August (2016) Running Challenge
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RespectTheKitty wrote: »One other thing: Does anyone have any recommendations for strengthening the glutes? I think mine might need some work, as I've been developing a little bit of discomfort on the right side when I'm not running.
In the group page I listed some:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/32659668/#Comment_32659668
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Date Miles today - Miles for August
8/1 9 miles - 9
8/1 4.5 miles - 13.5 << Daily Double
8/2 9 miles - 22.5
8/2 4 miles - 26.5 << Daily Double
8/3 5 miles - 31.5
8/4 9 miles - 40.5
8/4 4 miles - 44.5 << Daily Double
8/5 5.25 miles - 49.75
8/6 20.97 miles - 70.72
8/7 REST DAY
8/8 7 miles - 77.72
8/8 4 miles - 81.72 << Daily Double
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
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Thanks for the help guys. Here is the HR graph. Obviously the blobs over 150 are the zone 3 segments and some cardiac drift near the end, but notice all of the other spikes. Thoughts?
BTW, that SnipIt tool is the *kitten*!3 -
Great article @RespectTheKitty0
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@lporter229
I occasionally see a HR graph similar to that, although not quite to that extreme. Can't help out to much, but would like to say I'd give a unneeded organ for that stride rate.1 -
@lporter229
I occasionally see a HR graph similar to that, although not quite to that extreme. Can't help out to much, but would like to say I'd give a unneeded organ for that stride rate.
LOL. Yeah, when you are 5 feet tall, you only have so much room to increase the stride length!4 -
No time to catch up today. 120 messages. School starts Wednesday and I'm not quite ready. We don't actually have to go in tomorrow to school, but everyone will.
8/1 - 5.1 miles
8/2 - 4.6 miles with intervals
8/3 - 4.6 miles + Strength Training
8/4 - 5.67 miles
8/5 - 5.1 miles + hopefully Strength Training
8/6 - 43 miles biking
8/7 - 30 miles biking
8/8 - 3.1 miles
Upcoming races
2/5/17 - Daytona Beach HM
2/26/17 - Disney Princess HM Orlando
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »Great article @RespectTheKitty
It's not that I'm against racing, it's just that it's not that important to me right now. I have severe anxiety as well as depression, and I can't stand being in large crowds. I also don't make enough money to be throwing it at race fees. Shoes are expensive enough. I also don't like the pressure of feeling like I have to make a good time. I run at my own pace, and if I PR, that's awesome, but I don't like to compete against anyone, even myself.4 -
1--- travel doc appointment
2---30 minutes pool swim/running!, 1 mile walk
3--- 0.5 mile walk
4---30 minutes pool swim/ water jogging
6---0.7 mile walk
7---0.7 mile walk
8---20 minute swim/weights *sigh* too many people.
Upcoming races:
11/05/16 Jenks Half Jenks OK
12/11/16 BMW Dallas Marathon, Half
Run the year 2016 898.42/ 2016
Hopeful races:
March 19th 2017 RNR Half Dallas, TX
March 26th 2017 A2A 5k Ardmore, OK
April 30th 2017 OKC Memorial Marathon, Half.2 -
RespectTheKitty wrote: »skippygirlsmom wrote: »Great article @RespectTheKitty
It's not that I'm against racing, it's just that it's not that important to me right now. I have severe anxiety as well as depression, and I can't stand being in large crowds. I also don't make enough money to be throwing it at race fees. Shoes are expensive enough. I also don't like the pressure of feeling like I have to make a good time. I run at my own pace, and if I PR, that's awesome, but I don't like to compete against anyone, even myself.
I have a lot of friends that run and have never been in a race and I have friends who race every weekend. We would probably race more but track meets are on Saturdays and so are Cross Country meets so we do what we can when we can. Like you said it does get costly. Running is definitely an individual thing that is what makes it so awesome, run alone, run with friends, run in a group, day time night time, races no races, 5 min miles or 15 min miles, there is a place for everyone.5 -
Had a late night last night at a concert and drank too much wine... followed up with needing to be up at 5:30 for a meeting. I didn't get out for my run until it was hot at lunch time and I was just tired - I got it done but it was more of a slog than anything I would lable a run... I am not sure how I am going to make it through agility class tonight with all of its running.
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
08/07.......0.00.......21.59
08/08.......4.21.......25.80
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 Marathon
@_nikkiwolf_ - I don't know if you can get them there but I love the SkirtSport shorts and capris - the pockets on the thighs are in the perfect spot for easy access to my phone and/or fuel. SO much better than wearing a running belt. I wore them in my last HM and had my ShotBloks in one pocket and phone in the other. I have the iPhone 6s and it fits perfectly but since the pockets are stretchy it could accommodate a larger phone too. Also there is no bounce. (http://www.skirtsports.com/product/redemption-shorties/)
@greenolivetree - when I couldn't run I had a horrible time sleeping. My brain would be tired but my body was not at all...
@instantmartian - I need to run the race in Hershey! But only if they had dark chocolate! Even better would be the one @lporter229 ran with bacon!! Or.... even better how about dark chocolate dipped bacon! Yes!!
At the SF marathon in one of the local neighborhoods some folks had set up a beer table with growlers of local beer. They were handing out small cups to anyone who wanted it - I passed but if it had been hot they probably would have runners lined up There was also another table about a mile from the finish with people handing out fresh watermelon pieces - it was awesome and so delicious!
@RespectTheKitty - besides squats and @Stoshew71s list of exercises and stretches, there are all kinds of workouts online for strengthening your hips and glutes.
@lporter229 - I have seen an occasional spike on mine but I know my HR range and where the max is so I know it is when my monitor loses contact. Now with my iWatch I can actually see where it switches back to the iWatch HR monitor and that is where the spikes are. If fixing the contacts or battery doesn't correct it you may want to consider contacting your doctor just to be safe.2 -
8/1: 3
8/3: 2.25
8/8: 2.69
Goal: 30 miles this month
Thought 3 mile run twice a week would be achievable, but I'm struggling. I guess I need to get back into the swing of running.
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@lporter - I see something like that sometimes too. Here's a recent one that's kind of spiky, not as frequent as yours, but I know I've seen that. I put it down to sweatiness/poor contact issues?
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8/1: 3.6 miles w/ the Coffee Crew
8/2: 5 miles
8/3: Rest day
8/4: 7 miles (am)
...... 6.4 miles (pm)
8/5: Rest day
8/6: 10 miles w/ the Saturday Crew
8/7: 18 miles
8/8: 6.9 miles
After staying up too late watching Olympic swimming finals last night (USA! USA! USA!), I slept in and moved my run to this afternoon. I ran faster than I thought, but those 6.9 miles took FOREVER. I refused to even entertain the notion of doing the out-and-back needed for that last tenth of a mile. My legs were so dead after the race effort miles yesterday. I was going to do 5 miles tomorrow after work, but I think I'm going to take my whole rest day and run twice on Wednesday instead to fit the miles in. My legs need a break!
OH But I did try some injinji socks today! Those running toe socks! They felt weird but in a good way. Like they were hugging my toes! I wanna try them on a sticky long run this weekend and see if they make my toes less squishy by the end of the run.
Current Olympics status: Watching the prime-time broadcast of the day's events, mostly men's synchro platform diving and then at 9 pm they'll start showing the swimming semis and finals. WOO!
Upcoming Races:
9/11: Lehigh Valley Via Marathon (Several Towns, PA)
(10/16: Halloween Half (Morristown, NJ) >> maybe)
11/20: Philadelphia Marathon (Philadelphia, PA)
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8/8 - did 3.03 miles today, although I really did 5 minutes more but didn't properly start my Garmin. Grrr.
I needed some motivation to get out and run so I joined up with one of the weekly run groups at another Y. Because I'll be doing my real workout tomorrow night I took it easy tonight but it felt good - despite the heat. Tomorrow night is going to be a killer. It's supposed to be hot and we're doing 50 minute tempo run.
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RespectTheKitty wrote: »One other thing: Does anyone have any recommendations for strengthening the glutes? I think mine might need some work, as I've been developing a little bit of discomfort on the right side when I'm not running.
@RespectTheKitty - You've already got a lot of suggestions for strengthening glutes, but it might not be the glutes. When I went to the PT for help recovering from being stupid, she identified a weak tensor facia latta. One of the things she gave me for it was a stretch which hurt on the right side where it felt like the glutes to me.
The 20-20 hindsight "aha" realization is that this was the same spot that ached after I ran a PR half at the net downhill Good Life Halfsy. At that time, I had thought it was from sitting on my butt driving a car too long. Then it showed up again in the wake of the net downhill Boston Marathon . . . almost certainly the same issue, only worse after 26.2 miles than after 13.1.
If what's making you hurt is compensation for something weak, what's weak might not be hurting and can be hard to identify. Fixing stuff like that is a PT's strong point. "Developing a little bit of discomfort . . . when I'm not running" seems to suggest that this could be the case.1 -
August Running Totals (miles)
8/1 – 5.90 easy plus 4 strides
8/2 – 6.24 hill run
8/3 – rest day
8/4 – 13.56 hot and humid
8/5 – rest day
8/6 – 14.13 paced run
8/7 – 7.75 almost easy
8/8 – 6.30 easy + 4 strides
August total to date – 53.88
Nominal Challenge Goal – 200 miles
Real Goals: Survive last month before retirement. Train as well as possible toward Rochester Marathon. Avoid putting myself back on the couch.
Today's notes – I took today off work for mental health and so I'd be available to pay for my daughter's car repairs. Had a couple of reminders from the work email why I decided to retire at the end of the month. Slept in till 7, over 9 hours, and was slow getting started in the morning. Caught up on some household maintenance stuff that was getting squeezed out by the general time crunch. What with one thing and another, didn't get out to run until 7 PM.
Unlike yesterday, I didn't have a motivational problem. (I keep having to re-learn the lesson that not getting enough sleep kills motivation.) Humidity was low, the training assignment was "easy + 4 strides," and I knew exactly where I wanted to run. Then I went and ran it. In the low humidity, I reaped some of the benefits that @Stoshew71 talks about from having trained in heat and humidity. "Easy" was the fast end of my easy range, and I kept having to slow myself down to stay there. Yet I still had the gas left to run strides at the end of the run.
It's been a very satisfying day.
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) finished in 1:31:11
August 13, 2016 Bergen Road Race 5K (Bergen, NY)
September 18, 2016 Rochester Marathon (Rochester, NY)
November 24, 2016 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY)
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@MobyCarp I had the same thing today on my "easy" run. It was definitely on the faster end of the spectrum. Amazing how easy it is to run in 85F/50% humidity versus 72F/100% humidity! Happy running!1
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