June 2018 Running Challenge
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@skippygirlsmom That is about 4-7 ft. high, so it would be more like climbing/pulling oneself up and then jumping off again. Or just duck underneath it (maybe 1-3 ft. off the ground at various points). One wouldn't simply jump over that.1
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midwesterner85 wrote: »@skippygirlsmom That is about 4-7 ft. high, so it would be more like climbing/pulling oneself up and then jumping off again. Or just duck underneath it (maybe 1-3 ft. off the ground at various points). One wouldn't simply jump over that.
Oh no that's a wee bit higher than it looked in the picture ha ha0 -
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run with limbo thrown in?3 -
@girlinahat ...care to expound on "George the squeaky cow"?0
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I know I missed @girlinahat and @skippygirlsmom for good luck race wishes! Hope you both have a great time!
So, so hard to keep up with everyone, but I keep trying2 -
@Teresa502 great job on your 10k. Great pictures - you look marvelous.
@BruinsGal_91 Good job on the Corporate Challenge. Last year the start was like that for me, got lined up late because of rain and general disorganization and it was a nightmare to weave through. This year was pretty smooth though. Sorry it slowed you down but great job and glad it was fun.
Good luck with races this weekend @cburke8909, @ariceroni, @girlinahat (love the squeaky toy baton relay, and the, um, large appendaged monument), and @skippygirlsmom. Wishing you all the wind at your back and a cool breeze. Have fun!
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
06/01/18 :::: 1.4 :::: 1.4
06/02/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 1.4
06/03/18 :::: 13.1 :::: 14.5
06/04/18 :::: 0.8 :::: 15.3
06/05/18 :::: 3.6 :::: 18.9
06/06/18 :::: 3.5 :::: 22.4
06/07/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 22.4
06/08/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 22.4
06/09/18 :::: 9.0 :::: 31.4
06/10/18 :::: 6.9 :::: 38.2
06/11/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 41.3
06/12/18 :::: 5.2 :::: 46.5
06/13/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 46.5
06/14/18 :::: 10.0 :::: 56.5
06/15/18 :::: 3.2 :::: 59.7
06/16/18 :::: 4.9 :::: 64.6
06/17/18 :::: 3.3 :::: 67.9
06/18/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 71.0
06/19/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 74.2
06/20/18 :::: 6.6 :::: 80.8
06/21/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 80.8
06/22/18 :::: 2.7 :::: 83.5
Goal = 110 miles
I left myself a little short of time to get my 3 miles in today (because the dog was being too cuddly this morning). Ran the streets and parking lots around the gym before my circuit training class started. Really nice morning out, but had to be careful of traffic because people were flying around trying to get to work on time. Not the best roads to run on at that time of day in an industrial/business area.
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Date Miles MTD ------- ----- ------- Jun 13 3.9 3.9 Jun 15 4.1 8.0 Jun 18 4.1 12.1 Jun 20 4.1 16.2 Jun 22 5.0 21.2
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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
Foot has not cooperated since Saturday's run. Not going to make it to goal this month. I have a 6 miler on the schedule tomorrow, so we will see how that goes.
I have to go for a follow up visit to see the Sports Medicine doctor about my Plantar Fasciitis on Monday. Today was the last Physical Therapy session he ordered, so we will see what Monday brings.
I did register for my July and October races today. July race I can walk if need be and I am praying I am better by October to run the Cane Field Classic. A machete as a medal is always a great reason to run through sugar cane fields.
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/ 20189 -
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Picked up my shirt and number a little bit ago. Going to run the 10K Wilma Rudolph Charity Run in the morning. Weather looks to be awesome.
God Speed to racers and just running for the joy of it!9 -
Haven't posted my run status for a few days so I am starting with that.
Yesterday's run felt amazing! There were times that it just felt like everything clicked and my form was right on and it just felt, well, amazing. We did have a couple of distractions at the beginning (technology issues and evidence of rattlesnakes on the trail (recent sheds)) and towards the end when a dog unexpectedly jumped through a broken fence/gate growling and barking, that scared the sh$t out of Hobbes and me. This particular dog has chased us before so I went directly to their house and complained. I am really getting tired of it. That and people being rude or not being able to control their dogs as was the case today. Today's run was a slower easy run that felt ok but I got so frustrated with all the rude people - Honestly this has been the case the last few days and I am not sure if it is me being too sensitive or just that people are being more rude. I mean do you have to walk 4 abreast across the trail so I have to stop and wait for you to move... or the guy with a dog he can't control who wouldn't stop so I could go by with Hobbes. We ended up stopping multiple times to let them go far enough ahead of us. This particular dog has come after us before when the owner couldn't control him and it literally drags the guy down the street or trail. The best though was the guy with two dogs on retractable leashes stopped in the middle of the trail with a leash stretched taut to both sides. He is lucky he didn't 'catch' a cyclist zooming along!
Done ranting! I just need to get out even earlier than I did today, before all of these people are out or go a different route.
Now to catch up on everyone!
Date........Miles.......Total
06/01......9.45.......9.45
06/02......0.00.......9.45
06/03......2.00.....11.45 - Dog Beach!
06/04......5.43.....16.88 - + Agility
06/05......4.64.....21.52 - + Strength Training
06/06......0.00.....21.52
06/07......0.00.....21.52 - + Strength Training
06/08......3.75.....25.27 - Walk (sick)
06/09......2.00.....27.27 - Walk (sick)
06/10......0.00.....27.27 - Still sick
06/11......6.65.....33.92 - + Agility
06/12......0.00.....33.92 - Still sick
06/13......0.00.....33.92 - Still sick
06/14......0.00.....33.92 - Still sick
06/15......7.49.....41.41 - Running YEA!
06/16....10.92.....52.33
06/17......0.00.....52.33
06/18......6.21.....58.54 - + Agility
06/19......4.87.....63.41 - + Strength Training
06/20......0.00.....63.41
06/21......5.56.....68.97 - + Strength Training
06/22......5.51.....74.48
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 Marathon12 -
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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
6/14 – rest day
6/15 – 3.21 easy
6/16 – rest day
6/17 – 4.53 warmup + short course 5K
6/18 – rest day, PT visit
6/19 – extra rest day
6/20 – 5.96 group run
6/21 – 5.97 warmup + speed work
6/22 – rest day
June running total to date – 38.08
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 – Today is a rest day, but I didn't report for yesterday. Yesterday evening I went to club practice. Garmin say the temperature was 70, but the humidity wasn't bad; IIRC, the weather app said dewpoint of 51 at the time. The 2 mile warmup on sidewalk and easy trail felt really good, just about normal, and with some shade on the trail it felt very comfortable.
It felt warmer on the track, but nothing really unreasonable. The workout Coach put up for people training for a 5K was 800 at T w/400 recovery, 2-3 x 1200 at T w/2 minutes recovery, 6-8 x 200 at R w/200 recovery. I let that talk me out of my planned 4 x 800 at R, but I went light on the volume: 800 at T, 400 recovery, 2 x 1200 at T with 400 recovery, 4 x 200 at R with 200 recovery.
Target for the 800 was 3:16; target for the 1200s was 4:56; target for the 200s was 43 seconds. Actual intervals came in as 800, 3:09; 1200s, 4:51 and 4:51; 200s 43, 41, 41, 43. It felt pretty good. Then when I was walking a lap to cool down, I realized my right calf ached and I smiled. It was the right calf, not the left Achilles. Both Achilles felt perfectly normal, and the calf was an ache that would go away after stretching. Sure enough, it did.
Had a few minor aches in the ankle this morning, but nothing about the 2 minute jog while the eggs cooked indicated I couldn't run today. I'm taking the rest day because 1) it's a scheduled rest day, 2) I just ran almost 6 miles 2 days in a row for the first time since trying to come back from the latest Achilles issue, 3) I just ran a good speed workout for the first time in I forget how long, and 4) I really, really don't want to go back on the couch. I'd rather run 3 weeks of 12 miles, 12 miles, and 12 miles than 3 weeks of 40 miles, 0 miles, and 0 miles.
Of course, I never know how much is really too much unless I find out the hard way; but I'm really tired of finding out the hard way. I have ample evidence to show I'm capable of running myself into injury. I don't need to prove that again.
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) short course, 18:04 for ~2.9 miles
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)
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Good luck @AlphaHowls on your race tomorrow.
@MobyCarp great news that your feeling so good after your back to back runs and speed work. Yeah, that moment of fear when your other lower leg pain reared its head would have sent me into a panic! Glad it turned out to be 'nothing'.2 -
cburke8909 wrote: »
Thanks for the list...I lost track
GOOD LUCK @AlphaHowls , @ariceroni , @girlinahat and @skippygirlsmom !!1 -
5 mile jog. Not a good week. I’ll pull myself back together and get back on it.5
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5k at the crack of dawn, at the park. Really good run this morning! It was cooler and the dewpoint finally dropped below 70. Felt so good I ran my first mile at 10 min, but couldn't sustain it. I need to start adding back some longer runs next month, my stamina is not as good as it was. 32 min total which is improving, I'll get back to sub 30 at some point.
Everyone there was so friendly and happy because of the better weather. I even got complimented by a guy from a local running group who said it was good to see me running like myself again - I guess other runners noticed me limping along with my knee brace! I shouldn't be surprised, I definitely notice other runners. There is an older man there who is my personal hero. I assume he is recovering from a stroke - his body useage is very lopsided. But he runs faster than I do, and he's always eating up miles, he's out there doing long runs every time we go.
We also saw a bunch of bluebirds, including one which bounced along the path in front of us. Good luck!
Prognosis for the next week: right back to blisteringly hot again. I'm hanging in there trying to make goal but it will be close in this heat.
By the way if anyone needs an inexpensive water belt, I picked one up at Ross for eight bucks. Can't remember the brand right now but it's usually a forty dollar belt.5 -
@shanaber I once had a lady tell me to stop running because her vicious dog will chase me. I looked at her and said Phoenix has leash laws and kept running. She had her dogs out in a green area and they are supposed to be on a leash if they are not behind a fence. After that every time she saw me she would grab her dog and put the leash on. I just rolled my eyes.1
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KeepRunningFatboy wrote: »5 mile jog. Not a good week. I’ll pull myself back together and get back on it.
Now dont you fall apart. Hmm dang i almost had a chubby chaser quip (keeprunningfatboy), but it seems to have eluded me with the distraction of these crunchy cheese whisps... probably for the best. I'd hate to come across pervy..or desperate.
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