October (2016) Running Challenge

Stoshew71 wrote: »

cljoe7 wrote: »

Yay - welcome to all the newbies!

The agree button is helpful, but I think @skippygirlsmom had the best idea when she said a while back that we need a "oh man that sucks" button. Maybe we could all petition the MFP gurus?

"that sucks" would be nice. "wtf" would be better.

Couldn't agree more!!

@skippygirlsmom You might need some electrolytes too. Last week my hubby had awful cramps because his Dr gave him this awesome pill that made him pee like a racehorse and lose all his electrolytes. He's now on magnesium pills. When I start living off Diet Coke, I get stabbing flank pain - my right kidney telling me "Good gosh Woman! Drink some water!"

@cjgallant65 Welcome back to running and welcome to our group!

@elise4270 It just occurred to me that you and my hubby are opposite. He was so skinny when he was on short term disability. Went back to work and gained it all back from stress-eating. He would come home from work and chain-eat (that's what I call it - just like chain-smoking but food is his drug). He was so "chill" on disability. LOL I would totally go crazy and gain 50lbs if I was off work. Keep hanging in there! You'll be running 6 miles again and even more!

Date    Miles   Total
10/01    3.1    3.1
       + Strength
10/02    6.4    9.5
10/03    Rest
10/04    Strength
10/05    4.0    13.5
10/06    3.2    16.7
10/07    Strength
10/08    3.3    20.0
10/09    7.0    27.0
10/10    Rest
10/11    3.2    30.2 <- Total So Far
       + Strength
10/12    Rest

I messed up the dates last time I logged. It should be correct now

I usually don't run on Tuesday because it is trash day. But then, with a long run in the afternoon on Sunday, I just could not get up early and fit in a short run on Monday morning. That leaves me with 2 non-running days in a roll. Finally, last night I decided that I could try and run on Tuesday evening when most people would have put away their trash cans It was nice and cool. I did my strength training after the run, that was a bit tough. I think I will probably switch my strength training to Mondays and keep my evening run on Tuesdays.



This thread is getting a little hard to keep up but I really enjoyed reading the posts and the race reports. Thanks for sharing!

greenolivetree wrote: »

@elise4270 It just occurred to me that you and my hubby are opposite. He was so skinny when he was on short term disability. Went back to work and gained it all back from stress-eating. He would come home from work and chain-eat (that's what I call it - just like chain-smoking but food is his drug). He was so "chill" on disability. LOL I would totally go crazy and gain 50lbs if I was off work. Keep hanging in there! You'll be running 6 miles again and even more!

I can see that, work all day and de-stress by snacking all night. I've lost 4-5 pounds being off. But I'm convinced it's muscle loss. Fat seems to be still there. The PT was in awe of my got dog legs, thought they were cute. *Sigh* I kinda feel like Danny Devito's penguin character. Wahk wahk wak.

I'm so happy walking today! Wierd my calf is tight sore. Dang normal-er gait. LOL!

Today, I was about 20 minutes into my tempo lap, but I had to stop to give an elderly lady directions, and I just couldn't get started again once she pulled away. My right quad is bugging me since Sunday's run, but I believe it was likely the mental break that did me in. I mostly walked the rest of the way home. Garmin did tell me it recorded my fastest mile in there since I got my new watch (11:56). Yay! Slowly getting somewhere.

1: 4.02 miles (aerobic)
2: 6.01 miles (long with 5 x 1/4 mile zone 3 intervals)
3: 3.00 miles (recovery)
4: 3.72 miles (tempo)
5: rest
6: 6.97 miles (aerobic)
7: rest
8: bailed due to rain and other lame excuses
9: 13.12 miles (long with 12 x 1/4 mile zone 2 intervals and zone 2 finish)
10. 2.53 miles (recovery)
11. rest
12. skipped (grumpy quad and a bad attitude)
13. 3.42 miles (tempo)





Upcoming Race: Oct 23rd Vancouver Rock n Roll Half-Marathon

Sooooooo, my grandson and my DIL are here from CO this week. I planned to run this morning but she wanted to walk together so of course I did that since we don't get that many opportunities. Had a nice 3 mile walk with my grandson along as well.

In order to stick to my 10K training plan I decided to run this evening. I forgot to warm-up so the first mile was really rough but I just went slow and concentrated on stretching things out as I went. Ended up getting another 5K in and even though the overall pace was a bit slower than normal the last two splits were pretty decent for me. I'm satisfied and happy that I stuck to my training.

Looks like we're walking again in the morning. We found a great path down by the river here so we're going to explore it a little more. I really think it might be a great running path for me. Looks like it's 2.6 miles out and the same back again with a couple of small steep hills.

10/01 – Rest Day
10/02 – 3.6 mile horse trail run with dog – AVG HR 143, High 159 on hills
10/03 – Rest Day
10/04 – 2.1 mile horse trail run with dog – testing out the new Garmin
10/05 – 3.31 miles horse trail run with dog – looks like Garmin is about 7-8 bbm higher than my Polar
10/06 – 95 min strength training
10/07 – 3.6 miles horse trail run with the dog – AVG HR 146
10/08 – Rest Day
10/09 – 4.52 miles at the park – longest run yet – AVG HR 147
10/10 – Another Rest Day……ugggghhhh
10/11 – 3.1 miles horse trail run – Fastest 5K yet – AVG HR 147
10/12 – 3.1 miles horse trail run plus a 3 mile walk this morning

October running

10/01: day off
10/02: 3.5
10/03: 3.5
10/04: day off
10/05: 3.5
10/06: 3.5
10/07: day off
10/08: 3.5
10/09: day off (pmajor rain)
10/10: 3.5
10/11: day off
10/12: 3.5

Total: 24.5

I think my goal was 60. I'm dreading the short days of winter in Maine. Not sure how I'll be able to keep my daily going.

5512bf wrote: »

MNLittleFinn wrote: »

I think I convinced my mom to train for a half to run with me next year. Problem is, depending on the scheduling, it could be only a week or 2 before the marathon I might be targeting... why do I have to come up with so many "awesome" ideas?????

My plan had 17 miles for a long run 2 weeks out, with 13 the week before. 13 miles 2 weeks out wouldn't be a stretch at all, especially if your mom isn't very fast. you'd most likely be coming off a 20 miler 3 weeks out.

Her faster pace is right at my easy pace right now, so I'd imagine that if she were running a HM, she'd be somewhere in my recovery pace range. Good to know I could probably do both. The HM is the same one I ran 2 weeks ago, and they did an awesome job with the event.