The Running Thread - 2018

[kleph]

April totals:
Total Miles: 82.1
Total Time: 13:02:40
Average Pace: 9:32 min/mile

 

[FredtheDuck]

ATTQOTD:

April Miles: 97.82.
April Time: 19:07:05

A couple of missed runs and a couple cut short for time. Should have been closer to 110 miles. Not my best month from a consistency standpoint but I have to work with the time I've got.

 

[FFigawi]

QOTD: Its the end of the month and time to post your monthly mileage for todays QOTD.

Bike: 406 miles, 13228 feet of climbing
Run: 16 miles

 

[jmasgat]

120 miles for me for April. Sort of doing the BAA 10k plan (not for that race) just to keep focused, but generally only running 4-5 days a week. Might do a 5k this weekend as a closer.

What I really need to do is bike. I have one month to prepare for my cycling trip, and while I am fit, I would like to be more bike fit.

 

[Slogger]

Getting stronger but long way to go. Increased mileage 13% over March.

April totals: 150.6 miles
Avg. Pace 9:48 per mile
Time: 24 hours, 36 minutes

 

[sourire]

ATTQOTD: April Totals:
Run: 22.5 mi (Feels quite odd to go from near 100 miles last month, to what's been the fewest since, I dunno, Dec 2016?)
Swim: 9000 m (5.5 miles-ish)
Plus yoga and some hiking

Still taking it easy with my foot/ankle (gardening) injury. Really missing the running, but let's keep it positive and say that I am happy with my swimming progress over the last few weeks. Also, I was able to visit some friends and hike in the Shenandoah's over the weekend, and the foot/ankle felt pretty good, so yay for that! Hope to be back out there soon!

Also congrats to everyone who raced this past weekend! Always love reading the race recaps, and you all continue to inspire me, so thank you!

 

[flav]

ATTQOTD
April 2018 distance: 163km (101 miles)
Average pace: 6’43” per km (10min49s per mile)

That is the longest distance ran in a month for me too! There was no tapering and no recovery in April. Weather was decent for running. The distance (longer) and pace (slower) are easily explained by the fact that I was running my training plan for the May Challenge and my daughter training plan as well (with her).

 

[KSellers88]

Posted a detailed race recap in my journal (here), but here's a short one. I ran the Rock n' Roll Nashville Half on Saturday. The weather was perfect and I absolutely loved the course. My goal was a sub 1:50 and I hit it with a PR of 1:48:37! (Previous PR of 1:56:04). Congrats to everyone who raced this weekend, I'll catch back up with the QOTDs tomorrow. I was only at work for a few hours this morning because it is our Employee Appreciation Week and we got to go zip lining!

 

[OldSlowGoofyGuy]

April Totals:

147.88 miles
9:36 per mile average

 

[AZMermaid]

I’m so behind! I fell off running the last ten days between a trip to Disneyland and being at the AZ Capital on my feet every day. But today I ran a coup,e and still felt good and averaged a 10:05 which is great for me.

 

[camaker]

I haven’t seen this mentioned yet, but if anyone is interested the lottery for the London Marathon is open for entry this week.

 

[Sailormoon2]

I'm so bummed. I can't get Garmin Connect to load at all, so no April stats, and I've been laid up a week now with a slipped disk, and I was doing so well in my training.

 

[Smilelea]

April Totals

Miles: 43.8 - started a new plan as well as reduced number of days due to crazy work schedule so this is definitely down from previous month

I'm too lazy to figure up the rest at the moment.

 

[avondale]

April Stats

Running miles: 117.0 mi, up quite a bit compared to March, since no taper/race/recovery.
Tennis hours: 13 hr, down quite a bit from March since we had a bit of a gap between league seasons.

 

[PaDisneyCouple]

@LSUlakes :
Star Wars Dark Side results:
PaDisneyCouple (Mr) 10k: 1:06
PaDisneyCouple (Mr) Half: 2:15

Pleased with both, as it was 30-40 degrees hotter than what I'd trained in.

And proud to report:
PaDisneyCouple (Mrs) Half: 3:28

 

[jele30]

April stats: 59.62 miles
Pace: 9:53 per mile average

Best month yet, but still need consistency now that I’ve been doing more outdoor runs vs. treadmill.

 

[beatlecat42]

Did the National Women's 8k this weekend; it was an inaugural event, but I think they did pretty well. One of the nicest courses I've done -- it was all in Potomac Park, so there was really nice shade throughout, it was really pretty, and the road didn't have all the potholes and banking I'm (sadly) used to. And because I was doing the 8k at the same time as the half marathon, it was a nice feeling to not be finishing dead last, so there was still stuff happening at the finish. I think the post-race options could have been improved (also, I wanted to shoot fire at everyone taking multiples of all of the post-race food/drinks, including people who hadn't done the race, particularly the woman in front of me who was filling up her boyfriend's backpack with the fruit/granola bars/etc. As someone who is routinely among the last to finish, it's really disheartening to find empty food tables and no water/gatorade when you desperately need something. These people suck. Don't be one of those people.)

Anyway. The medal was lovely, the course was nice, it was overall a nice time, although there was definitely room for improvement. A bit colder than I'd have liked, and super-windy to boot, but I didn't envy the half marathoners doing miles 11-13 in full sun. The long walk to/from the car was a bit rough, too, as was the early start from b'more, but that's the limitations of doing something in DC...

Personally, I did all right -- still quite a bit slower than I was at this time last year, which is frustrating, but I couldn't push it any faster than I did, my foot is still quite sore today. Hoping the orthopedist can give me some hope for the future when I see her on Wednesday.

Questions:

- Warmup: usually walking to the start, probably not enough...
- Cool-down: definitely not enough; slow walk (or sometimes limp...) to the car/home. After the long distances, about 20 minutes after finishing, all I want to do is eat/shower/sleep, and it takes all the willpower in the world to not be doing all 3 at once.
- Queue: love the Tower of Terror pre-show and Haunted Mansion queue (that's all my favorite aesthetic to begin with), and even though it's not a "ride" I enjoy the queue/preshow for the Muppets 3d.
- Stats for April: no totals, I haven't been tracking since I'm not back on any sort of regular routine yet.

I did realize today, though, that teaching in a preschool classroom and having to circulate amongst the students in their tiny seats totally replaces the need for a squats workout. Oof.

 

[McNs]

April was a solid month full of training for my half this weekend.

195km/121mi (couldn't quite crack 200km)
5:07 per km/8:15 per mi
2128m/6981ft climbed

 

[JulieODC]

Did the National Women's 8k this weekend; it was an inaugural event, but I think they did pretty well. One of the nicest courses I've done -- it was all in Potomac Park, so there was really nice shade throughout, it was really pretty, and the road didn't have all the potholes and banking I'm (sadly) used to. And because I was doing the 8k at the same time as the half marathon, it was a nice feeling to not be finishing dead last, so there was still stuff happening at the finish. I think the post-race options could have been improved (also, I wanted to shoot fire at everyone taking multiples of all of the post-race food/drinks, including people who hadn't done the race, particularly the woman in front of me who was filling up her boyfriend's backpack with the fruit/granola bars/etc. As someone who is routinely among the last to finish, it's really disheartening to find empty food tables and no water/gatorade when you desperately need something. These people suck. Don't be one of those people.)

Anyway. The medal was lovely, the course was nice, it was overall a nice time, although there was definitely room for improvement. A bit colder than I'd have liked, and super-windy to boot, but I didn't envy the half marathoners doing miles 11-13 in full sun. The long walk to/from the car was a bit rough, too, as was the early start from b'more, but that's the limitations of doing something in DC...

Personally, I did all right -- still quite a bit slower than I was at this time last year, which is frustrating, but I couldn't push it any faster than I did, my foot is still quite sore today. Hoping the orthopedist can give me some hope for the future when I see her on Wednesday.

Questions:

- Warmup: usually walking to the start, probably not enough...
- Cool-down: definitely not enough; slow walk (or sometimes limp...) to the car/home. After the long distances, about 20 minutes after finishing, all I want to do is eat/shower/sleep, and it takes all the willpower in the world to not be doing all 3 at once.
- Queue: love the Tower of Terror pre-show and Haunted Mansion queue (that's all my favorite aesthetic to begin with), and even though it's not a "ride" I enjoy the queue/preshow for the Muppets 3d.
- Stats for April: no totals, I haven't been tracking since I'm not back on any sort of regular routine yet.

I did realize today, though, that teaching in a preschool classroom and having to circulate amongst the students in their tiny seats totally replaces the need for a squats workout. Oof.

Thanks for your review on this race - it’s on my radar for the future (though the cherry blossom 10 miler and gw parkway 10 miler are also on the list - and around the same time!)

 

[Waiting2goback]