August 2017 Running Challenge

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  • Dcorrick
    Dcorrick Posts: 56 Member
    kgirlhart wrote: »
    It was only 88F, but it was still so humid.

    THAT'S what I'm talkin' about! I'm so envious of all the folks that say their midday run was 74 degrees with 50% humidity. Come run in the Florida swamps, where if the sun is up, you can cook your breakfast egg on the sidewalk!
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    Dcorrick wrote: »
    kgirlhart wrote: »
    It was only 88F, but it was still so humid.

    THAT'S what I'm talkin' about! I'm so envious of all the folks that say their midday run was 74 degrees with 50% humidity. Come run in the Florida swamps, where if the sun is up, you can cook your breakfast egg on the sidewalk!

    ha ha I'm in Alabama and if it's under 72 at 5:30 am I'm like wow it's chilly today
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    edited August 2017
    Random question I've been meaning to ask but kept on forgetting. I have a 5k mud run coming up. To save on gas/parking and get more out of it, I was thinking of running/walking to the event and home again. Total distance would be in the 25 mile range. The mud run itself would be a glorified home and, since it's with my coworkers, it takes like 2 hours, so not exactly taxing.

    That all said, How would that work as far as the 25-35% rule for weekly long runs? Technically I'd be running, taking a short break, hiking, taking another short break, and running/walking again..... oh the things my mind comes up with.

    Just a note, training plan (reduced one) has a 14 mile set for Sat and a 10 mile for Sun, so I'd be skipping the Sunday run with the total miles on Sat.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,185 Member
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    Dcorrick wrote: »
    kgirlhart wrote: »
    It was only 88F, but it was still so humid.

    THAT'S what I'm talkin' about! I'm so envious of all the folks that say their midday run was 74 degrees with 50% humidity. Come run in the Florida swamps, where if the sun is up, you can cook your breakfast egg on the sidewalk!

    ha ha I'm in Alabama and if it's under 72 at 5:30 am I'm like wow it's chilly today

    I can't say that I like running in the heat. But I am actually more uncomfortable about runnung in the cold. Hot and sweaty is something I understand. Cold and sweaty means you're sick. Luckily we don't have too much cold. I don't really know how to dress for running in cold weather.
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    kgirlhart wrote: »
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    Dcorrick wrote: »
    kgirlhart wrote: »
    It was only 88F, but it was still so humid.

    THAT'S what I'm talkin' about! I'm so envious of all the folks that say their midday run was 74 degrees with 50% humidity. Come run in the Florida swamps, where if the sun is up, you can cook your breakfast egg on the sidewalk!

    ha ha I'm in Alabama and if it's under 72 at 5:30 am I'm like wow it's chilly today

    I can't say that I like running in the heat. But I am actually more uncomfortable about runnung in the cold. Hot and sweaty is something I understand. Cold and sweaty means you're sick. Luckily we don't have too much cold. I don't really know how to dress for running in cold weather.

    I would much rather run in the cold. But I do prefer getting ready to run in the heat over getting ready to run in the cold. Takes like 10 minutes just to get bundled up!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    Random question I've been meaning to ask but kept on forgetting. I have a 5k mud run coming up. To save on gas/parking and get more out of it, I was thinking of running/walking to the event and home again. Total distance would be in the 25 mile range. The mud run itself would be a glorified home and, since it's with my coworkers, it takes like 2 hours, so not exactly taxing.

    That all said, How would that work as far as the 25-35% rule for weekly long runs? Technically I'd be running, taking a short break, hiking, taking another short break, and running/walking again..... oh the things my mind comes up with.

    Just a note, training plan (reduced one) has a 14 mile set for Sat and a 10 mile for Sun, so I'd be skipping the Sunday run with the total miles on Sat.

    IMO you would count all 25 miles as a single run. The breaks might midgate to some, but probably not much. I have seen several reports that indicate a 5 mile work out in the morning and a second 5 mile work out in the evening is almost as effective as a 10 mile work out. So I would GUESS the same here.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    Random question I've been meaning to ask but kept on forgetting. I have a 5k mud run coming up. To save on gas/parking and get more out of it, I was thinking of running/walking to the event and home again. Total distance would be in the 25 mile range. The mud run itself would be a glorified home and, since it's with my coworkers, it takes like 2 hours, so not exactly taxing.

    That all said, How would that work as far as the 25-35% rule for weekly long runs? Technically I'd be running, taking a short break, hiking, taking another short break, and running/walking again..... oh the things my mind comes up with.

    Just a note, training plan (reduced one) has a 14 mile set for Sat and a 10 mile for Sun, so I'd be skipping the Sunday run with the total miles on Sat.

    IMO you would count all 25 miles as a single run. The breaks might midgate to some, but probably not much. I have seen several reports that indicate a 5 mile work out in the morning and a second 5 mile work out in the evening is almost as effective as a 10 mile work out. So I would GUESS the same here.
    That's kind of what I was thinking, BUT, I have also read that if your HR gets down to recovery level, then you're basically on another run... and the 5k will be 90% at recovery level /warm up HR, that's how slow my coworkers are...LOL Either way, I should be OK, just have some shuffling to do to my schedule the way it is.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    8/01/2017 - 0 miles
    8/02/2017 - 9 miles Z3/Z4
    8/03/2017 - 7 miles Z2
    8/04/2017 - 5 Easy miles
    8/05/2017 - Cranberry Cup 5k - 23:18
    8/05/2017 - Howl at the Moon 5k - 25:11
    8/06/2017 - Rest
    8/07/2017 - 7.75 miles
    8/08/2017 - 6.5 miles Z2
    8/09/2017 - 7 miles Z2
    8/10/2017 - 7 miles Z2
    8/11/2017 - REST DAY BAH
    8/12/2017 - 15 miles (includes 15km "race" )
    8/13/2017 - Rest Day
    8/14/2017 - 7 miles Z2/Z3
    8/15/2017 - 9 miles Z2/Z3

    Summer Goal: Get my marathon pace below 9 minutes.
    Official Marathon PR: 4:11:28

    Next Races (more as I find them):

    10/14/2017 - Stop, Drop, and Run - Fireman style obstacle course - 5km

    05/06/18 - Pittsburgh Marathon - aiming for sub four hours.

    Nothing fancy - just a hot humid run.
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    August Running Totals (miles)
    8/1 – 9.06 warm up + speed work
    8/2 – unplanned rest day
    8/3 – 15.02 easy
    8/4 – rest day
    8/5 – 14.07 pacers' run
    8/6 – 7.85 easy 60 minutes
    8/7 – rest day
    8/8 – 16.00 with hills
    8/9 – 9.61 warmup + 10K race
    8/10 – extra rest day
    8/11 – planned rest day
    8/12 – 6.30 warmup + 5K race
    8/13 – extra rest day
    8/14 – rest/recovery/worry about injury day
    8/15 – 5.21 easy
    8/15 – 0.66 daily double/aborted warmup

    August total to date – 83.78

    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. [Done, 41:26 4th overall] Run a respectable sub-20 5K at Bergen on August 12. [Done, 19:47] Run the USATF Masters Mile (road) in under 6 minutes on August 25.

    Today's This evening's notes – As planned, I went to club practice. Went on an out and back to warm up, and felt I should turn around before I got to the mile mark. Didn't matter. Well before I got back to base, the Achilles informed me it would be a Good Idea to stop running. So I have one of those piddly fractional mile runs that feels like the fractional mile runs from last fall when I was recovering from Achilles tendinitis on the other side.

    Had some pleasant conversation at club practice, then packed up and came home. Give it a good night's rest, and see how the leg is in the morning. At this point, getting healthy is top priority, and the marathon training plan is pretty much gathering dust until I feel I can kinda sorta follow it again.

    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) finished in 41:26
    August 12, 2017 Bergen Road Race 5K (Bergen, NY) finished in 19:47
    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)
  • Ke22yB
    Ke22yB Posts: 969 Member
    No run today by definition it is a rest day but reality my legs are just fatigued and I am concerned it could lead to gimping up or worse
    so I am still 70.8 / 100 for my August challenge
    I did do my normal 90 minute morning 1.75 mile swim and 2 fitness classes before deciding the legs needed the day
    Hey just curious do any of you count miles you swim?
    I am usually in the pool by 6 every morning Mon. to Fri.
  • allyphoe
    allyphoe Posts: 618 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @karllundy have you though about not logging any exercise calories? I know I lose weight at XYZ calories so, I just set mfp there and not to eat any or much of it back.

    Similarly, I set my MFP goal at maintenance excluding intentional exercise, and get my deficit from exercise. (My goal is to lose half a pound a week, so it doesn't take that much exercise.)

  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
    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 1:15
    8/15 4.26 :56

    Total 51.67

    Ticker is my goal for 2017 and progress to date:
    exercise.png
    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)
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    allyphoe wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @karllundy have you though about not logging any exercise calories? I know I lose weight at XYZ calories so, I just set mfp there and not to eat any or much of it back.

    Similarly, I set my MFP goal at maintenance excluding intentional exercise, and get my deficit from exercise. (My goal is to lose half a pound a week, so it doesn't take that much exercise.)

    Yeah, if we are talking about MFP base calories per day I set mine to "100% sedentary" (or whatever is closest to that) and I only count miles from intentional runs or long walks. I do not count stuff like cool down, or the many stairs at work and so forth.
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    8/1/17 - 3.01 miles treadmill before weight lifting.
    8/2/17 - 6.13 miles
    8/3/17 - 3.03 miles on the treadmill before weight lifting.
    8/4/17 - Rest day
    8/5/17 - 12.04 miles, rough BG before, during, and after run.
    8/6/17 - Rest day; weight lifting
    8/7/17 - Rest
    8/8/17 - 3.01 miles treadmill before weight lifting
    8/9/17 - 6.01 miles, "Race Pace" (not quite) - felt good and indicators for fat adaptation look promising
    8/10/17 - Rest (not exercising due to blood tests on 8/11)
    8/11/17 - Rest
    8/12/17 - Rest (lots of walking at state fair)
    8/13/17 - 9.00 miles
    8/14/17 - Rest
    8/15/17 - 4 miles treadmill before weight lifting. Having electrolyte issues

    exercise.png

    Upcoming Races:
    9/9/17 - Wabash Trace HM
    10/21/17 - Oregon Trail Run HM
  • allyphoe
    allyphoe Posts: 618 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    allyphoe wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @karllundy have you though about not logging any exercise calories? I know I lose weight at XYZ calories so, I just set mfp there and not to eat any or much of it back.

    Similarly, I set my MFP goal at maintenance excluding intentional exercise, and get my deficit from exercise. (My goal is to lose half a pound a week, so it doesn't take that much exercise.)

    Yeah, if we are talking about MFP base calories per day I set mine to "100% sedentary" (or whatever is closest to that) and I only count miles from intentional runs or long walks. I do not count stuff like cool down, or the many stairs at work and so forth.

    No, I have a giant Spreadsheet of Doom that calculates my actual maintenance calories based on intake and trend weight. One of the columns shows TDEE less intentional exercise. That number is what my MFP goal is set to. My recollection is that I had to set it to "active" to get that high.
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    Today was a rest day for me and it was perfect running weather (for me) low 60s cool and drizzly. I didn't go for a run but was definitely tempted. Hoping tomorrow morning will be similar. Had a tough workout with the trainer... lots of legs so we'll see how the run is in the morning.
    @skippygirlsmom - wedding is by her sort of. They live in Seattle and the wedding is about 2.5-3 hours outside Seattle in the mountains.
  • PinkamenaD8
    PinkamenaD8 Posts: 99 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @karllundy have you though about not logging any exercise calories? I know I lose weight at XYZ calories so, I just set mfp there and not to eat any or much of it back.

    Similarly, I set my MFP goal at maintenance excluding intentional exercise, and get my deficit from exercise. (My goal is to lose half a pound a week, so it doesn't take that much exercise.)

    [/quote]

    Yeah, if we are talking about MFP base calories per day I set mine to "100% sedentary" (or whatever is closest to that) and I only count miles from intentional runs or long walks. I do not count stuff like cool down, or the many stairs at work and so forth. [/quote]

    Hey, same as me but, I usually add walks of half km. I'd always end up doing more calories than my count with the cool downs, stairs, short walks etc. Overtime you get a nice surprise in the scale.

    I'm starting to fall short on my goal, but I think in the next week I'll get back on track.


    exercise.png

  • carolineb81
    carolineb81 Posts: 459 Member
    1/8-REST
    2/8-5.3
    3/8-3.6
    4/8-5.6
    5/8-3.1
    6/8-7.7
    7/8-REST
    8/8-4.3
    9/8-3.7
    10/8-REST
    11/8-8.6
    12/8-rest
    13/8-2.6
    14/8-5.1
    15/8-3.9

    Total - 53.5/120 Miles
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    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.

    I saw that. I hadn't heard of the outlet, "Storyful". Haven't contacted them. Not sure whether to, or whether to chase up The Telegraph about using my photo without permission and making it look like I'm doing a marathon 1 year after instead the actual 23 months after I started running, OR writing my own blog.
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    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.

    I saw that. I hadn't heard of the outlet, "Storyful". Haven't contacted them. Not sure whether to, or whether to chase up The Telegraph about using my photo without permission and making it look like I'm doing a marathon 1 year after instead the actual 23 months after I started running, OR writing my own blog.

    I did think that was a bit off about the Telegraph clearly swiping the story from Imgur, but then the more I thought about it I realised that's no different from Reddit or any other trend-type news stories, where they are reporting on what people are talking about rather than the actual story.

  • cburke8909
    cburke8909 Posts: 990 Member
    Taking one full rest day. Knee is feeling much better. I will run an easy 7 tomorrow and evaluate after.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    I saw that. I hadn't heard of the outlet, "Storyful". Haven't contacted them. Not sure whether to, or whether to chase up The Telegraph about using my photo without permission and making it look like I'm doing a marathon 1 year after instead the actual 23 months after I started running, OR writing my own blog.

    If it was me, I would contact them and ask them to make a correction about the marathon, but I would let the image use stand only because I know two people whom I shared the article with who took it as inspiration. If I know 2, then there are many many more out there.
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