April 2017 Running Challenge

amymoreorless wrote: »

amymoreorless wrote: »

amymoreorless wrote: »

Ran a fun local 10K this morning. I was trying to finish it in 60 minutes but actually finished in 62 1/2 minutes - so close! Oh well.

64/100 miles done in April

Another 4 miles on Sunday in the beautiful weather. It was a tad humid but 68 and breezy -perfect.

Today a friend convinced me to try a kettle bell class before work. I am leaving for an out of town work conference on Wednesday so I know my running opportunities are going to be few and far between this week. I decided to squeeze in another 3 miles on the treadmill before the class.

Before today, I had never tried kettle bells. How hard could it be, right? Ha!! My butt has been thouroghly kicked! My whole body is still shaky 30 minutes later. I am going to be sore tomorrow....

71/100 miles done in April

This is the longest discussion thread ever! I can't keep up! Lol

I left for an out of town work conference on Wednesday- squeezed in 10 miles before I had to leave for the airport. I knew I wouldn't get much running in this week.... My diet has been crap with all the free food and alcohol. I just can't say no to free!

3 miles on the hotel treadmill on Thursday and another 3.5 boring treadmill miles this morning.

87.5/100 miles done in April

Another 10 miles done this morning. I ran with a group of runners for the first time. They were training with the Galloway method and doing walk/run intervals. It was fun having a group to chat with although it took me much longer to complete the miles with the walking segments thrown in

97.5/100 miles done in April

@_nikkiwolf_ great job on the race, super time and love the shirt. As far as the GPS, it must be drunk

Spent the morning tracking a colleague running the London Marathon. Amazed to see that some of the finishing runners in the 'masses' category finished with times pretty close to the elites. Times i can only look at with awe. And David Weir got his wheelchair win in, having had some bad times recently.

No run for me this weekend, I've been out partying too hard, and it's taken its toll on my head and my urge to run. A mistake i know, but as long as i get plenty of consistent runs in this week i should be back on track for my HM on 7th May.

Today was a very nice day, sunny and 72F. Decided this would be a good day to start rehabbing the hip. Did quarter mile walk/easy jog intervals with very little discomfort. Total of 3.65 miles with 1.25 of that running. Didn't want to do much more than that for my first attempt.

Stretched and foam rolled after the workout, and now I just feel a small bit of stiffness, nothing major. I *will* refrain from any running tomorrow to give it time to recover. Basically I feel like I did a year ago with C25k. Doesn't feel like much of a workout, but it's better than sitting on the couch, right?

Hope everyone had a good weekend.

Run4life375 wrote: »

Today was the first day this year that I ran outside wearing shorts. It's really warming up out there!

Jealous, it's snowing here. And sort of in the vein of this...

How do you all decide what you are going to race in for the summer season when it isn't actually in season? I realized today I should probably figure out what I am wearing for Banff soon so I can know all the trouble/holy-hell-bodyglide-stat! areas in advance and I have no idea -_-

JessicaMcB wrote: »

How do you all decide what you are going to race in for the summer season when it isn't actually in season? I realized today I should probably figure out what I am wearing for Banff soon so I can know all the trouble/holy-hell-bodyglide-stat! areas in advance and I have no idea -_-

I check out what the average weather is for race day and try to find clothing that's appropriate, then wear it on long runs to see if there's any nasty chafage, I won't wear anything I havent worn at least 2-3 times.

Edit: side note: I'm VERY tempted to try out my light weight racing flats on a long run, just to see if they are acceptable for longer than half marathon distance, because I've loved them out to like 9 miles and I "think" they could be good for longer, they are super comfortable, just really light and a lower drop than my normal long run shoes.

1---4.48
3---3.05
5---2.85 walk
9---3.30 walk
11---4.77
14---6.07
16---4.36
18---3.88
19---2.8 Barefoot Walk
20----4.83
22---6.35 beast!
23---2.50 walk

49.24/60

RACES!!!

May 27- XTERRA Rock Dallas Trail Run. 5k.
July 8- XTERRA Jurassic Trail Run, 5K.  Glen Rose,TX
Dec 2- POOP trail run, Hoping for a half! Norman OK.

ctlaws44 wrote: »

@_nikkiwolf_ Congratulations and great running! I love that medal and shirt!!
@MobyCarp You're running in the USATF Masters 10k Championship in a week!!? Man! That's quite a feat 2 weeks after Boston!! I hope your quad feels better.
@MNLittleFinn You're going to end up signing up for the "Death Race" I just know it! LOL!
@RespectTheKitty Glad you're back at it and mixing in some running.
@katharmonic I'd go for it!! Though don't listen to me. I'm one of the dumbest runners on here (Forrest Gump dumb). Follow the advise of Moby, Sto, or WMR.

Here's an honest question for the group. Why do you switch and have so many different shoes? I understand between trail and road but I'm scared to get a different pair cause I like the way my current ones feel and I don't want to induce an injury with a different pair. I've read a couple people on here attribute injuries to shoes.

The USATF Masters 10K Championship won't be an A race. I'll give it what I can, but not expect peak performance. Depending on how a couple of my team mates do, I may or may not be a scoring member for the GVH 60+ mens's team. The chance that I will be is what creates the peer pressure to do the race. My chance of an individual age group podium finish in this one would be nil even if I were in top racing form. The fast guys are going to show up.

Shoes: It's true that I have a lot of pairs of shoes. However, my go-to road shoes are Saucony Kinvaras. I keep 3 pair in rotation, and try not to let them have similar mileage. The idea is that when I get twinges somewhere in my running chain after running in the grey pair but not after running in the white pair or the blue pair, I know it's time to retire the grey pair. The last 2 pair I retired were the last of the Kinvara 5's. I'm now running in Kinvara 6's, and will be until at least 2 more pair are retired. After the next pair is retired, it will be time to go online and look for good deals in Kinvaras. That might be 6's or 7's at that point, and I'll buy the 3 cheapest colors available in my size. Different colors, so I can tell them apart in rotation.

Other than that, I have only one pair of Saucony Peregrines for running. I use them for snowy days, and could use them for trails if I were more into trail running. I retired the last pair of Peregines at 500 miles out of concer for the tread. They are still in service for snow shoveling and lawn mowing, and based on how they feel I might have retired them prematurely.

I also have one pair of cross country shoes, Saucony Kilkennys. I have no idea if the Kilkenny is the best model for me; it was the first one I found in my size when I really needed a pair of cross country shoes. The ability to change out spikes and use half inch spikes in Bend saved my butt from leaving prints in the course.

I am conservative. Because Kinvaras work for me, I don't look for other road shoes. I likely won't be actively looking for other road shoes until Saucony revises the Kinvara in such a way that it doesn't work for me any more. But for now, I find it hard to argue with training for and running Boston in Kinvaras and Peregrines, and retaining all my toenails. The shoe companies could make a case for their other models by providing demos for me to try at various group runs; but they very rarely bring demo shoes in my size.

@MobyCarp Thank you for replying. That's a great idea having a offset rotation of the same shoe in different colors. I might do that and buy some more of the Saucony Guide 10's but I think before I do I might try on the Kinvara's. I've seen and heard a lot of people like them. The Guide 10's feel good now but at first they felt bulky and like "training wheels" for running. Though I'm in the same boat as you. I'm 11.5 4E which on my 5' 9" 160lb frame look like clown feet. So I don't have a lot of options in foot wear.

I'm sure you'll do great in the 10k. you're a smart runner to manage your run with pain.

ctlaws44 wrote: »

@MobyCarp Thank you for replying. That's a great idea having a offset rotation of the same shoe in different colors. I might do that and buy some more of the Saucony Guide 10's but I think before I do I might try on the Kinvara's. I've seen and heard a lot of people like them. The Guide 10's feel good now but at first they felt bulky and like "training wheels" for running. Though I'm in the same boat as you. I'm 11.5 4E which on my 5' 9" 160lb frame look like clown feet. So I don't have a lot of options in foot wear.

I'm sure you'll do great in the 10k. you're a smart runner to manage your run with pain.

As someone who has owned both the Guide 10 and the Kinvara I personally find the Guide to be the superior shoe for my serious overpronation on roads (Nomad TR beats them both on trail for obvious reasons). The Kinvara is very neutral so if you are more than moderately overpronated prepare to potentially roll in hard- I do every.single.day. #thestruggle