October (2016) Running Challenge
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@RespectTheKitty That's amazing! I'm happy for you:)
@Elise4270 You're making great progress on your walking!
@MobyCarp Sorry the injury is dragging on.
@gingerdonalds Welcome!
I'm not sure yet if I'm running again tomorrow morning before church and taking Monday off, or vice versa. I set out all my clothes and gear just in case
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Finally got in both a reasonable (but less intense) ride and a run today and my legs seem to be doing mostly OK. Going to try both a longer ride (70 miles) and run (13-15 miles) tomorrow as I'm supposed to be peaking for my ironman but still need to respect my recovery from last weekends' Chicago marathon. I'll start with the run, and if I'm not 100%, I'll just do a long swim after, let my legs recover and do the mid-distance ride Monday. Given the race is now 3 weeks out, I'll try a final ironman distance ride mid-week at a reasonable speed/wattage, then start my taper right after.
10/1 - 5 miles (w. 5x800s @ 6:00 pace)
10/2 - 8 miles (finished at MP)
10/3 - 4 miles
10/4 - 4 miles
10/5 - 4 miles
10/8 - 3 miles
10/9 - 26.2 miles (3:04:57 - Chicago marathon)
10/13 - 4 miles
10/15 - 6 miles
Total: 64 miles
Goal: 140 miles
Remaining: 76 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 - 4:43:56
Chicago Marathon - Oct 9 - 3:04:57
Ironman Florida - Nov 5
Rock 'n Roll Las Vegas 10K - Nov 13
@RunRachelleRun - Not a half specialist (haven't done a standalone one since last November as my last 2 were at the end of Ironman 70.3 races), but usually I've figured out (now that I'm doing them in 1.5 hours) that I can start out at about 89% of my Max HR (once my HR settles in late in the first mile), and sustain my first mile pace for the full race if I'm properly rested, healthy, hydrated, pop 2-3 gels throughout, and the weather isn't too oppressive.
When they took me closer to 2-2.5 hours or now for full 3 hour marathons, I'll start at about 86% of my max HR and I can sustain that for my full race with some eye-bleeding intensity at the end. Still, my endurance is pretty well developed at this point as is my tolerance for pain/fatigue late in races.0 -
louubelle16 wrote: »Parkrun this morning, and had a great run! I got caught up running the same pace as those around me at the start (I must have started further forward than usual as you do have to go with the crowd in our parkrun because of the limited space but it doesn't normally push my pace up by that much), then looked at my watch at the mile marker and realised how fast my pace was. I was so pleased that it still felt easy that I decided to just see if I could keep it up, promising instead to slow down if I felt my hip even a tiny bit.
So, despite my hip issues of last weekend, the good news was I didn't even feel my hip AND, the pace actually didn't feel hard! It was only in the final sprint stretch that it really did feel as though I was pushing, but when I look on Strava that stretch looked to be at a pace beginning in 6, which I have NEVER hit before. So, all in all, happy hip, happy run, happy Louise
Obviously, I need to be really, super careful this next few days though because of my hip, and I promise I will. If anyone sees me post a run on Strava with anything above 10:30 pace until next Saturday, please feel free to destroy me with your words.
@Orphia Well done for serving as race director, that looks like a stressful job but no-one could have run today without you and that's awesome Out of interest, how many runners do you get each week at your Parkrun? Ours is getting pretty big, they are now talking about needing another local one to split us up/move completely as we are out-growing the park and causing a bit of a nuisance to other park users. They were doing a vote today at the finish for where else we might run instead.
@louubelle16 Great run!
My parkrun's average number of runners is only 52! We have 7 core volunteer positions. So it's a pretty small parkrun. It's still stressful being RD though!
Thanks for your kind words. xx
That's great your area is expanding!
Ours was the first parkrun within a 100 km radius, and now 5 others are running or in the pipeline!
I keep telling the Americans they need to get with the program.
Parkrun: most important sporting event on the planet!
http://runleeds.co.uk/running-articles/parkrun-quite-simply-the-most-important-sporting-event-on-the-planet/2 -
01 October – 10.6 km including parkrun
03 October – 12.4 km
04 October – 10 km
05 October – 10.2 km
06 October – 10 km
08 October – 10.5 km including parkrun
09 October – 13.6 km first try at trail running
10 October – 10.9 km
11 October – 10 km
12 October – 6.7 km
13 October – 9.3 km
15 October – 10 km
16 October – 13 km in the rain
Goal: 160 km (100 miles) Awesome Virtual Events October Challenge
Total: 137.2 km
Events:
October 23 – The Bloody Long Walk 35 km
November 6 – Vitality 10 km or HM
13 km in the rain today. Nice.
I have 3 bucket list events coming up this week!- 10 km jog on Friday in another town round its lake.
- parkrun tourist run on Saturday in Melbourne.
- Bloody Long Walk on Sunday.
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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 core/strength and 2.41
10/14 rest
10/15 4.50
Total 33.31
Upcoming races:
Las Vegas RocknRoll Half 11/13/16
Ticker is my goal for 2016 and accumulation to date:
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I do note, however, that since she hasn't run yet today, I'm ahead of @kristinegift on the Garmin leaderboard. For now. Small victories.
@9voice9 and @kristinegift One of the things I enjoy in this group is the Friendly Good Natured Banter - Challenges all used as a form of motivation-inspiration.kristinegift wrote: »I don't run on Fridays, so enjoy your victory day, @9voice9!
@mmteixeira I agree we learn so much about our self's and a very rewarding experience.
@7lenny7 That is some great data in the Daniels Data tables. I have a 5:29/km PB for a 10km so I can relate to your numbers. Looking forward to the thread that you mentioned.
@Elise4270 Good to hear that you are able to see progress in healing/leg/glute strength.
@kristinegift Like you I am rather Old School. At the moment I don't even have a GPS Watch, my last watch had a Terminal Failure after an accidental swim in my Washing machine with a load of laundry. The one before that took the brunt of a fall. I just haven't replaced them. I run by feel and by approximate time/km. One of my local club runners calls me the metronome - as a compliment I believe.
I only have 3 modes - Easy conversational pace 6:00 min/km, Stressed Conversational 5:30 - 5:35 min/km
Sucking for air 5:20 min/km.
@RespectTheKitty Now that truly is a Good Friend. Have fun gearing up.
@Orphia Congratulations on being a RD. Nothing happens without volunteers. Any time I am nursing an injury I step up as a volunteer at some local event - Running - swimming - biking - Curling - etc etc. Not limited to sporting.
With my Calf keeping me from getting in the Km's I think I need to start adding in some extra short 5-10 km Base Building runs. Have lost more than I thought.2 -
Out of Town for work since Thursday so I missed close to 90 posts, commented on only a few of them. Got 3 short runs in.
5 km on Thursday after a 12 hr day - 6 hrs driving
6 km on Friday during a snow storm in Edmonton
8 km on Saturday night after 6 hrs driving back home. This puts me over the 1000km mark for the year - also explains why I had to retire 2 shoes this month.
I thought there was a thread in the Monthly Running Challenge where lots of Good Running Reference Books were listed?
If anyone has a recent link can they send it to me.
October Running 140km Goal 160km Stretch
10/01 – 0.0 km – 0.0 - 140 km – YTD 954.5 km
10/01 – 6.0 km – 6.0 - 134 km
10/02 – 1.0 km – 7.0 - 133 km
10/04 – 2.0 km – 9.0 - 131 km
10/06 – 2.0 km – 11.0 - 129 km
10/08 – 6.0 km – 17.0 - 123 km
10/11 – 10.0 km – 27.0 - 113 km
10/12 – 10.0 km – 37.0 - 103 km
10/13 – 5.0 km – 42.0 - 98 km –
10/14 – 6.0 km – 48.0 - 92 km – YTD 1002.5 km Woo Hoo Broke the 1000km mark
10/15 – 8.0 km – 56.0 - 84 km – YTD 1010.5 km
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@juliet3455 - @Stoshew71 has compiled quite a number of references and links to articles here - http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1269023/running-related-sites-and-references/p1
Not sure if that is what you are looking for or not.1 -
RunRachelleRun wrote: »
I'm not quite clear what zone corresponds to race pace for the half marathon. I think the cut-off for pacers is 2:15.
I should probably just set distance alerts and then run the rest by feel, taking small walk breaks when/if I feel I need them. Can I trust myself not to go too slow or too fast? Sigh. There are too many options! Oh well, one more week to figure it out.
I race by pace. I hold back the first half of the race (for the half, 5k is all out!), ramp it up a bit til mile 9, then by mile 11+ light it up. My training pace is where I start the race. Hold back, let everyone run out too fast, you'll be passing them with ease by mile 8. Walk through the hydration stations as walk breaks if needed. I do, but I got where it disrupted my last half of the race pace more than I wanted it to. So hydrate/fuel early.
I think you'll be surprised how easy the race is. It holds your focus, there are so many distractions from the running self. I'm so competitive, I gotta out run the most of 'em.
Enjoy this one. It's a learning experience. Ive done 3 halves. I'm still figuring out my race plan. Idk how many it takes until you have it dialed in. @kristinegift , @MobyCarp , @Ohhim, anyone? How many licks does it take?
Some people will learn faster than others do. While I was able to run a half marathon on my first attempt, I don't think I really managed a half really well as a race until the 10th try. Then I wasn't confident I'd really learned that till I managed the 11th half well. 3 tries in, I haven't learned that for a full marathon. If I don't get it right on the 4th try, I may give up on full marathons because the cost of getting it wrong can be so high.2 -
No run this morning. According to fitbit I slept 3 hours 46 minutes
Would've been a wasted awful run and I would've wished I'd stayed in bed. No biggie. I forgot I ran Thursday anyway so Thurs/Fri/Sat in a row is enough for me. Back at it tomorrow. 1 -
@juliet3455 - @Stoshew71 has compiled quite a number of references and links to articles here - http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1269023/running-related-sites-and-references/p1
Not sure if that is what you are looking for or not.
I think he is referring to this link...
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332797/running-books1 -
RunRachelleRun wrote: »
I'm not quite clear what zone corresponds to race pace for the half marathon. I think the cut-off for pacers is 2:15.
I should probably just set distance alerts and then run the rest by feel, taking small walk breaks when/if I feel I need them. Can I trust myself not to go too slow or too fast? Sigh. There are too many options! Oh well, one more week to figure it out.
I race by pace. I hold back the first half of the race (for the half, 5k is all out!), ramp it up a bit til mile 9, then by mile 11+ light it up. My training pace is where I start the race. Hold back, let everyone run out too fast, you'll be passing them with ease by mile 8. Walk through the hydration stations as walk breaks if needed. I do, but I got where it disrupted my last half of the race pace more than I wanted it to. So hydrate/fuel early.
I think you'll be surprised how easy the race is. It holds your focus, there are so many distractions from the running self. I'm so competitive, I gotta out run the most of 'em.
Enjoy this one. It's a learning experience. Ive done 3 halves. I'm still figuring out my race plan. Idk how many it takes until you have it dialed in. @kristinegift , @MobyCarp , @Ohhim, anyone? How many licks does it take?
I'm not a great example; I slumped on training and whined and cried for my first like 7-8. Around my 9th or 10th was when I figured out how to RACE not just COMPLETE. And since then I've dropped my PR from 1:58 to 1:40 (in about 2 years). Some people's learning curves are steeper than others'. 1 -
12.4k this morning (my long run) which I wanted to do around 6:30-6:40/km pace. Was very wet/slippy in parts and had a fall after just 1.5k, grazing my knee and hand. Although sore it wasn't too bad so found a clean looking puddle to wash out my bloody knee and continued - took another 1.5km before I was able to not think about it but other than the time for the fall and to wash it out it didn't slow me down much.
At 9k I was at my intended pace and felt really good. As this is a maintenance week I knew I could do the distance, so decided to pick up the pace for the last 3k. Felt amazing during that last few km, and my last km was actually my fastest kilometre to date (5:20). That fast finish also meant I recorded my fastest 10k at 1:03:07 shaving 2.5minutes off my previous fastest. Haven't sorted out my race schedule yet, but this run gives me confidence I'd be able to break 1 hour in right race conditions.
All in all felt awesome today, and actually felt like a proper runner at the end!
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I "think" I have my weekly winter running schedule figured out. It will be a M-Sat schedule that looks something like this: 4/6/4/6/4/8-12. These are all just rough mileage, I'll be capping runs at 45/65/85-125 minutes respectively, just because I'll be fitting my runs in before work, and, well, -20F can be a bit cold. The main goal will to keep a z2 average for every run until late February when I'll start adding speedwork as I begin training for my June HM.2
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@Stoshew71 and @shanaber Thank you - for some reason I did not have them book marked and had Foggy Travellers Brain last night and could not find them. Now to add things to my Santa List.
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I am in for brisk walking .. yesterday I made 4mi walk .. my target is 60mi on October1
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I only got 3 running days in this past week but I did walk several miles a couple of days with my Daughter In Law. It's difficult to fit everything in when I have company. Took off this morning determined that I would just do what I could because my feet and legs were a bit sore from walking all day yesterday. Once I got past the first .5 mile though things loosened up and I was able to get my long run in after all. Barely more than last week, but still a tiny bit longer. Going for 5 miles next Sunday and will get all my runs in this week!
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
10/13 – 4 mile walk along the river trail
10/14 – 95 min strength training
10/15 – Spent the day at the Aquarium of the Pacific………..lots of walking
10/16 – 4.6 mile horse trail run – AVG HR 143 but I did run one very steep hill and it got up to 160
Upcoming Race
11/19 - San Dimas Turkey Trot - 10K
I'm pretty sure I'll be ready if I stick to my training schedule from now until then.
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October goal: 50 miles
10/1: 1.75 miles
10/2: 3.15 miles
10/3: 2.25 miles
10/4: 2 miles
10/5: 2 miles
10/6: Rest Day
10/7: 2 miles
10/8: 2.25 miles
10/9: 3.15 miles
10/10: 2.25 miles
10/11: 2.25 miles
10/12: 2.5 miles
10/13: 2 miles
10/14: Rest Day
10/15: 4.19 miles (2.25 + 1.9) <<<
Today: 2.25 miles
Total/October: 33.95 miles
@RespectTheKitty Wow on that gift card! You are lucky to have such a supportive friend. Enjoy your spending spree!
Yesterday's second run and this morning's run were both pretty rough. My muscles and joints all feel ok. It is the breathing. I remember now why I used to run mostly on the treadmill. The humidity here is tough. And, it is actually not that bad at this time of year. I don't know what I am going to do come next summer. I think it might not be too bad if I didn't have allergies on top of it. I can't really breathe through my nose at all when I run because the airway just isn't clear enough to get enough oxygen. When it gets bad, I can feel the heaviness in my chest and am even coughing a bit by the time I am finished. I already take Zyrtec daily for allergies but it isn't helping much. I'm a singer, so I am familiar with breathing exercises and control but it doesn't help much when there isn't enough air getting in to begin with. Any other suggestions for dealing with this problem? Nasal sprays? I feel like I could run more if I could just get enough breath.
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My first bad run in ages, but I should have known better than to even try. I felt sick before I went, but went anyway only to feel dizzy at mile 2. I walked for a bit, then threw up in a bush and had to head home. Might try and make the miles up tomorrow if I feel up to it (only headed out for 7 miles anyway), but we'll see. Feeling very, very weak now, ugh.
October Running Challenge
2nd - 13.19 miles
5th - 3.01 miles
6th - 3.14 miles
8th - 3.05 miles
9th - 5.22 miles
11th - 3.11 miles
13th - 5.24 miles
15th - 3.5 miles
16th - 2.79 miles
MTD - 44.25/80 miles
Upcoming races:
30th Oct - River Thames Half Marathon
17th Dec - Lee Valley VeloPark Half Marathon
9th April 2017 - Brighton Marathon0 -
@RespectTheKitty Wow! You have a lovely friend. Do you know which Garmin watch you will get?0
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@Elise4270 Thanks for the mile breakdown. That sounds like a good plan for me too. I have practiced and would definitely prefer to have a strong finish.
@Ohhim Thank you for the %max hr that you find you run in. 86% is the middle-top of my zone 2 so that confirms what I was thinking. I will aim my pace for what I usually run in that zone. Much appreciated!
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. skipped (grumpy quad and a bad attitude)
12. 3.42 miles (tempo)
13. 2.85 miles (aerobic)
14. rest
15. 10 miles (long at different pace intervals with fast finish)
16. 4.01 miles
Upcoming Race: Oct 23rd Vancouver Rock n Roll Half-Marathon1 -
RunRachelleRun wrote: »
I'm not quite clear what zone corresponds to race pace for the half marathon. I think the cut-off for pacers is 2:15.
I should probably just set distance alerts and then run the rest by feel, taking small walk breaks when/if I feel I need them. Can I trust myself not to go too slow or too fast? Sigh. There are too many options! Oh well, one more week to figure it out.
I race by pace. I hold back the first half of the race (for the half, 5k is all out!), ramp it up a bit til mile 9, then by mile 11+ light it up. My training pace is where I start the race. Hold back, let everyone run out too fast, you'll be passing them with ease by mile 8. Walk through the hydration stations as walk breaks if needed. I do, but I got where it disrupted my last half of the race pace more than I wanted it to. So hydrate/fuel early.
I think you'll be surprised how easy the race is. It holds your focus, there are so many distractions from the running self. I'm so competitive, I gotta out run the most of 'em.
Enjoy this one. It's a learning experience. Ive done 3 halves. I'm still figuring out my race plan. Idk how many it takes until you have it dialed in. @kristinegift , @MobyCarp , @Ohhim, anyone? How many licks does it take?
Some people will learn faster than others do. While I was able to run a half marathon on my first attempt, I don't think I really managed a half really well as a race until the 10th try. Then I wasn't confident I'd really learned that till I managed the 11th half well. 3 tries in, I haven't learned that for a full marathon. If I don't get it right on the 4th try, I may give up on full marathons because the cost of getting it wrong can be so high.
That's such a good point, no matter the distance. Your are a wise runner, I'm sure you'll get there.2 -
I have to find my runs before today but
10/16 - 4 miles
I think I'm at a terrible 28 miles for the month. This just sucks. Oh well
Skip had a meet yesterday, she is having a sucky season and feeling it in her confidence. Her first mile was 6:35 (10 seconds ahead of what she wanted) and then off she went into a field where I couldn't see her, she didn't come around and I'm waiting and waiting, people I know were WAY behind her are coming and then her she comes. She's crying and limping, she fell over a tree root and face planted. I said are you hurt, she said my knee hurts but I'm okay. I said can you make up time, she was calling back to me "you bet" and took off. She finished with a 24:34 so she made up lots of time. She was really pissed off though. She never curses and when I got to her after the race she was crying and she said "this race was *kitten* and this all sucks". My poor baby. Then she went on a date to the homecoming and dance and strangely was in a much better mood when she got home LOL2 -
@shanaber Does physics count as "math/stats/engineering background" too? Probably, because I have to admit I'm a bit of a data geek tooSeems like a lot of us are numbers/data geeks! Would love to know how many here have math/stats/engineering backgrounds???
I'll start off - my degree is in mathematics with minors in computer science, chemistry and biology. I did computer performance and capacity analytics for many years...
@RespectTheKitty Wow, what a gift! Have fun shopping, for that amount of money you can get a lot of cool running stuff.
@RunRachelleRun For my first half marathon, I picked a goal halfway between the pace of the fastest long run I ran in training (2:43h) and what a race time predictor spit out based on my last 10k time. After 14km, I decided I felt really great, so I sped up and ended up finishing in the predictor's time, so maybe that strategy was a bit conservative, but I wanted to make sure I wouldn't set myself an unrealistic goal and be disappointed in the end.
I just looked at your last runs on Strava - if you can run 10 miles in 2:21h in a training run, I'm sure your goal of sub-3-hours for the half is doable!
I haven't run any races by heart rate yet. I do own a HRM, but it's not very reliable; I go by pace and estimated effort.
@louubelle16 and @Orphia Well done, both for running as well as directing your park runs! I'm always jealous when I read about Parkrun, wish we had something like that here...
@dkabambe Sounds like an awesome run, great!
@lissadecker Wish I had any advice on the breathing - if you already take medication for the allergies daily, maybe you could talk to your doctor and see if there is a different medication you could take, which would also help with keeping the nose clear while running?
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I had a lovely run in the mountains yesterday afternoon - after arguing all morning with myself if I should drive over there or not. I'm supposed to be tapering; and I had a vague feeling that should involve flat or only slightly hilly runs. On the other hand, it was a perfect, sunny and cool autumn day (after a week of rain), and I figured it might be one of the last chances to run in the mountains before winter.
In the end, I decided on a compromise - the long run on the training plan was supposed to be 19km, with the comment "don't run too fast, time on your feet is more important"; so I figured if I just went by "time on my feet" and turned back after half the time it would take me to run the assigned distance on flat terrain, and on top of that picked the most gentle ascent I could find, it would be fine.
Turns out I didn't have it in me! When it was time to turn around, I was at 8km of what I knew to be an 11km climb - and I just couldn't bring myself to turn back before the end. Since I had to go the same way back, I ended up with 23.7km instead of the scheduled 19km. But three quarters of the trail are rather uneven and rocky, so I took the descent nice and easy. And I skipped todays scheduled 6km run completely, so I think I still got enough recovery this weekend. And I promised myself that this was a one-time crime, the next two weeks I'll follow the training plan religously again!
Just so that you know why I couldn't resist, this is the nice trail leading up the mountain:
And this is the view from above the treeline (full panorama here):
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@RespectTheKitty - what a nice friend! I'm so happy for you too! Enjoy!
@skippygirlsmom - well, don't be hard on yourself. You've been through a lot the last few weeks and many people would have just quit running but you have gotten some miles in. One day at a time.
As if you aren't already feeling bad enough, when our kids are hurt (emotionally or physically), it's way harder on us than them! Hugs for Skip!
@ohhim - I'm doing the Horse Farm ride next weekend near Gainesville. Son went to college there and driven there many times but never biked up there. It's supposed to be hilly, which I never noticed while driving there (ha!). I think we are just going to go 55, because we are NOT used to hills. And I'm sure these aren't even remotely hills compared to up north.
Planning on a run tomorrow and it's trash day again. So I shall be singing loudly to scare away the bear. Tuesday I have a doctor appt in the morning so I can run a little bit later than my usual 4:30 run! yay! Although, I guess it still probably needs to be 5:30. Oh well, still nice!
10/1 - 5.1 miles
10.2 - 7.3 miles
10/3 - travel/rest day
10/4 - rest
10/5 - 5.1
10/6 - 5.2
10/7 - hurricane day
10/8 - 7.5 miles - trail running on sidewalks
10/9 - 37 miles biking
10/10 - 5.1 miles - perfect 65 degrees
10/11 - 5 miles - still nice out!
10/12 - strength training
10/13 - 4 miles
10/14 - strength training
10/15 - 34 miles biking
10/16 - 30 miles biking
Upcoming races
11/30/16 - I/ITSEC 5K
2/5/17 - Daytona Beach HM
2/26/17 - Disney Princess HM Orlando
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RunRachelleRun wrote: »@Naija82 and @5512bf Thank you for the advice. I've been training all of my long runs by heart rate. @5512bf you're right, I have to take regular walk breaks to stay in Zone 1. Garmin beeps at me to tell me when I've gone over Zone 1 and then I walk 20-30 seconds until I recover to the bottom of the zone.
I'm not quite clear what zone corresponds to race pace for the half marathon. I definitely feel as if I can push harder. I know I won't be able to sustain a tempo pace for the whole thing. I've only run without any walking in Zone 3 (tempo pace) for 40 minutes in training, and I am hoping to be under 3 hours for the half. I don't feel confident that I could run the entire thing without any walking, but maybe at a pace just below tempo? This race doesn't have a pacer for my predicted time, which would have been wonderful; I think the cut-off for pacers is 2:15.
I'm not sure if I should try to add intervals at tempo pace or if that will ultimately make me slower. I'm also scared if I set my watch to alert me to the pace and I can't stick with it, I'm going to annoy everyone and myself with all the vibrations. I should probably just set distance alerts and then run the rest by feel, taking small walk breaks when/if I feel I need them. Can I trust myself not to go too slow or too fast? Sigh. There are too many options! Oh well, one more week to figure it out.
I don't train by heart rate so don't know much about the different zones. I tend to run on feel :-)
That's a shame, most racers I've done have gone up to 2:30 pacers! I like pacers but I never seem to end up near one probably because I never go to races early, lol
A 3hr half, would be about a 13:44min/mile pace, perhaps start with that and see how you get on, also maybe plan in walking breaks, I've heard it's better to have planned walking breaks then forced ones due to being tired. My friend had a walking break every 5k and it worked for her.
As mentioned try not to set out to fast especially when you see others shooting off, it's hard to hold back with all that adrenaline pumping, the crowds etc but it will help as a lot of these people significantly slow down or have to stop halfway through.
I tempted to sign up for another half marathon before the end of the year0 -
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Today's run was awful, had really bad knee pain and ended up limping!
1/Oct - 8.82 miles
2/Oct - 1.58 miles
3/Oct - 5.01 miles
4/Oct - 7.18 miles
5/Oct - 5.02 miles
6/Oct - 3.30 miles
7/Oct - 1.27 miles
8/Oct - 2.05 miles
9/Oct - Oxford Half Marathon
10/Oct - 1.64 miles
11/Oct - 5.05 miles
12/Oct - 8.06 miles
13/Oct - 4.04 miles
14/Oct - 5.14 miles
15/Oct - 13.16 miles
16/Oct - 2.99 miles
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Date :::: Miles :::: Oct total (goal 50)
10/01/16 :::: 5.8 :::: 5.8
10/02/16 :::: 2.8 :::: 8.6
10/03/16 :::: 2.2 :::: 10.8
10/04/16 :::: 3.1 :::: 13.9
10/05/16 :::: 0.0 :::: 13.9
10/06/16 :::: 2.2 :::: 16.1
10/07/16 :::: 0.0 :::: 16.1
10/08/16 :::: 1.2 :::: 17.3
10/09/16 :::: 13.1 :::: 30.4 walk Stella
10/10/16 :::: 0.0 :::: 30.4 walk Stella
10/11/16 :::: 0.0 :::: 30.4 walk Stella
10/12/16 :::: 0.0 :::: 30.4 walk Stella
10/13/16 :::: 0.0 :::: 30.4 swim 20 minutes
10/14/16 :::: 0.0 :::: 30.4 walk Stella
10/15/16 :::: 0.0 :::: 30.4 walk Stella
10/16/16 :::: 2.2 :::: 32.6 plus 5 mile walk w/ Stella!
Today: First post-HM run after taking a week off. I volunteered as a corner monitor for a 5 mile race this morning. I got there early so I ran part of the course to check it out before setting up on my corner. It was a beautiful day, but slightly warm for the racers by the time the 10 am start came around. My legs felt like lead to start with and eventually loosened up a little bit, but I'm going to need to ease back into this running thing.
After I got home, I needed to take Stella for a walk and it was such a beautiful day we took a long one. She's doing better on the pulling but it's still a struggle sometimes, lots of stops and starts. There were so many people and dogs out on the trail.
In shocking news though, a body was found in the lake yesterday in the very state park that I walked in today and almost every day as there is a trial right from my neighborhood. I'm thinking it must have been a clear accident or suicide as there was no police presence this afternoon and there is no word about being on the lookout for anyone. It's scary and sad, though. Across town in another park we frequently run in, a guy was exposing himself to women on one of the trails yesterday. He was found and given basically a warning which is ridiculous. I hate that we have to be so concerned about safety running in the day time in a public park.
Nice running everyone. Hope you are all having a lovely fall weekend like we are here.
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