April 2017 Running Challenge
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Thanks @MNLittleFinn I appreciate that, I still feel very new to the sport some days.
@kgirlhart I don't see any reason to avoid running consecutive days if you've been doing well on 3 days since October, but I always have run consecutive so maybe I'm just a rebel
@ariceroni I love when it clicks! I had a similar experience tonight when the first two or so kilometers of hills my knees were like, "Uhhhhhh do you remember yesterday BECAUSE WE DO!" but by the time I hit the decline they shut up haha
Sorry about your race @BeeerRunner
Ran a really short and lazy 7.6 of roads in town because cranky knees. I somehow bruised under my caps? Was a good run though, my knees are a lot better now and I'll be on track to run a normal training distance tomorrow night. So not terrible recovery time but I now know that scheduling white water rafting for two hours post Banff is not as stellar an idea as I thought it was lol
April 1- 42.2
April 2- 7.6
49.8km/300km4 -
autumnblade75 wrote: »http://www.nbcchicago.com/multimedia/shamrock-shuffle-finish-line-10-417895003.html
@autumnblade75 I was on TV! Around 4:15 or so in the video - they call my name, and I go "woo!" Crossing the finish line. I hate that they don't timestamp these clips better, but it was easier to find the first video where more of the bibs were blue (Wave 2) than red (Wave 1) and start watching from there. Next year, I expect to be looking the other direction, from the last clip where mostly red bibs proliferate, towards earlier finishes.
I watched the video and I'm pretty sure I saw you! I'd really like to do the Shamrock Shuffle in Chicago some year. Actually, there's a lot of races I'd like to do in Chicago but money, time, time off work, etc. doesn't always allow...oh, and living closer than a 6 hour drive would help too
@hanlonsk Welcome! Awesome that you're working toward your first half marathon. As far as advice, I'm not sure how experience of a runner you are but, on the recommendation from @Stoshew71 , I checked out Runner's World Big Book of Marathon and Half Marathon Training. Now, this wasn't very long ago so I knew most of the information in the book but still felt it was very useful to go through the book and pick up little bits of advice or tips. Now, it's not the be-all and end-all but I think it does a good job at covering the major training topics (especially for beginners). Good luck in your training!I am very happy to find a supportive group of runners. It is harder to discover than I thought it was. I am currently training for my first ever half marathon, and have a few other races leading up to it. I am mostly doing run/walk intervals. I would gladly accept any advice or input or tips on half marathons that anyone would like to give.
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1 of 12 runs for the month. It was short, slow, and ugly, but I'm glad to be back at it. It can only get better. 12
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4/2 - TM 3.1mi progressive run. 6.1 - 7.7mph. Recovery/easy paces. I literally drove to gym after Chipotle lol. Not the best idea. I then tried out all the new weights and machines at my new gym for 2hrs lol. I also did heavy deadlifts this morning.
4/2 - 3.1mi TM easy
Total: 3.1/200mi8 -
Date Miles today - Miles for April
4/1 20 miles - 20
4/2 10 miles - 30
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
I'm going on travel tomorrow to Aberdeen MD. So I got my 10 miles in early this evening and will take my rest day tomorrow.
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@hanlonsk Welcome to the group. The RW Big Book that @OSUbuckeye906 mentioned is a good book. My best advise is to build up mileage slowly. Run slow at a conversational pace. No need to get winded. Choose one day as your long run but make sure the long run doesn't make up any more than 35% of your total miles for the week. I have a blog about my running experience including one on training plans.
http://therunningstan.blogspot.com/4 -
WK: 3/27/17 - 4/2/17
M - 12 m. 9:55 pace.
T - 10 m. 9:33 pace.
W - 8.1 m. 9:35 pace.
T - OFF
F - 8.1 m. 10:00 pace. 221.4 miles in March.
S - 5.2 m.
S - 13.1 - Knoxville Half Marathon 1:56:39
Total - 56.5 m.5 -
Hello everyone. I'm new here.
Hoping to get support and be inspired as I prepare for my first half marathon. I've done a couple 5K races and usually run 3miles everyday. I'm excited to be a part of this group.10 -
I can do this...!
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03/04 - 3.2mile run @ 25.25, followed with 1 mile Interval & Core - very short workout prior to travelling for the week
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Didn't get to check in but had a lovely run in glorious 12C, mostly sunny weather yesterday morning. Chose a route which took me straight along the seafront and with a very light breeze was just about perfect for running, though the sun brought everyone out so there was a bit of stop-starting and avoiding kids and dogs. Even better was my run was point-to-point ending up at a lovely pub for lunch. My calf was generally OK (about 90% I'd say). I probably did too much and it's a little tight today, but if I take it easy and only run alternate days I think should be fine by next week.
2-Apr: 19.0k easy
Upcoming Races:
14-May-2017: Bexhill Starfish Marathon (DNS)
9-Jul-2017: Southend Half Marathon (Possible)
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)3 -
10k in totale relax, It is a wonderful day and i hope I'm going to have a job soon, so i went out just to shake my body after yesterday marathon
Today should have been bike day but i couldn't be bothered to ride for more than 2 hours
I'm not tired, yesterday after 81k steps and all the activities done i slept only a couple.of hours, this starts to annoy me as it is not normal.
Not sure about my april goals, i want to start to alternate Sundays long run with long bike rides5 -
@hanlonsk - You've had great advice so far! My only advice is going to echo @Stoshew71 in that you should skip those online cookie cutter half marathon training programs, and anything else that has you doing speedwork within the first 12 or so weeks. Instead just focus on running slow and easy. Monitor how hard you are breathing and keep it in a range where you are comfortable and can chat while running. Slowly build up your mileage at a comfortable rate. Spend the first 12 weeks getting that base mileage up before trying anything different. The more days per week you run, the better. Do give yourself rest days and down weeks, these are critical.2
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April goal: Stay healthy, get my runs in and increase my long run distance
Nominal mileage goal: 191 miles
4/1- 15.23
4/2- 3.14
4/3- 7.07
Total: 25.44
Today's notes: 7 pretty uneventful miles. I ran the loop around (literally around) town twice, and added a little at the beginning and end to get the 7 I needed. Decently even splits, with the extreme spread at 16 seconds, and an average pace of 9:40 for the run. Nice surprise was that my Average HR was 155, which is in the zone I want, so with the pace and HR, combines, I'm pretty pleased with the run.
On a side note, after 3 days, my monthly mileage is already almost half of what I ran last month....It's great being healthy again.
2017 Races
6/16- William A Irvin 5k
6/17- Grandma's Marathon (Full!)
8/19- Rampage at the Ridge 5k OCR
9/23- Ely Marathon (full)
10/??- TBD HM or Full????
11/23- TBD 5k Turkey Trot4 -
Just a quick check-in, I'll have to catch up on the last pages some other time - conference WLAN is erratic, no Wi-Fi at the hotel at all...
I'll aim for 200km this month.
The first ~33km I logged on Saturday. I was really unmotivated in the morning, spent 2h on the couch eating 500kcals (at least!) worth of candies before I got a grip and dragged myself out of the door. The first part of the run was accordingly miserable, but once I started exploring new areas where I hadn't run before (and the worst candy-binge-sickness was over) the rest of the run was fun. I didn't take any nutrition except some water, and was fine. Guess the pre-run "carbon loading" was enough - still, next time I'll try to eat something slightly healthier before the run. Since the favourite candies I brought with me from my last visit home are now all gone, that shouldn't be an issue.
Sunday - Friday I'm travelling for work, so I won't be able to stick to my training plan. At least I managed 5.6km before breakfast this morning. With 275m of elevation - nice hills around here :-p5 -
The humidity in Central Florida is back. Ugh. 71 F and 81% humidity my app said. It's discouraging to walk out the door at 4:30 in the morning and be hit with that. I probably sweated out a pound though! Got to remember that when the humidity is back I have to drink a ton of water and sometimes gatorade or I get a dehydration headache that lasts all day.
Ready for spring break! I leave on the 12th! Going to NYC to meet my daughter then we go to London and Paris. Very hard to concentrate and teach! Kids have checked out mentally already it seems.
4/1 - 44 miles biking
4/2 - 40 miles biking
4/3 - 3.7 miles
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Hi all
I am totally new to running (and exercise in general11 -
First run of the month done after a couple of days off.
03 - 13.37
Total: 13.37 / 175 miles3 -
piesalmighty wrote: »Hi all
I am totally new to running (and exercise in general
Welcome! This is a great place for new runners. There a lot of folks with a ton of experience on here who can help you with any questions you might have.3 -
Just getting started so I'll make my goal 25 miles ☺️6
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astrdomitter wrote: »Just getting started so I'll make my goal 25 miles ☺️
Great goal. Welcome to the group!2 -
4/1 - 4 miles on the dreadmill + cross-training - zumba
4/2 - 12.7 mile long run (night on a crappy couch-worth of sleep, and stomachache from a new gel)
April Total: 16.7/170
363.7 miles/2,017 miles - goal for the year
First of all, thanks for all the well wishes on registering for my first marathon! I'd been planning on this one for a while, but it's so much more real once you actually register!!!
So, the one good thing about yesterday's long run was the weather. About 50°F, sunny, light breeze, just beautiful. I ran my Nyack Beach State Park to Haverstraw Trail route, that goes right along the Hudson River, with some rolling, and a couple steeper, hills, and it was gorgeous.
Other than that, this run was a suckfest, lol (embrace the suck, amiright?). I had an old-school sleepover the night before with one of my oldest and best girlfriends. I don't drink anymore so I wasn't hungover or anything, but we were up til at least 1am and I 'slept' (I use that term lightly) on a couch that is definitely feeling it's age, and therefore made me feel my age. Ugh. I also am incapable of taking it easy in my Saturday morning zumba class (I refuse to, I just love that class too much) and now that my schedule has a 5th day of running, which is also Saturday, I think it's beating up my legs a bit too much the day before my long run. I'm contemplating moving that 5th running day, but might give this another week or 2 to see if I adjust. Lastly, I had a new-to-me gel to try on my run. I popped the first one around 4.5 miles into my run, and within the next mile or 2 I had a decently bad stomachache that lasted me for the remainder of my miles
So, this run was supposed to be 13 miles. I knew that based on where I had turned around I would need to run .3 miles past my car to get to that number. By the time I saw my car I said *kitten* this, 12.7 is freaking close enough, and threw in the towel, lol.
I view the value of this kind of run as mental grit training Like, if I can run on little sleep, on dead legs, with at least 6 miles-worth of a stomachache, then I can do anything! Lmao
Oh, and a big WELCOME to all the new members this month!!! You've stumbled upon a truly awesome group here!4 -
Elevation profile from yesterday's half marathon. And the finish line is awesomely inspiring!
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@KatieJane83 good job making it through the run. Those Embrace the Suck runs are the ones that build mental toughness, even if it doesn't feel like it all the time!4
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Only 2.5 today. Was not sure on how ATL traffic was going to be with a major freeway shut down, so I had to cut it short today.
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Well I got 4 miles in on 4/1. Yesterday was a rest day for me. Today is Orangetheory, and tomorrow I will get in another run.
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I did my last "long" run before Boston yesterday and am officially moving into taper. I stuck to the plan and only ran 16 miles, although I was tempted around mile ten to take a different route and stretch it out to 17.5. then I heard the voice (imagined, because I actually have no idea how it sounds LOL) of @MobyCarp in my mind telling me that "less is more". Turned out to be very glad I listened to it, because I was feeling it by the last 2 miles. I intentionally ran out in the middle of the afternoon when the temps had climbed up into the 60s, just as a little extra prep for potential race day weather. I also front-loaded my route with hills. Lots of up and down for the first 10 miles. None of this seemed to bother my legs until I started a long stretch on very flat ground. I think I do better with the rolling hills, because it breaks up the repetitive use of the same muscles.
At any rate, glad to have it done. Still feeling a little under prepared for race day and still haven't developed a solid race strategy. I ran this run purely by feel and ended up with an average pace of 8:53, which is slightly faster than I have been running, but still slower than my norm when healthy. My miles varied from 8:40-9:03, but they were pretty evenly spaced throughout the run, so I din't slow down at the end as I had been recently. I think I will stick with the strategy of just trucking along at a comfortable pace and stopping when I need to stretch. That is the part I am having difficulty with at the moment. I know I will need to remember to stop about every 5 or so miles during the race because if I wait until I feel the need, it will probably be too late. Not sure what April 17 has in store for me, but I do know it will be memorable!
On a side note, I mentioned that I ran in the heat of the day yesterday. One think I neglected to remember was sunscreen. I don't usually run in the middle of the day and I am not yet in the mindset of sunburn, so I made the critical mistake of going out without it. My face and legs are red as can be. So I just wanted to send out the reminder to most of us who live in the northern hemisphere. The sunny season is about to be upon us, so don't forget your sunscreen!8 -
Busy bunch! I need to start checking in the weekends so I don't get so far behind.
April 1st - 10.6 Miles
April 2nd - 11.6 Miles
Saturday, Kody & I, along the Minnesota River for a great run. Lots of people out there and some wildlife too. The highlight was finding a couple of cold, clear spring-fed streams which Kody promptly laid down in.
Sunday I tried out a new park I hadn't been to before and found it to be 70% turf trails, which I'm not crazy about. I doubt I'll go back. I did find a geocache while running and, with the help of my geocaching app, decided to look for a few more. I used to take our kids geocaching when they were little and it was fun looking for them again, even if it did kill my pace.
Photos from the weekend.
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I ran 4.5 miles on Saturday (hills) and then I had planned to run yesterday but never happened. This is the second Sunday in a row I have been overwhelming tired. Like walking around and all I'm dying to just LIE DOWN. It's crazy. So I decided to nap and then I'd run after a nap. Couldn't sleep. Then there was a soft rain that was begging me to go out and do a "rain run". But again, I'd get up and just feel so sluggish. In the end I managed 15 mins of very light cardio and 10 mins of leg exercises but even that was enough to convince that I would've been miserable running, so it was for the best. I'm not even scheduled to run on Sundays but was trying to make up for Friday when my foot hurt.
@7lenny7 That is one mean looking snapping turtle!!!! Yikes!
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Another good run today although my left ankle had a slight discomfort that would come on, then go away at a few points on the run. I think it's fine, but that bugged the crap out of me wondering if I should stop or not.
4/1 - 10 miles
4/2 - 4 miles
4/3 - 4 miles
18 of 120 miles complete
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