May 2018 Running Challenge

shanaber wrote: »

@rheddmobile - I found the cascadias to be very stiff and they made my ankles and knees hurt. I got Topo Athletic MT-2 trail shoes as a replacement based on a recommendation from an ultra runner friend. I like them a lot and find them very comfortable. https://www.topoathletic.com/women/womens-shoes/activity/Trail Around me REI carries them so you might be able to find them at a running store or outdoors store.

Went out for a little easy run in my new shoes to wrap up the month. My legs were a bit tired after my leg workout on Tuesday and pace run yesterday. Despite that I had a difficult time trying to keep it slow and easy with the new shoes. They are a brand/model I have had before and I don't know why I didn't get another pair. They are so comfortable for me - 0 drop and just a bit of cushion. I just missed 100 miles but my goal was 75 so I feel really good about the month especially with the graduation and wedding trips.

Date........Miles.......Total
05/01......0.00.......0.00 - + Strength Training
05/02......5.41.......5.41
05/03......0.00.......5.41
05/04......3.88.......9.29
05/05......6.38.....15.67 - 'Cinco de My Oh My Miles' 5k + Dog Beach run
05/06......0.00.....15.67
05/07......5.42.....21.09 - + Agility
05/08......0.00.....21.09 - + Strength Training
05/09......5.14.....26.23
05/10......0.00.....26.23 - + Strength Training
05/11......8.98.....35.21
05/12......4.38.....39.59
05/13......0.00.....39.59
05/14......6.09.....45.68 - + Agility
05/15......0.00.....45.68 - + Strength Training
05/16......4.17.....49.85
05/17......3.74.....53.59 - + Strength Training
05/18......0.00.....53.59 - Off to DC
05/19......5.24.....58.83
05/20......0.00.....58.83
05/21......4.44.....63.27 - Heading home
05/22......3.87.....70.14 - + Strength Training
05/23......0.00.....70.14 - To Portland
05/24......6.45.....76.59 - GOAL
05/25......3.45.....80.04
05/26......6.75.....86.79
05/27......0.00.....86.79
05/28......0.00.....86.79 - Heading home
05/29......0.00.....86.79 - + Strength Training
05/30......6.28.....93.07
05/31......5.28.....98.35 - + 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 Marathon

girlinahat wrote: »

@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.