December 2015 Running Challenge
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12/1 5.5 miles - 5.5
12/2 4.1 miles - 9.6
12/3 5.5 miles - 15.1
12/4 4.1 miles - 19.2
12/5 12 miles - 31.2
12/6 REST DAY
12/7 4 miles - 35.2 << Last taper week going into RCM
12/8 5 miles - 40.2
12/9 REST DAY << First day of carb loading. 740 g of carbs. woo hoo.
12/10 3.1 miles 43.3 << last run before RCM
12/11 REST DAY
12/12 26.4 - 69.7 <<< Rocket City Marathon (3:38:05 gun time // 3:37:59 chip time)
12/13 REST DAY
12/14 REST DAY
12/15 REST DAY
12/16 REST DAY
12/17 5.23 miles - 74.93
12/18 REST DAY
12/19 REST DAY
12/20 REST DAY
12/21 3.2 miles - 78.13
12/22 4.27 miles - 82.4
12/23 REST DAY
12/24 7.4 miles - 89.8
12/25 REST DAY
12/26 9.05 - 98.85
12/27 6.1 miles - 104.95
Did a little trail running this morning up Monte Sano with my group.
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@runner_girl83 - I don't think I become a monster if I miss a planned run, but I do get very frustrated. Maybe I don't yell at the people who generally cause me to miss a run because doing so could endanger my paycheck.Today is exactly 20 weeks out from my first possible half marathon. I have not registered for it bcuz it's ghastly expensive (for me). BUT I still want to train for it in case the price drops as it gets closer.
So, my question is...how do I determine the best training plan for myself? I've never trained for anything before and while most of the plans are similar, there does seem to be significant differences concerning rest days, long runs etc.
HELP!!
@Virkati - The price is unlikely to drop as it gets closer. The usual pattern is, the discount is larger if you register further in advance. Race directors do this because early registrations help with both planning and budget, and they want to encourage people to sign up early.
The training plan is a tough call for the first time you do a half. I got to my first half with some group training, which had me running 5 days with two speed work days. Early on, I realized two was excessive for my conditioning at the time, and dropped it to one; the other was stated to be optional anyway. If the program hadn't called that second day of speed work "optional," I likely would have trained myself into race-canceling injury from trusting the program.
The thing is, until you follow some plan you won't have a good idea which training themes work well for you and which don't. After you've been through a training cycle or two, you have some experience to draw on in deciding what you'd like to do keep the same or do differently.
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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
12/14- 6.07 easy
12/15- 8.21 hills
12/16- scheduled rest day
12/17- 8.18 easy with fast finish
12/18- scheduled rest day
12/19- 15.77 (3.45 warmup; 3.13 Reindeer Run 5K in 20:16, 1st M 55-59; 9.19 easy)
12/20- 7.87 easy
12/21- scheduled rest day
12/22- 8.11 moderate
12/23- 6.56 easy group run
12/24- 5.03 easy "Egg Nog Jog"
12/25- scheduled rest day
12/26- 20.05 long slow run
12/27- 6.18 easy
Total- 183.66
Goal- none stated
Today's notes - Yesterday I thought today would be a good day to drive out and preview the 3+ mile loop for the Winter Warrior Half, getting my 6 miles and a course preview in. This morning, it rained. Forecast had the temperature falling but the precipitation moderating through the day. I ended up getting out about 2 PM, at 38° F but with the rain pretty much over. Ran through some mist and light showers at times, but no real rain; and it wasn't yet truly winter cold.
Today I ran a familiar Sunday route, where I typically accelerate unconsciously after two or three miles. But because it's the first day of the Boston training schedule, I paid attention. I made myself slow down several times in the last 3 miles, and brought the average in at an 8:15 pace, right about where I want it. More importantly, I had no mile splits faster than 8. I'm thinking it's going to be important to hold to pace discipline on the easy days, so I can have do well with the quality workouts.
I expect it will still be a mental challenge to control my pace tomorrow, but after Tuesday's speed work it may become more natural to let the easy days stay easy and not creep into moderate territory.
Upcoming races:
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 -
@Virkati ... don't over-think it... you clearly can do it... and you have a shlt-load of time to do it... just get yourself up to a couple of ten miles runs before the race and you are golden...0
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I got my work done this morning so I was able to go out for a 10.1 mile run with Kody this afternoon. It was a beautiful 19F with very little wind. I really do love running in these colder temps now that I've learned what I need to wear. Today it was a thin LS base layer shirt, a heavier LS main layer and a very thin wind layer. Add medium weight tights, Nathan beanie hat, buff around the neck and some leather driving gloves and I it was perfect. I did put duct tape over the toes of my shoes to block the wind blowing through. It worked fairly well but will have to be reapplied each time I run.
The sidewalks and paths were covered with snow and ice so I ran in the street as much as I could. No running tomorrow but will get to run in Hayward, Wisconsin Tuesday while hanging out with friends. They say we could get a foot of snow Monday night into Tuesday so this could be an adventure.
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Dec 2 - 4.3 km
Dec 5 - 5 km (First ever 5 km without stopping!)
Dec 7 - 4.5 km
Dec 9 - 4.4 km
Dec 12 - 5 km
Dec 14 - 5.5 km
Dec 16 - 4.3 km
Dec 19 - 5 km
Dec 20 - 0.5 km up a steep hill
Dec 21 - 6 km (First ever!)
Dec 23 - 4.4 km
Dec 24 - 0.7 km
Dec 26 - 5 km
(Dec 27 - 9 km climbing a mountain. Not adding it to my run total but it deserves a mention!)
Dec 28 - 4.3 km
Total: 58.9 km
Goal: 70 km0 -
My final "long" run before my marathon tonight went ok. I ended up doing 60 minutes of it close to my race pace, but even though I was slightly under my target heart rate, I was about 30 seconds/mile below what I think will be feasible due to weather (ran it at 72 degrees/95% humidity/70 dew point), and fatigue (due to accumulated mileage, and 56 miles of mostly 20+ MPH biking earlier today).
Although tapering should help, I'm still continuing to search for appropriate sacrifices to give to the weather gods as the heat & humidity just isn't returning to seasonal norms.
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 run session in middle)
12/10 - 7 miles
12/11 - 3 miles
12/12 - 1 mile (pre lift warmup)
12/13 - 10 miles
12/14 - 20 miles (w. speedwork session in middle)
12/15 - 10 miles
12/16 - 8.5 miles
12/17 - 1 mile (pre lift warmup)
12/18 - 4 miles
12/19 - 6 miles (10k in 40:12 - 2nd age group)
12/20 - 20 miles
12/22 - 13 miles (w. 6 miles of speedwork)
12/23 - 5 miles
12/24 - 10 miles (recovery & speedwork session)
12/25 - 6 miles
12/26 - 6 miles
12/27 - 15 miles (final 8 miles @ 7:45 pace)
Total: 196 miles
Goal: 230 miles
Remaining: 34 miles (8.5/day)0 -
1-6.65mi build up run from 13:07-11:04
2-strength and yoga day
3-6.69mi fast run 11:40, technically. but reality is we have 5 min warm up and potty breaks for the dog
4-rest day, maybe yoga day. feeling poopy
5-13.17mi I was only scheduled for 11 but I was feeling so good at 9 miles I went on and decided to do a whole 13. I have to say a marathon isn't that scarey now.
6-3.18mi for recovery and to do the Runkeeper Global 5k
7-yoga
8-rest day. so tired i'm dizzy. not sure why
9-no sleep last night-rest. I'm calling it recovery week from the 18miles this weekend
aerial yoga at night
10-3.12mi with hills, including two steep ones. top of quads and hips still feel extremely tight
11-planned on running but was too tired still. rest day
12-10.37 it went well. I was supposed to run the last three with my stepdaughter-to-be but typical teenager, she slept in. tried a new trail. it was nice and foggy. good run
13-meant to make up the other three. didn't happen
14-yoga day.
15-6.56mi They felt fast. I felt fast. runkeepers updates overall made me sound fast, but i was slow. 1 min off my pace.
16-yoga day. I did a video for the GOT challenge. not as satisfying as my asanas Great aerial yoga night though
17-6.48mi. I'm not sure if the distance is right because i ran the same route as the 15th. hard run but i feel good about finishing it
18-rest day. stretchng this morning. working on my splits for yoga. yoga tonight of some form or another
19-13.2mi it was hard. it didn't feel easy like my last 13
20-rest day
21-stomach bug
22-stomach bug
23-up late with a butt sick dog and still a little queasy @7lenny7 thanks for the well wishes. Hope your shoulder doesn't bother you too much. I have a small spur and inflammation in my right shoulder
24-5.67mi Those sucked. The winds were horrible and my legs felt like lead
25-rest day-almost ran but got lazy
26-13.17mi I thought it was a good run but I got called 2x and lost my rhythm. slow slow run
27-rest day, maybe yoga day. probably rest day
my christmas was filled with running stuff
I got light up shoe laces, a reflective vest, a puffer atheletic vest with hood, running jacket with hood(i like hoods), more reflective bands, runners world cookbook, running tank top says rest later, buff, running belt with water bottle holder, head phones that hook onto my ears and aren't noise cancelling, 1 pair of running socks.
I was also very excited for the harry potter's cookbook.
upcoming race:
jan 17: Frosty 5K Run / Walk
feb 13: Steve Cullen Healthy Heart Run/Walk
(tenative) mar 14: The Great Pi Run 5k. I want to do it but SE vacation may get in the way.
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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
14/12 - 10.3 km
15/12 - 13.5 miles
16/12 - 13.6 miles
17/12 - 10.4 km
18/12 - 13.8 miles
19/12 - 10.4 km
20/12 - 21.2 miles
21/12 - 10.4 km
22/12 - 13.6 miles
23/12 - 13.6 miles
24/12 - 10.4 km
25/12 - 13.8 miles
26/12 - 10.4 km
27/12 - 21.3 miles
28/12 - 10.4 km
tot 525/500
recovery run this morning, not very windy so it was quite a relaxing run0 -
Received a Garmin vivoactive, but it won't pair with my LG G3.
Anyone with any ideas? I must admit I'm tempted to get the receipt and trade it in (as defective) on a Forerunner 235 (or similar)....
UPDATE: Apparently it was a matter of Garmin's servers being completed overloaded yesterday (tho why that would keep my watch from finding my phone is beyond me - and I WORK in IT). They're now, at least for the moment, talking with each other.
NOW my question for those of you tech-runners: I have been using my Fitbit One for step counting, and MMR on the phone for my run advice (mostly minute/mile tracking, and the occasional HIIT session). I'm not sure which devices to keep using for what purpose (and no, I don't know what all purposes I SHOULD be tracking/using).
I have friends at work that keep up with my stepping on Fitbit, so I guess I'll keep using that, but I'm sure I'm gonna start seeing conflicts between that number and the Garmin step number - which will drive my CDO off the charts.
I have both the Garmin built-in app and another (apparently more detailed) app but I'm not sure what numbers I want to track on those.
I'm thinking that if I use my phone JUST for audio, and let the Garmin track my workout, and keep using the Fitbit for my steps, that will be enough to keep my head spinning. One thing I know I want is the ability to start/stop the workout/race tracking more cleanly (see above re: CDO).
Any ideas? How are youse guys (how's that for a Jersey-speak from a Deep South boy) using your toys?
i was having issues with my Vivofit. it just wouldn't pair. I had to completely re-pair it by putting a new pin into GConnect. Since then I haven't had an issue
MFP has been having an issue with all trackers it seems, or at least the fitbits and garmins. I did get it to upload my last run.0 -
12/1 5.5 miles - 5.5
12/2 4.1 miles - 9.6
12/3 5.5 miles - 15.1
12/4 4.1 miles - 19.2
12/5 12 miles - 31.2
12/6 REST DAY
12/7 4 miles - 35.2 << Last taper week going into RCM
12/8 5 miles - 40.2
12/9 REST DAY << First day of carb loading. 740 g of carbs. woo hoo.
12/10 3.1 miles 43.3 << last run before RCM
12/11 REST DAY
12/12 26.4 - 69.7 <<< Rocket City Marathon (3:38:05 gun time // 3:37:59 chip time)
12/13 REST DAY
12/14 REST DAY
12/15 REST DAY
12/16 REST DAY
12/17 5.23 miles - 74.93
12/18 REST DAY
12/19 REST DAY
12/20 REST DAY
12/21 3.2 miles - 78.13
12/22 4.27 miles - 82.4
12/23 REST DAY
12/24 7.4 miles - 89.8
12/25 REST DAY
12/26 9.05 - 98.85
12/27 6.1 miles - 104.95
12/28 6.35 miles - 111.3
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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
Dec 15 - 4.72
Dec 16 - 1.4 + strength training
Dec 17 - 4.75 miles
Dec 18 - 1.1 mile
Dec 19 - 35 miles Biking and 2 mile run
Dec 20 - 35 miles biking again and 1.1 mile run
Dec 21 - 7.04 miles
Dec 22 - 1.1 miles
Dec 23 - 2.5 miles
Dec 24 - 43 mile bike ride + 1 mile run
Dec 25 - 4.5 miles
Dec 26 - 34 miles biking and 1 mile run - goal!
Dec 27 - 42 mile bike ride in Charleston + 1.2 treadmill
Not sure on my streak today. Hopefully will be feeling better later today. After two heavy meals in Charleston yesterday I felt so sick all night. My stomach was sticking out like it was going to explode and felt like it. I'm just not used to such heavy foods and the meal after the long bike ride and run was greasy and heavy. So I'm not running the Charleston bridge today for sure. May run 1 mile later today for my streak, but if I don't, lesson learned.0 -
DATE...............MILES...............TOTAL
12/1....................6.00....................6.00
12/2....................5.00..................11.00
12/3....................6.25..................17.25
12/4...................REST.................17.25
12/5....................14.00.................31.25
12/6...................REST.................31.25
12/7......................3.75.................35.00
12/8......................7.50.................42.50
12/9......................4.00.................46.50
12/10.................REST.................46.50
12/11....................5.25.................51.75
12/12....................5.50.................57.25
12/13..................12.50.................69.75
12/14.................REST.................69.75
12/15.....................6.25................76.00
12/16.....................4.00................80.00
12/17.....................4.25................84.25
12/18.................REST.................84.25
12/19...................14.00................98.25 (Cold one... 21F, windchill 12F)
12/20.....................6.00..............104.25
12/21.................REST................104.25
12/22.....................7.00...............111.25
12/23.....................5.00...............116.25
12/24.....................7.25...............123.50
12/25.................REST.................123.50
12/26.....................4.50................128.00
12/27...................14.25................142.25
12/28.................REST.................142.25
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12/1: 3 miles
12/2: Rest
12/3: 6 miles with Thursday crew
12/4: Rest
12/5: Busy day in NYC
12/6: Rest from busy day
12/7: Rest
12/8: Busy!
12/9: Too sleepy from a late-night Buffy binge on Netflix...
12/10: 6 miles with Thursday crew
12/11: 4 miles
12/12: 4 miles
12/13: 7 miles (+4.8 mile hike)
12/14: Rest day
12/15: 4 miles
12/16: 5 miles
12/17: 4 miles with Thursday crew
12/18: Travel day: homeward bound!
12/19: 6 miles
12/20: 10 miles
12/21: 4 miles
12/22: 5 miles
12/23: Rest day
12/24: 6 miles
12/25: 7 miles
12/26: 4 miles on the dreadmill
12/27: 11 miles
12/28: Rest
Good day for a day off. It's snowing/sleeting here, windy as all get out, and my left hip flexor is upset with me after running against the wind for so long yesterday. So it's a good day for hanging around at home and getting back to the grad school grind (I still have to write 40 of the 60+ pages that are due in January a week and a half after I get back).
Upcoming races:
4/3/2016: Caesar Rodney Half Marathon
5/1/2016: New Jersey Marathon
6/12/2016: Run & Ride HM at Cedar Point (maybe)
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@MorningGhost14: Yeah, I’ve lost the plot more than a little bit. Time to get back in the swing of it all..and I agree a cold snowy run beats a wet run..even if the snow melts I was dry for PART of the run at least.
@Elise4270: “Butt load” is an actual quantifiable measurement? I’d always thought it was just a more delicate way of saying “S**t ton”.
@MobyCarp: And now I want to run with antlers on…
@candacefausset: Congrats on the goal progress..did you make it?
@ddmom0811 and @7lenny7: Congrats on busting goal!
@Orphia: Congrats on the PR (and busting goal!)
@kristinegift: My homepage hasn’t loaded in several days on the desktop but it’s working alright on my mobile. *shrug*
@juliet3455: That sucks about the stupid dog owners. Hope this doesn’t keep you from being able to do the HM.
@snha: Congrats on the new distance PR.
Dec 1: Advent begins. Light mist but warm (low 50s), still a little bit of hip twinge, nice and slow this morning, 4.44 miles.
Dec 2: Hound of the Baskervilles fog this morning, no demon dogs spotted. 2.35 miles
Dec 3: Rest day, however, intended to walk..and it didn’t happen
Dec 4: Chilly tonight but not unbearable. 2.5 miles
Dec 5: No run (family outing out of town) but did get in a half hour walk.
Dec 6-8: Days of suck
Dec 9: Back at it. 4.34 miles this morning in the DARKy dark dark…Already more than halfway to the miles I ran last month..December looks to be better.
Dec 10: Rest day
Dec 11: 3.19 miles. Weather is beautiful.
Dec 12: 4.72 miles in my new shoes but I kept 'em (mostly) clean
Dec 13: Rest day (intentional..not just being lazy). Still minor hip twinges but I’ve been doing more stretching and that seems to be helping. I probably need to bite the bullet and start doing core muscle building though.
Dec 14: Intended to run but sleep won out. *sigh*
Dec 15: A little cooler this morning and drizzly. 3.07 miles.
Dec 16: Busy until late that night, intended to get run in but sleepy won out.
Dec 17: 5.04 miles. Just realized that I have officially run more than I did last month and I’m also looking on target to hit my goal.
Dec 18: 3.31miles
Dec 19: No running but a lot of furniture moving.
Dec 20: No running, 3 mile hike.
Dec 21-24: Real life got in the way
Dec 25: Merry Christmas! 5 mile run this morning..got some running shorts and a new scale!
Dec 26-27: Mo’ traveling/busyness.
Dec 28: I realize I’m probably not going to hit the goal again this month but I’m going to try to finish strong and get as close as I can. A moonlight run is in my future tonight…
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12/27 - 6.56 Walking to and from Walmart. I can't bring myself to run on the snow and ice. I'm terrified my knee will give out and I'll be back at square one.
@Virkati I'm so paranoid about ice as well, especially regarding falls. A few years ago, I was running in the dark and tripped on the sidewalk and crushed a band in my knee -- I had issues with it for a couple years afterward because of course I never stopped running long enough to let it heal til last year. But I've been paranoid about falling ever since and run a little overcautiously with snow/ice and in the dark. Hopefully you'll have some clear sidewalks soon!0 -
@GBrady43068 yup! Someone some where said "looks like you're carrying a butt back there", and here we are... Running our butts off..0
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Haven't managed to catch up all the way after Christmas, but I've managed to get until page 42. I'll read the last two pages later...
@Orphia Wow, your 5km time is really improving fast, great job!
@kristinegift treadmill next to the furnace, that's tough! Not sure if I would chose that over freezing in the soaking rain. Though that doesn't sound like fun either.
@skippygirlsmom I only joined a gym not too long ago, so next month will be the first time I get to witness all the people with new-years-resolution memberships. I'm curious to see how "bad" it will get at my gym.
@MobyCarp 20 miles as a long run is a super impressive distance - that's more than I run per week!
@juliet3455 OMG, what a stupid dog owner! I'll keep my fingers crossed that the strained doesn't turn out to be too bad and you have a speedy recovery.
@5BeautifulDays had to go and look up the Guide 8s after your "purple slime" description :-D I have a pair of Guide 7s, and they also came in some really gaudy colours...
@ekruska802 Kudos on reaching your goal ahead of time! @ddmom0811 , to you as well!
@Stoshew71 There is a path under all that water?! That's going to take a while to get a (non-too-muddy) trail back there, I guess.
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27.12.2015 - 3.2 km . Run together with my sister. She doesn't go running frequently, so we kept it short, but it was nice to have company
28.12.2015 - 8.2 km . No wind today! First day in a week without feeling like I have to conquer a storm, that was a nice change.
I just wanted to see how far I ran this year: Strava shows me 130 runs, 781.5 km in 95h 53min --- whereas runningahead, where I log all my runs manually, says I did 133 runs in 2015, 792.0 km in 99h 12min.
So I guess I forgot to log some runs on Strava - I used to do some after short runs after a sports class I was doing and didn't always remember to bring my watch, maybe that's where I "lost" them. I don't really feel like going back over the entire year and tracking them down, now. As long as one of my two logging sites is "right", I guess that will have to be enough.
Anyways: if I run another 8km, I could finish the year with 800km and more than 100 hours of running. That would be some nice numbers, so I will have to find the time for that! :-)0 -
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
12/14- 6.07 easy
12/15- 8.21 hills
12/16- scheduled rest day
12/17- 8.18 easy with fast finish
12/18- scheduled rest day
12/19- 15.77 (3.45 warmup; 3.13 Reindeer Run 5K in 20:16, 1st M 55-59; 9.19 easy)
12/20- 7.87 easy
12/21- scheduled rest day
12/22- 8.11 moderate
12/23- 6.56 easy group run
12/24- 5.03 easy "Egg Nog Jog"
12/25- scheduled rest day
12/26- 20.05 long slow run
12/27- 6.18 easy
12/28- 5.18 easy
Total- 188.84
Goal- none stated
Today's notes - Day 2 of Week 16 (counting down) of Boston Training. Before the formal training schedule, Monday would have been a rest day. Today, the plan was 5 easy. Held to pace discipline, came in at 42:08 for an average pace of 8:08 and held all the mile splits above 8 minutes per mile. Today was also the first day of the season that I ran in snow showers; saw them out my window at 9 AM, knew there was a winter weather advisory for later predicting sleet and freezing rain, and decided to run in conditions that looked more reasonable than freezing rain. 26° and 12 mph ENE wind was colder than it's been so far this year, but I remember similar conditions from the past two winters. It was fun, and it looked like Christmas except that traffic was light and all the drivers looked like they knew what they were doing and where they were going.
Speed work tomorrow. By then, I may be glad that I paid for access to an indoor track.
Upcoming races:
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 -
Date Miles MTD ------ ----- ----- Dec 01 4.3 4.3 Dec 05 8.1 12.4 Dec 06 8.1 20.5 Dec 07 3.5T 24.0 Dec 09 6.3T 30.3 Dec 10 3.4T 33.7 Dec 12 8.2 41.9 Dec 13 4.3 46.2 Dec 15 5.4T 51.6 Dec 16 5.1 56.7 Dec 19 8.2 64.9 Dec 20 5.3 70.2 Dec 21 4.3 74.5 Dec 24 6.5 81.0 Dec 26 5.0 86.0 Dec 27 5.1 91.1 Dec 28 3.6 94.7
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Found the plan I'm going to follow! Yippee! www.walkjogrun.net Beginner Marathon Training Plan. Instead of demanding certain miles, I have to put in the amount of time, and the number of miles (initially) isn't as important. My first 10 mile long run is 2/20, which is the 10 mile race I signed up for. The first few weeks running is 3x a week then it bumps up to 4x a week. Cross training and rest days built into the schedule which is very helpful to me. It's supposed to start today, but that would hinder me making goal this month, so I'm modifying it just for this week.0
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@Virkati yea! Glad you found a plan!
Who needs motivation for 2016! I DO! LOL! http://www.runtheyear2016.com/
2016 miles impossible? You can form a team! Wha!! @ACSL3 thanks for sharing this!
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Looks interesting... and it's cheap! I may do it since I have already set 2,000 miles as my goal for 2016... but could it be any more motivating and inspiring than this group?
Who needs motivation for 2016! I DO! LOL! http://www.runtheyear2016.com/
2016 miles impossible? You can form a team! Wha!! @ACSL3 thanks for sharing this!
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MorningGhost14 wrote: »
Looks interesting... and it's cheap! I may do it since I have already set 2,000 miles as my goal for 2016... but could it be any more motivating and inspiring than this group?
Who needs motivation for 2016! I DO! LOL! http://www.runtheyear2016.com/
2016 miles impossible? You can form a team! Wha!! @ACSL3 thanks for sharing this!
Maybe not... but this group lacks medals and t-shirts, and you know we runners love swag!0 -
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http://www.runnersworld.com/masters/a-month-to-rememberkristinegift wrote: »MorningGhost14 wrote: »
Looks interesting... and it's cheap! I may do it since I have already set 2,000 miles as my goal for 2016... but could it be any more motivating and inspiring than this group?
Who needs motivation for 2016! I DO! LOL! http://www.runtheyear2016.com/
2016 miles impossible? You can form a team! Wha!! @ACSL3 thanks for sharing this!
Maybe not... but this group lacks medals and t-shirts, and you know we runners love swag!
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You could hand out your special running burglar gear... @mobycarp could thrown in some antlers....kristinegift wrote: »Maybe not... but this group lacks medals and t-shirts, and you know we runners love swag!
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Found the plan I'm going to follow! Yippee! www.walkjogrun.net Beginner Marathon Training Plan. Instead of demanding certain miles, I have to put in the amount of time, and the number of miles (initially) isn't as important. My first 10 mile long run is 2/20, which is the 10 mile race I signed up for. The first few weeks running is 3x a week then it bumps up to 4x a week. Cross training and rest days built into the schedule which is very helpful to me. It's supposed to start today, but that would hinder me making goal this month, so I'm modifying it just for this week.
Nice!! Glad you found a plan that works for you! Might have a look at it myself 
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