October 2017 Running Challenge

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  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 4,981 Member
    edited October 2017
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    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
    10/12: 2.7 miles
    10/14: 3.1 miles (virtual race)
    10/15: 7.2 miles
    10/17: 3.1 miles (intervals)
    10/18: 2.6 miles

    50.1/70 miles

    My run at lunch today was pretty good. The weather is really nice. I just wish I had more time at lunch to run. I could have waited until after work, but I have a lot going on and I just felt like I should get it done now.


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  • weat0043
    weat0043 Posts: 172 Member
    edited October 2017
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    @BruinsGal_91 Exactly! haha
  • mustb60
    mustb60 Posts: 1,090 Member
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    October Running Challenge
    Goal: 80 km
    Ran: 74.8/80 km

    18/10/17 Run 6 km
    16/10/17 Run 8 km
    14/10/17 Run 8 km
    12/10/17 Run 8 km
    10/10/17 Run 8 km
    9/10/17 Run 5.3 km
    8/10/17 Rest Day
    7/10/17 Rest Day walk 3 km
    6/10/17 Run 8.5 km
    5/10/17 Run 7 km
    4/10/17 Run 7 km
    3/10/17 Run 9 km
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
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    Remember those races where your GPS dropped out and left you short distance and stole a legit PR from you? There's a fix if you have a Garmin. All hail Garmin!!!

    "The app will automatically re-align to the nearest mile/kilometer marker" Here. Don't worry its just DCRainmaker's article explaining how to get it.

    DH okayed the 935. Now I just gotta get the "when", prob after we pay the brick guy. See, he just bought a new truck so I have a bit of leverage. ;)

    Hope this widget helps!
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
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    weat0043 wrote: »
    @PastorVincent & everyone else talking about measurement... The best is in Canada when you measure everything in a "mixture" ... Oh you're building a house...let's use Imperial but a Commercial Building we'll use Metric. Let's weigh everything but ourselves using grams/kilograms and then have to convert it because half the population still goes by Pounds... Did you need a gallon of paint or a 5L pail... -_- sorry I'm a little late to the conversation just thought I'd add my two cents.

    Oh and don't forget to add the half inch when Americans say that a meter is 39 inches! LOL! they're like "what????" I swear in school it's taught "just a little bit longer". My dad taught me a couple was three. I of course, never got that until I was in my 30's. Yet I digress... so easy to do.
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
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    I think something went screwy yesterday because I didn't see @girlinahat post about anxiety/hyperventilation or the post above it by @Elise4270. I swear, those posts were not there! Anyway, I've only had a couple day time panic attacks but I get them at night when I'm falling asleep. But in general I just avoid things in life that would give me a panic attack. Like running with other people :-| I just skip events and make excuses and be a loner.
  • shrcpr
    shrcpr Posts: 885 Member
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    So, thoughts on joining a pace group for my first HM? Do they help? How do they work? I got an email today with sign-ups for them and not sure if I should or not.

    @WandaVaughn, been wondering about you! Glad to hear you're on track for your race. Can't wait to hear how you do!
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    edited October 2017
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    @shrcpr I ran with a pace group for my first HM and I highly recommend it. They obviously help with pacing, but they are also (if they are good) cheerleaders for the group. It's someone to talk to when you are struggling, again good ones give tips on the course and really help you out.

    @WandaVaughn I just noticed that the half is back to the first week of November and isn't the same weekend as our state meet anymore. If I realized it before I might have signed up.

    I was just talking to a friend who ran a 5K on Saturday, the awards stopped at 49 years old. It wasn't even like a 45 and UP age group, it was literally nothing after 49. She is 50 and when she looked at the results she would have been 2nd I think she said in her AG. She's never placed before and was so sad.
  • weat0043
    weat0043 Posts: 172 Member
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    Oct. 18 - 3.5km
    MTD - 60.4km/100km
    Nice and easy walk/run today.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
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    shrcpr wrote: »
    So, thoughts on joining a pace group for my first HM? Do they help? How do they work? I got an email today with sign-ups for them and not sure if I should or not.

    I love pace groups. What has happened when I have been in bigger races is that like 5 or 10 people run with the pacer and it is like a running club. Everyone chats to pass the time and pacer keeps everyone focused on making the end. I think they are a HUGE help. IMO, YMMV, Objects In The Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear, and all that :)
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
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    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 - Strength + 6.25 miles Z2
    10/12 - Strength + 7 Miles
    10/13 - 7 Miles
    10/14 - Stop Drop and Run Race - 4.5 mile
    10/15 - 11 miles
    10/16 - Rest
    10/17 - 7 Miles Easy
    10/18 - Strength + 7 miles

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

    Next Races (more as I find them):

    Thanksgiving morning - Turkey Trot - Double Gobbler! (5K + 5 miles)
    05/06/18 - Pittsburgh Marathon - aiming for sub four hours.
    05/12/18 - Glacier Ridge 50k Trail Ultra (or maybe 30K Still debating)

  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    @PastorVincent I see your race list. Go for 50k.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
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    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @PastorVincent I see your race list. Go for 50k.

    It is 6 days after the marathon, otherwise, I would not hesitate.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    PastorVincent wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @PastorVincent I see your race list. Go for 50k.

    It is 6 days after the marathon, otherwise, I would not hesitate.

    yeah, noticed that after I posted. even 30k could be ambitious, just because you're aiming for a PR marathon. Looks good though. You faster people have me slightly jealous, going for sub-4 marathons and all
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
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    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @PastorVincent I see your race list. Go for 50k.

    It is 6 days after the marathon, otherwise, I would not hesitate.

    yeah, noticed that after I posted. even 30k could be ambitious, just because you're aiming for a PR marathon. Looks good though. You faster people have me slightly jealous, going for sub-4 marathons and all

    BTW found a powerline trail near buy I need to run down and check out. Should be past tic season now right?
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    PastorVincent wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @PastorVincent I see your race list. Go for 50k.

    It is 6 days after the marathon, otherwise, I would not hesitate.

    yeah, noticed that after I posted. even 30k could be ambitious, just because you're aiming for a PR marathon. Looks good though. You faster people have me slightly jealous, going for sub-4 marathons and all

    BTW found a powerline trail near buy I need to run down and check out. Should be past tic season now right?

    Should be
  • Ray_Libby
    Ray_Libby Posts: 874 Member
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    10/1 - 9.03 miles
    10/3 - 4.25 miles
    10/4 - 4.22 miles
    10/6 - 5.06 miles
    10/7 - 5.06 miles
    10/9 - 10.51 miles
    10/10 - 5.13 miles - temp was about 85 outside so the temps are heading downward at least from the 100's finally - makes for a more enjoyable run
    10/11 - 5.17 - slower pace than yesterday but was a lot hotter today but it was nice to get out and enjoy slower run
    10/12 - 4.01 miles - went for a bike ride also for about a half hour and then for a faster run - at least for me - trying to get back down in the 9 minute mile range - hit 9 and 1/2 minute today
    10/13 - 5.22 miles
    10/14 - 5.01 miles - right at 35 miles this week
    10/16 - 8.16 miles - wanted to run 11 miles today but the heat for some reason sapped me dry - I was hydrated and I prepared for my monday run like I always do but today it didn't work out as - some days you have those amazing runs and other days they are painfully frustrating so I walk a few miles of what I would have run.
    10/18 - 6.21 miles - a lot better run than Monday's and I took yesterday off to rest and to refocus on what I wanted to accomplish with my running. I hope to do my first race later this year - I work nights so it is a little difficult since I work weekends when most runs are and I don't have enough vacation to use to take time off. It is only for a season though as I will be retiring and going part time in about a year and a half. Like reading about the experiences many of you have in running races and in your training. I don't comment much directly as I am fairly new to the group.

    77.04/110
  • sarahthes
    sarahthes Posts: 3,252 Member
    edited October 2017
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    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 - 6.0 km
    10/11 - rest
    10/12 - 4.0 km
    10/13 - rest
    10/14 - 6.1 km
    10/15 - rest
    10/16 - rest
    10/17 - unplanned rest (weather apocalypse)
    10/18 - 5.1 km

    Total 28/55 km

    I knew there was bad weather forecast for yesterday. I figured I could beat it home and either run home or run right after work. So I brought my running clothes to work except I forgot my shirt.

    So hubby and I popped over to a local sports store on the way home - about 1km from work, I could just go from there even though it was raining pretty badly and the wind was getting more intense.

    Then it started to hail.

    I went today after work instead. Basically running on empty due to crappy sleep last night so of course Strava showed I had a ton of PR best efforts... I did cut it short by about 0.5km because I had nothing left in me, though.

    Hoping I can get in the rest of my planned runs this week and next. Being offset by a day may actually help with that as Saturday I've got a 90 minute drive followed by 8 hours on a conference room discussing the politics of chemistry (board of directors meeting for my professional association).

    And then Monday morning I fly out to Grande Prairie for the week. Will probably just stick to the treadmill in the hotel gym since I don't think running in the dark in a strange town would be terribly bright.

    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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