August 2017 Running Challenge
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Yay for getting back to running after being sick. 5.7 miles today.
Still having some anxiety issues... been taking my meds as directed and feel somewhat better, but not entirely. We'll see what the GP has to say about blood sugar and the like when I see him.
The tree that I planted when I ran my first 13.1 (see profile pic) is turning yellow. I'm assuming it's just stress from the transplant. I hope it survives.
August total - 42.8 / 100 miles. I'm a little behind due to missing four days. I either have to have some serious long runs or make peace with the fact that I won't make goal this month.4 -
RespectTheKitty wrote: »August total - 42.8 / 100 miles. I'm a little behind due to missing four days. I either have to have some serious long runs or make peace with the fact that I won't make goal this month.
Bah just run 50 miles tomorrow and then it will be easy street for the rest of the month.
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August goal is 125 (Probably out of reach since I got no miles in the first week)
Aug 1.....no run.....MTD 0 miles
Aug 2.....no run.....MTD 0 miles
Aug 3.....no run.....MTD 0 miles
Aug 4.....no run.....MTD 0 miles
Aug 5.....no run.....MTD 0 miles
Aug 6.....10 miles..MTD 10 miles
Aug 7.....no run.....MTD 10 miles
Aug 8.....3.1 miles..MTD 13.1 miles. 1st run of 1/2 marathon training program.
Aug 9.....3.2 miles..MTD 16.3 miles 2nd run of 1/2 marathon training program
Aug 10...4 miles.....MTD 20.3 miles 3rd run of 1/2 training program
Aug 11...0 miles.....MTD Rest Day
Aug 12...0 miles.....MTD Cross-training day per plan. Did 1 hour of cycling.
Aug 13...7 miles.....MTD 27.3
Aug 14...0 miles.....MTD 27.3 Rest Day
Rest day after "long" run yesterday. Plan calls for 3 miles tomorrow. Stay safe and healthy everyone.
Upcoming races:
Kellie's Krew 10K, Aug 26, Dunn NC
FCYC Glow Run 5K, Sep 16, Fayetteville NC
Turkey Trot 1/2 Marathon, Nov.(date to be determined) Pinehurst NC2 -
August goal: 4 x 4
8/1: 4.72 1hr
8/2 4.58 1:01
8/3 rest
8/4 5.26 1:03
8/5 4.10 0:53
8/6 rest
8/7 6.37 1:11
8/8 4.10 1:00
8/9 4.11 0:51
8/10 rest
8/11 4.09 0:48
8/12 4.00 0:50
8/13 rest
8/14 5.88 1:18
Total 47.41
@Orphia The costume is YOU!
@girlinahat I think I posted an eel pic on 8/1, but here is an extra for you: it's several years old...I call it "Get off my lawn!" Next snorkel trip is Wednesday
Ticker is my goal for 2017 and progress to date:
upcoming races:
Volcano Rainforest Runs 10k 8/19
Hilo Bay 5 and 10k 9/10
BlockThe Sun Run 5k Oct 14 (https://walk.aimatmelanoma.org/Hilo2017) (physical and virtual options available)
Steve says: "Wear your sunblock and join our virtual run!"
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8/1- 5 miles
8/6- 11 miles
8/8- 5 miles
8/9- 3 miles
8/14- 14 miles (only did another 4, i havent slept more tben a couple hours a night in 4 days because of work, and 2 days beforw that, i was up alot with a nasty cold, so im choosing to be satisfied with 14 miles today)
38/75 miles
Training for:
9/17- full montana Marathon4 -
My daughter was here all weekend and we were running around doing wedding prep things and just having fun. I did get a couple of short runs in but no long run. Work has exploded again so I may not have a lot of time to post but will jump in where I can. Looks like I may have multiple trips to Dallas and a trip to Montreal in the near future...
For various reasons I have decided Mondays will be my interval run. I got up early and out the door to wonderful cool weather as the sun was coming up! Got my HR over 135 and was appropriately exhausted afterwards.
@orphia - love the Wonder Woman!
@runtimer - the drone view from your run in Relive is really cool! Your route is similar to the 1st half of the SF Marathon although we ran to the vista point on the Marin side and then down and around Lincoln to Sea Cliff. Also the picture from Italy is beautiful! Did you get some running in while you were there?
@HonuNui - love the sea turtle picture!
@mobycarp - hope your Achilles is feeling better!
@RespectTheKitty - So glad you are feeling up to getting out for a run again!
Date........Miles.......Total
08/01......5.49........5.49 - + Strength Training
08/02......0.00........5.49
08/03......5.13......10.62 - Treadmill
08/04......0.00......10.62 - + kr30dc day 1, Strength Training
08/05......9.69......20.31 - + kr30dc day 2
08/06......0.00......20.31 - + kr30dc day 3
08/07......4.47......24.78 - + kr30dc day 4, Agility
08/08......0.00......24.78 - + kr30dc day 5, Strength Training
08/09......5.09......29.87 - + kr30dc day 6
08/10......0.00......29.87 - + kr30dc day 7, Strength Training
08/11......4.44......34.31
08/12......4.91......39.22
08/13......0.00......39.22
08/14......3.52......42.74 - + kr30dc day 8, Agility
My completed and upcoming Races - Let me know if you will be running too!
02/05/17 - Surf City Half Marathon
07/23/17 - San Francisco 1st Half Marathon
10/14/17 - AIM for the Cure Melanoma 5K Walk/Run
12/16/17 - San Diego Holiday Half Marathon
07/22/18 - San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon3 -
This is getting silly. My before/after "year of running" photo I posted to Imgur yesterday has "gone viral" and had nearly 200,000 views since yesterday.
http://imgur.com/gallery/KOFku
It's also had nearly 10,000 upvotes on Reddit. Holy crap.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/6tjfap/what_running_actively_for_a_year_does_to_your_body/
I swear I'm not doing this to gain "Awesomes"! I just posted to Imgur since Photobucket are greedy btards.13 -
@Orphia great set of pics.
But the comments? Wow. Um. Not sure what to make of some of those, glad they don't haunt the MFP forums!!!1 -
I once came across a training plan with weird numbers like that when I was looking for a plan in km. First I was really puzzled why they asked me to run 8.047 km - then I realised that happened to be 5miles. I guess in that case they just converted from another training plan in miles. I guess there's no reason why training distances should be integer numbers. But still I agree with @PastorVincent - if it was me, I'd add a rounding function to the plan generator, at least to the first decimal. Would look much neaterPastorVincent wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »So, today was the long run in my training plan. The plan called for 8.98 miles at a 12:03 pace, 1 hour 48 min. I reached 9 miles with about 10 minutes to spare so figured I should finish the time, and then when I finished the time, I was so close to 10 miles that I kept on until I reached 10. So my longest run to date and first time reaching 10 miles.
August total/goal: 43.38 / 75
Woot! Congrats!
Also... the place called for 8.98 miles? Not 9? That seems odd.
I know, right? I think it's because it takes my actual past runs and adds a percentage so I get all kinds of weird goal times and distances. Like 38 minutes, 11 seconds and stuff like that.
Ah, so it is a generated plan, makes sense... but I think if I created the generator I would have had the generator round it to 9. Probably makes sense to round to nearest 1/4 mile or something.
@Orphia As everyone else has said: you look brilliant in your Wonder Woman costume!
@lporter229 Congratulations on your sub-1:45 race. That's an great time! I'd already be happy with sub-2 one day
@ADLampshade Awesome that you ran your first half!
@RunTimer Looks like a lovely place for a vacation run along the river. Where is that, Verona?
@MobyCarp Really sorry to read about your Achilles
I hope it's nothing long-term.
@Dcorrick Running in the forest is so nice. Enjoy it - and your new running shoes
@Runningmischka Great job on the fast 6mi run, you're having a great come-back!
@HonuNui That sea turtle picture is brilliant!
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I had intervals (2x1600m, 2x800m) scheduled on my training plan for last night. But I was invited at a birthday/barbecue and didn't get home before 11 something. Which would still be an okay time for running for me, but not with a certain amount of beer and food in my belly...
I got up early today instead. Still not feeling 100% fit, I decided to forget about the speed work for now and just enjoy myself. 18°C cool and sunshine. And really peaceful - I was running on the French side, and it's a public holiday for everyone working there. Not for me, unfortunately (or for anyone else working across the border in Switzerland), so I had to end my run much sooner than I wanted to, I was enjoying it so much...
Still, I managed 7km before I had to stop, which leaves me with 84km for the month so far.8 -
An hour on the stationary bike this am. My left knee is not cooperating. I will let it rest. I may not run until Friday.0
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This is getting silly. My before/after "year of running" photo I posted to Imgur yesterday has "gone viral" and had nearly 200,000 views since yesterday.
http://imgur.com/gallery/KOFku
It's also had nearly 10,000 upvotes on Reddit. Holy crap.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/6tjfap/what_running_actively_for_a_year_does_to_your_body/
I swear I'm not doing this to gain "Awesomes"! I just posted to Imgur since Photobucket are greedy btards.
Hey! Looks like on Imgur a reporter is trying to get a hold of you in the comments. They probably want to run your story, and I would encourage it (as long as it is a legit reporter/news place/etc). It could help others.4 -
8/1 = 4.5 miles
8/2 = kettlebell strength training
8/3 = 7.5 miles (six - 6 minute speed intervals)
8/4 = 3.5 miles (track workout- 800m sprints & 200m recovery walk)
8/5 = 4.5 miles
8/6 = 15 miles
8/7 = 3 miles on the dreadmill & strength training 45 minutes
8/8 = 8 miles & vinyasa yoga class
8/9 = 7.5 miles Tempo run
8/10 = 5 miles run/walk
8/11= kettlebell strength training
8/12 = 5.5 miles
8/13 = 13 miles (10 with the running group run/walk; 3 solo running miles)
8/14 = 8 miles & 40 minutes strength training
8/15 = vinyasa yoga class
A running rest day for me. Just trying to post so I don't get a billion posts behind. Happy Tuesday running everyone.
(August miles) 85/150 (August goal miles)
Upcoming Races:
8/19 = 100th Verns No Frills 5K
10/28 = Hill Country Halloween Half Marathon
12/10 = BCS Marathon
1/6/18 = River Road Run Half Marathon2 -
8/1: 7 miles of Track Tuesday
8/2: 7.1 miles easy
8/3: 8 miles "tempo run"
8/3: 6.3 miles group run
8/4: Rest day
8/5: 6 miles
8/6: 16 miles
8/7: 6 miles group run + lift/strength
8/8: 7 miles Track Tuesday
8/9: 5 miles + lift/strength
8/10: 6.8 miles
8/10: 6.1 mile
8/11: Rest day
8/12: 6.4 miles
8/13: 15.8 miles
8/14: 3.2 miles
8/15: 9.4 miles of Track Tuesday
116.1 miles of 250 goal miles
The best track Tuesday yet!! Instead of running to/from the gym yesterday and doing my typical workout (deadlifts, box jumps, etc.), I cleaned hardcore after work and then did a 35 minute at-home strength workout of push-ups, planks, clamshells, hip bridges, air squats, etc. I really needed to give my calves a break. They're always super tight after lifting and gym workouts, and I already had issues Sunday that I don't want to repeat. I wasn't as sore when I woke up today as I usually am on Tuesdays and that meant an excellent track workout!
Workout: 1 mile warm up, 6 x 1600 (1 mile) with 400m recoveries, and 1 mile cool down. 1600 splits were: 7:45 7:40, 7:34, 7:33, 7:28, 7:31. Despite it being 67F and 99% humidity (dew point: 67), this was a better workout than last week; the splits weren't quite as fast, but I had way more pep on my uphill jog home despite doing 2 more 1600 repeats.
But oh boy am I looking forward to some breakfast now!!
Upcoming Races:
Oct 8: Steamtown Marathon
Oct 22: Perfect 10 (10 Miler)
Nov 5: Princeton Half Marathon (pacer)
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Did my 3 miles this morning, feeling pretty good. Decided to push myself the last mile and did it in 10:33! My previous fastest time was 10:58.
Woohoo! This turtle is picking up speed! LOL10 -
@kristinegift since you mention tight calves: I was browsing the kr website this morning and happened to watch this video:
http://www.kinetic-revolution.com/great-calf-stretch-to-target-different-areas-of-the-lower-leg/1 -
8/1- 6.1
8/1- 4.2
8/2- 6.1
8/3- 4.5
8/3- 6
8/4- 8.1
8/5- 15.2
8/6- 5.1
8/7- REST
8/8- 6.6
8/8- 4
8/9- 6.2
8/10- REST
8/11- 4 icky not so fun miles
8/12- 18.3
8/13- REST/Recovery
8/14- REST/Recovery
8/15- 6.2
Total: 100.8
August Goal: Not die while ramping up running mileage and technicality during 100K training
Nominal mileage goal: 250 miles- won't make this but tht's OK
Today's notes: Caalf felt good this morning. to be a little sfer, I wore my higher drop shoes for my run. Just 6.2 miles this morning,which amounted to 3x1 mile repeats on my favorite route, plus the 0.1 mile from the parking lot to where the climb starts.
I'm still feeling pretty beat from Saturday, but I'm starting to feel a little better. I'm really starting to think that my mileage cutback, and trading quantity for quality will help. With back to back Long and Mid-Long runs on Saturdays and Sundays, I'll still be getting decent miles, but the extra rest day on Friday should allow me to get the recovery I need after training hard for almost 7 months straight.
Have a Runderful day everyone!
2017 Races Scheduled
6/16- William A Irvin 5k
6/17- Grandma's Marathon 4:24:06
7/15- Eugene Curnow Trail Marathon 7:22:23
8/12- UMTR FatAss "Not Quite" 50k
8/19- Rampage at the Ridge 5k OCR
9/23- Ely Marathon (full)
10/21 Wild Duluth 100k
11/23- TBD 5k Turkey4 -
8/1 - Rest/sick day - feeling better, but not sure running would have been good. Hoping for tomorrow.
8/2 - 4.5 miles of hill repeats. Glad I did it, more glad I'm done.
8/3 - 3.5 short miles before getting in the car with the family.
8/4 - Road trip / vacation
8/5 - Road trip / vacation / anniversary
8/6 - 5 miles. Gorgeous morning for a run!
8/7 - 5 miles. Again, beautiful morning!
8/8 - 5 miles. Another nice morning!
8/9 - 4.6 miles of hill repeats with group. I am soooo tired and sleepy today.
8/10 - 4.4 treadmill miles / trek class. Then upper body weights/abs.
8/11 - Rest day because I have to.
8/12 - 6.6 mile group run. Perfect weather.
8/13 - 2.3 treadmill miles. Then quick upper body weights.
8/14 - 5.3 miles track / intervals.
8/15 - 5 miles. Another relatively cool, delightful morning to run.
Having a hard time keeping up with everyone here. Life's pretty crazy right now. Will try to get caught up a little today.
Also, for those of you on Strava, I am going to quit using it as a run tracker. It is way to generous with the calorie burn and I am not good at intentionally keeping myself below that. So, going back to MapMyFitness. Gotta fight that weight creep and I know it is pretty much all due to food / diet.5 -
Also, for those of you on Strava, I am going to quit using it as a run tracker. It is way to generous with the calorie burn and I am not good at intentionally keeping myself below that. So, going back to MapMyFitness. Gotta fight that weight creep and I know it is pretty much all due to food / diet.
MapMyFitness is also horrible at calorie counting (just about all of them are). The closest I have found is Apple's Health Kit/Work Out's "active calories", so I track my runs with RunKeeper (which is far more accurate than Strava or MapMyFitness) and then sync that to Apple, which then syncs to MFP and I also upload into Strava for the Social features.
A bit round about but it seems to work for me so far. Still testing.
For example:
The same 7 mile run:
Strava: 1115 Calories
RunKeeper: 969 Calories
Apple: 957 Calories
Milestone Pod: 898 Calories
Rule of thumb calc: 840 Calories (120/mile)
In the end not sure you can trust any of them. But I much prefer RunKeeper for actual feedback WHILE RUNNING, so I make the world pivot on that.
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Between driving up, moving child and driving back, I've skipped the gym and yoga for a number of days. Felt it this morning with a familiar twinge in the knee. When I felt it before, a couple of days of good stretching worked it through, so that's on the list for the coming days. I'll have to get past the fact that the other college-age kid is in my nekkid yoga room, and figure out an alternative....
If the ticker doesn't reflect it accurately, I'm at 29.55 of 45 for the month.
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_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »@kristinegift since you mention tight calves: I was browsing the kr website this morning and happened to watch this video:
http://www.kinetic-revolution.com/great-calf-stretch-to-target-different-areas-of-the-lower-leg/
@_nikkiwolf_ I'll have to check it out! Apparently my tight calf problem stems from tight behind-the-knees. I need to loosen up everything!0
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