November 2015 Running Challenge

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  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    Date Miles today. Miles for November

    11/1 REST DAY
    11/2 10 miles - 10
    11/3 11 miles - 21
    11/4 4 miles - 25 << Recovery Day
    11/5 11 miles - 36 << Threshold Day
    11/6 6.2 miles - 42.2 << Recovery Day
    11/7 15 miles - 57.2 << Long Run (1 week till Huntsville Half)

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  • Missmissy0003
    Missmissy0003 Posts: 250 Member
    I'm going to try for 30 miles of running only for this month. I have 3.2 so far. I'll work on my ticker a little later. I have 3 children (5 and younger) getting into everything imaginable. It's not a good time for me to work on something so complicated such as this ticker. ; )
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    Date Miles today. Miles for November

    11/1 REST DAY
    11/2 10 miles - 10
    11/3 11 miles - 21
    11/4 4 miles - 25 << Recovery Day
    11/5 11 miles - 36 << Threshold Day
    11/6 6.2 miles - 42.2 << Recovery Day
    11/7 15 miles - 57.2 << Long Run (1 week till Huntsville Half)

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    Hey @Stoshew71, for once you haven't eclipsed me in the first week of the month! We're at the exact same mileage so far! Super impressed by your daily miles btw. So many double digits per week! I'm hoping to do something similar for my next training cycle in the spring.
  • annekka
    annekka Posts: 517 Member
    November goal— somewhere between 100 and 140 km


    11/3—5 km
    11/5—5.2 km
    11/8—10.46 km
  • Missmissy0003
    Missmissy0003 Posts: 250 Member
    Y'all are inspiring me!!
  • SerenityNow76
    SerenityNow76 Posts: 38 Member
    edited November 2015
    As I am new to running and didn't really have a plan, I was looking around at C25K but since I had already managed to do parkrun (albeit slowly) it didn't really seem like a good fit. I found the Rundouble app I started with week 7 day 1 of the zero to 10Km program. It was 4 x 8min runs with a 2min brisk walk interval. I added an extra run at the end to get me closer to home. It felt like a good place to start. Has anyone else used this app?


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  • ljc1057
    ljc1057 Posts: 357 Member
    edited November 2015
    I'm starting late, but I'm going for 40 miles this month.
  • ljc1057
    ljc1057 Posts: 357 Member
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  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    HonuNui wrote: »
    November goal 75 miles

    11/1 4.42
    11/2 rest
    11/3 3.18
    11/4 9.47
    11/5 rest
    11/6 3.25
    11/7 6.25: 1st (and last ;) ) in my age group!

    Total 26.57

    Upcoming races:
    11/7 Sunrise Athletics 10k
    11/15 Las Vegas RocknRoll 1/2 marathon
    3/20 Big Island International 1/2 marathon

    @kareF : I am a doctor. Yes, you need to see one soon.....

    Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date:

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    @honunui nice! :smiley:
    @karef ouch!!!
  • 9voice9
    9voice9 Posts: 693 Member
    ...on top of running...

    There's your problem. You think there's stuff on top of (more important than?) running? :wink:
  • 9voice9
    9voice9 Posts: 693 Member
    juliet3455 wrote: »
    So I just completed my first HM even if it wasn't an organized race. Might complain to the organizers - No water stations, No Bathroom Facilities, No Shirt, No Race Bling and no post race FOOD.

    I actually LOL'd at this.
  • 9voice9
    9voice9 Posts: 693 Member
    patrikc333 wrote: »
    ...mega heavy rain! I couldn't even see, but honestly I did enjoy the last 2 km under those conditions, it was fun! satisfied to see people closed in their cars and myself out in the rain working out

    Wow. I haven't actually tried to run in a REAL rain (just a light misty, little-more-than-fog kind of thing). Not sure if I'd actually gut it up and do it, or beg off....
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    You guys are cracking me up, it's not just you "brothers" trying to keep it under control, on top of running, I work full time, do all the house chores including but of course not limited to laundry/cooking/cutting the grass/cleaning the pool, I'm a taxi service to Skip and her activities and I'm a single mom. Right now I'm trying to figure out why I volunteer for the XC Booster Club I'm trying to get a pancake breakfast set up for tomorrow for 250 all the while working on their banquet in less than 2 weeks. I tell my friends I'm the living breathing Army slogan "I do more before 9am than most people do all day" ha ha!!
    @skippygirlsmom - when Skip is off to college and things quiet down you will look back and wonder how in the world you ever got it all done. I know I do!
    @kareF - your ankle looks terrible! I would definitely hobble to the Dr as soon as possible
    @HonuNui - Congratulations on your race! Great job!!
    @juliet3455 - I prefer running in the cold too, it's just not all that cold here. Ever.
    Congrats on finishing your first HM! I think your running fr-enemies owe you a post-run beer at least!
    @Ohhim - Good luck with the triathlon!
    @snha - great news that you could do 7 miles. Glad your ankle is feeling better!

    I had a good long run today. It was hot, very dry and windy but the wind made it feel much more comfortable. I just had to keep having sips of water because my mouth and lips were so dry. This was my last long run before my HM on the 21st. I am nervous about this Half - it is the first invitational I have been invited too/qualified for and I worry I won't be able to match my entry time at least. I qualified well under the time requirement for my age group so hopefully I will finish within the range at least.

    Date..........Miles.........Total
    11/01.......0.00...........0.00
    11/02.......4.84...........4.84 - + Agility
    11/03.......5.20.........10.04 - + Strength Training
    11/04.......0.00.........10.04
    11/05.......6.23.........16.27 - + Strength Training
    11/06.......0.00.........16.27 - unplanned rest
    11/07.....10.50.........26.77

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    These are my upcoming races, let me know if you are going to be running too:
    11/21/15 - USA Invitational Half, San Diego, CA
    12/27/15 - Holiday Half, San Diego, CA
    02/07/15 - Surf City Half, Huntington Beach, CA
    02/20/15 - Special Edition Divas Half, Temecula, CA
  • louubelle16
    louubelle16 Posts: 579 Member
    @9voice9, I'm the same as you, I never run in proper rain! I tend to hit the dreadmill instead, but now my gym has closed for a refurbishment, I guess I will have to get over my hatred of rain.

    As for my progress, I'm at 9/45 miles for the month. I ran a proper 10km race today and was so happy with the result! The course was horrible, very busy on narrow paths and there was one, horrific hill, plus it was muggy and I was a bit overdressed as it wasn't as cold as was forecast. But still, 57:35!!! Knocked over a minute of my previous PB and I'm very happy with it, even more so because it was a pig of a course. I'm even happier I made it through training without injury, woo!
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
    11/1: 22 miles LR
    11/2: 5 miles recovery style
    11/3: XT: 15 miles indoor bike
    11/4: 10 miles
    11/5: 7 miles tempo run (am), 7.2 with the Thursday crew (pm)
    11/6: Rest day
    11/7: 6 miles
    11/8: 15 miles - partly with group, partly solo

    Nice and easy pace for my last long run pre-Philly. Ran the first 8 with a group and chatted the entire way, and then ran the last 7 on my own with some tunes. Beautiful day for a run. Looking forward to some coffee and Netflix now :)

    72.2/150

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    Upcoming races:
    11/22: Philadelphia Marathon
    .....?
    5/1: New Jersey Marathon
  • kcbhopkins
    kcbhopkins Posts: 24 Member
    Took two days off because of pain in the top of foot. Ran 5 yesterday and the pain is worse than ever. I think I've narrowed it down to tendonitis, so looking into getting some new shoes, and then taking the next few days doing some strength training and focus on getting into a bike routine.

    11/1 - 0
    11/2 - 0
    11/3 - 3.17
    11/4 - 3.0
    11/5 - 0
    11/6 - 0
    11/7 - 5
    118 - 0

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  • vandinem
    vandinem Posts: 550 Member
    Date      Miles      MTD
    ------    -----    -----
    Nov 01      6.5      6.5
    Nov 07      4.2     10.7
    Nov 08      4.2     14.9
    

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  • Ohhim
    Ohhim Posts: 1,142 Member
    Totally botched my swim pace today in the triathlon, so a 2:30 was out of reach. Finished in 2:32:59 though with a solid finishing run (7:37 pace), despite it being 79 degrees w. 83% humidity on the uncovered bridge/causeway course. Hoping to redeem myself at the rock & roll half next weekend.

    On the plus side, it is always nice when you can just bike home from a race in 5 minutes, take a shower, then recover with some coffee out on the balcony.

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    11/1 - 4 miles
    11/2 - 4 miles
    11/3 - 9 miles
    11/4 - 6 miles
    11/6 - 2 miles
    11/8 - 6.2 miles (Olympic triathlon 10K, 7:37 pace)

    Total: 31.2 miles
    Target: 220 miles
    Remaining: 188.8 miles
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    @ohhim great job!!!
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    11/1 - 10 miles
    11/2 - rest day - sore shins
    11/3 - 5 miles
    11/4 - 5 miles
    11/5 - rest day cross country meet with Skip.
    11/6 - 7 miles
    11/7 - life day off - XC pancake breakfast which turned into still cleaning up until lunch LOL
    11/8 - 6 miles tried something new and ran 9:58 pace :tongue:

    33 out of 110 miles

    Watched the SEC XC finals on TV from Texas A&M and Skip decided she needs to run for them since she loved the course. I'm good with that Gig 'Em Aggies - please send $$
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    edited November 2015
    1-2.65 treadmill walk
    2- rehab/ travel
    3-2.5
    4-rest/lazy
    5-rehab/travel
    6-5.5
    7- migraine
    8- 8.09 if only my left did what the right does...8'd be 18

    18.74/80+

    Upcoming races:
    11/26/15 Turkey trot ft worth 10k
    3/19/16 Rock N Roll 5K Dallas
    3/20/16 Rock N Roll Half Dallas
    4/24/16 OKC Memorial


    @skippygirlsmom great school! Fingers crossed that she lands a handsome scholarship!

    @Ohhim nice job! Congratulations!


    I thought of using Sirius radio for running. But I don't want to run with my phone. Anyone know of a small device that would work?
  • Virkati
    Virkati Posts: 679 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    1-2.65 treadmill walk
    2- rehab/ travel
    3-2.5
    4-rest/lazy
    5-rehab/travel
    6-5.5
    7- migraine
    8- 8.09 if only my left did what the right does...8'd be 18

    18.74/80+

    Upcoming races:
    11/26/15 Turkey trot ft worth 10k
    3/19/16 Rock N Roll 5K Dallas
    3/20/16 Rock N Roll Half Dallas
    4/24/16 OKC Memorial


    @skippygirlsmom great school! Fingers crossed that she lands a handsome scholarship!

    @Ohhim nice job! Congratulations!


    I thought of using Sirius radio for running. But I don't want to run with my phone. Anyone know of a small device that would work?

    I got a cheap Mp3 player from Walmart. I have the music on my computer, download it to the Mp3, and good to go. However, I don't really use it anymore. I have an app on the phone that tracks my run, another one plays music, and I'm doing C25k. Can't get all that from the Mp3 :(
  • gaelicstorm26
    gaelicstorm26 Posts: 589 Member
    edited November 2015
    Haven't posted in a few days but got two runs in!

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  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
    A short 5 km stretch run after the unplanned HM distance on Friday. Calf's were a little tight for the first km so it was a slow ramp-up to my normal run pace. Turned a little early so I had to make a lap in the grass around the Hotel beside Tim's to get the distance.
    11/01 – 4.6 Km – 4.6km – 135.4 Km
    11/03 – 5.6 Km – 10.2km – 129.8 Km
    11/04 – 6.0 Km – 16.2km – 123.8 Km
    11/06 –21.1 Km – 37.3km – 102.7 Km
    11/08 – 5.0 Km – 42.3km – 107.7 Km YTD 5 + 416.4 = 421.4Km
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    @Ohhim 29 / 258 Nothing wrong with that.
    @skippygirlsmom Go Skip, Go Aggies. Must be a great course if it caught her eye on TV. Scholarship Hunt Begins.
  • BubblyBritney
    BubblyBritney Posts: 2 Member
    I haven't really kept track of my miles this month but I'll make a goal starting from today until the end of the month. My goal is to run at least 90 Miles.

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  • patrikc333
    patrikc333 Posts: 436 Member
    06/11 - 13.5 miles
    07/11 - 10.3 km
    08/11 - 22.2 miles

    long run today the park, same idiots as usual

    let's walk backward without looking ahead with a dog using a long lead, and let's make sure the lead gets tangled on my knee - got a bruised leg (these new leads are really sharp)

    then let's walk puppies without a lead, so they can jump over myself making me all covered in mud (and almost ripping off my fitbit), twice. and don't apologise if I tell you that's a bit excessive, stare at the ground and don't say nothing

    really fed up with this

    a part from this, I struggled for the first 20k, then all ok, it was a grey but warm morning, not really inspiring. my leg is still bothering me a little bit.

    quiet 10k tomorrow, then relax
  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,881 Member
    @ohhim - I'm impressed with the times and view!
    @karef - hope your foot is okay. Yikes, looks painful. Hope it feels better soon. (I only read the first post with picture, if you had an update, sorry missed it).


    Very busy weekend for me and no time to post or read posts. I was scared to see how many posts there were, 77.

    But I did run! Usually I bike but I had two things I had to go to that started earlier than that, so ran early instead.

    Nov 1 - rest
    Nov 2 - 3.2
    Nov 3 - 4.3
    Nov 4 - strength training
    Nov 5 - rest
    Nov 6 - 5.0 Had to loop in front of house to hit 5 exactly. ;)
    Nov 7 - 5.0 in daylight!
    Nov 8 - 6.0 in daylight, but too darn hot and humid.
    Nov 9 - rest


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  • patrikc333
    patrikc333 Posts: 436 Member
    9voice9 wrote: »
    patrikc333 wrote: »
    ...mega heavy rain! I couldn't even see, but honestly I did enjoy the last 2 km under those conditions, it was fun! satisfied to see people closed in their cars and myself out in the rain working out

    Wow. I haven't actually tried to run in a REAL rain (just a light misty, little-more-than-fog kind of thing). Not sure if I'd actually gut it up and do it, or beg off....

    trust me, the more it rains the more the fun is (and vice versa)
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    Date Miles today. Miles for November

    11/1 REST DAY
    11/2 10 miles - 10
    11/3 11 miles - 21
    11/4 4 miles - 25 << Recovery Day
    11/5 11 miles - 36 << Threshold Day
    11/6 6.2 miles - 42.2 << Recovery Day
    11/7 15 miles - 57.2 << Long Run (1 week till Huntsville Half)

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    Hey @Stoshew71, for once you haven't eclipsed me in the first week of the month! We're at the exact same mileage so far! Super impressed by your daily miles btw. So many double digits per week! I'm hoping to do something similar for my next training cycle in the spring.

    Hahahaha. I will be slowing down for now as I am tapering this week for my half on Saturday. I may have a week after that to pick it back up (depends how much I need to recover from my half), then it's taper again for my marathon (Rocket City) for mid December. Then my racing season is done till spring.

    You are doing really awesome.

  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,881 Member
    edited November 2015
    Did anyone do the Disney Wine and Dine HM in Orlando? My son and his fiance did it and they said it was a disaster. Because of weather they changed it to be just 7.1 miles. They still got the HM medal, which they don't feel they deserve. Race was delayed and they had to wait inside for a long time and they both fell asleep on the floor waiting. Then when they woke up they heard the course was changed. Then because of the fact everyone was rushed inside, the corrals were pretty much abandoned. So the first mile or so they were trying to run around people walking. Apparently those races have a lot of walkers. Disappointing for those who trained, but I know Disney can't risk people getting struck by lightning. Although, they said they never saw any lightning at all.
    And that is NOT a cheap one to enter!

    That's the one thing I do fear living in Florida though. It can be clear where you are, raining 5 miles away, and then strike out of the blue. Luckily I have only been caught outside one time running in it and one time biking. Scared the s#!! out of me. But made it home safely. :smiley: