D-D-D-DISTANCE
Here’s my Sunday-through-Sunday distance (in miles) this week:
- Sunday: 31.35 running, 4.59 walking
- Monday: 20.14 walking
- Tuesday: 20.05 running, 4.93 walking
- Wednesday: 20.17 walking
- Thursday: 26.24 running, 4.17 walking
- Friday: 20.07 walking
- Saturday: 10.1 walking (off day)
- Today: 26.34 running, 4.28 walking
Total: 192.43
Somebody has to do it.*
*Absolutely nobody has to do it; I’m just insane.
Halfway Mileage Update
It’s the end of the sixth month of the year, meaning it’s time for MORE MILEAGE STUFF!
Excited????
June mileage: 671.07
Monthly average mileage: 629.03
Current end mileage with this pace: 7548.3
AAAAAAAA IT’S ABOVE 7,500! Now I have to do it. I’m going to have to really push these next few summer months so that I can have some leeway when school starts and when the bad winter weather hits.
LET’S DO IT
Ultra: June Edition
I was slow as hell today, but I got my ultramarathon done for the month!
I like running in Bowness/Bowness Park, especially when it’s NOT 3 AM and pitch black and full of weird animal noises.
Vroom.
This Again?
We are once again in a “Claudia Gets Accused of Cheating” phase on the Garmin Connect app. So to reiterate it one more time:
I do not fake my walking/running data. Every step, every mile, every route is 100% real and done by me. I’m not on Garmin Connect to compete with anyone (I do join challenges, but I truly do not care where I place in them; I sign up for the badges but that’s usually the last thought I give them). I’m on there because it records my data in case I lose my other backups. I have literally no reason to fake my data.
Also (and I’ve mentioned this before as well): do you know how hard it would be to fake this? Not only would I have to find somebody or something I could attach my Garmin to to get the miles done for me, but they’d have to be somebody/something that did this consistently and consistently enough for it to look “real” AND they’d have to have been doing it since like 2018 (or whenever I got my first Garmin, I can’t remember). They’d also have to travel to Moscow when I’m in Moscow in order to show up at the right location, haha.
It’s to the point where faking the data would be as much (or more) work than just doing the distance.
AND ANOTHER THING: my Garmin isn’t the only thing I use to track this stuff. I use the iTreadmill app on my iPod, too.
The only person I would be cheating if I were to do so is myself, and I want to continue to proudly say that all my mileage is 100% real and 100% mine.
This is the only thing in this universe that I’m good at. SO SHUT THE HELL UP AND LET ME HAVE THIS.
May Mileage Wrap-Up
(This year is going fast as hell, isn’t it?)
The fifth month of the year is done, so let’s check out that mileage:
May mileage: 673.99
Monthly average mileage: 620.62
Current end mileage with this pace: 7447.44
THAT IS SO DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO 7,500 HNNNNNNNNGH
(Also…could I do 700 miles in a single month? Do I dare try?????)
Relentlessly Mammalian
(Blame my husband for the title.)
TWO THINGS TODAY:
One: we’re in a little mini heatwave up here and it was supposed to get up to like 86 or something today. So I decided to do my first night run of the year last night. I think the last time I did a night run was around Halloween last year, so it’s been a while. I like not having to put on sunscreen and being able to run down the middle of the road without much threat of cars, but I’m also more limited route-wise (I am NOT doing the creepy Bowness Park nonsense this year, sorryz) and I do just like being out during the day. Also, the nights are relatively warm if it’s hot enough for me to be night running.
Two: My mom, Nate, and I watched Captain America: Brave New World last night. It’s pretty sad that everyone seems conditioned to hate everything Marvel has put out since Endgame; I thought this one was pretty solid. It definitely had one of the best post-Endgame action sequences with the battle over Celestial Island:
Really good choreography in my opinion. Love the shots at 1:26, 2:11, 2:46, and 3:31.
DONE!
Age of ULTRAmarathon
May’s ultramarathon COMPLETE!
I haven’t done this route in a long time (not since late last spring, I think); it’s nice if you’re not doing it too often. It gets old pretty fast, though, which is weird ‘cause it’s a nice flat route with not too many people once you get past the Bird Sanctuary.
I think the path grading past there is a little weird in a certain spot, though. It always throws me off a bit.
Also, I’m slow as hell.
I need to know…
…the story behind these little decals that are plastered all over the sidewalks in Inglewood.
They’ve been there for a while now – since about the time they closed the section of the river path that runs through the start of Inglewood, forcing walkers/runners/cyclists to go through Inglewood proper to get back to the rest of the river path – but I’m still curious about the cause.
Was there one hooligan runner that was like shoving past walkers on the sidewalk?
Was there a particularly aggressive running group that didn’t want to share the sidewalk?
Was there a particularly angry walker and/or resident who didn’t like runners going through the neighborhood and made a big enough stink to make them stick these decals everywhere?
I’ve run through Inglewood quite a few times since they closed the path, but I don’t think I ever did anything to warrant this. So hopefully it wasn’t me, haha.
There are also signs stating that runners are encouraged to use the southside sidewalk, so…something must have happened.
I’m just curious.
Today I Had a Really Bad Run
I haven’t had a bad run in a long time.
I haven’t had a run this bad in a long, long time.
Like…I can’t even remember when I had a run this absolutely hard and miserable. I wanted to quit like five separate times, which is a pretty big deal, because I never want to quit.
The worst thing about bad runs is how they psych me out for my next run. As illogical as it is, I always catastrophize it and think that I have lost my ability to run longer distances and now all of my runs will be miserable.
UGH. I hope Thursday’s run will be better.
(Edit: it was great, hahaha)
Mileage n’ Migraine
Ahoy, butt-bombs! I had a migraine late last night, but I’m only including that info for my own reference; the main point of today’s blog is the fact that it’s the end of the month, so we’re tallying the monthly walking/running mileage to see if I’m still on pace for 7,000 miles for the year.
April mileage: 641.63
Monthly average mileage: 607.27
Current end mileage with this pace: 7287.24
That’s good! Gotta keep it up, though, or do better.
Leeeeeeeeet’s ULTRA!
Today was PERFECT running weather so I ended up doing a 50k.
I think the plan this year will be to do at least one ultramarathon (50k+) per month, weather permitting. I missed February because weather did not permit, but I think I got January and I know I got last month.
So yeah.
I Have a Runner’s Body
Features include:
- Janky toenails
- Missing toenails
- Weird seasonal tan lines
- Garmin tan line that will never, ever fade
- Chafing tape residue
- Callouses in places that I never thought could have callouses
- At least one Band-Aid somewhere
- Shaved legs for AERODYNAMICS
- Backwards hat for AERODYNAMICS
- Extremely high heart rate spikes when I realize I can’t outrun an angry goose on the path
- Scars from embarrassing falls
- “Running is my whole personality” personality
- The existential angst I keep thinking I can outrun
- CALVES
Do You Run? Do You WANT to Run?
Check out this little wiki by Jonathan Savage (“Fellrnr”).
There’s a lot of really good info in here about running and everything related to it. He’s also got a pretty good sense of humor about things, too. For example, the third “Possible Cause” in the “Fatigue and sleepiness” ultramarathon problem:
I Think I’m a Saucony Ride Girl Now
For the foreseeable future, at least. The Kinvara 15s still aren’t available up here yet, and at this point I don’t know if I can trust the Kinvara quality. The 14s were really, really bad. The Rides are working well for me. I ran my first marathon in the 17s and everything felt good! These also seem like they’re more durable in the Kinvaras, meaning they’ll last longer and I’ll have to do less frantic shoe hoarding (or will I???).
I’m still a little sore in my knees and hips after my walks/runs, but I think that’s just because I’m so used to the Kinvaras. I wore them exclusively for about twelve years, after all. The Rides have a slightly different shape to their soles and I can tell they affect my gait differently.
Anyway. I know nobody cares, but that’s where things are standing with the shoe situation for now.
March Mileage Wrap-Up
March is DONE! Let’s mileage.
March mileage: 627.42
Monthly average mileage: 595.82
Current end mileage with this pace: 7149.84
Back above the goal of 7,000 miles! Let’s keep up this pace, huh?
I am getting DESPERATE, Saucony…
Can you PLEASE poop out the Kinvara 15s in Canada? I know they’re out in the States, but they’re still not out here. I’ve been a size 8.5 for like six iterations of the Kinvaras now so I’m tempted to just order a pair of 8.5s from the Saucony site, but you know this would be the one time my size would change.
Pleeeeeeeeease, Saucony?
Edit: okay, so desperation has driven me to explore alternative Saucony shoes, and it sounds like the Saucony Ride might be a good option for me (and one that’s not $200+ per pair, haha). Market Mall’s Sporting Life apparently has some in my size, so maybe I’ll just have to try those out unless the Kinvara 15s come out in the next few days.
I really am getting desperate. I have a huge pile of old Kinvara 13s, but they all have 500+ miles on them and I have marathons to run, dawg.
Oh my GOD I love running
It’s one of my top three activities at the moment.
(The other two activities are crying and watercoloring.)
The end.
Let’s Run
First ultra of the year!
It’s pretty sad that it took me until March to do this, but January = tons of foot pain because of bad shoes and February = too cold to go outside and there’s no way in hell I’m running that far on a treadmill.
Anyway.
Month 2: Mileage Check-In
February (at least in terms of my walking/running) is over! Let’s look at monthly stats.
February mileage: 541.37
Monthly average mileage: 580.02
Current end mileage with this pace: 6960.24
I figured this month would put me behind pace (if we’re going by monthly counts rather than daily counts) because 1) there were only 28 days this month versus the 31 from January and 2) I was stuck inside because of the weather for 20 days straight, which resulted no marathon distances and not many daily distances above 18 miles.
Let’s get back on track with March!
OUTSIIIIIIIIIDE
So our temperature swung up to 45 degrees today (!!!) and I finally, FINALLY got to run outside.
I haven’t gotten to run or walk outside (apart from going to campus and/or the grocery store) THIS ENTIRE MONTH.
IT’S THE TWENTIETH.
I was losing my freaking mind on that treadmill, man.
The Last of the Kinvaras (by James Fenimore Cooper)
So that last pair of Kinvara 13s in my size finally came from the Running Room the other day and today was the day to put them on!
OH
MY
GOD
I forgot how GOOD a new pair of 13s felt. It’s like I’m walking on ANGELS’ SOULS.
Saucony, please just bring these back. I promise we won’t be mad.
(The Running Room doesn’t have the 15s yet, but I’m scared of them already, haha.)
I’d like to issue a formal apology to the Kinvara 11s
Ugh.
SO.
I’m having a really rough time with the Kinvara 14s – rough enough that I actually reverted back to wearing my old worn-out Kinvara 11s (the ones I just finished with prior to this pair of 14s). While they’re not nearly as comfortable as the Kinvara 13s, they’re better than the 14s because it doesn’t feel like my ankle is getting actively eaten by a chainsaw when I wear them.
An angry bear, maybe, but not a chainsaw.
ANYWAY.
I was looking at the Running Room website last night to see if they had the Kinvara 15s yet and they had ONE PAIR LEFT of the Kinvara 13s in my size. I have never gotten my credit card out so fast, haha.
So at least I’ll have one more pair of 13s before having to go back to an inferior iteration again.
I have not been having a good time with shoes lately.
Month 1: Mileage Check-In
I’ve got a big mileage goal this year, so I think monthly check-ins are going to happen. Deal with it!
January mileage: 618.67
Monthly average mileage: 618.67
Current end mileage with this pace: 7,424.04
Um…woah. That’s a lot more than I thought it would be. I have to keep in mind, though, that this is a 31-day month.
(Don’t bump up the mileage goal to 7,500…don’t bump up the mileage goal to 7,500…don’t bump up the mileage goal to 7,500…)
MILEAGE CHECK-IN LET’S GOOOO
We are 1/24th of the way through the year, so let’s check that pace, shall we?
Total distance so far (counting today): 293.07
If I were to keep up this pace, I’d hit 7,033.68 miles by the end of the year.
That’s just a little bit more than my goal!
So I basically have to do that 23 more times, huh? BRING IT ON
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