October (2016) Running Challenge

@Elise4270 long runs for the first 2 plans top out at 18 miles. I was just curious because, while the 6,2 mile gap between most plans' longest run and a full is pretty big, an 8.2 mile gap seems HUGE....despite only being a 2 mile difference.

I mainly got the book for the HR and 80/20 split data....the training plans were just a bonus for some fun....but I guess I started a decent discussion because of them....

Date     Miles      MTD
------   -----    -------
Oct  1     6.2      6.2 
Oct  2     6.5     12.7 
Oct  4     4.3     17.0 
Oct  5     4.3T    21.3 
Oct  8    10.1     31.4 
Oct  9     4.3T    35.7 
Oct 12     4.6T    40.3
Oct 13     5.2T    45.5

I'm on pace.

Oct 1 - 6
Oct 2 - 1
Oct 3 - 0
Oct 4 - 5
Oct 5 - 0
Oct 6 - 5.64
Oct 7 - 2.5
Oct 8 - 0
Oct 9 - 7
Oct 10 - 0
Oct 11 - 5
Oct 12 - 2
Oct 13 - 5.58

Total - 39.72/80

10/1: 20 miles
10/2: 4.6 miles (am), 5.4 miles (pm)
10/3: 6 miles with the Coffee Crew
10/4: 5 miles (am), 10 miles (pm)
10/5: 5 miles
10/6: 3.5 miles
10/7: 9.5 miles
10/8: 6 miles with a 5k in the middle
10/9: 4 miles
10/10: Oh my god finally a rest day
10/11: 10 miles
10/12: 6 miles (am), 4.2 miles (pm)
10/13: 8 miles (am), 6.4 miles with the Thursday crew

Nice group run tonight! Lots of headlamps and reflective vests and smiles And burgers and beer afterward which always puts a cherry on top!



Upcoming Races:
10/8: Coe College Homecoming 5k: 21:26
10/16: Superhero Halloween Half Marathon (Goal: 1:38 or better)
11/20: Philadelphia Marathon (Goal: 3:30 or better)
3/26/17: Philly Love Run HM
5/14/17: Delaware Marathon Running Festival HM

Orphia wrote: »

Elise4270 wrote: »

I saw a picture of Lauren Fleshman a day or two after she did the catwalk shoot, she was lean! And she has that swollen belly, she mentioned how her weight fluctuates. Ill see if I can dig it up after some coffee, my bed has me hostage. http://asklaurenfleshman.com/2013/11/keeping-it-real/

Wow, that's awesome! I know most photos in the media are shopped, but I still love it when real photos are posted in juxtaposition.

Makes me not doubt myself so much when I pull in my stomach looking in the mirror! The elites do it too!

Haha! Ya I'm ocd about my stomach. I think I have to look at it every time I'm in the bathroom, maybe if I eat too much too. I did have a tummy tuck so that probably caused it. I'm vain, but did the tt to fix diastasis recti and help regain some core strength (I was told it caused my back problems that were hip/rear, not spinal). So I opted for a tt not a double fusion in my lower back. Which turned out to be a good call.

Glad I could help keep it real for the girls!

October goal...run to earn wine and ice cream

10/1: core/strength training, 2 mile run and 20 minutes of fancy footwork trying to herd the neighbor's stray cow out of our yard
10/2 rest
10/3 slug...never got out of my nightgown and played computer games (it was FABULOUS!)
10/4 4.10
10/5 3.11
10/6 core/strength training
10/7 rest
10/8 3.25
10/9 6.48
10/10 3.18
10/11 Snorkel 3 hours
10/12 4.28
10/13 2.41


Total 28.81

@shanaber sorry you are sidelined, but Hobbes will be happy to know you will keep him active.

Upcoming races:
Las Vegas RocknRoll Half 11/13/16

Ticker is my goal for 2016 and accumulation to date:

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 (major rain)
10/10: 3.5
10/11: day off
10/12: 3.5
10/13: 3.5

Total: 28

Oct 1: 15km long run day
Oct 2: 0km running, active recovery day, 6.62km brisk walk.
Oct 3: 12.06km...2km run on coffee break in morning, 6.08km long hill repeats at lunch, long, 4.01km treadmill run with hill intervals after work, followed by 30 min strength training
Oct 4: 90 minutes skating (45 min practice stake during the day, 45 min refereeing girls hockey at night)
Oct 5: 5km progression run before work, 3km base run at lunch.
Oct 6: 3.6 km hilly trail run at lunch, 5km tempo run on treadmill after work, 30 min strength training.
Oct 7: REST DAY
Oct 8: 16.7 km long run. Forgot my hydration bottles. First run without fluids. Had a couple extra gummies for fuel. Glad I was well hydrated before I started.
Oct 9: REST DAY
Oct 10: 7.65 km recovery run including 25 minutes of running drills
Oct 11: 6.96 km tempo run. First 5km was a PB 31:30. 30 minutes strength training.
Oct 12: 0km running, cross train day. 35 minutes on recumbent bike, 30 min brisk walk.
Oct 13: 6.67 km, hill intervals on treadmill. 30 minutes strength training.

Upcoming races:

Awesome Virtual Events 100 mile (160km) October challenge.
November 6th: Hamilton Road2Hope HM

I'm on track for my monthly running goal. Tomorrow is my long run day. Have to do my longest run 3 weeks before my HM rather than 2 as next weekend I'm refereeing 8 hockey games in one day (7 hours of skating). That tends to leave me quite drained and I figure should balance out that my longest run will be 3 weeks out.

I think I was kind of crazy signing up for the October 100 mile challenge through Awesome Virtual Events, but the medal looks so friggin cool, I had to join. I've upped my mileage maybe more than I should have, but I needed to give myself some breathing room for a taper at the end of the month.

Ran hill intervals last night. My hip is bothering me a bit now. I've had a tight hip for years and am trying to loosen the flexors and strengthen my gluteus. But it really didn't like the hill intervals. Haven't had an issue with the hill work outs so far, but I may have been trying to do them too fast last night.

Anyway that's today's update. Happy

10/1- 4.04 miles
10/2- Rest/Travel day
10/3- 3.47
10/4- 5.03
10/5- 3.0
10/6- 5.0
10/7- 4.4
10/8- 7.4
10/9- REST- Grumble Grumble Grumble
10/10- 5.22
10/11- 4.02
10/12- 3.01
10/13- 6.0
10/14- 4.03

Total: 54.53/70

Today's notes: It's exceedingly rare that I feel like I had a bad run, but today was one of those days. I ran 4.03 miles with a 10:36 average pace and average HR of 151. This is all normal and OK. My great annoyance is the roughly 10 minutes I spent in z3 this morning, I just could not get my HR to settle low enough to not keep popping up there.

This was probably due to the fact that I went up a steeper hill that I normally go down, instead of going up the gradual ascent. Still, I'm annoyed with myself about that z3 time.

On a side note, I think I need to start lifting again. Part of the problem today, I think, is that my leg strength is down, so the hill was harder than it might have been when I was lifting more.....something to think about.