May 2016 Running Challenge

I went 4 miles of jog/walking today. Signed up for the Rock N Roll 5k and 10k in Vegas this November to give me something to work toward.

We are out of town the next few days for DH's eye surgery. Guess I'll have to learn to use the hotel treadmill. There's a pool but it's a bit cloudy.....

I want donuts.

1---0.5 test run, 6.0 walk/trail runnish
14---6.48 walk
15---2.3
17---4.2 run!
19---4.17
22---3.0 walk

27.25/anything

Upcoming races:

11/05/16 Jenks Half Jenks OK
12/11/16 Dallas marathon, half
Run the year 2016   786.04/2016
Eyeing the RNR half again in Dallas March 19 2017 registration is 59$....

May Goal: Run just a scootch more than last month...

5/1 deep mucking of the chicken coop and environs
5/2 4.0
5/3 life day
5/4 7.54
5/5 snorkel 3.5hours
5/6 3.21
5/7 4.05
5/8 rest
5/9 4.05
5/10 meh
5/11 4.54
5/12 3.26
5/13 6.05
5/14 rest
5/15 4.02
5/16 3.16
5/17 snorkel 3.5 hours.
5/18 4.00
5/19 snorkel 4.5 hours (a 2 snorkel week!)
5/20 sickface (swallowed too much salt water?)
5/21 4.12
5/22 3.23

Total 55.23

Upcoming races:
6/26 SHEPower Virtual 1/2 marathon
11/13 Las Vegas Rock n Roll 1/2 marathon

Ticker is my goal for 2016 and accumulation to date:

pouring *again* - it's wearing on me

I was away at a wedding all weekend, so I had a lot of catching up to do this morning.

RE: The laundry discussion:
I definitely re-wear running clothes, sometimes. Like many others, I do the smell check. However, now that I will not run two consecutive days (because of my, probably unreasonable, fear of another overuse hip injury), I find myself having to do it much less often. I can also attest to the tech material/spandex/polyester holding smell after a while. As you probably know by now, my boyfriend is a rower. He only competes a few times a year, these days, and it is more of a workout/social thing, but, my god, do unis smell! No amount of soaking, vinegar, sanitary cycle on the washing machine get rid of the sweat and river smell.

Congrats all who ran, both to those who hit your goals and to those who missed them. We all have our good days and our bad, and just getting out there (and finishing) is over half the battle. You did it, and that is something to be proud of!

RE: Small Beat The Blerch discussion:
I REALLY wanted to do the race when it was in New Jersey last year. I am obsessed with Matt Inman. I seriously feel like we could be good friends. He is a (incredibly good looking) nerd with a weird sense of humor, and so am I (minus the incredibly good looking part). However, I was already committed to an 8K race in Delaware with friends that weekend. At the time, I figured it was no issue, I would just do it this year. Little did I realize that they are apparently moving it around the country every year. I had thought about doing the virtual thing, but I would so much rather run with Matt (even though he will blow me away), experience the Blerchs, couches, and cake first hand. Maybe one year it'll come back around, or I will be able to travel to attend one.

Speaking about traveling to attend a race, the Everglades Half Marathon has made it onto my race bucket list. I won't have the vacation time or funding to make my way to Florida this year, but maybe next year. I already tend to end up in Florida at least once or twice per year (I belong there, and I will reside there one day), so I figure I can plan a trip in November. Flat, fast, and through the Everglades - sounds like a fun run!

May

1-0
2-stretching
3-stretching-knee is still sore
4-yoga tonight/foam rolled
5-nothing yet
6-nothing
7-13.36mi great race. super hard for me. but I did it and completed it. and now I've finished a half marathon race
8-nothing
9-nothing
10-nothing-recovery takes too long
11-yoga
12-nothing
13-yoga
14=nothing
15=nothing
16-nothing yet.....
17-4.7mi treadmill with hills. level 4
18-yoga tonight
19-4.23mi treadmill. i tried a steady rate with steady incline level 5. not good. bad run. lots of walking
20-so i have a cold
21-nope
22-zoo. no run, just lots and lots of walking and fun
23-nothing yet





RACES:
Jan 16-Frosty 5k-33:43:123 (gun time-don't have chip time)
Feb 13-Steve Cullen Run 8k chip time: 53:37
Feb 15 Puppy Love Virtual Run 10k runkeeper time: 1:13:20
Mar 12-Great Pi Run 5k 32:17
May 7-Door County Half Marathon 2:51:11
May 28-29-Global 5k Run Virtual
May 28-Top Gun Run 5k Virtual
June 11-Rock n Sole 1/4 Marathon?
June 19th through Sunday, July 10th SHE Power Virtual Half (got my gear-good stuff)
July 20-Cream Puff 5k?
July 30-National Watermelon Day 5k?

WhatMeRunning wrote: »

@MNLittleFinn - This 3 week cycle is 54 mpw with 3 long runs/week. This first week is 12 mile long runs on Mon, Wed, Sat and 6 mile easy/recovery runs Tue, Thu, Sun. The next two weeks I start doing back to back long runs on weekends with the schedule being 12 miles on Wed, 14 on Sat and 10 on Sun with easy/recovery runs on Mon, Tue, Thu.

Dude, that's awesome. With how you're going, you'll definitely be ready for your longer races later this year.

@stoshew nice running! Oh, how do you decide on Daily doubles for running?