July 2018 Running Challenge
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LaDispute57 wrote: »Holy shlt @midwesterner85... You are going to do 100+ miles per WEEK? Ok... You are a separate crazy, like a @AlphaHowls crazy....
That 200 mile week baffles me!
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@marisap2010 I know, right?0
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@marisap2010 @LaDispute57 That's taking running to a whole other level. My feet are crying just reading the weekly mileage.
@midwesterner85 That's some admirable mileage. I am thoroughly left in awe......possibly cartoon-like eyes bugging out my head and jaw dropping awe.2 -
@LaDispute57 @marisap2010 @runnergrl1982 Well... that is a plan, but like I said before, I might have to tweak it because that is going to take a lot of time and I'm not sure if I will be able to always find that much free time.
For now, I'm eating at maintenance level calories and eating zero carb / carnivore. I keep telling myself that I'm going to try to lose this last 10-15 lbs. of body fat later and I'm telling myself it is ok to eat at maintenance since I'm ramping up mileage. I also keep thinking I might be able to eat plants again when I get to that 100 miles / week, but I'm not sure that is realistic. We shall see. If I can figure out how to run so much that I can actually eat pizza again and not go overboard and get fat, then maybe. But I'm not sure that is even possible.2 -
@midwesterner85 Not that I could run that much anyway, but NO carbs? I’d be in a heap in the middle of the road.5
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@midwesterner85 You are way beyond me... lol... I can't get so specific cuz my brain would melt... I run 5 days a week, lift 3 and eat whatever strikes my fancy... I just kinda eyeball my intake (basically vegetarian /vegan so no meat rotting in my gut)4
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marisap2010 wrote: »@midwesterner85 Not that I could run that much anyway, but NO carbs? I’d be in a heap in the middle of the road.LaDispute57 wrote: »@midwesterner85 You are way beyond me... lol... I can't get so specific cuz my brain would melt... I run 5 days a week, lift 3 and eat whatever strikes my fancy... I just kinda eyeball my intake (basically vegetarian /vegan so no meat rotting in my gut)
So it might help if you understand I'm a type 1 diabetic and zero carb makes BG management easier. If my BG gets low, I'll take dextrose to treat it. I log that in MFP, but I consider glucose tablets are medicine and not food.
So lately, I've been eating to hunger. I can do that just eating meat and maintain pretty well as long as I don't add diet soda or plants and such (except coffee and unsweetened tea). Or at least, it has been working for the past few months. At some point, I still want to lose 12-13 lbs. of body fat, but I'm letting myself eat intuitively for now. When I eat plants, I can eat thousands (and sometimes tens of thousands) of extra calories per day if I just eat to hunger. So between BG and inability to control hunger when eating plants, that is why I just eat meat.4 -
Hit my goal today... guess I will be upping it to 100!
It was too hot again to run with my running buddy and I felt bad when I left. He realized I was leaving and ran through the house and out the doggie door to watch me through the gate It was way too hot for him though even in the beginning. I met a family out for a walk with their large black dog that just collapsed on the shade. I suggested they put some water on his ears and armpits (legpits?) to cool him down but I think they thought I was crazy. I don't ever remember sweating they way I have been - not sure if it is because of the humidity or what but I sweat more than I even thought possible. It was as if I had jumped in the pool but I hadn't. I 'found' in my hat drawer a couple of Buff Visors that I forgot I had. They are like regular Buffs but with a neoprene visor so you can wear them like a hat. So much better and cooler than wearing a Buff under my hat like I have been.
The run today was another great one despite the heat. I did have an issue with cramps in my foot but I think it was from my new orthotics. Same correction as before but I think my old ones have just compressed down over time.
If you follow me on Strava you will know my run was 7.94 and not the 8.04 I logged - the extra was for an entire section of the trail that I stopped my watch to talk to the Ranger about bees and forgot to restart it. It was probably a bit more that what I added but this got me to 8 miles and that works.
Date........Miles.......Total
07/01......7.64.......7.64
07/02......0.00.......7.64 - +Agility
07/03......5.01.....12.65 - +Strength Training
07/04......8.36.....21.01
07/05......0.00.....21.01 - +Strength Training
07/06......4.25.....25.26 - Agility Trial +Treadmill Intervals
07/07......0.00.....25.26 - Agility Trial
07/08......0.00.....25.26 - Agility Trial
07/09......5.97.....31.23 - +Agility
07/10......4.54.....35.77 - Treadmill Intervals + Strength Training
07/11......0.00.....35.77
07/12......0.00.....35.77 - +Strength Training
07/13......5.56.....41.33
07/14......6.62.....47.95
07/15......0.00.....47.95
07/16....12.75.....60.70 - +Agility
07/17......5.08.....65.78 - +Strength Training
07/18......0.00.....65.78
07/19......0.00.....65.78 - +Strength Training
07/20......5.80.....71.58
07/21......8.04.....79.62
07/22......0.00.....79.62
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 Marathon8 -
Running challenge
1 July: 5.30 at 5:09 pace (race pace)
2 July: yoga
3 July: 7.01 at 5:45 pace
4 July: yoga
5 July: 12.66 at 5:50 pace (“unproductive" according to Garmin)
6 July: rest
7 July: yoga
8 July: 15.2 at 6:01 (slow and steady)
9 July: yoga
10 July: 6.0 at 6:02 pace (probably faster but I had a child on a bike in tow who kept needing a push - I certainly had to work harder) plus another 1.8km at about the same pace with similar issues getting the younger daughter to kindy.
11 July: yoga
12 July: 10.71 at 5:25 pace - when you’re short on time but you want to go long, you gotta go fast.
13 July: rest and pizza (and more pizza)
14 July: sneaky 6.7km to undo some of last night’s pizza damage followed by yoga. Great way to start a Saturday.
15 July: 16.51 at 5:55 pace. Building up to the Mt Maunganui Half on August 25.
16 July: yoga
17 July: 5.79 at 6:02, plus 3.9 at a similar pace dropping children off at kindy and so on.
18 July: 7.19 at 5:39 and yoga as well
19 July: 10.38 at 5:50 pace.
20 July: 7.39 at 5:39 pace. Would have run longer as I felt great and the weather was perfect, however, work called…
21 July: 6.84 at 5:50 pace. When I woke I could tell from the birdsong that it was a fabulous morning so I leapt up and headed out. Cool, clear, calm. Another perfect running day. So glad I did as by mid morning the clouds had rolled in and it’s reverted to being a grey winter’s day. Also yoga.
22 July: 16.03 at 5:58 pace. I ran just over 9km in my usual shoes before swinging by home to put on my new shoes for a 6.6km first run in them. Mentally tough day as I’m pretty tired, with this being my sixth run in a row. Fortuately I bumped into a friend at about 4km and we ran together for half an hour or so. Distracted me nicely.
139.41 of 150km for July6 -
Nice 17 miles on the trail today. 5 miles was on a rails to trails section. The rest was pretty rocky and hilly.10
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In the house... but no run today, probably not tomorrow, and probably not the next day. Probably just dancing in cardboard boxes for a while Garmin says I did more than 20k steps anyways. So guess that counts!13
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0722-5.4k, total-41.3k, goal-90k
Not gonna make goal. Morning run along Victoria Bay. The sun tried to kill me, but by now that's to be expected
Upcoming races:
20181027 Mogan Ultra 30k
20181118 Shanghai Marathon (maybe)7 -
Socks: Balega...love 'em.
Today was a tempo run of a little over 6 miles...all was going well until I ran through a swarm of gnats towards the end, and the ones that I didn't eat ended up sticking to my face. Lovely.
05 - 13.85
06 - 15.31
07 - 13.71
09 - 15.31
10 - 13.05
11 - 15.32
12 - 13.35
13 - 15.30
16 - 15.32
17 - 13.22
18 - 15.60
19 - 13.84
20 - 15.57
21 - 6.37
Total: 195.12 / 250 miles
6.37 mi = 10.25 km
@garygse I'm going to start calling you "Linda Evangelista". You don't get out of bed for 10K.4 -
Coincidentally, I wrote this today about running shoes.
https://zenmode.org/2018/07/22/things-ive-learned-about-running-shoes/
A friend who is starting to run requested it.3 -
30.2 km this morning. Out and back. Between 8 and 22 km I didn't see another person or car.
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Got out of bed yesterday and my knee popped causing a tumble. Looked down and my left knee/leg was swollen as *kitten*. Attempted to wear my compression sleeve but so not possible. It looked like i was trying to fit into an xs and it’s a xxl. I can barely put any weight on my leg which is now causing pain in my right hip. So no more running for me which is good since classes start up again soon. I’ve done more running in the last 9 months than I have in the last 9 years cuz chasing a kid around for the last 7 years isn’t the same. Lol10
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All the talk of severe storms and tornados make me very happy to be in California! It is true we have an occasional earthquake and some heat and fires but I would take that anytime to tornados (and ice storms and blizzards)!
Socks - my favorite at all times of the year (note from above it doesn't get very cold here so no need for cold weather socks) are the Smartwool PhD Run ultra light cushion. You can find them online at steep discounts (50% off sometimes) but full price they are pricey at $15. Like @mobycarp's Darn Tough guarantee, Smartwool does the same but they don't always replace like for like. I have turned in mine and gotten back socks that are heavier cushioned. I will wear them but not for running.
@P0PTART - welcome to the group! feel free to jump into the discussion. There are a lot of turtles, some hares and even some snails here!
@RunsOnEspresso - any chance there is a Planet Fitness near you? I think they allow a 2 week trial. Also the membership is super cheap - $10/month. I keep a membership just so I can go there when I can't run outside or if I need a different workout for recovery or injury rehab. They really vary a lot though. Mine happens to be very big and very clean and well maintained but not all of them are unfortunately.
@skippygirlsmom - love that t-shirt!
@5BeautifulDays - congratulations to your daughter (and to you) on the driver's license!
@RunnerGrl1982 - shhhh on the fires! Hoping they stay away for awhile but with the heat coming next week that probably won't be the case. Were do you run - Santa Monica Mountains have some beautiful vistas and trails but the beach would be my choice.
@LaDispute57 - I agree on the minimal shoes. I pretty much wear mine until the uppers disintegrate. I am willing my current Scores to hang on just a while longer through my race and then they can continue to fall apart. They have around 600 miles on them but the upper is starting to tear. What is ShoeGoo for?
@bride001 - what a beautiful location for a race!
@midwesterner85 - I am retired and I don't have the time run that many miles/day! No idea how you can do it and work even with running much faster than me!
@PastorVincent - congratulations on getting moved into the house! There will be plenty of time to run soon!
@orphia - love the pictures!
@abutcher2122 - ouch! hope your knee feels better soon!3 -
7/1 - 15.0 km
7/2 - rest, 2 km walk
7/3 - 5.1 km
7/4 - 7.2 km
7/5 - 4.8 km
7/6 - rest
7/7 - 13.1 km
7/8 - rest
7/9 - rest
7/10 - storms
7/11 - 5.0 km
7/12 - 8.13 km
7/13 - rest
7/14 - 14.75 km
7/15 - rest
7/16 - rest
7/17 - 5.24 km
7/18 - weather meh
7/19 - 5.12
7/20 - storms
7/21 - 16.31
99.75/120 km
Today was a hell of a day what with our car getting one of those "fix me now!" warning lights when we are supposed to leave for vacation tomorrow. Car won't be looked at until Monday. We have a loaner, so for now the plan is to head to Calgary tomorrow and then my husband will drive back to swap cars Monday or Tuesday. Hopefully it's a quick fix - based on the warning light and other symptoms probably something to do with the serpentine belt. Hoping it didn't take anything else with it... and that it's not the alternator.
Tonight's run was good but I cramped up at the end again. My cooldown walk was more of a hobble.
2018 Races: (italics means not registered yet, only pondering)
1/1/18 Resolution Run 5K ~38:00 (no official times)
3/4/18 MEC Road Race #1 10K 1:30:57
3/17/28 St Patrick's Day race 10K 1:24:53
4/7/18 Jasper Half Marathon 3:05:55
4/22/18 MEC Trail Race #1 5Kish 1:00:00? (Or 48:45...)
5/20/18 MEC Trail Race #2 10Kish 1:56:15
6/24/18 MEC Trail Race #3 10Kish 2:03:15
7/1/18 Canada Day 15K 2:03:04
7/28/18 Idaho Peak 10K Trail Race
8/18/18 Edmonton Marathon (Half Marathon)
8/25/18 MEC Trail Race #4 10Kish
9/22/18 Heartbeat Run 10K
10/7/18 MEC Trail Race #5 15Kish
12/1/18 Santa Shuffle
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Only 838 posts behind! I have been running, but haven't been posting. Also trying to continue to lift weights as well.
July 5....6.23 miles......probably 88 degrees with 70% humidity.
July 8....2.28 miles on the treadmill plus weight lifting. Nicer weather but I was limited on time.
July 11...7.2 miles....another hot and humid day.
July 13....2.27 miles on the treadmill plus weight lifting.
July 18.....5 miles.....short on time again. Tempo run with sprints.
July 19....2.26 miles (treadmill) and a leg workout with weights (killer).
July 21....6.24 miles.....72 degrees, high humidity and overcast.
I thought that I was in the clear as far as avoiding the rain, but 2 miles in, it started raining hard. I looked at my watch, and it was too late to go to the gym (on Saturday). I hate wet feet, but still eeked out 6 miles in mainly zone running. My mp3 player got wet and is no longer working. So most of my run was in silence. Not fun at all. My legs felt wooden. I think that I didn't totally recover from the weight lifting session on Thursday.
I might make goal. Should be able to get 2 runs in this week and maybe a treadmill session.
Total...31.48 miles
Goal....50 miles.
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