October 2018 Monthly Running Challenge
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10/1 11.84miles
10/2 8miles
10/3 5miles
10/4 rest
10/5 5miles
10/6 rest
10/7 13.1race! Crawlin Crab Half Marathon
Race recap!
Woke up this morning at 5:10am and headed out at 6:15am. About 70 degrees this morning and it's supposed to climb up to 80 degrees by the end of the race. I decided to sunscreen my face and wear my visor.
We get to the race about a half hour from the start, but the port a potty line is SOOO long. I've always done races close to my house so I never need to use them, but since this was a 45 minute drive away I got in line. Ugh, I made it with about 3 minutes to spare - yikes! I felt bad for the line behind me because they weren't going to make it to the start line before the race started.
I decided to run with the 2 hour pacer which meant corral 3. We started out pretty fast, sub 9 minute miles and just after the half mile mark we start climbing a HILL - well an overpass over the highway, but it sucked! I knew we'd be going back over this right before the end....
I got ahead of the 2 hour pacer and felt pretty decent. I walked through each water station and made sure I actually drank some Gatorade and not splash it everywhere. I also made sure to throw all my cups in the trash (homage to a previous month's thread where we discussed throwing cups on the ground vs. trash can). About 5/6 miles in I knew I couldn't keep up the pace I was running, but I decided to keep going. I grabbed a gu at the 7 mile mark, but they taste gross so I couldn't even finish it. Plus, there wasn't any water until the 9 mile marker. Somewhere along the way they handed out cold wash cloths, that was nice cause it was getting really hot, no cloud cover and not much shade at all. I started fading around 9 miles and kept telling myself to run, don't stop to walk. There were so many people walking and even at my slower pace I kept passing people. Then we came to a huge hill (another big overpass) that took a lot of out of me... I was worried about the 2hr pacer catching up to me and he did at the 12 mile mark, he said some encouraging words and I tried to stay with him, but knew I couldn't. We headed up the last hill/overpass and I was spent. It took all I had to run to the finish without walking, but I did it. 2 hours flat.
This race was much smaller than the Shamrock I did back in March. There wasn't much crowd support and it was HOT. I'm pretty pleased with my time given the weather, walking through water stations, and how hard it felt.
My husband got a shot of me just before the finish... I was bummed I let those people pass me, but I couldn't go any faster!
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 8K24 -
Congrats on a great race and wins for you and your husband @rheddmobile!
Fantastic job on your race too @zdyb23456!
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Thanks @workaholic_nurse and @Avidkeo!
I also appreciated what @Orphia said about the gym and lifting. I don't do any weight lifting. But I do yoga at least 5 days per week. I know that yoga does not replace weight training, but I love yoga and at 50 my arms and core are much more defined than they ever have been. If I were to add weight lifting I would have to cut back on my running or yoga and I don't want to do that.8 -
Wow, computer was out for a couple of days and I have over 100 posts to catch up on. After a quick scan, congrats to everyone who raced or ran and was happy, hugs to everyone who was unhappy for whatever reason!
Nice run this morning, I had forgotten I'd signed up for some free virtual 10k that had to be done this week. Was due to run 8km this morning, kind of combined the two... half kilometre walk to warm up, 8.5km run, 1.5km cool down walk. 1 hour 24 minutes altogether. It has cooled down slightly here, at least first thing in the morning, so it was a very comfortable 19ºC when I headed out at 8am. The annual fair started last night, so the stretch I ran along the seafront promenade was dotted with drunks and spaced out youths, some of them singing, some of them snoring. Made a change from the usual views I guess. I've settled into a run 9 minutes, walk 1 minute routine now for my long runs and at last I've started not feeling like I'm about to pass out after long runs. Hope this continues as the distances increase over the next few weeks.
Rain is forecast Monday to Thursday.... will I finally get to try out running in the rain this week?
2/10: 6km
3/10: 3km
4/10: 6km
7/10: 8.5km
October goal: 90km, stretch goal: 105km. Completed so far: 23.5km.6 -
Hey all! I'm still running. I started this journey in February. I think this is the longest I've ever committed to running since high school. I don't think I'm ever going to become a marathon runner (I know people in this group will say never say never), but I'm sticking with it. Just wanted to jump on the October board and say hi. I'm going to go with a short goal of just 15 miles this month. I do want to get back to tangible goals to keep me motivated. Also, by the way, it's still summer in South Carolina. The other day the high was 92°. I'm ready for some better running weather!9
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@zdyb23456 - Congrats on making the 2 hr mark! 80 and no shade is pretty darned hot for a half. I'm about ready for fall weather, at my race yesterday everyone kept saying, "When I signed up for this race, I thought it was supposed to be in October!"3
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@Scott6255 Thanks! Glad your last run went well (despite getting lost lol). Our physio is $60 to $70 a session up here, and my husband's insurance pays for 80% up to $500 or so a year. That seems like a lot to pay before you're sure it's going to make much difference.
@Orphia Thank you for the reminder. I have been feeling a little down about not feeling well. I am used to having quite a bit of energy. And I appreciate your blog posts. Keep it up!
@PastorVincent Ack! Dating teens! My son is 21, but I remember 15 and his first "girlfriend." Good luck!
@juliet3455 That was a beautifully written quote and exactly what I needed to read this morning. Thanks for sharing!
@katharmonic Sorry you've been having a tough time. I hope you get a break. Enjoy your taper!
@MegaMooseEsq Congratulations!
@RunsonEspresso Yay for no cacti to leap over and that's a wonderful PR! Sorry you were glutened. Hugs!
@kgirlhart Wow! That's fantastic. Congratulations!
@rheddmobile Incredible results and great photos. Congrats to you and your hubs!
@zdyb23456 That's an amazing time. Well done! And yup, port-a-potty lines are the worst before races. We have to drive 30 to 45 minutes for most of the ones we go to, so we always have to allow time to make it through them (though we often try to find a Starbucks nearby instead).2 -
Morning all! @zdyb23456 well done!
Want a good reason to get up on Monday, how about a PR for 5k? 26:36 this morning! And a sub 5min km! I was so happy about that! The new headphones were great, very comfy. Gentler week this week, today's 5k, a couple of 8ks and a 12 to finish off.
Next weeks long run is 16k and two weeks after that is 20. Eep. Getting real now haha.13 -
Anyone else having issues loading the Strava app?0
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I made myself go for a walk/run this morning. It was raining, and I wanted to stay in bed.
I took @Scott625's advice and did run 2 min / walk 1 min intervals rather than attempt more continuous running. It went better than the last one.
Overall, I'm feeling run-down, but it's okay. I can also feel some improvement. And I got out for a little fun at the pumpkin patch yesterday. Today, I'm going to attempt to roast pumpkin seeds in my acti-fry with a little salt and butter. Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians!
1.99 miles
MTD: 3.87 / 25 miles8 -
Wow! Congratulations! Nice pace there!Morning all!
Want a good reason to get up on Monday, how about a PR for 5k? 26:36 this morning! And a sub 5min km! I was so happy about that! The new headphones were great, very comfy. Gentler week this week, today's 5k, a couple of 8ks and a 12 to finish off.
Next weeks long run is 16k and two weeks after that is 20. Eep. Getting real now haha.
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Thanks @elise4270 and thanks for confirming strava isn't just me. Seems to eased a bit now though lol0
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I couldn't keep up the pace I was running, but I decided to keep going ... It took all I had to run to the finish without walking, but I did it. 2 hours flat.
This! This is the power of learning to run. The mental toughness to push through any ways. This translates well into the rest of life. Its one of the big "side benefits" of an endurance sport like running.
Well done!
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Want a good reason to get up on Monday, how about a PR for 5k? 26:36 this morning! And a sub 5min km! I was so happy about that! The new headphones were great, very comfy. Gentler week this week, today's 5k, a couple of 8ks and a 12 to finish off.
Next weeks long run is 16k and two weeks after that is 20. Eep. Getting real now haha.
YAY!!!2 -
So I’m still trying to catch up posts but only at page 17 so far.
But just wanted to say - the new Doctor is very very good. Touch of David Tennant, and the whole woman doctor thing becomes totally irrelevant. Some of the last few series got a bit complicated with back stories so we seem to have moved away from that a bit which is good.
For the record - Doctor no. 4 is still the greatest for me (my first Doctor). Loved the bit where they brought him back recently and he offered jelly babies. My first crush was Peter Davison (5). 6 was too sinister and 7 I blame for the fact that they cancelled the series.
That’s all. Get back to running folks.
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Hey ya'll. I have been on hiatus for about two months due to lots of changes and travel at work. I have read through all the October posts so far and I hope I can keep up the rest of October! Work is always busy for us during September and October. Hubby is still working lots of overnights, lots of excuses to why I haven't been on here!
I am setting a goal of 50 this month and going to hit my goal! I may not be able to comment on posts, but I have gone through and hit the like button. I will try to post daily, but have set a goal for myself to check in on Saturday nights if I cannot check in any other time.
So to answer the questions:
1) With holiday's coming up and the return of cooler or warmer weather. What's your stragedy mitigating the particular challenges you face these last few months of the year?
Cooler weather does not arrive in Louisiana until January. Goal: not to gain weight over the holidays.
2) pretend for a moment your 8, unless you really are dressing up, then dish.... What are you going to be for Halloween?
My eight year old self would probably go as a ghost or hobo because we dressed for Halloween according to what we had on hand at the house. I was the baby of 5 children with a single Mom raising us, so we created our costumes. I do remember I wanted to be Raggedy Ann one year.
As an adult, I dressed up as a runner for Halloween at my office party one year. I got to wear running clothes to work with a race bib, race gear and running shoes.
10/01 -3.49 miles
10/07- 3.45 miles
Total: 6.94/50 miles
Upcoming races (Question marks are races not yet registered for):
Louisiana Marathon Quarter Marathon - 01/13/2018 - Done
Mardi Gras Mambo 10K - 02/17/2018 - Done
Q50 Races Sunset Gulf - 6.5 miles 3/24/2018 -DNS
Fat Boy 5K - 04/14/2018 - Cancelled due to Tornado Warning
Active for Autism 5K - 05/05/2018 - Done - Walked
AKA CANN 5K - 06/02/2018 - Done - Run/Walk
BIG EASY BIG HEART 5K 7/21/2018 - Done
Twilight Classic - 08/25/2018 - Done
Saints Kick Off Run - 09/08/2018 - Done
WHOA Racing Cane Field Classic 2018 (Machete 7 – 1 mile/4 mile/2mile) 10/13/2018-
Oktoberfest - 10/27/2018 -?
Cajun Cup OR Middendorf's Manchac Run - 11/10/2018 - ?
St Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend 10K - 12/01/2018
Bonfire Festival 5K - 12/16/2018 - ?
Louisiana Marathon Weekend - Quarter Marathon - 01/19/2019
Mardi Gras Mambo - 10K - 02/16/2019 -?
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October Running Totals (miles)
10/1 – rest day
10/2 – 3.03 recovery run
10/3 – 5.04 group run
10/4 – 4.97 warm up, 2 miles @T, cool down
10/5 – rest day
10/6 – 8.90 paced run
10/7 – 6.45 warmup + 6K XC race
October running total to date – 28.39
Nominal October mileage goal: 150 miles
Real Goals: Recover well from Wineglass. Avoid reinjury. Build volume only to the extent consistent with recovery and injury avoidance.
Today's notes – The forecast called for rain all day long, with stable temperature in the low 60s. Okay, I know how to dress for that. Packed my bag yesterday, got breakfast this morning, and got in the car to drive to Akron, NY for the Pete Glavin XC Series #2 (6K). I had never seen this course before, and the pre-race information indicated limited parking; so I got there early to get a parking spot that would be easy to get out of and not where people would be making tight turns in limited space.
I drove through drizzle and rain most of the way there, but it was merely overcast with wet grass when I got there. There had been quite a bit of rain the past few days, so the promised low-lying wet spots were appropriately wet. The 6K course was laid out as two loops of 1600m plus a loop of 2800m. I set out to do my warmup as one lap of the 1600m loop plus the 2800m loop. In uncharacteristic fashion, I actually remembered to take pictures of a pretty course when I was out on the warmup:
Cross country attracts the serious runners, particularly in the older age groups. I had planned in advance that I was not going to push this like an A race, and might only run it at threshold. Of course, it's a race environment. Start out, it's crowded, and there is the puzzle of how to pass people who are running only a little slower than me where space is limited. That sorts itself out in the first 500m or so. I find myself trailing my team captain and the lead runner from Syracuse. I think I might just key off the Syracuse guy, see if I'm good enough to hang with him then put on some speed late.
Didn't work out that way. A bit over 1000m in, my right calf told me to back off. So I had to let them go. Later on, the calf let me get back up to speed; but it played this game with me twice more. Since the first priority was not to injure myself, I backed off all three times. The third time, it resulted in letting a couple guys in Syracuse singlets go when I would have tried to catch them if I hadn't just run a marathon a week ago.
The race proper clocked in at 3.72 miles, just about right on for 6K. I finished in 24:41.3, which I thought was about as fast as I could expect on a day when I needed to run to avoid injury. And it's very close to what I consider my T pace *on road*, which means it was faster than T level of effort on a wet grass course. But cross country attracts some very good runners. I was 6th of 35 in the M 60-69 age group, and my team finished 3rd in that group. I was 50th of 190 overall. There are some very good 60+ year old runners in upstate NY, and many of them show up for cross country.
Came home, took a naproxen (sigh), and iced my right foot/ankle. It feels a lot better now, like it's "only" secondary issues from the background arthritis in my foot. I belatedly realize that my hip abductors (the slowest recovering ache from the marathon) didn't complain at all today. I'll count that as a success.
Rest day tomorrow, and it will be very important than I honor it. I'm thinking to just run easy on weekdays this week, so I'm as well recovered as possible next Saturday.
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) finished in 20:03
September 30, 2018 Wineglass Marathon (Bath, NY to Corning, NY) finished in 3:18:02, PR with negative splits
October 7, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #2 6K (Akron Falls, NY) finished in 24:41
October 13, 2018 Finish Strong 15K (Hilton, NY)
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:
January 5, 2019 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY)
April 15, 2019 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA to Boston, MA)
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girlinahat wrote: »So I’m still trying to catch up posts but only at page 17 so far.
But just wanted to say - the new Doctor is very very good. Touch of David Tennant, and the whole woman doctor thing becomes totally irrelevant. Some of the last few series got a bit complicated with back stories so we seem to have moved away from that a bit which is good.
For the record - Doctor no. 4 is still the greatest for me (my first Doctor). Loved the bit where they brought him back recently and he offered jelly babies. My first crush was Peter Davison (5). 6 was too sinister and 7 I blame for the fact that they cancelled the series.
That’s all. Get back to running folks.
She's a Yorkshirewoman. What's not to love? (possibly a wee bit biased here). Pertwee was my first doctor and it's a toss-up between him and No. 4 as to which is my favourite. And Sarah Jane Smith is the best assistant.
Back to running. I got a parkrun PB yesterday.
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Congrats on your race @rheddmobile - awesome job to you and your husband! Yay awards!
@zdyb23456 great job getting a 2 hour half! Congrats!
@RunRachelleRun good job on the walk/run intervals. Glad you are feeling some improvement. Keep it slow, though! Thanks also for your nice thoughts - hoping for a much better week this week!
@Avidkeo great pace for a Monday morning 5k (hard to think about Monday yet for us here, but you are from the future!).
Great job on your XC race today, @MobyCarp. Glad it sounds like you were able to avoid injury.
Congrats on your parkrun PB @BruinsGal_91!
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Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
10/01/18 :::: 5.0 :::: 5.0
10/02/18 :::: 4.2 :::: 9.2
10/03/18 :::: 7.1 :::: 16.3
10/04/18 :::: 3.7 :::: 20.0
10/05/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 20.0
10/06/18 :::: 20.0 :::: 40.0
10/07/18 :::: 5.0 :::: 45.0
My legs felt pretty shot after yesterday's 20 mile run. Looking back at the data in Garmin, I realized that I started out too fast for the first 5 miles or so (one of the two women I was running with in those pre-sunrise miles is faster and we let her push the pace a bit) and the whole run was faster than I did my previous 20 miles, or even the 19 mile run before that. I had in my mind that I was going to go for 21 or 22 miles and felt disappointed that I didn't have it in me to do that at the end, but I feel a little better knowing that I improved in some aspect.
So today I just wanted to keep it very easy and get the legs moving and stretched a bit. I did an easy hike with the dog in the morning drizzle, which helped ease some of the stiffness. Later in the afternoon I soaked for a bit in a warm bath and then went out on a nice flat, soft trail. It started rough but felt okay as I warmed up. At one point I landed weirdly on a rut and my ankle yelped a bit but it appears to be fine after a brief panic.
We are in for a stretch of a few days back up in the 80s and humid and I'm not happy about that. At least I won't have to put my heat on yet!
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