a speed walker at my 2nd full marathon in consecutive weekends. I was dead last, so everyone passed me. Even the one older lady who speed walked the whole damn thing. And I ran it. Talk about a reality check! I bet it made her day though.
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Feel like I could run today, but I can still feel that pesky right hip abductor. So I'm taking an extra rest day in the hopes that tomorrow a run will be wonderful, and in fear that if I run today it will be just like Sunday and I'll be as sore tomorrow as I was yesterday.
May miles stand at 3.11 out of a goal of 150. That might have been too high a goal, given how May is starting out.1 -
5/1: 26.2 miles (26.5 according to Garmin!)
5/2: Marathon recovery day
5/3: Recovery day 2
Quads are still pretty sore, but all the other aches are gone. I should be able to walk pretty normally tomorrow. Hoping to get a couple miles in tomorrow to get my legs moving again. In the mean time, I am editing, editing, editing my darn thesis. With the requirement that I get it bound and turned in five days before my defense, that means I have to have my draft done by Sunday and to the printer Monday at the latest instead of at the end of next week. Can you say *ALL OF THE STRESS*?!?! It helps not at all that no one in my department seems to know much about deadlines or requirements, so I'm having to detective this out on my own while also trying to, you know, finish my thesis. I am ripping my hair out.
Upcoming Races:
5/15: Princeton 5k << social event, not racing!
6/11: Pacers Princeton Halfway Half (Princeton, NJ)
7/4: a fourth of july race somewhere!
11/20: Philadelphia Marathon
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »ceciliaslater wrote: »
I've seen a couple comments about butter today. Do people actually eat butter on bagels? Not a combo I would have put together... Also - I just made some butter last night (about 6 pounds, actually)--and about 9 cups of buttermilk as a side effect. Yum! Too bad I eat low carb, so don't have much use for the buttermilk. Mayhap I should sell it...
I prefer pork roll, egg and cheese on my bagels, but will put butter on them when toasted
That's sacrilegious. Pork roll egg and cheese only belongs on a hard roll. 1 -
My goal is 40 miles for the month of May. I'm very new to running so I look forward to increasing each month in the future.
May 2 I did 2.5 running miles (so I'm at 2.5 total for May so far).4 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »All you folks racing are making me jealous, It's a long haul for me to get to any races.
@MNLittleFinn, I'm not saying you'll find anything close to you, but have you checked out this race calendar:
http://www.runningintheusa.com/Race/Default.aspx
it's the most comprehensive race calendar I've found so far, and it has great filters. It only covers the US, however, so it won't help @juliet3455
Upcoming Races (Registered, Planned & Tentative)
05/14/2016 - Lake Wobegon Marathon - Holdingford, MN
05/25/2016 - Endless Summer Trail Race Series - Lebanon Hills Regional Park 10K
06/15/2016 - Endless Summer Trail Race Series - French Regional Park 5K
06/25/2016 - Circle of Life Half Marathon - Lake City, MN (Planned)
07/04/2016 - Red Wing July 4th 10K - Red Wing, MN (Planned)
07/13/2016 - Endless Summer Trail Race Series - Lebanon Hills Regional Park 7Mi (Tent.)
07/20/2016 - Torchlight 5K - Minneapolis, MN
08/10/2016 - Endless Summer Trail Race Series - Hyland Regional Park 7 Mi (Tent.)
08/31/2016 - Salomon Autumn Trail Series (4 Mi) - Bloomington, MN
09/10/2016 - Watermelon Days 5K - Kellogg, MN (Tentative)
09/14/2016 - Salomon Autumn Trail Series (4 Mi) - Bloomington, MN
09/24/2016 - Surly Loppet HM - Minneapolis, MN (Tentative)
09/28/2016 - Salomon Autumn Trail Series (5.5k) - Bloomington, MN
10/12/2016 - Salomon Autumn Trail Series (5.5k) - Bloomington, MN
10/22/2016 - Surf the Murph 25k, 50k, 50Mi - Savage, MN (Tentative)
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@7lenny7 I've checked it, and I'm already signed up for one. Most of the closest races are still an hour and a half drive. Might sneak another 5k in, but, I'll admit, with my training schedule for my July HM, I'm OK with 1 race this month and 1 race in June. Looking for an August 10k, so I can have a race or 2 every month through September.0
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