July (2016) Running Challenge
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7/2- 5.01km
Trying out new routes in town is interesting (torrential downpour again though)! Discovered that judging my distance by pilfering my husband's fitbit was dumb after mapping the route and comparing. I ran 7 more miles than I thought last month!! Going strictly on mapped distances from now on
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Oh my goodness, @ROBOTFOOD ! Praying for your complete recovery. I had to look up what rhabdomyolysis is...it sounds horrible. Please rest and take care of yourself!0
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@ROBOTFOOD
I read about Rhabdomyolysis today.
I'd only heard of it after hearing horror stories about CrossFit, of which is said has an unduly large occurrence of it.
Ironic that you might have been dehydrated during a flood!
My best wishes for a speedy and full recovery!@louubelle16 & @Orphia thanks so much for you thoughts! I am a newbie runner since I was off running completely for several years & just started up again. Prior to that I had only run a few years, and then way back in high school I did sprints in track rather than longer distances. So I am definitely new to distance running.
You are right: it makes sense to just be patient & listen to my body & not try to run every day. Slow but consistent is way better than fast, frequent, and then injured! I do do a lot of cross training - - biking (stationary & "real"), weights, walking, swimming...and it definitely helps with over all fitness.
Thanks again!
@cljoe7 Very good reply!
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2 July – 5 km parkrun alongside my niece
3 July – 10 km
July Goal: 150 km (93 miles)
Total: 15 km
Today I tried to run 10 km easy, but my easy is still getting faster all the time, so it turned out to be my second-fastest 10 km.
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@ROBOTFOOD so glad you are okay! How horrible and scary. I was wondering where I'd heard of that syndrome and it was as @Orphia mentioned in reference to Crossfit.
Good running everyone.0 -
7/2 - 5.5 miles
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Wow - @ROBOTFOOD!! I am so glad you went to the hospital! Hoping they test your kidneys and that all is ok!
I did have to laugh at the HR comment. I had a similar experience when I had my hand surgery and kept setting off alarms and the nurses would all come running. When they saw I was fine and I explained about my HR being low, they just turned the alarms off 4 -
Put me down for 60 miles
I only set myself a goal of 30 miles last month so lets see how I get on.
1/7 - 0
2/7 - 5
Total: 5 miles
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@ROBOTFOOD Duuudeee that sucks. I hope you make a quick recovery. Had to google Rhabdomyolysis cause I never heard of it. Wikipedia says one of the causes can be extreme physical exercise (particularly when poorly hydrated). You didn't happen to engage in any extreme physical exercise particularly when poorly hydrated didn't you?
Date.....Distance..Avg hr/Pace/km
July 1 - 7.7 km - 148/6:09
July 2 - 5.8 km - 147/6:56
July 3 - 11.6km - 151/6:22
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 21:57
22/07: Bucharest After9Cross 9.5k
28/08: Fox Trail Half Marathon (10k)3 -
@ROBOTFOOD Glad you're okay!! That's a harrowing story, my friend! Stay safe out there in that LV heat!2
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7/1: Rest/moving day
7/2: 8 miles
7/3: 3 miles
My body has forsaken me! I slept in a dry room 2 nights ago, and that triggered a gross mucus-y immune response. So I feel like I have an awful cold, but for no good reason; my lymph nodes aren't swollen and my throat doesn't hurt, but I have all the nose-throat-lung gunk that would come with it. Sleep has been awful, I'm tired from moving, and now I can't breathe and run at the same time. Went out for a 3 mile trial loop, and my running buddy and I both agreed I should just go home and take it easy. It really sucked because we had the first not-awfully-humid morning in weeks, and I can't even enjoy it! Boooo!
LUCKILY, this whole "nose-only cold" should be resolved by tomorrow and I don't work Tuesday, so I can re-do my "long" run then (I was only going to do 10-12 anyway since this was an impromptu, life-related cutback week). Today my plan is to eat, nap and try to make a dent in the tome of a novel I'm reading (IT by Stephen King, which is, for all intents and purposes, a million pages long, and according to Kindle, I'm 44% done).
Upcoming Races:
7/9: Belmar 5 miler (Belmar, NJ)
9/11: Lehigh Valley Via Marathon (Allentown, PA)
11/20: Philadelphia Marathon (Philly, PA)
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Lots of rain today and tomorrow for the holiday long weekend, so unsure of when I'm running again.
@kristinegift My body has also forsaken me. Running in summer humidity seems to give me a constant feeling of needing to cough something up. My nose has been constantly stuffy despite not feeling sick. I hope your issues are short-lived.
@Orphia Sounds like you are really making progress!
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Date Miles today. Miles for July
7/1 3.1 miles - 3.1
7/2 14 miles - 17.1
7/3 REST DAY
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 << 1:20:22 1 in AG & 15 OA
Rocket City Marathon - 12/10
I never had a chance to log my run from yesterday. Got up early and got 14 miles around the inn we stayed at on the edge of the Smokey Mountains National Park. Almost 1200 ft of elevation too. Then walked around Gatlinburg yesterday. Today is not really a rest day since we are getting ready to go hiking in the Smokey Mountains National Park.
Some pictures.
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@ROBOTFOOD -Holy carp kittens!! Glad you are OK! I think I'll just donate all of my miles this month. Sort of like Red Nose Day, only for a month and for runners who can't run. Maybe we can call it Black Toe Month.
@kristinegift - I recall reading that book. A double whammy. It just keeps going and going forever, yet you just can't put it down.4 -
Very slow and easy short 2.5 mile jog today since I have a 5k tomorrow morning.
7/1 - 0 miles for me but 3 for Black Toe Month (BTM)
7/2 - Nada, just strength exercises (sorry BTM)
7/3 - 0 miles for me but 2.5 for BTM
0 of 100 miles completed for me
5.5 of XXX miles completed for BTM
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1/7: 4.5 Miles
3/7: 8.1 Miles
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »
@kristinegift - I recall reading that book. A double whammy. It just keeps going and going forever, yet you just can't put it down.
@WhatMeRunning I usually read pretty fast and can knock out a 300-400 page book in a weekend with time to spare. But goodness gracious, IT is just so long and so wordy! I'm almost halfway through and we're just starting to get to the actual action. Double whammy, indeed!2 -
@ROBOTFOOD Oh man! I'm so glad you went to the hospital & survived that scariness! I also had to google rhabdomyolysis as I've never heard of it. Please rest & take care of yourself so you can recover without any lasting damage.
@Elise4270 Thanks for your suggestions re: the knee pain. I think I will go back to PT if it continues to plague me. I wish I could offer some advice about your son's amazing HM running potential, but instead all I have to say is: I'm hugely impressed & somewhat jealous. Wow!
@greenolivetree (((HUGS))) for the spider run! Yikes!!!
@Stoshew71 Great pics! Have a fantastic hike.
Did about 2 miles of walk/ running on the treadmill yesterday & slowed the running pace waay down from what I had been doing. Knees seemed to appreciate that. I feel like I can do a lot more re: cardiovascular-wise, but the knees don't want to take it yet. Patience! (and biking
) I think this means if I want to make my Black Toe Month goal I will have to count some walk-only miles, which I haven't wanted to do. We'll see.
7/2....2.01 miles walk/run on treadmill
Goal: 35 + 2 for Black Toe Month
2.01 Done, 34.99 to go3 -
I hate waiting. Carb loading and hydration are in full swing...I'm so gonna be heavier tomorrow....4
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7/1 - 11.5 Easy
7/2 - 5.86 Recovery
7/3 - 18.11 Long Run
Today's run sucked as we had about 7 inches of rain over night so humidity was 92% with 72 degree temperatures. I actually wished it would have been raining. This also concluded week 4 of my marathon training with 63.6 miles. Next week has the first 20 miler, yeah!
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7/1 - 2 miles
7/2 - 5 miles
7/3 - 3 miles
10 of 110 miles
I was going to take a rest day but Skip and I decided to go to the greenway. She walked Macy while I ran a few miles. She is running in the Independence Mile race tonight so didn't run with me. Saw a BIG snake it was a good 4 foot long laying across the greenway. ugh. One lady was carrying on "I'm never running here again" LOL
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Just setting my goal - back down to 75 miles since I will be back in Orlando and the heat.
Waiting at the airport now and catching up.
@ROBOTFOOD - oh my gosh - hope you are feeling better. That sounds so scary.
7/1 - 5.23 miles in Washington
7/2 - 3.7 miles in Washington with perfect temperature.
7/3 - flying home all day - no running.
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I am in for 155 miles for the month of July.
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July
2Jul - 8k
3Jul - 6k
Another slow one, definitely the right thing to do for a couple of weeks until I get back into it and my fitness back up.
@ROBOTFOOD take care of yourself, that sounds awful.
@kristinegift hope your phantom cold goes - I hate it when you get the symptoms but know it environmental.
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Early June I ended up getting pneumonia, so my goal kind of went out the window. (Run/walk 30 miles)
I have been back at it for a few weeks now and I have done some slow intervals, which have been going well!
I have been doing about 2-3 miles at a time of running/walking combined, so I think I am going to go for 45 in July!
And one question.. Maybe this is silly considering how much down time I have had the last few months and how out of shape I am.. But there is a local half marathon/5k coming up September 24. And I kind of got the idea it might be fun to walk/run the half!!
The earliest date that the run trainer app will let me set as my "race date" is two weeks later than the actual date. I know I would be pushing it.
I have not found any information about a cutoff time, but it looks like they had 30 runners last year, and they had pretty good times. (Wayyy faster than my time could possibly be anyhow!) So I'm guessing they would be waiting on me at the end.
I know it would be challenging, but is this way too out there to accomplish in less than 3 months?? Should I shoot for the 5k instead and wait until next year to attempt the half?0 -
TresaAswegan wrote: »Early June I ended up getting pneumonia, so my goal kind of went out the window. (Run/walk 30 miles)
I have been back at it for a few weeks now and I have done some slow intervals, which have been going well!
I have been doing about 2-3 miles at a time of running/walking combined, so I think I am going to go for 45 in July!
And one question.. Maybe this is silly considering how much down time I have had the last few months and how out of shape I am.. But there is a local half marathon/5k coming up September 24. And I kind of got the idea it might be fun to walk/run the half!!
The earliest date that the run trainer app will let me set as my "race date" is two weeks later than the actual date. I know I would be pushing it.
I have not found any information about a cutoff time, but it looks like they had 30 runners last year, and they had pretty good times. (Wayyy faster than my time could possibly be anyhow!) So I'm guessing they would be waiting on me at the end.
I know it would be challenging, but is this way too out there to accomplish in less than 3 months?? Should I shoot for the 5k instead and wait until next year to attempt the half?
@tresaaswegan glad you are feeling better and back. I would contact the race director and check on a cut off time. 30 runners in a HM would make me leary if I wasn't planning to run the whole race and if my projected time was 30 mins or more slower than the last finisher from last year. That being said if this was a HM that had more people and times were "slower" I would tell you to run/walk it. We had local HMs here that people walk the entire 13.1 miles. My neighbor is an interval runner with her longest (before her HM) being 6 miles. Her first HM was 2:45ish and she did intervals the whole time. I think in the case of this specific race I would do the 5K and find yourself a HM that has more participation and times that would be more inline with where you think you would be. You want your first HM to be an awesome experience or you won't want to do another.2 -
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Thank you all! I'm feeling much better now! Right before I was released, the doc said that my readings looked good and I should be fine. I'm pretty lucky i acted as fast as I did. If I waited, it could have been so much worse.
My appetite has not fully returned. So I've been loosing weight. And just a simple walk to the fridge feels like exercise. But other than that, all good.
This month will likely be a "couch and tv" month. I will return. But I'm not sure when.
Best of luck with you're training and racing!! Run for me!7 -
@ROBOTFOOD That sounds scary! I've only heard about Rhabdomyolysis in regards to Crossfit as well (beginners that were talked into doing a hundred or more "negative reps" of pullups and damaging the arm muscles). I'm so glad that you got to the hospital in time and are feeling better now - now take care and recover well!
@Stoshew71 Gorgeous pictures, and thanks for posting the challenge again this month!
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After two weeks of vacation with more hiking than running, I just got back home and started thinking about my running plans for this month. After the last two low-milage weeks, I feel ready to ramp up the distance a bit again. I'll try for a little more and set a goal of 220km (instead of 200km, my avarage in the last non-vacation months).
I already got two runs in towards that goal (6.9km & 7.5km) and was hoping I could finish the week with a Sunday evening long run after travel. Only my plane was late, making me miss the bus home from the airport, and the next one would have been one hour later. So I decided to walk home. It's only ~7km, but that turned out to be more exhausting than I would have thought - halfway, one of the two wheels of my suitcase broke, and I had to literally drag my luggage the rest of the way behind me. No fun! My arms hurt, I got blisters on my feet (should have stopped to dig out those hiking boots...), and was completely wiped out when I got home.
I spent the last hour and a half "recovering" on the couch, reading this thread instead of running myself. Now It's already 9pm, and "dinner, bathtub, bed" sounds much more intiving than a 10 mile run (hard to believe, I know ^^). Maybe I'll compromise and subtract the walk home from my planned running distance, and head out for an hour instead of two...5 -
Wow, seems we are dropping like flies at the moment!
@ROBOTFOOD That sounds incredibly scary, glad to hear you're on the road to recovery now. I hope a month off doesn't drive you completely insane!
@kristinegift Hope you feel better soon. It's usually those 'head colds' that are the ones that really knock you for six.
@TresaAswegan Personally, if you are looking at last year's times and think they aren't something you can keep up with, then it's probably not the race for you. I'm sure you'll find a larger event which will be much better, as you won't be alone at any point and will have much more support, facilities etc 2 -
Got in a humid 5 miles today. Wanted 6 but the little hills I had on my route were aggravating my piraformis and I run out of gas and struggled to get in the 5 I did. I need to be better abut my strength training so I don't end up injured again. Maybe Tuesday I will get the 6.
7/1 - 0 mi - 0 mi
7/2 - 0 mi - 0 mi
7/3 - 5 mi - 5 mi
Races :
6/11 Run and Ride 5K Cedar Point - Done
7/10 Debbie Hudacko 5 mile ? Nope. Not gonna do it.
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 Point3
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