June (2016) Running Challenge
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I am pretty sure I can do it... most of us here can suffer through 8 or 9 hours of pain if we need to... but 50k after a month lay-off will make for a he1l of a day... and it's missing all the training miles that I love more than the race itself. I warned you that I would be whiney. Just be glad you are not poor @Zom_bunny...3
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PoppetsMaster wrote: »This blows. Only four weeks to my next race... and it looks like I will have minimal mileage between now and then. This knee has thrown me for a loop and I am not dealing with it very well. I am pi$$y and moody.
If it blows, suck it up.
On a serious note, as the others said, it probably is wise to do as least as possible on it. Think about getting a wrap for the knee.
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »Since I'm driving down right after work tomorrow, I got all my gear ready for Saturday's 10k now
Lil Finn be stylin'....
I should have him do my running wardrobe... I dress like I'm homeless...6 -
You're an ultra trail runner. You're supposed to look like a homeless rat.8
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Spent the past 2 days mostly in bed, as something I ate during my double-header all-you-can-eat seat adventures at Tuesday's Mets-Pirates game destroyed my stomach. Still, I decided to give a run a shot this afternoon with some friends, and made it through 12 miles on an emptied stomach (as I wasn't keeping anything down). Pretty dead at the end, but glad I went as the weather was close to perfect, and I'll be returning to the hot Florida weather on Monday. On the plus side, I probably needed a rest day yesterday, and I think nearly everything has been flushed out of my system at this point.
6/1 - 4 miles
6/2 - 8 miles
6/3 - 13.5 miles
6/5 - 13.5 miles
6/6 - 9 miles
6/7 - 10 miles
6/9 - 12 miles
Total: 70 miles
Goal: 200 miles
Remaining: 130 miles
2016 Race Schedule:
Disney Marathon - Jan 6 - 3:29:09
Gasparilla 15K - Feb 20 - 1:01:59
Ironman 70.3 Florida - Apr 10 - 5:07:51
Pittsburgh Marathon - May 1 - 3:08:25
Ironman 70.3 Augusta - Sep 25
Chicago Marathon - Oct 9
Ironman Florida - Nov 5
@skippygirslmom - Re Kazak gender relations - one of my running partner's wife was offered a nice job over there (he's pretty mobile, and she's originally Russian), but they weren't seriously considering it as apparently the portrayal of women in the country isn't too far off from what was presented in Borat... apparently also a revolution is imminent there once their 30 year president/dictator passes away.4 -
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@Ohhim... you got tix for the Pens tonight?
My normal connection for tickets went to jail last week and left me hanging...lol0 -
This is from starting since June 3rd.2 -
PoppetsMaster wrote: »@Ohhim... you got tix for the Pens tonight?
Lightning fan/partial season ticket holder, so I stopped caring about hockey a week and a half ago. Just went to games 2 and 7 of the eastern conference finals since I was in town.1 -
Goal 120 km
4 - 6 km
6 - 21.4 km
9 - 30.1 km cycling
Total 27.4 km running
So, I'm thinking more and more, I'm going to shift my training towards triathlon prep. Either a Marathon plan with a lot of cross training or a tri-plan. Today's ride was just too much fun.
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EvgeniZyntx wrote: »Goal 120 km
4 - 6 km
6 - 21.4 km
9 - 30.1 km cycling
Total 27.4 km running
So, I'm thinking more and more, I'm going to shift my training towards triathlon prep. Either a Marathon plan with a lot of cross training or a tri-plan. Today's ride was just too much fun.
For my last 70.3 (which was 3 weeks before my last marathon), I roughly followed the garmin olympic II HR plan alongside their marathon III HR plan, and it worked out pretty well. I just ignored most of the run workouts aside from the bricks as my marathon plan was getting me enough mileage.1 -
@9voice9 Walking in the water at the beach sounds lovely, enjoy your vacation!
@MNLittleFinn Best wishes for your race; you stuck to your training plan so well, you'll do great!
@louubelle16 That sounds tough, I hope your pulled muscles will be fine on Saturday. I admire you for working with special needs kids!
@Elise4270 The sooner the surgery is done, the sooner you will be painfree and back to running. I wish you all the best!
@lporter229 Lol, how large was that bag? Impressive collection of running gear to tote around all the time!
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Mixed luck with the weather this week for me so far. On Tuesday, it was 26°C (~80F) - too hot for my tastes! So I was really happy when it started raining and went out for a run right away. Slight miscalculation.... The rain stopped again 10 minutes later; all it accomplished was to increase the humidity a lot.
Yesterday however, the timing and amount of rain was perfect! Heavy rain as I drove over to the mountains, for long enough to decrease the temperature by at least 10°C, and it stopped at the moment I got out of the car. Most of my run I had no rain and a partly cloudy sky. I was almost back to the parking lot when it suddenly got dark; but speeding up the last half km was enough to get my to the car before the thunderstorm and lightning started for real. It would have been a perfect run, if not for one moskito bite on my left leg that started itching like crazy! Had to walk shortly a few times to scratch it - which I shouldn't have done, I know, but sometimes knowing you shouldn't do something and actually refraining from doing it are two entirely different stories...
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EvgeniZyntx wrote: »Goal 120 km
4 - 6 km
6 - 21.4 km
9 - 30.1 km cycling
Total 27.4 km running
So, I'm thinking more and more, I'm going to shift my training towards triathlon prep. Either a Marathon plan with a lot of cross training or a tri-plan. Today's ride was just too much fun.
*Singing* Gel-ous! I've been watching too much RuPaul Drag Race.... girl
TV bonding my my DD 2 -
@skippygirslmom - Re Kazak gender relations - one of my running partner's wife was offered a nice job over there (he's pretty mobile, and she's originally Russian), but they weren't seriously considering it as apparently the portrayal of women in the country isn't too far off from what was presented in Borat... apparently also a revolution is imminent there once their 30 year president/dictator passes away.
@ohhim I'm sorry you haven't been feeling well. Skip was born in Russia but her bio mom is Kazakh.
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tacosticks wrote: »Got some new shoes today! Now I can put max effort into this challenge!!! YEAH!!!
I started jogging from work to home to better log overall distance, and gets in some running every day. I think it's overall healthier? I don't know, lol.
06/01: 0/40km
06/02: 0/40km
06/03: 1.5/40km
06/04: 3/40km
Haha, this is way more difficult than I thought it was!
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Took the last couple of days off from running as my lower back has been bothering me. My trainer thinks it is related to my hips being so tight. Or maybe my hips are so tight because of my back - that seems more likely to me, but stretching and rolling my hips out is helping my back so who knows!
I did run today, albeit very slowly and walked when I had to when a spasm would hit. Hobbes the Vizsla was very worried and kept looking at me and staying very close, even leaning on me when I stopped to stretch. The first couple of miles were tough, I just felt tight all over. Somewhere in mile 3 I started feeling pretty good but by the time I was almost home, mile 5+, I was stiff all over again. I have to get it resolved though before next Friday when we leave to drive to Seattle. Two days of driving for ~9 hours each will be excruciating if it isn't better.
I also wanted to run my ShePower virtual HM this weekend but if my back is not feeling 100% I may end up running it in Seattle or later in Oregon. I don't want to make it worse by overdoing it.
Hobbes and I are trying out a new class tonight called Rally Obedience. It should be interesting as it is like a slow version of agility combined with obedience. I observed the class last week - everyone is very quiet including their dogs. I guess they need Hobbes and me to come shake it up a bit
I am still reading through and trying to catch up after missing this group for more than a week. There is too much to go back and comment on but I am reading it all so I know what I missed
Date..........Miles.........Total
06/01.......0.00..........0.00
06/02.......4.67..........4.67 + Strength Training
06/03.......4.69..........9.36
06/04.......6.50........15.86
06/05.......3.00........18.86
06/06.......6.25........25.11 + Agility
06/07.......0.00........25.11 + Strength Training
06/08.......0.00........25.11
06/09.......5.28........30.39 + Rally
Upcoming Races - Let me know if you will be running too!
06/25/16 - SHEPower Virtual Half Marathon
07/31/16 - San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon
09/18/16 - Beat the Blerch Half Marathon, Seattle
11/19/16 - USA Invitational Half Marathon (Yay, I qualified again!)
xx/xx/xx - Nike Women's Half Marathon, Los Angeles
12/18/16 - San Diego Holiday Half Marathon
I was so disappointed to get the email yesterday that Nike is not going to run the Women's HM in Los Angeles this year. I guess I may need to find another race in October, or not.3 -
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PoppetsMaster wrote: »
Retired snowbird (Pittsburgh/Clearwater Beach), so Pirates full season tickets in the summer (make it out to about 70 games), and partial Lightning ones in the winter (as I host too many friends on the beach in the winter to make it out to 40 games, but make it out to 10-15).
One of my other running partners here works in the jail part time, but I'm not sure relaying messages for tickets would go over well.3 -
June Running Totals (miles)
6/1 – rest day
6/2 – 6.11 easy
6/3 – rest day
6/4 – 7.21 easy with hills
6/5 – 7.42 easy
6/6 – rest day
6/7 – 8.56 easy
6/8 – rest day
6/9 – 8.01 easy
June total to date – 37.31
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 – Had stuff to do, so didn't get to the club early enough for a warm up. Two paces of drills was enough to let me know I'm still not doing drills that involve skipping, and not doing speed work. This was not a surprise, so it wasn't a disappointment. Did an easy out and back in really nice weather, low 60s and reasonable humidity with a brisk west wind at my back going out and in my face coming back.
The good news is, my sore leg tolerated an 8 mile continual run pretty well, with most of the run on the nice soft even Canal Trail surface. The bad news is, it feels like I'll be running with a low grade dull ache in my thigh for an extended period. Probably I'll get so used to it that I'll be surprised when I notice it's not there any more.
I know, that's more mental than physical. It won't really take as long as it feels like right now, but just knowing my mind is playing tricks on me doesn't make the tricks feel any less real. Today my moody emotional state says a 5K a week from Sunday is unlikely, but pacing 8:00 or 8:30 a week from Saturday (probably only 7 or 8 miles) is possible.
And with the way the mileage is progressing, running Shoreline in mid-July should be possible. Just have to remember that I don't need to run Shoreline fast.
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)
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A 2 mile run today. I'm feeling fairly tired from my Tuesday night race and then Wednesday night run club workout. I took it very easy tonight. I need to do a long run tomorrow though. I don't want to put it off because I'm heading out of town the next day for a week. Not to mention that where I'm headed is going to be 97 degrees on Saturday. A full 30 or so degrees warmer than our current weather. Yikes. I'm not ready for that kind of change.
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Hot yoga this morning ... was positioned too closely to the folks on either side of me, so there were stressful moments where i thought one of us may inadvertently bump into another's bottom with our forehead. Just wrong. Hard to center myself with that particular concern.
Ran briefly in the woods (love that dance so much more than straight roads) and am now hiding in the bedroom because the Pens game has taken over my house. Bleh. Baseball and hockey: one is too slow and one is too fast to follow for me. I can't wait for the Olympics though. Do you think they'll have them? (Zika)6 -
hydrate...hydrate...hydrate....almost a gallon of water today, and will drink a similar amount or more tomorrow....don't want to be dried out when I race on Saturday.4
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baldielove13 wrote: »6/1: 4.22 mi
So far: 4.22/115 mi
Hey,
Haven't been doing too bad. Just keep forgetting to post.
So far: 48/115 mi
Take care.
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lporter229 wrote: »Yes, I definitely noticed that she does better if we have a nice walk prior to the run. Do you use a harness when you run or a regular collar? Was it hard to get used to the waist leash? My SIL bought one for me, but I don't think we are ready for that yet. A friend of mine uses one and it works great for her though. I must admit, it frightens me a little.
I used to use a harness that you attach the leash to in front, but she does better in general if I just attach it to her collar. I've heard that if you use a harness where the clip is on the back the dog's instinct is to pull hard - no good for running, but we use one like this when she pulls me on the bike (that's how she gets her real exercise). I haven't tried a waist leash. I have a really dorky fanny pack that I attach the leash to & wear around my waist. I'm sure I look like a serious dork that way, but it works & I can carry all the treats, inhaler, etc with me without having to hold them in my hand.
My boyfriend has a skijoring belt that he uses. (skijoring = sport where dogs pull people on cross-country skis! It's awesome!) That belt is really comfortable, but gets hot & sweaty in warmer weather.
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Oops! Today is the 9th and I have yet to enter a goal! Since I didn't make last months goal because of injury, I will set this months goal at 50 miles again. Pain is lessening!! So...
6/3 - 4m
6/5 - 6m
6/6 - 1m
6/7 - 2m
6/9 - 3m
Total - 16m
I'm feeling positive!!7 -
I used a pronged collar initially with Hobbes the Vizsla to keep him from pulling. The front pull harness and the one that went around his nose did not work at all. It did not t are long with the pronged collar, maybe a couple of times before he stopped pulling and we transitioned to just a regular collar. I also used treats to just keep him at my side. Now we use his regular collar and a Kurgo adjustable waist leash so my hands are free. I absolutely love the waist leash - it has really revolutionized our runs.lporter229 wrote: »Yes, I definitely noticed that she does better if we have a nice walk prior to the run. Do you use a harness when you run or a regular collar? Was it hard to get used to the waist leash? My SIL bought one for me, but I don't think we are ready for that yet. A friend of mine uses one and it works great for her though. I must admit, it frightens me a little.
I used to use a harness that you attach the leash to in front, but she does better in general if I just attach it to her collar. I've heard that if you use a harness where the clip is on the back the dog's instinct is to pull hard - no good for running, but we use one like this when she pulls me on the bike (that's how she gets her real exercise). I haven't tried a waist leash. I have a really dorky fanny pack that I attach the leash to & wear around my waist. I'm sure I look like a serious dork that way, but it works & I can carry all the treats, inhaler, etc with me without having to hold them in my hand.
My boyfriend has a skijoring belt that he uses. (skijoring = sport where dogs pull people on cross-country skis! It's awesome!) That belt is really comfortable, but gets hot & sweaty in warmer weather.
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June goal.....run
6/1 rest
6/2 3.59
6/3 dog nursing
6/4 worked unplanned, unexpected overtime. crap.
6/5 5.39
6/6 dog nursing....DH was longingly looking at his weedwhacker. I spelled him to go whack off.
6/7 5.31
6/8 3.60
6/9 3.12
Total 21.01
Upcoming races:
SHEPower Virtual Half: sometime in June or July......when dog needs less nursing
Las Vegas RocknRoll Half 11/13/16
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EvgeniZyntx wrote: »Goal 120 km
4 - 6 km
6 - 21.4 km
9 - 30.1 km cycling
Total 27.4 km running
So, I'm thinking more and more, I'm going to shift my training towards triathlon prep. Either a Marathon plan with a lot of cross training or a tri-plan. Today's ride was just too much fun.
*Singing* Gel-ous! I've been watching too much RuPaul Drag Race.... girl TV bonding my my DD
It's tri training, not cross training.
Having said that, I have a friend in Frankfurt that does hashes and I'll be doing the red dress run next year. But that's another story.1
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