April 2018 Monthly Running Challenge
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Braved my first post op run. I ran 15, 1 minute intervals (2.08 miles total). It was..... hard. I couldn't remember how to run and breath, my form was sloppy. I do think I did good on avoiding heal striking like instructed. Hip is grumpy.
I'm starving now...
19.67 miles.
Just another reason you are an inspiration. Youve had a hard go of things with running and keep at it. Keep being awesome2 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »Braved my first post op run. I ran 15, 1 minute intervals (2.08 miles total). It was..... hard. I couldn't remember how to run and breath, my form was sloppy. I do think I did good on avoiding heal striking like instructed. Hip is grumpy.
I'm starving now...
19.67 miles.
Just another reason you are an inspiration. Youve had a hard go of things with running and keep at it. Keep being awesome
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@MNLittleFinn awesome race report!1
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Aaapril....run she will
4/1 11 hrs work/dinner with friends
4/2 4.29
4/3 moped
4/4 4.07
4/5 3.12
4/6 3.03
4/7 4.17
4/8 2.23
4/9 rest
4/10 I did
4/11 something
4/12 really bad to
4/13 my back
4/14 3.22
4/15 3.20
4/15 4.14
4/16 emulating @7lenny7 : no, not running a 50m trail race... Demolishing our master bath for total redo...
4/17 3.25
Total 34.72
Happy Birthday @kgirlhart !
@Elise4270 I've heard that wine calms angry hips...
Bravo for Skip @skippygirlsmom
Ticker is my goal for 2018 and progress to date:
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5 recovery miles! I decided I wanted to make them actually easy and so I tried to keep my HR in zone 3 (below 154 HR) for the entire run. I managed to keep it at zone 3 for 89% of the run, and dipped into zone 4 for only 4% of the run, so I am calling it a success! It was definitely hard to stay in that zone for so long (and my cadence was definitely under my 170 target, boooo) but when I got done, I'd taxed myself so little that it barely felt like I'd run at all. It was really nice!
4/1: 7 miles
4/2: 4.1 miles
4/3: 6.7 miles
4/4: Rest day
4/5: Lazy day
4/6: 5.2 miles
4/7: 10 miles
4/8: 4.5 miles trail demo
4/9: 5 miles
4/10: 7.2 miles Track Tuesday
4/11: 8 miles Tempo Wednesday
4/12: Rest day
4/13: 3 miles
4/14: 6 miles
4/15: 2.9 miles + gym sesh
4/16: Rainy rest day
4/17: 7 miles hill repeats + gym sesh
4/18: 5.2 miles
April miles: 81.9
Goal miles: 100
Upcoming Races:
April 29: New Jersey Marathon 4-person relay
May 20: Watershed 10k trail race
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@MNLittleFinn Epic race report.
@Elise4270 Yay! You ran!
As for me, been fighting cramps and grumpiness the past couple of days, and took a rest day yesterday. Currently dressed in running gear waiting for my kids to fall asleep (because my kids like me to sit with them when they go to bed) and then I will force myself to go out for an easy 4 miles. Then I will come home and work for an hour or two because I have 2 different set-in-stone deadlines on Friday and my in-laws coming to visit at the same time.4 -
0418-2.4k Total-34.1k Goal-80k
Dashed into the gym 20 minutes before closing time and hit the dreadmill. Air quality lately has been *kitten*, so I've been cycling a lot (yes I know that makes no sense... my reasoning is that I have to walk 30 minutes to and from the subway anyway, and my bike commute is only 35 minutes, thus only 5 extra minutes of exposure and a cardio workout to boot, thus win) in addition to lifting, hoping that when it clears up I've still got some semblance of running fitness left.
@Elise4270 Congrats! Sounds like a pretty solid start for great things to come.
@MNLittleFinn Truly inspiring RR.
Wondering if anyone here has experience with Ultra Trail Mount Fuji? The shorter version, Shizuoka to Yamanashi, is about 80k and sounds like a nice stepping stone from the 50k to 100k distance, and it has a reputation of being "runable". Have my sights on it as a mid-term goal, any insight on this?3 -
@noblsheep No insights on that race but hearing about it I think I now want to do some sort of race on a volcano.0
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4/1 - rest
4/2 - rest
4/3 - 7.1km
4/4 - 4.8km
4/5 - travel
4/6 - walking
4/7 - 21.7km (bad tangents? Ha...)
4/8 - travel
4/9 - strength
4/10 - 4.1km
4/11 - rest
4/12 - rest
4/13 - 5.1km
4/14 - 10.2km
4/15 - 60 min walk with kiddos
4/16 - 5.1km
4/17 - unplanned rest
4/18 - 6.2km
64.3/100 km
Apparently the 3 year old got a hit of caffeine at some point today. My husband wound up putting him to bed so I could run before it was pitch black out. Run felt nice and easy but fast paced so I was a bit disappointed to see it was one of my slower runs recently despite feeling so effortless. Guessing it's a side effect of the blood donation.
2018 Races: (italics means not registered yet, only pondering)
1/1/18 Resolution Run 5K ~38:00 (no official times)
3/4/18 MEC Road Race #1 10K 1:30:57
3/17/28 St Patrick's Day race 10K 1:24:53
4/7/18 Jasper Half Marathon 3:05:55
4/22/18 MEC Trail Race #1 5Kish
5/20/18 MEC Trail Race #2 10Kish
6/24/18 MEC Trail Race #3 10Kish
7/1/18 Canada Day 5K or 15K?
7/28/18 Idaho Peak 10K Trail Race
8/18/18 Edmonton Marathon 10K
8/25/18 MEC Trail Race #4 10Kish
10/7/18 MEC Trail Race #5 15Kish
10/22/18 Heartbeat Run 10K
12/1/18 Santa Shuffle5 -
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@noblsheep No insights on that race but hearing about it I think I now want to do some sort of race on a volcano.
http://bigislandroadrunners.org/BIRR_h2v.html 50k starts on a bayfront island, runs 50k...mostly uphill....to Volcano village (on the active volcano Kilauea)3 -
2.5 miles this morning. Had to destress. My dad is having surgery this morning to remove a cancerous tumor from his small bowel. If you're the praying type, please send a prayer up for him.
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Tuesday was cross-training day, and I counted a 3k bike ride to the store and a 4k hike/walk with my son, but mostly tried to take it easy as Monday's long run has left me feeling really trashed. Yesterday was a rest day, and for some reason my TMJ started acting up for the first time in years. Ugggh. Today I decided to just do a short run to see if it might help relax the tension in my jaw/neck/head, so my little buddy went with me on his bike. He just rode along beside me at an easy pace (instead of making siren noises and blasting ahead of me) and it was very nice. We went about 4-something kilometers, and it was just enough to give me a little energy boost.
Goal for the rest of this week: run just enough that I can get the number of hours of recovery needed (as calculated by my watch) down to around 24 hours. Even if the estimate is way off, I've clearly been cumulating some "recovery debt" lately. The watch counter maxes out at 120 hours, but if your workout the next day requires more than 24 hours of recovery, you don't get anywhere. Anyone else pay attention to those estimates?5 -
4 miles this morning. Set out for 5 but I had bathroom issues and had to head back home. grrrr. This hasn't happened in a couple years and all of sudden two times this week.
@elise4270 - yay!!! Can’t wait to see how you progress!
@sarahthes - When I used to give blood I could barely run for almost a week. But my iron was always on the borderline of giving. I decided I had to stop giving because it just made me too exhausted.
@BruinsGal_91 - what a story. Made me cry again. Boston is just a real tear jerker for me this year!
4/1 - 3.65 miles to Buckingham Palace, + strength training W9-B
4/2 -Tabatas in the hotel gym
4/3 - 5 miles Hyde Park
4/4 - strength training + 1 mile treadmill
4/5 - 5 miles Hyde Park - last day in London
4/6 - rest/travel day
4/7 - 4 miles on treadmill
4/8 - 25 miles cycling + strength training W9-C
4/9 - 5 miles
4/10 - strength training w9-D
4/11 - 5 miles + strength training W10-A
4/12 - 5 miles
4/13 - rest day!
4/14 - 43 miles cycling
4/15 - 40 miles cycling + strength training W10-B
4/16 - 3 miles + strength training W10-C
4/17 - 5 miles
4/18 - strength training w10-D
4/19 - 4 miles
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Total - 55.5miles
Target - 40 miles
New Target - 80 miles
To Complete - 24.5 miles
1/4 - Rest
2/4 - Rest
3/4 - Rest
4/4 - 4.1 miles
5/4 - 4.9 miles
6/4 - 4 miles
7/4 - 3.1 miles. First park run with my daughter
7/4 - 5.22 miles. Evening run.
8/4 - 2.01 miles
9/4 - Rest
10/4 - 4.21 miles
11/4 - 4.00 miles
12/4 - 3.1 miles
13/4 - rest
14/4 - rest
15/4 - 6 miles
16/4 - Rest
17/4 - 6 miles
18/4 - Rest
19/4 - 9 miles
I didn't manage to get out on Wednesday because it was my mums birthday, so went to see her instead. Made up for it by getting in to the office early and getting a nice 9 miles before work.
I so wish I lived closer to my work, because when your normal commute is 3 hours to the office, it really doesn't leave enough time for a decent run.5 -
I didn't manage to get out on Wednesday because it was my mums birthday, so went to see her instead. Made up for it by getting in to the office early and getting a nice 9 miles before work.
I so wish I lived closer to my work, because when your normal commute is 3 hours to the office, it really doesn't leave enough time for a decent run.
Happy birthday to Mum!
I wish you lived closer to work too. Yikes! Horrible drive time.1 -
Been AWOL due to Work/Life. Had this dropped to my FB by a well meaning friend.
Some of you may have already seen it but I think it's appropriate to pass onto my MFP Running Friends considering the recent hard race events by so many, whether on road or trail.
To mention a few @MobyCarp for Boston Cold-wet
@7lenny7 and @MNLittleFinn for Zumbro mudder
@JessicaMcB for Snowmagedden races
@sarahthes for her first HM in less than ideal conditions ( one lady said never again to me, she's already signed up for another one - her husband hasn't told her yet )
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@MNLittleFinn It's official. If anyone tells you how tough Boston 2018 was, you *have* to tell them about Zumbro. There. is. no. comparison.6
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Good luck! How are you feeling?0
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