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2014-04-03 5:53 AM
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Day 3 - 2.25 miles during sunrise



2014-04-03 11:02 AM
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Day 862, 10.6 miles.
2014-04-03 12:15 PM
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2014-04-03 8:32 PM
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Wednesday - #248 - 2 miles
Thursday - #249 - 4 miles tempo run


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2014-04-03 10:21 PM
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#529- 3 mi recovery.
#530- 4 mi progression after 1 hour swim, before 1:15 on bike with two tough 2 x 20 intervals. I am beat.
2014-04-04 7:23 AM
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#47 - 3.3 miles. Excited to run at 7 tomorrow instead of 5.


2014-04-04 10:40 AM
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Day 863, 6.6 miles.
2014-04-04 1:23 PM
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Day 4 - 2.25 miles

2014-04-05 10:02 AM
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Day 864, 10.1 miles.
2014-04-05 6:28 PM
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#531 - very easy paced 5 mi after 2500yd straight swim

#532- 4.2 mi. This workout did not go as planned. I wanted to do 8 x 800. It was really windy today. I was out on my bike for 90 minutes getting blown around by 20 -25 mph winds, gusting 30+, and decided I was done outside and was going to run on the treadmill.

I got through 4 800s. I wanted to push them hard, but just didn't have much in my legs for fast running today. I actually jumped off of the treadmill because at the end of the 4th interval I was too tired and couldn't summon the coordination to slow it down while running.

2014-04-05 6:43 PM
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#47 - 3.3 miles. Excited to run at 7 tomorrow instead of 5.


I don't know how you do it. I used to run by necessity last summer early morning and I hated it. Before that I used to be up at 4:40 to be at the pool by 5:30. And I don't know how I did it. I hate getting up early to train, and only do it by absolute necessity.

I know you have your dog, but if I HAD to let a dog out early, I'd be standing by the door in my robe yelling at them to hurry up.

Even when I have to run early, I am far from fresh and ready to go. I usually will do 2 x 1 mile loops around the house just to wake up, and be close to the house since I usually have to run back in to "clear out my system."

And not that I prefer it, but I handle a 10pm run better than a 5 am run. Though this streak has me nervous to save my run for so late in the day, because what if something happens? Its not like I can "just run later."

Anyhow, good luck to you with those early runs, I am just glad its not me!!


2014-04-06 11:18 AM
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#533- 11 mi progression, last hard run before HM next weekend. Average 7:12 mi/mi. Looking to do sub 1:30 (6:52 mi/mi), and will probably pace around 6:45 mi/mi.

Todays run splits were 8:11 7:55 7:34 7:33 7:31 7:16 7:02 6:49 6:43 6:35 6:01.

I should be close. I guess it will come down to race day conditions and how I feel.

Also, call me crazy, I am about to pull the trigger on registering for the JFK 50 miler. I have to register in the next few days to get my application in as " A standard" and likely get a spot. It is only 3 weeks after my first NYC marathon so I am not sure about my recovery since I plan to race NY hard. Doable?
2014-04-06 11:26 AM
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#533- 11 mi progression, last hard run before HM next weekend. Average 7:12 mi/mi. Looking to do sub 1:30 (6:52 mi/mi), and will probably pace around 6:45 mi/mi.

Todays run splits were 8:11 7:55 7:34 7:33 7:31 7:16 7:02 6:49 6:43 6:35 6:01.

I should be close. I guess it will come down to race day conditions and how I feel.

Also, call me crazy, I am about to pull the trigger on registering for the JFK 50 miler. I have to register in the next few days to get my application in as " A standard" and likely get a spot. It is only 3 weeks after my first NYC marathon so I am not sure about my recovery since I plan to race NY hard. Doable?


Nice run today and good luck on that half next week, you will smoke it. Yes it is very doable, you have a great base built by running every day like you have been. You have trained your body to go when it does not want to. Just do some easy pace runs after the marathon and consider the marathon a tempo run for the 50 miler.
2014-04-06 11:29 AM
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Day 865, 14.6 miles. 73.6 miles for the week now it is time to taper before Boston. I would've gone further today but I have 16 miles to run Wednesday for the One Run For Boston Relay.

If anyone would like to donate to this here is a link to my page.100% of the money raised goes to the victims of the bombings. As a group we are trying to raise 1 million dollars and are approaching 350K right now. Thanks.


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2014-04-06 4:08 PM
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missed a run yesterday so i guess today i'm starting over.  volunteered at a race, and when i went to leave i was parked in!  took 2 hours to find the owner and free my car, and had to rush home, shower, and rush to DC for a concert.  a run was NOT happening.  for you few-hundred streakers - do you just not have stupid things happen to you?  i had left a nice 3 hour window to get the run done and this JERK just ruined it!  i'm not sure how i could have run - at least not without breaking plans i made with one of my oldest childhood friends a long time ago, and i don't really consider that OK....

 

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2014-04-06 6:16 PM
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missed a run yesterday so i guess today i'm starting over.  volunteered at a race, and when i went to leave i was parked in!  took 2 hours to find the owner and free my car, and had to rush home, shower, and rush to DC for a concert.  a run was NOT happening.  for you few-hundred streakers - do you just not have stupid things happen to you?  i had left a nice 3 hour window to get the run done and this JERK just ruined it!  i'm not sure how i could have run - at least not without breaking plans i made with one of my oldest childhood friends a long time ago, and i don't really consider that OK....

 

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If I was in that situation I would have gone for at least a mile run while I was parked in regardless of what I was wearing. I have run in blue jeans before because stuff came up and I had to get my run in and there would not have been any other time to do it. This has happened twice early in the streak, now if I know I have plans in the evening I will get up at whatever time I need to in the morning to run. I have gotten up as early as 1 am to get a long run in before work because I knew I could not do it after work.

Keep at it, you were not far into the streak so starting over now is not that bad.


2014-04-07 7:31 AM
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Originally posted by mehaner

missed a run yesterday so i guess today i'm starting over.  volunteered at a race, and when i went to leave i was parked in!  took 2 hours to find the owner and free my car, and had to rush home, shower, and rush to DC for a concert.  a run was NOT happening.  for you few-hundred streakers - do you just not have stupid things happen to you?  i had left a nice 3 hour window to get the run done and this JERK just ruined it!  i'm not sure how i could have run - at least not without breaking plans i made with one of my oldest childhood friends a long time ago, and i don't really consider that OK....

 

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Similar to what Ron (navbtcret) said, I have run at 1:00AM in the morning to get my daily run in before, although I didn't get up early to do it...I stayed up late instead. I guess my extreme situation during the streak was on January 1. I traveled out to California with a bunch of friends to watch my beloved Michigan State football team in the Rose Bowl. We all *love* to tailgate, so our plan was to be at the Rose Bowl Stadium by about 4:30AM California time, but of course the night before was New Year's Eve and we of course stayed out having a few too many "refreshments". I meant to get up and run real quick before we departed, but 3:00AM came pretty quick when we didn't get back until just after midnight. Anyway, I had a sudden bout of panic because I didn't want it to end, but was worried about whether I'd be in any condition to run *after* drinking all day for the game and hopefully celebrating after a win. Sooo...as we got everything ready, I threw on running clothes. We drove out to the Rose Bowl, and I went running on USC's campus as my friends started their tailgating. They all thought I was crazy, but...I had a streak to maintain. Point being, there are ways to get it in.

Friday - #250 - 4 miles
Saturday - #251 - 2 miles
Sunday - #252 - 4 miles outside...trying to get adjusted to running outdoors again. Refreshing yet a tough change since I seem to have lost most of my ability to pace myself!
2014-04-07 9:42 AM
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I am still here, was on vacation last week and just need to update my logs and see where I am.
Still working through a hamstring pull.

I find by running first thing in the morning, there is less of a chance that life will get in the way.
2014-04-07 9:59 AM
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Day 866, 6.2 miles.
2014-04-07 10:36 AM
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#48 - 4.8 (I only just noticed that nice symmetry)
#49 - pi
#50 - 2.6

Originally posted by ImSore
I don't know how you do it. I used to run by necessity last summer early morning and I hated it. Before that I used to be up at 4:40 to be at the pool by 5:30. And I don't know how I did it. I hate getting up early to train, and only do it by absolute necessity.

I know you have your dog, but if I HAD to let a dog out early, I'd be standing by the door in my robe yelling at them to hurry up.

Even when I have to run early, I am far from fresh and ready to go. I usually will do 2 x 1 mile loops around the house just to wake up, and be close to the house since I usually have to run back in to "clear out my system."

And not that I prefer it, but I handle a 10pm run better than a 5 am run. Though this streak has me nervous to save my run for so late in the day, because what if something happens? Its not like I can "just run later."

Anyhow, good luck to you with those early runs, I am just glad its not me!!


Doing it every day makes doing it every day easier. Five days a week: alarm, snooze, alarm, coffee, poop, run, shower, breakfast, commute. One of these days, I'll get a video of the dog's pre-run song and dance. Her excitement makes getting out the door much easier.

I'm definitely faster later in the day, but I haven't experimented to see if that's a factor of hydration, nutrition, or time of day.

Originally posted by mehaner
missed a run yesterday so i guess today i'm starting over. volunteered at a race, and when i went to leave i was parked in! took 2 hours to find the owner and free my car, and had to rush home, shower, and rush to DC for a concert. a run was NOT happening. for you few-hundred streakers - do you just not have stupid things happen to you? i had left a nice 3 hour window to get the run done and this JERK just ruined it! i'm not sure how i could have run - at least not without breaking plans i made with one of my oldest childhood friends a long time ago, and i don't really consider that OK....


That SUCKS! I had a bout of food poisoning at 9 days that forced me to start over in February. I have run drunken miles during football season to keep a streak going, and those can actually be kind of fun.

There is a work-around you might use in a pinch; the group can rule as to its relative shadiness, but it's your streak:
Define the day as the time between two sleeps, which means it's legal to bust out a 2 am mile to keep the streak alive (but you can't count it for both days).

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2014-04-07 11:21 AM
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missed a run yesterday so i guess today i'm starting over.  volunteered at a race, and when i went to leave i was parked in!  took 2 hours to find the owner and free my car, and had to rush home, shower, and rush to DC for a concert.  a run was NOT happening.  for you few-hundred streakers - do you just not have stupid things happen to you?  i had left a nice 3 hour window to get the run done and this JERK just ruined it!  i'm not sure how i could have run - at least not without breaking plans i made with one of my oldest childhood friends a long time ago, and i don't really consider that OK....

 

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#534- 3 mi recovery.

It would be far easier to break the streak a few days in, but now I probably would just run, in anything, and anywhere if I had to keep the streak. I don't see the current streak ending unless it will have a significant impact on my health because of injury or illness. And hopefully neither come up.

I've run no less than 2 miles so far, but would do 1 mile to keep the official streak if needed. And I feel that I can fit in a mile just about anywhere.

The biggest challenge I had was when I went to China for two and a half weeks last year. First I had to deal with the travel. I flew out of Newark NJ and had a stopover in Chicago for a night. I ran before I left for the airport here, and then when I woke up in Chicago in the morning before my flight and ran there. The only problem was that I was under the impression that since I was staying a night, that I would get my luggage and have to check in again. Well, that didn't happen, so I ran in the clothes that I would be flying in for the next 12 or so hours. I ran 2 miles really slow, trying really hard not to break a sweat.

Also on the way back, I literally ran back to the house where I was staying, took a 5 minute shower, and then got to the airport. I took a direct flight, and ran when I got home. My biggest challenge was working out the time difference. It was 12 hours. So I concluded, that to not feel like I was cheating in any way, I kept track of time both here, and in China and had to run in "both days." Sometimes I had to run twice a day just in case something came up. I pretty much just went for a run whenever I had time. It was actually nice. I carried a backpack pretty much wherever I went and had my gear with me, and I did get a chance to travel around the country a bit. I got some fun mountain runs in and ran through all sorts of rural towns. The cities were not as fun to run in due to the traffic and the pollution, but I still got to see a good deal of the country.


2014-04-08 10:27 AM
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Day 867, 8.2 mile progressive run with some strides thrown in for fun.
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experienced streakers - at what point in the streak does the running become less boring?  i'm not too far in and its already easier (since i am forcing myself to stick to shorter runs to maintain similar weekly volume) but it's still RUNNING.  blah.  is it one of those "3 weeks to make a habit" things?

2014-04-08 11:36 AM
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experienced streakers - at what point in the streak does the running become less boring?  i'm not too far in and its already easier (since i am forcing myself to stick to shorter runs to maintain similar weekly volume) but it's still RUNNING.  blah.  is it one of those "3 weeks to make a habit" things?




Only time I find running boring is when I am on a TM. Just enjoy being outside.
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Originally posted by mehaner

experienced streakers - at what point in the streak does the running become less boring?  i'm not too far in and its already easier (since i am forcing myself to stick to shorter runs to maintain similar weekly volume) but it's still RUNNING.  blah.  is it one of those "3 weeks to make a habit" things?




It's always still running. You have to squeeze all the variety out of it that you can. Vary your routes. Run the cart path at the golf course. Download audiobooks from the public library. Do a fartlek. Run with a friend. Borrow a dog.
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