May 2018 Running Challenge
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Welcome to our crazy group of runners, @Ericjayh, @bradcharlessimmons and @gmiller725!
@amymoreorless - I am so sorry about your back! Take care of yourself! Hope you are able to run again soon!
I have been running in the same brand/model of shoes for 3 years now. Even when the company looked like it might go under there was a whole bunch of runners on FB selling and trading the shoes and finding out of the way places to order them (Dubai). I also keep trying other brands to see if I can find another that fits me as well and doesn't end up causing issues. I added in a pair of Kinvaras not too long ago for easy run days but compared to my Skoras they feel so heavy and they have rubbed a painful callus on the side of my toe
Now I a trying to decide if I want to spend (waste) good money on trying something else or just go order another pair of what I know works. Now that Skora is back in business there is no longer any issue getting the shoes again...but I could also get a pair of Topo ST2s - my 2nd favorite shoe. Decisions decisions!
My safety/exit strategy is my husband - I run from home and he can always come get me or the dog. I have only had him pick me up once but had him get the pup several times when it has gotten too hot and I wanted to keep going. A lot of the convenience stores take Apple Pay around us and I can do that from my phone or even my watch and there is always Starbucks if I need a coffee, food or water
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Welcome @Ericjayh, @bradcharlessimmons and @gmiller725! Good luck keeping up with this thread! We all get behind!
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5/1 - 5 mile group speed/track workout, then upper body weights / abs.
5/2 - Overslept...unplanned rest day.
5/3 - 4 treadmill miles. Trek Class.
5/4 - Nada. Again.
5/5 - 4.75 mile group run.
5/6 - Baseball tournament and yard work.
5/7 - 5.25 miles.
5/8 - 4.5 miles.
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polskagirl01 wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »Already short taper run got cut short because my child threw a fit on the trail. We both survived, and I managed to remain calm
but the run turned into taking the closest bus home.
Ohh - this is a good reminder that I should start packing an exit strategy such as a bus ticket on my runs.
I have cash behind the case on the phone I run with, and haven't ever needed it until a few weeks ago (sports drink at a gas station). It was definitely worth having it - I really needed it that day. But it's only for emergencies. I pretty much forget it's there.
That’s a really good idea. Not just for running but for life in general. I may not always have my purse with me, but I almost always have my phone. Tucking some money into the case is a perfect hiding spot!0 -
05/01/18 - 1/2 mile walk
05/02/18 - 1 mile walk + 6.6 mile easy run
05/03/18 - 1.3 mile walk
05/04/18 - Rest
05/05/18 - Steel Challange 5k
05/06/18 - MARATHON PR! 3:51:53
05/07/18 - Rest
05/08/18 - 6 miles @ 9:28
05/12/18 - Glacier Ridge 50k Trail Ultra (I must hate myself)
06/02/18 - South Fayette Glow Run - Nighttime 1 mile and 5k race
08/11/18 - Howl At The Moon 5k
--More as I find them
2020 - Disney World Dopey! (if can raise funds)
Six miles today. Wanted to do 10-12 miles, but stood in line for an hour and a half to get our Marathon Medals engraved with our names and times (a service offered by Dick's for $10 each, or free if you buy a shirt) and that ate up all my free time. Ah well. Maybe tomorrow.
It is a second taper week though, so need be careful... after all, I have my FIRST ULTRA on Saturday.
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4km today... Not a great run, just couldn't get into a rhythm. I'll blame the weather being so nice 24°C and sunny. MTD 15km
ETA: also apparently I was running way faster than I thought according to Strava... But I think that's a mistake, I don't run 6:29/km especially when I walked alot of it.6 -
I did another mile and a quarter (total: 2.25/10) tonight within a 5k walk. Feeling good! 7
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Welcome to the new people!
@amymoreorless - sorry about your poor back. Take care of yourself. Back pain is so hard to cope with.
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
05/01/18 :::: 3.5 :::: 3.5
05/02/18 :::: 2.6 :::: 6.1
05/03/18 :::: 2.5 :::: 8.7
05/04/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 8.7
05/05/18 :::: 7.5 :::: 16.2
05/06/18 :::: 2.6 :::: 18.8
05/07/18 :::: 3.8 :::: 22.5
05/08/18 :::: 3.3 :::: 25.9
Another lovely day here. Took a short run after work on the trails in the park and boy is it getting crowded out there. Everyone and their little dogs were out.
Right now I'm sitting out on my patio thinking this would have been the ideal time to run. It's cooled down a bit and just perfect. Instead I'll enjoy a beer and be happy I already got the run done.
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1/5: 13857 steps - 3.92 kms (2 slow walks: recovering from run yesterday and neck/back are hurting something fierce)
2/5: 13553 steps - 3.74 kms (easy walk): neck/back still in pain
3/5: 13882 steps - 2 walks of 21 mins and 30 mins (devices didn't log my walk kms properly)
4/5: 10307 steps - very busy day, no time for actual walks
5/5: 19769 steps - 9.13 kms (long walk with a friend)
6/5: 12121 steps - 5.39 kms (C25K Wk2 D1) + 30 mins yoga stretches
7/5: 13999 steps - 2.77 kms (walk at lunch) + assembling new lawnmower & cutting grass
8/5: 15808 steps - 4.57 kms (walk at lunch & after work, back and left hip very twingy)
TOTAL : 29.52 / 90 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)
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Well, I ran. Badly, it was ugly, I was ugly, but it happened. 2.5 miles
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@amymoreorless Do you have access to an inversion table? It helped provide me some relief, and my PCP has a colleague that avoided surgery with daily use.0
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May Running Totals (miles)
5/1 – 5.69 warm up + speed work
5/2 – 6.21 group run
5/3 – 7.08 warm up + speed work
5/4 – rest day
5/5 – 15.02 group run + solo miles
5/6 – 5.01 trails & grass
5/7 – rest day
5/8 – 6.11 MP with hills
May running total to date – 45.12
Nominal May mileage goal: 180 miles
Real goals: Stay healthy. Build base. Maybe run some trails. Have fun.
Today's notes – It was warm and sunny today. I skipped club practice in favor of the Cobb's Hill Run at Fleet Feet, because it was a day to formally congratulate all the folks who went through the training program I paced for in the spring. Got to see a pacer who wasn't running, because she just ran Toronto in 3:31:48 this weekend; told her I'd see her in Boston next April. Of course, she's fretting about missing the cutoff.
By the time we got to run, Garmin says the temperature was down to 70º F (21º C). It was warm, but not stifling warm. The humidity wasn't bad. Ran about as much of the hill as felt reasonable for where I am physically, then added some flatter distance to get up past 6 miles. The idea was to run it easy, but I got carried away and averaged right around my aspirational marathon pace for being in good shape and having good running weather. Felt pretty good, and felt even better after getting in some good post-run stretching.
In other news, I registered for 3 more races. This fills out my June race calendar and starts in on July. No surprises, these are three races I would miss only for injury; and I'm feeling pretty good about recovery and injury avoidance right now. I am also considering the Shoreline Half Marathon on July 14, particularly if I can run it for free by pacing to a 1:40 target. I'm deferring a decision on the Firecracker 4 Mile on July 4, because it's not a critical race and I could be ready to back off and just running easy for a while after a fairly busy race month in June.
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) finished in 41:33
May 20, 2018 Lilac 10K (Rochester, NY)
May 26, 2018 Sunset House 5K (Rochester, NY)
June 3, 2018 USATF Masters Half Marathon (Ann Arbor, MI)
June 9, 2018 Ontario Summit Trail Half Marathon (Naples, NY)
June 17, 2018 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY)
June 30, 2018 Charlie's Old Goat Trail Run 5 mile (Victor, NY)
July 28, 2018 Battle at Bristol 10K (Naples, NY)
September 30, 2018 Wineglass Marathon (Bath, NY)
November 11, 2018 Syracuse Half Marathon (Syracuse, NY)
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I added in a pair of Kinvaras not too long ago for easy run days but compared to my Skoras they feel so heavy and they have rubbed a painful callus on the side of my toe
Kinvaras get me in the same place exactly! Should look into these Skoras, never heard of them before. Any specific model recommended?0 -
5.01 miles tonight at a slow pace with a few short strides.
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I woke tired and achy today. Fortunately yoga was scheduled instead of a run, and although I felt very stiff for the first half, I felt like a million dollars when I was done.
1 May: 11.64
2 May: 6.0 + yoga
3 May: 7.22
4 May: Rest
5 May: 6.6 + yoga
6 May: 12.74
7 May: yoga
8 May: 6.72
9 May: yoga
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Hey everyone check out this great post by our very own teacher and trail runner:
https://teachertrailrunner.blogspot.com/2018/05/in-tent.html?m=1
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@sarahthes @lporter229 @PastorVincent @shanaber @Scott6255
And anyone else I missed
Thanks everyone for the welcome. Of course after I put my goals out there had a tough day, today.To be expected since I made some distance gains over the weekend, though. And it's getting hot :-)3 -
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I’m trying out the advice of walking at least two miles on a rest day, so I’m going to add the walks in as a tracker to see how I do on that the rest of the month. Daughter had a soccer game tonight, so I squeezed in the run before we had to leave to bring her to that. It was about 81 degrees out when I started and I went out too heavy of a pace as I was doing the whole pep talk for the last mile. I love the fact that we are warming up in WI so no complaints about that, I just need to be more mindful during the day and starting out so I’m prepared for it.
5/1 - 0
5/2 - 0
5/3 - 6 miles
5/4 - 0
5/5 - 2 miles
5/6 - 4 miles/ 4 walk
5/7 - 2.65 walk
5/8 - 4 miles
Total 16 miles run/70.5 goal3 -
Decided to not be lazy and ran the stairs at Universal today. So so so many stairs. My legs are dead.
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5/1-7.67
5/2-5.39 plus weights
5/3-5.58 plus weights
5/4-rest day is the best day
5/5-10.84 plus yoga
5/6-3.52 plus weights
5/7-rest day is the best day
5/8-6.80
39.80 MTD.
8/8 days according to plan.
Tonight was an inadvertent 6 at MP-ish workout because I really suck at arithmetic, left late, didn’t bring any light and needed to get home before dark. Mission accomplished. It felt good too-which was really nice because the last few weeks have been a little awful (a lot expected but it still wears on me after a stretch and I was really grateful to the running Gods for granting me a good one).
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BBC article that seems relevant.
Sisu: The Finnish art of inner strength http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180502-sisu-the-finnish-art-of-inner-strength
Today: 3 miles, then strength.
May tally: 17.1m
Thank you.
And here is our very own @MNLittleFinn demonstrating Sisu perfectly in his recent 100 mile ultramarathon:
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May 2018
Goal: 220 km
01 May – 06.0 km
04 May – 32.0 km
05 May – 05.0 km parkrun 28:58
06 May – 09.4 km Sunday Social Run
08 May – 14 km
09 May – 17.4 km
Total: 83.8 km
Ran 14 km yesterday and 17 km today at easy pace with plenty of hills and noticed afterwards I had low heart rate both times, in Zone 2.
It must be true... If you run gently often enough your heart gets more efficient. It's taken a couple of years. People used to tell me that and it would stress me out because my heart wasn't efficient yet, I ran too hard, and my zones weren't appropriate. Finally got there.
I remember thinking it was a load of bollocks at one point but the system actually works!
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Finally managing to post a running update.
Last weekend was a Bank Holiday (long) weekend, and for some reason the weather decided to give us a heatwave, jumping from 12 degrees C and raining to dry and 24-28 degrees C (usually bank holidays mean everyone sits in traffic trying to get to the seaside in the rain).
I went on a camping trip with a bunch of strangers, through something called the YesTribe community. Basically it’s like-minded people who fancy the odd adventure, trying to find others to adventure with. So fifteen of us mostly strangers went to camp in the woods, have a campfire, and chat about life. I only fell down one badger hole on my way back to my tent in the dark.
We did a 5 mile walk on the Sunday, which I attempted to run and sheepdog back, but gave up because it was so hot and hilly. Then a pub lunch and home (and then a night at a friend's cooking dinner...this is a theme)
I didn’t get my planned long run in over the weekend, but also turned my ankle running like a four year old down a hill, so have been a bit protective of it since then. But made it out for a short run this morning and it all seemed fine.
Trying to get back to consistent runs, I know life gets in the way but this also is important
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6.2 miles this morning. Decided to accept and embrace the 5am suck. So just took it easy most of the way, and did a few strides. Felt much better than Monday.
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RunsOnEspresso wrote: »My garmin doesn't tell me any of that. It just tells me I'm like 20 years older than I am based on fitness. Those must not be options on the vivioactive 3.
I wouldn't pay much attention to that either - my Garmin tells me I'm 20 in fitness years - that can't be right, I'm gonna be 60 this fall. lol
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Ok so here's my update for May so far. I'm still struggling with pain in my right leg. This is kind of a summary of what I've been doing, not just running (because right now I'm trying to take it easy. It's so hard!):
5/1- rest
5/2- 2.1 mile walk with my dad
5/3- 3.2 mile run, race the landing 5k
5/4- strength training
5/5- rest
5/6- 1 mile run with my new Garmin!
5/7- strength training
5/8- 1.8 mile run and 45 minutes of spinning (whew, that was tough)
I can't wait to try out my Garmin in the pool. I usually go on Saturdays, but I have a Mom's run this Saturday.6 -
7 mile run with 5 at tempo pace. Average cadence 180. Working on cadence to help prevent injuries
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5/1 - 2 miles
5/2 - 1.8 miles
5/3 - 1.85 miles
5/4 - 2 miles
5/5 - 2 miles
5/6 - 6 miles
5/7 - rest
5/8 - 2.35
5/9 - 2.15
Total 20.15
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