September 2017 Running Challenge

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  • seanevan10
    seanevan10 Posts: 385 Member
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    @fitoverfortymom

    I am from CO!!! I miss it so much. You can fly down with my sister next weekend and come race with us on Saturday!

  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
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    okay - which one of you did this?

    donuts
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
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    9/1 13.1 miles! 2h:09m:49s
    9/2 3.1mi 31m:56s
    9/3 rest
    9/4 4.38mi 41m:07s
    9/5 6mi 57m:38s
    9/6 4mi 39m:50s
    9/7 7mi 69m:59s
    9/8 4mi 38m:49s
    9/9 9mi 1h:26m:35s
    9/10 rest
    9/11 5.2mi 53m:20s
    9/12 4mi 36m:16s
    9/13 6mi 56m:41s
    9/14 4mi 36m:25s
    9/15 4mi 34m:46s
    9/16 8mi 1h:15m:28s
    9/17 rest
    9/18 5mi 47m:53s
    9/19 4mi 37m:32s
    9/20 8mi 1h:14m:48s

    Moved my 8mile tempo run to today. Felt good and being able to have my watch guide my pace is awesome.

  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
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    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @greenolivetree I'm not going to make my goal either. It's a building month for both of us.
    If anyone wants to join in and share in our nutritional support thread please pop in. Vent or come challenge us to eat a nice healthy dish of your choosing- but you gotta eat it with us. We're still feeling out how to best make of this thread so all ideas welcome.

    Don't let the holiday food get the drop upswing on you this season.

    But.... EEEEEGGGGG NOOOOOOGGGG is calling!

    You like the grossest things :grimace::tongue:

    Runners like pie.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
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    greenolivetree wrote: »
    @PastorVincent Glad to know I'm not the only one judging random strangers running :-D I've seen some things that really make me scratch my head. Like people who don't move their arms at all, for example. And yes, people who run "like girls". LOL

    hehe. I can not help it. I am cursed with having really good observational skills and as an author, I am constantly people watching as it helps me build realistic characters in my books. Combin those two and yes I check out all the runners.

    Good thing I wear wraparound Oakley sunglasses so fewer people can tell I guess! heheh
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
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    Elise4270 wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @greenolivetree I'm not going to make my goal either. It's a building month for both of us.
    If anyone wants to join in and share in our nutritional support thread please pop in. Vent or come challenge us to eat a nice healthy dish of your choosing- but you gotta eat it with us. We're still feeling out how to best make of this thread so all ideas welcome.

    Don't let the holiday food get the drop upswing on you this season.

    But.... EEEEEGGGGG NOOOOOOGGGG is calling!

    You like the grossest things :grimace::tongue:

    Runners like pie.

    You are just jealous that I have reasonable tastebuds! :lol:
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
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    greenolivetree wrote: »

    @ PastorVincent Glad to know I'm not the only one judging random strangers running :-D I've seen some things that really make me scratch my head. Like people who don't move their arms at all, for example. And yes, people who run "like girls". LOL

    My husband runs like this. I have tried for years to get him to engage his upper half. I gave up this year after he was diagnosed with spinal arthritis. Maybe that's why.
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
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    Elise4270 wrote: »
    greenolivetree wrote: »

    @ PastorVincent Glad to know I'm not the only one judging random strangers running :-D I've seen some things that really make me scratch my head. Like people who don't move their arms at all, for example. And yes, people who run "like girls". LOL

    My husband runs like this. I have tried for years to get him to engage his upper half. I gave up this year after he was diagnosed with spinal arthritis. Maybe that's why.

    I'm sure everybody has their reasons. I try to at least keep comments to myself so as not to discourage newbie runners who are paranoid people are making fun of them. Ha! I used to only run only in undeveloped subdivisions (the ones where they poured the roads but hadn't built a single house because of the housing market crash). But seriously, running is hard and if you're out there at all I APPLAUD YOU!
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
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    Have you seen the elite Japanese runners? They keep their arms low with very little swing. It looks awkward, but I guess they believe it conserves energy.
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
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    9/1: Rest day
    9/2: 16 miles
    9/3: Rest day (11.5 hours of sleep!)
    9/4: 6 miles
    9/5: Rest day
    9/6: Rest day again
    9/7: 11 miles of Tempo Thursday
    9/7: 6.4 miles
    9/8: Rest day
    9/9: 16 miles
    9/10: 6 miles
    9/11: 6 miles
    9/12: 10.1 miles of Track Tuesday
    9/13: Rest day
    9/14: 12 miles of Tempo Thursday
    9/15: Rest day
    9/16: 11.1, including 10 mile trail race
    9/17: 6.2 miles
    9/18: Heel/calf tight; taking it easy
    9/19: 10 miles of Track Tuesday
    9/19: 6 miles
    9/20: Rest day

    123.8 of 250 220 goal miles

    Rest day! O holy Rest Day! My left heel is SUPER tight so I brought a yoga strap to work to stretch my heels, calves and feet under my desk during calls. I am planning to get a deep tissue massage a week before my marathon after my last Hanson workouts and long run, so until then I am trying to keep this tightness at bay with foam rolling and stretching, but oh Lordy, does a massage sound amazing right about now...

    But since I can't treat myself to a massage (yet), I'm leaving work a tad early to see a showing of mother! because I don't have to hurry home to go workout or go for a run. Hooray! Maybe that'll get my HR up a bit ;)

    Upcoming Races:
    Sept 16: Baker's Revenge 10 mile trail race
    Oct 8: Steamtown Marathon
    Oct 22: Perfect 10 miler
    Nov 5: Princeton Half Marathon (1:55 Pacer)
    January 2018: Louisiana Marathon??
    March 25, 2018: Philly LOVE Run Half Marathon


  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
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    9/1: 40 min strength training
    9/2: 13.6 miles-Hamilton Night Glow HM
    9/3: Rest
    9/4: Rest
    9/5: 2.3 miles
    9/6: 30 minute eliptical
    9/7: 3.7 miles
    9/8: 40 min strength training
    9/9: 5.6 miles
    9/10: 6.6 miles + 1.5 miles w/ Stella
    9/11: 2 miles w/ Stella
    9/12: 6.2 miles +yoga
    9/13: 3.6 miles intervals+ 25 min strength training
    9/14: 4.4 miles +1.5 miles w/ Stella
    9/15: 30 min yoga
    9/16: Rest
    9/17: 2 miles w/ Stella
    9/18: 8 miles +yoga
    9/19: 5.5 miles+yoga

    66.5/120

    I think it helps me to log my exercise on here, so just now catching up for the month.


  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
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    @cburke8909 @lporter229 @MobyCarp and @JessicaMcB thanks for the feedback on the knee! I'm probably going to make an ortho appt, but give it a few days of rest to see how it does. I've been icing as well, and using my stick thingy to roll my leg, and taking ibuprofen to reduce any possible inflammation. Planning on some cross training this evening. Fingers crossed I'm able to nip this in the bud and keep moving.

    Also, I am totally with @PastorVincent - egg nog is delicious!!!
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
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    I am pro-pie, anti-egg nog. :p
  • sarahthes
    sarahthes Posts: 3,252 Member
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    The real question is: eggnog hot or eggnog cold?
  • cburke8909
    cburke8909 Posts: 990 Member
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    @PatorVincent and others on the eggnog. Hood makes a Pumpkin flavored eggnog that is a must have for my holidays. It's a little too much straight out of the bottle so I thin it out with a one to one mixture of 2% milk. I'll also add a 1/4 cup of the nog to my coffee which is quite yummy.

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