October 2017 Running Challenge
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Finished my quick write up for Wild Duluth. Turned out kid of long, so I posted it in the MRC forum as it's on thread. anyway, here's the link http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10609255/wd100k-race-report/p1?new=16
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1---5.00
3---3.44
6---3.46
7---6.23
10---2.54
11---4.03
12---13 IBS
14---3.12 AiM for the Cure
14---3.46
15-17---sprained ankle
18---bike
19--- 4.14
21---3.80 walk
22---5.0 walk
44.22/80 miles
Upcoming races:
Dec 2- POOP trail run, 5.5 miles 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 1:09:461 -
@midwesterner85 I come from a family of Type 1's. Every diabetic I know, both within my family and outside, deals with it in a different way. One cousin clearly lets her diabetes be the controller of her life, her brother is quite the opposite. The rest of the family have beaten the suggested life expectancy by twenty to thirty YEARS. I have friends who have been cleared to scuba dive for being T1, and know others who are T1 runners. Aside from that one cousin, NONE of those I see around me are beaten by it, and you have shown an amazing ability to both manage the condition and work around it to let yourself live the life YOU want to live.
There's no shame in having vulnerability. I found myself crying on a hilltop in front of a group of strangers last weekend, feeling hopeless that I couldn't keep up with them. We all have our weaknesses. Yours is a little harder to overcome than perhaps the rest of ours, but you do so well at it.6 -
@_nikkiwolf_ Great race report; may you long continue to have crappy weather!
@ACJones82 I found running unfueled to be a great way to help condition the body to become more efficient with fuel resources by forcing it to utilize fat more while running. This in theory should pay dividends later on by helping to avoid hitting the dreaded wall.
ETA: Just re-read what you wrote, and you said without water. Ah well, I still stand by what I wrote, lol.
@MNLittleFinn Great race report, and dang that was a tough race; much kudos and respect to you for seeing it through to the end!
@midwesterner85 Vulnerability? Yes. Inferiority? Definitely not a word to use to describe you...you've got more grit, strength, and courage to go for, and complete, a marathon than most runners I've come across. Probably a more fitting word would be 'invincibility', because you didn't let it stop you.
After yesterday's five-miler, the recovery plan called for another run, but with this one being an even shorter four-miler instead. Nothing special to report, other than it was a beautiful sunny day with a nice cool breeze from the north helping to keep things feeling fresh and comfortable.
02 - 5.26
03 - 4.06
04 - 4.07
06 - 2.80
07 - 2.01
08 - 26.21
11 - 2.06
14 - 6.89
17 - 4.07
19 - 5.56
21 - 5.59
22 - 4.05
Total: 68.63 / 100 miles6 -
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
10/19: 3.3 miles
10/22: 8 miles
61.4/70 miles
Today's run was awesome! It was my longest run to date. I forgot my water heading out and ended up doing the whole run without any water. Thank goodness it was only in the 60's this morning. There were a couple of spots on the route where I could have veered off and swung by the house if I needed to, but I was fine without it.
I played Zombies Run today. I always get tickled when I'm running through the cemetery and the zombie chase starts. I always seem to get at least one chase when I am either in the cemetery, or running on the road outside of it.
I tripped a little on something sticking out of the ground, but I managed to catch myself and not fall. I definitely looked around to make sure no one saw me flailing my arms and trying catch my balance. I'm sure I looked quite comical. I'm just glad I didn't hit the ground.
I only ran 8 miles and I am pretty tired. Congrats to all of you who ran marathons and ultra and even just long runs training for marathons. I don't know how you do it. I think I will spend the rest of the evening on the couch waiting for the premier of The Walking Dead.
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October Running Totals (miles)
10/1 – rest day
10/2 – 5.07 easy
10/3 – 5.05 easy
10/4 – rest day
10/5 – 6.01 easy
10/6 – rest day
10/7 – 10.09 paced run
10/8 – 7.20 easy to MP
10/9 – rest day
10/10 – 6.09 mostly easy
10/11 – 6.30 group run
10/12 – 6.12 easy
10/13 – rest day
10/14 – 11.02 paced run
10/15 – 6.51 rainy run
10/16 – rest day
10/17 – 6.02 easy plus intervals
10/18 – 6.39 group run
10/19 – 5.87 warmup, XC practice
10/20 – rest day
10/21 – 11.54 paced run
10/22 – 7.19 easy plus a stride
October running total to date – 106.47
Nominal challenge goal: 100 miles
Real goals: Get healthy enough to run 5 days a week. Avoid re-injury. Build base.
Today's notes – After a tough week on the non-running front, I slept in this morning. I let myself go through a normal morning routine, just later than usual. Got out to run before lunch, at 1:23 PM.
Getting 10 hours of sleep last night was a Very Good Thing.
I had hazy sunshine and 72º F (22º C) to run. Ran a familiar 7.2 mile route with some hills, mostly paying attention to pace, heart rate, and how my recovering ankle felt. Paying attention to HR led to paying attention to weather; it felt hot running eastbound with the breeze at my back. But what with one thing and another, I was able to hold my pace to mostly easy effort, 7:53 per mile average with full mile splits ranging from 7:45 to 8:04. Then at the very end I ramped it up to T level of effort for one interval between fire hydrants, then finished with a stride. So Garmin reports the pace for the tag end after 7 miles as 6:20 per mile; that's about how hard I ran, on average.
Bottom line is, I'm maybe 90% to 95%. Still have to pay attention to the ankle. Still not all the way back with cardio, though I'm close. But I know how to train/recover from this point. I'm very comfortable with having a 6K XC race next Sunday, and I'm pretty comfortable with my decision to have 2 rest days per week.
Late month goal check: Hit the nominal mileage goal today. I'm healthy enough to run 5 days a week. So far I haven't re-injured myself. I'm satisfied with my base building so far, having run 36 miles a week two weeks in a row.
2017 races:
January 1, 2017 Freezeroo #2 (Resolution Run 7.5 mile) (Mendon, NY) Finished in 50:45
January 7, 2017 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY) Finished in 1:32:40
January 14, 2017 Freezeroo #3 (Pineway Ponds Park 5 mile) (Spencerport, NY) Finished in 33:42
January 28, 2017 Freezeroo #4 (Hearnish 5 mile) (Victor, NY) short course, finished 4.88 miles in 32:50
February 4, 2017 USATF Cross Country National Championship Masters 8K (Bend, OR) Finished in 35:39, team won the 60+ Men's cross country championship
February 11, 2017 Freezeroo #5 (Valentines Run "In Memory of Tom Brannon" 8 Mile) (Greece, NY) sat out due to training schedule
February 25, 2017 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY) short course, finished 4.34 miles in 27:51
March 11, 2017 Johnny's Runnin' of the Green 5 mile (Rochester, NY) finished in 33:25
March 18, 2017 USATF Masters 8K Championship (Shamrock 8K, Virginia Beach, VA) finished in 30:59, PR for 8K
April 17, 2017 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA) finished in 3:49:42
April 30, 2017 USATF Masters 10K Championship (James Joyce Ramble, Dedham, MA) finished in 39:54, PR for 10K
May 21, 2017 Lilac Run 10K (Rochester, NY) finished in 40:04
May 27, 2017 Canandaigua Classic Half Marathon (Canandaigua, NY) finished in 1:33:06
June 9, 2017 Charlie McMullen Mile (Fairport, NY) finished in 5:44.90, PR for mile
June 18, 2017 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY) finished in 19:32
July 4, 2017 Firecracker Four Mile (Fairport, NY) finished in 25:42
July 15, 2017 Shoreline Half Marathon [1:40 pacer] (Hamlin, NY) finished in 1:39:05
July 28, 2017 Karknocker 5K (East Rochester, NY) finished in 19:28
August 9, 2017 Pound the Ground 10K (Mendon, NY) finished in 41:26
August 12, 2017 Bergen Road Race 5K (Bergen, NY) finished in 19:47
August 25, 2017 USATF Masters Mile (Hap Crim Michigan Mile, Flint, MI) DNS - injury
September 3, 2017 Oak Tree Half Marathon (Geneseo, NY) DNS - injury
September 17, 2017 MVP Rochester Marathon (Rochester, NY) DNS - injury
October 29, 2017 Pete Glavin XC Race #4 6K (Brighton, NY)
November 23, 2017 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY)
2018 races:
January 6, 2018 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY)
April 16, 2018 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)
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midwesterner85 wrote: »Thank you all for the encouraging words. The most depressing part is that I really try not to let T1D affect my success or lack thereof in life. So when I have bad days at the worst time, it is doubly bad. In all reality, it would be easier to accept my terrible time if it were caused by anything else at all - getting struck by lightning, for example. It isn't just the terrible time... it is that the results are undeniable evidence of vulnerability and inferiority that I would like to believe do not even exist. I want to continue to think that I can do just as well at anything as anybody else, but I just can't continue to believe that anymore. That's the depressing part... to have to accept having a weakness.
As someone that has multiple health conditions, I can really understand what you mean. I have gone out with great weather, well stocked with supplies, and time to run 20+ miles and been forced to quit at 6 or 9 or something miles for various health reasons. Straight up, it sucks.
But despite all that you still did what the vast majority of the world could never do. You completed a marathon. Dude, you realize you are in an elite class of human now? Seriously. There will be other chances to get a better time, but for no hold onto your medal and know you have overcome a beast that the vast majority of the world would never even consider fighting. And you essentially did it with one hand tied behind your back.
Seriously. Congrats again and welcome to the marathoner's club.
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10/1: 3.3
10/2: 4.2
10/5: 3.2
10/7: 4.2
10/8: 4.2
10/10: 6.3
10/22: 3.2
Total: 28.6 / ???
Back from vacation! My run on the 10th was too long; I should not have ignored the stiff feeling towards the outside of my arch. It bothered me the first day or two of vacation, despite a week of rest in between. (We walked ~10 miles a day on vacation.) So when it came back today, I called it good and walked the rest.
Concussed teenager is no longer bothered by riding in the car, but discovered to her dismay that "the doctor cleared you to ride roller coasters as tolerated" is not the same as "you'll tolerate riding." Anything with lights, sounds, or motion was too much. But it was still better than staying home! And she was fine with the airplane travel, which is good, because she loves flying.2 -
10/1-6.2 miles 1270 Feet Elevation
10/2- REST
10/3- 9
10/4- 7
10//5- 9
10/6- 5
10/7- 15
10/8- 5- Felt like being lazy
10/9- REST
10/10- 5
10/11- 5
10/12- 5
10/13- 5
10/14- 8.1- 1476 Feet Elevation
10/15- REST
18/16- REST
10/17- 4
10/18- 3
10/19- REST
10/20- REST
10/21- 62.2
10/22- Recovery
Total Miles: 153.5
Total Elevation: 2746
October goal: Survive 100k training taper and Wild Duluth 100k
Nominal Mileage goal: 100 miles.
Elevation goal: 15000ft
Today's notes: Recovery day after yesterday's monster race. Feeling really tired now and have DOMS from hell. Quads, Calves and, oddly, shoulders are all pretty trashed.
Hoping everyone had a runderful day
2017 Races Scheduled
6/16- William A Irvin 5k
6/17- Grandma's Marathon 4:24:06
7/15- Eugene Curnow Trail Marathon 7:22:23
8/12- UMTR FatAss "Not Quite" 50k DNF, too darn hot out
8/19- Rampage at the Ridge 5k OCR
9/23- Ely Marathon 6:24:36
10/21 Wild Duluth 100k 18:16:00 Finished after cut off, but still is a finish
11/23- TBD 5k Turkey
2018 races (possible)
4/13- Zumbro Endurance Race
5/19- Superior Trail 25k3 -
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 - strength training/stairmarster
October 13 - 16 km
October 14 - strength training/stairmarster
October 15 - 18.5 km
October 16 - rest day
October 17 - 16.5 km/ stairmarster
October 18 - 16 km run /strength training
October 19 - raining no run
October 20 - 16.5 km run
October 21 - 11.5 km run / strength training
October 22 - 5 km run joined local running group
October 23 - 19.5 km long run
Total km - 284.5 km out of 350 km2 -
@MNLittleFinn congratulations! What an awesome accomplishment!
I was mia this past week due to yet another insane week at work with an added benefit of being sick like a dog for most of the days. I did not run all week in order to recover for today's race, which sucked real bad because the weather was gorgeous! Oh well, I guess it was worth it since I ran my half marathon today and it went fantastic!
Quick report: this was my first time running Blue-Gray 1/2 marathon in Gettysburg, and I've already decided - my favorite race so far. Here are the pros:
1) It's 3 miles away from my house
2) Registration fee was very reasonable - just around $60. I am getting tired of paying $100+ for races, maybe it's just me.
3) Participant cap = 1000. I've ran big races before like Baltimore Marathon and Washington DC races, and there is just something very special about small town events that I absolutely love!
4) Check in was in a movie theater, so there were plenty of bathrooms to use (real bathrooms!) before the race began.
5) The course was awesome! Very gentle rolling hills, beautiful sites of the countryside, stunning views of the historic battlefield! To be honest, this might have been the easiest race I've ran as far as elevation goes. Great potential for a new PR. The weather conditions were amazing today, I could not have asked for a better weather - around 52 degrees, sunny and chilly, low humidity.
6) Post-race food: bananas, apples, bagels, donuts, real sandwiches, chips, pretzels, chocolate milk, water and gatorade - all you can eat! Honestly, just come and get as much as you want - the station were open for anyone. Oh, did I forget beer? Yeah, 2 cans of Michelob Ultra There was so much food and music and dogs - this is what heaven looks like to me!
7) After the race runners could go to a computer station, type in their BIB and get a printed copy of their official result, with overall and age group ranks.
8) The age group winners got locally baked pies as their prize, which I though was a nice touch.
9) The pictures of all finishers are already uploaded and free.
Cons: can't think of one
Overall, great race! I would definitely recommend this event to anyone.
Of course, my favorite part of the race - hugging my little runner at the finish line!
P.S. I finished with 1:58:30. Not a PR, but anything under 2 hours is good for me!
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@Runningmischka That race sounds absolutely fantastic! Glad to hear it went well, and great picture!0
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@Runningmischka sounds like an awesome race.0
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@Runningmischka That race sounds absolutely fantastic! Glad to hear it went well, and great picture!
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So my goal for the month is 45 miles. I have a lot going on this month, including visiting my mom and my brother this month, and going to a few concerts.
10/2...4. miles
10/10..6 miles
10/13..6 miles
10/18..6 miles
10/21..6 miles
10/22..5 miles
Total..35 miles
Goal is 45 miles.
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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
10/19 - Strength + 8 miles
10/20 - 7 Miles
10/21 - Rest ( Funeral)
10/22 - Rest (Stuck doing non-running things)
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)
Bah. Planed a long run for today, but got stuck at a store for several hours waiting on various things and lost my chance.
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PastorVincent wrote: »Bah. Planed a long run for today, but got stuck at a store for several hours waiting on various things and lost my chance.
BTW - This is why I try to run 7 days a week because I KNOW that there will be days I can not. If I only planned to run a few days a week, and life happens so that I miss one or more of those few days, then I get NO runs in that week. By getting up every day and trying t plan a run, I can almost always get at least 3 or 4 runs in a week in. Sometimes I end up on a 7+ day streak, but I can always choose to take a rest day when that happens.
Anyways... that is just how I do it. YMMV and all that. But it is something to consider for those of you like me with many random things drawing your time away from you.
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What I live about this thread the most is the vulnerabilies. It's one thing to share the joy of our wins and NSVs and such...but it's just as important to read and share our stories of disappointment. Otherwise, we start to perceive our Internet lives as separate and perfect.14
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October Goal met: got thru the Aim At Melanoma run without losing it.....
10/1 rest
10/2 4.20
10/3 4.10
10/4 5.30
10/5 rest
10/6 4.40
10/7 6.10
10/8
10/9
10/11
10/12
10/13
10/14 3.1
10/15 6.50
10/16 snorkel 6 hours
10/17 rest
10/18 9.75
10/19 4.43
10/20 4.33
10/21 rest
10/22 5.06
Total: 57.27
@MNLittleFinn and @midwesterner85 Great job pushing thru despite adversity
Ticker is my goal for 2017 and progress to date:
Upcoming races:
AIM at Melanoma 5k 10/14/17
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@_nikkiwolf_ I love your attitude! Going the extra 7 km in the rain! Just awesome.
@Runningmischka That sounds like the perfect event! Very happy for you.
@juliet3455 So sorry about your back injury! One of the downsides/upsides to running is that it teaches us patience.
@midwesterner85 There's accepting a weakness, and there's doing amazing things despite a weakness. Massive kudos on the latter.
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