October 2021 Monthly Running Challenge
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Still reading, liking, hugging and otherwise being a lurker here!
So it seems that while walking did not hurt the plantar fasciitis any, once it was mostly healed all that walking was preventing the last bit of healing from occurring. It really reminds me of how I had to deal with tennis elbow. So I've taken the last 6 days off from even walking and now have my first morning in months with no pain or discomfort. I think I'll give it a couple weeks more before trying it out again.
I may need a little more downtime though for an upcoming surgery I just recently learned I will be scheduled for in the next week or two. It's nothing too worrisome (only risk having to go under for surgery) it's to both treat and further diagnose an auto-immune condition I get to enjoy. But from the sound of it I will definitely not be running/walking for perhaps a few weeks after, but am speculating at best right now. There will definitely be downtime to heal though, extent of mobility I'll just have to wait and see.
Keep on being awesome everyone, I am living vicariously through you beasts for now!8 -
October 1 – 5.14
October 2 – 22.24
October 4 – 5.14
October 5 – 3.01
October 6 – 5.05
October 8 – 6.02
October 10 – 5.50
October 11 – 5.03
October 13 – 5.18
October 14 – 3.89
I usually don’t run on Thursdays but a couple of friends wanted to due to time conflicts tomorrow. We met at a different place so that we could run a different route. We ended up walking the last mile back to the car but for a good cause. I also failed to start my watch so I’m borrowing the mileage from one of my friend’s Garmin.
This little fellow needed rescuing. As we ran past, we heard it meowing from a drain culvert on the opposite side of the 4-lane road. We stopped and it started to come across the road to us. It was almost across and out of the road when traffic started coming. It got scared and ran back to the other side narrowly missing getting hit by a monster truck. This road is close to my work and shift change is at 6:00 am so there is a lot of traffic and industrial trucks on this road. We decided to keep moving forward on our side so that it was not tempted to come out into the road again. When we came back, it started meowing again, so I just crossed the road and scooped it up. I carried it to a shopping center parking lot on the other side of the road. I thought it would be safer over there. When I put it down, it started heading back towards the road but every time a car went by it would crouch down in fear. It came back to me so I got it and carried it the rest of the way back to our cars. One of my friends took it to work with her. She has sent several pictures of it back since then and a couple of people in her office are interested in giving it home.9 -
@katharmonic Sounds like you killed that tough workout. Congrats! Fingers crossed for good weather on the 7th.
@rheddmobile Can you opt your mom out of those phone notifications? It seems like something you should be able to do. Glad you are feeling better!
@WhatMeRunning Glad the PF is so much better and you woke up with no pain. Sounds like the surgery is coming at a good time, when you were planning to give the foot more rest anyway. I predict once you have recovered from the surgery, you'll be back to running in no time. Praying that all goes well for you.
@Teresa502 Now I know why your MFP newsfeed said you only ran 8 minutes. LOL Glad you had a good run and were able to rescue the kitten. I hope one of your friend's coworkers gives it a good home. It's really cute. Reminds me of my mom's cat.3 -
WhatMeRunning wrote: »Still reading, liking, hugging and otherwise being a lurker here!
So it seems that while walking did not hurt the plantar fasciitis any, once it was mostly healed all that walking was preventing the last bit of healing from occurring. It really reminds me of how I had to deal with tennis elbow. So I've taken the last 6 days off from even walking and now have my first morning in months with no pain or discomfort. I think I'll give it a couple weeks more before trying it out again.
I may need a little more downtime though for an upcoming surgery I just recently learned I will be scheduled for in the next week or two. It's nothing too worrisome (only risk having to go under for surgery) it's to both treat and further diagnose an auto-immune condition I get to enjoy. But from the sound of it I will definitely not be running/walking for perhaps a few weeks after, but am speculating at best right now. There will definitely be downtime to heal though, extent of mobility I'll just have to wait and see.
Keep on being awesome everyone, I am living vicariously through you beasts for now!
Wishing you a speedy recovery. Keep lurking and dropping in to let us know how you are doing. We will be here whenever you are able to get back to walking and running!2 -
Took to the roads and Greenways here in west Cary today. Did an easy effort 6 miles @ 9:44 pace.
67.1 miles complete of 125.3 -
@Scott6255, @Tramboman, @rheddmobile, @quilteryoyo, @katharmonic, @shanaber:
Thanks everyone...I just got back from Boston yesterday, and boy what a trip that was! As Scott mentioned, the time I ran it was 3:18:04, which is another BQ in itself, but whether it's enough to avoid the cutoff time is another thing.
Those hills at the end though man...brutal! And training was kind of half-assed given the heat of Texas summers, so I did much better than I thought I would.
Hope you're all doing well, stay strong, run safe. 💜
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Congratulations @garygse !1
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polskagirl01 wrote: »Congratulations @garygse !
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Thanks for sharing the pics @garygse you look strong in those pics so those hills had nothing on you!2
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@WhatMeRunning Thanks man...yeah my legs were toast at the end!1
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10/1 – 3.01
10/2 – 5.05
10/3 – 7.02
10/4 – 4.01
10/6 – 6.06
10/7 – 4.02
10/8 – 5.02
10/9 –4.32
10/10 – 5.02
10/12 – 7.02
10/13 – 5.02
10/14 – 3.18
58.71 of 90 miles
I hate I haven't been posting, work is trying to kill me between the hours and stress. Hoping to catch up this weekend with you all. I've been getting up at 4:30 to run.
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@garygse Awesome work! I love that you call your training half-assed. I see your runs on Strava and you are super consistent.6
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katharmonic wrote: »Liked and hugged my way through. Hope everyone is feeling better soon. And this is a safe space to whine as long as you need to
Absolutely. You guys listen to me whine about heat all summer. It's my turn to return the favor!
@WhatMeRunning Good luck with your surgery and recovery. Like @quilteryoyo said, the recovery time may be timed well to help you get over that last hump with your PF too.2 -
October total: 37.4/80 miles
10/1: 10 miles
10/4: 3.1 miles
10/6: 5 miles
10/7: 3.1 miles
10/12: 5.2 miles
10/14: 11 miles
Another long run in the rain again today. It's been warmer with a tropical storm moving through, so the rain actually helps quite a bit. After two hours of being wet, my toes are a white wrinkled mess!
This run was hard. My legs were tired from the very beginning, and I think it's time to bump up my calories back up. I have been running a slight deficit (200ish cals a day less than maintenance) to drop a couple pounds that creeped on during the summer. I'm just about where I want to be and the higher mileage is definitely starting to demand more fuel.
I tried two more gels today. The first was another huma that had some electrolytes and was strawberry lemonade flavored. I had been saving it for a day where I thought I might get pretty sweaty so that I could see how the electrolytes sit in my stomach. One of the recommendations for Huma described these as an applesauce consistency. I think that's a pretty fair comparison, but the flavor made me gag. I think for chews I like a tangy fruity flavor, but for gels I'm finding the more desserty flavors are better, like vanilla or chocolate. I think because the gels are so sweet those desserty flavors make more sense and the tart tangy flavours combined with all the sugar just don't taste right. The electrolytes were fine, no stomach issues. Overall, I think the huma gels are good option if I just want to mix it up a little bit but I will stick to the dessert flavors if I do them again.
My second one was a non-caffeinated Clif shot in vanilla flavor. I wanted to test some non-caffeinated gels for longer races when I need to take more than one. This one works well. The vanilla flavor goes well with the sweet taste. It sat easily on my stomach. My only criticism is the consistency is very thick. The flip side of that is that the thickness forces you to drink a decent amount of water, which you really need to maximize the digestion of these gels. The person that recommended them to me said she likes to take half of one at a time, and you could definitely do that with these if you were willing to carry it in your hand until you finished it.
I only have a single non-flavored gu left to sample, and after the maurten experience I am sort of dreading it. I was surprised at how easy gels sat on my stomach given the amount of difficulty I had with various chews over the last couple of years.
I think the honey stinger gels were the best balance of consistency and flavor for me. The Clif shot non-caffeinated version is a good secondary option, as I had a harder time finding non-caffeinated gels. And then, the skratch gummies are a nice backup for in between distances where I may need just a little bit of extra nutrition but not an entire gel.7 -
Thanks @martaindale ! Yeah, I guess I meant in comparison to previous marathon training. 😄2
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@Scott6255, @Tramboman, @rheddmobile, @quilteryoyo, @katharmonic, @shanaber:
Thanks everyone...I just got back from Boston yesterday, and boy what a trip that was! As Scott mentioned, the time I ran it was 3:18:04, which is another BQ in itself, but whether it's enough to avoid the cutoff time is another thing.
Those hills at the end though man...brutal! And training was kind of half-assed given the heat of Texas summers, so I did much better than I thought I would.
Hope you're all doing well, stay strong, run safe. 💜
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I heard Danica Patrick didn't think those ending hills were so bad....3 -
October Goal: 111 Miles
10/3: 10.30 miles
10/5: 5.51 miles
10/6: 5.11 miles
10/7: 7.10 miles
10/10: 10.51 miles
10/12: 5.52 miles
10/13: 5.20 miles
10/14: 8.06 miles
57.31/111 miles completed for October
After yesterday's terrible run I was really kind of dreading today's run. The plan called for 8 miles, which isn't a problem on the weekend, but is kind of hard on a weekday morning before work. I did sleep better last night than I did on Tuesday so that helped. When I headed out it was 64°F, dew point 64° and 100% humidity and foggy. So while it wasn't raining there was moisture just hanging in the air. But thankfully there weren't 20+ mph winds like there were yesterday. There was just a light 4 mph wind. And I had a great run. Yesterday I just wasn't feeling it and I was noticing some niggles that I had never noticed before. But today I felt great and just had a nice run. I didn't try to hit Hal's pace. He actually gives conflicting advice. The plan says 8 miles in 1 hr 17 minutes with a pace of 9:37. Then the workout instructions say: 8 miles @ 9:20 to 9:55 min/mile. Then Hal says: "Eight miles today at an easy pace". Yesterday he gave the same paces and said "Run 5 miles at your normal pace". My normal pace is not 9:37. So today I ran 8.1 miles in 1 hr 30 minutes at a pace of 11:05. He gave me 88% and said great workout.
I'm so glad that today's run was better than yesterday and Tuesday's runs. I saw 6 deer near the park and a skunk. The deer were so pretty and the skunk was far enough away to be pretty cute too.
I still need to catch up on my reading but I do want to say congrats on a great HM to @polskagitl01 and congrats to @runsonesspresso on completing your Marathon by yourself. That's an awesome accomplishment!
Glad to see you back @Orphia!
Those are some bright shoes @katharmonic.
I'm glad you are feeling better @shanaber. I have never seen a bald eagle. That would be really cool.
#quilteryoyo I hope the chiropractor helps your back
Congratulations @garygse!
I am also one who likes women's cut t-shirts and tech fabric. But most races around here just have unisex cotton tees. The ones that do have tech shirts have unisex shirts and they always run big.
And as an accountant I am usually pretty good with numbers, but like most of you I cannot do math while running.
2021 Races:
4/24/21: Run For The Children 10K PR 55:46:28.
11/6/21: Run For 57th AHC Half Marathon
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@WhatMeRunning Good luck with your surgery!
@skippygirlsmom Good to see you! You're amazing getting up at 4:30 am for your running before work! My hero!3 -
@WhatMeRunning hope your surgery goes well and it will be an extra chance to heal up your foot as well.
Congrats again @garygse - great to see your pics.
@teresa502 aww, what an adorable kitty! Thank you for saving it, even if you had to abort your run. I'm sure people are in love and he/she will have a good home immediately.
@martaindale I think I'm the same re flavors for gels vs. chews. I like a gel that is chocolate hazelnut.
Glad you had a better run today @kgirlhart
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
10/01/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 0.0
10/02/21 :::: 6.7 :::: 6.7
10/03/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 6.7
10/04/21 :::: 2.1 :::: 8.8
10/05/21 :::: 3.6 :::: 12.4
10/06/21 :::: 6.4 :::: 18.8
10/07/21 :::: 1.7 :::: 20.5
10/08/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 20.5
10/09/21 :::: 10.0 :::: 30.5
10/10/21 :::: 3.3 :::: 33.8
10/11/21 :::: 3.1 :::: 36.9
10/12/21 :::: 3.1 :::: 40.0
10/13/21 :::: 5.8 :::: 45.8
10/14/21 :::: 3.1 :::: 48.9
After work run today - it turned out to be another amazing afternoon. Slightly warm but it cools down so quickly in the evening. I'm still sitting outside with my wine right now but going to need to head in soon because of the dark and getting chilly. I wish this awesome weather was hanging around for the weekend but it looks like rain and cooler temps.
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