April 2018 Monthly Running Challenge
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@7lenny7 and @MNLittleFinn - You two got this! You will rock that little course like it was a walk in the park... a really big and muddy park, but still!
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4/1 - REST
4/2 - 5.19 (trail)
4/3 - 3.39
4/4 - 5.38 (trail)
A lovely run tonight. The trail was aptly named Enchanted Forest. Some hard hills that made it feel like up never ended, but a stunning run.
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Skipped out on the billion mph winds and hit the TM again. Probably tomorrow too because I think we’re getting snow or something ridiculous? I don’t live in Canada. Where is spring?
3 miles today. 8 MTD.
3/4 days according to plan.2 -
April Goal: 110 miles
4/1: 6.2 miles
4/3: 4.6 miles
4/4: 4.0 miles (intervals)
14.8/110 miles completed
I ran my intervals today and got 4 miles done. It was pretty tough but at least the wind wasn't as bad today as it was yesterday.
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Did a final hill session before Brighton with my PT yesterday. Getting so much better at them now, even managed to get 9th overall (3rd this year) on one (on Strava).
Goal 100km
01.04.2018 16km
04.04.2018 3.2km
Total 19.2km4 -
Getting a late start here, but I’m in! I closed out March at 72 & change, 12 mi above my goal of 60, so I’ll go ahead and shoot for 70. Might be a little tough because I’m going to have less time for long weekend runs due to travel, but I’ll give it a whirl. Really I’d just like to be at 20+ mi/week consistently at this point.
I just got back from a super busy work trip on Monday morning—ended up with about 4 hours of sleep so I didn’t run until yesterday. And I had eaten all the yummy food in San Francisco (crab cake crepes! Korean ribs! Cream puffs! Chinese egg tarts! And more!) So I’m feeling a little roly poly, but 4 lovely miles yesterday and 3.1 today puts me back on track. It’s such a great feeling to get those runs in after I haven’t been able to.
So, current stats: 7.1 mi/70 mi goal3 -
Had a Women Walkathon today in the early morning. Surprisingly I could finish it with a mix of walking and running before my estimated a time. Being on 6th place among 30 people was not a bad feeling. That running track had slopes so I felt that I need to practice on that as well and not only flat surface. One month break has rusted my legs. Still I was happy to participate with so many people first time. I always have run solo so far.
April Running Challenge
Goal: 80 km
Done: 7.5/80 km
5/4/18 Run 2 km Walk 7 km SL A
4/4/18 Run 3.5 km walk 7 km
3/4/18 Run 2 km SL B5 -
So my aim most months this year have been to beat last years monthly mileage. So... I have a huge 40 miles to run this month.4
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You run a week later?ETA:
Eric's 100M starts at 8am Friday, April 13th.
My 50M starts at 12:01 AM on Saturday, April 24th (midnight)
I'm volunteering at an aid station for 7 hours Friday afternoon and evening. The aid station set up is such that I should see Erik 2 to 4 times during my volunteer shift so I can harass him cheer him on. Hopefully we'll meet on the trail Saturday as well.
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Hi
I'm going to join you, I'm training for my first HM, it's in September so a while to go yet. I'm just getting over sinusitis and am still not 100%, so am giving myself this week off and starting over next week. My aim this month is 45km.8 -
PastorVincent wrote: »Hrm. 27mph steady winds here, with showers and snow. Probably not a run outside kind of day.
Ah come on, that's good for building mental toughness! (... says the girl who is working from her balcony today because SPRING)1 -
polskagirl01 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »Hrm. 27mph steady winds here, with showers and snow. Probably not a run outside kind of day.
Ah come on, that's good for building mental toughness! (... says the girl who is working from her balcony today because SPRING)
Ha! Yeah, sure... but I did TEN MILES on a dreadmill. I think that proves my "mental toughness"
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PastorVincent wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »Hrm. 27mph steady winds here, with showers and snow. Probably not a run outside kind of day.
Ah come on, that's good for building mental toughness! (... says the girl who is working from her balcony today because SPRING)
Ha! Yeah, sure... but I did TEN MILES on a dreadmill. I think that proves my "mental toughness"
Definitely! I'm one of those people who actually don't mind the treadmill, but ten miles is my limit.0 -
10.58k interval run today, alternating between 1k at 5k pace then 1k at whatever pace I wanted as long as it wasn't walking. Covered the route faster than all 3 times I ran it last week. Not sure if running the route backwards had anything to do with that, probably not - the ups and downs are spaced out about the same either way you go. I wore capris and a short-sleeved shirt
and loved it!
10k on Saturday. After playing around with pace today, I need to get out the calculator and decide what I want to do - go out with the slightly faster pace group and see how it goes, or take the more conservative approach of starting behind them (between them and the next slower pace group) and attempting to catch them in the second half for a negative split. Maybe I'll just decide on Sunday at the start line. I've used similar approaches before on 10k's, so it probably has more to do with how I'm feeling and how hard I'm willing to work for a time on a clock. If the pace group seems reasonably close to my current abilities, I'll probably just go for it.5 -
PastorVincent wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »Hrm. 27mph steady winds here, with showers and snow. Probably not a run outside kind of day.
Ah come on, that's good for building mental toughness! (... says the girl who is working from her balcony today because SPRING)
Ha! Yeah, sure... but I did TEN MILES on a dreadmill. I think that proves my "mental toughness"
You win! The treadmill would've been harder for me.0 -
Just 5 this am at an easy pace.
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Hello fellow runners!
1/4: 11.36k -w/u and 10k race-
2/4: 11.1k -Intervals-
4/4:1.8k -as w/u for strength training-
5/4: 18.3k -LR-
Aim: 42.54k/200k
Stay free of injuries!6 -
polskagirl01 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »Hrm. 27mph steady winds here, with showers and snow. Probably not a run outside kind of day.
Ah come on, that's good for building mental toughness! (... says the girl who is working from her balcony today because SPRING)
Ha! Yeah, sure... but I did TEN MILES on a dreadmill. I think that proves my "mental toughness"
You win! The treadmill would've been harder for me.
Honestly, I am 30 days out from the Marathon, my primary goal at this stage of my training is to not get sick or injured. That is making me choosier about running conditions.6 -
4/1- rest
4/2-rest
4/3-2.5 miles
4/4-1.7 miles on elliptical (crosstraining day)
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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.
4/5 - 4.25 treadmill miles. Trek Class.
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BruinsGal_91 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »Hrm. 27mph steady winds here, with showers and snow. Probably not a run outside kind of day.
Ah come on, that's good for building mental toughness! (... says the girl who is working from her balcony today because SPRING)
Ha! Yeah, sure... but I did TEN MILES on a dreadmill. I think that proves my "mental toughness"
Definitely! I'm one of those people who actually don't mind the treadmill, but ten miles is my limit.
I don't think I've made it past 4.0 -
fitoverfortymom wrote: »BruinsGal_91 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »Hrm. 27mph steady winds here, with showers and snow. Probably not a run outside kind of day.
Ah come on, that's good for building mental toughness! (... says the girl who is working from her balcony today because SPRING)
Ha! Yeah, sure... but I did TEN MILES on a dreadmill. I think that proves my "mental toughness"
Definitely! I'm one of those people who actually don't mind the treadmill, but ten miles is my limit.
I don't think I've made it past 4.
Because I am fat and slow, my limit seems to be about 5 miles, or whatever I can actually accomplish in 2x30 minutes (because I go to the rec centre when I have to run indoors and the treadmills have time limits...).1 -
Date Miles today - Miles for April
4/1 10 miles - 10
4/2 REST DAY
4/3 6.2 miles - 16.2
4/4 REST DAY
4/5 4.5 miles - 20.7
Upcoming races:
Oak Barrel Half Marathon - 4/7/18
Last taper run before the HM.
Good luck @7lenny7 & @MNLittleFinn
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fitoverfortymom wrote: »BruinsGal_91 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »Hrm. 27mph steady winds here, with showers and snow. Probably not a run outside kind of day.
Ah come on, that's good for building mental toughness! (... says the girl who is working from her balcony today because SPRING)
Ha! Yeah, sure... but I did TEN MILES on a dreadmill. I think that proves my "mental toughness"
Definitely! I'm one of those people who actually don't mind the treadmill, but ten miles is my limit.
I don't think I've made it past 4.
Because I am fat and slow, my limit seems to be about 5 miles, or whatever I can actually accomplish in 2x30 minutes (because I go to the rec centre when I have to run indoors and the treadmills have time limits...).
I like running in a time frame rather than mile targets, anyway. I think I perform better. My weeknight trail runs I pull off while my son is at soccer practice, so running against the clock keeps me cookin'!2 -
4/1-14.5 miles
4/2 Rest Day
4/3 5.7 miles (4 on dreadmill, 1.7 with Stella)
4/4-30 minute elliptical and 30 minute strength
20.2/180 miles
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I'm tri training so I'm only aiming for 37.2 miles this month...
4/1 - Rest Day
4/2 - Non run day
4/3 - 3.67 miles
4/4 - 3.62 miles
4/5 - Rest Day
7.29/37.2 miles6 -
3m tempo today. 9/40.3
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No run today, after much deep heart searching I am giving notice at work, which means I will lose access to the killer free gym we have here. Kind of bummed about it really. Use to like my job here, but sweeping changes in upper management have killed that. Thankfully I have portable skills and have found a new place.
So skipping my run to check out Planet Fitness which is real close to my house. The website says it is $10/month which seems reasonable to me for a 24/7 full gym with fitness classes and such.
After the Ultra, I hope to restart my anti-t-rex plan which means I will need weights and stuff that I do not have, nor have space for. $10/mo seems like a good deal for that.
I will know more when I walk in the doors and lay eyes on the place.9
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