March 2018 Running Challenge
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18 miles of hills Saturday, 6-ish flat miles yesterday on slightly tired legs, rest day today. Email from BAA saying 35 days left.
Yup, 5 weeks to Boston. And all of a sudden I can believe that I will be able to line up at Hopkinton and finish the race. So I went online and ordered my 2018 Boston Celebration jacket. The men's jacket is called "Hi Res Red," and the women's is called "Coral." In the online pictures, they look like slightly different shades of ugly orange with dark purple shoulders. There were reviews that were critical of the colors.
I don't care. Assuming I finish the race, I'll wear that ugly orange jacket with pride. If I don't finish, I'll wear it with slight embarrassment, but still feel confident that I earned the teal 2016 jacket and the blue 2017 jacket.
The bad point is, maybe I need to keep running Boston until the cycle hits a nice yellow jacket.11 -
@HRKinchen Yeah, I love running the streets at night; there's very little in the way of traffic (and any traffic that there is is much easier to see), and during the summer the temps are waaay cooler.
@Tacklewasher Congrats on the 5K PR!
@JessicaMcB The running form of that little girl is all wrong...her arms are completely swinging across her body in a definite no-no kind of way, and I kid, I kid, it's an awesome pic! I'll echo everyone else on your womaning abilities though; you've got that one nailed.
@7lenny7 Fantastic night run! Sorry to hear that you then had to spend almost two hours searching for Kody, but glad that he eventually turned up safe and sound.
Took it real easy this morning, not wanting to repeat the knee issue that occurred after last Monday's hard effort. With an average HR of just 138, I'll chalk that one up as definitely taking it easy! And you can tell it's Spring Break...there seems to be a lot less traffic around which I assume is people taking time off to be with their kids.
02 - 27.37
05 - 15.59
07 - 11.93
08 - 12.05
09 - 30.21
12 - 14.57
Total: 111.72 / 250 miles9 -
3/1 Run 10.22 Miles
3/2 Run 10.22 Miles
3/3 Run 26.25 Miles
3/4 Run 10.11 Miles
3/5 Run 10.01 Miles
3/6 Run 10.23 Miles
3/7 Run 10.29 Miles
3/8 Run 10.33 Miles
3/9 Run 13.21 Miles
3/10 Run 17.01 Miles
3/11 Run 10.45 Miles
3/12 Run 10.41 Miles6 -
@7lenny7 - somehow I missed your post about Kody's adventure - glad he made it back safe, how scary! We used to have a Basset hound who would take off in a straight line whenever he got the opportunity, he was a master at getting past house guests. "Is your dog supposed to go outside?" Uh, nope...!
Mar 12: 4 miles speedwork and fartleking
We did a warm up mile, fast mile, and then fartleked on trails. And we finally ran a mile in under 8 minutes, 7:51! Now if I could just do three of those in a row, I'd be getting somewhere!
Seriously though, an 8 minute mile and a sub 30 5k were the goals I set for myself this year, and I've done both, so now I need to update my goals. I think sub 25 is about the fastest 5k that I could potentially run if I were in top condition - that's an 8 minute pace more or less, and any faster than 8 minute pace and I have to swap running for sprinting. Also, the winners of my age group in most local races are doing 25 and change. So my next goal is to get down as close to 25 as I can by the end of 2018. It's going to take a lot of work, since I'm pretty much wiped after one mile at that speed right now.
Funny story - there's a really lovely young girl on the local high school track team who runs at our park - she has a flowing blonde ponytail and classic "gazelle" running form, and is always streaking past us at light speed through the woods. My husband and I nicknamed her "Diana" after the goddess of the chase. So, I was looking at the leaderboard for our route today, and noticed I was second out of the women who run that course, and in front of me was... Diana, whose actual her-mother-named-her-that name is really and truly Diana. Who would have guessed?
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Boy do I feel like a slacker compared to everyone else on here.
I did 3.4 miles today for running and about 3.5 miles walking. Been doing a lot more walking than running lately because running just feels so hard nowadays... I feel like an elephant. I have to remind myself that a little weight gain isn't going to kill me, in fact, when I started running I was a lot heavier than I am now. But... ugh.
Hoping to take tomorrow's run outside, as long as the weather cooperates.11 -
@garygse I know a ways back you were looking at hydration packs? Curious did you buy something and if you did your pick and current review of the product. Thanks.
Not that you asked for my two cents... but I love my Orange Mud double quiver. It takes a few runs to get used to it, but damn is it ever more comfortable than a traditional hydration pack! ❤️2 -
3.5 miles treadmill before lifting weights.
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March goal: March
3/1 3.41
3/2 3.68
3/3 3.12
3/4 rest
3/5 6.50
3/6 3.23
3/7 5.56
3/8 rest
3/9 3.41
3/10 4.01
3/11 rest
3/12 3.12
Total 36.04
Ticker is my goal for 2018 and progress to date:
Upcoming races:
Big Island International Marathon (only doing the 5k) 3/18/18
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BruinsGal_91 wrote: »@orphia @Tacklewasher I'm finally going to be a parkrunner. A parkrun has recently been set up very close to my home. They've been doing test runs for a couple of months now and they're finally going 'live' on March 31st. I've got my barcode and I'm ready to run.
@BruinsGal_91 Woo Yay Hooplah!!! That's so cool!
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rheddmobile wrote: »@7lenny7 - somehow I missed your post about Kody's adventure - glad he made it back safe, how scary! We used to have a Basset hound who would take off in a straight line whenever he got the opportunity, he was a master at getting past house guests. "Is your dog supposed to go outside?" Uh, nope...!
Happy for @7lenny7 that Kody came back safe... what a night. I've got a cat that waits at the door whenever he hears the key turning and bolts out the minute he can squeeze through. Glad he's never gotten far yet - he stops at the elevators and runs back home terrified when someone comes out.
Re: knees, I busted my knees cycling (had my seat too low for too long and pedaling too hard) and then fixed them through running. People look at me funny when I tell this story. But I guess it's a common myth, and people fish for the first excuse they can find for not joining us in the pursuit of love and life and all that jazz.5 -
DauntlessDiva wrote: »@garygse I know a ways back you were looking at hydration packs? Curious did you buy something and if you did your pick and current review of the product. Thanks.
Not that you asked for my two cents... but I love my Orange Mud double quiver. It takes a few runs to get used to it, but damn is it ever more comfortable than a traditional hydration pack! ❤️
I recently acquired one myself and with my cold weather gear it is working well, but I am concerned when summer comes and I am in my sleeveless top that it might chaff.0 -
Re: knees, I busted my knees cycling (had my seat too low for too long and pedaling too hard) and then fixed them through running. People look at me funny when I tell this story. But I guess it's a common myth, and people fish for the first excuse they can find for not joining us in the pursuit of love and life and all that jazz.
I too had my seat too low, for my entire life apparently. What a difference it made when I moved it up and I could finally use my entire range of leg motion!0 -
I am so worried that my running is going to be thrown off over the next week or so. I am supposed to assist one of my staff during her first on-call rotation, but I have a feeling I will end up doing a lot of the work. It seems like every time I try to get out the door for even 30 minutes, my phone rings. I’m crossing fingers I can make it happen.
3/1: 2.5
3/3: 3
3/4: 4
3/6: 3
3/9: 1.7 of hill repeats
3/11: 3
3/12: 3
20.2/50 miles for March
9/30 - first marathon!5 -
March goal: Run END-SURE well, stay healthy and enter the final stages of 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.
3/1- REST
3/2- 4.3
3/3- 13.3
3/4- 14.3
3/5- REST
3/6- 7.4
3/7- 6.7
3/8- REST
3/9- 4.2
3/10- 24.8
3/11- 11.4
3/12- REST
3/13- 9.3
Total: 95.3
Today's notes: Man, the time change is STILL kicking my butt. There, I got that out of the way. Assignment was 2x3.5miles at 7:40-7:45 pace (goal was 26:50 per rep) with 5 minute recovery, plus 10 minute warm up and cool down.
Got up at 0410 and heard my little man having a grand old time upstairs... Lovely. Not really a big deal though, as he normally falls back asleep, so I head out for my run. Made it just over a mile in my 10 minute warm up and got down to business.
First rep went well, all mile splits were under 7:40, and the last half mile was 3:48, for a total time of 26:38.8 all good. I could really feel that first rep though so I knew that the second one was going to be "fun." walked for part of my recovery, because I was coughing up a lung... yay for postnasal drip.... ugh.... and jogged the rest.
Second rep was harder. First mile split came in at 7:41, so in the target range, but not fully on target. Fortunately, the last 2.5 miles of the rep all came in under 7:40 pace and brought my average pac down to target. Ended up with a time of 26:45.8 for the second rep.
I'm feeling pretty good about the workout. I was not expecting to be able to make my pace goals, as the intervals were longer than I've done at that pace. I feel like I probably could have done this workout as 2x4mile, but I'm totally happy with it being a 2x3.5, since it did pretty much feel "comfortably hard," like it was supposed to.
Hope everyone has a Runderful day!
2018 races
3/24- END-SURE 50k
4/13- Zumbro Endurance Race 100 Mile
7/28- Minnesota Voyageur 50
9/8- Superior Trail 50 mile
10/20- Wild Duluth 50k
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DauntlessDiva wrote: »@garygse I know a ways back you were looking at hydration packs? Curious did you buy something and if you did your pick and current review of the product. Thanks.
Not that you asked for my two cents... but I love my Orange Mud double quiver. It takes a few runs to get used to it, but damn is it ever more comfortable than a traditional hydration pack! ❤️
Thanks for your recommendation as well as @PastorVincent comments and it will be something to consider. Will be sure to give it a look.0 -
Dang internet....I’ll have to update my ticker once my laptop decides to connect. Wanted to get in 13 miles today but when my alarm went off at 1:30 I hit snooze. My first thought was why the hell is my alarm going off. Lol. Got out the door about 3 and was able to knock down 10.51 miles.5
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abutcher2122 wrote: »Dang internet....I’ll have to update my ticker once my laptop decides to connect. Wanted to get in 13 miles today but when my alarm went off at 1:30 I hit snooze. My first thought was why the hell is my alarm going off. Lol. Got out the door about 3 and was able to knock down 10.51 miles.
Now I feel like such a slug for not getting up when my alarm went off at 4 am!1 -
abutcher2122 wrote: »Dang internet....I’ll have to update my ticker once my laptop decides to connect. Wanted to get in 13 miles today but when my alarm went off at 1:30 I hit snooze. My first thought was why the hell is my alarm going off. Lol. Got out the door about 3 and was able to knock down 10.51 miles.
Getting up at 0130 would be epic. Getting up at 0300 is still pretty awesome. That's about an hour before I get up for my weekday runs. Great job!1 -
3/1 - Rest / sick
3/2 - Rest / sick
3/3 - 4.25 miles. Beautiful day to run!
3/4 - 4.5 miles. Wanted to do more, but ran out of gas.
3/5 - Rest.
3/6 - 4 treadmill miles. Trek class with a new instructor. She really likes inclines.
3/7 - 4 treadmill miles.
3/7 - Kids wanted to go to Y after dinner. So I did 30 minutes of weights and abs.
3/8 - 4.1 treadmill miles. Trek class. Fewer hills, lots of tempo...fun!
3/9 - Rest / travel day.
3/10 - 3.1 treadmill miles, then quick strength. Rickety hotel treadmill.
3/11 - Rest / travel day.
3/12 - 6.2 miles. Gorgeous afternoon to run.
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rheddmobile wrote: »@7lenny7 - somehow I missed your post about Kody's adventure - glad he made it back safe, how scary! We used to have a Basset hound who would take off in a straight line whenever he got the opportunity, he was a master at getting past house guests. "Is your dog supposed to go outside?" Uh, nope...!
Happy for @7lenny7 that Kody came back safe... what a night. I've got a cat that waits at the door whenever he hears the key turning and bolts out the minute he can squeeze through. Glad he's never gotten far yet - he stops at the elevators and runs back home terrified when someone comes out.
Re: knees, I busted my knees cycling (had my seat too low for too long and pedaling too hard) and then fixed them through running. People look at me funny when I tell this story. But I guess it's a common myth, and people fish for the first excuse they can find for not joining us in the pursuit of love and life and all that jazz.
I started running before I started cycling. When I started cycling I kept having all kinds of new pains I never had with running. IT Band, knees, etc. So then I had a professional fitting and it was like magic. The only problem I have is whenever I need a new bike seat... then I have to work on adjusting that myself. There are lots of cyclists in the Central Florida area, so lots of professional bike fitters, but I've heard some horror stories about bad fittings -- where it really messed up people's knees. I got lucky with the guy I went to. People always ask me if I like cycling or running more. Running is always the answer.
Cycling is fun too but with running I can do it anywhere. I like being alone in my thoughts. Or listening to music. Or listening to a book. Doing intervals. Or a long slow run. It's all good! And I've met so many great people through running - both virtual friends and in-the-flesh ones.
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3/1-2.5 miles
3/2-3.5 miles + P90X3 CVX
3/3-6.25 miles
3/4-3 miles + P90X3 agility X
3/5-Rest Day
3/6-5 miles + P90X shoulders and arms & ab ripper X
3/7-2 miles + Legs and back
3/8-3.5 miles
3/9-Rest day
3/10-Rest day
3/11-6 miles
3/12-2 miles +P90X3 The challenge (chest and back)
33.75/65 miles
Upcoming races:
May 12- Montana Women's run 5 miles
July 17-Missoula Marathon
September 16- Montana half Marathon5 -
1/3: 1.96kms (walk at lunch)
2/3: Nothing besides 10K+ steps
3/3: REST
4/3: 4.95kms (C25K: Wk1 Day1), felt great to get back out there despite the cold + 30 mins yoga stretches
5/3: 4.52kms (brisk walk)
6/3: 30 mins yoga stretches
7/3: 5.03kms (brisk walk with a little running on a flat surface)
8/3: 10K+ steps + 8 mins of circuit training (tried a new app, Lose Weight in 30 Days)
9/3: 10K+ steps
10/3: REST
11/3: REST
12/3: 10K+ steps + 8 mins of circuit training
13/3: 8 mins of circuit training (so far, will go for a walk after work if the snow lets up)
TOTAL : 16.46 / 50 kms goal
Races:
19/4-30/4: Zombies Run! App 2018 Spring Virtual Run
22/9: “Coureurs des Bois” Obstacle Course Challenge (not signed up yet)
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3/1 = rest day
3/2 = 2 slow miles with the dog
3/3 = rest day
3/4 = 13 miles - Alamo 1/2 Marathon
3/5 = 2 miles - Attempt # 2 at trying to "run" with my dog.
3/6 = 9 miles - easy pace
3/7 = 2 miles - Attempt #3 at trying to run with my dog
3/8 = Vinyasa yoga class & 6 miles
3/9 = 14 miles
3/10 = rest day
3/11 = 7 miles - walk/run intervals with the running group
3/12 = Strength training at the gym
3/13 = 6 miles
March Goal Miles = 150 / 61 Miles Completed
Upcoming Races:
4/7/18 = Outlaw Half Marathon
4/22/18 = Red Poppy 5K
10/28/18 = Austin Haunted Half
1/27/19 = Miami Marathon7 -
Beneficiary of a snow day without much snow yet. I got in 8 miles of slushy running as I purposely avoided puddles. The wind and wet snow pelted my face on the four miles out mostly uphill which lead to an easy 4 mile return downhill with the wind to my back.
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cburke8909 wrote: »Beneficiary of a snow day without much snow yet. I got in 8 miles of slushy running as I purposely avoided puddles. The wind and wet snow pelted my face on the four miles out mostly uphill which lead to an easy 4 mile return downhill with the wind to my back.
I love when it works out like that!0 -
Making progress, but still not sure I will complete this month or not. Fingers crossed.
3/3: 1.2
3/6: 3.1
3/7: 1.5
3/9: 1.5
3/10: 2.0
3/11: 3.8
3/12: 3.0
Total = 16.10
Goal= 309 -
abutcher2122 wrote: »Dang internet....I’ll have to update my ticker once my laptop decides to connect. Wanted to get in 13 miles today but when my alarm went off at 1:30 I hit snooze. My first thought was why the hell is my alarm going off. Lol. Got out the door about 3 and was able to knock down 10.51 miles.
Now I feel like such a slug for not getting up when my alarm went off at 4 am!
I sometimes feel like a slug when I see post about getting up at 3 or 4 in the morning. But then I remind myself that I go to bed around 10:30-11, so if my alarm went off at 1:30 I would have only been in bed about 3 hours and I need more sleep than that to function, much less run.4 -
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Today's run will be on the treadmill in the basement. I'm not going out in that!
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