Mega Running Update

So, I got a little behind on this, thankfully I have that trusty Garmin Forerunner! I love that thing. I also ran into a bit of a problem with that as the charger wouldn't charge it; I was nervous it was the watch that was shot. I called and didn't even really have to hassle around much; they sent me a new charger that took a few days to get. It was a little funny because when I got it and plugged it in, it didn't charge instantly and I took a deep nervous breath.. seconds later the charge caught. That's been the craziest experience that I can think of through all of this, except, of course the Grandma's Marathon which I'll blog about later. And the few "recovery" runs I've done since then.. you know the ones that you go really slow and feel like your hamstring is going to tear, shred, and or/pop every step?

Anyway.. are you ready for this?

Saturday, May 14^th: 11.48 miles in 1:38.10 (group run)
Sunday, May 15^th: 2.14 miles in 15:54
Monday, May 16^th: 8.12 miles in 59:50
Tuesday, May 17^th: 6.01 miles in 37:40
Wednesday, May 18^th: 3.06 miles in 23:04
Thursday, May 19^th: 7.01 miles in 50:03
Friday, May 20^th: 4.12 miles in 31:57
Week Total:  41.94 miles in 5 hours 16 minutes and 38 seconds

Saturday, May 21^st: 6.37 miles in 45:58
Sunday, May 22^nd: 2.2 miles in 15:58
Monday, May 23^rd: 4.15 miles in 30:37
Tuesday, May 24^th: 2.10 miles in 14:05
Wednesday, May 25^th: 2.21 miles in 14:02
Thursday, May 26^th: 5.38 miles in 36:42
Friday, May 27^th: 7.03 miles in 49:36
Week Total:  29.44 miles in 3 hours 26 minutes and 58 seconds

Saturday, May 28^th: 9.01 miles in 1:25.03 (group run)
Sunday, May 29^th: 3.88 miles in 30:01
Monday, May 30^th: 2.2 miles in 15:48
Tuesday, May 31^st: 4.1 miles in 28:07
Wednesday, June 1^st: 7 miles in 57:05
Thursday, June 2^nd: 2.15 miles in 13:38
Friday, June 3^rd: 6.13 miles in 44:13
Week Total:  34.47 miles in 4 hours 33 minutes and 55 seconds

Saturday, June 4^th: 10.88 miles in 1:37.36 (group run)
Sunday, June 5^th:  5.43 miles in 38:28
Monday, June 6^th:  2.12 miles in 15:47
Tuesday, June 7^th: 2.12 miles in 14:34
Wednesday, June 8^th: 2.19 miles in 15:28
Thursday, June 9^th:  2.19 miles in 15:50
Friday, June 10^th: 2.24 miles in 16:14
Week Total: 27.17 miles in 3 hours 33 minutes and 57 seconds

Saturday, June 11^th: 2 miles in 20 (WALLEYE RUN)
Sunday, June 12^th: 5.23 miles in 36:36
Monday, June 13^th:  4.25 miles in 29:05
Tuesday, June 14^th:  2.15 miles in 15:46
Wednesday, June 15^th:  3.05 miles in 23:59
Thursday, June 16^th:  1.10 miles in 8:10
Friday, June 17^th: 4.14 miles in 32:06
Week total: 21.92 miles in 2 hours 45 minutes and 42 seconds

Saturday, June 18^th: 26.39 miles in 3:27.21 (7:22, 7:03, 7:10, 7:05, 7:16, 7:42, 7:08, 7:19, 7:17, 6:58, 7:23, 7:18, 7:10, 7:38, 7:14, 7:15, 7:35, 7:33, 7:55, 9:41, 8:05, 8:50, 8:59, 9:04, 9:34, 9:23, and .31 in 2:52)
Sunday, June 19^th:  1.01 miles in 9:02
Monday, June 20^th: 1.08 miles in 9:16
Tuesday, June 21^st:  1.08 miles in 9:19
Wednesday, June 22^nd:  1 mile in 8:58
Thursday, June 23^rd: 1.06 miles in 9:04
Friday, June 24^th: 1.08 miles in 9:04
Week Total:  32.7 miles in 4 hours 22 minutes and 4 seconds

Saturday, June 25^th: 1.15 miles in 9:08
Sunday, June 26^th: 4.01 miles in 30:57
Monday, June 27^th: 2.15 miles 17:52
Tuesday, June 28^th: 1 mile in cargo shorts in about 8:30
Wednesday, June 29^th: 2 miles in 13:52
Thursday, June 30^th: 1 mile in 7:50
Friday, July 1^st: 2.36 miles in 17:06
Week Total:  13.67 miles in 1 hour 45 minutes and 15 seconds

Total mileage in these 49 days: 201.31
Total time in these 49 days: 25 hours 2 minutes and 29 secondsPace: 7:27/mile

Total mileage from start: 422.22 miles
Total time from start: 52 hours, 2 minutes and 22 seconds
Pace: 7:23/mile

Goals:
Finish at 7:20/mile or less
Add 2 more marathons
Get better at blogging about this
Not get hurt

Oops.. 365 Day Challenge Late Update

Day 15 (April 16):  10.73 miles in 1h 45min (I'm going to assume this was a Saturday group run)
Day 16: 6.51 miles in 50:31
Day 17: 2.12 miles in 19:30 (Must have been a run with Kayla :))
Day 18: 3 miles in 18:14 and 2.11 in 16:51
Day 19: 2.20 miles in 15:40
Day 20: 3.88 miles in 25:28
Day 21: 2.24 miles in 15:51
Week 3: 32.97 miles in 4 hours 27 minutes and 05 seconds

Day 22 (April 23):15.05 miles in 1:53
Day 23: 2.10 miles in 15:39
Day 24: 2.13 miles in 15:17
Day 25: 5.01 miles in 37:22
Day 26: 5.83 miles in 42:10
Day 27: 2.13 miles in 15:50
Day 28 (April 29): 5.01 miles in 36:55
Week 4: 37.26 miles in 4 hours 35 minutes and 54 seconds  (mostly all on a gimpy shin after my 15 mile run. I'm not sure if it was a shin splint or what, but a little ice, stretching and no pain no gain got me through the week)

Day 29 (April 30): 10.26 miles in 1:29 (group run)
Day 30: 2.22 miles in 15:19
Day 31: 5.02 miles in 36:17
Day 32: 2.14 miles in 13:19
Day 33: 4.57 miles in 29:56
Day 34: 2.15 miles in 13:09
Day 35 (May 6): 10.03 miles in 1:10 (alone long run)
Week 5: 36.39 miles in 4 hours 27 minutes (Thought I had more mileage this week but overall a pretty solid week as far as times go)

35 day total of the 365 Day Challenge: 187.79 miles in 23 hours 3 minutes and 18 seconds.

Right now, I'm at about 5.4 miles per day in 7 minutes 21 seconds per run. If I wanted to, I'd calculate that over the course of 365 days to see where I would be at if I maintained those averages.. but there are too many variables in all that to figure out.

What did I learn these 3 weeks:
-I'm not very good at blogging about this, and I need to improve
-The week where my shin hurt didn't really turn into that bad of a week; which shocked me.
-I hope I don't get any serious injuries, running through them is going to be the only way to beat them. Mental toughness needs to be there for me.
-I enjoy running with the groups because I can get bored on occasion running on my own.

365 Day Challenge: 14 Days In!

As I mentioned earlier, I have this crazy notion to run at least one mile every day for 365 straight days.  Shockingly, I'm off to a decent start despite my pesky IT bands and creaky knees (You'd be amazed at what a foam roller and stretching can do).
Here is a list of my miles and times thus far:

Day 1:  10.13 miles in 72 minutes
Day 2:  5 miles in 39:10
Day 3:  5 miles in 37:16 (treadmill run)
Day 4:  2.19 miles in 20:05
Day 5:  3 miles in 18:26 (6x800) and 1.35 mile cool down in 10:38
Day 6:  7 miles in 50:35
Day 7 (April 8):  5 miles in 38:12
WEEK ONE TOTAL:  38.67 miles in 3 hours, 46 minutes and 22 seconds ish

Day 8: 16.20 miles in 146 minutes (Group Run)
Day 9:  3.54 miles in 29:46
Day 10:  5 miles in 35:55
Day 11:  2.11 miles in 14:43
Day 12:  9 miles in 62 minutes
Day 13:  4.53 miles in 43:41 (HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KAYLA)
Day 14 (April 15):  2.12 miles in 14:52
WEEK TWO TOTAL: 42.5 miles in 5 hours 46 minutes and 57 seconds ish

14 day total:  81.17 miles in 9 hours, 33 minutes and 19 seconds.

Hopefully, I'll remember to write this in my running journal, and then I can just highlight runs and give the weekly totals from now on. I'm not very good at that; the government may reach a budget consensus before I write in my running journal daily.  Either way, it's been fun so far!

Things I've already learned:
-You can't replace stretching and the foam roller
-Running is easier once you're out the door
-Running to run isn't that easy; I'm always competing with myself.
-It's more fun to run with a person without considering time than running alone considering time
-The first two weeks have flown by.
-I don't think I've lost a pound because I eat a lot now. (especially salt)
-Finding time is easier to run when you don't play video games instead

Next Up: Grandma's Marathon

Well, after sorta, kinda planning to run the Illinois Marathon at the end of this month I decided I wasn't ready.  I have plenty of excuses, all of which seem childish, so I'm not going to go into them.  Instead, I set my sights on Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota.  The marathon will be the latest into the summer that I've ever run one, but some debate if northern Minnesota even knows what summer is.

I'm excited for this race; I see they have 3:10 and 3:20 pacers.  I ran ahead of the 3:20 at Green Bay until cramps dominated me, and they blew by with about a mile left.  I'm going to try to hang in between the two again this year, at least, that's the plan right now.  That was the plan until I saw that it's a Boston qualifier; maybe, just maybe, I'll keep up with the 3:10 pacer! 

I've heard a lot of good things about the run, great weather, beautiful scenery, and an awesome crowd.  I'm looking forward to seeing the sites in Duluth, and it sounds like I'll be able to stay with some in-laws right on the race course.  That's a good thing, considering my mom told me a few nights of hotels that weekend are around $500! 

Two questions I have to find answers for:
1.  Is the race Boston qualifying? (IT IS!!)
2.  What's all in this Powerade with Ion4?  (Really?  High Fructose Corn Syrup?  Despite the "corn sugar" commercial; I don't believe all sugar is the same.)

Are you running the Grandma's Marathon or do you have any information about the course, things to do, watch for?  Share them with me!