September 2018 Running Challenge
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Yesterday was supposed to be my longish run but it was my husband's birthday so we spent the day together - his choice, so it was test driving cars and a fancy lunch out. Got my run in today but it was quite hard work, 1. because it was an 'opportunistic' run so I wasn't properly fuelled, hydrated or caffeinated, and 2. because I was a bit short on time and accidentally ran too fast (5:38 pace instead of 6 minute k's ..oops).
In other news, with five minutes left to go, I'm still miles ahead in the selfie/shoe competition. Dare I jinx it by saying they're mine... Better not. Let me just say thanks for all your votes, it really helped!!
Running challenge
1 Sept: yoga
2 Sept: 9.22
3 Sept: yoga
4 Sept: 7.02km
5 Sept: yoga, then 4.76km with Fartleks *snigger*
6 Sept: 11.73km
7 Sept: rest
8 Sept: yoga
9 Sept: Xterra Trail Run, 13.58km
10 Sept: yoga
11 Sept: 6.34
12 Sept: yoga, then 4.91km with 9x100m sprints
13 Sept: cake
14 Sept: 10.77
68.33 of 160km for September.
Upcoming events
29 October, Auckland Half
17 November, Xterra Trail Challenge Waihi 20.5km10 -
Might be. My wife is 5'1" and she has to wear kid glasses. No adult ones work for her. Dunno your sizes, but if you are littler than the average male, you should at least check the female sizes.0 -
PastorVincent wrote: »
Might be. My wife is 5'1" and she has to wear kid glasses. No adult ones work for her. Dunno your sizes, but if you are littler than the average male, you should at least check the female sizes.
Well i feel better. Yes i wear kid sized hats and xs gloves, so makes sense i need smaller glasses. I thought i was just odd sized.3 -
quilteryoyo wrote: »@pudgy1977 I know you want to run a mile without stopping to walk. Just wanted to let you know that I have decided to train the Jeff Galloway way, which incorporates planned walks into every running session. It's supposed to help cut down on injuries and fatigue without slowing you down very much, if at all. Something you might want to consider.
I will definitely read up on that!! Hard to break old mind sets.2 -
Work was crazy today, and I didn’t eat all day. I then worked late and figured running on empty in 92F weather probably wouldn’t be the smartest thing to do, so I plan run tomorrow instead (on what was my strength day before the taper started).4
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So i realized we did the SPAM virtual run ladt October and went looking to sign up for it again and found this: https://www.aimatmelanoma.org/get-involved/aim-for-the-cure-walks/
@skippygirlsmom did you know? Love it!5 -
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
9/13 – 5.18 warmup + XC workout
September running total to date – 76.59
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 – A bunch of minor stuff piled up and made me late to club practice this evening. Instead of my standard 2 mile warmup, I got one loop of a marked college cross country course plus a tag end to get to the rest room. I was totally unmotivated for speed work. The temperature was comfortable, but the humidity was still in suckfest range.
The stated XC workout was 3 x (800 at T, 800 at I, 4 minutes recovery) then 4 x 100 m uphill strides. Alternatively, a half marathon workout was offered: 20 minutes easy, 20 minutes at T, 20 minutes easy. My legs felt heavy. I want to do a long run on Saturday. I didn't feel like working hard.
The club did exactly what I wanted it to do when I joined. I tagged along to look at the marked 800 (which was short). Other runners started the workout, I followed, and it went okay. 4 minutes of standing around or walking recovery is an eternity, so I took 2 and a half minutes. The first 800/800 was a bit soft, but the last 2 were honest. Then Coach gave me a flat route for the strides instead of uphill, and running that fast felt pretty good.
Lack of motivation came back, and I skipped the running cool down. I justified it to myself as managing mileage so I could still possibly run 20 miles on Saturday, when the pacing assignment is only 9 miles. Then Sunday will start whatever I'm doing for taper toward Wineglass, with a nice little speed workout on the grass a week from Sunday.
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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Yesterday, when I had finished my run I had the brilliant thought to do some walking lunges. It took me until the afternoon to figure out why I was so sore. It took me a little bit to get started on the run, but once I got started I was afraid to stop as the muscles were loosening. I had hoped for two, but decided to keep going a little further.
9/1 - 4 miles
9/2 - 0
9/3 - 4 miles
9/4 - 3 miles
9/5 - 0
9/6 - 3 miles
9/7 - 0
9/8 - Stadium Run 5k
9/9 - 0
9/10 - 0
9/11 - 4 miles
9/12 - 4 miles
9/13 - 3 miles
28 total/ 50 miles goal11 -
12.65 slow trail miles tonight
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My 7 year old and i jogged for a brief 30 minutes. I would have liked to go longer but she wasnt feeling it lol. So we got back to the house and decided to ride bikes around the neighborhood instead.12
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Hello! Newbie walker here! My goal is 50 miles... and eventually run a 5k.14
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Ok - I said I wasn't going to try to catch up and now I have spent at least a few hours just reading... lol I have to know what you all have been doing/discussing here!
@RunnerGrl1982 - do you run along the beach? If I were In Santa Monica that is where I would want to run every day!
I have a couple different routes I take to change things up, but for the most part, I do run along the beach. I can't ever complain about the view, especially since I'm always out before the sun comes up and I generally finish my runs as the sun breaks through. It's also kind of neat to run by the SaMo Pier before sunrise and see the colors change on the ferris wheel while I'm running.
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6 km on the Miserable Miles Course. Even with the Rain and Snow we had over the last few days the course was in great shape. The ground was thirsty and most of the moisture has been soaked up except for 2 spots that I ran around without getting my feet wet.
The first time I did the course this year I was at 10:45/km, tonight 9:04/km.
That's what I call Training Success when you can knock 1:44/km off of your time on the same route.
My best pace is still from last fall where I had 8:53/km. But that's only 7sec/km off my present pace and it was in the Race with the Race Effect of added pace - so feeling good.
The irony is that I volunteer for setup on Friday Night and tear down Saturday Night but since it conflicts with my traditional Grande Prairie Don't Get Lost in the Woods Race Sunday I don't actually have it in my race calendar. I did it last year as a team with a friend since she was not comfortable with some of the obstacles and it was her last event before retiring and leaving town for southern British Columbia - where winters are very mild.
Missed my planned runs this week due to work ( getting home after 10pm ) and the early season blizzard with it's 40-45km/hr wind gusts kept me off the trails.8 -
quilteryoyo wrote: »@pudgy1977 I know you want to run a mile without stopping to walk. Just wanted to let you know that I have decided to train the Jeff Galloway way, which incorporates planned walks into every running session. It's supposed to help cut down on injuries and fatigue without slowing you down very much, if at all. Something you might want to consider.
I will definitely read up on that!! Hard to break old mind sets.
@quilteryoyo 2 of the ladies in our little club do the Run-Walk as part of there regular Long Run training and even in events. It definitely works, I did a HM Distance Training Run with them last year and 3 others. When we finished our time was 2-3 minutes better than my event PB for the same distance.
So the walk breaks were spread out:3km Run - 100m Walk, 2km Run 100m Walk, 3km Run 100m Walk etc.
I have seen others use a descending scale. 4k, 3k, 3k, 2k, 2k, 2k etc. It seems that most groups I have experienced train up until they can maintain a comfortable run pace for the 2k distance.
I remember someone posting that when they started it was from streetlight to streetlight and then increased to 2 streetlights run, 1 walk etc.
A slow progression is always the best way to prevent the dreaded To Much To Fast Over use injury in all athletic endeavors.7 -
RunnerGrl1982 wrote: »Ok - I said I wasn't going to try to catch up and now I have spent at least a few hours just reading... lol I have to know what you all have been doing/discussing here!
@RunnerGrl1982 - do you run along the beach? If I were In Santa Monica that is where I would want to run every day!
I have been thinking that I just need to drive down to the beach and run once a week or a couple of times a month, just to enjoy the view and fresh sea air!4 -
@KeepRunningFatboy's friend Brian Post just ran Revel Big Cottonwood Marathon in Ohio in memory of him.
One more for Dennis. ♥️15 -
Well I had been looking forward to this morning's 5 kilometres as it was my first run back home (was too tired yesterday) on the flat and sporting my supersonic new shoes. However, it was one of those days when everything just felt wrong. I hadn't tried the shoes with my usual compression socks and before I had even walked to where I start to run I'd had to stop and relace them because there was a weird pressure point over one foot. Although it was early and cloudy the temperature was still decidedly muggy so I was drenched in sweat about 1 minute after I started to jog, and post-holiday excesses plus (sorry guys) a no-show shark week had me feeling heavy and sluggish and just not in the zone at all.
It took until the last kilometre to even enjoy it at all, but hey ho the last few minutes were good and I got it done.
Question for the ladies (gentlemen please avert your eyes from this paragraph :-P ): how normal is it when following training plans (ie increasing distance, running time, etc) to skip periods? This is the second time in the last 6 months I've had a no-show :-/
2/9: 3.88km
4/9: 9km
6/9: 5km
7/9: 5km
9/9: 4.16km
11/9: 5km
14/9: 5km
September goal: 75km. Completed so far: 37km.4 -
I think I've read most of the thread but unfortunately don't have much to contribute. I haven't run (other than a test 100 meters here and there) for 15 DAYS. I'm not doing a ton of biking either, and I tried swimming laps once, wasn't good so I ended up in the hot tub instead. I'm going to a physio on Monday. I've got to figure out why it hurts (quad/hip area) to run.
I'm not even looking at my training book (yes, I have an actual pen-and-paper log book, complete with pictures glued in it), as it will just make me sad about the awesome consistency I had been having. There are still 2 weeks left in September, but I am guessing my monthly HM training run streak is going to be over (13 months, though!).
Also my watch completely died. It's on its way to Finland right now.
I'm feeling surprisingly OK... it's good to know I'm not totally dependent on running to keep me sane, happy and hopeful12 -
Slightly off topic, I picked up my packet for Saturday's 5k yesterday, at a local running store, and while I was waiting in line I eavesdropped on the sales associates.
So, why do non-runners buy running shoes? There were two customers in particular who were confusing to me. One was a male nurse who had somehow gotten the idea that expensive running shoes would be more supportive, I guess? He was asking how many shifts the shoes would stand up to before the padding started to break down, and the sales guy was saying, "Um... about three to six months..." and he was saying that wasn't as good as his regular nurse shoes. Um... duh? They make work shoes of various types for a reason. Not to mention that shoes shaped like a rocker are meant for running, and are not comfortable for just standing about. The other customer was an older lady whose friend had told her that Brooks were "good shoes" so she bought some, and now she was complaining they made her feet hurt. She had track shoes with cleats. She was using them mainly to go shopping. The bewildered sales associate was saying, "So, these are really intended for speedwork..."
I understand the cache of wearing gear for a sport you don't do as a fashion statement, but that's not what was happening here. Both these people were just determined to buy unsuitable shoes, and then complaining that the shoes weren't suited to something outside their intended specialty. And if you read online reviews of running shoes, you will find that the majority of running shoe purchasers are like this. My Altra Timps for example have reviews like "these sneakers didn't hold up too well and after a day at work they made my feet hurt." Sneakers? Where? Timps are not even slightly similar to sneakers. They are bizarrely ugly zero drop trail shoes, so unless you work at a national park they probably aren't suited to your work environment. If you want sneakers, you can get excellent supportive ones without spending the money for specialty running shoes. So what gives?1 -
juliet3455 wrote: »The first time I did the course this year I was at 10:45/km, tonight 9:04/km.
That's what I call Training Success when you can knock 1:44/km off of your time on the same route.
My best pace is still from last fall where I had 8:53/km. But that's only 7sec/km off my present pace and it was in the Race with the Race Effect of added pace - so feeling good.
Well done!!
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