July 2018 Running Challenge

bride001 · July 2018

7/04/2018 - 4.37 miles
07/11/2018 - 2.43 miles
07/13/2018 - 3.44 miles
07/15/2018 - 6.37 miles
07/16/2018 - 4.40 miles
07/19/2018 - 4.50 miles
07/20/2018 - 3.44 miles
07/21/2018 - 3.05 miles
07/26/2018 - 4.46 miles

36.46/50 miles

Life happened this week so today was the first day since Saturday I got to run. Been a long busy week and no rest for at least one more week.

Thought I was at 30 miles before post and adding in today’s total was thinking I had 16 to go to get to 50. A little over that which leaves a little wiggle room. We are doing a mini vacation tomorrow and I have a work event Saturday so not sure how much running I will do. Going to try to get 4 miles on 4 days before end of month. That will put me a little over goal.

Today’s run was pleasant temperature wise although I did not record it at start time. Garmin app says it was 72° F. Felt slow probably cause of a 4 day rest.

I did register for the Quarter Marathon at the Louisiana Marathon weekend this week. My husband told me probably not a good idea to run two 5K in one day - and not good for our budget. St. Jude has new courses this year, so kinda regret not signing up for the half but okay with the 10K course.

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 - Done
August Race - Zoo Run Run AND/OR Twilight Classic - 08/25/2018 -?
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/ 2018
Bonfire Festival 5K - 12/16/2018 - ?
Louisiana Marathon Weekend - Quarter Marathon - 01/19/2019

MobyCarp · July 2018

July Running Totals (miles)
7/1 – rest day
7/2 – 5.11 not easy enough
7/3 – 4.14 warmup, speed work, cool down
7/4 – 6.22 commute to/from town park
7/5 – 3.74 warmup, tempo run, cool down
7/6 – rest day
7/7 – 10.01 poorly paced run
7/8 – 7.72 easy 60 minutes
7/9 – rest day
7/10 – 9.92 warmup, MP intervals
7/11 – 5.21 group run
7/12 – 6.15 warmup, HMP intervals
7/13 – rest day
7/14 – 14.49 warmup, Shoreline Half Marathon
7/15 – 3.85 hot and sunny
7/16 – rest day
7/17 – 6.35 warmup, speed work
7/18 – 7.14 group run
7/19 – 10.01 MP intervals
7/20 – rest day
7/21 – 12.03 paced run
7/22 – 11.52 easy with hills
7/23 – rest day
7/24 – 6.84 warmup, speed work
7/25 – 6.40 group run
7/26 – 10.08 easy

July running total to date – 146.93

Nominal July mileage goal: 100 miles

Real goals: Get healthy. Build base. Work toward being able to run Wineglass in September.

Today's notes – Still felt a little beat up from Tuesday's hard speed work, and the assignment for today looked a bit challenging: 2 miles easy, 2-4 x 1600m at T pace w/1 minute recovery, 8 x 200m at I pace w/200m recovery, 3 miles easy. I figured 3 x 1600 is where I would be if I weren't beat up, and that adds up to about 10 miles. So I went out for a warmup, and just kept running for 10 miles.

Did this from where the club practices, because I could put more of the 10 miles on easy trails and in the shade than I could if I ran from home. Rough estimate, after the run: 1 mile road/asphalt sidewalk; 3.5 miles non-technical mostly dirt trails; 5.5 miles Erie Canal path, some asphalt and some stone dust.

Got back to base, and saw a lump in the grass. Looks like a person. She's not moving. What? Then Olga got up out of a deep pigeon pose and I laughed. Told her for a minute there, I thought I was a jogger. Then I had to explain that to her, and she laughed.

Other thought of the day: You know you're a marathon runner when a kid who runs 1500m races asks if you're going for a long run today and without thinking you say, "Not really, only 10 miles."

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) 4.89 miles by Garmin, 43:15
July 14, 2018 Shoreline Half Marathon (Hamlin, NY) finished in 1:45:54
July 28, 2018 Battle at Bristol 10K (Naples, NY)
August 1, 2018 IEXC 5K #1 (Rochester, NY)
August 8, 2018 IEXC 5K #2 (Rochester, NY)
August 22, 2018 IEXC 5K #3 (Rochester, NY)
August 29, 2018 IEXC 5K #4 (Rochester NY)
August 29, 2018 IEXC TDP 1 mile (Rochester, NY)
August 29, 2018 IEXC TDP 400m (Rochester, NY)
September 2, 2018 Oak Tree Half Marathon (Geneseo, NY)
September 30, 2018 Wineglass Marathon (Bath, NY)
November 11, 2018 Syracuse Half Marathon (Syracuse, NY)

marisap2010 · July 2018

No run today. I started my week long on- call rotation today and received a call late afternoon; I didn’t run while waiting for the follow up medical clearance call. It is almost 10pm and that call still hasn’t come...

On the bright side, my new shoes arrived today! They are the Mizuno Wave Rider 21s. My last two pair have been the 20s, so I’m hoping I like these as much.

Avidkeo · July 2018

Hey all. Went for a foggy 5k run this morning then ate WAY too much at lunch. and takeaways for dinner. I feel very sluggish and its only 4pm. oh well, 10k run tomorrow and I'm looking forward to it. burn off some of todays calories...

_nikkiwolf_ · July 2018

@rheddmobile Yes, buy a bike! Let's be absolute tri beginners together!
I have the bike, but I suck suck suck at swimming. I took a class to learn crawl stroke a few years ago, epic fail. This week a colleague told me about a sprint triathlon in September, and somehow I started wondering if it wouldn't be cool to train for that instead of for a half marathon. So yesterday afternoon I went swimming for the first time in ages. I'm still close to drowning when I try a crawl... In the end I thought maybe I could do breast stroke instead. I tried, and managed ~150m in 5min. And then I looked up the results from last year and saw that people do the entire 400m in 5 minutes

I don't mind finishing last (well, I guess I do, but would be sorta okay with it), but starting the bike ride more than 10 minutes later than anybody else doesn't sounds like fun. I think my tri debut will have to wait a little longer, I need to get the swimming sorted out first. I wouldn't mind a virtual training buddy

@PastorVincent Ha ha. Just wait for halloween, when the trick-or-treaters will haunt all your entrances, that will be even more fun than the amazon shipments

@zdyb23456 Congratulations on the distance PR!!

@MobyCarp LOL, I know what "a jogger" refers to in this situation. Glad it wasn't a dead body you stumbled across

@marisap2010 Great new shoes!
And don't you hate when work gets in the way of running...

I've got a single night shift (Friday 0h-8h) right now, after working regular hours on Thursday. There's a meeting at 11 on Friday I should still attend. When am I supposed to run? I have the entire afternoon off on Friday, but it will be above 30°C again. And late Friday night isn't really an option, it doesn't really cool down before 10pm, and at some point I need to go to sleep after working all night *sigh*
The bright side is I'll probably crash so early Friday night, waking up in time for a not-too-hot run on Saturday should not be an issue.

Orphia · July 2018

RunnerGrl1982 wrote: »

[...]I wish the first mile didn't always feel like garbage. After about a mile and a half my body just wakes up and kicks into gear. I just can't seem to ever get off to a good start. I'll even do a light warm up to help flush my legs, but it doesn't aid in my effort. I think it's more a mental thing than physical, but I honestly don't know. I'm certainly no expert on running.

Generally, I'll have a rough 1.5 miles and then all of a sudden my body gets with the program and my breathing evens out and pace really picks up. I'll have a lot of great energy for about 800m and then my body is like, "Okay, that's enough of that - go back to your usual pace." Then I'll get another energizing wind another half mile later and continue the same process. LOL. It's a bit frustrating, since my body doesn't want to keep a constant pace as much as I try. Maybe I'm doing it all wrong, but I just try to listen to my body and let it do it's thing.

@RunnerGrl1982 Don't worry! Slow first miles happens to us all, and it's totally a thing in running.

And it sounds like you've also got some sort of natural "intervals mode" thing going too!

Orphia · July 2018

July 2018

Run Goal: Complete a Half Marathon. DONE!!
Bonus Goal: Handstands. Handstand practice done daily so far since June 1.

Runs
July 01 – 11.0 km
July 03 – 09.0 km
July 04 – 17.3 km
July 08 – 17.2 km
July 11 – 05.3 km inc fast 1 km 32:03
July 12 – 11.4 km inc Quality Session
July 14 – 05.1 km parkrun inc fast 1 km 28:59
July 15 – 22.1 km
July 17 – 04.6 km
July 18 – 05.1 km
July 21 – 05.1 km parkrun inc fast 2 km 28:43
July 22 – 30.2 km
July 24 – 02.1 km
July 25 – 07.1 km

Total: 161 km

Upcoming:

September 16 - Connor’s Run 18.6 km
October 14 – Melbourne Marathon

joannedrummond5 · July 2018

July 1 - 10 km club run
July 2 - 22 km long run
July 3 - sick
July 4 - sick
July 5 - sick
July 6 - sick
July 7 - 10 km run
July 8 - 6 km club run / 14 km run
July 9 - 12 km city run
July 10 - rest day
July 11 - 23 km run
July 12 - 23 km run
July 13 - rest day - Tapering
July 14 - rest day
July 15 - 10 km club run/8 km run
July 16 - 18 km run
July 17 - rest day
July 18 - 10 km run
July 19 - rest day
July 20 - 5 km last taper run
July 21 - rest day
July 22 - 21 km Greenbelt Half Marathon
July 23 - rest day
July 24 - rest day
July 25 - 14 km run
July 26 - 20 km run
July 27 - 19 km run

245 km's run with goal 350 km

AprilRN10 · July 2018

July Goal: 60 miles
Sun 7/1 crosstrain: 60 minutes elliptical and triceps/back
Mon 7/2 run: 3.15 miles
Tue 7/3 crosstrain: 60 minutes elliptical and biceps/shoulders/abs
Wed 7/4 run: 3.14 miles
Thu 7/5 run: 3.15 miles
Fri 7/6 run: 4 miles
Sat 7/7 planned rest
Sun 7/8 planned rest
Mon 7/9 crosstrain: 45 minutes elliptical and legs/back
Tue 7/10 run: 3.16 miles
Wed 7/11 run: 3.51 miles and shoulders/back
Thu 7/12 run: 4 miles speedwork
Fri 7/13 crosstrain: walk, skipped weights for a nap!
Sat 7/14 run: 4 miles
Sun 7/15 run: 5 miles
Mon 7/16 run: 3.15 miles
Tue 7/17 run: 4 miles
Wed 7/18 run: 2.75 miles tempo and shoulders/back
Thu 7/19 run: 3.16 miles
Fri 7/20 run: 6.01 miles
Sat 7/21: planned rest
Sun 7/22: planned rest
Mon 7/23: planned crosstrain turned impromptu rest
Tue 7/24: run 4.5 miles
Wed 7/25: run 4.5 miles speedwork and arms
Thu 7/26: run 4 miles
Fri 7/27: crosstrain 60 minutes bike and back/abs/legs
65.18 of 60 completed

UPCOMING RACES
August 25th - Camp New Hope 10k
September 7th - 5k Glow Run

COMPLETED RACES
January - Frosty 5k
February - Run for the Chocolate 5k
March - Penguin in the Park 5k
April - Lake Sara Dam 5k
May - Run Through the Jungle 5k
June - French Fried 5k
July - Firecracker 5k

PastorVincent · July 2018

I have made progress to becoming a real runner! I have finally found and un packed my gym bag with my running gear in it!

workaholic_nurse · July 2018

PastorVincent wrote: »

I have made progress to becoming a real runner! I have finally found and un packed my gym bag with my running gear in it!

I am standing on my front porch having just completed interval training and I started laughing so hard at this I woke people up in the house🤣.

2.7 miles of intervals this morning for totals of 37.81 endomondo and 6.2 dreadmill. 44.01/50 for the month. With 6 planned on Sunday on the Tweetsie Trail thanks to @Teresa502 suggestion I will hit my 50 with a couple of days to spare. Will be aiming 10% higher next month.

Edited to fix spelling😉

PastorVincent · July 2018

@workaholic_nurse #sorrynotsorry

Scott6255 · July 2018

Yep, 88 degrees at 5am. Ridiculous. I woke up late, so had to cut the run short, but that was probably a blessing. Did well just to finish. But my feet felt good with my new Darn Tough Merino Wool Light Cushion socks!

girlinahat · July 2018

PastorVincent wrote: »

I have made progress to becoming a real runner! I have finally found and un packed my gym bag with my running gear in it!

Question is - how long is it since it was packed away and had it been used.....?

girlinahat · July 2018

@rheddmobile definitely buy a bike. If. I thing else it’ll help you become a better runner by strengthening your legs.

@_nikkiwolf_ I’m always vaguely interested in the idea of triathlon, if only to get me out more on the bike. Would be keen to follow a training plan if you have any ideas, even if I never do an actual race!!!

I took private lessons in crawl and worth every penny. Last year I also did an open water swimming course which helped teach me sighting and turns. Very much recommended. I have never learnt breast stroke. I should make that a target.

zerlinna87 · July 2018

Just checking in. I've been trucking along through the month of July. I've mostly been keeping my runs to two miles. And I just got back from a beautiful trip in the North Carolina mountains. The hiking was intense as some running. It turns out hiking up a mountain gets your HR up. I have a couple of races coming up in September. I'm looking forward to the cooler weather.

cburke8909 · July 2018

10.2 miles muggy, muggy, muggy. Its why I love the fall.

T1DCarnivoreRunner · July 2018

I was exhausted and skipped the 10 miles I had planned for yesterday morning. Then 2 things came up that interfere with the plan to get my long run done this afternoon. I might (probably will) get that 10 miles in today and then do the long run on Sun. I am on my way home from traveling this week for work and feel bad that from Tues. late until this morning, I only got 1 run in (early Wed. AM) while traveling. However, I have a couple possible ways to get my miles in.

dreamer12151 · July 2018

LaDispute57 wrote: »

I am envious reading about these Packer runs... even though I lived in Wisconsin for about 12 years, I never made it to Lambeau. I don't get back there too often although my oldest daughter lives out there... I have driven out there to do the Glacial Trail Ultra 50M in Greenbush, and want to do the Kettle Moraine 100 Endurance Runs in Elkhorn and the Dances With Dirt 50K in Baraboo, but I don't know if I can justify the drive for a 5k, even if it would be a chance to enter the sacred halls of the frozen tundra....

I consider Elkhorn my hometown. Will be moving back up to that area next year.

mbaker566 · July 2018

7/1-1.01mi
7/2-1.04mi
7/3-1.04mi
7/4-2.02mi
7/5-3.12mi
7/6-1.01mi(2 hours of aerial hammock and hoop)
7/7-1.01mi(2 hours of aerial yoga)
7/8-1.01mi(walked 5 miles at the renaissance faire)
7/9-1.01mi
7/10-1.5mi
7/11- 2.2mi (2 hours of aerial yoga)
7/12-1.04mi (1 hour aerial yoga)
7/13- 1.01mi (2 hours of aerial hammock and hoop)
7/14- 2.07mi (3.5 hours of aerial yoga)
7/15- 2.00mi
7/16- 1.01mi
7/17- 1.01mi
7/18- 6.15mi(2 hours of aerial yoga)
7/19- 1.01mi(1 hour aerial yoga)
7/20- 1.01mi
7/21- 1.01mi
7/22- 1.01mi
7/23- 1.20mi
7/24- 4.56mi
7/25- 2.23mi (1 hour aerial yoga)
7/26- 1.1mi(1 hour aerial yoga)
7/27- (2 hours of aerial hammock and hoop)

lazy, got a puttery mile in. working on speed demon's training. my mom called it. she's barn sour. so we stop and wait for her to calm down. i think it took me 30 min to do last night's mile

she's lucky she's cute

@Elise4270 bah, you look great.

also sore from the harry potter challenge. we had "combat training" this week and i did 80 min of aerial fighting.

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