March 2017 Running Challenge
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I am horrible at updating this and accountability. Can I just discipline myself to do this for 1 whole week???
WK: 3/27/17 - 4/2/17
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@MobyCarp I've done Shamrock twice. Used to live there. King Neptune rocks. And congrats!5 -
Date :::: Miles :::: March MTD (goal = 95)
03/01/17 :::: 2.3 :::: 2.3
03/02/17 :::: 6.7 :::: 9.0
03/03/17 :::: 5.1 :::: 14.1
03/04/17 :::: 3.1 :::: 17.2
03/05/17 :::: 2.6 :::: 19.9
03/06/17 :::: 4.4 :::: 24.2
03/07/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 24.2
03/08/17 :::: 2.7 :::: 26.9
03/09/17 :::: 2.6 :::: 29.5
03/10/17 :::: 3.5 :::: 33.0
03/11/17 :::: 2.7 :::: 35.7
03/12/17 :::: 7.7 :::: 43.4
03/13/17 :::: 2.6 :::: 46.0
03/14/17 :::: 5.0 :::: 51.0
03/15/17 :::: 3.5 :::: 54.4
03/16/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 54.4
03/17/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 54.4
03/18/17 :::: 7.4 :::: 61.8
03/19/17 :::: 4.0 :::: 65.9
03/20/17 :::: 2.8 :::: 68.6
03/21/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 68.6
03/22/17 :::: 2.6 :::: 71.2
03/23/17 :::: 2.7 :::: 73.9
03/24/17 :::: 2.7 :::: 76.5
03/25/17 :::: 6.5 :::: 83.0
03/26/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 83.0
03/27/17 :::: 3.9 :::: 86.9
Group speedwork tonight was 60-60s. Sixty seconds hard, sixty seconds rest with 9 repeats, then sprints. I like this workout. It goes fast.
I'm going to have to work to make my goal for the month. It shouldn't be a problem but it's a really busy week and I usually don't run take a rest day on Sundays like I did yesterday. We shall see.3 -
@MobyCarp Huh. . . I had no idea that was a thing. Think a spam filter would possibly not trigger on members that have n number of posts. Anyway, that's neither here nor there. The IT part my brain got initiated.
When this first came up I thought (also letting my IT brain get in the way) the way they handled must have been a work around until they really fixed the issue. I can't believe between their security guys and/or developers they couldn't come up with a better (permanent) solution.2 -
Date Miles MTD ------ ----- ------- Mar 02 4.6T 4.6 Mar 04 6.5 11.1 Mar 06 4.4T 15.5 Mar 07 6.7T 22.2 Mar 09 5.3T 27.5 Mar 12 10.4 37.9 Mar 13 4.4T 42.3 Mar 15 4.7T 47.0 Mar 18 8.2 55.2 Mar 19 6.5 61.7 Mar 21 6.5 68.2 Mar 25 5.6 73.8 Mar 25 4.5 78.3
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I haven't been here much for the last couple of weeks... work is killing me and I am struggling to fit in running and other activities into a 60-65 hour work week. It doesn't leave me much time to read and chat here unfortunately. I have been running whenever I can and so far the weather has cooperated by not being too warm. My daughter was down for her Dad's birthday this weekend so I didn't get in a long run but it won't kill my training plan and I should hit my goal tomorrow anyway. I am hoping to be near my stretch goal of 120 by Friday.
I am going to take some time to go back now and read up on what everyone has been doing! Running a bunch I hope!
Date........Miles.......Total
03/01......0.00........0.00
03/02......5.20........5.20 - Treadmill/Home from St. Louis
03/03......6.02......11.22
03/04......9.40......20.62
03/05......2.68......23.30
03/06......5.23......28.53 - + Agility class
03/07......4.17......32.70 - + Strength Training
03/08......0.00......32.70
03/09......5.36......38.06 - + Strength Training and Rally class
03/10......4.17......42.23
03/11....10.28......52.51
03/12......3.18......55.69
03/13......4.49......60.18 - + Agility class
03/14......5.46......65.64 - + Strength Training
03/15......0.00......65.64
03/16......5.48......71.12 - + Rally class
03/17......0.00......71.12 - Crazy life and work day
03/18......8.70......79.82
03/19......0.00......79.82
03/20......5.27......85.09 - + Agility class
03/21......5.44......90.53 - + Strength Training
03/22......0.00......90.53
03/23......5.27......95.80 - + Strength Training and Rally class
03/24......0.00......95.80
03/25......4.23....100.03
03/26......0.00....100.03
03/27......6.63....106.66 - + Agility class
My completed and upcoming Races - Let me know if you will be running too!
02/05/17 - Surf City Half Marathon
07/23/17 - San Francisco 1st Half Marathon6 -
3/01-3.1 miles
3/02-1.44 miles
3/03-3.14 miles
3/04-3.85 miles
3/05-yoga
3/06-4.25 miles
3/07-1.44 miles
3/14-3.1 miles
3/15-3.62 miles
3/16-1.45 miles
3/17-3 miles
3/18-4.1 miles
3/21-3.1 miles
3/23-4.12 miles(hills)
3/24-4.13 miles(not so easy run)
3/25-2.68 miles(rain cut it short)
3/27-3.2 miles
Races- 5K - 7/16
- 5K - 7/30
- 5 miles - 8/13
- 5 miles - 8/27
- 10K - 9/10
- 10K - 9/24
- 10 miles - 10/8
- 10 miles - 10/22
- Half marathon - 11/5
- Half marathon - 11/19
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Ran trail and roads today because eff being run off my own turf. Ran trail faster than I normally would have but glad I did it.
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
March 13- 11.1km
March 14 to 17- Husband OOT
March 18- 7km
March 19- 9km
March 20- 7km
March 21- 11.1km
March 22- 18.4km
March 23- 6km
March 26- 14km
March 27- 13.4km
222.4/250km
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03/02: 4.05 mile easy run, 9:29 pace
03/04: 3.04 mile easy run, 9:31 pace
03/05: 10.07 mile long run, 9:28 pace
03/06: 3.05 mile easy run, 9:32 pace
03/08: 4.01 mile easy run, 9:32 pace
03/09: 6.03 mile run - 4 mile tempo, 8:08 average pace
03/10: 4.05 mile easy run, 9:32 pace
03/12: 12.05 mile long run, 9:28 pace
03/14: 5.00 mile tempo run
03/16: 4.19 mile easy run, 9:41 pace
03/17: 4.08 mile easy run, 9:29 pace
03/19: 10 mile race - 1:19:00 - new PR!!!
03/20: 3.07 mile easy run, 9:30 pace
03/22: 4.08 mile easy run, 9:20 pace
03/24: 4.05 mile easy run, 9:28 pace
03/26: 8.07 mile long run, 9:35 pace
03/27: 4.10 mile easy run, 9:30 pace
Total: 93.34 miles
Officially surpassed my 90 mile goal! Looks like I'll make it to ~105 miles by the end of the month
Notes:
Had an exceedingly frustrating morning! I don't feel super safe running in my neighbourhood, so I do almost all of my runs from the school gym as it is only a mile from the lakefront trail. It takes me 2 buses to get there, or 15 minutes by bike (when it's warm enough!). I went with the 2 bus option today because my bike has a flat currently and it's not quite warm enough for me to want to bike yet. So yeh, 30 minutes and two crowded buses later, I get there only to find out the gym is closed for the whole day to fix some of the basketball floors. Which is very obviously a PLANNED maintenance, so I guess they just didn't want to give us poor students any advance warning?? They later sent out an email around 10:15 today saying that it is closed for the day, but the gym opens at 7 so that didn't help any of us that typically go in the morning. I really wanted to get my run in though, so I took the two buses back home and ran some laps around this little park near my apartment (the only place that feels safe to me to run). The run itself was pretty uneventful, and I felt much less angry after I was done haha. Really glad I didn't let the dumb gym ruin my whole day!
Funny note- the second bus I took coming back home was the same driver that picked me up on the way there. He definitely recognized me and gave me a really funny look
Training For:
03/19: Excalibur 10 Miler (Viera, FL) 1:19:00 - new PR!
04/23: Ravenswood Run, 5K (Chicago)
05/21: Chicago Spring Half Marathon
10/08: Chicago Marathon
11/26: Space Coast Half Marathon (Cocoa, FL)
I love this post....so inspiring that you take 2 buses to get to a place where you feel safe running! Wish I could channel your enthusiasm when I feel kind of "bleh" on getting my run or workout in.6 -
3/27 - 7.2mi mtn repeats. 2,162ft vertical gain. Took too much time taking pics of the sunset so it's slower. 14:41/mi. ** 48.4mi remain **
3/22 - (10.1mi) 5k TM hill tempo @ 3%inc, 7mi E
3/24 - (6mi) Slow/easy + heat tolerance, 8:40/mi
3/25 - (10mi) 3,074ft vert, 14:34/mi
3/26 - (13.6mi) LSD 8:49/mi
3/27 - (7.2mi) 2,162ft vert, 14:41/mi
Total: 101.6/150mi8 -
27/03 - 3 mile Interval, Chest, Triceps & Core workout
28 /03 - 7.7 mile pace run, perfect pace and HR, first 4 miles @8:45, then used a cyclist as pacer, and then overtook him for the kill, he almost toppled of his bike … I think my TM has helped me getting my perfect pace, as I can go with this for hours ..... I might become a runner one day
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
• 25/03 - TM Half Marathon (plugged in the MK HM route - attempt 2 ) - 1:53:53
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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25 minutes recovery on the plan today (or rather yesterday as I'm a day behind). Was a bit stiff from yesterday's long run plus the fact I hadn't really done anything before heading out this morning. Started out OK but stopped to cross a road and must have stopped awkwardly/suddenly as when I went to cross my left calf had seized up. I probably could have run it out but was already at 17 minutes and half thinking about another run later today so decided just to call it quits and walk back home.
NB: Calf fine after a quick stretch.
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
18-Mar: 3.9k very easy
19-Mar: 21.1k RACE [Richmond Half - HM PR @ 1:51:00 inc 5K PR @ 25:08]
20-Mar: 2.8k easy
21-Mar: 8.4k easy
22-Mar: 10.9k as 4 x 10min hard/2.5 min recovery intervals (plus wu/cd)
23-Mar > 26-Mar: Injured
27-Mar: 24.5k easy
28-Mar: 2.8k very easy
Upcoming Races:
14-May-2017: Bexhill Starfish Marathon
9-Jul-2017: Southend Half Marathon [Unconfirmed]
12-Aug-2017: Hadleigh Castle 10K - Hill trail race [Possible*]
16-Sep-2017: Kew Gardens 10K [Possible]
24-Sep-2017: Windsor Half Marathon [Possible*]
29-Oct-2017: Thurrock 10k [Possible]5 -
No way I am hitting my goal this month. I’m not sure why I’m so far off of it. OK, well, obviously I know I didn’t run as much! But I didn’t think I’d changed my routine that much. Although I am trying to have one full rest day a week. I may run on my strength training days so I can try to bring the miles up.
This morning was so nice. As soon as I stepped onto the street I saw a shooting star. Then I look to the right and a baby bunny with a mom watching it close by.
@nikoaosKey - my warmup is just walking fast for about 1/3 mile. I only do this when I run in the morning (most of my runs), because I wake up at 4:15 and am out running hopefully by 4:30 so I’m barely awake. I count this as part of my first mile, so my first mile is always really slow. If by some fluke I run in the afternoon, I don't usually warm up.
@BeeerRunner - BQ on your birthday weekend! What day is your bday? mine is the 3rd.
@katiejane83 - oh my gosh - I can’t imagine how you finished that cold! Yikes - great job!
@mobycarp - Love that VA Beach picture! Shoot. I just realized I will be in London when the Boston marathon is going on. I loved watching you (online) last year and I think @ohhim is running it too. Oh well--next year! When @stoshew71, @kristinegift and @beeerrunner and the rest of you run it too! Not that I can’t watch it from there, but we will probably be out and about.
@skippygirlsmom - So glad to see you running again. Yay Skip!
@iofred - you overtook a cyclist? That wouldn't happen with my cycling group!
@respecttheKitty - lifting you up in prayer.
@patrikc333 - several of the cyclists in my group have GoPros and one guy rides one handed while he is filming- completely stressing me out. One guy has it on his head I think and another clipped on his bike. I know you are asking about while running... but I'm sure there is something out there for it.
3/1 - 3.3 miles
3/2 - 4.1 miles
3/3 - rest day
3/4 - 34 miles biking
3/5 - 28 miles biking
3/6 - 4 miles + strength training
3/7 - 4.5 miles
3/8 - strength training
3/9 - 4.6 miles
3/10 - 4.1 miles
3/11 - 34 miles biking
3/12 - 40 miles biking
3/13 - rest day
3/14 - 5 miles
3/15 - 6.1 miles
3/16 - 3.6 miles
3/17 - strength training
3/18 - 44 miles biking - very fast!
3/19 - 40 miles in the wind - ugh - awful ride
3/20 - rest day
3/21 - 4.5 miles
3/22 - strength training
3/23 - 4.2 miles
3/24 - 4.2 miles + strength training
3/25 - 32 miles biking
3/26 - 63 miles biking
3/27 - rest day
3/28 - 4.5 miles
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Numbers, numbers, and more numbers.
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
18 - 7.12
20 - 13.36
21 - 12.23
22 - 13.37
23 - 10.26 + 12.19
25 - 3.10
27 - 13.38
28 - 11.57
Total: 262.80 / 200 miles5 -
Date Miles today - Miles for March
3/1 5 miles - 5
3/2 10 miles - 15
3/3 3.1 miles - 18.1
3/4 20 miles - 38.1
3/5 REST DAY
3/6 7 miles - 45.1
3/7 7 miles - 52.1
3/8 REST DAY
3/9 7 miles - 59.1
3/10 REST DAY
3/11 14 miles - 73.1
3/12 REST DAY
3/13 10 miles - 83.1
3/14 10 miles - 93.1
3/15 REST DAY
3/16 10 miles - 103.1
3/17 3.1 miles - 106.2
3/18 18 miles - 124.2
3/19 REST DAY
3/20 10 miles - 134.2
3/21 10 miles - 144.2
3/22 6.2 miles - 150.4
3/23 10 miles - 160.4
3/24 3.1 miles - 163.5
3/25 20 miles - 183.5
3/26 REST DAY
3/27 10 miles - 193.5
3/28 10 miles - 203.5
Upcoming races:
UAH 8K - 3/6 <<< 34:33 3 in AG
Oak Barrel HM - 4/2 <<<< 1:38:00 3 in AG
Bridge Street HM - 4/10 <<< 1:36:33 3 in AG
PEO-AVN Team Day 5K - 5/4 <<< 19:10 (2.9 mi) 1 in AG 5 OA
Cotton Row Run 10K - 5/30 << 44:57 PR
Firecracker Chase 10.2 miler 6/25 << 1:20:22 1 in AG & 15 OA
Huntsville Half Marathon - 11/12 << 1:35:55 2 in AG & 25 OA
Rocket City Marathon - 12/10 << 2:44:41
Elkmont Hound Dog Half (unofficial) - 1/21 << 1:46:48 2 OA
Elkmont Hound Dog Half (rescheduled) - 2/18 << 1:41:04 1 in AG & 24 OA
Kentucky Derby Marathon - 4/29
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5.5 easy miles last night with Kody. With that run I now have a new highest month mileage total.
It was the first time this year I've come home from work and was able to run in the daylight, with warm weather (50F) and it was divine. Now I love our winters here, but I love the change in seasons as well and I'm ready for spring.
The highlight of the run was seeing a red fox. It ran out in front of us and stopped about 30 yards away to watch what we were doing. We stopped to watch what it was doing. We stared at each other for well over minute. Kody *really* wanted to go play with that fox. I wish I had brought my phone so I could take a picture of it.
On my last 3 runs I've seen a fox, rooster pheasant, otter and wild turkey (plus the usual assortment of common critters).
@ROBOTFOOD I'm envious of the vertical you're getting!
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@ddmom0811 - well, obviously this was a very slow cyclist, as I only did 7 miles per hour, but it was nice to (be able) to use him as a pacer ... it was still dark though, so he might have been half asleep1
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@iofred - No, you won't become a runner "one day." You are a runner *right now*. I'm considered fast for my age, and I think the last time I overtook a cyclist it was lapping the cyclist assigned to monitor the last runner (walker) in the Winter Warrior Half, which is run as 4 loops. I can't remember ever passing a real cyclist out for a ride, other than when one stopped for one reason or another.3
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