October 2017 Running Challenge
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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!
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10/01 - REST
10/02 - 4m
10/03 - CROSS // 20 mins mat pilates + walk
10/04 - 4m
10/05 - REST
10/06 - CROSS // 60 mins Bodypump + 5 minute treadmill run
10/07 - REST
10/08 - 3.2
10/09 - 4
10/10 - CROSS // 20 minutes core/stretching work
10/11 - 4
Goal: 50
MTD: 16.2
Upcoming Races
10/08 - (5k) Run the Rocks
10/28 - (10k) Kooky Spooky
11/18 - (10k) Turkey Trek
12/09 - (HM) Fa La La Half Marathon
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.5 -
seanevan10 wrote: »@amymoreorless I like playing hooky in order to get lost! It was a nice drop in temps today. Wish it would stay that way around here.
It was 33 degrees on my run this morning.3 -
I didn't get out last night. I was exhausted. I was at the Dbacks game until about 11 on Monday and didn't get to bed until almost midnight. I usually go to bed at 10. Tonight I am doing weights so my next run will be Saturday for the Hawaiians Love SPAM race. My goal this month is to try and get more workouts in and get my diet under control. I'm struggling y'all.4
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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...... 6 -
4 miles this morning. Still a bit warmer than it should be, but tolerable. Not super fast, but fairly consistent. Day off tomorrow. Chance to hit the gym and work the upper body a bit.
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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.6 -
JessicaMcB wrote: »I want to thank all of you for supporting/tolerating/not glitter bombing me over the last few months of high mileage madness. I appreciate you being part of my crazy running tribe
Cannot wait to hear about it. I was looking at pictures earlier and it is beautiful. You are going to kill it!!!2 -
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.
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I'm in for 40 miles in 16 runs.
2 OCT 2.59 mi
5 OCT 2.82 mi 5.41 mi total
7 OCT 3.2 mi 8.61 mi total
9 OCT 2.84 mi 11.45 mi total
11 OCT 3.21 mi 14.66 mi total2 -
JessicaMcB wrote: »Ran my last run before I race...unreal. I want to thank all of you for supporting/tolerating/not glitter bombing me over the last few months of high mileage madness. I appreciate you being part of my crazy running tribe
Ditto all of this. Everyone on here rocks..... 10 days until my own insanity comes into fulfillment
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10/1 rest
10/2 5.5miles 50m:22s
10/3 5miles 45m:30s
10/4 9miles 1h:24m:02s
10/5 6miles 55:m:30s
10/6 11miles 1h:45m:40s
10/7 4miles 38m:39s
10/8 rest
10/9 6.56miles 61m:30s
10/10 5miles 47m:01s
10/11 7miles 1h:06m:10s
Another 7 muggy miles. Ran negative splits and I wasn’t even trying!7 -
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
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I was playing around with a race predictor on RW. I feel like I'm not to far from where I was before my first HM. Of course, hanging with all these awesome runners, a bit of ability tends to seep in to a runners ego. After all, I got that 1 mile down, most days.
So I plug in my runs and sure enough, I'm just about ready for my first half again. Why not see what I can do with that marathon?? I mean, I'm awesome by association right? LOL! NAH! 6+ hours.
Serious respect for so many of you here. Years of hard work, lots of discipline, many early mornings, calculated nutrition, the wisdom to rest and you still find time to hang out and mentor us.
*High Five* to everyone pounding it out. Idk why I think I can half *kitten* something and be amazing at it. Ego? Human? Lazy?10 -
@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.5
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »@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.
It just really put it all in perspective for me. Just how much endurance and training it takes to accomplish a marathon, or even the half. All I ever want is that sub 2 half, and a 25min 5k.
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »@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.
It just really put it all in perspective for me. Just how much endurance and training it takes to accomplish a marathon, or even the half. All I ever want is that sub 2 half, and a 25min 5k.
you'll do it. you've got the drive.1 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »@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.
It just really put it all in perspective for me. Just how much endurance and training it takes to accomplish a marathon, or even the half. All I ever want is that sub 2 half, and a 25min 5k.
you'll do it. you've got the drive.
@Elise4270 - We believe in you! 3 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »JessicaMcB wrote: »Ran my last run before I race...unreal. I want to thank all of you for supporting/tolerating/not glitter bombing me over the last few months of high mileage madness. I appreciate you being part of my crazy running tribe
Ditto all of this. Everyone on here rocks..... 10 days until my own insanity comes into fulfillment
I am really excited to hear about your experience too! You all are very inspiring for us newbies!0 -
@Elise4270 - that’s the sort of time I’ll be looking at for my marathon next year. But looking at the results from last year in the same race, I’ll be in good company - NOBODY did under 3:15.2
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