September 2018 Running Challenge
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girlinahat wrote: »@mbaker566 oh yes - canicross harnesses are a different ballgame and as you suggest are similar to sled harnesses. They usually had stretchy bits too if I'm not mistaken? (and are easy to release from a waist strap).
Having said that, anyone who runs with their dog on a harness knows what they are doing and what the dog is capable of. It's the people with large muscular (or just plain fat - that's my other dog-related hate, fat dogs) dogs unable to control them that I reserve bile for.
some harnesses do some don't. my leashes are bungies with 2 handles. one at the end by the latch(to the waist belt) and one prior to the bungee.my foster is fat and i call her snausage. most dogs i get are underweight
i've probably got only a week left with her before someone scoops her up. but in the mean time i've started her 1/4 mile shuffle every other dayside note: the rescue group i work for has different people, some very experienced and trainers, others just dog lovers. the one lady has been calling her dog a he for a week now and someone said, your dog is a girl. she was unaware her dog was a girl. how do you not know? after a week?4 -
I've had a couple of near misses with retractable leashes, too. People really need to be more aware of their surroundings. When I walk our dogs I keep one on a short leash and the other on a retractable leash, and I keep my eyes on them and my surroundings so I have time to reel them in if someone is approaching. Any time I can I'll step off the sidewalk to let runners go past. It's not that hard, people! I see people walking their dogs with phone in hand all the time and it really baffles me. I love the internet too, but come on!
I feel guilty that our dogs have never been harness trained - I've tried but they're kind of weird-shaped stubby guys and I couldn't find anything that fit. My husband (who got them before we met) concedes that he's never put the time into training them that he should - the dogs had been abused and just getting them (mostly) house-trained and dealing with their anxiety has been a lot of work. We will be having many long discussions before we get another dog.5 -
I'm allergic to dogs, but my cat is harness and leash trained.5
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I'm allergic to dogs, but my cat is harness and leash trained.
Haha, awesome. A friend of mine gave me a cat harness years ago, but the two cats I had at the time didn't take to it: one would escape from it no matter what I did, and the other would flop over and refuse to move. My new cat is too small for the harness so I'll have to wait to try it again.2 -
I tried to upload two pictures, but they won't take.0
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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!!!
9/15 4miles
9/16 rest
9/17 10.48miles
9/18 5miles
9/19 10miles
9/20 rest
9/21 16miles!!!
What a beautiful day to run this morning! It was 68 degrees when I headed out and with lower humidity it felt wonderful. I started out slow - I really think the hydration vest weighs me down too much or maybe it’s just mental. Once I loosened up I felt really good. I was sweating but not the dripping off my arms and running down my legs sweating. My socks and sneakers stayed dry!! I’m extremely pleased with this run because other than traffic light breaks I ran the entire time! No walking breaks!
At the end of my run, as I was walking back home a bird pooped on me!! At first I thought a bug landed on my arm, but then I realized it was poo - yuck! At least it was my arm and not my head I pulled a leaf off a tree and wiped it off. Maybe I need to carry some wipes in my hydration pack.
I have a 4 miler tomorrow and I’m a little worried. My legs definitely feel tired and worn out right now!
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 8K11 -
Great run in beautiful weather yesterday. More beautiful weather today for club practice. I didn't make it there.
In the middle of the night, I woke up with my right ankle hurting. It hurt to walk to the bathroom. Took a naproxen, poked it, felt where it hurt. Consistent with an old Posterior Tibial Tendon strain. Sigh. Get plenty of sleep. Not as sore to being poked in the morning, fairly comfortable to walk . . . and felt more like injury than training ache when I jogged the hallway while the eggs cooked.
Okay, *maybe* I stepped on it wrong when I took it out of the ice bucket yesterday evening. Or maybe it was a repetitive motion thing that didn't become apparent right away. Whatever. Took today as an extra rest day. Took another naproxen on schedule, plan to let it wear off in the middle of the night and see how it feels without drugs masking it in the morning.
Dear God, I hope this can be taken care of by a couple days of rest. I'd like to run a 5K cross country on Sunday, and I have a marathon to run a week from Sunday.
I hope your ankle turns out to be okay! I just learned what tibial tendons are this week when my husband's anterior tibialis started bugging him. Who knew running would come with anatomy lessons?7 -
9/17: 1.73
9/18 1.07
9/19 rest
9/20 1.02
9/21 2.00
I'm on track to make my 20 for the month! slow and steady7 -
Another day of taper crazy. This morning, the ankle felt just like normal background stuff for an arthritic foot. Honored the rest day anyway; I've run the first day things felt all right too many times to say that always works out well. Basic taper discipline: Don't try to make up a missed run. Less is more.
Okay, it's official. This is where my head is:
And that gives me time to think about the current chatter, and put in my not terribly valuable insights:
Running safety: I know it's an issue, but I don't have any good answers. I have fewer issues than many people, because a) I am male, and b) my easy pace is too fast for most of the dubious appearing people to keep up.
Dogs: I am scared of loose dogs. I don't believe in invisible fence, but I'm always pleased when the dog believes in it. Dogs on leashes are a big unknown quantity, not unlike motorists. The owner may have good control, or may not. The owner may be runner-aware, or may not. The dog may be aggressive. But even a friendly dog could trip me. I try to give them all a wide enough berth so the owner has a fair chance of controlling the dog and I'm not making that any harder than it has to be. This can be an issue on narrow trails and sidewalks. If there's grass beside the sidewalk, well, I'm supposed to be training for cross country anyway.
I don't think the retractable leash is much of an issue. Owners who don't know what runners will do is a bigger issue, much like pedestrians who don't leave room for runners to pass. A minor nuisance on my run last Wednesday was on the Erie Canal Path I encountered a pair of pedestrians going the same direction as I was. She was pushing a baby stroller, and he had a dog on a leash. Stroller + dog takes up the entire width of the path. I ran in the road to get around them; the drivers are more predictable.7 -
MegaMooseEsq wrote: »I'm allergic to dogs, but my cat is harness and leash trained.
Haha, awesome. A friend of mine gave me a cat harness years ago, but the two cats I had at the time didn't take to it: one would escape from it no matter what I did, and the other would flop over and refuse to move. My new cat is too small for the harness so I'll have to wait to try it again.
That’s so cute. I’ve seen slot of people walk their cats in leads. And it’s amazing they too stop and check out trees, grass.
There is a place i love walking by. This guy walks his two big dogs on normal leads they are puffy big beautiful dogs and he holds on to the leads walks in the centre behind them.
Now the amazing part is in the evenings the
CAT walks in the centre behind holding on the leads the dogs are wearing.
It’s just amazing to see the guy takes his pets out for walks he just supervises from behind the cat holding the leads and the two dogs walk in front of the cat.
These big dogs if they stand on two feet would over pass six feet. Yet they are so docile a small cat can walk them.
Didn’t see them for awhile so one evening I knocked on their door since we always said hello. But unfortunately the guy passed away. But the wife said the cat still walks the dogs. But early mornings now. She does the evening round.9 -
@MobyCarp Hope your ankle heals up soon.
Got up bright and early this morning for my run before work. Well, maybe not quite so bright...12:30am. Definitely early though.
There was supposed to be rain; lots and lots of rain. Rain of biblical proportions. Home-Depot-all-sold-out-of-Arks levels of rain. In over four hours, I encountered...nada. I still got wet though, because sweaty humid, that's why.
02 - 5.40
03 - 18.09
04 - 14.15
05 - 15.67
06 - 12.84
08 - 14.13
09 - 14.16
10 - 15.43
11 - 14.08
12 - 15.60
13 - 14.15
15 - 13.25
17 - 15.67
18 - 14.33
19 - 15.65
20 - 14.25
21 - 26.30
Total: 253.15 / 300 miles10 -
Yesterday my husband headed out fishing early so I was awake from 5am. Consequently I was shattered by mid afternoon, however, it's our wedding anniversary so we were due to go out for dinner. I had to drop the children at their grandparents after school (45 minute drive each way) so hubby suggested I have a half hour snooze when I got home to recharge before we went out. However, I wisely decided if I wanted to reenergise, a half hour run would be so much more effective. And it was.
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: 6.34km
12 Sept: yoga, then 4.91km with 9x100m sprints
13 Sept: cake
14 Sept: 10.77km
15 Sept: yoga
16 Sept: 11.53km + 5.75km
17 Sept: yoga
18 Sept: 7.0km
19 Sept: yoga
20 Sept: 12.19km
21 Sept: 5.83km
22 Sept: yoga
110.63 of 160km for September.
Upcoming events
29 October, Auckland Half
17 November, Xterra Trail Challenge Waihi 20.5km12 -
We've had 6 inches of rain in the last 8-9 hours. Bit north of us has had 12+, okc/Ada. Tomorrow should be prime for a double digits run, even if the rain continues as predicted. They're calling this a 500 year rain event (OKC/Ada). I'll take it. But my cats arent so keen on it.
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@Elise4270 I would prefer rain to the snow we are getting, but maybe not quite so much of it.
@ContraryMaryMary Happy anniversary!2 -
@ContraryMary W00T! Happy anniversary!0
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Today I got to run 2.07 miles after lifting weights. I started off a little faster than usual so decided to stick with that rather than do the slow start followed by sprints between bikers deal. So I kept the first mile pretty quick, then alternated picking up the pace and recovering on the run, no walking. It’s not really a plan, but it’s fun and that’s good for me. I had a moment coming up to my house where I thought about where I am now as a runner compared to where I was a year ago, and it made me pretty happy.
The weather was genuinely chilly today - I wore a sweater to my eye exam this morning. Which, to go off topic for a bit, has finally convinced me to stay away from conventional optometrists’ offices going forward. The exam was fine but more expensive than I’d expected, they refused to give me my pupillary distance unless I paid an additional $50, and I got the third degree from the tech about buying glasses online. Admittedly he asked if I wanted to hear it first and I said yes because I was curious to see if he had anything convincing to say, which he did not.
The whole experience reminded me about a company that is a client of a non-profit law firm I used to work for who have developed an online exam to allow doctors to write vision prescriptions without an in-person exam, so I decided to give it a go. $20, took about 15 minutes, and they’ll do a PD measurement off a photo with a credit card on my face.
I’m really interested to compare what they come up with to what I got from the in-person exam. What really sold me on the concept was looking at the list of doctors who work with them in my area - they send your test results to an optometrist in your state to review and write you a prescription. A lot of the University of Minnesota doctors (who have an excellent reputation) work with them, but also a doctor I’d gone to a couple of times last decade. Also, $20 (which my insurance will reimburse) is worth a shot.
Back on subject, I missed the deadline to transfer my 5k registration for the Twin Cities Marathon weekend to the 10k, so I guess I’m running the 5k. That was my original goal for the year so I’m not mad about it. I think I’ve got a shot for a sub-30 - that’d be a nice way to wrap up the year. You know, other than my second half marathon and whatever nonsense I get up to this winter. I still need to sign up to volunteer for the Marathon - my husband keeps putting of deciding whether he wants to come with and forgetting that they're not going to let him just show up.
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
9/10 Mo - rest
9/11 Tu - 0:20:01 - 1.95, lifted heavy things
9/12 We - 1:07:22 - 6.22
9/13 Th - lifted heavy things
9/14 Fr - 0:40:00 - 3.76
9/15 Sa - 0:20:00 - 1.40 (treadmill), lifted heavy things
9/16 Su - rest
9/17 Mo - lifted heavy things
9/18 Tu - 1:12:27 - 6.72
9/19 We - 44:56 - 4.17
9/20 Th - rest
9/21 Fr - 0:20:04 - 2.07
September Total: 57.8/85 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 5K
October 21: Mankato Half Marathon4 -
MegaMooseEsq wrote: »I'm allergic to dogs, but my cat is harness and leash trained.
Haha, awesome. A friend of mine gave me a cat harness years ago, but the two cats I had at the time didn't take to it: one would escape from it no matter what I did, and the other would flop over and refuse to move. My new cat is too small for the harness so I'll have to wait to try it again.
That's exactly what my cats do lol. They are too paranoid to be walked anyway I think, we got the girl from a shelter where she seemed to tolerate being touched and picked up. Come home and suddenly she is bolting from everything. Took months before I could pet her. She was probably too freaked to move back when we first met her.
Sitting at the airport currently waiting for a flight to Ireland. No running for a few days while on the road. See y'all in the Emerald Isle.4 -
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
9/16 rest
9/17 3.35
9/18 rest
9/19 3.45
9/20 the 10th of 11 10hour days. Just couldn't....
9/21 2.10
Total 40.10
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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36 km today (22.4 miles) to celebrate my 36 month (3 year) running anniversary, in 4:01:40
On my first runniversary I did 12 km.
On my second runniversary I did 24 km.
Looks like next year is ultra time again!
The weather was still and perfect, and the sunrise and lake were stunning.
Very happy with how it all went, and now very happy I've done my last big long run and it's taper time for 3 weeks before Melbourne Marathon on October 14.
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