December Running Challenge
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I know you want to run, but your ankle is so much more important than this goal.12/6 - Twisted bad ankle/foot. Its bruised pretty bad. Need it to heal
12/7- 12/9 RICE on ankle/foot
12/10 - 2 miles walking on treadmill (limped badly, so stopped)
This totally sucks!! My first month doing a challenge and I can't even get any miles in. I tried to walk last night and my foot/ankle was not having it. I'll just have to do what I can if anything.
One of my daughters sprained her ankle several times one year. Each time she gave it less time to heal leaving it vulnerable to a sprain again. The last one was so severe the doctor told her she'd never have 'normal' strength and flexibility in the joint again. Years ago she used to run with me- the repeated injuries make that impossible now.
Give your body time to heal- it is worth the wait.
@skippygirlsmom & @Shanaber- I never intended to run twice yesterday, but when my friend showed up to run in the rain I was not about to say no. I warned him I was already spent & off we ran. My spits were all over the place- flying down hills & staggering up. I felt fine except for my fingers and toes because my shoes & gloves were soaked through. The right gear makes a huge difference. And before you decide I'm invincible or crazy, that 2nd run should have been 10.5 miles, but around 8 miles I actually called my man to say I cannot stay out here in this any longer, please come rescue me.
_Date___ Miles
Dec 1 ___7.1am+6.4pm (& a hike up Monadnock too)
Dec 2 ___1.3 streak -snowing again
Dec 3 ___10.4am -icy w\freezing rain (No pm run)
Dec 4 ___4.1 beautiful clear night skies forgot I was only going out for 1 mile
Dec 5 ___3.5
Dec 6 ___10.4 snow & rain mix
Dec 7 ___3.1 @12F
Dec 8 ___1.5pm too cold/tired for more after AM hike up/run down Mt. Tecumseh
Dec 9 ___4.2 another rain/snow mix
Dec 10 __12.9am+9.3pm both in cold rain -at least it wasn't snowing
Dec 11 __3.5 snow again
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Date Miles today. Miles for December
12/1 6.2 miles - 6.2
12/2 4 miles - 10.2
12/3 4 miles - 14.2
12/4 5.25 miles - 19.45
12/5 4 miles - 23.45
12/6 9 miles - 32.45
12/7 REST
12/8 4 miles - 26.45
12/9 4 miles - 30.45
12/10 2 miles - 32.45
12/11 2.3 miles - 34.75
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3.05 miles this evening
12/1/14 3.3 miles, a large portion of which was uphill, one of my better runs in a while
12/2/14 Resistance Training, 2.5 mile walk (but I am only counting running miles)
12/3/14 3.0 miles
12/4/14 Resistance Training, 2 mile walk (but I am only counting running miles)
12/5/14 Rest
12/6/14 6.1 miles
12/7/14 Rest
12/8/14 Resistance Training upper body only (legs still a little sore), 3/4 mile walk (a little too cold for the dogs)
12/9/14 4.3 miles
12/10/14 Upper Body Resistance, 2.5 mile walk
12/11/2014 3.05 miles
Total: 19.75 miles
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2.12.2014 - 5.0 km
6.12.2014 - 4.2 km
7.12.2014 - 10.5 km
10.12.2014 - 3 km
11.12.2014 - 4.1 km ... on a dark and stormy night... ;-)
26.8km (of 100km) done
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Think I may have to graciously (but with much grumpiness) bow out of this months challenge:(
My calf is not happy, after my gentle run on Tuesday the pain flared up again. I had planned to run today but the short run between my kids classrooms put a stop to that.
Hoping I haven't damaged myself too badly and I'll be back in January!!!
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DATE...DISTANCE...TOTAL
12/1........3.00.........3.00
12/2........Weight training
12/3........4.50.........7.50
12/4........6.00.......13.50
12/5........Weight training
12/6.........6.50......20.00 >>>>Hit 1,700 miles for the year
12/8.........6.50......26.50
12/9.........7.25......33.75
12/10.......6.25......40.00
12/12.......6.00......46.00
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Dec 1 - 3.5
Dec 2- strength training
Dec 3- 3.4
Dec 4- strength training
Dec 5 - 3.5
Dec 6 - 3.5
Dec 7 - 32 mile bike ride
Dec 8 - 3.5
Dec 9 - Strength training
Dec 10 - 3.5
Dec 11 - rest
Dec 12 - 3.5 AM and strength training PM
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@skippygirlsmom & @Shanaber- I never intended to run twice yesterday, but when my friend showed up to run in the rain I was not about to say no. I warned him I was already spent & off we ran. My spits were all over the place- flying down hills & staggering up. I felt fine except for my fingers and toes because my shoes & gloves were soaked through. The right gear makes a huge difference. And before you decide I'm invincible or crazy, that 2nd run should have been 10.5 miles, but around 8 miles I actually called my man to say I cannot stay out here in this any longer, please come rescue me.
Nothing wrong with a little rescue! You are still my hero
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Date Miles today. Miles for December
12/1 6.2 miles - 6.2
12/2 4 miles - 10.2
12/3 4 miles - 14.2
12/4 5.25 miles - 19.45
12/5 4 miles - 23.45
12/6 9 miles - 32.45
12/7 REST
12/8 4 miles - 26.45
12/9 4 miles - 30.45
12/10 2 miles - 32.45
12/11 2.3 miles - 34.75
Sorry Stoshew but it is just too funny to see you run 2 miles
Good luck on the marathon you are going to kill it! Wish we could be there to cheer you on, but Skip has soccer practice.
@minnygirl1 - she is much better sport than me. When I asked why she didn't tell me what really happened while we were there, she said "Momma you would have gone all Jersey on the girl" LOL so true!
@shortmrsn - sorry to hear your calf is taking you out for the rest of the month. Take care of yourself and heal, see you in January!
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12/3: 3.25 miles (5.23 km) @ 7:50/mi. 3.25 miles for the month. 46.75 remaining for my goal.
12/5: 3.25 miles (5.23 km) @ 7:56/mi. 6.5 miles for the month. 43.5 remaining for my goal.
12/7: 3.50 miles (5.63 km) @ 7:38/mi. 10.0 miles for the month. 40 remaining for my goal.
(That was a low-volume week.)
12/9: 3.76 miles (6.05 km) @ 7:43/mi. 13.76 miles for the month. 36.24 remaining for my goal.
12/11: 3.75 miles (6.04 km) @ 7:49/mi. 17.51 miles for the month. 32.49 remaining for my goal.0 -
@skippymom "All jersey!!!! on her!!!" That's funny..... Lol
I got in 4 miles this morning. Yeah!!!!!
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Keeping it on track. My knees are still hangin' in there. I've started drawing pictures with my runs on the map using my Garmin GPS watch. Heh.... It makes extending the run distances a little more interesting. Big mall parking lots make a nice canvas, but it's a lot harder to visualize and implement than I though it would be. I wonder if I'm the only weirdo that does this.
12/3/2014 - 3.33 Miles - Cumulative 3.33 Miles.
12/4/2014 - 4.12 Miles - Cumulative 7.45 Miles
12/6/2014 - 3.14 Miles - Cumulative 10.59 Miles (Set a 5K PR on this one of 27:23)
12/8/2014 - 2.13 Miles - Cumulative 12.72 Miles
12/9/2014 - 4.08 Miles - Cumulative 16.80
12/11/2014 - 4.28 miles - Cumulative 21.08
GOAL: 50 Miles
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Felt great today!
12/1... 1.75...1.75
12/3....2....3.75
12/5...2... 5.75
12/10...1.75...7.5
12/12... 2.25...9.75
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1 Dec - 7.2mi, easy effort
2 Dec - 5.2mi, 12x hill repeats
3 Dec - 8.1mi, midweek long, easy effort + 3.2 trail
4 Dec - 6mi, fartlek/Strava bashing
5 Dec - 8.2mi, easy/rain
6 Dec - 6.1mi, easy w/the girl
7 Dec - 3.3mi, easy
8 Dec - 10mi + 6.4mi, both easy
9 Dec - 6mi with 2mi @tempo (6:25, 6:15)
10 Dec - 8.3mi, midweek longish, +3mi w/the girl
11 Dec - 5mi, easy
12 Dec - 7mi, 4x Yasso 800s (3:18, 3:18, 3:17, 3:16)
Total: 93mi
Goal: 250mi
Current Streak:
35 days (281 mi)0 -
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I've never heard of that. But I just bought myself a GPS watch this week (yay!), and I'm definitely going to try that. Sounds like funKeeping it on track. My knees are still hangin' in there. I've started drawing pictures with my runs on the map using my Garmin GPS watch. Heh.... It makes extending the run distances a little more interesting. Big mall parking lots make a nice canvas, but it's a lot harder to visualize and implement than I though it would be. I wonder if I'm the only weirdo that does this.
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »@skippygirlsmom & @Shanaber- I never intended to run twice yesterday, but when my friend showed up to run in the rain I was not about to say no. I warned him I was already spent & off we ran. My spits were all over the place- flying down hills & staggering up. I felt fine except for my fingers and toes because my shoes & gloves were soaked through. The right gear makes a huge difference. And before you decide I'm invincible or crazy, that 2nd run should have been 10.5 miles, but around 8 miles I actually called my man to say I cannot stay out here in this any longer, please come rescue me.
Nothing wrong with a little rescue! You are still my hero
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So funny! I laughed out loud at this!skippygirlsmom wrote: »When I asked why she didn't tell me what really happened while we were there, she said "Momma you would have gone all Jersey on the girl" LOL so true!
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Think I may have to graciously (but with much grumpiness) bow out of this months challenge:(
My calf is not happy, after my gentle run on Tuesday the pain flared up again. I had planned to run today but the short run between my kids classrooms put a stop to that.
Hoping I haven't damaged myself too badly and I'll be back in January!!!
Keep on running everyone!!:)
Oh no! take care of yourself!!0 -
Haven't been able to post much. Too busy at work but keeping up with the running (mostly). Sounds as if most of you are doing well!
12/2 - 4.54
12/3 - 5.16
12/4 - 10
12/5 - 5.16
12/7 - 13.73
12/8 - 7.21
12/9 - 7.33
12/10 - 6.40
12/11 - 7.33
12/12 - 10
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Dec 1 - 2 miles
Dec 2 - 1.1 miles
Dec 3 - Rest
Dec 4 - Rest
Dec 5 - 3.1 miles
Dec 6 - 3.1 miles
Dec 7 - Rest
Dec 8 - 3.1 miles (plus bike for 4.218 miles but that wasn't taken off of my ticker
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Dec 9 - Rest
Dec 10 - 4 miles
Dec 11 - Elliptical (not taken off of ticker)
Dec 12 - 4 miles
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12/4: 3.11 miles
12/5: 2.25 miles
12/6: 4.00 miles
12/7: 4.19 miles
12/8: 1.00 mile
12/9: 5.61 miles
12/11: 3.56 miles
12/12: 2.00 miles
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No run today, I just couldn't bring myself to run in the downpour we were having... that and I needed a rest day. I do have a long run planned with a running buddy in the morning!
Date.......Miles.......Total
12/01.... 6.40....... 6.40
12/02.... 4.40......10.80 Wet, Wet, Wet Rain run in the AM/Strength training in the PM
12/03.... 0.00......10.80
12/04.... 3.38......14.18 Quick run between meetings; Strength Training
12/05.... 4.03......18.21
12/06.... 0.00......18.21
12/07.... 0.00......18.21
12/08.... 0.00......18.21
12/09.... 6.92......25.13 Beautiful run; Strength Training
12/10.... 5.98......31.11
12/11.... 6.53......37.64
12/12.... 0.00......37.64
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Keeping it on track. My knees are still hangin' in there. I've started drawing pictures with my runs on the map using my Garmin GPS watch. Heh.... It makes extending the run distances a little more interesting. Big mall parking lots make a nice canvas, but it's a lot harder to visualize and implement than I though it would be. I wonder if I'm the only weirdo that does this.
I've never done it purposely, but it always makes for a nice surprise when I get home and can say "oh, I drew a whale!". Maybe I should start planning for it
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I think I'm fairly on track to make my goal for the month. I'm just about to make a tentative plan of run days and lengths, so that I know how I'll do it. Also today's run was my fastest ever which was a great feeling! (32 minute 5k)
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I think mapmyrun has some routes that have been done to make pictures of dogs or other items but typically on roads. They are much longer runs than my current level allows but one day I think it would be fun to do some of them._nikkiwolf_ wrote: »
I've never heard of that. But I just bought myself a GPS watch this week (yay!), and I'm definitely going to try that. Sounds like funKeeping it on track. My knees are still hangin' in there. I've started drawing pictures with my runs on the map using my Garmin GPS watch. Heh.... It makes extending the run distances a little more interesting. Big mall parking lots make a nice canvas, but it's a lot harder to visualize and implement than I though it would be. I wonder if I'm the only weirdo that does this.
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12/2 = strength training
12/3 = 6 miles
12/4 = strength training
12/6 = 7 miles
12/7 = 7 miles + 1 miles with the dog
12/8 = 7 miles
12/9 = strength training
12/11 = strength training + 6.5 miles
12/13 = 6.5 miles
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Just read about your daughter skippygirl - how awful!
I am back on track with my running - working through the c210K app - so did 2.5 miles today.
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My doctor cleared me to run after two weeks off. I eased back into it with an easy 3.5 miles. I cut my original goal down from 75 miles and probably come up short on that. I want to sure my feet are completely healed before I start ramping up the mileage.
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