May 2016 Running Challenge

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May Goal 84 miles - April 50 completed 69.16 so should be doable
even though I have yet to log a mile this month due to travel!

lporter229 wrote: »

So I am looking for advice from those who run with their dogs. When you started training them to run with you, how did you keep them from darting in front of you? I know my dog is still kind of young (6 months) and maybe I need to be patient, but I also don't want her to develop any bad habits that I can't break. Right now we just do walk/run drills around my neighborhood. She is pretty good at some things. She obeys the "run" and "stop" commands well. She usually runs alongside me, but sometimes she gets excited and starts to go fast and then crosses in front of me, tripping me up. Any advice on how I break her of this?

@lporter229 , that's just a puppy being a puppy. I have a very well trained dog who is an awesome running partner now, but I know he wouldn't have been at 6 months. You might talk to your vet as well. As I recall, I was told not to run with my dog until he was a year old because his joints or growth plates couldn't handle running on pavement, or some such reason.

For a canine running partner, it all starts with a strong foundation in obedience. Two books I feel are really good in the area of puppy training are "How to Raise a Puppy You Can Live With" and "My Smart Puppy". They presented some concepts which were easy to implement and quite effective.

My suggestion is to work on obedience at home (which you probably are) and well behaved walks for now and when she's a year old, start with short runs.

5/1 - 5 miles
5/2 - 4 miles
5/3 - rest
5/4 - 5 miles great morning to run, 50 and just beautiful.
5/5 - 6 miles


20 out of 100 miles




Upcoming races:
5/7 Steeplechase 8K
5/14 Technicolor 5K
5/30 Cotton Row 10

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3 of 25 miles completed

5/1 - 2.66 mi walk
5/2 - 30 min indoor cardio, 12 min lower body pilates
5/3 - 3.1 mi run
5/4 - rest day
5/5 - 30 min indoor cardio, 15 min lower body pilates

Run goal: 3.1 of 45 miles

@acorsaut89 you look determined, like you are going to get that finish line no matter what.

@acorsaut89 - That is a great finish line area photo! You definitely look determined! Believe it or not, finish line photos are pretty much ALWAYS terrible! Even if you think you have a big happy smile and are feeling on top of the world when you cross that finish line, when you see the photo it usually looks like you are literally dying! Oh, the images I could share! I wish I had them all archived here readily available. I should do that for future cases like these.

After 3 days of post-race rest (with a bit of light bike commuting, walking, and no-leg/pull buoy swimming mixed in), I finally met up with 2 friends at the track late this morning for a light 6 mile run. Got to do a bit of race recapping, but mostly just listened to their stories of prior Pittsburgh marathon antics and disasters (as they've probably run 100 marathons combined). Quads were sore, but no pain.

5/1 - 26.2 miles (Pittsburgh Marathon - 3:08:25, ran as bib #666 in full devil costume)
5/5 - 6 miles

Total: 32 miles
Goal: 180 miles
Remaining: 148 miles

Next Races:
Ironman 70.3 Augusta - September
Chicago Marathon - October
Ironman Florida - November

@vandinem - Pittsburgh course is relatively hilly for a big city marathon, still, most of the hills are after the 11 mile half/full split which makes it a tougher 2nd half, including a 210 foot climb from the birmingham bride up to the cathedral of learning and a nice 150 foot downhill along liberty (church brew works) from Bloomfield into dahntahn at mile 23 that destroys your quads. Very much looking forward to Chicago in October as I'd love to go sub-3 there.

@mobycarp - 95 seconds for my cutoff is pretty tight. Worst case, my qualifying time goes up by 5 minutes when I age up in the fall, and I'm running Chicago in October, which can help lock me into 2018. I think your 1919 second margin is pretty darn safe, unless they decide to race it with only 2000 participants next year.

@adrianchr92 - No toenails lost so far after this marathon. Still, I always race marathons in shoe sizes 1/2 bigger than usual as after an hour or so of running, my feet definitely swell up. I also look for shoe models with wider toe-boxes (as the asics nimbus/cumulus lines do that), and keep my laces pretty loose which seems to help. Lost maybe 2 or 3 small nails over the years (mostly ones with small fungus problems).

@juliet3455 - I had a pair of red 2XU compression sleeves in my amazon cart earlier last week (found them in my size for $20), but unlike my red asics ds trainers (as I already had a pair in yellow), I was a bit afraid of not knowing if the compression would be the right tightness. Having raced an ironman 70.3 in my zoot ones in 5 hours a few weeks back, I figured my black ones would match well enough.

@robotfood - Good luck with the marathon! Be sure to have fun at it.

@elise4270 - Hope for a speedy recovery. Taking off 3 days after the marathon before being able to resume running has been tough, that many weeks can't be easy

@stoshew71 - Congrds on the AG win/overall result!

@7lenny7 - Doing a ton of swimming for my ironman training. Just focus on form/technique at the start and the speed will eventually come.

@whatmerunning - Congrds on the verified distance PR and I'm sure it'll only get faster from here.

@louubelle16 - Boston keeps on mixing things up from year to year. Definitely lots of considerations a the race organizers end on how to keep the field happy but competitive.

@lporter299 - Very kind of you to accompany and support your friend for 26.2 miles. I definitely need to eat more bacon at races in the future.

Hmm...ticker doesn't seem to be adding my new miles.