January 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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dreamer12151 wrote: »Supplement question. I recently decided to start using electrolytes on the advice of several people, including my trainer. I got a couple tubes of the Nuun to try.
One is the Energy Blackberry Citrus, the other, Watermelon Electrolyte. The blackberry one isn't too bad. I've had 2, 1 as a drink, the other on my run yesterday. The OTHER one.....holy taste buds, I apologize! Now, I realize that the Watermelon one should be the one I need as that is the "electrolyte" one, but is there ANY way to make it actually palatable? My thing i guess is I don't like carbonated water, and that's what it tasted like. I just can't imagine doing a long run with that in my bottle.
1. Nuun flavors vary widely. I will never, ever buy Cola flavored Nuun again. My current box has tropical, fruit punch, grape, and strawberry/lemonade. They're all OK, but I think I like fruit punch the best.
2. Nuun tastes a lot better when your body needs it than as a table drink on a rest day. It's not quite as pronounced a difference as GU, but it's there. FWIW, the biggest taste difference I've experience is with Chocolate Outrage GU. 15 minutes before a race, it tastes like sickeningly sweet frosting that maybe a 5 year old might like. 10 miles into a long run, it tastes like fine fudge.8 -
January Running Totals (miles)
1/1 – 10.09 warmup + 7.5 mile race
1/2 – 6.28 easy w/fast finish
1/3 – 6.76 warmup, intervals, cool down
1/4 – rest day
1/5 – 16.65 warmup, Winter Warrior Half
1/6 – 8.09 easy
1/7 – rest day
1/8 – 8.64 warmup, speed work, cool down
1/9 – 11.08 easy
1/10 – 8.25 warmup, speed work, cool down
1/11 – rest day
1/12 – 15.94 warmup, 5 mile race, post-race easy run
1/13 – 12.46 easy with hills
1/14 – rest day
1/15 – 8.19 warmup, speed work, cool down
1/16 – 10.01 easy to MP
1/17 – 9.82 warmup, speed work, cool down
1/18 – rest day
January running total to date – 132.26
Nominal January mileage goal: 200 miles
Real Goals: Train well toward Boston. Work the January races into the training plan smoothly. Remain uninjured, even if it means cutting back on planned mileage or races.
Today's Yesterday's notes – Club practice ran late. Or perhaps I should say, stretched late. The assignment was a tempo workout for early marathon training: 3 miles at MP, 2 miles at threshold, 4 laps stride the straights. Got there on time, ran my 2 mile warmup. Chatted with Coach about how training is going. I'm feeling that I've worked hard, but the R pace from Tuesday is tougher than the long T intervals.
Coach had me look at a couple of young guys with good running mechanics, and said he'd rather I focus more on form when running R than on pace. This is a chicken/egg thing; you run R intervals to a pace target because holding an aggressive pace as you get tired forces you into good running economy and good form. Or you run R to focus on form, and the faster pace will follow as form improves.
So I went out. Ran my 3 miles as 7 laps to the mile in lane 6. Target was a 7:20 mile. Actuals came in at 7:12, 7:14, 7:13. Yeah, I can run that fast for 3 miles, but that's not the point. If I run 7:15 for the first 11 or 12 miles of a marathon, I'll have problems later. Transition into the T, running that as 8 laps (1600m) of lane 1 because I'm not sharp enough to do the arithmetic in my head for lane 6. Target is 6:32 for 1600m. They came in at 6:35 and 6:28. Good enough.
Transition immediately into my cool down. 2 laps in I realize I've forgotten the strides. Think about that for a couple more laps, running retro; then turn around and run 4 laps of striding the straights. Coach is right there watching runners where I do the second stride of the laps. He says I have better form now. (Better than when? I didn't ask.) Get that done, turn around again, finish the 2 mile cool down.
7+ miles of continual run on an indoor track with low humidity indoor winter air and no water is pretty dry. I was feeling it toward the end of the cool down. Need to think about proactive hydration for this kind of workout.
On the last part of the cool down, I spent some time focusing on form even at a slower pace. I have an issue with my right foot that translates to needing to ice the foot and ankle after most runs. Didn't do that yesterday, and it's okay. Hmm. Last time I skipped, I could tell that I should have iced. Maybe working on form helped, maybe it's just one of those random things.
Rest day today. Shoveled the driveway about noon, feeling fortunate that the snow didn't show up until now. Look at my plan, and I only need 16 miles tomorrow. I might be able to get them in before the predicted winter storm gets nasty. Then tomorrow I'll worry about how I deal with running on Sunday and whatever the weather throws at us.
For all that I dislike snow storms disrupting my running plans, this sure beats running at 91° F with high humidity.
2019 Races:
January 1, 2019 Freezeroo #2 (Resolution Run 7.5 mile) (Mendon, NY) finished in 50:55
January 5, 2019 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY) finished in 1:30:48
January 12, 2019 Freezeroo #3 (Pineway Ponds 5 Mile) (Spencerport, NY) finished in 33:10
January 26, 2019 Freezeroo #4 (Hearnish 5 mile) (Victor, NY)
February 2, 2019 USATF XC Championship, Masters 8K (Tallahassee, FL)
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 13, 2019 BAA 5K (Boston, MA)
April 15, 2019 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA to Boston, MA)
November 3, 2019 TCS New York City Marathon (New York, NY)7 -
@7lenny7 great! Take care on that tendon as you train up to that!
@Scott6255 good luck in the marathon!!
@dreamer12151 I tried making my own electrolyte mix, but overdid the honey. I spent a very long, very hot 20 mile training run sinking into sand thinking I was going to be found dead and shrivelled (not because of the drink). what I learnt from that long run was that nothing tastes so good as plain water does.
What I do now is use Tailwind - it’s a powdered electrolyte, weakly flavoured and not too sugary. I actually mix it as a super strong mix (I guess like a gel) and then I can take small sips of this, mix it with water and always get that fresh water taste to keep me happy.
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How can I find the Strava group?1
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Behind in thread... but no run today. My plan actually has this week as a cut back week for real so not supposed to run my full 50 miles this week. Only have to do 13 miles tomorrow. Might run both Sat and Sun though. Pends on stuff that I do not know yet.
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@workaholic_nurse You are an inspirational runner yourself...if going out for a run was that easy, I'd definitely see a lot more people out there than I do!
@Scott6255 Good luck this weekend in Houston!
@getfitfaster18 The group is here.
I haven't been checking in here quite so often, but this morning was an easy-paced 20 miles, with the last four miles within 20% of marathon pace. I've officially started a three-week taper process, which is typically started the day after the last 20-mile long run. However, as I normally do a 22 or 26-mile long run (alternating Fridays), and my marathon is on a Saturday, then I opted to cut this run back to 20 miles and call it the start of the taper process.
Next week should see my running distance reduced to 65 miles, followed by 50 miles the week after that, and then just 30 in the final week, so expect taper tantrums to start at some point over the next three weeks!
01 - 11.28
02 - 15.66
03 - 15.76
04 - 18.35
07 - 15.62
08 - 14.93
10 - 9.22
11 - 22.17
14 - 15.52
15 - 15.35
16 - 12.48
17 - 15.28
18 - 20.36
Total: 201.98 / 250 miles
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Jan 2 (3.1mi run) (4.1mi walk)
Jan 6 (3.8mi run) (1.2mi walk)
Jan 7 (1mi run) (.5mi walk)
Jan 8 (3.1mi run) (.5mi walk)
Jan 10 (3.1mi run)
Jan 12 (3.1mi run)
Jan 16 (3.1mi run)
Jan 18 (3.1mi run)
(23.4mi/30mi) (6.3mi walk)
I don’t know how, but the icy mess was actually worse today than on Wednesday - despite having plenty of time to melt and having only gotten another light dusting of snow in the meantime. Almost took a spill down by the elementary school, which explains why they closed the county schools today. I’m hearing rumors of more snow incoming and my yard is still covered. Looks like spring across the street. 🤣8 -
I missed my scheduled easy run yesterday. I just couldn't get myself motivated to go to the gym. I "should" do my long run tomorrow, but we're supposed to be getting severe thunderstorms. So I'm thinking about doing my missed easy run on the treadmill tomorrow and the long run on Sunday. I've never run on the day before my long run before; this could be an adventure.6
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@garygse hmm for some reason the strava link is in Deutsch... But that may be me, since i occasionally try to learn it. So, @getfitfaster18 there is an English setting. Dont think we all sprich auf deutsch.
I have a running crisis.
ITS 63F (17C) AND I CANT FIND MY RUNNING SHOES!!!8 -
PastorVincent wrote: »
For reals, man, I saw that guy and all his buddies in the grocery yesterday, and we just have a RUMOR of snow two days from now!3 -
Thank you all for your well wishes. All your support really means a lot! Pretty nervous to be honest. But will just trust my training and try to get through it.
@workaholic_nurse I am humbled to be included in a class with all those elites, but truly, @garygse , @AlphaHowls, @MobyCarp, and @7lenny7 belong in a class by themselves.
You and everyone here that push through the physical, mental, and emotional pain and obstacles are all inspirations to me.
I will pop in and out this weekend, and let you know how it went. But I don't expect to write a race report until I get back home on Monday.
Hope @rheddmobile and anyone else racing this weekend has a great race and stays warm!!!!
Thanks @workaholic_nurse ! @Scott6255 you are one of the better runners. I think, if your not where you want to be yet, you will get there rather than forever being in the group constantly trying to achieve homeostasis.
The newbies that don’t give up and keep coming back are my inspiration! (And Gary and Kevin and Sharon and Kristine and the rest of y’all that i don’t necessarily know / remember by first name). Ok so if you’re here, you inspire me. Keep those feet a-movin’!
Good luck this weekend racers!9 -
Week 1 of half marathon training is nearly over! My long run scheduled for tomorrow is 4 miles, which hopefully will be a piece of cake as I’m accustomed to running that distance already. Anyone else following Hal Higdon’s beginner half marathon training plan?
January miles:
1/1-1/15: traveling and exploring Europe!
1/16: 3.1 miles
1/17: 1 mile
1/18: 3.1 miles
Cumulative total: 7.2/30 miles8 -
Got out before the rain this afternoon for 6 miles. We have a cold front coming in over the weekend, so ahead of that is rain and a bit of warmth! It was 69 F, which is the warmest I have seen in quite a while and super humid! I actually took water out with me for the first time in a while and I’m so glad I did. I was dripping, but it was just nice to not be cold! And just got the tiniest bit of sprinkles on my last mile or so, which was perfect since I was pretty warm by then. Felt lovely! As I am typing this, the rain has started in earnest, so good timing!
Jan miles: 34.2 miles
Jan goal: 45 miles
2019 Races:
Piney Woods Trailfest 5k - 2/2/2019 registered
Rodeo Run 10k - 2/23/2019 registered
Run Houston! Minute Maid Park 10k - 3/23/2019 registered
Brazos Bend 50 10k - 4/6/2019 registered
Galveston Island Wine Festival Champagne Fun Run 5k - 4/27/2019
Women's Quarter Marathon - 5/2019
El Chupacabra de Houston 10k (night trail run) - 8/2019
TWRC Run WIld Run Free 5k - 9/2019
10 for Texas 10 Miler - 10/2019 registration opens Jan 2019
Wine and Dine half marathon - 11/3/2019
Run the Year 2019 - Team Five for Nineteen8 -
Aw, @workaholic_nurse, thanks so much. I can't believe I would be included in that list of names (made me almost tear up and definitely made my day too), all of whom I am inspired by as well. Every runner here from the newest to the most experienced, the slowest to the fastest - like Elise says if you are out there doing it and keep trying that's awesome. Hope you got your dam run in
Good luck to all the racers this weekend!
And good luck to all of us in the path of the snowstorm! I braved the grocery store and the liquor store after work and it was a nightmare. I guess all of us were that guy who needs bread and milk. Well I needed pizza and wine, but same thing. I sure wanted to break into some hysterical crying at the checkout lines.
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
01/01/19 :::: 4.0 :::: 4.0
01/02/19 :::: 5.3 :::: 9.3
01/03/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 9.3
01/04/19 :::: 3.6 :::: 12.9
01/05/19 :::: 10.4 :::: 23.3
01/06/19 :::: 4.3 :::: 27.6
01/07/19 :::: 3.4 :::: 31.0
01/08/19 :::: 3.2 :::: 34.1
01/09/19 :::: 3.8 :::: 37.9
01/10/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 37.9
01/11/19 :::: 7.7 :::: 45.6
01/12/19 :::: 2.0 :::: 47.6
01/13/19 :::: 3.2 :::: 50.8
01/14/19 :::: 3.0 :::: 53.8
01/15/19 :::: 3.8 :::: 57.7
01/16/19 :::: 4.0 :::: 61.7
01/17/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 61.7
01/18/19 :::: 3.5 :::: 65.2
Chugging along with another treadmill run today, after a nice rest day yesterday. Tomorrow's long run is going to be cold, but at least we should get it done well before the snow starts.
We're supposed to get 12+ inches in about 24 hours so it should be a fun one! People were fleeing work today to get to the ski slopes for the long weekend or to battle the grocery stores like me. I just hope I have time to wear the dog out before it gets too bad (supposed to be really cold and windy too I think) so we can just curl up and enjoy from the nice warm couch. With the wine and pizza.8 -
getfitfaster18 wrote: »How can I find the Strava group?
You find it yet?0 -
I love fartleks - well, I love saying the word. That counts, right? Glad you chose to stay on the sidewalk AND that you didn't get hurt when You slipped and fell.polskagirl01 wrote: »
Had enough clear sidewalk today to make it a fartlek run - fast on clear areas, slow on icy spots. On one smaller, less-traveled road I considered switching over to the road because of ice, but decided against it because I was worried about cars coming up behind me. Less than a minute later, a car came from behind me and crossed paths with a second car going the other direction. I heard something when they passed, just ahead of me, then they both stopped. Their mirrors had hit each other. Weird. I guess it was good that I wasn't out there in the road too! Since I hadn't actually seen anything, I was of no help and didn't stick around.
Made it the whole way home, only to slip and fall right in front of my own house
Ouch. But I'm ok!
@7lenny7 Congratulations!!!
@rheddmobile Warm, fast, safe vibes coming your way from E. TN!
@PastorVincent That's hilarious and, unfortunately, true!
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Hey all. Today was the last day of my January challenge for my NZ running group. It was a 1500m run, and for bonus points you ran in your teams colours. My team was orange so I had my usual tank top, an orange bandanna and orange socks.
My plan was to run the first 1.5k,ditch the bandanna for my visor and continue my run for around 10k. Did the first half no worries. Switched out the headgear and continued up the road. At 3k I suddenly remembered why I don't run in those socks (blisters on my instep). I turned for home. At 4k, I was really glad I cut it short. It was definitely starting to rub. Fortunately no blisters and no lasting effects. Glad I listened because blisters would have me out for a week - especially instep ones.
Orange outfit!
Supposed to be running socks. Nope.11 -
greyparks206 wrote: »I missed my scheduled easy run yesterday. I just couldn't get myself motivated to go to the gym. I "should" do my long run tomorrow, but we're supposed to be getting severe thunderstorms. So I'm thinking about doing my missed easy run on the treadmill tomorrow and the long run on Sunday. I've never run on the day before my long run before; this could be an adventure.
@greyparks206 My plans are always changing due to weather, work, health, life, etc... I also draw the line at “adventure thunderstorm running”. Getting hit by lightning is not something I think I ever want to experience. My condolences on having to resort to the dreadmill.
@Scott6255 I wish you the best of luck this weekend! I have lots of family and friends in Houston and one friend is running the half. She has been sending me hourly updates on the weather. 😂. It looks like it will be perfect on Sunday!!!5 -
A decent run on the treadmill after work. Legs felt pretty good and was entertained by a HGTV show. Thought about continuing, but had some things I wanted to do before picking up my daughter.
Good luck to those racing this weekend!!
1/3- 3 miles
1/4- 3 miles
1/7 - 3 miles
1/9- 3.5 miles
1/11-3 miles
1/15 - 3 miles
1/16 - 2 miles
1/18 - 3.5 miles
24 miles/40 goal7
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