June 2017 Running Challenge
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Beautiful morning run in Newfoundland, CAN today. Was a relaxing, slow run but nice to be done before the work day starts.
Any advice on strength training while running?? Running is a part of an overall fitness plan for me.
I won't be winning any races or anything like that! Purely recreational. I really enjoy strength training. Sometimes find it tough to balance that with getting in the kms.
Sometimes during my runs I throw in Burpee's, mountain climbers or some other (planks) to activate the core and upper body. This has helped me control my pace too. I typically do the intervals every 8 min. Hope this helps.
@ctlaws44 Burpees mid-run?? You are tough! Sounds like a great workout! One day I hope I am brave enough to give that a try!! Thanks
@sktobin Far from it lol! I go really slow when I do these and it takes me FOREVER to do them especially at the end. I have to take breather breaks. I know people sometimes drive by and say "what's this fool sweating so much for? He's just standing there!"
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Thank you @MNLittleFinn and @MobyCarp for the encouragement. Coming from you two it means a lot!
@MNLittleFinn If it were me, I'd run laps at my own pace. I know that may be a little annoying to other runners but I normally get a minor injury when I try to run too slow which a 12:00 min mile is definitely that for you. You're going to do great in your marathon. I look forward to the race report!!
Hope everyone has a blessed mid week day!1 -
Unscheduled rest day today. Celebrated high school graduation with my fellow teachers last night and decided that I needed more sleep this morning. Wondering if I should readjust my long run this weekend. I was ambitious and made a 19mile route. I know I can do the distance and part of me wants to make-up missing today. I think the main motivation is the impatience to check off running a distance this long.4
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Date Miles MTD ------ ----- ------- Jun 04 5.0 5.0 Jun 05 3.6 8.6 Jun 07 3.7 12.3
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BruinsGal_91 wrote: »I'm in the 'green' wave tomorrow, which I'm assuming is the second wave. I run the Tuft's 10k every year and that can be a bit of a pain at the start because there are always people who have no idea how to self-seed and I end up getting stuck behind people walking five-abreast.
Good luck! Yes, green was second wave but in our case it just didn't matter because it all became a log jam. Hopefully they have things a little better controlled for you in Boston. The rain really contributed to the mess because we couldn't hear the announcements well and no one wanted to leave the tents to line up before we had to. Agree, @MobyCarp about the challenge of having to corral people who never run races and don't care about racing.
Today, of course, is a gorgeous day. If only the race had been 1 day later
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@kathamonic I hate when people don't have the consideration to start where they should. I know I'm not a fast runner so I tend to go mid pack, but without fail people will start the race walking. Hello you should be in the back back. Get job on the PR in spite of it all.
Took a rest day yesterday and didn't run this morning, which broke my heart since it was in the 50s. Skip and I are running a 5K tonight with Fleet Feet and I didn't sleep well so I decided the extra hour was needed. They are going to post stats after the race that show you were you placed against everyone in the country that did the race. I told Skip to run the race, but she wants to run with me. She said I know my time on that course so I can figure out where roughly I'd be. Her Achilles started to talk to her during hill repeats yesterday so her coach said she would prefer she runs with me then to run for time. We have never run a race together.5 -
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@Elise4270 -Wow, what an inspiring article! It reminded me to share this story with you all (maybe I already have, I can't remember due to old age and all, but it still would have been a while ago, so I am sure there are fresh members who will appreciate it). Last year at the Columbus half marathon, I was targeting a PR and racing at a pretty good pace. I was starting to feel it around mile 11, when I was suddenly passed by a much older woman. She was kind of hobbled over, but racing a long at a pretty good clip (I was running around 7:40 and she was passing me). I mentioned it to my husband after the race and he said that he saw her and that she passed by him (he was standing around mile 12.5) ahead of me. I was pretty in awe of her, so I looked up the results for the older females. Top finisher in F65-69 was 67 years old and finished with a time of 1:38:20! It had to have been her because nobody else in the 60+ range was anywhere even close (she actually finished second in her age group for male and female, behind a 65 yo male). Also impressive (and humbling) is that she finished about a minute and a half ahead of me, which means that she made up that much time in the final 2 miles of the race! Wow! I am going to bet that she is at the Senior Olympics!!
@katharmonic - Congrats on a great race! Super impressive that you took that much time off from last year!
@midwesterner85 - Are you following a published training plan? It sounds super advanced for a first half!5 -
June goal= 80 miles
Todays run=4 miles
Total= 16 miles
It's windy out there today, why does it always seem to be a head wind when you are on the way up hills?3 -
As much as I enjoy running in the rain, today's deluge is keeping me indoors cleaning the house instead. Sigh. Today is a long run day, which means I need about a 2-hour break in the storm. Thankfully, I don't work today. Pray that I'll be able to get out at some point! Although, from the looks of things, I'd be better off kayaking or paddleboarding down the street instead!3
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Hi, I am new and in! Haven't run since my injury in 2014. My problem is consistency. I see amazing distances, but I am training with some other gals who never been into running. My mileage for this month will be 25 1/2 mile. Normally I would think in km, but my long goals is 8 miles in september so for that I now think in miles. In km it is something of 41 km. Wish me luck!10
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Today was a mixed bag.
I was so excited to get out and run today because it was only 59° outside! Humidity was 86% but it was ONLY 59°!!!
My planned workout was 9 miles of the worst hills I can plan with 4 of those miles at tempo effort. I've been running these particular hills somewhat regularly and always hoped I could do them as part of regular runs. I've been there now for a few weeks. This makes me happy to have achieved this.
The first mile sucked. The second mile sucked even more. I found myself struggling to push up the hills and I was feeling more tired already than my HR was reporting. WTF?? This was very unexpected and I couldn't come up with a good reason for it on those first two miles...unless I just needed a break...
But I was not going to skip a workout today. No way!
It was not just mental. I was tired on the hills. My legs were petering out early in my assigned easy effort HR ranges physically. It was real.
So I cut over on one street to head to the local high school track. I figured maybe a break from the hills would help. Plus I could do some honest intervals, which I was unable to do Monday due to those very hills. Attempting 400m or 800m intervals on those hills is still a bit beyond me, but I try, which usually means running the downhills at below desired effort and partway uphill until I can't run further and walking the rest of the way up.
I had just barely got onto the track when my Garmin chirped that my 2.5 mile warmup was over and 4 miles at tempo effort should begin. Well, that was changing!
I decided that if my endurance was kaput I would go for short sprint intervals. I decided on attempting eight 100m intervals with a 100m walk in between. That plus the 2.5 miles to the track and back home would yield around a nice, even 6 miles.
The first 100m interval was slow, somewhat on purpose. On one hand it was a warmup at higher speed, on the other some part of my brain was stuck in endurance mode and trying to ensure I reserved a bit to last the distance. It only takes one 100m dash to realize there is no point in reserving anything, it's too short, just put it all out there. I don't know my time because I hit "run" on my Garmin instead of "lap" and restarted my run by hitting it again when I finished that interval.
My second interval went better except for using my Garmin again. That time when I hit "lap" my run stopped because my programmed workout ended after that last "lap". Boy, was I unprepared for my watch today!!
The next 6 intervals went very well. I was running as fast as I could, right to that point I felt a mistep or pushing harder would mean disaster. I just focused on form, pushing as fast as I could, and starting/stopping the run and my Garmin at the start and stop lines. On the back side of the track I used the 200m and 300m lines as start and finish.
The last 3 intervals required some grit to not slow down those last few strides. I also had to really focus on my form and had a step or two drifting slightly towards the line on those last ones. I also found my recovery took the entire walk on those last two intervals. So I decided to stop at those 8 intervals, despite how I now felt.
I wanted to do more, like really, really, really wanted to do more. It was a huge change from how I felt when I arrived at the track.
I was getting conistent 26 second laps on all of those final six 100m intervals. Looking at Garmin my fastest pace was 6:39 on my 5th sprint. That's quite slow, but I'm not sure I've seen that pace in anything I've done before. It makes me want to try and get to a six minute mile, over an actual mile. That may be a lot to ask at my age though.
A young girl who was warming up out there, possibly from that school, went out of her way as I was jogging out to tell me I did a great job. I'm sure she was just being nice but it really made me feel even better.
The 2.5 mile run home felt 100% better than the run out to the track.
So instead if 9 miles I only did six. But I feel like I accomplished more somehow.
Strange day today.
6/1 - rest
6/2 - 3.1 miles
6/3 - 13.1 miles
6/4 - 4.5 miles
6/5 - 9 miles
6/6 - 4.5 miles
6/7 - 6 miles
40.2 of 170 miles completed
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I'm in for the first time!
June Running goal: 35 miles!
1 mile down. Starting slow but trying to train for a 5k! Looking forward to the extra motivation.15 -
6/1 = Gym day; 3 miles on the treadmill and 40 minutes of strength training
6/2 = 6 miles
6/3 = 6 miles & strength training
6/4 = 13.9 miles (run/walk)
6/5 = 8.1 miles & strength training
6/6 = rest day
6/7 = 8 miles (with 6 - 5 minute speed intervals)
Happy Global Running Day everyone! Eight miles this morning with speed intervals. It has been a while since I have done any kind of speed work. *kitten* Kicked
(June miles to date) 45/150 (June goal miles)
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@katharmonic @skippygirlsmom - Actually, with the Corporate Challenge it's not just non-runners that line up wrong. The last 2 times I ran it (2012 and 2013), I gave them an estimated time of 24 minutes. That was the slowest estimate that would get me into Wave 1, and I finished within a few seconds of my estimate both times. I also finished well ahead of median in the first wave both times.
Either people thought it was a 5K and gave their 5K times, or there were a lot of liars.
Doesn't matter for me now; as a retired guy, I'll see the Corporate Challenge in Rochester this year from working a volunteer shift at the finish chute.6 -
Today was a 12 min speed test for 10k training plan in Endomondo, then I ran out the remainder of 4.25 miles to get back to the car.
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Nothing really to report, other than a planned easy-paced run. Nice.
01 - 11.39
02 - 21.12
05 - 13.44
06 - 10.73
07 - 13.43
Total: 70.10 / 225 miles7 -
Date Miles today - Miles for June
6/1 10.5 miles - 10.5
6/2 7.5 miles - 18
6/3 14 miles - 32
6/4 REST DAY
6/5 8 miles - 40
6/6 10 miles - 50
6/7 5.4 miles - 54.4
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 Festival Marathon - 4/29 << 4:09:59
Upcoming races:
None so far
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C25K
6/1 W1D3 1.83 mi
6/3 W2D1 2.08 mi
6/5 W2D2 2.11 mi
6/7 W2D3 2.13 mi
Total 8.15 mi
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So after I got home, I kicked my shoes off and noticed something unusual...
Is that a screw?! I went and got a screwdriver, the only time I can ever recall having to use a screwdriver on shoes, and backed it out. I'm very glad this wasn't 1/4" or 1/2" longer! I looked inside and it did not go all the way through. Whew!
There is some new construction and some renovations on 2 of the roads I run down. Guess the guys got sloppy and dropped at least one screw on the sidewalk. I'll be on the lookout from now on!11 -
June Goal: 95 miles
6/01 0
6/02 5.0 - 9:09 m/m 153 HR
6/03 4.0 - 8:47 m/m 156 HR
6/04 5.0 - 8:56 m/m 154 HR
6/05 0.0
6/06 5.0 - 3 miles of .5 mi intervals with a 2 mi easy jog cool down - 8:42 m/m 139 HR (pace is intervals only, HR includes wu/cd)
6/07 3.0 - 8:05 m/m 154 HR (Garmin battery died - 2.65m @ 7:57 m/m pace)
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So after I got home, I kicked my shoes off and noticed something unusual...
Is that a screw?! I went and got a screwdriver, the only time I can ever recall having to use a screwdriver on shoes, and backed it out. I'm very glad this wasn't 1/4" or 1/2" longer! I looked inside and it did not go all the way through. Whew!
There is some new construction and some renovations on 2 of the roads I run down. Guess the guys got sloppy and dropped at least one screw on the sidewalk. I'll be on the lookout from now on!
Yikes, scary! Glad it wasn't any longer!0 -
@baskins929 That is scary! I stepped on a mesquite thorn a couple of weeks ago (not in my running shoes) and it went thru my shoe and into my foot. Which sucked because mesquite thorns are quite painful. So I have been really vigilant lately about where I step, but I can't imagine a screw going into your shoe like that. You are really lucky that it wasn't longer.0
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@Bakins929 - Impressive! You have very eloquently presented the argument that convinces me not to try to become a barefoot runner.7
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@Bakins929 - Impressive! You have very eloquently presented the argument that convinces me not to try to become a barefoot runner.
So. Much. This.1 -
@Bakins929 - Impressive! You have very eloquently presented the argument that convinces me not to try to become a barefoot runner.
ah, but if you were a barefoot runner your proprioception would prevent you from putting your full weight onto that screw. 8 -
@lporter229 Love the story! Just another example why not to give up! Even if it's HARD! HAHA! I'm gonna be a fast old lady one day!2
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So far so good.
June Running Challenge
Goal: 100 km 4 time/week
Ran: 22/100 km |Week 1:5/4 time
7/6/17 Run 4.4 km + Walk 6km (22)
6/6/17 Run 3 km + Walk 7 km+SL
5/6/17 Run 7 km+ walk 2 km
4/6/17 Run 1 km+walk 5 km+SL
3/6/17 Walk 5 km
2/6/17 Walk 7 km
1/6/17 Run 6.6 km + SL+walk 5 km
SL: Strong Lift.1 -
June 7 run - 4.7 miles
June total - 21.6/100
Happy global running day! I was too tired to do two loops around the park, so I did one and a half. Bowling last night had me out late, but I HAD to run today out of principle.5 -
Beautiful morning run in Newfoundland, CAN today. Was a relaxing, slow run but nice to be done before the work day starts.
Any advice on strength training while running?? Running is a part of an overall fitness plan for me.
I won't be winning any races or anything like that! Purely recreational. I really enjoy strength training. Sometimes find it tough to balance that with getting in the kms.
Sometimes during my runs I throw in Burpee's, mountain climbers or some other (planks) to activate the core and upper body. This has helped me control my pace too. I typically do the intervals every 8 min. Hope this helps.
@ctlaws44 Burpees mid-run?? You are tough! Sounds like a great workout! One day I hope I am brave enough to give that a try!! Thanks
@sktobin Far from it lol! I go really slow when I do these and it takes me FOREVER to do them especially at the end. I have to take breather breaks. I know people sometimes drive by and say "what's this fool sweating so much for? He's just standing there!"
Haha! I'm really going to try and toss a few in some time. Great stuff1
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