August 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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Not a great run today. Not sure what is up but everything felt tired from the start. I really thought if I kept going I would feel better but it was not the case this time. It didn't help that my watch kept restarting. Not sure what is going on with it but finally had to stop and restart Strava. I think it was about a mile off overall but who knows. Will need to take in and get it checked. I did stop at one point to check out some egrets and herons in a marsh area near the river. There isn't much water in the river at this time of the year so they were all congregated in this one area.Date........Miles.......Total
08/01......0.00........0.00
08/02......4.28........4.28
08/03......0.00........4.28
08/04....11.14......15.42
08/05......1.62......17.04 - Recovery
08/06......4.15......21.19 - + Strength Training
08/07......8.46......29.65
08/08......0.00......29.65 - + Strength Training
08/09......0.00......29.65 - Seattle/Burlington
08/10......0.00......29.65 - Vancouver
08/11......0.00......29.65 - Burlington/Seattle
08/12......0.00......29.65 - Home
08/13......1.61......31.26 - + Strength Training
08/14......6.03......37.29
08/15......6.21......43.50
08/16......3.70......47.20 - + Strength Training
08/17......0.00......47.20
08/18......9.64......56.84
2019 Planned and Completed Races
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
02/02/20 - Surf City Half Marathon7 -
8/18: sunset 8mile trail run. Easy efforts. Temps down to 100f.
August total: 83.8mi12 -
A good long run for me this morning. Had to skip the weekend as was hectic with family events but made up for it today. After the pacing blip on Friday I was anxious about how I’d fare back on home ground. Ran my usual route and felt pretty good after the rest. I could tell it was a good pace but purposely didn’t get hung up on it or check my km times when my watch buzzed. V v happy to have got home and found out I averaged a 9.06 minute/mile pace!
8/2: 3.1m
8/4: 13.2m (race, 2hr:12m)
8/7: 6.1m
8/11: 7.5m
8/14: 7.3m
8/16: 5.6m
8/19: 10.1m
52.9m of 70m9 -
Just a short one this morning. Also having to skip Zumba tomorrow as I'm off to another hospital appointment with my Mum. I have 4 days off at the end of this week though so I have a chance to catch up on some miles!
01 Aug - 1.8 miles (treadmill)
03 Aug - 6.2 miles (outside)
11 Aug - 6.2 miles (outside)
15 Aug - 1.8 miles (treadmill)
16 Aug - 1.9 miles (treadmill - getting faster though which seems to be helping!)
17 Aug - 4.5 miles (outside)
19 Aug - 1.75 miles (treadmill)
24.15 miles/50 miles6 -
This morning I used my run to check out something I had been suspecting for a while, namely that the different apps etc I use to track data vary quite a lot! This means depending on whether I've been listening to Zombies Run! and using the distance tracker on that, running Strava or just using the Garmin watch, I get different data for distance and pace.
Ran all 3 this morning and they recorded as follows:
Zombies: 5.01km in 40:20, average pace 8'03"/km
Strava: 5.09km in 40:27, average pace 7:57/km
Garmin: 5.20km in 40:24, average pace 7:47/km.
I hit play on one app on my phone straight after the other as I started running then immediately started the watch, at the end I did the opposite. Also kinda strange that the zombie app recorded less time but I guess there's a slight lapse after you hit go.
But that is a pretty big difference in distance and pace for such a short run, don't you think? Makes me wonder which I should trust when trying to pace myself. Also makes me wonder whether the 10km race I ran a couple of months ago was not a short course after all and just Strava telling me lies!
August goal: 90km. Run so far: 65.12km.3 -
7 miles this morning. Only had about 2 hours of sleep. Haven't had trouble sleeping in a while (a few months anyway). Shut off the Kindle a little after midnight. Took some time to finally fall asleep. Woke up at 2:30, couldn't go back to sleep. Got up at 2:50.
Was a lovely 84F (feel like 90). I just love August
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eleanorhawkins wrote: »This morning I used my run to check out something I had been suspecting for a while, namely that the different apps etc I use to track data vary quite a lot! This means depending on whether I've been listening to Zombies Run! and using the distance tracker on that, running Strava or just using the Garmin watch, I get different data for distance and pace.
Ran all 3 this morning and they recorded as follows:
Zombies: 5.01km in 40:20, average pace 8'03"/km
Strava: 5.09km in 40:27, average pace 7:57/km
Garmin: 5.20km in 40:24, average pace 7:47/km.
I hit play on one app on my phone straight after the other as I started running then immediately started the watch, at the end I did the opposite. Also kinda strange that the zombie app recorded less time but I guess there's a slight lapse after you hit go.
But that is a pretty big difference in distance and pace for such a short run, don't you think? Makes me wonder which I should trust when trying to pace myself. Also makes me wonder whether the 10km race I ran a couple of months ago was not a short course after all and just Strava telling me lies!
August goal: 90km. Run so far: 65.12km.
The Garmin watch will likely be the most accurate, but variations of 0.1 miles between recordings is not unusual. Keep in mind these things are not actually tracking you. What they do is ever so often they check your location by grabbing a GPS signal. They then assume you traveled a perfectly straight line between those points. So slight differences in when they pull that point will yield slight differences in measurements. With you are talking millions of points, those slight differences pile up.
Also, I do not know about Zombie, but Strava is never precise. It removes data from your run if you are not moving enough trying to automatically eliminate any place you stopped to drink, cross a street, etc. RunKeeper does the same, but with RunKeeper you can turn the feature off. Garmin does not.
In short, just pick one and go with it. This data is only really good for comparing runs to each other, and for that as long as you use the same device each time, the data is sufficiently accurate.5 -
Uneventful 5 mile run this morning. Hot and humid. I was really "glistening" when I finished!3
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rheddmobile wrote: »@T1DCarnivoreRunner are those gravel roads? Oh my! Running long runs on gravel, I’m impressed.
5 miles on trails at WC Johnson. We were under another heat advisory today but got lucky - ten minutes before we headed out, a storm blew through just to the south of us and the temperature dropped fifteen degrees. I was afraid we’d get rain and the trails would be mucky, but it missed us. So we had a tolerable run, 80 degrees instead of 98, with a strong breeze blowing.
That is a gravel road, but is a short stretch between paved roads. Interestingly enough, my first marathon was in NE on gravel roads and one of my marathons in April was in KS on gravel roads. That particular race has a marathon and a 50 mile option, and it isn't all bad. I normally would have gaitors for gravel, but this little section was so short that I didn't bother.0 -
so this weekend got messed up and no long runs. but i did get to do sprint intervals. I ended up helping out at the rescue-we got 43 dogs in. we have a new location that we can comfortably keep dogs in but we still needed a few extra fosters. so ended up with a 4th dog and second foster.
when i got her home, Joy (foster1) opened up the gate when i ran inside for a minute and took off. speed demon came back when i called her. (truthfully, speed demon stayed by the gate because she wanted back in the yard)
Joy took off and she's a big dog and she went about 1.5miles away. zigzagging. thru yards. in alleys. graveyard. hide and seek around garages. finally, caught her in a soccer field where she was fenced in and started to slow down. thank goodness, she isn't in shape. I've never barfed in a race but i was darn close saturday
when i woke up on sunday, i could barely move.
tonight, i have to adult so i don't know if i'll have time to get any miles in.charlotte (foster 2)
charlotte, speed demon, and cuddler
Naughty Joy (foster 1)8 -
August goal 100 miles
As far as taper, I've used Hal's plans as-is, and I've also done his HM plan but substituted a longer-than-HM-distance run for the long run the week before the race, because I wanted to be sure I could do it. It worked great for me. My first race ever was a 10k, and I did the same thing for that with good results. Everyone is different though.
One thing I like about the half marathon distance is that you can practice it before the race without beating yourself up too much (like most of us would if we tried that with the marathon distance). If it's taking too much out of you to run 13 miles at an easy pace, perhaps you'd benefit from a slower build-up to the distance.2 -
@mbaker566 But did you remember to start your Garmin before that run?3
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T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »@mbaker566 But did you remember to start your Garmin before that run?
I did not2 -
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
08/01/19 :::: 3.6 :::: 3.6
08/02/19 :::: 4.1 :::: 7.7
08/03/19 :::: 10.2 :::: 17.8
08/04/19 :::: 3.7 :::: 21.5
08/05/19 :::: 3.7 :::: 25.2
08/06/19 :::: 3.1 :::: 28.2
08/07/19 :::: 5.1 :::: 33.3
08/08/19 :::: 3.0 :::: 36.3
08/09/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 36.3
08/10/19 :::: 8.7 :::: 45.0
08/11/19 :::: 3.8 :::: 48.8
08/12/19 :::: 4.2 :::: 53.1
08/13/19 :::: 2.3 :::: 55.3
08/14/19 :::: 5.4 :::: 60.7
08/15/19 :::: 5.0 :::: 65.7
08/16/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 65.7
08/17/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 65.7
08/18/19 :::: 5.1 :::: 70.9
08/19/19 :::: 5.1 :::: 75.9
Got one more Iowa run in this morning. I should have run longer because then I found out my flight is delayed. Hopefully I'll be getting out soon and will still make my connection, but it's going to be tight. Might get some sprinting in today yet.5 -
T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »@mbaker566 But did you remember to start your Garmin before that run?
I did not
Then it never happened, obviously. So stop making up tales.4 -
@eleanorhawkins I have my Garmin connected to Strava, so Garmin sends the run information over to Strava. I play Zombie's Run, but I always just disregard the distance on there. I tend to start ZR while I am still in the house so I can adjust the volume and then put my phone away. So it starts tracking my run before I even leave the house. My advice would be to just go with what Garmin says. My thinking is that a wrist based tracker will be more accurate than a phone based trackers. And multiple trackers will never all be exactly the same so I would just pick one and go with that.5
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polskagirl01 wrote: »August goal 100 miles
One thing I like about the half marathon distance is that you can practice it before the race without beating yourself up too much (like most of us would if we tried that with the marathon distance). If it's taking too much out of you to run 13 miles at an easy pace, perhaps you'd benefit from a slower build-up to the distance.
Honestly, I am seriously considering after 2020 dropping the Pittsburg Full Marathon and only doing the 1/2 instead. I will still do the couple 50k races I do, but those are trail races. 26.2 miles on the road is brutal on the body. Not sure I want to keep up that abuse. 50k on the trail is harder but much nicer on the body.
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Aug Goal-60 miles
8/2/19- 4.4
8/3/19-7.4
8/6/19-3.81
8/7/19-4.49
8/9/19-7.38
8/13/19-4.53
8/15/19- 4.12
8/19/19-8.30
Hope everyone has an awesome weekend. I was hoping to get my run done Saturday. However, I ended up walking 4.43 miles at the Clear the Shelter event- for the animal shelter. So, nope, I did my run Sunday night, temperature was higher but humidity was lower, so overall a nice run.
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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
8-7 7k slow
8-8 7k slow
8-9 7k easy
8-10 7k easy
8-11 7k easy
8-12 rest
8-13 7k easy
8-14 7k slow
8-15 rest
8-16 7k easy
8-17 REST
8-18 7k moderate
8-18 rest
August Total: 86k
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
Scheduled rest day today, with golf instead of running.
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 5k2 -
PastorVincent wrote: »T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »@mbaker566 But did you remember to start your Garmin before that run?
I did not
Then it never happened, obviously. So stop making up tales.
Exactly this. If it isn't on Strava, it didn't happen. 😜3
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