30 runs in 30 days - who's with us? (Page 28)

Cool! Nice job!  Good luck with your planned races and your training for them.

My calves will have noticeably more stiffness from a flat treadmill tempo session than with treadmill hills. And that's with equal time at effort, equal overall time running and efforts as comparable as I can tell using HR & RPE. Today they could handle going up a 6% hill at a faster pace (yes, pace) than the flats (though the rest of me sure was feeling it more on the hills).

I know do less but it is hard sometimes. I have run through several aches and pains during this streak and am hoping this one will fade over time. If I am still in as much pain after Sunday's long run I will dial it back for next week. I do not want to as I am training for a 50 mile ultra at the end of January and need the miles.

I love running in the cold!  Have never ran in below 35, but one of my most memorable runs was my Birthday run of 11 miles last year.  It was 37 degrees out and poring down rain, and I loved every step.  

Awesome to see you still continuing your streak bud.  

I finished 11 miles for my B-day run last night (my new annual tradition).  I run 11 miles on my B-day - it finishes at a Qdoba so I can get a big burrito, nachos and a beer.  I like my new tradition!  

Not streaking anymore, but with today's 4.5 miles I will be at 34 miles this week.  Last week was 30 miles. This is the most I have ever run, and I have the streak to thanks for getting me there.  

Have you considered spacing out the build-up days more? From what I can tell, you've done ~6 miles/day (painfully) the past week after the Ultra, then went right to an 8 and 12. What about dropping to ~30 min easy between each increase? Then fill those in a bit more to get yourself back where you want to be. As much as you need miles for the upcoming (longer) ultra, you need miles that you can handle easily to enhance the recovery. Once recovered, things will likely come back rather quickly.

Thought I'd share - I ran Friday evening down the footpaths and then along the sandy beach trail.  no calf pain at all.

Saturday I ran in Shepparton, just on the local streets of suburbia.  No calf pain.

Sunday I ran along the road and some grass and gravel in Shepparton - no calf pain.

My lunchtime runs are the only ones that cause pain.  So today's lunchtime run, instead of going around the park I shall run along the street, just 10mins one way and 10mins back again.  See how that goes.

Could it just be as simple as the running surface in the park causing so many issues!?  I will keep you posted.

If that's just what's bothering me, then the streak will continue beyond 30 days.

Day 28

This is the second day so far that a planned run day wouldn't have worked out if not for this streak.  I had a large dinner with a few beers with about 30 minutes of "digestion" time.  I decided that I really was not up for an 11pm run so I went out.

I am now debating the wisdom of that decision.

Yeah I did that Saturday, creamy pasta and a beer, then yikes gotta run before dark in this Australian country town not my home!  Done felt decidedly 'ungood'

Look ya'll.....here's my take on this, you do what you want.  No beer until the workout is done for the day....that's it.  It's a GOOD rule. 

I don't miss many beers, but I miss more beers than I do workouts, and that has suited me well for many years.  

I can't run after I've drank a few beers....maybe you are different, but I'm "pretty good at drinking beer" and I can't get it done.

I was feeling pretty good after the 8 Saturday which I why I went out 12 on Sunday, I actually went out for 14 but cut it short. I am going to give it one more week to get to feeling  better and if it does not then cut the milage back.

Day 63.

No, actually it'd be cool if you joined now.....30 more days for me will make 100, si it'd be good to have someone just starting to watch for as I do 30 more. 

Welcome!

Great!  Misery loves company as they say HA!

I'm so glad to have signed up for the challenge, it will be good to have accountability as I need to run more.  Will add a run to the end of tonight's TRX class.