November 2015 Running Challenge
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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 6 @ 11:32 on the treadmill (really 5 at 11:00 and 1 at a fast walk/jog) plus strength training
11/12 7 @ 11:45 (this is really like 5 at 10:50 and the rest a little slower), plus 1 at a walk on the treadmill. I am in some pain...yesterday was squats and lunges and this may have been a little aggressive of a run for right after.
On the other hand, I did get to watch the entirety of "Bring It On". Where are my pompoms?!
11/13 2 @ 13ish walk/running the dog for my recovery run.
11/14 Rest day
11/15 4.5 @ 11:18 in the neighborhood--it was a gorgeous day for a run!
11/16 5.0 @ 10:51 around the lake trail--my fastest outdoor run yet, in spite of a slow start. The 4th mile split was 9:44!!!!!!!OMG!!!
11/17 3.5 @ 10:32 (really 3 @ 10:17 and .5 at 12:00) on the treadmill, and strength training
11/18 7.5 @ 12:06 on the park trail (really 7 @ 11:53 and .5 at a walk)
11/19 3.25 @ 11:18 on the treadmill (really 3 at 10:56 and .25 at a walk)
11/20 5.0 @ average 11:59 (intervals) plus strength training
11/21 Rest Day
11/22 Rest Day to celebrate my baby girl's 11th birthday
11/23 4.75 @ 12:06 (4 @ 11:30, .75 at a walk) on the park trail with Wooly Dog. Feeling yuck.
11/24 Travel/head cold day
11/25 5 @ 12:01 on the Perkiomen trail with the Wooly Dog who is afraid of deer. Beautiful, and I'm feeling a lot better today and looking forward to Thanksgiving with the family tomorrow.
11/26 Ate too much pie and did nothing useful but had a lovely time!
11/27 Only ate a *little* too much pie and enjoyed the family's first trip to a Christmas tree farm to pick out and bring home a "real" tree. My kids were enthralled! Again, no running. But a good day anyway--we brought home a beast of a tree--over 9 feet tall!--to fit my aunt's two-story family room ceiling.
11/28 My place holder for tomorrow, when I intend to get out there and run the beautiful Perkiomen trail one more time before we head home to VA. I am going to have to work hard the next three days to reach my 100 miles for the month, let alone my stretch goal of 110.
@kareF I'm sorry about your health woes--praying for complete healing! You also remind me to wear sunscreen when I'm out in the elements. I try to stay in the shade in the summer, but now I'm hunting out the sun for warmth!
@skippygirlsmom congrats to you and skip for your 15K runs--awesome job for both of you!
@_nikkiwolf_ my toes are hurting in sympathy with yours!
@dennie24 you're doing great--I haven't tried running in the snow yet, but I bet you're even faster on less slippery roads. And as one of the resident turtles in this group, I'm going to say that running 5 miles at all is nothing to sneeze at! I'm proud of you!0 -
beachhouse758 wrote: »
I also learned that there's nothing such as "the runner's body" (well, maybe for marathoners and such, IDK)
But yesterday, every body was soooooo different: from preschoolers to octogenarians kicking butt. It was fascinating to see all the range of people brought together by the love of fitness.
I like to joke with my husband that when God was handing out *my* runner's body, he said "and this runner will have short legs, wide hips, and flat feet! This is the super-slow, run-for-days model!"
I have a daughter who is teeny-tiny short for her age--if she's 5 feet when she's grown, I'll be thrilled (and surprised). She loves to dance, she loves volleyball, enjoys basketball, does gymnastics, etc. She's not really built for any of it, but she does what she loves and enjoys it and that's all that matters. Even with a "perfect" body, how many people will ever become "elite" at what they do? So we do what we love and don't worry about whether or not we're better than everyone else. All I care about is if *I'm* better than I was yesterday.0 -
10/2 5 miles
10/3 3.5 miles
10/5 5.5 miles
10/7 2 miles
10/11 6 miles
10/14 4 miles
10/16 3 miles
10/20 6 miles
10/22 3 miles
10/24 3 miles
10/27 5 miles
46 out of 50 miles.0 -
10 km run along the Riverbank trails, a mix of bare pavement, snow covered and glare ice. One advantage of running at night is the Ice really glows under the Led lights. Will be a little short of my 140km goal- missed to many days due to Life events and limited daylight so adjusting to running in the dark with a Headlight.
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 – 97.7 Km
11/09 –10.0 Km – 52.3km – 87.7 Km
11/15 –7.0 Km – 59.3km – 80.7 Km
11/16 –8.0 Km – 67.3km – 72.7 Km
11/18 –7.0 Km – 74.3km –65.7 Km
11/21 –7.5 Km – 81.8km –58.2 Km
11/22 –6.0 Km – 87.8km –52.2 Km
11/24 –6.0 Km – 93.8km –46.2 Km
11/25 –6.5 Km – 100.3km –39.7 Km
11/27 –10. Km – 110.3km –29.7 Km – – YTD – 10 + 479.4 = 489.4Km
@kareF Sorry to hear about the Melanoma. A friend of mine had a few spots removed over 30 years ago and hasn't had any secondary issues.
@_nikkiwolf_ OUCH on your Toe injury. Not sure which would be better a damaged Toe Nail Growing out or one that lifts off and a new one grows out cleanly. Maybe a little Red Wine will help it heal.
@ACSL3 Great that you could go running with your Dad and help your Grandma with the Thanksgiving cooking.
@Ohhim Hope that you are enjoying your visit North of the border. Keep enjoying the colder weather.
@beachhouse758 A great first Race experience. All those things you learned will come in handy on your next race. Yes you need to think about another race. Asphalt easier on the body than concrete, dirt/bush trails are easier than asphalt and a real joy to run on as long as they don't have to many ugly terrain points. The crowds, if it is a small race with no Pace Setters try to estimate the crowd and get to the 25% mark - that is where 25% of the participants are in front of you - 75% behind you. This way most of the walkers will be behind you.
@skippygirlsmom Congrats on the 15K Challenge. LOL about the bathroom stall - crazy mental picture of the next person running up to the door and face planting.
@dennie24 and @joinn68 Welcome to the group and there is nothing wrong with your pace's. We all start out at a slow pace and then slowly add Distance to our runs. As we run longer Distances our pace/speed slowly increases without really trying( that's my experience anyway)
@Elise4270 "82% of runners get injured." So..... 82% of you should get this $10 book"
I missed the post about "The Book" What is its title/author?
@5BeautifulDays Had to Google the Perkiomen trail since you had mentioned it. We have a few Rails to Trails conversions ( Kettle Valley, Parts of TransCanada trail) that are great. The way you describe your daughter matchs one of my co-workers daughters. She is considered to be the MVP on her Volleyball team, not because she is the best at setting, digging, serving or spiking, but she is the most consistent overall.0 -
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...)
11/11 4.21
11/12 travel
11/13 walking in vegas
11/14 HURT MY BACK!
11/15 13.45 Las Vegas RocknRoll 1/2 marathon.
11/16 travel
11/17 3.21
11/18 3.34
11/19 rest
11/20 3.47
11/21 3.5
11/22 5.0
11/23 rest
11/24 3.37
11/25 Snorkel (seems like it's been forever since I was able to go!)
11/26 worked 10 hours, then a potluck.....no run
11/27 3.29
Total 74.41
Upcoming races:
3/20 Big Island International 1/2 marathon
Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date:
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I'm loving this thread.
Not only is it inspiring to see everyone's runs, and it's lovely to get to know people, but I'm learning a lot from our side discussions.
I thought I'd introduce a side question...
what does a keen runner want for Xmas in the way of running paraphernalia?0 -
Got in another long cooler run today as it was a bit windier & rainier. Like yesterday, I held a pretty solid pace for the run as the cold served as an incentive to keep my heart rate up.
I'm hoping to get in a decent mid-distance run again both tomorrow & Sunday before returning to the warm south. Still, with lots of great cooking from my sister & mom this week, and without my usual long bike rides & swims to accompany my runs, I'll need to closely watch the diet. In theory, if I can shave off another 10lb in the next 7 weeks, and the stars align at Disney, I'll have an outside shot at a Boston Qualifier (requiring roughly a 3:08). Otherwise, I'll stick with my plan of gradually improving and going for a BQ in October once I jump up to the 40-44 age group and pick up an extra 5 minutes of qualifying time.
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
11/9 - 4 miles
11/10 - 11 miles
11/11 - 5 miles
11/12 - 11 miles
11/14 - 3 miles
11/15 - 15 miles (w. 1:32:46 LV half marathon)
11/17 - 7 miles
11/18 - 4 miles
11/19 - 8 miles
11/21 - 4 miles
11/22 - 16 miles
11/23 - 5 miles
11/24 - 8.5 miles
11/26 - 12.5 miles
11/27 - 10 miles
Total: 155 miles
Target: 220 miles
Remaining: 65 miles0 -
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Finished with a slow 9km. Longest distance in years! Would like to take a day off tomorrow but going for out for a meal tomorrow night so will do a gentle workout to somewhat compensate.
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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
11/ 11: 6 miles
11/12: 4 miles (am), 3 miles with the Thursday crew (pm)
11/13: Rest day
11/14: 6.3 miles inlcuding 5k race and new PR! 22:16!
11/15: 10 miles
11/16: 4 miles
11/17: Rest
11/18: 6 miles
11/19: 3 miles with the Thurdsay crew
11/20: Rest
11/21: 3 miles easy peasy
11/22: 26.5 miles -- Philadelphia Marathon: new PR 4:02:32
11/23: Rest
11/24: Rest
11/25: Rest
11/26: 2 miles
11/27: Rest
11/28: 3 miles
The gym at my apartment is still closed (will be until Monday
) and the university gym doesn't open til 11 (but I have plans from 12 onward) so again: I ran when I would have rather biked. On Monday, I'm going to do a happy dance when I finally get on that darn stationary bike! Good news from this run is that my quads and shins are no longer sore (yay!) but the bad news is that my hamstring is still a piece of junk. It's not as weak as it was right before the marathon, but not as healed as I hoped it would be after such an easy week. Oh well. Hopefully 1-2 weeks from now it will be 100%!
Upcoming Races:
5/1/16: New Jersey Marathon0 -
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Sorry for all the ticket post my phone is acting up! I am going to run 2.5 miles tomorrow and 3.1 Monday hopefully to meet my goal. Next month I'm trying for 50. I had a slow start this month so I think it's doable. I will be at 350 miles total since I started. Looking to hit 500 miles by March!0
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11/9- 5k
11/11- 5k
11/21- 5k
11/26- 5k
11/27- 1.6k
Total- 21.6k
Goal- 20k
Talked with some work friends about the holiday streak and we decided to do it as a work thing so we could include our walking friends. Since I don't have high weekly mileage there are going to be a lot of 1 mile runs for a while!0 -
I thought I'd introduce a side question...
what does a keen runner want for Xmas in the way of running paraphernalia?
@Orphia A good thing for one's Xmas list would be a good winter running vest. You can find long-sleeve running tops relatively cheap, but a good vest can be $70-100 or more. I'm currently looking for a good one that I can put on my list since I'm super broke, but I also have a couple jackets that work just fine and will get me through a NJ winter (but when I go back to the Midwest.... not so much, lol). But I told my parents that the only thing I really need running-wise for Christmas is a pair of good tights since mine from last year are too big now!
Other good running gifts: gel variety pack for anyone moving up to 13.1 or 26.2 training; socks (!); gift card to where they spend their running money; cold weather accessories that a new runner may not have (gloves, headband, hat, etc.); a race entry!; or for the spendy gifter: a GPS watch
Right now my running Xmas list is: winter tights, a particular LS top that is just really pretty, and a gaiter from Oiselle because the one I got last year was not really comfortable because it was too big for my face. And that makes up the entirety of my Christmas list
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kristinegift wrote: »
I thought I'd introduce a side question...
what does a keen runner want for Xmas in the way of running paraphernalia?
@Orphia A good thing for one's Xmas list would be a good winter running vest. You can find long-sleeve running tops relatively cheap, but a good vest can be $70-100 or more. I'm currently looking for a good one that I can put on my list since I'm super broke, but I also have a couple jackets that work just fine and will get me through a NJ winter (but when I go back to the Midwest.... not so much, lol). But I told my parents that the only thing I really need running-wise for Christmas is a pair of good tights since mine from last year are too big now!
Other good running gifts: gel variety pack for anyone moving up to 13.1 or 26.2 training; socks (!); gift card to where they spend their running money; cold weather accessories that a new runner may not have (gloves, headband, hat, etc.); a race entry!; or for the spendy gifter: a GPS watch
Right now my running Xmas list is: winter tights, a particular LS top that is just really pretty, and a gaiter from Oiselle because the one I got last year was not really comfortable because it was too big for my face. And that makes up the entirety of my Christmas list
I'll second the list! Sounds like a runners dream!
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11/1 4.71 miles
11/2 no run—elliptical for an hour though!
11/3 5.27 miles — lake path. here are a couple of pictures!
11/4 no run--elliptical for an hour.
11/5 4 miles--nice run, but my left calf decided to go crazy today for some reason! I did finish my run, although the last mile was painful, like a cramp, but not fully
11/7 7 miles--wonderful run, felt so comfortable and happy since I thought I won't be able to make the run
11/8 no run--one-hour elliptical instead
11/9 5.19 miles--cold, 28 degrees, but a great run!
11/10 elliptical
11/11 rest day--trip out of town for five days that made running difficult
11/12 4.71 -- trip somewhat made
11/13 none
11/14 none
11/15 none
11/16 5--back to town. Yes!
11/17 none. forced rest day bc of work!
11/18 5.19 -- good run
11/19 rest day
11/20 no run--elliptical day
11/21 no run--elliptical day
11/22 5.13 -- on the snow for the first time, was a really good run!
11/23 rest day forced bc of work
11/24 4.5 needed run
11/25 1.86 warm up run preparing for tomorrow's 10k!
11/26 6.2 -- 10K race, BerbeeDerby! 54:05, 8:43!
11/27 2.36 slow, easy recovery run! Also, a half hour elliptical, just for good measure!
11/28 4.53 — ran with neighborhood guys. we discovered one another at the BerbeeDerby thanksgiving run and decided to run together on Saturdays. Not only did i get to run, but also to know a couple of cool guys living in my very neighborhood.
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"Anatomy for Runners". By Jay Dicharry..@juliet3455
@Orphia That might be a nice thing to add to list!0 -
@patrikc333 How do you dress for rain? Its cold and rainy here. I'm hesitant about what to wear. I have a windbreaker that will repell water, just layer over warm clothes?
Anyone else running in cold wet conditions?0
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