July 2018 Running Challenge

Purplebunnysarah · July 2018

Race report! Finished my 10K trail race in 1:30:16 and didn't come last. End of race pic with my cousin my mouth was full - good job hubby...

Anyway, first 2km was a steep downhill on gravel road. We just flew through that part - Garmin tells me I will got new 1K and 1 mile PRs. Then cut off the road and on to the Galena trail, which is an old railroad line from the Silver Rush at the turn of the 20th century. At this point it was mostly rooty double track and mostly gentle downhill. Some rocky sections.

We ran along Carpenter Creek for a bit and eventually crossed it via cable car.

After crossing the creek the terrain changed a bit - a lot rockier and a lot steeper, and some challenging uphill bits where the trail detoured around a washout.

Then we cut away from the Galena Trail and on to the Carpenter Creek trail which had some of the toughest and most technical sections - extremely rugged downhill (dry & dusty). But we were soon out of that and into meadows and a bit of a rocky floodplain as the valley leveled out.

The leader from the ultramarathon blazed past us a few minutes later and about 5 minutes after that I promptly fell on my face, though my elbow got the worst of it.

But we were only a mile from the finish line so my cousin squirted my elbow with the dregs of my water bottle and then we carried on and managed to run it in to the finish. I got 1:30:16 and she had 1:30:15. They gave me my edible medal and off we went to get first aid on my elbow!

Awesome race, 10/10 would recommend to anyone who is in the area. I think the ultra (45K) is pretty good too. The finish is the same and I've hiked part of the peak before.

katharmonic · July 2018

Thanks so much, friends!

@sarahthes congrats on your 10k! You are always so adventurous and you really went for the "suffer" in that Suffer Fest. Hope your elbow is ok. Way to go!

Elise4270 · July 2018

July goals 60 miles. Work up to 5 minutes of running. Bike often. Rehab smart.

1---5.52 mtn bike
2---2.09 run 3(4,4)
3---5.58 mtn bike
4---3.33 mile run 5(4,4)
4---2.43 road bike
5---3.42 run 7(3,3)
6---9.04 mtn bike
7---6.33 5(4-2,3-2,2-2)
8---3.26 run 7(3-3)
8---6.48 road bike
10---3.67 interval run
12---13.03 mtn bike
13---3.63 run/walk
15---6.34 (3,3) failure
16---6.11 mtn bike
18---6.93 mtn bike
20---6.1 walk and a walk
22--- 1.87 mile run Do
22---13.86 mile bike Da
22---1.87 mile run Du
25---2.33 (3,3) run
26---2.86 (3,3) run
27---6.95 mtn bike ride
28---5.79 5(4-2, 3-2, 2-2)

MILES
Running 53.1
Cycling/MTN bike 75.8

Upcoming Races

October 14th Spirit of Survival Lawton OK. Quarter Marathon
March 31, 2019 A2A Undecided distance. Ardmore OK
April 28, 2019 OKC Memorial Marathon (half)

Elise4270 · July 2018

Congratulations @sarahthes ! I love the idea of an edible medal! Hope the elbow recovers quickly. That course sound challenging!

PastorVincent · July 2018

@sarahthes Well done!

kcs76 · July 2018

@sarahthes good job! Looks like you had a beautiful day for your run.

rheddmobile · July 2018

Really good run today! I made goal, plus I made my secondary goal of slowly working back up to 10K during July without injuring my knee again.

10k on trails through the woods, mostly roots, a little mud. Our pace was a trails PR for me! 10:21 mile pace, usually on trails 12 is fast for me and more often it's 13 - 14. We actually ran one sub 10 minute mile on account of running a fast finish for the first 5k. I don't think I've ever run faster than 11 in the woods before.

We got out late, a little before noon, and it was hot, and I lifted weights yesterday, so I figured the run would be a suffer fest, but once I got out there I felt great. My husband said to me, "You're really booking," and I said, "yeah it feels good though, are you okay?" And he said, "I'm okay if you're okay, not sure we can keep this up for six miles though." But we did! Negative splits most of the way and a fast finish. First 10k run since my knee injury, and the knee feels fine. I was even dancing around when I got home, I had so much energy.

@sarahthes Congrats on your trail race, that course looks awesome! I hope your elbow feels okay later.

biketheworld · July 2018

@MegaMooseEsq and @Avidkeo - I had to chuckle because I am also a redhead covered in freckles so I turn a magnificent shade of red when I'm working out. Sometimes I shock myself when I look in the mirror!

@PastorVincent - well at least the packages showed up at YOUR door and not a neighbor. Two years ago I bought my husband a 6-pack of Chicago Cubs games for Christmas. They were delivered to the neighbor who opened them and then couldn't figure out what to do with them until they finally realized my name was on the package. So they walked over and handed them to my husband and said "I think these are yours" - so much for that surprise. The good news is that's the year they won the World Series so the following Christmas I had the tickets framed.

@sarahthes - that run looks beautiful!

I spent way too many hours trying to figure out how to afford that Key West half in January. I can fly from Chicago to Ft. Lauderdale for only $180 - but my oh my the lodging is ridiculously expensive and no matter what I try I can't bring the cost below $1400 (for 5 nights). So then I thought "skip it I'll sign up for the Zion half in February" only to find out it's already sold out. Grrr...... so frustrating!

marisap2010 · July 2018

7/1: 4.5 miles
7/3: 2.5 miles
7/4: 6.3 miles
7/6: 3 miles
7/7: 5 miles
7/8: 5.2 miles + 3.3 mile hike
7/9: 2 miles
7/13: 3 miles
7/14: 5 miles
7/15: 6.5 miles
7/16: 4 miles
7/18: 1 mile
7/20: 4 miles
7/21: 4.7 miles
7/22: 18.75 miles
7/25: 4 miles
7/28: 3 miles

Total: 82.45/85

Upcoming Races:
Wineglass Marathon 9/30

I only did 3 miles today instead of my planned 4.5 miles. Between doing rounds this morning at work, attending a funeral, and dealing with crisis calls and paperwork, that is all I could manage. I’ll probably spend the rest of the night documenting.

BUT, I only need another 2.55 miles to meet my goal for the month, so despite being on call, I know I can make it happen!

Congrats to everyone who raced this weekend! You guys rock!

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
7/27 – rest day
7/28 – 6.57 mountain running race

July running total to date – 153.50

Nominal July mileage goal: 100 miles

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

Today's notes – Today was Day 2 of the Battle at Bristol Mountain. I participated in the 10K, because I'm stupid. I didn't participate in the half marathon, the 50K, or the 24 hour relay because I'm not suicidal. Gun time for the 10K was 11 AM. Temperature was 73º F (16º C), but we didn't get the showers that were forecast. We did get some clouds roll in for an overcast sky after about 3 miles; that was quite welcome.

I thought to take a picture of an early part of the course before the race. The gravel path looks runnable, but I was warned that it just keeps going up for about 3K:

I started out running, and when it got steep slowed to a hike. Kept a pattern of mostly hiking, then running 50 to 100 paces when I found a stretch that was less steep. Got to the top, and could run for a ways. Missed the 10K turn off the main loop (used for the 50K and relay) until a runner behind me yelled; told him he saved my life. Then we were running down a ski slope.

I'm not all that good a trail runner, and a couple of real trail runners passed me on that downslope.

Got to the bottom, turned, and now we're going up a ski slope. No running here, hike until I get to the short grass. Then down, and I'm thinking I've done the hard part. I was told it went up the mountain and down twice.

I was told wrong. We went up the mountain three times. The last time must have been an expert ski slope; it was a case of hike 54 paces, rest a few seconds on the level ledge, hike 56 paces to the next level ledge, repeat for what felt like forever. About a third of the way up that one, I wanted to take pictures; but I had left my phone in the car. Sigh.

The third time up was about 4.5 miles in. Got about a mile of actual running on double track trails and grassy roads. Then . . . what goes up, must come down. Down the mountain on 3 sections of ski slope with 2 blessed almost level transitions between them. By now my quads and calves are hurting. I walk most of the way down, striving to find a pace that doesn't hurt and doesn't feel like I'm about to fall down.

After I finished, I got my phone from the car and took a picture of other runners coming down the final ski slope. Okay, most of them look like dots in the picture:

This was a rare 10K with a finisher's medal; but seeing as how it was tougher than a typical road half marathon, I'm not ashamed to accept a 10K finisher's medal that's about as nice as the typical half marathon finisher's medal:

Garmin says 6.57 miles. Looked at the course map later, and it said 6.52 miles. Okay, 10K-ish distance. My gun time was 1:28:33, which was 11th of 71 overall and 1st of 2 in the M 60-99 age group. So one other guy over 60 was just as dumb as I am.

Stuff I did right: Got to bed before 9 last night. Slept till 6:30 this morning. Made no attempt to go pace 8 miles for the training group a 7 before running this race at 11. Recognized that I was not adequately trained for the terrain, and walked before I had to walk. Ran/hiked/walked with the goal survival. Didn't fall down.

Stuff I did wrong: Registered for this race with the idea of competing in the USATF Niagara Runner of the Year series, in which it represents mountain running. I have no chance to repeat as USATF Niagara Masters Runner of the Year; the favorite is my team-mate Mike, who ran today's course in 1:03:31 for 4th overall and first Master.

Lessons learned: When the Battle at Bristol Mountain series was announced as a new event a few years ago, my immediate reaction was, "I don't have enough testosterone for that one." My immediate reaction was correct. I should not attempt to repeat this.

The web site says there are medals for age group winners in the USATF competition. I didn't hang around for an awards ceremony; apparently the time cutoff for the 10K was 6 hours. If the age group medal is typical of USATF regional events, it will be a cheap generic thing that I can live without, good only for post-race winner photos.

It was quite an experience out there on the ski slopes. If my legs let me run tomorrow, I'll count today's race as a success.

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) survived in 1:28:33
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)

Scott6255 · July 2018

@sarahthes congrats on 10k. Hope your elbow isn't too bad.
@rheddmobile great trail run. Congrats on the PR.
@MobyCarp that 10k sounds REALLY tough. You did well.

Purplebunnysarah · July 2018

Thanks everyone! I cleaned the elbow a bit better when I got back to my uncle's house. Polysporin and lots of it! I need to clean it again as there's still some dirt in there but honestly I don't think it's as bad as it looked initially. Just badly scraped and lots of bruises all down my right side. A doctor looked at it at the ferry ramp and suggested just cleaning it again and doing as I've already started.

TBH I'm more bummed that one of my water bottles must have popped out of my fuel belt when I fell!

@MobyCarp I am not a fan of running up and down ski slopes. Did that at my last trail race and ugh. Sounds brutal! But congrats on finishing it fast!

hanlonsk · July 2018

So went and found a pretty place to run today. I apparently missed a turn on the first Trail I tried to follow, and ended up back at the main road after 1.5 miles, instead of 4. So then went and took the trail off another direction. I was actually running more of things than I thought I could, and was doing so not a whole lot slower than some of my road runs have been lately, which proves to me that a lot of my pace and endurance issues I’ve been having lately are in my head/mental.

Then came the excitement... I don’t know if A bug went in my mouth or if something else went wrong, but a bit after 2 miles I started all but dry heaving, and I certainly wasn’t worn down enough for it to be exertion related only. But, looking at the trail in front of me, I decided discretion was the better part of valor, and turned around. Seem to be fine now. Eh, who knows... but anyways...

2.t today = 36.9/50

noblsheep · July 2018

0728-10k, total-61.8k, goal-90k

Went to the Great Wall. Was probably a bad idea. Sweated buckets and was drinking everything in sight by the end of it. Watch died on me so 10k is a rough estimate.

Upcoming races:
20181027 Mogan Ultra 30k
20181118 Shanghai Marathon (maybe)

@sarahthes congrats! Looks like an awesome race and I hope the elbow gets better soon!

@MobyCarp running up and down ski slopes is no fun at all. Did it once and had enough. Kudos on the great race.

@biketheworld have you looked at airbnb?

kcs76 · July 2018

7/1 2.50 m
7/2 3.35 m
7/3 4.00 m
7/4 Rest
7/5 2.00 m
7/6 2.00 m
7/7 2.25 m
7/8 Rest
7/9 3.50 m
7/10 5.00 m
7/11 Rest
7/12 2.50 m
7/13 3.70 m
7/14 4.00 m
7/15 Rest
7/16 Rest
7/17 4.30 m
7/18 2.70 m
7/19 4.40 m
7/20 Rest
7/21 Hiking
7/22 Unplanned rest
7/23 " "
7/24 2.5 injury free miles on the treadmill/death trap
7/25 3.4 m
7/26 Rest
7/27 2 m **1 mile was quite soggy. The rain is after me
7/28 2.5 m **estimated**

It seems my Strava app experienced a "fatal error" about a mile in and stopped recording. Which was just awesome because I felt like I was really cooking tonight and was eager to see my stats.

One highlight of the night, the Mr. Softee truck PACED me for about a block and a half. He was nice enough to ask me if I'd like to take a break. Haha dude. He left me in the dust when he finally spotted some kids.

Gary_Z · July 2018

7/27/18 2.1 miles

Scott6255 · July 2018

@noblsheep that is an awesome picture. Thanks for those of us who will never make it there!

Orphia · July 2018

Scott6255 wrote: »

@noblsheep that is an awesome picture. Thanks for those of us who will never make it there!

Agreed!! Thanks for posting!

PastorVincent · July 2018

@rheddmobile Hey well done! You a speedy one now!

@MobyCarp Good work on managing that tough course!

@noblsheep Cool place to run!

Orphia · July 2018

16 km run (10 miles) today, bringing me up to 184 km (114 miles) for the month.

I started out doing 7 km slow. Garmin still said my performance was up 1, which was nice of it.

Then a barking, growling dog chased me, scaring the crap out of me!

I kept running without gesturing or reacting, and it stopped after a short block.

The rest of the run was a lot faster, felt great, fueled on adrenaline, and my time was 1:40:44.

Orphia · July 2018

@mnbvcxzlkjhgfdsa12 was asking about apps for speed/interval sessions. He/she is doing C210K and wants to improve their 5K time.

I suggested joining our threads, and asking about apps in here.

HonuNui · July 2018

July....she will fly (at least her feet will)

7/1 3.92
7/2 3.07
7/3 rest
7/4 3.12
7/5 rest
7/6 rest
7/7 I'm old. I really need rest
7/8 3.83
7/9 played
7/10 4.00
7/11 snorkel 3.5 hours
7/12 3.20
7/13 dog emergency
7/14 3.49
7/15 3.20
7/16 rest
7/17 couldn't
7/18 3.25
7/19 didn't
7/20 2.20
7/21 in solidarity with pastorvincent...
7/22 ...I moved gobs of stuff from one building to another
7/23 3.83
7/24 should have...
7/25 3.30
7/26 snorkel 3 hours
7/27 2.31
7/28 3.67

total 45.39
@noblsheep Fabulous picture-thanks for sharing it!
@sarahthes ...but was the medal worth eating?

Ticker is my goal for 2018 and progress to date:

Purplebunnysarah · July 2018

@HonuNui It was a shortbread cookie!

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
July 28 - 8 km Football B Grade Water Girl
July 29 - 22 km trail run

275 km's run with goal 350 km

ContraryMaryMary · July 2018

Absolute disaster of an event this morning. Was entered in the Xterra trail mid distance event - about 12.5km. Had a 9:45 start but was an estimated 1:15 drive away. Consequently, picked up my friend nice and early at 7:30 and headed off.
I had punched the destination into my navigation system 'Reid Road, Otaua, Auckland' and the address shows as Waikato instead of Auckland, but I knew it was close to the border so thought little of it. However, my stupid system won't just take a road name as a destination - it wants a number. The event was in a forest at the end of Reid Road, so had no street number. I randomly punched in the number 1, thinking that if it got me to the road, that was enough. However, by doing so, the system then plotted a route to a different Reid Road, one actually in Waikato. We only realised our error after overshooting our exit by a good 40 minutes or so (and the navigation system trying to get us to leave the expressway at a non-existent exit). I probably would have twigged earlier but we were busy chatting.
Did a quick U-turn and headed back. Had about 30 minutes before the start of the race, navigation (phone this time) tells us we're an hour twenty out. My friend was entered in the short distance, which was due to start at 10:30, so we knew it could be hit and miss if we even made this one - our navigation was to the end of Reid Road - we then had to drive for 5km down a forestry road, speed limited to 30kph. Put my foot down, broke a few road rules, made it with just enough time to switch to the short distance. The run from the car park to the registration tent served as a good warm up!!
Absolute debacle. But at least I got a run in, even if it was 5km shorter than planned.

Running challenge
1 July: 5.30 at 5:09 pace
2 July: yoga
3 July: 7.01 at 5:45 pace
4 July: yoga
5 July: 12.66 at 5:50 pace
6 July: rest
7 July: yoga
8 July: 15.2 at 6:01
9 July: yoga
10 July: 6.0 at 6:02 pace
11 July: yoga
12 July: 10.71 at 5:25 pace
14 July: 6.7km followed by yoga.
15 July: 16.51 at 5:55 pace.
16 July: yoga
17 July: 5.79 at 6:02, plus 3.9
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.
21 July: 6.84 at 5:50 pace. Also yoga.
22 July: 16.03 at 5:58 pace.
23 July: Rest day, yoga tonight.
24 July: 7.01 at 5:40 pace.
25 July: 2.69 at 5:32 pace
26 July: 9.66 at 5:45 pace in the morning, then another 9.27 at 6:05 pace in the evening.
27 July: rest
28 July: yoga
29 July: Xterra trail event, 7.42km at 5:46 pace

172.46 of 150km for July

AprilRN10 · July 2018

Thank you to everyone who has commented on me meeting goal. Congrats to all who have made their goals as well.

I'm jealous of all the amazing photos for race scenery!

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
Sat 7/28: run 3 miles
68.18 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

workaholic_nurse · July 2018

@katharmonic Congrats on the sub-30 5k.

@sarahthes WTG on the trailrace, hope the elbow heals quick.

@rheddmobile co grats on the PR.

@MobyCarp You survived, that's all that counts.

@noblsheep awesome pic!

6.23 running the Tweetsie Trail in Johnson City,TN this morning. Thank you so much @Teresa502 for the wonderful suggestion!.3 warmup and cooldown walks for total of 6.83 this morning 44.65 on endomondo and 6.2 treadmill miles=50.85/50 mile goal.😃

_nikkiwolf_ · July 2018

@Avidkeo That's brilliant that you lost so many inches all around! Who cares about the scale? What you are doing is obviously working

@RunnerGrl1982 Congratulations on running 5 miles!! You had a really great running month

@sarahthes Sounds like a real adventure 10k! Congratulations!!

@kcs76 lol, that's great about the Mr Softee truck

@noblsheep That's a really beautiful picture of the great wall! I went there once, a couple of years ago, but there was so much smog I could hardly see the next 50m in front of me (the guide unerringly kept going on with his standard talk about how the wall coils majestically into the distance like a sleeping dragon, despite the fact that we couldn't even see from one tower to the next...). Wish I had had a view like that!

@rheddmobile Sounds like an awesome run

@katharmonic Great race, congratulations on the AG placement!

@Orphia That's a great serious of time improvements on your park run times! Next week will be fast 4km?

@MobyCarp That sounds incredibly tough! A 6 hour cutoff for a 10k, yikes. Some road marathons round here have 5 hour cutoff times...

_nikkiwolf_ · July 2018

Thanks for the comments on potential triathlon training

@girlinahat I struggle to find a tri training plan I like. I spent have the day yesterday browsing the net, but I didn't find anything that has a decent amount of running combined with absolute-beginner amounts of swimming... The only two things that came close are this article: https://www.runnersworld.com/training/a20799338/how-to-train-for-a-triathlon-and-marathon-in-the-same-season/ - not a plan with concrete times or distances, more a way to structure the week. Or maybe https://www.halhigdon.com/training-programs/more-training/triathlon-2/ , but I would go for a longer run on the Saturday at least, I don't want to lose all my running fitness...

I'm sure private crawl lessons would be the best way to learn, but they are crazy expensive! I only found two offers, one was 70CHF for 45min and one 90CHF for one hour (=53/70 GBP). I might get one session with a trainer at some point, but I first want to get to the point where I can already crawl a bit better than now, otherwise I think I'll waste my money. I know the theory, but it will take lots of practice to do arm stroke AND breathing AND leg kicks at the same time!

@shanaber Thanks for the advice! I really need to work on the kick. When I'm swimming back stroke, I think I'm actually doing it okay - I can do a lap or two without arms on my back just fine, but once I try to crawl I think my entire body position is horrible, and I don't get any forward momentum from my legs at all. I tried two laps (50m each) today with legs only, while holding a board with my hands, and it is ridiculous how slow and out of breath I was. Practice, practice, practice, I guess...

@Elise4270 The pool doesn't allow flippers or snorkels, unfortunately. Only very small boards or pull bouys, "as long as you don't obstruct anyone". So I bought a combination "kickboard" thingy now. I would love to be able to use a snorkel with it for practicing the leg movement, but they have a lot of lifeguards around making sure people stick to the rules *sigh*

I went swimming again this morning. Again 800m, first two laps breast stoke, then two legs only, two arms only, two breast stroke again. 5 minute break, repeat; only the second time around I tried to do half a pool length crawl for each of the last two laps. I kept thinking I should look for a 25m pool, then I would get to take a lot more breaks!

No running today, swimming tired me out more than expected, and I'm still planning to go climbing tonight. But I ran a nice 11km yesterday. Half of it in the rain, lovely! The second half, after the rain had stopped, was in 95% humidity, that was a bit less lovely

kgirlhart · July 2018

July goal: 80 miles

7/1: 7.6 miles
7/3: 4.2 miles
7/5: 4.6 miles
7/6: 4.3 miles
7/8: 7.1 miles
7/10: 4.5 miles
7/11: 4.5 miles
7/12: 4.5 miles
7/15: 8.3 miles
7/17: 4.5 miles
7/18: 4 miles
7/19: 4 miles
7/22: 7.5 miles
7/24: 4.8 miles
7/25: 4.2 miles
7/26: 4.5 miles
7/29: 3.3 miles

86.4/80 miles

I skipped my long run today, but I did run 3.3 miles. I wasn't sure if I would run this weekend or not since it is my family reunion. But I woke up earlyish so I went ahead and ran a short run. 3.3 was really nice since it was already 81°f so a long run would have been pretty tough. I would really like to run out at the lake, but there are really no good trails to run out there so I stayed close to home and went to the park and the cemetery. I did see a nice jackrabbit there.

2018 races:
5/19/18: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon - 2:43:59.7. - 2nd place AG
11/10/18: Wags & Whiskers 5K

July 2018 Running Challenge

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