June (2016) Running Challenge
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My goal is 80km!
2nd - 8km
4th - 5km (parkrun, 26:21) new PB by 1min 35seconds!
6th - 4km
8th - 8km
9th - 3km My first social run with a friend! We ran faster than I normally do.
11th - 5km Started enjoying it after 4km. Took my camelbak for my shopping bags and wallet and walked back via the shops, worked well.
13th - 8.5 km (7 slowish, 1 really hard, extra half k to cool off)
41.5/80km so far2 -
@tacosticks - I have found that when I don't have enough arch support, my back gives me more trouble. I splurged on Nike running shoes a year ago (usually wear Asics or Saucony), and that did not have nearly enough support for me. I had terrible knee pain and back pain with them. This isn't necessarily a slam on Nike running shoes (though I won't buy them for running again); it's just a thought about how important the right shoes can be. So - could be the backpack, but might also be the shoes.
On a different note to the group - grr. Why can't I tag people in here all of a sudden? Any thoughts? ETA: apparently I can - it just doesn't autofill the name.
And with that, I think I'll go for a run. xoxo
That makes a lot of sense! A few of my friends had Nike running shoes and they all said it wasn't great with their knees, then eventually bought new ones that supported their arches a lot better, and boom - no more knee pain and shin splints. The ones I have are a gift so I'm hoping to be the 'outlier' and they'll somehow not destroy my legs lol! Will definitely look into other types of running shoes(like the brands you mentioned) as well. Thanks for the advice!
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Date Miles today. Miles for June
6/1 5 miles - 5 << Another recovery run.
6/2 6.5 miles - 11.5
6/3 REST DAY (unplanned but necessary)
6/4 13.5 miles - 25
6/5 REST DAY
6/6 8 miles 33
6/6 4 miles 37 << Daily Double
6/7 9 miles 46
6/7 5 miles 51 << Daily Double
6/8 6.2 miles 57.2
6/9 9 miles 66.2
6/10 6.2 miles 72.4
6/11 18 miles 90.4
6/12 REST DAY
6/13 9 miles 99.4
6/13 4 miles 103.4 << Daily Double
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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WhatMeRunning wrote: »
RyePoppetsMaster wrote: »Two days with no running... one more tomorrow... Maybe see how the knee feels on Wednesday. Will be at the beach all week so maybe I just skip the running all week and drink at the pool all day...
A good friend of mine who's a long time runner & former competitive marathoner recommends the RICES method for knee injuries (or pretty much any running injury):
Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation
Scotch
Irish
Canadian
Especially bourbon
Scotch
ftfy
Riesling
Irish Whiskey
Cognac
Everclear
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »
RyePoppetsMaster wrote: »Two days with no running... one more tomorrow... Maybe see how the knee feels on Wednesday. Will be at the beach all week so maybe I just skip the running all week and drink at the pool all day...
A good friend of mine who's a long time runner & former competitive marathoner recommends the RICES method for knee injuries (or pretty much any running injury):
Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation
Scotch
Irish
Canadian
Especially bourbon
Scotch
ftfy
Riesling
Irish Whiskey
Cognac
Everclear
Run
Ice cream
Coffee
Eclairs
R.I.C.E for women8 -
OMG yes, this! ^^ @Elise4270 , that's absolutely brilliant.WhatMeRunning wrote: »
RyePoppetsMaster wrote: »Two days with no running... one more tomorrow... Maybe see how the knee feels on Wednesday. Will be at the beach all week so maybe I just skip the running all week and drink at the pool all day...
A good friend of mine who's a long time runner & former competitive marathoner recommends the RICES method for knee injuries (or pretty much any running injury):
Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation
Scotch
Irish
Canadian
Especially bourbon
Scotch
ftfy
Riesling
Irish Whiskey
Cognac
Everclear
Run
Ice cream
Coffee
Eclairs
R.I.C.E for women
I actually did go for a run today, despite the fact that Monday is usually my rest day, but on Wednesday evening my sister will arrive, and Friday we start our vacation together. I'm really looking forward to it, but there won't be a lot of running until I'm back home at the beginning of July, so I decided to use every change I have until then.Where is everyone? Heat, injury, recovery? I'm working... well, at work.
My running days are short. I wanna hear about others pounding it out.
I went out rather late - was at work until 8pm, went grocery shopping on the way home, spent an hour looking at marathon training plans online(*), so it was already dark outside when I started. And it was raining - so all in all, rather nice Sometimes I really enjoy that kind of atmosphere, when you can't see beyond the little lightcone of your flashlight, and it seems nobody else is around. Actually, I did see one guy with a dog at one point and another one a bike a while later, but that's about it.
(*) Note: not that I'm planning on signing up for a marathon, that would be crazy! It's just that I realised that when I come back from vacation, the Lausanne Marathon is exactly 16 weeks away, and a lot of marathon plans seem to be 16 weeks long. Although I think my favourite plan is Hal Higdons "Intermediate 1", which is 18 weeks long, so I would have to start in week 3. If I wanted to follow a marathon plan, which would be weird, since I'm not really considering to train for one...3 -
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Run
Ice cream
Coffee
Eclairs
R.I.C.E for women [/quote]
Switch out Chocolate for the Coffee and it is perfect!4 -
I thought only college kids drank everclear. That list looks a bit Ivy League.WhatMeRunning wrote: »
RyePoppetsMaster wrote: »Two days with no running... one more tomorrow... Maybe see how the knee feels on Wednesday. Will be at the beach all week so maybe I just skip the running all week and drink at the pool all day...
A good friend of mine who's a long time runner & former competitive marathoner recommends the RICES method for knee injuries (or pretty much any running injury):
Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation
Scotch
Irish
Canadian
Especially bourbon
Scotch
ftfy
Riesling
Irish Whiskey
Cognac
Everclear3 -
I figured the Eclairs already had chocolate on them - does anybody buy non-chocolate Elairs? o.O"Elise4270 wrote: »
Run
Ice cream
Coffee
Eclairs
R.I.C.E for women
Switch out Chocolate for the Coffee and it is perfect!
...Well, instead of "Coffee" and "Eclairs", I'd also be willing to settle for "Chocolate" and "Espresso" instead ;-)
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_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »
I figured the Eclairs already had chocolate on them - does anybody buy non-chocolate Elairs? o.O"Elise4270 wrote: »
Run
Ice cream
Coffee
Eclairs
R.I.C.E for women
Switch out Chocolate for the Coffee and it is perfect!
...Well, instead of "Coffee" and "Eclairs", I'd also be willing to settle for "Chocolate" and "Espresso" instead ;-)
Sound like a fair trade. Never had an éclair, sorry. Not a fan of custard.
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6/1 - 22 miles cycling
6/2 - 5 miles + strength training
6/3 -rest and recovery day
6/4 - 34 miles cycling
6/5 - 42 miles cycling
6/6 - rest day - only 4 hours sleep - didn’t think I should
6/7 - strength training + 1 mile on treadmill (tropical storm rest day)
6/8 - 5 miles - yay! finally. Even though it was 95% humidity.
6/9 - 6 miles in the daylight!
6/10 - travel/rest day
6/11 - 4.28 miles in KC
6/12 - 5.5 miles in KC
6/13 - 4.4 miles in KC. Was nice this morning!
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_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »
I figured the Eclairs already had chocolate on them - does anybody buy non-chocolate Elairs? o.O"Elise4270 wrote: »
Run
Ice cream
Coffee
Eclairs
R.I.C.E for women
Switch out Chocolate for the Coffee and it is perfect!
...Well, instead of "Coffee" and "Eclairs", I'd also be willing to settle for "Chocolate" and "Espresso" instead ;-)
Oh yeah! I can't have chocolate, so I figure none of you could
and the ice cream must have chocolate, or brownie bits. 2 -
_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »
I figured the Eclairs already had chocolate on them - does anybody buy non-chocolate Elairs? o.O"Elise4270 wrote: »
Run
Ice cream
Coffee
Eclairs
R.I.C.E for women
Switch out Chocolate for the Coffee and it is perfect!
...Well, instead of "Coffee" and "Eclairs", I'd also be willing to settle for "Chocolate" and "Espresso" instead ;-)
Oh yeah! I can't have chocolate, so I figure none of you could and the ice cream must have chocolate, or brownie bits.
Great minds think alike.2 -
Life happens. Not where I want to be. Keep moving forward.
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Just 4 easy miles solo in the cooler weather before flying back to Florida this afternoon.
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
6/10 - 9 miles
6/11 - 8 miles
6/12 - 12 miles
6/13 - 4 miles
Total: 103 miles
Goal: 200 miles
Remaining: 97 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 52 -
Thanks to my friend Jeannine for encouraging me to get my run in, even though I didn't want to.
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Hi everyone, my name is Tiffanie but I go by Tiffie or any of the other shortened forms of the name usually spelt Tiffany
I've been running off and mostly on for some years and I usually incorporate running into my weight loss program. I want to keep running while losing and during maintenance. The longest I've run is maybe an hour but I'm pretty comfortable doing 30 mins. The other day I ran 5k in 35 mins so I do see some improvement in my speed. I figured I would try to speak to some other runners who may teach me a thing or two. I've set a goal to run 30 miles by the end of the month so here's hoping I make it!5 -
Another 2.1 miles today good run kept it calm at 11.85 miles so far gonna keep adding 1/10 of a mile every workout4
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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
6/10 gave DH a nursing break
6/11 8.32
6/12 3.71
6/13 3.38
Total 37
Upcoming races:
SHEPower Virtual Half: sometime in June or July......when dog needs less nursing
Las Vegas RocknRoll Half 11/13/16
Ticker is my goal for 2016 and accumulation to date:
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It's been another week (ish) so here I am checking in again. Not really had much time to run this week but I had some decent runs on the times I did.
8/6 - 0
9/6 - 0
10/6 - 4
11/6 - 0
12/6 - 0
13/6 - 4
Total distance this month so far - 24.7 miles.
Not bad for my first time trying this challenge. Maybe I'll try for 50 miles next month. I'll be on vacation at the end of the month so I might try and squeeze some runs in on the mornings when everyone's asleep
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6/1- 4.17
6/2- 5.79
6/3-Rest
6/4-12.25
6/5-Rest
6/6- Rest
6/7-5.03
6/8-Rest
6/9-5.0
6/10- Rest
6/11-10k race
6/12- Rest/recovery
6/13- Rest
6/14- 9.12
Total: 47.41/100
Notes on today's run: Well, I'm thinking I wasn't fully recovered from the 10k yet. Today's assignment was 1h20m-1h40m at E. I ended up running 9.12 miles in 1:34:23, for a 10:21 average.
Took along a GU Roctane gel today. gel went down easy, and I didn't have any GI problems from it, but I did have a couple times where my HR spiked into the bottom of zone 5. Not sure if that was from the extra caffeine in the gel, or just because I'm not fully recovered from the race...
,,,Haven't had any similar issues when I've used Honey Stingers....Oh well, it was good to see that my body handled it well, as it seems that if there's gels handed out at races, they tend to be GU, and now I know I can handle them.
wThis was my last "long" midweek run before my HM. Next week will be the las week of all out training, and then a nice little one week taper and then the race!2 -
6/1: 5 miles
6/2: 6.4 miles
6/3: Rest
6/4: Lazy
6/5: 9 miles
6/6: 5 miles
6/7: 4 miles
6/8: 6.5 miles << Wednesday group run
6/9: 6.4 miles << Thursday PUB RUN!
6/10: Rest day finally
6/11: 13.1 << Halfway Half (unofficial)
6/12: 10 miles
6/13: 6 miles with Joe2Go crew
6/14: 6.2 miles << Group runner send off!
I've been awful at keeping up with all the posts this month. Ack!! I'll try to do better!
Great group run yesterday morning, and amazing one today! I did my first ever Coppermine run, which is a popular but famous/infamous loop around here because of the hills -- up and down! There's a loyal bunch that do Coppermine Tuesdays every week, and one of our group runners is moving tomorrow to Cleveland so we had a HUGE group come and run the route with her as a send-off. Afterward we had Oreo-stuffed chocolate chip cookies (that she brought) and mimosas, which was a downright lovely way to start the day!
Upcoming Races:
7/4: A 4th of July race somewhere!
9/11: Lehigh Valley Via Marathon (Allentown, PA)
11/20: Philadelphia Marathon (Philly, PA)
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »
I thought only college kids drank everclear. That list looks a bit Ivy League.WhatMeRunning wrote: »
RyePoppetsMaster wrote: »Two days with no running... one more tomorrow... Maybe see how the knee feels on Wednesday. Will be at the beach all week so maybe I just skip the running all week and drink at the pool all day...
A good friend of mine who's a long time runner & former competitive marathoner recommends the RICES method for knee injuries (or pretty much any running injury):
Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation
Scotch
Irish
Canadian
Especially bourbon
Scotch
ftfy
Riesling
Irish Whiskey
Cognac
Everclear
LOL Yeah, it was the first thing that came to mind. Maybe flashbacks to the good ole days?
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »
I thought only college kids drank everclear. That list looks a bit Ivy League.WhatMeRunning wrote: »
RyePoppetsMaster wrote: »Two days with no running... one more tomorrow... Maybe see how the knee feels on Wednesday. Will be at the beach all week so maybe I just skip the running all week and drink at the pool all day...
A good friend of mine who's a long time runner & former competitive marathoner recommends the RICES method for knee injuries (or pretty much any running injury):
Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation
Scotch
Irish
Canadian
Especially bourbon
Scotch
ftfy
Riesling
Irish Whiskey
Cognac
Everclear
Rainier
IPA
Corona
Erdinger Weissbier
Better? 3 -
Date Miles today. Miles for June
6/1 5 miles - 5 << Another recovery run.
6/2 6.5 miles - 11.5
6/3 REST DAY (unplanned but necessary)
6/4 13.5 miles - 25
6/5 REST DAY
6/6 8 miles 33
6/6 4 miles 37 << Daily Double
6/7 9 miles 46
6/7 5 miles 51 << Daily Double
6/8 6.2 miles 57.2
6/9 9 miles 66.2
6/10 6.2 miles 72.4
6/11 18 miles 90.4
6/12 REST DAY
6/13 9 miles 99.4
6/13 4 miles 103.4 << Daily Double
6/14 9 miles 112.4
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
Humid one this morning. Had some heat lightening in the distance this morning that luckily stayed away.
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6/1 - 3 miles
6/2 - zip
6/3 - 5 miles
6/4 - 5 miles (I did 2 miles of intervals with my friend then walked 2 miles with her) after that I ran 3 miles with Skip so I'm going to count 5 miles
6/5 - 5 miles
6/6 - rest
6/7 - 7 miles
6/8 - 5 miles another perfect morning to run!
6/9 - 4 miles loving the weather woohoo!!!
6/10 - rest day rest day I hate rest days but I need to do a long(est) run tomorrow so it's rest day rest day
6/11 - 6 miles 80F at start of run almost 90F when we were done...hot hot hot
6/12 - 5 miles by myself and then 5 miles of intervals with my friend so I'm going to call it 8 miles - another way hot one
6/13 - rest day after running and working over the weekend for 10 hours scrubbing the liner of my pool and shop vac'ing all the water out of the bottom, my body said *kitten* no we are not moving when the alarm went off.
6/14 - 5 miles with Skip this morning
53 of 100 miles
Skip got up this morning to run with me. We both decided it was awful out and a horrible run, slow and painful. LOL She is a bit sore from weight training and I got home last night after 14 hours in the same high heels and my ankles and calves were so swollen you couldn't see my ankle bones. I know I drank a lot of water yesterday but I guess I had too much sodium. I could still feel the heavy in my legs this morning.
@stoshew71 I don't know if it was heat lightening, it was thundering pretty good by me and lots of thunderheads out there, I think the thunderstorm part just didn't happen. Either way it was freaking humid.
@josh_lol great job!2 -
June
1-nothing
2-hope to get something in tonight. yoga/circus girls+pedicure night=hangover
3-nothing-last minute errands. essentially sped walked for 3 hours
4-same but all day because, you know, i got married
5-family reunion
6-slept off the weekend
7-4.25mi. felt pretty good
8-3.13mi feeling good, plus stairclimber and foam rolling
9-slept in
10-no run.
11-no run foot stuff still
12-2.5mi sprints for an hour and a half-aka laser tag
13-no run
14-sick
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 40:08
May 28-Top Gun Run 5k Virtual 41:46
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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skippygirlsmom wrote: »Skip got up this morning to run with me. We both decided it was awful out and a horrible run, slow and painful.
This can be a sensitive time. I know my first year of running, I hated to go run in the heat and humidity.
I would think boy today just sucked real bad, I sucked real bad.
Despite knowing the effects of the heat can have on your body which forces you to slow down, mentally all you can think is, "this sucks, and I suck". In your mind, you are comparing the end result of today's run with what you were doing 3 weeks ago when it was much cooler out. In your mind, you still want to maintain that same pace but you can't. So mentally, you think you are getting worse.
This morning is one of those mornings, where I was struggling in my run and looking at my watch and reading it say 9:30 pace when 8:30 pace was easy not too long ago. I had to fight the thought of taking it personal and just enjoy the run for what it was. Yes it was humid and warm out, and my shorts and shoes were soaking. I take a deep breath in and you can feel the water in your lungs. This run definetely sucks.
But what is happening is your body is now forced to continue to work hard with less oxygen. More water in the air means you are breathing in less oxygen. The body will take time to adapt to that. As it does, it will feel harder to run the same pace as you did before. But in time, your body will go through changes to be able to absorb more oxygen out of your lungs which will make your blood more rich in hemoglobin (thus oxygen). It may not mean much over the summer months as your runs will continue to suck, but once it cools down in September/October, that blood will stay the same, but the air will become more oxygen rich. Which means those runs in the fall will seem very easy. So that easy 8:30 pace I was enjoying in the spring, a 8:00 maybe even 7:30 pace will feel the same effort thanks to the changes your body made in the summer.
Also, because your body cools itself from sweat evaporating off your skin, the humidity makes the evaporation process become nill. So the body has to work harder to cool itself off. This raises your heart rate even more as your body tries to pump your blood faster to move that hot air out of your body. This is another reason why summer running just sucks. But as your heart is working harder, it is also getting stronger. So when the weather cools down in the fall, that stronger heart will be pumping more oxygen rich blood with much more ease.
These are some of the things that go through my mind when I run in the heat. Yes, running in the summer sucks. But I do not suck. I am getting stronger and faster despite what my watch says.
I hope this helps some of you.
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Run
Ice cream
Coffee
Eclairs
R.I.C.E for women
I'll have some. I do love eclairs.
I'm still kind of tired and out of motivation after Sunday (the 8K was my longest run so far), but the weather is great right now and you guys are making me want to get out there. I think I'll schedule a run for tomorrow morning. 3
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