December 2015 Running Challenge
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According to the Nike+ app, I am running around a 12 minute mile.. Actually thought I'd be slower than this so that's pretty cool!0
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@kareF and @5BeautifulDays - Thanks. It looks worse today (swelling and bruising) but actually feels better. I'm icing it periodically and got some good stuff to wrap it up to hopefully decrease the swelling (without decreasing those good immune/inflammatory cells to help heal everything). I think it's a first or second degree sprain, which at least is better than the third degree sprain on the same ankle about 2.5 years ago. That one kept me from running for a few months - I'm hoping this one will be a shorter recovery.
@5BeautifulDays - Nice 5k time!
@Elise4270 - Haha, I'm sure my mother says the same thing about me. I generally don't want things making it difficult for her when we go shopping together and she wants to buy me stuff. At least this year there were some running things I wanted
@kareF - Glad you're back to running - 12 min/mi sounds awesome
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01/12 - 13.2 miles
02/12 - 13.6 miles
03/12 - 10.3 km
04/12 - 13.6 miles
05/12 - 10.4 km
06/12 - 20.8 miles
07/12 - 10.3 km
08/12 - 13.4 miles
09/12 - 13.6 miles
10/12 - 10.4 km
11/12 - 13.7 miles
12/12 - 10.4 km
13/12 - 21.1 miles
tot 251/500km
congratulations @Stoshew71 (missing the super nice feeling after such an achievement)
hope everyone had a nice running week end
I flu yesterday, I feel better and better and this week was the best in the last 2 months
run 21 miles this morning, I really enjoy each meter, had also lots of running highs, I did miss them
the best advice a runner can give to others is to never forget to enjoy a run
my new nike lunarglide are superb, glad I gave a shot to nike shoes as well, soft, flexible, and offering great stability
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@Stoshew71 - Love the marathon pics! You look happy and in good shape after that marathon, always a good thing.0
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December Running Totals (miles)
12/1- 6.58 (warmup, speed work, cool down)
12/2- extra rest day
12/3- 6.40 easy
12/4- 8.12 easy
12/5-15.00 long slow run
12/6-9.15 easy with hills
12/7- planned rest day
12/8- 8.29 easy
12/9- 6.00 easy
12/10- unscheduled rest day (plan was 6 miles)
12/11- 6.04 easy (instead of planned rest day)
12/12- 16.00 long slow run
12/13- 10.05 easy with hills
Total- 91.63
Goal- none stated
Today's notes: I needed 9 miles to get my 45 in for the training week. Had a bad case of I Don't Care, and set out on a 10 mile route because I hadn't run it in a while, it has hills, I felt like running some hills, and I'll live with stretching the training week to 46 miles. The idea was to hold to around an 8 minute mile average; ran 10.05 miles in 1:19:07 for a 7:52 average. I confess that the last mile was something of a rest room dash, and I finished with a stride; but I'm content with this. The iffy glute felt totally normal, even on the stride at the end. It's looking good for being able to treat Reindeer Run as a race next Saturday.
@MorningGhost14 - funny you should call me that old goat. Around here, the "old goat" is Charlie Sabatine, who organizes Charlie's Old Goat Trail Run. You cross the finish line, and he hands you a mini-bottle of champagne. Charlie says it's really easy to win his age group at 85; all he has to do is show up, or maybe beat one other guy. I hope I can run as well as he does when I get to that age.
Upcoming races:
Dec. 19, 2015 Reindeer Run 5K (Rochester, NY)
Jan. 1, 2016 Resolution Run 7.5 mile (Mendon, NY)
Jan. 9, 2016 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Rochester, NY)
April 18, 2016 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)0 -
@MobyCarp .... looks like a fun race... its not overly far away...0
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I should have known better than to do a challenge this month. Working the store all day everyday during Christmas time leaves little time for anything else. I will still do what I can, but I obviously won't make my measly goal. I want to at least keep my can tear it up Next month!0
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7 km Family Jingle Jog Fun Run with Cinnamon Buns, Cookies, Hot Chocolate, and Mulled Wine for the Adults.
Was supposed to be a 5km but some of us missed the run this morning so we added a little to the distance.
12/01 - 0.0 Km – 0.0km – 140.0 Km – – YTD – 514.4 km
12/02 – 7.0 Km – 7.0km – 133.0 Km
12/04 – 5.0 Km – 12.0km – 128.0 Km ( GP run with new kicks )
12/04 – 7.0 Km – 19.0km – 121.0 Km ( Home run with old kicks )
12/06 – 7.5 Km – 26.5km – 113.5 Km
12/07 –10.5 Km – 37.0km – 103.0 Km
12/08 –6.0 Km – 43.0km – 97.0 Km
12/09 –8.5 Km – 51.5km – 88.5 Km
12/10 –2.0 Km – 53.5km – 86.5 Km
12/12 –14.0 Km – 67.5km – 72.5 Km
12/13 –7.0 Km – 74.5km – 65.5 Km – – YTD – 7.0 + 582.4 = 589.4Km
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@kristinegift Sounds like you have a full day, enjoy the sunny hiking trip :-)
@skippygirlsmom Hope your PT will be able to help you with the knee!
@ACSL3 Wow, 2800 ft elevation would probably kill me! How frustrating that you fell and DNF, but running up all that elevation is awesome by itself.
@Stoshew71 , I couldn't do the live-follow-thing (non-US = no SMS), but I saw the result on Strava. A really impressing marathon finish time! I'm looking forward to read more about the race
@5BeautifulDays Great 5k time! It's true, long slow runs really help run faster on short runs. Feels a bit like magic to me, but it works
@MobyCarp I've read quite a few times that one should include some runs with a "strong finish" in race training. I guess a "rest room dash" does that job ;-P
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I took a few days off of running - two because my black-and-blue toenail had started to come loose in a really irritating way, and another after it had finally fallen off, because the toe underneath was a bit raw. Today everything felt fine, so I spontaneously went for a run when I came home from the gym. No problems, although a toe without a nail looks really, really weird to me! Can't wait for it to grow back. But as long as I'm wearing my running shoes, I can't see the toe, so all is well ;-)0 -
Had a little trouble finding motivation during Week 2. I only managed to do 3 of my 4 training runs because I was super busy with the end of the semester. I did manage to do some cross training though. More than halfway to my goal!!!
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MorningGhost14 wrote: »5BeautifulDays wrote: »Your phoenix is making a whole lot of sense to me!
Yeah, in addition to my prolific history of crashing and burning, the ink is closely tied to my running. Like @MobyCarp, I am late in getting into the running party. I didn't start until I was 53, although @MobyCarp must have some amazing effing genes, because I can't even come close to his miles and speeds. That old goat can run. I just hack out as many miles as I can without any concern for speed or races. I sign up for one or two long trail races a year because I like training for them... but I don't particularly like running them... too many people...lol.
I'm with you in your introverted running! (But not too close...you run your trail, I'll run mine, lol!) I love quiet, lonely running zen. A race now and again is fun, but it is best when the trail is completely empty.
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_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »I took a few days off of running - two because my black-and-blue toenail had started to come loose in a really irritating way, and another after it had finally fallen off, because the toe underneath was a bit raw. Today everything felt fine, so I spontaneously went for a run when I came home from the gym. No problems, although a toe without a nail looks really, really weird to me! Can't wait for it to grow back. But as long as I'm wearing my running shoes, I can't see the toe, so all is well ;-)
@_nikkiwolf_ Glad the toe is good to go! I had a pinky toe nail fall off many years ago, and I've had another nail that's slightly loose ever since (both came loose due to too small of shoes -- rookie mistake!). Toes do look quite strange sans nails!0 -
December 2015 Running Challenge
Date.…Km’s…..Total
01/12 – 05.76 – 05.76
02/12 – 02.34 – 08.01 – run : 8’37 pace
03/12 – 04.37 – 12.47 – stage 2 melanoma
04/12 – 03.05 – 15.52
05/12 – 04.08 – 19.60
06/12 – 02.07 – 21.67
07/12 – 02.01 – 23.68
08/12 – 02.98 – 26.66
09/12 – 08.96 – 35.62 – ran 6k : 7’26 pace
10/12 – 02.19 – 37.81
11/12 – 02.11 – 39.92
12/12 – 05.13 – 45.05 – first 5k run in 5 weeks
13/12 – 05.22 – 50.27 – half way to goal
14/12 – 02.68 – 52.95
Goal – 100km
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Week 7, day 2 of C25K done.
December Mileage= 7.5/350 -
Wanted to get in an intermediate distance 10 mile run tonight before doing 20 miles tomorrow, so I managed to get a neighbor to join me for the first 5 before doing the second half on my own. His pace was a bit slow, but it was enough to get my HR to the 60% mark, so I'll take the company over the boredom of that distance. With 9 miles also planned for Tuesday/Wednesday, I'll be at 110/230 by the midpoint of the month, which should keep my target within reach.
12/1 - 4 miles
12/2 - 4 miles (hill repeats at a 7 pace)
12/3 - 4 miles
12/5 - 6 miles
12/6 - 4 miles (5k in 19:26 - 2nd/85 runners)
12/7 - 15 miles (w. speedwork session in middle)
12/8 - 6 miles
12/9 - 7.5 miles (w. group tempo session in middle)
12/10 - 7 miles
12/11 - 3 miles
12/12 - 1 mile (pre lift warmup)
12/13 - 10 miles
Total: 71.5 miles
Goal: 230 miles
Remaining: 158.5 miles0 -
Dec 2 - 4.3 km
Dec 5 - 5 km
Dec 7 - 4.5 km
Dec 9 - 4.4 km
Dec 12 - 5 km
Dec 14 - 5.5 km
Total: 28.7 km
Goal: 70 km0 -
December goal 65 miles
12/1 5.00
12/2 4.11
12/3 snorkel 3 hours
12/4 4.37
12/5 7.31
12/6 3.15
12/7 got home from work. Sat. Never got back up.
12/8 3.43. Stopped the car on a side road and ran. Knew if I went home....see above.
12/9 3.52
12/10 ZAPPA Tribute concert!
12/11 3.25
12/12 3.5
12/13 3.18
Total 40.82
Upcoming races:
3/20 Big Island International 1/2 marathon
Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date:
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Date.…Km’s…..Total
01/12 – 05.76 – 05.76
02/12 – 02.34 – 08.01 – ran 2k : 8’37 pace
03/12 – 04.37 – 12.47 – stage 2 melanoma
04/12 – 03.05 – 15.52
05/12 – 04.08 – 19.60
06/12 – 02.07 – 21.67
07/12 – 02.01 – 23.68
08/12 – 02.98 – 26.66
09/12 – 08.96 – 35.62 – ran 6k : 7’26 pace
10/12 – 02.19 – 37.81
11/12 – 02.11 – 39.92
12/12 – 05.13 – 45.05 – ran 5k : 7’58 pace
13/12 – 05.22 – 50.27
14/12 – 09.00 – 59.27 – ran 5k : 7’15 pace
December Goal – 100km
Got a 5km run in tonight and 1.5km walk to cool down (on top of the 2.6k walk this morning)
Legs are feeling great!! Taking around 2km for my legs to warm up though feel great once I move past it. Might sound a bit much, but I have ordered some melanoma awareness tees that I can run in.. they have slogans on the tshirts to remind people to check their skin. It might sound strange I don't know.. but I thought if it helps remind one person now and then to get their skin checked then it's worth it?
Saw a mother and son running and he stopped to walk for a bit. He asked his mum how he was doing and she yelled "You're doing so well. Your stamina is amazing.. You just need to slow down!" He started running again and looked so happy that his mum had given him such great feedback. I love seeing parents out with their kids exercising!
Got me thinking - I really wish I had started exercising more as a kid.. Not just running, but any sport, really.
Here's a question for you all : On the running subject - How old were you when you started running? Did you run as a kid and then stop for a few years? Or did you just start up one day and keep going? Maybe someone inspired you? 0 -
Hi all, newbie runner here. To answer kareF, I started running five months ago at the age of 50. I'll definitely get in the January challenge. Currently run 3-4 days a week. New friends appreciated!0
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@karef - started running at 52. I was away for a month in Monterey, Ca and the weather was so perfect, I didn't have my gym and I started Couch 2 5K. When I got back home to Florida, I had to start it over because of the humidity. Been addicted since.
Dec 1 - 2.64
Dec 2 - 5K
Dec 3 - 1.4 streak
Dec 4 - 5.16 miles
Dec 5 - 4.16 miles - Savannah! Wish I had more time because this was the best run ever.
Dec 6 - 5.5 miles
Dec 7 - 1.1
Dec 8 - 4 miles
Dec 9 - 1.4 miles - streak
Dec 10 - 3.75 miles
Dec 11 - 6 miles
Dec 12 - 35 mile bike ride, 1 mile run
Dec 13 - 32 mile bike ride, 1 mile run
Dec 14 - 3.5 miles
Upcoming HM - 2/7 Daytona Beach0
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