April 2018 Monthly Running Challenge

MNLittleFinn wrote: »

I hate anxiety and pre-race nerves

You got this!

7.4 on treadmill this am. The rain wasn't really too heavy for me to run outside but I worry about visibility and the dangers of cars on the road that can't see me. Such a worry wart, I must be getting old. should have ran slower but I wanted at least 7 and there was only so much time.

Found something new to check out. I'll be traveling in the area of this race this summer so I've poked my Uncle to see how familiar he is with the area and trails. Many many moons ago I hiked part of the Ultra course (I think I've summited Idaho Peak at least twice?) and it's spectacular but I'm more looking at the 10K.

http://kootenaysufferfest.com/idaho-peak-summit-race/

@girlinahat Larch Valley beside Lake Louise might be prime fall colors.
Google: Passport to the Peaks and Wilmore Wilderness Park - they are near Grande Cache which might be a bit to far. Anything in the Kananaskis/K-country that was mentioned before would be great. I am sure your sister is already researching. Bring a pair of runners, nothing like a mountain run.

@Teresa502 I never carry my phone when I run so they will have to be shots from friends and other runners I copy and paste. It's such a big event that I hope to meet @sarahthes on the Parks Canada plaza before/after the run.

@zerlinna87 You aced it with 2.1 miles in the big hills when your not used to them.
The secret is that as you spend more time in the hills/mountains they get less intimidating. After a while they seem smaller and easier. It's like when you first started running a km/half mile was such a big distance, now its your warmup.
I live in the bottom of a deep River Valley 250m climb to get out from deepest point. Early season it seems so hard, at the end of the season we have a seven peaks challenge ( open event no official timing ) to complete all 7 peaks and connecting trails. We tend to group up in pace matched support packs 5-6 hrs - About 36km and 1700m of elevation gain - 1525m loss.

Ironically I am off to the Jasper HM in the mountains this weekend and the elevation gain/loss is less than a run out of my river valley.

Elise4270 wrote: »

shanaber wrote: »

@Stoshew71 and @Elise4270 - what do you think about creating an April Running Challenge under the Challenge
section with the link back to this location since people seem to be having issues finding it this month?

That's up to Stan (and the group). Won't bother me a bit if it needs to be moved.
ETA
I see @PastorVincent mentioned there is one already. Idk. Y'all make the call. Make the move. Post the link and run with it

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10655908/april-2018-running-challenge/

I may be able to close this thread, once I get on a computer.

Head 'em up, mooove 'em out.

No need to close this thread. My opinion is to keep it as it is for this month and avoid any more confusion.

Thanks @Teresa502 First race in a year for me.

4/1 - Start month on rest day, plus it's Easter = no burn + a lot of calories / hot cross buns.
4/2 - 4 treadmill miles + upper body weights/abs.
4/3 - Unplanned rest day.
4/4 - 4 treadmill miles, then weights and abs.

8/110

@pastorvince good luck, we are all rooting for another PR.
@Teresa502 thanks my wife gives me grief both ways. She'll ask if I was crazy enough to run in the bad weather then tease me because I avoided it. All in good fun of course.
@MNLittleFinn you got this. I'm never running an ultra but I got think the mental battle is a good part of the challenge. Find the inner strength and use it.

MobyCarp wrote: »

carolineb81 wrote: »

Aiming for 100 miles this month...and running my first ever marathon (London on 2nnd April). Not setting a time goal for marathon as just want to finish it (and any time will be a pb!!)

1/4-3.0
2/3-rest
3/4-20.0
4/4-rest

23/100 Miles

Congratulations, doing your first marathon in one of the Abbott World Major Marathon events! I wonder if we have all 6 covered by the MFP group? A couple of us are running Boston, you're running London, I think there are people who said they got into New York and Chicago; but I don't know about Berlin and Tokyo.

Might be tough to get them all covered in the same year; nobody can run London and Boston in the same year, because they're only 6 days apart. But we could get them all covered over time, as a group.

no one?????

therunnerbeans

I follow her on instagram - she did Tokyo this year too.

4/1-14.5 miles
4/2 Rest Day
4/3 5.7 miles (4 on dreadmill, 1.7 with Stella)

20.2/180 miles

Yesterday was an, er, interesting running day. We had severe thunderstorms and torrential rain all day long. I had an easy 8 mile run on the schedule. It was pouring when I woke up and I knew from the weather forecast that it was going to be difficult to get this one in. I kept waiting all afternoon for a break in the weather to sneak out to do at least half of it because 8 miles on the dreadmill is like a prison sentence to me. Every time I thought I saw a window of opportunity, another storm would roll in. By 8PM, I finally gave up and decided to see how much of an easy run I could eek out in the basement.

Even though I was only able to complete 4 miles on satan's sidewalk, I did actually realize a lot of things from this run. My goal was to keep my HR under 130, which I was able to do by keeping the treadmill at 6.5mph. My Garmin was reading a much slower pace though. Since I know that my Garmin is estimating my pace based on my known average cadence, I figured that my cadence must be much lower on the treadmill, which meant I was probably altering my stride quite a bit. I tried to consciously change my stride as if I was running outdoors. When I did this, my Garmin pace increased and fell into line with what the treadmill said I was running. However, although my HR did not change much, it felt a lot more labored and my legs really started to ache. I noticed that it was very hard to keep trying to run this way. I kept wanting to increase the speed, which I think would have put more more in line with my natural gait. When I finally hit 4 miles, because I felt that this may be doing me more harm than good, I decided that was sufficient.

When I was done, the rain had slowed to a drizzle and the lightening appeared to be off in the distance so Stella and I went for a run. She had fun sloshing in the puddles. I only ended up with 5.7 out of my planned 8 miles, but it was intended to be a slow and easy day, so I don't think it will matter in the grand scheme of things. I feel very refreshed and ready for my cross training today.

TL,DR- Running on the treadmill definitely changes my gait and probably not in a good way. Oh, and sometimes you need to listen to your body rather than your stubborn inner voice.

April Running Challenge
Goal: 80 km
Done: 5.5/80 km

4/4/18 Run 3.5 km walk 7 km
3/4/18 Run 2 km SL B