May 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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@PastorVincent good warm up 5K with the wife. Nice pics. Good luck tomorrow!
@ereck44 good luck on your race!
@katharmonic hope all goes well tomorrow for your 10 mile race!
Probably missed a bunch of you that were racing this weekend, but best of luck to all!
Not my best 15 miler this morning, but got it done. Had to take a few 30 sec walk breaks 😭
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FOR ALL YE STALKERS:
(not sure if I posted this yet...)
Dick's Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon
My Marathon Bib # 4025
My wife's is # 4933
I am sure there will be a tracking site like there is every year...5 -
My ticker isn't working.
7 miles out of my 40 goal.5 -
PastorVincent wrote: »FOR ALL YE STALKERS:
(not sure if I posted this yet...)
Dick's Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon
My Marathon Bib # 4025
My wife's is # 4933
I am sure there will be a tracking site like there is every year...
Please tell Mrs @PastorVincent we're cheering for her to have a great race tomorrow! Oh, and you too, of course.
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PastorVincent wrote: »FOR ALL YE STALKERS:
(not sure if I posted this yet...)
Dick's Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon
My Marathon Bib # 4025
My wife's is # 4933
I am sure there will be a tracking site like there is every year...
Please tell Mrs @PastorVincent we're cheering for her to have a great race tomorrow! Oh, and you too, of course.
^^^ What @7lenny7 said...4 -
Thanks @7lenny7 and @Tramboman !0
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So my PACE tattoo is here. Going to shoot for sub-4. The tattoo is calibrated to 3:55 so if I can stay close to it I should be good. Weather will start in the low 50s F and climb into the low 60s F so not horrible. Humidity in the 90s though.
The real trick to this race is accounting for the fact that the first 13 miles are MUCH easier terrain than the second 13 miles. So positive splits are actually a reasonable tactic though I am going to try and run true to the tattoo. Never really tried that before so no idea how well it will go.
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PastorVincent wrote: »Great story about a guy that has run EVERY Pittsburgh Marathon since 1985 when it was initiated. Last year his time was 7:07, so not a superstar. Just some guy that has has a rough time of it.
http://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/among-the-last-to-finish-2018-marathon-beltzhoover-man-running-again
What I find amazing is he can't train for it because of whatever is wrong with his bones so he did that 7 hours and all the previous races on just doing it!3 -
I know there are lots of people racing today and tomorrow so just going to say good luck to everyone! I know @amymoreorless finished marathon 1 of her 2 marathon weekend and @RunsOnEspresso finished her HM! Congratulations to both!!!
This was my last long run before the half next weekend. I had planned for 8 miles and I was super frustrated that I seemed to be running well and fast but the last couple of miles were taking forever. I was really starting to worry about completing a half if 8 miles felt so terrible even if I was running faster than planned. Even the 12 miler I ran last week didn't feel this hard. It ended up that Strava had a problem around mile 6 and where I thought I should have been well into mile 7 I still hadn't finished 6... So I ended up running around 9.5 miles at a pace much faster than I have been running up to this point...
Date........Miles.......Total
05/01......4.49........4.49
05/02......0.00........4.49
05/03......4.25........8.74
05/04......9.52......18.26
02/03/19 - Surf City Half Marathon Deferred to 2020
05/11/19 - Santa Barbara Wine Country HM
09/15/19 - Jack and Jill Downhill HM - Boise
11/23/19 - USA Women's HM (lottery)
02/02/20 - Surf City Half Marathon11 -
So many races this weekend!! Good luck to everyone running!
Just picked up my swag at the Vancouver Expo and checked into my hotel. I’m off to an early dinner with some local friends in a few minutes. My swag isn’t as impressive as @PastorVincent but at least I really like the color blue!
May goal: 70 mi
5/1 2 mi
5/2 2 mi
May total: 4 mi
2019 Races:
3/16 Kirkland Shamrock Run 5K
4/13 Mud & Chocolate 4.5 mi trail run
5/5 Vancouver BMO Half Marathon
5/12 The Color Run 5K
5/18 Your Canyon for a Day 35 mi Bike Tour, Yakima
6/16 Monroe Bubble Run 5K
7/21 Seafair Triathlon?
8/11 Lake Union 10K?8 -
I know there are lots of people racing today and tomorrow so just going to say good luck to everyone! I know @amymoreorless finished marathon 1 of her 2 marathon weekend and @RunsOnEspresso finished her HM! Congratulations to both!!!
This was my last long run before the half next weekend. I had planned for 8 miles and I was super frustrated that I seemed to be running well and fast but the last couple of miles were taking forever. I was really starting to worry about completing a half if 8 miles felt so terrible even if I was running faster than planned. Even the 12 miler I ran last week didn't feel this hard. It ended up that Strava had a problem around mile 6 and where I thought I should have been well into mile 7 I still hadn't finished 6... So I ended up running around 9.5 miles at a pace much faster than I have been running up to this point...
Date........Miles.......Total
05/01......4.49........4.49
05/02......0.00........4.49
05/03......4.25........8.74
05/04......9.52......18.26
02/03/19 - Surf City Half Marathon Deferred to 2020
05/11/19 - Santa Barbara Wine Country HM
09/15/19 - Jack and Jill Downhill HM - Boise
11/23/19 - USA Women's HM (lottery)
02/02/20 - Surf City Half Marathon
You're going to do great! Are you planning on running with a pace group?0 -
So many races this weekend!! Good luck to everyone running!
Just picked up my swag at the Vancouver Expo and checked into my hotel. I’m off to an early dinner with some local friends in a few minutes. My swag isn’t as impressive as @PastorVincent but at least I really like the color blue!
May goal: 70 mi
5/1 2 mi
5/2 2 mi
May total: 4 mi
2019 Races:
3/16 Kirkland Shamrock Run 5K
4/13 Mud & Chocolate 4.5 mi trail run
5/5 Vancouver BMO Half Marathon
5/12 The Color Run 5K
5/18 Your Canyon for a Day 35 mi Bike Tour, Yakima
6/16 Monroe Bubble Run 5K
7/21 Seafair Triathlon?
8/11 Lake Union 10K?11 -
Thanks @MegaMooseEsq! I haven't had great luck with pace groups in the past but I may try it. I am planning to still run intervals 2:30 run :30 walk.5
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Race prep...
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PastorVincent wrote: »Great story about a guy that has run EVERY Pittsburgh Marathon since 1985 when it was initiated. Last year his time was 7:07, so not a superstar. Just some guy that has has a rough time of it.
http://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/among-the-last-to-finish-2018-marathon-beltzhoover-man-running-again
What I find amazing is he can't train for it because of whatever is wrong with his bones so he did that 7 hours and all the previous races on just doing it!
I know right? Stupidly impressive!2 -
Thanks @MegaMooseEsq! I haven't had great luck with pace groups in the past but I may try it. I am planning to still run intervals 2:30 run :30 walk.
That's too bad - I really loved the pacers at both of my halves last year. Well no matter what, you'll be awesome! You've got a plan, you've done the work, you've got this.1 -
So many races this weekend!! Good luck to everyone running!
Just picked up my swag at the Vancouver Expo and checked into my hotel. I’m off to an early dinner with some local friends in a few minutes. My swag isn’t as impressive as @PastorVincent but at least I really like the color blue!
May goal: 70 mi
5/1 2 mi
5/2 2 mi
May total: 4 mi
2019 Races:
3/16 Kirkland Shamrock Run 5K
4/13 Mud & Chocolate 4.5 mi trail run
5/5 Vancouver BMO Half Marathon
5/12 The Color Run 5K
5/18 Your Canyon for a Day 35 mi Bike Tour, Yakima
6/16 Monroe Bubble Run 5K
7/21 Seafair Triathlon?
8/11 Lake Union 10K?
Really pretty swag! Are those gloves? How cool!1 -
PastorVincent wrote: »Race prep...
Salad and water? Any Dessert?1 -
Race report from the Lake Hartwell Dam Run 10k:
Arrive for bib and t-shirt pickup @ 0745. Goes well, as usual, because there is no day of race registration (they have to run limited background checks because you run along the top of an Army Corps of Engineers installation). The buses depart for the 5k starting line in South Carolina, last one runs 5 minutes before start time of 0830.
10k starting line, I line up about mid pack as I haven't run this race in a few years and haven't run in the heat and daylight yet enough this year to get acclimated. The race director gives the prep command, Runners set.....then drops her arm yelling go. And we're off out of the parking lot onto Highway 29 with the first mile going by pretty easily about a quarter of the way through the second mile the hill starts. The hill is not very steep but it does go for a little over a half mile. Fast walked up part of it(ran to the SC line). Turn around at Singing Pines in SC and dowhill to the earthen part of the dam then it was a pretty level or slightly downhill 3 miles to the finish line.
Goal was under 1:15 so I succeeded at that. New goal is to start running in the sun more as my next 2 10Ks are in June.
Pics in spoiler tag.
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Congrats to those that raced today and good luck to those that race tomorrow!!
It was a rainy and cloudy week here, but today was beautiful. It took a bit to get going, so by the time I stopped stalling it was close to 11 am. It was also the village wide rummage sales so there were cars and people out every where. It provided for a nice distraction while I made my way to the trail. I was expecting mud and puddles on the trail, but it was actually pretty good. After Thursday’s chilly run it was so nice to run in warmer weather.
5/1- 4 miles
5/2- 4 miles
5/4 - 4.5 miles
Total 12.5 miles/Goal 50 miles5
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