October 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

Short good run today, gonna take a 2-day taper now before the weekend races. Hope I'm not taking on too much.

October goal 100 KM (ADJUSTED DUE TO INJURY)



Upcoming races:
Oct. 26 - Botanical Autumn 5k
Oct. 27 - Lublin Half Marathon

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
October 11 – 12 miles
October 14 – 5.16 miles
October 16 – 5.01 miles
October 18 – 9.08 miles
October 21 – 4.0 miles
October 23 – 5.06
Total – 69.71 miles

An uneventful 5 miles this morning. Temp was around 40F so I wore capris, long-sleeve tech shirt and a light pair of gloves and was comfortable.

Congratulations @Elise4270!

A near-by town is having a 15 mile Susan Komen benefit walk on Saturday. I’ve kept it on my radar and thought that I might do it. The longest that I’ve ran in the past couple of months is 12 miles but since it is technically a walk I figured I could run what I could and walk the rest. I went to register yesterday only to find out that each participant had to raise a minimum of $500 to participate! The registration fee doesn’t even apply towards the $500 minimum. Now I love supporting a good cause just as much as the next person but “raising” $500 in three days just isn’t something I can do. It is certainly not in my race budget for this week!

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Good luck this weekend @polskagirl01 & @BeverlyW1108

So winter isn't the best time to try and find a 15k event that doesn't involve cross country. The nearest I have is a half marathon with an 8k loop so I could do two loops and walk the rest. The only issue is that it is only 3 weeks after my first 10k in 20+ years and I think that might be asking too much. I could just plan my own route locally and jog it in December.

Looking at the half my local events are Brighton on 23rd Feb or Hastings in April. I really don't want to do Hastings as I checked out the route and the hill it goes up used to make my car struggle so not keen on that one. Other than that it would be Sep/Oct time.

Any thoughts on the above?

Hastings. Because Hills are your friend

Besides, nice as it might be to run along Marine Parade avoiding Chris Eubank, personally speaking I'd get bored and want to go for a swim instead.

Or...why not both? There's enough time to consolidate what you've learnt from February.....

Ok, I'm giving up on keeping up with the topic this month! Around 300 posts behind. I'll do better next month - but for the last week or so of this month I'll pop in to note down my runs (currently very short runs- not been out for anything above a 5k since the half. Aiming to change that this weekend.)

Hope everyone is doing ok!

06 Oct - 13.1 miles (outside)
10 Oct - 1.5 miles (treadmill)
11 Oct - 1.7 miles (treadmill)
14 Oct - 2 miles (treadmill)
16 Oct - 3 miles (treadmill)
17 Oct - 1.7 miles (treadmill)
21 Oct - 2.2 miles (treadmill)
23 Oct - 3 miles (treadmill)

Total - 28.2/50

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
10-13 5k race
10-14 rest
10-15 4k slow
10-16 7k slow
10-17 rest
10-18 7k slow
10-19 7k slow
10-20 7k easy
10-21 rest
10-22 rest
10-23 rest

October Total: 83k
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. Nope...
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

Scope went well; got some nice pictures that I thought I'd NOT share here. Nothing unexpected or out of the ordinary, so I'm good for another 5 years.

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 - 31:22 chip time; 47/74 overall; First Place male 60 and older

October Miles - 43.25/60, walk 11.27
10/02 - 3.48
10/03 - 2.42; walk 0.46
10/05 - 3.51
10/06 - 4.02
10/07 - walk 2.22
10/08 - 3.01
10/09 - 3.13
10/10 - 3.05
10/11 - walk 2.23
10/12 - 3.01
10/13 - 4.54
10/14 - walk 1.08
10/15 - 2.92
10/16 - 3.62
10/17 - walk 1.03
10/18 - walk 1.1
10/20 - walk 2.04
10/21 - 2.75
10/22 - walk 1.11
10/23 - 3.79

Congratulations @Elise4270!

Also congrats to those who raced this past weekend; I apologize I don't remember who but I liked posts as I read them on my phone this morning to catch up. There were some great runs, including PR's and AG placements - way to go, all of you! When I reply to multiple people, I have to do it on my computer; I usually use notepad to compose my post then copy and paste it into the thread when I'm done. Replying on my phone typically results in frustration, so I don't do that much anymore.

Anyway, I've been taking it easy the last week or so, giving my lower back time to relax. It felt great at the end of the day yesterday, when it's usually quite tight. Of course, this morning it was a little tight again. I must be sleeping wrong or something. The run this morning was great, even a little bit fast (for me). Kira stopped once; she insisted on sniffing a particular spot in the grass. Then she slowed down at the end, as she's been doing for a while now. I actually sat down on the curb and checked to make sure there wasn't something physically wrong with her, and she took the opportunity to slobber all over me. Just what I needed in the freezing temps! LOL We were able to get going again after a minute or two, and she kept up decently well. It wasn't until we were home and I reviewed our pace that I realized how fast we had been going. What's amusing to me though is that the last quarter mile or so, she was slowing down again, but I was able to convince her to run even faster and we were able to finish strong. Gotta keep her guessing!

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
10/13: 10.26 miles
10/15: 5.56 miles
10/16: 6.05 miles
10/17: 6.06 miles
10/20: 10.02 miles
10/22: 6.41 miles
10/23: 6.76 miles


85.43/100 miles completed

I had another absolutely beautiful run this morning. I ran 6.76 miles. The weather was so nice. It was a little windier than I like, but other than that it was almost perfect. It was clear and 58°F and just really nice running weather. I wore shorts and a t-shirt and started out with sleeves and gloves because of the wind. I did take off the sleeves about 1.5 miles into the run and the gloves came off at about 4 miles but I put them back on at about 6 miles because the wind picked up and it was easier to wear them than to carry them and the sleeves were taking up all the available space in my flipbelt. It was such a beautiful morning. The sky was clear and there were tons of stars. I even saw a shooting star. I had just turned the corner when I saw it. One minute sooner or later and I would have missed it. It really made my day. It was kind of like yesterday's run. I just wanted to keep running forever, but I had to go in and get ready for work. I really wanted to get the extra .25 mile, but as it was I probably should have stopped at 6 or 6.25. But it was so nice and I was just not ready to go in yet. Tomorrow's run is looking kind of iffy. The forecast has rain and thundershowers in the morning and lasting throughout Thursday and Friday. I am going to just play it by ear. If it is not raining or a light rain I might run, but if there is lightening I won't. I am close enough to my monthly goal that missing one run is not going to be a problem. I'll just have to try not to be too crabby about it if I don't get to run.

@Elise4270 Congrats on nursing school!

@polskagirl01 and @BeverlyW1108 Good luck on your races this weekend!






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 Marathon

In a funk today. Too much junk yesterday got me down. Still went out and did a 3k run and a weight lifting session. Tomorrow I plan on a long run - though I'm reconsidering it. With my new job I keep getting free time on my own, and end up faffing around and spending like 3hrs on exercise - long run then a bit of faffing and doing a weight session for 40 mins. And then I only have like 2hrs free to do other things. I mean that's great but I always feel like im sitting to do my relaxing stuff but not feeling like I can enjoy it.

First World problems? Part of it is cause we are striking so 8m getting a lot of weekdays off work thats "free time" and some of it cause I get RDOs on the week for working the weekend, and when I start at 3pm that feels like a lot of free time.

Moan moan, that's me!