September 2021 Monthly Running Challenge

6.2 miles this morning. If you saw my Garmin data you would be able to tell by my stride length that I was in pain the whole time. As much as I want to, I really don't think I can run two days in a row. This old body just needs at least 1 day to recover. So sad.

Last night I had a 1.5 mile walk with Kody followed by a 6.5 mile run. I even run up a couple of the bigger hills, and half-way up the biggest hill. Steady progress.

I also did the Myrtl routine for the second night in a row. Perhaps I'll make this a habit after all.

I'm now at 22/80 miles for September and 97/450 miles for 2021

9-1 7k easy
9-2 rest
9-3 4k slow
9-4 4k sloooooooow
9-5 4k easy
9-6 4k moderate
9-7 4k moderate
9-8 rest
9-9 rest

September Total: 27k
September Goal: 150k

Golf instead of running again today for regular Thursday league. Hare pressed to remember the last time I had two non running days in a row.

@quilteryoyo Hope your stomach issues get better soon.

When you pop in here claiming your December 2021 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?

PUT THE FUN BACK IN THE RUN!
Return to a good running weight of 175 lbs (second attempt)

2021 Races:

6/26 Direction Up 5k, Solon, OH 31:48 chip; 31:59 Garmin; 53d overall; 2d male 65 and over
7/17 Run of the Ox 5k, Mantua, OH 32:19 Garmin; 44th overall; 3d place male 60 and over
9/18 Hattie Larlham ThriveK, Aurora, OH

Good afternoon everyone. I started back with running. On Tuesday I tested the waters by running indoors by jogging in place. My Fitbit said I had gone 4.3 miles. Had no discomfort. This morning I went for a run outside and it was a little tender but I ran and but the pain stopped when I went for awhile. I stretched my hips when I got home and laid with cold on my hip. It’s my left side and everything seems a little tight. I’m going to monitor it and instead of doing cross training on the resting day I’m going totally rest it. I will try to attempt another run on Saturday. If it’s still uncomfortable I will definitely call for an appointment with a sports medicine doctor. I’m thinking it’s either a muscle strain or bursitis because it happens when I extend the leg and it doesn’t happen when I am running in place.

Miles run

9/07 4.3 miles run
9/09 4.4 miles run

Total miles run 8.7 miles with 31.30 miles left to go
😁

Sept totals: 20.5/70 miles

9/2: 3.1 miles
9/3: 4.1 miles
9/5: 3.1 miles
9/6: 3 miles
9/8: 4.1 miles
9/9: 3.1 miles

This morning when I went out, it was not quite as nice as yesterday morning but still pretty nice. I tried pushing the pace down just a little while keeping the perceived effort in the moderate range. I managed to negative split the run with an average pace around 20 sec/mile faster than I have been doing this summer and had my HR mostly in zone 4, maybe 20% zone 5 and even a little sliver in zone 3. So, with a slightly harder perceived effort my HR was lower overall than it has been at the easiest effort I could muster. The temps alone definitely affect me.
I also noticed that garmin stratifies my HR zones slightly differently than strava and garmin tends to trend towards more time in higher zones when comparing the same runs in strava. Hmm. I'm going to have to take some time to dive into that at some point because the target zones should be standardized. I haven't manually edited either of them. I will say that the strava zones fall more in line with my perceived effort. Garmin always looks like I am working way harder than I feel like I am.
Without a chest strap, I assume I have to take my HR data with a grain of salt because I cannot account for cadence lock (which I think happens sometimes) and times where maybe the watch isn't contacting as well as it should be. But, it still bugs me to see discrepancies between garmin and strava for the exact same data and it makes it harder for me to know how to interpret the information.

@Camaramandy648 Good to see you here! I have been following along on strava. Great job getting those runs done!

@julieannegannon Sounds like you may be on the road to recovery. Hope a little more rest will take care of any residual tenderness.

@Scott6255 I guess I never realized you didn't run on consecutive days. I know there are people in this group that do 2 runs in a day and I have never understood how people do that! On the very rare occasion that I have to run at night one day then again the following morning, it is a painful slog. I need a solid 20ish hours between runs.

Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
09/01/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 0.0
09/02/21 :::: 1.8 :::: 1.8
09/03/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 1.8
09/04/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 1.8
09/05/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 1.8
09/06/21 :::: 3.8 :::: 5.6
09/07/21 :::: 2.1 :::: 7.8
09/08/21 :::: 5.4 :::: 13.1
09/09/21 :::: 1.8 :::: 15.0

Inching along here with a short treadmill run before strength training today. This weekend is not going to be good either, I'm afraid.


@Camaramandy648 hey! It's been a while. Glad to hear you are doing well. I'm sure you've been putting in some serious miles.

@julieanngalinec I'm sorry about the pain! Glad you got an appointment to get it figured out and hopefully on the mend soon.

I worked from 7:30 - 2 today. I stopped my mom's to talk and do a couple of things for her. I was really tired when I got home at 3:15 but made myself go out for my run since I haven't ran since Monday. The weather was great for that time of day - 73°F, 41% humidity, and a 9 mph breeze. I was supposed to do a mixed interval run, but decided I wanted to run on the driveway and really didn't want to try to do such a structured run. So, instead, I ran one mile easy, second mile I ran fartleks on the relatively flat portion of the driveway, and then ran another mile easy. Splits were 13:30, 12:25, and 13:42 min/mile. Not horrible for me. Elevation gained was 919 feet.

Monthly totals under the spoiler.

@quilteryoyo Your driveway cracks me up! My husband and I hiked twice the distance in (for around here) fairly hilly terrain, and you got 3x the elevation change!

@kgirlhart I hope your mom continues to feel better!

Today was a run day but after a hard downhill run on Tuesday then lifting heavy weds my legs felt a little beat up so we hiked instead. Got out on the Tour de Wolf which is primarily used by mountain bikes - we had to leap off the trail out of the way several times - ground is baked hard as concrete right now! Many beautiful butterflies and wildflowers everywhere, plus Osage oranges all over the trails, which would give you quite a start if you accidentally stepped on one! We usually have blackberries at this time of year but it looked like they had been killed by the heat, the ones we saw were shriveled and dead.

About as far from the trailhead as it’s possible to get there’s an old graveyard from the plantation which used to be on the property. Vandals have broken the gravestones and taken them away but the bases are still there. I used to know who was buried there and when but can’t recall, I think the dates are 1850s or so. Nearby is a rusted out old car - in the middle of nowhere, with no road to get to it - apparently there was a road, decades ago, but there are no signs of one now! Anyway, the car has been there since the 1960s I think, but only this past year someone has spray painted it “Elvis, the King of Rock & Roll”, and put a welcome sign, a warning sign, and a Christmas wreath on it! Fancy!