October 2017 Running Challenge

10/1- 6 miles+ doggie walking
10/2-P90X3 Total Synergystics+ doggie walking
10/3-P90X3 Agility +7.1 hilly miles
10/4- P90X3 yoga + hour of walking the pup
10/5-45 minute weight training+5 miles+15 min doggie walk
10/6- P90X3 Dynamix + 50 minutes of doggie walking
10/7-10 miles + 25 minutes doggie walking with some little jogs thrown in
10/8-P90X3 Challenge (push up/pull up marathon) + 1.4 miles with Stella in the rain
10/9 4.5 miles + 40 minutes walking with doggie
10/10- 4.2 miles lunchtime+ 2.3 miles on treadmill+30 minutes strength (core and chest)+ 40 min w/ doggie
10/11-25 minutes yoga + doggie walks

My second run of the day did not go off quite as planned yesterday. I ended up being at work later than I wanted and when I went to do my run I realized it was raining. It was the kind of rain that I really, really wanted to run in, but I had an appointment with my trainer at the gym at 7, so I knew this would make it hard for me because I would have to swing by my house to get a change of clothes since I would be really wet. Instead I opted for sucking it up on the gym treadmill, which ended up being a wise decision because I got stuck in traffic and only had time for a 20 minute run. I did a ladder run of increasing my speed every minute from 6.2-8 mph then back down, so it was a decent run, just not what i had planned.

This morning I woke up with the intentions of doing a P90X3 video, but my legs were stiff and sore, so I decided to treat them to some yoga instead. Also took the doggie for a nice walk in a light rain. Great way to start the day!

Oct 9 - Skipped. I kept going back and forth and just didn't wanna do it :-/
Oct 10 - 1 mi walk, 3 mi run (with a few little breaks), .5 mi walk
Oct 11 and 12 - Don't run on Wed/Thur.....not until I'm able to make morning running work again

So, we had a huge cool front that dropped us from mid-80s to 50. "Feels like" temp for my run was 45. It was AWESOME. Actually I was a little hot as usual. I wasn't quite sure how to dress since I'm doing the long warm up and cool down and walking is much different than running temp-wise. So I went with a jacket but 3 seconds into running I was hot. But it varied depending on if I was running into the wind so I just unzipped/zipped several times. Overall it wasn't bad and breathing the cooler air was definitely nice.

@Orphia Your back better start behaving! Forgive me if I've forgotten but have you ever had a back problem like this before? That's cool that your bosses thought you should race even if you get set back and miss work. LOL

@garygse Great race and great selfie and great veins :-D

@ariceroni Your pics are lovely but that poor guy grabbing his butt! I have had pain there and it makes me cringe. Ha!

@fitoverfortymom 33 degrees!


I happened to see over on the side of my smashrun page that last year on 10/10 I ran 3 miles at 9:30 pace. Last night's pace was 11:30. Have to keep reminding myself that I've only been back at this for 6 weeks and I'll get back in shape......

eponine1984 wrote: »

Thank you to everyone who replied to me re: my snails pace. I'm never going to win Boston and I'm okay with that. I was just afraid that I've missed some peak by not running in my teens or twenties and now I'm locked into a 15-minute mile forever. True story: when we did the mile test in gym class, I ran 3 laps out of 4 and the teacher gave me my time...because everyone else was finished already...and she thought I'd finished too.

I am never going to be fast either, and that is ok. I am 42 and just starting running again (after a 20 year hiatus) this summer. I finished c25k and was slow but I did my run yesterday and was my fastest ever. 12:45 mm LOL.

fitoverfortymom wrote: »

Incorporated some fartlek in this morning's run. Weird I ran the same path as two days ago, but my early AM time was about 30 seconds slower per mile than my evening run on Monday. Happy about a rest day tomorrow, but my long run is 6 miles on Saturday. The only time I've run that distance is in a 10k race, so running that distance as part of training is a milestone. I'm running it close to the route of the 10k I have the end of this month to get a feel for the environment.

You go girl! My first all running 6 mile is this Sunday! Eeek. I walked/ran some of the path last Sunday but this week I want to run the whole thing. Good luck, I know you can do it.

10/1 - rest (walk)
10/2 - rest (yoga)
10/3 - 4.1km
10/4 - cross training (workout dvd)
10/5 - 4.8km + a really wimpy strength workout
10/6 - rest
10/7 - 4.0 km
10/8 - cross training (walk)
10/9 - yoga
10/10 - 6km

Total 18.9/55 km

Knees felt better last night and today than previous. I felt really good during last night's run. I could almost feel the Thanksgiving dinner melting away...

Upcoming Races:
9/24 Heartbeat Run 10K 1:24:44 (11.1km)
1/1/18 Resolution Run 5K
4/8/18 Jasper Half Marathon
8/18/18 Edmonton Marathon 10K

@Elise4270 6+ for a marathon is still getting it done... I was with my mom 2 weeks ago when she finished her first in 6:24:32, a marathon finisher is a marathon finisher, it doesn't matter the time, it's still a rare breed who will for for it.... you'll be back there before you know it.

Hi, I am new and running a 5k on Sunday. I am aiming for 25k this month.

October 1 – 3.1 miles Ft. DeSoto 5K, Race #1 of the Triple Crown
October 2 – 3.25 miles recovery run & P90X3 Eccentric Upper
October 3 – 0.0 miles Camp Gladiator
October 4 – 6.0 miles
October 5 – 2.25 miles, Camp Gladiator, & P90X3 Eccentric Lower
October 6 – 0.0 miles, Camp Gladiator
October 7 – 0.0 miles, Rest
October 8 – 6.0 miles
October 9 – 3.0 miles & P90X3 Eccentric Upper
October 10 – 0.0 Camp Gladiator
October 11 – 8.0 miles

Total miles 31.6/100

Upcoming Races:
October 29 – Ft. DeSoto Halloween 5K, Race #2 of the Triple Crown
November 19 – St. Pete Runfest Half Marathon
November 23 – Tampa bay Time Turkey Trot 5K
December 2 – Brooksville Mud Endeavor OCR 5K
December 13 – Jungle Bell Run 5K

Just checking in. Congrats to Gary, Amy, Jessica, and John for their awesome racing! Sorry if I missed anyone. I book marked the race reports to go back later. I have to catch up. Feels like I say that every time.

I had my longest run on Monday (20 mi) that was somewhat of a kitten show. I headed out around 7:50a since I had the day off and didn't have the kids. For the first 10 miles I kept in my neighborhood and looped back by my house several times. My gut was literally telling me not to be too far from home. After I made a stop at my house at mile 7, I headed out to a trail to give my feet a break from the street pounding. It'd rained earlier and I knew it would be nice and soft. Just had to watch for puddles and roots. I like running on trails, it's relaxing and easy. It also keeps my mind more engaged with where to put my feet like a game in a way. On roads my brain starts to get bored and wanders. Anyways, so I was running the trail and some kid comes racing up beside me around mile 16-17 and passes me. So what do I do, I take off running after him. I run better when I have people to chase. I did catch him right before he peeled off onto another trail. I was hoping he would've stayed on my trail to push me. I was happy overall with making the distance just not the pacing. I'm not consistent with my splits when I don't have someone to run with and I don't look at my phone enough to correct myself. Tonight's the group runs and it's going to be miserable! 78F 100% humidity. It feels just as bad or worse than any day this past summer. I hope everyone's running happy, staying healthy, or healing well! Also I'll have been streak running for 36 days today. I just started doing this. I know it runs an injury risk but I will say my legs recover faster than before. I'm trying to teach my legs to run fatigued. I just don't want to do any speed work this close to my marathon 28th for fear of injury. I'll attempt it after though.