July (2016) Running Challenge

skippygirlsmom · July 2016

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

ddmom0811 · July 2016

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.

Carrie0920 · July 2016

I am in for 155 miles for the month of July.

Amandajs232 · July 2016

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.

not_a_runner · July 2016

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?

skippygirlsmom · July 2016

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.

ROBOTFOOD · July 2016

Too many names to tag.

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!

_nikkiwolf_ · July 2016

@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...

louubelle16 · July 2016

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

kimlight2 · July 2016

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 Point

kimlight2 · July 2016

@ROBOTFOOD - Glad you are ok. How terrifying, but a little funny about the low heart rate.

@kristinegift - Hope you feel better soon.

@skippygirlsmom - Skippy's coach sounds amazing! We have been very lucky with J's hockey coaches making sure the kids are having fun while teaching them better skills and that play harder because of it.

@Stowshew71 - Loved the pictures. Thank you for continuing the challenge and for sharing your knowledge.

HonuNui · July 2016

@ROBOTFOOD : glad you are on the mend. Keep hydrated, my friend!

turquoise_elephant · July 2016

I'm just getting back into it, so I'll go for 20 miles - a stretch but not impossible

skippygirlsmom · July 2016

@kimlight2 she is a professional runner who came to this country to run for the University of GA I wish she was her high school coach and she could train with her full time. Once school starts on 3 August she can no longer coach Skip because of high school athletic rules.

The company she works for is holding a race tonight. It's to raise money for the one of our local college T&F/XC programs. It's a straight up 1 mile dash. It's 96F (36F) right and the race is in 3 hours, I hope it starts to cool down.

MNLittleFinn · July 2016

13 hours to go. Checked in the hotel, bib pinned on. Now to relax and hydrate!

MobyCarp · July 2016

@ROBOTFOOD - Glad you're going to be okay. It's scary just reading about what you went through, don't know how you deal with living through it.

@louubelle16 - I agree, it's sad to see so many people having various problems interfere with their running. I guess I dropped like a fly in May; but like the common house fly, I'm coming back.

I hope everyone else is able to come back, too.

vandinem · July 2016

Date      Miles      MTD
-------   -----    -------
July  2     6.5      6.5 
July  3     5.0     11.5

New pair of New Balance 880s today to take over for my Brooks Ghosts. Discovered while at the running store that I've been wearing shoes a half size too small for a while now. I now expect all foot injuries to vanish.

MobyCarp · July 2016

July Running Totals (miles)
7/1 – rest day
7/2 – 13.14 paced run
7/3 – 10.06 easy with fast finish

July total to date – 23.20

Nominal Challenge Goal – 150 miles
Real Goals: Become comfortable running 5 days a week. Finish Shoreline in good shape, managing the expected heat and humidity better than last year. Build base toward Rochester Marathon.

Today's notes – After 10 miles yesterday, I felt like I was good for 17. I held yesterday to 13 because I was responsible for pacing that distance for a training program, and where I really wanted to extend the distance was another 7 miles. I wasn't dumb enough to think I was good for 20 yesterday.

So with leaving some miles in the tank yesterday, today I decided I could do 10. Thought about doing a preview of the loop on the Rochester Marathon course, but it was 3 PM by the time I was ready to run and I didn't want to add in the travel time. So I ran a familiar 10 mile route with hills starting from my driveway. 81° F (27° C) and moderate humidity felt pretty good. Stopped for perhaps a half minute a half mile in to remove a small asphalt chip from my shoe, otherwise just ran pretty much how I felt. Noticed that I had accelerated a bit by mile 9, and deliberately finished faster, ending with a stride.

The humidity did get more annoying during the run, particularly during mile 9 when the sun came out from behind the clouds. My singlet was drenched by the time I finished, so I'll count this as reasonable training for Shoreline. The good news is, the twinges I felt in the recovering leg were the exception rather than the rule. The rule was, this felt pretty much like a normal easy 10 mile run in warm but not terrible weather.

I think I'm good for running 5 days a week now. The mileage is coming back. I'll have to talk to my coach about how to do some sort of cut down training plan for Rochester Marathon, given that I spent the first few weeks of what should have been the training cycle just training to get back to healthy.

There are three local races tomorrow - a 5K, a 4 mile, and a 10K. I didn't sign up for any of them, and I don't plan to go look for day of registration. Tomorrow will be a non-running day. I might mow the lawn, I might walk over to the park for fireworks, I might decide to just rest. (just kidding) I'm coming back, but I do have to be careful not to come back too hard, too soon.

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) DNS - recovering from face plant
July 16, 2016 Shoreline Half Marathon (Hamlin, NY)
September 18, 2016 Rochester Marathon (Rochester, NY)
November 24, 2016 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY)

vandinem · July 2016

@MNLittleFinn ... Excellent shirt choice ... have a great race!

5BeautifulDays · July 2016

Got out in the drizzle and ran 5 miles around the neighborhood/rail trail. I don't know how to screen shot my times, but my splits got progressively slower, from 10:49, 11:12, 11:47, 12:14 ...all the way down to 12:51 on my last mile (granted, a long uphill for part of it and a stop to cross a busy street). I want to start training myself to get faster as my run progresses, not slower. Do I do that just by slowing down my first couple miles, or what?

There is a 4th of July 5K tomorrow that I'd planned to sign up for but forgot. Now it's looking like we may have thunderstorms. If I wake up and the weather is ok I might go do it, but if not, at least I got out today.

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