July (2016) Running Challenge
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July goal.....run
7/1 snorkel 4 hours
7/2 7.53
7/3 3.23
7/4 3.29
7/5 rest
7/6 4.39
7/7 3.25
7/8 7.24
7/9 celebrated our 40th anniversary!
7/10 3.85
7/11 tapering I guess...
7/12 4.15
7/13 off
7/14 off
7/15 3.20
7/16 HonuNui and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
7/17 taper, Music Man, Thai food and friends
7/18 13.2
7/19 snorkel 4 hours
7/20 unmotivated
7/21 3.30 looked in mirror---got motivated
7/22 4.3
7/23 hunkering down for Darby
7/24 4.53
7/25 3.26
7/26 rest
7/27 3.33
7/28 3.30
7/29 lazy
7/30 4.00
Total 80.05
A bit of houskeeping:
1. Since my July goal was "run," every step after the first is bonus......so 80.05 (minus a step...) to @elise4270
2. Akamai the wonder dog FINALLY was cleared to run after his knee reconstruction.....he is a happy camper!
3. Those of you following the son's melanoma saga, here is his latest update: Thank you all for your continued good thoughts, prayers and juju!
This is the latest from Steve:
Tis real good!
Sucks to be cancer today. We're winning!
From the doctors: (HonuNui says this is the official PETscan reading)
"The right lung hypermetabolic mass and the mass in the left jugular chain lymph have resolved. Spine resolved. There is less edema (soft tissue swelling) of right frontal lobe (of the brain). In the inferior medial right lower lobe (of the lung) the metastasis has decreased from 25x45mm to 7x26mm.
Impression: The right lung mass is no longer hypermetabolic and the mass has decreased in size. Interval resolution of abnormal uptake in left jugular chain lymph node."
That translates to:
They can't see the cancer in me anymore! The lower spine stuff, gone. Upper spine stuff, gone. Lung stuff downgraded from terribly dangerous, have shrunk tremendously, and continue to shrink. Brain looking real good.
We'll be looking to transition from oral chemo to an immunotherapy soon enough, it seems.
I feel about as strong as I ever have; oral chemo only makes me have sore joints, and that goes away after walking a few steps and moving my body.
Stand down red alert! We're in cruise control for a bit now.
Woo happy day!
4. given #3 above, here is my official Mom AND Physician preachy *kitten*: wear your damned sunblock. I live in Hawaii, go to the beach about weekly, and I wear full length yoga pants and longsleeved rashguard shirt (both spf50). Definately NOT a beach bunny look!
Upcoming races:
SHEPower Virtual Half: July 18
Las Vegas RocknRoll Virtual 5k runs--making the band
......Guitar Solo 6/28 3.85
......Drum Solo 7/21
......Lead Singer in August or September
Las Vegas RocknRoll Half 11/13/16
Ticker is my goal for 2016 and accumulation to date:
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Just got in 5 miles on the treadmill now that I'm back in Florida and spent the day swimming & biking. Should get in my final 5 tomorrow.
7/2 - 9 miles
7/4 - 1 mile
7/5 - 7 miles
7/6 - 5 miles
7/7 - 1 mile (lift warmup)
7/8 - 3 miles
7/9 - 5 miles
7/10 - 11.5 miles
7/12 - 1 mile (lift warmup)
7/13 - 8 miles
7/14 - 2 miles
7/15 - 5 miles
7/16 - 10 miles
7/18 - 10 miles
7/19 - 3.5 miles
7/20 - 14.5 miles
7/21 - 8.5 miles
7/22 - 10 miles
7/25 - 18 miles
7/26 - 7 miles
7/27 - 10 miles
7/28 - 10 miles
7/29 - 10 miles
7/30 - 5 miles
Total: 175 miles
Goal: 180 miles
Remaining: 5 miles
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
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@HonuNui Excellent news on your son!1
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Wrapping up the month at 135.6K/100k. Ran 10k of hill intervals near my inlaws' house tonight but got very, pathetically lost and had to call my father in law to rescue me looking like a drowned rat because the rain didn't care how awesome I was feeling when I left, it was going to fall torrentially lol. So I am only counting half my distance today because 500 points from Slytherin for tomfoolery
Happy July, see everyone in August!
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greenolivetree wrote: »@Orphia I never heard of parkrun until this group. I researched it and it's so cool. But yes, US is not caught on. I think this would so work in my area though. We have things like Yoga in the Park where you just show up. I can totally see this being a big hit if only anybody had heard of it.
Indeed!
I'm certainly trying to spread the word!
parkrun is amazing.
As I said, I've had 19 PBs since I started in October, so the weekly speed session has really helped my running.
I've also made lots of friends. So happy about this.
I never used to get out much, and parkrun has definitely changed my life.3 -
7/12....4.15 miles (rolling hills on the treadmill)--12:14 pace....exhausted after working all night and only 5 hours sleep. Still happy that I was able to run. Was distracted by getting a free phone in the mail...so too late to run outside.
Total for July thus far...27.83.
7/15....5.08 miles(rolling hills program on the treadmill) at 12:00 pace. I wanted to run a little faster, approximately 11:06 pace again, but "fried" after working 2 nights in a row and getting very little sleep. My plan is to run a long run today, probably 10 miles.
I slept 10 hours last night and feel great and I lost almost a pound over night. I am in maintenance now (for a month) but still closely monitoring the weight gain/loss. One of my mfp friends lost the weight quickly ( he was ona 1200 calorie diet) and gained 40 pounds back the next year.
Total for the month of July...32.91.
7/16 ....6 miles(fartleks)....that was a fun run! Cool weather...I started too late to run the 10 miles that I planned..so opted to run 6 today and then try for 10 tomorrow.I did almost get hit by a "smart" car at an intersection. It was funny...I saw it out of the corner of my eye, and sized up whether it would damage me more than I would damage it if we collided. On Monday, I plan to rest. New total is 38.91.
Thanks to Elise4270, Stowshew71, and AdriaChr92 for answering my questions. I will google Authur Lydiard...always interested in unorthodox training methods.
@MobyCarp: Very impressed with your race results, esp. being number 1 in your age bracket. If I race long enough, I may break into the top 100 finishers. Such an accomplishment to be number 1. I love the curved glass trophy...super cool.
Just finished running 10 miles today...it was harder than last time, maybe because I ran 6 miles yesterday and 5 the previous day. I tried to stay at 85-87% max heart rate...after 5 miles, I could really feel the soreness kick in. I was expecting rubbery legs, not soreness. It was really hot today with occasional cool headwind. I wanted to quit but kept repeating, "stronger, fitter, faster" as a kind of mantra. I slowed significantly the last 3 miles, probably 14 minute and 15 min miles. Afterward, soaked with sweat. Looking forward to rest day tomorrow.
Total for the month is 37.83.
7/19....6 miles....last 3 tempo miles at 95% heart rate. Another hot day, 89 degrees with a heat index of 100. 1st 1/2 mile I felt like I had cement blocks on my shoes, but then felt better. By mile 4, I was in the "zone", then fatigued in the middle of mile 5. Just pushed on after that. Not really worried about how fast I am getting it done (except when I start late...don't want to be in the park after dark.) Lately I have been running in the afternoon...very few runners for obvious reasons, but I also want to "get a little tougher". Dripping with sweat afterwards...have to peel my clothes off and then "warm up".
Many of my friends tell me that I am crazy for running...because I am going to "wreck" my joints. I never have joint pain or problems but sometimes my legs ache (mostly muscle) when I am trying to sleep. I have no problems when I walk. Anything that can help that? I know to stay away from Nsaids. I will take Tylenol just to help with sleep.
Rest day today...my husband and I are going to a concert (Frampton and Allman). Long run tomorrow.
Total for the month...43.83 miles.
Unable to do the long run. One of my trees in my backyard fell into a neighbor's yard. My husband asked me to help him with gathering limbs and stacking them. It was a really large tree and may take a couple of days with a chain saw to get it out of her yard.
The muscles (lateral) around my knees feel tight. Also some soreness in hamstrings. Do any of you worry about overtraining?
I may do a short run tomorrow...noted that I was 17 miles from completing my monthly goal.
I ran for 3 miles this a.m. ....it was all of the time I had this a.m. but last 2 days were "rest" days and I knew that I can't run again until Sunday. Total for the month is 46.83.
It was cooler this a.m. 82 degrees with heat index of 95 but the dew point was 76....ugh! I run near an organic garden and was envying the plants that were getting watered.
I work the next 2 nights...will keep checking in...You are all so inspirational...I love this group!
Unable to run yesterday due to extreme heat....heat index of 104. Plus didn't want to deal with "Brickyard" traffic.
Able to run this a.m. though. 4 miles...much cooler this a.m. 76 degrees with 96% humidity. Waiting for a break in the weather.
Total for the month...50.48 miles.
7/27.....6 miles.....It was 88 degrees, heat index of 104 and only 55% humidity. I felt good and was able to run at an even pace....11:44 minute miles until mile 6 and it was a little over 12 minutes.
I have started reading "Meb for Mortals" and have been focused on where my arms are when I run. When I keep the wrists close the waist , my posture improves significantly...I never realized that I was leaning forward so much.
I have to get ready for work. Will try to catch up with all of the copious posts.
Total for the month. 56.48 miles. Only 4 more miles...to complete July.
7/29......I was already at the gym. So decided to run on the treadmill. Using the rolling hills program, I ran 4.46 miles at a pace of 11:19. I was dripping in sweat afterward. As usual, I began getting the "runner's high" at mile 4...I felt like running farther but there is a time limit on the treadmill. Do any of you experience a "runner's high" at any particular mile? Just curious. Also notice that I have a layer of salt covering my body afterward...do any of you replace your electrolytes? Sport drinks or mineral replacement?
The good news is that I met goal...60.94 miles for the month. I plan to run today and tomorrow....may be over 70 miles by the end of the month. I am either going to run 4 or 6 miles today and then a long run of 10 tomorrow. It depends a lot on how much help my husband needs in getting rid of the tree that fell in our in the neighbor's yard.
Still working toward the Indianapolis HM on October 8th at Fort Ben.
7/30....9 miles.....Planned my long run for tomorrow but my legs were tired....could only muster 12:00-12:30 miles....so decided to switch up and do the long run today. Shortened it from 10 miles to 9 miles and ran it in 1:52:59. My right gluts were really aching around mile 6 and ached off an on until mile 8. Then I decided to try to pick up pace and noted that the aching disappeared. Hmmmm. Miles 7 and 8 were really tough...I ran mile 8 at 14:14. My breathing was good and my head was "in the game" but legs were quitting on me a little. Still glad that I got in under my belt. I am going for a shorter run tomorrow, probably 4 miles....I like that distance quite a bit.
Goal for the month...60 miles. Ran 69.94 miles.2 -
@Orphia We don't have a parkrun no. Is just something we came up a few months ago. Every week a make a facebook event and invite people to run togheter. We now have quite a few regulars and we see new faces every week. It's great. Also you get to make running friends and take them on with you during the week.
@MobyCarp Next time just take one while running. They can't say no
Done for this month. Good job everyone. See you in august
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
July 4 - rest
July 5 - 7.0 km - 149/6:34
July 6 - 6.5 km - 147/6:32
July 7 - 4.4 km - 139/7:00
July 8 - 5.7 km - ???/7:00
July 9 - 6.0 km - 130/8:30
July 10- 7.0 km - 146/5:54
July 11- rest
July 12- 9.0 km - 146/6:30
July 13- 7.0 km - 157/6:00
July 14- 7.7 km - 152/6:07
July 15- 9.0 km - 155/6:20
July 16- 7.0 km - 140/7:15
July 17- 13.0km - 150/6:20
July 18- 8.0 km - 135/7:30
End of base building - Type/Pace/km
July 19- 8.8 km - Reps/4:00
July 20- 7.0 km - Easy/6:14
July 21- 6.1 km - V.Easy/8:00
July 22- 13.0km - RACE/4:55
July 23- 4.5 km - V.Easy/7:40
July 24- 6.0 km - Easy/6:30
July 25- 3.4 km - Easy/6:27
July 26- 9.0 km - Reps/4:00
July 27- 6.8 km - V.Easy/6:50
July 28- 7.0 km - V.Easy/7:20
July 29- 9.0 km - Tempo(5)/4:44 Nailed it
July 30- 6.0 km - V.Easy/7:20
July 31- 16.7km - Long Run/6:10
GOAL
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 49:03
28/08: Fox Trail Half Marathon (10k)
18/09: Baneasa Trail Run (10k)
09/10: Bucharest International Marathon (Half Debut)
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1/7: 4.5 Miles
3/7: 8.1 Miles
5/7: 6.5 Miles
7/7: 6.3 Miles
9/7: 9.0 Miles
11/7: 5.1 Miles
13/7: 6.3 Miles
15/7: 5.1 Miles
17/5: 5.1 Miles
20/7: 3.7 Miles
22/7: 6.6 Miles
25/7: 3.7 Miles
27/7: 3.7 Miles
29/7: 3.7 Miles
31/7: 6.2 Miles
Easily hit my goal this month - will up my goal for next
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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
24Jul - 11.7k
25Jul - 3k treadmill
28Jul - 10k
30Juk - 8k
31Jul - 10.2k
145/100
Can't believe how much I managed to increase my total this month thanks to an extra full weekend and every run being just a little longer. 45 donation km's to those injured/recovering. Also was about a second short of my PB on my 10k this morning.
Well done everyone!
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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
7/24: 15 miles
7/25: Rest day
7/26: 5.5 miles
........: 2.5 miles spectating @ XC race
7/27: 7.5 miles
7/28: 6.6 miles (am)
.......: 7.4 miles (pm group run)
7/29: Rest day
7/30: 8 miles
7/31: 12 miles
I'm very glad I did a lower mileage weekend... today was such a slog! After about 45 minutes I was soaked through thanks to a lovely combination of humidity, sweat, drizzle and fog. By the time I got to 12 miles, my shorts were dripping and my socks were full of water; when we left the coffee shop after getting coffee post-run, my shoes had left giant puddles on the floor. If I'd had more than 12 on the schedule, I'm not sure I would have stuck it out. It was 73F to start and 100% humidity, and it was threatening rain for the entire run but we never got the reprieve of actual rain. We're in day 2 of 3 for rainstorms, and we had a lot of flash flood warnings yesterday, so today sounds like a great "take naps and work from home" kind of day.
Congrats to everyone who hit their goals, donated miles/kms to the sick and injured, and hopefully we'll see more success and fewer injuries next month! Bring it on, August!
Upcoming Races:
9/11: Lehigh Valley Via Marathon (Allentown, PA)
11/20: Philadelphia Marathon (Philly, PA)
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Woo hoo! I'm proud of that. Next month will be higher since I'm working on running 10k in preparation for my half marathon in February 2017. I'm curious see how many miles I do next month.
I'm on week two of my training. This morning's run felt good...I went outside a little later than yesterday and it was a little warmer so I went opposite of my usual route to seek out some shade.
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »Well, it's official, I just had my first minor freak out about my September HM...Strava says 498 feet of elevation. Biggest elevation run so far has been either 415 or 435, depending on if I believe Strava or GC more.....I'll feel so much better after I walk/jog the course with me mom....Hopefully in just a couple weeks.
When you have longer hills or mountains, it tends to be accurate enough in my experience (e.g. 642m->603m; 440m->420m, 412m->360m) - ususally overestimates the elevation a bit, but none to serious. But for courses with occasional hills it gives me exaggerated elevations all the time. Just last week, I planned a 16km route, and the Strava tool said it would be 211m (692ft) - after running it, the activities page read 131m (430ft) - which sounds more accurate, apart from a hilly bit in the first few kms, which I know to be around 100m, the rest was pretty flat. Or, a little less extreme, the route I planned for today was 292m (958ft) in the route planner, on the activity page its only 229m(750ft).
(maybe just count your elevation in meters - yikes, if I convert those numbers to feet, it sounds scary! )
Seriously, it depends on the course profile. Unless all that eleveation is all stuffed into one big hill at the end, 498 feet of elevation over 69217 feet of running probably won't kill you (and even then, in the worst case you might have to walk a minute, no shame in that). I think you can wait with freaking out until you've actually seen the course and discovered some monster hill, and enjoy your rest day today3 -
My last few running days of July consisted of attempting 10K runs and I succeeded!!! Friday's run was 75% running, 25% power walking (10.15km); today's run was 80:20 (10.22km). I feel flabbergasted that I was able to do it and not feel like dying at the end. Honestly, the beginning of each run was harder than the majority of it. By the end, I did feel like I could go on further. lol
Happy last day of the month!!!
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@HonuNui The news from your son are absolutely fantastic!! And great news on your dog's knee, as well as great job running all those miles. 80 miles above target - I'm sure that is a record for this challenge thread.
@JessicaMcB How inconsiderate of the rain to Ignore your awesomeness. Lucky you had someone to rescue you. But even counting only half your distance, your way above your goal for the month, well done!
@AdrianChr92 That while-running photo is really cool
@Amandajs232 Within on second of your 10km PB sounds like you had a great run today, what a nice way to finsh the month!
@1TheQueenB Congratulations in reaching your goal! That's definitely something to be proud of. And I fully agree with you - can't wait till the weather cools down.
@TattooedDolphinGirl78 Woohoo! Congrats on the 10K today3 -
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7/1 - 2 miles
7/2 - 5 miles
7/3 - 3 miles
7/4- hiking day with Skip
7/5 - 5 miles
7/6 - 5 miles
7/7 - rest day
7/8 - 5 miles
7/9 - 8 miles
7/10 - 4 miles
7/11 - 5 miles
7/12 - rest day - took Skip to airport
7/13 - 6 miles
7/14 - 6 miles
7/15 - 6 miles
7/16 - 4 miles
7/17 - 9 miles
7/18 - rest day
7/19 - 6 miles
7/20 - 6 miles
7/21 - 6 miles
7/22 - 4 miles
7/23 - 9 miles
7/24 - rest day
7/25 - 6 miles and that my friends is GOAL!
7/26 - 6 miles
7/27 - 4 miles
7/28 - 4 miles
7/29 - rest day
7/30 - 9 miles
7/31 - 3 miles of recovery
136 of 110 miles
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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)
7/24 - 21.04 - Soul Sucking Long Run
7/25 - Rest
7/26 - 6.50 - Easy W/ 2x1 mile cadence drills.
7/26 - 4.0 - Treadmill Recovery
7/27 - 14.02 - Tempo - 3x4 miles @ HMP
7/28 - 5.0 - Recovery
7/29 - 11.01 - Easy w/ 10 @ Goal MP
7/30 - 6.07 - Easy w/ strides
7/31 - 18.14 - Long Run
Total 300.22 of 289 Miles
This run was tough. This is the first run on my training plan i've cut a bit short, had 20 scheduled. It was 75 degrees this morning with 90% Humidity at 4:30 am. We live in a newer community that still has some construction going on and they were digging a basement yesterday. I run through my neighborhood daily in the dark so I'm familiar with the areas that are uneven, etc. Well there were some dirt chunks in the road that were not there yesterday and I rolled my ankle slightly at about 2 miles in when I stepped on one. I walked it off for a few seconds and things felt OK when i started back up. My pace was really steady at about 9:30 and HR was staying in the upper Z2 through 14 miles of this run even with the humidity forcing me to change shirts at about 10 miles. I took in about 96oz of water at felt fairly well hydrated until about mile 16. My HR spiked about 10-12 BPM and pace slowed to about 9:45. I stopped back at the house at 18, which proved to be a mistake, to get some water and I just couldn't bring myself to leave the garage. My shoes were completely soaked and like @kristinegift said I was leaving a trail of dripping sweat wherever I went. When I weighed myself post run I still had lost almost 4 lbs in water weight, I 'm still pleased with this run because unless we get some freak weather event it'll be in the 40-50's when I do my Marathon in October and should have to contend with some of these things. This run did get me past my July Goal and to a personal best 300.22 Miles for the month. Week 9 of training starts tomorrow.
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I am now officially crazy - I did actually get up at 5am to go running, and today I managed to pull it off - no coffee maker mishaps to stop me today
It was still dark when I set out, but the sun rose soon after. And while I hate getting up early, I have to admit it payed off temperature-wise - the average temperature over the entire run was around 20C/70F. Still a little too warm for my tastes, but much nicer than it would have been later in the day.
This was also my first run with the new backpack + 1.5 litre hydration bladder, and it went surprisingly well. I was afraid the water would slosh around and drive me insane (I remember once running behind someone with a noisy pack like that during a 10k; it annoyed me enough that I decided to ignore any pace plans and get the hell away from her). I did the "turn upside down and suck the air out"-thing I read about somewhere after filling it, and that actually worked. Wow, having enough water for the entire run is sure a nice; combined with the colder temps, todays pace was faster than any of my last couple long runs, despite being a new distance PR.
Since you aren't supposed to put anything but water in the pack (e.g. my favourite orange juice/water/marmite mix is out), I had to come up with some other source for carbs and electrolytes. I tried out gels a few month ago, but I don't really like how much trash using them produces. Then I remembered that someone ( @7lenny7 , I think) was using honey, so that's what I decided to do as well. How to get potassium puzzled me for a bit, but in the end I just bought a jar of some special "low sodium" salt. It was expensive for salt (almost 4€ for 250g), but it'll last me forever, so I guess that's okay. This is the mix I came up with in the end:
-125g honey (~100g carbs),
-1 teaspoon Marmite - partly because it has lots of minerals, including 390mg sodium, 60mg potassium, and partly for the taste ,
-1/4 TS LO SALT (170mg sodium, 450mg potassium),
-1/4 TS regular salt (520mg sodium) [so 1080g sodium, 510g potassium in total].
-125ml of lemon juice to combat the sweetness from the honey, and to thin it down
In the end, it was liquid enough that I could fill it into a little bottle and put it into one of the side pockets of the backpack, where I could reach it during the run. It doesn't taste as nice as orange juice, but honestly still better than some gels I tried ("green apple" and "cappuccino", I am looking at you!). If I hadn't forgotten to buy the cheap squeeze stuff and been forced to take my nice Tasmanian Leatherwood honey, it would have been a lot cheaper than gels too. Plus I know what's in there, and it worked well for a 3h15 run today, so I will use it again next week.
Todays run was 26.4km, which leaves me at 241.3km for the month, 21.3km above my goal. @Elise4270 , I have a half marathon to donate to you
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Great running this month everyone despite the horrible heat and humidity you all are beasts!!!
Took Skip to get new kicks yesterday and I'm totally jealous of her new Brooks Hyperion. She said they feel alot like the Brooks but much lighter.
She also got a new water bottle, it's not hard, the bottle is soft so it's more natural to hold in your hand. Skip has a small hand, it holds 17 oz compared to the her other that held 10 oz and was bulkier. I've talked to two people who use these and love them.
Me I got nuthin' but the bill LOL
@kristinegift what I miss most about winter running is sleeping later on the weekends, the crisp clean smell of the winter morning air, the pretty night sky with stars while running, not having sweats running down places I didn't know sweat could run !
@mobycarp I love reading your posts. Skip's coach tells her repeatedly her runs should be progressive in time and not the other way around.
@stoshew71 I looked later at strava and saw your course. Eastview is a treat isn't it?
@orphia I love the park run idea. We have a FB page here called "we run huntsville" and people posts weekly runs there, they post "hey I'm going to run at XX today at xXX time and going XX miles who wants to meet me?" It woks out great.
@honunui reading your post made me cry. What amazing news!!!! Also great news on Akamai!
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