June 2018 Running Challenge
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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
6/14 = 30 minutes strength training at home
6/15 = 14 miles
6/16 = rest day (literally sat on my butt doing nothing all day - it was fantastic)
6/17 = 8.5 miles (group run with walk/run intervals)
6/18 = 4 miles & 45 minutes weights at the gym
6/19 = Vinyasa yoga
6/20 = 10 miles
6/21 = rest day
6/22 = 10 miles
6/23 = out of town for a funeral
6/24 = 8.5 miles
6/25 = 3 miles (treadmill) & 30 minutes strength training
6/26 = Yoga
6/27 = 6 miles
150 goal miles / 133.5 miles complete
Upcoming Races (so far):
10/27/2018 -Hill Country Halloween Half Marathon
1/26/2019 -Fitbit Topical 5k
1/27/2019 -Miami Marathon5 -
6/4- 3.25
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
6/27- 3.42
Total: 35.6/50
Days: 12/20
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LaDispute57 wrote: »WTF is "vertical oscillation"? Is that nerdlet for "put on your shoes and run"?
Keepin' it real.
I should add "in true @LoneWolfRunner form" in case others haven't recognized that its you again.
Those of us who have been around a while know his reincarnations!
And we like them so keep them coming.2 -
biketheworld wrote: »
@PastorVincent - my hat is off to you for setting the Dopey as a goal. I'm a sucker for great bling - but I also know my limits. I ran a half two weekends in a row last March and my husband thought I was nuts for that!
In May I ran the Pittsburg Marathon - killed a PR, and then ran a 50k Trail Ultra the next weekend. People told me that was insane... maybe it was, but probably do it again next year LOLbiketheworld wrote: »For whatever reason, I CANNOT get my ticker to update. So in reality, I'm at 36 miles with 8 to go.
It is updated - it just takes a bit for the changes to show on your screen due to all the caching. 3 -
6/1-1.08mi
6/2-1.08 (5 hours aerial yoga)
6/3-1.08mi
6/4-1.01mi
6/5-1.08mi with 23 flights of stairs.
6/6-6.05mi
6/7-1.5mi
6/8-1.01mi
6/9-3.13mi 37:09 official 36:54 garmin
6/10-1.66mi and 1.08mi speed walk
6/11-1.01mi
6/12-5.36mi
6/13-1.08mi (1 hour aerial yoga)
6/14-1.01mi (1 hour aerial yoga)
6/15-1.01mi (2 hours aerial hammock and aerial hoop)
6/16-1.01mi (3 hours of aerial yoga)
6/17-1.08mi
6/18-1.01mi
6/19-2.01mi
6/20-1.01mi (2 hours aerial yoga)
6/21-1.75(1 hour aerial yoga)
6/22-1.26mi (2 hours aerial hammock/yoga)
6/23-1.03mi (2 hours aerial yoga)
6/24-3.07mi global sports bra day run
6/25-1.00mi
6/26-1.00mi
6/27-? (2 hours of aerial yoga)
stupid adulting. the house i bought last year needs updating. my parents are helping. all night looking at vinyl and paint chips. i want to run but i want to live in a nice house. torn. and sleepy
bedroom colors
as for movement....
i'm a bouncy person-up and down- but working on forward shuffling-foward leaning- aiming for the floating you see the fast runners get-happy medium.
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juliet3455 wrote: »LaDispute57 wrote: »WTF is "vertical oscillation"? Is that nerdlet for "put on your shoes and run"?
Keepin' it real.
I should add "in true @LoneWolfRunner form" in case others haven't recognized that its you again.
Those of us who have been around a while know his reincarnations!
And we like them so keep them coming.
Lol... I will try to keep this one around for a little while...2 -
I am not a morning person at all, but it looks like I need to be tomorrow morning so I can get my run done before it is hot. Otherwise, it won't be until after work / evening when it is supposed to be hot.
Where does the Feel Like of 107F and Dew Point of 77F fall on the "suffer scale" now?
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6/1 13.88 miles
6/2 16.47 miles
6/3 10.3 miles
6/4 14.41 miles
6/5 14.29 miles
6/6 16.42 miles
6/7 16.3 miles
6/8 17.13 miles
6/9 20.09 miles
6/10 1.01 miles
6/11 15.34 miles
6/12 13.75 miles
6/13 15.31 miles
6/14 16.35 miles
6/15 15.37 miles
6/16 16.52 miles
6/17 13.46 miles
6/18 17.1 miles
6/19 17.09 miles
6/20 21.04 miles
6/21 10.77 miles
6/22 16.35 miles
6/23 14.95 miles
6/24 13.03 miles
6/25 1.02 miles
6/26 13.71 miles
6/27 17.49 miles
388.95 miles of 200 mile monthly goal...11 -
AlphaHowls wrote: »
388.95 miles of 200 mile monthly goal...
Just beyond my comprehension... Way to inspire!3 -
AlphaHowls wrote: »6/1 13.88 miles
6/2 16.47 miles
6/3 10.3 miles
6/4 14.41 miles
6/5 14.29 miles
6/6 16.42 miles
6/7 16.3 miles
6/8 17.13 miles
6/9 20.09 miles
6/10 1.01 miles
6/11 15.34 miles
6/12 13.75 miles
6/13 15.31 miles
6/14 16.35 miles
6/15 15.37 miles
6/16 16.52 miles
6/17 13.46 miles
6/18 17.1 miles
6/19 17.09 miles
6/20 21.04 miles
6/21 10.77 miles
6/22 16.35 miles
6/23 14.95 miles
6/24 13.03 miles
6/25 1.02 miles
6/26 13.71 miles
6/27 17.49 miles
388.95 miles of 200 mile monthly goal...
Well, ain't you the craziest runner ever... Serious respect for those monthly miles. Parts would be falling off me if I tried that.1 -
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
June 16 – 6.2 miles
June 18 – 5.03 miles
June 20 – 5.2 miles
June 21 – 6.2 miles (Beaver 10K)
June 23 – 7.6 miles (trails)
June 24 – 6 miles
June 25 – 5 miles
June 27 – 5 miles
90.74 miles total/ Goal: 75 miles
3 miles of hill repeats followed by a fairly flat out and back which still felt hard after the hills. Not sure why I set my goal at 75 miles this month. I know I lowered it for May due to busy work time and vacation. I will raise it next month.
@girlinahat – Wow! What amazing feats you accomplished over the weekend! I’m so impressed! Congratulations!
@riceroni – Glad you are feeling better. Sorry about the disappointing race. Your time was fantastic but I know it wasn’t what you were hoping for.
@alphahowls – You continue to amaze me with your mileage. Well done!
Upcoming Races:
July 17 – Wolf Run
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
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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 - (week one 11 miles)
6/8 – 2
6/9 – 2
6/10 –rest
6/11 – 3
6/12 - 3
6/13 - rest day
6/14 - 4 long run ☹ - (week two 14 miles)
6/15 - 2 ugh
6/16 - 3.1 Bigfoot 5K
6/17 – 4
6/18 – rest day
6/19 - 4 miles
6/20 - unscheduled rest day
6/21 – 4 - (week 3 17 miles)
6/22 - 3
6/23 - 4 mile warm up and 5K - Runway 5K
6/24 - 4
6/25 - rest day
6/26 - 3
6/27 - rest day
56 out of 50 miles
Since I'm a goal and I'm just back to building miles, I'm cutting back big time this week. I plan to run only every other day.
@AlphaHowls just wow!!! I gotta ask, what happened on 6/25? 1.02 miles or it that a typo? Fantastic running.
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I have two of the one mile days in there. I am calling those rest days, did just enough to keep my streak going of running every day.@skippygirlsmom wrote: »
@AlphaHowls just wow!!! I gotta ask, what happened on 6/25? 1.02 miles or it that a typo? Fantastic running.
@LaDispute57 The answer is 'yes' I am crazy and lost my mind.
@Teresa502 Thank you!
@Elise4270
Thank you!
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So there's this...
Heat advisory remains in effect until 8 PM CDT this evening...
* heat index readings...greater than 105 degrees during the
afternoon and early evening hours. Overnight low temperatures
will remain very warm with high humidity. The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity
will combine to create a situation in which heat illnesses are
possible. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned
room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and
neighbors.
So naturally we ran. 5k around the lake early morning. Not too bad really although we were both drenched afterwards since sweat does not evaporate in this humidity. 32 minutes, that seems to be the new normal. Still aiming to get back under 30 min.
We saw a very lovely Gray heron hunting frogs, and saw the same indigo bunting we saw last run. He seems to live in a particular bush near the river overlook.
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Since we are complaining about the weather .... [insert ugly, self-pitting, sob]
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6/1/2018 rest
6/2/2018 2.65 miles
6/3/2018 9.05 miles
6/4/2018 rest
6/5/2018 3 miles
6/6/2018 2.1 miles
6/7/2018 2.5 miles
6/8/2018 2 miles
6/9/2018 2.15 miles
6/10/2018 2 miles
6/11/2018 rest
6/12/2018 poor planning
6/13/2018 poor planning
6/14/2018 2.4 miles
6/15/2018 2.75 miles
6/16/2018 2.5 miles
6/17/2018 10 miles
6/18/2018 rest
6/19/2018 4 miles
6/20/2018 2.9 miles
6/21/2018 2.8 miles
6/22/2018 3 miles
6/23/2018 2.6 miles
6/24/2018 unplanned rest
6/25/2018 rest
6/26/2018 3.4 miles
6/27/2018 2.5 miles
Total 64.3 miles /80-85
Another day under 14 minute miles! Woo! Now I set my target of breaking 13 again. Felt good this morning. Yesterday my legs hated me today they were all YAY!
I've been reading Let Your Mind Run by Deena Kastor (highly recommended btw) and I last bight she talked about using the wind as her competition. So when I turned into the wind this morning I thanked the wind for making me a stronger runner. Working on this mindset thing and being more positive. Seems to be working when I use it.
Question: anyone use headphones that sit on your face and not in the ear? I'm looking to go wireless but have such issues with earbuds staying in. I was looking at a brand called aftershockz. The reviews seem mostly positive (even comments on a runners world Facebook post).11 -
amymoreorless wrote: »Since we are complaining about the weather .... [insert ugly, self-pitting, sob]
@amymoreorless We need Heat Index and Dew Point to compare, though.1 -
RunsOnEspresso wrote: »Question: anyone use headphones that sit on your face and not in the ear? I'm looking to go wireless but have such issues with earbuds staying in. I was looking at a brand called aftershockz. The reviews seem mostly positive (even comments on a runners world Facebook post).
@RunsOnEspresso I have a pair of wireless Afershockz and I love them. I got them for safety reasons. I can hear everything around me when I am running solo outside but the music is still clear. I bought a refurbished pair 6 months ago off Amazon and they are still working great.
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midwesterner85 wrote: »amymoreorless wrote: »Since we are complaining about the weather .... [insert ugly, self-pitting, sob]
@amymoreorless We need Heat Index and Dew Point to compare, though.
@midwesterner85 I don’t really want to look -LOL. I will talk myself out of my long run tomorrow if I keep checking the weather.
Not trying to compare. I was just complaining in general. Humidity always makes everything a million times more sucky. It starts feeling like you are running in Satan’s armpit when humidity levels go above 80%. I hope you get some relief from the heat and humidity soon. 1 -
amymoreorless wrote: »RunsOnEspresso wrote: »Question: anyone use headphones that sit on your face and not in the ear? I'm looking to go wireless but have such issues with earbuds staying in. I was looking at a brand called aftershockz. The reviews seem mostly positive (even comments on a runners world Facebook post).
@RunsOnEspresso I have a pair of wireless Afershockz and I love them. I got them for safety reasons. I can hear everything around me when I am running solo outside but the music is still clear. I bought a refurbished pair 6 months ago off Amazon and they are still working great.
Yah I only run with one ear bud to hear everything around me. Can other people hear what your listening to? I sometimes listen on the bus and hat when I can hear others stuff. Lol0 -
I took a rest day yesterday since I was feeling pretty worn down from the last few days of higher mileage than I'm used to. Going to go out on another run during my lunch break today and after I get off work.
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I sat down last night and planned my half marathon training. Given the half is 7 weeks out I will be starting on week 6 of the plan (next week) but the mileage is roughly equivalent to before I got sick so I think I'm good.
I would like to not die, haha.9 -
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
6/14: 4.5 miles
6/15: 3.4 miles
6/17: 6.5 miles
6/19: 5.2 miles
6/20: 5 miles
6/21: 4.3 miles
6/22: 4.6 miles
6/24: 6.2 miles
6/26: 4.3 miles
6/27: 4 miles
84.3/75 miles
Another hot, slow, humid run. The weather wasn't nice, but overall I had a good 4 mile run today. I actually ran my last mile faster than my first mile. I played Zombies Run and evaded all the zombies. There was a mean sounding little dog that came snarling up at me but I evaded him too.
2018 races:
5/19/18: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon - 2:43:59.7. - 2nd place AG
11/10/18: Wags & Whiskers 5K6 -
RunsOnEspresso wrote: »
Question: anyone use headphones that sit on your face and not in the ear? I'm looking to go wireless but have such issues with earbuds staying in. I was looking at a brand called aftershockz. The reviews seem mostly positive (even comments on a runners world Facebook post).
I have a pair of these:
plantronics backbeat FIT
They are in-ear wireless headphones, but because they loop over the back of the ear they need to fit less snugly. I find I can easily hear traffic around me whilst wearing them. They can be a bit of a pain when wearing glasses though, as there is competition for space, but it's nothing too uncomfortable. The sound is good, and easy to adjust volume when needed.
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Well I'm still standing after the weekend's running activities.
In terms of physical recovery - no, I have not yet run (maybe Sunday should be recorded as a recovery run?) and have a longed-for yoga class tonight. A colleague and I did a yoga pose on the concrete outside our workshop at lunchtime and I can tell there's going to be some painful stretching tonight!!
By the next day after the marathon, my feet felt fine, and I had no blisters. My toenails all survived unscathed. My hips hurt a fair bit.
Monday - quads felt it. Not too bad that I couldn't go downstairs, but I did have to gently lower myself with help from my hands when using the toilet. Feet hurting as if I had bent my feet on either side.
Tuesday - had a site meeting and climbed scaffold. quads still feeling it a bit but could sit down fine.
Wednesday - another site meeting, but what hurts now are my calf muscles, and my feet a bit.
The worst thing I am suffering from actually is dehydration. We are having a bit of a heatwave here, with nighttime temperatures around 17 C (62F) and daytime 27C (80F). This is nothing to a lot of you guys, but is a shock to us Brits. But I feel like my dehydration is a knock on effect from the weekend, and others have said the same. The last couple of days I have been chugging back the water and really feeling thirsty. It's better today so I think it's passing.
Next question is - what now? I am considering doing an actual PLAN for something. Wondering about a 10k training plan to get my speed up. That I can do easily whilst having my weekends back to do other stuff. Do Hal Higdon plans do speedwork at all?2 -
@alphahowls You continue to amaze and inspire me!!!!!1
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RunsOnEspresso wrote: »amymoreorless wrote: »RunsOnEspresso wrote: »Question: anyone use headphones that sit on your face and not in the ear? I'm looking to go wireless but have such issues with earbuds staying in. I was looking at a brand called aftershockz. The reviews seem mostly positive (even comments on a runners world Facebook post).
@RunsOnEspresso I have a pair of wireless Afershockz and I love them. I got them for safety reasons. I can hear everything around me when I am running solo outside but the music is still clear. I bought a refurbished pair 6 months ago off Amazon and they are still working great.
Yah I only run with one ear bud to hear everything around me. Can other people hear what your listening to? I sometimes listen on the bus and hat when I can hear others stuff. Lol
@RunsOnEspresso The sound does bleed a little bit but that might be because I tend to listen to music way obscenely too loud. I have a conductive hearing loss from past ear surgeries and the bone conduction headphones help make the sound clearer.
I have seen an Aftershockz booth at a race expo in the past. If you have any races planned they might let you test them out there.0 -
amymoreorless wrote: »midwesterner85 wrote: »amymoreorless wrote: »Since we are complaining about the weather .... [insert ugly, self-pitting, sob]
@amymoreorless We need Heat Index and Dew Point to compare, though.
@midwesterner85 I don’t really want to look -LOL. I will talk myself out of my long run tomorrow if I keep checking the weather.
Not trying to compare. I was just complaining in general. Humidity always makes everything a million times more sucky. It starts feeling like you are running in Satan’s armpit when humidity levels go above 80%. I hope you get some relief from the heat and humidity soon.
I checked the forecast for Houston tomorrow - you should be slightly better than us in the evening, but not exactly ideal conditions. The difference is that I should have decent temps. early AM before sunrise while you are going to be worse off even during that time. Like I said, I'm not a morning person, but an effort to run early may be worthwhile. On the other hand, doesn't training in adverse weather provide a benefit when it comes to a race?! I mean comparing to runners who do not train in such weather...1 -
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
6/23 – 0.37 aborted group run
6/24 – 3.45 easy with rain
6/25 – rest day, PT visit
6/26 – 5.14 warmup + easy speed work
6/27 – rest day
June running total to date – 47.04
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 – It's become a pattern; I don't find time to update here after evening runs. So, yesterday's report first.
I went to club practice feeling pretty good, but undecided on what I was going to do about speed work. I have a 5 mile trail race on Saturday, that I don't have to run for a really good time. The FF training program kicks off with a 2 mile time trial on Thursday, and I traditionally go act the part of the rabbit for that time trial. With the group they get, I don't have to run it as a true time trial; but if they have some speedier folks, I might want to run it closer to 5K race pace than to T pace.
Because I didn't want to beat myself up much on Tuesday, I was ambivalent about doing more than the warmup. Compromised by turning left on the trail instead of right, guaranteeing a longer warmup than normal; it came in at 2.85 miles. Then Coach had a 5K workout on the board of 800 at T; 2 x 800 at I; 1000 at I; 800 at I, all with 3 minutes recovery. That's harder than I want to run. Dithered for a while, then set out with some ladies running their first 800 at I, and found their interval pace was a good fit for my T pace. Felt so good at 800 that I just ran 1600 at T, coming in at 6:30 for that interval. Then I ran 4 easy laps in lanes 3 and 4, and started a 5th lap to make the total over 5 miles for the day. One of the ladies passed me doing an interval, and I just pulled into lane 1 behind her and let her pace me for most of the last lap.
Felt really good, got some good stretches, came home, and felt aches in the Achilles that didn't rise to the level of "don't run" but that were more than I had before running. Get a good night's sleep, and they've faded. I could run today, but I still have some aggressive-for-recovering commitments on Thursday and Saturday.
So I made the executive decision to take today as an extra rest day, not because I have to but because I'm being conservative and want to be able to be more aggressive tomorrow while still remaining able to run a 5 mile trail race on Saturday.
It's all good.
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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@amymoreorless I have no races until October. And that one doesn't have an expo. I hope to get something well before my marathon (November) so I can get used to them. I will look to see if Best Buy or some other store carries them. I didn't see them at Target when I went through recently.1
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