May 2022 Monthly Running Challenge
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May totals: 13/100 miles
3/2: 3.2 miles
3/3: 6.6 miles
3/4: 3.2 miles
30 minute progression run this morning. Managed to see appropriate drop then rise of the pace. I think I got down to 10k pace for a short time (the target peak pace), though it looks like I wasn’t there very long.
My legs felt good this morning, so I think the new shoes will be a nice addition to the rotation for speed days. I wondered if I would feel any stiffness this morning after running in the less cushioned shoe. I think I need to go try on some Asics @Scott6255. You’re not the only person I have had recommend them to me as an alternative to the ghost. I don’t want to completely upend my shoe rotation but adding in some variety could probably benefit me.3 -
Went out a few minutes after 6 this morning and the sky was already getting light with streaks of blue and pink in the East. Temp was in the mid-50s. A perfect morning for running. I got in 5.23 miles. I tried to focus on shorter steps but even though my overall average pace was 45 seconds faster per mile than yesterday, my average cadence was lower.
This sounds absolutely beautiful! I have mile repeats this afternoon... I'll be fine with them, but it's like I have to mentally prepare for them, lol.3 -
4 miles for May the Fourth.
I just read about a family that ran a marathon together. With their 6-year-old kid. I'm not a parent or doctor so I might be out of line but this feels like too much for a little kid? They posted a photo at the halfway point and he looked miserable.2 -
RunsOnEspresso wrote: »4 miles for May the Fourth.
I just read about a family that ran a marathon together. With their 6-year-old kid. I'm not a parent or doctor so I might be out of line but this feels like too much for a little kid? They posted a photo at the halfway point and he looked miserable.
Not a doctor, but I am a parent and I could NEVER get my kid to run a marathon at age 6. 100 yard dash? sure. Around the block? ehh... not likely. A full marathon?! That's nuts. Either that kid has an incredible future in endurance sports... or may need a lot of therapy.3 -
RunsOnEspresso wrote: »I just read about a family that ran a marathon together. With their 6-year-old kid. I'm not a parent or doctor so I might be out of line but this feels like too much for a little kid? They posted a photo at the halfway point and he looked miserable.
Yeah, a marathon is too much for a kid that age. Guidelines I was able to find generally look like the ones below, with little tweaks in age. These are pretty close to what race organizers will allow as a minimum age of entry for the longer distances at races I have entered (at least the ones where I have noticed age limits posted). I have seen plenty of races that will allow 5 and up for a 5k and 10 and up for a 10k. That seems reasonable depending on your child.
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Hi all, long time no see. After a pretty good start to the year I had a bit of a disaster. Fell off a ladder and ended up in hospital. Worst damage was to my face (I bounced off the metal ladder face-first) but I also injured my right thigh quite badly. No breaks but nasty contusions and some stitches, which all left me sore and pretty sad, tbh.
Long story short, today I went for my first run in ages. It was only about 3 or 4km, and I had to do some walking breaks, but it just felt nice to be out there again. I’m sorry I haven’t been here for so long, I was (and still am) struggling mentally with feeling so unfit and out of condition. But I’m still trying, and that’s all I can do for now.
Hope you are all well. I will try and read and catch up on the news over the next couple of days. X9 -
@Faebert So glad to see you back! That fall sounds brutal. You are right, trying is all you can do. Keep it up!2
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martaindale wrote: »RunsOnEspresso wrote: »I just read about a family that ran a marathon together. With their 6-year-old kid. I'm not a parent or doctor so I might be out of line but this feels like too much for a little kid? They posted a photo at the halfway point and he looked miserable.
Yeah, a marathon is too much for a kid that age. Guidelines I was able to find generally look like the ones below, with little tweaks in age. These are pretty close to what race organizers will allow as a minimum age of entry for the longer distances at races I have entered (at least the ones where I have noticed age limits posted). I have seen plenty of races that will allow 5 and up for a 5k and 10 and up for a 10k. That seems reasonable depending on your child.
Yah, I saw similar guidelines when I looked it up. My nephews sometimes join us in 5ks but Mom or Dad always have the stroller if they get tired. The oldest, at 6, sometimes didn't want to walk/run the entire way. I can't imagine making him run a marathon!2 -
@polskagirl01, I agree with the others and would count the hike as a recovery run.
@RunsOnEspresso That is crazy that a kid ran the marathon! You know he probably had no desire to do it and the parents just wanted to make news for having the whole family to do it. You know he had nothing close to marathon training, so it is a miracle he didn't fall out during the race.
@Faebert, I'm sorry to hear about your fall! I know it is tough to get back into it, but you can do it!2 -
My plan had me do 40 minutes in Z1 tonight, so hubby and I went for a walk, because I just can't run slow enough to stay in Z1. 1.56 miles.
I'm trying to decide if I want to get up again and run before work to avoid the projected 95 degrees tomorrow afternoon.4 -
May Goal: 100 Miles
5/1: 12.03 miles
5/2: 2.02 miles
5/3: 5.05 miles
19.10/100 miles completed for May
I ran 5 miles this morning. It was chillier than I expected it to be. It was about 55°F, but there was a 15mph North wind. I was a little underdressed. I was surprised that it was so cool. It t is supposed to be over 100 this weekend.
@Faebert I am glad you are back and on the road to recovery.
@RunsOnEspresso I can't imagine having a 6 year old run a marathon.
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Hi all! I totally got left behind again, so busy I can't keep up!
Nice to see some old names showing up again, and some new ones coming on board :-)
So, umm, April. April was a tough month, I raced a mountain HM on the 16th (omg part of it was literally rock-climbing!) and then a flat (slightly downhill actually) HM on the 1st of May. Combined with some way too long, hard training sessions courtesy of Evil Coach number 3, I'm feeling pretty wiped out right now so have decided to skip club training this month for a number of reasons. Our trail club was great to start with, Evil Coaches 1 and 2 are great guys and I learned so, so much from them. BUT Evil Coach 1 got head-hunted for the provincial mountain running team, and Evil Coach 2 got a big promotion at work. One guy is running a 100k new weekend so has been following his own plan for a few months, another had a baby (well, his wife did, obviously) so has had a few months off, others had other excuses, but all in all group training has turned into EC3, a triathlon athlete they know who obviously pulled the short straw, babysitting me twice a week. And his entire training focus is "let's go as far as we can, as fast as we can, for a couple of hours". Story short, I'm exhausted. No matter how many times I suggested we should go slow, do some easy runs, etc. etc. he just ignored me. Then the penny dropped after the last of these episodes that I don't actually have to go and endure that, especially when I am paying for it (albeit a token 10€ per month). So I announced in the group chat that I'll be doing my own thing and training in the mornings this month. Actually feel quite relieved!
Fact is I'm signed up for a 17k trail race at the end of this month around the village where my mother lives, and it starts at 10am so it's going to be HOT. Meaning I will be training at that time of day all month in the hopes of somewhat preparing myself for that, rather than sticking my head in the sand and suffering on the day. (I seem to be getting old and wise or something).
I'm also signed up for the same mountain HM I ran last October, which made me cry the first time I ran the course. I've decided these things are like child-birth, they hurt like hell but you forget the pain lol.
But... and here comes the really exciting part, then I did a thing and signed up for a 35km race 3 weeks later. From what I can see, it will basically be just like the one before it for elevation but with a relatively flat 15km warm-up. I'm excitified (excited and terrified) already! I've tweaked Hal's Novice 1 marathon plan, so the mileage is as low as reasonably possible, but will be making a conscious effort to get as much elevation into my training as I possibly can. We'll see how that goes!
So that's pretty much me running wise. With the low mileage as I recover from the last couple of races and save my legs for the next, this month will look pretty conservative on paper, probably around 110km, but at this point, my legs are telling me they need quality over quantity.9 -
I've had a bit of a slow start to the month and going to aim for 30 miles again.
05/05 3.38 miles
3.38/30 miles
Welcome back @Faebert - Ur accident sounds awful but your back! For me I keep telling myself 'Slow and steady Marissa and U'll get there'.
@elenorhawkins - love the term Evil Coach, souds like u have a hell of a month planned.
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@elenorhawkins glad to see you back. Sounds like you have been busy. Great job on those races. And feeling excitified is a great new word! I love our new vocabulary 😁
You are in Spain right? My daughter is going to Barcelona next month for a mission trip. Any insider info I can pass along to her on what to look out for, and / or what to stay away from?2 -
@elenorhawkins glad to see you back. Sounds like you have been busy. Great job on those races. And feeling excitified is a great new word! I love our new vocabulary 😁
You are in Spain, right? My daughter is going to Barcelona next month for a mission trip. Any insider info I can pass along to her on what to look out for, and/or what to stay away from?
I am in Spain, but at the opposite end, down on the southern coast. Never been to Barcelona so I can't really suggest much apart from the obvious tourist attractions (Sagrada Familia, Camp Nou, museums...)
It is known for pickpockets, as most large tourist cities are, so tell her to be very careful with her stuff!
On a travel note, I just booked flights to the UK to go and see my Dad next month. At last! Many of you will remember that he collapsed not long after we all came out of lockdown back in 2020 and it turned out to be a brain tumour. They removed it that October and he's been through radiotherapy and chemo, but with all the restrictions and the extra precautions to ensure he didn't get Covid I still haven't seen him. In fact, I haven't seen him, or my grandparents, since Easter 2017. Pretty excitified about that, too! (I have yet to be brave enough to stop wearing my mask in shops, etc, although they removed that rule a couple of weeks ago. I also got on a bus for the first time since before the pandemic on Sunday (but I kept my mask on there, too!)8 -
@eleanorhawkins Sounds like you made the right decision regarding the club training if you felt relieved. It's good you are listening to what your body needs for some recovery time. I'm so glad you're finally going to get to see your family. It has been a long time!1
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May totals: 16/100 miles
3/2: 3.2 miles
3/3: 6.6 miles
3/4: 3.2 miles
3/5: 3 miles
Recovery miles this morning and a run through the sprinklers. Uneventful and easy, as a recovery run should be.5 -
02.05: 3.20km in 26min 10 stride repeats
04.05: 6.45km in 57mins
Well, that went completely wrong! In total I ran about 5.1km, and much slower than usual. Decided as running was going so well lately to do a bigger loop without possibility to return home should things go wrong. Yeah, furthest away from home my leg muscles gave up and I started to get dizzy and could not see sharp anymore. Cue many, many alternations between running and walking. Also was a wee bit more terrain that I thought there was. Oh well... can't get much worse than this. On to the next run
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Tuesday - 10 miles
Wednesday - 6 miles
Tuesday I quit work early to pick up my pickup at the mechanic (new muffler) and since I had extra time on my hands I decided to drive drive a bit further and continue my pursuit of running every street in the town next to us. I've already run all of our city and all of the town where we keep our boat. I'm now 81% through my our neighboring city. Since I now have to drive a about 15 minutes to get to new roads I don't go after it as much.The run wasn't all that great. I had to do much more walking that I'd like. I was glad to be done with it. Another frustrating part of the run is that I paused my GPS when I stopped to look for a geocache and forgot to start until 2 miles later. I created a manual entry for Strava and Garmin Connect and just drove the part of the route I missed with my GPS on to capture the route for the site where I track my streets.
Yesterday my 6 mile run turned into a slow run. I had intended to run two loops of a local park doing fartleks but again, my body just wasn't having it. It's a mile to the park and with no sign of being able to do fartleks I decided to just go as slow as I had to to keep from walking. That was mostly successful.
In retrospect I think I'm not getting enough sleep. Garmin tells me I've been averaging 6.5 hours per night over the last two weeks. Time to get my butt to bed earlier.
GVRAT is going well. I'm in the top 10 to 15 percent depending on when I look at the standings. I'm mostly racing my effort from two years ago though. That year I finished the 635 miles with just 2 days to spare. This year I hope to finish with 3 to 4 weeks left. If you're not familiar with GVRAT, it's the Great Virtual Race Across Tennessee. You have May 1st through August 31st to run, walk or hike 639 miles across Tennessee, virtually. It's run by Lazerus Lake, of Barclay Marathon fame, and his crew. When they first did this in 2020, the first year of covid, they got nearly 20,000 entrants. Last year was 5200 and this year is 2000, so interest is waning. In 2020 it was the motivation I needed to have the most running miles in those months ever for me. Last year I had to skip it because I was out of running for 7 months due to bad case of plantar fasciitis.
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