July (2016) Running Challenge
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July
2Jul - 8k
3Jul - 6k
5Jul - 6k
7Jul - 7k
9Jul - 10k
10Jul - 8k
12Jul - 5k
14Jul - 6k
16Jul - 10k
17Jul - 8k
19Jul - 7.7k
21Jul - 11k
23Jul -7.3k
101/100
Yippee hit target early. Bonus extra full weekend in July at same time as me increasing my distances. I will keep going to earn donation miles for those out injured .
Think I will try to move to counting in miles next month. Has anyone else changed how they count? How long did it take to think in new units for pace etc?
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Today was supposed to be the first day of building miles again, but my hip has been sore the last 2 days. I was hoping to come back from the cut back week more rested and ready to go not sore and unable to run. But this is also why I started building for my half so soon because it isn't a big deal right now if I miss a run or 2, just frustrating. We will see how I feel tomorrow after more foam rolling.
7/1 - 0 mi - 0 mi
7/2 - 0 mi - 0 mi
7/3 - 5 mi - 5 mi
7/6 - 0 mi - 5 mi
7/7 - 0 mi - 5 mi
7/6 - 6.2 mi - 11.2 mi
7/9 - 4.5 mi - 15.7 mi
7/10 - 2.5 mi - 18.2 mi
7/11 - 0.5 mi - 18.7 mi
7/13 - 7.6 mi - 26.3 mi
7/16 - 2.6 mi - 28.9 mi
7/18 - 3.1 mi - 32.0 mi
7/20 - 2.6 mi - 34.6 mi
Goal : 50 miles - 15.4 miles to go.
Races :
6/11 Run and Ride 5K Cedar Point - Done
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 Point1 -
7/1- REST
7/2- REST
7/3- REST
7/4- 13.1 RW&B HM 2:15:26
7/5- REST
7/6- REST
7/7- REST
7/8- REST
7/9- 5.0
7/9- 1.0
7/10- 4.23
7/11-REST
7/12- 6.01
7/13- 4.04
7/14- 2.01
7/14- 5.0
7/15- REST
7/16-9.06
7/17- REST
7/18- 4.03
7/19- 6.91
7/20- 7.01
7/21-8.24
7/22- REST
7/23- 14.01
July Mile goal: 89.79/70
Actual goal: Run the Red White and Boom HM well, recover well, run the Park Point 5 Mile (7/14,not racing) well and begin training for September Boundary Waters Bank HM.
Today's notes. It was a Muggy one! Temp was a nice 57F, but with 100% humidity, that pretty much made the run more miserable than I'd like.
Today's assignment for my training plan was a 90 minute Long Run....well......That didn't quite happen. I ended up running 14.01 miles in 2:13:49, for an average pace of 9:33/mile. Know I ran it too hard, I ran my half 3 weeks ago in 2:15:26,so I actually ran 14 faster than I ran the 13.1 of the HM, but it felt good while I was doing it. I probably couldn't have gone further than a mile more though.
I set this run up purposely so that the biggest hill was smack in the middle of mile 13, but still managed 9:38 for the mile. All in all, I am VERY pleased with the run and the new distance PR I set today!5 -
7/1: Rest/moving day
7/2: 8 miles
7/3: 3 miles
7/4: 5.8 miles
7/5: 8 miles
7/6: 5 miles
7/7: 5.2 miles (am)
......: 6.4 miles (pm)
7/8: Rest day
7/9: 5.8 miles (Belmar 5 miler: 37:42)
7/10: 14.9 miles
7/11: 3 miles with Monday coffee crew
7/12: 5.7 miles (includes 5k XC race)
7/13: 8 miles
7/14: 7 miles (am)
.......: 6.4 miles (pm)
7/15: Rest day
7/16: 18 miles
7/17: 12.6 miles
7/18: 6.3 miles
7/19: Rest day
7/20: 8.2 miles
7/21: 8.2 miles again
7/22: Rest day
7/23: 10 miles
Excellent run today! It was definitely warm (73F to start at 6:30, and around 80F when we finished) but my legs felt really good -- none of the heaviness I've been having the last week or two. I think that accepting my job offer (it's official -- I'm employed!! I start my Big Girl Job on Aug 1!) has taken off a lot of stress that I didn't even realize I was carrying around. Plus I skipped my Thursday double to treat myself to a movie instead, and I think that cutting those 6 miles helped seal up my recovery from my 60 mile week last week.
And! Shout-out to my dad who ran a 10k this morning and got 1st in his age group! He won't tell me his time, but he did pretty darn well considering it was 75F and 100% humidity when the race started at 6:30 am!
Upcoming Races:
9/11: Lehigh Valley Via Marathon (Allentown, PA)
11/20: Philadelphia Marathon (Philly, PA)
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@Orphia Love the sweater run!! And those sheep are really cute
@MNLittleFinn Congrats on the distance PR! I'd say you definitely ran it a bit hard if you ran 14 in about the same amount of time that you did 13.1... but you'll learn to take it easy eventually :P1 -
After getting a "kick my butt" summer cold - and not doing a single thing since a week ago last Monday - finally headed back out today for a light workout.3
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Hot, sweat-soaked run. We left at 6:10 but it was already 81! I noticed afterwards it was 82 here in NYC, and 75 in Orlando. WTH? It's like the Earth is flipped. Based on everything happening in the world lately, I guess the weather should act bizarre too.
7/1 - 5.23 miles in Washington
7/2 - 3.7 miles in Washington
7/3 - flying home all day - no running.
7/4 - couldn’t ride today.
7/5 - 4.5 miles in the Florida heat and humidity.
7/6 - 5 miles!
7/7 - 4.2 miles + 1 hour spinning class
7/8 - strength training - cancelled — rest day
7/9 - 34 mile bike ride
7/10 -35 miles biking
7/11 - 5 mile run + strength training
7/12 - 5 mile run
7/13 - 4 miles
7/14 - 4.3 miles
7/15 - 4.5 miles
7/16 - 41 miles biking
7/17 - rest day and driving 12 hours
7/18 - 5 miles
7/19 - 5.3 miles - intervals
7/20 - 7 miles
7/21 - rest day/travel
7/22 - 4 miles in NYC - Astoria
7/23 - 6.4 miles in NYC - Astoria
Upcoming races
2/5/17 - Daytona Beach HM
2/26/17 - Disney Princess HM Orlando3 -
@kristinegift yeah, I know I need to throttle back.... This is what happens when I run by feel instead of pace..... Ugh0
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7/1 - 11.5 - Easy
7/2 - 5.86 - Recovery
7/3 - 18.11 - Long Run
7/4 - 2.0 - Strength Training Warmup
7/5 - 9.0 - Tempo
7/6 - 14.07 - Easy
7/7 - 5.14 - Recovery
7/8 - 12.1 - Easy W/ Strides
7/9 - 5.1 - Recovery
7/10 - 20.0 - Long Run
7-11 - Rest
7/12 - 8.01 - Tempo
7/13 - 12.47 - Easy
7/14 - 5.0 - Recovery
7/15 - 12.6 - Easy
7/16 - 6.2 - Recovery
7/17 - 16.0 - Long Run
7/18 - Rest
7/19 - 4.2 warmup + 3.0 Treadmill Lactic Threshold HR Test
7/19 - 5.0 - Recovery
7/20 - 15.0 - Easy
7/21 - 5.01 - Recovery
7/22 - 11.01 - Easy
7/23 - 8.07 - Easy W/ Strides (10x125M)
Total 214.45 of 289
Got up late for me, and finally out the door about 6:30 am. It was actually a tolerable 73 degrees. Now time to relax and mentally prepare for the 21 mile long run tomorrow.1 -
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »@kristinegift yeah, I know I need to throttle back.... This is what happens when I run by feel instead of pace..... Ugh
@MNLittleFinn
Too much, too soon, too fast is the perfect storm for ending up injured. I know it's hard to slow down and to add mileage slowly but adding more than 10% a week will really take it's toll, plus if you run those miles at a pace that is a bit faster it compounds the wear and tear. From a few weeks back it sounded like you wanted to peak in the next cycle about where you ended up this week. The week you had w/ a 14 mile long run is several weeks in to a full intermediate marathon training plan comparative wise. Just be safe, cause there is nothing worse than sitting on side side line with a stress reaction/fracture, shin splits, tendonitis, etc.
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@5512bf this week was a weird week for me. I wasn't expecting it to be such high mileage, it just felt good.
I'm still trying to find the sweet spot in mileage/pace to make it work.
I'll probably be chopping 10 miles or so from my mileage next week so it's more in line what I have been doing.
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Date Miles MTD ------- ----- ------- July 2 6.5 6.5 July 3 5.0 11.5 July 4 4.3 15.8 July 6 4.3 20.1 July 9 13.2 33.3 July 11 5.5 38.8 July 13 7.0 45.8 July 15 5.3 51.1 July 19 4.3 55.4 July 20 5.1 60.5 July 22 6.2 66.7 July 23 5.1 71.8
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Hello, my name is Dana and I'm a runner.
I did not *kitten*'g want to run today. It's been a long week (VBS at church in the evenings), and although my head wanted 10 miles today to make it a 40-mile week, as I was heading to bed last night, I said, "*kitten* it, I'm setting the alarm for 5:30 instead of 4:30." Got up, got coffee in, and still didn't want to go run. But I'm a runner and an obsessive (aren't those the same thing?), and I knew my addiction would be screaming at me all freakin' day if I didn't go out. But I tried to console the reasonable part of me by saying, "We're only doing 11:30/mile. That's manageable, even at 10+ miles."
But to prove that I didn't want it, I forgot the headphones and KNEW I couldn't face nearly 2 hours on the road without tune-age, so I had to go back to the house. It was 7:41 when I hit the "start" button on the Garmin, and it was starting to heat up. Not sure if the 75 degrees Garmin reports is start or finish.
To prove that I'm obsessive, I deliberately chose a route that would FORCE me to go longer. Got to 5.5 miles, so I knew it would be an 11ish-mile run, and had managed to stay right around 11:30 for those 5 miles. But mile 6 was 11:55, and I knew that meant I had to push a little harder, and that, in turn, led to the decision that I've never seriously faced: Intentional DNF.
No, it wasn't truly a bonk. I could've kept going, doing more walking than before and finished, but I just *kitten*'g didn't want to. I called my son, and asked him to come pick me up and take me back to my car. Have casually thought about that once or twice, but never actually did it, until today.
I might be a little dehydrated, and I know I'm a little tired, but I'm still a runner, and I will probably hear that muttering in my back of my head all day: "You can go out again after sunset, and do about 3 miles (or more!) and get to 10+ for the day...." And I'll probably do it too. *kitten*
Anyway, that's where I am today. Thanks for letting me share.7 -
86.68% of goal
01-Jul: 3.38 miles
02-Jul: 6.45 miles
03-Jul: <Life Day>
04-Jul: 6.36 miles
05-Jul: 7.14 miles
06-Jul: 5.31 miles
07-Jul: 4.75 miles
08-Jul: 5.49 miles
09-Jul: 5.75 miles
10-Jul: <Life Day>
11-Jul: 5.78 miles
12-Jul: 6.36 miles
13-Jul: 3.54 miles
14-Jul: 6.37 miles
15-Jul: 6.20 miles
16-Jul: 10.57 miles
17-Jul: <Life Day>
18-Jul: 6.81 miles
19-Jul: 6.45 miles
20-Jul: 4.23 miles
21-Jul: 6.62 miles
22-Jul: 7.03 miles
23-Jul: 6.76 miles
24-Jul: <Life Day>
25-Jul:
26-Jul:
27-Jul:
28-Jul:
29-Jul:
30-Jul:
31-Jul: <Life Day>
Upcoming Races:
13-Aug: Apple-a-Day 5K, Macon
27-Aug: John 316 Cancer Awareness 5K, Lizella
05-Sep: Labor Day Road Race 10K
17-Sep: Joshua's Wish 5K
24-Sep: Georgia Golden Olympics 5K
01-Oct: Terry's Run 5K, Eastman
22-Oct: S.C.A.R.E. 5K, Macon
05-Nov: Ridge Run 5K, Macon
12-Nov: Pecan Orchard 10K, Fort Valley1 -
Hello, my name is Dana and I'm a runner.
I did not *kitten*'g want to run today. It's been a long week (VBS at church in the evenings), and although my head wanted 10 miles today to make it a 40-mile week, as I was heading to bed last night, I said, "*kitten* it, I'm setting the alarm for 5:30 instead of 4:30." Got up, got coffee in, and still didn't want to go run. But I'm a runner and an obsessive (aren't those the same thing?), and I knew my addiction would be screaming at me all freakin' day if I didn't go out. But I tried to console the reasonable part of me by saying, "We're only doing 11:30/mile. That's manageable, even at 10+ miles."
But to prove that I didn't want it, I forgot the headphones and KNEW I couldn't face nearly 2 hours on the road without tune-age, so I had to go back to the house. It was 7:41 when I hit the "start" button on the Garmin, and it was starting to heat up. Not sure if the 75 degrees Garmin reports is start or finish.
To prove that I'm obsessive, I deliberately chose a route that would FORCE me to go longer. Got to 5.5 miles, so I knew it would be an 11ish-mile run, and had managed to stay right around 11:30 for those 5 miles. But mile 6 was 11:55, and I knew that meant I had to push a little harder, and that, in turn, led to the decision that I've never seriously faced: Intentional DNF.
No, it wasn't truly a bonk. I could've kept going, doing more walking than before and finished, but I just *kitten*'g didn't want to. I called my son, and asked him to come pick me up and take me back to my car. Have casually thought about that once or twice, but never actually did it, until today.
I might be a little dehydrated, and I know I'm a little tired, but I'm still a runner, and I will probably hear that muttering in my back of my head all day: "You can go out again after sunset, and do about 3 miles (or more!) and get to 10+ for the day...." And I'll probably do it too. *kitten*
Anyway, that's where I am today. Thanks for letting me share.
That's a shame but listen to your body, there might be a reason you struggled today. Maybe you needed to cut a few miles?
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Beautiful morning today, and the heat was not terrible until the end. We had a mostly shady route too. This was my second 90 minute long run and it felt better than last week, the pace was a bit slower though. I had my running buddy with me and we chatted the whole way so it seemed to go faster. We finished with 7.29 miles in 1:29:43. I guess we shaved it a little short.
That brings me to 20.5 miles for the week so far, and 79.3 for the month. Will I actually make 100 miles this month???
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My second 8 miler today! But my last long run of the month (hey, 8 is long for me)! 23.5 miles to go to hit 100 for the month, to be completed in 5 runs. Then I'm taking it easy for a little bit
So, I made a little drive, left at 6am, to run a concrete trail around a little lake, 1.75 miles around. Somehow it feels easier to think, okay, 4 "laps" (plus a little extra) vs. 8 miles. So I got there and there's 3 cars and then bam! The whole parking lot fills up. Moms bringing their track team kids to meet the coaches and run. So we all ran 4 laps "together". LOL I was actually going opposite of them. Then when I switched directions, they did also, so we stayed going opposite.
The result of running "with" the track kids, was that I averaged 9:34 compared to 9:57 for last week's 8 miler. LOL I really felt good about this as it showed me I CAN run faster than I have been. I ran 2 laps, 3.5 miles, and paused Garmin to wipe down/cool off/refill my water. Then ran 2 more laps to reach 7 miles, then last mile was a few strides with walking between. Splits: 10:39/9:35/9:18/8:58/9:31/9:29/9:04/10:03. I got too fast for awhile and had to tone it back. Overall I'm happy with this run!5 -
@greenolivetree nice running!1
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@katharmonic Great job! You and I are both gonna make 100 miles
@9voice9 Cut yourself some slack!
@vandinem Nice!
@5512bf Your mileage is impressive.
@foomsy You're almost to goal Good job this month.
@MNLittleFinn Wow! You're doing great but definitely use some caution and don't forget to run easy.
@ddmom0811 Yes, the weather is nuts!
@Tweaking_Time Welcome back
@kristinegift CONGRATS!!!!
@kimlight2 Sorry about the hip
@Amandajs232 Maybe try doing dual-recording for a month? Like track in one but then convert and note the other beside it. Maybe that would help? Google will easily translate for you from one to the other.
@Elise4270 I don't see you on this page but HI :-D How's your son doing with running?1
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