June 2018 Running Challenge
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@midwesterner85 - Congratulations on your 20K even though it was a tough one! It is so exciting that you will get to meet someone who is such an inspiration.
@sarahthes - Love your trails!! Such beautiful areas to run!
@HonuNui - I can't imagine how hard Mother's Day must be! {{HUGS}}
What happened to the website? Hope your leg is all better from the fall and from slipping on the stairs! Are you far from the evacuation areas? I hate seeing all of the devastation to people's homes and to the once beautiful wild lands and beaches. I know it is all part of nature and rebuilding of land but it is still terrible. I hope you can get some running in to relieve some of that stress!
@PastorVincent - congratulations on the races in tough conditions!
@taxgirl1 - welcome to the group!0 -
I once ate a $5 bill in front of a fellow homeless person to make a point. Later I would regret that point. That friend never forgave me. Moral: sometimes your principals aren't very good friends.
@ctlaws44 That sounds like an interesting story.First run in June: C25k week 7 completed!
@fraukazi Yay, you!! Good luck in the final countdown to 5K!!DocMcStuffens wrote: »Hello everyone. I’m a runner and I’ve completed half-marathons as well as a one-day 28.3 mile hike. I am training for my first 50k in September and I’d love training advice.
Welcome, @DocMcStuffens ! I'm doing my first 50 km next weekend. Stay tuned!
Hugs, @HonuNui
@PastorVincent Bravo on 9th Overall in the 1 miler!!
And that book looks interesting, dammit! I was planning to call it quits on ultras when I've done my 50 km.
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June 2018
Goal: My first 50 km run... and some handstands.
Runs
03 Jun – 16.0 km fast finish
Handstand practice
01 Jun – 5 minutes wall drills
02 Jun – 5 minutes wall drills
03 Jun – 4 minutes wall drills + 1 minute of crow poses
My 16 km with fast finish felt great this morning. Roll on the last week of taper! Feeling optimistic.
Might change the day I do my 50 km, as Friday morning looks pretty wet, whereas Sunday morning could be perfect conditions. That's the beauty part of not doing a race!7 -
amymoreorless wrote: »6/1 = 4 miles
6/2 = 5.5 miles
Blech on hot and humid runs.
Oh, I won a Strava contest! I never win anything- surprised the hell out of me. I entered the Runderwear challenge thing on a lark. Running specific underwear sounds a bit weird but i figured what the hell. Allegedly they are sending me free pairs. We will see... lol
150 goal miles / 9.5 miles complete
Upcoming Races (so far):
6/23/2018 -Fit Foodie 5k
10/10/2018 -Tough Mudder Half
10/27/2018 -Hill Country Halloween Half Marathon
1/26/2019 -Fitbit Topical 5k
1/27/2019 -Miami Marathon
I was sceptical too but got my first pair a few weeks ago. Total game changer for me.2 -
Oh @HonuNui big hugs. Come here and rant at us whenever you like.
And please don’t fall down any more holes!!!!
A few years back I went to El Hierro, the end of the Western world as was, which subsequently suffered a big underwater volcanic eruption affecting most of the pristine dive sites. They have for the most part recovered well so there is hope for your snorkel sites, even given how sensitive corals are to temperature changes.1 -
@HonuNui so sorry0
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0602-4k, 0603-5k, total-9k, goal-80k
Yesterday there was a 4k race around the block, organized by our (very) local gym. I think a total of maybe 20 actual runners showed up. However, as they were giving out glow in the dark sticks for every lap around the block, oodles of kids came over and swamped the entire area.
But a race is a race is a race and I ended up with not bad results considering it was so hot out there, even after sunset, that the SO thought I'd turned into a lobster.
Today was a run club event. I ran two 1500m time trials, PRed in one of them, and did a bunch of strength training. No telling how much I'll feel it tomorrow. Add that to all the warm up cool down and random running around I was going as one of the organizers of the event, I'm putting it in the 5k ballpark.
Upcoming races:
20181027 Mogan Ultra 30k
20181111 Shanghai Marathon (maybe)3 -
Very good race report @PastorVincent. Impressive top ten finish!
Sending hugs to you @HonuNui
Shout out to my twin brother who ran the Derby HM this morning and PR'd by more than 10 minutes. Way to go bro!
10 miles fast finish this morning. It was a fast finish by necessity. Had stomach ache all night, and big time bathroom issues when I woke up (TMI, I know). But couldn't get back to sleep, so got up and got ready to run, thinking the worst was behind me (sorry, pun intended).
Got to about mile 4 or 5, and the troubles started up again. No restroom between where I was and back to the house, so had to gut it out the whole way back. Figured if I stopped and walked it would be that much longer before I would be home, so stepped it up. That was a tough run.8 -
6/1 = 4 miles
6/2 = 5.5 miles
6/3 = 10 miles
Another group run through the park with the running group. It is supposed to rain today and “cool thing off”. It’s “only” supposed to be a high of 93 degrees F today (with 83% humidity this AM).
150 goal miles / 19.5 miles complete
Upcoming Races (so far):
6/23/2018 -Fit Foodie 5k
10/10/2018 -Tough Mudder Half
10/27/2018 -Hill Country Halloween Half Marathon
1/26/2019 -Fitbit Topical 5k
1/27/2019 -Miami Marathon2 -
Running Room Magazine had this link to a study about " Wearable Technology for Runners ". It looks like they would like more data if anyone is interested in doing the questionnaire.
Caveat - one of the Purpose's of the study clearly states Canadian Runners, then in the questions they give the option of a alternate country. I wonder if that is because the majority of Grant Money comes from Canadian Sources. It's through the University of Calgary so should be reputable. Sometimes I'm not sure if it is a valid study or a marketing gimmick.
There was a note in the Running Room story that 88% of runners at events used wearable technology and over half of the runners said distance tracking and injury prevention were the main reasons.
@zdyb23456 A good day shopping Brooks and balega bling.
@PastorVincent The issue of people lining up will always be there. At my Trail HM we had 10-20 people who had never done an event so while sitting in the Bleachers chatting it was suggested they start further back so they didn't get trampled by the super competitive fast runners and if they hear " on your left " just keep running in a straight line and expect to get passed on your left. I said pretend you are driving on a high way - keep to the right side unless you are going to pass someone.
Like others I send Hugs, @HonuNui.
Asle sorry you lost some Snorkeling areas, they will return in time.0 -
@Honunui- Hugs to you. May must have been a super tough month with everything piling up like that. Here's hoping that June brings you a fresh start.
@Pastorvincent- Great job on the top 10 finish! I ran an evening 5K last June and it was horribly humid. I was surprised at how much it slowed me down.
Speaking of humidity, this morning I met some friends for a run at a local park. It was a mix of trails and pavement. I really like running here, but this morning it was tough. Super tired legs from hours of gardening yesterday and the humidity was rough, even at 7:30AM. It wasn't just me, the whole group struggled, even our 3 hour marathoner. I just kept reminding everyone (mostly myself) how strong we are going to feel in the fall!2 -
6/1 - 0
6/2 - 2
6/3 - 2
4 of 50 miles
Went with Skip to her training session. They were doing speed work so I tried a new trail in the same park. It was holiday *kitten* going the first mile all pretty up but the return was sweet. First time I trail ran alone. Oh how I’ve missed it.
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6/1: 1.6 miles
6/2: 4.1 miles
6/3: 11.5 miles
Total: 17.2/75 miles
Upcoming Races:
Wineglass Marathon 9/304 -
Yay, I found the last page of this thread! I don't know if I'll be able to keep up this month, but we'll see. As far as a distance goal, I'll say 120 km.
RACE RECAP!!! Yesterday was the Solidarity Half Marathon from Świdnik to Lublin, Poland. I had a blast!
Transportation to the start line was 3 city buses packed solidly with runners. I couldn't even see another female (running is still a male-dominated sport here), and I spent the ride trying to inconspicuously breathe the fresh air coming from the air conditioner above where I was standing. What a relief when those doors finally opened!
It has been hot and humid all week, and that's what we were expecting, but in a wonderful turn of events, we got what was - in my opinion - ideal running weather instead, overcast with some rain to cool us off a little. There was a short period of torrential downpour, but honestly I was having the time of my life at that point and loved it.
My only time goal was to be faster than my halfway split from the marathon 3 weeks ago, so I lined up even further back than the zone I was supposed to be in. It still felt like everyone was passing me in the first 4k though. I told myself that if I went slowly enough at the beginning, I could "play" later, and made mental notes of some of the people who were passing me, as I knew I would see many of them again. Around the 4k mark it started to even out, and then just got better and better from there. There were a few people who would pass me, then slow down, and I'd just keep going at my comfortable pace and would pass them again later, only to have them "rally" (6k into a half marathon?) and pass me again. One girl was doing a run-walk thing, and one guy in particular didn't seem to want me to be ahead of him. I started to get tired of seeing the same people over and over, so I tried this thing where I would wait behind them until I felt ready, then put myself to the side but about 2 steps ahead of them, like I was giving them space but trying to pass them - only I would stay 2 steps ahead, no matter how much they sped up. It was interesting to me to see how hard they would work when it looked like someone was passing them (they weren't doing that when I was a couple meters behind them), and the pace was reasonable enough that I knew I could hold it for miles... they however, couldn't, so I just waited and finally they'd give up, and I wouldn't see them again. Then I could focus on the next person ahead of me - you know, the ones I knew I'd see again later?! Maybe I was having too much fun - Nope! It's called a RACE(!), even for those of us who are closer to the back than the front! And this wasn't a full marathon, I was running the whole thing and not feeling defeated and "bad at running", like I did just a few weeks ago. At the 9k I realized I was clearly doing a lot more passing than being passed, and I don't recall anyone catching me after about the 14k mark!
I am not fast, but I ran a negative split, felt strong the whole way, finished well, and got a PR by over 2 minutes! It's even more of a victory for me because my PR was on a flat course in even better weather (night race), and yesterday's race was on a course that the announcer said was "too hard for PR's". I felt so good, I biked the whole way back downtown later when I missed my ride and didn't want to wait for a bus.
The half marathon is definitely my favorite distance. Oh, and I can check off June for my one-HM-a-month streak. That makes 11 months so far!
Upcoming races:
6/2 Solidarność Half Marathon-DONE!
6/30 Silesian Highland [trail] Half Marathon
7/16 CityTrail OnTour 5k16 -
JUNE! First... on page nine? I've been busy the last couple of days and the month is only going to get busier - my spouse's work retreat is next weekend, then I'm helping my mom move, then I'm going to the west coast to see my sister and then to a work conference for the spouse. So lots of travel, lots of schmoozing, and on top of that I've got some big deadlines for MY work coming up but they haven't gotten me the workflow yet so I'm kind of sitting on my hands waiting for the poop to hit the AC (although I still billed 60 hours this week, which isn't nothing). The yard work is mostly done although there's certainly still a few things to do. Oh yeah, and I think we're going to start trying for a baby in July. O_O
ON TO RUNNING! My two fitness goals for this month will be lifting twice a week to maintain "mah gainz" and running four times a week, continuing to add distance at about a 10% per week as long as I'm still enjoying myself. I decided to take the month off of logging after inadvertently going into a diet break in May - if that means another month maintaining then so be it. I think running definitely influenced my eating more, although it wasn't the only factor. My current estimates have me running just over 60 miles in June, including my first intentional down week. In other firsts, I'm hoping to run my first 10k distance and just this week hit 10 miles ran in a week for the first time after managing an unfortunately hungover 4.37 mile long run yesterday. Oops.
June Miles:
6/1 Fr - 0:26:41 - 2.40
6/2 Sa - 0:54:37 - 4.73
6/3 Su - rest
6/4 Mo - lifting
6/5 Tu - 3.00
6/6 We - 2.40
6/7 Th - lifting
6/8 Fr - 2.00
6/9 Sa - 5.50
Races!
July 4: Red, White and Boom! 5K
October 6: Twin Cities Marathon Weekend 5K (thinking about switching to 10K)
ETA: Something I've been thinking about - outside of the big bucket list races, how do people choose what to participate in? Right now I'm just doing the bucket list thing because I don't know if racing is a thing I'm going to enjoy or not, but in the event I do, there seem to be an awful lot of options out there, and I'm kind of uncomfortable with some of the messaging associated with some of the races. The two I'm registered for are both established events put on by the same organization with exists just to put on these races. But I'm a little overwhelmed by all the other options out there and am not sure about some of the "causes" either or entirely clear on what my registration fees are going towards. Any thoughts would be appreciated!2 -
I have loved everyone's race reports so far this weekend - great job all! I will try to about out to individuals later when I'm not typing from my phone as my family drives to check out a lottery house.
@MegaMooseEsq Outside of the big 'event' races, I picked the MEC race series because it was a) affordable ($12/race entry fee per race since I bought registration for the entire series as a package) and b) a race series designed by runners for runners. I chose the trail series rather than the road series because it sounded interesting, and it has definitely been educational!
My end of July race I picked because of location - we are going to be there on vacation at that time anyway.
My late September race is a repeat of my first 10K that I ran last year. I want to see if I can PR my 10K time on the same course. It's a non-technical trail race.1 -
@PastorVincent Sounds like tough race conditions, Awesome placement anyway!
@lporter229 Thanks for the reminder that the horrible weather can be good training for later Still, that feeling when you breath in and the air is so hot and humid that you want to spit it right back out, bah! It was 96% humidity during my run today, and I had to walk on some of the uphills, so it didn't feel like I did any proper training at all...
@noblsheep Sounds like an intense training day, great job!
@fraukazi Kudos in completing week 7
@biketheworld Welcome to the challenge!
@sarahthes Great photos, very cool that you discovered this nice trail.
@RunsOnEspresso I had Strava premium for a month twice over the last couple of years (sometimes they offer a few weeks free trial). I always cancelled it after the test period. It's not that I would not be willing to pay for it, it just didn't have any advantages that I would use.
I think the only really special feature is that you can let somebody follow your position live while you are running, which might be nice if you have a partner who's worried about you while you are out alone and running. Otherwise, you have the option of filtering segment leader boards by other categories like weight or age (which I don't care about). You get extra analysis graphs like pace distribution, which I usually don't look at (and if I want to, I could get it for free and much better using Stravistix in Chrome - actually, I've donated for that add-on once, because it's really cool. Check it out if you like statistics!).
But you can see for yourself, they have another 30-day-trial thing at the moment: https://www.strava.com/try-premium/2018-web-feed-1st-30
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I really need to work op getting up early in summer! It was already 26°C (~80°F) when I was ready to start running. "Feels like 32°C" (90°F). And 96% humidity, ick. I was really not motivated to move far in that weather, so I decided to treat myself with a drive to a nice hill 15 min away. I like the trails there a lot, and I haven't been there since forever, so I figured that would prevent me from turning around after the first few steps
It worked, but next time I need to be smarter: one trail is in the forest, the other pasture in plain sun. And I picked the sunny trail for running up the hill. I nearly melted in the heat... I had to walk at least 10% of the climb up, probably more. Of course, running down was twice the fun, shadow and downhill, but next time I'll make sure to run the trail in the other direction.
This is a picture of the last part of the climb. Fortunately I could see an other runner in the distance, and told myself that as long as he kept running, so would I. But he was still faster than me and disappeared, then I had to try and motivate myself alone again, which was tough. It was (or at least felt) steeper than it looks
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It’s been a warm weekend here, so chose to do my long run yesterday as it was MEANT to be the cooler overcast day. I don’t know if it’s better to start early and finish in the heat or start late and hope it cools down at the end.
I chose a route along the coast path in Wales, starting at a nice little village I’ve done on a walk, then ten miles out to a nearby town where I thought I could stop for a break and water before running back. I didn’t check out the satellite of the route properly. Most bits of coastal path tend to be on cliff edges, this was along the beach. So five miles of soft fine sand. All of which crept in to the front of my shoes, pushing my toes back. And I’d not paid attention to the holiday park. Call me a snob, but what I don’t want to be doing when I’m out on a nice scenic run is picking my way through throngs of people clamouring to buy candy floss, ice creams, coloured plastic windmills and hoopla stalls in a typically British Kiss-me-quick environment. It was pure hell.
On the way back I decided to avoid the holiday camp hell, and go via the roads, cutting off a corner by running the top edge of a dune nature reserve. Apparently these dunes were the settings for the film Lawrence of Arabia. All I knew for an hour of heatstroke was that I was lost, very lost, know one knew where I was and if I died I’d get buried in sand and only found when a horse dug its hoof into me.
Thankfully I have gps and ordnance survey maps on my phone so could use a compass to fight my way out, getting my legs ripped to shreds by nettles and plants. (I’m such a graceful creature that my legs are permanently bruised and scratched and bitten).
I made it back to my car more than a few hours after I left it. The weather had cooled and I was feeling so much better I decided to add on an extra mile. It really is amazing what we can cope with!!!
Hoping for rain from now on.13 -
2.75miles. 67.5 to go!7
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The third day of June and I ain't done nuthin yet! Oh, but I made a ticker...yay me!
I spent the 1st (my birthday) chaperoning middle schoolers around Busch Gardens and had an awesome time. I walked around 6.5 miles over the course of the day, according to my companion's fitbit. I wonder if all the times we got loop-de-looped counted for anything, lol?
It's pouring today and I can't face the treadmill. So running will wait until tomorrow. My plan is a nice, long, slow run tomorrow--maybe 4 miles if I can push it that far. My first race since my 11/16 half marathon is a week from today. I am running a 5K with my sister and really looking forward to it!
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