September 2018 Running Challenge
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I just voted for @ContraryMaryMary She was still in the lead!6
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September Running Totals (miles)
9/1 – rest day
9/2 – 15.80 warmup + Oak Tree Half
9/3 – rest day
9/4 – 7.23 warmup + XC workout
9/5 – 6.02 group run
9/6 – 6.05 warmup + XC workout
9/7 – rest day
9/8 – 14.23 paced run + solo run
9/9 – 6.29 warmup + PG XC #1
9/10 – rest day
9/11 – 9.24 warmup + XC workout + cool down
9/12 – 6.55 group run
September running total to date – 71.41
Nominal September mileage goal: 165 miles
Real Goals: Run Oak Tree well, winning my age group and finishing healthy. Build base/train toward Wineglass, running PG XC #1 so as not to be injured, and running the USATF Masters XC Championship so as not to be injured. Run Wineglass easy, finishing healthy for a good recovery in October.
Today's notes – After yesterday evening's speed work, I was ready for an easy run this evening. The temperature was a quite reasonable 73º F (23º C), but the dew point was somewhere in the mid-60s. Oh, well. I lived with that kind of humidity for two months, I can deal with another day of it.
There was a very low turnout. Like, 3 of us. The leader slowed down to keep the other guy company at a 9 to 9:30 pace. After I warmed up, I ran ahead on a familiar route. My legs felt heavy, which is familiar for two and a half weeks out from a marathon; but they got feeling better after about 4 miles. Part of that might have been that I adjusted the route to add more soft surface trail and have less asphalt and concrete.
I'd started out thinking I wanted 6 to 7 miles. By the time I got to 4.5 miles, I knew that I'd come in around 6.5 and that felt like it would be enough. I'll see how I feel tomorrow, and make a run time decision whether I'm doing speed work or just some easy miles at club practice tomorrow.
Last real long run Saturday, then I need to figure out what I'm doing for a taper in this informal, no fixed plan marathon training cycle.
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) finished in 22:17
August 8, 2018 IEXC 5K #2 (Rochester, NY) finished in 22:10
August 15, 2018 Pound the Ground 10K (Mendon, NY) finished in 43:11
August 22, 2018 IEXC 5K #3 (Rochester, NY) finished in 21:59
August 29, 2018 IEXC 5K #4 (Rochester NY) finished in 22:00
August 29, 2018 IEXC TDP 1 mile (Rochester, NY) finished in 6:07
August 29, 2018 IEXC TDP 400m (Rochester, NY) finished in 1:14
September 2, 2018 Oak Tree Half Marathon (Geneseo, NY) finished in 1:36:41
September 9, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #1 5K (Newark, NY) 2.9 miles finished in 20:50.9
September 23, 2018 USATF Masters XC 5K (Buffalo, NY)
September 30, 2018 Wineglass Marathon (Bath, NY to Corning, NY)
October 7, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #2 6K (Akron Falls, NY, probable DNS)
October 21, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #3 6K (Mendon, NY)
November 4, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #4 6K (Trumansburg, NY)
November 11, 2018 Syracuse Half Marathon (Syracuse, NY)
November 18, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #5 6K (Syracuse, NY)
2019 Races:
April 15, 2019 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA to Boston, MA)
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@RunsOnEspresso Wow how little i know. Did not know there was a women's Oakley. I may relinquish these to DH, although he'd likely just lose them. Haha!
I was eyeing the kids choices. I need a good running hat and am sure I'll have to go with kids sizes because nothing i buy fits. I'm always tying the back strap rather than using the Velcro because theres not enough Velcro to stick to fit me.0 -
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Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
09/01/18 :::: 18.2 :::: 18.2
09/02/18 :::: 5.4 :::: 23.6
09/03/18 :::: 6.3 :::: 29.9
09/04/18 :::: 2.1 :::: 32.0
09/05/18 :::: 6.5 :::: 38.5
09/06/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 38.5
09/07/18 :::: 1.7 :::: 40.2
09/08/18 :::: 13.3 :::: 53.5
09/09/18 :::: 5.0 :::: 58.5
09/10/18 :::: 5.0 :::: 63.5
09/11/18 :::: 3.3 :::: 66.8
09/12/18 :::: 7.2 :::: 74.0
Tonight's group speedwork was a 50-minute tempo run, which is the longest we do in the training season. We did a 5 minute warm-up, the 50 minute tempo, 8 sprints, and then a 5-minute cool-down. I just kept telling myself "at least it's not another half marathon", which did help it seem not quite so bad. I had a lacrosse ball hit me in the back of the leg at one point (high school team practice on the field) which was a bit startling. Those high school kids are really trying to push it with me this week
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PastorVincent wrote: »Ok, so only logging miles actually spent running since I need to get to 3.2 without stopping. So where as I went 1 mile today only actually ran .54 of that mile. -stop laughing. Lol
My goal since I am late and not good at this will be 17 miles for Sept (HERE GOES NOTHING)
9/12 - .54
Upcoming Race
Oct 27th - Monster Dash 5K
@pudgy1977 Everyone has to start somewhere. Today you ran 0.54 of a mile. It's a start, and something you can build on. It's more than where I started from.
Yep. This. I used to need to take a rest after walking the 20 or 30 FEET of my driveway to get the mailbox. We all start somewhere
Same! I used to sit down to slice vegetables because I would get tired standing for longer than a minute or two!
I have an AC that works, and they only took MOST of my money. I hate paying for repairs, on the one hand I'm grateful but on the other it always feels rough to spend enough money to buy two new Garmin 935s and wind up with exactly what I had before it stopped working, ya know?5 -
@RunsOnEspresso Wow how little i know. Did not know there was a women's Oakley. I may relinquish these to DH, although he'd likely just lose them. Haha!
I was eyeing the kids choices. I need a good running hat and am sure I'll have to go with kids sizes because nothing i buy fits. I'm always tying the back strap rather than using the Velcro because theres not enough Velcro to stick to fit me.
I got mine at the vault store (outlet) and got 2 pair for like $100 or so. After an exhaustive search of every brand and sporting good type store.
My regular glasses are kids. They are the exact same as the adult, just smaller and $100 less on the frame. 😂3 -
Thanks for all the votes people. It's looking promising. Almost worth landing on my bottom in the mud for!! If you haven't voted yet, or missed my first post, here's the link here: https://www.facebook.com/XterraRunWalkSeries/photos/a.922350471141843/1967173549992858/?type=3&comment_id=1968339899876223¬if_id=1536792741285018¬if_t=comment_mention Vote for me, Mary - the one with the grubby *kitten* (and the rest)!!
By getting the most 'likes' I'll score a brand new pair of Inov8 trail running shoes - they retail for about $250-$300 here!!7 -
September, she'll remember (to run)
9/1 2.85
9/2 4.15
9/3 2.00
9/4 3.5
9/5 rest
9/6 rest
9/7 4.00
9/8 3.10
9/9 rest
9/10 snorkel 2 hours
9/11 3.20
9/12 3.52
Total 25.32
Upcoming races:
Nov. 11, 2018 Las Vegas Rock 'n Roll 10k
January 4, 2019 Hilo to Volcano Ultra 50k Relay. In memory of @KeepRunningFatboy
Voted for Mary-hope those shoes fit well!
Ticker is my goal for 2018 and progress to date:
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September 1 - rest day
September 2 - 13 km Club Run
September 3 - 23 km run
September 4 - 23 km run
September 5 - rest day
September 6 - 10 km Hill Repeats
September 7 - 14 km run
September 8 - rest day
September 9 - 5 km
September 10 - rest day - Tapering
September 11 - rest day
September 12 - 10 km run
September 13 - Rest Day
September 14 -
September 15 - Rest Day
September 16 -City To Bay Half
Marathon
September 17 - Holidays
98 km / goal 140 km.
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Whoa almost 500 missed posts during my week's holiday, that'll take a while to catch up for. Ran 4 times while away, mainly swearing non-stop about the fact I didn't know beforehand that the place we were staying was high up on a hillside above the sea. Nice in that I started my runs downhill and ran along the beach, not so nice in that it meant I had a heck of an uphill walk back up afterwards which my knees weren't all that pleased about.
One unexpected bonus was there was a huge sports shop nearby with a LOT more choice in running shoes than my local one and gait analysis. The guy fitted me a pair of Adidas Solar Glide, which I would never have even dreamed of trying on.... took them out on my last run there and was actually pleasantly surprised, in fact my legs were less sore the next day than they had been. Hmmm, maybe my old Asics were actually ready to be retired after all even though they had very low mileage clocked up on them. He gave me a pair of Brooks Glycerin to try on and I really liked the cushioning, but he warned me I would probably break them down within a couple of months (and I'd been using the ones I was running in since mid-May). Thing is I have a brand new, identical pair of Asics to my old ones in the wardrobe waiting to replace them. Maybe I'll rotate the two for a while and see what happens.
I'd forgotten I'd signed up for another 5k race on Sept. 28th which covers a small part of the route of the December half marathon I'm finally (YAY!) about to start into real training for. Something to look forward to :-)
2/9: 3.88km
4/9: 9km
6/9: 5km
7/9: 5km
9/9: 4.16km
11/9: 5km
September goal: 75km. Completed so far: 32.04km. Finally got rid of that annoying .88 on the end but couldn't remember exactly what it was so overdid it but a few metres, will just start rounding them out so they don't annoy me lololol9 -
@MobyCarp - "Today the email arrived notifying me that I've been accepted into the 123rd Boston Marathon"
That is freaking AWESOME - Congratulations!!!!!
No run for me today. Woke up with an achy knee so I'll take the dog for a walk and call it good.
June goal - 44/44
July goal - 52/52
August goal - 55/57 miles
Sept goal - 32/60 miles
Sept. 30 - Wineglass Half Marathon; Corning, NY
October 7 - Viking Dash Half Marathon; Toledo, OH6 -
Voted for @ContraryMaryMary. You should have those shoes in your closet by next week
Congrats @MobyCarp on your Boston Marathon acceptance!4 -
@MobyCarp woot! Congratulations. I will be taking the day off as usual to cheer you and the other 29,999 runners at Heartbreak Hill. (I really hope the weather is better than last year).2
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@ContraryMaryMary Can we vote more than once?0
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9/1-4.05mi
9/2-10mi
9/3-(5ishmi walking at renfair)
9/4-nope
9/5-5.69mi
9/6-sleeping
9/7-sleeping
9/8-sleeping-was even in my running clothes
9/9-10.55mi+
9/10-nope
9/11-sleeping
9/12-6.15mi
i was feeling strong this run. most of it was under 12 minutes. now i kinda wonder how fast i can really do a 5k. maybe i'll aim for 11:00min/mi for my next race
dogs really enjoyed the run as well. and then speed demon put herself to bed after i took her postrun photo
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quilteryoyo wrote: »@ContraryMaryMary Can we vote more than once?
Only if you have more than one FB account. 2 -
PastorVincent wrote: »quilteryoyo wrote: »@ContraryMaryMary Can we vote more than once?
Only if you have more than one FB account.
Or if you have pages. I could probably vote from each of my pages (I have 4 lol)2 -
@MobyCarp congrats on being accepted into Boston again! Impressive.
@sarahthes I can't even process those photos of snow in September.
@mbaker566 Speed Demon is so cute. She looks very satisfied with her run.
@ContraryMaryMary I voted earlier too - hope you win!
This morning was circuit training focusing on back, biceps and shoulders. Good to have a break for the legs. Then I did a yoga class because my schedule was unusual today so I had time. It was a really nice stretch and I wish I had time to take that class every week (or twice a week). Stupid work.7 -
@sarahthes Wow! That's pretty, but way too early in the year!1
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The only months with no snow this year are May through August. Maybe we had some in May too. I know spring was awful.4
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RunsOnEspresso wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »quilteryoyo wrote: »@ContraryMaryMary Can we vote more than once?
Only if you have more than one FB account.
Or if you have pages. I could probably vote from each of my pages (I have 4 lol)
They might see that as cheating and DQ her. That would be
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September Goal: 70 Miles
9/1: 6 miles
9/2: Rest
9/3: 4 miles
9/4: 3 miles
9/5: 3 miles
9/6: 3 miles
9/7: Rest
9/8: 2 miles
9/9: 3.1 miles (Race Day)
9/10: 4 miles
9/11: Rest
9/12: 7 miles
9/13: 5 miles
Miles Completed: 40 of 70
Upcoming Races:
Santa Monica Classic | 5K | September 9th, 2018
Los Angeles Marathon | March 24th 2019
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@PastorVincent yah I don't know their rules and I wouldn't actually do it but I bet some people do. I stopped entering photo contests based on likes because people would cheat or it was popularity not talent (for lack of better word) based.4
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9/1 26.52 miles
9/2 3.83 miles Bike 3:13:27
9/3 10.33 miles
9/4 20.22 miles Bike 1:27:39
9/5 20.32 miles
9/6 20.39 miles
9/7 10.5 miles 130 days on the run, 112.11 miles to date for September
9/8 26.34 miles Bike 1:21:31, Bike 1:25:25
9/9 13.53 miles in the pouring/driving rain
9/10 15.67 miles
9/11 21.4 miles Bike 1:03:06
9/12 10.51 miles 135 days on the run
9/13 21.2 miles Bike 1:14:19
220.76 miles to date
9/15 miles Valor Run - Half Marathon7 -
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
9/10: 2.1 miles
9/11: 5 miles
9/12: 4.8 miles
9/13: 4.7 miles
45.6/85 miles completed
4.7 miles this morning gets me over half way for my September goal. I had a really nice run this morning even though it was still hot and humid. I have felt really good about all of my runs this week.
@sarahthes I can't believe y'all already have snow. We rarely get snow here.
@MobyCarp Congrats on getting accepted to Boston again!
2018 races:
5/19/18: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon - 2:43:59.7. - 2nd place AG
11/10/18: Wags & Whiskers 5K6 -
9/1 = Walk in Park with dogs and husband instead of running.
9/2 = 16 miles
9/3 = 5 mile walk with dog
9/4 = rest day
9/5 = 12 miles
9/6 = 5 mile hike with dog
9/7 = 16 miles
9/8 = rest day
9/9 = 7 miles
9/10 = 5 miles
9/11 = rest day
9/12 = 12 miles
9/13 = 3 miles
It was hot. It was 100% humid. I sweated and ran 3 fast (for me) miles.
September goal miles = 175 / 71 miles-to-date
Upcoming Races:
10/27 = Hill Country Halloween Half Marathon
11/22 = Georgetown Turkey Trot
1/26/19 = Miami Tropical 5K
1/27/19 = Miami Marathon
3/10/19 = ZOOMA half (potentially)7 -
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I did my run/walk for the scheduled 20 minutes today...well, actually 20:12. I managed to do 1.55 miles, so a 13 min/mile pace. I'm happy with that. With warm up and cool down walks, had a total of 2 miles. I am thinking about signing up for the Pioneer 5 mile race at Davy Crockett's birthplace in December. Hopefully, I can get down to 12 min miles by then. I know this is extremely slow for most of you, but I have never been a runner, so 12 min miles is a pretty lofty goal for me right now.
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