October 2018 Monthly Running Challenge
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@Orphia i dont know if it's possible, but i was thinking a strava badge to all those that ran in the mfp challenge group during the 26+ hour event.
@polskagirl01 seriously LOVE that you grabbed that post from Dennis! I feel a little motivation creeping back into my soul. 😍😥4 -
I have a savings of 40$ on 100$ purchase. I dont plan on using it. It may be a one time coupon. Figure someone might be able to use it.
Link embedded in the email. Doubt it matter as long as you have the discount code.
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@Orphia I overlapped with @MegaMooseEsq from 21:15 to 21:45 GMT with my own rogue hobbling run.1
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@Orphia - my time slot is correct - thanks for all the hard work. Beautiful and meaningful idea.
This is rather morbid - but I have this secret thought that someday when I'm gone, my grandkids will look at my map and my medals and recreate a couple runs together in my memory. I love the idea that I just might inspire another generation to be active. My mom was a huge baseball fan (Tigers). For the first few years after she died several of us would meet at different ballparks across the country to watch the Tigers play. Every time I'd beat myself up wondering why we didn't do that while she was alive.
I think I've become a whiner instead of a runner. I ran 5 miles Monday - it felt glorious and I could have gone further if not for the "to-do" list. Got up early to run yesterday but just walked the dog instead. This morning I just couldn't muster the energy to get dressed and go. Seems like my excuses are out-numbering my desire right now. And I really want to train hard for Sedona. Schedule is a bit overwhelming right now so a good run would definitely help. I just hate that at 6:00 am it's still dark. Love the cool weather - not loving the dark.
June goal - 44/44
July goal - 52/52
August goal - 55/57 miles
Sept goal - 72/60 miles
Oct goal - 25/60 miles
Sept. 30 - Wineglass Half Marathon; Corning, NY
October 7 - Viking Dash Half Marathon; Toledo, OH
February 2 - Sedona Half10 -
10/1 - lifted
10/2 - 2.4 miles - W7D1 of C25k. Ran for 25 minutes straight :-o
10/4 - lifted
10/5- 2.5 miles - W7D2.
10/6- lifted/went on "hike" (with 2 year old, we didn't get far), rode bikes - good day
10/8-lifted
10/9-torrential downpour, didn't get to run plus my basement flooded, woopee
10/10-lifted
10/11- 2.2 miles W7D3
10/12- lifted
10/13- 2.4 miles W8D1 ran for 28 minutes straight :-o again
10/15- lifted
10/16- 2.4 miles W8D2 another 28 minutes straight, woo hooo
10/17-well I was supposed to lift
10/18- 2.6 miles W8D3
I finished the program! Yay! 30 minutes of running but as you can see I did NOT run 5K. I'm a half mile short! According to Strava my avg pace is like 11:30 min/mile. So I suppose that's my new goal. I'll add minutes on until I get there.
Sometimes I stop and think about it, like I just ran 2.6 miles straight. I'm not sure if I've ever done that before in my life. Wow. Go me.18 -
juliet3455 wrote: »@Orphia Well everyone knows that I had a " Time Zone Translation Error " ( dufus moment ) but I did put in a HM distance for Dennis - really wanted to get the 26.2 km for the symbolic 26.2 but ran out of gas. Not sure how you would want to portray it - but as you can tell I am fine poking a little fun at myself and feel free to poke a little fun at me in the blog or post to MFP HQ.
As others have said A big thanks to @Elise4270 and @Orphia_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »@Orphia that's really great of you that you want to create a summary from everyone's runs!
The Strava activity: https://www.strava.com/activities/1903790230
I don't know if everyone tracked their run with Strava or Garmin- if yes, maybe we could combine the gpx files into a world map?
@_nikkiwolf_ What a brilliant idea. My strava link https://www.strava.com/activities/1901261929
I sent a query to Strava about this concept. After reviewing the options in Strava a Group would not work as it would load all runs from our Strava profiles, when we only want a very specific subset.
@_nikkiwolf_ @Orphia I sent the request into Strava with the link to nikki's data she provided and my data with the hope that Strava would have a solution. I looked at the Group's and Event's options they had but didn't think either would work as they would grab all the data for an individual which meant some false extra data from adjacent days activities. Like the MFP group where it shows a summary for the whole week - There might be a way to put a narrow time zone window or just link the individual files that I didn't see.
"Strava ticket #1183613 Combine multiple Strava Activities from all over the world for a single event"
@polskagirl01 That was a great post of the Map and Medals for the 50 states.
I noticed the one medal with the Canadian maple Leaf on the Ribbon.5 -
Thanks @Elise4270 and @Orphia for putting this together and summarizing.
For reference, my Strava link to the activity is below
https://www.strava.com/activities/1904470521
note that I ended up having to run earlier than scheduled so I ended up running at 8:00 Central/13:00 GMT for an hour as I had a conflict.3 -
@Orphia I believe my spot is correct. If @scott6255 and @elise4270 are correct then I am too. I also have my run on Strava, but I don't know how to share the link.
No run yet for me today. I am planning to run today at lunch or after work. It was still raining this morning when I got up and we should have some clearer weather this afternoon. Even if it is a little rainy this afternoon it will be easier for me to run during daylight when it is raining and not as cold than to run 6 am when it is cold and dark.2 -
5 easy miles with Kody last night. I had planned on 6 but started getting some soreness on the ball of my right foot, leftover from my HM last weekend so I cut it a bit short. Two days of rest until my 12 hour race.
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I looked you up on Strava, and you're in California, so that's GMT-7.
What time your time did you run? Saturday your time might still have been in the 24 hours after I started at GMT2000 Saturday.
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biketheworld wrote: »@Orphia - my time slot is correct - thanks for all the hard work. Beautiful and meaningful idea.
This is rather morbid - but I have this secret thought that someday when I'm gone, my grandkids will look at my map and my medals and recreate a couple runs together in my memory. I love the idea that I just might inspire another generation to be active. My mom was a huge baseball fan (Tigers). For the first few years after she died several of us would meet at different ballparks across the country to watch the Tigers play. Every time I'd beat myself up wondering why we didn't do that while she was alive.
@biketheworld - I would see if your grandkids and kids would run with you now if the grandkids are old enough, and make the memories with them. One of the best running memories I have, so far, is when my daughter (non-runner) trained w/o telling me and surprised me by registering to run the 1st Half of the SF marathon the first time I ran it. I was so excited to run the GG bridge and it was incredibly special having her there with me. She joined me this last summer again to run the 2nd Half too!6 -
@7lenny7 Runalyze has me at 49, and Garmin has me at 54-56, which goes to show that algorithms can only really be used to determine a trend at best.
Interestingly, in between my initial post and now, the results arrived in an email...looks like my LT is 170 bpm. I've also got a nice breakdown of the calories per hour for each HR (from 135-190 in increments of 5), along with fat per hour and carbs per hour. It feels like information overload, but in terms of recovery it will tell me how many carbs I need to be taking in to replenish the glycogen that was used during a given run.
There's also another sheet that gives me better HR zones to plug in to Garmin so that I can train a little more effectively. Overall, while the test wasn't exactly cheap (it was an early birthday present to myself) I think it's money relatively well spent.
Very cool @garygse was curious on your Runalyze VO2 max number. With this new test and other collectible data, it is clearly showing that you well on your way to qualifying for Boston when you run your race. ( Personally, I think you could run it next week and nail it, but I get your desire to run several more unofficial ones )
Within the last couple months I uploaded all of my runs to Runalyze and at least for me based on my inputs, and their calculated monthly VO2 avg for 2 months leading up to my Marathon pretty much nailed my first marathon time of 3:47 (VO2 of 40.6) and individual/specific workouts could produce higher scores which aligned to HM times, etc. My CTL post injury is nearly previous levels, however my VO2 also dropped significantly and trending back up, hoping with time I will get back to past levels and exceed as I run more/longer and start throwing some speed/workouts into the equation.
For everyone else. Keep your eyes out at local universities for low/no cost testing for tests such as these. Many schools with master students in these types of programs will conduct tests such as these and you are helping them in facilitation of learning, etc. This week I learned of a body composition and VO2 Max test and secured a spot in early December for free.7 -
@Orphia I ran 2.8 miles from 5:20 pm to 5:50 pm EST, so that would be 9:10pm (21:10) to 9:50 (21:50) GMT1
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biketheworld wrote: »@Orphia - my time slot is correct - thanks for all the hard work. Beautiful and meaningful idea.
This is rather morbid - but I have this secret thought that someday when I'm gone, my grandkids will look at my map and my medals and recreate a couple runs together in my memory. I love the idea that I just might inspire another generation to be active. My mom was a huge baseball fan (Tigers). For the first few years after she died several of us would meet at different ballparks across the country to watch the Tigers play. Every time I'd beat myself up wondering why we didn't do that while she was alive.
@biketheworld - I would see if your grandkids and kids would run with you now if the grandkids are old enough, and make the memories with them. One of the best running memories I have, so far, is when my daughter (non-runner) trained w/o telling me and surprised me by registering to run the 1st Half of the SF marathon the first time I ran it. I was so excited to run the GG bridge and it was incredibly special having her there with me. She joined me this last summer again to run the 2nd Half too!
@shanaber That is so awesome, when I started running I had this dream that my daughter (13 on Sunday, sadly at that point where she thinks she invented the wheel and knows it all and parents know nothing, and also insists anything like moving with no specific purpose is dumb) and I could go for runs together. Yeah, think I'm going to have to wait a good few years yet for that to happen :-(5 -
@biketheworld - I think that is a cool idea, and not morbid. I just read this last night:
http://theweek.com/articles/801418/ill-read-texts-when-youre-gone
and I am sure many of us can relate to it. It talks about how when someone dies now there is a digital history - text messages, voice messages, social media, etc, and how we don't want to delete that data. I still have text messages on my phone from a friend who died totally unexpectedly and I don't want to delete them!
Anyway, on to running! Had such a great run this morning! Headed to NYC this weekend to visit my daughter and the weather looks so nice compared to Orlando. When you live in Orlando, you cherish colder temps!
10/1 - Transform App- Upper body
10/2 - 4 miles + TA W3 Legs
10/3 - 4.5 miles + TA W4 Upper Body
10/4 - TA W4 Legs
10/5 - 4.5 miles + TA W4 Upper
10/6 - 4 miles in Tampa
10/7 - rest day
10/8 - 4 miles + Transform - Arms/Back
10/9 - Transform App - Legs/Glutes
10/10 - 3 miles
10/11 - Transform App - Back/Arms
10/12 - tried to run but glute pain, walked 2 miles
10/13 - 4 miles + transform upper body
10/14 - 4 miles!
10/15 - Transform App - chest, arms
10/16 - 4.5 miles + transform app - legs!
10/17 - 4 miles + transform app - arms
10/18 - 4 miles + tbd
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October Goal: 100 miles
10/1: planned rest day
10/2: 4.5 miles
10/3: 9 miles
10/4: 5.5 miles
10/5: 7 miles
10/6: cross train ditched for rest
10/7: 3 miles
10/8: planned rest
10/9: rest until cleared by NP
10/10: 10 miles
10/11: 7 miles
10/12: 5 miles
10/13: 4.5 miles
10/14: impromptu rest (was scheduled tomorrow)
10/15: 4.5 miles (yesterday's)
10/16: 8 miles
10/17: leg day with the hubs instead of a run (couple's time)
10/18: 6 miles
Total: 74 miles
UPCOMING RACES
November - 5 mile Bare Bones Turkey Trot (22nd)
December -
COMPLETED RACES
January - Frosty 5k
February - Run for the Chocolate 5k
March - Penguin in the Park 5k
April - Lake Sara Dam 5k
May - Run Through the Jungle 5k
June - French Fried 5k
July - Firecracker 5k
August - Happy Birthday to Me virtual 10k
September 7th - 5k Glow Run
October - Illinois Homecoming 5k4 -
@Orphia - my time was 0800 Eastern Daylight Time until 0920 EDT.
Thanks for putting this together.
@polskagirl01 - Thanks for posting that AMAZING picture.2
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