October 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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I’m so late to this party having been away sulking with injury. Can’t catch up on it all but congrats @hamsterwheel6 - great job!
Still sore in my hamstring and felt so out of condition today. Tried for a long run but managed just over 4 miles.
Will go for a conservative 64 mile target for October.
10/6: 4.08m
October total: 4.08m
October goal: 64m5 -
hamsterwheel6 wrote: »So I had my 10K race this morning:
Had a staggered start as it was on the greenway and it could get really crowded if everybody started at the same time. Staggered meaning you could start any time between 8-9. The marathoners and half marathoners started earlier.
So got there, got my timing chip, and I wanted to get it done so I started couple min after 8. It was overcast and a cool 63 at start time. Off I went and felt pretty good, so I pushed the pace a little, with the intent of slowing up at the gradual uphill that I knew was coming...First mile was around 9:35 which kind of fast for me! I was still feeling good so just kept that pace through out. Walked briefly thorough water station cause I can’t run and drink either. I really wanted to beat my previous PR of 102.09, and by the time I was headed back after half way point, I knew I had a good chance of doing it...I just told myself to keep at it... the last half mile has a steep hill that I was planning on walking then running hard to the finish the last .20. However, I just said wth, and ran it and hard to the finish.
My husband was waiting and I smiled at him knowing I had beaten my goal..
They weren’t going to post final results until the last person came in which could be another couple hours so we decided to go home.
Finally got a text with results...final time for me: 57:47.2!! 9:19 Average Pace.. Good enough for 1 in AG (out of 4 but hey it counts) and 8 out of 30 Female, and 16 - 44 Overall.. Gotta love smaller races! Lol!
I’ll take it though. I’m super happy and sorry to brag but never in a million years did I think I could do this!
Had a Italian buffet lunch to celebrate and now just Netflixing...
Congratulations, good stuff!3 -
@Faebert Thanks. Sorry about the hamstring, hope it heals soon. I totally get the frustration
@LoveyChar Thank You!0 -
Awesome @hamsterwheel6! Fantastic 10k time and AG win! Never be sorry about telling us your accomplishments here! We love to celebrate everyone's achievements. And that is a great one.
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
10/01/19 :::: 4.8 :::: 4.8
10/02/19 :::: 3.0 :::: 7.8
10/03/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 7.8
10/04/19 :::: 3.1 :::: 10.8
10/05/19 :::: 10.1 :::: 21.0
10/06/19 :::: 1.0 :::: 22.0
Just one measly mile today, but I'm counting it! I went to an obstacle course race training class at a different gym and we ran some laps between various sets of push-ups, pull-ups, rope climb, bucket carry, spear throw, rings, etc. It came to a mile.
I meant to get out again later but ended up hiking with the dog instead. Now I just don't want to, so the mile stands.7 -
@autumnblade75 Congratulations on your AG win! Glad the knee is holding up. We need some of that water. We finally had a little shower of rain this morning, which will help, but nowhere near enough to alleviate the drought.
@hamsterwheel6 Yippee!!! WTG! Fantastic race! Congratulations on yourPR, AG win, and other placements. You should be proud of yourself. Bragging is allowed.
@Faebert Sorry to hear about your injury. Hope it is completely healed soon. Glad you got in a run today, even if it wasn't as long as you would have liked.1 -
Morning all.
Gah another rough night on call. I really chose the wrong day to start IF lol. A reminder of how far I've come though, I made that joke to one of the nurses in front of a patient I'd just imaged, and both of them said "why? Your not big". It was a reminder that none of my new colleagues knew me when I was overweight. So when I tell them I lost 20kg I get these amazed looks. Now I admit a bit of anxiety in that I just want to keep it off now haha.8 -
PastorVincent wrote: »Meanwhile in Pittsburgh...
That's hilarious!1 -
Tons of good stuff happening here over the weekend! Congratulations to all you racers. Well done!1
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@katharmonic Thanks, I kinda do feel like this was huge for me. And your mile is a mile! Count it for sure.
@quilteryoyo Thanks, I knew you guys here would understand wanting to brag! Lol1 -
Great job on your HM @143tobe ! It sounds brutal, but you did amazing! Big CONGRATULATIONS on your PR in those conditions!
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I finally caught up on the thread...was going back and forth from present to days ago. So, if my comments are discombobulated, that's why. You guys are doing great and are so inspiring. Now, I feel I can join in the Oct. challenge. I am in for 55 miles this month. I made my 50 in Sept and, if I follow my plan, should have closer to 60 in Oct. I'm giving myself a little wiggle room for life happening. I'm off to a pretty good start with 9.45 miles so far this month, and, I didn't do my long run this week. I just wasn't in the mood today, so did a walk instead. I don't have to be anywhere until 1:30 tomorrow afternoon, so plan on doing my 4 miles in the morning.
Last Saturday, I was helping my dad round up some cattle to haul from one field to another. I found myself sprinting up a fairly large hill to head off a group of scared calves. I actually beat them to the top and I wasn't gasping for breath. My training is paying off in practical ways.
I have been thinking lately about @MobyCarp saying that you can't outrun your fork and the article someone mentioned about running not being the best method to lose weight. I think I read part of that same article. The issue seems to be that people think if they run, they can eat anything they want and lose, because, well, they are exercising really hard. But, I have found that the more I am getting in shape, the fewer calories I am burning for the same perceived amount of exercise. I know that is good, but it is also frustrating when trying to lose. So, my plan to get this last 10 pounds of weight off, and keep it off this time, is to remember that the fork always wins.9 -
Had a 'is that a pain in my foot kinda day?' Anyway did 7km. I am now having two days off to Wednesday to give the foot a rest.
Goal for October:
1. 15runs.......4
2. 80km.........20km
3. 8km long...x
4. PB 5km......Done 5 Oct
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Thanks@PastorVincent, @Tramboman, @polskagirl01 and @hamsterwheel! And congrats on your races and AG awards @hamsterwheel6 and @autumnblade75 and glad the knee is feeling ok. Congrats on your race and masters win too @rheddmobile. I'm looking forward to the race report.
Since I raced yesterday I took today as a rest day. It has been nice, but I kind of missed my long run. I did some nice yoga this afternoon though. I am hoping for some fall weather for my runs this week. Maybe we will actually get it.4 -
hamsterwheel6 wrote: »Finally got a text with results...final time for me: 57:47.2!! 9:19 Average Pace.. Good enough for 1 in AG (out of 4 but hey it counts) and 8 out of 30 Female, and 16 - 44 Overall.. Gotta love smaller races! Lol!
I’ll take it though. I’m super happy and sorry to brag but never in a million years did I think I could do this!
Well done!
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So y'all like to poke fun when I say stuff like "I am not a doctor..." so you might find this story interesting. There is a guy I was talking tonight (my son's girlfriend's step-father) and he was complaining that he went for a run today and got a blister. So I told him "get new socks," and a few other tips. Then I said to him "I am not a doctor, but what I would do..."
Here is the thing... HE IS A DOCTOR. And yes I knew that, and no that did not stop me from advising him, as he asked me. Who knows, maybe I taught him something (not likely LOL)14 -
PastorVincent wrote: »hamsterwheel6 wrote: »Finally got a text with results...final time for me: 57:47.2!! 9:19 Average Pace.. Good enough for 1 in AG (out of 4 but hey it counts) and 8 out of 30 Female, and 16 - 44 Overall.. Gotta love smaller races! Lol!
I’ll take it though. I’m super happy and sorry to brag but never in a million years did I think I could do this!
Well done!
Absolutely!!!
Super race and result!!!!!0 -
6.64 miles today, slow and struggled way too much with hypoglycemia.
Also, is anyone tech savvy? I use Amazon Music and have Smartlock setup so that when my Aftershokz are connected, the phone stays unlocked. I would like to tell Alexa when to play next or previous song, or to play a particular song on request. I can do next song with Aftershokz butons (play/pause, next, volume up/down buttons... but no previous). However, I can only do that if I unlock my phone first. The whole point of Smartlock is so I don't need to do that, but it still makes me swipe to unlock. I don't need my pattern, but still have to swipe. And that means I just really can't use it without stopping, taking off my phone holster, removing the phone... it just isn't an option to keep moving while doing this. After all, I want to tell Alexa to play a specific song for motivation as I'm coming into the finish chute and that is the worst time to stop and take my phone out to fiddle with music! So anyway, does anyone know of a way to get around this requirement that I swipe my phone screen to unlock it before I can talk to Alexa?
FTR, I setup so that I can say "OK Google" and it will turn on the phone screen, but haven't figured out how to get the Google commands to translate to Amazon Music beyond "Play Amazon Music" And if I activate OK Google and say anything else (or nothing), it automatically just pauses Amazon Music and doesn't start up again until I tell it to... but that is the ONLY command I can get to work through Android / Google.
Any ideas on how to use voice commands to swipe my phone without actually taking it out and swiping the screen?2 -
Had my big 5K yesterday. In many ways I've been looking forward to this race more than I had been my half. Probably because I knew there would be actual American donuts involved. So, running just might seriously save my marriage. My husband REALLY dislikes traveling about a 10 mile radius away from our house, but after we did the half marathon together, he did agree to come with me to Frankfurt and bring our two boys (7 and 10). Honestly, a small miracle. I checked the weather in the morning and it gloriously said no rain until 3pm. My race was at 12:15 and the weather app was showing clear skies. I woke up feeling pretty good despite cracking my shin HARD on the corner of my son's wooden bed frame the night before. I wanted to cry. This kind of stuff happens to be all the time. I should be used to it, but no. I woke up at 5, did a 5 minute warm up on the treadmill, a 5 minute warm up using my step bench. Did 20 minutes of standing yoga poses. Did a little bit of massage, walked my dog. I felt relaxed and not nearly as nervous as I had been for the half. My plan was to run my 5k on just keto coffee and a single Reece's Peanut Butter cup as I normally do for a 5K when I want to go fast, but since I had promised my kids Dunkin Donuts if they went (yes, it was a bribe), I just could not resist the maple donut staring me down 30 minutes before the race. I knew the sugar rush could help give me a boost since my base diet is low carb, but I also knew I was in trouble if it just sat like a brick in my belly during the run. I risked it. Dang it was good and definitely worth the risk. Oh, when we arrived it was pouring rain. So my conservative goal was to run the race between 28 and 29 minutes which would make it between 1 and 2 minutes faster than my PR just 6 days before. I knew it was possible because it was a flat course. Got my official time. 26:45. 29th place out of 185 women entrants. 4th place for my age group. Turns out this woman and I kept passing each other the whole race and she finished 3 seconds ahead of me took 3rd in our age group. Had I known I even had a chance at placing, it would have been ON 😂. Now that I know I can run this fast, I'm BRINGING IT next year. 😎
I know I left out a lot of details from the actual race, but what can I say, it was pretty much ideal. My "Dream" goal was to run it at an 8:40 pace since I had just run my previous 5k at a 9:40 pace and that was on hills. I was pretty sure I could physically do it. But it sounded like such a fantastical goal...and so I didn't verbalize this wish. Still, it was locked in my heart and in my head and I knew what it would take to meet it. I was going to try. Well I did it. According to my watch that was my exact pace, but my watch was 10 seconds slower than my official time, so actually I did ever so slightly better.
Anyways, I was on such a high yesterday. Exhausted because the run depleted me, but happy and excited and proud of what I accomplished. I seriously don't know who this "runner" is that I've become. My running only resumed in Spring after two years off, and before those two years my average 5K was around 34 minutes. This week I just smashed all my PR's. I'm so happy and amazed by my progress this year. I honestly never thought I would be able to achieve all I have. I beat my fastest 5K time by 3 whole minutes. A few days before that I beat my fastest half marathon time by 9 minutes. My head is spinning. I knew I was holding back my effort during my training, but I had no idea that I could pull that out of my pocket on race day. Losing weight to run faster is really helping. And I love that my weight loss just feels so different because before I was doing it, "not to be fat" anymore. But now that I'm doing it to increase my athletic performance, it just feels better. I was determined before, but now I want to be the best athlete I can be. I don't have any planned races until February. Looking forward to rethinking my runs now that I know my abilities.
Miles this month:
13.1
1.8 (treadmill)
3.1
=18/60
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Just had a quick look at the google doc for the miles for Kevin (MobyCarp) runs.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u1kakszOV9CNZ6ONIzsQjF2Oq8lgpOZh/edit#gid=1527975205
As it stands, from what I can make out (I suck at spreadsheets lol) if we moved the start back an hour and start the 24 hour period at 6pm EST, we would still have 8 hours to cover to make the full 24. Anyone able to take any of those slots?
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I’m late to the party. I will try my best to catch up on the 14 pages I’ve missed.
I’m in for 60 this month. I go on call the last week of the month, but I am going to try my best to get in all of my runs, even if on the dreadmill at the gym with my phone next to me.
I am trying a new plan this month of working out in the morning vs after work. I find that I work late or hubby has other plans at night that prevent me from doing what I need to do. I got up early today to do my strength training, so we’ll see how an early run goes for me tomorrow.
10/1: 2
10/5: 3
10/6: 3
10/7: ST
8/60 miles8
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