May 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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PastorVincent wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »samthepanda wrote: »Very late to this month's challenge but i have been getting out there. 4 miles today and that's the last run before my half marathon on Sunday, few niggles in my knee but not bad. Can't believe it's come round so fast! The weather has been pretty bad here, on Wednesday it was pouring all day and 8 degrees. If it's like that on Sunday I don't think I'll be running as I am not good with cold. Forecast isn't looking too bad but it is going to be a cold morning so I need to find a few layers i don't mind losing. Any last minute tips for a novice half marathoner welcome. I am not going be fast, I am aiming for 3 hours, but I want to finish.
Enjoy it, trust your training, after you finish make sure you walk for a while and STRETCH!!!!!
This is a big thing that novice racers get wrong to their peril. After a race, you need a cool down period. If you stop and sit you are likely to pass out. Drink good liquids, eat something when your stomach is ready, walk a while. Stretching like @eleanorhawkins will help prevent DOMS too. The important thing it to focus on coming down for a slow gentle landing after the race, and not crashing hard.
Thank you both. I will try and remember this. I need to keep moving as I get very cold, very quickly, especially when tired and then it can all go bad very quickly. I am getting my kit ready now and have packed warm comfy clothes for the way home but I will instruct hubby to meet me at the finish with a warm layer, and to make me keep moving. What counts as 'good liquids'?1 -
samthepanda wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »samthepanda wrote: »Very late to this month's challenge but i have been getting out there. 4 miles today and that's the last run before my half marathon on Sunday, few niggles in my knee but not bad. Can't believe it's come round so fast! The weather has been pretty bad here, on Wednesday it was pouring all day and 8 degrees. If it's like that on Sunday I don't think I'll be running as I am not good with cold. Forecast isn't looking too bad but it is going to be a cold morning so I need to find a few layers i don't mind losing. Any last minute tips for a novice half marathoner welcome. I am not going be fast, I am aiming for 3 hours, but I want to finish.
Enjoy it, trust your training, after you finish make sure you walk for a while and STRETCH!!!!!
This is a big thing that novice racers get wrong to their peril. After a race, you need a cool down period. If you stop and sit you are likely to pass out. Drink good liquids, eat something when your stomach is ready, walk a while. Stretching like @eleanorhawkins will help prevent DOMS too. The important thing it to focus on coming down for a slow gentle landing after the race, and not crashing hard.
Thank you both. I will try and remember this. I need to keep moving as I get very cold, very quickly, especially when tired and then it can all go bad very quickly. I am getting my kit ready now and have packed warm comfy clothes for the way home but I will instruct hubby to meet me at the finish with a warm layer, and to make me keep moving. What counts as 'good liquids'?
Stuff with sugar and electrolytes that sites well in your stomach. Gatorade, Nunn, whatever works well for you.0 -
PastorVincent wrote: »samthepanda wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »samthepanda wrote: »Very late to this month's challenge but i have been getting out there. 4 miles today and that's the last run before my half marathon on Sunday, few niggles in my knee but not bad. Can't believe it's come round so fast! The weather has been pretty bad here, on Wednesday it was pouring all day and 8 degrees. If it's like that on Sunday I don't think I'll be running as I am not good with cold. Forecast isn't looking too bad but it is going to be a cold morning so I need to find a few layers i don't mind losing. Any last minute tips for a novice half marathoner welcome. I am not going be fast, I am aiming for 3 hours, but I want to finish.
Enjoy it, trust your training, after you finish make sure you walk for a while and STRETCH!!!!!
This is a big thing that novice racers get wrong to their peril. After a race, you need a cool down period. If you stop and sit you are likely to pass out. Drink good liquids, eat something when your stomach is ready, walk a while. Stretching like @eleanorhawkins will help prevent DOMS too. The important thing it to focus on coming down for a slow gentle landing after the race, and not crashing hard.
Thank you both. I will try and remember this. I need to keep moving as I get very cold, very quickly, especially when tired and then it can all go bad very quickly. I am getting my kit ready now and have packed warm comfy clothes for the way home but I will instruct hubby to meet me at the finish with a warm layer, and to make me keep moving. What counts as 'good liquids'?
Stuff with sugar and electrolytes that sites well in your stomach. Gatorade, Nunn, whatever works well for you.
I fueled my half with jelly babies and water every couple of miles, and my husband waited for me at the finish line with a chocolate milkshake. Someone told me at some point it was a good recovery drink, and as a chocoholic I think the thought of that kept me going towards the end!
Definitely get changed into warm, dry clothes as soon as you can in those conditions! I don't know whether it's a thing where you are, but often here local gyms collaborate with races by allowing runners to use their showers afterwards either for free or for a symbolic amount (like 1€) which they give to charity. If anything like that is possible it might also help?
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eleanorhawkins wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »samthepanda wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »samthepanda wrote: »Very late to this month's challenge but i have been getting out there. 4 miles today and that's the last run before my half marathon on Sunday, few niggles in my knee but not bad. Can't believe it's come round so fast! The weather has been pretty bad here, on Wednesday it was pouring all day and 8 degrees. If it's like that on Sunday I don't think I'll be running as I am not good with cold. Forecast isn't looking too bad but it is going to be a cold morning so I need to find a few layers i don't mind losing. Any last minute tips for a novice half marathoner welcome. I am not going be fast, I am aiming for 3 hours, but I want to finish.
Enjoy it, trust your training, after you finish make sure you walk for a while and STRETCH!!!!!
This is a big thing that novice racers get wrong to their peril. After a race, you need a cool down period. If you stop and sit you are likely to pass out. Drink good liquids, eat something when your stomach is ready, walk a while. Stretching like @eleanorhawkins will help prevent DOMS too. The important thing it to focus on coming down for a slow gentle landing after the race, and not crashing hard.
Thank you both. I will try and remember this. I need to keep moving as I get very cold, very quickly, especially when tired and then it can all go bad very quickly. I am getting my kit ready now and have packed warm comfy clothes for the way home but I will instruct hubby to meet me at the finish with a warm layer, and to make me keep moving. What counts as 'good liquids'?
Stuff with sugar and electrolytes that sites well in your stomach. Gatorade, Nunn, whatever works well for you.
I fueled my half with jelly babies and water every couple of miles, and my husband waited for me at the finish line with a chocolate milkshake. Someone told me at some point it was a good recovery drink, and as a chocoholic I think the thought of that kept me going towards the end!
Definitely get changed into warm, dry clothes as soon as you can in those conditions! I don't know whether it's a thing where you are, but often here local gyms collaborate with races by allowing runners to use their showers afterwards either for free or for a symbolic amount (like 1€) which they give to charity. If anything like that is possible it might also help?
Good point. Chocolate milk (or milkshake) is like the best thing ever after a race, IMO2 -
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PastorVincent wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »samthepanda wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »samthepanda wrote: »Very late to this month's challenge but i have been getting out there. 4 miles today and that's the last run before my half marathon on Sunday, few niggles in my knee but not bad. Can't believe it's come round so fast! The weather has been pretty bad here, on Wednesday it was pouring all day and 8 degrees. If it's like that on Sunday I don't think I'll be running as I am not good with cold. Forecast isn't looking too bad but it is going to be a cold morning so I need to find a few layers i don't mind losing. Any last minute tips for a novice half marathoner welcome. I am not going be fast, I am aiming for 3 hours, but I want to finish.
Enjoy it, trust your training, after you finish make sure you walk for a while and STRETCH!!!!!
This is a big thing that novice racers get wrong to their peril. After a race, you need a cool down period. If you stop and sit you are likely to pass out. Drink good liquids, eat something when your stomach is ready, walk a while. Stretching like @eleanorhawkins will help prevent DOMS too. The important thing it to focus on coming down for a slow gentle landing after the race, and not crashing hard.
Thank you both. I will try and remember this. I need to keep moving as I get very cold, very quickly, especially when tired and then it can all go bad very quickly. I am getting my kit ready now and have packed warm comfy clothes for the way home but I will instruct hubby to meet me at the finish with a warm layer, and to make me keep moving. What counts as 'good liquids'?
Stuff with sugar and electrolytes that sites well in your stomach. Gatorade, Nunn, whatever works well for you.
I fueled my half with jelly babies and water every couple of miles, and my husband waited for me at the finish line with a chocolate milkshake. Someone told me at some point it was a good recovery drink, and as a chocoholic I think the thought of that kept me going towards the end!
Definitely get changed into warm, dry clothes as soon as you can in those conditions! I don't know whether it's a thing where you are, but often here local gyms collaborate with races by allowing runners to use their showers afterwards either for free or for a symbolic amount (like 1€) which they give to charity. If anything like that is possible it might also help?
Good point. Chocolate milk (or milkshake) is like the best thing ever after a race, IMO
Truth! After my first Boston marathon I could not even look at water or Gatorade as I made my way down the shoot. I spotted the volunteer with the chocolate protein recovery drinks and I knew instantly that was what I needed. I was shaking so badly that she had to open it for me. I guzzled it down and was absolutely fine in a matter of a minute. Tasted sooo good!7 -
Big congratulations @ereck44 on your mini marathon and beating your goal by a big margin! That's fantastic. Enjoyed your race report.
@samthepanda good luck on your race this weekend! The others have given some good advice. Trust your training and have fun.
Not sure if I missed anyone else that will be racing this weekend but good luck to all!
@lporter229 thanks. I feel a lot better today after a really good sleep but I'm definitely going to take it a bit easy for a little while. I had it in my head that I want to try to PR the HM I have coming up June 2 so I feel really behind in my training, but if I'm not ready for that there are lots of other chances.
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
05/01/19 :::: 4.0 :::: 4.0
05/02/19 :::: 3.5 :::: 7.5
05/03/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 7.5
05/04/19 :::: 2.1 :::: 9.6
05/05/19 :::: 10.2 :::: 19.8
05/06/19 :::: 3.0 :::: 22.9
05/07/19 :::: 1.1 :::: 24.0
05/08/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 24.0
05/09/19 :::: 2.8 :::: 26.8
05/10/19 :::: 3.3 :::: 30.1
A rainy day pre- and post-workout treadmill run totaling 3.3 miles. I took the day off from work so I didn't feel guilty about spending a really long time at the gym today, adding in a bit of a sauna and a yoga class too. And I got a pedicure on the way home. Now my toes are fairly presentable.
Lots of graduation events this weekend so I'm not sure when running is happening or for how long, but that's okay, I'm taking it easy.6 -
I didn’t run today, but I did have a consultation with a physical therapist at my gym that went really well. We talked, she had me do some movements, she pummeled my quads for a while (OW!), she had me do the movements again, and then showed me a set of exercises to use as a warm up before lifting or running. And by the end of our session my knees and hips didn’t hurt any more!
Given the way I was moving and what I told her about how this had come around in the past and progressed, she thinks I developed a muscle imbalance from tight quads, under-using my glutei, and very slightly favoring the right side of my body - she showed me a picture of a squat holding a pvc pipe over my head and I genuinely thought the picture was at an angle. Spoiler alert: it was me.
Anyhow, she felt pretty confident that this is primarily a lifting issue, not a running issue, and that I’m fine to run so long as my knees aren’t hurting. She cleared me to stick around for strength class after our session, and of course I tried to run home afterwards. Unfortunately, my right knee protested pretty quick, but honestly I’m not stressed about it (much). I walked home, have been using my TENs unit on my quads, and am going to do some rolling now that I’m done with lunch. And fingers crossed, run this weekend!10 -
Morning all.
I'm making a resolve today. Back to running, no excuses! Stop with the excess junk food. Eating will not solve my nervous energy so don't gain all the weight back.
I'm going to embrace the fact I'm quiet at work and enjoy it. Its only 5 weeks. I have a knitting project, I'll do that (boss won't care - I have an odd job).
We have someone looking at the house today (Saturday) and have decided we are definitely listing with the agent on Monday so that will take away a lot of the dramas. Auction will be in 6 weeks and the agent will be handling all the other stuff. So less stress there.
Basically I'm embracing the suck.15 -
workaholic_nurse wrote: »MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
I spent the morning taking my mom to the cardiologist’s office for a med check then running errands. She’s not feeling so good the last couple of weeks since her arrhythmia returned. The doctor had suggested trying to manage her symptoms with medication, trying another cardioversion, or doing an ablation. Mom went with the least obtrusive option (medication) but I’m not confident after today that it’s going to work. I love her and want her to feel better, but it’s so hard to keep her spirits up. She wants to just accept feeling awful all the time, but that’s what got her stuck in the hospital in the first place.
Dad went through much the same until about 9 months ago. He was able to be medication managed, and had already had one cardioversion for Atrial fibrillation, with more medication to help it stick...until it didn't. His persistent arrhythmia was waking him up at night and he was symptomatic at rest. I was finally able to talk him into the ablation. 9 months later he is off all but the more essential medications, and his doctor is hoping to start weaning down the blood pressure and anticoagulant medications soon. I hope your mom does well with medication management, but you may want to start planting seeds about ablation ma'am.
That sounds pretty familiar, and tracks with what I'm hearing from mom's doctors. I'm currently working on convincing her to get a sleep study done (we're pretty sure that sleep apnea was the underlying cause of the heart failure) - she gets overwhelmed easy so focusing on one thing at a time seems to help.3 -
quilteryoyo wrote: »MegaMooseEsq wrote: »I was exhausted when I got home but tried journaling about how I was feeling and I think it helped. I’d love to run but I know I’d want to push it too hard. So instead I’m going to take a nap. Therapy this afternoon is definitely needed.
I'm so sorry about your husband - I know that death comes for us all but it's so much easier to pretend it's not real... until it is.3 -
@ereck44 - Awesome job managing your race to a fantastic PR!! Congratulations! Was the Carmel race in Carmel, CA? If so was it super hilly?
@samthepanda - I agree on the chocolate milk (or hot chocolate if it is cold out) after the race. It is the best! so hopefully they will have it for the runners or you can have someone bring you some. For during the race I recommend, as much as possible, to relax and enjoy it. Soak up the energy and excitement with all the other runners. You may meet someone running about the same pace as you that you can run a bit with which I have found is awesome, especially when you are getting tired. If you need to walk a bit do so and for sure walk the water/aid stations. For my 1st HM I ran with a friend and she made me slow and walk the entire water station each time. At first I thought it was a terrible idea but in the end it made a huge difference in how I felt.
No run for me today but we went to race expo which was outside in a park in downtown Solvang (tiny Danish town). I don't think I realized how small this race is, there are only 1500 entrants so one of the smallest I have run in a long time. The expo was the normal packet pick up and a few vendor tents. DH got a free beer and I took a picture at the race booth but it was raining so we didn't stay too long. We walked a couple of miles though (in the rain) to check out a restaurant for dinner only to find out they are completely booked. The owners were super nice though and we will likely go there and get some take out.
Good news is that it looks t be around 51F for race start and 65F by the time I should be done and little to no rain!12 -
5/1 20.13 Miles
5/2 21.37 Miles
5/3 26.46 Miles
5/4 40.05 Miles
5/5 7.54 Miles, 370 days on the run, Bike 2:02:13 about 36 miles
5/6 10.58 Miles
5/7 15.32 Miles
5/8 20.32 Miles
5/9 21.12 Miles
5/10 26.39 Miles, 375 days on the run8 -
@simcon1 Sorry to hear about your friend. Hope he recovers soon.1
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quilteryoyo wrote: »@simcon1 Sorry to hear about your friend. Hope he recovers soon.
Congrats, @ereck44 on the Indy mini! And I hope all goes well with the races this weekend, @shanaber and @samthepanda and all the other racers I missed!
We had another gorgeous day here, and I did my normal run that I do from work, along Lake Union—I kept it pretty short because I needed to hustle home on my bike to get to a kid event. It was a challenge to run slowly with time pressure, but it still felt great.. the scenery didn’t hurt:
May goal: 70 mi
5/1 2 mi
5/2 2 mi
5/5 13.3 mi
5/8 cross (8.5 mi bike commute)
5/9 3 mi and cross (8.5 mi bike commute)
5/10 2.7 mi and cross (8.5 mi bike commute)
May total: 23 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?
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So to embrace the suck, I did a 9k run, and I think I found my mojo. Must have left it at my turn around point last weekend. I had one of those runs where I felt grate and just wanted to keep going - except I only prepared for a run less than 10k. So I was sensible.
Came home, cleaned and tidied the house, and met the people who came to have a look. It's been an hr and they are still here - hubby has taken them to the beach (straight across the roadlto show them other aspects. So feels good.... Here's hoping. I put a bit of a hard word on them because we are planning on listing exclusively with an agent on Monday, so if they want to make an offer at a better price they better get in by then cause once we list we will be expecting a lot more.
See what happens though. We've felt good about others before.8 -
I’m down in Blenheim with a girlfriend this weekend for the Vineyard Half. As it’s a Saturday event we’re all done and dusted and are sitting back in our motel room drinking the bottle of bubbles we got in lieu of a finishers medal (no complaints here).
Starting the race I had no real idea of what time to expect - the course is flat but through vineyards so maybe 75 percent was on grass, with 20 percent on gravel, and just a little road running here and there. The weather was perfect: cool and clear, and the scenery was stunning. When we weren’t in the vines we were ruining along the top of stop banks by the river.
As an ‘off-road’ event and a destination half my only wish was to go sub-2 hours. A friend had run 1:56 last year and it was in the back of my mind to beat her. As it turned out, while grassy, they had mown it short and the ground was hard packed and more level than expected so times were faster than expected.
Not only did I come in under two hours, I managed to squeak in under 1:50. Totally thrilled. Even better, I placed 7th of 100 in my age group!
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ContraryMaryMary wrote: »I’m down in Blenheim with a girlfriend this weekend for the Vineyard Half. As it’s a Saturday event we’re all done and dusted and are sitting back in our motel room drinking the bottle of bubbles we got in lieu of a finishers medal (no complaints here).
Starting the race I had no real idea of what time to expect - the course is flat but through vineyards so maybe 75 percent was on grass, with 20 percent on gravel, and just a little road running here and there. The weather was perfect: cool and clear, and the scenery was stunning. When we weren’t in the vines we were ruining along the top of stop banks by the river.
As an ‘off-road’ event and a destination half my only wish was to go sub-2 hours. A friend had run 1:56 last year and it was in the back of my mind to beat her. As it turned out, while grassy, they had mown it short and the ground was hard packed and more level than expected so times were faster than expected.
Not only did I come in under two hours, I managed to squeak in under 1:50. Totally thrilled. Even better, I placed 7th of 100 in my age group!
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@ContraryMaryMary wow, awesome job!
Giggling to myself quietly right now. Some of you may remember from a few weeks back, we signed up for our local race series. My daughter hates running. My husband likes the idea but only does so like 3 times per year so he suffers. The first two races in the series therefore ended in tears. During the first one (a 3km) husband ran on ahead, my daughter started walking half way through but urged me to run on and leave her behind. She later told me she had had an anxiety episode after I left her. So the next one, a 5km, husband agreed to stay with her so I could run it, then acted like a dick because they came in last or almost last because she walked most of it and he claimed he could have run a lot more than they did.
Now, after various date changes due to elections and bad weather, the final race (7km) is tomorrow morning. Daughter doesn't want to go, and as I forced her to spend her Easter holidays walking 100 miles I'm going to let her stay in bed. Surprise surprise, all of a sudden husband is creating get-out clauses for himself... "I'm not going if I don't sleep better tonight, I haven't been sleeping well recently.... I don't think I'll be able to finish it..." LOL10
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