December 2015 Running Challenge
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My Weather report for Today - Periods of freezing rain and a few flurries. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning then west 40 gusting to 60 this afternoon.
Translation - No Running Tonight without Ice Cleats and stay off the roads = no swimming. Sounds like Sofa Surfing Tonight. Hoping it will change during the day and clear off early enough to allow the trails to become useable.0 -
I'm in for 50 miles!
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DATE...............MILES...............TOTAL
12/1....................6.00....................6.00
12/2....................5.00..................11.00
Upcoming Races:
5/14/16: Glacier Ridge Ultra, 50k (Portersville, PA)
10/1/16: Cloudsplitter 100, 100k (Pine Mountain, KY)
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December Running Totals (km)
12/1- 1.6
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patrikc333 wrote: »just noticed that in the last period my stride has shorten a lot, from 1.07m to 0.93m (but pace..., well let not mention or I get depressed...)
is this good or not? can be related with my leg problem/dark?
Distance covered = (avg stride rate) X (avg stride distance) X (minutes)
Using that formula your stride distance may have shrunk which has a direct effect on your total distance covered and pace.
So if your stride shrunk but your pace stayed the same, then that means you must be taking more steps per minute. That may actually be a good thing if you remember our 180 steps/minute discussion the last couple of months.
I wouldn't worry about stride distance so much. I would worry more about steps per minute and form (i.e where is your foot landing? under your body or way out in front?)
Quicker cadence is actually good.
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I officially have achellies tendinitis
I think I just caused it by playing soccer really hard this past Sunday and not taking enough time off to rest. Any words about how serious something like this is? how imperative it is that I not run or run slow or run little? I did access so much information on the web--like what stretching exercises i should do, etc. but what i don't have access to, at least i didn't find any yet, is how runners deal with it. do you rest, how long, and in what ways?
If you truly have achellies tendinitis, then all your questions should be answered by a qualified sports physiologist.0 -
@lshona: Welcome. Congrats on finishing C25K.
@7lenny7: Does that marathon have any connection with Garrison Keillor at all? (Lake Wobegon)
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
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Hello to all you new people. I apologize for not addressing each of you individually. I hope you find this place welcoming and encouraging and helps you meet any or all of your fitness and running goals. Each one of us are here to keep us all accountable and to encourage one another. We all come from different backgrounds and experience levels. But we all started at one point in time as a newbie. Some have trodded across this running journey for some quite time, and others are just beginning. Some are lightening quick (relatively speaking) and some of you find yourself slow as moving maple syrup. No matter, we are all runners. I hope you see yourself that way.
If you need anything, just hollar and hopefully someone will answer your question. If you need anything from me, feel free to PM me or just address me in a message on this thread as @Stoshew71 and I will know to answer you here.
Don't forget that we also have a group page to find more resources. The link to the group is in my OP on page 1 of this thread.
Thanks for joining us.
Also, welcome back for December's Challenge to our regulars and to those that haven't been with us for some quite time. Welcome back!
Stan
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11/23 7 miles - 158.9 << Week1 of RCM Taper
11/24 8.1 miles - 167
11/25 5 miles - 172 << Recovery Run
11/26 8 miles - 180
11/27 5 miles - 185 << Recovery Run
11/28 17 miles - 202 << Long Run - end of Week1 Taper
11/29 REST DAY
11/30 6.1 miles - 208.1<< Week2 of RCM Taper
12/1 5.5 miles - 5.5
12/2 4.1 miles - 9.6
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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.
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12/1-3.7 miles + strength training
I edited my goal from 120 miles to 122, because I need 121.7 to hit an even 1700 for the year. I am looking at that as extra motivation!
On a side note, every time I look at these tickers with the snow, it makes me want to run in the snow. Possible light snow in the forecast for tonight. Meeting up for a group "hot chocolate" run this evening. Could work out perfectly!
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lporter229 wrote: »12/1-3.7 miles + strength training
I edited my goal from 120 miles to 122, because I need 121.7 to hit an even 1700 for the year. I am looking at that as extra motivation!
On a side note, every time I look at these tickers with the snow, it makes me want to run in the snow. Possible light snow in the forecast for tonight. Meeting up for a group "hot chocolate" run this evening. Could work out perfectly!
I've been waiting for some snow. we got a little this morning but it's not sticking. mid 40's this week0 -
New to the thread. Tracking miles as measured by my Garmin 620, recognizing that there will be a small GPS error and I won't pick up anything that happens when the watch isn't in GPS mode.
No December goal, but I expect it to be a PR month for distance because my focus right now is building volume and solidifying a solid base. Don't know whether that solid base will come in around 45 miles per week (where I am now) or 50 miles per week (ultimate target, but I'd rather have a solid 45 than a shaky 50 base).
12/1 - 6.58 miles, total 6.58
Speed work yesterday evening: 1 x 800 @T, 3 x 1200 @ 5K race pace, plus warmup and cooldown. Really looking forward to Boston training, when the speed work won't have that long at the faster paces.0 -
GBrady43068 wrote: »@7lenny7: Does that marathon have any connection with Garrison Keillor at all? (Lake Wobegon)
@GBrady43068 Only indirectly. The trail is a 46 mile paved, multi-use trail named after Keillor's fictitious town of Lake Wobegon but Keillor has nothing to do with the race.
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@Karef - Prayers for good news! I hate melanoma (all cancer actually). Melanoma particularly.
@snha - Achilles tendinitis is very serious to runners. What did the doctor advise?
Did 4 miles at easy effort today. I was surprised by the pace however, a little faster than expected. Also my HR was on the higher end of what certain calculators says is my easy range (I've used the same calculator in the past). Yet the effort felt right on and my strides per breath were as expected. Oh well, time will help guide me as the runs go on and on. If I'm lucky, maybe I've been too easy on myself and could have pushed a little harder all along.
12/1 - 4 mile lactate threshold run
12/2 - 4 mile easy run
Total 8 of 125 miles
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I'm going to have to play catch up on the thread but I wanted reply to these quickly.
@karef praying the phone doesn't ring and they got it all. You are allowed to be emotional, I know I can safely say you have all of us here thinking of you and sending you nothing but good thoughts. Hugs
@snha Skip battles with Achilles tendinitis to the point that 2 years back she missed the entire XC season because she was in a boot. The big thing the trainer worked on was stretching the tendon. No running whatsoever during rehab for her. When she started back it was one 400m at a time. She used a long rubber band and did a lot of tying a loop at one end that went over her foot and she held the other end tight, point the toe, flex the toe, then moving the foot from side to side with the band on it. Also rest and icing it after the stretches. I'll see if I can find the paper he gave us to work at home. This is a great article:
http://running.competitor.com/2014/12/injury-prevention/new-exercises-fixing-achilles-injuries_119928
...and what @stoshew71 said find a good PT.0 -
12/1 - 1.6 miles - 3K fun run with my friend John, who just lost almost 100 lbs
Oh yeah I realize 1.6 isn't a 3K but that's what they called it even though my watch said 1.6
12/2 - life day
1.6 out 120 miles
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I'm looking at doing a half the weekend of my birthday (7/30) and then doing a sprint tri the next weekend. For those that have done a couple of halfs...what is YOUR normal recovery time? I'm trying to decide if it's do-able or if I need to spread them out more. I really really want to do both but I'm willing to acknowledge that may not be feasible for me. At the moment I'm registered for a 5k 12/12, will do a 10k in Jan/Feb so I'll have pace info to work with. Planning to either run a half on 5/14 or be part of a relay team where I'll do a little over 5 miles. After that is still in the planning stages.
@kareF I work at a church/school. I hope it's ok, I asked the prayer group to hook you up.
@snha That sucks.
@7lenny7 You both look so happy!!
@lporter229 That's a nice total for the year. I'm hoping to do something like that for the coming year!0 -
...piriformis injury? I have bilateral piriformis syndrome. Left side has been debilitating. It's not easy to get over. Wishing you a speedy recovery too!
After my little 6 month hiatus from MFP, I was glad to see you are still running through your physical obstacles.. you are an inspiration to anyone who has to battle through pain to get the miles.... looking forward to re-connecting...
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Hello all!
My goal is 50 miles this month.
I ran last on Monday 11/30, which was my first run since giving birth to child #2.
It was a spontaneous run while out with the big kid, so no tracker.
I look forward to running much more this month and having this group for support and motivation!0 -
11/2 - 3 miles, lovely and clear day outside
December: 3 of 45 miles completed
Welcome to all the new runners!
@WhatMeRunning nice to see you on here again!0 -
I just started my challenge of 5 miles a day. Sorry to up it Stan but my goal is 155.
Good luck everyone!0 -
I'm in for 60!0
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2/12 2km
Wasn't expecting to do anything today so should see this as a bonus 2km but my heart really wasn't in it or I could have done more
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12/1 - 3.16 Mi
12/2 - 5.21 Mi
Progress toward Goal 8.37 / 500 -
December goal 65 miles
12/1 5.00
12/2 4.11
Total 9.11
Upcoming races:
3/20 Big Island International 1/2 marathon
Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date:
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Off to just a walking start. Better than nothing. The pooch is worn out and snoring nicely next to me.
Dec 1 - 1.79
Dec 2 - 4.66
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@KareF - I'll be thinking of you and positive thoughts for your biopsy results. Nice that you got to do a little run
@snha - sorry to hear about the tendinitis!
@patrikc333 - ah, yeah the HR part of it seems fine, thanks for the help. I'm thinking it's what @7lenny7 said and it's only counting the calories above what my Fitbit gave me. I'm going to disconnect the Garmin and see what happens with my next run 0 -
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December goal — 60 KM…I’ll be traveling for 2 weeks this month and unlikely to be able to run
12/1—5.02km
12/3—5.23 km0
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