June (2016) Running Challenge

Zom_bunny wrote: »

The only thing I ran today was my mouth unfortunately .

Lol!! We can still count it...

@shanaber @stoshew71 @skippygirlsmom and @juliet3455 Thanks for the birthday wishes!
@poppetsmaster thanks for the virtual bourbon!

True to my word I didn't run yesterday. I was ridiculously busy with stuff for the family. I did sneak in a short, slow run with the pokey dog this morning. I'm hoping for a little longer run tomorrow, but still trying to avoid aggravating my surgical site.

I did have two different people ask me for advice about starting to run over the past couple of days, which is pretty funny. "Run slow. Run really slow. Then run a little more. Walk a little if you have to." I'm a guru!

I ran 4 "easy" miles then crapped out from all of that freaking "easiness". I may need a break or something. Too bad I have a 5k tomorrow night and a half on Saturday. Maybe I'll walk them!

6/1 - 8 brutal miles
6/2 - 4 crappy miles

12/225 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)

Date      Miles      MTD
------    -----    -----
June 1     5.1      5.1  
June 2     5.6     10.7  

June Running Totals (miles)
6/1 – rest day
6/2 – 6.11 easy

June total to date – 6.11

Nominal Challenge Goal – 100 miles
Real Goals: Recover from injury to the point where running feels normal again. Stretch goal, recover to the point where I can run at race pace.

Today's notes – As planned, I celebrated World Day of Running yesterday with a rest day. It's what I need to do to get back to running regularly again.

Today I went to the club workout. Ran the 2 mile warmup, and it was clear I'm still running to the feel of the leg and not to a target pace. The leg gets a bit stiff standing around after the warmup, but I got a 4 mile out and back on roads and non-technical trails to add to the warmup. There were periods, mostly on the softer part of the trail, when running felt so normal that my major attention was on pedestrians and weather rather than on the recovering leg.

Progress is slow, but there is progress. I'm pretty sure I can get better just by being patient enough to run everything easy, and not push for too many miles too soon. It's easier mentally now that I can actually run a reasonable distance instead of having to quit at 2 or 3 miles.

Oh, and the yoga discussion . . . Not all that long ago, I would have said that in America, yoga is for women. Turns out that one of the stretches I need for that injured leg has a name. It's called "pigeon pose." I guess it doesn't count as yoga if I learn it from the running coach instead of from some cute young lady in spandex tights.

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)

3.0 miles on eliptical today with a total for the month (2 days) equals 5.93

Got in 8 miles today, 4 on the treadmill then 4 with a neighbor in the Florida heat/sun/humidity. Returning to the cooler north east tomorrow.

6/1 - 4 miles
6/2 - 8 miles

Total: 12 miles
Goal: 200 miles
Remaining: 188 miles

Upcoming Races:
Ironman 70.3 Augusta - Sep
Chicago Marathon - Oct
Ironman Florida - Nov

@stoshew71 - For me, now that I've hit (what is pretty likely) a BQ, my latest motivation is training for my first full ironman (and hopefully racing it in under 10 hours, but I'll take surviving it at this point), and hopefully cracking the 3 hour mark at Chicago if the weather and my body weight goals work out (as I'd probably get the 8 minutes from losing another 8 pounds). Post that, I don't think I'm at an age or have the biological ability to shave off another 2 minutes/mile for the olympic trials, but securing an age group spot for the Ironman world championships in Kona (without needing to do too much race shopping) would be a semi-reasonable 3-5 year goal. Otherwise, just had a buddy do the New England challenge (5 marathons in 5 days - all between 3:15-3:50), which might be a good next goal.

@kimlight2 - Depending on your level of fitness, time-shopping may be your best bet if you aren't willing to run/walk/slow trudge or hit the treadmill, or use the run as one of 1-2 weekly speedwork sessions. When joining my neighbor for 4 miles in the Florida 88 degree/90% humidity early this evening, the level of ick wasn't too fun, and my pace was 2 minutes/mile slower than my indoor treadmill pace at the same heart rate.

@adrianchr92 - RE Cutback weeks - when I'm doing a formal plan, my long run is usually much shorter, as is my mid-week mid-run mileage. Right now, as I'm snowbirding between Florida at Pittsburgh, I usually just do less of everything in Florida dropping to 35 miles/week (limiting my mid-distance run to 5 miles, and maybe doing a double if I need extra miles), then just ramp back up to 60/week once I get back up north as I run 6-8 miles alongside friends most days (and 10 Sunday), plus a mile each way to/from the meetup point.

Today I was forced to put my run in the middle of the day. High noon. Almost 30C (86F). Decided to do it anyway, thought it would be a fun experiment. Damn it was hard. And like the sun wasn't enough, the air was way too humid from last night. I felt like a truck. Had to run slower and it felt heavier. Garmin even decided I probably lost a lung or something and dropped my vo2max estimate by one point )). Tomorrow is race day but If it's like today I don't think there is a way I will do the 5k in 21 min. Summer seems a bad time for PRs. I hope it rains tomorrow.

Date.....Distance..Avg hr/Pace/km
June 1 - 6.1 km - 156/5:47
June 2 - 5.5 km - 154/6:00
June 3 - 5.0 km - 153/6:12




03/04: Bucharest 10k and Family run 48:28
16/04: Color Run Bucharest
17/04: Forest Run 5k 22:05
04/06: Happy Run 5k (Goal 21:40)

6/1 - 3 miles
6/2 - zip
6/3 - 5 miles

8 of 100 miles



Mommy stress day, I left Skip the car keys so she could meet her friends at the greenway to run this morning. This will be the furthest she has driven alone.

@juliet3455 I'm so sorry to hear about the calf I hope it feels better soon
@adrianchr92 good luck on your 5K tomorrow running in that type of heat does just beat you up
@ddmom0811 you make sure you take that rest day you need it
@karllundy good luck tomorrow and yeah for donuts!!!

Good luck to everyone racing this weekend.

I haven't had time to get caught up but I saw this from a friend (a runner who was diagnosed with Lymes) and wanted to share it as a reminder to all of you trail runners. The article is a couple of years old but is still relevant.
http://www.runnersworld.com/health/runners-and-lyme-disease?cid=soc_Runner's+World+-+RunnersWorld_FBPAGE_Runner’s+World__Health