December 2015 Running Challenge
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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
Waited to run until our overnight-into-the-morning rain ceased. And then I ran real fast and got real muddy.
Upcoming races:
5/1/2016: New Jersey Marathon
6/12/2016: Run & Ride HM at Cedar Point (maybe)
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kristinegift wrote: »12/1: 3 miles
Waited to run until our overnight-into-the-morning rain ceased. And then I ran real fast and got real muddy.
Upcoming races:
5/1/2016: New Jersey Marathon
6/12/2016: Run & Ride HM at Cedar Point (maybe)
@kristinegift Nice! Did your Mom say "don't come in my house with those shoes on!".0 -
skippygirlsmom wrote: »kristinegift wrote: »12/1: 3 miles
Waited to run until our overnight-into-the-morning rain ceased. And then I ran real fast and got real muddy.
Upcoming races:
5/1/2016: New Jersey Marathon
6/12/2016: Run & Ride HM at Cedar Point (maybe)
@kristinegift Nice! Did your Mom say "don't come in my house with those shoes on!".
No, but my dad did! Lucky for him, I took off my shoes outside before wandering the house trying to find a willing photographer
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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
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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 - finally on break so could run in the daylight!
I feel like I have lost the month of December in here! Every time I have the chance to log in, there's a new 100 posts! What an awesome group! I am done with grading for the college courses I was teaching and on break for 2 weeks from my regular job, so I can breathe.0 -
kristinegift wrote: »skippygirlsmom wrote: »kristinegift wrote: »12/1: 3 miles
Waited to run until our overnight-into-the-morning rain ceased. And then I ran real fast and got real muddy.
Upcoming races:
5/1/2016: New Jersey Marathon
6/12/2016: Run & Ride HM at Cedar Point (maybe)
@kristinegift Nice! Did your Mom say "don't come in my house with those shoes on!".
No, but my dad did! Lucky for him, I took off my shoes outside before wandering the house trying to find a willing photographer
ha ha!
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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
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12/1 3.5 @ 11:17 on the treadmill plus strength training
12/2 5.25 @ 11:04 on the treadmill. Oh my heck, please let it be sunny tomorrow. Or at least not so wet.
12/3 4.75 @ 12:03 on the park trail with the doggy. Yay! Sunshine!
12/4 3.5 @ 11:03 (really 3.25 at 10:48, plus .25 at a walk) on the treadmill, plus strength training
12/5 3 miles hiking with the cub scouts
12/6 Woke up feeling sore from Friday's strength training, so took a rest day
12/7 9.25 @ 12:26 on the park trail, nice and easy
12/8 3.75 @ 10:48 on the treadmill (3.5 at 10:39, .25 walk), plus stretch/yoga
12/9 5.25 @ 11:32 on the treadmill
12/10 Sort of rest day? Trip to Colonial Williamsburg with my daughter's history class. Lots of walking!
12/11 6.25 @ 11:18 on the treadmill.
12/12 Rest Day
12/13 3.25 @ 10:10 (5K race chip time 32:06--I finished 191/395 women 30/64 in my age group)
12/14 7.25 @ 12:03 (7 @ 11:57 and .25 walking) on the park trails
12/15 2.0 @ 10:29 on the treadmill and strength training
12/16 5.0 @ 11:49 on the park trail
12/17 Rest Day. It is cold and wet and my back hurts from present wrapping. Bah humbug.
12/18 6.0 on the treadmill (5 @ 11:40 and 1 walking) plus strength training
12/19 Rest day
12/20 Sick day -- I seem to have developed the creepin' crud
12/21 8 @ 12:00 on the treadmill (7 at 11:34 and 1 mile at a walk) breathing ok, but still feeling tired
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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
Boy, I have been a real slacker after my marathon. LOL I have a lot to make up for if I want to make my 150 mile goal this month.
Actually, I am just going to take my own advice and ease back into the routine. I am still technically in a reverse taper mode. If I make goal, then great, if not then oh well.
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_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »@Stoshew71 your running group's sweaters aren't as cool, but they look like a really nice group anyway.
We ain't nice. We are a bunch of wild party animals. If you only saw the too risque to post on the Internet shots. lol
We say that we are a social/drinking group with a running problem.Ok, who's doing this marathon with me?
https://vimeo.com/94518116
Or this one:
https://vimeo.com/147896197
Work is blocking these, so i can't tell which ones they are.runner_girl83 wrote: »downloaded the "Zombies, run!"-App. Somehow that app gave my only 4.4km for the run, while my watch calls it something closer to 4.9km (wonky phone GPS maybe?).
The following may help explain:
How certified courses are measured and running the tangents
http://www.clevelandmarathon.com/resources/userUploads/CertifiedCoursevsGPSAccuracy.SRV_1338321859.pdf
http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2009/03/racing-line-understanding-how-courses.html
http://www.runninginjuryfree.org/2008/10/run-tangents.html
http://sciencebasedrunning.com/2014/12/the-basics-running-tangents/MorningGhost14 wrote: »If my math is right, a hm is about 21k, right? With the mileage you are doing and with the right training program, you could easily be doing a 21k run weekly long before July or August 2016... go for both... you can hammer it...
13.1 miles (or 21.1K): or more precise... 21.08241 KM.
^^^^^^^^^^ Thanks to google for doing the math for me. ;-)kristinegift wrote: »Waited to run until our overnight-into-the-morning rain ceased. And then I ran real fast and got real muddy.
You dirty girl!
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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
Total- 137.73
Goal- none stated
Today's notes: It would be easy to get out and run today, but rest days are important. I also noticed I failed to record Friday's rest day for this thread, resulting in my previous reports incorrectly showing Saturday and Sunday running on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Oops. I posted and commented about those runs on the correct dates, they were just labeled wrong in the list.
While I contemplate the importance of rest, I would note that a "rest day" means no running, not total sloth. Early this month I was commenting about my sore left glute/hamstring. One of the things I did about that was back off speed work. Another thing I did was add back some kettlebell work that I had done before I even became a runner, and which had been squeezed out of my schedule by other things. Today I dutifully did my 5 reps on each side of Turkish Get-Ups, with a windmill at the top. I noticed that when I was doing the windmill part, I couldn't feel a difference between the left glute/hamstring and the right any more. And my body in general didn't feel as beat up with the TGU/Windmill combos as when I first put them back into the routine.
This is success. I don't need to build showy muscles like a body builder, but I do need some light strength work to support my running habit. I suspect that the kettlebell work that had been routine was part of the reason I never had issues with glutes or hamstrings when I turned myself into a runner. For anyone who cares, I also added back some swings and snatches that should help strengthen the glutes, hamstrings, and erector spinae; but it's the TGU/windmill combos that disguise some good core work and include an embedded hamstring stretch.
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 -
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12/1 - 3.16 Mi
12/2 - 5.21 Mi
12/5 - 6.04 Mi
12/6 - 3.72 Mi
12/9 - 4.48 Mi
12/10 - 4.31 Mi
12/14 - 3.39 Mi
12/15 – 4.59 Mi
12/17 – 3.80 Mi
12/19 – 4.49 Mi
12/21 – 5.49 Mi
Progress toward Goal 48.68 / 500 -
12/1 - 0 blah day
12/2 - 6.24 (2.66 lunch run + 3.58 dreadmill walk) Felt like an upside down turtle trying to make it thru quicksand. Felt super slow, sluggish, just awful. Later on the t-mill actually felt pretty good.
12/3 - 2.83 Work lunch run...felt good. Not great. Seems like if I take more than 2 days off I lose something, like endurance or lung capacity, something.
12/4 - 2.88 Lunch walk. It was gorgeous outside!
12/5 - 5.25 Walked to neighborhood Walmart for greek yogurt and coffee creamer. Then drove back to get everything I forgot lol
12/6 - Rest day. Letting the knee calm down.
12/7 - Not feeling it.
12/8 - Getting lazy.
12/9 - 3.26 Lunch run. Beautiful day!
12/10 - 3.29 Lunch run...gorgeous day!
12/11 - 2.92 Fast walk at lunch. I dressed for the weather report. Shoulda known better! It was another drop dead GORGEOUS day. Tomorrow volunteering at Santa Stampede and will try to run the route when it's all over
12/12 - Volunteered at Santa Stampede. Mad respect for the ones running while it snows and accumulates on their lashes and nose hairs! I called it a rest day and stayed inside & cuddled with my cat.
12/13 - 5.48 Day was too beautiful to let it go to waste. I did an exceptionally slow run for a solid 4.5 miles, but it was basically an accident. Was really only heading out for a walk but then I let myself do what my body wanted. The only reason I stopped is because I hadn't brought hydration with me and didn't want to have another bad "after run" experience.
12/14 - 2.87 Treadmill. I didn't get my lunch break so I couldn't go out and love the sunshine and warm temps. We're supposed to get a lot of snow tomorrow. If I can tolerate the cold, I'll be running at lunch!
12/15 - Lost my grip on my goals
12/16 - Same as above
12/17 - Same as above
12/18 - Same as above
12/19 - Started getting my head back on straight.
12/20 - 6.39 Apartment treadmill. I'M BAAAACK!! And it's still possible for me to hit this month's goal which REALLY helped keep me going today
12/21 - 3.98 (1.38 + 2.6 lunch). First day of splitting miles. On the treadmill by 5:30am off by 6.
**Biggest win of the month...I actually got UP and hit the treadmill! Seriously HUGE win for me!!!**
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Just curious .. Has anyone ever done any virtual runs on the internet?0
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12/20 - 6.39 Apartment treadmill. I'M BAAAACK!! And it's still possible for me to hit this month's goal which REALLY helped keep me going today
12/21 - 3.98 (1.38 + 2.6 lunch). First day of splitting miles. On the treadmill by 5:30am off by 6.
**Biggest win of the month...I actually got UP and hit the treadmill! Seriously HUGE win for me!!!**
Woohooo!! Glad you're back on track! I would put a little party picture here but don't know how to lol 0 -
I'm totally gonna try that (when my foot quits hurting. Which will be when the weather is bitter cold, not 65 like today)
http://www.runnersworld.com/sweat-science/the-optimal-slope-for-running-uphill0 -
runner_girl83 wrote: »Just curious .. Has anyone ever done any virtual runs on the internet?
Yep....frequently! Just won a pair of running socks and a $25 Amazon card for the Auburn Running Club virtual 8k (helps that I was the only entry....)
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runner_girl83 wrote: »Just curious .. Has anyone ever done any virtual runs on the internet?
Yep....frequently! Just won a pair of running socks and a $25 Amazon card for the Auburn Running Club virtual 8k (helps that I was the only entry....)
Awesome!! I am trying to find some online runs here in Australia ... I would love a medal!
The next race here isn't until March
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