March 2018 Running Challenge

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@polskagirl01 running clothes under your church clothes?!?! That hilarious! (and awesome!). Congrats on the race. It sounds like a worthy cause.

Haha, so black running tights look pretty much like those leggings that are in style right now, especially when paired with high-heeled dressy black boots (to hide running socks!). Black long-sleeved running shirt had the sporty design hidden underneath a short-sleeved dress. All I had to do was switch the dress for the race shirt as an outer layer and change shoes!

@amymoreorless Good race despite the problems! How frustrating!
@sarahthes Congrats on pushing through to the finish!
@polskagirl01 Congrats on mastering those hills. I need to work on that myself!

So today I finally got to preview the course for my 50K on March 24, and it is going to be a bear! I only did 14 miles and that alone had over 2000 ft of elevation gain (and loss) and it was crazy muddy as well in a lot of places. I had hoped to do another 8 miles (the final abbreviated loop for the course) but my hamstring was complaining and I didn't want to push it this close to race day, particularly after pushing it with the fast 10K yesterday as well. I think my speed was almost exactly half what it was yesterday! Good to know what to expect at least, though it is making me really nervous that I was ready to call it around half the race distance. I think I am going to duct tape my shoes to my feet for the race.





Mar 1 P90X class
Mar 2 Water walking
Mar 3 Ran 6.8 mi (Spring Fling 10K + warm up)
Mar 4 Ran 13.9 mi hilly partial preview of 50K course

Mar goal: 120 mi
Done: 20.7 mi
To go: 99.3 mi

Finished races:
Winter Night Trail Half Marathon Jan 20
Spring Fling 10K Mar 3. 48:12

Upcoming races:
OPSF 50/50 50K Mar 24
Bound the Mound Half Marathon (trail) Apr 8 (rescheduled because of flooding)

2018 Spring Plan:
DINO Eagle Creek 15K Apr 7
Glacial Esker 20 mi Apr 28
DINO Muscatuck 15K May 5
DWD Gnawbone Marathon May 19
DINO Brown County 15K Jun 2
8 h @ Brown County Jun 16-17
DINO Griffin Park 15K Jun 23

Big goal for the fall: 50 miler before I turn 50

I did not run today, still trying to figure out how to best incorporate the cross-training and the new running schedule with the gym changeover. Today I had to break down and do some major cleaning I've been terrible about keeping up with, so that and being still tired and sore made me choose another rest day. Probably need to modify my goals for the month but we'll see.

Oh, I found out I didn't get into the NYC marathon, so that is out of the possibilities for first marathon this year. Not surprising of course, but it would have been cool to do on my birthday.

Wow, @hjeppley, sounds like a tough course. Good call to cut it short if your hamstring was bothering you. Good luck preparing for the race later this month. Hey - fellow 50th birthday-er in the fall! Your goal is impressive.

@amymoreorless congratulations on your half marathon. I'm sorry there were problems with the course. So frustrating. You will get your sub 2 hours!!

@sarahthes way to power through your race after being ill and then rolling an ankle! I hope your ankle will be good as new soon. Glad for you that is done - you are strong to get through it.

@RespectTheKitty great job getting a nice run in outdoors. Glad to see you getting back to it.

@polskagirl01 congrats on your race! Way to be prepared to quick change like superman, and then knock it out on those hills! Well done with almost getting a PR on a tough hilly course.

@ddmom0811 don't blame you for turning around in that wind. Some days the torture to fun ratio is way too high, and you are still a bad *kitten*.

@oprhia as always your pictures are so pretty, I want to run there too. Glad you had a good HM run.

@juliet3455 always impressed by your running in those elements. Sounds like you were well prepared and had a good run. Good advice about being careful with the March weather elements. I am thinking about where all this heavy wet snow is going to go in a (hopefully) short while, and it's going to be messy with potentially a lot of flooding.

@7lenny7 interesting shoes! Running in slippers, huh?

@HRKinchen congrats on your NOLA race! Awesome first non-stop 5k!!

@_nikkiwolf_ yes, similar conditions! Glad I didn't run on icy steps though! Great job powering through 4 hours of running in all of that.

@ereck44 I think running and yoga did help some with the soreness. Still feeling it but maybe not as bad. Felt fine during the run though, except for the steepest hills.

@rheddmobile sorry about your cancelled race. Glad an easy run was a better call for you anyway.

Sorry to miss anyone - congrats to those who race, and great job to those who got out there in the elements.

March goal: 96 miles

3/1: 5 miles
3/4: 9 miles

14/96 miles completed

I got up early this morning so I could run before church. It was a nice run, but it was cloudy and very misty. It looks a lot nicer now, but it is very windy so I am glad I ran early instead of waiting.

I'm on my phone so I can't tag everyone, but congrats to all who raced this weekend!

3/3: 6.2 miles completed
3/4: 4.1 miles completed
10.3 of 85 completed

March 3rd - 7.08km
March 4th - 6.8km

I'm going to go for 100km this month! It's a bit ambitious for me but I think I can get it done. I've been considering signing up for a mud obstacle course race this summer, has anyone here done one before?

March 3 – 10.02 miles
March 4 – 4.00 miles
March 5 – 5.26 miles

Beautiful afternoon yesterday (sunny and 50F) so I headed to the trails of my local park. Lots of hill work. The loop is only 1 mile so I ran it one way 3 times then reversed and added in some steps at the adjacent elementary school. Met the gravel lot girls at 5:00 am this morning. Normally we do track on Mondays but the girl training for a sub 2-hour HM at Myrtle Beach got it this past weekend so we ditched the track and hit the streets.

@sarahthes – Congrats on running your race even though you felt crappy! Hope the ankle is feeling ok this morning. Beautiful picture but I get cold just looking at it!
@polskagirl01 – Love that you made time for church and running a race! Way to be creative!
@AlphaHowls – I’m in awe of your mileage!
@SkippyGirlsMom – Where are you?
PastorVincent – Did you see that Pittsburgh extended the cut-off time for the marathon? I know you were concerned that your wife had not had a lot of training opportunity.
@amymoreorless – Congrats on the Alamo HM! All those races starting at the same time is just crazy! Sounds like a nightmare.
@hjeppley – We have a race close-by that is called The Bear. It is only 5 miles but it is all up hill to the top of Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina. It’s during the Highland Games though so they have bagpipes playing and it is quite festive. At least you know what to expect for your 50K – love the trail through the pine trees!
@theshaleco – I’ve only done one mud obstacle 5K. It was a lot of fun especially if you can get a group of friends together to do it with you. Not one of those courses where you will get a 5K so just relax and jump in!

Congrats to everyone else who raced this weekend! I read all the reports yesterday, but that was yesterday and my feeble mind has forgotten who did what. Just know there was a lot of awesomeness going on over the weekend!

Upcoming Races:
April 7 – Cooper River Bridge Run
May 6 – Pittsburgh Half Marathon
September 7-8 – Blue Ridge Relay

@Teresa502 here I am. I have been fighting to get passed whatever it was that made me sick. I'm still coughing but finally the daily sick to the stomach feeling is gone (it was like 3 weeks). My friend is a doctor and swears I had pneumonia which was going around here and one of the girls I work with had it the week before and came to work every day thank you very much. I was running one day a week with my running club and could barely make 2 miles. Hopefully I'm over the hump now since I have a HM in less than a month ugh.

Goal this month 100 miles

3/1 - 0
3/2 - 0
3/3 - 0
3/4 - 0
3/5 - 5 miles

5 of 100 miles



5 slow miles, but it was good to get past 2 miles and not be laying on the couch coughing.