October 2017 Running Challenge

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  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    Just signed up for a 5k fun run on 11/5. I'm a little worried. It hasn't been advertised much and it's the inaugural race. You can see registered people & there is only one other woman registered for the 5k. There's three bike distances (it's a cycling race with run thrown in) and the only person registered for all three distances is the organizer. I have this weird, irrational fear of getting left alone and then lost on a course. HAH

    And I'm looking at Turkey Trots trying to figure out what which one I want to do. I've narrowed it to four that is near both me and my brother, sister in law, and nephew so we can all do it together since I'll be eating with the in-laws.
  • RunRachelleRun
    RunRachelleRun Posts: 1,854 Member
    @ariceroni how awesome! Congratulations! Fab photos too.
  • RunRachelleRun
    RunRachelleRun Posts: 1,854 Member
    @JessicaMcB good luck at Whistler! It snowed on the mountains here in Vancouver last night, so I expect it will be cool at the start.

    Hubby and I do the MEC races all the time. Most are awesome. There was only one I didn’t love because it was a bit too busy for the trail. You don’t get t-shirts and bling, but they are always chip-timed and have bananas, bars, coffee, and nuun at the finish.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    10/1 – 6 miles
    10/2 – rest day
    10/3 – 8 miles
    10/4 - 5 miles
    10/5 - 10 miles
    10/6 - 5 miles
    10/7 - rest day
    10/8 - rest day
    10/9 - 6 miles
    10/10 - 7 miles
    10/11 – rest day

    47 of 100 miles

    I woke up I the middle of the night with a horrible headache that is still talking to me, so I decided to take a rest day today. It’s also garbage day, I hate running with all the can out, yuck smelly ha ha

    @shanaber the fires have been awful, stay safe.
    @JessicaMcB how do you get the time for all that running with little ones? I often wonder that when I see your posts, I know you run early but how early? Great picture sequence ha ha
    @kristinegift for the sake of your can opener I hope things get better faster than expected.
    @jheppley your team sounds awesome. Good luck this weekend! I tried to coach Skip at soccer when she was little but years ago I heard a great speech about letting others coach your kids and it was a great excuse to send her to another team ha ha. I think I was harder on her than anyone else so it was for her benefit.
    @katharmonic glad it’s easing up a bit.
    @eponine1984 your 1 mile story gave me a chuckle.
    @juliet3455 why type of farm?
    @7lenny7 I hope your calf is better
    @JessicaMcB you are so ready!
    @girlinahat ha ha!!! So true
  • jvcinv
    jvcinv Posts: 504 Member
    10/1: 13.3
    10/2: Rest
    10/3: 4.2
    10/4: 4.4
    10/5: 6
    10/6: 1.8
    10/7: 2.7
    10/8: 11
    10/9: rest
    10/10: 6
    10/11: 4

    Total 53.4
    Goal 120 miles

    Upcoming races:
    11/25 Schaumburg HM
  • power0304
    power0304 Posts: 293 Member
    October 1 - 16 km
    October 2 - 16 km
    October 3 - 16 km
    October 4 - 16 km
    October 5 - 16 km
    October 6 - 16 km
    October 7 - rest day
    October 8 - 21 km
    October 9 - 16 km
    October 10 - 16 km
    October 11 - 16 km
    October 12 - rest day

    Total km - 165 km out of 350 km
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    I am getting excited and surprisingly nervous for the Bourbon Chase this weekend. I have never done a relay, especially not one like this. I know it will be fun, but I think I may have underestimated how challenging it is going to be. I am particularly worried about my hubby. His first leg is 8.6 miles and he has only done two 8 mile runs in training. Also still concerned about my second leg. I was looking for some additional details on the event since they are pretty scarce on the website and I stumbled across this blog from 2014. It just so happens that the author ran the same legs I will be running and it does absolutely nothing to comfort me.

    http://fitting-it-all-in.com/we-did-it-my-bourbon-chase-experience-2014/

    Also, we are not going to have a hotel room until we finish in Lexington (we are taking our tent), so her comment about that shower being the morale boost she needed also has me worried. At any rate, we leave for Louisville immediately after work tomorrow and we have a 7:45 AM start time on Friday. My legs are sore today from yesterday's double, so I will be taking it easy until then. In hind sight, that may not have been the best idea given the current status of my legs.

    Hopefully I will have some good photos to post now that I run with my phone!
  • _nikkiwolf_
    _nikkiwolf_ Posts: 1,380 Member
    eponine1984 wrote: »
    Did anyone else start out like me - super slow, can barely hang on - and improve?
    @eponine1984 Before my first race (a small local one, but with both a 5km and 10km option), I was talking to another runner. He told me it was his 10th time doing that race and asked me for what my goal finish time was. I replied that it was my first race and that I would be happy with a time below 45min. At which point he told me that was a good goal, most beginners would just aim for sub-60 in their first 10k, but he thought it was much better to challenge oneself. I was too embarrassed to admit that I had been talking about my goal for the 5k race...
    I'm still not so fast that I would have a chance of winning an age group award or qualify for Boston, and I don't think that will ever change. But now my PR for 5km is 26:26min; which is much faster than I ever thought possible when I started running. And despite the fact that I hated running in school, I now enjoy it so much that I ran longer and longer distances - as a kid, I thought 800m was horrible torture; now I've run two marathons and will probably train for another one next spring.

    @ariceroni and @garygse Congratulations again to both of you, and thanks for the great race reports and awesome photos! (maybe apart from ariceroni's blister, but my own fault for clicking on the spoiler button ^^)

    @RunsOnEspresso At least if you are the only woman, you are certain to win both 1st female overall and your age group award :wink: It's still a month to the race, plenty of time for other people to join.

    @amymoreorless Lovely photos, looks like a perfect run!

    @girlinahat I love your marathon dream. Bouldering along the way and cake at the aid station? Let me know where I can sign up :smiley:

    @7lenny7 I'm sorry your calf muscle is hurt. I hope you'll recover before the race!! But if not, getting the chili & shirt and enjoying the atmosphere also sounds like a plan.
    I had to DNS the half I wanted to run last month, but I didn't even go there - there was no shirt but only an unspecified "souvenier price", and the drive there and back would have been around 2.5 hours, so it didn't seem worth the time and gasoline (plus my knee got horribly stiff from sitting, so I wasn't keen on all that time in the car). But I was seriously tempted to go - if it had been any closer, I probably would have gone.

    @greenolivetree I know exacly what you mean by looking back to last year's October and feeling disappoined by this year in comparison. Last year I ran my first marathon in October. This year I'm in the middle of building back distance and wondering if I'm already back in shape enough to sign up for a 20km race at the end of the month. There's ups and downs in running too, but we'll get better again, that's for sure! :smile:

  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    @skippygirlsmom I hate running on garbage day (or the day before) because every one puts their cans on the sidewalk despite the city sending multiple notices that they are to be in the street. The garbage men are always good about looking out for pedestrians so that's always nice.

    @navygrrl Yay for no crutches and getting to do your half, even if you have to walk some. But crazy about the previous break. Yikes!

    @_nikkiwolf_ They are only doing top three overall for each gender. So as of right now I am guaranteed to place! It's partnered with our NHL team and they have made one Facebook post on their foundation page. It's a little weird seeing as the MLB team does one every year and they advertise all over the place, even for their inaugural.
  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
    10/1 = 15 miles
    10/2 = 6.5 miles and strength training
    10/3 = rest day
    10/4 = 8 miles
    10/5 = 6.5 easy miles and strength training
    10/6 = kettlebell workout
    10/7 = 7 miles
    10/8 = 16 miles
    10/9 = 8 miles
    10/10 = Vinyasa yoga class & 5.5 mile hike
    10/11 = 8.5 miles

    81.5/175 (September goal miles)

    Upcoming Races:
    10/28 = Hill Country Halloween Half Marathon
    11/23 = Georgetown Turkey Trot
    12/10 = BCS Marathon
    1/6/18 = River Road Run Half Marathon
  • weat0043
    weat0043 Posts: 172 Member
    Only did 2.8km today as I think I've succumb to the old "too much too soon" adage... Been having some calf soreness and discomfort during my runs and after...
    MTD - 38.2km/100km
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    10/01 - Rest
    10/02 - 10 miles Z2
    10/03 - 9 miles easy Z2 in the heat
    10/04 - Strength + 7 miles Z3/4
    10/05 - Strength + 6 miles Z2 in the rain
    10/06 - 11 Miles Z2
    10/07 - 16 Miles Z2
    10/08 - Rest
    10/09 - 9 Miles Z2
    10/10 - 10.5 miles Z2
    10/11 - Strenght + 6.25 miles Z2

    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
    10/14/2017 - HAWAIIANS LOVE S.P.A.M. (Skin Protection Against Melanoma)
    05/06/18 - Pittsburgh Marathon - aiming for sub four hours.


    Funny that I now run 6.25 miles in an hour an call it an easy Z2 run... last spring I was pushing hard to get to 6 miles in an hour :)
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    @navygrrl Well, at least they do not have to amputate it yet! :smiley: Glad you can still do the half!
  • bride001
    bride001 Posts: 153 Member
    Last time I posted was on page 9 this month and came back today and we are on page 28 - spent most of the day catching up on posts but only made it to page 22. Will catch up later.

    I was only able to complete 4 of my planned miles last week and did not get my long run in this past weekend because I had planned to travel to Houston. However, My hubby thought Hurricane Nate was headed more west than east, so he did not want me to travel and my uncle (who had been battling cancer for two years) was sent home on hospice last week and past away on Saturday night. My uncle did not tell us he had terminal cancer even though he knew for about a year before he past away, so it was kinda of a shock. He felt if people knew that they would treat him differently.

    10/06 - 4.0 miles
    10/08 - 4.0 miles
    10/09 - Rest Day
    10/10 - Rest Day (not planned)
    10/11 - 4.0 miles

    12/119 miles

    Upcoming Races:
    12/02/2017 St Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend (HM)
    01/13/2018 - Louisiana Marathon (Quarter Marathon)
    02/17/2018 - Mardi Gras Mambo (10K)
  • navygrrl
    navygrrl Posts: 517 Member
    @bride001 I'm so sorry to hear about your uncle. I think my dad had the same mentality. He battled liver issues and eventually liver failure for 8 years before he told us about it, and then he passed three months after he told us. Part of it was that he always had an issue with telling us anything about his health because he didn't want us to worry. When I was deployed to the Middle East back in 2001, he had a heart attack and an angioplasty, but he didn't let anyone know until after he had been home from the hospital for a month. I know they don't want us to treat them differently, but I wish I would have had more time to prepare. Even with preparation though, it's still a shock. So *hugs* and mojo to you and your family.
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    10/1 - Rest
    10/2 - Rest
    10/3 - 5 miles treadmill before weight lifting
    10/4 - 8.15 miles
    10/5 - 5 miles treadmill. Worst workout ever with serious BG problems. So bad that I skipped weight lifting afterwards.
    10/6 - Rest
    10/7 - 1.4 miles. Was supposed to be 12 miles, but it was raining and I had some GI issues. Ugh.
    10/8 - 4.72 miles. Was harder than it should have been.
    10/9 - Rest
    10/10 - Figured out why I've been having GI/stomach issues/pain and difficulty breathing. Gall stones. Skipped run to try to flush gall stones.
    10/11 - 5.04 miles - was supposed to be race pace. Some gall stones were flushed, but still having abdomen issues. Still, this went pretty well and was almost to race pace. Going to do the home flush again on 10/13 to get rid of any remaining gall stones.

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    Upcoming Races:
    10/21/17 - Oregon Trail Run marathon (First marathon... goal 4:10)
  • icemaker1
    icemaker1 Posts: 14 Member
    46.2 miles so far this month.
    Being new to this group, I am just trying to get caught up on everyone. I really appreciate reading the supportive comments.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    1---5.00
    3---3.44
    6---3.46
    7---6.23
    10---2.54
    11---4.03 A good little run. Especially since I initially I decided to bail on today's run. I have a rule, if I have an IBS flare, I don't run (usually to dehydrated). I went out with the hopes the med kicked in and nothing was headed out. :smiley: Tummy was fine. Now I have this strange pain in the middle of my IT band in the stance phase and if I squat. What is it?


    24.70/80 miles


    Upcoming races:
    Oct 14 AIM for the Cure- 5K, virual run
    Dec 2- POOP trail run, Hoping for a half! Norman OK
    Jan 27 Running the Rose. Tyler Tx. 11mi or 7k

    Pre-op PR's
    1 mile 8:27  5k 24:42. 10k 1:00.52.  HM 2:17.28
    Post-op Training PB's
    1 mile 9.25  5k 33:46 10k 1:09:46
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,165 Member
    October goal: 70 miles

    10/1: 7.7 miles
    10/3: 3 miles (intervals)
    10/4: 3.1 miles
    10/5: 2.3 miles
    10/7: 3.1 miles (race)
    10/8: 5.7 miles
    10/10: 3.3 miles (intervals)
    10/11: 3.2 miles

    31.4/70 miles

    It was a pretty day and I had a nice 3.2 mile run. I love it when I have a run that just feels good.

    Upcoming Races:
    10/7/17: Old Rip 5K ✔ PR: 30:46; 1st in AG
    10/14/17: Aim at Melanoma 5K (virtual)


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  • millerdan1
    millerdan1 Posts: 16 Member
    32.5/70, upcoming half on 10/22.
  • Ryokat
    Ryokat Posts: 168 Member
    @_nikkiwolf_ How is there a giraffe on your running route?!?! :o Or am I totally missing something here?
  • ariceroni
    ariceroni Posts: 422 Member
    Thanks @kgirlhart @Elise4270 @skippygirlsmom @navygrrl @seanevan10 @BruinsGal_91 @kevaasen @PastorVincent @Stoshew71 @shanaber @cameronheel @katharmonic @garygse (congrats on your awesome time!!) @wishiwasarunner @7lenny7 @ddmom0811 @jvcinv @lporter229 @greenolivetree @RunRachelleRun @_nikkiwolf_ and anyone else I might have missed by accident!

    @skippygirlsmom so funny you pointed that guy out! I've shown that picture to god knows how many people (and even made it my facebook profile picture!) and no one else noticed. Now it's all I can see when I look at the picture haha, poor guy
    @amymoreorless looks like a beautiful day to play hooky! I think all of us are a bit jealous :wink:
    @PastorVincent wow, first place across the board on Strava! Nicely done! Also I'm with @MNLittleFinn on this one, avoid long runs on the treadmill as much as possible. I typically run through the Chicago winters outside; my rule of thumb is that as long as it is above -10*F real feel I will run outside. I do avoid running when it is icy though, preferring instead to go during/immediately after a snowfall or waiting until they have plowed the streets once the ice sets in. Also it gets pretty windy here so I try not to go out if its over 25 mph winds, I just don't have the right gear for super windy and super cold
    @shanaber Glad to hear you are staying safe out there! I hope you are able to get some running in, but staying out of the smoke and evacuation zone is definitely a higher priority!
    @kristinegift So sorry to hear you are dealing with an injury right now, I can definitely understand the crankiness. Hopefully you are back out there soon!
    @JessicaMcB Good luck! Though with all the training you've put in, you'll hardly need it :smile:
    @_nikkiwolf_ is that a real live giraffe??? I am so confused lol

    October Running:
    10/03: 4.03 miles (1E/2MP/1E)
    10/05: 3.01 mile easy run
    10/07: 2.01 mile easy run
    10/08: Chicago Marathon (26.54 miles)!!!!!
    10/10: 2.01 mile easy run
    10/11: 3.08 mile easy run
    Total: 40.68 miles

    Notes:
    Another easy run this afternoon, 3.08 miles at a 9:20 average pace. My legs surprisingly feel pretty much back to normal; I ran the "hill loop" twice at the park and my quads didn't hate it any more than usual haha. The only thing is that I have developed a cold over the last two days, and I'm hoping it won't keep me from running this week! I usually am almost never sick (last time was early 2016), so I suspect it was the marathon that got me sick- a combination of depressed immune system from all the race stress and the 200+ high fives I gave out (plus I don't think I washed my hands before eating lunch post-race :grimace:) Hopefully it will pass quickly, but in the meantime I am enjoying the excuse to get extra sleep!

    Upcoming Races:
    Chicago Marathon - 10/08/17 Finished in 3:54:35!!!
    Space Coast Half Marathon - 11/26/17
    Excalibur 10 Miler - 03/18/18
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
    @skippygirlsmom Its a straight Grain Farm - no animals as they require 24 - 7 - 365 attention.
    Since they are down to the last 100 acres ( ~5% of total acres ) they are very relaxed now.
    Finally back home after a week away so should be back in my shoes tomorrow :) after adult swim club.
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