March 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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Took time form work today to go get my picture taken for my driver's license renewal, and guess who is closed on Mondays? Ugh. Never occurred to me that might be the case so did not check. *sigh* Have to burn another day later to do it now...10 -
3/3: 3.1Km
4/3: 12.2Km
Total to go: 52.7Km9 -
It's cold here today! Knowing the temperature was forecast to plummet into the teens, I planned ahead of time so yesterday was a rest day and today is a lifting day.
Last night was the awards ceremony / afterparty for the Memphis Runner's Track Club Winter Off-Road series. One of the nice things about having the ceremony separately from the races is that I got to see what everyone looks like in non-running clothes! It was held at Crosstown Brewery and the awards were growlers and a certificate for filling them with beer, which I don't drink, but the growler makes a cool trophy.
There was a pizza truck serving the party, but pizza is problematic for my blood glucose on a non-run day, so afterwards we walked down to the Global Cafe in the Crosstown building and had a great dinner of Sudanese beef stew, grilled Syrian vegetables, and Nepalese milk tea. Hard to believe this place was a derelict shell only a few years ago!
This whole "being a healthy person" lifestyle is still a novelty to me. I'm more used to gaming and sf cons where literally everyone in the room is 300 pounds or heavier (in Memphis even the cosplayers are heavy). Being surrounded by fit hipsters feels weird! I was having a serious case of Imposter Syndrome.16 -
@rheddmobile congrats on kicking butt during the series and getting the award! Your meal sounds wonderful. I'd take that over pizza any day.3
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March Goal: Shut up and move
3/1 Went to my first ever St. David's Day Party
3/2 3.13
3/3 stuff
3/4 4.00
Total: 7.13
Ticker is my goal for 2019 and progress to date:
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We were busy with an Agility Trial Fri-Sun so no running at all. Managed to get in over 15k steps each day though and Hobbes did well, especially on Sunday with 2 perfect runs out of 3 and a 2nd place for one of them. This was one of the larger trials with over 100 dogs entered in many of the events so there was a lot of rushing around, then waiting. A friend who competes and is also a professional photographer took pictures of many of the runs.I am still way behind on all the posts but did read @7lenny7's race report - wow! You guys are awesome! I love Kody and can't believe he is 11! One question - do his paws and ears get cold?
@rheddmobile - that place looks awesome! An imposter you are definitely not!
@rusgolden - Congratulations on the HM PR! It is always nice to have supporters cheering you on - so motivating even when you feel you have nothing left!
@simcon1 - You have nice weather because we are getting all of your rain! You're welcome!
Speaking of rain, it poured all weekend and while today was nice it is supposed to rain tomorrow afternoon all the way through next Monday or Tuesday. Our reservoirs are full to overflowing and that doesn't take into account the snow melt which will be coming. Yards are now flooding pretty much every time it rains, the ground just can't absorb any more and hasn't had a chance to really dry our at all.
This was my first run for March today and may be my only outdoor run for a little while depending on how much rain we actually get. We already have warnings for flooding on Wednesday so I may end up at the gym instead. Today's run I increased my run interval to 3 minutes so I will do 5/3 walk/run for a few more times and then go to 4/4. My legs were tired from the weekend but managed to do all the intervals and actually went a bit further than my previous runs. For now I want to stay under 5 miles during the week and start building a little to long runs on the weekends with HM plan training starting on the 18th.
Date........Miles.......Total
03/01......0.00.......0.00 - Agility Trial
03/02......0.00.......0.00 - Agility Trial
03/03......0.00.......0.00 - Agility Trial
03/04......4.55.......4.55 + Agility Class
My completed and/or upcoming races. Let me know if you will be running them too.
02/03/19 - Surf City Half Marathon (iffy) Deferred to 2020
05/11/19 - Santa Barbara Wine Country Half Marathon
09/15/19 - Jack and Jill Downhill HM - Boise13 -
@7lenny7- Great race report and great photos! Looks like you had a blast. You and Kody are lucky to have each other!
@Shanaber- Hobbes
I just love him!
@rheddmobile - Congrats on the age group award! Well earned!
@rusgolden - Great job on the PR!!!3 -
@rheddmobile congrats on kicking butt during the series and getting the award! Your meal sounds wonderful. I'd take that over pizza any day.
I dunno, while I am forced GF, the pizza sounds better... but would have made a similar choice.
Still, congrats again @rheddmobile ! Well done!3 -
@rheddmobile congrats on your award - that does make a cool trophy!
@shanaber - congrats to Hobbes! Those pictures are so fantastic. Love the middle one especially where he is looking right into the camera. Such a great face!4 -
5 easy miles with a coworker after work today. Pace was easy, but HR was surprisingly high (147 whereas last week it was only 135). Yesterday's workout really amped up the fatigue for today's recovery run! I've got 10 miles and a workout on the schedule for tomorrow, but may opt for easy miles tomorrow and a workout either Wed or Fri morning instead to give myself some extra recovery time.
March miles:
3/1: 10 miles
3/2: Rest day
3/3: 17 miles
3/4: 5 miles
March total: 32 miles
2019 Races
March 16: Four Courts Four Miler (Goal: Fun!)
March 24: Caesar Rodney Half Marathon (Goal: PR)
April 7: Cherry Blossom 10 Miler (Goal: Sub-75)
April 28: New Jersey Marathon (Goal: BQ)
July 6: Finger Lake Fifties 50k (Goal: Finish)
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@Shanaber- Love Hobbes! He is so photogenic! Congrats to you both!
@rheddmobile - The age group award is cool! Great job!4 -
@7lenny7 Fantastic race report, but dang that race looked brutal; serious respect and congrats to both you and Kody for that one!
@rusgolden Great race, and congrats on the PR!
@Elise4270 Ha, that feels like it was from an age ago!
01 - 14.13
04 - 13.59
Total: 27.72 / 200 miles6 -
March
3.5
5
0
4
Total: 12.5 out of 105-135
I was scheduled for 3-5 miles today. I walked/sogged through 4 miles. I wanted 5 but I was starting to cough at 4 so I called it.
Shared this on my personal FB earlier and thought I'd drop it here for discussion.
TL/DR: Female cyclist stopped during a race because she got too close to the men's group.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/04/sport/cycling-women-belgium-intl-scli-spt/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=2019-03-04T12:03:36&utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN&fbclid=IwAR3pkRKdSbcgFaIc-MJ2X0HpGFXAhPA_V3B57OO7vBVb8yLTCFREQoxeH1Y&fbclid=IwAR3VlFin6pvyMsawWi0USPaz1i43N2YeIiFSS7yocCL0-p8dsNtx_00CN7w7 -
might be a little irritated that the marathon does not have any information on their aid stations. what fluids? what gels? snacks?
@mbaker566 Can you email the race director? Maybe you can post your questions on their race Facebook page. I am sure other people have the same questions.0 -
Three more miles for tonight.
16 total for the month.
64 miles left to 80 for March.9 -
I just found out today I'm 3cm (1 and bit inches) taller than I thought! feels very satisfying typing that into things and seeing my BMI drop a little. I'm now that much closer to being a normal BMI (yes I know a crappy metric but its what I'm using atm). Oh and when your 5'3" that extra inch makes a difference!!!11
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RunsOnEspresso wrote: »Shared this on my personal FB earlier and thought I'd drop it here for discussion.
TL/DR: Female cyclist stopped during a race because she got too close to the men's group.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/04/sport/cycling-women-belgium-intl-scli-spt/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=2019-03-04T12:03:36&utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN&fbclid=IwAR3pkRKdSbcgFaIc-MJ2X0HpGFXAhPA_V3B57OO7vBVb8yLTCFREQoxeH1Y&fbclid=IwAR3VlFin6pvyMsawWi0USPaz1i43N2YeIiFSS7yocCL0-p8dsNtx_00CN7w
I saw that! I can understand wanting some distance between the two races for safety reasons, but it really stinks that they just stopped her and let everyone else catch up. I would be pretty annoyed if I was way out in front during a race and then the race officials made me lose my lead.4 -
Date...........Run.......Walk.........Pushups
03/01........00M.......3.5M........30
03/02........20M.......0.0M........00
03/01........00M.......0.0M........00
03/02........06M.......0.0M........00
---MTD: 3.5 miles walking, 26 miles running, and 0KM resting
Upcoming Races
Steel Challange 5k - May 2019
Pittsburgh Marathon - May 2019
Glacier Ridge 50k Trail Race - May 2019
2021 - Disney World Dopey! (if can raise funds)
2019 GOAL: Knock a full hour off my 50k time at Glacier Ridge.4 -
Did 6miles on the dreadmill as a test run to see how my injury was. Feel fine so should be able to return to running. No idea what happened. Very odd.14
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