June 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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@PastorVincent Thanks for the links. I am currently working on a Jeff Galloway 10K plan, sort of. I'll probably do some sort of combination of the two. I like the explanations above the plan in the link you provided. This group is great help for us novice folks. GREAT NEWS about Mrs. Pastor Vincent!!!3
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Well, I am late to the game this month.
The last two months, I've been able to get 110 miles, so I'd like to set my first goal to 110 miles and my stretch goal at 120 miles. Marathon training is in full swing; I gotta get on the ball.
June 1 - 6 miles
June 2 - 10 miles
June 4 - 3 miles
19 miles for June
Miles until Goal #1 - 91miles
Miles until Goal #2 - 101 miles
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@Lazy_Bones_1985 good luck with the kitty. I haven't had my cats teeth cleaned, but definitely understand the anxiety. We had the baby neutered and the vet phoned letting us know he had a cryptorchid (retained testicle). I worried all day, but found some reassurance that the little I knew about what could go wrong, the vet knew that too and things I didn't know. She'd also done this frequently. So, trust your vet. Best of luck to your kitty.
@MegaMooseEsq Regarding weight. I think the best we can do is what is healthiest for ourselves, mentally and physically. We all have personal expectations, and as long as we are mindful not to impose them on others, I think harmony can be achieved no matter our size difference. My DD has lost 50-60 pounds and was telling me a bit about how real fat shaming is. While I countered with how some larger women judge the thinner ones. So unfortunately, it's a no-win situation. Take care of you. Wait. That's the "win".
@katharmonic good luck with the vegetable plants! I stick to grass, weeds, this wierd yard algae.... 😊7 -
June Running Totals (miles)
6/1 – 5.08 group run
6/2 – 6.30 easy
6/3 – rest day
6/4 – 6.13 easy
June running total to date – 17.51
Nominal May mileage goal: 100
Real Goals: Get back to running regularly without injuring myself.
Today's notes – Today was the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge. I got up, had a normal breakfast, did my normal strength stuff in the morning, and all was fine. Squeezed a 6 mile easy run in before lunch, because I was due to volunteer at the race from 4 to 8:45 PM or so. Well.
The miles were easy by pace, HR about 10 bpm higher than it would be if I were really in shape. The weather was nice. About 5 miles in, a spot in my right quad started aching a bit. Didn't worry, I was almost done. Yeah, you can tell where this was headed. A piece of my right quads, I think the vastus medialis, is sore. I can flex my leg any way I please, as long as there isn't weight on it. Go up or down a flight of stairs, and it announces its presence rather loudly.
This is getting frustrating. The right foot with the stress fracture is recovering nicely right on the path I want it. And I keep banging up some other part of the running chain. I have no feel for how far back I need to cut the volume while I'm rebuilding my capabilities. So, hard decision. Rest days tomorrow and Thursday, re-evaluate where I am on Friday. DNS McMullen Mile on Friday, even if I feel great. Too much has happened recently when I started out feeling great. I still have hopes to be able to run Medved 5K to Cure ALS, but that could also turn into a DNS.
My club mans the finish chute, with Coach organizing the effort. I couldn't see the finish line from where I was, but I could hear the winners announced. The overall men's and women's winners were members of my club, as was the second woman. I didn't hear who the second man was, but there were several club members finishing pretty early.
The volunteer crew working the finish chute at the Corporate Challenge was smaller than previous years. In light of learning of my Raynaud's syndrome, I stepped away from restocking the water and MVP (Wegman's brand version of Gatorade) in ice tubs, and worked restocking the Kind bars further down the chute. I predicted that the slower, later finishers would take more Kind bars than the earlier, regular runner finishers. I was correct, but surprised at the magnitude of the difference. Oh, well. It's an expensive race for being short and not even having age group awards, I won't begrudge some probably lower-paid individuals their freebies.
As is typical, we had more bananas than we could give away. I took home as many as I thought I could fit in my freezer, and my judgment was close. I ended up freezing two bananas I already had on hand to go with the ones from the race. They're not calling to me right now, but they'll be wonderful when the weather turns hot.
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) 4.9 miles, finished in 32:28
February 2, 2019 USATF XC Championship, Masters 8K (Tallahassee, FL) finished in 32:53
February 9, 2019 Freezeroo #5 (Tom Brannon 8 mile) (Greece, NY) finished in 55:55
February 23, 2019 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY) finished in 28:34
March 16, 2019 USATF Masters 8K Championship (Shamrock 8K) (Virginia Beach, VA) finished in 32:02
March 17, 2019 Shamrock Half Marathon (Virginia Beach, VA) finished in 1:34:21
April 13, 2019 BAA 5K (Boston, MA) DNS - injury
April 15, 2019 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA to Boston, MA) DNS - injury
April 28, 2019 USATF Masters 10K (James Joyce Ramble) (Dedham, MA) canceled registration - injury
May 19, 2019 Lilac Run 5K (Rochester, NY) DNS - injury
May 19, 2019 Lilac Run 10K (Rochester, NY) DNS - injury
May 25, 2019 Sunset House 5K (Rochester, NY) DNS - injury
June 7, 2019 Charlie McMullen Mile (Pittsford, NY) DNS - precautionary during recovery
June 16, 2019 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY)
June 29, 2019 A Country Mile at Ganondagan (5-ish mile trail) (Victor, NY)
November 3, 2019 TCS New York City Marathon (New York, NY)12 -
5k along the Wolf River. It was storming when we had planned to go out, so we had to wait until the lightning had passed before we could run, and as a result ended up finishing our run in the dark after the park is technically closed. There’s a gate which is supposed to automatically shut at sundown and I was afraid we would find it shut when we got back to the car, but it was still open twenty minutes after dark when we left, so now I’m not sure how it works. I do know we were passed in the dark by one guy who obviously had planned to be running in the dark, since he had a headlamp and lighted vest. Apart from him, the frogs and bats, and one male deer, we were all alone out there.
The weather was pretty, but not ideal to run in. After the rain the temperature dropped about twenty degrees, but the pavement was still so hot that clouds of steam were rising from it. It was like trying to run in someone’s pool house. Tried to go a little faster today and it just didn’t happen - ended up with one of those frustrating runs which is neither fast nor easy. Got it done though! It’s supposed to storm all week, so very likely we will be running in the rain soon.
@katharmonic We replaced our disposal last year and depending on how the previous one was installed it could be simple or annoying. Ours was halfway between the two - simple but required four hands because there was no way to hold the thing in place while connecting it.8 -
Two more gorgeous runs this week—after work yesterday I did an easy 5 miles, and today I did my first tempo run, which was a 5K. It was so much fun! It was a great break from long slowish (but not as slow as I feel like they should be) miles, and my pace was 9:23, which I was thrilled to be able to maintain (3rd mile was 9:14, so 9 isn’t too far from that!). My summer plans are still hazy with the potential triathlon, and another possible half marathon in September, but the one race I’m pretty committed to and have been wanting to run for a couple of years is a 10K that takes place around my birthday—and this year is right on my birthday. I really want to PR and get below an hour, and with that 29:05 5K today, it seems like that’s in shooting distance. So a good and exciting running day!
Only downside is that I got some new shoes, and the right one is too small
. Not sure I can return them, and my dog immediately ate the box they came in, so that makes it even less likely, I guess. Off to check the store’s return policy...
June goal: 60 miles
6/1 9 mi
6/2 cross (17.9 Bike Bingo bike miles w/kids)
6/3 5 mi and cross (8.5 mi bike commute)
6/4 3.1 mi tempo run
June total: 17.1 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
9/22 Orca Half Marathon?11 -
Wednesday is usually a rest day for me but as today is Global Running Day I felt I was missing out, especislly after two rather dry phone interviews which saw my cerebellum start to fuse. However, when I saw the rain had stopped, I seized the opportunity to head out for a fast 5k between showers. Almost made it too - it started raining with 800m to go. Fortunately it was only drizzle and not the freezing torrential downpours of this morning. Was fabulous, especially as it was followed by a long hot shower and a short snooze in a freshly made bed. Now to go write those stories...11
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Global running day today!! I did an 8k run this morning in billowing wind that pushed me sideways a couple of times! Entertaining it was!
So are you guys doing anything to represent global running day?
PS I did not know this was a thing till everyone was going on about it but was kinda fun!6 -
Global running day today!! I did an 8k run this morning in billowing wind that pushed me sideways a couple of times! Entertaining it was!
So are you guys doing anything to represent global running day?
PS I did not know this was a thing till everyone was going on about it but was kinda fun!
New to me also! Just was looking at it thanks to your post. Looks like there is a global virtual race and you can create a team.
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Lots of discounts at stores and many races offering special/lower race fees today. Last year saved money on the Rock and Roll series on a half marathon I entered (later became an expensive shirt as I became injured a couple weeks later)5
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6-1 7.5k slow
6-2 11k easy
6-3 rest
6-4 7k moderate
6-5 7k easy
June Total: 32.5k
June Goal: 150k
January Total: 131k
February Total: 159.5k
March Total: 183k
April Total: 126k
May Total: 128k
Monthly average: 145.5k
Next year when you pop in here claiming your December 2019 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
Run at least 4 5k races.
Get under 30:00 and a PR for 5k.
Average at least 135k per month, which would put me over 1,000 miles for the year.
Run the Year Team: Five for Nineteen
Cloudy; 65 degrees F; and humid today. Had some hip niggles, but every time it felt like they were wanting to travel down to my knee, I cut back my stride and pace a bit until the feeling passed. Back was also a little tight, but loosened up and, by the time I was in my sixth kilometer, had a little niggle on the lower left. That means I'm just about back to normal back-wise, because that's where it's hurt for the past 50 years.
2019 Races:
4-13 Shine the Light 5K - 31:12 chip time; First Place male 65 and older
6-30 Strides for Starfish 5K8 -
Happy Global Running Day everybody! Going to get my miles in at lunch today.
I set up a group on the globalrunningday.org site for my local running group. We have 16 runners and 64 miles pledged!
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KatieJane83 wrote: »Happy Global Running Day everybody! Going to get my miles in at lunch today.
HA! Fat chance.
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so here we are, it's June and I have yet to post a goal on the thread after being AWOL the whole of May.
Well, I have not yet run is the reason. And the reason I have not yet run is that I have been sick since the weekend and it shows no sign of leaving quickly. Fever, headaches, joint pain, shivers. I've ruled out Lyme disease because my housemate is cursing me as she's showing signs of having caught it and is heading off on a dive holiday on Saturday. I'm surprised she has let me live. I haven't told her the truth of what it feels like. The constant sneezing, headaches, the sinus pain, the blocked ears and eustacian tubes (yes, THAT works well for diving....).
ENOUGH!!!
I need to be well for a scrambling weekend in Snowdonia so I can post MORE pictures of beautiful scenery I am not running in.
My time will come.
Meanwhile, anyone want a marathon place?10 -
6/1- 8.0 miles
6/2 – 2.0 miles + lower body PIYO
6/3 – 5.0 miles + yoga
6/4 – 1.2 miles TM + upper body PIYO
6/5 – 5.0 miles + yoga
Happy Global Running Day! I convinced one of my running buddies to meet me at 4:45 am instead of our usual 5:00 am so that I could finish up in time to make it across town to a 6:00 am yoga class. All the stretching after running was just what I needed! The timing was also good because it’s raining now and forecasted for the rest of the day. I really don’t mind running in the rain at this time of year though. It actually feels pretty good.
@katharmonic – The NYC Women’s HM is definitely one of those I-would-run-again half marathons. I’ve been to Central Park several times but I still haven’t seen parts of it that I saw while running. Unless they have changed it, it is a double loop but its so beautiful and there are tons of crowd support so you really don’t mind running the same route twice.
@MobyCarp – Sorry about the injuries that keep popping up. Curious on the frozen bananas. Do you just put an entire banana in the freezer and then pull it out, peel and eat?
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June goal: 90 miles
6/2: 8.51 miles
6/4: 5.52 miles
6/5: 5.26 miles
19.29/90 miles completed
I ran 5.26 miles today for Global Running Day! It was a pretty good run. We were expecting storms all night and today, but they didn't come. I was really glad there were no storms, and I was glad it wasn't raining too since we have had so much rain lately that the ground is still pretty saturated and flooding is a concern. But it was hot and humid. There was no breeze either. A light breeze and some light rain might have cooled things off a bit. And I forgot my water. I don't always drink a lot of water while running, but I do usually drink some and I often pour some down the back of my neck when I start getting hot. But all in all it was a good run. I played Zombies Run and I evaded all the Zombies so that is my speed work for today. It is supposed to be a little cooler tomorrow morning, but we'll see. It was supposed to be raining when I got up today and it wasn't.
2019 races:
2/2/19: Catch the Groundhog Half Marathon - PR 2:15:17
5/18/19: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon - Cancelled due to weather6 -
@Teresa502 I don't know how @MobyCarp does his bananas, but I peel bananas and freeze them. If they are big I break them in half before freezing. Then take them out and allow just enough time for them to be soft enough to bite. They are so good that way and I never have to throw away bananas that have gone bad anymore.2
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@juliet3455 (and anyone else living in Alberta) - Hope you are safe! I saw on the news that they have evacuated over 11k people from the fires!0
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I set up a team for us on the Global Running page if anyone wants to join in - MFP Running Challenge is the team name!
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@Elise4270 @shanaber
thanks so much for the advice. I did have the hip evaluated shortly after the marathon. They didn't find anything serious. I saw our physiotherapist at school who also then recommended working on building my glutes and rolling, especially after long runs. I find strength training so boring but I know it's what I need to do if I want to avoid injury. Thank you for reminding me of this very cogent advice!
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