1 year, 1000 miles (Page 12)

As you can see, I actually did 3.82 miles.  I ran for time instead of distance, tonight.  The pace here put my 5K time at 32:27.  My shins and ankles were hurting a bit more than usual tonight, so this number can easily be improved upon..
 

http://runkeeper.com/user/SpeedKnight/activity/149134296?&tripIdBase36=2gsgrc

EDIT:  I did some research using strava.com.  I used to use it to track my mileage, but I've since shifted to using RunKeeper for the "coaching" aspect.  I may start using the two in tandem.  Regardless, strava.com has my 5K PR at 31:39.  I hereby officially enter that as my baseline time for the "Improve by Two" challenge.

wgraves7582 - 2013-02-14 9:13 AM Been a tough week - my son's friend (16 y/o) passed away from cancer and we had wake/funeral Sunday/Monday and then our Maid of Honor passed yesterday from cancer as well with wake (sat/sun) and funeral (monday) coming up.  Those events along with a bronchial issue has sidelined me since Sunday and I am going to see how a run goes tonight after basketball practice to get going again.  Good thing this is only 1 week of 52 that I blew away

Ummm wow. I'm really sorry. Tough week. An acquaintance of ours went to the hospital with a bad cold. They removed a tumor, but that acted like fuel on the fire. It's blew up and there is nothing they can do. Don't worry about the miles, just try to keep your head clear.

wgraves7582 - 2013-02-14 10:13 AM Been a tough week - my son's friend (16 y/o) passed away from cancer and we had wake/funeral Sunday/Monday and then our Maid of Honor passed yesterday from cancer as well with wake (sat/sun) and funeral (monday) coming up.  Those events along with a bronchial issue has sidelined me since Sunday and I am going to see how a run goes tonight after basketball practice to get going again.  Good thing this is only 1 week of 52 that I blew away

I'm sorry, Bill. That is a rough week. I hope your son is handling the loss well enough.

Week five of being "sick." I am so tired of coughing up junk. I want this to be over.

I am better, however, so I went ahead and did my 10 mile trail run on Saturday. I ran for the first time since then last night, and it was painful, but I am going to try to get back out there this afternoon for a few more miles. I am way, way, way behind on my goals. It's very disappointing, but it always seems to happen this time of year. I get some kind of lung/sinus thing that knocks me down for weeks.

Oh, and Happy Valentine's Day, or as my 17 year old son calls it, "Happy Singles Awareness Day."

wgraves7582 - 2013-02-14 11:13 AM Been a tough week - my son's friend (16 y/o) passed away from cancer and we had wake/funeral Sunday/Monday and then our Maid of Honor passed yesterday from cancer as well with wake (sat/sun) and funeral (monday) coming up.  Those events along with a bronchial issue has sidelined me since Sunday and I am going to see how a run goes tonight after basketball practice to get going again.  Good thing this is only 1 week of 52 that I blew away

My condolences

wgraves7582 - 2013-02-14 8:13 AM Been a tough week - my son's friend (16 y/o) passed away from cancer and we had wake/funeral Sunday/Monday and then our Maid of Honor passed yesterday from cancer as well with wake (sat/sun) and funeral (monday) coming up.  Those events along with a bronchial issue has sidelined me since Sunday and I am going to see how a run goes tonight after basketball practice to get going again.  Good thing this is only 1 week of 52 that I blew away

man, sorry to hear that.  Enjoy every day.

wgraves7582 - 2013-02-14 11:13 AM Been a tough week - my son's friend (16 y/o) passed away from cancer and we had wake/funeral Sunday/Monday and then our Maid of Honor passed yesterday from cancer as well with wake (sat/sun) and funeral (monday) coming up.  Those events along with a bronchial issue has sidelined me since Sunday and I am going to see how a run goes tonight after basketball practice to get going again.  Good thing this is only 1 week of 52 that I blew away

Condolences from both Pink and KWDreamun.  I'm so sorry.  Hug your son.

KansasMom, so sorry that you have been sick for so long!  Hope you feel better soon.

I've done very infrequent, slow, ez runs since the mary.  I'll take it ez thru the weekend and then try to pick up some speedwork next week.  There is a 10K that I'd like to do in a few weeks but I'll only sign up if I can do the distance in something faster than my current slow pace.  It still won't be fast but it needs to be an honest attempt at more speed.

I fear I may need to lay off for Friday and Saturday and make up for the 2 lost days on Sunday.  Today's 4.77mi was a tad painful.  We'll see what Saturday feels like during the day.

My run.  This brings me to within 30.65 of that blasted rabbit.  Damn him for still running when I couldn't!

Has he been tested for PEDS?

Bugs doesn't know what you are talking about

As of this morning i am 15 miles behind that darm pace bunny.  Been using the weather as an excuse but you know what they say about excuses.  They are like _____ and everone has one! Seeing what Bill is going through my excuse is a really poor one!

Going to do my best to get 7 miles in today and make it a point to catch that darn pace bunny by the end of next week.

SUB 20 min 5K sounds like a great goal.  I have not ran a official 5k race in years but I am pretty sure I can run a 24 min 5k.  Looks like I have some work.  There is a local 5K in September that I might make my target race to reach this goal.

skipg - 2013-02-17 3:19 AM Taking a week or so off to hopefully rest up this leg issue I have going on. Not happy about it but I think it's the smart thing to do.

No internet challenge is worth an injury, that's for sure!  Take you time, rest/heal up, and get back at it when you can.  I just took some time off for my calf/foot.  I'm back running again, but at a very low volume.  I've personally decided to go with a run/walk interval for a while here.  So far so good, but that bunny sure is getting small in the distance! 

According to my calculations, I should catch him sometime in September if all goes well.  And if not, then I probably won't.  That's OK too...

Yes, folks, it's true.  I am officially as bad a$$ as I think I am... Today, I ran 10.11 miles in less than 2 hours, at a pace that had me on par to have run a half marathon in 2:14:03!!!!  During this run, I was at 31:05 at the 5K mark (PR) and 1:03:31 at the 10K mark (PR) AND I've never run more than 8.1 miles at a shot before. 
Basically, that's my longest run ever, a PR 5K, and a PR 10K (BW, that's my 3rd 10K PR in 2 weeks) all in less than 2 hours.  "Operation Breezy Point Domination" is coming along rather nicely!! 

Now, I did take Friday off due to having duty, and I took Saturday off because I've been having more pain than usual on my runs.  I felt great today, so I headed out.  The original goal was to get the 2.74mi from Friday matched, then the 2.74 from Saturday, and today's 2.74.  At mile 8.5 (which was .3 miles past matching 3 days of bunny motion), I found myself 1.2 miles from home.  I figured that 9.7mi was a silly number, so I pushed to 10.  I over guestimated .3mi by .11.  lol  In the end, that blasted rabbit is less than 30mi away.  I think I might be able to catch him before February ends; I'll be in front of him by my 38th birthday on 28Mar13!

I just want to give a big thank you for this whole group. I know i would have quit by now. But knowing that there are other people out there going along with this little challenge and checking in is keeping me going. I'll post more later but let me once again just give a big:

THANK YOU

In other news I've added one additional column to our database. It gives you an update of how many miles you need to run per day to meet your goal. Something I wanted to check. If you don't want to see it for your data simply delete the appropriate cell in your row. 

I copied the spreadsheet to my own computer, narrowed it to just me and that blasted flop-eared rodent, then added that very column.  I guess great minds think alike!

Great job guys!

I'm pretty happy too. I wasted my days off and thought I was only going to get 6 this week.... but I ran 3x4 when I got off. I work 12s and NEVER do anything on shift. I won't get up early, and I can't go to sleep after a workout.... but it was not too bad and I got 18 this week... it just really made me mad thinking that bunny was going to take another big chunk out of me. I'm holding the deficit I started with... as soon as the weather turns... it's on.

And I'm happy my fitness is coming back too. I still think I'm slow and tired, but everytime I check the pace I'm doing much better than I think. Back to my old normal times... now I just need to start tacking on som emore miles. The numbers on the scale are going the right direction too. Amazing what happens when you get off the couch.

Sounds like a great day for you and you hope for the bunny made me smile.  

That rascally rabbit passed my yesterday morning, but I got back by him after my treadmill run.  I was going to gap him today some, but did some work on my mtn bike and then took it out instead.  

Guess I will wake up behind that silly bunny tomorrow (he always seems to run really early in the morning) and see if I can leap frog him and get some distance again.