October 2022 Monthly Running Challenge
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@quilteryoyo wrote: »Have a great race tomorrow @AlphaHowls ! Looking forward to the race report and seeing your pictures. Are there pancakes at the finish line?
There are pancakes at the finish line!!!!!
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October total: 106.5/180 miles
10/1: 10 miles
10/2: 6.1 miles
10/3: 6.2 miles
10/4: 5.1 miles
10/5: 7 miles
10/7: 6.6 miles
10/10: 5.9 miles
10/11: 3 miles
10/12: 7 miles
10/13: 6 miles
10/14: 10 miles
10/16: 6.5 miles
10/17: 6.1 miles
10/19: 10 miles
10/20: 6 miles
10/21: 5 miles
It’s been really busy around here so I am posting 2 runs. Both were recovery/easy miles. Yesterday’s felt harder after that workout on Wednesday but the recovery miles did their job and my legs felt a lot better this morning. Like @Scott6255 I am missing the brief cool weather we had earlier this week and reminding myself that not that long ago I would have KILLED for some 60’s in the mornings!!5 -
@AlphaHowls Have a great race and enjoy those pancakes. Sounds like they are good at sticking to a theme. Love it!polskagirl01 wrote: »Weather makes a big difference when it comes to pace. If you were actively trying to slow down, maybe you were right on pace for those particular conditions?
These paces are based on my HM race pace from the Hanson’s pace conversion charts. I definitely overran them. The cooler weather does make it feel easier and it makes it easy for the pace to get away from me. The goal of these marathon tempo runs is to learn what this pace feels like. So far, I’m doing a pretty bad job of it but I have one of these workouts every week, so plenty of chances to get it right. I find myself edging down to HM pace but I guess that makes sense. Most of the training I have done has been for the HM, so those are targets my body knows. This slightly slower pace is not one I have hit regularly for a long time now.
@quilteryoyo Leaf clearing definitely counts as a workout. It is hard work!
Way to go @tarun_yadavA. You earned some downtime for sure. Enjoy your trip!3 -
@quilteryoyo glad to see you back. You've been busy! Raking and clearing leaves from the roof is hard work!
@martaindale you are doing great with your marathon training!
15.15 miles this morning. Well that could have gone better. Planned on 16-18, and was feeling really good until about mile 12. But I had dropped a Gel at some point before mile 5 when I was going to take the first one and discovered it wasn't there. So I had to ration the one I had and took half at mile 8. But that was too late, and after mile 11 I was feeling really zapped. Took Walk breaks every mile after that, but just had to give up a little after 15.
Oh, and almost got hit by a car. I was almost across an apartment driveway when this car was coming out and it didn't even slow down. I had to bang on his hood before he saw me, or he would have kept going. On his @#&! phone! 🤬
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@Scott6255 Rough run this morning! Proud of you for getting as much done as you did being underfueled and I’m glad you didn’t get hit by a car. I had a similar car run-in yesterday morning. Didn’t quite hit me me but got close enough that I was preparing to hop/fall on the hood to save my legs just as he saw me. He looked very
as he realized how close he came to hitting someone and I let a couple of expletives fly. He was watching the traffic at the all way stop and did not even register the pedestrians. When I looked at my HR data after that run, you could tell exactly when it happened as my HR spiked into zone 5! 
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Sometimes it's very difficult at a 4 way stop to SEE the pedestrians if they are in that place where the windshield/side window have a pillar in the car. I almost hit a runner there also because she was right in the blind spot and I was stopped. Luckily I saw her last minute in my windshield and did not pull into her. When I am running I always assume that the cars are going to hit me esp if I cannot make eye contact. I have been grazed by a truck in a school crosswalk because I did not think he was going to turn left INTO me. Several years ago. I literally DOVE forward and only had a small glancing blow from his left qtr pnl. He did not even stop. My hands were the worst with road rash.
Anyway, looking forward to race reports and I don't know HOW you can do such long runs. I was literally all out after 10 miles last weekend.4 -
03.10 Mon 13°C 4.1km 36min
05.10 Wed 17°C 6.2km 55min
07.10 Fri 13°C 5.2km 45min
08.10 Sat 12°C 10.4km 92min
10.10 Mon 14°C 3.6km 30min
12.10 Wed 10°C 5.2km 44min
14.10 Fri 14°C 5.3km 48min
15.10 Sat 16°C 4.2km 34min
16.10 Sun 15°C 7.2km 63min
17.10 Mon 20°C 3.6km 30min
19.10 Wed 10°C 5.5km 45min
21.10 Fri 14°C 5.5km 46min
22.10 Sat 14°C 8.0km 68min
total: 74.00/80.5km (16.6km ahead)
Not quite the 10k I had in mind, but a nice, if somewhat chaotic 8k. Started run, realized I'd not started my sports watch. Went back to start. Started again, realized external HR sensor was for some odd reason off, went back to start again, and yet another start. HR was very low, but I ran out of energy in my legs at the usual spot. Managed to squeeze another 8 minutes out by using the Saru method of moving. Google Discovery Saru walk Basically, when I walk (or run) like that I move my legs by using my upper body muscles. No idea why and how, but it works Probably looks totally ridiculous as well. 5 -
October total: 121.5/180 miles
10/1: 10 miles
10/2: 6.1 miles
10/3: 6.2 miles
10/4: 5.1 miles
10/5: 7 miles
10/7: 6.6 miles
10/10: 5.9 miles
10/11: 3 miles
10/12: 7 miles
10/13: 6 miles
10/14: 10 miles
10/16: 6.5 miles
10/17: 6.1 miles
10/19: 10 miles
10/20: 6 miles
10/21: 5 miles
10/22: 15 miles
Big jump in distance on the long run this week and a new distance PR for me! This was also the biggest volume week I think I have ever done, clocking in at 48.6 miles. I feel surprisingly good.
I went to the Spring Creek trail today. It is perfect for a long run. Got there a little after 7am to take advantage of the cooler morning temps. It's such a pretty place to run, so peaceful. Tried out another of the Muir gels. These are a winner and will be in the mix for my fueling plan. This run went really well. Started out a little quickly because there was a guy right behind me and I was subconsciously keeping up with him. After a couple of miles I realized I was going too fast so backed off, he passed, and we got enough distance between us that I could settle into a more sustainable pace. Aside from a couple bathroom breaks I didn't need to stop or walk and even clocked 2 of my quicker miles at the very end. This was a big confidence booster.4 -
@yirara The little video clip I found of the Saru walk was pretty funny! I guess, if it works, it works!!1
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Sunrise before race time
Starting line, feeling the chill. Running partners A and E
Me and A getting started, E has already jetted
AlphaHowls wrote: »
There are pancakes at the finish line!!!!!@quilteryoyo wrote: »Are there pancakes at the finish line?
Just me
Yes there are pancakes on my sleeve!
ME
60 out of 205 runners
2:00:25
Gender Place 19 out of 110 females
F50 - 54 2 Place
Avg pace 09:11
A
84/205
2:09:54
Gender Place 35 110 females
F45 - 49 4 Place
Avg pace 09:54
E
29/205
1:49:15
Gender Place 3 110 females
F30 - 34 1 Place
Avg pace 08:20
Felt groovy, felt awesome, pushed myself and when I finished, I kept going, back to get A that I had left behind.
Thought of MFP running group, felt like I was being cheered on. I had a great time!
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martaindale wrote: »@yirara The little video clip I found of the Saru walk was pretty funny! I guess, if it works, it works!!
Yeah, I know. I realized the full potential last winter when I did a longer hike and ran out of energy some 2km before end - at a small hill. It got me up 2 -
AlphaHowls wrote: »Felt groovy, felt awesome, pushed myself and when I finished, I kept going, back to get A that I had left behind.
Thought of MFP running group, felt like I was being cheered on. I had a great time!
You were channeling @PastorVincent going back for his wife.
Super job on your race!8 -
Nice running @martaindale ! I have never been good at pacing myself. Of course, I probably don't really need to since I always take walk breaks. I would need to if I ran continually, for sure. Glad you weren't hit by the car!! Great run today and congrats on your distance PR!
@Scott6255 Sorry you had to give up on your run, but 15 miles is nothing to sneeze at. Also VERY glad you didn't get hit by the car. People!
@yirara Sorry you didn't make the 10K, but sounds like you did great getting the 8K in. It's frustrating when getting started is so hard.
@AlphaHowls Congrats to you and A&E for your awesome runs! I love the shirt that you ran in! Also love the pancakes on the sleeves of the race shirt. So cool. Sounds like a great race and even more so because you had fun doing it.
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October: 44.95/80 mile goal
1 Oct - Ran 2.50 miles, Walked 1.00 mile - treadmill
2 Oct - Walked 1.00 mile - treadmill
3 Oct - Ran 2.75 miles - walked 0.70 mile - driveway laps
4 Oct - Ran 3.00 miles - walked 1.00 mile - driveway laps
5 Oct - Wun 2.00 miles - driveway laps
6 Oct - Ran 2.30 miles - walked 0.80 miles - in town while on lunch break
7 Oct - Walked 1.00 mile - driveway laps
8 Oct - Walked 1.00 mile - driveway laps
9 Oct - Walked 1.00 mile - driveway laps
10 Oct - Walked 1.00 mile - driveway laps
11 Oct - Walked 1.00 mile - driveway laps
12 Oct - Walked 1.00 mile - treadmill
13 Oct - Ran 2.00 miles - Walked 1.00 mile - treadmill
14 Oct - walked 1.00 mile - driveway laps
15 Oct - Wun 4.00 miles - 2 on the driveway and 2 on the treadmill
16 Oct - Walked 1.00 mile - driveway laps
17 Oct - Walked 1.00 mile - treadmill
18 Oct - Ran 3.00 miles - Walked 0.70 mile - treadmill
19 Oct - Walked 1.00 mile - treadmill
20 Oct - Walked 1.00 mile - driveway laps
21 Oct - Ran 3.50 miles - Walked 0.70 mile - treadmill
22 Oct - Walked 2.00 miles - driveway
I wasn't feeling the best today, probably from leaf dust and mold. I did clean house and then worked in the leaves another 1h45m. I got them all blown off of the driveway so that I can now see where I am going. LOL They were pretty deep. When finishing up the leaves, something happened to my little toe on my left foot. It just started hurting where it attached to the foot with every step. I was limping back up the hill to the house. I rested a few minutes and then went out to see if I could at least walk a mile. It hurt a little, but mostly when I put pressure on the outside of that foot, so I walked 2.00 miles in 30:34 minutes. Hopefully it was some freak thing and will be fine tomorrow.3 -
Running Partner E had taken another photo. She just sent to me.
This was just before race time and I had met this gut with phenomenal legs. We invited him to photo bomb!
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@AlphaHowls congratulations! What an awesome race and finish for all of you. I had NO trouble picking you out because well those LEGS.... WOWSWER you might have liked that guys runner legs but I can tell yours are nothing to sneeze at. Well done and LOVELY report and photos.3
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Yay, got it with a few hours to spare.
Being fairly sedentary and running 4-5x/week this was somewhat tough 😬🙈6 -
October Goal: 100 Miles
10/2 - 13.13 miles
10/4 - 5.52 miles
10/5 - 6.02 miles
10/6 - 6.27 miles
10/9: 14.02 miles
10/11: 5.33 miles
10/12: 5.36 miles
10/13: 6.05 miles
10/15: 11.10 miles
10/17: 5.16 miles
10/18: 6.02 miles
10/20: 5.27 miles
10/23: 11.02 miles
100.27/100 miles completed for October
I ran 11 miles today. It was a pretty good run. It was warmer than it has been at 67°F at the start and 72°F at the end but the wind kept it from being too hot. But wind is not really my favorite and so I was pretty slow. It was already windy starting out at around 16 mph and by the end the wind had picked up to around 22 mph so I was definitely ready to go inside.
I didn't see any critters this time. I did re-route once because I saw a dog out down the street. And my neighbor called me because she had a snake in her kitchen sink and she wanted my husband to come get it. But by the time I got home they had already removed the snake.
This run puts me at 100 miles for the month which was my goal, so it looks like I will go a little over this month.
@alphahowls Love the race photos. Congrats on your placement and great job to A & E as well. I love how you went back for your friend after you finished. And I love the race shirt too.
@yirara Congrats on getting the Garmin Pink October badge.
@scott6255 and @Martindale I'm glad neither one of you were hit by the cars.
@quilteryoyo I hope the toe is feeling better today.
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@eleanorhawkins tap tap tap... waiting on the race report!!!2
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SummerSkier wrote: »@eleanorhawkins tap tap tap... waiting on the race report!!!
@SummerSkier lol, I am so exhausted, got home, soaked in the bath, had dinner and off to bed. Too tired to think about a report, so footnotes... it was awesome but tough AF. It was hotter than I expected and the hills were steeper and more technical than I expected, gave me some nasty cramps. The flies were horrible. I need to learn to read elevation profiles better and remember than gradient and how technical they are makes a BIG difference. The last couple of miles were saved by an antiinflamatory spray a woman at the last aid station doused my legs in and by counting my steps and making myself run 100, walk 50. I caught and passed the woman I was upset didn't train with me before the half way mark, and finished 10 minutes before her (ha!) I finished and was happy with my time (5 hr 18) considering after my health issues I was only aiming to finish before cutoff (6 hr 30). I was 7th (and last) to finish in my age group, the 12th of 15 women finishers (23 of us started) and overall position was 115th of 147 finishers. So could have been better but could have been a lot worse. I remember thinking at one point that it was the hardest thing I'd ever done, including childbirth. Could have done with an epidural around km 23 LOL. The route was wonderful except the last hill which was unexpected and brutal, especially the very steep, loose sand descent. There is no way I could have done another 7km at the end to make a full marathon. I still hope to do the marathon I have been eyeing up in April, but that has less than half the elevation of today's race. I'll post photos of all the awesome goodies and stuff tomorrow. Now...sleep (please, God!)9
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