May 2018 Running Challenge
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Midnight peak run with friends.
So quiet I could hear my heartbeat. Just dead calm. Until I reached the peak. Just short of 12,000ft. I was greeted with an Arctic wind that chilled me to the bone in minutes. Sacrificed my hands for some darker photos before I curled up into a ball for 70 minutes waiting for my friends to summit. In this rock shelter thing. Pretty much uncontrollable shaking. I let myself sweat too much on the climb up. Oops. Thankfully not too long after the sun rose and I warmed right up! Fingers defrosting..... ouch. Worth it for the view!
Summit low forecast was 25-30f, Vegas: 79f.
5/2: 5.4mi (6:52/mi), 4.1mi (9:04mi)
5/3: 5.5mi (8:46/mi) 1,050ft climb
5/4: 4mi (8:45/mi),5.4mi (8:27/mi)
5/6: Hilly 5k. 22:02 (3rd place overall)
5/7: 11mi (9:21/mi) recovery
5/8: 10mi (8:28/mi) 100f
5/9: 7mi (9:16/mi) recovery, 4mi (9:50/mi) 500ft climb. recovery
5/10: 8mi (8:00/mi) headwind and 100f
5/12: 6.6mi (7:06/mi) time trial
5/13: 3.4mi (8:05/mi) easy day
5/14: 13.1mi (8:50/mi) 500ft climb, 100f
5/16: 15.6mi (8:36/mi) 400ft climb
5/17: 6.5mi (7:44/mi)
5/18: 3.1mi (7:55/mi), 4.1mi (8:46/mi)
5/19: 6.4mi (7:50/mi) 500ft climb, 6.2mi (8:35/mi) recovery
5/21: 9.4mi hill repeats 5,000ft climb 16:34/mi, 5.2mi recovery 700ft climb
5/22: 10mi recovery mtn day (15:15/mi) 2,500ft climb
5/23: 5.5mi mtn tempo (9:47/mi) 1,000ft climb, 5mi hill intervals with 1,170ft climb
5/24: 10.7mi recovery (102f) 1,158ft climb
5/26: 12.2mi Mtn run. 4,000ft climb
5/27: 2mi recovery (8:34/mi)
5/30: 19mi Mtn , 4900 climb
All runs logged on Strava. Feel free to follow.
Current week total: 19mi (target is 65)
Month Total: 211.5 / 220mi25 -
So not posted all month practically. Very hot and humid days in Indy....weather in the 90's and no rain. We don't have central air in our house and only a little air conditioner unit in the bedroom. I have been hanging out in the bedroom when not running or at work.
I am only 15 pages behind in reading everyone's posts which is pretty usual as this is a very active group.
My plan was to run in the a.m. after work. I had packed my clothes, my mp3 player and my fanny belt for my key but had one of those nights at work where it took 2 hours and a call for a urologist to come in to place a Foley catheter in an 87 year old man (ouch).
Anyhow I slept for about 6 hours and then headed to my usual place to try to run about 6 miles before the sun sets or it rains (whichever came first). It was very humid, but the temperature wasn't bad (78 degrees). It did feel like running in a sauna, however. It usually takes about a mile before I start enjoying the run, but today it was more enjoyable about a quarter of a mile into it. I noted that nothing hurt today....lately it has been my right hip but not today. Still it was a tiring run, I am working on staying in my zone, and probably was in it 75% of the time today. I did a quick walk afterward (11 minutes) and then back in the car before it started to rain.
I felt so energized after my run. I washed my running clothes, cooked my dinner and now updating my monthly report.
I am not sure if I should set my goal higher next month since I ran 20 more miles than expected or keep it the same....hmmm, details, details.
I signed up for the Monumental in November 2018, the Carmel Half marathon in March 2019 and the mini-marathon in May 2019. I got a great deal for the one in Carmel...only 38 dollars. I will probably also run Geist next year (my work place pays for that one).
My goal for the month was 50 miles.
5/3...3 miles
5/5....Mini-marathon....13.1 miles
5/6.....3.1 miles (recovery)
5/8....4.09 miles
5/12 ...7.07 miles
5/14...4.2 miles
5/19...Geist Half marathon....13.1 miles
5/22...6.18 miles
5/23....4.05 miles
5/24....6.29 miles
5/30...6.18 miles
Total is 70.36 miles.
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Missed my goal as was doing good mummy duties (school trip) and being a good wee wifey (encouraging hubby to go floundering) so wasn’t able to do my usual Thursday 10k. Only missed by about 7k so happy with my 143 for the month.7
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May 2018
Goal: 220 km
01 May – 06.0 km
04 May – 32.0 km in the rain + bee sting
05 May – 05.0 km parkrun 28:58
06 May – 09.4 km Sunday Social Run
08 May – 14.1 km
09 May – 17.6 km
12 May – 10.0 km including parkrun 26:59
14 May – 12.0 km
15 May – 10 km 58:12
18 May – 38.1 km!!!!!!!!
19 May – 03.0 km
21 May – 06.0 km
22 May – 06.0 km faster
24 May - 06.5 km intervals
25 May – 26.0 km
27 May – 10.0 km
28 May – 10.7 km
29 May – 11.0 km
30 May - 12.1 km
31 May – 08.3 km
Total: 253.6 km
My biggest month ever!
Also completed all the Strava challenges, including the 2,000 metre Climbing Challenge.
Yay!
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Procrastinated going out today because, well, because I can and it is staying cool enough right now to not be an issue. Soon (like this weekend) that won't be the case though! Once I got out the run was great but I am realizing I cannot wear my Saucony Kinvaras any longer - they hurt my feet, make my toes fall asleep, have rubbed a painful callus on my little toe and the top of my foot is still sore hours after running I kept stopping and trying to readjust the laces (the Nathan stretchy ones) so that they weren't so tight but didn't feel like my heel/foot were going to step out of them. Maybe if I found them in a wide it would be better IDK...
I can't remember where I found it, but I had read an entire article somewhere online with different ways to lace your running shoes, depending on the problem you are having. With what I've got, the bottom of the shoe now has more room, but I can still pull the top part tight enough to not feel like I'm running right out of them.3 -
@shanaber – re: callouses. I use Flexitol Heel Balm on hard skin on my feet. Takes a while but helps to reduce hard sections
@Scott6255 unfortunately I’m not near Derby and not running in that race. I’m about 3 hours drive away, which I realise is nothing by US or Australian standards, but that’s considered far by us on this little island of ours!!!
@cburke8909 What do you expect us to say to the 10.1 mile question?????
@ROBOTFOOD – fabulous pictures!! You need a bothy bag though for that peak!!!
Had a hiking weekend with a friend down in Devon over the Bank Holiday. We were staying along an estuary, so wandered down across some fields to the beach at the mouth of the river to cross a causeway to Burgh Island, made famous by Agatha Christie as ‘Soldier Island’ in her novel ‘And then there were none’.
Unusually for us (we rarely combine walking and pubs on our trips) we decided to turn our walk into n elongated pub crawl. Twelve miles and four pubs. The last bit of the walk was challenging as the tidal road we’d come down was now well and truly flooded, so we waded along back to our final pub (we timed it purely for this bit!!!).
The next day was a ten mile coastal path walk, and a more relaxed wander along the beach on the final day. I don’t think we’ve EVER done so many miles on our walking weekends, shows how much fitter myself and my friend are now!!
A quick run this morning – though at first my left calf was going to give up, but after a while it woke up and was fine. It’s sort of annoying that my body doesn’t like running until I’ve got a couple of miles in. Makes short runs pointless.
Had a delivery of some Tailwind nutrition samples this morning, complete with a little handwritten note. Look forward to testing one out at the weekend – last time I went out I made a home-made rehydration mix, which ended up having too much honey in and me getting pretty fed-up with it.
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Thanks for the response @girlinahat. Those are some amazing pictures.
As are your pics @ROBOTFOOD. I can't even imagine snow on the ground in (almost) June anywhere in the US.
I'm going to try to run with a backpack on Saturday. Don't think I am going to like all the extra weight and sloshing, but this will be the only way to get enough water on a long run in the Texas heat and humidity.
Determined not to lose another 8 lbs. of sweat this weekend.4 -
I have a shoe question if anyone has answers. My Saucony Guide 10s are coming to the end of their useful lives and I need a new shoe. I have to say that I loved my Guide 8s...and liked my Guide 9s...and I've tolerated the 10s. I like them better the more I run in them, but they just aren't as good as the first couple of pairs. To be fair, it may be because I noticed the difference between my awful old shoes and the first good running shoes and now everything is just ok by comparison. Anyway, I see that there are Guide ISOs available, or I could buy another pair of 10s...or I could buy a different shoe entirely. Any thoughts? The only other brand I've been ok with are Brooks. I have a pair of Cascadia trail shoes I love. My daughter likes Mizuno, but I've not tried them on myself. I have a foot that is shaped like a fish...wider in the front, narrow in back and flat as a pancake.
Thoughts?0 -
Yes I did it. 10.1 miles thanks for the encouragement. @girlinahat I expected most to push toward the task. Perhaps someone would appeal to my safer sensibilities but I could have ask my wife if I wanted that kind of advice. The 10.1 was part of a speed workout 6X1 mile at speed with 3 minutes rest between. Tomorrow will be an easy day to say the least. 200 wow!
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5/1/18 2 miles
5/2/18 1.8 miles
5/3/18 1.85 miles
5/4/18 2 miles
5/5/18 2 miles
5/6/18 6 miles
5/7/18 rest
5/8/18 2.35 miles
5/9/18 2.15 miles
5/10/18 2 miles
5/11/18 rest
5/12/18 2.15 miles
5/13/18 7 miles
5/14/18 2 miles
5/15/18 2.1 miles
5/16/18 1.9 miles
5/17/18 1.95 miles
5/18/18 2.01 miles
5/19/18 2.05 miles
5/20/18 6.55 miles
5/21/18 rest
5/22/18 3.05 miles
5/23/18 2.5 miles
5/24/18 2.05 miles
5/25/18 1.9 miles
5/26/18 3.12 miles
5/27/18 8 miles
5/28/18 1.5 miles
5/29/18 rest
5/30/18 2.45 miles
5/31/18 2.25 miles
Total 76.68 miles/75
Woo! Goal met. June will hold new challenge once I figure out what strength program I want to do. I have a few lol
Here's my "hill" aka a slight incline that I do my hill repeats on.
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So, running-wise, ya, I failed. Lack of....everything. Time, motivation, everything. However, I DID manage to get my Garmin and my Nike app on speaking terms! Yay! (thank you @bride001 !!) So, regrouping for June, meanwhile:
May Goal: 20 Miles
5/2: 2.03 miles
5/5: 2.50 miles
5/9: 1.65 miles (all run)
5/12: 2.13 miles
5/15: 2.01 miles
5/17: 1.54 miles - 11.86 miles run **** 8.14 short for monthly goal
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Yearly goal: 200 miles: Jan - April: 61.68 miles run - 11.86 =126.46 to go!6 -
@cburke8909 200 miles in a month is a fantastic accomplishment! You are in rarefied air! In my wildest dreams I can't imagine doing that.0
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i've been stuck in the 12 min miles so it's nice be to be hanging in the 11 min mile range
5/1-0mi
5/2-0mi
5/3-0mi
5/4-0mi (but we hiked 4+mi)
5/5-13.13 mi
5/6-1.78 mi (5+mi hike+porcupine)
5/7-0mi
5/8-0mi
5/9-0mi (2 hours of aerial yoga)
5/10-maybe get a few in tonight, getting itchy. outer ankles still hurt
5/11-stupid ankle
5/12-0mi (2 hours of aerial yoga)
5/13-1.9mi rough run.
5/14-nope-lawn mowed
5/15-3.06 mi
5/16-1.2mi (2 hours aerial yoga)
5/17- (1 hour aerial yoga)
5/18-rest
5/19-(2 hours aerial yoga)
5/20-5.2mi lots of rain
5/21-rest
5/22-push mower lawn mowed
5/23-1.51 mi(1 hour aerial yoga)
5/24-(1 hour aerial yoga)
5/25-maybe
5/26-1.21mi (4 hours of aerial yoga/aerial hoop)
5/27-1.42mi
5/28-3.17mi (forgot water so cut the run short. i might have been able to keep going but the dogs needed water
5/29-2mi
5/30-3.37mi (1 hour aerial yoga)
5/31(1 hour aerial yoga)
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@ROBOTFOOD Great Pictures. You can imagine how much snow we still have on our Canadian Mountains.
That shelter you were crouched in looks like a man made foundation hole for a structure - the corner you are crouched in is to square for a natural hole. You should join the MFP Monthly Challenge Strava Group or the MFP Long Distance Strava Group
@Orphia Destroying the challenges and monthly goal.girlinahat wrote: »A quick run this morning – though at first my left calf was going to give up, but after a while it woke up and was fine. It’s sort of annoying that my body doesn’t like running until I’ve got a couple of miles in. Makes short runs pointless.
@Scott6255 A good hydration bladder should be hugged by the structure of the backpack and if you take all the air out of the bladder before you start it should not slosh or move around.
@5BeautifulDays I call my feet Duck Paddles. The Saucony Guide and Mizuno Wave Inspire are my Go To Shoes when I shop. Also tend to be a shoe sale - end of model year hound. I have Guide 9's in my closet - original box with 20km on them. A short 5k and mid distance 15k test runs to make sure they had no structural deficiencies then back in the box until I Km out a pair. Also have Mizuno Wave Inspire 10 and 13 in my closet in a similar state. I might have a Shoe Hoarding Problem .
Hope to be off work early so I can get one more run in tonight.4 -
Wow.... despite TWO taper weeks (one for a road marathon, and one for trail ultramarathon) I still managed 173 miles for this month. ALMOST makes me want to run 27 miles tonight after work Not quite. Not in this humidity/heat!
I hope to get some miles in tonight. We will see. Maybe 12?
I think for summer I will try to run MORE times a week, for fewer miles each run to help survive the weather. Still need figure out running schedule around the new job, and moving to a new neighborhood.4 -
HMMM. Another month below my goal.
I will be running for 7 days in a row in Kansas City starting Saturday for AP Comp Sci grading. So maybe June will be better!
But lots of lifting done this month and I have to say it really changes your body compared to cardio. I never believed but now I can see it.
5/1 - 4 miles + strength training W12-A
5/2 - 4 miles + Cycling 22 fast miles
5/3 - strength training W12-B
5/4 - Rest day
5/5 - 44 miles cycling
5/6 - strength training W12-C + 3.7 miles treadmill
5/7 -4.5 miles + strength training W12-D
5/8 - strength training — back to W9-A, heavier weights!
5/9 - 22 miles cycling
5/10 - 5 miles!
5/11 - Strength training - w9-B
5/12 - 44 miles cycling
5/13 - 50 miles cycling
5/14 - Strength training - w9-C
5/15 - 4.5 miles w/tabatas
5/16 - Strength training -w9-D + 1.5 miles treadmill
5/17 - 4 miles
5/18 - 4 miles + strength training W14-A
5/19 - rest day
5/20 - 3 miles on treadmill + strength training W14-B
5/21 - 4 miles + strength Training W14-C
5/22 - 4 miles
5/23 - strength training W14-D + 22 miles cycling
5/24 - 3.75 miles - awful run, humid and tired.
5/26 - strength training w15-A
5/27 - 44 miles cycling
5/28 - strength training w15-B + 3.2 miles
5/29 - Strength training w15-C
5/29 - 4.15 miles
5/30 - rest day
5/31 - 5 miles
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@PastorVincent I'd run 2 and make a nice even 175. Lol1
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One last run for me tonight. Hoping to get around five miles in and that will bring my total for the month to a somewhat feeble 53 miles. But that 53 does include a half marathon, so not too bad I suppose. I missed too many long runs this month thanks to a calf injury.
I probably won't get any running done next week as I'm away in the UK visiting family, but the week off will give my legs time to heal from any niggling injuries and I'll be raring to go when I get back.
I'm still using my old Saucony ISO Hurricanes which have got around 450 miles on them (a lot of those miles are treadmill miles, so they're not as beat up as they could be). I'm pretty certain my Brooks Revannas caused some of my calf problems, but I think they're OK for shorter runs. My plan is to try them again for a 5k and see how I feel, and then buy some new shoes for my longer runs.2 -
5/1 Run 4.36 Miles
5/2 Run 6.02 Miles
5/3 Run 7.54 Miles
5/4 Run 8.03 Miles
5/5 Run 2.02 Miles
5/6 Run 13.38 Miles
5/7 Run 11.18 Miles
5/8 Run 10.67 Miles
5/9 Run 10.21 Miles
5/10 Run 6.79 Miles
5/11 Run 13.59 Miles
5/12 Run 15.32 Miles
5/13 Run 10.21 Miles
5/14 Run 2.01 Miles
5/15 Run 10.28 Miles
5/16 Run 13.39 Miles
5/17 Run 10.72 Miles
5/18 Run 16.62 Miles
5/19 Run 15.05 Miles
5/20 Run 13.38 Miles
5/21 Run 10.35 Miles
5/22 Run 10.29 Miles
5/23 Run 10.58 Miles
5/24 Run 13.49 Miles
5/25 Run 13.53 Miles
5/26 Run 16.18 Miles
5/27 Run 13.58 Miles
5/28 Run 17.12 Miles
5/29 Run 7.03 Miles
5/30 Run 7.86 Miles
5/31 Run 10.41 Miles
331.19 miles out of 200 goal miles6
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