August 2017 Running Challenge

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  • Irontri7
    Irontri7 Posts: 143 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »

    I'm going to ask for further clarification on just where in the heal since several things come to mind.

    @MNLittleFinn You are just amazing!

    @Elise4270 it's on the bottom of my foot. Specifically right where the heel meets mid foot/arch.
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    August Running Totals (miles)
    8/1 – 9.06 warm up + speed work
    8/2 – unplanned rest day

    August total to date – 9.06

    Nominal challenge goal: 260 miles

    Real goals: Stay healthy. Train well toward the Rochester Marathon. Win my age group at Pound the Ground 10K on August 9. Run a respectable sub-20 5K at Bergen on August 12. Run the USATF Masters Mile (road) in under 6 minutes on August 25.

    Today's notes – The original plan for today was 6.5 miles. I could have got them either with the group run this evening, or by doing a course preview then running the first 5K in the Innovative Edge Cross Country series this evening. But I got up this morning, and that pesky right Achilles niggle was just ever so slightly worse than it was yesterday morning.

    True, I ran Yassos yesterday evening. But still . . . I'm thinking it's time to back off a bit. The problem is that I have a stack of races coming up, all of which are at least moderately important. So, I took today as a rest day. In the grand scheme of things, being 6.5 miles short of target this week won't matter for my marathon. Running 6.5 miles and turning a niggle into an injury would matter a lot.

    So this evening I went to Cobb's Hill Park where the Innovative Edge XC is held, and asked what needed doing that didn't need any particular skill. Ended up being a course marshall and picking up some of the flags from the course when the runners had all past that section. As a plus, I wasn't running in the heat and humidity, and by the time I got done it had cooled off quite a bit.

    I'll see how tomorrow goes. If the niggle is still bad, I'll want to do most of my running on soft trails. If one rest day has magically improved it to where it was before Karknocker 5K, I'll want to run roads with hills.

    2017 races:
    January 1, 2017 Freezeroo #2 (Resolution Run 7.5 mile) (Mendon, NY) Finished in 50:45
    January 7, 2017 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY) Finished in 1:32:40
    January 14, 2017 Freezeroo #3 (Pineway Ponds Park 5 mile) (Spencerport, NY) Finished in 33:42
    January 28, 2017 Freezeroo #4 (Hearnish 5 mile) (Victor, NY) short course, finished 4.88 miles in 32:50
    February 4, 2017 USATF Cross Country National Championship Masters 8K (Bend, OR) Finished in 35:39, team won the 60+ Men's cross country championship
    February 11, 2017 Freezeroo #5 (Valentines Run "In Memory of Tom Brannon" 8 Mile) (Greece, NY) sat out due to training schedule
    February 25, 2017 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY) short course, finished 4.34 miles in 27:51
    March 11, 2017 Johnny's Runnin' of the Green 5 mile (Rochester, NY) finished in 33:25
    March 18, 2017 USATF Masters 8K Championship (Shamrock 8K, Virginia Beach, VA) finished in 30:59, PR for 8K
    April 17, 2017 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA) finished in 3:49:42
    April 30, 2017 USATF Masters 10K Championship (James Joyce Ramble, Dedham, MA) finished in 39:54, PR for 10K
    May 21, 2017 Lilac Run 10K (Rochester, NY) finished in 40:04
    May 27, 2017 Canandaigua Classic Half Marathon (Canandaigua, NY) finished in 1:33:06
    June 9, 2017 Charlie McMullen Mile (Fairport, NY) finished in 5:44.90, PR for mile
    June 18, 2017 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY) finished in 19:32
    July 4, 2017 Firecracker Four Mile (Fairport, NY) finished in 25:42
    July 15, 2017 Shoreline Half Marathon [1:40 pacer] (Hamlin, NY) finished in 1:39:05
    July 28, 2017 Karknocker 5K (East Rochester, NY) finished in 19:28
    August 9, 2017 Pound the Ground 10K (Mendon, NY)
    August 12, 2017 Bergen Road Race 5K (Bergen, NY)
    August 25, 2017 USATF Masters Mile (Hap Crim Michigan Mile, Flint, MI)
    September 3, 2017 Oak Tree Half Marathon (Geneseo, NY)
    September 17, 2017 MVP Rochester Marathon (Rochester, NY)
    November 23, 2017 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY)
  • MrBTX
    MrBTX Posts: 1 Member
    I'm in for at least 50. I'm at 6 so far
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    8/1/17 - 3.01 miles treadmill before weight lifting.
    8/2/17 - 6.13 miles

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    Upcoming Races:
    9/9/17 - Wabash Trace HM (Maybe)
    10/21/17 - Oregon Trail Run HM
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    edited August 2017
    Irontri7 wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »

    I'm going to ask for further clarification on just where in the heal since several things come to mind.

    @MNLittleFinn You are just amazing!

    @Elise4270 it's on the bottom of my foot. Specifically right where the heel meets mid foot/arch.

    Well. First I apologise if the image I post is useless. I'm on Android and it seems incompatible with mfp. Second, I apologise for your injury and the potential (not a doctor) diagnosis.

    Third I'd recommend to any interested runner a book by Jordan Metzl, Running Strong.

    Seems to be a bit of plantar fasciitis. Hopefully it's caught early enough that it doesn't mean too much down time.


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    ETA... Wow that actually posted...


  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
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  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,185 Member
    August Goal: 60 miles

    8/1: 4 miles
    8/2: 3.1 miles

    7.1/60 miles completed

    Nice run tonight. It was a little humid and not as cool as yesterday, but 82°F in August is ok with me. Tomorrow should be a rest day. I'm driving my mom to Dallas again to see the doctor so most of the day will be spent in the car. Hopefully we will get home early enough to at least take the dogs to the park for a walk.


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  • JimCrackinDandy
    JimCrackinDandy Posts: 146 Member
    edited August 2017
    Sure logic @PastorVincent !!! I'm hoping to be ready for a marathon on Veterans Day in Blairsville. http://www.active.com/blairsville-pa/running/distance-running-races/indiana-first-bank-veteran-s-marathon-2017?int=72-3-A9
    Seems like it wouldn't be to far away from you. It's only $40. Just saying :#

    I had a similar situation @BruinsGal_91 the evening before last. Goal was to do 4 miles, 2 up a gravel road and then 2 down it. Well... The "down it" part was the issue. My knees were shot in no time. Called it quits at 3.22 miles and my lovely husband came and got me for the short distance home. <3 Totally agree that you did the right thing by stopping early before an injury developed. Today my knees were fine! Praise God!
  • Maureen301
    Maureen301 Posts: 1 Member
    2 miles tonight.
  • bonniegarbal
    bonniegarbal Posts: 25 Member
    Not counting but walked 4 miles today.

    Do you count walks? I don't. I use walks for active rest days. If I did count walk mileage, I might need to double my goal.
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    @Irontri7 - I can recommend this yoga stretch. I have been doing it for a long while now, ever since I tore my fascia a couple of years ago. It helped and I believe continues to help immensely as I haven't had any additional problems once it healed. I also do other stretches for my feet and calves that probably help too but this one seemed to make the most difference for me. It was recommended by my sports chiro who treated the torn fascia.
    https://www.runnersworld.com/training-video/toes-pose
  • marikaCL
    marikaCL Posts: 276 Member
    Andy504 wrote: »
    I'm new to running, been dipping my toes into it for about a week or so, so I'm going to go light with my goal of 30 miles this month. Hope to up it soon. Today I ran my first mile without stopping and I hope to do that again and again this month!

    Absolutely brilliant. Well done ☺️
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    bonniegarbal wrote: »
    Not counting but walked 4 miles today.

    Do you count walks? I don't. I use walks for active rest days. If I did count walk mileage, I might need to double my goal.

    The goal is totally personal, so you count what you want to count. That being said traditionally "walking" is not "running" so if your goal is to "run" so many miles, you should only count the miles where you actually run. But again this is totally a personal choice that depends on your fitness and your fitness goals.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    JimCrackinDandy wrote: »
    Sure logic @PastorVincent !!! I'm hoping to be ready for a marathon on Veterans Day in Blairsville. http://www.active.com/blairsville-pa/running/distance-running-races/indiana-first-bank-veteran-s-marathon-2017?int=72-3-A9
    Seems like it wouldn't be to far away from you. It's only $40. Just saying

    Thanks, but that is on a Sunday. I can only do Saturday or night races. As a pastor, my Sunday's are taken. :smile: I take the one Sunday a year for the Pittsburgh Marathon, and that is it for races.
  • mustb60
    mustb60 Posts: 1,090 Member
    August Running Challenge
    Goal: 75 km
    Ran: 11/ 75

    3/8/17 Run 8 km
    2/8/17 Run 3 km + SL A
    1/8/17 walk 4km

    SL~Strong Lift
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    WandaVaughn wrote: »
    This morning's run went well. 3 miles breezed by!
    August total: 10 miles
    64 more to go!

    Great running! You're well on your way to meeting/exceeding your goal!
  • JessicaMcB
    JessicaMcB Posts: 1,503 Member
    @PastorVincent I would've taken a $10 race too- racing is the best!

    @MNLittleFinn sounds like a good day of hill intervals! Glad only your Achilles were off today!

    So my husband has been working late this week which has resulted in 3AM runs in an absurd amount of fog. My pace today was pretty decent considering I could only see about five feet in front of me for a while. I amused myself heartily when I triggered the speed reader a few streets up from the house- 12km/hour baby :D (stop laughing Usain Bolt!). Now that I know I can set it off I am so taking a picture next time haha!

    August 1- 13.4
    August 2- 17.3
    August 3- 16.5

    47.2/420
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    edited August 2017
    @JessicaMcB I love setting off the speed readers. Your 3am runs are insane! I need at least 6 hours sleep, and I'm often up to 2200.... you're awesome.

    Achilles are always a little sore after ski hill runs, not as much downtime between steep climbs, but they never bug me while running, so it's mainly a recovery issue.

    How's your ankle ?
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