April 2018 Monthly Running Challenge
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Finished off the month with a 3.3km walk. Would have gone longer but got sidetracked most of the day with plumbing problems at my parents house... Unfortunately it's still not fixed and might take a lot of work to fix it. This brings me to 40km right on goal for the first time. See ya in May!4
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I think I ended with like 13 miles of running this month. HAH. Next month I get serious again.
Last 7 days: 101, 083 steps and 279 flights of stairs. I couldn't tell you how many trails but the longest was the Narrows. We tried to stick to the shorter (2ish miles or less) to see more of each park.5 -
Finished the month with a pretty fast (for me anyway - 7:53/mi.) 5 mile run. Was especially hard in the heat and 20mph wind.
Ended April with 111 miles.
Good job everybody. Most people I have seen over achieved their mileage, and the ones that fell short, still made great progress. Everyone should be proud.4 -
4/1 - 4/8 ADK vacation, no running!
4/9 5miles
4/10 7miles
4/11 5miles
4/12 5.6miles
4/13 10miles
4/14 5miles
4/15 rest
4/16 6.5miles
4/17 5miles
4/18 8.89miles
4/19 5miles
4/20 11miles
4/21 6miles
4/22 rest
4/23 6.15miles
4/24 5miles
4/25 6miles
4/26 6.82miles
4/27 12miles
4/28 5miles
4/29 rest
4/20 5.72miles
Finished out April with an interval run: 8x .5miles with a 90 recovery jog. It felt pretty good and I didn’t dread it as much as last week’s interval workout
I made my goal of 125 miles finishing with 126.68 miles.
See you in the May thread!!
3/18/2018 Shamrock half marathon
3/24/2018 Don't Sit on Colon Cancer 5K
5/28/2018 Run to Remember 5K
10/7/2018 Crawlin Crab half marathon
10/13/2018 Joggin for Frogmen 5K
11/18/2018 Norfolk Harbor half marathon3 -
Addendum to today's notes: Saw someone on another thread say their marathon "in September" was Wineglass. I had thought Wineglass was in October; went and looked, and this year it's September 30. And the price goes up tomorrow.
It might have been something I posted about Wineglass. My in-laws have been begging me for a couple of years to run it (they are from Corning), so that plus net downhill was encouraging for my first full!1 -
marisap2010 wrote: »Addendum to today's notes: Saw someone on another thread say their marathon "in September" was Wineglass. I had thought Wineglass was in October; went and looked, and this year it's September 30. And the price goes up tomorrow.
It might have been something I posted about Wineglass. My in-laws have been begging me for a couple of years to run it (they are from Corning), so that plus net downhill was encouraging for my first full!
If I had family in Corning I could stay with, I'd probably have run it before now. Everyone I know who had done it speaks well of the course, and one of my buddies turned in a BQ at Wineglass in the first marathon he ran. And again in the second marathon he ran, because it rolled around again before his first Boston.1 -
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
04/01/18 :::: 5.3 :::: 5.3
04/02/18 :::: 3.6 :::: 8.9
04/03/18 :::: 4.8 :::: 13.7
04/04/18 :::: 1.5 :::: 15.2
04/05/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 18.3
04/06/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 18.3
04/07/18 :::: 10.2 :::: 28.5
04/08/18 :::: 3.5 :::: 32.0
04/09/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 35.2
04/10/18 :::: 3.7 :::: 38.8
04/11/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 38.8
04/12/18 :::: 3.5 :::: 42.3
04/13/18 :::: 3.4 :::: 45.8
04/14/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 45.8
04/15/18 :::: 8.0 :::: 53.8
04/16/18 :::: 2.5 :::: 56.3
04/17/18 :::: 4.0 :::: 60.2
04/18/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 60.2
04/19/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 63.4
04/20/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 63.4
04/21/18 :::: 2.7 :::: 66.1
04/22/18 :::: 13.1 :::: 79.2
04/23/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 79.2
04/24/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 79.2
04/25/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 79.2
04/26/18 :::: 3.5 :::: 82.7
04/27/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 82.7
04/28/18 :::: 4.7 :::: 87.4
04/29/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 87.4
04/30/18 :::: 5.0 :::: 92.4
Finished up the month, and got back to business after a lot of rest last week, with group speedwork tonight. The workout was short intervals. 60-90-30 seconds with 90 sec recovery in between. Repeat x 3 plus 4 sprints.
Met my goal of 90 miles for the month. I will have to do some calculating and set my May goal
@AlphaHowls congrats on surviving your marathon! Great job. Take care of those sore muscles.
@MobyCarp congrats on the James Joyce ramble. I ran the Wineglass Half last year and it was a nice event. I am tempted to sign up again but not sure if it's good timing or not 4 weeks out from my first marathon. And I'm already about to sign up for another race that has a price increase tomorrow too. Curse those price increases!
Congrats to the rest of the racers if I missed anyone. Sounds like a great weekend all around!
See you in the May thread.
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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 @ 6.5 MPH @ 4.5% Grade
04/25/18 - 7 miles @ 7.4 MPH @ 4.5% Grade
04/26/18 - 5 miles at CP
04/27/18 - 2.8 mile walk
04/28/18 - Rest
04/29/18 - Rest
04/30/18 - 8 miles - ops.
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)
Guys tapering is hard. I was thinking I would just lap around the park real easy... and umm, 8 miles later I forced myself to stop and walk home. heh.10 -
I didn’t make my goal, but had a really nice run tonight. The trail by my daughter’s soccer practice fields were clear of snow and dry. It was so nice to be out on the trails. Passed by a pond and never heard so many bull frogs, it was pretty cool.
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
4/25- rest
4/26- 3.5 miles
4/27-4/29 - rest
4/30 - 5.5 miles
Total: 54 miles/74.5 goal9 -
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 rest
4/8 4.17
4/9 2.23
4/10 I did
4/11 something
4/12 really bad to
4/13 my back
4/14 3.22
4/15 3.05
4/16 4.14
4/17 life
4/18 3.25
4/19 life again
4/20 3.29
4/21 3.05
4/22 4.19
4/23 rest
4/24 2.10
4/25 5.63
4/26 life
4/27 4.05
4/28 3.20
4/29 3.06
4/30 4.02
Total 66.42
Haven't posted lately, but always lurking and lots of likes and hugs (and virtual awesomes) up there^^
Ticker is my goal for 2018 and progress to date:
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marisap2010 wrote: »Addendum to today's notes: Saw someone on another thread say their marathon "in September" was Wineglass. I had thought Wineglass was in October; went and looked, and this year it's September 30. And the price goes up tomorrow.
It might have been something I posted about Wineglass. My in-laws have been begging me for a couple of years to run it (they are from Corning), so that plus net downhill was encouraging for my first full!
It might have been me too. It’s going to be my first full as well. I’ve heard good things about the race and the scenery, and of course the elevation chart.
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zerlinna87 wrote: »rheddmobile wrote: »zerlinna87 wrote: »To run or not run? I've been having pain behind my knee that radiates down my leg. It kind of makes my foot feel like it's asleep. I'm running a 5k this Thursday, so I don't want to injure it by running more early this week. I haven't actually run since last Wednesday, so I don't think that it's from running. What do you all think?
That sounds a lot like the first stages of my Baker's cyst. Yours could be something completely different, but on the chance that it might be the same thing, if I were you I would get it looked at soon. I'm out for at least two months and would have been okay if I had gotten it seen to.
That was actually one of the things that came up when I googled my symptoms. What are they doing for treatment?
Well, mine ruptured, which you definitely do not want to happen. But for a regular unruptured cyst they recommend ice, compression, and figuring out what is making the knee irritated in the first place. The cyst on the back of the knee is just a symptom, the overproduction of synovial fluid from knee irritation is the cause.
In related news I saw the new ortho today, who is a sports medicine guy in charge of the local basketball team, and he says there's no reason I shouldn't be able to run on my knee in future, and that the doctor who said I should give up running was overreacting. Obviously I can't run right now with a leg full of fluid but he's hopeful, and thinks we may be able to avoid surgery with the right PT. Scheduled for more tests and then we will know more about what to do next.7 -
So close to making my goal. Had I known I would have pushed myself to keep going. Still +75 for my yearly goal so I’m not beating myself up too much. On to May
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Hang in there @rheddmobile ! We've got our fingers crossed, and hopes up that you'll make a full recovery quickly.1
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No run last night so I finished just a bit over my goal. 152 out of 150 miles. My first made goal in over a year!7
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Duck_Puddle wrote: »marisap2010 wrote: »Addendum to today's notes: Saw someone on another thread say their marathon "in September" was Wineglass. I had thought Wineglass was in October; went and looked, and this year it's September 30. And the price goes up tomorrow.
It might have been something I posted about Wineglass. My in-laws have been begging me for a couple of years to run it (they are from Corning), so that plus net downhill was encouraging for my first full!
It might have been me too. It’s going to be my first full as well. I’ve heard good things about the race and the scenery, and of course the elevation chart.
Looks like we'll have a crowd from MFP at Wineglass: @Duck_Puddle @marisap2010 @MobyCarp @dewd2 and I don't know who else.5 -
Closing out my April
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
4/6 REST DAY
4/7 13.1 miles - 33.8
4/8 REST DAY
4/9 REST DAY
4/10 7 miles - 40.8
4/11 REST DAY
4/12 7 miles - 47.8
4/13 REST DAY
4/14 REST DAY/BAD WEATHER
4/15 10 miles - 57.8
4/16 REST DAY
4/17 8 miles - 65.8
4/18 REST DAY
4/19 8 miles - 73.8
4/20 REST DAY
4/21 10 miles - 83.8
4/22 REST DAY
4/23 REST DAY
4/24 8 miles 91.8
4/25 REST DAY
4/26 6.5 miles - 98.3
4/27 REST DAY
4/28 9.5 miles - 107.8
4/29 REST DAY
4/30 REST DAY
Races this year
Oak Barrel Half Marathon - 4/7/18 -- 1:47:24
Upcoming races:
None at the moment
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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
4/5-8 miles
4/6-Yoga and rest
4/7-11.6 miles (10+1.6 with Stella)
4/8-16 miles
4/9-Rest day with yoga
4/10-5.8 miles+yoga
4/11-8 miles w/ 6 @ tempo
4/12-10 miles
4/13-P90X3 Dynamix
4/14-21 miles
4/15-10 miles
4/16-Rest Day
4/17-8 miles w/ 6 @ tempo
4/18-6.7 miles total including 1.7 with Stella
4-19-10.1 miles
4/20-Rest/travel day
4/21-9.7 miles
4/22-7.9 miles
4/23-Rest/travel day
4/24-4.3 miles
4/25-8 miles with 6 @ tempo
4/26-8 easy miles
4/27-Rest Day
4/28-6.3 miles including 2.2 with Stella
4/29-8.5 miles
4/30- 30 min Strength training+ lots of walks
186.1/180
Yesterday was a scheduled rest day so I did not run, but I did manage to feel like I got in some good exercise. In addition to the two long walks with the pup and a lunch time walk, I took a little walk after work to the top of the Indian mound that is across from my work. There used to be a fence around the top of the mound and they recently removed it, which created some terrific views of the surrounding Miami Valley. There are 119 steps to the top and the sign at the base of the mound says that it is 68 ft high. I tried to record the climb on my Garmin to see if it agreed, but oddly it did not register any elevation gain. Anyway, I took some photos of the view. I don't think the pictures quite capture it though.
When I got home I did lots of freestyle strength training (squats, lunges, box jumps on the fire pit, planks, calf raises, etc. while playing fetch with the dog). Then my husband and I cleaned the ground cover off the garden (lots of squats!) Plenty of ways to make the most of your taper!8 -
What great places to have to workout!0
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Just missed last month but closer than before
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