Monday, October 31, 2016

Halloween Trail Race Recap


Saturday I ran a trail 5k through a vineyard, in costume. It was advertised as having rolling hills, but that was a lie. There was lots of hills, and they weren't rolling. So yeah, it was more challenging than I expected. I did manage to run the first mile before the hills knocked me down a notch and I started walking.

Two years ago I ran a Halloween 5k in full Jedi Knight gear, and decided then and there that I needed to come up with a more running friendly costume. That Halloween race wasn't run last year (or this, for that matter), so I had to find a new Halloween race that I could wear a costume in. I found one at a vineyard in the area, but as I mentioned, it was a very hilly course. And randomly, the shirt fits really well, but it has "I run for wine" on the back :( Guess that's what I get for running a race that offered wine as the post-race refreshments. Yeah, you could get a glass of wine, but there were no bananas or oranges to be seen. Don't think I'll be running this one again.

Back to where I was going with the costume issue. Since I didn't run a Halloween race last year, I didn't worry about the costume thing until this year. And this year I opted for an R2D2 shirt and hat, and a matching sparkle shirt. Since it was on the cool side, I layered navy capri tights and a navy long sleeve shirt under the t-shirt and skirt. It was a perfect outfit for running and I'll be wearing it again, minus the hat. I almost never wear a hat or gloves while running, because I overheat, and it was not cold enough to make wearing a hat comfortable. So the hat will be staying home unless it's below freezing. And if I can convince Sunshine to give it back- she's decided she needs to have it and is wearing it all the time.

I did hills on the treadmill Wednesday night and then hiked some hills with the kiddos Thursday morning. Both good workouts, but my legs were a bit more tired than I would have liked given how challenging the course was. I need to pay more attention to the difficulty of the hikes we go on just before races.

I also broke my pinky toe Monday. My spatial awareness isn't great and this wasn't the first time I've caught a protruding corner hard enough to break a pinky toe. Both have been broken multiple times. It hurt, but didn't give me too many problems until Thursday. When we got home after our hike my toe was hurting and it's been aching ever since. The uneven surfaces we covered during our hike were not good for my poor battered toe. Oops. It didn't interfere with my running, though I could tell that it wasn't happy when I was running diagonally up a hill. It's feeling better today though.

I ran 3.03 miles in 37:06.
1st mile- 10:52
2nd mile- 13:30
3rd mile- 12:34

Last week's mileage:
I did 4 workouts and had 2 work days. I had planned on staining the treehouse Monday but it was too windy.  Wind + spraying stain = recipe for disaster.  Wednesday I was able to do some staining, but I ran out of stain before finishing the job. I got more stain on Thursday after our hike, but it started raining just as we got to Lowes. So no staining on Thursday. Luckily the rain was pretty light, the breeze wasn't too bad, and I was able to finish staining the treehouse Friday. More on that soon.

We hiked new trails at our local trail park. It was hilly and more challenging than our usual routes, but we got to walk along a stream and we found a really old car in the middle of the woods. At 2.3 miles this was the longest hike we've done at this park, and  River was dragging towards the end, but he made it!


Monday- treadmill walk & run 3.61 miles all together, ran 1 of those miles
Wednesday- stained part of the treehouse, treadmill walk hills 4.07 miles
Thursday- hiked 2.3 miles
Friday- finished staining the rest of the treehouse
Saturday- Halloween 5k - 3.03 miles
          total miles for the week: 13.01 miles

26th Race in 2016


Month
Event
Time
1.
January
New Year’s Day 5k
33:01
2.
February
Frostbite 5k
37:37
3.
February
Mud Run
1:35:37
4.
March
4k Walk
33:19
5.
March
March 5k
33:49
6.
March
Pi Day Virtual 5k
1:01:30
7.
March
Obstacle Race
44:06
8.
April
Glow Run
35:16
9.
April
April 5k
41:15
10.
April
Evening Run
34:59
11.
May
May 5k
35:18
12.
May
Evening Cross Country Race
43:17
13.
June
June 5k
39:21
14.
June
1 Mile Glow Run
11:38
15.
June
Vineyard 5k
39:10
16.
July
July 5k
35:53
17.
August
Predict Your Time 5k
37:41
18.
August
August 5k
35:45
19.
August
NPS 100th Virtual 10k
1:49:17
20.
August
4 Mile Run
45:20
21.
September
Labor Day 5k
46:54
22.
September
1 Mile Color Run
18:25
23.
September
3.5 Mile Trail Run
41:07
24.
October
Run Long & Prosper Virtual 5k
49:55
25.
October
Flat Trail 5k
33:47
26.
October
Halloween Trail 5k
37:06



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38th race towards my 40 by 40 goal


Date
Event
Distance
Event Type
1.
July 2015
4th of July 5k
5k
Pregnant
2.
August
4 Mile Fun Run
4 miles
Road Race
3.
September
All Terrain
5k
Mixed surface
4.
October
Hill Valley Half
13.1 miles
Virtual half marathon
5.
October
Corn Maze 5k
5k
Corn Maze, 1st in age group
6.
October
Kilted Trail 5k
5k
Kilted race
7.
November
Trail Half
13.6 miles
Trail Half, last finisher
8.
November
Turkey Trot
5k
Road Race
9.
December
Veteran’s 5k
5k
Mixed surface
10.
December
Army Virtual Marathon
26.23 miles
Virtual marathon
11.
January 2016
New Year’s Day 5k
5k
Road race
12.
February
Frostbite 5k
5k
Cross country race
13.
February
Mud Run
4.8 miles
Mud run
14.
March
4k Walk
4k
Walk
15.
March
March 5k
5k
Road race
16.
March
Pi Day Virtual 5k
5k
Virtual 5k Walk
17.
March
10 mile race
Not applicable
Water stop volunteer
18.
March
Obstacle Race
5k
Obstacle run
19.
April
Glow Run
5k
Glow Run, 1st of 2 races in 12 hours
20.
April
April 5k
5k
Pushing jogger, 2nd of 2 races in 12 hours
21.
April
Evening Run
5k
Evening run
22.
May
10k Kayak Race
10k
Kayak race
23.
May
May 5k
5k
1st of 2 races in same day
24.
May
Evening CC Race
5k
Evening cross country, 2nd of 2 races in same day
25.
June
June 5k
5k
Pushing jogger, 1st of 2 races in same day
26.
June
1 Mile Glow Run
1 mile
Pushing jogger with both boys, 2nd of 2 races in same day, glow run
27.
June
Vineyard 5k
5k
Vineyard run
28.
July
July 5k
5k
Road race
29.
August
Predict Your Time 5k
5k
Predict your time
30.
August
August 5k
5k
Road race
31.
August
NPS 100th Virtual 10k
10k
Virtual 10k run
32.
August
4 Mile Run
4 miles
Road race
33.
September
Labor Day 5k
5k
With all 3 kiddos
34.
September
1 Mile Color Run
1 mile
Color run, Sunshine’s first solo race, River’s first race
35.
September
3.5 Mile Trail Run
3.5 miles
Trail run
36.
October
Run Long & Prosper Virtual 5k
5k
Virtual 5k run
37.
October
Flat Trail 5k
5k
Travel to race, trail run, ran w/o stopping, 2nd in age group
38.
October
Halloween Trail 5k
5k
Trail run, in costume, in a vineyard