March 2017 Running Challenge
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17/03 - 3.2mile TM speed Intervals 24:35 - avg pace 7:36mph - that was actually fun, followed with 2 mile Interval & Shoulders
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
• 24/09 - Windsor HM
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1/3/17 3.4m - faceplant!!!!
2/3/17 2.7m
4/3/14 9.8m
5/3/17 2.9m
8/3/17 3.8m
9/3/17 4m
11/3/17 10.5m
15/3/17 3.5m
16/3/17 5.1m
Totals: 46.1/70
Target 70 miles
Planned races -
29.4.17 HM Coastal Trail Series Pembrokeshire FULL!!!
7.5.17 HM-ish The Ox Wiltshire.
8.7.17 Cider Frolic?
30.7.17 HM-ish Dorset Invader
27.8.17 East Farm Frolic
Ran with my club last night, off road, through the trees across fields with plenty of up and down-y stuff. I find myself struggling running with them, but it does mean I vary where I am in the group so I get to talk to different people during the run depending on how tired I am or how slowly I’m going!!! We tend to start and finish at a pub, so I get a beer and a burger for my troubles after.
I’ve been having issues lately where the more I run the slower I seem to be getting and the harder it is. I don’t get into my stride until 2miles into a run so I’m wondering how to get my body better at handling it.
Do I – continue with the running four days a week, with one long run? Or – do I run everyday but limit myself to 1-2 miles a day, with two of those days being longer (one proper long run, and one sort of halfway to that)? I just can’t work out how to better condition my body. At the moment the only other activities I am doing is one (intense) dance class and a T’ai Chi session. I’m building to a HM so I am concerned about the balance of my runs (looks like my long run is coming out at around 50% of my weekly mileage!!)
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Hangover/tiredness got the better of me yesterday so didn't get out for the 45-minute fast run I wanted to. Given my HM is Sunday and I want to do well (my first race) I decided not to replace it like-for-like today and instead just did 30 minutes easy today. Was very windy, but at 10C and sunny I didn't mind. Otherwise very little to report from today.
As for Sunday, I've been keeping an eye on the weather forecast. The threatened rain looks like it might hold off until Monday, (which is good as it's a mixed surface route), and it's expected to be about 10C with light (7mph) winds and cloudy. Assuming it's not too humid should be just about perfect, but the UK being what it is the forecast will no doubt change half a dozen times before Sunday comes around! Have been getting very excited for the last week or so, but also starting to get quite nervous now though not entirely sure why!
After my good 90-minute pace run on Monday I have decided that assuming I get a semi-decent amount of sleep next couple of nights I am going to go out with the 1h55 pacer. My aim when I started training was 2h10, but should be able to do a sub 2hr run. However, my stretch aim is 1h56:46 (2 x WR time) and Daniel's predicts I could theoretically do a 1h52:49, so we'll see...
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
14-Mar: 8.8k HM pace
17-Mar: 5.3k easy
Upcoming Races:
19-Mar-2017: Richmond Half Marathon
14-Apr-2017: Victoria Park Easter Run - 10K [Unconfirmed]
14-May-2017: Bexhill Starfish Marathon
9-Jul-2017: Southend Half Marathon [Unconfirmed]
24-Sep-2017: Windsor Half Marathon [Unconfirmed]
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@7lenny7 I'm glad your son is alright!
I can understand that he first told the driver he was okay - it's such a reflex. The only time I got hit by a car when I was on my bike, I did the same, which also resulted in the car driver leaving (at least with an excuse instead of any stupid comments!). It was only after he was gone that I realised one wheel was bent completely out of shape and I had a bleeding knee with matching hole in the jeans. I really hope I'll never ever hit someone with my car, but if I ever do, I promised myself I'll stay around, even if they say they are okay in the first shocked moment. Five minutes of time shouldn't be too much too ask if you hit someone with your car! I hope the police can track the driver down. In movies they always seem to have surveillance cameras at the next intersection...
But it sounds like you have a great time with your sons despite the bike incident, that's awesome!
@greenolivetree I hope times will be less stressful for you now, and that your knees hurting was just a one-time thing on a horrible day.
@ddmom0811 I can't believe you call 5:30 sleeping in I'm a zombie if you drag me out of bed at that hour, I'm really impressed by how early you usually run.
@RuNaRoUnDaFiEld If you don't live near that course, do you have other hills nearby? From the picture you posted it's hard to tell, but it looks like none of the hills are steeper than maybe 5%? Then I think you would be fine by running whatever other hills you come across instead. If you don't have any hills at all, you might have to get more creative by running stairs or bridges or parking garage ramps...
@ereck44 Great 8mile run!
I haven't got tight lower back muscles from running; but if the distance was new for you and the last two miles were really hard, it's probably not surprising that you felt still the next day. Especially if your running form "degrades" when you get tired towards the end.
@KatieJane83 Glad you are feeling better!
Of course a distance still counts if it's not tracked by Garmin - since my running watch is a Tomtom, otherwise I wouldn't run any distance at all. That's going to sound crazy, but when I started running (~10 years ago), I actually tracked my distance by estimating the route on a paper map! Hard to imagine now, but it was at least accurate enough to tell the difference between 3km and 6km, at least3 -
@dkabambe Good luck for Sunday's race!
Friday is normally my longer run day, but I decided to cut it back this week, and will probably do some hill work tomorrow instead. Happy Saint Patrick's Day everyone!
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
14 - 10.66
15 - 13.36
16 - 11.63
17 - 13.36
Total: 166.22 / 200 miles6 -
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March Goal: Recover from injury and illness and get back into training.
Mileage goal: HAHAHAHAHA....yeah, right,
3/1- 6.15
3/2- Rest
3/3- Started run, but stopped because of knee
3/4- Injured
3/5- Injured
3/6- Injured
3/7- Injured/sick
3/8- Sick/recovering
3/9- 3.14 went too fast, but happy to run
3/10- REST, don't want to push too hard
3/11- 6.14- Run sucked, but so happy to run more than 3 miles!
3/12- Rest- easing back into it
3/13- 4.05 Finally felt somewhat normal!
3/14- REEST- a scheduled one, actually
3/15- 6.14
3/16- REST
3/17- 3.15
Total Miles: 28.78
Today's notes: Today's run tested my belief that there's no such thing as a bad run. Woke up feeling not great, got all set and went out. There was 2-3 inches of fresh snow on the ground, footing was HORRIBLE! I ran my loop around town constantly searching for where cars had driven, so I could run in their tracks. I was just not feeling it at at all today, and py pace and HR really tell that story. 944 pace with a 171 average HR.....this run kicked my *kitten*.
With that happy thought, I've decided to switch my long run from tomorrow to Sunday. My wife has her first race tomorrow, a 4k, so I'll be playing driver and daycare. I'm super proud of her, getting into running.10 -
Question for anyone with an optical heart rate monitor:
My HRM has been acting really weird recently. For runs where I would expect the heart rate to be between 150-160bpm, it's sometimes climbing up past 200 or dropping below 100.
Did anyone ever have problems like that, and did you find a way to fix it?
With the optical heart rate measurement, I've often seen that it takes a few minutes to give good readings when it's cold outside, but nothing like this:
That's yesterdays run, which was a nice, easy run. In the past, I might have gotten close to 200 at the end of a series of hill sprints with little recovery, but recently my HRM has shown me readings like this one during regular runs.
Or the other extreme, where it suddenly drops down (the pace stayed the same):
If my actual heart rate was doing funny things like that, I should notice, shouldn't I?
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3/1 6.3r + 4.2w
3/2 7.25r + 4.5w + 1000m row
3/3 6.5r + 4.8w
3/4 10.2r + 0.5w
3/5 0.0r + 4.0w
3/6 5.1r + 5.1w + 1200m row
3/7 7.1r + 3.5w
3/8 0.0r + 3.25w
3/9 5.3r + 1.25w + 1000m row
3/10 0.0r + 5.8w
3/11 7.0r + 1.0w
3/12 5.25r + 0.0w
3/13 5.3r + 4.4w
3/14 5.6r + 4.55w
3/15 7.2r + 4.5w + 1000m row
3/16 5.2r + 5.4w
Total so far: 83.4r + 58.25w = 141.65 miles
Today is a walking-only day for me. I had to bring my car into the shop early this morning (they open at 7, OOOF), so I arrived at work far too early. Decided to walk around the atrium until it was time to start. I've already gotten 1.5 miles done and it's not even 8:30 am. Determined to hit my 15,000 Garmin step goal without any running today. (Most days I'm over 20,000 when I do both walking and running.)
One odd thing I noticed after my run last night was that my HR didn't get above 121 the entire time. Usually it gets into the 140s when I run. I did go easy yesterday, but I didn't think I was going THAT easy. Hmm.
Hoping they can get to the bottom of whatever's wrong with my car. It's having the exact same problem it did when I brought it in a month ago. Apparently changing the spark plugs was not the answer. In the meantime, I have a loaner car, and it's always fun driving a new car for a while.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!4 -
_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »Question for anyone with an optical heart rate monitor:
My HRM has been acting really weird recently. For runs where I would expect the heart rate to be between 150-160bpm, it's sometimes climbing up past 200 or dropping below 100.
Did anyone ever have problems like that, and did you find a way to fix it?
With the optical heart rate measurement, I've often seen that it takes a few minutes to give good readings when it's cold outside, but nothing like this:
That's yesterdays run, which was a nice, easy run. In the past, I might have gotten close to 200 at the end of a series of hill sprints with little recovery, but recently my HRM has shown me readings like this one during regular runs.
Or the other extreme, where it suddenly drops down (the pace stayed the same):
If my actual heart rate was doing funny things like that, I should notice, shouldn't I?
A couple years back I wore an optical HRM and recall two things that gave me wild results. The first was placement, when it was new. I found a spot that gave me good results with some testing. It worked like a champ for months before it got weird again which was because it needed a new battery. Not sure if either of those apply for your situation.
Yes, you would notice HR swings that were that wild. I can't imagine what it would feel like, but your entire cardio-respiratory system would give signs matching the data.
The primary reason I chose my Garmin FR.630 with chest strap HRM over the newer 235 with built-in optical HRM was based on my optical HRM experience which used the same type sensor. I do hear a lot of good things from 235 users though, and since I was 99% happy with my old optical one I'm not surprised. I just enjoy not having those occasional glitches. I get all sorts of frustrated from data glitches. I don't miss my phone or various glitches caused by it either.1 -
_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »Question for anyone with an optical heart rate monitor:
My HRM has been acting really weird recently. For runs where I would expect the heart rate to be between 150-160bpm, it's sometimes climbing up past 200 or dropping below 100.
Did anyone ever have problems like that, and did you find a way to fix it?
On my Fenix3 I sometimes find irregularities as well. I tried using a chest-HRM to compare against as well, and the results can be very "varying". I have noticed with my Fenix that if I shutdown my watch before a run, so it got a fresh restart it was closer (never as accurate) with a run.
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One other thing I'd like to add here is that because I had to bring my car in early, I had to get up early. Normally this is a huge problem for me, but for some reason it wasn't today because I knew I had to get to the shop when it opened. So I rolled out of bed at about 5:45 am. This tells me it IS POSSIBLE for me to get up early and run in the morning, once there starts being a bit more light out earlier. I still don't want to run in the dark for too long, because a.) It's not safe, and b.) I don't have any night running equipment. So, hopefully in another month or so I will re-explore the option of running before work.8
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The gym was open again
Short day. Elliptical warm up followed by squats, rows, bench press, box jumps, plank.5 -
A 5k this morning in the gym.
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3/1 - 3.5 mi.
3/2 - 4.0 mi.
3/3 - 4.2 mi.
3/4 - 4.0 mi.
3/5 - 3.5 mi.
3/6 - 3.1 mi.
3/7 - 3.5 mi.
3/8 - 3.2 mi.
3/9 - rest
3/10 - 3.1 mi.
3/11 - 3.0 mi.
3/12 - 4.1 mi.
3/13 - 4.0 mi.
3/14 - 4.7 mi.
3/15 - 4.1 mi.
3/16 - rest
3/17 - 3.2 mi.
March total: 55.2/100
Ugh. Legs felt wooden today -- all I could do to eke out 3.2 miles. Question for all you more experienced runners: how does alcohol affect performance the day after? I had two glasses of wine last night and I seem to be noticing a negative next morning effect. Also affects my sleep, so maybe that's the real culprit.....5 -
looks like a lot of us did a 5K/3.2Miler today4
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@snowyne - More times than not my run the next day after any alcohol is not as good. It's not 100% and I suspect it is all about timing and hydration.6
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My plan had a 30 min. easy run set for last night, but I just needed a rest day. The plan had rest day today and tomorrow with a 8.1 mi. run on Sun. I was going to move that 8.1 mi. run to tomorrow, so now I'm contemplating whether I do the 30 min. easy run today or just figure I skip it entirely.
So far, despite making changes to the generic plan (from an app), it has served me pretty well to increase mileage. I'm thinking I just say the 30 min. easy run is lost at this point.1 -
@dkabambe - Good luck on your half this weekend!
@MNLittleFinn - Good luck to your wife on her 5k. Hope this keeps her hooked o running.
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