November 2015 Running Challenge

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  • dperich1968
    dperich1968 Posts: 235 Member
    edited November 2015
    Who else loves to run in the rain? Feels so refreshing. It's a crockpot meal making kind of day.

    Nov 3 - 4.73 walking
    Nov 5 - 7.00
    Nov 6 - yoga and stretches
    Nov 7 - family time
    Nov 8 - family time
    Nov 9 - 3.2

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    @kareF hope you are on the mend soon.
    @Ohhim way to go on Tri.
    @beachhouse758 C25K got me well prepared for my first 5K, you go this and will have so much fun running. I just know it. :)
  • tdbernrd
    tdbernrd Posts: 510 Member
    11/3--5.28 miles
    11/4--5.03 miles
    11/5--strength training and elliptical
    11/6--3 miles
    11/7--13.03 (woo hoo)
    11/8--rest day
    11/9--5.32 miles

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  • Virkati
    Virkati Posts: 679 Member
    edited November 2015
    11/1 - 3.81 C25k W1 D3 (.73 + 2.32 + .76)
    11/2 - 5.78 walking lunch break + evening walk (3.3 + 2.48)
    11/3 - 2.99 C25k W2 D1 + continuation of lunch break (2.09 + .9)
    11/4 - 1.78 nice, easy, comfortable lunch walk.
    11/5 - 3.13 C25k W2 D2 + 180 spm practice (2.23 + .9)
    11/6 - 4.61 walking lunch break + evening walk (2.36 + 2.25)
    11/7 - 2.16 C25k W2 D3 (2.16)
    11/8 - Full rest/recovery day. Was my 1 yr anniversary for starting to lose weight so I went SHOPPING!!
    11/9 - Full rest/recovery day. Might go for a walk tonight...jury still out on that one.

    @dharwood68 I like running in the rain, and I think I'll like it more now that I got some rain pants!
    @ohhim Good job! I'm doing my first sprint Tri in August. I'm so excited!
    @ddmom0811 I would be so disappointed for my first Half to be cut in half.
    @kareF That sucks. Hopefully it mends easily and well.
    @shanaber The dogs, the beach, looks like so much fun!!

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  • SAfricaChick
    SAfricaChick Posts: 1,143 Member
    edited November 2015
    1/11 - Planned rest after HM
    2/11 - Travel day
    3/11 - Overslept
    4/11 - 4.7 miles
    5/11 - Migraine, no running
    6/11 - 6.3 miles
    7/11 - 3.3 miles
    8/11 - 15.06 miles
    9/11 = 3.23 miles
    Total: 32.54 miles

    Target 125 miles
  • Somebody_Loved
    Somebody_Loved Posts: 498 Member
    I've been MIA the past few days so I have lots to go back and catch up on. I'll give a brief update and then see everything I missed.

    After taking 3 days off, I'm so glad I had a good run today. I had every intention of running Saturday and Sunday and essentially drank myself useless this weekend. I was feeling really down about that but my run today helped pull me out of the dumps. Needless to say I'll run a few extra miles this week to make up for it as well as lay off the drinks for a while.

    11/01: 6.19
    11/03: 4.7
    11/05: 3.7
    11/09: 5.45

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  • runner_girl83
    runner_girl83 Posts: 553 Member
    edited November 2015
    Good news.. My physio is going to treat the snapped ligament/avulsion fragment as a bad ankle sprain and he has taped it up. He is happy that I can put weight on it with walking when I need to. A few times I have gone to pick up after my little boy and lent to the side a bit or put my weight on the back of my foot accidentally and I can definitely feel it.. but I can walk on it so that's something! Lots of flexing to do this week to help strengthen muscles. No weight-bearing exercise all week and no running for 6 weeks.. but I am getting away with just taping it up so I'm happy I have escaped a moonboot! I have already marked 6 weeks on the calendar.. Already going stir-crazy!!

    Thanks again for well wishes!

    @shanaber I love that photo of your dogs on the beach! So gorgeous!!

    Edited to add: Physio is happy I'm getting Asics Cumulus runners - says the extra ankle support will not go astray after this :sweat_smile:
  • 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
    11/9: 5 miles

    Waited to run til the afternoon because I checked my phone before I even got out of bed, saw it was 32 degrees, and said, "Nope." Good bet, because I felt way less stiff this afternoon than this morning, and my run worked out the rest of the kinks so I'm nice and limber for my cross-training tomorrow.

    77.2/150

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    Upcoming races:
    11/14: Harrington Park 5k (USATF-NJ Women's 5k Championships!)
    11/22: Philadelphia Marathon
    .....?
    5/1: New Jersey Marathon
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 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
    11/9: 5 miles

    Waited to run til the afternoon because I checked my phone before I even got out of bed, saw it was 32 degrees, and said, "Nope." Good bet, because I felt way less stiff this afternoon than this morning, and my run worked out the rest of the kinks so I'm nice and limber for my cross-training tomorrow.

    77.2/150

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    Upcoming races:
    11/14: Harrington Park 5k (USATF-NJ Women's 5k Championships!)
    11/22: Philadelphia Marathon
    .....?
    5/1: New Jersey Marathon

    @kristinegift glad the later day run worked out and was nice! Love the fact you are halfway to goal on day 9 of the month :sunglasses:

    @karef great news!
  • 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
    11/10—5.05 km
  • 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
    11/9: 5 miles

    Waited to run til the afternoon because I checked my phone before I even got out of bed, saw it was 32 degrees, and said, "Nope." Good bet, because I felt way less stiff this afternoon than this morning, and my run worked out the rest of the kinks so I'm nice and limber for my cross-training tomorrow.

    77.2/150

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    Upcoming races:
    11/14: Harrington Park 5k (USATF-NJ Women's 5k Championships!)
    11/22: Philadelphia Marathon
    .....?
    5/1: New Jersey Marathon

    @kristinegift glad the later day run worked out and was nice! Love the fact you are halfway to goal on day 9 of the month :sunglasses:

    @karef great news!

    Haha, being at the halfway point already makes the goal seem much more reasonable since after the 22nd the majority of my miles will be big, fat zeroes. But until then, it makes me look like an uber-overachiever though, lol :wink:
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 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
    11/9: 5 miles

    Waited to run til the afternoon because I checked my phone before I even got out of bed, saw it was 32 degrees, and said, "Nope." Good bet, because I felt way less stiff this afternoon than this morning, and my run worked out the rest of the kinks so I'm nice and limber for my cross-training tomorrow.

    77.2/150

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    Upcoming races:
    11/14: Harrington Park 5k (USATF-NJ Women's 5k Championships!)
    11/22: Philadelphia Marathon
    .....?
    5/1: New Jersey Marathon

    @kristinegift glad the later day run worked out and was nice! Love the fact you are halfway to goal on day 9 of the month :sunglasses:

    @karef great news!

    Haha, being at the halfway point already makes the goal seem much more reasonable since after the 22nd the majority of my miles will be big, fat zeroes. But until then, it makes me look like an uber-overachiever though, lol :wink:

    Ha ha!
  • 5BeautifulDays
    5BeautifulDays Posts: 683 Member
    11/1 3.1 @ 11:15 outside in the neighborhood in the rain
    11/2 rest
    11/3 5.0 @ 10:59 on the treadmill (plus a 1 mile walk and strength training)
    11/4 8.2 @ really really slow (16:04) riking (run-hiking, steep, covered with inches of leaves and treacherous fun)
    11/5 4.0 @ 12:30 recovery run plus .5 walk on the park trail
    11/6 3.25 @ 10:53 on the treadmill (really 3.0 at 10:28, plus .25 at a walk) plus strength training.
    11/7 Rest/Life Day

    11/8 Rest/Life Day
    11/9 5.5 @ 12:30 on the park trail with the doggy--who really enjoyed rolling around in the leaves!
    11/10
    11/11
    11/12
    11/13
    11/14


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  • emmargest
    emmargest Posts: 20 Member
    I got home from work today and it was JUST too beautiful to not go outside and run. Which is probably a good thing since it's almost a third of the way through the month and my miles are severely lacking. ;)

    11/02--2.18miles
    11/08--4.59
    11/09--3.17

    9.94/40
  • emmargest
    emmargest Posts: 20 Member
    dharwood68 wrote: »
    Who else loves to run in the rain? Feels so refreshing. It's a crockpot meal making kind of day.

    I love running in the rain, until it turns into a complete downpour and I can't see anymore. Then it's not so fun. But it always feels like a bit more of an adventure when it starts to rain mid-run. :)
  • brandy79tx
    brandy79tx Posts: 4 Member
    Hi everyone! Glad I stumbled a cross this site. I am in need of some motivation. Since it is already the 9th, I will throw 60 miles out there. I am not a huge runner, so we will see how if I can progress.
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
    edited November 2015
    10 km run along the River bank trails after work - last 5k in the dark after sunset.
    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
    11/09 –10.0 Km – 52.3km – 97.7 Km
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    @kareF That is Good news :) Marking my calendar - when you comeback. Pretend it is W1D1 of C25K.
    Actually I hope your Physio has you ease back into Walking/Running on the Dreadmill in the Physio Clinic where she/he can monitor you and offer Tips.
    Waited to run til the afternoon-- saw it was 32 degrees, and said, "Nope."
    @kristinegift that's a Heat wave. In my run along the River Bank tonight It was -3C = 27F, add the Wind-chill factor -8C which feels like 18F. I did notice the first small Ice pans (dinner plate size) floating along in the river. Still at least a month until the True Freeze Up unless we get hit with 2 weeks of -40 ( = Dreadmill Running ).

    On a completely different Subject and Sport I Just heard that Linda MacAlpine ( Canadian Ladies Collegiate Ice Hockey Coach ) has been recruited by Australia to Coach the Oz Ladies team. Yes I did say Ice Hockey - not Field Hockey.
  • ShanazAsiya
    ShanazAsiya Posts: 50 Member
    Hi, Everyone I love the way you guys are so motivated It always seems like no one gets tired in this group one thing that I am happy about is I have found a partner to run with or walk/run twice a week. I would love to try a marathon but it never happened because all thru my life I was moving and finnaly I stoped and were I stoped they don't have marathons but I found other great things that I can do mostly they are for women but some are for women and men. :) Yoga any one? B)
  • gaelicstorm26
    gaelicstorm26 Posts: 589 Member
    Little by little the runs are getting easier. Hoping to add 10% to my distance next week. Found out that I'll be out of the running game from 11/24-12/15. Boo.

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  • ewrook
    ewrook Posts: 90 Member
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    Slow start this month. Runny nose and early dark have been challenges.
  • Chaidell
    Chaidell Posts: 121 Member
    11/1 - 2.94 miles
    11/2 - 1.32 miles
    11/3 - 2 miles
    11/4 - 0
    11/5 - 0
    11/6 - 0
    11/7 - 0
    11/8 - 0.65 miles
    11/9 - 1.8 miles

    Total: 8.71/30

    I also did 2 classes of martial arts today so I'm totally pooped!
  • ameliasdanial213
    ameliasdanial213 Posts: 16 Member
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  • MamaMollyT
    MamaMollyT Posts: 197 Member

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  • emmab0902
    emmab0902 Posts: 2,338 Member
    01-Nov: 2.4km walk
    02-Nov: 2.25km swim (not counting lol)
    03-Nov: 2.5km run plus 2.75km walk
    04-Nov: 2.6km swim
    05-Nov: Beginning strength training
    06-Nov: 6km run
    07-Nov: 2.1km swim
    08-Nov: Strength training
    09-Nov: 2.4km swim
    10-Nov: 5.1km run
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  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    @msf74 - Just the red dog is mine. The black one is a friend found on the beach. They do have a great time splashing, running and chasing and rolling in the sand of course :)
    @snha - It is the Huntington Beach, CA dog beach. One of the few where dogs are allowed to run off leash here.
    @skippygirlsmom - It is so good to have a dentist you like and trust. We have been seeing ours since college and I saw his dad until he retired. Don't what I will do when he finally decides to retire but he has kids in college to pay for yet so it will be a while!
    @dharwood68 - it was great weather this morning for a run in the rain! Just wish you would have sent more of it south :)
    @kareF - so glad you got good news about your ankle and that the physio is going to work with you and keep you out of a boot! The 6 weeks will be over before you know it and you will be back to running again!
    @Virkati - the dog beach is so fun for all of us!

    Got in a great easy run this morning in the cool, cloudy, almost, but not quite rain.

    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
    11/08......0.00..........26.77
    11/09......5.30..........32.07 - + Agility

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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
  • 9voice9
    9voice9 Posts: 693 Member
    brandy79tx wrote: »
    Hi everyone! Glad I stumbled a cross this site. I am in need of some motivation. Since it is already the 9th, I will throw 60 miles out there. I am not a huge runner, so we will see how if I can progress.

    Welcome! We'll be glad to help you get addicted, and then enable your "acting-out"!
  • 9voice9
    9voice9 Posts: 693 Member
    ewrook wrote: »
    Slow start this month. Runny nose and early dark have been challenges.

    Running has been the best thing for my drippy sinuses. Have you heard about the farmer's blow?

    http://www.runnersworld.com/training-video/mastering-the-farmers-blow
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
    juliet3455 wrote: »
    Waited to run til the afternoon-- saw it was 32 degrees, and said, "Nope."
    @kristinegift that's a Heat wave. In my run along the River Bank tonight It was -3C = 27F, add the Wind-chill factor -8C which feels like 18F. I did notice the first small Ice pans (dinner plate size) floating along in the river. Still at least a month until the True Freeze Up unless we get hit with 2 weeks of -40 ( = Dreadmill Running ).

    @juliet3455 Brr, that's so cold! Regular cold temperatures isn't too bad, but wind chill is the worst part of winter running, imo. Chills you to the bone! And -40 is just crazy cold. Ick! lol
  • brandy79tx
    brandy79tx Posts: 4 Member
    Day 1 3.5 miles
    56.5 to go
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    1-0 miles
    2-3.72 miles
    3-4.86 miles-I think. Phone restarted during my run
    4-rest day
    5-sick day. was supposed to do another 4.5 but I have a hacking cough that makes breathing hard. Head colds I can run with; chest colds, not so much
    6-rest day.
    7-sick
    8-sick
    9-3.2 miles, still sick but couldn't stand it any more
    10-5.28 miles. a little slow but I'm still sick. so slow is fine


    upcoming race: 8k turkey trot with cinnamon buns at the end


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  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,881 Member
    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 day.
    Nov 10 - 4.7 miles - hot and humid; slow and sweaty. If I should complain about the cold (if we ever get it), just tell me to shut up. :wink:


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    @karef- six weeks will fly by. Glad you have a person you trust to help you!
    @dharwood68 - definitely love to run in the rain, unless it's lightning and then I'm a chicken.

    Here is the bear my neighbor filmed with this security cameras. http://screencast.com/t/iBFd2108W
    Neighbor went out to get the mail close to midnight and the bear ran away but then a few seconds later turns back. Bear has been seen just about every morning and night but is afraid of people (thank goodness), so I try to be noisy while running so bear knows I'm coming. I realized this morning my singing probably sounds like a wounded animal so I had to adjust the tone.