June 2018 Running Challenge

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  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,442 Member
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    @vandinem my suggestion is Brooks Ghost 10 and/or Brooks Glycerin 15. Both are neutral shoes, with good cushioning. Have been injured every year in the past, but since running in these, no injuries. They seem to have good mileage. Up to 400 miles on the Ghosts, and hardly any wear.
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
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    My building has a security guard with metal detector and xray (although things have still gotten through), badge access to floors in elevators and stairs. If you can get to a floor without a badge you are most likely in a lobby area. Although a few departments don't have secure lobbies/entrances. My department has 4 floors. All badge access. Only one floor without badge and that's a lobby with secure door.
  • ariceroni
    ariceroni Posts: 422 Member
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    June 2018 Running
    06/01: XT
    06/02: 3.02 mile easy run, 8:51 pace + XT
    06/03: 14.01 mile long run, 9:09 pace
    06/04: 3.01 mile easy run, 9:19 pace + XT
    06/05: 7.26 miles- 1.6 wu, 4x(1M@10K/90" rest), 1.6 cd
    06/06: Off, rest day
    06/07: 6.26 miles- 2 wu, 5K race (21:59), 1 cd
    06/08: XT + core
    06/09: 3.01 mile easy run, 9:20 pace + XT
    06/10: 14.05 mile long run with 10x1' pickups + strength
    06/11: 10.07 mile trail run, 9:26 pace
    06/12: Off, rest day
    06/13: 3.10 mile easy run, 9:20 pace + XT + strength
    Total: 63.8 miles

    Workout notes:
    Took a complete rest day yesterday to let my legs recover from back to back long(ish) runs. They still felt pretty sore this morning (calves mainly), so I kept the pace extra easy on my run this morning. Spent 45 minutes on the spin bike afterwards; I was only planning to do 30 but I got absorbed in the newest episode of The Handmaid's Tale and lost track of time. Strength training is planned for this evening once I get home from the lab. I've been really bad this month about sticking with the strength training, so my goal for the day is to actually get it done!

    Upcoming Races
    06/07: Strides for Peace 5K PR and 3rd OA - 21:59
    06/24: Chicago 10K
    07/22: Rock 'n' Roll Chicago 10K
    10/07: Chicago Marathon
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
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    @RespectTheKitty Right now it is all about resetting expectations. You did it before, you can do it again. I have had to lose 50 pounds twice, and then like 30 pounds a third time. You CAN do it, but you first need to reset your goals. It helps to focus on the gains, not the distance. If necessary, delete all your Strava/etc data and start that over too.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
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    RE: Sweating.

    I lose 6 or more pounds an hour in summer running. 2 weeks ago after running 5 miles with the running group, we hung out for a bit talking. For over an HOUR I continued to leave a trail of water where ever I walked. Very few people are in my caliber in this regard (one or two in this thread though). It is one of the few things I excel at! :lol::lol::smiley:
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
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    @RespectTheKitty The worst part about coming back to running is the stage you are in right now, the memory of where you were, It will pass and you will succeed. Run - Walk is a valid technique, 3 of the ladies in our club do that for all events over 10km ( 6 miles)
    @girlinahat Love the look of your office, all though I have to wonder about the 2nd floor door with the invisible stairs, commonly called the Mother-In Law door in New Newfoundland.
    @vandinem - @mbaker566 - @sarahthes Your comments are proof of why shoes are such a personal thing. I have a pair of Saucony Guide 11's with 700km on them ( twins still in the closet ) and they are still fine for long runs ( 10-15km ) and Mizuno Inspire 7's with about the same distance that are just starting to have some of the material come apart at the seams. But I also had Saucony Peregrine 4 Trail shoes that didn't make 80km before the Heel Cup came apart.
    Well 3 days of rain - heavy rain, my rain gauge in my Garden has 3.5 inch's and my brother 100km north has over 6 inch's. Lots of overland flooding, farmers fields that are flooded in the low spots. No flooding where I live but they are starting to work on the foundation for a new bridge over the River and some of the Pier Casements are collecting water faster than they can pump it out. Lots of 1 eyed running and promises to,be a mosquito explosion as soon as it warms up.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 4,978 Member
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    June goal: 75 miles

    6/3: 6.5 miles
    6/5: 4.3 miles
    6/6: 4.5 miles
    6/7: 5 miles
    6/10: 7.2 miles
    6/12: 4.3 miles
    6/13: 4.5 miles

    36.3/75 miles completed

    I ran 4.5 miles this morning. Not quite as peppy as yesterday, but still a good run. It was already warm, but whenever the breeze was blowing it felt pretty nice. I have never been a morning person, but I have been enjoying running before work. I do have to set a few staggered alarms, and I wish I could get out the door a little quicker, but for the most part I am not having any real problem getting up early enough to run before I have to get ready for work.

    @amymoreorless I never realized how much I could sweat until I started running. In the winter I use a hankie for my runny nose, and in the summer I use it for my runny face. I do think it has been hotter this June than it was last year.




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    2018 races:
    5/19/18: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon - 2:43:59.7. - 2nd place AG
    11/10/18: Wags & Whiskers 5K
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
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    NEW JUNE GOALS, REHAB SMART, 20 hours of activity Work up to 4 minutes of running (50 mpm). Bike all that I can bike.

    2---4.05mi, 61min (PT run)
    3---2.58mi, 55 min walk
    4---3.71mi, 54 min (PT run)
    7---3.42 mi, 47 min 5(2-1,2-2)
    8---9.35 mi, 43 min road bike
    10---55 min brick. 6.04 mi bike, 1.67 mi run 6(2,2)
    11---5.55 mi mtn bike, 38 min
    12---2.24 mi, 33 min 5(3,3)
    13--- 2.71 mi, 36min 5(2,1) 3(3,3)

    386 min/ 17.67

    Upcoming Races
    July 22 Draper Lake Duathlon. Norman OK
    October 14th Spirit of Survival Lawton OK. Quarter Marathon
    March 31, 2019 A2A Undecided distance. Ardmore OK
    April 28, 2019 OKC Memorial Marathon (half)
  • sarahthes
    sarahthes Posts: 3,252 Member
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    @juliet3455 I think all our mosquitoes blew away.
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
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    sarahthes wrote: »
    mbaker566 wrote: »
    if it makes you guys, @RespectTheKitty and @dreamer12151 , feel better i've been running for threeish years and just broke in to the 11's. so frustrating.
    self taught with short stubby legs

    i was talking to an African guy who was obviously a serious runner-he was looking at our studio for yoga and he said one day something just snaps and the 9s and 10s just happen. i'm waiting patiently

    I think for me that moment is 20-40 lbs away.

    This all makes me feel so much better. I don’t really know quite when I started running, but probably 3 years. I desperately want to go and do long social runs with friends from my run club, but slow and social to them is less than 10minute miles. I’m still on 12. They said ‘just keep running and you’ll get faster ‘. It’s not happened yet.

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