May 2016 Running Challenge
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5/1 - 2 mi
5/4 - 2 mi
5/7 - 2 mi
5/8 - 2 mi
5/9 - 2 mi
5/13- 2mi
5/15- 1mi
5/17- 1 mi
5/20- 3mi
5/22- 3mi
5/23- 2 mi
5/25- 2mi
5/28- 2mi
5/30- 3mi
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Only missed goal by 1 mile. Not bad. I didn't add in all the partial miles so I am counting it as a win.
First run in the park without Neeko. It was weird but kind of nice not having to worry about the other dogs out there and their stupid owners. It was not crazy hot and humid so that was nice, but I think it would have been even less humid if I ran on the streets instead of in the park but it was still good. I made sure to drink 2 bottles of water before I left and 1 on the way home and I didn't get as dizzy as I usually do so that is a start.2 -
WhatMeRunning wrote: »Hope everyone who raced this last weekend kicked kittens!
I didn't race, and my cat is about 3 years old now, but she managed to stand behind me as I went down for a pigeon pose to stretch my hip abductor on Saturday and whipped my trailing leg out behind me. So I guess this weekend I kind of kicked a kitten. (She forgave me.)2 -
Congrats @AdrianChr92 on running 6 days in a week! Hope your injury clears up.
@_nikkiwolf_ - Great timing on your electrolyte post! I ordered some electrolyte tablets yesterday because I have had a couple experiences (one today in fact) where I would have been best served with being able to balance my water, electrolytes and carbs all individually, not together. So I'm planning to take water, those tablets and some simple carb sources to see how that works.
Also congrats on topping 200k and for being in range of that incredible Strava climbing challenge!
@Elise4270 - The park is a great idea!
@greenolivetree - Way to tackle those hills!
@juliet3455 - Holy smokes congrats on the amazing race! Way to support those back of the pack runners too!
@shanaber - Who needs lush green trails when you have a beach!
Congrats @vandinem on topping the monthly and yearly goals!
Congrats @Stoshew71 on the PR! Hope your wife's ankle is OK soon.
Sorry to hear you were under the weather @skippygirlsmom, but you toughed it out like a champ! Congrats to Skip though!
@RespectTheKitty - The heat is tough at first. It kicked my butt today. It is good training still and you will notice results.
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »Hope everyone who raced this last weekend kicked kittens!
I didn't race, and my cat is about 3 years old now, but she managed to stand behind me as I went down for a pigeon pose to stretch my hip abductor on Saturday and whipped my trailing leg out behind me. So I guess this weekend I kind of kicked a kitten. (She forgave me.)
Haha! I kicked mine and she's 10 months. But in all fairness, she runs in front of me. Kind of kitty trippin'.1 -
5/1 25 min spinning, no run
5/2 3.9 miles
5/3 4.2 miles
5/5 4.5 miles
5/6 2.8 miles
5/9 4.56 miles
5/19 4.34 miles
5/21 1.5 miles
5/23 5.2 miles
5/27 4 miles
5/28 3.2 miles
5/30 5.2 miles
Almost there!
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Thanks everyone for getting on board with the running wish park. There should be pools of various temps, all in little circles and an island in the middle for food and drinks.
Kind of just torture thinking about the ideal running park.1 -
@Elise4270 - there should be beer and pizza near the exit. Or did you already plan that?3
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »@Elise4270 - there should be beer and pizza near the exit. Or did you already plan that?
The island serves beer and tacos (not made with cat food- taco bell), like a fuzzy's tacos.. I hadn't though of pizza (not gluten free, so)... I dropped the ball on the mental placement of pizza. No worries, there's plenty room for the pizza. I mean, the park is huge and the pizza is on the other side of the park.
Trails are 100 miles for the cyclists and there's an ironman triathlon loop each with race like transition areas...of course there's a sprint distance. And loops for the runners that are 50 miles with water/fuel stations.
And theres a steak house for rest days.
So.... some day, in this life or another......we will run care free. Oh and if you wanna work at the park, it only employes athletes and pays way more than you make now... year 'round.
My life is empty......
Hey- it's like 6 flags for runners!
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »@Elise4270 - there should be beer and pizza near the exit. Or did you already plan that?
The island serves beer and tacos (not made with cat food- taco bell), like a fuzzy's tacos.. I hadn't though of pizza (not gluten free, so)... I dropped the ball on the mental placement of pizza. No worries, there's plenty room for the pizza. I mean, the park is huge and the pizza is on the other side of the park.
Trails are 100 miles for the cyclists and there's an ironman triathlon loop each with race like transition areas...of course there's a sprint distance. And loops for the runners that are 50 miles with water/fuel stations.
And theres a steak house for rest days.
So.... some day, in this life or another......we will run care free. Oh and if you wanna work at the park, it only employes athletes and pays way more than you make now... year 'round.
My life is empty......
Hey- it's like 6 flags for runners!
I'll move to this park no matter where it's built.1 -
@whatmerunning Exit, why the kitten would you ever want to leave. Running, swimming, biking, beer, pizza and everything else. Made me think of the Eagles and Hotel California.
A very light/easy 5km stretch run tonight. Well the data says it was easy and light but that's not what my body was saying. Lots of complaining and parts that kept saying I'm stiff go laydown, put your feet up and relax.
That will be it for the month as tomorrow night is Triathlon Swim club so no running. See everyone in June.
just a Scootch short of my goal. Or is that Scotch.
05/01 – 0.0 Km – 0.0 - 140 km
05/01 – 10.0 Km – 10.0 - 130 km
05/05 – 14.0 Km – 24.0 - 116 km
05/08 – 8.0 Km – 32.0 - 108 km
05/11 – 11.0 Km – 43.0 - 97 km
05/12 – 9.0 Km – 52.0 - 88 km
05/14 – 10.0 Km – 62.0 - 78 km
05/17 – 6.0 Km – 68.0 - 72 km
05/18 – 5.4 Km – 73.4 - 66.9 km
05/25 – 6.0 Km – 79.4 - 60.9 km
05/28 – 10.0 Km – 89.4 - 50.9 km
05/30 – 6.0 Km – 95.4 - 44.9 km – YTD 610.2 km
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Ugh, the endless rain and the river finally got what they wanted - all the decent running paths are flooded.
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This morning was a short recovery run day. Everything was tight last night and this morning. So the first couple of miles were horrible. But then everything started to loosen up so it ended up not being too bad. I feel much better now.
NOTE: No kittens were kicked this weekend, but there were a couple I wanted to kick this morning when I woke up this morning and walked into the kitchen only to see the garbage can knocked over with garbage all over the floor.
Date Miles today. Miles for May
5/1 REST DAY
5/2 6.2 miles - 6.2 << Taper and cutback week. 5K race Wednesday morning
5/3 6.2 miles - 12.4
5/4 4.4 miles - 16.8 << PEO-AVN 5K Fun Run (was only 2.9 miles; plus 1.5 w/u)
5/4 3.1 miles - 19.9 << got some extra miles squeezed in
5/5 7.5 miles - 27.4
5/6 4 miles - 31.4
5/7 REST DAY << Sick +daughter's birthday party
5/8 REST DAY
5/9 9 miles - 40.4 << Madkin Mountain (634 ft elev gain)
5/9 4 miles - 44.4 << Daily Double
5/10 8.3 miles - 52.7
5/10 4 miles 56.7 << Daily Double
5/11 6.2 miles - 62.9
5/12 9 miles - 71.9
5/13 6.4 miles - 78.3
5/14 17 miles - 95.3
5/15 REST DAY
5/16 8 miles - 103.3
5/16 5 miles - 108.3 << Daily Double
5/17 9 miles - 117.3
5/17 4 miles - 121.3 << Daily Double
5/18 6.2 miles - 127.5
5/19 9 miles - 136.5
5/20 6.2 miles - 142.7
5/21 18 miles - 160.7
5/22 REST DAY
5/23 9 miles - 169.7
5/23 4 miles - 173.7 << Daily Double
5/24 9 miles - 182.7
5/24 4 miles - 186.7 << Another Daily Double
5/25 6.2 miles - 192.9
5/26 9 miles - 201.9
5/26 6.2 miles - 208.1 << Daily Double
5/27 5 miles - 213.1
5/28 13.1 miles - 226.2
5/29 REST DAY
5/30 1 mile - 227.2 << warm up for race
5/30 6.2 - 233.4 << CRR 44:57 PR 123 OA
5/31 4.6 miles - 238 << recovery day
Upcoming races:
UAH 8K - 3/6 <<< 34:33 3 in AG
Oak Barrel HM - 4/2 <<<< 1:38:00 3 in AG
Bridge Street HM - 4/10 <<< 1:36:33 3 in AG
PEO-AVN Team Day 5K - 5/4 <<< 19:10 (2.9 mi) 1 in AG 5 OA
Cotton Row Run 10K - 5/30 << 44:57 PR
Firecracker Chase 10.2 miler 6/25
Rocket City Marathon - 12/10
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Less than 24 hours to finish up May. Congratulations to all that met your goal.
Here is June's Challange:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10401085/june-2016-running-challenge
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5/1-4.12 miles
5/2- Rest
5/3- 5.01 miles
5/4- 3.12 miles
5/5- 5.1
5/6- rest
5/7- 8.44
4/8-3.11
4/9-REST much needed REST
4/10- 5.1
4/11-4.1
5/12- 5.11
5/13- Rest
5/14- 10.02
5/15- 4.1
5/16- Rest
5/17- 4.19
5/18-Crosstraining- I hate Crosstraining
5/19- 5.41<- cruise interval workout
5/21- 7.31
5/22- 5.01
5/23- Rest
5/24- 7.01
5/25-5.12
5/26- 6.39<- Tempo Intervals
5/27- Rest
5/28- 12.2 FFLR
5/29- 4.01
5/30-3.01<- impromptu run with mom
5/31- 9.01<- heavy leg long run
Totals: 126.4/100
Notes on today's run: Heavy Legs! After running 12-4-3 over Sat, Sun, Mon, with Monday's run on a normal rest day, my legs did not like me today! Oh, did I mention the 11mph steady wind with bigger gusts that was a headwind the whole way out? Thank goodness the return was a tailwind!
Today's assignment was 1h20m-1h40m at E. I ended up running 9.01 miles in 1:33:35 for an average pace of 10:24. Fir first 4.5 miles felt more like a tempo run, but the 4.5 on the way back made up for it by being pretty easy miles.
This run was a great way to close out May. I ended up surpassing my goal by 26 miles, and passing my April mileage by a whopping 40 miles! I'm pretty stoked about that. Looking forward to June with confidence that I can run a heck of a lot more than I thought I could just a few months ago.2 -
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-no run, but a ton of cleaning
24-nothing-flare/no sleep/other crud
25-3.5mi it felt like a good run. also saw the dr yesterday. I've got a couple of infections so I get antibiotics and steriods. yay. also aerial yoga
26-nothing
27-nothing
28-nothing
29-nothing
30-6.3 miles
31-4.46 miles
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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Had a really busy weekend and just trying to catch up. Not quite there but need to post what I can and get to work.
I had a 5 mile run planned so I would hit my 75, but had a bathroom emergency and had to head back home. I was out of time and would have felt silly running out the door for .4 miles to hit my 75.
@greenolivetree - we wouldn’t kick you out of my cycling group! We are the B-Nice group! Love the pictures! Beautiful
@ohhim - welcome back to the humidity!
@adrianchr92 - great picture!
@9voice9 - congratulations!
@4leighbee - wow! Great times on that long run!
@stoshew71 - awesome PR! - hope your wife is okay. Congrats to her as well!
5/1 - 35 mile cycling
5/2 - 5 miles + strength training
5/3 - 3.5 miles
5/4 - 5 miles - intervals, sort of.
5/5 - 25 miles cycling in a brutal wind
5/6 - 5 miles + strength training (Fri)
5/7 - 34 miles cycling
5/8 - 36 miles cycling
5/9 - 5 miles + strength training (Mon)
5/10 - 5 miles - fartleks
5/11 - 25 miles cycling
5/12 - 5 miles
5/13 - 4 miles + strength training (Fri)
5/14 - 34 miles cycling
5/15 - 27 miles cycling
5/16 - rest day
5/17 - 4.5 miles + strength training (Tues)
5/18 - 5 miles + 20 miles cycling
5/19 - rest day
5/20 - 8 miles + strength training (Fri)
5/21 - 40 miles cycling
5/22 - 45 miles cycling
5/23 - strength training (Mon)
5/24 - 5 miles
5/25 - 25 miles cycling
5/26 - 5 interval miles!
5/27 - 5 interval miles
5/28 - 34 miles cycling
5/29 - 42 miles cycling
5/30 - 43 miles cycling
5/31 - 4.6 miles
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I figured I had punished my quads and glutes enough with the hills over the last few runs so I took a flat 6 mile route for todays easy run. It turned out to be very refreshing.
Congrats to everyone who reached their goals!
And a big shout out to those who did a whole lot of kitten kicking and exceeded their goals!
Also big kudos to those who tried their best but came up short of their goals due to injury, life events, bathroom breaks, etc!
See you all in June!
5/1 - 13.1 miles
5/2 - 6 miles
5/3 - 6 miles
5/4 - 9 miles
5/5 - 6 miles
5/6 - Rest
5/7 - 10.5 miles
5/8 - 10.5 miles
5/9 - 6 miles
5/10 - 6 miles
5/11 - 10 miles
5/12 - 6 miles
5/13 - Rest
5/14 - 13.1 miles
5/15 - 4 miles
5/16 - 6 miles
5/17 - 6 miles
5/18 - 6 miles
5/19 - 6 miles
5/20 - Rest
5/21 - 6 miles
5/22 - 6 miles
5/23 - 12 miles
5/24 - 6 miles
5/25 - 12 miles
5/26 - 6 miles
5/27 - Rest
5/28 - 12 miles
5/29 - 6 miles
5/30 - 8 miles
5/31 - 6 miles
210.2/200 miles
2016 races (this list is subject to change at the posters whim):
4/9 - Rock the Parkway half marathon (Kansas City, MO) 2:30:17.6 new PR
4/16 - Garmin Wickedly Fast half marathon (Olathe, KS) 2:28:39.52 new PR
4/23 - Heroes for Hope half marathon (North Kansas City, MO) 2:19:14 but was only 12.5 miles
5/1 - Buffalo Bell Stampede half marathon (Leavenworth, KS) 2:25:06
5/14 - Running with the Cows half marathon (Bucyrus, KS) 2:17:38.4 new PR
6/2 - Hospital Hill 5k 7pm PRE-RUN (Kansas City, MO)
6/3 - Hospital Hill half marathon 7am RE-RUN (Kansas City, MO)
7/23 - Psycho Summer Run Toto Run 50k (Kansas City, KS)
9/25 - Broadway Bridge half marathon (Kansas City, MO)
10/15 - Kansas City Marathon 26.2 (Kansas City, MO)
11/5 - Jenks half marathon (Jenks, OK)
11/6 - Kansas half marathon (Lawrence, KS)
11/12 - Longview half marathon (Kansas City, MO)
11/13 - Gobbler Grind half marathon (Overland Park, KS)
11/19 - White River half marathon (Cotter, AR)
11/20 - Pilgrim Pacer half marathon (Lenexa, KS)1 -
@WhatMeRunning great running this month!0
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I will not be running today (XT day for me), so my total for the month is 83.4 miles running/walking. Next month I'm only going to count running miles, that will help keep my *kitten* in gear.0
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Round out the month with "what did you learn" as the last few miles come in?
I learned the value of hills, hydration training, heat tolerance and revisited what it's like to start a running program. I should get serious about cross training. I'm not sure why I don't look like a pro runner yet..... or why I'm not as fast as one.2
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