May 2016 Running Challenge
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Date Miles MTD ------ ----- ----- May 03 4.2T 4.2 May 04 4.2T 8.4 May 06 5.1 13.5 May 07 8.2 21.7 May 08 5.6 27.3 May 09 4.2 31.5 May 11 6.5 38.0 May 13 5.0 43.0 May 14 12.6 55.6 May 15 4.2 59.8 May 17 5.0 64.8 May 18 5.7 70.5 May 19 4.2 74.7 May 21 8.1 82.8 May 22 7.3 90.1
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@mathsrunner - way to go!2
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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
5/20 – rest day
5/21 – 3.07 easy
5/22 – 3.52 easy
May total to date – 35.15
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 – As a runner, I have two modes for dealing with injury - denial and hypochodria. I'm in hypochondria mode right now.
This morning my sore right hip abductor was a little more sore than yesterday morning, but not as sore as Friday morning after running Thursday evening. I dithered between running or making this a rest day. By 4 PM, with only about 3500 steps for the day, I decided to go run. The idea was to get between 3 and 4 miles, or less if the leg complained too loudly. Because I ran on roads yesterday, I drove over to a local college to run on the soft track surface.
There was already a group using the track. I didn't see what all they were doing, but part of it was training with starting blocks, and they were using all the lanes for the part of the track they were on. Sigh. So I went out and ran a loop around campus, mostly on asphalt. Either my leg is better, or the surface on campus was friendlier than the road surfaces yesterday, or a little of both; when I got back to my car at just past 3 miles, I felt up for a bit more. The group on the track was winding down, so I took a loop of the track, then a loop of the parking lot back to my car again. Quit at just past 3.5 miles because the leg indicated it was time to quit.
3.5 miles is almost long enough to be called a short run. This is progress.
Non-injury observations: It was sunny and 70° F (21° C) on my porch when I left home. That was warm enough that I ran in a singlet, and it felt pretty good. I see that my heart rate was a little higher than I'm used to for a run at the pace I took; I might be seeing the effect of the weather, or the lingering effect of dealing with injury, or a bit of both.
I'm beginning to think I've turned the corner on recovery. I'll take tomorrow as a rest day on general principle, having run two days in a row for the first time since getting into PT; but I see a path to getting back to running 4 or 5 days a week. I might have to travel that path more slowly than I'd like, but for now I'm content to be going in the right direction.
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)
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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.4
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Got in 11.5 miles with a friend this morning, his first long run following the Pittsburgh marathon (as his legs didn't do quite as well as mine after his recovery period), taking a pretty hilly route, but keeping the pace pretty moderate. Ended up cutting the run slightly shorter than expected as my folks happened to be in town and we were meeting up for brunch before they headed off to the airport this afternoon. Ended up deciding not to go to the Lightning/Penguins game 5 tonight, but am snagging a game 7 ticket for Thursday in case the series reaches that point (as I went to a few game 7s of last years' playoff run and loved the atmosphere).
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
5/20 - 2.5 miles
5/21 - 7 miles
5/22 - 11.5 miles
Total: 124.5 miles
Goal: 180 miles
Remaining: 55.5 miles
Next Races:
Ironman 70.3 Augusta - September
Chicago Marathon - October
Ironman Florida - November
@_nikkiwolf_ - Congrads on the double 10K in two days. Definitely take a day or two off as you'll have some soreness and your muscles will be stronger (and faster) than ever after the effort.
@adrianchr92 - Definitely be careful around old steel mills (especially mini mills) as the tetanus risk from old leftover scrap metal puncturing your foot can be a bit ugly. Nice scenery though.3 -
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$....1 -
Did another trail run today. It was not as bad as the first I still feel like a confused baby deer though.4
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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:
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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
21 May – 5 km Portland parkrun Launch
23 May – 8.1 km
Total: 133.3 km (82.8 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
September 18 – Beat the Blerch virtual half marathon 21.1 km
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5K! Finally!5 -
@pthyay Great job on the 5k - and you already passed your goal for the month too!
I've been waiting for a while for the Saucony Cortana 5 to come out, so that I could get some good deals on the previous model. Finally did a bit of google research today, and just found out the the Cortana was discontinued after version 4
On top of that, now it seems near impossible to find a pair of the 4s in my size anymore. Maybe I should have taken to hoarding them while I still had the chance!1 -
pouring *again* - it's wearing on me
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05/03 4.1 miles
05/05 6.6 miles
05/07 3.1 miles
05/08 10.5 miles
05/11 3.1 miles
05/12 6.6 miles
05/15 9.6 miles
05/17 3.1 miles
05/18 2.2 miles legs felt really tired so ended up with half the planned mileage
05/22 5 miles legs feeling much better just think they needed an extra couple days break got a 3 miler tonight
then osteopath tomorrow to fix all the tight niggly areas (mainly calfs and glutes) before the race on Sunday
@_nikkiwolf_ that really sucks, hope you find a new set of favourites soon
@pthyay Congrats on reaching 5k it's an amazing feeling when you do it the first time
05/29 Edinburgh Half marathon2 -
Today is supposed to be a 12 mile long run. Today is also the last day of school for 2 of the 3 school kids. The other one is already done (early education). It is a half day of school today. My wife has a volunteer gig this morning so I can't fit in my run after getting kids up and ready for school because I need to keep an eye on little man here until they all get back around 1pm. Had I woke up at 2:45am I could have fit it in but that violates my 3:30ish in the morning rule. We are supposed to get storms, possibly severe at noon. So I will probably get wet for sure, or maybe have to wait until a couple hours later if they are threatening somehow. As long as there are no tornadoes, large hail or excessive zippy-zap then I have no issues running in total deluges. Bring it on Mama Nature!!6
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@whatmerunning, what's you schedule look like for this part of your training? Trying to remember what your daily miles look like.0
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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!3 -
EvgeniZyntx wrote: »EvgeniZyntx wrote: »@EvgeniZyntx why would you do that to me. there goes my productivity
What did I do? I think I forgot ...
dog of the day. (not for your accidental exposure but for the doggies)
Ah, I actually didn't even go there.
I'm more into dogshaming,com and googling chicken shaming.
You're welcome.
@evgenizyntx great..... 0 -
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?
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@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.2
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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.0
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