June 2018 Running Challenge

Scott6255 · June 2018

@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.

shanaber · June 2018

@RespectTheKitty - I agree with @girlinahat. Maybe watch a movie or show while on the treadmill? Maybe even go back to the C25k program. You'll get back to where you were and I doubt it will take all that long! Hang in there!
@vandinem - If you have a running store or REI nearby I would go in and try some of the shoes on and maybe ask if there are other brands that are similar but less expensive than the ones you like. Also make sure there is a decent return policy - like you can try them for 30 days and still be able to return and exchange them at least.
@mbaker566 - like @sarahthes I have given up on Saucony as well. I think running shoes are a very personal experience but I really wanted to like them since so many runners I know here and elsewhere love them. I haven't tried them in a long while but I also gave up on Mizuno because they literally started falling apart (pieces of the tread/sole coming off) about 150-200 miles in. I have since read reviews that this is a common problem with their shoes.
@pastorvincent - have you asked the security guards if they know? Otherwise I would find the facilities office/manager and ask them.
@mobycarp - I am so glad you caught the Achilles issue early on. Hope it heals quickly too! Honestly it sounds like it already is!

I never got out for a run or to the gym yesterday. All I wanted to do was sleep or sit on the couch and watch TV. DH wants me to go see the doctor (interesting that HE wouldn't go when he was sick before me). I called but they were already closed. Slept better last night, congestion has lightened and not much coughing. IDK maybe I am on the better side of this now. It just seems to be going back and forth and even with several days off comes back and hits me again and again after I run.

Teresa502 · June 2018

June 1 – 9.51 miles (4.5 miles of hill repeats)
June 2 – 7.82 miles (trails)
June 4 – 5.02 miles
June 6 – 5 miles
June 7 – 5.07 miles
June 11 – 7.09 miles
June 13 – 5 miles

I hate it when I hit pause on my watch and forget to restart! That’s all.

Upcoming Races:
June 16 – Run the Gate 5K
June 17 – Wolf Run
June 21 – The Beaver 10K
September 1 – Iron Mountain 16-Miler
September 7-8 – Blue Ridge Relay
October 20 – Cherokee Harvest Half Marathon
November 11 – Rock n Roll Vegas Half Marathon

AmyOutOfControl · June 2018

6/1 = 4 miles
6/2 = 5.5 miles
6/3 = 10 miles
6/4 = 3 miles
6/5 = forced rest day (stupid work)
6/6 = 13 miles
6/7 = Vinyasa yoga class
6/8 = 12 miles
6/9 = rest day
6/10 = 8 miles
6/11 = 4 miles & 45 minutes strength training
6/12 = Vinyasa yoga class
6/13 = 10 miles

After 4 alarms, I managed to drag my lazy butt out of bed. My husband now completely resents me - LOL

Started my run at 5:45. It was 78 degrees F and 92% humidity at 5am. I don’t know what the Dew Point was. I am sure the chart would tell me it was terrible. At least getting up early meant I didn’t have to worry about sunburn or as much traffic.

I don’t remember it sucking this much last June? Maybe I have runner’s summer PTSD / amnesia? Is that a thing?

Anyway, if anyone needs a drought or raging wildfire put out let me know. Apparently, I have an ocean of sweat reserves in me. This lame super sweat power has to be good for something other than ruining my running clothes.

150 goal miles / 69.5 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

RunsOnEspresso · June 2018

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.

girlinahat · June 2018

Just thought I'd join in the building/stairs thing.

This is my workplace. My office space is behind the far right hand side of the barn, behind the blockwork extension. There is a single wooden staircase inside, which leads behind that door on the left, up along a mezzanine to the single unisex toilet. The double doors are normally left open during the day.

dreamer12151 · June 2018

@RespectTheKitty I can SO relate to you!! I was doing well (I thought?) for being a totally self taught and trained runner. I was running in the 12's, pushing myself to the 11's...then....life. It smacked me every which way. Ended up with having 2 foot surgeries (ortho in the left and, year later, PF in the right). When I came back, I was back up the 14's!! Now, I'm in the 13's, fighting to get back to the 12's. Frustrating? Oh hellz ya! But I'm still at it. Setbacks and getting myself back to "putting the fun back in run" is where I'm at now.

Find your groove. It'll come back, of that, I'm sure!

mbaker566 · June 2018

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

ariceroni · June 2018

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

Purplebunnysarah · June 2018

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.

zdyb23456 · June 2018

6/1 14miles
6/2 6miles (walk)
6/3 rest
6/4 6.71miles
6/5 8miles
6/6 8.96miles
6/7 5miles
6/8 5miles
6/9 14miles
6/10 rest
6/11 6.46miles
6/12 6miles
6/13 10miles

Well it was only 72 degrees this morning, but 90% humidity. I was soaked by the end of my 10 miles. Like I could wring water out of my clothes! Maybe TMI.

I was glad I finished! Tomorrow is an easy 6, then my long run 14 miles on Friday.

My daughter has to get braces! She’s only 9, but taking action now will mean a better chance of keeping more of her adult teeth later on. We’ll be looking for ways to save more money! Probably won’t sign up for any more races for awhile.

AmyOutOfControl · June 2018

zdyb23456 wrote: »

Well it was only 72 degrees this morning, but 90% humidity. I was soaked by the end of my 10 miles. Like I could wring water out of my clothes! Maybe TMI.

@zdyb23456 Ha! Check out my TMI Strava post about sweaty running for 10 miles this morning. We are sweaty 10 miles running twins today.

PastorVincent · June 2018

@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 · June 2018

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!

juliet3455 · June 2018

@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 · June 2018

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.

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 · June 2018

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)

Purplebunnysarah · June 2018

@juliet3455 I think all our mosquitoes blew away.

girlinahat · June 2018

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.

girlinahat · June 2018

So. What can we do to drag @MNLittleFinn and @JessicaMcB back into the thread?

RespectTheKitty · June 2018

girlinahat wrote: »

So. What can we do to drag @MNLittleFinn and @JessicaMcB back into the thread?

They must be too busy training for ultras.

Purplebunnysarah · June 2018

girlinahat wrote: »

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.

This is why I haven't joined the local run clubs. I'm slow AF. Usually in the bottom 5-10 when I race. I enjoy myself immensely and feel myself improving my cardiovascular fitness and my endurance... but my pace doesn't improve. The only time I saw speed improve was when I did ad hoc speedwork on the treadmill when it was -30 outside. And then I gained 5-10 lbs and now I'm same speed I was last fall.

weat0043 · June 2018

I also think I'm super slow... I see some of the "easy" paces or the "I'm so slow" posts and think I WISH I COULD RUN THAT FAST! lol I have been seeing improvement but the last couple runs have been trending slower again

MobyCarp · June 2018

June Running Totals (miles)
6/1 – rest day
6/2 – travel day
6/3 – 14.50 warmup + half marathon
6/4 – rest day
6/5 – extra rest day
6/6 – podiatrist visit
6/7 – PT visit
6/8 – no running
6/9 – no running
6/10 – no running
6/11 – PT visit
6/12 – 2.46 easy
6/13 – 1.46 easy

June running total to date – 18.42

Nominal June mileage goal: 160 miles

Real goals: Stay healthy. Survive 4 races scheduled in June, 2 of them outside my comfort zone. Start training toward Wineglass.

Today's notes – This morning I got up, and the Achilles felt fine. Or maybe not. Even in hypochodria mode, it was right on the border where it was hard to tell if there was something there or not. I dithered with the idea of a rest day, and ultimately decided to go with the group run.

The group run was planned as an out and back on the direction of the trail that I haven't run very far. The idea was 2.5 miles out, 2.5 back. For people who only want 2 miles, go to the first major road crossing and come back. The part up to the first major road crossing was familiar territory for me, and even though i was going pretty easy I was ahead of everyone. I've got tiny sensations in the left Achilles that might not mean anything . . . and I decided I'd rather go out a mile one way, come back, go out a mile the other direction, and come back. That way, if I crapped out I'd have less than a mile to walk back to the store.

Well, on the way back I got one twinge in the left Achilles on one step that was definitely big enough to pay attention. I didn't wait for a second twinge. I slowed to a walk, and walked back to the store. That happened to be at 1.46 miles, so that's all the longer the run was today.

Every serious runner I've spoken to says when you feel anything in the Achilles, quit running. It just takes too long to come back if you mess it up. Been there, done that, those are some of my least favorite tee shirts.

Go forward thinking: I'm not ready to run every day yet. Take tomorrow as a rest day. Attempt 3 miles on Friday, but be prepared to bail. If 3 miles goes well on Friday, take Saturday as a rest day and line up for the 5K on Sunday. Be prepared to walk part of that 5K if necessary.

If the 3 miles on Friday doesn't go well, look into volunteer opportunities at the 5K on Sunday.

Getting old is not for sissies.

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) finished in 42:21
May 26, 2018 Sunset House 5K (Rochester, NY) finished in 20:12
June 3, 2018 USATF Masters Half Marathon (Ann Arbor, MI) finished in 1:34:42
June 9, 2018 Ontario Summit Trail Half Marathon (Naples, NY) DNS - injury
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)

jennacole12 · June 2018

June totals so far

June 1 4 miles
June 2 4 miles
June 3 6 miles
June 4 Rest
June 5 Rest
June 6 4.3 miles
June 7 4.3 miles
June 8 3.5 miles
June 9 5 miles Race*
June 10 7.5 miles
June 11 3 miles
June 12 Rest
June 13 4.3 miles

Already at 43.6 of my 60 mile goal!

KeepRunningFatboy · June 2018

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June Goals:
200 running miles.
IM 70.3 Training

Goals 6/11/18 - 6/17/18:
Run: 45 miles + Swim and Bike
TSS > 650

June Running:
05.28.18 - 06.03.18: Running Miles 41.5 / Weekly TSS 497 / Fitness: 71 CTL
06.04.18 - 06.10.19: Running Miles 46.2 / Weekly TSS 601 / Fitness: 73 CTL

Base 1 : Week 2 of 4
06.11.18 - 3 m. (Swim 900 yrds).
06.12.18 - 8.9 m.
06.13.18 - 7.2 m. (swim 1000 yards)

Fall Running Events:
10.14.18 - Lake Tahoe Marathon
10.21.18 - Atlantic City Marathon
11.03.18 - Indianapolis Monumental Marathon
11.10.18 - Tunnel Hill 50 miler
12.08.18 - Tucson Marathon

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KeepRunningFatboy · June 2018

jennacole12 wrote: »

Already at 43.6 of my 60 mile goal!

You are going to smash that goal!

KeepRunningFatboy · June 2018

For those fretting over pace: I’ve ran 47 or 48 marathons and probably 70 plus 13.1’s. I’ve never qualified for Boston.

Someone once told me this: “You don’t have to have a “good” time to have a GREAT time!”

Seriously, just enjoy it and the camaraderie and the roads and trails.

Purplebunnysarah · June 2018

KeepRunningFatboy wrote: »

For those fretting over pace: I’ve ran 47 or 48 marathons and probably 70 plus 13.1’s. I’ve never qualified for Boston.

Someone once told me this: “You don’t have to have a “good” time to have a GREAT time!”

Seriously, just enjoy it and the camaraderie and the roads and trails.

That's why I keep doing it

RunsOnEspresso · June 2018

I lost track of the slow pace talk. I am struggling with my pace right now. A couple years ago (right before/during my celiac diagnosis) I was working toward getting below 10 minutes. I had some issues (weight gain going gluten free, depression, gaining more weight from the depression, illness, then this whole dizzy thing) I stopped running for like a year and a half. Now I am struggling at 14-minute miles. I feel shame and depressed and don't post my pace info on my photos anymore. And I'm hoping more running will help get me back to where I was because I need to finish a marathon in 5 hours (or less).

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