August (2016) Running Challenge
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Wait a minute. @Stoshew71 -Did you run 70 miles already this month? You are a beast!
I did my treadmill speed work yesterday evening. I had been dreading the workout all day (tip: speedwork is best done before you have any time to dread it!) but it turned out to be a pretty good workout. I previously did my 1 minute high intensity intervals @ 9mph on the treadmill. Yesterday, these intervals seemed surprisingly easy at that pace. I was questioning whether my HR was even approaching zone 5 in 1 minute intervals. Since I am a little skeptical of my treadmill's stability at higher speeds, I was hesitant to turn it up too much. Instead, I extended my intervals by 15 seconds. I'm not saying it wasn't a great workout, it was. Just surprisingly easier than I remembered, so I think I might be making gains in that area. I always have a harder time with shorter and faster, so I was very happy to see this.
This weekend's plan called for 80 minutes today and 10 miles with speed play (1st quarter of every mile in zone 3) tomorrow. I typically like to get my long run done on Saturday, but I also wanted to meet up with the running group but that makes the speed work a challenge. Since it was still pretty humid this morning but is supposed to be perfect tomorrow, I decided to meet the group and delay my long run. I ended up running 10 today because the girl I have been running with lately wanted 10. It was a slow run, but that's probably a good thing. She says I help push her in the heat, so she was grateful, which makes me feel good. It was a nice run.
@MobyCarp -Love the sticker! I have never seen a Boston Marathon sticker before. I hope I can earn one for 2017!6 -
@Stoshew71 I was just going to ask the same thing as @lporter229... you've done a 70 mile week this week?!?! Is that a weekly PR for you or did you do 70 earlier this summer? Either way, YOU ARE A CHAMP.3
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kristinegift wrote: »@Stoshew71 I was just going to ask the same thing as @lporter229... you've done a 70 mile week this week?!?! Is that a weekly PR for you or did you do 70 earlier this summer? Either way, YOU ARE A CHAMP.
Thanks @kristinegift and @lporter229
Yes, that's right. 70 miles. I had one week earlier this summer that was 70 and this week was closer to 71. So yeah, it's a PR (just barely) on weekly mileage. More important, I registered 3855 feet of elevation gain this week (most of it from today) which I believe is a PR for weekly elevation gain for me. If not, it's pretty darn close.
One more thing, I did today's (almost) 21 miler in in 3:20:02. If I did my 26.2 in that time this December, then I qualify for Boston. And today's run had a ton of elevation gain (3260 according to strava). RCM has a little over 400 ft elevation gain.9 -
@Stoshew71 You are making such crazy progress this year. After this summer conditioning, you're going to smash it in December! I'm in awe of your mileage these days.6
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According to mutual Facebook friends? @Stoshew71 did the suckest run ever today. Not that he did a bad run but the run was brutal. Great job Stan.
Took a rest day today. Skip had a little 2 miler this morning at the local Fleet Feet so we pushed our long run out until tomorrow. She ran great, but we thought it was a 5K so she was surprised when they headed back to the finish line. She ran a 14:38 and I think was the 3rd girl in. It's was very informal the results were by bib number and everyone was a male lol. Of course she came home with new spikes but with 20% Off and my $25 loyal customer money I couldn't resist.5 -
8/01: Off, rest day
8/02: 4 miles, easy + strides + strength training
8/03: 8 miles, fartlek
8/04: 4 miles, easy + strides + strength training
8/05: Off, active rest day - leisurely biking and walking
8/06: 13.1 miles, long and super easy
Total: 29.2 miles
Overview:
Reeeeal slow and easy 13 miles (plus a tiny bit extra to make it an even half!), followed by a nice long ice bath. Something weird is happening because I’m actually starting to enjoy the ice baths? Especially since I overslept today, which meant starting at 10am and running in 82+ degrees and direct sunlight. Lets just say I was really really hot by the time I got back home
Anyways, kept it extra easy because it’s a cut back week and I’m registered for a 10k tomorrow. Not sure yet what my race strategy will be; I should keep it easy and fun (which has been my plan all along) but of course the competitive side of me wants to go all out! There’s no way I could PR though because I’ve traded a lot of my speed for distance -_-
Upcoming races:
8/07: Chicago 10K
8/26: Rock the Night 5K
9/10: Chicago Women's Half Marathon
9/25: Lifetime 5K
10/09: Chicago Marathon
10/30: Hot Chocolate 5K
11/27: Space Coast Half Marathon5 -
skippygirlsmom wrote: »According to mutual Facebook friends? @Stoshew71 did the suckest run ever today. Not that he did a bad run but the run was brutal. Great job Stan.
Took a rest day today. Skip had a little 2 miler this morning at the local Fleet Feet so we pushed our long run out until tomorrow. She ran great, but we thought it was a 5K so she was surprised when they headed back to the finish line. She ran a 14:38 and I think was the 3rd girl in. It's was very informal the results were by bib number and everyone was a male lol. Of course she came home with new spikes but with 20% Off and my $25 loyal customer money I couldn't resist.
Thanks @skippygirlsmom Actually it wasn't too bad. The weather cooperated very well. It was pretty much cloudy all morning which kept it cooler than other weekends. I was the first one done that actually completed 2.5.
The Firecracker Chase up in TN was the suckiest run this year for me.
Congratulations to Skip.
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@stoshew71 glad it wasn't too awful.1
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I had the WORST start to my 12 mile run this morning... cramping, sore legs, sides burning... but with a quick encouragement from my husband, I pushed through it, and finally got into my running groove. So thankful for runs like today that teach me how to persevere through hard runs and cherish the ones that come easy.
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Checking in late today. I'll have to catch up on all the posts from the day after I eat some more (2164 calories eaten, 1110 more to break even) Hope everyone had a great day!
8/1- 4.01
8/1- 9.02<---Daily Double. If it isn't thunderstorming in the morning, I will not be happy.
8/2- REST <- Recovering from the INSANE daily double
8/3-4.1
8/4- 7.82
8/5- 4
8/6- 13.11
total/monthly goal: 42.11/125
Today's notes: went for a 13.11 jog/walk with my mom. The course for my September HM is definitely hillier than the other routes I've been on. That said, total elevation (according to Strava and GC) isn't much more if any, than my other runs. Difference is that most of my runs have 1 or 2 big hills that cover the bulk of the elevation, and the September HM has it spread out throughout the whole run.
At this point (7 weeks out) I'm not sure I can run it in 2:00:00, but with a few weeks more training, and weather that's going to be a lot cooler, I am hoping I'll be in the position to go for it, as the other option is to be running w/o a pacer to folloew.5 -
@ddmom0811 Mine was the opposite. Swimming was the first exercise I added to my life on the recommendation of my Physio-Therapist. Since I grew up around "Non Swimmable Swamp Water " I never learned to swim growing up. Took Adult Learn to Swim at the local pool 3 years ago. 9-10 months later I found out the Pool closes in September for a Maintenance Cycle. I knew I needed to find a exercise to replace my pool miles. It was to dark/dangerous to ride a bike before or after work so I started running - very slowly and poorly. When the pool re-opened I kept running on the weekend during the early morning. The next summer one of the regular swimmers in the pool challenged me to the local Sprint Triathlon, 750m Swim, 20km Bike and 5km run. That is where I got Hooked on the challenge of Triathlons. Still doing the Sprints as they are enough of a challenge. Since the swim happens in the pool no danger of gators or jellyfish.
Now I log about 200km a year of swimming.
@sunkisd1105 A treadmill ( dreadmill ) Mile is better than EasyChair/Sofa Surfing.
I suffer on the Dreadmill as the local facility has them jammed up tight to the wall in front of the treadmill with 2 TV's mounted above your Normal Sightline so you are looking uphill to see the TV and it is to close for comfortable viewing. Also we don't have the extreme heat/humidity so outside in the Real World is just so much easier.3 -
I just found this page tonight. I'm set my August running goal @ 100 miles. If I make it, I'm buying myself the Garmin Vivoactive HR. As of tonight I'm at 23.09 miles.8
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mom3over40 wrote: »Total according to Strava: 27.4
Does Strava always round down in daily miles? The total is always higher than just adding the daily miles.
@mom3over40 I just noticed the same thing.
Adding up Activities doesn't give as high a total as the weekly/monthly total.
I wonder why.
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2 Aug – 10.1 km
4 Aug – Body Balance then 13 km
6 August – 8.1 km
7 August – 21.3 km
Goal: 160 km / 100 miles
Total: 52.5 km / 32.6 miles
Did a half marathon today just because I could.
Didn't drink or eat anything during the run. Just had my breakfast earlier, then a Winners gel before starting and an orange Gatorade at the end (never tried one before... it deliciously hit the spot!).
Beat my first HM by over 2 minutes, and this one was all hills whereas the first was all flat, so I'm very happy!
Feeling good.
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@Orphia Saw your run today on strava. That was awesome. You progressed so fast over the last months
So this week was supposed to be rest week.
Well it's Sunday and I clocked a little shy of 60 km per week which is the highest I've ever run
I'm not feeling rested
I'll go take a nap
Date.....Distance..Type/min/km
August 1 - 6.6 km - V.Easy/7:00
August 2 - 7.4 km - Reps/4:00
August 3 - 7.6 km - V.Easy/6:50
August 4 - 6.4 km - Easy/6:15
August 5 - 12+4km - Tempo&Reps and Easy/4:50
August 6 - 5.0 km - Easy/6:05
August 7 - 10.4km - Long(ish)Run/6:17
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)
25/09: Black Sea 10k
09/10: Bucharest International Marathon (Half Debut)6 -
Got a good run in this morning but I am still having stomach issues... Took up too much time in the bathroom to finish out 8-9 miles but I am happy with what I completed.
Date.........Miles........Total
08/01.......0.00.........0.00 - + Agility
08/02.......5.24.........5.24 - + Strength training
08/03.......0.00.........5.24
08/04.......5.01.......10.25 - + Strength training and Rally
08/05.......4.25.......14.50
08/06.......7.09.......21.59
Upcoming Races - Let me know if you will be running too!
07/04/16 - SHEPower Virtual Half Marathon
07/31/16 - San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon
09/18/16 - Beat the Blerch Half Marathon, Seattle
11/19/16 - USA Invitational Half Marathon (Yay, I qualified again!)
12/18/16 - San Diego Holiday Half Marathon
02/05/17 - Surf City Half MarathonAmandajs232 wrote: »
At @ereck44 you are giving me a sense of foreboding- I have osteopenia, was grossly overweight (so good to say that in past tense!) and now I am running! Better book me in for my new joints now
@Amandajs232 Osteopenia, really? I am glad that you got your weight under control. The people who I was writing about waited too late. The human body is amazingly resilient and can reverse a lot of damage that we put on it except if it as the "point of no return", i.e. liver damage, emphysema, etc. You are so young that by the time it may become a problem, there will already be a cure for it....medical science is growing by leaps and bounds.
@mobycarp -I refuse to put stickers on my car but I have found magnets with similar sentiments (check out onemoremile.com) work amazingly well instead. I have even made some out of stickers I have received from races.
@AdrianChr92 - I want to be the female version of that guy still running at 92! I had all those problems - knees, back, etc.. and have not had ANY of those issues since I started strength training and running! Like I said before - I just wish I had started much earlier!
@Stoshew71 - awesome running already this month! WOW!
@juliet3455 - that is awesome how you started out not knowing how to swim and advancing to sprint tri's! I run and swim well but the cycling is another issue - oh I know how to ride a bike. I just never learned the art of changing gears and the hand brakes and all and it is very intimidating to me and we have bikes hanging in our garage!
@orphia - yay you! that is great running a HM just because you could and improving your time!7 -
Long run planned today....going to slow it waaay down at 70% max heart rate, hopefully 10 miles today...still very hot at Naptown....84 degrees, 91HI, and 52% humidity. Will check in later.
Achieved goal of 10 miles.....but unable to slow to 70% ...at all. First mile, averaged 75%, then next 6 miles at 80-82%; Felt good, breathing well, focused on posture, arm placement and slowing my steps. Then legs and feet became very sore and I felt like I had to pick up the pace to stretch out my hips...and I noticed that my heart rate decreased by 3%. Co-incidence? It happened on 3 other occasions in the last couple of miles...I really tried to focus on keeping the heart rate down, still at 79-83%. After completing mile 9.25, sprinted the last 3/4 mile...ended with 96% heart rate, but not really breathing hard or bent over trying to catch my breath like I usually am when going full out. ...it took forever (nearly 2.5 hours for 10 miles)....but going to try it again in a couple of weeks. Not sore at all. Even cut my recovery walk (jumping jacks, high knees, etc) short due to my husband needing me to help with the yard.
August 1---poison ivy....rest day
August 2....;poison ivy....rest day
August 3....dr.'s visit for the poison ivy....put on Prednisone....rest again
August 4....4 miles....
August 5....husband's 65th birthday....celebration with friends.
August 6.....10 miles
Total for August.... 14 miles....goal is 85...4 -
2 Aug – 10.1 km
4 Aug – Body Balance then 13 km
6 August – 8.1 km
7 August – 21.3 km
Goal: 160 km / 100 miles
Total: 52.5 km / 32.6 miles
Did a half marathon today just because I could.
Didn't drink or eat anything during the run. Just had my breakfast earlier, then a Winners gel before starting and an orange Gatorade at the end (never tried one before... it deliciously hit the spot!).
Beat my first HM by over 2 minutes, and this one was all hills whereas the first was all flat, so I'm very happy!
Feeling good.
@orphia...that's terrific! Great time too! Love that you pr'd even with hills.4 -
AdrianChr92 wrote: »Finally I have some time to read the thread
@Ohhim Ha I average around 146 on easy runs. I have a friend that averages 130. I wouldn't dream to average 115. For me that is like a decisive walk pace. My max is 200
@MobyCarp Yeaaa mid run selfies are the best
@Amandajs232 @ereck44 Most people feel fine being overweight because they are young and the body can take the abuse. Almost all people that I know that disregard their bodies and reached the age of 40 are being hit with a hammer from all sides. It all comes crashing down. The body can't keep up so you start getting knee problems, back pain just to name the mild afflictions. Sure you can turn it around but it's not a good idea to let it get there in the last place. We had a guy here that was told by his doctor at 65 that his heart was a mess and if he didn't do a change he would die. He started running. He died at at 95 last year. Hit by a truck. He ran for 30 years and was doing mountain marathons at the age of 80 with no problems (he didn't like flat races). Most people can't walk at that age.
Date.....Distance..Type/min/km
August 1 - 6.6 km - V.Easy/7:00
August 2 - 7.4 km - Reps/4:00
August 3 - 7.6 km - V.Easy/6:50
August 4 - 6.4 km - Easy/6:15
August 5 - 12+4km - Tempo&Reps and Easy/4:50
August 6 - 5.0 km - Easy/6:05
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)
25/09: Black Sea 10k
09/10: Bucharest International Marathon (Half Debut)
I love that story....it just shows how someone can really turn it around (their health)! But it is getting serious now....even my co-workers, who should know better, don't exercise and eat too many starches and fried foods...not to mention the sugary drinks. I have to drive by a McDonald's to go to my gym and their drive-thru has at least 10 cars waiting in that line, including at 2:30 in the afternoon.0 -
Thanks, Erek, shanaber, and Adrian!1
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