May 2016 Running Challenge

OK, I have a question for you all.

Lately it seems that with me running for longer periods of time, I have been getting some abdominal cramping right after a run that lasts for maybe an hour or two. I'm not talking about side stitches... these are like, intestinal cramps. After today's run, it even sent me to the bathroom.

Is this a thing? Will the cramping go away as I get more used to running longer distances? I really want to keep going and building up my distance.

_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »

Looking back, the "evil" bit that forced me to walk had an average slope of 22%. Which actually sounds pretty impressive to me, so now I don't feel so bad about walking anymore. Still, I guess that means I'm not quite ready for the fun race that @WhatMeRunning linked ^^

Actually, that Pikes Peak Ascent half marathon is only a slope of 11.1%. I think that might be easy-peasy for you!

EvgeniZyntx wrote: »

So infinitus just started.
888 km of running.

Yes indeed! I know of this one from another MFP member who has been a pacer at it last year, and I think this year too. MADNESS!!!
http://www.endurancesociety.org/infinitus.html
And I wish I could do it. But there is no way I could! Probably ever! No matter how hard I train! I may be too old to ever prep for that one!

Stoshew71 wrote: »

I may need to visit dogoftheday now, you know because of... science?

I wonder what their website stats for visits from this site are today?

When I saw there were over 100 posts in the 24 hours since I last checked this thread, I had braces myself for reading through some pretty heavy, expert running stuff I wouldn't really understand. Clearly I needn't have worried, you're all just enjoying a bit of cursing

Just a quick run for me today, will do my long run tomorrow as I have a packed weekend and then a short recovery run on Sunday night. Hopefully my run tomorrow will be fuelled on the buzz of having gotten a new job, not the rage of having been unsuccessful!

2nd May - 3.06 miles
3-4th May - poorlysick
5th May - 2.40 miles
8th May - 13.1 miles Hackney Half 2:05:24
12th May - 3.27 miles
14th May - 3.11 miles
15th May - 5.08 miles
17th May - 3.23 miles
19th May - 3.64 miles

MTD - 36.89/70 miles

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

_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »

@ddmom0811 Seriously, your husband didn't notice you were in the background and already submitted that picture to a website? At least a pet-photo-website is probably not the usual hunting ground for people looking for topless snapshots.

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NO! He was joking with me! He didn't submit it. He knows I look at it every day, so that's why he said that.
He would never take the time to do that.

two-and-a-half sad, little, unmotivated miles ...

Thinkingabout sterilizing my CamelBak and bring it with on my Long Run through the hills next week

RespectTheKitty wrote: »

OK, I have a question for you all.

Lately it seems that with me running for longer periods of time, I have been getting some abdominal cramping right after a run that lasts for maybe an hour or two. I'm not talking about side stitches... these are like, intestinal cramps. After today's run, it even sent me to the bathroom.

Is this a thing? Will the cramping go away as I get more used to running longer distances? I really want to keep going and building up my distance.

Just a guess, but maybe it's the return of blood flow to the intestines. This last week I'm feeling nauseous the last mile. Crazy things happen to your guts running.

May Running Totals (miles)
5/1 – 3.11 easy
5/2 – rest day
5/3 – extra rest day
5/4 – 3.51 almost easy
5/5 – 6.34 easy
5/6 – planned rest day
5/7 – 11.02 with pace group
5/8 – extra rest day
5/9 – scheduled rest day
5/10 – extra rest day
5/11 – no running
5/12 – no running
5/13 – PT appointment, no running
5/14 – no running
5/15 – no running, DNS for 10K
5/16 – no running
5/17 – PT appointment, 2.03 warm up
5/18 – rest day
5/19 – PT appointment, 2.55 on track

May total to date – 28.56

Nominal Challenge Goal – 150 miles
Real Goals: Recover from Boston and Flower City. Build Base. Start training program for Rochester Marathon Recover from injury, return to running.

Today's notes – Felt good this morning, but a test of one Turkish get-up (35 lb. kettlebell) on each side revealed that the sore muscles from yesterday were still sore when stress was applied. PT appointment went well, and the PT was almost ready to dismiss me; I have one more appointment next Tuesday, and an assignment to run but keep it easy this weekend, preferably on grass.

Went to the club this evening and this time I was smart enough to do my warmup on the track. 9 laps in lane 7 came out to 2.55 miles per Garmin, which is a good enough estimate for an outer lane. The aches in my right shin and calf faded when I warmed up, but that pesky right hip abductor was weak enough that it ached the whole run. Still, it wasn't anywhere near as bad as Tuesday's mostly asphalt run.

Decided I was done for the day after the warmup. Stretched, came home, will get a hot bath for the right leg in a bit. I'm scheduled to pace 6 or 10 miles Saturday morning, on roads. 10 miles won't happen. 6 is looking dubious.

Still, even though a track is boring and 2.5 miles isn't any distance to speak of, running 2.55 miles on a track is much better than not running at all. Just have to keep reminding myself not to push too hard. It will come back. It might not come back very quickly.

I've already decided tomorrow will be a rest day, even if I feel great. I want to give myself a chance at being up for 6 miles Saturday morning.

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) DNS - injury
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)

Was going to take today easy with a 7.5 miler, but ran into a friend halfway through my run and ended up getting into a heavy conversation at a reasonable pace, so found myself doing 11 for the day. Good to help her flesh through a few ideas/challenges and the weather/scenery on our usual trail was definitely nicer than usual. Just regret wearing my flats for the run, as they don't do as well on the trails if I'm not consciously trying to avoid the bigger stones.

5/1 - 26.2 miles (Pittsburgh Marathon - 3:08:25 - 7:11/mile, ran as bib #666 in full devil costume, got a BQ)
5/5 - 6 miles
5/9 - 15 miles
5/10 - 6 miles
5/11 - 3 miles
5/12 - 2 miles
5/13 - 4.5 miles
5/14 - 6 miles
5/15 - 3 miles
5/17 - 11 miles
5/18 - 10 miles
5/19 - 11 miles

Total: 103.5 miles
Goal: 180 miles
Remaining: 76.5 miles

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

There's an old saying " There's no bad Running Weather, just bad clothing choices".
Today was very Bad George Carlin Type Running weather - We are in summer? Right?

My Local Weather Forecast
Issued: 4:00 PM MDT Thursday 19 May 2016

Snowfall warning in effect.

Tonight Snow at times heavy. Snow mixed with rain early this evening. Local snowfall amount 10 cm. Wind north 30 km/h gusting to 50. Low minus 2. 10cm = 3.9 inchs.

Fri, 20 May Snow at times heavy changing to rain near noon. Local snowfall amount 2 to 4 cm. Rainfall amount 10 to 15 mm. Wind northeast 30 km/h gusting to 50. High plus 4.
Night Rain. Amount 5 mm. Wind north 20 km/h. Temperature steady near plus 4.

I think its going to be a good day for swimming.

MNLittleFinn wrote: »

Thinkingabout sterilizing my CamelBak and bring it with on my Long Run through the hills next week

Whiskey works

juliet3455 wrote: »

MNLittleFinn wrote: »

Thinkingabout sterilizing my CamelBak and bring it with on my Long Run through the hills next week

Whiskey works

Whiskey is better for cold weather runs, it's supposed to be like 55 F out...maybe some rum....

7lenny7 wrote: »

Yet another reason to avoid Team Ortho races

http://kstp.com/news/minneapolis-marathon-team-ortho-minneapolis-park-board/4143510/

Stuff like this is why I decided against their monster dash, and will be running the TC marathon, if I run a full next year. TCM seems to do a WAY better job than Team Ortho does, at getting things figured out.

01 May – 16.1 km Distance PB
03 May – 8.1 km
05 May – 10.1 km
07 May – 5 km parkrun PB by 48 seconds! 27:47
08 May – 8.4 km Mother’s Day Classic
10 May – 10 km
12 May – 10.1 km
13 May – 7 km
14 May – climbed a mountain, no running but 30,000 steps gets a mention
15 May – 15 km PB!
17 May – 12.1 km
19 May – 8.2 km
20 May – 10.1 km

Total: 120.2 km (74.7 miles)
Goal: 150 km (93 miles)

Upcoming:
June 11-12: Serra Terror 80 km trail walk relay
June 19: Winter Solstice Lighthouse to Lighthouse 15 km
August 7: Peaks & Trails 22 km (OMFSM I want to do a part mountain trail run for my first HM?!?)

Elise4270 wrote: »

instantmartian wrote: »

So, I was poking around the website for the 10K trail run I have coming up in a couple weeks. I decided to check out last year's results, as I always do. I always like the little reassurance that I know I have a very good chance of not coming in last. Not that this should really matter in the grand scheme of things, but my ego and pride get in my way. So, I clicked on the results, and immediately scrolled to the bottom of the document. I nearly had a heart attack! The slowest out of 536 runners was 56:15 for a 10K trail run?! Knowing the terrain, that would, undoubtedly put me dead last. As I started to scroll up, I realized something seemed a bit off. Then, I saw that the runner who placed 159th must have been The Flash, since he finished in 00:01. Someone needs to hone in on their Excel skills before posting such things on the Internet. Ugh.

Whew! What ever happened to rereading/checking your work?

Edit- although, it could be time behind first. Maybe last was 56 minutes behind first.

I don't think so. After studying the thing, it looks like someone didn't know how to make the column wider in Excel or something or decided to make it narrow to better fit the spreadsheet into the PDF. Last place was 1:56:12...I think.

Stoshew71 wrote: »

instantmartian wrote: »

So, I was poking around the website for the 10K trail run I have coming up in a couple weeks. I decided to check out last year's results, as I always do. I always like the little reassurance that I know I have a very good chance of not coming in last. Not that this should really matter in the grand scheme of things, but my ego and pride get in my way. So, I clicked on the results, and immediately scrolled to the bottom of the document. I nearly had a heart attack! The slowest out of 536 runners was 56:15 for a 10K trail run?! Knowing the terrain, that would, undoubtedly put me dead last. As I started to scroll up, I realized something seemed a bit off. Then, I saw that the runner who placed 159th must have been The Flash, since he finished in 00:01. Someone needs to hone in on their Excel skills before posting such things on the Internet. Ugh.

@instantmartian Actually what I think is what happened is that whoever posted the results didn't make the finish time column wide enough. Last place is actually 1:56:15. You should be fine. Everyone #159 and on to dead last took over an hour to finish. But the column is too narrow to show the extra hour.

I had figured out what happened. I think they decided to confuse the crap out of people because the narrower column better fit onto their PDF, which means that it was probably a matter of not proofreading before publishing or compromising accurate data for aesthetics. After I realized that place #159 evidently ran the race in 00:01, I realized the last place was 1:56:15. I think I'm safe.