August 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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Happy birthday @quilteryoyo - stay awesome!!1
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Date Miles Cum mi
8/1 8.59 8.59
8/2 17.2 25.79
8/3 8.66 34.45
8/4 8.63 43.08
8/5 8.57 51.65
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Anyone ever done a duathalon? I got a race company email today and they are doing their triathlon and duathalon virtually this year.
It sounds fun and I checked and can use my indoor bike. I figured it would probably take me 2 hours to complete.
It's a:
1 mile run
12 mile bike
5k run6 -
@Camaramandy648 Thank you so much. That really made my day. I could just picture my house full of colorful balloons and it made me smile.
Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes. It was a good day - run in the morning, work 4 hours with 1 year olds (so got some non social distancing hugs), took the dog for a walk, cooked and ate spaghetti with turkey meatballs, then went to my neighbor's house for a visit and pick up a cheesecake he had made for me. I couldn't eat any until today, as they need to sit overnight. It's really good and oh so many calories. But, birthday cake calories don't count. Right?9 -
RunsOnEspresso wrote: »Anyone ever done a duathalon? I got a race company email today and they are doing their triathlon and duathalon virtually this year.
It sounds fun and I checked and can use my indoor bike. I figured it would probably take me 2 hours to complete.
It's a:
1 mile run
12 mile bike
5k run
I did one a few years back (July 22, 2018). It was 3K, 22K, 3K. Total time 1:40:12. It was 6 months after IT band/bursitis surgery and I wasn't 100%. Times were 19:21, 56:21, 21:55 respectively. Being my first, I was not efficient in the transition and didn't really worry about it. I did train, alternating runs and cycling and did 2 mock trials. I'd do it again.
ETA subtracted 12 minutes I forgot to stop my watch. And here's the actual recap.@Teresa502 race recap of my first Duathlon
The drive up
I was forced into listening to the end of an audio book on the 1.5 hour drive to OKC by Carl G. Jung. As if I'm not neurotic enough, and i already understand human behaviour, and need not further complex insight on the shortcomings of the human psyche. But I was slightly entertained when I shared some of these shortcomings and behaviours, enough to chuckle.
I only wish it had been in German. Hahaha! (Because I know about a 100 words in German, and the time could have been better spent training my ear.)
Packet pick up
Walk in bicycle shoppe and ask Eric (dh, oh he gets an upgrade from nameless dh here), "did you get your helmet?" See, I had just turned the water off in a shower when he said "I'm ready, I'll be in the truck". I literally was standing soaking wet, naked, in the shower. With this, i didn't have the thought to go through the "did dh remember " list. His answer, "oh *kitten*. i forgot my helmet". Bike store has helmets. These, unfortunately were for the wealthy elite cyclist at 289 USD. BikeOne (shameless plug. Love these guys) in OKC had them a bit less. And Eric claimed he didn't really like the helmet he owns. So yes definitely pick something you like. Bontager 120USD.
Checked into hotel. Eric's bank card had had been compromised the week before. So its had been canceled. It was also the one he use to book the room. Wish I had gone into check in with him. Apparently the employee at the front desk had to call to have it verified that payment was made and got into an argument with the lady on the other end who hung up on him. And i thought i was the only one with workplace drama.
Lunch-uneventful at panera bread. Drove the race course. Went to mass. I do have a blasphemous complaint about mass. Their jesus looked like a desperate house wife.
Met @seanevan10 and the family for Mexican food. We owe them dinner now. (We owe everyone dinner).
race morning
Up in plenty of time to make setting up the transition, and absent pre race meeting. Park away from the crowd for easy exit and I ask Eric "did you get your shoes?" The reply? Well it's all a string of kittens here. Back to the hotel.
The actual race.
Run 3k
Out and back nice long hills and the return is more down than up. Nice. i can do down. Average pace 10:22 correction 10:03. I had started my watch too early.
Bike 22.5k
I think it took me 2-3 minutes in transition. The first 3-4 miles I was rather aggressive. It was also the hilly part of the course. Figured each hill was probably the last... by miles 5-6 I caught a second wind and the course flattened out, i was able to rid a faster. Miles 8,9,10 I second guessed my existence and questioned the ability of my genetic make up to complete, participate, or survive such events without injury. Miles 11-14. I don't know. My *kitten* hurt, my knee hurt, my hip hurts. My brain had checked out over the stupidity it sensed in an unnecessary physical demand as this. Average speed 14.8mph, 4.07min/mile
Run 3k again.
The race was winning. I was beat. Ran walked the first bit let my legs uncramp and figure out how to walk once again. There was no pain. Bike muscles were spent, not running muscles. Average pace 11:22
I placed 2nd in my AG, have not checked to see if there were only 2 or 3 of us..yet. I think I'm sunburned. Ate panera again. They messed up my order. Instead of 1 steak arugula sandwich, I had 2. I did happily eat both of them. I had a nap an am hungry again. I think this was more effort than a half.
I had fun and had a cool number written on my arm and my calf. It was almost as cool as a tattoo.
ETA tldr- bold text silly. (And correct my malfunctioning fingers)
2nd in AG because everyone else in my AG was sleeping in on this fine Sunday morning.
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@elise4270 From what I quickly read through earlier we dont enter time for transition. I need to go back and read now that I have time2
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August Goal: 55 miles
8/1 3.00
8/2 off
8/3 4.00
8/4 off
8/5 3.00
Total 10.00
@elise4270 I heard this Moth Radio story about a year after Steve's death. I posted about it on FB, and to my surprise got a "Sad" reaction from.....Steve. (His widow also kept and occasionally used his phone, and had mistakenly used it to respond to my post....). You have to listen to the story to know how profound a thing that was... but it strangely brought me comfort at a bad time.
https://themoth.org/stories/carry-him-shoulder-high.
@quilteryoyo Happy Birthday, youngster!
Upcoming and current races:
D-Backs Virtual Run Against Cancer on 10/17 (which would have been my son's 43rd birthday....)
https://raceroster.com/events/2020/27903/2020-d-backs-virtual-race-against-cancer
Big Island Challenge (virtually run 110 miles from Hilo to Kona by 9/27)
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@HonuNui I found that to be an absolutely beautiful story. Even that it happened to another, I find comfort thinking that Alex is home now and I can call anytime I want.
I requested to memorialize his fb page today. I hope they don't remove my posthumous changes where I added a legacy holder, myself. DD didn't want it. And I added all his family members as family on his page. Figure they will all like that.
Google voice ported his number safely to the cloud of all things Google.9 -
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
08/01/20 :::: 1.3 :::: 1.3
08/02/20 :::: 1.6 :::: 2.9
08/03/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 6.0
08/04/20 :::: 5.0 :::: 11.0
08/05/20 :::: 4.1 :::: 15.1
Stairs with weighted vest this morning and a run this afternoon along the canal. I had planned to go to run group for speedwork tonight, but was offered a BBQ dinner instead. It was the right choice
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Yesterday was a scheduled rest day, so I did just that since my legs are super sore following a guest instructor for Pump on Tuesday.I arrived to work yesterday to find out that the nurse for my department (mental health) tested positive for COVID. She was really bad about wearing her mask properly, and personal space was difficult for her at times...needless to say, all of my staff are freaking out. We’ve had a huge explosion of cases for inmates and staff at my prison over the last couple of weeks. Staying home to quarantine isn’t really an option since we’re essential and have to run the department, so I am going to only go between work and home over the next 1-2 weeks to make sure that if I do get sick, I don’t spread it anywhere else. I’m going to keep all of my runs to my neighborhood instead of the parks, for now, and the gym will be a no-go for a bit. Not that I go many places anyway. This stinks.13
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@katharmonic I agree. BBQ was the right choice.
@marisap2010 Hugs to you. I hope you stay safe and well. Sounds like you are making good choices given the situation.0 -
RunsOnEspresso wrote: »Anyone ever done a duathalon? I got a race company email today and they are doing their triathlon and duathalon virtually this year.
It sounds fun and I checked and can use my indoor bike. I figured it would probably take me 2 hours to complete.
It's a:
1 mile run
12 mile bike
5k run
@RunsOnEspresso I've never done one before but it sounds like fun. I'd say go for it!1 -
8-1 rest
8-2 7k easy
8-3 rest
8-4 7k easy
8-5 7k moderate
8-6 7k easy
August Total: 28k
August Goal: 170k
January Total: 161k
February Total: 167k
March Total: 181k
April Total: 191k
May Total: 200k
June Total: 156k
July Total: 180k
2020 Total through July: 1236k / 176.5k per month
Mostly cloudy and upper 50s F today. Was content to start out slow, as legs were a little tight. But as they loosened up, began picking up the pace to finish at an overall easy.
When you pop in here claiming your December 2020 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
Return to a good running weight of 175 lbs
Run at least 4 5k races
Get a 5k PR
Average at least 138k per month, to meet my Run the Year pledge of 1,020 miles
Stretch goal: If I can average 169k per month, I can run 2020k in 2020
Run the Year Team: Pavement Pounders
2020 races:
9-19 Race for the Parks 5k, Hudson, OH
10-11 Haunted Hustle 5k, Aurora, OH2 -
got a new running plan. it doesn't use intervals too much and focus on hills and time on the feet. the end goal is to be able to do a 50k. there are a few still on the calendar about the time i'll be done with the plan. we'll see how it goes. starts monday4
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got a new running plan. it doesn't use intervals too much and focus on hills and time on the feet. the end goal is to be able to do a 50k. there are a few still on the calendar about the time i'll be done with the plan. we'll see how it goes. starts monday
I was going to attempt a 50k in January. I ended up removing myself from the list because I'm not confident covid will be controlled by then. I've got a plan that I might start still.
Or theres a 52k in March. A much harder course though.
Good luck with your new plan! Which one is it? Link?2 -
RunsOnEspresso wrote: »got a new running plan. it doesn't use intervals too much and focus on hills and time on the feet. the end goal is to be able to do a 50k. there are a few still on the calendar about the time i'll be done with the plan. we'll see how it goes. starts monday
I was going to attempt a 50k in January. I ended up removing myself from the list because I'm not confident covid will be controlled by then. I've got a plan that I might start still.
Or theres a 52k in March. A much harder course though.
Good luck with your new plan! Which one is it? Link?
i just stumbled across it when i was reading an article and noticed they had training plans
linky link1 -
@mbaker566 Good luck with the new plan.
I got up early to get out and get my run done before it gets too hot. I hit the snooze way too many times, so it was 7:35 before I got out the door. It was 68°F and 94% humidity. Surprisingly, it wasn't awful. I did a speed play workout today....warm up and cool down runs with 5 x (1 min in zone 5 and 2 min in zone 1) in the middle. Went just a little longer in order to get to a good stopping point mileage wise. I ran 2.5 miles and walked 1. I'll be trimming some trees along the driveway later today. Maybe I'll earn another piece of cheesecake.
Also 4/20 miles walking.
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So far have gotten 5k every other day, knee slowly improving. Almost back to a normal pace. I have really lost a lot of fitness the past month though.
Re: horses in the drive through - during the 70s, Germantown TN prided itself on having more horses per capita than any other similarly-sized town in America. There were even horse speed limit signs! A couple of years ago they put the horse signs back up for the anniversary of Germantown’s founding, but most of the stables have moved further out now.
It also probably didn’t hurt that this was back when all teenagers had jobs, and everyone working at McD’s was only a couple of years older than we were.4 -
RunsOnEspresso wrote: »got a new running plan. it doesn't use intervals too much and focus on hills and time on the feet. the end goal is to be able to do a 50k. there are a few still on the calendar about the time i'll be done with the plan. we'll see how it goes. starts monday
I was going to attempt a 50k in January. I ended up removing myself from the list because I'm not confident covid will be controlled by then. I've got a plan that I might start still.
Or theres a 52k in March. A much harder course though.
Good luck with your new plan! Which one is it? Link?
i just stumbled across it when i was reading an article and noticed they had training plans
linky link
Nice. I may look at that one a little closer. I thought it was the same one I had at first.
I tore mine out of Women's Running but it's 16 weeks to first 50k.1 -
@quilteryoyo I am so glad to hear you had a good day! Birthday calories don't count - correct! That's what you all told me on my birthday!
Yesterday, I got new trail shoes and my water bottle with a filter finally came (after a mixup with amazon misdelivering it and then replacing it - i love their customer service, but I don't love the founder/ owner) and the scrunchies that my ex husband's neice makes came! They're great! My hair never listens and I hate when I can feel it falling out of it's bun when I run but these seem to hold it in place. And they're not expensive. And they are handmade and by buying them I know where my money is going - so that's nice.
After work, we went to the park /trail. It was a good day.
I've added fish and eggs back into my diet for the health benefits - neither seem to be causing me issues. Okay, let's be honest - I never stopped eating eggs since going vegan. So I was never technically vegan. I don't know what I am now - only vegetables, fish, eggs. Rarely fish. Very rarely. Rarely eggs, but often enough that I need to buy them each week. This is probably not important.....
I'm very excited about the new shoes - I sized up so I can avoid more black toenails. I thought I had already sized up enough but apparently not. The fit is great - they feel snug and secure but with plenty of space. Here's an interesting thing - I think the drop must be very close to zero because when I put them on I felt like I was going to fall over. They are so different from my road runners! I hope they work well - I am SO excited to take them out on a test drive this weekend!
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