July 2018 Running Challenge

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)

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...

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!

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.

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.

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

@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.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Woo!

Ahem.

Ran a nice 1.81 miles this morning. It was sunny and cool, below 60 for the first time in quite a while. That got me to 50 miles for this month, four miles more than my previous monthly miles PR (last month, hah) with three running days still to go in July. Boom!

I spent some of the last couple of days going back through the challenge posts and linking my running updates to their respective days in my fitness spreadsheet because that’s the kind of nerd I am. First sentence of first comment in a challenge post: “Oh wow, this thread is huge!” It’s hard to believe that it was just the end of April that I was “work[ing] up to two runs [a week] of about a half hour each” and had set a PR for weekly distance at 6.75 miles (longest run: 2.67 miles). I’ve doubled my weekly mileage now and am going to try running five days a week starting next week (longest run: 7.01 miles).

JULY MILES:
7/1 Su - 1:01:09 - 5.43
7/2 Mo - lifted heavy things
7/3 Tu - 0:20:33 - 2.01
7/4 We - 0:32:46 - 3.13
7/5 Th - rest
7/6 Fr - 0:20:19 - 2.01, lifted heavy things
7/7 Sa - rest
7/8 Su - 1:10:32 - 5.84
7/9 Mo - lifted heavy things
7/10 Tu - 0:36:20 - 3.41
7/11 We - 0:22:40 - 2.00
7/12 Th - rest
7/13 Fr - 0:10:45 - 0.89, lifted heavy things
7/14 Sa - 1:12:28 - 6.30
7/15 Su - rest
7/16 Mo - lifted heavy things
7/17 Tu - 0:33:55 - 3.09
7/18 We - 0:19:54 - 1.83
7/19 Th - rest, stretch
7/20 Fr - 0:13:08 - 1.21, lifted heavy things
7/21 Sa - 1:20:25 - 7.02
7/22 Su - rest and stretch
7/23 Mo - 0:23:43 - 2.26
7/24 Tu - rest
7/25 We - 0:19:10 - 1.65, lifted heavy things
7/26 Th - rest and stretch
7/27 Fr - 0:20:32 - 1.81

Total: 50.95/50 miles

Races!
July 4: Red, White and Boom! 5K Chip time: 0:32:20
August 25: The Glo Run Night Race 5K
September 8th, 9th, 15th, or 16th: MN Brewery Running Series 5K-ish fun run
October 6: Twin Cities Marathon Weekend 5K

amymoreorless wrote: »

Ha! Apparently, I ran so slow this morning MFP assumed I was standing still. 😂

I can't stand when it does that, and it's usually when I've run really far (for me) and was just a little slower than the limit. I delete the entry and relog it at the slowest pace (whatever time gives me a similar burn). And I'm working on speeding up!

Elise4270 wrote: »

Just when i thought i was happier with my weight/physique, race photos.😊 guess I'll pass on that cheesecake i wanted.

You look great, though. Happy, and I'm guessing well within the range of healthy weight. That cycling shot is awesome.
But I won't judge you for skipping the cheesecake, as I'm at a healthy weight too, and still want to lose about 3-4 lbs (still within the range of healthy). I get it. Congratulations on your achievement!

Today... weird that getting up at 5:45 felt like sleeping in. I did a little over 10k, then showered, changed into a clean set of sporty clothes, got everything I needed for the day into my running backpack, and ran about a kilometer to the main road to meet my ride to out-of-town work.

On my run this morning I saw what I thought was a dog crossing the road in the distance ahead of me, so was ready to be on the lookout for it. Turns out it was not a dog, but 2 of the biggest hares I have ever seen. They were huge! I stopped and just stood there watching them hop through the field away from me. Then as I ran off, I thought about how if I'd stayed in bed, I'd've missed seeing them.




Upcoming races:
August 18 Chmielakowy Half Marathon (Krasnystaw)
August 26 Kolbudy 10k, Bąkowo (Kashubia)

7/1 - 5
7/2 - 0
7/3 - 5
7/4 - 3
7/6 - 3
7/7 - 3
7/8 - 4
7/9 - 0
7/10 - 5
7/11 - 0
7/12 - 3
7/13 - 2
7/14 - 4
7/15 - 3
7/16 - 0
7/17 - 0
7/18 - 2
7/19 - 0
7/20 - 0
7/21 - 4
7/22 - 3 miles biking with Skip
7/23 – 3
7/24 – 3
7/25 – 0 rest day – I hate running on garbage day yuck
7/26 – 0 unschedule rest day
7/27 – 3

55 of 60 miles

@AprilRN10 woohoo great job getting to goal
@amymoreorless nice job running in place
@PastorVincent maybe Amazon thinks you need help hiding your purchases from your spouse
Great distance PR!! @zdyb23456
@rheddmobile I know the feeling when I look at other people’s run, so I just look at the people behind me ha ha there is a lady in town in my AG who freaking runs like a 5 minute mile, really? I told a race director recently my only hope is she moves away
@Elise4270 you look great!!
@sarahthes great looking place to run. I love the trees.
@marisap2010 nice new shoes!
Holy *kitten* @Scott6255 that is way hot
I have a bike I’m going to start using it more. Skip’s bike we found in the garage is at the bike shop getting a tune up. It’s an awesome mountain bike just perfect size for her. I rode it 3 miles the other day, shifting from 3 to 2 wasn’t too happy but it got there, otherwise a beauty. She told the guy at the shop that she has no meat on her hiney so she needed a better seat, so he’s hooking her up with some $50 wonderful seat ha ha. She can pretty much bike all over town at school and on lots of great trails so this bike will be better than my mommy bike she’s been riding.
@mbaker566 what a sweetie she is.
I missed the post about the Packer 5K is that in WI? I assume, when? Maybe I can find my way there

Skip's been reading about ice baths and the benefits after training, she rode 7 or so miles on her bike yesterday and sat in an ice bath for 8 minutes after (the PT recommended it too). She ran for 10 minutes this morning and came back in the house without pain (yeah). I'm also happy to report the pit bull that attacks us a couple years back while we were running that has caused me to walk my poor Macy in circles instead of going passed their house moved out today !!! yeah!!!

Orphia wrote: »

@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!

Thanks for that! It's nice to hear from other runners that this is something that is normally happens. It helps put my mind at ease that I'm not doing something wrong. XD

I'd like to give my body credit for instinctively having an interval mode, but I think it's more my cardiovascular system can't keep up. LOL. I'm still trying to find a running groove.

I'm all over the place to be honest, because I'm always waging war internally to finish with a good time, when I just need to focus on getting the miles in and not concern myself about how fast I'm completing my run. It's something I need to work on. Even on my recovery days, I'm still wanting to push myself. So annoying. LOL Perhaps one day, I'll be able to find the 'off switch' to my brain when I go out and run.