September 2018 Running Challenge
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AlphaHowls wrote: »@PastorVincent wrote: »
@AlphaHowls W00T! Congrats! Dew claws up!
I thought of you around mile 11 or 12....right, left, repeat....
Glad my advice helped! I mean if you had done left, right, repeat instead it could have been an unmitigated disaster!6 -
quilteryoyo wrote: »@PastorVincent Thanks for being honest. It helps to know that not everyone finds running easy, mentally. Another reason I don't listen to music, or anything else, is that all of the races I have run in the past (not many) have banned headsets. If I do all of my practice runs with a distraction and then don't have that for the run, I don't think I could do it. Plus, when I tried (when I started running the first time about 10 years ago) the headsets never lasted very long - the cords would break or I'd get tangled in them. I'm sure there are much better things out there these days. I may find I need that once I start running longer distances. Who knows what the future holds?
Today, my training plan called for a 15 - 20 minute run. I wasn't feeling it at all, so only did 15 minutes at a slower pace - on the treadmill. Adding the warm up and cool down walk, I did a total of 1.6 miles in 24:15 minutes. (RE conversation above: I do have to watch TV or listen to music when I run on the treadmill!)
I did much of the training for my first marathon on the dreadmill. I think I managed to get to 2 hours... not sure, but let's just say I ran with Frodo in his quest to get the ring to the mount doom!6 -
PastorVincent wrote: »9/1 16.7 miles
9/2 rest
9/3 5 miles treadmill
9/4 9.21 miles
9/5 rest
9/6 10 miles
9/7 14 miles
9/8 4miles
9/9 rest
9/10 9.41 miles
9/11 8miles
9/12 5miles
9/13 4miles
9/14 20MILES!!!!!! <- I did it all on the TREADMILL!!!
So what do you do when you have a long run scheduled and you are stuck inside due to a tropical storm warning? Well, you lament that you are stuck inside and resign yourself to skipping it cause who in their right mind would ever run 20 miles on a dreadmill??!!
Well, I figured I had nothing else to do. I also knew I wouldn't be able to run the entire thing straight so I decided to break it up into segments. I did 8 miles, then 6 miles, then 4, then 2. It took me 4 hours and 50 minutes total with breaks between where I would drink water and change into dry running clothes and also feed my kids lunch I had a pouch of Honey Stingers after 14 miles and they didn't bother my stomach so that's good to know for future long runs.
Here it is! I went by the treadmill mileage since my Garmin in "indoor" mode doesn't seem as accurate. It wasn't too far off though!
3/18/2018 Shamrock half marathon
3/24/2018 Don't Sit on Colon Cancer 5K
5/28/2018 Run to Remember 5K
10/7/2018 Crawlin Crab half marathon
10/13/2018 Joggin for Frogmen 5K
11/18/2018 Norfolk Harbor half marathon
12/2/2018 Busch Gardens Christmas Town Dash 8K
To complete 20 miles is hard enough physically and mentally. 20 miles on a dreadmill.....even more of a mental challenge to overcome. Just incredible! Very well done!
I could not run 20 miles on the dreadmill. We don't get tropical storms where I live, but we do get winter storms. There was a Saturday in 2016 when the weather was so severe that all the group runs were canceled and GRTC even had to call off the Freezeroo race that day because it was so cold. I was scheduled to run 22 miles, and didn't think I could handle more than 10 to 13 outside.
So I ran my 22 miles as 177 laps of a 200m indoor track. Later, someone suggested I could have run it on a treadmill. I just stared at him; that never occurred to me.
So 177 laps would make me dizzy! Plus doesn't that mean one leg got more work out than the other? I am not sure I could pull off 20 miles on a dreadmill but I think that would be more likely for me than 177 laps! How in the world did you keep track?
Track strategy: Start Garmin. Set to my interval screen, which shows lap time and lap distance. Count 8 physical laps, press lap button. Let Garmin count 22 timed laps of 8 track laps. Think of it as 22 x 1600m easy, with no recovery. Then add 1 track lap to make the full 22 miles.
There were times I lost count of track laps, but the lap time was such that I could figure out where I was in the progression from 1 to 8 track laps, but I could figure it out from lap time. There were times I didn't remember which mile I was on, but Garmin displayed how many 1600m laps I was doing. If I hadn't broken it up into chunks of 8 track laps and had Garmin to count 1600m laps I would have lost count of track laps for sure.3 -
juliet3455 wrote: »@MobyCarp My friend from the local running club has a BQ Time. Julie Boles Gummesen. As long as they don't shift the time due to an abundance of competitors.
Can you provide any suggestions on accommodation since it will be at a premium - where do you book to give the best travel options. If I remember it's bus service to the start area and then fend for yourself after the finish.
Book early. It's a tradeoff between cost and distance from finish line. The bus service runs from close to the finish line back to Hopkinton, but it's right by Arlington Station; so a hotel on the T would be next best thing to a hotel close to the finish line.
I reserved my hotel last May when they opened up, and got a better price for a good location than I got the last 3 years reserving my hotel in September.
Learn to use the T. If you're going to be there 3 or 4 days, buy a 7 day pass. It's worth it, even though on Marathon Monday people wearing race bibs can ride the T for free. But having a 7 day unlimited pass means I don't worry about hopping on the T for a mile to get an ice cream cone at McDonalds, or riding the T out 2 miles so I can do my 2 mile shakedown on the last 2 miles of the course instead of out and back on the last mile of the course.
The hotel may say the best way to get there from the airport is a cab. If the hotel is anywhere close to a T station, the best way to get between the airport and the hotel is the T. You can board the silver line for free at the airport, and then transfer however many times you need to in order to get where you're going. If you're buying a 7 day pass, that matters only because it means you don't have to get that pass immediately at the airport, it can wait till the next time you need the T. (Disclosure: This year I bought the 7 day pass at the airport and got on the blue line, since I needed fewer transfers by that route.)2 -
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
9/14 – rest day
9/15 – 13.25 partly paced run
September running total to date – 89.84
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 – Another day of sucktastic humidity; at run time, temperature was 68º F and dew point was 66º F. Had a guy show up to be paced. He's run two marathons, and has never had a GPS watch!. Ran the prescribed 9 miles with him, gave him the best advice I could about tapering for Rochester (a week from tomorrow) and running Rochester easy to defer his BQ attempt to Philadelphia.
Then I set out solo, intending to have a 15 to 20 mile day depending on how I felt. About 11 miles, my legs said they were ready for taper. Turned toward base, with an option to change my mind. At 12 miles my guts said they really wanted the civilized rest room back at the store. Back to the store came out to 13.25 miles. Much needed rest room stop, then went back out. Now it is noticeably warmer in addition to being humid. Decided I was done for the day. This brings the week in at 40.51 miles, two weeks out from Wineglass.
Went home and penciled in rough mileage estimates for an ad hoc 2 week taper. Middle of taper is a 5K XC race that will feel like a speed workout. Now I need to back off, rest up, and be in good shape 2 weeks from tomorrow.
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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September, she'll remember (to run)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!
I'm so glad they made the "cover!" I didn't organize a S.P.A.M. run this year....I'm in that ostrich stage of grief.....
No worries of course. I can imagine your grief.
Alex is lost to alcohol and mental illness (bipolar diagnosis), no idea if he'll ever come out of it. I know its not the same thing, but I've lost him. Ive lost count of how many times hes tired to kill himself, 5 maybe 6. Hes not who he once was in my life. I'm not good at relationships anyway, so the whole thing just pushes me further in to antisocial behavior/attachment disorder type crap. Further away from people i can get the better. I get cynical. (Sure doesnt help ive been running with his old mp3 player. When days of innocence prevailed). Ugh enough about my woes. ((Hugs))
We're doing the Virtual 26.2 hour relay for Dennis and i noticed it fell on the same day i did the spam for Steve. So I'll definitely have him and you in my thoughts too.
We could continue it and make October 14th or second weekend in October, our fallen runners/lost love ones rememberance runs days. A "Run Your Heart Out" run. What troubles your heart, let your legs take far away.
I love your idea above in bold!
@katharmonic - You are a rockstar! Like @Elise4270 I am way down the list 😳
@sarahthes - can't believe the weather you all are getting already!
@AlphaHowls - congratulations on a great race and AG place!
@rheddmobile - Congratulations to both you and your husband! That announcer would get my love too!
All of this ^^ @shanaber said it so well
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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
9/13 rest
9/14 3.68
9/15 2.20
Total 31.20
@elise4270 I like that idea (virtual memorial race for....whoever...)
Upcoming races:
Nov. 11, 2018 Las Vegas Rock 'n Roll 10k
January 4, 2019 Hilo to Volcano Ultra 50k Relay. In memory of @keeprunningfatboy
Ticker is my goal for 2018 and progress to date:
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I was planning to go camping/hiking/hunting this weekend with my brother. Went in late last night and camped, hiked/hunted today and gave up late afternoon because we were seeing so little of the rabbits and squirrels we wanted. We saw lots of turkey, quite a few deer, and even a snapping turtle (I could have taken with my fishing license... really thought about it).
That game me an opportunity to do the 1st 5K perimeter run (after-dark glow run) at a prison in my community. There were only 50-60 runners and I got 1st male. It was only 2.97 miles according to my Garmin, though.
Added 6.0 miles from yesterday on the treadmill and the 2.97 miles run today.
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Sunday long run today. Had 18km scheduled. Mapped out 17.75 and couldn't be bothered rerouting for an extra 250 metres. As it turned out the battery on my Garmin died at around 12km, which had an interesting effect - I had been running at an easy 6:15 for over an hour, but the combination of no watch, wanting to get it over with, and finally being on my usual route meant I sped up quite a bit and ran the remaining 5.75km at a sub 6 minute pace.
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
15 Sept: yoga
16 Sept: 11.53 + 5.75
85.61 of 160km for September.
Upcoming events
29 October, Auckland Half
17 November, Xterra Trail Challenge Waihi 20.5km8 -
@rheddmobile and @AlphaHowls very well done!
I just ran 10 kilometres. I just ran 10 kilometres. Oh my God I just ran 10 kilometres!!! Longest run ever, plus one km walk to warm up and another one to cool down. My legs are already yelling at me, they are going to be screaming later I'm sure. But wow! Slow as heck (took me 1hr19min40secs) but still within my extremely modest first half marathon target pace. I settled for run 9 minutes walk 1 minute, seemed to work well for me so I'm going to stick to that for all my longer runs for now.
I tried combining my new shoes, which are tighter round the foot than the old ones and bothered me a little on Friday, with the thicker old socks I used to run in before I bought my compression socks. Felt much better, but my calves missed the compression. Guess this means I'm going to have to go out and buy compression sleeves. Who said this was a cheap sport? Or I guess I could try the new shoes and thick sorts for short runs, and the new spare pair of identical shoes to my old ones sitting in the wardrobe (which went well for a couple of months then seemed to break down) and compression socks for long runs. Thoughts?
2/9: 3.88km
4/9: 9km
6/9: 5km
7/9: 5km
9/9: 4.16km
11/9: 5km
14/9: 5km
16/9: 10km
September goal: 75km. Completed so far: 47km.19 -
Hey all.
About to have a vent sorry.
I'm so frustrated. I'm stressed with a personal thing going on at home. So I'm stress eating. OMG all the carbs. I feel in a funk, bloated and blah. I've gained weight and I'm determined NOT to gain any more. I'm about 5kg above my lightest and I cant seem to get back on track. I've got a family wedding im going to in 10 weeks and I want to be at my best - ill have done the Half the week before so feeling good will be up there but weight wise... I just can't stop with the eating! I might try actually logging for a few weeks.
And due to circumstances - illness and husband out of town for the weekend - I haven't run since Tuesday. I have this weeks plan sorted and have managed to get a 9.2k race in on Sunday that I'm really looking forward to. And my mum will be visiting so she will be at the finish line with my two girls which is really exciting.
I just need a safe place to vent and scream... Excuse me ahhhhhhhh
Ok now thats out of my system, I'm all set for my run tomorrow morning (Monday). Doing a quick 6.5k hopefully lol. I got myself a visor for running, looking forward to testing that out. Slowly getting a good running kit. Who ever said running is cheap was lying14 -
@eleanorhawkins wooo congratulations on 10k! It's such a great feeling! And jinx on the expensive sentiment, I pretty much said the exact same thing after you.
Remember stretch, stretch and stretch some more. I'm also a convert to rolling when particularly tight, it hurts like hell but works wonders. Can't comment on compression as have never tried it.3 -
@eleanorhawkins wooo congratulations on 10k! It's such a great feeling! And jinx on the expensive sentiment, I pretty much said the exact same thing after you.
Remember stretch, stretch and stretch some more. I'm also a convert to rolling when particularly tight, it hurts like hell but works wonders. Can't comment on compression as have never tried it.
@Avidkeo thanks, it is a great feeling! The legs not so much lol. I was just debating with myself in the shower on whether a bath later would be a good thing for my legs and whether hot or cold is better. Have read so much contrasting opinion on these things.
Re: the rolling, I'm getting into a habit of a few minutes every night before bed, seems to be helping my tight calves BUT I can't for the life of me find a way to do them without my hands and wrists ending up killing me from holding myself up on them. Wonder if anyone knows of a trick to avoid that? Googling came up with nothing more helpful than 'use a rolling pin instead'......
On another note, my new shoes have given me slight blisters. If the husband finds out that the new shoes I spent a small fortune on gave me blisters he will not be amused. Fook lol. Really hope that's just a breaking them in thing and not going to be a regular problem. Pfft.
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eleanorhawkins wrote: »Re: the rolling, I'm getting into a habit of a few minutes every night before bed, seems to be helping my tight calves BUT I can't for the life of me find a way to do them without my hands and wrists ending up killing me from holding myself up on them. Wonder if anyone knows of a trick to avoid that? Googling came up with nothing more helpful than 'use a rolling pin instead'......
On another note, my new shoes have given me slight blisters. If the husband finds out that the new shoes I spent a small fortune on gave me blisters he will not be amused. Fook lol. Really hope that's just a breaking them in thing and not going to be a regular problem. Pfft.
My osteopath (himself an ultra runner) swears by ‘the stick’ https://www.thestick.com. I’ve been meaning to get one myself.5 -
ContraryMaryMary wrote: »
My osteopath (himself an ultra runner) swears by ‘the stick’ https://www.thestick.com. I’ve been meaning to get one myself.
Interesting, thanks, will look into that!
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eleanorhawkins wrote: »@eleanorhawkins wooo congratulations on 10k! It's such a great feeling! And jinx on the expensive sentiment, I pretty much said the exact same thing after you.
Remember stretch, stretch and stretch some more. I'm also a convert to rolling when particularly tight, it hurts like hell but works wonders. Can't comment on compression as have never tried it.
@Avidkeo thanks, it is a great feeling! The legs not so much lol. I was just debating with myself in the shower on whether a bath later would be a good thing for my legs and whether hot or cold is better. Have read so much contrasting opinion on these things.
Re: the rolling, I'm getting into a habit of a few minutes every night before bed, seems to be helping my tight calves BUT I can't for the life of me find a way to do them without my hands and wrists ending up killing me from holding myself up on them. Wonder if anyone knows of a trick to avoid that? Googling came up with nothing more helpful than 'use a rolling pin instead'......
On another note, my new shoes have given me slight blisters. If the husband finds out that the new shoes I spent a small fortune on gave me blisters he will not be amused. Fook lol. Really hope that's just a breaking them in thing and not going to be a regular problem. Pfft.
Where are you getting blisters? Could they be your socks, i know i get blisters from a particular pair of socks I have, not the shoes. And who did you buy the shoes through. Often companies have a pretty good returns policy...0 -
eleanorhawkins wrote: »@eleanorhawkins wooo congratulations on 10k! It's such a great feeling! And jinx on the expensive sentiment, I pretty much said the exact same thing after you.
Remember stretch, stretch and stretch some more. I'm also a convert to rolling when particularly tight, it hurts like hell but works wonders. Can't comment on compression as have never tried it.
@Avidkeo thanks, it is a great feeling! The legs not so much lol. I was just debating with myself in the shower on whether a bath later would be a good thing for my legs and whether hot or cold is better. Have read so much contrasting opinion on these things.
Re: the rolling, I'm getting into a habit of a few minutes every night before bed, seems to be helping my tight calves BUT I can't for the life of me find a way to do them without my hands and wrists ending up killing me from holding myself up on them. Wonder if anyone knows of a trick to avoid that? Googling came up with nothing more helpful than 'use a rolling pin instead'......
On another note, my new shoes have given me slight blisters. If the husband finds out that the new shoes I spent a small fortune on gave me blisters he will not be amused. Fook lol. Really hope that's just a breaking them in thing and not going to be a regular problem. Pfft.
Where are you getting blisters? Could they be your socks, i know i get blisters from a particular pair of socks I have, not the shoes. And who did you buy the shoes through. Often companies have a pretty good returns policy...
At the inside of the widest part of my foot, just below my toes. These shoes are narrower than my other ones. Had no trouble on the two 5 km runs I did in them earlier this week and the first of those was in the same socks. Fingers crossed it's just a case of breaking them in and they'll be ok for shorter distances at least. I bought them while on holiday in Tenerife, mainly because the shop had a good gait analysis service and lots of choice, neither of which I have access to at home. So..... no chance of returning them :-(
They're only small blisters, and don't hurt or anything, only noticed them in the shower. Just that it's the first time I've had a single one since I started running. Just another one of those firsts on the long, bumpy road.
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eleanorhawkins wrote: »I just ran 10 kilometres. I just ran 10 kilometres. Oh my God I just ran 10 kilometres!!!
Well done!!!3 -
ContraryMaryMary wrote: »
My osteopath (himself an ultra runner) swears by ‘the stick’ https://www.thestick.com. I’ve been meaning to get one myself.
I don’t have “the” stick, but I have another brand of stick, and I much prefer it to a foam roller. I just find it so much easier to use!
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marisap2010 wrote: »ContraryMaryMary wrote: »
My osteopath (himself an ultra runner) swears by ‘the stick’ https://www.thestick.com. I’ve been meaning to get one myself.
I don’t have “the” stick, but I have another brand of stick, and I much prefer it to a foam roller. I just find it so much easier to use!
This may be crazy but after reading some stuff on that link I'm wondering whether to just roll them over with the rolling pin as a temporary measure. Maybe that was what was meant by the rolling pin comment rather than to use it like a foam roller!
Thanks @PastorVincent2
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