June (2016) Running Challenge
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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
6/14 4.41 snuck out of work and ran in the rain.....so I can dognurse/give DH a break when I get home. 3 weeks till he's allowed off leash.....
6/15 3.11
6/16 4.19
6/17 3.30
6/18 rest
6/19 4.23
6/20 snorkel 2.5 hours
6/21 5.00
6/22 4.17
Total 65.45
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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@greenolivetree Bravo on passing your June goal already! That's fab!2
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Date Miles MTD ------ ----- ------ June 1 5.1 5.1 June 2 5.6 10.7 June 4 5.8 16.5 June 5 4.2 20.7 June 7 4.2 24.9 June 9 5.1 30.0 June 10 4.3 34.3 June 11 13.2 47.5 June 12 3.7 51.2 June 15 5.6 56.8 June 18 10.2 67.0 June 19 5.1 72.1 June 22 4.3 76.4 June 23 4.3 80.7
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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!
6/15: 5 miles
6/16: 7 miles
.......: 6.4 miles << Thursday group run!
6/17: Long awaited rest day
6/18: 10.2 miles
6/19: 16 miles
6/20: 6 miles
6/21: Rest day
6/22: 8 miles
6/23: 7 miles << Buddy-up'd tempo run
........: Group run tonight!
Met up with my Thursday morning tempo buddy again this week! We kept to our paces much better this time (see also: I talked a lot less and focused on running!), but I'll have to be more strategic with a route next week. It's hard to do a tempo run when the second half of the route is mostly (gradually, but significantly!) uphill! Kept good splits though: 8:58 (warm-up/run to meeting place), 7:44, 7:28, 8:03, 8:06, 8:05, 7:23 (downhill mile back home). Each mile felt like I was running at least 20 sec/mile slower, so I was relieved to see that I more or less nailed the paces I wanted to hit. Paced 7:58 overall, but removing the warm-up mile, I paced 7:48, which is spot on.
My Thursday buddy is much, much faster than me (she just did a 5k on Tuesday and had an "off" day, pacing around 6:15/mile!), so my tempo speed is her leisurely pace, but I'm hoping that through the summer she can egg me on a bit and push me to make my tempos faster and faster. Hopefully by the time my September marathon rolls around I can hit 7:45-7:50 paces with ease!
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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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
6/15- 4.02
6/16- 6.7
6/17- Rest
6/18- 12.5 Miles
6/19- REST
6/20- REST
6/21- 3.0 <--First Taper Run
6/22- 4.05
6/23- 6.04
Nominal Mileage goal: 83.72/100.
Real goal: Finish training for my First HM, get rested/healed up so I'm good to go by 7/4
Notes on today's run: Ran 6.04 miles at 10:22 Average pace. Run felt good, but I'm thinking I have a case of runners knee in my left knee. Right Achilles felt better today, thinking that It's a stiffness issue now, rather than a return of the bursitis I had a couple years back.
I ran today's run a little harder than I had planned too. It turns out that it's hard to slow down after getting used to a certain pace range. My Average pace for all runs over the last 4 weeks is 10:18, so I was slower, just not as much as I was planning on..... Rest day tomorrow, then my last LR of the training cycle on Saturday (8-9 miles or so).
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You know it's bad when even pretty polish won't hide the color. It has been slightly purple since April but a couple of accidental hits on the side of the tub and it got worse. I've had a couple of black nails here and there, but I think this one is coming off. It hurts so bad it wakes me up at night. It's black and blue all down the inside of the toe. Funny it feels the best when I'm running. Ha ha
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@skippygirlsmom OUCH!0
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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
6/14 9 miles 112.4
6/14 4 miles 116.4 << Daily Double
6/15 6.2 miles 122.6
6/16 9 miles 131.6
6/16 5 miles 136.6 << Daily Double FF Pub Run at Yellowhammer
6/17 6.2 miles 142.8
6/18 18 miles 160.8
6/19 REST DAY
6/20 9 miles 169.8
6/20 4 miles 173.8 << Daily Double
6/21 9 miles 182.8
6/21 4 miles 186.8 << Daily Double
6/22 5 miles 191.8
6/23 5.5 miles 197.3
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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1/6: 4.5 Miles
3/6: 3.4 Miles
5/6: 3.7 Miles
6/6: 3.4 Miles
8/6: 3.7 Miles
10/6: 5.0 Miles
13/6: 4.2 Miles
15/6: 6.3 Miles
17/6: 4.4 Miles
19/6: 6.3 Miles
21/6: 4.0 Miles
23/6: 3.7 Miles
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Just 5-6 miles to go!
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I had to take a hiatus for about a week. I was walking but I wasn't counting that in measurements. I think if I plan properly I might still be able to hit 50. But in the end I don't want to overdo it and hurt something so we'll see how I feel as this final stretch approaches.2 -
@skippygirlsmom Ouch! Looks kind of like my hip. I've only had one nail suffer damage. It just lifted and I kept cutting it back. Never came loose at the cuticle.
My son ran another mile. His goal is 1.5 miles in 10-13 minutes. That's what? A 7-9 minute pace. He's run twice and already mentioned he's not near that. Haha, ya... keep at it, you'll get there. He's like 140 pounds, 5'8" ish. I'm confident he'll have no problem getting sub 7 with training. Man I hate being down. I could be running his butt off!1 -
Nice article about doubting yourself the night before the race.
http://www.rockcreekrunner.com/2016/06/23/dear-future-me/
Oh goodness sorry my toe was so big LOL I posted from my phone so it didn't look so big! Dang I'm a freaking big foot, hope no one was eating when they opened that !!4 -
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
6/15 - 3 miles with the girl
6/16 - 5 miles
6/17 - rest day
6/18 - 4 miles - 5K and mile warm up
6/19 - too much to do to run day
6/20 - 4 miles
6/21 - 3 miles
6/22 - 5 miles
6/23 - 4 miles - Skip had 4 on her plan, I had 5 on mine, but she was afraid to run home past the pit bull house alone so I went with her, once my legs saw the house they said "yippe"
81 of 100 miles
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DATE...............MILES...........TOTAL
6/1...................REST.................0.00
6/2.....................7.00.................7.00
6/3.....................5.00...............12.00
6/4...................10.00...............22.00
6/5.....................6.25...............28.25
6/6...................REST...............28.25
6/7.....................3.00...............31.25
6/8...................REST...............31.25
6/9.....................3.00...............34.25
6/10.................REST...............34.25
6/11...................4.25.............. 38.50
6/12.................REST...............38.50
6/13.................REST...............38.50
6/14.................REST...............38.50
6/15...................6.00...............44.50
6/16...................5.00...............49.50
6/17...................7.00...............56.50
6/18.................REST...............56.50
6/19.................REST...............56.50
6/20.................REST...............56.50
6/21...................5.00...............61.50
6/22...................5.00...............66.50
6/23.................REST...............66.50
2016 Races
5/14: Glacier Ridge Ultra -- 50k (Portersville, PA)
7/9: Buckeye Trail 50k -- 50k (Brecksville, OH)
9/10: 1st Annual Possum Glory Endurance Race -- 50k (Northern Cambria, PA)
10/1: Cloudsplitter 100 -- 100 Miles (Pine Mountain, KY)
10/15: Buffalo Creek Half Marathon (Sarver, PA)2 -
It's so much fun to see everyone's ticker slowing moving from left to right!! Super work to those of you who already met goal
now you need to set a stretch goal for the last week of the month 
I also notice not so many "too freaking hot, can't stand it stories" so that tells me we are getting used to the heat. I know watching the weather channel this morning we certainly are not getting any cooler across the country.
I think I might drag Skip to some speed week at a local elementary school tonight. I'm supposed to vacuum the pool but I think that can wait another night. It's gonna be about 100 with the heat index so we'll see how that goes.3 -
Giving the knee another rest day. It's feeling good, but maybe not entirely 31 miles good quite yet. I have seven more days to get to 100 miles for the month (a hollow victory to be sure) and 15 days to the race. At this point I am aiming for a "grind-it-out-and-finish-healthy" sort of race and not a dark personal Bataan Death March... lol...5
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No running for me today or any other exercise. Dad's having surgery.
@skippygirlsmom I do think I've adjusted a little to the heat but we're back under a heat advisory today. I could tell it felt warmer outside early this morning compared to yesterday's run. So if tomorrow is like today, I may have to complain again My goal was 50 miles but my stretch goal is 74 to top my previous highest month of almost 72 3 -
@greenolivetree I hope dad is okay.
The downfall to running early is usually the humidity is higher. When I ran this morning (5:30 am) it was 73F and 84% humidity, when I got back it was 75F and 80% humidity, right now 90F 52% humidity so it's a trade off on the heat vs the humidity depending on what time of day you run.1 -
My next half is the Philly Rock and Roll in September. One of my most favorite bands ever, Guster, announced that they will be the finish line band this year! This adds so much more motivation for me to finish sooner so I can see as much of their set as possible, and I might actually have a good finish line photo for once, as I will inevitably be singing whatever song they're playing as I approach the finish line. I was excited to run this, before, but I am so super excited, now!5
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