February 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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@katharmonic You are keeping it interesting and there's nothing wrong with that!!! Your mace workouts, Pilates, all these things you are doing are great for you and help your running! You know this and yes, you're definitely a runner. You have all kinds of goals, good for you!!! You are a strong woman determined to stay a strong woman!2
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katharmonic wrote: »
So here's some introspection - I ran into my running coach this morning when I was getting ready to get on the treadmill, and looking pretty tired I'm sure after my mace workout. He asked me if I was realizing that all the other training I'm doing is starting to be detrimental to my running (and that he hasn't said anything but he's been waiting for me to realize this). Hmm. I laughed and said non-committally that yes, I was certainly tired. But it bothered me a little and I thought about it off and on today. And it's kind of true, but a couple of things occurred to me. First, I'm not really training for any running races right now nor do I have any specific running/race goals at the moment, so it isn't really detrimental to anything. And I've been running every day!
Second thought = maybe I'm not primarily a runner right now who is also doing some other things, but rather someone who is primarily doing other things (Spartan, rock climbing, hiking, strength training) and just trying to keep up with my running as a secondary thing or supplement to my training. Not that I have to declare myself to be a runner or not (and if you run, you're a runner of course), but interesting to reflect on how things have changed in the past year or so. I know my coach hates to lose his "veteran" run club numbers so I suspect he'll be working on me to come back to the fold and do half marathon/marathon training this spring like a "real" runner. Which also is kind of funny to me to think about when before 4 years ago I had never run at all and now I have a coach trying to keep me on the team
All I know right now is that I'm having a glass of wine, unwinding from a stressful work day, and thinking about how early is too early to go to bed when I have to back to the gym at 6:30 again tomorrow. Answer: now is not too early.
Here is the thing, it is about goals.
Is your goal to run the fastest race your body can run? Is your goal health? Is your goal to have fun? Is your goal just to eat more cake?
Once you know your goal, then you can decide if "other things" are really hindering or helping. Of course, a running focused coach will want you to be... running focused - but whether or not you should be is up to you.
And instead of runner (in addition to) start thinking of yourself as "Athlete" - and then it does not matter which activity you do, you are still an athlete (cause you ARE whether or not you admit it).13 -
@TheMrWobbly LOL....you're probably right about that. He is not a club guy, shy, smart, very athletic (played football in college) so I thought maybe a running group with hopefully some singles might be an option. I know....I need to stay the heck out it. Frankly I don't really want him to meet a girl in NYC - he will never move home!
@Shanaber Beautiful pics of Salinas. Love those big skies out there!
@ContraryMaryMary Very exciting to make that commitment. Will it be fulltime home or getaway? Never having been to NZ, I bet its a beautiful area. Is there any place there that isn't? Waiting to visit when we have lots of time and $$$.
@Avidkeo Totally agree with the carb thing. I am working on the weight goal (and IF sorta kinda) so running while fasting, I never have a ton of energy. I can't wait to hit my goal, and carbo load and then see what I can do in terms of speed and distance and just feeling energized.
@katharmonic I am with you....Running is a piece of the pie for what I want to do physically as I age. I am strength training, working on flexibility with Yoga, and into hiking. They all provide something to me mentally and physically. I guess I will never be a top notch runner but it's my cardio of choice to balance the rest.8 -
Morning!
I am waiting for our IT person to fix my computer.
I went to the Dr today for the pain in my hip that radiates down to my knee. I explained the shoe journey, feeling as though my knee doesn’t want to do what it’s supposed to do, etc. He did some back popping and pretzel twisting and examined my knees and hips and legs and back and said
It’s my IT band.
Not anything that will prevent me from running AS LONG AS I
STRETCH after running and
CONTINUE to REALLY FOR REAL use the foam roller
So! I’m glad I went because now I know what’s wrong and what to do to fix it, specifically. I won’t be flying blind, trying to fix everything that COULD be wrong! And I don’t have to take any meds!
This weekend is a cutback weekend - 12 miles - and he said that’s totally fine.
Yay!12 -
Camaramandy648 wrote: »Morning!
I am waiting for our IT person to fix my computer.
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It’s my IT band.
Good thing your IT person is coming then, right? (sorry, can not help myself, I am a dad after all...)12 -
I only have shoes, socks, a shirt and pants to run with. That's it...I run with nothing else. I don't even know what an IT band is and I only touched Under Armour compression socks for the first time since they were a gift in my packet but I gave those to my husband. Anyway, what are these things on this lady's arm behind me taking a selfie? For circulation, to stay warm, both or more...? By the way, she was running her 25th consecutive Austin Marathon, pretty nice lady.2
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I only have shoes, socks, a shirt and pants to run with. That's it...I run with nothing else. I don't even know what an IT band is and I only touched Under Armour compression socks for the first time since they were a gift in my packet but I gave those to my husband. Anyway, what are these things on this lady's arm behind me taking a selfie? For circulation, to stay warm, both or more...? By the way, she was running her 25th consecutive Austin Marathon, pretty nice lady.
Those are called sleeves. They do have compression ones but mostly I see people use them for warmth. They often take them off as warm-up while they run allowing them to start the race in a long sleeve shirt and have a short sleeved one later without the aggravation of a shirt change.
Also, IT band is a part of your body You may want to read up on that.
https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/it-band-syndrome#1
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@LoveyChar - Your IT band is a tendon that runs down the length of the outer thigh past your knee and down to the shin bone. It is pretty common for runners to have issues with it getting inflamed occasionally. You prevent it by doing hip and glute strengthening exercises, stretching and foam rolling.
Those things on her arms are called sleeves or arm warmers. People wear them when they want a little extra warmth, but can take them off easily (or push them down) as they get warmed up without wearing a long sleeved shirt over a singlet and then dealing with taking that off and tying it around your waist or something.4 -
In other news, I apparently type faster than @shanaber11
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PastorVincent wrote: »I only have shoes, socks, a shirt and pants to run with. That's it...I run with nothing else. I don't even know what an IT band is and I only touched Under Armour compression socks for the first time since they were a gift in my packet but I gave those to my husband. Anyway, what are these things on this lady's arm behind me taking a selfie? For circulation, to stay warm, both or more...? By the way, she was running her 25th consecutive Austin Marathon, pretty nice lady.
Those are called sleeves. They do have compression ones but mostly I see people use them for warmth. They often take them off as warm-up while they run allowing them to start the race in a long sleeve shirt and have a short sleeved one later without the aggravation of a shirt change.
Also, IT band is a part of your body You may want to read up on that.
https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/it-band-syndrome#1
Lol, thanks! I will...0 -
@LoveyChar - Your IT band is a tendon that runs down the length of the outer thigh past your knee and down to the shin bone. It is pretty common for runners to have issues with it getting inflamed occasionally. You prevent it by doing hip and glute strengthening exercises, stretching and foam rolling.
Those things on her arms are called sleeves or arm warmers. People wear them when they want a little extra warmth, but can take them off easily (or push them down) as they get warmed up without wearing a long sleeved shirt over a singlet and then dealing with taking that off and tying it around your waist or something.
Thank you!0 -
Camaramandy648 wrote: »Morning!
I am waiting for our IT person to fix my computer.
I went to the Dr today for the pain in my hip that radiates down to my knee. I explained the shoe journey, feeling as though my knee doesn’t want to do what it’s supposed to do, etc. He did some back popping and pretzel twisting and examined my knees and hips and legs and back and said
It’s my IT band.
Not anything that will prevent me from running AS LONG AS I
STRETCH after running and
CONTINUE to REALLY FOR REAL use the foam roller
So! I’m glad I went because now I know what’s wrong and what to do to fix it, specifically. I won’t be flying blind, trying to fix everything that COULD be wrong! And I don’t have to take any meds!
This weekend is a cutback weekend - 12 miles - and he said that’s totally fine.
Yay!
Proof that I really do read everything...but it really is funny way back when you said that people using foam rollers look like...well people rolling around on the gym floor. I think I'll check those out now with hubby trying to run, probably would come in handy. Not sure if he'll use it but I would.
I'm glad you got an answer!2 -
The forecast for this weekend is high 30s/low 40s - I'm so excited! It was still below 0 this morning.
2/1: 6m
2/2: 4.25m
2/3: 2.25m
2/4: 3.25m
2/5: 6m
2/7: 4m
2/8: 5.75m
2/9: 3m
2/10: 2.5m
2/12: 7m
2/13: 4.5m
2/14: 1.5m
2/15: 4m
2/16: 6.25m
2/17: 10m
2/18: 3m
2/19: 1.75m
2/20: 3m8 -
Husband thinks he's funny.4
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I can finally log my first run for this year! I used a free day pass to go to a local gym with my son. I walked 1.64km in 15 minutes, including a 45 second burst at 7.5km! It wasnt easy but after a short break we did some more gentle work in the gymand neither my chest or legs gave up. I still have an awful long way to go but that is a real achievement for this year (i've had a nasty chest thing and have been struggling to even walk at normal pace)15
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@samthepanda Congrats on your first 2020 run!2
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Hi all! popping in to, to say hello. Ramping up training some, getting ready for my 2 bigger adventures this year, and rehabbing the adductor issue I've had for the last year. Life is crazy so I don't get onto here much like I used to, but I'm always reachable through messaging on here or on FB13
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@autumnblade75 - I don't think it matters much if you rearrange the plan to better fit your life. I did that all the time. Mostly just need to get in the requisite miles and rest days.
I've been told it does matter, and I've reasoned that it shouldn't. I guess if you're following one of those structured plans, you aren't even supposed to scale the pace, say, if you found a plan that was supposed to help you run a 4 hour marathon, but 4:30 was ultimately more realistic, doing the math to run whichever run at 87% of the suggested pace wouldn't work. But this time around, I'm working on the assumption that the long runs are the only ones that REALLY matter, and the shorter runs are all about making sure the long run is no more than 50% of my total running.
Anyway, I've decided to move the long run up to today - because of a Fitbit Workweek Hustle Challenge. Stupid, right? The whole thing is out of whack, already. According to the whiteboard, I'm technically already 4 days late for attempting 18 miles, but it's only 6 days after finally accomplishing 15... And next Friday is 20.
I did math to make Kool-Aid. My Actual water consumption on the 15 mile run was 2.3 oz every 6 minutes. I'm going to allow for 2.5 oz of water every half mile. That's going to be about 15 seconds early, which would be rough to do by time, but I can probably adjust to the mile markers, instead. I put masking tape on my water bottles and marked them off. Someone threw away my empty Gatorade bottle, so I'm going to have to stop and refill, at some point. I'm testing replenishment of 33% of my calories. That works out to 732 calories - 189 grams of sugar over roughly 3.5 hours. I was all set to mix it with 90 oz of water, but I was using the big measuring cup - the one marked for 32 oz. So I filled that 3 times. 6 extra oz of water shouldn't be a problem, either. I used the last packet of Watermelon flavor Kool-Aid. I have 1 packet of Orange, and a whole stack of Grape. I don't exactly know how I came to stockpile Grape, but that's the state of the supply, here. Google tells me that 100g of sugar should measure to about a cup. I used the scale. Anyway, that means that for my single packet of Kool-Aid, I've added about 1.5 x water and nearly 2 x sugar. I'm not going to add salt to it, though. That just seems weird. Google tells me that if I need electrolytes, I should experience fatigue, muscle cramps, nausea and headache. Hmm. Sounds like the sort of thing I'd expect while running 3.5 hours. Yup. Maybe I should add the salt?Does listening to zombies run mean listening to heavy metal?
I mostly listen to Industrial between zombie story-lines. There's a bit of Irish music in there - punk influenced. My husband tells me that the particular genre of punk that I'm looking for in my Irish music is called "Oi!" But it's completely individual. Zombies, Run! uses your own playlist.
I think it's kind of strange that I like Zombies, Run! so much, considering how much of the story I can't actually understand while I'm running. I had found a transcript of the first 5 seasons, a while back. It really helped me to understand the various parts of the story that I couldn't figure out how they were supposed to be connected. I can't focus on podcasts or audiobooks. I don't care for them when I'm not running, either. I prefer my news to be written down, too. I hate when someone links a news story and it turns out to be a video. I watch most of my TV with subtitles on. I don't learn well from lectures.
There was a question about favorite places to run: As much as I like my treadmill, I think I prefer Deer Grove Forest Preserve. There's a hill or 2, but not too long or too steep. There is occasionally wildlife - I've seen deer and rabbits and frogs. There's reasonable shade for about half of the loop I've run. It's not too buggy... But it's closer to work than home, and I drive a co-worker home most days. I don't get to run there often, unless I happen to bring my shoes on a day that he is absent.
If I drive somewhere to run, I like Raceway Woods. The hills there are much steeper, which is good for me, I think. I saw a coyote on the path once. He watched me run towards him. It was cool, but probably stupid, and a little scary. He eventually trotted into the woods, before I could have been a threat to him (Ha!) and did not particularly menace me. But I don't really like to drive to go for a run.
I'm under the impression that most of the forest preserves around me have nicely paved trails, which would suit me well if I chose to venture out of the house more often. I should maybe try it, in a few months, when an accident wouldn't be as likely to result in hypothermia if I wind up lost. Probably I worry for nothing. Probably.
I'm really just procrastinating while I wait for the laundry to dry. Any minute now, I'll have clean shorts, and then I should start my run.6 -
Hello everyone.
Treadmill runs all week because of rain - I don't mind running in the rain if it starts while I'm already out. For some reason though, the idea of actually starting in it - I dunno mental block.
So 4 on Tues, 7 Wed, and 4ish today. The one good thing about this is the foot/toes feel better, probably because of the softer tread then the concrete of the green way and sidewalks. So for that alone its been good.
We are preparing here for a snow event. Yes it's an event here even if they are only calling for 1-3 inches. School let out 3 hours early today in anticipation of the "snow". Traffic will be a nightmare. Temps drop below freezing overnight so they are worried about ice. no doubt school will be delayed tomorrow or cancelled all together. Yes, for a couple of inches of snow. Welcome to NC.
Fave place to run so far has to be on my trip to Mexico last November. Running on the boardwalk alongside the ocean and then through the market was just amazing. Love running here at the beach as well when we go.
I would so love to run Niagara Falls!
@kgirlhart Glad to hear about the toes.. When you mentioned your issues, I thought you might have what I have, hopefully not and a little rest will be the ticket.
@Avidkeo Bummer on the concert. At least he's rescheduled for you guys. Ours is in May so hopefully he's well and recovered way before then!
@ContraryMaryMary That is great! How awesome to have your own house built!
@TheMrWobbly I don't remember if you said you were in Eastbourne? We used to own the Wimpy near the seashore - don't even know if it's still there? Hopefully the coronavirus stays away from you....Good Luck Sunday!
@samthepanda Congrats on getting it done!
I know I probably missed a bunch of you, there has been quite the posts here lately! Hugs, likes and kudos to all!
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@autumnblade75 1) Is the Marathon one you've run before? 2) What were your previous times?
I have to say this...my brother in law ran the same one I did, his 5th and he said it was the hardest one he's done yet due to the hills, said even Denver wasn't as hilly as Austin. He ran it in 5:07. I have nothing to compare my time too and even if I was to use a time for comparison it would be the same route/race. I told husband next year I'd like to run it in 5:45. I couldn't run it or any other Marathon in 4 or 4:30, no matter what. Five would thrill the hell out of me. Truth be known, boiling down to it, I was thrilled to just finish my first one and grateful to God to come through and still feel great, relieved it was over and more alive than when I went in. Good luck to you, sincerely, I mean it! I'll be cheering you on as well. You put alot of pressure on yourself, alot... goals, goals.2
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