November 2015 Running Challenge

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  • 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
    11/10: XT: 30 mins yoga

    Really needed the yoga this morning. My hamstrings and heels have been really tight lately, and now they feel significantly less tight. Trying to incorporate more yoga into my taper, and hopefully post-marathon it'll stick!

    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

  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    11/1-Rest
    11/2-Strength Training
    11/3-5.0 miles
    11/4-3.2 miles+ strength training
    11/5-5.2 miles
    11/6-4.5 miles +yoga
    11/7-Nada
    11/8-Another crappy day of nada
    11/9-4.5 miles

    @kristinegift -Yoga also does wonders for Taper Madness! You are getting down to the wire-Good luck!!

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  • vandinem
    vandinem Posts: 550 Member
    Date      Miles      MTD
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    Nov 01      6.5      6.5
    Nov 07      4.2     10.7
    Nov 08      4.2     14.9
    Nov 10      5.3     20.2
    

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  • patrikc333
    patrikc333 Posts: 436 Member
    06/11 - 13.5 miles
    07/11 - 10.3 km
    08/11 - 22.2 miles
    09/11 - 10. 4km
    10/11 - 13.2 miles

    10k yesterday, awful, very slow, but as decided I didn't put too much effort on it, it's either speed or distance now, butit was very demotivating to see a pace I've never run at before for that kind of 10k

    today HM, awful, super super slow, again very demotivating looking at the garmin and consequently in really bad mood, as lots of concerns in my head now - is it time for a rest? is my body telling me I need a week off?

    very windy for a week now, I run upwind for a good 80%, it is difficult to not get frustrated

    last HMs were very good, my best pace in a couple of months, no fatigue, today extremely tired, so there is no real pattern to make me understand what's clearly going on

    for my usual HM in the woods I don't think I'll be able to come home tomorrow if I'll feel like today :neutral: just need to see what happens, in the worst case I will need to walk for a good 5k if I give up :cold_sweat:
  • 9voice9
    9voice9 Posts: 693 Member
    ddmom0811 wrote: »
    Here is the bear my neighbor filmed with this security cameras. 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.

    My football team is the Mercer Bears, but I think I'd be VERY not interested in running in the neighborhood with a real one. But I larfed at your "adjust the tone."
  • 9voice9
    9voice9 Posts: 693 Member
    01-Nov: 2.61 miles (walk)
    02-Nov: 4.47 miles; 1.00 miles (walk)
    03-Nov: 4.45 miles
    04-Nov: <Life Day> but 4.47 miles (walk)
    05-Nov: 3.27 miles; 3.00 miles (walk)
    06-Nov: 3.56 miles; 1.75 miles (walk)
    07-Nov: 6.42 miles
    08-Nov: 4.00 miles
    09-Nov: 6.42 miles; 2.56 miles (walk)
    10-Nov: 4.46 miles
    11-Nov: <Life Day>
    12-Nov:
    13-Nov:
    14-Nov:
    15-Nov:
    16-Nov:
    17-Nov:
    18-Nov: <Life Day>
    19-Nov:
    20-Nov:
    21-Nov:
    22-Nov:
    23-Nov:
    24-Nov:
    25-Nov: <Life Day>
    26-Nov:
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    30-Nov:

    Upcoming Races:
    14-Nov: FUMC 5K, Warner Robins, GA
    05-Dec: Reindeer Run 10K, Macon, GA
    16-Jan: Museum of Aviation 5K, Warner Robins, GA
    19-Mar: Cherry Blossom 10K, Macon, GA
    16-Apr: Running for Ronald 5K or 10K, Macon, GA

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    Staying ahead of pace for my 120/month, so I feel good about that. Temps in the low 50s (which is usual for November), so pulled out the long compression pants and the long-sleeve tee, and the wool gloves (HATE to have cold fingers - 'cause I'm a pianist). Was able to enjoy a couple of good runs over the weekend.

    Got some new kicks yesterday (BCG Evade - http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/bcg-mens-evade-running-shoes). Did my 4.46 this morning, and they felt good. And they were CHEAP! $20!! I'll let you know if they stay good, but I'm not really a connoisseur (yet), so it might not be especially informed.
  • 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)
    11/8 REST DAY
    11/9 REST DAY
    11/10 7 miles - 64.2 << Brueggers taper run (.5 w/u, 2.5 ~ghmp, 4 easy)

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  • ShanazAsiya
    ShanazAsiya Posts: 50 Member
    Hi, who lives in new jersey? ;)
  • ShanazAsiya
    ShanazAsiya Posts: 50 Member
    9voice9 wrote: »
    ddmom0811 wrote: »
    Here is the bear my neighbor filmed with this security cameras. 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.

    My football team is the Mercer Bears, but I think I'd be VERY not interested in running in the neighborhood with a real one. But I larfed at your "adjust the tone."

    At least were you live you have a little more then just raccoons I mean I don't want a bear walking around my house but I am getting bored with all these little rodents the usual ones :/:/ . Well to come to think of it I do have deer's.Were do you live :)
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    edited November 2015
    kareF wrote: »
    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:

    Great news that it is treatable and that he will hopefully get you back on track soon. :-)
    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 aboard. Stick with us and I am almost guarentee progress.
    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)

    Having a group or partner to run with is always a great thing. @JoRocka in this group I think lives around you. And @kristinegift is studying at Princeton and may help you find a marathon to run in.

    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.
    Why out of the running game?

    ewrook wrote: »
    Slow start this month. Runny nose and early dark have been challenges.

    Hope you feel better soon.
    ddmom0811 wrote: »
    I realized this morning my singing probably sounds like a wounded animal so I had to adjust the tone.

    I am sorry. I had to laugh at this one. My singing (even when not running) is not so good.


    Skip will entertain any school that will give her money, we can be brought very easily LOL

    @kristinegift I giggled at your comment to @stoshew71 that he'll kill the HM this weekend, of course he will he's trained so hard. I'm just begging him not to lap me ha ha! He could probably run the race then start over and pass me before I'm done. But this is the thing I like about the running community, I'll be so happy for him and his race and he'll be happy for me and mine.

    Hahaha and yup. The running community is awesome.
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    A Formal Break-Up Letter To Your Running Shoes

    Dear First Shoe Love,

    We’ve been together for more than 2 years now. You entered my life at the right time and place. I was having a rough patch, some pain, and needed support. A few people suggested that I give you a chance. You weren’t really my type, so I was skeptical. I was assured that your looks can be deceiving, so I resolved to keep an open mind—and you ended up being the exact support that I needed to usher me through the variable terrain of my life.

    You helped me run through sadness, happiness, frustration and stress. You carried me over the hills of San Francisco and accompanied me through Hyde Park in London, where I laughed as we ran by old English men in Speedos at 6 a.m. You got me through 13.1 miles of stomach cramps and cursing in Huntington Beach, Calif. You’ve helped me detox from one too many margaritas, raise money for ovarian cancer, discover answers and a-ha moments and cover miles and hours of listening to Adnan Syed’s story. You’ve been dragged through rain and mud and never complained.

    I remember the first time we met. I walked into a running store a little intimidated and still feeling like an imposter for calling myself a runner.

    “Can I help you?” the salesperson asked.

    “I’d like to try a minimalist shoe,” I responded with hesitation.

    “You know that is not a regular running shoe; it’s supposed to simulate running barefoot. Are you a runner? It takes a little getting used to.”

    Sure I am.

    I slipped you on and you were a snug, warm hug for my foot—a perfect fit.

    It was love at first run. I could feel the pavement beneath me as you cradled my feet. Our first shared experience was completely pain-free. We had been inseparable since. I thought that we would be together forever, and I swore that I’d never let my feet nestle in another shoe. But lately I’ve been thinking about changing our relationship status from married to consciously uncoupled—or since that’s not an actual option, in an open relationship.

    Really–it’s not you, it’s me. I’ve been getting some pain in my shins again, so I think it may be time to move on. I’ll give you the courtesy of being honest and admit that part of me just wants to feel a different shoe on my foot and have a different run. It may just be curiosity and temptation.

    I browse lists of the newest running shoes in magazines, which make promises like providing “durability, stability and stride-guidance” while “gripping wet surfaces.” Shoes with a “padded tongue” and a “sleek package” are “forgiving and responsive” at the same time. My heart quickens as I walk by window displays of running stores and see the models in different colors and styles—but I never risk going inside. I daydream and ponder, What if this ride could be even better with another?

    If the grass isn’t greener on the other side, if the pain in my shins remain, then I’ll definitely know that it is me and not you. I’ll take a little time off to rest and heal, then come right back to you. I’ll slip you on and feel the comfort you give me once again. We’ll go for a makeup run, and it will be fast, furious, free, familiar—and it will leave me breathless.

    Regardless of what happens, know that you’ll always be my first shoe love, and for that, you will always hold a special place in my heart. The experience that we shared, the terrain that you have guided me through, no other ride will take that away from us.

    Sincerely,

    Your Selfish Runner


    Read more at http://womensrunning.competitor.com/2015/06/just-for-fun/a-formal-break-up-letter-to-your-running-shoes_41059#h5tk5WDdmiX5ozZh.99



    ALSO, 20 Thoughts Runners Have When Buying New Shoes
    http://womensrunning.competitor.com/2015/10/just-for-fun/20-thoughts-runners-have-when-buying-new-shoes_48170#V0sSA1LKs1bfPdRb.99
  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,881 Member
    At least were you live you have a little more then just raccoons I mean I don't want a bear walking around my house but I am getting bored with all these little rodents the usual ones :/:/ . Well to come to think of it I do have deer's.Were do you live :)

    Central Florida. I see raccoons, armadillos, and opossums (BLEH!!!). The last two gross me out but at least they run away. Racoons scare me just because they don't seem scared at all. They just sit there staring at me like "you looking at me?!" No, in fact, I'm just going the other way.
  • JohnONE29
    JohnONE29 Posts: 101 Member
    November goal - 2 marathons (Madison & Philly), 200 miles, and running every 26 out of the 30 days.

    11.01.15 - 5.1 m.
    11.02.15 - 0
    11.03.15 - 9.5 m.
    11.04.15 - 8 m.
    11.05.15 - 8 m.
    11.06.15 - 3 m.
    11.07.15 - 4 m.
    11.08.15 - 26.2 m.
    11.09.15 - 0 - Pain in leg.

    November Races:
    11.08.15 - Madison Marathon
    11.22.15 - Philadelphia Marathon
  • JuliannaEP
    JuliannaEP Posts: 53 Member
    edited November 2015
    Late to the ticker game, but here I go! I'm aiming for 75 this month as I'm really just getting back into it and having family come into town for the Thanksgiving week. I used to run my current monthly goal weekly (yeah, usually more than 300 miles/month).... Anyways, hello y'all from McKinney, TX!


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  • ceckhardt369
    ceckhardt369 Posts: 115 Member
    Slow start this month... I'm an early morning runner and the cold and dark isn't helping my motivation! Then wearing cute shoes all day at work doesn't help my afternoon motivation since my feet hurt! Going to have to figure out how to afford a treadmill so I can run in the morning. My goal is to not repeat my pattern of not running all winter and then having to start over in the spring!

    11/9/15- 5k

    Goal- 20k
  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
    edited November 2015
    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!
    11/8 redeye to mainland (but 5+ miles walking on the Strip....)
    11/9 travel vegas to phoenix.....jetlagged
    11/10 5 in the desert: I ain't in the rainforest anymore, Toto! (as I wipe my bloody nose and wet my dry lips...)

    Total 31.57

    Upcoming races:
    11/15 Las Vegas RocknRoll 1/2 marathon
    3/20 Big Island International 1/2 marathon



    Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date:

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  • beachhouse758
    beachhouse758 Posts: 371 Member
    ddmom0811 wrote: »
    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.

    I think maybe we are neighbors!! We have bear sightings almost daily too. Last week it was two houses down at 4:00 p.m.

    And the bear(s) always comes out on Wednesday. Always -- since it is garbage day. So now I call Wednesdays "BearDay"

    I bought a little can of pepper spray that comes with a hand strap for running. -- probably won't do much good against a bear, but might help with the smaller wild life. -- I always carry it with me when I run on BearDays.

    It has been unearthly hot lately and super humid -- like swimming backwards in hot water. But I stopped running at night after my Great Gator Encounter -- but my speed running back home that night was remarkable!!!!

    Anyway, I was supposed to run C25K Week 7 Day 1 today --but I woke up feeling like I got double throat punched! (grrrr, kids got me sick) so I taking a forced rest day ...and I guess that means I will have to run on BearDay :/
  • Somebody_Loved
    Somebody_Loved Posts: 498 Member
    edited November 2015
    @kareF - That's good news - hope you start to feeling better soon and that the 6 weeks fly by!
    @shanaber - Love that picture!
    @ceckhardt369 - I know what you mean. It's already dark when I get off work so I run outdoors on the weekends and then use the treadmill at my work during the week. I've seen some pretty good treadmill deals on Craigslist in the past.
    @kristinegift - Yoga always makes me feel so much better, too. My work offers basically free ($2) yoga classes Tuesdays and Thursdays and every week I tell myself I'm going to make it part of my routine and never do. Need to get back to it!
  • gaelicstorm26
    gaelicstorm26 Posts: 589 Member
    @Stoshew71 - I'm out of the game temporarily because I'm having minor surgery through the abdominal region on 11/24. Yesterday the doc told me no running until 12/15 but said that walking, stationary bike, and elliptical were great to do after the first week of healing. So I'm focusing on doing well and increasing distance up to the time of surgery so that hopping back in on 12/16 I won't lose too much ground.

    I will say that with running (something I never noticed with any other exercise) that the time keeps going faster. Sounds strange, but when I first started out I was looking at my distance and time at short intervals. My last two runs I didn't even check my distance until after I had run a full mile and both times, when I checked, I was sure that I hadn't yet hit the mile mark. I'm enjoying surprising myself and turning the things I thought I couldn't do into things that I ENJOY doing! I never thought I would actually enjoy running. Ok, I still hate the first 3-5 minutes, but after that point it gets fun! I'm looking forward to doing running after I heal up and those Christmas lights start going up :)
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    @ddmom Bears? No way! I saw an item in Runner's World on the gift page for runner. It was a noise maker for keeping bears away. Yikes! I'll take tornados, snakes and wild pigs any day over bears! You are crazy brave! @beachhouse758 too!
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    Took a rest day today since I was feeling tired. Need to taper anyway ha ha!

    Got a scary text from a friend last night, his daughter (Skip's friend so the same age) was almost abducted by a guy in their neighborhood while she was running. He was very aggressive to the point of even turning the car directly in front of her forcing her to change her running direction. She hid in some bushes and he waited for her to come out. He actually followed her all the way home and sat outside her house while she ran to get inside. Way too aggressive! Her Dad sent me a text as soon as she was safe in the house and the police were gone to give me a description of the car and him. We only live about a mile apart. I hate to scare Skip, but of course I told her no running without someone or take take the mace and Macy with her. People are just crazy. One thing about Skip she wouldn't hesitate to walk right into someone else's house if she thought someone was following her.

    I can do without bears too thank you!
  • beachhouse758
    beachhouse758 Posts: 371 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @ddmom Bears? No way! I saw an item in Runner's World on the gift page for runner. It was a noise maker for keeping bears away. Yikes! I'll take tornados, snakes and wild pigs any day over bears! You are crazy brave! @beachhouse758 too!

    @Elise4270 except here we get hurricanes, snakes, wild boars, panthers and gators too... I do love it here, but sometimes I feel like we are in the jungle.

  • beachhouse758
    beachhouse758 Posts: 371 Member
    Took a rest day today since I was feeling tired. Need to taper anyway ha ha!

    Got a scary text from a friend last night, his daughter (Skip's friend so the same age) was almost abducted by a guy in their neighborhood while she was running. He was very aggressive to the point of even turning the car directly in front of her forcing her to change her running direction. She hid in some bushes and he waited for her to come out. He actually followed her all the way home and sat outside her house while she ran to get inside. Way too aggressive! Her Dad sent me a text as soon as she was safe in the house and the police were gone to give me a description of the car and him. We only live about a mile apart. I hate to scare Skip, but of course I told her no running without someone or take take the mace and Macy with her. People are just crazy. One thing about Skip she wouldn't hesitate to walk right into someone else's house if she thought someone was following her.

    I can do without bears too thank you!

    How terrifying! I'm so glad to hear she is safe, though.

  • Virkati
    Virkati Posts: 679 Member
    11/1 - 3.81 C25k W1D3 (.73 + 2.32 + .76)
    11/2 - 5.78 walking lunch break + evening walk (3.3 + 2.48)
    11/3 - 2.99 C25k W2D1 + continuation of lunch break (2.09 + .9)
    11/4 - 1.78 nice, easy, comfortable lunch walk.
    11/5 - 3.13 C25k W2D2 + 180 spm practice (2.23 + .9)
    11/6 - 4.61 walking lunch break + evening walk (2.36 + 2.25)
    11/7 - 2.16 C25k W2D3 (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.
    11/10 - C25k W3D1 + 180 spm practice (2.24 + .7)

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  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    Took a rest day today since I was feeling tired. Need to taper anyway ha ha!

    Got a scary text from a friend last night, his daughter (Skip's friend so the same age) was almost abducted by a guy in their neighborhood while she was running. He was very aggressive to the point of even turning the car directly in front of her forcing her to change her running direction. She hid in some bushes and he waited for her to come out. He actually followed her all the way home and sat outside her house while she ran to get inside. Way too aggressive! Her Dad sent me a text as soon as she was safe in the house and the police were gone to give me a description of the car and him. We only live about a mile apart. I hate to scare Skip, but of course I told her no running without someone or take take the mace and Macy with her. People are just crazy. One thing about Skip she wouldn't hesitate to walk right into someone else's house if she thought someone was following her.

    I can do without bears too thank you!

    How terrifying! I'm so glad to hear she is safe, though.

    Thanks! You always think you are safe in your own neighborhood
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    @Stoshew71 - I'm out of the game temporarily because I'm having minor surgery through the abdominal region on 11/24. Yesterday the doc told me no running until 12/15 but said that walking, stationary bike, and elliptical were great to do after the first week of healing. So I'm focusing on doing well and increasing distance up to the time of surgery so that hopping back in on 12/16 I won't lose too much ground.

    I will say that with running (something I never noticed with any other exercise) that the time keeps going faster. Sounds strange, but when I first started out I was looking at my distance and time at short intervals. My last two runs I didn't even check my distance until after I had run a full mile and both times, when I checked, I was sure that I hadn't yet hit the mile mark. I'm enjoying surprising myself and turning the things I thought I couldn't do into things that I ENJOY doing! I never thought I would actually enjoy running. Ok, I still hate the first 3-5 minutes, but after that point it gets fun! I'm looking forward to doing running after I heal up and those Christmas lights start going up :)

    I hope you heal up fast and that is wonderful how your thoughts of running has changed over time. What a great testiment to some of our newer runners.
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    Took a rest day today since I was feeling tired. Need to taper anyway ha ha!

    Got a scary text from a friend last night, his daughter (Skip's friend so the same age) was almost abducted by a guy in their neighborhood while she was running. He was very aggressive to the point of even turning the car directly in front of her forcing her to change her running direction. She hid in some bushes and he waited for her to come out. He actually followed her all the way home and sat outside her house while she ran to get inside. Way too aggressive! Her Dad sent me a text as soon as she was safe in the house and the police were gone to give me a description of the car and him. We only live about a mile apart. I hate to scare Skip, but of course I told her no running without someone or take take the mace and Macy with her. People are just crazy. One thing about Skip she wouldn't hesitate to walk right into someone else's house if she thought someone was following her.

    I can do without bears too thank you!

    Oh my that is very scary.
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    edited November 2015
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @ddmom Bears? No way! I saw an item in Runner's World on the gift page for runner. It was a noise maker for keeping bears away. Yikes! I'll take tornados, snakes and wild pigs any day over bears! You are crazy brave! @beachhouse758 too!

    @Elise4270 except here we get hurricanes, snakes, wild boars, panthers and gators too... I do love it here, but sometimes I feel like we are in the jungle.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWXRintPmGQ#t=218
  • 5BeautifulDays
    5BeautifulDays Posts: 683 Member
    Took a rest day today since I was feeling tired. Need to taper anyway ha ha!

    Got a scary text from a friend last night, his daughter (Skip's friend so the same age) was almost abducted by a guy in their neighborhood while she was running. He was very aggressive to the point of even turning the car directly in front of her forcing her to change her running direction. She hid in some bushes and he waited for her to come out. He actually followed her all the way home and sat outside her house while she ran to get inside. Way too aggressive! Her Dad sent me a text as soon as she was safe in the house and the police were gone to give me a description of the car and him. We only live about a mile apart. I hate to scare Skip, but of course I told her no running without someone or take take the mace and Macy with her. People are just crazy. One thing about Skip she wouldn't hesitate to walk right into someone else's house if she thought someone was following her.

    I can do without bears too thank you!

    That is terrifying. I'll take most bears over evil people, though. A bear can be scared away fairly easily.
  • 5BeautifulDays
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    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 2.5 @ 11:38 (really 2.25 at 11:07 and a .25 walk) around the neighborhood in the rain.
    11/11
    11/12
    11/13
    11/14

    It is going to be a challenge to get in all my miles this month at the rate I'm going!


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