August 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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eleanorhawkins wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »Just signed up for my HM on Nov. 3rd. I've put the correct times in the Run for Kevin spreadsheet. Kind of terrified now because I made the mistake of reading the small print and the cutoff time is 2:40. I managed to do my first and only HM back in December in just over 2:30, but I was doing 9 minute run, 1 minute walk intervals for that whereas now I'm stuck on 1 or 1.5 minute runs and 30 second walks. AND I messed my legs up last time. So yeah, the panic begins now and will continue for the next 3 months! Sorry folks!
Signed up for a 5.5k race the Sunday afterwards too, although I have no idea whether I'll be in any state to run it. But the scenery is pretty and I didn't get the chance to run that one last year. You only live once, right?
I've asked the local women's running group to let me know when they're planning a short/easy run too to go see if I can keep up, cause I'm feeling rather lonely atm and it might help me make some friends outside my computer. But that would mean interacting with other human beings. Argh!
Coffee anyone? lol
A 5k a week after a HM should be fine. A lot of people advise running a 5k the day after as a "recovery run" even. I would not stress that.
You have 3 months to get ready for the Half, and since you have already run a half, I am sure that will be plenty of time. Pick a good training plan, and stick with it and you should have no issue.
You got this!
Yip, started it yesterday. And I've just taken a few cutback weeks after following a 15km plan (well it was 9 miles actually, dunno why it was classified as 15km lol) which went fine. I know I can do the distance, and I am pretty certain (famous last words?) that if I run-walk-run it and take it easy I should have no issues physically. Trouble is that cutoff isn't very generous for those of us who are 'velocitically challenged' and that will be sitting in the back of my mind the entire time. Serves me right for reading the boring stuff most people ignore! I may be resisting the urge 13 weeks out to ascertain and write down the exact times I would need to be passing the check points (every 5km) to match my time from last year. But that would be silly, and obsessive. Right? :-D
Umm... it could be but... uhh... well that IS what the many runners do. My marathon this year I had my splits tattooed on my arm so that I could hit my desired times:
Really, it is a good plan if you have a time you want to hit or beat.
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8-1 3.5k slow
8-2 3.5k easy
8-3 4k slow
8-4 7k easy
8-5 rest
8-6 5k easy
August Total: 23k
August Goal: 150k
January Total: 131k
February Total: 159.5k
March Total: 183k
April Total: 126k
May Total: 128k
June Total: 161.5k
July Total: 151k
Monthly average: 148.5k
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
Humid and high 60s F today. Started out like I had my strength back; felt good. By the fourth kilometer I was struggling. Made it to five and called it quits.
Going to try eating something tomorrow before the run to see if it makes a difference. I've been operating at a significant calorie deficit for the last week.
2019 Races:
4-13 Shine the Light 5K - 31:12 chip time; First Place male 65 and older
6-30 Strides for Starfish 5K - 31:34 chip time; 31/77 overall; second male 65 and older (no official category)
7-27 Solon Home Days 5K - 31:11 chip time; 95/141 overall; 4/6 age group (male)
8-31 Race for Freedom 5k
9-14 Gift of Life 5k6 -
PastorVincent wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »Just signed up for my HM on Nov. 3rd. I've put the correct times in the Run for Kevin spreadsheet. Kind of terrified now because I made the mistake of reading the small print and the cutoff time is 2:40. I managed to do my first and only HM back in December in just over 2:30, but I was doing 9 minute run, 1 minute walk intervals for that whereas now I'm stuck on 1 or 1.5 minute runs and 30 second walks. AND I messed my legs up last time. So yeah, the panic begins now and will continue for the next 3 months! Sorry folks!
Signed up for a 5.5k race the Sunday afterwards too, although I have no idea whether I'll be in any state to run it. But the scenery is pretty and I didn't get the chance to run that one last year. You only live once, right?
I've asked the local women's running group to let me know when they're planning a short/easy run too to go see if I can keep up, cause I'm feeling rather lonely atm and it might help me make some friends outside my computer. But that would mean interacting with other human beings. Argh!
Coffee anyone? lol
A 5k a week after a HM should be fine. A lot of people advise running a 5k the day after as a "recovery run" even. I would not stress that.
You have 3 months to get ready for the Half, and since you have already run a half, I am sure that will be plenty of time. Pick a good training plan, and stick with it and you should have no issue.
You got this!
Yip, started it yesterday. And I've just taken a few cutback weeks after following a 15km plan (well it was 9 miles actually, dunno why it was classified as 15km lol) which went fine. I know I can do the distance, and I am pretty certain (famous last words?) that if I run-walk-run it and take it easy I should have no issues physically. Trouble is that cutoff isn't very generous for those of us who are 'velocitically challenged' and that will be sitting in the back of my mind the entire time. Serves me right for reading the boring stuff most people ignore! I may be resisting the urge 13 weeks out to ascertain and write down the exact times I would need to be passing the check points (every 5km) to match my time from last year. But that would be silly, and obsessive. Right? :-D
Umm... it could be but... uhh... well that IS what the many runners do. My marathon this year I had my splits tattooed on my arm so that I could hit my desired times:
Really, it is a good plan if you have a time you want to hit or beat.
Yeahhhhhhh but did you wear that for 13 weeks beforehand? :-D
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Went for a 10 miler on saturday. it was hot and muggy. i really didn't want to go but if i want to do a 50k i'm going to have to suck it up. the good news is the heat broke, the bad news is a storm rolled in with blinding rain. and then i got to run thru fog. it was tough heading out but it felt good at the turn around. i ran the Glacier Drumlin Trail. it was pretty quiet but lots of unannounced bikers. grr.
sunday was a dog party. so no run. prep and hosting
monday hypersomnia kicked my butt. hoping for 6 later today unless lightening happens.10 -
eleanorhawkins wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »Just signed up for my HM on Nov. 3rd. I've put the correct times in the Run for Kevin spreadsheet. Kind of terrified now because I made the mistake of reading the small print and the cutoff time is 2:40. I managed to do my first and only HM back in December in just over 2:30, but I was doing 9 minute run, 1 minute walk intervals for that whereas now I'm stuck on 1 or 1.5 minute runs and 30 second walks. AND I messed my legs up last time. So yeah, the panic begins now and will continue for the next 3 months! Sorry folks!
Signed up for a 5.5k race the Sunday afterwards too, although I have no idea whether I'll be in any state to run it. But the scenery is pretty and I didn't get the chance to run that one last year. You only live once, right?
I've asked the local women's running group to let me know when they're planning a short/easy run too to go see if I can keep up, cause I'm feeling rather lonely atm and it might help me make some friends outside my computer. But that would mean interacting with other human beings. Argh!
Coffee anyone? lol
A 5k a week after a HM should be fine. A lot of people advise running a 5k the day after as a "recovery run" even. I would not stress that.
You have 3 months to get ready for the Half, and since you have already run a half, I am sure that will be plenty of time. Pick a good training plan, and stick with it and you should have no issue.
You got this!
Yip, started it yesterday. And I've just taken a few cutback weeks after following a 15km plan (well it was 9 miles actually, dunno why it was classified as 15km lol) which went fine. I know I can do the distance, and I am pretty certain (famous last words?) that if I run-walk-run it and take it easy I should have no issues physically. Trouble is that cutoff isn't very generous for those of us who are 'velocitically challenged' and that will be sitting in the back of my mind the entire time. Serves me right for reading the boring stuff most people ignore! I may be resisting the urge 13 weeks out to ascertain and write down the exact times I would need to be passing the check points (every 5km) to match my time from last year. But that would be silly, and obsessive. Right? :-D
Umm... it could be but... uhh... well that IS what the many runners do. My marathon this year I had my splits tattooed on my arm so that I could hit my desired times:
Really, it is a good plan if you have a time you want to hit or beat.
Yeahhhhhhh but did you wear that for 13 weeks beforehand? :-D
No, but many people set their watches to beep at pace/time/distance so that they can do the same. Seriously if you have a target time or pace, it only makes sense to track where you are in respect to that target.2 -
@PastorVincent wrote: »AlphaHowls wrote: »@Tramboman
Sunny and mid 60s F today. Went much better than yesterday.
That makes six days on the run. Look out, @AlphaHowls!!!!
Hahahahahaha!!!
*dew claws up*
8/1 14.03 miles
8/2 15.13 miles
8/3 16.21 miles, 460 Days on the run
8/4 15.14 miles
SOMEHOW I suspect that @AlphaHowls record is safe...
Seriously! I really hope there is no one else out there crazier than me!
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PastorVincent wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »Just signed up for my HM on Nov. 3rd. I've put the correct times in the Run for Kevin spreadsheet. Kind of terrified now because I made the mistake of reading the small print and the cutoff time is 2:40. I managed to do my first and only HM back in December in just over 2:30, but I was doing 9 minute run, 1 minute walk intervals for that whereas now I'm stuck on 1 or 1.5 minute runs and 30 second walks. AND I messed my legs up last time. So yeah, the panic begins now and will continue for the next 3 months! Sorry folks!
Signed up for a 5.5k race the Sunday afterwards too, although I have no idea whether I'll be in any state to run it. But the scenery is pretty and I didn't get the chance to run that one last year. You only live once, right?
I've asked the local women's running group to let me know when they're planning a short/easy run too to go see if I can keep up, cause I'm feeling rather lonely atm and it might help me make some friends outside my computer. But that would mean interacting with other human beings. Argh!
Coffee anyone? lol
A 5k a week after a HM should be fine. A lot of people advise running a 5k the day after as a "recovery run" even. I would not stress that.
You have 3 months to get ready for the Half, and since you have already run a half, I am sure that will be plenty of time. Pick a good training plan, and stick with it and you should have no issue.
You got this!
Yip, started it yesterday. And I've just taken a few cutback weeks after following a 15km plan (well it was 9 miles actually, dunno why it was classified as 15km lol) which went fine. I know I can do the distance, and I am pretty certain (famous last words?) that if I run-walk-run it and take it easy I should have no issues physically. Trouble is that cutoff isn't very generous for those of us who are 'velocitically challenged' and that will be sitting in the back of my mind the entire time. Serves me right for reading the boring stuff most people ignore! I may be resisting the urge 13 weeks out to ascertain and write down the exact times I would need to be passing the check points (every 5km) to match my time from last year. But that would be silly, and obsessive. Right? :-D
Umm... it could be but... uhh... well that IS what the many runners do. My marathon this year I had my splits tattooed on my arm so that I could hit my desired times:
Really, it is a good plan if you have a time you want to hit or beat.
Yeahhhhhhh but did you wear that for 13 weeks beforehand? :-D
No, but many people set their watches to beep at pace/time/distance so that they can do the same. Seriously if you have a target time or pace, it only makes sense to track where you are in respect to that target.
So I now know EXACTLY the paces I need to run at both to stay ahead of the sweep cart and to match my other HM race time. Now the challenge will be stopping myself (in keeping with this easy pace for most of training theory) from doing every run at that pace just to convince myself I can. The plan I'm using this time includes a mid-week race pace run every second week, which the one I used last time didn't, but the longest of those is only 5 miles.0 -
eleanorhawkins wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »Just signed up for my HM on Nov. 3rd. I've put the correct times in the Run for Kevin spreadsheet. Kind of terrified now because I made the mistake of reading the small print and the cutoff time is 2:40. I managed to do my first and only HM back in December in just over 2:30, but I was doing 9 minute run, 1 minute walk intervals for that whereas now I'm stuck on 1 or 1.5 minute runs and 30 second walks. AND I messed my legs up last time. So yeah, the panic begins now and will continue for the next 3 months! Sorry folks!
Signed up for a 5.5k race the Sunday afterwards too, although I have no idea whether I'll be in any state to run it. But the scenery is pretty and I didn't get the chance to run that one last year. You only live once, right?
I've asked the local women's running group to let me know when they're planning a short/easy run too to go see if I can keep up, cause I'm feeling rather lonely atm and it might help me make some friends outside my computer. But that would mean interacting with other human beings. Argh!
Coffee anyone? lol
A 5k a week after a HM should be fine. A lot of people advise running a 5k the day after as a "recovery run" even. I would not stress that.
You have 3 months to get ready for the Half, and since you have already run a half, I am sure that will be plenty of time. Pick a good training plan, and stick with it and you should have no issue.
You got this!
Yip, started it yesterday. And I've just taken a few cutback weeks after following a 15km plan (well it was 9 miles actually, dunno why it was classified as 15km lol) which went fine. I know I can do the distance, and I am pretty certain (famous last words?) that if I run-walk-run it and take it easy I should have no issues physically. Trouble is that cutoff isn't very generous for those of us who are 'velocitically challenged' and that will be sitting in the back of my mind the entire time. Serves me right for reading the boring stuff most people ignore! I may be resisting the urge 13 weeks out to ascertain and write down the exact times I would need to be passing the check points (every 5km) to match my time from last year. But that would be silly, and obsessive. Right? :-D
Umm... it could be but... uhh... well that IS what the many runners do. My marathon this year I had my splits tattooed on my arm so that I could hit my desired times:
Really, it is a good plan if you have a time you want to hit or beat.
Yeahhhhhhh but did you wear that for 13 weeks beforehand? :-D
No, but many people set their watches to beep at pace/time/distance so that they can do the same. Seriously if you have a target time or pace, it only makes sense to track where you are in respect to that target.
So I now know EXACTLY the paces I need to run at both to stay ahead of the sweep cart and to match my other HM race time. Now the challenge will be stopping myself (in keeping with this easy pace for most of training theory) from doing every run at that pace just to convince myself I can. The plan I'm using this time includes a mid-week race pace run every second week, which the one I used last time didn't, but the longest of those is only 5 miles.
Then do that, and do the pace run when it is asked for and only when it is asked for. You should not do EVERY run at race pace, but every other week to push yourself is a good idea. Stick to the plan, and relax.3 -
eleanorhawkins wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »Just signed up for my HM on Nov. 3rd. I've put the correct times in the Run for Kevin spreadsheet. Kind of terrified now because I made the mistake of reading the small print and the cutoff time is 2:40. I managed to do my first and only HM back in December in just over 2:30, but I was doing 9 minute run, 1 minute walk intervals for that whereas now I'm stuck on 1 or 1.5 minute runs and 30 second walks. AND I messed my legs up last time. So yeah, the panic begins now and will continue for the next 3 months! Sorry folks!
Signed up for a 5.5k race the Sunday afterwards too, although I have no idea whether I'll be in any state to run it. But the scenery is pretty and I didn't get the chance to run that one last year. You only live once, right?
I've asked the local women's running group to let me know when they're planning a short/easy run too to go see if I can keep up, cause I'm feeling rather lonely atm and it might help me make some friends outside my computer. But that would mean interacting with other human beings. Argh!
Coffee anyone? lol
A 5k a week after a HM should be fine. A lot of people advise running a 5k the day after as a "recovery run" even. I would not stress that.
You have 3 months to get ready for the Half, and since you have already run a half, I am sure that will be plenty of time. Pick a good training plan, and stick with it and you should have no issue.
You got this!
Yip, started it yesterday. And I've just taken a few cutback weeks after following a 15km plan (well it was 9 miles actually, dunno why it was classified as 15km lol) which went fine. I know I can do the distance, and I am pretty certain (famous last words?) that if I run-walk-run it and take it easy I should have no issues physically. Trouble is that cutoff isn't very generous for those of us who are 'velocitically challenged' and that will be sitting in the back of my mind the entire time. Serves me right for reading the boring stuff most people ignore! I may be resisting the urge 13 weeks out to ascertain and write down the exact times I would need to be passing the check points (every 5km) to match my time from last year. But that would be silly, and obsessive. Right? :-D
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@Avidkeo - Hope your ear infections gets better soon.
@Lazy_Bones_85 - That blows, hope you can get some antibiotics and get better soon.
@autumnblade75 - Life happens, as long as you get back in your own pace. This weekend, we get to travel 12 hrs to see my nephew and niece. So, all my runs moved to mid week.
@martaindale - I feel you, literally, since i live here too. Yesterday was my day off, but today temp was not much better. The humidity is making my runs miserable.3 -
Aug Goal-60 miles
8/2/19- 4.4
8/3/19-7.4
8/6/19-3.81
Today, I just could not wake up early. My body was fighting, I was so close to moving my run to an evening run. But at the end I decided that morning was better.
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I DID A WORKOUT YESTERDAY!!! It was back & biceps but I did it. And I looked at last weeks step average (4k per day) and set myself a goal of 5k average per day this week. I hit that yesterday. Today I'll get my steps in and grocery shop so tomorrow I'll do another strength workout.11
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RunsOnEspresso wrote: »I DID A WORKOUT YESTERDAY!!! It was back & biceps but I did it. And I looked at last weeks step average (4k per day) and set myself a goal of 5k average per day this week. I hit that yesterday. Today I'll get my steps in and grocery shop so tomorrow I'll do another strength workout.
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August goal: 100 miles
8/1: 6.30 miles
8/4: 11.06 miles
8/6: 6.27 miles
23.63/100 miles completed
I ran 6.27 miles this morning. It wasn't a bad run, but it was so warm. I'm really ready for summer to be over. The dew point was 69° and the temperature was 77°F, feels like 78°F with humidity at 76% at 5:50 this morning. There was a little 4 mph wind which helped a little, but I am definitely ready for some cooler temps. I did run through the water sprinklers at Mrs. Walton's house so that helped a little too, but everyone else is watering earlier or not watering at all. I do carry water with me, and when I took a sip about halfway through the run I poured some on the back of my neck and that helped too.
@eleanorhawkins I don't think that's silly or obsessive at all. I think that is just "being a runner". Good luck on the HM. You have plenty of time and you'll do great!
@avidkeo and @Lazy_Bones_85 Hope you both feel better soon!
@RunsOnEspresso WTG! Good to see you back on your feet!
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 weather
2020 races:
5/16/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon4 -
@mbaker566 What a pretty place to run. And that dog party looks awesome! I always love your dog pictures.0
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@mbaker566 What a pretty place to run. And that dog party looks awesome! I always love your dog pictures.
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So..... I did the 50k hike yesterday! Sorry this is so long!!!At the start line:This was the course for the 50k LHHT ultra, held in June on the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail. There's a longer 70.5 mile option, which has been billed as one of PA's toughest ultras . As far as the course goes, you have a really challenging first 8 miles, and then the rest has plenty of ups and downs, but nothing compared to what you've already done. So if any of you are considering this race ( @PastorVincent ).. if you can get through the first 8 miles without trashing yourself, and are trained to be able to then run a trail marathon, the 50k should be doable for you. But don't underestimate the initial climb(s). First you waste energy going up and back down twice, then you go up for real - miles 6-8 are pretty unrelentingly steep
I promptly lost the visor when I took my pack off to stow the map I picked up when I filled out the little card registering my presence on the trail.
I realized this about 2 miles later, and when I got my phone out to see if my husband was still nearby (he dropped me off on the motorcycle and wanted to go find coffee or something to wait for the fog to lift), and realized my phone was covered in oil. The can of yummy sardines I packed for lunch had a hole in it and was leaking all over the bottom of my pack and into the smaller pack I had my phone in. I moved the entire can to my ziploc bag I brought for trash, tried to clean up what I could, sent the text message and continued on, sure I was about to attract every bear in the forest.
My hubby did rescue my visor. I didn't need it anyway; there was tree cover almost the whole way.. The trail itself is full of rocks, logs, roots, stones arranged into steps, but is runnable if you've trained on those types of surfaces.
That's a screenshot, so sorry for the quality.
I felt really good at mile 8, and felt I had taken it easy enough (it took me over 3 hours!) so I spent the next __ miles kind of speed-hiking/slow-motion-running, being careful to keep my HR down and an easy effort. I was trying to get my average pace down to where I could finish within the 10-hr time limit. Sometime after halfway I figured out that the ascent had taken too long, and I didn't want to go as fast as I'd need to, to hit that goal. No problem, just enjoy the day. I didn't see any other humans for hours. I stopped to eat my lunch and refill my hydration pack with the bottled water/sports drink, but it was too buggy and I ended up eating while moving forward. I should add that there was only one spot all day with potable water, so it was good that I brought plenty.
Soreness set in at some point, but I had to get to my car one way or the other, so just kept going My legs are really protesting today. I added 5 hours(!) to my previous marathon times, and then the trail came out of the woods and I realized I wasn't just going through the ski resort, I was at the TOP of the ski slopes. Much to my dismay, I missed a sign and went off-course for a little bit, then backtracked and eventually the trail went back in the woods and was easier to follow. It's well-marked with yellow blazes about every 100 ft. Once I was just far enough away from the ski resort that I wasn't going back to seek shelter, a sudden thunderstorm started, out of nowhere. I had nowhere to go but forward, no shelter or people anywhere nearby and the thunder was *right* on top of me. I was terrified. It did get me moving faster, but my legs were really hurting at this point. It seemed like it lasted forever, but finally the storm moved off and I started seeing lots of deer around. The trail was now puddled and slippery, and in places looked more like a rocky stream than a trail, but I was going slowly anyway.
I'm glad I didn't do the race in June. I finished yesterday in over 12 hours. I would not have made the race-day cutoffs, and going faster to meet them would not have been fun. I don't know if I'll ever want to train for and do that race, but at least I know what I'd have to do if I wanted to.
SUMMARY: It was hard, but I had a wonderful day! I don't know anything about the race organizers, but if you're willing to train for it, it would be a great challenging trail race. I recommend it to all of you crazy trail-ultra runners!
More pics. I might've taken my shoes off and got in the stream. It felt SO good!
I counted the distance in my running miles, beause I covered it by foot and was not exactly out for a stroll.
August goal 100 miles
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@polskagirl01 YAY!! Great job! sounds like a fun adventure.0
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@polskagirl01 Wow! That is so awesome! Great job and lovely pictures!0
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zamirasoni wrote: »@autumnblade75 - Life happens, as long as you get back in your own pace. This weekend, we get to travel 12 hrs to see my nephew and niece. So, all my runs moved to mid week.
If I don't make any further adjustments, but continue the 2 days on 1 day off pattern, I'll be fine for the month. If I have an extra unintended rest day somewhere, that's just adding to the miles in the bank, so I can run longer on a day I do run. With a goal of "No More Than X Miles" I'm better off not adding an extra run day to make up for it, anyway.
Enjoy the family visit. Totally worth rescheduling (or even skipping!) a run for that!
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