December Running Challenge
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Thank you so much for the advice. I will definitely take it easy. I do not want to be down for that long.I twisted my bad ankle the other day. It was bruised pretty bad and I've been limping on it. I had to take a few days off. It is a little better today, as I am barely limping, but it is not yet healed. I am going to try and walk today to make up some miles. So far I am at 15 out of 60. Ugh this sucks.
Sorry to hear that. Take care of yourself! I had a knee injury in May - a reinjury where I had banged myself up in a bike crash a few years ago - and I stupidly did 2 or 3 more runs until the pain went from being moderate to being severe. I then had to take two whole months off of running. Don't do what I did!
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You are very right. Thank you!_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »
Great that you feel betterFirst run in just over a week, slow and gentle 5km to test out my sore leg, seems ok.....
Sorry to hear that! Better don't walk too much - if you are still limping, as you write, a couple days of rest might be more beneficial in the long run than a few extra miles this month.I twisted my bad ankle the other day. It was bruised pretty bad and I've been limping on it. I had to take a few days off. It is a little better today, as I am barely limping, but it is not yet healed. I am going to try and walk today to make up some miles. So far I am at 15 out of 60. Ugh this sucks.
Not sure I'll have time to go running tonight as planned, so I dragged myselft out of bed early enough to get at least a short run in before work. Rainy, cold, and, worst of all, still dark outside... I know it's weird when in the evening the darkness doesn't bother me at all, but in the morning I find it really annoying. Or maybe the get-up-earlier-part is the true problem... ;-)
2.12.2014 - 5.0 km
6.12.2014 - 4.2 km
7.12.2014 - 10.5 km
10.12.2014 - 3 km
22.7km (of 100km) done
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12/1 -
12/2 -
12/3 –
12/4 -
12/5 -
12/6 -
12/7 -
12/8 – 2.1 miles
12/9 -2.1 miles
12/10 – 1 mile
Goal: 25
Completed: 5.2
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I finished another session of C25K--excited but very nervous about the next one
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Dec 1 - 3.1 mi
Dec 2 - REST
Dec 3 - 4.2 mi
Dec 4 - REST
Dec 5 - 3.0
Dec 6 - REST
Dec 7 - 3.1 mi
Dec 8 - REST
Dec 9 - 4.2 mi
Dec 10 - REST
Dec 11 - 4.1 mi
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I don't like running in the dark either but it is definitely the get-up-earlier-part that is the problem for me!_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »Not sure I'll have time to go running tonight as planned, so I dragged myselft out of bed early enough to get at least a short run in before work. Rainy, cold, and, worst of all, still dark outside... I know it's weird when in the evening the darkness doesn't bother me at all, but in the morning I find it really annoying. Or maybe the get-up-earlier-part is the true problem... ;-)
Can't believe another girl would do that! It is terrible! I hope her ankle is doing ok now. How are you feeling? Is your hip better?skippygirlsmom wrote: »She ran good, but twisted an ankle early in the race. She finished 27th out of I think 277 runners, 2nd in her age group with a time of 24:53 I think it was. When 23 minutes came around I knew something was wrong when she wasn't back. She was limping some and said she stepped in a sewer drain and it twisted at about mile 1. EMTs took a look a said it was a minor sprain and taped her up. Later after we got home, she told me the girl running by her was elbowing her and slowly started to push her towards the curb. Instead of backing off she paced with her and when the girl elbowed her again and ran her into the sewer Skip finally elbowed her back and then backed off because it hurt. I told her when she gets hurt like that to stop running that she could have made it worse. She's too funny, she said "well I had to get back to the finish line somehow" LOL. Our next race is 20 December and I plan to run that. I haven't run since 1 December and I'm dying here. LOL thanks for asking!
How can you ran that much in one day in the cold and rain?!Dec 10 __12.9am+9.3pm both in cold rain -at least it wasn't snowing-that's tomorrow
You get snow tomorrow and we get rain!
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Dec 1 - 2 miles
Dec 2 - 1.1 miles
Dec 3 - Rest
Dec 4 - Rest
Dec 5 - 3.1 miles (5k)
Dec 6 - 3.1 miles (5k)
Dec 7 - Rest
Dec 8 - 3.1 miles (5k) and bike 4.218 miles (not counted on ticker)
Dec 9 - Rest
Dec 10 - 4 miles (which is the furthest that I have ran at one time, without stopping at all )
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Goal for December: 80 miles
12/1 root canal in the morning, and 5.18 in the afternoon.....what a day!
12/2 3.53
12/3 3.45
12/4 rest
12/5 3.85
12/6 I. Could. Not. Just. Could. Not.
12/7 3.88
12/8 3.5
12/9 3.68
12/10 3.15
Total: 30.22
RunnerElizabeth wrote: »
Looks like I dropped it on my way back in to my complex. Someone must have picked it up right away and put it on the wall on the opposite side of where I dropped it, which is why I didn't see it. A neighbor found it yesterday and tracked me down last night. Everything was there including my cash! There are still good people in the world!
(ticker is my goal for 2014 and accumulation to date)
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Can't believe another girl would do that! It is terrible! I hope her ankle is doing ok now. How are you feeling? Is your hip better?
I know I said it's not like it was a school race where these things matter. In school races it can get pretty wild, but usually at the finish line and no one is trying to hurt each other just get the edge. She learned a valuable lesson about backing off a bit and kicking butt at the end
My leg/hip is feeling much better, I have not run at all, but Saturday I plan to do a few slow miles to see how I feel. Yesterday was the first day I had no discomfort, I can stretch without feeling like someone is trying to pull my muscles out through my hip LOL. Thanks for asking!
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@skippygirlsmom- glad she did well, but hate that someone was so aggressively competitive as to hurt her. Please tell me that bully didn't take first for Skip's age group.
Dec 10 __12.9am+9.3pm both in cold rain -at least it wasn't snowing-that's tomorrow
____ Total ____ 74.3
You bet she did, by about 30 seconds.
Afterwards Skip walked over and high fived her and said nice race and the mom looked at me and said she usually runs it in 21 or under. Okay that was easy enough to check since she runs XC in the same state as us. No she does not LOL
Girl you are my hero, all those miles and the cold rain....bbbrrr I'm freezing for you! Super job my friend!
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Rainy morning - perfect for running!
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I am going to shoot for 75 miles.0
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3 more today
@fabnine....you are so observant!! I thought it was time for a new pic
@skippymom....your daughter sounds awesome, what a good sport!!
Happy running everyone
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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
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Dec 1 - 14k hike
Dec 2 - 5.5k run
Dec 3 - Strength training
Dec 4 - 5k run
Dec 5 - rest day
Dec 6 - strength training and 2k run
Dec 7 - rest day
Dec 8 - Long work day/ rest day
Dec 9 - 6.5k run
Dec 10 - Crazy rain storm = rest day for me.
Dec 11 - 6k run in beautiful 12 degree weather for December. Felt more like spring than winter.
Total for the month 25k I believe my goal this month is 60k. So that leaves me only 35k.0 -
Knees still hanging in there. It was at about these distances that my left knee got all goofed up a few months ago. Too much, too fast, too heavy. Now I'm ramping up the distance extremely slowly and I'm 36 lbs lighter. Hopefully the knees will hold up this time.
So far so good.
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
12/10/2014 - 4.08 Miler - Cumulative 16.80
GOAL: 50 Miles
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12/1 - 2 mile walk away the pounds
12/2 - 7 miles treadmill
12/3 - 4 miles treadmill
12/4 - Rest
12/5 - 2 Miles treadmill
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.0 -
12/1... 1.75...1.75
12/3....2....3.75
12/5...2... 5.75
12/10...1.75...7.5
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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
Total: 86mi
Goal: 250mi
Current Streak:
34 days (274.9 mi)0
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