The January 2016 Running Challenge
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1/1 5.6 miles—street run given the snow and ice on sidewalks. excellent run at 25 F.
1/2 elliptical day, no run
1/3 10.2 — excellent run, slow pace 11:45. But pain in the heels and achilles afterwards. got better with ice treatment!
1/4 elliptical day, no run
1/5 rest day
1/6 6.5 — ran in 28 degree weather. starting to feel 30 degree weather might be pushing it too warm for comfort My heels, which bothered me after my last run (stretched, iced, and rested) held up quite nicely during today’s run. i guess i should just recognize that every time i push myself a bit more on distance or on speed, i should expect some pain if not planned well enough and if not done in a gradual way.
1/7 3.64 — the run was okay at 10:30 per mile, but the roads were slippery because of some freezing rain. icing helps a great deal with the pain. I still have some pain in my achilles, but doing much better everyday. I took it easy though.
1/9 6.11 —nice group run while snowing lightly!
1/10 crosstraining—elliptical
1/11 4.31 — 6 degree weather @10:50
1/12 crosstraining—elliptical
1/13 5.08
1/14 3.14 — have to say, those compression socks rock! first time user, wow! Did s half hour of elliptical too!
1/15 cross training—elliptical training for 90 minutes. That was good!
1/16 6.08 —
1/17 4.32 — coldest miles ever. It was 0 degrees and -20 with windchill. I forgot who mentioned this a couple of days ago, but it is really true: most of what we think we’re unable to do (not everything of course and I recognize different people have different abilities), but most of what we think we cannot do has to do with the mental games we play in our own heads. I would have never imagined walking, let alone running, in a windchill weather like this one!
1/18 — rest day.
1/19 6.3 — nice run, in new shoes, in the dark and cold. Ah, so relaxing. I do think I am becoming a runner because I came home without a plan to run, work was really busy, but I just could not sit still before I running. I not only missed it, but actually needed it to relax!
1/20 4.22 — nice easy run (11 minute/mile), cold but bearable, and clear sidewalks. it was a really good run.
1/21—rest
1/22 4.20 — great run in the cold and snow! beautiful.
1/23 cross training—elliptical for today
1/24 6 miles. 3.5 with my neighborhood group and 2.5 by myself! Okay, now I am over my monthly run, I did decide from the very beginning to make up for the lost miles in December, so, that’s good!
75.72/70
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1/1: 6.2 miles
1/2: 11.6 miles
1/3: Rest/Travel day
1/4: 10 miles
1/5: Rest day
1/6: 4 miles (am), 8 miles tempo (pm)
1/7: 4 miles (am), 6 miles with the Thursday crew (pm)
1/8: Rest day
1/9: 12.2 miles with the Saturday crew
1/10: 5 miles
1/11: 5.8 miles with "Joe-to-Go" crew
1/12: Rest day
1/13: 4 miles treadmill (am), 7.1 miles with Wednesday crew (pm)
1/14: 6 miles (am), no second run :[
1/15: Rest day
1/16: 7 miles with Saturday crew
1/17: 10 miles
1/18: 6 miles with "Joe-to-Go" crew
1/19: Rest day/final finals day
1/20: 4 miles (am), no second run
1/21: No AM run, 7 miles with Thursday crew (pm)
1/22: 14 miles
1/23: SNOW DAY!
1/24: 9 miles
Well, glad I took yesterday off. We ended up getting 20-23 inches of snow in Princeton, and there was no way I was going to brave that plus 30-40 mph winds! Ran outside today; some roads were fine, some were mushy, some were slushy. Did 8 with a group, then jogged 1 mile back to my apartment after post-run coffee. I would not have run nearly as far without a group, for sure! Probably won't meet up for the 6 am run tomorrow, as all this slush is bound to freeze over. I'll stick to daylight hours, thanks!
Upcoming races:
4/3: Caesar Rodney HM
5/1: New Jersey Marathon
6/12: Race and Ride Cedar Point HM (maybe)0 -
DATE...............MILES...............TOTAL
1/1....................REST...................0.00
1/2.....................16.00.................16.00
1/3.......................5.00.................21.00
1/4.....................REST................21.00
1/5.......................7.00.................28.00
1/6.......................5.00.................33.00
1/7.......................7.00.................40.00
1/8...................WEIGHTS...........40.00
1/9......................16.50................56.50
1/10......................5.00................61.50
1/11....................REST...............61.50
1/12......................6.00................67.50
1/13......................4.25................71.75
1/14......................5.25................77.00
1/15....................REST...............77.00
1/16.....................14.00...............91.00
1/17.......................6.00...............97.00
1/18....................REST...............97.00
1/19.....................10.00.............107.00
1/20.......................5.00.............112.00
1/21.......................7.75.............119.75
1/22....................REST.............119.75
1/23.....................18.00.............137.75
1/24.......................4.50.............142.25
Upcoming races:
May 14, 2016 Glacier Ridge Trail Ultra 50K (Portersville, PA)
June 4, 2106 38 Mile NIght Fun Run (Kettle Moraine State Forest, WI)
October 1, 2016 Cloudsplitter 100K (Pine Mountain, KY)0 -
@snha : Congrats on making your target!
As I said yesterday morning I went past my 60 mile target with a 5k at parkrun... meaning that the motivation just wasn't there when I went out for my usual Sunday "long" run today. I usually do about 5-7 miles, with 8.1 being my furthest so far. I knew I could just coast for the remaining week and I'd make my 75 mile stretch goal.
So. The first 2 miles were an absolute slog: everything hurt - everything - , I was tired, I felt particularly chunky, and my inner monologue seemed to be channelling my 5 year old self. I swear I was having a proper temper tantrum. I wonder if I was doing it out loud? I probably sounded like Mutley
But somewhere around 5k I convinced myself that as I was knackered already I might as well do one more time round the block to get up to 5ish miles... and then at 10k deciding to just squeeze in the extra loop to get to my 8.1 record was pure stubbornness... and at 8.1 miles the final little loop to get to 10 miles seemed like a brilliant idea! Ended up with 10.1 miles, my longest run yet by a 2 mile margin. I don't really know where that came from, except I guess I genuinely enjoy running now. Weird.
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@snha : Congrats on making your target!
As I said yesterday morning I went past my 60 mile target with a 5k at parkrun... meaning that the motivation just wasn't there when I went out for my usual Sunday "long" run today. I usually do about 5-7 miles, with 8.1 being my furthest so far. I knew I could just coast for the remaining week and I'd make my 75 mile stretch goal.
So. The first 2 miles were an absolute slog: everything hurt - everything - , I was tired, I felt particularly chunky, and my inner monologue seemed to be channelling my 5 year old self. I swear I was having a proper temper tantrum. I wonder if I was doing it out loud? I probably sounded like Mutley
But somewhere around 5k I convinced myself that as I was knackered already I might as well do one more time round the block to get up to 5ish miles... and then at 10k deciding to just squeeze in the extra loop to get to my 8.1 record was pure stubbornness... and at 8.1 miles the final little loop to get to 10 miles seemed like a brilliant idea! Ended up with 10.1 miles, my longest run yet by a 2 mile margin. I don't really know where that came from, except I guess I genuinely enjoy running now. Weird.
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@snha : Congrats on making your target!
As I said yesterday morning I went past my 60 mile target with a 5k at parkrun... meaning that the motivation just wasn't there when I went out for my usual Sunday "long" run today. I usually do about 5-7 miles, with 8.1 being my furthest so far. I knew I could just coast for the remaining week and I'd make my 75 mile stretch goal.
So. The first 2 miles were an absolute slog: everything hurt - everything - , I was tired, I felt particularly chunky, and my inner monologue seemed to be channelling my 5 year old self. I swear I was having a proper temper tantrum. I wonder if I was doing it out loud? I probably sounded like Mutley
But somewhere around 5k I convinced myself that as I was knackered already I might as well do one more time round the block to get up to 5ish miles... and then at 10k deciding to just squeeze in the extra loop to get to my 8.1 record was pure stubbornness... and at 8.1 miles the final little loop to get to 10 miles seemed like a brilliant idea! Ended up with 10.1 miles, my longest run yet by a 2 mile margin. I don't really know where that came from, except I guess I genuinely enjoy running now. Weird.
Thanks, but that 10.1 mile run seems to have been awesome. Way to go. Thanks for describing it in detail, that was fun to read! Congrats.0 -
January Running Totals (miles)
1/1 - 10.17 warm up + 7.5 mile race
1/2 - 12.29 long slow run
1/3 - 5.16 easy with fast finish
1/4 - 6.01 easy
1/5 - 11.09 warmup, speed work, cool down
1/6 - 5.95 group run
1/7 - 8.04 warmup, speed work, cool down
1/8 - scheduled rest day
1/9 - 16.48 warm up + Winter Warrior Half
1/10 - 7.46 easy
1/11 - 10.07 easy
1/12 - 8.39 warmup, speed work, cool down
1/13 - 8.02 easy and snowy
1/14 - 8.70 warm up, speed work, cool down
1/15 - scheduled rest day
1/16 - 13.64 with hills
1/17 - 12.05 easy
1/18 - 8.53 easy plus 4 strides
1/19 – 7.94 warmup, speed work, cool down
1/20 – 6.17 easy
1/21 – 9.64 warmup, speed work, cool down
1/22 – scheduled rest day
1/23 – 17.86 easy
1/24 – 7.49 easy
January to date total – 201.15
Goal - 51 to 62 miles per week, per training plan
expected January total - 245 to 251 miles
Today's notes - Slept in this morning, soaked up almost 10 hours of sleep. Skipped church, skipped many of my routine morning strength exercises. Only did my usual push-ups and pull-ups. It was cold. About 12:45 I got out to run, the temperature having warmed to 28° F. The training assignment was an hour at E, and that's pretty much what I did. Felt OK, and I suspect the reason it was in the plan that way was to limit how much I run today after yesterday's long run. So I resisted the temptation to add miles in order to ease my time management around Monday and Wednesday runs this week.
Today brought me over 200 miles for January. That shouldn't really even be a goal, since I'm targeting the weekly mileage from the training plan. I was a bit surprised that I noticed it as a milestone.
Upcoming races:
March 12, 2016 Johnny's Runnin' of the Green 5 mile (Rochester, NY - need to register)
March 26, 2016 Spring Foward Distance Run 15K (Mendon, NY - need to register)
April 18, 2016 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)
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You absolutely rock! I'll have to follow you for motivation!! Keep up the good work!0
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17 miles today in 3:01:29, for an average pace of 10:40 per mile. That's a new distance PR for me! Will update total monthly mileage later, as I don't feel like searching for my previous post on my phone.0
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Had an awesome run today! I met a lady mile 3 and we discovered we were going the same way and distance. The weird thing is, it's not like this would be considered a normal running place around here. It's just a big loop around some streets. She and I both were wanting to go 10 and she had never run this route, nor had I. I'd run parts of it, but not this particular loop. We ran the same pace! She's training for the Disney Princess HM on 2/21 and I'm running Daytona in 2 weeks. We exchanged numbers and have been texting. Our schedules are pretty different so not sure if we can run together much but it may work out for some runs.
Anyway ... just wow. It did not seem at all like 10.68 miles. I felt great and could have gone longer if I had a port-a-potty but needed to get home and cook, etc. so it was all good. I love running.
Need a runner's high emoji.
Jan 1 -41 mile bike ride
Jan 2 - 34 mile bike ride
Jan 3 - rest day
Jan 4 - rest day
Jan 5 - 5.25 miles
Jan 6 - 3.3 miles
Jan 7-11 - Sick
5 sick days.
Jan 12 - 4.1 miles — finally!!! Felt so great.
Jan 13 - strength training + 1 mile on treadmill
Jan 14 - 5.2 miles
Jan 15 - 5.1 miles; trainer cancelled
Jan 16 - 4.2 miles
Jan 17 - 6.02 miles
Jan 18 - Rest Day
Jan 19 - 7.4
Jan 20 - strength training
Jan 21 - 5.02 miles
jan 22 - strength training
Jan 23 - 4.5 miles
Jan 24 - 10.68 miles - won't make goal this month but I'm thrilled with mileage considering how sick I was earlier this month.
2/7 HM Daytona Beach0 -
Kind of a split run today. It was super windy (15-20 gusts) so I took a break at 6 miles for water and figs. Was then engaged in conversation with other runners. Actually, someone I met through PT and was invited to run with the girls Saturday mornings and have coffee after. So happy! She qualified for Boston but didn't get a spot, so I'm in good hands.
1/1......3.68
2/1......5.20 walk
3/1......5.70
4/1......0.5
5/1......2.17
6/1......rest
7/1......5.10
8/1......rest
9/1......4.3 treadmill walk.
10/1....9.47
11/1.....Travel Dr appt
12/1.....lazy
13/1.....5.51
14/1.....3.31
15/1.....6.28
16/1.....rest
17/1.....6.05
18-19/1....I didn't run? No idea where those days went.
20/1.... Steroid shot #2
21/1......5.78
22,23.....Nada
24/1......11.21
74.16/100+ Miles
Upcoming races:
02/06/16 Hot Chocolate 15K Dallas
03/19/16 Rock N Roll 5K Dallas
03/20/16 Rock N Roll Half Dallas
04/24/16 OKC Memorial undecided distance
Run the year 2016 74.26/20160 -
@ddmom0811 that sounds like an awesome run!
@whatang super long run! Congrats on longest distance ever.
@ceciliaslater congrats on your new distance PR! (I had to convert it to km for it to make sense to me: 27 km is huge)
You guys are doing great!
6.16 km this morning @ 7:54 min/km; Av HR 127; max HR 165. Really hard to get moving today. Legs probably still tired from my long run on Saturday. And the humidity this morning! We ran the aircon all night because it has been so stinking hot, and when I went out the door at 5.15am, I could feel the heavy air. Garmin says 26.1C and 84% humidity for my run. Nicest thing about my run this morning was Lady Luna hanging out there in the sky even though it was already light outside.
1 Jan 13.4 km (long run)
2 Jan Rest
3 Jan 6.3 km
4 Jan 5.4 km
5 Jan Rest
6 Jan 8.3 km
7 Jan 5.3 km
8 Jan Rest
9 Jan 15.3 km (long run)
10 Jan Rest
11 Jan 6.1 km
12 Jan 8.3 km
13 Jan 6.15 km
14 Jan 6.15 km
15 Jan Rest
16 Jan 10.4 km (cutback week)
17 Jan Rest
18 Jan 6.16 km
19 Jan 6.18 km
20 Jan 10.03 km
21 Jan 6.15km
22 Jan Rest
23 Jan 18.28 km (long run)
24 Jan Rest
25 Jan 6.16km
Total: 144.06 / 150 km
All my training is slow and easy because increasing mileage for my first marathon in July.
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In regards to the running while ill (neck and above category of illness that is) I am becoming pretty indifferent about it really. It does help to clear the sinuses and sometimes I feel better because of it. But some times not even that makes me feel better and the runs are real slogs due to being ill and having less energy. If only I could tell what kind of run I would have, that would be great. Usually I just run anyway. There was once that I did a monster long run with a head cold and wound up even more sick for a full week after. That sucked. So not sure how to advise since my results are all over the place in regards to it. I suppose the best suggestion might be that if you need to get those miles in then do it. If you can take the day off, do that instead.
@whatang - Congrats on the distance PR!! There comes a point where you can do things like that on a whim while out running and surprise yourself with a new distance, and it looks like you are there. The funny thing is when my training plan suggests putting in higher mileage sometimes they are really hard. But then come those days like that where you set out for something not that aggressive but have the ability to crank out something incredible! I really prefer those days.
Today was the first back to back long run I have done since last summer. I actually felt better today than yesterday and had a much better pace today. That seems a bit strange to have more energy on tired legs, but it might be due to coming off a head cold. Yesterday was the first day I felt normal again but may not have been back to 100% energy perhaps. That's my theory anyway.
1/1 - 2.25 miles
1/3 - 4.1 miles
1/5 - 6.5 miles
1/7 - 4 miles
1/9 - 4 miles
1/12 - 3.25 miles
1/14 - 4.6 miles
1/16 - 11.5 miles
1/18 - 2.1 miles
1/20 - 3.1 miles
1/23 - 12.6 miles
1/24 - 8.1 miles
66.1 of 50 miles
Upcoming races:
4/9 - Rock the Parkway half marathon (Kansas City, MO)
4/16 - Garmin half marathon (Olathe, KS)
4/30 - BattleFrog 8k obstacle course run (Kansas City, MO)
5/14 - Running with the Cows half marathon (Bucyrus, KS)0 -
Went back and calculated my total distance. I'm at 101.9 for the month (goal is 145.1 miles). Pretty sure this is the first time I've ever run over 100 miles in a month.
Notes on today's 17 miler: I bought a camelbak yesterday. It's a 1.5 liter model. Ran with it today and am in love. Previously, I had run with a bottle in my hand (hand cramps and awkward when trying to do anything else) or with a fitletic water belt (sometimes upset my stomach from the pressure). The only problem I had with the camelbak is that the model I bought has no front storage, so I'll have to attach something to hold my food . for today, I just put my gummies in my amphipod with my phone. Will probably dump the armband and just put my phone in the camelbak once I get the food thing sorted...
I put on KT tape before the run. Both knees and my gimpy ankle. I definitely felt less knee aching during the run and am more mobile than I was after my 15 miler a couple weeks back. Felt a shock or snap of some sort in my ankle about the 9 mile mark. My body jerked in response and I thought I was going to fall (the foot was suspended when it happened). My foot ended up coming down normally and there was no unusual pain, so I just went on about my business. No more complaining from the ankle than normal after that. Very weird.
The run was a little windy (10mph, with stronger gusts, out of the south), but it was a pleasant temperature (upper 30s to upper 40s). And sunshine... How I've missed the sun!
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@whatang Great job on your 10 (+) mile PR distance! It always feels so good to just go out and smash it, especially when you're not feeling it to begin with!0
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Congrats on the mileage @ceciliaslater! What distance are you training for?0
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@WhatMeRunning I'm training for a marathon. The A2A Marathon in Ardmore, OK, on March 20th! Running it with my sister. It'll be the first marathon for both of us!0
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Thanks! Great job with your miles - 102! Good luck with the marathon trainingceciliaslater wrote: »@whatang Great job on your 10 (+) mile PR distance! It always feels so good to just go out and smash it, especially when you're not feeling it to begin with!
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Wow congratulations to @whatang ! And @ceciliaslater!0
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1/2 6.5 miles
1/3 3.5 miles
1/7 4.0 miles
1/10 4.0 miles
1/13 5.0 miles
1/14 3.0 miles
1/15 2.0 miles
1/18 6.0 miles
1/22 5.0 miles
1/24 3.0 miles
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@Elise4270 -- I sent you a PM.
To all others that ordered a shirt. 44 shirts were ordered. Because I estimated less shirts to be ordered, the price of each shirt goes down. There is a $43.12 refund that will be owed back to us. That's almost a dollar per shirt. I need to find out how that refund will be sent back, but I suggest to give it to Elise and use it towards the shipping costs from Elise to everyone else.
I hope standard delivery (free) is fine with everyone. That means Elise will receive our shirts guaranteed by Monday 2/8/2016.0 -
@Stoshew71 But I thought we're chipping in for the different t-shirts for you, skip, and someone else i cannot remember. so, @Elise4270 can take that money and tell us what more we awe her for shipping and for those well deserved gift t-shirts!
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January goal 70 miles
1/1 3.69
1/2 4.15
1/3 3.12
1/4 rest
1/5 3.31
1/6 5.59
1/7 rest
1/8 3.00
1/9 heavy duty yard work
1/10 3.27
1/11 3.38
1/12 snorkel 3 hours
1/13 6.39
1/14 rest
1/15 3.12 (and some more heavy duty yard work)
1/16 4.25
1/17 3.05
1/18 rest
1/19 3.00
1/20 5.51
1/21 rest
1/22 3.20
1/23 the last of eight long work days and I just came home and sat......
1/24 6.25. On the treadmill. On the lanai. Overlooking the ocean. Watching football. Life is good....
Total 64.28
Upcoming races:
3/20 Big Island International 1/2 marathon
6/26 SHEPower Virtual 1/2 marathon
11/13 Las Vegas Rock n Roll 1/2 marathon
Ticker is my goal for 2016 and accumulation to date:
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Using a foam roller is causing more pain than the pain I bought it to alleviate! Torture device is really what it is. The pain in my hip was pretty severe after my run yesterday so today has been lots of Motrin and "ice ice baby"!! I'm scheduled for 3 miles tomorrow. We'll see how this plays out...
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11 km Run along the River. The first 3km was plowed, the next 5 was a loose-unstable Boot Pack by all the Walkers/Runners and the last 3km was plowed. What you might call a Tough Slog in the middle. That 5km felt like a Hill Run.
01/01 –0.0 Km – 140 km – 0.0 Km
01/01 –6.0 Km – 134 km – 6.0 Km
01/02 –7.0 Km – 127 km – 13.0 Km
01/03 –5.0 Km – 122 km – 18.0 Km
01/04 –10.0 Km – 112 km – 28.0 Km
01/06 –7.0 Km – 105 km – 35.0 Km
01/09 –7.0 Km – 98 km – 42.0 Km
01/10 –5.0 Km – 93 km – 47.0 Km
01/11 –18.0 Km – 75 km – 65.0 Km
01/13 –10.0 Km – 65 km – 75.0 Km
01/16 –8.5 Km – 56.5 km – 83.5 Km
01/17 –6.5 Km – 50.0 km – 90.0 Km
01/20 –10.8 Km – 39.2 km – 100.8 Km
01/24 –11.0 Km – 28.2 km – 111.8 Km
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No run for me today but we did head down to the dog beach where I ran a bit with Hobbes the Vizsla. The storms out in the Pacific are driving high tides, large waves and rough surf our way so no one was sending their pups into the water. I was surprised though that there were not more surfers. We still haven't had much rain, it is all going north and it is supposed to be unseasonably warm this week. Just when I was enjoying my cooler runs! Here are a couple of pics from the beach today - it was in the mid 50's when we were there. Everyone digging out from the snow can dream about being on the beach running with us
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7 days to go, how's everyone feeling?
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