February 2018 Running Challenge
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@shanaber congrats on finishing the half, sounds like a tough one for you but you did it. Looks like a gorgeous day and love the bling.
@ddmom0811 love your smiling and waving method of getting through the pain and finishing. Congratulations. Great job to your daughter!0 -
February 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.
2/1- REST
2/2- 5.5
2/3- 16.6
2/4- 4.2
2/5- REST
2/6- 9.1
Total: 35.4
Today's notes: Assignment was 2x3mile Cruise intervalls at 7:40 pace (23:00min) with 3 minute recovery jog. It was a brisk -20F (-28.8C) this morning. Ran my 2o minute warm up and got down to business. First rep I got done in just about 22:50, so pretty good, but I could feel the effort in it, that's for sure! 3 minute recovery ended up being a little longer because my watch froze and it took like 30 seconds or so to get it working again.... just glad I didn't have to do a soft reset on it!
Second set I was pretty tired. These Cruise intervals are supposed to be a "comfortably hard" pace... not sure what that means, but rep 2 was pretty painful Anyway, I did what I had to do and got it done in almmost exactly 23:00, I was like 0.2 seconds off according to my Garmin, but as we all know, that's WAY within margin of error given tracking ability of GPS watches.
All in all, I'm pretty pleased with the run. I cam really close to my 5k PR time on the run (within 25 seconds), which was pretty cool, considering that I ran a lot more than 5k. This workout reminded me of a conversation a few months ago, where I had said I'd like to be able to run like 4x1mile at 5k pace. At that time, I never dreamed I could run a workout like the one I did today, coming within 10sec/mile of that pace on a 2x3 mile run... I guess I'm getting better at this whole running thing.
Have a Runderful day everyone!
2018 races
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
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@ddmom0811 Good job pushing through and finishing!1
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PastorVincent wrote: »@ddmom0811 Good job pushing through and finishing!
Ditto this! Sounds like it got really tough. Great job!0 -
So I've been looking at races here. No swag at all, let alone as cool as some of you get. Even race T-shirt is to be purchased separately...3
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2/1 = Vinyasa yoga class
2/2 = 12 miles
2/3 = rest day
2/4 = 11 miles (run / walk intervals)
2/5 = the flu day 1
2/6 = the flu day 2
I managed to walk downstairs, get into the car, and drive myself to the doctor. Effort wise, it felt like I was running a marathon. That should totally count towards my monthly mileage. LOL
February goal miles 150 = 23 miles completed
3/4/18 = Alamo Half Marathon
1/27/19 = Miami Marathon? I am thinking yes....
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@shanaber sounds like every corral I've ever been in. At my trail race the other weekend some lady stops at a barrow spot afraid to go down. Like if you're that afraid why are you doing trail races? At Hot Chocolate a few years back there were two girls sharing earbuds. They just stopped in the middle of the course, no warning, and stood there. I seriously don't get people. I'm so *kitten* polite I get stuck and have to wait for openings. Lol
@Starflight00 I follow a specific program for my macros. The premium allows me to set macros for each day, as well as see how many I have/need. And I can set up a different amount of calories/macros for my rest days so I'm not like I need to remember to stop eating at 1900 rather than the 2100 mfp says. Plus the app and site seem to run faster without all the ads.0 -
Ideally my goal would be a "couch to 5k" in three months, but I'm in a city where there are no 5ks, so I have to create my running goal myself. I'm aiming to run five days a week, and my coach says I can run 1 km every session now. I will add just a few minutes of running a week to stay injury-free!
2/1 - travel day
2/2 - 10mn elliptical + 5mn run on track
2/3 - 10mn run outside
2/4 - 9mn run outside
2/5 - 10mn elliptical + 5mn run on track
Goal:
W/B Monday Feb 5: 5 x 9-10mn
W/B Mon Feb 12: 5 x 11-13mn
W/B Mon Feb 19: 5 x 14-16mn
W/B Mon Feb 26: 5 x 17-20mn
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BrookeRunningMom wrote: »
my goal this month is to run 90 miles ! lets do this !!!
@brookerunningmom If you could go ahead and be 4 days late with this baby, that would be an AMAZING birthday present! Haha. But really, congrats!4 -
7 mile run good pace 9:44/mile (9:33 if adjusted for grade) all zone 2 with an average heart rate of 133. Some soreness in the a Achilles tendon but no pain, I guess I'll have to keep an eye on it.
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2/1: 11.85 miles
2/2: 13 miles
2/3: 13.07 miles
2/4: 10.3 miles
2/5: 10.26 miles
2/6: 10.26 miles
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@Starflight00 My fitbit did not have a HR monitor, so I'm not really sure if it pushes to Strava, but I think there may be some fitbits that do.
@shanaber Great job pushing through on the HM!
@ddmom0811 Way to get through the HM. Congrats to your daughter on her great race!
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So today is my return to running. Stupid flu. Stupid January. OK, here's to getting back into it for February.
Date Miles today - Miles for February
2/1 REST DAY
2/2 REST DAY
2/3 REST DAY
2/4 REST DAY
2/5 REST DAY
2/6 6.2 miles - 6.210 -
was really slacking this weekend, well sorta. I worked 2 graveyard shifts on top of my regular work this weekenf, spent all saturday in the car shop trying to fix my new van, then we got a foot of snow, and between the wreck and the cold temps, my knee was not liking it. I wanted to add another 3 miles to yesterdays run, but I was still so tired from getting almost no sleep this weekend (2 hours total from 5:30am friday to 9pm sunday) that I decided to just go to sleep.
2/1/18-4 miles
2/5/18-3 miles
7/65 miles
Upcoming races:
5/12/18-Montana women's run, 5 miles
7/15/18-Missoula Marathon7 -
February Running Challenge
Goal: 90 km
Ran: 19/90 km
6/2/18 Run 5 km
5/2/18 Run 8 km
3/2/18 Run 6 km
1-2/2/18 Rest day4 -
02/02 3.71 miles
03/02 3.87 miles
06/02 3.61 miles - I got snowed on
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@juliet3455 - Love the Calvin and Hobbes! You guys that run in such cold have my utmost respect. I do feel guilty though complaining about the heat here, I just miss having at least a few days of winter. Congratulations on your AG place! Awesome job!
@simcon1 and @RunsOnEspresso - on the water discussion. I am fortunate to have a paved running/biking/walking trail near my house. It has bathrooms and drinking fountains (for people and dogs) so I don't have to carry water when I run there. When I am not running there or on longer runs I will carry water for me and the pup. Also I chew gum when I run. My mouth and throat also get so dry too especially when the humidity drops so low. Unless I was sipping water all the time I would be miserable so the gum helps.
@polskagirl01 - Yum! Those look delicious! Where are you running that you need to wear a anti-smog mask? That would be tough!
@7lenny7 - Love Kody's ice beard and all the pictures! I had to show them to my husband and they reminded us of an area in Maryland that we used to go to with our daughter and her chocolate lab (Savage River).
@gatorento - this thread can help you be consistent, especially if you keep up your reporting here on what you ran. I started out just want to be able to report a run regularly here, then it became a habit and then an addiction
@Joyous2018 - welcome! I 2nd what @juliet3455 said. Also running slow is good. You should be able to hold an easy conversation (or singing or ?) the point is you shouldn't be out of breath. If you are you need to slow down more. As your fitness improves your speed will naturally as well.
@RunsOnEspresso - I am not a big fan of Strava and found it very buggy so I don't use it much other to follow the MFP group. Maybe the premium is better and that is how they get you to want it? The one thing I would consider getting the MFP Premium for is the ability to export my data. I track all my macros, calories and weight along with my runs over time to see the correlations (data geek too) and entering the data by hand from the diary is terrible. I do find it frustrating that it used to be one of the freebies and now you have to pay for it... On the race corrals - at one point I did tell a bunch of women walking 5 across (on the left) as I was trying in vain to get by them that they needed to be considerate of the people coming up behind them and stay to the right if they were going to walk.
@ddmom0811 - I am so sorry your race didn't go well either! We both had issues at that dreaded mile 11! I do like your solution but it wouldn't have worked for me as they close down PCH completely for the race so there are no cars. I did enjoy watching the kids getting to skateboard and ride bikes in the middle of PCH (other side of the divided road from us) while it was closed. I am pretty sure this is about the only time they get to do that.
So I was exhausted last night after agility class with Hobbes the Vizsla. By our last run I was toast (he on the other hand was doing great and having a blast). I wanted to get out for a run today as it looks to be the only cool day this week and work is really slow for once. Unfortunately I am still so stiff and sore so I am going to take a 2nd rest/recovery day. This is also why I am here reading and responding
Will get out for a walk this morning and then have strength training tonight. 7 -
Joyous2018 wrote: »Day 1 completed of 5K run/walk program.
It all starts somewhere! I'm on week 5 and I credit part of my stick-to-it-ed-ness to this group; it's very rewarding to be able to come back here and post the next completion! Are you using an app?7 -
2/1 5miles
2/2 14.1miles!!
2/3 5miles
2/4 rest
2/5 6.5miles
2/6 4miles
A brisk 4 miles just under 9 minute miles. Felt pretty good.
3/18/2018 Shamrock half marathon
10/7/2018 Crawlin Crab half marathon
11/18/2018 Norfolk Harbor half marathon7 -
@shanaber and @ddmom0811 Kudos to both of you! Pushing through races which don't go as hoped takes a lot of grit and determination. @ddmom0811 I'll have to find a copy of that WSJ article. It sounds like something I could use. I do see the author has a book coming out today but I already have a stack of books on my "too read" pile.
@shanaber ironically I live in a town called Savage.
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