June (2016) Running Challenge

01-Jun: 3.28 miles
02-Jun: 6.88 miles
03-Jun: 6.89 miles
04-Jun: 7.75 miles
05-Jun: <Life Day>
06-Jun: 9.44 miles
07-Jun: 5.31 miles
08-Jun: 3.52 miles
09-Jun: 5.60 miles plus 1.01 miles (walk)
10-Jun:
11-Jun: 6.56 miles
12-Jun: <Life Day>
13-Jun: 6.00 miles
14-Jun: 7.37 miles
15-Jun: 3.10 miles
16-Jun: 6.78 miles
17-Jun: 7.51 miles
18-Jun: 10.20 miles
19-Jun: <Life Day>
20-Jun: 7.12 miles
21-Jun: 7.29 miles
22-Jun: 4.27 miles
23-Jun: 6.81 miles
24-Jun: 4.42 miles
25-Jun: 4.63 miles
26-Jun: <Life Day>
27-Jun: 5.22 miles
28-Jun: 5.21 miles
29-Jun: 3.40 miles
30-Jun: 5.30 miles



Upcoming Races:
04-Jul: Peachtree Road Race 10K, Atlanta, GA
13-Aug: Apple-a-Day 5K, Macon
05-Sep: Labor Day Road Race 10K
17-Sep: Joshua's Wish 5K
24-Sep: Georgia Golden Olympics 5K
22-Oct: S.C.A.R.E. 5K, Macon

Doesn't look like it's likely that I'll be able to finish the year with 2016 miles. OTOH - looks like I should cross 2016 km in mid-July. So, I'll take that. But next year, I'm likely to try to make it a 2017 mile year.

6/1 - 5.11 miles on National / Global Running Day! Woot!
6/2 - 4.55 miles. Gorgeous morning!
6/3 - Pre-HM rest day. Too bad, it is a beautiful morning! So, I am drinking extra water and I ate donuts!
6/4 - 13.3 miles at Dam to Dam Half. It was sunny and hot. Sun was brutal. Running was pretty good, but my splits went up gradually over the final 4 miles. Atmosphere was good pre and post-race. Had fun!
6/5 - Rest day + lots of kids' sports.
6/6 - 4.01 mile "recovery" run. I am not good at intentionally keeping my pace slow. I intended 9-9.5 minute miles.
6/7 - 5.35 miles. Longer than intended, because I didn't plan my route and had to get back home. Oh well, bonus 0.85 mile.
6/8 - 3.3 miles on treadmill, then upper body weights and abs.
6/9 - 4.5 miles on treadmill (Trek class). Cut it a bit short as a pain in my "hip" was causing me to alter my stride. Not sure where it came from, hoping it was just sore.
6/10 - 3.78 miles in the hot, humid weather. It was 73° at 5 a.m.! Again, shortened due to hip pain. Dr. Google says it might be greater trochanteric bursitis. Anti-inflammatories, extra ITB and hammy stretches and a reduction in mileage are in order.
6/11 - Rest day, plus stretches and anti-inflammatory med. Lots of housework though.
6/12 - Ditto.
6/13 - 3.5 miles, still hot and humid. Again, hip pain started. This time, I stopped immediately.
6/14 - Decided I am going to take a break for a week or two, try to start July fresh. So, today I went to a Bodypump class and then rode a stationary bike. Gonna be sore.
6/15 - Sore! Went light with the weights in Bodypump, still shuffling like an old man. I used to do it 2-3 days a week, but kinda dropped off about 18 months ago.
6/16 - Still sore, but went back to Bodypump and the stationary bike. I miss running :-(
6/17 - Spin Class. It was pretty fun, got to see some of my running buddies at the Y.
6/19 - Bodypump class...harder at 3:30 on a Sunday afternoon than at 5:00 a.m.
6/21 - Bodypump class and a short, ginger 1.5 miles on an indoor track. Didn't hurt, but felt weird. May try a 3-miler later this week.
6/22 - Rest.
6/23 - Airport, convention center, hotel...didn't manage to squeeze in a workout.
6/24 - 3.3 miles on hotel treadmill, then upper body weights.
6/25 - 3.2 miles on hotel treadmill
6/26 - Bodypump class
6/27 - 3.5 miles outside. Tried to keep things flat. Hip didn't hurt, but definitely tight. Saw my PCP today for something else. Discussed hip (he's a runner), he indicated that bursitis or ITB were likely candidate. As I thought, reduce mileage, extra rest, stretching. Plus, strengthening exercises. If not improving / better, see specialist.
6/28 - Rest Day.
6/29 - 9.3 miles on stationary bike, then a cautious 2.5 miles on treadmill. No pain
6/30 - Bodypump class and a short 1.5 on indoor track. Felt good. Planning to try 3-4 runs of ~5 to 8k next week and see how it goes. Need to decide by end of July or so if I want to try to gear up for another HM this fall.



@RespectTheKitty - Sorry to hear you are having a rough patch with depression. I have been there. For me, at least, exercise does help. Sometimes, it just isn't enough though. Keep hanging in there, take time for yourself, take your meds (if you have them) and things will get better at some point, they always do!
@MNLittleFinn - In case I don't make it on here over the holiday weekend, good luck with the race. Make sure not to overthink / over-analyze and remember to enjoy! And congrats on hitting your goal!
@ddmom0811 - that picture is GORGEOUS!
@skippygirlsmom, @sweetdianachka, @adrianchr92, @kimlight2, @MobyCarp, @dheliason, @FrankieandSpots, @Stoshew71, @9voice9, @greenolivetree and anyone else I missed - Congrats on hitting your goal!
@mbaker566 - No fair posting photos of delicious pastries when I do not have access to any! OMG...I could eat them all!

kimlight2 wrote: »

Races :
6/11 Run and Ride 5K Cedar Point - Done
7/10 Debbie Hudacko 5 mile ?
10/8 Outdoor Trail Series 5 mile #1
11/5 Outdoor Trail Series 5 mile #2
12/3 Outdoor Trail Series 5 mile #3
12/11 Santa Hustle Half Marathon Cedar Point

Kind of random, but definitely running related: How was the Run and Ride 5K at Cedar Point? I'd like to run that next year if I can make it work. I am overdue for a Cedar Point visit!

instantmartian wrote: »

kimlight2 wrote: »

Races :
6/11 Run and Ride 5K Cedar Point - Done
7/10 Debbie Hudacko 5 mile ?
10/8 Outdoor Trail Series 5 mile #1
11/5 Outdoor Trail Series 5 mile #2
12/3 Outdoor Trail Series 5 mile #3
12/11 Santa Hustle Half Marathon Cedar Point

Kind of random, but definitely running related: How was the Run and Ride 5K at Cedar Point? I'd like to run that next year if I can make it work. I am overdue for a Cedar Point visit!

It was insanely hot this year, it was my second time doing it. The 5k sold out so it was packed but overall well run with a tiered start and 1 water stop that you hit in both directions. Last year they had 450 starters, this year there was about 1800 racers just in the 5K. I will do it again next year but either do the 5k and 10k or the half. I wish they would do something like Disney does with a challenge if you do more then 1 race but still it is a good time with a great atmosphere.

lporter229 wrote: »

I do not use the lactate threshold feature on my Garmin. Not even sure if I have it (Forerunner 220). How does it actually work?

I'm pretty sure the 220 has it as well. On my 630 I can get there from the main watch face by pressing the hamburger on the watch face (the 3 lines) and going to My Stats->Lactate Threshold.

I am not sure if the "Auto-Detect" feature is enabled by default, in which case it won't automatically figure it out whenever it has all of the right data on a run to calculate this. You can also do a guided test by going to the Run menu and pressing the hamburger then going to My Stats->Lactate Threshold->Do Guided Test.

I do not know the details of the algorithm, I think there is a white paper where you can read more details about it.

It has only auto-detected for me on a 5k PR attempt, then a recent 4x5 minute LT effort run (based on the LT reported from the 5k) and then again today doing 20 minutes at LT effort.

Done with my mileage for the month with 8 hours to spare!

For the sake of insanity, decided to do my (marathon plan-prescribed) tempo run today outside in the middle of the day in the hot Florida 88 degree summer sun. On the plus side, humidity was down to 62%. Survived the run, went by heart rate, and although I started the tempo (threshold) portion at a 7:20 pace, maintaining the same heart rate got me up to a 9 minute pace by the end of the run. As I won't need to do math again on my monthly distance, I decided not to take my cooldown to a full/half mile multiple, and just ended the run at 6.7 miles so I could return to the air conditioned interior.

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
6/14 - 1 mile
6/15 - 4 miles
6/17 - 5.5 miles
6/19 - 6 miles
6/20 - 5 miles
6/21 - 13 miles
6/22 - 9 miles
6/23 - 9 miles
6/24 - 7 miles
6/25 - 10.5 miles
6/26 - 12 miles
6/27 - 4 miles
6/28 - 3.5 miles
6/29 - 4 miles
6/30 - 6.7 miles

Total: 203.2 miles
Goal: 200 miles
Done!

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

@WhatMeRunning - Given LT is supposed to be how fast you can run for an hour, I just go by my 15K pace and heart rate, as the race took me roughly an hour. Still, pretty sure they don't have it on my watch (Forerunner 225) as they just added it to the 230/235/630 series. They might be able to do it via a firmware update though.