June 2018 Running Challenge

6/5- 3.25
6/6- 4.26
6/7- 2.0
6/8- 4.25
6/18- 3.25
6/19- 2.16
6/21- 2.0
6/22- 3.12
6/25- 2
6/26- 2.62

Total: 32.18/50
Days: 11/20

01/06 3.48 miles
05/06 3.09 miles
07/06 3.13 miles
20/06 3.12 miles
21/06 3.18 miles
22/06 3.19 miles
24/06 3.18 miles - that was one hot run!
06/06 3.18 miles - another hot one, thank goodness for insect repellent. My garmin messed up a bit on gps but its the same run as every other day

I can now double the list of US states I’ve run in as an adult to two, as well as the list of countries: also two! I’m not sure I actually like running in new places all that much, but I definitely like keeping up running while traveling, so I suppose that’s a wash.

Rewinding, I traveled to Portland on Friday to stay with my sister and her husband, who is also a runner (my sister, like my husband, runs sometimes because she's "supposed to", which I don't know that I'll ever understand). I haven't spent much time with him so it was nice to have something to bond over. He was very supportive although he’s been doing this a lot longer than me and recommended a running route near their house. He'd recently run an ultra-marathon called the Ultra-Boring Marathon and told me about how some marathoners (including himself) use Oprah's marathon time as an early goal, which I had not heard before and thought was great. I'm still not sold on running so long you have to eat in the middle, but we will see.

I slept in on Saturday (although given the time difference I was still up at 8:30), but got a nice run in Sunday morning. The route was along a converted railway, which is exactly where I usually run at home, so it was quite comfortable. Once again I ran faster than expected, hitting a PR for average pace (10'19"!) and tying my PR for fastest mile (10'06"). Sub 30 5k here I come!

On Sunday we traveled to Vancouver, B.C., unfortunately missing our first flight because we didn’t get to the airport EXACTLY one hour in advance, but managing to get on another flight an hour or so later. We arrived with just enough time to shower and get to a work dinner before the appetizers showed up and I maybe drank a little more than I should have, but I still behaved myself because this isn't my first circus. The wine was great though, and I'm always happy to eat out on my husband's boss's dime.

By yesterday I had my travel crankies out and had a good time walking around the city while my husband was at his conference (which is why we're here in the first place). I decided that Vancouver is kind of a cross between my two favorite US cities - Minneapolis and San Francisco - so I’m a big fan. It’s got the nice weather and West Coast mentality like SF, but is cleaner and politer and less crowded like Mpls. The prices are definitely more SF and "open late" apparently means 11 pm, but nowhere's perfect. And the food and scenery are both great, which are my main prerequisites for any city that wants to be one of my favorites.

I did not get up the courage to work out at the hotel fitness center, but saw enough runners that I felt pretty good about heading out this morning on a route recommended by the hotel. Of course I got turned around and had to weave my last mile or so through a bunch of Canadians just trying to get to work without a sweaty American stinking up the place, but I still got a nice 3 miles in and then got to stink up a slow, crowded elevator with a bunch of Japanese tourists for 21 floors on the way back to my room. FUN!

I may or may not go out again tomorrow before we leave - I'd kind of like to actually get in the 5k the hotel recommended, as the half of it I saw was very nice and maybe it will help me sleep on the planes, but if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. I've got more sightseeing, eating, and drinking on the menu for tonight, so we will see.

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 - lifted heavy things
6/5 Tu - 0:32:23 - 3.00
6/6 We - 0:22:47 - 2.11
6/7 Th - 0:11:16 - 0.96 warm up run, lifted heavy things
6/8 Fr - 2.01
6/9 Sa - 0:21:35 - 1.54 - (fun run), 0:32:07 - 3.00
6/10 Su - rest
6/11 Mo - lifted heavy things
6/12 Tu - 0:27:29 - 2.57
6/13 We - rest
6/14 Th - 0:25:52 - 2.27
6/15 Fr - lifted heavy things
6/16 Sa - weather mandated rest
6/17 Su - lifted heavy things
6/18 Mo - 0:32:41 - 3.01
6/19 Tu - 0:59:00 - 5.11
6/20 We - rest
6/21 Th - 1.00 warm-up run, lifted heavy things
6/22 Fr - 0:22:39 - 2.00
6/23 Sa - sightseeing in Portland!
6/24 Su - 0:35:59 - 3.48
6/25 Mo - sightseeing in Vancouver!
6/26 Tu - 0:32:30 - 3.02

Total Ran: 41.21 miles
June Goal: Running

Races!
July 4: Red, White and Boom! 5K
October 6: Twin Cities Marathon Weekend 5K

6/1: 1.6 miles
6/2: 4.1 miles
6/3: 11.5 miles
6/4: 1.4 miles
6/5: 2.2 miles
6/7: 1 mile
6/9: 4.5 miles
6/10: 3.1 miles
6/12: 3.5 miles
6/15: 2 miles
6/16: 5.5 miles
6/17: 14 miles + swimming
6/19: swimming
6/20: 3.5 miles
6/26: 4.05 miles

Total: 61.95/75 miles

Upcoming Races:
Wineglass Marathon 9/30

I decided to stop my lazy streak and actually do my scheduled run!

I have been concerned about my vertical oscillation since getting the Garmin HRM Run. I wonder how I can be more efficient so that energy sends me forward rather than up. I found an article with some ideas that I thought made sense. It felt good and pace was better than normal. However, vertical oscillation was also higher than it has normally been! I'm not ready to give up on these ideas after just 1 run, but that is disappointing.

Anyway - 9.1 miles and it looks like I will exceed my goal for the first time in awhile.