January 2018 Running Challenge
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January goal: Keep kicking at Zumbro training
Nominal mileage goal: Let's say 140? I really don't know. Real plan is to follow training and coach's advice well.
1/1- REST
1/2- 8.1
1/3- 6.4
1/4- REST
1/5- 4.8
1/6- 8.1
Total: 27.4
Today's notes:
Double header post. I didn't get to ru until 8:15 last night, which is late for me. After a full day of dropping Little Man at daycare, working at my level 4 school, and playing with Little Man until mommy came home and then having family time, I was well through my day before I even started running. That said, Last night's run rocked. I headed to Giant's Ridge and did the up, over, down, and back. I haven't done this route in over a moth. I got 0.2 miles farther than my personal best for the hour run, getting in 4.85 miles. For going over the ski hill twice, plus some flats at the end, that was AWESOME!
Today's "run" was not so awesome. I was tired enough that I didn't eat anything after my run last night, and didn't have any breakfast before headig out. This totally showed. I basically bonked like 20 minutes in and the ext 2:05:00 was a sufferfest of great proportions. That said, I got the time in.... even if it was more of an exhausting hike than a run....grumble grumble... 18min/mile avg... grumble
On the plus side, I had sent my coach an Email asking no *kitten*, how am I doing? He always says I'm doing great, but as a SpEd teacher who does the same thing to motivate discouraged students, I was skeptical. Re replied that he wouldn't say it if he didn't mean it and that I was responding well to the increased training....LOL, lets see what he says after today...LOL...
Oh yeah, because of @JessicaMcB as well as a runing buddy of mine, I am looking at joining the running nutritional darkside.....
Have a Runderful day!
2018 races and possibilities
3/28- END-SURE 50k
4/13- Zumbro Endurance Race 100 Mile
7/28- Minnesota Voyageur 50 (coach brought up this one)
9/8- Superior Trail 50 mile (Lottery)
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@MNLittleFinn @JessicaMcB What is the running nutritional darkside?0
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RunsOnEspresso wrote: »@MNLittleFinn @JessicaMcB What is the running nutritional darkside?
Starting in September (probably) I'm going to transition to a High Fat Low Carb diet.... kind of a big debate on that issue in the long distance community. I would have done it sooner, but my coach said to hold off until after the racing season, and he's a HFLC athlete so he knows how switching effects training.0 -
kat_ontherun wrote: »I just got my ticker created! The only problem is whenever I add the mileage it doesn't update on the image. Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
I think it most likely shows up correctly for the rest of us, because when I have the issue (which is pretty much every time I add miles) I usually clear my browser cache and then it shows correctly for me.1 -
01/01 4.06 miles
03/01 3.80 miles Phew that was one stormy run!
05/01 3.61 miles - ate too close to running a bit sluggish
06/01 3.64 miles - lovely crisp evening for running, I don't know if it's the new moon or the evenings starting to stretch.
@kat_ontherun - Try pressing Ctrl + F5 after you post and it should update for you. Someone suggested it way back and it always works for me.4 -
Today's Run: 2m
Month Total: 5m
Feeling better than I have all this week. I probably could have kept going, but I only had 30min to run today. Next week I will get up to 3m.
2018 Goals
April: Goldy's Run 5k OR 10mile relay, depending on whether or not I am ready for a 5 miler AND I have a relay partner
May: Fast and Furry 8k
Oct: TC Marathon 10k6 -
Jan 1 - rest
Jan 2 - 3 mi on treadmill
Jan 3 - rest
Jan 4 - cross train (ddp yoga)
Jan 5 - 3 mi on treadmill
Jan 6 - cross train (ddp yoga)
Today the tiny tyrant actually went down for his nap like we planned, so my husband and I were able to workout in peace. Same routine as Thursday, made easier by not having a toddler "helper" running around.
Apparently nap time is over - my tiny human is screaming. Happy running!7 -
@katharmonic -- hey, just wanted to shout out with an update with my experience using the RunGo app. I have used it to "record" routes and saved them to run again at a later date with the voice directions. In the more open space of my suburb it does pretty well... when I run downtown in the city where GPS is not always the best, it registered several "turns" during my straightaways. I also created some routes using their create tool on the website and that worked better, but either it missed a turn or I didn't hear it as I was concentrating on traffic, etc., but near the end of my run it said I was off-course. I did the same this morning in the suburb and it worked perfectly. It will give you about 100m notice of a turn and actually uses street names, etc. so is definitely something I will use when I'm in an unfamiliar area or if I want to map a run out beforehand to have a better chance of hitting the planned mileage and not be a mile away from where I meant to finish.
@GrayduckMN -- love the username... former Minnesotan myself.2 -
Yay! It finally works. Hoping to go on a long run today to up that mileage!4 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »RunsOnEspresso wrote: »@MNLittleFinn @JessicaMcB What is the running nutritional darkside?
Starting in September (probably) I'm going to transition to a High Fat Low Carb diet.... kind of a big debate on that issue in the long distance community. I would have done it sooner, but my coach said to hold off until after the racing season, and he's a HFLC athlete so he knows how switching effects training.
Please report back your results. Be interested to hear.0 -
1/6 Run 13.16 miles
Started about 13*F and ended around 20*F...HEAT WAVE!4 -
PastorVincent wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »RunsOnEspresso wrote: »@MNLittleFinn @JessicaMcB What is the running nutritional darkside?
Starting in September (probably) I'm going to transition to a High Fat Low Carb diet.... kind of a big debate on that issue in the long distance community. I would have done it sooner, but my coach said to hold off until after the racing season, and he's a HFLC athlete so he knows how switching effects training.
Please report back your results. Be interested to hear.
I'll blog on it.
Speaking of blogging. Since I'm (relatively) new to trail running and technically an "ultramarathoner" is there anything this group would be interested in me blogging about? I've mainly been writing up training logs but I figure it would be a good way to share what I learn, but I don't know what people are interested in. So if there are any topics folks want to know about, I can blog it and then just share when things are up, as my blog address is always posted when I post my daily updates.0 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »RunsOnEspresso wrote: »@MNLittleFinn @JessicaMcB What is the running nutritional darkside?
Starting in September (probably) I'm going to transition to a High Fat Low Carb diet.... kind of a big debate on that issue in the long distance community. I would have done it sooner, but my coach said to hold off until after the racing season, and he's a HFLC athlete so he knows how switching effects training.
Please report back your results. Be interested to hear.
I'll blog on it.
Speaking of blogging. Since I'm (relatively) new to trail running and technically an "ultramarathoner" is there anything this group would be interested in me blogging about? I've mainly been writing up training logs but I figure it would be a good way to share what I learn, but I don't know what people are interested in. So if there are any topics folks want to know about, I can blog it and then just share when things are up, as my blog address is always posted when I post my daily updates.
Gear, planning, food, etc. The nuts and bolts of what makes it different than your "normal marathon" runner's world.0 -
1/1 = 6 miles
1/2 = rest day
1/3 = 7.5 miles
1/4 = vinyasa yoga class
1/5 = 7.5 miles
1/6 = 13 miles - River Road Half Marathon
I had lots of fun running a small local half marathon with some running friends this morning. I went with a good group of ladies that were kind enough to stick with me at the end when I started slowing down because of my foot
My foot and ankle HATE me right now and I ran my crappiest half time. I knew going in that I was not getting any PRs with my foot tendon injury. I am okay with it.
The course was beautiful! It followed along a river - very pretty. The weather was also fantastic. I am trying to upload pictures but My Fitness Pal is not letting me right now. I keep getting an error message.
I did get frustrated with myself that I had to walk a lot of mile 13. The course was really hilly and the last mile was a HILL. The hill climbed the entire duration of mile 13. Sadistic race planners — lol.
January Goal = 140 miles / total miles = 348 -
PastorVincent wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »RunsOnEspresso wrote: »@MNLittleFinn @JessicaMcB What is the running nutritional darkside?
Starting in September (probably) I'm going to transition to a High Fat Low Carb diet.... kind of a big debate on that issue in the long distance community. I would have done it sooner, but my coach said to hold off until after the racing season, and he's a HFLC athlete so he knows how switching effects training.
Please report back your results. Be interested to hear.
I'll blog on it.
Speaking of blogging. Since I'm (relatively) new to trail running and technically an "ultramarathoner" is there anything this group would be interested in me blogging about? I've mainly been writing up training logs but I figure it would be a good way to share what I learn, but I don't know what people are interested in. So if there are any topics folks want to know about, I can blog it and then just share when things are up, as my blog address is always posted when I post my daily updates.
Gear, planning, food, etc. The nuts and bolts of what makes it different than your "normal marathon" runner's world.
HHHmmmm.... I might have to do a post just entitled "why ultra?" As far as gear and planning, etc, it is very race specific, so those kinds of things will be discussed 4 times i 2018 as I run each race and report on it.2 -
RunsOnEspresso wrote: »Wanted to sit on the couch. Went out for 2, ran 3.
I miss the “Awesome” button. So....Awesome!
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amymoreorless wrote: »1/1 = 6 miles
1/2 = rest day
1/3 = 7.5 miles
1/4 = vinyasa yoga class
1/5 = 7.5 miles
1/6 = 13 miles - River Road Half Marathon
I had lots of fun running a small local half marathon with some running friends this morning. I went with a good group of ladies that were kind enough to stick with me at the end when I started slowing down because of my foot
My foot and ankle HATE me right now and I ran my crappiest half time. I knew going in that I was not getting any PRs with my foot tendon injury. I am okay with it.
The course was beautiful! It followed along a river - very pretty. The weather was also fantastic. I am trying to upload pictures but My Fitness Pal is not letting me right now. I keep getting an error message.
I did get frustrated with myself that I had to walk a lot of mile 13. The course was really hilly and the last mile was a HILL. The hill climbed the entire duration of mile 13. Sadistic race planners — lol.
January Goal = 140 miles / total miles = 34
You should rest day before your 1/2, especially if your injured. Good luck!1 -
Ran on treadmill yesterday doing 1x3/4-mile (7:30-min/mile) and 4x1/4-mile (6:58-min/mile). The 3/4 mile was tougher than I expected and right as I'm finishing it, I notice that I'm on a 2% incline! Total 4-miles.4
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@zdyb23456 Snow shoveling is hard! I don't usually have to do it (living in an apartment on the 7th floor has that advantage, at least), but last time I visited my parents when it was snowing I volunteered to help end ended up with blisters on my hands. Great run, and I love the sewing project - zippers are hard too!
@katharmonic A long run on an indoor track would drive me crazy, I think. But it probably beats a long run on snow. At least you had people to talk to... Enjoy your taper/rest day tomorrow!
@garygse Glad to hear that your shin is doing well. I hope you enjoy having a real winter in Dallas
@weat0043 -32°C sounds absolutely insane! I don't think I've ever been outside in temperatures that cold.
@PastorVincent If it's a larger race, they should also have a pacer for a 4:00 finish.
I've never had much luck with pacers, since I always seem to find one who slows down more on the uphills than I would, and consequently runs faster on the flats. So I always end up leaving them sooner or later and just use them as rough guideline (expecting to see them somewhere in the distance in front or behind me, depending on where on the course we are), but most people seem to like sticking with the pace groups.
@lporter229 Running in the snow can be really tough! But sounds like you had fun
@dutchandkiwi Good luck with your challenge against your husband
@7lenny7 Great photos / gif of your son! I saw you got your ice beard today ^^
@kat_ontherun Welcome to the group
I second pressing "Ctrl + F5" (at least that's what works for firefox/windows). That forces your browser to reload the image, rather than using the cached version. If not, waiting a few hours and looking again usually works.
@eponine1984 You've made great progress since you started running!
@Orphia I'm not the slightest bit jealous of your temperatures! I don't know how you managed a sub-30 5k in that heat.
I'd rather run in -30°C than +30°C, I think. Actually, I think I prefer the 8°C (45°F) we had today to the extreme weather most others in this group seem to have at the moment. It's uncharacteristically warm for January, and supposed to stay like this for a week at least.
@polskagirl01 Bike/weights/run sounds like an awesome exercise day! Hope everything goes well with the chicken, it sounds like a very nice event.
@shanaber That post is really very motivating. Enjoy your run!
@juliet3455 Thanks for the link to the shoe rotation article. I love getting justification for hoarding running shoes
I hope you recover well from the headache.
@amymoreorless Really sorry about your foot. I can't wait to see the pictures of the course, if MFP ever let's you upload them! Great that you completed the race despite the aching foot. Makes me miss the "Awesome" button too!
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