June 2018 Running Challenge
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10ish km after meeting my friend for C25k w2d3. Then showered and went to bed, so I could pretend I slept in. Hubby woke up and announced we were packing up the bikes and going to the lake. Fun day
Upcoming races:
6/30 Silesian Highland [trail] Half Marathon
7/16 CityTrail OnTour 5k7 -
I am still sick. Sigh. Very congested. No coughing but I'm also quite tired so another rest day I think. Unless I feel a lot better in the evening once the kids are asleep.9
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10 miles per week! I'm new to this community and want some motivation!11
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6/1 – 0
6/2 – 2
6/3 – 2
6/4 – 2
6/5 – 2
6/6 rest day
6/7 – 3
6/8 – 2
6/9 – 2
6/10 –rest
6/11 – 3
6/12 - 3
6/13 - rest day
6/14 - 4 long run ☹️
6/15 - 2 ugh
6/16 - 3.1
30 out of 50 miles
Today was a trail race 5K. It’s the first in a 3 series event, we had the option of 5K or 10K with distances increasing with each event. With just starting to run again after a couple months off I was nervous I could finish the race, plus it was my first trail race.
Skip and I got there early had a short warm up, she started towards the front me way back. We both did the 5K. I got winded about .75 mile in but said no lungs work through it. I started to feel better and better as the race went on. I passed some folks on the trail but unfortunately caught up with 2 groups of 2 who would walk then speed up and run passed me then walk. Ok I HATE that. The one duo was fine when they walked they moved as far over as they could to let me pass, the other duo would stay on the best part of the trail and I had to fight my way around them. Oh well.
I finished in just under 43 minutes, 5th in my age group, 70th overall. Skip was 8th overall, 3rd in age group 28 minutes. Seriously the 15 to 19 age group women was crazy right. 4 of them in the top 8 with one taking 1st place women. It was fun for Skip since she knew the girls from cross country, they run at another school together.
I’m really happy!
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@skippygirlsmom Thanks! I do plan on running in college, but not on their team. I hope to join a running group and some club sports though!3
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Ok, so for the last week I've been trying to do intermittent fasting again. I've been trying it on and off for the last year, but I think this is the last time I will try it. It just seems to make me stay up later and sleep in longer like my body is adjusting to the late breakfast. I've been trying to run while fasted, but I feel so low energy and tired when I do. So the plan is to just go back to my regular schedule of eating a lighter breakfast before running. Hopefully I can finally get some miles in. Argh - setbacks are so frustrating!
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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, 36 min 5(2,1) 3(3,3)
13---5.55 mi mtn bike, 36 min
15---6.22 mi, 84 min run 13(3,3)
First PO 6 mile run. Still 15 minutes slower, but happy to be on my favorite 6 mile trail route again. Legs were so happy.
MILES
Running 23.89
Cycling/MTN bike 26.49
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)4 -
9 km Misery Mtn Climb. A bit of an early start on Emperor's Challenge HM Training. Nothing like a Trail HM that runs over top a mountain. Will be my 4th HM this year and my 3rd Trail HM. I definitely like doing the Trail HM's. The only negative is that sometimes when you are on the twisty trails you lose sight and audible contact with the other athletes. It's nice to see the odd runner in front of you as a incentive to go catch up to them and pass.
Next week promises to be a challenge as I will be on the road for work so lots of driving and 2 of the communities I end up over nighting in are not Runner Friendly and even more so as a Non-Resident - I would use the term culturally and socially isolated. The last time I stayed there the Hotel Dreadmill looked like a vintage 1960's model.4 -
I am apparently on a short running break while I deal with the consequences of a little medical procedure--which is no fun, but I don't feel like my groove has been thrown, at least not yet. My plan is to get out for a nice long walk this evening when it cools down a little. As soon as I'm able to run again, I'm looking at a week of dreadmills, between 90+ degree days and travel. I still hope to hit my 40 miles by the end of the month, though.
@skippygirlsmom I love trail races! That one looks fun. I don't love trail hogs, though. Boo, hiss!
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Congrats @skippygirlsmom on your 5k trail race, and to Skip on her top 10 finish and AG place! Love the pictures.
Welcome @taylorlegal.
Congrats on your HM finish @KeepRunningFatboy.1 -
12.1 miles this am. Fast finish of 5miles at 8:30 or better. Taper week upcoming then half marathon next Saturday.
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3.9miles. Mostly jogging. 29.9 miles to go.3
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Goal for June:
Continue PT for Plantar fasciitis
50 miles for June – run/walk depending on foot
Incorporate speed work on Tuesdays each week (also dependent upon foot is feeling)
06/01 Rest Day
06/02 - 2.80 - AKA 5K Race
06/06 - 2.01 (Global Running Day)
06/09 - 4.01
06/15 - 2.53
06/16 - 5.31
Total: 16.66/50
At PT appointment yesterday, I told Physical Therapist about flare up and she asked me if I was doing some sort of warm up. My response was no. Her suggestion was I do a 5 minute walk or lunges - something to warm up the foot before just starting to run. When I first began running with the C25K program, I did the 5 minute walk warm up and cool down.
Foot felt good today to go for a run and a 5 miler was on the training plan. I started the run late and the temperature was about 75F with high humidity. Dew point was around 72. I did incorporate the 5 minute warm up and cool down. Foot cooperated for first three miles and I pushed through the 4th. 5th mile was a walk. It was too hot for me to continue outside - so I came home for water and continued the cool down inside with the air conditioner on full blast.
I did figure out how to send my training plans to my Garmin watch - so it tells me warm up, run, cool down segments!
I have a 2.0 miler planned for tomorrow, will see how foot is feeling when I wake up.
@Orphia - Thanks for the well wishes!
@PastorVincent - Good luck on the house hunting!
@taylorlegal - Welcome!
@skippygirlsmom - Congratulations on your 1st trail run and congrats to Skip on her finish.
@Elise4270 - Glad you have happy legs today and glad you got to run on your favorite 6 mile trail.
Upcoming races (Question marks are races not yet registered for):
Louisiana Marathon Quarter Marathon - 01/13/2018 - Done
Mardi Gras Mambo 10K - 02/17/2018 - Done
Q50 Races Sunset Gulf - 6.5 miles 3/24/2018 -DNS
Fat Boy 5K - 04/14/2018 - Cancelled due to Tornado Warning
Active for Autism 5K - 05/05/2018 - Done - Walked
AKA CANN 5K - 06/02/2018 - Done - Run/Walk
BIG EASY BIG HEART 5K 7/21/2018 - ?
August Race - ?
Saints Kick Off Run - 09/08/2018 -?
WHOA Racing Cane Field Classic 2018 (Machete 7 – 1 mile/4 mile/2mile) 10/13/2018- ?
Cajun Cup OR Middendorf's Manchac Run - 11/10/2018 - ?
St Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend 10K - 12/01/ 20183 -
Congrats @skippygirlsmom on your 5k trail race, and to Skip on her top 10 finish and AG place! Love the pictures.
Welcome @taylorlegal.
Congrats on your HM finish @KeepRunningFatboy.
Yep!! All of this! Well done!1 -
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@PastorVincent - Good luck on the house hunting!
Thanks... 6 hours of driving around and we think we have one to put an offer on. Some details need to be figured out, but hopefully, this one sticks! We already had a house lined up, but the home inspector found some serious issues (always hire an inspector!) so we had to dump it. Hopefully, this one sticks!
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I wanna take a second cuz my earlier post was reported as abuse... I am confused as to why it was reported and it was not my intent to upset anyone - especially as I was speaking about myself in the post. I'd just like to clarify that.3
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Forgot to log my birthday run - 5k on 50th birthday - it's too hot here even at 2 am. I mean it's just awful, we are under a heat and air quality advisory, there are scrolling signs saying not to drive if you can help it. Ran a 38 minute 5k which felt like 10 minute miles. Took a break yesterday and today is a legs day, so running tomorrow. No clue how that will work out. Maybe the dreadmill.
For the record, last year on my birthday I had never run since high school. Being a runner has made my life so much better, even when it's too hot to breathe.11 -
I wanna take a second cuz my earlier post was reported as abuse... I am confused as to why it was reported and it was not my intent to upset anyone - especially as I was speaking about myself in the post. I'd just like to clarify that.
I saw that. You did nothing wrong. The mods do look at it and you shouldn't worry about it. I wonder if it was done inadvertently scrolling on mobile.3 -
@juliet3455 I totally understand your predicament. As previously mentioned I don’t have a gym in this entire town I am traveling to, let alone the hotel... what I wouldn’t give for a standard treadmill + elliptical/bike and dumbbell set in a hotel right now.... and town is not runner friendly either ... heck... I have tried several times, and have established I run out of sidewalk @4 miles round trip... grrrr
That being said - 7.2 today... run 2min walk 2min intervals... my legs handled the world much better than expected, but since I ran out of sidewalk anyways, I chose to take “canyon road” thinking it would be less traveled and less likely to get me ran over, given my afore mentioned run out of sidewalks issue... yeah... was much more elevation gain than I have chosen to deal with to date. My lungs thought I was nuts, even with my intervals. I ended up flopping some intervals to walk more ups and running more downs. So, clearly I still have some cardiovascular work to do. But this is the longest distance I’ve covered in a “run” since my half marathon just over a year ago. So, even slower and shorter intervals, I was still happy with today’s work. It was much cooler than the week has been, and kinda foggy, it was really lovely. I should have taken more pretty pictures on the canyon road. The below picture of my fowl friend was from a few days ago that I forgot to share, but saw it twice more today, and then one of two deer I scared up today.
23.1 for the month.
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