September 2018 Running Challenge

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  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    garygse wrote: »
    @RunnerGrl1982 Congrats on a great 5K race!
    @Scott6255, @Elise4270, and @PastorVincent Ha, I'm the shortest of my brothers at 5'10"...they're both over 6' and have legs that go all the way up to their armpits; with attributes like that, they'd probably be great as runners, but neither of them run unfortunately. :confused:

    At 5'11" but have short legs for my height which yields a very tall... sitting height... which makes driving cars very annoying - so I stick with trucks.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    No run this weekend... too many conflicts, back at it on Monday though.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    garygse wrote: »
    @RunnerGrl1982 Congrats on a great 5K race!
    @Scott6255, @Elise4270, and @PastorVincent Ha, I'm the shortest of my brothers at 5'10"...they're both over 6' and have legs that go all the way up to their armpits; with attributes like that, they'd probably be great as runners, but neither of them run unfortunately. :confused:

    I *think* the ideal running height is 5'6"-5'10 for men. No idea what it is for women. That whole mass/strength ratio business.

    I saw a prediction that the male runner that will break the sub 2 full will likely be smaller than average. So.... Go get 'em boys!
  • travelling_lots
    travelling_lots Posts: 377 Member
    kgirlhart wrote: »
    September goal: 85 miles


    9/2: 7 miles
    9/4: 4.5 miles
    9/5: 4.5 miles
    9/6: 5.5 miles
    9/9: 7.5 miles

    29/85 miles completed

    Today's run was a really nice 7.5 miles. The temperature was a nice 70°f. It was still pretty humid but the dew point was only 68° which was a lot nicer than it has been lately. There was also a nice breeze from the north so it was a cooler run. There were several times that it felt misty. It wasn't really rain. There was just so much moisture in the air that I could feel myself running into water droplets. It actually felt pretty good.

    I was going to run a route I haven't run in a while, but I saw 3 dogs who were out of their fence so I turned around and adjusted my route and ended up coming up with my route on the fly. It was kind of nice. Since I started running before work I stick to a route that is well lit and I know I have time to run. It was nice to run some different roads for a change.

    I ran my fastest 10K time to date so I was pretty excited about that. There are never really any 10k's near here so I haven't had a chance to run an actual 10k race, but I felt pretty good about my PR anyway.

    @RunnerGrl1982 Congrats on the 5K. Cool medal!




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

    So, your saying you thanked the 3 dogs for that push? :-)
    Sorry, just being funny. Don't understand sarcasm but I have a dry sense of humour. Go figure.
    Your not having much luck lately with skunks and dogs. Hopefully that changes soon.

    I'm glad you enjoyed your run.
    I on the other hand I'm walking earlier and in a different areas I know in hopes I don't see any skunks for awhile. :-)

    @RunnerGrl1982 Congrats!
    Cute hardware.

    @Scott6255 @Elise4270 @PastorVincent so, you guys made me look at mine now. Mine shows 8:37 pace cadence (spm) 91 avg 145 max

    But don't know what any of this means.
    Or what exactly are we looking at? 🙇‍♀️
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    @MobyCarp good work on not spiking that girl! That would not have been pretty!
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @RunsOnEspresso No shame in knowing your limits. You know the saying "if you never try, youll never know.."

    You'll dominant the HM in November. Its a great distance. I mean heck. Why run an additional 2-3 hours when you'd be missing that time you could be wallering in "i did it", "Ima bad mamajamma", "ima eat that with a beer!", "Check my swag, Celebrations!". When those marathon nuts are still running, we're showered, planning the next race and celebrating. :wink:

    No tears girl. You're ment to be faster, not longer.

    It's just hard when it's been a goal for so long. And wanting to build on it to do ultras. Now I feel like I have no goals.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    garygse wrote: »
    @RunnerGrl1982 Congrats on a great 5K race!
    @Scott6255, @Elise4270, and @PastorVincent Ha, I'm the shortest of my brothers at 5'10"...they're both over 6' and have legs that go all the way up to their armpits; with attributes like that, they'd probably be great as runners, but neither of them run unfortunately. :confused:

    I *think* the ideal running height is 5'6"-5'10 for men. No idea what it is for women. That whole mass/strength ratio business.

    I saw a prediction that the male runner that will break the sub 2 full will likely be smaller than average. So.... Go get 'em boys!

    Wonderful, so at 5'11'' I am already out of the running! Yay! Time to sit around and get fat again. :lol:

    LOL! Well if you need a reason too.... There are many fast marathoners sighted at 6'2"... So... take your pick. You get to be part of which ever club you choose. (And i was trying to encourage/support the fellas closer to my height, as sometimes they feel "shorted" :heart: ).
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    RunsOnEspresso wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @RunsOnEspresso No shame in knowing your limits. You know the saying "if you never try, youll never know.."

    You'll dominant the HM in November. Its a great distance. I mean heck. Why run an additional 2-3 hours when you'd be missing that time you could be wallering in "i did it", "Ima bad mamajamma", "ima eat that with a beer!", "Check my swag, Celebrations!". When those marathon nuts are still running, we're showered, planning the next race and celebrating. :wink:

    No tears girl. You're ment to be faster, not longer.

    It's just hard when it's been a goal for so long. And wanting to build on it to do ultras. Now I feel like I have no goals.

    I understand. I think ultras are a different beast. I think the cut offs are longer, trails and are something you still could do. Where's @LaDispute57 ? You know he does them and has had two hip replacements? (Hes the reason i stuck with running through all my hip crap).

    Ultras seem like they are more endurance than speed and endurance. I wouldn't be so quick to write it off just yet. Hang in there.
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    @elise4270 It's not really about speed right now. I don't think I have enough spoons for the longer distances. The long runs just take so much energy from me. I am extra slow on trails because of my asthma.
  • marisap2010
    marisap2010 Posts: 909 Member
    @MegaMooseEsq Awesome job on your half!!!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    @MegaMooseEsq !!! WELL DONE!!!
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    Great job @MegaMooseEsq!
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,204 Member
    Well done @MegaMooseEsq
  • travelling_lots
    travelling_lots Posts: 377 Member
    edited September 2018
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    Today I got to run 13.23 miles (and change, because my watch ran out of batteries in the last quarter mile or so), which included miles 5-7 and most of miles 4 and 8 of the Twin Cities Marathon course. For today’s PRs I ran my longest single distance, my fastest half marathon (it counts!), and most miles run in a week.

    As my husband put it on Facebook: My goal this year was to run a 5K in October. After my first 5K in July, I decided to run a half marathon in October. And after running my first half marathon in September, well, I’m still planning on running another 5 (or 10) and a half in October, but I’m definitely not scheduling any marathons for 2018. My husband said I shouldn't say things like that out loud. For real, though, I think the half is probably my distance.

    It was a really good day for a race. Amazing weather, sunny with a breeze, around 55 when we started with a dew point around 53. It was probably up to around 70 by mid-race, and just very pleasant the whole time. I wore a long sleeve shirt to bib-pickup but left it with my husband before starting.

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    The course was two laps of a figure eight around Bde Maka Ska and Lake Harriet. The race website said that registration was capped at 1500 and was listed as full a couple of days ago. I think the results page said about 1350 finishers. The starting area was pretty narrow so it was hard to tell, but it felt like about the right number of people. Everything also felt very well organized, which I appreciated.

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    This was a more Serious Business race than my two 5Ks, but I didn’t feel as awkward as I did waiting for those to start. I’m sure experience was a lot of it, but even though I’d never ran 13.1 miles before, I think that I knew I’d done the work to get there, and so had everyone else there, so no matter what else, we had that in common. Maybe a few of those folks were weekend treadmill warriors who mostly hated running but just wanted something to do to kill a few hours on a beautiful Sunday morning, but I’m thinking very few.

    My plan was to stick to the 2:30 pacer through the first nine miles, and except for a quick bathroom break that’s what I did. There were actually two pacers per group, which was nice because 1) two heads (Garmins?) are better than one, and 2) they kept up an almost unending conversation through the race which helped me keep pace even when I was a bit ahead of them and provided a bit of a distraction.

    The first 6-7 miles felt, dare I say it, actually pretty fun and easy. I’d been concerned that the 2:30 group might be a bit slow based on my math, but I didn’t count on them walking through the water stops. I haven’t figured out running and drinking yet, so the walk breaks were fine with me and kept the running pace up a little bit. It was a bit crowded at points but mostly I enjoyed running with a pace group - there were maybe a half dozen women who ran the whole way more-or-less together, and even though we only exchanged a few words, I was definitely feeling the camaraderie.


    I did a little happy dance after we passed 9 miles and I was into PR land, but those last four miles were tough, especially the last three miles, but especially the last two miles, and ESPECIALLY the last mile right up until the crowd at the finish line was in sight. I think that I’ve been progressing so incrementally that I never really found myself in the position where I started questioning the wisdom of what I was doing, but that for sure happened today when I realized I was going to have to top-off my long run PR with a four mile “easy” run.

    Those pacers really saved my bacon, encouraging me to keep ahead of them, and to keep moving, and to run the tangents, which I’d largely ignored up until then, adding maybe .4 mile onto my total. Ah well. I broke away from them a bit in a few places, but ended up walking and letting them catch up again. I never let them pass me, though, and I crossed the finish line just before they did. I wasn’t expecting them to be announcing names as we finished, so that was an awesome surprise.

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    The results are still listed as “in progress”, but I’m listed at 2:30:22 clock time, 2:28:25 net time (chip?) and either one is great with me. Nothing impressive place-wise, but even with some walking I think I passed more people in the last few miles than passed me, so that felt good. And I ran the race I wanted to run, which feels really good.

    After food, a shower, stretches, a long nap, and a few hours of sitting around taking it easy I don’t feel especially beat up, although my knees are definitely of grumpy and my back is a bit tight and my hip maybe has opinions if I stay in the same position too long. I’ll do some more stretching before bed and most likely take tomorrow as a rest day. Maybe a chiropractor visit or a massage early in the week.

    SEPTEMBER MILES:
    9/1 Sa - recovery day
    9/2 Su - 1:48:13 - 9.01
    9/3 Mo - lifted heavy things, but not too heavy
    9/4 Tu - 0:55:04 - 5.15 tempo
    9/5 We - lifted heavy things, but not too heavy
    9/6 Th - rest
    9/7 Fr - 0:45:10 - 4.12 steady
    9/8 Sa - rest
    9/9 Su - 2:27:30 - 13.23 City of Lakes Half Marathon

    September Total: 31.51/85 miles
    Marathon miles: 6/26

    Races!
    July 4: Red, White and Boom! 5K Chip time: 0:32:20
    August 25: Glo Run Night Race 5K Chip time: 0:30:40
    September 8: Helen Gold 10K DNS - trip postponed
    September 9: City of Lakes Half Marathon Net time: 2:28:25
    October 6: Twin Cities Marathon Weekend 5 or 10K
    October 21: Mankato Half Marathon
    Well, it’s done!

    From a score of 1-10. 10 bring the best.
    How do you apart from making plants to see chiropractor next day

    Did you have fun?
    You look so happy in the picture. Either finish time sounds good too.

    Congratulations!

    When the next one ?

    Great wardware?
  • noblsheep
    noblsheep Posts: 593 Member
    Need some advice here.

    I have gotten my grubby paws on some half marathon entries for Oct. 14. It's a standard road HM, quite flat, women only, so she likes that part. The HM cut-off time is 3.5 hours.

    SO is on the fence on whether to run it. She is a pretty good swimmer and can go at it pretty much forever. Lately she has been really getting into lifting - 4 times a week is the norm. She can run 10km in around 70-80 minutes but not without getting out of breath and walking toward the end (apparently she hasn't learned the art of slowing the f down). However, running is not something she does regularly.

    Oct. 14 is 6 weeks away. We are going on a 2 week trip to Ireland late Sep. and early Oct. I've planned a lot of slow running as per marathon training plan, so ideally she could tag along and get in some pretty long runs. She might also decide sleep is more important and not run a step.

    How doable is this situation? If she decides to do it, any suggestions on how to train without interfering (too much) with her lifting while not getting injured? Could she pull it off with two runs a week? What other runs might I suggest besides the weekend ever-increasing distance run?

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