April 2016 Running Challenge

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.