October (2016) Running Challenge

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  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
    Well, my October 29 race is out. My son happens to have a drum recital on the same day at roughly the same time that I would be racing. SIGH.
  • RunRachelleRun
    RunRachelleRun Posts: 1,854 Member
    @mmteixeira Thanks for the suggestions. Yep, that was the same cookbook I bought too after :)

    @7lenny7 Thank you. I'll check it out! Long runs are so much easier when I find something interesting to listen to.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    RespectTheKitty wrote: »
    Well, my October 29 race is out. My son happens to have a drum recital on the same day at roughly the same time that I would be racing. SIGH.

    Aw, that little stinker! You'll get 'em next time, with new gear and be stronger!
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    RespectTheKitty wrote: »
    Well, my October 29 race is out. My son happens to have a drum recital on the same day at roughly the same time that I would be racing. SIGH.

    Where is the "boooo" button.

  • cchonka
    cchonka Posts: 36 Member
    edited October 2016
    10/1 0.47
    10/2 1.28
    10/3 1.64
    10/4 2.24
    10/5 2.33
    10/6 5.3
    10/7 3.01
    10/8 2.01
    10/9 2.91
    10/10 3.1
    10/11 2.44
    10/12 2.3
    10/13 3.26
    10/14 4.49
    10/15 1.83
    10/16 0.92
    10/17 3.58
    10/18 7.76
    10/19 6.88
    57.75




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  • kathyk519
    kathyk519 Posts: 197 Member
    10/18 - 3.09 miles
    total so far = 23.40 miles
    Goal = 40 miles - 16.60 to go!
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    RespectTheKitty wrote: »
    Well, my October 29 race is out. My son happens to have a drum recital on the same day at roughly the same time that I would be racing. SIGH.

    Drop him off, go run, and come back in time to tell him how good he did....HAHAHAHAHAHA

    Seriously, sorry to hear that, but family comes first.
  • BeeerRunner
    BeeerRunner Posts: 728 Member
    RespectTheKitty wrote: »
    Well, my October 29 race is out. My son happens to have a drum recital on the same day at roughly the same time that I would be racing. SIGH.

    Bummer!! My son may have an out of town soccer tournament the same day as my upcoming half marathon. I'm still doing my half marathon though! He plays soccer so much, I already paid for the HM, and it wasn't cheap.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    edited October 2016
    I'm thinking about starting my second cycle next week. Plan would be to finish the 2nd and 3rd weeks of this cycle with what I have planned for cycle. Basically just move things up by 3 weeks. Only real difference is I'd be adding 2 miles to the week. 1 each on my Tuesday and Saturday runs. I'm feeling good enough that I think I can do that without adverse effects. Then keep the schedule going as planned, with the normal caveats.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    BeeerRunner wrote: »
    RespectTheKitty wrote: »
    Well, my October 29 race is out. My son happens to have a drum recital on the same day at roughly the same time that I would be racing. SIGH.

    Bummer!! My son may have an out of town soccer tournament the same day as my upcoming half marathon. I'm still doing my half marathon though! He plays soccer so much, I already paid for the HM, and it wasn't cheap.

    Last year my HM fell on the same day that Skip would have run state if she qualified, she said what if I make State, I said I'm sure someone will drive you there. :smiley:

    sorry for the conflict @respectthekitty :disappointed:

    @shanaber hope the knee gets 100% soon.
  • ereck44
    ereck44 Posts: 1,170 Member


    10/1....12 miles.
    10/4....3 miles.
    10/7....1.62 miles treadmill. Total..16.62 miles
    10/8....13.1 (Indianapolis Half Marathon....average pace 11:58
    10/9...Colts game...beer and a large pretzel....mistake...lots of swelling in left ankle.
    10/10...work
    10/11...6 miles run, mixing up fast sprints, easy run, fartleks...felt good but unable to muster a fast pace or increase heart rate much above 90% max heart rate. The half marathon took a lot out of me.
    10/16...8 miles at very, very slow pace...averaged 73% max heart rate.
    10/19....8 miles at very, very slow pace.....unable to share heart rate due to heart rate monitor malfunctioning, but I ran almost 13 minutes slower than 10/16...so pretty sure that I was at maximum of 73% max heart rate....this run was after working 4 out of 5 nights at work, and only 3 hours of sleep before the run.


    Total...51.72
    Goal...75 miles.

    5/6/17....Indianapolis Mini-marathon

    I will try to catch up with all of the posts...I am only 9 pages behind. I am working tonight as well....so maybe this weekend.....


  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    @HeatherMN how was the 10 Mile? I didn't get in. Which marathon are you running. Oh, welcome!
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member

    1---3.17 walk/run ish
    2---2.7 walk
    3---travel day, Dallas PT
    4---4.7 walk
    5---rest
    6---4.04 walk
    7---0.6 walk
    8---rest
    9---state fair walk, 1+ miles
    10---3.36
    11---pt appointment
    12---sore/rest
    13---35 minutes bike trainer/2.45 TM walk/few weights
    14---4.4 walk
    15---4.8 walk
    16---2 poké walk
    17---2.1 Robbers Cave hike.
    18---4.2 Rough Canyon hike (corrected)
    19--- Travel home, PT. Have I mentioned how much I LOVE my PT?
    20---1.5 poké walk. PT is paying off!

    40.92/50+ walking miles goal


    Not Advisable races:
    11/05/16 Jenks Half 5k Jenks OK (registered)
    12/11/16 BMW Dallas Marathon, Half (registered)
    Run the year 2016  898.42/ 2016 (DNF)

    Advisable races:
    March 19th 2017 RNR Half Dallas, TX
    March 26th 2017 A2A 5k Ardmore, OK
    April 30th 2017 OKC Memorial Marathon, Half
  • untermrad
    untermrad Posts: 24 Member
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    10/1 6.2 (6.2 MTD)
    10/5 6.2 (12.4 MTD)
    10/9 10.0 (22.4 MTD)
    10/11 6.2 (28.6 MTD) (completely miscalculated in previous post, oops)
    10/12 5 (33.6 MTD)
    10/13 6.7 (40.3 MTD)
    10/14 3 easy (43.3 MTD)
    10/15 3 (Stampede for VIPS) according to Strava (46.3 MTD)
    10/16 4 (50.3 MTD)
    10/17 6.2 (56.5 MTD)
    10/19 6.2 (62.7 MTD)
    10/20 2.7 (65.4 MTD)
    Upcoming races:
    9/10 - Louisville Pure Tap 5k 25:03
    10/1 - Norton Sports Health Great Pumpkin 10k 51:12
    10/15 - Stampede for VIPS 5k 24:16
    10/22 - Urban Bourbon Half Marathon
    11/24 - Hungry Turkey 5k

  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
    edited October 2016
    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
    10/14: Rest day
    10/15: 7.3 miles with the Saturday crew
    10/16: 2 miles + 13.1 HM
    10/17: 3 miles with the Coffee Crew
    10/18: 7.5 miles
    10/19: 5.7 miles (am), 5 miles (pm)
    10/20: Rest (am), 8.1 miles solo + 6.2 miles group (pm)

    Lazed in bed this morning reading debate recaps and put off my run to this evening, and I'm actually really glad I did. My calves were feeling kind of tight this morning but they were fine by the time I got off work so my run was probably far more enjoyable tonight than it would have been if I'd done it in the morning.

    My 8 solo miles were fairly speedy at an 8:15 pace overall with some decent elevation; my 6.2 miles with my group were slower at a 9:04 pace but that was much chattier and also in the dark. And splitting it up into 8 + 6 (and the 6 miles were 2 separate loops with a break in between to regroup!) made it feel like it was far fewer than 14 miles, which was great. Finally feeling like I'm getting my groove back after the roving soreness from Sunday's race, so I'm looking forward to some long weekend runs!

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    Upcoming Races:
    10/8: Coe College Homecoming 5k: 21:26
    10/16: Superhero Halloween Half Marathon: 1:42:24
    11/20: Philadelphia Marathon (Goal: 3:30 or better)
    3/26/17: Philly Love Run HM
    5/14/17: Delaware Marathon Running Festival HM

  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    @kristinegift sounds like 2 great runs!
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    greenolivetree wrote: »
    Feeling a strong urge to run - and run - and run. I even thought about doing a spontaneous half marathon with no training whatsoever. Yeah, stress may be getting to me. Maybe I'll add a few extra walking miles to my run tomorrow and wear myself out.

    Those feelings seem all too familiar
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    greenolivetree wrote: »
    Feeling a strong urge to run - and run - and run. I even thought about doing a spontaneous half marathon with no training whatsoever. Yeah, stress may be getting to me. Maybe I'll add a few extra walking miles to my run tomorrow and wear myself out.

    Haha! That's great!
  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,881 Member
    @emmab0902 - congrats! So many medals!
    @HeatherMN - welcome!
    @MobyCarp - Glad you are starting to get some miles in and doing it intelligently. (not that I can claim the same).


    Rest day for me. My hard head has finally acknowledged I do need rest days and I will get stronger by allowing my body to recover. Plus I have a hilly bike ride on Sunday in Gainesville. Only 55 miles but when you add hills it will be probably as difficult as the 100 miler I did last month.

    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
    10/17 - 4.6 miles
    10/18 - 4.2 miles
    10/19 - strength training
    10/20 - 4.6 miles
    10/21 - rest day


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    Upcoming races
    11/30/16 - I/ITSEC 5K
    2/5/17 - Daytona Beach HM
    2/26/17 - Disney Princess HM Orlando
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    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
    10/15- 8.1
    10/16- REST
    10/17- 4.03
    10/18- 6.01
    10/19- 4.04
    10/20- 6.11
    10/21- 4.01

    Total: 86.83/70

    Today's notes: Another z2 goal run. Again rode the top end of z2 with a 152 bpm average. Run felt good, it feels comfortable riding that top edge of the zone. All in all, a pretty good run.

    Oh, on a side note, I only have 114 miles to go to make my mileage goal for the year!
  • garygse
    garygse Posts: 896 Member
    03 - 10.84
    05 - 10.01
    10 - 10.75
    12 - 10.13
    17 - 10.05
    19 - 10.15
    21 - 13.15

    Current total: 75.08 miles (goal = 100)
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    @garygse great run! Race today, or just a fun HM distance run?
  • mmteixeira
    mmteixeira Posts: 118 Member
    Oct 1: 3 miles - Fleet Feet PB Class - Speed Work
    Oct 2: 5.5 miles
    Oct 3: XT - 10 mile bike ride
    Oct 4: 3.5 miles
    Oct 5: XT - 10 mile bike ride
    Oct 6: 3.5 miles
    Oct 7: Rest
    Oct 8: 2.6 miles - Fleet Feet PB Class - Speed Work
    Oct 9: 10K Race - 1:01:24
    Oct 10: Rest
    Oct 11: 3.5 miles
    Oct 12: XT - 8 mile bike ride
    Oct 13: 5.5 miles
    Oct 14: XT - 12 mile bike ride
    Oct 15: 3 miles - Fleet Feet PB Class - Speed Work
    Oct 16: 8 miles
    Oct 18: 3.5 miles
    Oct 19: XT - 14.5 mile bike ride
    Oct 20: 4 miles

    Total Miles So Far: 52 miles running

    So last night I went out for what was supposed to be a 5 mile easy run - instead I focused of form more than anything else and ended up running 4 miles but with some small changes - I focused more on keeping my stride more compact - keeping my feet under my body more - basically trying to refrain from overstriding. My run felt a little different than how I have been running these last 5 months.

    I counted my cadence as I ran at different speeds. My 5K pace for the last race was a 9:00 minute mile. Last night I counted my cadence at 10:30, 10:00 and 9:30 and each time it was between 180 and 190 - which is where I believe I want to be. I did notice the pads of my feet got a little more tired than usual, which might indicate landing on the right part of my foot. My legs did get a bit sore for the first time in a long time, so I used the muscles a little differently last night than usual. Without video it's hard to know if the change is the right thing, but cadence count was where I believe I want it to be.

    I did get the MilestonePod yesterday so I will try that during my long run on Sunday and see what that tells me about how I run...
  • Princess4Run
    Princess4Run Posts: 135 Member
    I set up my goal too low for this month. I'm at 50.3 with a goal of 60. Not sure where I'll end up at the end. Long runs are getting longer and I think I need to start experimenting with fuel. Did 8.5 miles on Wednesday and I was light-headed by the end. I sure wish I didn't have to eat anything on my runs. My stomach is pretty sensitive during and right after long runs.

    @RespectTheKitty Sorry about your race. There is a 5K in Downer's Grove next day, 10/30 in the morning. My friend ran it last year. I believe that's pretty close to Villa Park. Something to consider
  • lissadecker
    lissadecker Posts: 220 Member
    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) <<<
    10/16: 2.25 miles
    10/17: 2.25 miles
    10/18: 2.5 miles
    10/19: 2.25 miles
    10/20: 2.25 miles
    10/21: 3.15 miles

    Total/October: 46.35 miles

    Started out rough this morning and didn't really think I was even going to make two miles. But then, after about a quarter mile or so, I settled in and it actually felt pretty good. I ended up running 5K total. My husband came with again. He has been heading out with me every other day since the beginning of the week. It will be nice if he keeps at it. I get a partner on some days and get some alone time on the others which is just perfect for me. It looks like I will have no trouble hitting my October goal. I am trying to decide on mileage for November. I want to increase but am a bit wary about pushing too hard. Right now am at around 2.25 miles per day and I am hoping to build up to 5k per day by the end of November.

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