July 2017 Running Challenge

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  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    @RespectTheKitty - I have read that as runners tire that they tend to pick up there feet less, and that makes them more liable to tripping. Something to think about I guess. I typically think about stuff like that after I trip over empty and am trying to find a good excuse for the new knee scar :)
    That was me yesterday, tripped for the first time ever on a run.

    Not exactly tripping on bare ground, but this excellent and inspiring trail runner I stalk follow won Western States 100 last year and this year did not even end in the top 10 - in part because she banged her knee on a fallen tree.
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
    @RespectTheKitty I find that when I stumble or do a full Face Plant Trip it is usually a little tiny root or rock just barely above the ground, or sometime just empty air on the trail. Never seem to get hung up the one's that are 4-10 inchs high as we tend to really pay attention to them.

    @MNLittleFinn Well done on surviving your First Mini Ultra Marathon trail adventure. Addicted ??
    If you ever want a really big challenge try goldenultra.com/the-running/
  • JessicaMcB
    JessicaMcB Posts: 1,503 Member
    @juliet3455 have you run Golden before? I am trying to plan my season better in 2018- 1 half, 1 full, 1 ultra, so that my training is less ADD. I know my full will be Red Deer again, it's hilly af but it's fun. The half I have people trying to convince me to run Mountain Madness. For the full I go back and forth between Golden (which distance wise isn't really different from Whistler) or Fat Dog (because overly ambitious Jessica is overly ambitious). Any insights from your Western Canadian racing experience would make my day!
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
    @JessicaMcB; No I haven't run the Golden Ultra. We do have 1-2 ladies who are looking at it. They tend to be our local Ultra Hounds. Dianne did a 50 km training run yesterday and 12 k today.
    We have way to many great events available to us. My next is Emperors Challenge in Tumbler Ridge, Followed by Peace River Sprint Tri-Athlon, then 2 GP events, Roots and Ruts and Don't Get Lost in the Woods. I have been more of a HM Trail Hound than the Ultra's. Although I have 2 people asking me to join a team for a Yukon Ultra next year.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    BruinsGal_91 wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    Not sure if I loved or hated it....must have been a trail marathon

    The point is, you did it!! It's awesome and it's over - yay @MNLittleFinn !!!

    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    cburke8909 wrote: »
    @PastorVincent and @Orphia looking at training suggestions for marathons. They suggest on early training runs to run long runs fasted, no fuel regardless of time. This will cause you to go into glycogen depletion and your body will be forced to burn fat. On long runs within 3-4 weeks of your race run fueled which will teach your body to accept and process fuel while running. Getting the combination right is extremely difficult, that's why even Stan and Moby will tell you they are still figuring it out. The one thing most will agree on is that this fuel burning element is a key component to a good marathon.

    Well said, @cburke8909

    I should try some longer runs with out fuel, but I do not eat nearly enough to tip the balance. I mean If I eat 100ish calories an hour, but am burning more like 400-500 an hour (6.5mph pace), then I am still cutting through the glycogen and have to be into fat.

    Yep, that makes sense, @PastorVincent

    Today I did my longest run ever! 32 km. :smile: (20 miles)

    Managed an average pace of 7 minutes per km. (11:16 per mile), total run time 3:41:15

    Had a total of 3 gels which were about 400 kj each, so 100 calories thereabouts each. So that works out I was using fat and felt fine.

    Feel so happy! Yippee!!!

    And this is why we we have an 'awesome' button. Fantastic job!

    I'm just relaxing for a few minutes before heading out for my 5k race. Was at a concert last night (Violent Femmes and Echo and the Bunnymen), which meant there was beer, pizza and a past midnight bedtime. So probably not the best pre-race preparation. Don't think I'll be getting a new PR, but I had a lot of fun.

    @BruinsGal_91 Violent Femmes and E&TB?! Awesome'd right back!!!
  • dkabambe
    dkabambe Posts: 544 Member
    Intention was 6.3k easy today and set out that way. After about 2k I decided to pick it up to a steady pace, (i.e. somewhere between HM and Full pace). Misjudged route so went a little long, but worked out well in that ended up approximately as 2k warm up, 5k steady, 1k warm down.

    During the run all was fine but after stopping could feel tightness in my left shin where I've been having my recent problems. Stretched it out and seems fine now but still wary.

    p.s. Thanks all for condolences on my DNS!

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    1-July: 11.51km - easy 6.5k; HM pace last 5k
    2-July: 19.26km - easy(-ish)
    3-July: 12.84km - MP-easy
    5-July: 6.51km - Very easy
    -INJURY-
    13-July: 5.61km - easy
    13-July: 5.00km - easy
    14-July: 3.64km - easy
    14-July: 3.12km - easy
    17-July: 7.84km - w/u + 5k steady + c/d

    Upcoming Races:
    9-July: Southend HM (DNS: Injury)
    ?? 22-Oct: Chelmsford Marathon ?? [Undecided]
  • kimlight2
    kimlight2 Posts: 483 Member
    Date Strava Garmin Strava Garmin
    Total Total
    7/2 4.0 Mi ? 4.0 Mi 4.0 Mi
    7/4 3.4 Mi 3.4 Mi 7.4 Mi 7.4 Mi
    7/6 3.7 Mi 2.9 Mi 11.1Mi 10.3 Mi
    7/8 3.8 Mi 3.4 Mi 14.9Mi 13.7 Mi
    7/11 3.1 Mi 3.5 Mi 18.0Mi 17.2 Mi
    7/13 3.7 Mi 3.1 Mi 21.7Mi 20.3 Mi
    7/15 4.0 Mi 3.4 Mi 25.7Mi 23.7 Mi
    7/16 2.2 Mi 2.0 Mi 27.9Mi 25.7 Mi

    I am not sure what is going on with my Strava, the GPS is all over the place so I am tracking both and I will go with the lower of the 2 numbers. I think, barring accident or injury, I will hit my 40 mile goal and may even come closer to 50 miles this month. I am disappointed that what I thought were almost 4 mile runs weren't. Oh well, I will try again this week.

    2017 Races :
    4/29/2017 Pro Football Hall of Fame 5k - Done
    6/10/17 Run and Ride Cedar Point 5K (maybe) - Done
    7/30/17 Home Run 4 miler (maybe)
    8/6/17 Hofbrauhaus 5k (maybe, not in a really good neighborhood)
    9/9/17 Kick off 5k (race 2 of series)
    11/19/17 Halftime 10K (race 3 of series)
    2/4/18 Championship 5 miler (race 4 of series)
    4/29/18 Akron Half Marathon (Can sign up for $26.50 by 8/1 without getting a shirt for full or half)

  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    I think I have a calf strain..... great, just great..... didn't hurt after the race on Saturday, but started yesterday and still hurts today. Left calf, the muscle that had the most severe cramping
  • vandinem
    vandinem Posts: 550 Member 
    Date      Miles      MTD
-------   -----    -------
July  1     4.0        4.0 
July  3     3.7        7.7 
July  7     3.7       11.4
July  8     5.1       16.5
July  9     3.7       20.2
July 11     3.7       23.9
July 15     5.1       29.0
July 17     5.0       34.0
  • cameronheel
    cameronheel Posts: 191 Member
    @carolineb81 Congrats on your first race. And that is a great time. It is great you met your goal.
  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
    7/1 - 7 miles. Beautiful morning to run!
    7/2 - Rest day.
    7/3 - 5 miles. Kinda sloggish.
    7/4 - 5 miles. Humid.
    7/5 - Nothing so far, we'll see. Fireworks hangover, slept in.
    7/6 - 5 miles. Crazy humidity level...so sticky.
    7/7 - 4 miles.
    7/8 - 7.2 miles.
    7/9 - Rest day.
    7/10 - 5 very sweaty miles.
    7/11 - Unplanned rest day. Hammies were not in good shape. Painful even.
    7/12 - 4 treadmill miles, then quick upper body weights.
    7/13 - 5 miles.
    7/14 - 5 miles.
    7/15 - Sick day...ick.
    7/16 - 7 miles.
    7/17 - 5 miles.

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  • mustb60
    mustb60 Posts: 1,090 Member
    July Running Challenge
    Goal: 100 km
    Ran: 52/100

    17/7/17 Run 8 km (52)
    15/7/17 Run 7 km (44)
    14/7/17 Rest Day Walk 7 km
    13/7/17 Run 8 km walk 5 km (37)
    12/7/17 Run 7 km walk 5 km
    11/7/17 Run 8 km Walk 6 km (21)
    10/7/17 Walk 5 km
    9/7/17 Run 7 km (14)
    8/7/17 walk 2km
    7/7/17 Walk 4 km
    6/7/17 (Sick)Rest day
    5/7/17 Run 7 km + Yoga
    4/7/17 SL+ Walk 15 km
    3/7/17 Walk 7 km
    1/7/17 walk 8 km

    SL : Strong lift
  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
    katharmonic wrote: »
    Tomorrow starts 8 days of travel. I have 3 straight days of flights as I go for a quick work trip to NYC and then immediately for a trip out to the midwest to see the family. Forecast for Iowa looks pretty brutal (as I know @karllundy can attest, seems like it's been a really hot summer there). I'll have to get up early and find as many shaded trails as I can. Where my mom lives is a new development and is sorely lacking in shade.

    Yep. I run at ~4:45 a.m. and it's been ~75° and humid more mornings than not the last few weeks. More of the same this week. Be safe! Have a great trip!

  • cburke8909
    cburke8909 Posts: 990 Member

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  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    karllundy wrote: »
    katharmonic wrote: »
    Tomorrow starts 8 days of travel. I have 3 straight days of flights as I go for a quick work trip to NYC and then immediately for a trip out to the midwest to see the family. Forecast for Iowa looks pretty brutal (as I know @karllundy can attest, seems like it's been a really hot summer there). I'll have to get up early and find as many shaded trails as I can. Where my mom lives is a new development and is sorely lacking in shade.

    Yep. I run at ~4:45 a.m. and it's been ~75° and humid more mornings than not the last few weeks. More of the same this week. Be safe! Have a great trip!

    I've been trying to get more runs in early a.m. for this same reason. But I'm not a morning person at all, so it's been a struggle. Yesterday (weekend, of course), I started at 7am and it was pretty good at first until it warmed up.

    I keep telling myself that I need to stop using the heat as an excuse for having such a slow pace recently, but then I'm reminded at times like yesterday that the heat really truly makes a difference.
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    midwesterner85 wrote: »
    karllundy wrote: »
    katharmonic wrote: »
    Tomorrow starts 8 days of travel. I have 3 straight days of flights as I go for a quick work trip to NYC and then immediately for a trip out to the midwest to see the family. Forecast for Iowa looks pretty brutal (as I know @karllundy can attest, seems like it's been a really hot summer there). I'll have to get up early and find as many shaded trails as I can. Where my mom lives is a new development and is sorely lacking in shade.

    Yep. I run at ~4:45 a.m. and it's been ~75° and humid more mornings than not the last few weeks. More of the same this week. Be safe! Have a great trip!

    I've been trying to get more runs in early a.m. for this same reason. But I'm not a morning person at all, so it's been a struggle. Yesterday (weekend, of course), I started at 7am and it was pretty good at first until it warmed up.

    I keep telling myself that I need to stop using the heat as an excuse for having such a slow pace recently, but then I'm reminded at times like yesterday that the heat really truly makes a difference.

    Yeah, I'm not a morning person either. Especially when on vacation! Not sure I'll be able to get out early enough to beat the heat too much. But we'll see! The heat really does make a difference, but as our coach is always telling us, then when it cools down in the fall it will feel so easy!
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    katharmonic wrote: »
    midwesterner85 wrote: »
    karllundy wrote: »
    katharmonic wrote: »
    Tomorrow starts 8 days of travel. I have 3 straight days of flights as I go for a quick work trip to NYC and then immediately for a trip out to the midwest to see the family. Forecast for Iowa looks pretty brutal (as I know @karllundy can attest, seems like it's been a really hot summer there). I'll have to get up early and find as many shaded trails as I can. Where my mom lives is a new development and is sorely lacking in shade.

    Yep. I run at ~4:45 a.m. and it's been ~75° and humid more mornings than not the last few weeks. More of the same this week. Be safe! Have a great trip!

    I've been trying to get more runs in early a.m. for this same reason. But I'm not a morning person at all, so it's been a struggle. Yesterday (weekend, of course), I started at 7am and it was pretty good at first until it warmed up.

    I keep telling myself that I need to stop using the heat as an excuse for having such a slow pace recently, but then I'm reminded at times like yesterday that the heat really truly makes a difference.

    Yeah, I'm not a morning person either. Especially when on vacation! Not sure I'll be able to get out early enough to beat the heat too much. But we'll see! The heat really does make a difference, but as our coach is always telling us, then when it cools down in the fall it will feel so easy!

    Oh yes... I'm so looking forward to the fall when it is cool!
  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
    edited July 2017
    karllundy wrote: »
    katharmonic wrote: »
    Tomorrow starts 8 days of travel. I have 3 straight days of flights as I go for a quick work trip to NYC and then immediately for a trip out to the midwest to see the family. Forecast for Iowa looks pretty brutal (as I know @karllundy can attest, seems like it's been a really hot summer there). I'll have to get up early and find as many shaded trails as I can. Where my mom lives is a new development and is sorely lacking in shade.

    Yep. I run at ~4:45 a.m. and it's been ~75° and humid more mornings than not the last few weeks. More of the same this week. Be safe! Have a great trip!

    Ditto. I have to be out the door by 5am. The heat gets unbearable in Central Texas once the sun comes up. I am not looking forward to 104 next Monday....

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  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
    7/1 = gym day: 1 hour strength training
    7/2 = 13 miles with running group (run/walk)
    7/3 = 7.5 miles & 30 minutes strength training
    7/4 = Vinyasa yoga class & 4 miles hiking with hubby and pups
    7/5 = 7.5 miles (6 - 5 minutes speed intervals)
    7/6 = 5.5 miles
    7/7 = 3 miles (track workout: 2 laps warm up, x8 300m sprints, x8 100m recovery walk, 2 laps cool down) & gym Kettlebell workout
    7/8 = 5.5 miles
    7/9 = 13 miles
    7/10 = 7 miles & 45 minutes strength training
    7/11 = Vinyasa yoga class
    7/12 = 8 miles (6 - 6 minutes speed intervals)
    7/13 = 4.5 miles
    7/14 = 3.5 miles (track workout 400m sprints with 100m recovery) & 45 minutes strength training
    7/15 = 5.5 miles
    7/16 = 13.5 miles
    7/17 = 7 miles & 45 minutes of strength training

    Nothing much to report. Just 7 hot, humid and early slow miles on the regular running route.

    (July miles to date) 106/170 (July goal miles)

    Upcoming 2017 Races:
    8/12 = Verns No Frills 100 Anniversary 5K Race
    10/28 = Hill Country Halloween Half Marathon
    11/23 = Georgetown Turkey Trot
    12/10 = BCS Half Marathon
  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »

    Upside- I'm ordering a size smaller in work pants today :relieved:

    Congrats on the smaller size! That is such a great feeling. :)

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