The Running Thread - 2018

[CDKG]

July Miles: 114.3
2018 Miles: 637.5

July has been an uneventful month as far as training goes. I am in between half marathons (my last for 2018 is now exactly two weeks away) and marathon training doesn't begin until September. Speaking of...in July I registered for my first marathon!!! Looking ahead, training doesn't enter unknown territory for me until November, right after I return from vacation. I've spend most of 2018 building up to this, so I am optimistic!

 

[DopeyBadger]

@DopeyBadger: question on your T+D adjustments... do you adjust your goal race time for the T+D on race day? I know you go by feel (blind), but what are your race expectations at the beginning of the race based on the T+D?

I do adjust expectations based on the T+D. Once it gets to be about 24-48 hours out, I've got a reasonable idea what it will be. I consult the chart and recent training runs that were similar to the race (elevation, temp, and pace) to help shape my goals. Also depending on the race duration, I may pay more attention to the end temp than the beginning. One of the tricker things to account for is solar radiation since clouds can be so finicky. So my notes usually state whether it was cloudy or sunny for previous training runs.

 

[Olallamom]

ATTQOTD (Friday): I often sign up for runs with my youngest sister. We have great memories of running Disney runs plus many local half marathons. She was my training partner but sadly we both moved to different states so now I train alone.
My husband runs too but has a bad knee which limits how much and far. He will run the 1/2 with me when I do the Dopey in January

 

[JulieODC]

@Miranda - how did it go? Looks like the weather held out!!

 

[Miranda]

@Miranda - how did it go? Looks like the weather held out!!

It didn't rain until we were on the shuttle bus back to the parking lot, but it was SO humid and gross. Maybe the rain would have felt good? I don't know. There were a lot of hoses to run through and I poured a lot of cups of water on my head and down my bra. The air just felt thick and nasty! I was having a hard time keeping my HR down and my legs just didn't want to move. My friend and I had fun though and we made it in in 1:28 something... I had kinda wanted to beat my last summer 10K time of 1:21:xx (my PR is 1:13:xx) but with that weather I was just happy to be < 1:30. We walked a lot. My running buddy probably could have done better than me and I kept telling her to go on but we ran together the whole way.

I didn't see anyone famous! You arrive from the back of the corrals, so by the time we got there there were already 6000 people between us and the people in the front. The shuttle bus line was so long even though we were in the parking lot and in line not long after 6:45, by the time we got on one and they got us there, it was already 7:30 (and the line after us was huge, those people must have been late to the start) and then the walk from the shuttle bus drop off to the starting area was probably close to a mile. We got to the starting area at 7:45 and immediately got into portapotty lines and made it out just in time to hear the wheelchairs and elite women go off at 8:00.

It was a great race though and I'm looking forward to doing it next year again hopefully!

 

[JulieODC]

It didn't rain until we were on the shuttle bus back to the parking lot, but it was SO humid and gross. Maybe the rain would have felt good? I don't know. There were a lot of hoses to run through and I poured a lot of cups of water on my head and down my bra. The air just felt thick and nasty! I was having a hard time keeping my HR down and my legs just didn't want to move. My friend and I had fun though and we made it in in 1:28 something... I had kinda wanted to beat my last summer 10K time of 1:21:xx (my PR is 1:13:xx) but with that weather I was just happy to be < 1:30. We walked a lot. My running buddy probably could have done better than me and I kept telling her to go on but we ran together the whole way.

I didn't see anyone famous! You arrive from the back of the corrals, so by the time we got there there were already 6000 people between us and the people in the front. The shuttle bus line was so long even though we were in the parking lot and in line not long after 6:45, by the time we got on one and they got us there, it was already 7:30 (and the line after us was huge, those people must have been late to the start) and then the walk from the shuttle bus drop off to the starting area was probably close to a mile. We got to the starting area at 7:45 and immediately got into portapotty lines and made it out just in time to hear the wheelchairs and elite women go off at 8:00.

It was a great race though and I'm looking forward to doing it next year again hopefully!

Sounds like a good day! Hoping to possibly join you next year!!

 

[SarahDisney]

NYRR Manhattan 7 Mile Recap - Sunday, August 5th

My goal going into this race was to run the whole thing with no intervals. I knew it would be difficult and I'd have to go slow because the temperature was around 75* with full sun and high humidity. I was running faster than I should have been, but I made it through the first 2+ miles (walking one water stop), but then I started to feel sick, so I walked and ate some of my emergency fuel supply. Stopped to eat again in the next mile. I wound up doing my regular intervals starting about halfway through the race and eating a few jelly beans every mile. Managed to run the last 0.25 miles and crossed the finish line feeling okay, and got a bagel, water, apple, and an ice-cold rag after crossing the finish line. Didn't get my usual high five from Peter Ciaccia because I came in at a busy time and he was dealing with other people.

Despite not hitting the continuous running goal, I liked the race. It was a tough course, but a nice challenge, and as always, a great crowd and good crowd support. After the race they had a festival area with Italian Ices (Marino's, of course ... is Marino's a thing outside of NY?), photo ops, and post-race yoga.

I don't know that I'd do this race again because the weather was so brutal, which is not surprising for August. But I'd definitely recommend it for someone who is better at acclimating to heat and wants a challenging race.

Official Time: 1:29:36 ... so ahead of my time goal, which is better than nothing.

 

[Waiting2goback]

Fun Friday QOTD Running with friends or during a race with others a lot of interesting discussions or things can happen. Tell us about a run when you just had fun being out there. The type of day where it didn’t even feel like it was a running day, but just hanging out with friends.

ATTQOTD: I’ve actually had this happen a few times during group runs. Lots of laughs and the miles just flew by when we got lost and no one really cared as we were just having a good time.

Sorry I have been missing, I was camping last week and didn't feel like looking at my phone all week.

I normally run alone but I ran the 2016 WDW full with my friend Matt. It was his first marathon. What a great time. We still laugh about it now. He really started to struggle around mile 16 (there is a spot in my YouTube video where you can see his shoulders drop) and from that point on it was fun for me to help him get through. But coming out of WWOS he was really hurting and he just started rambling such nonsense I was belly laughing. He had no idea what he was saying at all. I got some of it on my GoPro footage. Until I ran that race I had always taken races so seriously that it was fun to do it another way.

 

[Waiting2goback]

 

[Capang]

To those of you that suggested white vinegar for stinky gym clothes a while back in the thread thank you!

At least I'm pretty sure it was this thread.

 

[LSUlakes]

QOTD: Todays question is a suggestion from a fellow poster and I thought a excellent one as well! When summer started I asked everyone about their goals for the summers. We are halfway through summer and wanted to know how things are going compared to what you stated in the link -----> https://www.disboards.com/threads/the-running-thread-2018.3655354/page-371#post-59378952

ATTQOTD: My goal at the time of that post was to run more than once a week. I fail short 2 weeks, but my last two weeks I've run 5 days each. So I would say I'm on track now but took a little longer than I wanted to get going.

 

[Miranda]

ATTQOTD: I'm pretty relieved to go back and review and see that I didn't answer the QOTD that day. I remember I made a lot of faces at my screen during that pizza discussion though for all the chain pizza places being mentioned.

 

[Capang]

ATTQOTD:

ATTQOTD:
1. Run at least 4x a week.
2. Run at least 4x while on vacay.
3. Have fun running.

1. Check.
2. Check. Got in 5 runs while away.
3. Check.

Hey I'm meeting my goals! I totally forgot about these so this just made my morning.

 

[GreatLakes]

QOTD: Todays question is a suggestion from a fellow poster and I thought a excellent one as well! When summer started I asked everyone about their goals for the summers. We are halfway through summer and wanted to know how things are going compared to what you stated in the link -----> https://www.disboards.com/threads/the-running-thread-2018.3655354/page-371#post-59378952

I could have sworn I answered that but apparently not. My goal was to get quicker in short races and place in my age group for the Wine & Dine 10K. Not sure about the second one yet but I'm not where I want to be speed wise for local races at this point. I have a plan that starts in a month for the 10K so it is more a late summer/early fall thing but I really need to step up my speed work. I'm starting to look into some new training plans for my general running but I'm digging into the science of it first.

 

[run.minnie.miles]

ATTQOTD: My goal was to build mileage over the summer and I'm doing it! After running 5 miles last week, I was terrified to think "Only 21.6 more..." but I have to stop thinking about that. Train. Train. Train. I have also been consistently getting in at least 30 min of exercise everyday, even if it's not running and I think that's been great for my body.

 

[TheHamm]

ATTQOTD: Happy Summer! My goals include (1) run a trail regularly-plan to negotiate that DH does daycare drop off so I can leave early & stop at a park on my way to the office (2) bump up from 3x/week to 4x/week (3)improve consistent pacing- I'm not sure how to do this without a treadmill, though (4)increase weekly miles. Thus far the most I have tracked has been 16 on my 10K training plan , and now that I am without a calendar I have been ~14. I would like to keep it up while I figure out what comes next. (5) Figure out what comes next- just be happy with what I can do now, go for a new 10K time, figure out how to become faster, determine if I can ever squeeze enough time out of the day to train for a half, something else

(1) So-so progress. I have had more tree time, but not regularly. And I cursed a lot in this morning's 100%RH, cut the run short, and decided I would prefer the A/C a treadmill offered.
(2) Also so-so. I have gotten 3 weeks of 4+ runs, but life happens so not all of the weeks. On average, I have had 3.5 runs/week since the post.
(3) Not really
(4) YES! But only 4 miles over 6 weeks, so less than I would have liked but more than before. I'm going to count this as a success because I did not set a target other than 'more.'
(5) YES! I did sign up for a half, and I have been increasing miles. I also told DH I will be running a 10K in September to see how I do in what I hope will be better conditions than my spring 10Ks.

New goal: I am going to accept that I need a more structured plan to complete that half in #5 than 'go!.' I have not yet done that for reasons that I cannot discern. Maybe knowing I will never follow it 100%? Perhaps it is time to pull out the "Muscle up, Buttercup" shirt.

 

[Dis5150]

ATTQOTD: To not get heat stroke?

Honestly, just asked @DopeyBadger for another plan so whatever he lays out for me will be my plans. Getting ready for marathon 4 of 5 on October 7th.

ATTQOTD: Well, I haven't had a heat stroke, so that is good. Sadly I am no longer training for marathon 4/5. Life happened and I was only able to get in 3 marathons this year. I still have some time left but it isn't looking good for the 5. Right now I am happy if I can get in 3 runs a week.

 

[huskies90]

QOTD: Todays question is a suggestion from a fellow poster and I thought a excellent one as well! When summer started I asked everyone about their goals for the summers. We are halfway through summer and wanted to know how things are going compared to what you stated in the link -----> https://www.disboards.com/threads/the-running-thread-2018.3655354/page-371#post-59378952

https://www.disboards.com/threads/the-running-thread-2018.3655354/page-371#post-59378952
ATTQOTD: My answer to the original question was "I love running in the summer so my goal is to just keep getting out there building miles like I have been doing in the warmer weather and enjoy the sun!!" Considering I got out 22 times and ran 184 miles in July, both the most I have ever done, I would say I have been staying on track with my summer goal.

 

[SarahDisney]

QOTD: Todays question is a suggestion from a fellow poster and I thought a excellent one as well! When summer started I asked everyone about their goals for the summers. We are halfway through summer and wanted to know how things are going compared to what you stated in the link -----> https://www.disboards.com/threads/the-running-thread-2018.3655354/page-371#post-59378952

So, here was my goal...

ATTQOTD: get back to where a was a few months ago mentally (physically I'm just going to stay where I am, because I'm fine, but mentally is a different story).

I'm somewhat back. Still not fully. But I don't know that I'll ever fully be back. At least not anytime soon. Sigh.

 

[Disney at Heart]

ATTQOTD: I didn't answer this one back then, but I've always tried to run at least 6 miles 4x per week all year long. I have missed a couple of runs and have not quite done the full mileage on long runs that I've had on my schedule every other week, but I've done enough to maintain fitness throughout the long, hot, humid days of summer, and have plenty of time to ramp back up before W&D and marathon weekend. Did 6.25 miles this morning at 11:23 pace. I'm getting slower and slower this summer, but still running!