March 2015 Running Challenge
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I do have a blinking red light on my back, and I have knuckle lights, and an orange vest with reflective tape on it.
The most dangerous car/truck I see is the guy delivering papers. The speed limit is 25 and he is NOT looking ahead and going at least 40. Most days he's done by the time I start running, so I only see him on the days he's running late --probably why he is going so fast. IDK how he flings out the papers of either window going that speed. I run on the opposite side of the street, but that's no deterrant for him because he's flying from side to side. The sidewalk is just not good for running for me, with the ups and downs and potential for me to hurt my self. But when I see/hear him I jump on the sidewalk. Hardly anyone actually gets a paper delivered anymore so he has big gaps where he floors it.
I would report him to the newspaper company that he works for. If that doesn't work, then I would complain to the city's traffic director or the local councilman.
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »@autumnblade75 I see your running miles are getting longer and longer, great work!
It's not going to be enough to PR my race at the end of the month - I think running got harder while I was babying that ankle. It's still not 100%, either. I'm probably prolonging the healing. Urg.
Thanks, though - I'm trying.
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nice thank you- I'll take a gander when I can sit down at home!
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This is very true! When I lived in the City it was a constant battle between pedestrians, bikes, and cars with everyone thinking they deserved the right of way. Everyone needs to slow down a bit and be respectful of each other.0 -
This is going to be my new work out routine when i get my treadmill set up this afternoon. Uptown Funk Treadmill Dance - Carson Dean:
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This is going to be my new work out routine when i get my treadmill set up this afternoon. Uptown Funk Treadmill Dance - Carson Dean:https://youtu.be/IWu9o5zrj3g
wow, how does he not fall over, if I tried anything like that I'd be on the floor lol.
4.6 miles to add today, can't remember what my total is so will have to go back and look at my last entry.0 -
57.7 completed .... 12.3 to do.0
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This is going to be my new work out routine when i get my treadmill set up this afternoon. Uptown Funk Treadmill Dance - Carson Dean:https://youtu.be/IWu9o5zrj3g
Oh yeah I'd be laying on the ground with the chin banging the back of the treadmill LOL
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I don't mind ending up with something 4.2km, so I don' walk the rest of the way when IWhen I get close to a round number, I usually stop the watch and if need to walk the rest of the way, or in cases where I am just under I will keep running around in little circles until I reach a nice round number. Call it OCD! LOL
get to the full km shortly before home. The other way around I do the same as you - when I'm just 200m below a nice round number and I have a bit of time left, I just run around the parking lot near my building until the next kilometre is complete.
... and then I sync my watch with strava, and it decides to "smooth" the wrinkles out of my route or something like that, so for example my nice 11.0km yesterday became 10.9km![:\](https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/resources/emoji/confused.png ":\")
Which is one more why I also upload the data to runningahead, which leaves my pretty round numbers untouched
01.03.15 - 13.0 km
03.03.15 - 3.3 km
05.03.15 - 4.8 km
08.03.15 - 14.2 km
10.03.15 - 3.6 km
13.03.15 - 4.4 km
14.03.15 - 4.2 km
15.03.15 - 11.0 km
58.6 km done (of 100km)
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I did a mile and a half today. I normally run first thing in the morning and ran at 4:30 today. When I got to the trail there were about 10 caes there. I dont like people to see me run because I am so slow and worry more about looking stupid than running. I started to pull away and put it off until tomorrow. But, I made myself just do it. I just concentrated on keeping a doable pace and breathing and my music. It was a tough run doing it at the end of the day. I am so glad I did it! 11 weeks until Hawaii!!!!0
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Anyone here run in the NYC race yesterday? If so, I may of saw you. Purely as a spectator though. I'm nowhere near ready for that.0
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01/03- rest sick
02/03- rest still sick
03/03- 3.6 miles TM
04/03- 3.74 miles TM
05/03- 3.84 miles TM
06/03- 4.08 miles TM
07/03- 1.4 miles OUTSIDE 3.7 TM
08/03- rest day
09/03- 1.5 miles TM
10/03- 4.25 miles outside on a trail
11/03- 2.7 miles trail
12/03- 4.32 miles road
13/03- 4.48 miles road
14/03- rest Happy Men's Valentine's Day
15/03- 4.02 miles TM
16/03- 4.47 miles road
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Date.......Miles.......Total
03/01.... 2.00....... 2.00 - Dog Beach run
03/02.... 5.22....... 7.22 - Fast rain run
03/03.... 7.88......15.10 - + Strength Training
03/04.... 0.00......15.10
03/05.... 4.03......19.13 - + Strength Training
03/06.... 8.74......27.87 - Windy and so dry
03/07.... 6.70......34.57 - Hot, hot, hot (sorry to all who are still dealing with snow and ice!)
03/08.... 2.00......36.57 - Dog Beach run
03/09.... 5.09......41.66
03/10.....9.52......51.18 - + Strength Training
03/11.....0.00......51.18 - much needed rest day!
03/12.....4.75......55.93 - + Strength Training
03/13.....7.08......63.01 - Hot and windy but a good run! Much better than yesterday
03/14.....0.00......63.01 - pre-5K rest and travel to San DIego
03/15.....3.10......66.11 - 5K
03/16.....5.44......71.55
Work got in the way today... very busy. I wasn't able to get out early when I wanted to so it was already hot when I headed out and I had to be on a conference call the last 2 miles of my run today so walked some of it.
I haven't had a chance to go through the 2+ pages of posts since last night (wow!) but I will go back and read them after work.
Did anyone run the LA Marathon? I would love to hear how you managed in the heat. It was 90 in San Diego so had to be super hot in LA!
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hollyelise68 wrote: »I did a mile and a half today. I normally run first thing in the morning and ran at 4:30 today. When I got to the trail there were about 10 caes there. I dont like people to see me run because I am so slow and worry more about looking stupid than running. I started to pull away and put it off until tomorrow. But, I made myself just do it. I just concentrated on keeping a doable pace and breathing and my music. It was a tough run doing it at the end of the day. I am so glad I did it! 11 weeks until Hawaii!!!!
Lol! I'm the same way. But you are doing this for you and if you keep at it you'll be showing off in no time!0 -
Maybe I'll get a drum set... To go with the new treadmill DH is cussing and unpacking... I can't help. He's mad.
The Treadmill Drummer #5 - Enter Sandman - Metallica Drum Cover:
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Jiminy Christmas, I can't keep up with this thread! Everybody is kicking some serious butt this month.
I hiked 2.4 miles up the other side of Superstition Mountain today. It was a bit of a struggle, since I carried my three year old nephew all the way up.
I won't include that mileage in my numbers for the month, but I will include this awesome picture of ostrich racing...
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hollyelise68 wrote: »I did a mile and a half today. I normally run first thing in the morning and ran at 4:30 today. When I got to the trail there were about 10 caes there. I dont like people to see me run because I am so slow and worry more about looking stupid than running. I started to pull away and put it off until tomorrow. But, I made myself just do it. I just concentrated on keeping a doable pace and breathing and my music. It was a tough run doing it at the end of the day. I am so glad I did it! 11 weeks until Hawaii!!!!
@hollyelise68 Don't worry about what others think, everyone had to start somewhere. Great job!0 -
3/2 = 4.56 miles
3/3 = 2.26 miles
3/4 = 3.52 miles
3/5 = rest
3/6 = 4.51 miles
3/7 = rest
3/8 = 8 miles
3/9 = rest
3/10 = 5.02 miles
3/11 = 3 miles
3/12 = 4.59 miles
3/13 = rest
3/14 = rest
3/15 = 6.41 miles
3/16 = 2.03 miles
Total = 43.9
Over halfway! Yesterday was supposed to be an 8.5 miler, but I ran after dinner and was so sick to my stomach that I had to stop. Stupid stupid. So I made up the difference today. I will go for 9 miles on Saturday. Lately I have been trying to run in the evenings because it's been SO NICE, but it really doesn't work out for me.
Thanks for all the advice about my friend! I don't know why she tends to give up. I KNOW she CAN do it... I feel like running is just such a mental thing, and she gives up sometimes when we've barely gotten started. But I'm like... you ran 8 miles last weekend! And now you can't do 5? Oh well.
Keep it up everyone... and awesome job on all the races this weekend!
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03/02 - 2 miles
03/04 - 2.5 miles
03/06- 3.1 miles
03/09 - 2.5 miles
03/10- rest
03/11- 2.5 miles
03/12- rest day (backyard clean up- 'tis the season, and agility practice)
03/13- 3 miles... Graduated C25K today!!! At the start of the year I could barely run 90 seconds, now I'm running 30 min straight.
03/16- 2.5 miles
Total 18......Goal 26 miles0 -
Booo! I paused Endomondo when I got to a traffic light today. and forgot to restart it. Didn't realize it until the end of my run.....
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I am joining mid-month so I am going to go about ten miles on my treadmill as I learn to run (30 day plan I found on Pintrest). I also attend a fitness boot camp 2 to 3 days a week. The boot camp requires a run and I could not run for the benchmark session, I want too run the whole required amount in five weeks or so and that will be my measurement.0
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Goal 60
Date……Miles.…Total..Miles to go
March 3….3.4 .……. 3.4…56.6
March 4….2.0………5.4....54.6
March 5…..6.2……11.6…..48.4
March 7…..1.4…….13.0….47.0
March 9…...3.0..….16.0….44.0
March 10….4.0......20.0.…40.0
March 11.…5.0…….25.0.…35.0
March 12….8.0……33.0.....27.0
March 15…..3.1…..36.1…..23.9
March 16…..3.1…..39.2…..20.8
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Halfway through the month, halfway to my goal
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01-Mar - Rest
02-Mar - 3.16 run
03-Mar - 2.17 run, 2.18 walk
04-Mar - 2.59 run
05-Mar - 2.16 run, 2.11 walk
06-Mar - surgery
07-, 08-, 09-, 10-Mar - recuperation
11-Mar - 1.24 walk
12-Mar - 2.19 walk, 1.95 walk
13-Mar - 4.00 walk (dreadmill)
14-Mar - 3.26 walk
15-Mar - 2.20 walk, 2.91 walk
16-Mar - 4.98 walk, 3.02 walk (dreadmill)
Talk about OCD? I *HAD* to get that 0.02 miles fixed from my neighborhood walk this morning. Kicking myself for not looking at the app before I stopped.
On the safety issue - my neighborhood is MUCH safer at 5 AM than it is at 5 PM! When it's starting to get dark, I have a RoadID wrist LED plus a NoxGEAR LED vest that I wear. I also make sure that I'm wearing at least some lighter colored clothes (my cold-weather leggings are dark, but I make sure that I'm wearing a light/bright colored shirt). But it really doesn't matter what time it is - some drivers are stupid/dangerous! There was one today that looked me in the eyes before starting his turn, and still cut it so short that I could've reached out about 8" from my body and hit his truck. Thought about actually doing it about a half-second too late. He'd either get out of his vehicle with a gun, or he'd crap himself thinking he'd hit me. Not sure it would matter that much.
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Seeing the surgeon tomorrow - hopefully he'll tell me that I'm healed up enough to get back to a regular schedule. This staying at home is driving me nuts!0
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Oops... plan called for 13 yesterday (vs. 12 done), so did a light 1 mile warm-up jog on the treadmill before lifting this afternoon (as I usually just hit the bike/elliptical for 10 minutes before lifting).
3/1 - 17 miles
3/3 - 5 miles
3/4 - 8 miles
3/5 - 5 miles
3/7 - 8 miles
3/8 - 18 miles
3/10 - 5 miles
3/11 - 8 miles
3/13 - 5 miles
3/14 - 5 miles (race PR, 7:21 pace)
3/15 - 12 miles
3/16 - 1 mile
Total: 97 miles
Goal: 180 miles
Remaining: 83 miles0 -
March 1 -Rest
March 2 - 4 miles
March 3 - 5.1 miles (furthest run to date)
March 4-6th - Rest arches, I pulled them jumping rope.
March 7 - 4 miles OUTSIDE!!! It was so warm here, I was surprised!
March 8 - 4 miles (plus a hike on the mountain)
March 9 - 3.1 miles (5k OUTSIDE!!, plus a 2 mile walk and weight training)
March 10 - 2.25 miles (It was hard to run tonight....)
March 11 - 3.1 miles (5k)
March 12 - 3.1 miles (5k, outside and the pace was MUCH different than on the treadmill. It was 9:47 mpm versus the almost 12 that I get on the machine)
March 13 - 2 miles (night before first 5k race)
March 14 - 3.1 miles (5k) I feel great about most of my first race! I ran my fastest mile time so far (8:56 mpm) and was on track to *maybe* place but ended up with a side stitch right in the middle that slowed me way down for about 1/2 mile (I need to fine tune what I should eat on race mornings) so my finish time was right at 30 minutes. I *think* this is a decent time for a first 5k race??
March 15 - 4 miles
March 16 - 3.1 miles
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@SLHysell - I am pretty sure I couldn't run 11 miles without my music. I have run a 5K without when they were not allowed and I do take them off to hear the birds on the trail at times.
@briebee7, @ddmom0811 and everyone else in the safety discussion - I have found carrying a small air horn works well. It was recommended over pepper spray which can make some animals angry and blow back on you, by our park ranger. The air horn works great for dogs and coyotes but I have no idea how it would do with a bear. You can get them at boat supplies pretty cheaply.
As for cars... I have a 4-way stop I have to go through with marked crosswalks and I cannot tell you how many times I have almost been hit. People who don't even slow down and go right through the intersection, people who don't look as they are turning and cars who only slightly hesitate even when the car next to them is stopped. I do not step off the curb now until I see all cars stopping and that the drivers all see me. Probably pisses some of them off that they have to wait but oh well - I am tired of being halfway across in the crosswalk and having a car zoom by me too close for comfort.
@hollyelise68 - I used to worry about how I looked too, now I no longer care. We are taking care of ourselves and doing better than all those people still sitting on their couches thinking about doing something. Just go out and enjoy yourself and know you are doing some good for you!
@SBRRepeat - love the Ostrich Race!
@VintageMatch - WhooHoo!! Congratulations!
@gabbo34 - I hate when that happens!0
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