March 2017 Running Challenge
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Treadmill is 130% dead and I am trapped with my husband going on conference all this week. Ran in thigh high snow on trail today though so I am markedly less depressed...for now -_-
March 1- 15km
March 2- 18km
March 3- 15km
March 4- 22km
March 5- 13km
March 6- Rest
March 7- 16km
March 8- 13.7km
March 9- 1.6km (RIP Treadmill )
March 10 & 11 - Snowing/Most Depressing Days Ever
March 12- 11.1km
125.4/250km
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01 Mar – 12.6 km
02 Mar – 2.6 km + 1200 metres swimming
03 Mar – 10 km
04 Mar – 8.2 km including parkrun
06 Mar – 14.2 km
07 Mar – 2.7 km + 1200 metres swimming
08 Mar – 10 km
10 Mar – 12 km
12 Mar – 21.2 km
13 Mar – (Hike up a mountain 476 metres elevation gain - not counted in run total)
Goal: 100 miles / 160 km, including my first 30 km run.
Total: 93.5 km
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Stopped by the running store to check out some deals but all I ended up getting were a few new pairs of my favorite Balega socks, which are much needed. I was going to try on some shoes but this store has most of them in the back, so you have to have a sales associate help you. Well, I didn't make it there until a half hour before closing and they were still swamped, so I decided against shoes. Probably for the best as I don't really need more shoes right now. I did end up having a good conversation with the woman ringing me up about their summer marathon training program. I keep going back and forth about it, but right now I'm leaning toward doing it. It doesn't start until early June, so I have awhile to change my mind a few more timesJoanna2012B wrote: »My longest run yet 16km!!
@Joanna2012B Congrats on the distance PR!
@_nikkiwolf_ Exciting about registering for another marathon...and a great long run!
@MobyCarp Sounds like a fun running day!
@JessicaMcB Sorry to hear about your treadmill. Is a gym membership out of the question? I know a lot of gyms have childcare.
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Slowly but surely.
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@JessicaMcB - You RAN in thigh high snow?? You win this weeks "badass" award!8
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This "fitness pizza" craze finally got the best of me today. I had half of a 9" after I was technically done for the day. So I walked 2.5 miles as a "reward". Not sure if it will affect my early morning run in 9 hours or not. Hopefully not. Not that I would probably know for sure either way.5
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@OSUbuckeye906 I keep hoping someone will open a gym in this tiny town that offers childcare. Edson is such a weird place- we have so many of certain institutions (liquor stores, churches, gyms) for a town of 9000 but it's like they are afraid to not be identical to the others...and then they wonder why they go under more often than not. So we have five, maybe six gyms right now but not one with childcare or runners track!1
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JessicaMcB wrote: »Ran in thigh high snow on trail today though so I am markedly less depressed...for now -_-
By the way, all the snow we got yesterday was gone by the time the sun went down. Today was clear, sunny, with a high of 51°F like yesterday never happened.
*Except lightning. Momma didn't raise no fool2 -
@JessicaMcB Not really running, but I once went hiking in the Grand Tetons; lost the trail, and ended up in shoulder-high snow without snow shoes. It was late May and above freezing, so it was soft. I kept post-holing and falling through with nearly every step. And every time, I would have to dig my way / climb out of the hole. With nearly every single step.
I ended up finally just deciding to 'walk' on my shins over the snow (to simulate snow shoes) until I could get back to the trail. It was exhausting.3 -
Aargh! So I missed Thursday run due to not feeling well. Ran 7 Friday. Then Saturday was 35F and pouring rain all day that eventually turned to sleet and snow in the late afternoon. Went to a concert, got 4 hours sleep last night! Made it to church this morning, helped my husband pack for a business trip.....and was gonna run around 5:30 when this whole thing came up of scrambling to throw together a rushed memorial service for a church member who passed away. So back to the church. No run.
Tomorrow I'll see my husband off, work, then straight to the church for visitation with the family. BUT Tuesday I'm taking off work completely to cook for the family and attend the actual memorial service, so I should be able to get a nice run in before I start cooking.
Then the question is do I make up a missed run Wednesday or keep my planned rest day to hopefully get back on track. I don't need the rest day bc I did nothing Saturday or Sunday but then it'll be a long wait for the next rest day. Lol. I dunno.1 -
@midwesterner85 Dude! That sounds terrifying. That was almost me, except it was Glacier in June (Logan Pass) and I chickened out long before I started sinking to knee level. Now I have been stuck in quicksand before. . . .2
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Anyone know of any virtual races with bling?
I've done 8 HMs and only got bling for one of them, but I think I might like to get something as a memento for the 30 km I'm planning to do on my own soon.
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@WhatMeRunning it wasn't my best time but wasn't my first time out in deep snow either. I wondered about whether or not I'm an idiot for a second when I was trying to stick a pretty decent hill (mind you only knee high snow at this point) in these though, haha:
@dpwellman I am so jealous! It's such a weird year for weather here imo. It's supposed to be 6 degrees tomorrow!!! Excited for that since it'll be my last run before my husband gets back.
@midwesterner85 that sounds scary! Good thing you were a smart cookie shinning it down!2 -
March goal: lose (another)3lbs
3/1 2.54 + core/strength training 30m
3/2 3.20
3/3 5.25
3/4 yoga 45m
3/5 rest
3/6 4.17
3/7 3.55
3/8 4.00
3/9 rest
3/10 2.05 and yoga 30m
3/11 lazy (actually, I made the mistake of picking up a book, and never moved again till I finished it at 10p)
3/12 3.74
Total: 28.50
Ticker is my goal for 2017 and progress to date:
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Didn't meet goal in February. No good excuse. Picked up a couple of overtime shifts at work...so was unmotivated afterwards.
It was a rough night at work Friday and I was late getting out, but determined to get a run in. I opted to run on the treadmill at my gym, as it was on the way home. As I got to the gym to change out of my work clothes, one of the female employees barged into the locker room, saying,"put your clothes on....a man is coming in." Then I saw a man walk in with bolt cutters. I guess that someone locked their belongings and lost the key. It delayed me a bit. Kind of summarized the way the night had gone. Anyway, the treadmill wasn't too bad. After mile 2, I felt relaxed, still focusing on keeping it slow. Ran 3.58 miles, averaging 13:57 minute miles, with average heart rate at 79%.
Over the weekend one of the favorites for the Kentucky Derby won his pre-Derby race (the San Felipe) and then stepped wrong when slowing down, suffering a condylar fracture....I think that he is going to have surgery this week...and is out of the Ky Derby. Anyway, I thought of this group...with the trips and falls when running, and esp. @BeeerRunner who ran so awesomely in her marathon last month....what made it great was that she fell, got up and finished strong....so inspiring the determination and effort.
Had planned to run the Monumental in November, but found out that Billy Joel was going to be in town the night before, and my husband purchased the last 2 tickets....yes we are in the nose bleed seats, but still excited to get the chance to see him again. However it would be crazy to race the next day. So probably going to look for another in the fall, maybe the half in October at fort Ben.
3/11.....3.58 miles
Completed....23.58 miles.
Goal...40 miles
Upcoming race.....the mini-marathon in Indianapolis 5/6.
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13/03 - Sort of Cardio day off - 3 mile Interval, combined with Chest & Core workout
Feeling surprisingly well after yesterdays TM HM, must have been my hot-tub visit
Completed
• 11/03 - 10K Run The Solar System (thanks for the tip) - 52:01
• 12/03 - TM Half Marathon (plugged in the MK HM route - attempt 1 ) - 1:54:02
Coming up:
• 01/05 - Milton Keynes HM
• 18/06 - Run-Bedford-Run - 10K
• 02/09 - Bedford HM
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After weekend of rest (including particularly lazy day yesterday) did my "90-minute good pace" assignment this morning. "Good pace" is another one of those terms not defined in the plan so decided I'd try to go at the pace I'd be going at the weekend if I stick with the 2h00 pacer for my HM, (i.e. 5:41/km). Figured it would give me a feel for running it consistently, and could judge whether that's a realistic thing to do in the race. After a couple of days bingeing I also decided I'd start fasted (but take a sports drink).
The weather was lovely - 9C rising to 11C by time I finished, sunny, 9mph winds. I didn't do a warmup which was a mistake heading straight into a run at a particular pace as the first few km were all over the place - this was not helped by my phone app. I used the "target pace" setting for the first time but didn't realise until I was 5 minutes in I was too slow, so sped up and kept getting "you're within your target pace. hold your pace" announcements so I did just that only to find out at the next pace readout (which I had set to every 5 minutes) that I was 30s/km too fast, so basically anything faster than pace is OK and if you're slower than pace it doesn't tell you anything! Will have to have a look at the settings later. After about 3km I settled into a decent pace which felt comfortable and all bar one km were in the 5:24-5:39 range with average at 5:32/km which felt sustainable and even felt I had plenty of reserve for a fast finish. All in all a really great run.
Anyway, now confident I can stick with the 2h00 pacer (5:41) at the weekend and makes me wonder whether I should try to really push myself to go with the 1h55 pacer (5:27). Decisions, decisions...
2-Mar: 1k TM + 7.8k steady
3-Mar: 10.1k easy
5-Mar: 10k steady
6-Mar: 21.2k easy
7-Mar: 4.3k easy
8-Mar: 12.1k fartlek (long efforts)
9-Mar: 9.1k steady
10-Mar: 6.6k MP
13-Mar: 16.3k HM pace + cooldown = 17.4k
Upcoming Races:
19-Mar-2017: Richmond Half Marathon
14-Apr-2017: Victoria Park Easter Run - 10K [Unconfirmed]
14-May-2017: Bexhill Starfish Marathon
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OSUbuckeye906 wrote: »Yesterday's steady run was really hard after several consecutive running days, but today just called for 25 minutes easy so figured I'd be able to get through it. At least the weather was good at 9C, slightly overcast and breezy (9mph). This shorts and s/s top thing is becoming a habit!
Anyway, felt great today and just didn't want to stop running, so what should have been 25mins easy turned out to be 40mins MP. Probably would have been longer if didn't have other commitments! No running this weekend though and despite how today felt, memory of yesterday reminds the rest is definitely overdue.
@OSUbuckeye906 Sorry to rub it in but another glorious running day today, (in fact glad I went out this morning as due to hit 15C later). Downside is going to need to do some serious work to even this out by the time summer is actually here...
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@_nikkiwolf_ Fantastic news on signing up for the Geneva marathon!
01 - 13.30
02 - 9.87
03 - 18.13
06 - 13.37
07 - 7.13
08 - 13.37
09 - 10.27
10 - 18.43
13 - 13.34
Total: 117.21 / 200 miles
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »This "fitness pizza" craze finally got the best of me today. I had half of a 9" after I was technically done for the day. So I walked 2.5 miles as a "reward". Not sure if it will affect my early morning run in 9 hours or not. Hopefully not. Not that I would probably know for sure either way.
Yup. I ate ALL of a 14" thin crust from dominos. Yikes! New week, new leaf. Was oh so crunchy and buttery... Mmmm. *rubs the belly*
My gait is so off that my knee is really being a bother. Guess I'll have to rein it in.5
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