October 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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October Goal 100 miles
October 2 – 5.18 miles
October 4 – 10.7 miles
October 7 – 4.01 miles
October 8 – 4.51 miles
October 9 – 5 miles
Another cool 55F run at 5 this morning. Now this is Fall weather!
@rheddmobile – Congratulations on your female master award! I enjoyed reading your race report but you are not slow at all! I couldn’t run a mile at 7:33 if Satan himself was chasing me!
Great race report @7lenny7! Glad you had such a good race and took the time to recognize the beauty in the day and in your ability. That cathedral is beautiful! @katharmonic – I also thought of @MobyCarp and his race reports when I was reading.
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@rheddmobile Congratulations to you and your husband on your 5K! Congratulations also on the awesome mile PR. Sounds like that was a fantastic day all around!
@7lenny7 Great race report. Glad you enjoyed it so much! Congratulations on making your goal time.2 -
PastorVincent wrote: »MegaMooseEsq wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »MegaMooseEsq wrote: »quilteryoyo wrote: »@MegaMooseEsq Sounds like a great, exhausting race! Loved the report. Except, you forgot to let us know what your finish time was. Sounds like it was probably better than expected!
Hah, minor details! I finished in 2:03:31, slower than my arbitrary two hour target, but ahead of the marathon winners (who started 40 minutes after I did), which was the only thing I’d really wanted to avoid.
1000 people behind you! You rocked it!
Also, man @7lenny7 is tall! No wonder he is so fast, he probably only need 1/2 the number of strides of a normal person to finish a race.
Well, there were almost 10,000 people ahead of me, but I'll take it. I really was worried about being caught by the elite marathoners, though, so I'm super glad that didn't happen. And yeah, I'm on the shorter side (5'2") but @7lenny7 is definitely a tall dude. When I'm feeling insecure about being slow, which happens less and less often, I remind myself that I've got to take a lot more steps to go the same distance as these tall types!
Obviously the "7"'s in @7lenny7 are because he is 7 foot, 7 inches tall.
@PastorVincent ha, not quite. I'm just 6' 5". I'm not the tallest in the family though, my youngest son is 6' 7".
Sure you are!
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@Avidkeo I really want the FR645. I don't know much about the VA4 so can't comment on that. I use a FR235 now and I love it, but want the added functionality of the music on the watch so I don't have to carry my phone if I don't want to
I love that aspect of my current watch which is why I got it.
I gather that to get the full metrics of the 645 you need an extra strap. On further reading I see the only real difference is touch screen vs buttons.
For running, I found the touch screen extremely annoying on my Apple Watch (one of the reasons I got rid of it actually) - When the watch is wet or my hands are sweaty, it does not work. My Garmin 935's buttons always work. Just something to think about.3 -
No run today, had to trade it for my 6month visit to the dentist... fun times. AND because I do SUCH A GOOD JOB (they actually say I do) keeping up with my brushing and flossing I get to get drilled for ANOTHER cavity. I will be going back in for that near Christmas. yay!
I did make it to the gym for my anti-trex plan though. Doing good! 2 months in and only missed one day due to issues at work, not because I skipped it.10 -
8.05 miles today. It felt good as it was cooler and I kept it mostly at an easy pace.
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Oops...
Got a mates rates price I couldn't say no to.
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autumnblade75 wrote: »This morning on the way home from work I had a conversation in my head that went like this:
"I want to run today - it's been 4 days and I'm losing ground on the Monthly Running Challenge."
"But my knee..."
"The knee doesn't hurt. It'll be fine."
"Really? So why am I limping?"
"Shut up..."
Anyway, I think I probably shouldn't run until I get the limp sorted out, since I don't trust myself about whether or not it hurts. Which I would seriously question if someone else said something like that. I don't have answers, though. Mostly doesn't hurt. Limping anyway. And then sometimes it hurts. Definitely limping, then. Wish I knew what I'd done, and how to prevent it happening again. Suspect stretching might help. Can't imagine any reason it would be a BAD idea.
I'll run my Brew 5k, too. Hopefully I'll have sorted the limp out by then. I've got nearly a month. But I'm not registering for anything new until it feels better. Ha ha ha. I mean, until I've stopped limping.
I shall commence lurking.
As @PastorVincent would say, I'm not a doctor, but my personal experience with knees that hurt while running and on and off, gradually worsening to the point of having to walk without bending it, turned out to be caused by severely contractured calf and quad muscles. Took plenty of physiotherapy, massage and stretching along with a back-to-basics approach to running. Now my knees start to grumble at me when I'm due another massage or haven't been stretching enough, feels like someone put a metal vice round them and slowly tightens it. I'm currently experimenting with swimming as cross training, seems to be helping loosen the muscles up.
Try and stretch as much as possible but not if it really hurts!1 -
I’ve just completed my first track session in eight-plus years. I think I’ll be feeling it tomorrow!8
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I passed a lady walking her dog towards the beginning of my long run today... then 2 hours later when I was on my way home, same neighborhood but different spot, I passed her again. I was wondering to myself if she'd been walking her dog for 2 hours, or if this was their second time out in 2 hours, thinking that was strange... and then we smiled at each other as I went past and it seemed clear she recognized me... and I realized that between the two of us, I was definitely the strange one cause I'd obviously been running for 2 hours and counting. My cold/allergies again weren't too troublesome while I was out, although 21.5k did feel awfully long, but again, now that I'm done, I just want to crash somewhere. But I've got stuff to do, and feel better than yesterday, so moving forward
October goal 100 miles
Upcoming races:
Oct. 19 - CityTrail trail 5k (#1 of 6 in the series)
Oct. 26 - Botanical Autumn 5k
Oct. 27 - Lublin Half Marathon13 -
polskagirl01 wrote: »and I realized that between the two of us, I was definitely the strange one cause I'd obviously been running for 2 hours and counting. My cold/allergies again weren't too troublesome while I was out, although 21.5k did feel awfully long, but again, now that I'm done, I just want to crash somewhere. But I've got stuff to do, and feel better than yesterday, so moving forward
Hahaha You're not weird at all. You're awesome. I hope you are feeling better today.
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Reading the forums, it seems a lot of watches have the same issue following an update a week or so ago. Wonder if it is actually relates
I received an email from Garmin a couple of weeks ago indicating that if I had updated my iPhone to IOS 13 and am having trouble connecting or getting notifications on my Garmin device to refer to their support center for helpful tips. Not really related to the battery life though. More of an issue with the IOS 13 requiring Bluetooth Sharing to be turned on.
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finally on the board for october. i've been lazy.
last night, i decided no more excuses. i took the old girl out because i wasn't feeling speed demon's pace.
it was a nice cool night. old girl behaved well focusing on her job(to run in front of me) and not on the many things she might need to protect me from.i'm also watching my foster. she has stitches from her spay. so i can't run her but she's 2 years old and still got some puppy in her. i'm hoping i can take her out soon.speed demon wasn't feeling the morning also new skin for my watch11 -
Lucky for me DH always works Saturdays so that's my normal long run day.
I have my first race since I broke my leg and it's on the trail this weekend! Just going for finishing, no PR. No racing. Just a fun, easy trail 5k.17 -
I ran a quicker 3 miles this morning. Temps were about the same as yesterday felt: 24F. I chose to wear a short technical tee under my thicker long sleeve shirt, and a real hat rather than just a buff for my ears. That worked well. I also pushed the pace a bit today - my average moving pace according to Garmin was more than 1 minute per mile faster than usual. Tempo-ish? I think I could do better but have to be cautious with the dogs.
Speaking of which, I was feeling so great at the end of my run, I thought I'd really pick up the pace for the last bit. Just as I got going, I saw a flash of shadow run across the street and into a yard. Kira also saw the cat and started to take chase. I had a brief "oh *kitten*" moment that I would repeat my fall from August, but was able to put on the brakes fast enough that it didn't happen. Lesson learned. No sprinting with a dog attached.13 -
Winter temps starting to now.. 50s and 60s (we will go to 0 and below eventually) so now I need to start planning for my Raynuds again. 60's already means glove weather for me. In a few years when my son is graduated from HS and moves on, I might move to the South USA or Southwest USA to escape this issue. November will mark the end of my racing season till Spring, so will soon have to drop down to more maintenance level running, much shorter runs, while focusing on my anti-t-rex plan.8
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October goal: 100 miles
10/1: 5.75 miles
10/2: 6.27 miles
10/5: 1.01 miles warm up
3.14 miles Old Rip 5k
10/8: 6.27 miles
10/9: 5.63 miles
31.31/100 miles completed
I had a really good 6.24 mile run this morning. It was kind of tough, but the kind of tough run that you feel really good about afterwards. The forecast called for 77°F with 15-20 mph winds. I really don't like wind and there is a cold front forecast for this evening so I actually considered moving my run to Friday when it is supposed to be cool again. But looking at the forecast I decided that I would rather run in 20 mph south winds at 77° than in 20 mph north winds at 45°. I told myself to try not to focus on how hard wind makes the run and how slow I would be and just focus on staying relaxed and keeping my form. It really worked too. I didn't pay much attention to my pace and ended up a little faster than yesterday's run. I didn't feel as tired as I did yesterday either. It wasn't one of those runs where I felt like I could run forever, but it was a run where I felt like I got a good workout, but didn't struggle too much. I did try to run East and West as much as possible so I didn't have to run directly into the wind too much. But all in all it was a great start to the day.
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
10/5/19: Old Rip 5K - PR 27:27, 1st AG
11/9/19: Wags and Whiskers 5K
2020 races:
5/16/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon7 -
eleanorhawkins wrote: »autumnblade75 wrote: »This morning on the way home from work I had a conversation in my head that went like this:
"I want to run today - it's been 4 days and I'm losing ground on the Monthly Running Challenge."
"But my knee..."
"The knee doesn't hurt. It'll be fine."
"Really? So why am I limping?"
"Shut up..."
Anyway, I think I probably shouldn't run until I get the limp sorted out, since I don't trust myself about whether or not it hurts. Which I would seriously question if someone else said something like that. I don't have answers, though. Mostly doesn't hurt. Limping anyway. And then sometimes it hurts. Definitely limping, then. Wish I knew what I'd done, and how to prevent it happening again. Suspect stretching might help. Can't imagine any reason it would be a BAD idea.
I'll run my Brew 5k, too. Hopefully I'll have sorted the limp out by then. I've got nearly a month. But I'm not registering for anything new until it feels better. Ha ha ha. I mean, until I've stopped limping.
I shall commence lurking.
As @PastorVincent would say, I'm not a doctor, but my personal experience with knees that hurt while running and on and off, gradually worsening to the point of having to walk without bending it, turned out to be caused by severely contractured calf and quad muscles. Took plenty of physiotherapy, massage and stretching along with a back-to-basics approach to running. Now my knees start to grumble at me when I'm due another massage or haven't been stretching enough, feels like someone put a metal vice round them and slowly tightens it. I'm currently experimenting with swimming as cross training, seems to be helping loosen the muscles up.
Try and stretch as much as possible but not if it really hurts!
I'm happy to hear that stretching is the right track, but not likely to start getting massages. Interestingly, my knee twinges more frequently while walking than while running, and when it acts up, I have more trouble straightening it than bending it. So, I'm not sure we're experiencing the same problems. It feels pretty good today, and I didn't catch myself limping, so I'm thinking if nothing happens between now and tomorrow, I'll do a short run to ease back into it. But I did walk up less gradually than usual this morning, because I pointed my toes to stretch and my calf immediately began to cramp. I stopped that stretch and it calmed right down, but I was Awake! And there is certainly muscle tightness. So there's that...
Stretching. Yeah. Probably time to take up Yoga. With ...Adrienne? right? I'll google it.3 -
10-1 7k slow
10-2 7k easy
10-3 rest
10-4 rest
10-5 7k moderate
10-6 7k easy
10-7 rest
10-8 7k moderate
10-9 7k easy
10-10 rest
October Total: 42k
October Goal: 135k
January Total: 131k
February Total: 159.5k
March Total: 183k
April Total: 126k
May Total: 128k
June Total: 161.5k
July Total: 151k
August Total: 133k
September Total: 135k
2019 total: 1,308k / 811m
Monthly average: 145.3k
Next year when you pop in here claiming your December 2019 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
Run at least 4 5k races. Completed 8-31
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 - Completed 9-28
Scheduled rest day today. Golf instead.
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 - 31:39 chip time; 32:00 Garmin time; Third Place male 60 and older
9-14 Gift of Life 5k - off the schedule; insufficient recovery time
10-13 Haunted Hustle 5k4
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