October 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

katharmonic · October 2019

@martaindale for 50 degrees I would wear shorts, a tank, and a long sleeve that I could ditch. Starting at 50 I'd get warm fast. I have a pair of arm sleeves that I haven't actually worn yet but may try for similar temps next weekend if that forecast holds.

So, today was interesting. I had some kind of allergic reaction that started during a lunch meeting, and I got really flushed and felt terrible. I wanted to just go home and lie down but decided on the way home maybe this was an urgent care situation. My head was throbbing and my heart pounding (not fast but hard) and I looked in the mirror and I was super red in the face and chest. I was diagnosed with an allergic reaction and given shots of Benadryl and steroids and the redness started going way down in a few minutes.

The culprit may be the iron supplement I bought and took for the first time yesterday (before obtaining some excellent advice here), but the nurse practitioner seemed a little skeptical given that I took one dose in the am yesterday an hadn't taken one yet today (I was waiting to take it later, away from calcium). The other possibility is the blackened tuna sandwich I had for lunch. If it was that, it was a pretty sudden onset, and I've eaten tuna many many times without issue.

I've never had a reaction to ANYTHING, so this is all very strange. Obviously I won't be taking any more of the supplements or eating any fish until I follow-up with my doctor.

quilteryoyo · October 2019

@rheddmobile and @7lenny7 Good luck on your races this weekend! Can't imagine being on the go for 12 or 24 hours!

Good luck to you too, @martaindale ! Hope you can figure out the clothing. I would think the sudden drop would require you to dress warmer than you normally would after your body has gotten used to the lower temperatures. But, maybe that is just if you were going to be taking a stroll.

Oh my @katarmonic! Glad you decided to go to urgent care. That sounds scary. Wonder if it was a spice that they put on the blackened tuna or something else on the sandwich? I guess you can be allergic to a spice. Can't you? Come to think of it, I don't know that I know of anyone who is. Closest thing is that I know someone who is allergic to garlic. I had to stop eating Alfredo at one of my favorite Italian Restaurants because something they started putting in it upset my system. I wasn't allergic, but about 5 minutes after finishing the meal, I was looking for the bathroom. It happened twice, so I knew that's what it was. Weird. Anyway, hope you get it figured out soon.

PastorVincent · October 2019

Great tips @7lenny7 !

PastorVincent · October 2019

quilteryoyo wrote: »

@rheddmobile and @7lenny7 Good luck on your races this weekend! Can't imagine being on the go for 12 or 24 hours!

Good luck to you too, @martaindale ! Hope you can figure out the clothing. I would think the sudden drop would require you to dress warmer than you normally would after your body has gotten used to the lower temperatures. But, maybe that is just if you were going to be taking a stroll.

Oh my @katarmonic! Glad you decided to go to urgent care. That sounds scary. Wonder if it was a spice that they put on the blackened tuna or something else on the sandwich? I guess you can be allergic to a spice. Can't you? Come to think of it, I don't know that I know of anyone who is. Closest thing is that I know someone who is allergic to garlic. I had to stop eating Alfredo at one of my favorite Italian Restaurants because something they started putting in it upset my system. I wasn't allergic, but about 5 minutes after finishing the meal, I was looking for the bathroom. It happened twice, so I knew that's what it was. Weird. Anyway, hope you get it figured out soon.

Yes, you can be allergic to a spice or literally anything. I can not have wheat, garlic, onions, honeydew melons, and so on.

My guess is it was something in the tuna sandwich, but I would only take the next iron pill when you are near help just in case.

PastorVincent · October 2019

quilteryoyo wrote: »

@rheddmobile and @7lenny7 Good luck on your races this weekend! Can't imagine being on the go for 12 or 24 hours!

You got this!

PastorVincent · October 2019

Tomorrow is one of our "for fun" races. Its probably 4or 5 miles long, no one is really sure. We will not be doing it for time and it is the only race in years my teenager said "sure I will do that with you!"

It is the Stop, Drop and Run obstacle race: http://monacafire.com/5k/

Picture in your mind a Mud run, a Spartan, or a tough mudder, and then dial that back like 50%. Instead of 10 or 12-foot walls to scale there are 6 and 8-foot walls. Instead of mud, you have a slip and slide. And so on. Its good fun, no penalties for failing or skipping obstacles, and no timing chips. One distinctive thing in this race is they set actual cars on fire (they pour diseal fuel all over the inside and lite them up) and you get to use a real fire hose to try and put them out. The best part is when the airbags go off. They sound like gunshots and everyone jumps.

Thanks to my new reality of Raynuads I might skip the water obstacles if it is as cold as they are predicting. But we will see. My son might wear the GoPro this year. I wore it the first year.

So while it is technically a race, it is not really one either.

Elise4270 · October 2019

@katharmonic wow! Horrible. Had you had the tuna within 30 -45 min of the reaction? I wonder if the fish was contaminated with shellfish, or if the iron sup was. If I'd been longer than 30-40 min, like 12 hours since the iron, I'd suspect it. Sometimes those binders allow things to get further in your system and delays a reaction.

I hope you find out what it was before it happens again.

rheddmobile · October 2019

I can’t walk but I’m an ultra runner. Well, more of an ultra “ran a half then run/walked a bunch.” But we finished 27 miles, which is slightly longer than a marathon so technically an ultra, right?

If I can walk tomorrow we may go back for a few more, but I predict it will be more of a “hobbling to the bathroom” sort of situation. The longest we had ever previously gone was 13.1 and the longest since spring when I was injured is 7 miles. So we got a bit carried away.

Achilles’ tendon feels fine, btw, it’s everything else that’s hurting! My poor toenails!

Going to collapse now!

PastorVincent · October 2019

So, it has been done:

On Saturday morning in Vienna, on a course specially chosen for speed, in an athletic spectacle of historic proportions, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya ran 26.2 miles in a once-inconceivable time of 1 hour 59 minutes 40 seconds.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/sports/eliud-kipchoge-marathon-record.html

polskagirl01 · October 2019

PastorVincent wrote: »

So, it has been done:

On Saturday morning in Vienna, on a course specially chosen for speed, in an athletic spectacle of historic proportions, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya ran 26.2 miles in a once-inconceivable time of 1 hour 59 minutes 40 seconds.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/sports/eliud-kipchoge-marathon-record.html

I was watching the livestream for the last hour of this. There were some clues that he was working really hard, but he sure makes it look like a jog in the park. Amazing

PastorVincent · October 2019

polskagirl01 wrote: »

PastorVincent wrote: »

So, it has been done:

On Saturday morning in Vienna, on a course specially chosen for speed, in an athletic spectacle of historic proportions, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya ran 26.2 miles in a once-inconceivable time of 1 hour 59 minutes 40 seconds.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/sports/eliud-kipchoge-marathon-record.html

I was watching the livestream for the last hour of this. There were some clues that he was working really hard, but he sure makes it look like a jog in the park. Amazing

He is insanely fast. I am not sure I could have done that on my bicycle.

katharmonic · October 2019

@PastorVincent I would love to do that fun race with you today! Wish I could! Have a great time and can't wait to hear how it goes.

Also just amazing on the Kipchoge record. I would love to do a half in that time.

@elise4270 yes, the reaction started while I was eating the tuna. I would almost say I was feeling bad before even eating but now the timeline is blurry to me. I'm still suspecting the supplement more but the timing makes it hard to guess.

Congrats @rheddmobile! You are an ultra runner! One of the marathons (Route 66 maybe? - yes, just checked) is billed as having an option for the world's shortest ultramarathon that's an extra .3 miles. So you totally surpassed that bar

This morning is beautiful, although it may rain later, and tomorrow looks picture perfect for the local marathon/half/10k. I'm not registered but will probably run a small portion of it with a friend doing the marathon to encourage her (I won't say pace her, she's a little faster than me in general, I'm hoping I can keep up with her towards the end of a marathon).

Faebert · October 2019

A fun run this morning (5k) with my kids for a children’s hospital charity. Rainy and v cold going at a slower pace but was worth it to see my kids celebrate at the end! Need to hustle now to stay on target for October but my hamstring is still a v fragile thing!

10/6: 4.08m
10/10: 8.3m
10/12: 3.1

October total: 15.4
October goal: 64m

September total: 82.2m
August total: 85m
July total: 90.1m
June total: 86.1m
May total: 67.6m
April total: 71.5m
March total: 42.9m
February total: 30.2m
January total: 31.7m

PastorVincent · October 2019

PastorVincent wrote: »

Tomorrow is one of our "for fun" races. Its probably 4or 5 miles long, no one is really sure. We will not be doing it for time and it is the only race in years my teenager said "sure I will do that with you!"

It is the Stop, Drop and Run obstacle race: http://monacafire.com/5k/

Picture in your mind a Mud run, a Spartan, or a tough mudder, and then dial that back like 50%. Instead of 10 or 12-foot walls to scale there are 6 and 8-foot walls. Instead of mud, you have a slip and slide. And so on. Its good fun, no penalties for failing or skipping obstacles, and no timing chips. One distinctive thing in this race is they set actual cars on fire (they pour diseal fuel all over the inside and lite them up) and you get to use a real fire hose to try and put them out. The best part is when the airbags go off. They sound like gunshots and everyone jumps.

Thanks to my new reality of Raynuads I might skip the water obstacles if it is as cold as they are predicting. But we will see. My son might wear the GoPro this year. I wore it the first year.

So while it is technically a race, it is not really one either.

*sigh* taking a DNS on this. Its raining and temps are falling to sub-50. For a race that I was running nonstop, it would be okay, but there is a lot of standing around in these kinds of races. Thanks to my heart meds I can not take cold like I used to so while it is very disappointing, missing one race is cheaper than the hospital as @MobyCarp would say.

Tramboman · October 2019

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
10-11 4k easy
10-12 rest

October Total: 46k
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. Race day tomorrow. Need to settle on either a PR strategy or a "don't finish last" strategy.

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 5k

RandJ6280 · October 2019

Run time weather was 62 degrees, WONDERFUL.... I see in the forecast this week could get down close to mid 40's.
Tell me, when do you change your clothes to winter? As a new runner I hear run as it's 20 degrees warmer than it really is. For me, I still run in shorts and t-shirt down to 40 degrees.... under that I start t bundle up.

01-Oct 3.49
02-Oct
03-Oct
04-Oct
05-Oct
06-Oct
07-Oct
08-Oct
09-Oct
10-Oct 3.50
11-Oct
12-Oct 5.38

October Miles 12.37
October Goal 40.00
Remaining 27.63

Jan total 0.00
Feb total 0.00
Mar total 0.00
Apr total 0.00
May total 0.00
Jun total 2.23
Jul total 19.45
Aug total 46.53
Sep total 23.98
Oct total 12.37
Nov total
Dec total

Yearly miles 104.56
Monthly Avg 10.46

quilteryoyo · October 2019

@PastorVincent That does sound like a fun race! Enjoy. Shoot. Just saw that you aren't going to be able to do this race. So sorry.

Great job, @rheddmobile ! Hope everything stops hurting soon!

PastorVincent · October 2019

This is one of a family of four deer that seem to live in our neighborhood. My 300mm lens is only an F/5.6 so I had to push to ISO 1600 to get this shot which explains the grain. Someday I will be rich enough to afford a faster lens, but till then, at least I got the shot.

RandJ6280 · October 2019

When do you change your clothes to winter gear? I hear, run as it's 20 degrees warmer than it really is. For me, I still run in shorts and t-shirt down to 40 degrees.... under that I start t bundle up.

kjkrentsa · October 2019

10/1 - recovery
10/2 - 3.1
10/3 - 0
10/4 - 2.21
10/5 - 0
10/6 - 3.43
10/7 - 0
10/8 - 4
10/9 - 0
10/10 - 0
10/11 - 2

14.74 / 45 miles completed

Last night I was loving running in the moonlight of the full moon - it was cool and perfect. My flashlight worked great for the cars and my running music was doing it's magic. All of the sudden I realized I had nothing in case the coyotes spotted me. (They've been harassing people and dogs lately.) I enjoy running but I don't enjoy being chased... So, I aimed back home and ran back and forth in front of my house. I got bored and gave up. Lesson learned - either remember my pepper spray or run in the daylight...

PS - I'm down 13 pounds and reached "normal BMI". Working on making plantar fasciitis a distant memory. I read that a BMI of 20 will prevent it - witteling it down day by day...

October 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

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