October 2022 Monthly Running Challenge
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Yay, got my goal, and this was also the fastest run in quite a while.
Funnily I tend to run faster when my glycogen stores in my legs are depleted because I tend to fall forward, and kind of compensate by running faster.
Congrats on hitting your goal! That idea of falling forward is one you hear come up when coaches talk about running form. Hinging forward just a little or some will say slightly pushing your chest forward. It redistributes your weight and makes your gait more efficient as you are using momentum to help you along. That is one adjustment I made to my own posture when I worked on correcting my overstriding.
@scott6255 Loving this nice weather!!5 -
Still no running for me, I can hobble down stairs without wincing today but am forcing myself to stick to the plan to let my legs recover. Physio tomorrow to pummel the sore bits, will see what he thinks as I'm starting to get antsy. Proof is that I signed up for a race in January this morning. I did decide to stick to the short one though. It's the short version of the one I did this year on the other side of the mountain behind us. I was in 2 minds about it, I haven't been over there since the fire but they say they've found a route in the area that the fire didn't reach, so we won't be hurting anything, and part of the fees will be put into the reforestation fund.7
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October total: 143.6/180 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
10/24: 6.6 miles
10/25: 5.5 miles
10/26: 10 miles
Marathon tempo workout yesterday. It was a really nice morning, mid 40’s and sunny. I went out to my new favorite trail. I ran out of waffles, so I tried the Spring Awesomesauce gel prerun . It is basically souped up applesauce. Pretty good and the texture is fine. I’ll keep that one in for the real-food rotation. Did a better job with the pace. Still not where I need to be, but I had a few consecutive miles that were pretty close. Majorly overran the last one but I Think sometimes I get excited knowing I’m at the end of the workout and unwittingly fast finish. Oh well.5 -
Yes @martaindale this is my favorite time of year! I have a narrow window of temperature ranges that I think is perfect running weather (47F-63F) and this week has been right in the center
I realized last night that I should be doing a mini taper this week in preparation for my first (of two) 20 milers coming up next weekend. So I did a short, slow 4 mile run this morning. I thought it would be a piece of cake, but it felt pretty hard the first 2 miles. Might be getting a little sick, as I was sneezing, coughing, and stomach hurt last night. Felt better this morning, but stomach still upset a little.
I'm sure I'll be better in 24-48 hours.6 -
10/2 – 7.07 miles
10/3 – 5.01 miles
10/5 – 5.6 miles
10/16 – 5.4 miles
10/17 – 5.56 miles
10/19 – 5.04 miles
10/21 – 5.01 miles
10/24 – 5.28 miles
10/25 – 3.04 miles
10/26 – 7.16 miles
10/27 – 5.12 miles
Total – 59.29 miles
An easy 5 miles with a friend before work this morning. Temp was about 10 degrees cooler than yesterday at 46F. Feeling really tired this morning for some reason. Is it Friday yet?
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@Scott6255 I hope whatever it is passes quickly. The flu has started making its rounds here and several if the kids on the climbing team have been out this week. So far my kid has dodged it and I just got my flu shot. Really don’t want to get sick right now! Your perfect weather range and mine very closely match. I can enjoy a little colder but ideal temps fit nicely in the that window.
@Teresa502 This week is taking forever for me too. So tired!!3 -
October total: 148.6/180 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
10/24: 6.6 miles
10/25: 5.5 miles
10/26: 10 miles
10/27: 5 miles
Recovery miles this morning. Beautiful upper 40’s! Love this time of year!4 -
martaindale wrote: »Yay, got my goal, and this was also the fastest run in quite a while.
Funnily I tend to run faster when my glycogen stores in my legs are depleted because I tend to fall forward, and kind of compensate by running faster.
Congrats on hitting your goal! That idea of falling forward is one you hear come up when coaches talk about running form. Hinging forward just a little or some will say slightly pushing your chest forward. It redistributes your weight and makes your gait more efficient as you are using momentum to help you along. That is one adjustment I made to my own posture when I worked on correcting my overstriding.
@scott6255 Loving this nice weather!!
Oh interesting! I never heard of this. For me it's usually a sign that my energy is depleted and I don't have enough strength to keep on running properly. It's this odd idea: oh no, upper body hinges forward: better get my legs underneath it again3 -
Just to clarify @yirara, the lean is from your ankles, not your waist. Leaning from the waist puts additional strain on the back and hamstrings, and can cause lower back pain. Imagine that your body is a straight line; it can lean, but at no point should it be bent along that line.4
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Just to clarify @yirara, the lean is from your ankles, not your waist. Leaning from the waist puts additional strain on the back and hamstrings, and can cause lower back pain. Imagine that your body is a straight line; it can lean, but at no point should it be bent along that line.
Ah ok. No, when I run out of energy I lose my good posture and kind of look like a questionmark. I'm hypermobile, mind and don't get injured from something like that. No problem.1 -
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
24.10 Mon 16°C 4.1km 34min
26.10 Wed 18°C 6.2km 50min
28.10 Fri 19°C 5.3km 45min
total: 89.56/80.5km (16.5km ahead)
Hmm... had this accident where I flew over an obstacle on 12.10. My rib still hurts, and tonight it was particularly bad. Maybe I should get it checked out. Thus running didn't go to well, but it was still fairly ok. Adjusted hr zones in Garmin and now it gave me a tempo run instead of a base run, and it felt like a temporun to me. Good.4 -
Hello, motivating runners!
It's been a while since I've been on here. I got derailed after my first (Canadian) Thanksgiving since my mom passed, and after that, an unexpected trip out of town. Felt a bit overwhelmed, so
Although I didn't get in the number of C25K run/walks that I had initially planned for October, I am still pretty proud of my progress, all things considered. I'm about 100 lbs heavier since I was last running and nursing a knee injury, but in only four C25K outings, I managed to reduce my km pace from 13:13 to 11:01, so it's going in the right direction... and with no pain after last night's outing. As per the advice of many of you kind running souls, I'm trying to stick to the "slow and steady" approach. I'm pretty excited to keep at it in November and see where it takes me. When I was running before, I wasn't breaking any speed records, but I would come in around 6:45 - 7:00 km pace - I can't wait to get back there, safely.
Also, at the urging of many on here, I bought a new pair of (knee-friendly) running shoes, and wow - what a difference! My first pair of New Balance shoes, and they are heaven on my feet and knees. Between the encouragement and advice on here, I really credit this community with keeping me hopeful about getting back into running.
It's been great to go through everyone's posts, progress, challenges, and successes - I've learned something from them all.
Happy Friday, happy running, and happy weekend!8 -
Four days and 3 pages behind again. Try to catch up a little anyway tonight.
@polskagirl01 Sounds, and looks, like you had a great trip last weekend. Beautiful places to run/hike and love the view from the restaurant.
That is funny about your "Grmeen II" @eleanorhawkins . Maybe endurance and intense are two different things in it's mind. Love the goodies from the race. It does stink that they didn't get a picture of you ringing the bell. Maybe you could suggest that they have 2 photographers in the future so one is at the finish line for ALL finishers. Sorry the DOMS kicked in, but I did snicker at this part of your post...." anything you drop on the floor is staying there until the day after tomorrow."
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Hi everyone! How's everyone doing?
Haven't forgotten you guys ... Keep getting the rogue kudos on Strava so sporadically go in and can see some of you guys killing it.
@martaindale , @AlphaHowls - Sarah, Jen, you guys killing it!! 🙌
@eleanorhawkins - hope you're up and running soon.
Speaking of... I desperately need to get running soon!!!!!! Been a week. And I feel Fat A.F.!!
Targeting Monday for a long coastal run in Durban.
Started out on Levis 34" on belt buckle 4... We are fast approaching belt buckle 3 here! Lol.
Been eating and drinking galore. I'm an occasional drinker but been hitting the cocktails (resort) and sundown beers (safari camp) almost daily. I don't eat a lot of meat - maybe at a nice restaurant, but just been eating so much red meat/game meat here. Also- It's hot here, can't drink water out of the taps, so I'm drinking bottled water - but much much less than what I would normally. So feel a bit bloated.
In Jo'burg today. So will use hotel gym. Then onto Durban tomorrow.
PS: please could someone tag me when the November group is up and running 🙏8 -
Just to clarify @yirara, the lean is from your ankles, not your waist. Leaning from the waist puts additional strain on the back and hamstrings, and can cause lower back pain. Imagine that your body is a straight line; it can lean, but at no point should it be bent along that line.
Yes, thanks for clarifying that @Scott6255. My description wasn't the clearest. The way I have heard it described that clicked the easiest for me was pushing my chest barely forward, like leading with your chest. It forces your body into that slightly forward lean and made it easier for me to get my feet under my body instead of reaching forward with my feet.3 -
October total: 154.6/180 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
10/24: 6.6 miles
10/25: 5.5 miles
10/26: 10 miles
10/27: 5 miles
10/28: 6 miles
More easy miles. I did these after work and while the temps were ok and it was cloudy, the humidity was 99% and my legs are fatigued with a capital F. I decided this was a chance to build some mental toughness as I really just didn't feel like running. I mentally tuned out a little and just ran an easy pace, got it done, and it was fine. This was not one of those runs where I felt better as I went or felt particularly glad I did it afterwards, but it needed to happen so I'm glad I was able to make myself get out the door.
I'm pretty sure some of my fatigue is nutrition related. Last week I ran almost 49 miles and that caught up with me this week. By Wednesday, I was needing additional snacks and yesterday I was basically a bottomless pit. I ate extra food at breakfast, extra snack before lunch, more at my afternoon snack and extra food at dinner. After dinner, I finally felt better. Went to be early and feel ok this morning. So meal prep this week is adding 100cals a day and I will keep an eye on how I feel throughout the week. I am entering a period where I will be hovering around 45-50 miles a week for several weeks so may need to take it up a little more.7 -
Here is the November thread. @tarun_yadavA and all the rest of y'all.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10876797/november-2022-monthly-running-challenge/p1?new=16 -
martaindale wrote: »Here is the November thread. @tarun_yadavA and all the rest of y'all.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10876797/november-2022-monthly-running-challenge/p1?new=1
@martaindale Thanks Sarah!!! 😊1 -
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
24.10 Mon 16°C 4.1km 34min
26.10 Wed 18°C 6.2km 50min
28.10 Fri 19°C 5.3km 45min
29.10 Sat 17°C 10.5km 92min
total: 99.98/80.5km (19.48km ahead)
WOOOH! I have no idea how, but I ran 10km without walking. Well, I had to stop for a minute because I could not cross a road due to traffic, and that somehow gave a lot of energy back. Originally I wanted to walk briefly after crossing that road, but this short break was enough to let me finish the run. Oh, and I'm bloody 20m short of running 100km this month, can you believe it!6
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