November 2018 Monthly Running Challenge
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@katharmonic W00T! You survived another trip around the Sun!2
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Did the Portland 3 Bays Half Marathon and was happy with my time. Out of 22 runs of HM distance, this was my 4th fastest; 2nd fastest race HM.
I wanted to be under 2 hr 10 min and I was.
Good on you! well done! and that course looks beautiful.
@ContraryMaryMary yay for first kids' run, parenting done right!
@katharmonic what a lovely birthday! and your doggie is adorable.
@zdyb23456 she is adorable! I know it's tough when you're a little kid and understanding how a competition works. Yay for blueberry muffin!
Ran (slowly) 8.6 miles. Knee felt achy at times but it went away.
So for November so far I ran 16.7 miles. Tomorrow will be upper body only - arm crank erg and weights.
11/2 Friday 4.5
11/3 Saturday 3.6
11/4 Sunday 8.6
@hanlonsk good to see you here too! My challenge is doing both weights and running without straining something. Some time back I was deadlifting on one day, then ran the next and strained a hamstring.
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Did the Portland 3 Bays Half Marathon and was happy with my time. Out of 22 runs of HM distance, this was my 4th fastest; 2nd fastest race HM.
I wanted to be under 2 hr 10 min and I was.
Feeling recovered after Melbourne Marathon 3 weeks ago and legs feel good after today. It was awesome to run from one side of the peninsula to the other. The weather was perfect, with a little drizzle and a little sun in parts, but mostly cloudy with a tail wind.
There was a climb of over 50m in the first km and undulations the whole way which nearly did my head in! Hahaha. Hoping to do more HM races this month.
Nice work. Looks like a great course!2 -
eleanorhawkins wrote: »As my half draws closer I range between moments of confidence to moments of pure terror and absolute certainty that my perfectly good training plan is really cr@p and I'm going to be horrifically undertrained and will probably die.
Strangely though (as I'll probably die so it won't be an issue), while running and fretting over not having enough miles under my belt I'm already thinking about what I'll be looking for in another training plan for another half in March. Am I just plain crazy? (Asking for the little voice in my head).
I had the same doubts even though I know I had done all the training. However, when I calculated the pace I'd have to run to achieve the goal I wanted I thought, "that's just not possible", then I looked back at last year's pace and thought, "did I really run that speed? I can't maintain that pace", and so on and so on. But race day rolls around regardless and you do your thing and have a blast, and nearly die, and then you sign up for your next event!!
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@katharmonic Happy Birthday!!!1
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ContraryMaryMary wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »As my half draws closer I range between moments of confidence to moments of pure terror and absolute certainty that my perfectly good training plan is really cr@p and I'm going to be horrifically undertrained and will probably die.
Strangely though (as I'll probably die so it won't be an issue), while running and fretting over not having enough miles under my belt I'm already thinking about what I'll be looking for in another training plan for another half in March. Am I just plain crazy? (Asking for the little voice in my head).
I had the same doubts even though I know I had done all the training. However, when I calculated the pace I'd have to run to achieve the goal I wanted I thought, "that's just not possible", then I looked back at last year's pace and thought, "did I really run that speed? I can't maintain that pace", and so on and so on. But race day rolls around regardless and you do your thing and have a blast, and nearly die, and then you sign up for your next event!!
Welcome to Runners Not-Quite-So-Anonymous!
lol thanks, I have to admit I have had to be really firm with myself to stop myself signing up for the next one before even completing the first. I am apparently a race addict. Luckily (for now) my crazy brain still considers a full marathon to be WAY too much. Fingers crossed it doesn't change its mind after discovering a half is possible, or I'm really *kitten*!
@katharmonic happy birthday!3 -
11.5 miles today. No rain, but it was a bit chilly and windy. And I stayed in my small town, which meant a lot of loops.
I plan to try to get the rest of my weekly planned miles at the gym tonight while watching TWD.
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11/1 = 18 miles
11/2 = rest day
11/3 = rest day
11/4 = 16 miles
November goal miles = ? / 34 miles-to-date
Upcoming Races:
11/11 = Hill County Trivium (just doing the half)
11/22 = Georgetown Turkey Trot
12/15 = Stars at Night Half
1/26/19 = Miami Tropical 5K
1/27/19 = Miami Marathon
3/10/19 = ZOOMA half (potentially)
5/4/18 = Wisconsin Marathon (mittens challenge part 1)
5/5/18 = Kalamazoo Marathon (mittens challenge part 2)7 -
5.8 miles today. It was my first really crappy run. The first one that didn't make me feel better. I actually felt terrible at the end. It was cool and super windy. My clothes were too hot and I developed some odd ankle pain about half way. Also had to walk a bit which just ruined my mentality. I finished it but just didn't enjoy it.8
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midwesterner85 wrote: »11.5 miles today. No rain, but it was a bit chilly and windy. And I stayed in my small town, which meant a lot of loops.
I don't live in a small town but there are a LOT of long stoplights if I go too far, so I have to do a number of out-and-backs instead. bleughamymoreorless wrote: »11/1 = 18 miles
11/2 = rest day
11/3 = rest day
11/4 = 16 miles
November goal miles = ? / 34 miles-to-date
Upcoming Races:
11/11 = Hill County Trivium (just doing the half)
11/22 = Georgetown Turkey Trot
12/15 = Stars at Night Half
1/26/19 = Miami Tropical 5K
1/27/19 = Miami Marathon
3/10/19 = ZOOMA half (potentially)
5/4/18 = Wisconsin Marathon (mittens challenge part 1)
5/5/18 = Kalamazoo Marathon (mittens challenge part 2)
Wow you are one busy runner! May all go well.2 -
Butterchop wrote: »5.8 miles today. It was my first really crappy run. The first one that didn't make me feel better. I actually felt terrible at the end. It was cool and super windy. My clothes were too hot and I developed some odd ankle pain about half way. Also had to walk a bit which just ruined my mentality. I finished it but just didn't enjoy it.
I’ve been struggling with being too hot on cold day runs too. My best running purchases of the season have been a very very lightweight windbreaker and (separate) detachable sleeves, that way I can keep the wind off but basically have short sleeves under the jacket once I warm up.2 -
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2---2.24 intervals
3---5.24 walk with DD
4---5.49 walk with DD
13.0/65
Upcoming Maybe Races
December 1st Dinosaur Valley Endurance Run. 5 Mile Glen Rose TX
January 5 BIRR Ultra relay. 50k. Hawaii. For @KeepRunningFatboy
March 31, 2019 A2A Undecided distance. Ardmore OK
April 28, 2019 OKC Memorial Marathon (half)5 -
November Running Totals (miles)
11/1 – 7.58 warmup, speed work, cool down
11/2 – rest day
11/3 – 12.08 paced run
11/4 – 9.43 warmup, 6K XC race, cool down
November running total to date – 29.09
Nominal November mileage goal: 160 miles
Real Goals: Avoid injury. Run well in the Pete Glavin XC series. Have fun at the Syracuse Half and Race with Grace 10K. Build base toward the start of Boston training.
Today's notes – Today's puzzle was what to wear for the PG XC race #4. Temperature was near freezing when I got into my car to drive to the site, but was projected to by 42º F (6º C) at gun time, with little wind. I wore shorts, but packed tights in case it was colder and windier than anticipated. Wore a singlet under a running jacket, but packed both short sleeve and long sleeve tech shirts.
Ran my warmup, tried to preview the course. Got to the 1 mile mark, and my watch said about a half mile. Oops. I later determined that I had missed the first loop around the grass. Had some foibles figuring it out, but got it figured out on the warmup so it wouldn't be a problem during the race.
The warmup is supposed to be slow anyway, and it was a beautiful day in a nice location. So I paused for a lot of pictures, all taken either from the race course or from a few steps off the race course. Pictures behind the cut:
The large body of water is Cayuga Lake. The stream is Taughannock Creek. The tall waterfall picture was taken from a bridge perhaps 15m beyond the turnaround point; it's supposed to be the tallest waterfall in the US east of the Mississippi River.
The course was structured as a couple of loops and an out and back. The out and back was along the gorge path, along Taughannock Creek. The loops were nothing special as cross country goes; a lot of grass, a few small rolls of terrain, no real hills. The out and back was on a hard dirt and fine gravel path, about a mile of mostly gentle incline with a few waves, then turn around and come back down. From past experience, I expected the out part of the out and back to be my strongest part of the course.
So I finished my warmup, and decide to run in singlet, shorts, and light gloves. Spent some time changing from trainers to spikes, and realized my hands weren't cold. Made a last minute decision to run without gloves.
Cross country involves some strategy. Everyone is coached to go out fast for 50 steps then settle into a sustainable pace. I have a problem there, because there are many runners who are better sprinters than I am and/or get a better jump at the gun. Again today, I found that when these runners started to peter out, the course had narrowed and it was hard to pass in the crowd. But I persevered, passing as space allowed, then settled into what looked like a stable position . . . until we got to the out and back.
As I expected, the uphill was no big deal. It wasn't steep. But many runners slowed down more than I thought that incline warranted. I passed a lot of people on the way up. Turned around, and thought about them all coming past me on the downhill, because I'm not a strong downhill runner. Well, this isn't a very steep downhill. I pushed it fairly hard, and only one guy caught me on the downhill. I passed him back on one of the contra-waves, and he never caught me on the grass after the out and back. I think I only passed 4 or 5 runners in the final mile after the out and back, and 3 guys passed me on the final loop; they all looked far too young to be in my age group. At the time, I guessed them all to be under 50. (Checks online . . . the 5 guys close enough ahead of me to have been the ones who passed were 43, 45, 46, 29, and 27.)
I had been keying off Syracuse Track Club singlets, trying to catch Tim. Never did catch up to him; every time I passed a Syracuse runner, it was someone else. After the race, I learned that this was because Tim had been behind me the entire way. It was only a matter of pride to finish ahead of Tim; our team captain and best runner was a late scratch due to injury, and I knew we had no chance to beat Syracuse as a team. But it turned out that I finished first in the 60-69 age group, the Buffalo guy who was 3 seconds ahead of me two weeks ago was 26 seconds behind me today, and Syracuse supervet men finished 3, 4, 5 to take the team title. But with our team captain absent, i won the age group as an indivdual. That was kind of nice, because I'm running out of peanut butter cups I got for placing 3rd two weeks ago and being in the top 3 won me a refill:
If our team captain had been there and run a typical race, we would have won the team title. Oh, well. The team award is beer, I don't do alcohol, and our missing team captain is probably our biggest connoiseur of craft beer anyway.
Between the race and the awards ceremony, I got a cool down run up and down the out and back to take one last look at that pretty waterfall. Sometimes it's pleasant to play tourist; but I wouldn't ever drive the hour and a half to get to Taughannock Falls State Park without the excuse of a race to run.
All in all, it was a pretty fun day. Garmin thinks I ran a 6:11 average pace; but Garmin also thinks I crossed Taughannock Creek. Actual pace was likely a bit slower; but in any case, I ran very well today. I'm happy with that.
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) finished in 22:48
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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I had a slight hiccup in my training today. I was taken by ambulance to the hospital. I have a kidney stone and infection. I’ll be taking a few days off.25
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debrakgoogins wrote: »I had a slight hiccup in my training today. I was taken by ambulance to the hospital. I have a kidney stone and infection. I’ll be taking a few days off.
Oh No! I hope it all clears up soon!0 -
What are the most dreaded words you don't want to hear when shooting for a PR?
"The course was short."8 -
@debrakgoogins oh no! That sounds awful. Hope they pass without TOO much pain!
@MobyCarp great race! Congrats!0
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