April 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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quilteryoyo wrote: »@katharmonic I'm pre-exhausted for you! Good luck with everything!
Serious. I needed a nap after reading that post!3 -
Before I got the stress fracture, I'd thought that about 160 miles would be right for April, with taper and reverse taper before and after Boston. Now I'm on Day 5 of wearing a boot as much as I can tolerate. Still don't know if it will be practical to go spectate at Boston. But the important thing is to get better and run again. With that in mind, here are my April goals:
Nominal April mileage goal: 0 miles
Real Goals: Recover from stress fracture without making it worse. Run a few miles late in the month if and only if recovery permits this. Become healthy enough to have an actual mileage goal for May.25 -
@PastorVincent wrote: »AlphaHowls wrote: »Minimum for 200 miles
Last month was fun, highest I have ever gotten, but with spring here, I will be out in the yard more. My cross training so to speak.
Have you ever run as few as 200?
The answer is yes, but it's been awhile. Ha! Found it! April 2018, 157 miles. I pulled my back muscle and had to take some days off.9 -
Before I got the stress fracture, I'd thought that about 160 miles would be right for April, with taper and reverse taper before and after Boston. Now I'm on Day 5 of wearing a boot as much as I can tolerate. Still don't know if it will be practical to go spectate at Boston. But the important thing is to get better and run again. With that in mind, here are my April goals:
Nominal April mileage goal: 0 miles
Real Goals: Recover from stress fracture without making it worse. Run a few miles late in the month if and only if recovery permits this. Become healthy enough to have an actual mileage goal for May.
Definitely focus on healing right now so you can get back to doing what you love.
I know wearing a boot is miserable because my husband tore his Achilles last year and had to wear one for months, including while he slept. He would wake up every morning and tell me how awful it was and how I had no idea what it was like to sleep with something pushing on you and making you uncomfortable all night. (Uh, having two children means I spent 18 months of my life sleeping with something pushing me FROM THE INSIDE and making me uncomfortable all night.) He was so glad when he could stop wearing that darn clunky thing.
In April I plan to run 30 miles.14 -
No set number goal for April here! March was a train wreck, so to speak. Started the month off with a knee/hip injury that required me to call off my half marathon training completely and ended the month with a car accident that’s caused me some pretty bad back and neck issues. I’d like to thank everybody in this thread that reached out to me and sent well wishes my way. I’d tag you all but there were so many of you I can’t keep track!
An update on the injuries: apparently it’s just pretty severe whiplash from the impact. I was prescribed some muscle relaxers which helped a lot and banned from exercise for at least a week. She also recommended I see a chiropractor so I’m calling tomorrow to set up an appointment there! What a mess! At least I wasn’t at fault and the kid that hit me has to pay for everything through his insurance!13 -
Back to my April goals:
No set mileage, but once I’m feeling better my goal is to get out there at least 3 times a week, preferably outside since spring has arrived!
I’m also upping my walking as I’m recovering. I’m planning on participating in an annual walk for hunger my city does every May that’s 20 miles long. I’m used to doing it, but I’m always so sore afterwards so I figure if I train a bit it won’t be as bad!11 -
Wow ... everyone's goals are so inspiring! This is my first month ... I'm in for 50 miles
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vmichelle580 wrote: »Wow ... everyone's goals are so inspiring! This is my first month ... I'm in for 50 miles
We all started somewhere. Welcome!1 -
@Elise4270 sorry, but I really DO want to hug you, like walk right up to you and envelop you in a hug. Problem is, at 5 foot tall my nose would be slap bang in the middle of your chest most likely and we’d all be in this embarrassing mess. Anyhoo, all I could do since you wouldn’t let me virtually hug you was click that you’re inspiring. Which you are.
@amirahdaboss glad to hear it is is whiplash, even knowing how rough that can be. @workaholic_nurse hope you are recovering well too.
No idea on April goals. Just run, enjoy running, run three times a week.
An’ I know he’s busy with stuff, but hey, @Stoshew71 let us know you’re still kicking around someday.7 -
girlinahat wrote: »@Elise4270 sorry, but I really DO want to hug you, like walk right up to you and envelop you in a hug. Problem is, at 5 foot tall my nose would be slap bang in the middle of your chest most likely and we’d all be in this embarrassing mess. Anyhoo, all I could do since you wouldn’t let me virtually hug you was click that you’re inspiring. Which you are.
@amirahdaboss glad to hear it is is whiplash, even knowing how rough that can be. @workaholic_nurse hope you are recovering well too.
No idea on April goals. Just run, enjoy running, run three times a week.
An’ I know he’s busy with stuff, but hey, @Stoshew71 let us know you’re still kicking around someday.
Aww... alright. Y’all can hug me... just feels a little pitiful. I’m a grown up. Sorta. Physically I am. I’m 5’5”, you’re not that much shorter.. I don’t think...
I saw Stan had a few runs on Strava. I wanted to say “hey get your butt back to the group”. But I understand he’s probably (hopefully), enjoying some needed Stan time.
ETA size shirt you wear? I found a running shirt just for you. Long or short sleeve?8 -
Welcome @vmichelle580 ! Don’t y’all just LOVE seeing newbies here, especially their first posts? Don’t let the crazies scare you off. This thread is a little familiar. Settle in! Cinch up those shoes! Ask questions!
Oooh questions!!!
Anyone have a monthly question?4 -
I'll go ahead and pose a group question.
It may have been asked before, but at least not recently that I know of. As I have admitted recently, I am addicted to carbs.
So in that vein, I am wondering...
How many of you have Keto or low-carb lifestyle? How has it benefited (or harmed) your running / day-to-day life?3 -
Well it was SNOWING (again) so I set up a time lapse (again) hoping to catch a nice snow storm but it was a dud of a storm (again) but this time I used my Go Pro Hero 5 session which is much simpler than my Canon T5 set up at least.
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I'll go ahead and pose a group question.
It may have been asked before, but at least not recently that I know of. As I have admitted recently, I am addicted to carbs. So in that vein, I am wondering...
How many of you have Keto or low-carb lifestyle? How has it benefited (or harmed) your running / day-to-day life?
Oooh hot topic!
Follow up question: can a carbaholic fully give up addictive carbs?
Scott for me a high fat diet works. I like fat. I am a fat eater, its a natural choice for me. So I stick to natural carbs, unlimited. I can eat beans, oranges, bananas, anything as long as its real food.
How has it effect my running? Well, i really had to understand and embrace fruit (carbs) in the beginning. I do/did allow GU for long runs, or circled back for an orange. Or had maybe oatmeal before to fuel activity. Maybe Gatorade. I needed to be intentional with my carb consumption.
I aim for a fat addapted diet. Its hit and miss. I still like Ben and Jerry's and pizza occasionally. My goal is to minimize the processed foods and not succumb to high carb/no nutrition foods.
The benefits for me: controlled cravings and i dont get hungry if i have to wait until 2pm for food. Very nice perk when I'm unable to grab lunch.
And i can think about my choices, rather than becoming overly hungry and eating an entire box of cookies, all the cheese, the pop tarts, that ice cream...
My weight fluctuates less.
I think i do better mentally, blood sugar isnt up and down. I have a better mood. 6 weeks in, i had a coworker ask what id done differently. I shrugged. I'm just eating better.
It eliminates most of the possibility that i eat soy and get a migraine. Its hidden in so many processed foods. So its given me a tool to get a hold of that.
I lost 2% body fat (DXA) in 1 year , (6 months on new plan), gained some muscle, weight unchanged.
We cook at home more. Buy better foods.
I seem to have “outgrown” my IBS-D (unless I have too much vitamin C.
Draw back: uh i can go all day and not be hungry, if work is demanding, i find i am less able to think at the end of the day. But that may be true of any diet choice.
It can take months before your body addapts.
ETA and you may not like your food choices. My dh tries to eat like I do, he was just grossed out by the grass fed fatty cuts I bought. He’s a junk eater. Will bring home 5 boxes of cookies because he couldn’t decide on one, no way he can give up the sugared pb in the middle of the night either.
Neutral: my cholesterol is up from ~150 to ~170. My good cholesterol is unchanged, barely low. Bad cholesterol (ldl ,right?) Is also up, and triglycerides. If one is already a little high here, might not be as free as i am with the butter and stick to nuts and avocado.
Personally, yall eat what ya want- no hate here. Just please be mindful about the elimination of an entire food group. (Unless its processed "food"). 😘
Maybe find a balance and eliminate that junk food? We have a small group you can check in with to help keep you on track. No one diet, just how can we help you stay on track?
You read Matt Fitzgerald's racing weight?
ETA- i have a copy. I can mail it to you if ya want.5 -
I'll go ahead and pose a group question.
It may have been asked before, but at least not recently that I know of. As I have admitted recently, I am addicted to carbs. So in that vein, I am wondering...
How many of you have Keto or low-carb lifestyle? How has it benefited (or harmed) your running / day-to-day life?
Monthly question: I’m a special case, because I’m a type 2 diabetic, which means I have limited tolerance for carbs, and I’m also on metformin, which prevents the liver from releasing too much stored sugar. So not only can I not eat too many or my blood glucose will go high, I’m at greater than usual risk of my blood glucose dropping too low if I don’t eat enough.
I don’t do keto or low carb, but I do “lowish” carb, about 150 net g per day on a non-run day usually, by doing what is called eating to the meter. In other words, I take my blood sugar after meals and novel situations such as new exercise, pay attention to how different meals affect me, and adjust accordingly so that my sugar stays within range. In practice, this means I eat a good breakfast a couple of hours before running, an orange about fifteen minutes before running, and a couple of Clif Bloks per hour if my run is significantly longer than an hour. This keeps me on an even keel. After running, my insulin resistance is improved for about 24 hours, which means I can eat more carbs than usual. On a rest day, I have problems eating more than 45 g per meal, while after a long run, I can eat more than double that and be back to normal fasting glucose levels within two hours.
Going keto would be an option for me, if my diabetes advances and I have problems in the future, but at the moment my goal is to enjoy as many carbs as I can while remaining within the blood sugar goals of a normal, non-diabetic person. So far so good, my most recent a1c was 4.9. I even had pizza recently, which has always been a problem for me, and my levels stayed fine.
As far as being carb addicted is concerned, when I was diagnosed I cut out a bunch of quick digesting refined carbs such as candy, Coke, and white bread. Testing revealed that they knock my blood levels around, and the resulting insulin fluctuations cause cravings for me. Instead of having tiny portions and trying not to want more, I just avoid these foods. However, I can manage tons of French fries, which is good because I love them. I definitely run for fries. The one food I really miss that I haven’t found a way to eat even after a long run is Karo pecan pie - 70g net carbs a slice of pure heaven, and substitutes don’t cut it.7 -
Plan has me down for 123km. I think I'll go with 100km and see what happens. (I did the same thing last month and ended up with an epic fail but still.)
April looks to be a month-long exercise in the management of chaos, and I seem to be doing quite badly so far.8 -
Last month I went for 60 and ended up with 70.This month is the last month of HM training, a trail race, and two work trips across the country. So it’s going to be a lot and I just need to hang on for the ride... I’m in for 70!6
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Hey all. Had an awesome start to the month, 7k done. Aiming for 150k this month whoot whoot.
Re: monthly question. I'm pretty anti diet. I kinda go with the calories in/calories out philosophy. I've lost about 50lb in the last 2 years just by eating less and moving more - an aside, that answer ticks off a lot of people who want to know my 'secret'.
Things like Keto etc are just another way to reduce calories. Frankly I think you do you. If Keto works for you, yay! That's awesome. But no, it's not a wonder diet that will cure society.8 -
Re: monthly question. I'm pretty anti diet. I kinda go with the calories in/calories out philosophy. I've lost about 50lb in the last 2 years just by eating less and moving more - an aside, that answer ticks off a lot of people who want to know my 'secret'.
Things like Keto etc are just another way to reduce calories. Frankly I think you do you. If Keto works for you, yay! That's awesome. But no, it's not a wonder diet that will cure society.
This is also me almost entirely. I couldn't restrict carbs if I tried, I pretty much run for carbs! If I don't get a lot of carbs I'm a miserable grumpy *kitten*.
My main nutritional Achilles heel is crisps, I did have to rule those out completely as I'm incapable of self-control when it comes to then. My favourite dinner after a bad day at work (which was pretty much every day) was a cheese sandwich (read half a baguette) and half to three quarters of a family pack of crisps. Then I told people I didn't know why I was fat cause I really didn't eat very much :-O
Now I will sometimes (maybe a couple of times a year) allow myself an individual pack when I need a treat and I can fit it in my calories.
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