June 2022 Monthly Running Challenge
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Congrats to everyone who has met their running goals or had great runs this weekend!
Today’s plan called for 10 miles - 1 mile Z1, 8.5 miles Z2, .5 miles Z3. It was about 73 degrees when I started, so not awful, but definitely humid, and I was drenched when I finished. I saw several baby bunnies while I was out. I am a bit sore this evening, so I soaked in the tub and massaged my legs. Tomorrow’s run may be a bit slower than planned.6 -
Awesome place to run @ContraryMaryMary .
Thanks @marisap2010 .
Great running @Scott6255 .
You're doing great @yirara .
Welcome @Sparkx_15 ! I haven't figured out nutrition for long runs yet, so I am no help there, but plenty of people on here can. Congratulations on your second Master's!
Great run @marisap2010 !
I got a late start driving today due to not getting packed yesterday. Tippy and I got to the hotel around 8, so not enough time to explore the wildlife refuge. After we got situated, we did go out and walk a mile around the many parking lots in 15:50 minutes. Tippy usually won't walk that far with me, but she did great. She was tired though when finished. She'll probably sleep good tonight. Hope I do too. I'm on my phone. Tried to post a picture of Tippy, but can't figure it out. Maybe tomorrow when I get my computer out of the car.
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June Goal: 100 Miles
6/1: 5.51 miles
6/2: 5.04 miles
6/5: 7.10 miles
6/7: 5.51 miles
6/8: 6.01 miles
6/8: 6.32 miles
6/11: 10.02 miles
6/14: 6.25 miles
6/15: 6.02 miles
6/16: 6.30 miles
6/19: 10.02 miles
6/21: 6.30 miles
6/22: 5.60 miles
6/23: 6.25 miles
6/26: 10.25 miles
102.25/100 miles completed for June
I had a really nice 10 mile run this morning. I got up early and got out about 6:15. It was 76°F, but that is cooler than it has been lately. There was a light breeze and enough clouds in the east to filter the sun as it rose. It was a lovely summer morning. I saw a jackrabbit in the cemetery and stopped by to give Lilly some carrots. It was a pretty uneventful run, but it was very enjoyable and I passed my goal for June.
Tomorrow is my mom's birthday, so today. My 4 sisters and I told her we wanted to meet for lunch in Granbury and we surprised her with tickets to see a production of West Side Story. It was really fun and she was totally surprised.
Beautiful photos @ContraryMaryMary
Hope you have a great trip @quilteryoyo. I can only seem to upload photos from my phone if I open a browser and open mfp from there. I can never seem to do it from the app.
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Not going to get 35 miles done but might 30 with 4 days still to go.
01/06 2.03
11/06 2.03
14/06 2.35
15/06 2.35
17/06 2.02
21/06 2.36
22/06 2.82
27/06 2.35
Total 18.31/35
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@SummerSkier well it did rain, but the only thing that came off were my socks and shoes at the end of the race. Too many people around to go much further than that, lol!
@quilteryoyo I hope you're having a wonderful time in Florida! I get the 75% pace, along with an overwhelming amount of other data, from a Chrome browser extension called Elevate, which uses access to your Strava or Garmin Connect data. The extension only works with Chrome but they now have a stand-alone desktop app. Unfortunately the don't have a mobile version. Other data I use it for is their Fitness Trend which shows fitness, fatigue & form (much like Strava's "Fitness & Freshness"), Year Progressions (shows cumulative distance or elevation for the year, compares it to previous years and to your annual goal), and 75% cadence. You can find out more here: https://thomaschampagne.github.io/elevate/#/landing
Here's the year progression screen. Each line color represents the different years I want to compare.
Here's the fitness, fatigue and form graph for my current training. My fitness is the orange line, fatigue is the dark line, and the form is blue. I use this to gauge how far I can push my body (by keeping Form line between Optimal and Overload...but closer to opitmal) to maximize fitness during the fitness building process, and to know how much to taper towards race day (by allowing my Form line to go above Neutral and towards Freshness.If this seem confusing, it is! It took a while for me to through this, understand what it was telling me, and figuring out how to use it in my own training. So there's the LONG answer to your questions, lol!
@marisap2010 yes, track walkers can be pretty oblivious to others when they bunch up like that! I don't get it. You see the same thing on paved trails too...they leave no room for others to pass unless they step off the trail, even if you're approaching each other in opposite directions.
Nice photos, @ContraryMaryMary !
Nice running, @Scott6255 !
Welcome back, @Sparx_81 ! I agree with @Scott6255 , weight loss during marathon training is tough if you want to have the energy for your long runs. Personally I can (try to) work on weight loss until my mileage gets to 35+ miles/week. After that I want all the food. My best advice is to focus on food quality by avoiding processed carbs, eating a wide variety of good foods, and my big weakness, avoid night snacking.
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June total: 97.8/117 miles
6/1: 4.1 mile
6/2: 3 miles
6/3: 3.2 miles
6/4: 8.2 miles
6/5: 3.2 miles
6/6: 5 miles
6/8: 5 miles
6/9: 3.1 miles
6/10: 4 miles
6/11: 6 miles
6/12: 5.1 miles
6/15: 5 miles
6/16: 3 miles
6/17: 4 miles
6/18: 4.2 miles
6/19: 8 miles
6/21: 5.2 miles
6/22: 4 miles
6/23: 5.5 miles
6/24: 3 miles
6/25: 6 miles
Forgot to log my Saturday run. I got up early and got out before it got too crazy hot. Froze the bladder for my hydration vest and took it slow. Felt decent afterwards so I know I didn't overexert. I was supposed to get up and run Sunday morning too but when the alarm went off at 6:30 I just couldn't drag myself out of bed. Turned off the alarm and ended up sleeping until 8:15! I was in bed before 10 so probably got 10 hours of sleep or so. I really needed it and I felt much better yesterday. I may just count that as a skipped run and move on but I am planning on a run after work tonight. We'll see how the week plays out.4 -
I went ahead and set up July. https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10867962/july-2022-monthly-running-challenge/p1?new=13
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Dang it! I had my race report all typed out then accidently clicked on a link and lost it all! Let's try this again...
6/24 - 6.4 hot, sweaty trail miles
6/25 - 13.1 rainy race miles
130 of 160 miles for June.
Friday - I wanted 8+ miles but was late getting started so I cut it short. It was nearly 90F and humid in the forest so I was happy to have it end sooner. My intent was a really easy effort and with a 14:00 pace, I accomplished that. I had a cooler in my car and a cold beer at the end sure tasted great. This run was the first time I used my Salomon Adv Skin 12 hydration vest. Overall it performed well and I think I'll like it more than my Ultimate Direction vest. It has a TON of storage, is compressible so it doesn't bounce very much, and two big zippered pockets in front, and my favorite feature...elastic straps in front to allow me to breath heavy without it feeling constricting. I did have one issue though. The front zippered pockets wrap around to the side a bit, allowing my cell phone to move to my side with a corner poking out into my arm. I had to either lower my arms or hold them farther from my body. Next time I use this I'll try putting a buff in there to prevent the phone from moving around. I also need to do a better job routing the hose. The bite valve was a bit low for me to easily access.
Saturday - RACE DAY! In spite of not getting to bed until after midnight, I woke up easily and ready to go. It hadn't started raining yet but a check of the radar showed this coming in:
The white dot is where I was.
The temps were in the upper 60's. I was planning on walking the 1.3 miles to the start as a warmup, but with the storm I decided to drive there so I wouldn't get caught out in it if it got bad. There were only 43 HM participants so parking was plentiful and check-in was very quick. Still no rain so I was walking around talking to other racers but 30 minutes prior to race time the storm hit and I retreated into my car to wait and watch. Lightning caused the start to be delayed by 15 minutes.
A minute before the start, the rain still coming down hard, I went to the start line. Right away I almost instinctively went to my usual HM effort level, with an HR around 153-156. Normally this would be perfect. I kept this up for 4 miles while I considered trying to maintain this but in the end decided to stick to my plan of not racing it and backed off to an HR in the 142-146 level and my pace increased accordingly.
The first 4 miles wound around a golf course area and residential area, but the limestone bluffs stood tall above us and with some low-hanging wispy clouds it was a pretty sight but I left my phone in my car so no photos. At the 4 mile mark the rain eased up to a light rain and we started into the more rural portion of the race. Unfortunately, while waiting in my car for the race start I forgot about making my last potty break so I had to use the on-course porta-potty at this point, which cost me a couple of minutes. This was also the first water stop. At this point I was regretting not bringing my handheld bottle so I could skip the water stops. Even though it was cool and wet I slammed a couple of glasses at each stop and had to walk about 50 yards for the water to settle before I could start running again. A handheld would have allowed me to take sips along the way and not have to stop or walk those short bits.
We were now entering the rural portion. First along the bluff then turning toward the lake and running along, but still above, the lake. It was beautiful, just like my training runs on the course the prior weekend.
This was also about the time I started running with a guy about my age and chatting with him. He said he was there to run with his daughter in her first HM. I found it interesting, then, that he spent the next 30+ minutes chatting with me when his daughter was behind us and slipping further back as the race went on. Eventually he broke off and went back to run with his daughter but later, with a little over 2 miles to go, he raced past me, by himself, on the way to the finish. I guess if I were in that position I'd want to either run the entire race with my daughter, or race it and see her at the end, not a mixture of both. He ended up finishing 7 minutes ahead of his daughter.
About half way through the race the rain tapered off, first to a light rain, then a misty rain, then done. At 10 miles the sun tried to poke through the clouds, raising the temp and and the humidity, but it was never miserable. I was still soaking wet and the breeze off the lake cooled me down. My effort was still steady though at a couple of water stops I probably walked longer than I should have.
With 2 miles to go I approached the final, and biggest, hill on the course. I could feel a blister building on the ball of my foot and was tempted to walk up the hill. There was no one in front of me close enough to chase down, and no one behind me close enough to catch up, so it wouldn't affect the standings, but I kept running. Once the hill was behind me it was all downhill or flat so I increased the pace a bit to the finish at the same effort I started with.
My finish time was 2:03:36. My slowest time in 4 half marathons but just the effort I was looking for from myself. Had I not had to waste two minutes taking a potty break I probably would have pushed to break the 2 hour mark. I finished right in the middle of the pack...19th out of 43 overall, 15/30 in the men's division. It was a nice race and a nice course. I'd definitely run it again. Perhaps trail running gives me a different perspective but at 360 feet of elevation gain over the 13.1 miles, I thought the course was extremely flat, yet afterwards I was talking to a couple of other runners who were complaining about all the hills. I'm not sure you'd find many HM courses flatter than this one!
I did make one big mistake. I knew the course had 3 miles of gravel road and not wanting any gravel grit to get in between my sock and ankle, I grabbed a pair of mini-crew running socks. What I didn't consider is that they were heavily cushioned and in the rain, they held a lot of water. My feet pruned up and by mile 8 I could start feeling a blister develop right on the ball of my foot. ARGGHH!!! At the end of the race my foot was really sore and I couldn't wait to get my socks & shoes off. It didn't develop into a full on squishy blister but it was bad enough to make me hobble about for the rest of the day. I did wear my new Kinvara shoes but I don't blame the shoes at all, and in fact I think the shoes felt great throughout the run. I look forward to running in the rain with these shoes with better socks to see how they feel.
I fully expected this to take a while to heal up and planned to take a break from running until my race this Saturday but today I barely feel the blister at all. Still, I have a few other niggles and aches so I think I'll just do a short walk or bike ride tonight and tomorrow before I run Wednesday & Thursday. I'm planning on using my new Salomon hydration vest on my 50K and want more experience with it before then.
We get a shirt too but they didn't have them at race time yet so will send them out separately.
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01.06 5.52km at 8:09/km
02.06 3.00km at 7:46/km
08.06 3.02km at 8:08/km
10.06 3.23km at 8:03/km 10x pace repeats
11.06 4.00km in 8:17/km
12.06 2.10km in 7:37/km
13.06 5.00km in 8:04/km incl. 5 minute fast run
15.06 5.50km in 8:21/km
17.06 4.35km in 7:55/km
20.06 7.21km in 8:19/km
22.06 8.00km in 8:06/km
24.06 4.00km in 7:38/km 12x pace repeats
26.06 5.18km in 8:04/km
27.06 5.01km in 7:53/km incl. 7 minute fast run
This one was better than the run with faster interval from 13.06. And interestingly, my HR was very low today, during the slow part of the run about 15bpm lower than normal, and still somewhat lower during the fast interval. I think I'm getting somewhere.
Got Goal for June: 65.12/60km
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@7lenny7 Great job on your HM! Good tip on the cushioned socks in rainy conditions.1
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martaindale wrote: »@7lenny7 Great job on your HM! Good tip on the cushioned socks in rainy conditions.
This ^^^ AND that data thing is do cool! When I get on my computer and actually have time to do anything I will be investigating :-)
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Hi All - I have been reading while we were on vacation but not commenting. I have now gotten all caught up! Great running everyone!
@ContraryMaryMary - what a gorgeous place to run!
@7lenny7 - great job on the HM and I hope the blister clears up quickly! Good luck with the 50k! Also had to laugh at your shoe porn... running shoes are really an addiction!
The data analysis is interesting. I have done something similar comparing my runs yoy using excel. I would be interested in the fitness/fatigue analysis and how they calculate it.
@eleanorhawkins - I am so happy you got to see and spend some time with your dad. It is never easy when they are in poor health, we want them to be invincible like we thought of them when we were kids. I am glad you were able to get out some of the stress with your runs. {{HUGS}}
@RunsOnEspresso - thanks for the PickyBar code! I love the oatmeal and granolas too. My favorite bar is Moroccan Your World with the turmeric and ginger - yum!
@SummerSkier - I think we are just about in the middle of the Pacific Ocean now. Once we make landfall we can run along the coast and beach (Surf City Marathon route) and then inland to go around/through Disney. Hopefully it will be cooler here by then!
Welcome @Sparx_81!! I agree with the others that training for a marathon and trying to eat less/lose weight is tough. You really need to make sure you are getting enough nutrition to support your body for the amount of work you are going to be putting in.
We had a good road trip up to Seattle and I was able to find some wonderful places to run along the way. On the way home, once we were back in CA it was getting to be a struggle because it was just so hot. I make one big mistake when we were in No CA, going out with the pup for a short run before it got too hot. The hotels we were staying in has running routes mapped out in MayMyRun and I used them at other locations to find places to run. The route at our last hotel was over 5 miles so I modified it to a bit over 3. Since I use Strava I didn't pull up the map but I had the turns detailed out. Unfortunately I missed a turn and kept going thinking I must be coming up to the next turn at any moment. When I checked my map and realized I was already over 5 miles and was almost 4 miles from the hotel, I texted my husband to come get us. By the time he got there I was not feeling well, primarily I believe because I had no water with us and it was over 90F by then. Fortunately we had lots of shade and it was not humid at all.
Since we have been home it has been so hot and humid for us. Fortunately by Wednesday it should be cooling back into our normal range in the low to mid 80's.
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June total: 107.9/117 miles
6/1: 4.1 mile
6/2: 3 miles
6/3: 3.2 miles
6/4: 8.2 miles
6/5: 3.2 miles
6/6: 5 miles
6/8: 5 miles
6/9: 3.1 miles
6/10: 4 miles
6/11: 6 miles
6/12: 5.1 miles
6/15: 5 miles
6/16: 3 miles
6/17: 4 miles
6/18: 4.2 miles
6/19: 8 miles
6/21: 5.2 miles
6/22: 4 miles
6/23: 5.5 miles
6/24: 3 miles
6/25: 6 miles
6/27: 5.1 miles
6/28: 5 miles
Went out last night for 5 miles and again this morning. We had a storm front blow through so it was a tad cooler last night than normal and the humidity was a little lower this morning even though the temps were pretty normal. By comparison, both runs were pretty decent with the slight drops. This week we will actually have more seasonally appropriate weather (no 100+ days!!) so even though it is hot it’s not end of summer, next level hot. It will be a nice break.
I need to do a serious foam rolling session today and maybe schedule a massage. I can feel some tightness developing.
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I never updated on my night race Saturday...It went fine. I ran everything but a few steps to drink water, tried to keep an easy pace as I just haven't been feeling good running lately. It's been hot, so even though the sun was down, I was sweating before we even started. Actually I told myself if I just jog this, I don't have to run again until I want to. Still don't want to. This isn't normal for me.
The course was asphalt, 2 loops through a little city, and during the first loop I kept feeling like it wasn't quite the same as last year. I should've paid more attention when they published it, because the map looked similar, and it went through some of the same areas, but it wasn't the same route. Coming back to start the 2nd loop, I was pleasantly surprised to see that they had taken out that 1km of uphill out & back right before the finish. There were some average inclines at other spots in the race, but nothing difficult, so the only challenge left was to just keep running, and that was enough for me.
Spectators as usual made things interesting (they're always crazier the 2nd time you see them in night races LOL). One group was holding up a human-sized teddy bear to give high-fives. Others showed great endurance in blowing their fan-trumpets for hours. We got glow sticks in the race packet, and I picked up a few more along the way. Stuck them in my ponytail. Also tried twice to pick up a charity bib as I missed getting one and it's carrying it over the finish that counts for the sponsor's donation. They were made of cheap paper though and I couldn't keep them attached to me. Then I realized my actual bib was also falling apart and holding on by only a corner. I scrunched it up under my bib belt and didn't lose it. Yay.
The moon was nowhere to be seen, which was disappointing as the race is named for it, and it was awesome last year. I finished with my worst ever road HM time, but didn't even care. Took a lovely cold shower there, grabbed some soup & bread and headed home.
The medal is probably the prettiest I have in my collection 😍
The white parts are sparkly!
So yeah, I can force myself to run even when I'm not feeling it, but I won't be doing that for a while anymore, until I'm feeling better. And it's probably time to go see a doctor and get some tests run. I've got a busy few weeks coming up and need my energy level to be back to normal.8 -
Nice medal @polskagirl01. I hope you can find your running mojo again soon!2
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Some friends and I went to Fontana Dam in North Carolina this weekend. We rented a cabin and hiked on the AT 14 miles on Saturday and 8 miles on Sunday. Beautiful both days but hot and humid. Not much of a breeze stirring in the woods. My calves are still sore from all the climbing. On Saturday the total elevation gain was 3,438 feet and on Sunday it was 1,861 feet. Some pics in the spoiler below.This morning I ran 5.18 miles bringing my monthly total to 55.94 miles. It was a nice, cool 55F at 5:00 am. Great morning to be running.
Obligatory start picture
Recent storms had left several downed trees on the trail.
One of the 360 degree views from Wesser Bald Observation Tower
The burl on this tree reminded me of a frog.
Happy to have the 14-miler behind me!
Our hike on Sunday ended at the Nantahala Outdoor Center where we had a late lunch and put our feet in the cold river.
@7lenny7 – Great time on your HM and wonderful recap. I felt like I was there!
@polskagirl01 – The heat takes a lot out of our running mojo and night running is so much harder for me. I have a race coming up in a couple of weeks and it doesn’t start until 8:58 pm – that’s my bedtime! Glad you are getting some tests run though. Nice work on the HM and pretty medal!
Hope you are having a great vacation @quilteryoyo and welcome back @shanaber!
Thanks for setting up July @martaindale!
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Here's the elevation profile for my race on Saturday. I get to do this twice (25K loop x 2). 4700 feet of gain and loss over 31 miles...I'm starting to think I haven't been doing enough vertical training. Too late for this race but I really need to step it the hill work.
With all of the aid stations I think I'll skip the bladder and just use two soft flasks in front. One for water, one for Tailwind. Race forecast calls for 60F at the start rising to 80F at my anticipated finish. Dew point ranging from just 48F to 53F so this could be just about the perfect summer ultra weather. I'll definitely push the first half harder than the second half to take advantage of the cooler weather.
My blister seems to be completely gone so apparently it was just in the early stages. My knee has had no pain since the race, and my hip is finally feeling better. My left calf muscle has also calmed down. I'll take one more day off from running and maybe go on a walk tonight and do some core work. My finger pain has also greatly subsided in the last couple of days, along with finally healing up enough that the bandage isn't sticking when I change it daily.
@shanaber I tried to find a link to the explanation for the fitness/fatigue/form calculations but it's a pop-up with no direct link. This FAQ might answer some questions, and it has a link to a video about it. https://github.com/thomaschampagne/elevate/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions
They do say it's much like Training Peaks calculations so perhaps you could find more info there.
Welcome home! Glad you had a good trip but boy, that run sounds brutal.
That is a really nice medal @polskagirl01 and you definitely earned it. I do hope a break from running is what you need to get back into, or that you find another activity to bring you the joy which running did.
Beautiful photos, @Teresa502 and it sure looks like a fun trip, particularly being able to cool off in the river.
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01.06 5.52km at 8:09/km
02.06 3.00km at 7:46/km
08.06 3.02km at 8:08/km
10.06 3.23km at 8:03/km 10x pace repeats
11.06 4.00km in 8:17/km
12.06 2.10km in 7:37/km
13.06 5.00km in 8:04/km incl. 5 minute fast run
15.06 5.50km in 8:21/km
17.06 4.35km in 7:55/km
20.06 7.21km in 8:19/km
22.06 8.00km in 8:06/km
24.06 4.00km in 7:38/km 12x pace repeats
26.06 5.18km in 8:04/km
27.06 5.01km in 7:53/km incl. 7 minute fast run
28.06 1.00km in 6:42/km
GOT JUNE GOAL!!! 66.12/60km
Had a miserable night. For some reason I need liquorice after working out in the evening for a good night sleep. No idea why. Due to circumstances my liquorice root was not where I was sitting after running yesterday, and so I forgot and turned it bed for 3 hours, interrupted by shorts bouts of sleep. then I remembered, got a small spoon full of powdered extract - and slept like a baby from then onwards. still was super tired today and slept when I came home from work. Didn't want to run, but there's the idea that I might manage to finally hit the magic 80km, something I've been trying to do for ages. So the idea: do a 12 minute sprint-ish. Which totally failed as I went too fast and only managed just above half that. But at least I was out and got a bit of movement in. And a fastest 1k this year.6 -
@7lenny7 That is some very pretty vert! Not sure I would be able to make myself do it twice though, lol
@polskagirl01 good call on the doctor just in case. Hugs!
@shanaber thanks, I'm still struggling to accept it all
@quilteryoyo hope your trip is going well
@martaindale you sure deserve the massage! I went this morning, and the evil physio cheerfully told me that the ominous sounding clicks while running uphill was 'just because your kneecap was stuck down but it should be ok now'. He also pummelled my calf to death, it's twice its usual size now.
With that in mind, I will have to see in the morning whether I do the very short but hilly loop I've planned for tomorrow and Thursday. We're going camping at the weekend by a lake that appears to have a 22km trail all the way round it, so of course that will be my long run. Which means I need to shorten weekday runs so as to kinda stick to the plan. BUT it's more or less flat, so I need hills on these short runs. Juggling at its finest. I suspect I'll struggle a lot this summer to get the vert I need crammed into the mileage I can cope with without breaking...6 -
That medal is very pretty @polskagirl01. Sorry to hear you aren't enjoying running right now. I hope it passes or you figure out what is causing it.
@7lenny7 That is some serious elevation!! Good luck on your race! Can't wait to hear how it goes.
@eleanorhawkins That massage sounds intense!
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June Goal: 100 Miles
6/1: 5.51 miles
6/2: 5.04 miles
6/5: 7.10 miles
6/7: 5.51 miles
6/8: 6.01 miles
6/8: 6.32 miles
6/11: 10.02 miles
6/14: 6.25 miles
6/15: 6.02 miles
6/16: 6.30 miles
6/19: 10.02 miles
6/21: 6.30 miles
6/22: 5.60 miles
6/23: 6.25 miles
6/26: 10.25 miles
6/28: 6.02 miles
108.27/100 miles completed for June
I ran 6 miles this morning. It was pretty nice. I didn't really want to get up this morning, but once I did I was glad. I took some carrots for Lilly. There was a loose dog near her house. I have seen him around there before. Today he came up to me and I petted him and asked him where he belongs. I kind of don't think he belongs anywhere. He was pretty skinny, but very friendly. I gave him one of Lilly's carrots. I didn't think he would want it, but he seemed really glad and picked it up and carried it off.
That is a really nice medal @polskagirl01. I hope a rest will help and you will find joy in your running again soon.
I am really enjoying your hiking photos @Teresa502 .
@Shanaber I'm sorry you got lost and overheated. I am going glad you were able to call your husband.
@quilteryoyo I hope you are enjoying your trip.
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6.9 miles tonight
137/160 miles for June
My original intent was to go for a walk.
Then I remembered that there's a sledding hill a couple miles away that I've always wanted to check out for hill repeats.
Today, since it was just a walk, I decided to check it out.
Then I decided to wear my running shoes in case it was ok to run.
When I got there, I saw a well mowed path right up the middle. It's was perfectly shaped for hill repeats. The slope started out gentle at the bottom then increased continually until it was fairly steep at the top. You can easily start the ascent on a run then as you gradually lose steam switch to power hiking. I've found my new hill repeat location! I'm kicking myself for not checking on this earlier.
I ended up with 16 ascents & descents all at easy effort. I usually ran half way up the hill then switched to hiking. At the top I'd walk around just a bit to catch my breath then ran the downhill. Best of all, I had no pain anywhere.
^ The uphill
^The downhill
^The little fella who almost tripped me up
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eleanorhawkins wrote: »We're going camping at the weekend by a lake that appears to have a 22km trail all the way round it, so of course that will be my long run. Which means I need to shorten weekday runs so as to kinda stick to the plan. BUT it's more or less flat, so I need hills on these short runs. Juggling at its finest. I suspect I'll struggle a lot this summer to get the vert I need crammed into the mileage I can cope with without breaking...
@eleanorhawkins does that 22km trail have any decent hills at all? If there are, perhaps repeat the hills it does have several times before moving on to greatly increase the overall elevation? It's something I've done when the route I'm doesn't provide the vertical I need/want/desire.
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eleanorhawkins wrote: »We're going camping at the weekend by a lake that appears to have a 22km trail all the way round it, so of course that will be my long run. Which means I need to shorten weekday runs so as to kinda stick to the plan. BUT it's more or less flat, so I need hills on these short runs. Juggling at its finest. I suspect I'll struggle a lot this summer to get the vert I need crammed into the mileage I can cope with without breaking...
@eleanorhawkins does that 22km trail have any decent hills at all? If there are, perhaps repeat the hills it does have several times before moving on to greatly increase the overall elevation? It's something I've done when the route I'm doesn't provide the vertical I need/want/desire.
The route map I found quoted something like 100m over the 22km, so doesn't look like it. I'm sure if I really wanted to I could find a hill, but am happy to call this an elevation cutback week. I'm trying to make sure I get more hills in ay the very start of this training cycle before the mileage really starts to increase, but my legs aren't totally sold on the idea yet!
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Aim for this morning was 5km, 5.42km completed! Really slow going, went through my local trail with my new sauconys. Lovely comfy shoes!!!
Been reading a lot on calories and macros for marathon training.... so it seems 50:30:20 (c:p:f) seems to be a balance between high carbohydrates and high protein.... and just adjusting calorie intake by 100 calories per mile training?!?! Does this seem sensible?!
Anyone read any Matt Fitzgeralds books?! Any good?!5 -
6.2 miles this morning. Not sure why, but I was dreading this run. Probably because I haven't run outside in the early morning for a long time, and when I do run outside, it usually aggravates my shins/Achilles for days after. But (stop me if you've heard this before 😁) but once I got started I was glad I got out there. It was only 73F and 57% humidity and it felt great. First mile was tough, but got better after that. My phone decided to stop playing music for the last mile. Nothing I could do to make it start again. But it was a good run.
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Been reading a lot on calories and macros for marathon training.... so it seems 50:30:20 (c:p:f) seems to be a balance between high carbohydrates and high protein.... and just adjusting calorie intake by 100 calories per mile training?!?! Does this seem sensible?
I just connected my Garmin to MFP and let it tell me how many calories I can inhale. Just started my first round of marathon training so I'm waiting to see how things go, but I generally settle for 50:25:25 when training for something and trying to keep my weight steady... I find if I reduce the fat (or the carbs, come to that) I end up rungry and have snaccidents.7 -
Thanks everyone. I'm enjoying my vacation. Haven't managed a run by the beach yet, but Tippy and I have managed a mile walk every night after it cools a bit. I get to see the triplet great grands for the first time today. They're two. There's a rocket launch tonight I hope to see from the beach.
I've read and liked and hugged as appropriate. You guys are doing great.7
