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  • dfnewcombe
    dfnewcombe Posts: 94 Member
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    2/17…… 3.04 miles……28.15 miles done……13.85 miles to go!
  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
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    February Goal 75 miles

    2/1: hostess to 30 people at my house for some big tv thing. I won't call it rest day!
    2/2: rest from being hostess to 30 people.....
    2/3: 3.61 run and 1 hour of snorkel in rough water
    2/4: snorkel 2 hours
    2/5: 6.17
    2/6 rest
    2/7 4.52
    2/8 3.35
    2/9 2.15
    2/10 rest
    2/11 4.4
    2/12 rest
    2/13 bike
    2/14 3.32
    2/15 4.79
    2/16 2.99
    2/17 3.22 + snorkel 2 hours: Spotted Boxfish: kofi6bwgibgi.jpg


    Total: 38.52 miles
  • johnsonnelly
    johnsonnelly Posts: 103 Member
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    I appreciate the responses to my questions about running preference. I started running 10 months ago and have such a busy schedule that I feel like I probably struggle with increasing distance and endurance because on a good week I get to run 4 times. I always wonder at what point will it not be hard to run? It is interesting because my legs do okay until about 5 miles and my breathing is okay as long as I pace myself but mentally I battle a lot when I run. I have noticed that it is worse in the winter because I am stuck on the treadmill. I have been watching Netflix and listening to music to try to break it up. I am just looking forward to the weather getting nicer so that I can run outside because it seemed easier to push through outside. I just feel like I am missing a trick that would make it easier.....

    Feb 1 - 3.1 miles (5k)
    Feb 2 -3.1 miles (5k)
    Feb 3rd & 4th - Rest
    Feb 5 - 3.1 miles (5k)
    Feb 6th & 7th - Rest
    Feb 8 - 3.1 miles (5k)
    Feb 9 - 3.1 miles (5k)
    Feb 10th, 11th, & 12th was finals week and crazy, busyness!
    Feb 13 - 3.1 miles (5k)
    Feb 14th & 15th - Travel
    Feb 16 - 3.1 miles (5k)
    Feb 17 - 3.1 miles (5k)


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  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,407 Member
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    @johnsonnelly‌ - personally I don't think I could run day in and day out on a treadmill and find it amazing that you can do as much as you have on it! Getting outside is what is the draw for me. I also visualize how far I am going to run that day before I go out the door. I think though if you go a little past 5 miles - just a little - maybe a quarter mile and do that for a while and then a bit more you will find that the 5 miles is easy as is 6 and maybe 7 is now hard to overcome. I used to run 3-4 miles regularly that was my go to distance. Now when I run less than 5 miles I feel like I am cheating (myself). It just all depends on what you are used to and what you decided is your goal to overcome. This is a quote that I really like:
    'Don't limit yourself by what you think you can do. In long distance running the majority of the effort is mental, not physical. If I plan to run five miles and that is mentally what I am prepared for, that is pretty much as far as I can run. With the same conditioning, if I plan to run 26.2 miles, that is doable. I almost never run more than I am mentally prepared to run.'
    -Anne Rentz ( from A Passion for Running by Scott Ludwig)
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,407 Member
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    @Runningmischka‌ - my running buddy! He has never experienced really cold or snow! He gets me out the door pretty much every day and can run really fast!vziu7o6y2v7v.jpg
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  • jtarmom
    jtarmom Posts: 228 Member
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    2/7/15- 3.6 miles (dreadmill)
    2/18/15 - 2.5 miles

    Finally made it back outside - it was 10F but no wind. There was so much snow on the roads it felt like quicksand, and I had to call it quits after 2.5 miles because I kept twisting my knees.

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  • Daisy471
    Daisy471 Posts: 409 Member
    edited February 2015
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    fabnine wrote: »
    @Daisy471 Wow, 3 miles @ -7°F degrees! 0°F last night was brutal; even my phone and my running lights quit working. I cannot imagine what -7°F must have felt like and if you're near the lakes the wind must have been excruciating.
    I hope you dressed warm & ran well for your 10k!

    Luckily there was only a light wind when it was -7. But we do get some pretty brutal winds off the lake, and NE winds usually bring lake effect snow.

    I ended up switching to the 5k right before the race. It was -10 with a -28 wind chill. I didn't get cold (even took off the mittens over my running gloves), but didn't want to go into that wind for a mile if I was going to continue with the 10k course. My asthmatic lungs would not have liked that! The race director decided that the half was not going to happen, and everyone who signed up for the half was switched to the 10k. I feel that I made the right decision for me. I ended up running my 3rd fastest 5k, so I'm happy with that!

    Sunday's race was called the IceCube - very fitting!
  • Daisy471
    Daisy471 Posts: 409 Member
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    2/1 - 3 miles
    2/3 - 3 miles
    2/4 - 2.7 miles (tempo run)
    2/5 - 3 miles
    2/7 - 6 miles
    2/8 - 3 miles
    2/11 - 5 miles (speedwork)
    2/12 - 3.5 miles
    2/13 - 3 miles @ -7 degrees!
    2/15 - 3.1 miles, IceCube 5k, -10 w/ -28 windchill
    2/16 - 3 miles
    2/17 - 3.5 miles
    2/18 - 3.2 miles (tempo run)

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  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,878 Member
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    shanaber wrote: »
    @johnsonnelly‌ - This is a quote that I really like:
    'Don't limit yourself by what you think you can do. In long distance running the majority of the effort is mental, not physical. If I plan to run five miles and that is mentally what I am prepared for, that is pretty much as far as I can run. With the same conditioning, if I plan to run 26.2 miles, that is doable. I almost never run more than I am mentally prepared to run.'
    -Anne Rentz ( from A Passion for Running by Scott Ludwig)

    Love that quote! I am by no means in the long-distance category, but this is very helpful for me as I increase my mileage. Your dog is adorable!

    Feb 1 - 27 mile bike ride.
    Feb 2 - 3 miles
    Feb 3 - strength training
    Feb 4 - 4 miles -
    Feb 5 - rest
    Feb 6 - 3.3 + strength training
    Feb 7 - 34 mile bike ride
    Feb 8 - sore from biking, so only did a 5 mile walk, not on ticker
    Feb 9 - 4 miles!
    Feb 10 - Strength training
    Feb 11 - 4.5 miles
    Feb 12 - 4.52
    Feb 13- rest -trainer cancelled. :(
    Feb 14 - 34 mile bike ride.
    Feb 15 - 42 mile bike ride.
    Feb 16- 4.51
    Feb 17 - strength training
    Feb 18 -4.62


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  • LoneWolfRunner
    LoneWolfRunner Posts: 1,160 Member
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    DATE...................... MILES...............TOTAL
    2/3............................5.00.....................5.00 (4F, windchill -9F)
    2/4............................6.25...................11.25
    2/5............................7.00...................18.25 (9F, windchill -4F)
    2/6............................6.00...................24.25 (3F, windchill -12F)
    2/8..........................10.00...................34.25
    2/12..........................6.25...................40.50
    2/13..........................6.00...................46.50 (0F, windchill -17)
    2/14..........................5.25...................51.75 (12F, windchill 3F)
    2/15..........................7.00...................58.75 (-7F, windchill -27F)
    2/16..........................6.50...................65.25 (-11F, windchill -23F)
    2/18..........................9.50...................74.75 (12F, windchill 3F)


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  • gabbo34
    gabbo34 Posts: 289 Member
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    Wow! The dog encounters are eye opening. It's something I've never even thought about. I run around the different neighborhoods in our suburb and never even thought about a dog encounter. I've seen plenty of dogs out, but only one that wasn't leashed. And he just wanted to run next to me for awhile before he got bored. Not sure how I would react if I was attacked....

    @johnsonnelly - I agree with the comments about getting outside. Occasionally I have to run on a treadmill and it's a lot harder to click of distance than outside. I've tried music, podcasts, Netflix, etc - but I get more tired/bored and inevitably stop after 4-5 miles tops.

    Outside there is the feeling of getting to the next point, the changing scenery, more things to visually break up a run.
  • cowgirlslikeus86
    cowgirlslikeus86 Posts: 597 Member
    edited February 2015
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    Feb 2....2.25
    Feb 3....6.33
    Feb 5....1.86
    Feb 10..5.85 (+ 4.47 ride but I'm not counting that towards my goal)
    Feb 11..2.4

    Feb 13..2.19
    Feb 14..2.05
    Feb 16..2.25
    Feb 17..6.00


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  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    edited February 2015
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    @daisy471 great job on the 3rd place, very smart idea changing to the 5K.

    @shanaber your doggie is a sweetie! Love the quote too

    @LoneWolfRunner‌ are you having a heatwave? 12F this morning :wink:
  • briebee7
    briebee7 Posts: 224 Member
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    @daisy471 congrats on a great run! I spent one year running in the snow/wind/cold before I promptly moved myself back to sunny CA. I am very impressed with you, LoneWolfRunner, Fabnine, etc who are out there on a daily basis.

    @shanaber your doggie is adorable.

    I ran 5.5 this morning which brings my total up to 81.5 out of 120 goal for the month.
  • LoneWolfRunner
    LoneWolfRunner Posts: 1,160 Member
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    @skippygirlsmom It was in fact noticeably warmer than it has been the past few days...lol... but they are promising more single digits and sub-zero windchills the next couple of days, followed by a weekend of freezing rain. And I wonder why I'm fighting to get miles. This "no-treadmill" vow I took is a bit more challenging than I had hoped... :)
  • dennie24
    dennie24 Posts: 251 Member
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    I love the pictures in this thread and I think I need to go get me some mace. Yikes! I ran 2.5 miles yesterday and 3 miles today.
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  • loratliff
    loratliff Posts: 283 Member
    edited February 2015
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    Feb. 1: 6.00
    Feb. 3: 3.21
    Feb. 7: 3.1
    Feb. 8: 6.82
    Feb. 12: 2.49
    Feb. 13: 4.7
    Feb. 14: 8.01
    Feb. 17: 3.25

    37.58/72
  • RunTimer
    RunTimer Posts: 9,137 Member
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    QHjr wrote: »
    • Feb 5 - 5.3 mi
    • Feb 7 - 3.6 mi
    • Feb 11 - 4.6mi
    • Feb 18 -10.3mi
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  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
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    Chiming in- I've been trying to run 2x a week. I've almost succeeded ;)

    Happy to participate even as a minimal runner!!! Just needing some extra cardio- and getting out in the crisp air is preferred to the stale tread mill air.
  • LoneWolfRunner
    LoneWolfRunner Posts: 1,160 Member
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    JoRocka wrote: »
    Chiming in- I've been trying to run 2x a week. I've almost succeeded ;)

    Happy to participate even as a minimal runner!!! Just needing some extra cardio- and getting out in the crisp air is preferred to the stale tread mill air.
    It's ok... you're still a first-class bad-*kitten*. And you also get points in my book for eschewing the mill.

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