April 2018 Monthly Running Challenge
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The new job sounds pretty good @PastorVincent. A pretty park with historic trails sounds like just the type of running I would love.
I hope so! I will find out after I get through all this "onboarding" stuff. Might be a week or 2.
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I have a question for y'all. I need new shoes and the nearest running store is an hour away. I was thinking about ordering some online. Are there any good sites to order shoes at a good price? I mostly order stuff on Amazon and the price there for the Saucony Ride 10 seems to be the same as the running store price.
Know your own feet. If you wear a size in the fat part of the bell curve, you can hunt for deals online. I wear a size 14, and can confidently predict that none of the really great online prices will be available in my size.
So I shop at Amazon and Zappos, because those sites can consistently sell me something that fits. If I want the current model shoe, the price is pretty much going to be the same as in the running store (where I'd have to order it anyway most of the time), but if I'm wiling to go to an older model I can get a better price. So I order the last model or the current model when the next model is about to roll out. I mostly wear Saucony Kinvaras, but I'd expect to see the same kind of price action on the Saucony Ride.
I also keep shoes in rotation, and shoes in boxes waiting to go into rotation. This gives me the luxury of buying when the price is good, instead of having to pay up when I need a new pair of shoes *right now.*
EDIT TO ADD: Online prices for the same size of the same model of shoe vary by shoe color. I have learned to be fashion blind with respect to running shoes. Give me the three cheapest colors, so I can tell them apart. It's not worth an extra $5 for a pretty color of shoe that will just get dirty anyway.2 -
4/01 - REST
4/02 - 5.19 (trail)
4/03 - 3.39
4/04 - 5.38 (trail)
4/05 - 4
4/06 - 3
4/07 - 10.62
4/08 - REST
4/09 - 5.13 (trail)
4/10 - 4.9
4/11 - 4.1 (trail)
4/12 - REST
4/13 - REST
4/14 - 25k!! (41st of all women, 1st AG finish)
4/15 - REST
4/16 - REST
4/17 - 3
4/18 - 4 (trail)
4/19 - Strength/stretch
4/20 - 10
4/21 - Cross Train Les Mills Bodypump
4/22 - 5 mile hike
4/23 - 3 (trail)
4/24 - 4.24
Wasn't going to run today, but my new shoes beckoned. They were a little tingly in the baby toes around mile one, but settled in nicely. Less cushion than I'm used to, but still a "level 4." Was interesting to finally get the gait analysis done. I've been used to having to choose a wide shoe, but I measured within the normal range. I guess my feet aren't fat any more! I think I'll always want/need a wider toe box, but being able to by regular width shoes is a real-life game changer for me y'all.4 -
Thanks @7lenny7 and @MobyCarp . I live out in the sticks and so unless I want to drive an hour or an hour and a half I don't have many choices, especially for shoes. I order a lot of stuff on Amazon so I will probably just look there if I can find my size. If I looked for Ride 9 or Ride 8 would they be about the same as the Ride 10? I may just go with the 10 since I know it works for me and I can't afford to get 2 new pairs of shoes before the HM next month.0
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Thanks @7lenny7 and @MobyCarp . I live out in the sticks and so unless I want to drive an hour or an hour and a half I don't have many choices, especially for shoes. I order a lot of stuff on Amazon so I will probably just look there if I can find my size. If I looked for Ride 9 or Ride 8 would they be about the same as the Ride 10? I may just go with the 10 since I know it works for me and I can't afford to get 2 new pairs of shoes before the HM next month.
That all depends. Sometimes the changes from version to version are minimal, sometimes they're drastic enough that what once worked for you no longer does. Quite often if you read reviews for a certain model, they'll describe the changes from the previous model.
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Thanks @7lenny7 and @MobyCarp . I live out in the sticks and so unless I want to drive an hour or an hour and a half I don't have many choices, especially for shoes. I order a lot of stuff on Amazon so I will probably just look there if I can find my size. If I looked for Ride 9 or Ride 8 would they be about the same as the Ride 10? I may just go with the 10 since I know it works for me and I can't afford to get 2 new pairs of shoes before the HM next month.
That all depends. Sometimes the changes from version to version are minimal, sometimes they're drastic enough that what once worked for you no longer does. Quite often if you read reviews for a certain model, they'll describe the changes from the previous model.
Thanks. I'll probably stick to the 10s for now since I know I like them but I may look at some of the others later on if I can find a good price.0 -
Thanks @7lenny7 and @MobyCarp . I live out in the sticks and so unless I want to drive an hour or an hour and a half I don't have many choices, especially for shoes. I order a lot of stuff on Amazon so I will probably just look there if I can find my size. If I looked for Ride 9 or Ride 8 would they be about the same as the Ride 10? I may just go with the 10 since I know it works for me and I can't afford to get 2 new pairs of shoes before the HM next month.
That all depends. Sometimes the changes from version to version are minimal, sometimes they're drastic enough that what once worked for you no longer does. Quite often if you read reviews for a certain model, they'll describe the changes from the previous model.
Thanks. I'll probably stick to the 10s for now since I know I like them but I may look at some of the others later on if I can find a good price.
When the 11s come out, you should be able to find the 10s at a cheaper price. That is when I stock up.1 -
lporter229 wrote: »Thanks @7lenny7 and @MobyCarp . I live out in the sticks and so unless I want to drive an hour or an hour and a half I don't have many choices, especially for shoes. I order a lot of stuff on Amazon so I will probably just look there if I can find my size. If I looked for Ride 9 or Ride 8 would they be about the same as the Ride 10? I may just go with the 10 since I know it works for me and I can't afford to get 2 new pairs of shoes before the HM next month.
That all depends. Sometimes the changes from version to version are minimal, sometimes they're drastic enough that what once worked for you no longer does. Quite often if you read reviews for a certain model, they'll describe the changes from the previous model.
Thanks. I'll probably stick to the 10s for now since I know I like them but I may look at some of the others later on if I can find a good price.
When the 11s come out, you should be able to find the 10s at a cheaper price. That is when I stock up.
That's a great idea!
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Today's schedule run on the plan was for a tempo build run. it was good, well, other than that Hobbes the Vizsla had to go potty twice in the middle of the tempo portion of the run as well as once in the warmup. Next time I may just have leave him home for these runs
He also wanted to stop and look at all the Canadian geese who are nesting along the river so he got dragged along for part of it too. Goofy dog! This was the first time I have tried this type of run and it was kind of fun to work up to a fast pace and hold it there just for a few minutes and then slowly drop it back down. The hardest part for me was bringing the pace down until the 0.5 mile cool down - by the cool down though all I wanted to do was walk - my legs were toasted. I am sure it didn't help that I also ran a lot of intervals fast with Hobbes the Vizsla last night at our agility class. We had a fun technical course and he was flying along with me trying to keep up with him!
Thanks @elise4270, @Orphia and @7lenny7 - I am just so excited my daughter is running and enjoying it. It has helped that the Seattle weather has been accommodating. She told herself if it was raining on run day she didn't have to run. So far it has not rained once on her running days as she said 'who knew that was all it took for her to control the weather! If she'd known she would have done it a long time ago'!
@kgirlhart - I get my shoes mostly onsite from the brand sites online when they have sales. Most have fairly decent return policies if the shoes don't work out. REI has a great return policy as well. I have also bought them from the Active Gearup/Leftlane Sports site. They often have pretty significant markdowns - for example men's Newtons for $49 and womens's Kinvara 8's for around $60...
@polskagirl01 - Isn't it amazing the different muscles that are used between running and biking? You would think they would be complimentary! On your HR. My HR is very low (RH 36 and normal during the day 45-50) and none of the standard thresholds work for me. Like you everything would show in the easy zone. I ran some of my own measurements (based on Matt Fitzgerald's recommendations as well as talking to my cardiologist. Based on those I know my LT is around 136-140 and my max HR is around 150. I adjusted my zones based on those numbers.
@karllundy - Congratulations on your sub 2hour HM PR!! Whoot!! Whoot!! We're all waiting on that race report!
Date........Miles.......Total
04/01......0.00.......0.00
04/02......5.81.......5.81 - + Agility
04/03......4.73.....10.54 - + Strength Training
04/04......2.26.....12.80
04/05......5.55.....18.35 - + Strength Training
04/06......4.59.....22.94
04/07......7.67.....30.61
04/08......0.00.....30.61
04/09......5.00.....35.61 - + Agility
04/10......4.70.....40.31 - + Strength Training
04/11......0.00.....40.31
04/12......9.25.....49.56
04/13......0.00.....49.56 - Agility Trial
04/14......0.00.....49.56 - Agility Trial
04/15......0.00.....49.56 - Agility Trial
04/16......6.23.....55.79 - + Agility
04/17......0.00.....55.79 - + Strength Training
04/18......4.24.....60.03
04/19......0.00.....60.03 - + Strength Training
04/20......4.83.....64.86
04/21......7.07.....71.93
04/22......0.00.....71.93
04/23......5.14.....77.07 - + Agility
04/24......5.01.....82.08 - + Strength Training
My completed and upcoming races. Let me know if you will be running them too.
02/04/18 - Surf City Half Marathon
05/05/18 - Cinco de Miles 5k
07/22/18 - San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon
12/15/18 - San Diego Holiday Half Marathon
02/03/19 - Surf City Half Marathon
05/11/19 - Santa Barbara Wine Country Half Marathon5 -
4/1: 2.5 miles
4/2: 3.1 miles
4/3: ST, walk 1 mile
4/6: ST, 3 miles
4/7: 3.5 miles
4/8: 6 miles
4/9: ST, walk 1 mile
4/10: 3 miles
4/12: 3 miles
4/13: ST, walk .5 mile
4/14: 3.5 miles
4/15: 3 miles
4/19: 3 miles
4/20: ST, 1 mile
4/21: 3 mile hike/run + 5k
4/22: 7.6 miles
4/23: ST, walk 1 mile
4/24: 3 miles
Total Running for April: 51.3/60
Completed:
Phoenix Rising 5k 4/21 (29:20)
Upcoming Races:
Oasis Run 10k 4/28
Wineglass Marathon 9/305 -
After a tough weekend of back pain, I finally felt good enough to go for a nice walk at lunch and a run/walk (C25K Wk1 D2) after work. Tomorrow is supposed to rain all day, so I'll focus more on bodyweight training and yoga.
1/4: REST
2/4: REST
3/4: 5.26 kms (brisk walk) + 8 mins of bodyweight training
4/4: 10K+ steps
5/4: 10K+ steps
6/4: 10K+ steps
7/4: REST
8/4: REST
9/4: 5.05 kms (normal walk) + 7.5 mins of bodyweight training
10/4: 8.19 kms (lunchtime walk + C25K Wk1 D1 after work) + 8 mins of bodyweight training
11/4: 3.09 kms (2 short walks, at lunch and after work)
12/4: 3.59 kms (lunchtime + after work walks)
13/4: 4.39 kms (lunchtime + after work walks)
14/4: REST
15/4: 3.88 kms (walk indoors due to freezing rain) + 5 yoga poses (Dolphin, Warrior II, Triangle, Warrior III, Pigeon)
16/4: 2.1 kms (lunchtime walk), no gym as it was closed due to the power outages
17/4: 3.07 kms (lunchtime walk)
18/4: 12K+ steps
19/4: 3.63 kms (C25K Wk1 D1 repeat) + 10:30 mins of bodyweight training
20/4: 4.29 kms (walk)
21/4: 1.12 kms (walk)
22/4: REST
23/4: 4.25 kms (walk)
24/4: 2.72 kms (lunchtime walk) + 5.06 kms (C25K Wk1 D2 Walk/Run)
TOTAL : 59.69 / 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)5 -
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
4/19 - 5.3km
4/20 - 3.6km
4/21 - 8.5km
4/22 - 5.3km
4/23 - rest
4/24 - 8.2km
95.2/100 km
Hot today, or at least hotter than it has been in a good long while at 21C when I ran home from work. I didn't run with water at all last year as I was still running short distances and generally early or late, but I tried out my water belt thingy today (hubby bought it for me for Christmas). It was comfy, but I don't think it holds enough water for a summer long run.
I was still super hot when I ran past the Mac's so I bought a slushy on my way past. Probably looked pretty funny running the last 300m or so carrying it...
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 1:00:00? (Or 48:45...)
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 Shuffle8 -
6.34 miles tonight with tough intervals.
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April Running Totals (miles)
4/1 – 6.21 easy
4/2 – rest day
4/3 – 6.35 easy to MP
4/4 – unscheduled rest day – wind storm
4/5 – 8.39 easy with snow showers
4/6 – 4.01 easy
4/7 – 12.01 paced run
4/8 – 7.84 easy 60 minutes
4/9 – rest day
4/10 – 5.34 easy with hills
4/11 – 5.61 group run
4/12 – 6.17 warmup + easy workout
4/13 – rest day
4/14 – travel day
4/15 – 2.14 shakedown run
4/16 – 26.45 Boston Marathon with bad tangents
4/17 – travel day
4/18 – rest day
4/19 – 2.39 recovery run
4/20 – 5.01 easy
4/21 – 5.20 group run
4/22 – 7.20 easy with hills
4/23 – rest day
4/24 – 6.06 warmup, easy miles, strides
April running total to date – 116.37
Nominal April mileage goal: 130 miles
Real goals: Arrive at Hopkinton healthy. Get to Boyleston Street under my own power. Recover well.
Today's notes – Gorgeous running weather today. Wore shorts and a tee to club practice, got my 2 mile warm up done early, waited around for the meeting. The two of us who ran Boston didn't do the speed work pointing at Dedham or Lilac 10K; Coach had us run some easy miles then finish with 6x50m strides just to get the legs used to turning over again. The easy miles plus strides came out to 4 miles for me, the first 3 or a bit slower because I backed off to Phil's pace; he ran a good Boston, but was feeling more banged up than I am today.
Phil tells me it was awful waiting in line for the drop bags in the wind and rain. I bypassed that scene by just going back to my hotel. I'm thinking it's worth the money for a hotel close to the finish line. Maybe next year we get good weather and it doesn't matter; but if we get nasty weather for standing around, that close hotel sure is nice.
50m strides were just the thing to get back into speed work. They aren't long enough to be intimidating, or to bang myself up too bad. Probably Thursday's speed work will be something like 4x800 at T or 15 second cutbacks; by Thursday, I should be up to something easy like that before Sunday's race.
In other news, I felt so good that I registered for the next two races on my wish list. That's likely all the races I'll run in May; there are a lot of races in June, and I need to think about which ones are most important.
2018 races:
February 17, 2018 Freezeroo #5 (Valentines Run "In Memory of Tom Brannon" 8 Mile) (Greece, NY) finished in 54:48
February 24, 2018 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY) finished in 28:46
March 17, 2018 USATF Masters 8K (Shamrock 8K, Virginia Beach, VA) finished in 31:55
March 24, 2018 Spring Forward 15K (Mendon, NY) ran at MP, finished in 1:10:47
April 16, 2018 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA) finished in 3:28:43
April 29, 2018 USATF Masters 10K (James Joyce Ramble, Dedham, MA)
May 20, 2018 Lilac 10K (Rochester, NY)
May 26, 2018 Sunset House 5K (Rochester, NY)7 -
04/01/18 - 8 Miles - 9:59 Pace
04/02/18 - Rest
04/03/18 - 10 miles - 9:27 Pace
04/04/18 - 10 miles @ 4% grade and 7:43 pace
04/05/18 - 0
04/06/18 - 0
04/07/18 - 11.7 miles - 2 races and a bit more
04/08/18 - 0
04/09/18 - 0
04/10/18 - 12.1 miles @ 9:27 pace
04/11/18 - 12.1 miles @ 9:00 pace
04/12/18 - 11 miles @ 9:00 pace
04/13/18 - 10 miles @ 9:04 pace
04/14/18 - 21 miles @ 9:55 pace
04/15/18 - Rest
04/16/18 - 0
04/17/18 - 8 miles @ 7MPH and 4.5% grade
04/18/18 - 7 miles @ 8:57 pace
04/19/18 - 10 miles @ 8:00 avg pace and 4% grade
04/20/18 - Red Robin to celebrate last day a work
04/21/18 - 17 miles @ 9:38 pace
04/22/18 - 8 miles @ 9:23 pace
**Taper Start**
04/23/18 - Rest
04/24/18 - 7 miles @ 65. MPH @ 4.5% Grade
Big Hairy Audacious Goal: Sub 4 hours in Pittsburgh 2018!
Official Marathon PR: 4:11:28
Next Races (more as I find them):
05/06/18 - Pittsburgh Marathon - aiming for sub four hours.
05/12/18 - Glacier Ridge 50k Trail Ultra (I must hate myself)
2020 - Disney World Dopey! (if can raise funds)
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PastorVincent wrote: »
04/21/18 - 17 miles @ 9:38 pace
04/22/18 - 8 miles @ 9:23 pace
**Taper Start**
04/23/18 - Rest
04/24/18 - 7 miles @ 65. MPH @ 4.5% Grade
Hey, does that mean I can count my flight to San Antonio Monday? Lol! Am I reading that right? Is there a decimal error? 65 mph?
ETA I've been in stats class all day. Then was allowed to go socialize with a group. Nervous introvert trying to not look like the idiot from Oklahoma in front of corporate "seagulls". (I'm kinda keyed up)
Seagulls... Fly all over and poop on everything. Learnt that today. And SPOC .... Mmmm now I can't remember that one. I know it's not Sex Professional of Canada... maybe Subject? Person of Contact. Eh, kinda sounds similar?2 -
Tired after work and didn’t really feel it, but yesterday was a rest day. I figured I would get in at least three and see how things went from there. Made it 3.5 miles which I was happy with. The legs felt heavy so will see how things feel tomorrow.
Previous total 20.5
4/17- 3 miles
4/18- 5 miles
4/19- 5 miles
4/20- rest
4/21- 3 miles
4/22- 5 miles
4/23- rest
4/24- 3.5 miles
Total: 45/74.5 goal4 -
Thanks for the well wishes all for Boston. As @MobyCarp mentioned, I hit the half right under my BQ pace (1:38) then slowed for the second half. In short, I didn't get in enough hills during my training cycle down in Florida, my quads fell apart by that point of the race, so to avoid risking needing to walk/freeze, I explicitly cut back to a 9:40 pace as it let me shorten my stride and not punish my quads as badly, while letting me take in the atmosphere.
Enjoyed every minute of Boston otherwise and looking to get back for 2020. Weight crept up a bit (as I was 15lb above my qualifying race), but focus for the year has been on my full Ironman in Wisconsin in September, along with a multi-stage bike race (Haute Route) over in Europe this summer. Been working with a coach this past 6 months so using that to keep me (mostly) accountable for training.13 -
25 km run today, 25th of April.
177 metres of elevation;
Pitstops and short walk while I ate & drank something at 8 and 16km;
Needed to get stones out of shoes at 23 km;
Didn't pause my Garmin.
I enjoyed that run!
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