October 2018 Monthly Running Challenge
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ACK! What a rough time you have had @marisap2010 ! Glad you are mostly alright after that trailer strike!0
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So sorry to hear about your car accident @marisap2010! So scary and glad you weren't hurt worse. Hope your dog is doing better as well. Take it easy!
@7lenny7 I've never seen that type of peg leg contraption for mobility. Hope it works out well for you.
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
10/08/18 :::: 4.5 :::: 49.6
10/09/18 :::: 5.1 :::: 54.7
10/10/18 :::: 5.9 :::: 60.6
10/11/18 :::: 4.0 :::: 64.6
10/12/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 64.6
10/13/18 :::: 15.0 :::: 79.6
10/14/18 :::: 2.8 :::: 82.4
10/15/18 :::: 3.0 :::: 85.4
10/16/18 :::: 3.0 :::: 88.4
10/17/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 91.5
10/18/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 91.5
10/19/18 :::: 3.2 :::: 94.7
10/20/18 :::: 7.6 :::: 102.3
10/21/18 :::: 4.0 :::: 106.3
10/22/18 :::: 3.0 :::: 109.3
10/23/18 :::: 3.7 :::: 113.0
10/24/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 113.0
10/25/18 :::: 3.4 :::: 116.4
10/26/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 116.4
10/27/18 :::: 1.4 :::: 117.7
10/28/18 :::: 26.7 :::: 144.4
10/29/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 144.4
10/30/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 144.4
10/31/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 144.4
I'm calling it a month here with no running planned today (or the rest of this week). I didn't officially set a mileage goal for this month but had calculated about 140 in my spreadsheet based on my training plan, so I was close to that in the end.
My legs are starting to feel better. Currently my 35-pound leg warmer with fur is helpfully applying some nice weighted heat to my quads.
I need to start looking for a new pair of shoes that don't give me gigantic blood blisters. I haven't been happy with the last 3 pairs I've bought (3 different brands) so I'm kind of clueless about where to go from here. Fortunately I got a nice gift certificate to Fleet Feet from some friends for my upcoming birthday to apply to the effort.
Have a great Halloween everyone and see you in the November thread.
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@marisap2010 sorry to hear about the accident, and hope you and your pup both are feeling better soon!0
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@marisap2010 Wow, sorry to hear about that but glad you're ok!
One more run from me to close out the month. Congrats to all runners that took part in the October challenge, and I'll see you all in the November thread!
01 - 15.63
02 - 14.43
03 - 10.21
04 - 12.19
05 - 22.04
08 - 15.63
09 - 12.64
10 - 12.19
11 - 13.53
12 - 26.40
13 - 6.97
16 - 5.91
17 - 15.60
18 - 12.67
19 - 22.22
22 - 15.57
23 - 14.33
24 - 12.57
25 - 14.16
26 - 16.13
29 - 16.01
30 - 14.15
31 - 12.49
Total: 333.67 / 250 miles9 -
Not as awesome as Monday, but it was an OK run. 0:15/sec mile faster. Maybe that's why. Ended up with only 62 miles for October, but going through rehab the whole month, I guess that is understandable and forgivable.
Looking forward to a healthy November!7 -
@eleanorhawkins; We have snow in the forecast - which at this time of year can be anything from big fluffy flakes gently floating down or a blizzard with a 20-50km/hr wind and Horizontal Snow.
Home made Canadian Halloween costumes are designed with expandable sides to fit over a snow suit/parka.
These Last Person Standing Events how do they ever manage to keep volunteers around for that long.
From setup to teardown our Triathlon was 7hrs, after 6 hrs I was done.
@RunsOnEspresso Nice Cross training, now picture yourself running through the area, just saying - enabling??
@katharmonic: Now That's a big blister.
@7lenny7 Halloween Ready with your new peg leg - @MobyCarp beat meet to the parrot comment - The poor hound he doesn't look happy - missing his outdoor adventures.
@marisap2010 ! Wow you are lucky to have so few injuries after a run away trailer. That's why I feel people should be required to take a test for Trailers and large RV's with a T or RvA added to drivers license code. My co-workers respond to at least 1 Lost Trailer accident per month. Usually people have the wrong size hitch on there vehicle, no safety chains or a bad hitch pin so they stick a cheap bolt in - which shears off.4 -
PastorVincent wrote: »I do not think they offer Goofix here in USA
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Easy 7k went as planned today. Was nice to run in shorts and a short sleeved shirt again, even though it was a little windy and rainy, but not rainy enough to qualify for "bad-*kitten*" status. 163k for the month.
@bubblegum2fitness Congratulations!!!!
@marisap2010 Happy you made it through relatively unscathed!
Looking forward to November.5 -
juliet3455 wrote: »@eleanorhawkins; We have snow in the forecast - which at this time of year can be anything from big fluffy flakes gently floating down or a blizzard with a 20-50km/hr wind and Horizontal Snow.
Home made Canadian Halloween costumes are designed with expandable sides to fit over a snow suit/parka.
These Last Person Standing Events how do they ever manage to keep volunteers around for that long.
From setup to teardown our Triathlon was 7hrs, after 6 hrs I was done.
@RunsOnEspresso Nice Cross training, now picture yourself running through the area, just saying - enabling??
@katharmonic: Now That's a big blister.
@7lenny7 Halloween Ready with your new peg leg - @MobyCarp beat meet to the parrot comment - The poor hound he doesn't look happy - missing his outdoor adventures.
@marisap2010 ! Wow you are lucky to have so few injuries after a run away trailer. That's why I feel people should be required to take a test for Trailers and large RV's with a T or RvA added to drivers license code. My co-workers respond to at least 1 Lost Trailer accident per month. Usually people have the wrong size hitch on there vehicle, no safety chains or a bad hitch pin so they stick a cheap bolt in - which shears off.
I would run the downhills amd flat sections but DH does not run. We do a pretty fast clip though. We tend to pass a lot of people. Lol0 -
Woke up to rain and debated delaying my run until tomorrow, when the forecast calls for cloudy skies. The pups don't like going out in the backyard when it's raining but looked dejected enough that we headed out at 5:30am. All 3 of us were totally soaked by the time we came back, and I'm pretty sure Jackson was not impressed... but C25K W5D2 is done!
If I count the walking warmups/cooldowns and intervals, I have 29.8 miles for October. I'm sure it's considerably less actual running.
Friday's forecast shows more rain again. Yay?10 -
10/1 13.38 miles
10/2 18.57 miles
10/3 13.38 miles
10/4 26.9 miles
10/5 13.2 miles, Bike 57:05
10/6 21.26 miles, Accident/fell at mile 7
10/7 13.6 miles, 160 days on the run, Bike 4:20:09
10/8 16.22 miles
10/9 21.09 miles
10/10 14.26 miles
10/11 14.43 miles, Bike 1:27:34. Weather change, I do not like cold weather.
10/12 14.62 miles, 165 days on the run
10/13 27.43 miles
10/14 13.35 miles
10/15 13.32 miles
10/16 13.56 miles
10/17 13.58 miles, 170 days on the run
10/18 19.7 miles
10/19 13.71 miles
10/20 21.45 miles
10/21 13.13 miles
10/22 13.53 miles, 175 days on the run
10/23 16.23 miles
10/24 13.59 miles
10/25 19.43 miles
10/26 13.19 miles
10/27 19.4 miles, 180 days on the run
10/28 14.43 miles
10/29 13.44 miles
10/30 14.46 miles
10/31 15.39 miles
503.23 miles for October 2018
184 days on the run
31 days of miles over 13+10 -
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Congrats @bubblegum2fitness!
@marisap2010 I'm so glad you are ok. That had to be really scary! I hope your pup is feeling better too!1 -
127.6 miles and 22:47:13 for October! I think I'm going to try to shoot for at least 130 miles in November now that I've got a good grasp of how many miles are average per month. I think I'd like to fit in something like a 10k or even 10 miler!8
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@marisap2010 Hope you and the pooch recover well together.
@AlphaHowlsit.
Conversation with myself this morning
Good me:Since I have a cold, I really should take a rest day today and hibernate under the blankets.
Runner me: Bah cold schmold. I really wanna see that 100 mile mark for the month.
Good me: Yes but beating illness requires energy.
Runner me: I can always just rest tomorrow, I planned to anyways.
Good me: I'll just roll back over and go back to sleep for another hour.
Runner me: I'm already late gotta dress quickly and get over to running area before I run outta time before work.
Good me: F I N E
Needless to say Runner me won the argument. It wasn't fast but it was 2.6 miles and put me at 100.14 for the month.19 -
@marisap2010 How scary! Hugs to you and your pup.
10-29 2.85 miles and lower body strength
10-30 upper body strength
10-31 1.66 miles
30.24 / goal 25 miles
I tried to wait for the rain to stop this morning, but Accuweather was being inAccuweather, so I finally just went out in it.6 -
@Tramboman and @kgirlhart Thank you.
@Elise4270 Thanks! If you like horror and/or zombies, and you run with your phone (or maybe an apple watch, I don't have one so I don't know how the apple watch app works) you might like Zombies, run! It's an interactive podcast you listen to while walking or running. You pick up supplies to build a base during the zombie apocalypse. It's set in the UK, and the story is great. There is an optional premium membership but I don't remember how much it costs (something like $5 a month or $30 a year? For no ads, unlimited missions, interval training and airdrop modes, and more. It also occasionally goes on sale.)3 -
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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
10/8 – rest day
10/9 – 5.01 warmup + easy XC workout
10/10 – 5.10 group run
10/11 – 6.63 easy/tempo/easy
10/12 – rest day
10/13 – 11.52 warmup + Finish Strong 15K
10/14 – 8.46 bandit run for Dennis
10/15 – rest day
10/16 – 7.02 warmup, XC workout, cool down
10/17 – 6.01 group run
10/18 – 6.45 warmup, speed work
10/19 – rest day
10/20 – 13.16 paced run
10/21 – 7.18 warmup + 6K XC race
10/22 – rest day
10/23 – 6.78 warmup, speed work
10/24 – 4.15 group run
10/25 – 8.28 easy
10/26 – rest day
10/27 – 14.92 paced run
10/28 – extra rest day
10/29 – scheduled rest day
10/30 – 7.37 warmup, speed work, cool down
10/31 – 8.05 easy
October running total – 154.48
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 – 100% chance of rain today. Fortunately, that didn't mean continual precipitation. The roads were always wet, and the skies were always gray, but I only got 4 or 5 minutes of light sprinkles during an hour+ run this noon.
Kept it easy, and it felt pretty good considering I have the remnants of a head cold. 55º F, so I couldn't ask for a better temperature; and daylight meant I could run in shorts and a tee. The fall foliage hasn't been the bright colors everywhere this year, but there have been spots here and there for quite a while. I paused for 30 or 40 seconds to get a picture of one of those spots about mile 3:
Today's run put me over my nominal mileage goal for October, even with missing a run on Sunday. How did I do with the real goals? Recover well from Wineglass, A+. Avoid reinjury, check. Build volume, just got it up to the monthly goal; but that's a success given injury avoidance.
Now to think about goals for November.
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) finished in 1:03:27
October 21, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #3 6K (Mendon, NY) finished in 24:17
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 8K (Syracuse, NY)
November 22, 2018 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY)
December 15, 2018 Freezeroo #1 (Don Curran Memorial 5K) (Gates, NY)
2019 Races:
January 1, 2019 Freezeroo #2 (Resolution Run 7.5 mile) (Mendon, NY)
January 5, 2019 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY)
January 12, 2019 Freezeroo #3 (Pineway Ponds 5 Mile) (Spencerport, NY)
January 26, 2019 Freezeroo #4 (Hearnish 5 mile) (Victory, NY)
February 9, 2019 Freezeroo #5 (Tom Brannon 8 mile) (Greece, NY)
February 23, 2019 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY)
April 15, 2019 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA to Boston, MA)
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katharmonic wrote: »I need to start looking for a new pair of shoes that don't give me gigantic blood blisters. I haven't been happy with the last 3 pairs I've bought (3 different brands) so I'm kind of clueless about where to go from here. Fortunately I got a nice gift certificate to Fleet Feet from some friends for my upcoming birthday to apply to the effort.
I saw a podiatrist (who works with elite athletes) who recommended a couple of different shoes that he said would suit my foot (wide) and gait (osteoarthritis in big toe means a loss of power in right foot I push off that toe so need a shoe that will support, also, as a mid foot striker, a lower drop suits me better).
I then went to a specialist store to try said shoes and chose most comfy pair (actually ended up buying two - one for short distances, one for long). Ran my half in them last weekend and it was the first time in ten years I wasn't hobbling at the end - no aching, no blisters (I used to roll one foot and would end up with a blister in the same place every time after an event), no pain whatsoever. If only I'd done this years ago!!!
So, long story short, try going to a specialist to get fitted. Also, always take your old shoes with you so they can see your wear pattern.7
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