The Running Thread—2023

[kps7795]

Nope that's the first in the series! And I wouldn't even call it an "A" race, given that I'm not gunning for a certain time. Covering a marathon distance should always be countable as an "A" goal in my book, so I guess it does count. I have a bunch of halfs lined up after Chicago: Philadelphia in November, Disneyland in January, Princess in February. None of them are time goals though, I'm trying to take a mental break.

As I love hearing at runDisney events, just try to PR in fun!

 

[huskies90]

June Miles = 112

I was planning to run today but the smoke is back in CT. And with an AQI of 158, that is enough for me to cancel. It was tough to get my 100 miles in between several other conflicting events and the air quality issues. I did run once on the dreadmill during the first bad stretch of smoke earlier this month.

In July I start training for NYC.

January Miles = 113
February Miles = 113
March Miles = 116
April Miles = 115
May Miles = 123

2023 Total = 692

 

[WillRunForPizza]

June 2023
Running distance: 139.1 miles
Running time: 23h 36m
Strength training: 5h 1m
Core: 39m
Yoga/Pilates: 1h 50m
Biking: 28m
Total training time: 31h 35m

 

[NYC_MW]

June running:
Miles: 66.8
Time: 12:58:26

YTD:
Miles: 511.2
Time: 90:38:29

 

[GreatLakes]

Garmin people, don't forget about the second challenge in the 100 Years of Magic series:

 

[jmasgat]

Garmin people, don't forget about the second challenge in the 100 Years of Magic series:

Got my first day done already courtesy of today's 9 miles. Doing 10k steps on non-run days will require some extra effort.

 

[pluto377]

No June miles to report but my ankle is finally feeling better so I ran for the first time since end of April today! Not a great run as I’m currently on vacation in NM and it’s hot as heck here plus elevation. Ankle feels good and I’m looking forward to getting back in my routine and hopefully improving as I go along!

 

[HangWithMerida]

June total: 100.3 miles
YTD: 652.4 miles

Not bad for taking a week off for vacation and dealing with this insane heat.

 

[flav]

Bananas:
Cilantro:
Treadmills:
Beets:

I never tried beets before running. I don’t think that I would like them very early in the morning. I would also be afraid that they could give me the runs (pun intended although not an elegant thought, sorry).

 

[gosalyn_mallard]

June running:
Miles = 78 miles
Pace = 10:41 min/mi
Avg length = 3.9 miles
Days per week = 4.4

Good running month for me with more frequent, but shorter runs.

 

[ckb_nc]

June
76 miles of running - ahead of pace here
Biking - 272 - a week of torrential rain and work really cut into riding.

 

[Bree]

Late to the party as usual

Bananas
Cilantro
Treadmill
Beets

I love beets roasted in the oven with olive oil, salt and pepper. Pickled beets are a favorite too.

June 2023 Totals
14.2 miles

I was cleared 6 weeks after surgery to start running again, but after an uncomfortable 2 mile run I took another week off. I ran 6 easy miles today comfortably so things are moving in the right direction. I’m supposed to start training for the New York Marathon this week, but I am severely lacking motivation

 

[OldSlowGoofyGuy]

Hey @garneska and @Disney at Heart and any other Peachtree folks: I'm in Time Group B, bro is in D, so I'll be dropping back to D. We are going to be slow, 1:17ish. We don't want Cardiac Hill to live up to its name.

At the finish, we'll hang out at the 'M' (for Mickey) balloon, then head to the ATC after-party.

Hope to see you and maybe meet some new DIS runners.

 

[garneska]

@OldSlowGoofyGuy i will start in E so I will try and catch you. I ran this morning with 72+68, at 7:20. It was a little rough. I should be starting about 10 minutes earlier on Tuesday. Not sure what my plans are except survive. I will try and find you at M. Bert is not running. He will be cheering with Whisky. I expect him on the left hand side just after you cross 12th st. The Lowe’s provides some good shade.

 

[princesspirateandrunner]

@OldSlowGoofyGuy, @garneska, @Disney at Heart, and other P’treers, DH and I will be there, and would love to try to find you. DH is in start wave C, and will be wearing his Captain America shirt, black Army shorts, and the new ATC member hat. He’ll go on to the member party when he’s finished. I’ll be in start wave H, and will be considerable slower than him, so I’ll be along to the party when I finish. I’m not sure what I’ll be wearing, but probably something InB. We hope we can see you there. Happy 4th!

 

[Disney at Heart]

@garneska @OldSlowGoofyGuy @princesspirateandrunner DH and I are in Wave G. I will be slow, maybe 1:20 with the heat and hills, and we have a start time 7:20, so I'll check M balloon to see if anyone's still there. If not, I will head to the Tavern. I'll be texting with DH to link up with him either at M balloon or Tavern. I'll wear blue tank, white skirt with a red sparkle over lay, bright blue shoes, and probably my ATL cap. Hope to see you all. I'll look for Bert on the road!

Saw on Facebook that "Puppet Runner" is in wave G and will be running In his patriotic chef's outfit with Remy. I see him at Disney races often.

 

[dis_or_dat]

April totals:
Miles: 53.87
Avg pace: 8:50
Took time off to try to heal before training then kept at slow 3 mile runs.

May totals:
Miles: 89
Avg pace: 8:25
Decided to try to get back to maintenance speed with short runs which went fine so tried my first 6 mi easy run in weeks and paid the price sitting on a plane later that day. Went on vacation and now started training in earnest for NY but with way reduced mileage and slow paces since I'm so deconditioned. Probably will try to get into PT as things haven't really gotten much better.

 

[Herding_Cats]

We are HALF WAY through this year already!

QOTD: remember when we made those goals back in January? How are those going for you? Have you needed to re evaluate and adjust them? Are you on track?

 

[kps7795]

June 2023 Totals
Running Distance: 65.89 miles
Running Time: 13:44:38
Traditional Strength Training Time: 14:52:14
Core Training: 3:28:16
HIIT: 2:00:54
Yoga/Pilates: 6:39:50
Biking: 1:16:00

 

[Naomeri]

ATTQOTD:
My 2023 Goals:
I want to get faster, so I’d like to add speed work into my training. I tried to add it to the current training plan, but ended up with achilles tendinitis and now I just need to focus on keeping up fitness for Princess.

Specific speed goals, in order from most to least likely:
get my half marathon under 3:00. PR is currently at 3:03:03
get my 5K under 35:00. PR is currently 35:59
get my 10K under 1:15. PR is currently 1:16:50
get my 10 Miler under 2:10. PR is currently 2:13:32

ATTQOTD:

Half Marathon PR —I did the MW Virtual Half in 2:57:28 (in single digit temps, I’d like to add)
5K PR —haven’t had a chance to do a 5K yet
10K PR —haven’t had a chance to a 10K yet
10 Miler PR—I haven’t run a 10 Miler yet, but in one of my training runs, I did shave ~2 minutes off my current PR time

At the moment, I’m just trying to survive the summer heat and humidity. I have the TC Loony challenge this fall and my goal is to be in shape to PR all 3 races (10K, 5K on Sept 30, 10 Miler on Oct 1)