May 2017 Running Challenge

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  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
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    cburke8909 wrote: »
    I ran with MapMyFitness! Distance: 13.18mi, time: 01:53:50, pace: 8:38min/mi, speed: 6.95mi/h.
    http://mapmyfitness.com/workout/2220318830
    I have a few weeks until the official half marathon. I think I am ready. I am wondering if a sub 4hr marathon is too ambitious.

    @cburke8909 Wow, that's a great time! That HM time bodes well for a sub-4hr marathon.

    Sent you a friend request.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
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    ereck44 wrote: »
    @Orphia Great pics of nature. The last pic reminds me of an autumn day...maybe because of the orange color of the leaves in the trees. I love this site not only for the running support, and advice, but the great pics that get posted.

    @ereck44 I'm in south-east Australia, so it's Autumn here now.

    Now you'll start to notice I post at very odd hours of your day, and see some strange wildlife on some of my adventures. :smiley:
    ereck44 wrote: »
    Any great books out there to help with the mental aspect of running long races? I know that there is a famous one called "The Inner game of Tennis" which discusses the mental aspect of sports (probably mainly tennis) which was written in the 1970's.

    A friend has recently lent me her copy of "The Non-Runner's Marathon Trainer", and the bits I've honed in on first are to do with exactly that topic.

    From Chapter 2, Part1, "Focusing on the Positive; "...But it doesn't matter."

    "Whenever [...] negative phrases come into your mind or out of your mouth, we want you to add "but it doesn't matter" to the end of the sentence. Why? Because it really DOESN'T matter unless you believe it does. You can, and will, run anyway. And you will be really glad you did when you are finished.

    Keep in mind that we want you to do this with regard to everything in your life, not just running. [...] So we want you thinking "...but it doesn't matter if you happen to slip and think or say something like "My boss is really getting on my nerves today," or "This driver in front of me is a real jerk."

    The general idea here is that if we can develop a view of ourselves that includes the idea that we routinely overcome WHATEVER obstacles we face, we will, in fact, overcome most if not all of them."

    [...] "our students are heard to say, "There are a lot of hills in this run, but it doesn't matter. [...] "The wind is really strong today, but it doesn't matter."


    In Chapter 6, the book has a nice section on "Using self-talk to remain positive". I might write some of that out another day if anyone's interested.

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    TLDR? My motto in life as in running is, "Challenge your thoughts. Don't believe everything you think."

  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
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    May goal: wear sunblock

    5/1: sat on my okole. All. Day. Long.
    5/2: 3.13
    5/3: 6.06
    5/4: 4.08
    5/5 rest
    5/6: 4.15
    5/7 3.56
    5/8 snorkel 3.5 hours
    5/9 4.58
    5/10 3.38
    5/11 rest
    5/12 3.25
    5/13 life
    5/14 6.40
    5/15 4.13
    5/16 3.30
    5/17 3.00
    5/18 rest
    5/19 3.50
    5/20 4.03
    5/21 4.05
    5/22 snorkel 3 hours
    5/23 rest
    5/24 6.29
    5/25 3.20
    5/26 lazy
    5/27 4.20

    Total: 74.29


    Ticker is my goal for 2017 and progress to date:
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    Thank you all for your support!
    @Elise4270 .....maybe an "embrace the suck" tattoo...
    @MobyCarp ...there are not enough superlatives
    @skippygirlsmom ...sorry about your friend. Sometimes we (doctors) suck...
    @juliet3455 That's the way it should be!
    @shanaber I've had the same issue with MMR recently: shows me at sub 8 pace. Ain't no way that's real!
    and a belated thanks to @9voice9 ....

    upcoming races:
    Volcano Rainforest Runs 10k 8/19
    BlockThe Sun Run 5k Oct 14 (https://walk.aimatmelanoma.org/Hilo2017) (physical and virtual options available)
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
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    @MNLittleFinn

    Pace Wristband Creator:

    http://www.runnersworld.com/pace-calculators/pace-wristband-creator

    Plug in your distance and desired time, and it gives you your splits, and you print it out.

    I've used them several times for parkruns and some longer runs, and found them quite handy.

    It might end up being a bit too long to stay on your arm if you use it for a marathon, though. :smile:
  • garygse
    garygse Posts: 896 Member
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    @juliet3455 A tough race, given the temps, but a great time!

    @Orphia Fantastic pics, as per usual!


    I fully intended to go for an easy run in the morning, but the weather forecast is predicting storms, so I decided to get a late night recovery run in instead. Keeping the heart rate down was a little tricky due to the caffeine that I've had today, so it ended up being an extremely easy run.

    01 - 13.50
    02 - 10.58
    03 - 13.49
    04 - 9.80
    05 - 20.14
    08 - 12.99
    09 - 9.77
    10 - 13.42
    11 - 5.69
    12 - 20.28
    15 - 6.01
    16 - 8.04
    18 - 8.31
    19 - 13.41
    22 - 13.44
    23 - 9.16
    24 - 13.45
    25 - 11.57
    26 - 21.08
    27 - 5.61

    Total: 239.74 / 225 miles
  • LesleyRoth
    LesleyRoth Posts: 8 Member
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    Do you have this challenge each month? I've just found this and it sounds great. L
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
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    @LesleyRoth - Yes, there is a similar challenge each month. In a few days, look for @Stoshew71 to post a link to the June challenge. You can find links to past challenges here.
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
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    Orphia wrote: »
    @HonuNui

    I've registered and created a team.

    Our team page:

    https://walk.aimatmelanoma.org/Hilo2017/mfpmonthlyrunningchallenge

    Hopefully that works and people can sign up and join the team from that link.

    If not, when registering, you have the option to join a team during registration.

    The team is called "MFP Monthly Running Challenge".

    (You can choose either the virtual or physical run when registering too.)
    Thank you for setting it up @Orphia! I was able to join easily with that link. Did you create the logo too? That is a great touch! I'm not sure I would have thought to make a logo. :blush:
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    edited May 2017
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    LesleyRoth wrote: »
    Do you have this challenge each month? I've just found this and it sounds great. L
    Yes, each and every month. I suspect @Stoshew71 will be creating the June thread by the middle of next week, so keep an eye out for that as well as this one.

    ETA - Looks like @MobyCarp already said this! That guy is FAST!!!
  • BettyM1017
    BettyM1017 Posts: 616 Member
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    WhatMeRunning wrote: »
    LesleyRoth wrote: »
    Do you have this challenge each month? I've just found this and it sounds great. L
    Yes, each and every month. I suspect @Stoshew71 will be creating the June thread by the middle of next week, so keep an eye out for that as well as this one.

    ETA - Looks like @MobyCarp already said this! That guy is FAST!!!

    Cool! I just found this thread, too! Y'all are very inspiring! I have a long way to go, but I love the accountability of a group like this. I look forward to joining in June!
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
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    A nice, easy 4 miles today with no HR data. I wore an HRM, my older Garmin HRM Run which was having trouble syncing up with my watch a month or two ago. I ordered a new one but have been switching back and forth between them to see if my old one continued to have problems. It has been working acceptably until today. So it is definitely flaky in a very intermittent way. I'll probably just save it as a backup to fill in if the new one ever starts having issues.

    The run was OK. I am pretty sure I kept my efforts right where my HRM would have been set anyway. The pace was OK. I was stiff at first because yesterday's hot long run hit me harder than usual, but I felt good later on.

    Tomorrow is speedwork!

    5/1 - 8 miles
    5/2 - 4 miles
    5/3 - 8 miles
    5/4 - 4 miles
    5/5 - rest
    5/6 - 9 miles
    5/7 - 4 miles
    5/8 - 6 miles
    5/9 - 4 miles
    5/10 - 6 miles
    5/11 - rest
    5/12 - more rest
    5/13 - 13 miles (plus 0.1)
    5/14 - 4 miles
    5/15 - 8 miles
    5/16 - 4 miles
    5/17 - 8 miles
    5/18 - 4 miles
    5/19 - rest
    5/20 - 13.5 miles
    5/21 - 4 miles
    5/22 - 8 miles
    5/23 - 4 miles
    5/24 - 8 miles
    5/25 - 4 miles
    5/26 - rest
    5/27 - 13.5 miles
    5/28 - 4 miles

    153 of 180 miles completed


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  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    @WhatMeRunning You be been doing awesome!
  • carolineb81
    carolineb81 Posts: 459 Member
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    2/5 - 3.2
    4/5 - 3.2
    6/5 - 3.3
    7/5-3.3
    8/5 - 3.3
    9/5 - 3.2
    11/5 - 4.0
    13/5 - 4.0
    15/5 - 4.0
    16/5 - 4.0
    17/5-3.0
    18/5 - 5.5
    19/5-REST
    20/5 - 5.7
    21/5-3.5
    22/5 - 5.4
    23/5-3.3
    24/5-3.6
    25/5-5.4
    26/5 - REST
    27/5-3.6
    28/5-4.4

    Total - 77.9/80 miles
  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
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    5/1= 3 mile run + 1 hour kettlebell workout
    5/2 = rest day
    5/3 = 6 mile run
    5/4 = 6 mile run
    5/5 = forced rest day due to work schedule :(
    5/6 = 7.5 miles
    5/7 = 11 miles
    5/8 = 5.5 miles & strength training
    5/9 = Vinyasa yoga class
    5/10 = 6 miles
    5/11 = 6.5 miles & strength training
    5/12 = 7 miles
    5/13 = vinyasa yoga class
    5/14 = 10 miles
    5/15 = 5.5 miles & strength training
    5/16 = Vinyasa yoga class & 6 miles
    5/17 = Rest Day
    5/18 = 8.5 miles
    5/19 = 5.5 miles & kettlebell class
    5/20 = Hatha yoga class
    5/21 = 12 miles
    5/22 = 5 miles & strength training
    5/23 = vinyasa yoga class
    5/24 = 9.5 miles
    5/25 = 5.5 miles & strength training
    5/26 = 5 miles
    5/27 = REST
    5/28 = 13 miles (walk/run)

    So I totally nailed yesterday's goal of staying in my PJs all day. I even ordered groceries to be delivered via Instacart so I would not have to put on real pants. :)

    Did a 13 mile walk/run with the Sunday running group. So hot, so humid outside. I hate Texas & summer. Only 2 out of 8 of us went the whole distance. I was feeling very crispy and dehydrated by the end. I need to start bringing more water with me on runs.

    May Goal 144/125 miles
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    @orphia thanks for setting us up! Skip and I are on the team and Facebook friends told about the opportunity to donate.
  • Freck135
    Freck135 Posts: 50 Member
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    I'm in for May!
    Goal: 50 miles
    5/1-2.5
    5/3-6.0
    5/6-6.0
    5/10-4.5
    5/11-5.0
    5/12-4.0
    5/17-5.0
    5/18-4.0
    5/19-1.5
    5/21-6.0
    5/27-5.0
    5/28-4.0
    Total: 53.5 miles

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