May 2016 Running Challenge

@louubelle16 Nice Run!

@9voice9 great run/race!

5.5 trail miles this morning! So fun! The trail slowed my running pace to average of 12:10. So it took over an hour but was awesome. I would post like 20 pics but don't want to break the thread

Nice job @9voice9 and @MNLittleFinn

@louubelle16 can't wait to see the new shoes

@4leighbee wow!

I just remembered I can't post a pic at all from the app so I'll be back on desktop with a couple pics.

HonuNui wrote: »

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

for those of you who remember Lily the rescue whippet, she is no longer terrified of DH, and happily follows him everywhere, especially to the cookie bin. However, she and Akamai the border collie/Australian shepherd play so hard....that he ruptured his ACL and needed semi-urgent surgery. So, instead of running

Great news on socializing the newbie. Sorry to hear of the rowdy injury. Silly dog!

I wanted to get out and run early -ish this morning. I woke up near 11. Maybe tomorrow I'll hit an early long run.

I'm still concerned about my ankle -foot. It's not 100% and I'm sure it'll be re-injured if I ramp my miles up. Or am I a scaredy-cat?

As I ran yesterday I could feel some weakness in the lateral ankle. Pain seems to be the medial -top navicular bone. I love my shoes, guess I'll have to conaider hunting some stability shoes with a lower drop. My neutral road Merrells don't seem to aggravate it as much as the inov8's do, same drop. Frickin' frack- I just found shoes my left could tolerate. Now the right is unhappy.

I have a RW book on injury. I'll see what I can do with some self rehab and strengthening. Other ideas are appreciated.

Ok, 3 for now. My new trail shoes were great and stayed mostly clean!

@greenolivetree gorgeous pics! Where is this? Looks like a really fun trail run.

greenolivetree wrote: »

NW Arkansas I had to drive 20 min to get there but worth it.

Lol. I have to drive 45 minutes for groceries! That's awesome you have something so beautiful so close...totally worth it!

@greenolivetree beautiful photos! Sorry about your shoes staying clean, perhaps next time.

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
5/23 – rest day
5/24 – 4.22 easy
5/25 – rest day
5/26 – 5.04 warmup + easy
5/27 – rest day
5/28 – 5.18 easy

May total to date – 49.59

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 – Focus is still on injury recovery. Since there is no scheduled pace run today, I turned off the alarm and slept late. Rolled over and went back to sleep a couple of times, soaked up more than 9 hours. Give that body time to heal stuff!

The price of sleeping late was getting breakfast late, and not getting out to run until almost 11. By then, my porch thermometer said it was 85° F (29° C). Breeze was intermittent, and humidity was enough to notice. I set out to run to the feel of my leg, with the aspiration of running between 5 and 6 miles. The first mile was awful, but then I warmed up and the leg wasn't too bad. By mile 3, I was having periods when the running felt almost normal. Somewhere between 4 and 5 miles, my right ankle told me I had neglected to put on my ankle supports for this run; that hasn't happened in a long time! The good news is, the left ankle didn't care.

By late in the run, the heat and my general conditioning were as big a concern as the recovering leg. Told myself I could quit at 5 miles, and it would be mandatory to quit before 6. As things turned out, a driver waved at me at the last corner, which was a point of potential stopping. I stopped, thinking he wanted to talk to me; turned out he was just a clueless driver waving so I'd know he was there.

Anyway, that came out to 5.18 miles. Getting all the way back to my driveway would have been very close to 6. The way I felt, I probably could have done that; but I feel pretty good now after stretching, cooling down, having lunch, and getting a shower. I'll take that. Tomorrow is soon enough to run 6 miles, assuming the leg feels up to it tomorrow.

Things still aren't right, but they're better than they were. I can see the day coming when running just feels normal again. It's just not clear how soon that day will be.

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 (Hamlin, NY)
September 18, 2016 Rochester Marathon (Rochester, NY)
November 24, 2016 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY)