The January 2016 Running Challenge
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On the group shirts, I have a PayPal payment from Tawina W. (Thanks BTW), but I don't have an address or what you ordered.
@karllundy think I need your order and address too. Pretty please. :-)
@moyer566 I need an address.
Oh @Stoshew71 I'll need your address too.
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@9voice9 - awesome job! Congrats!
@shanaber - hope you are feeling better today.
@rune1990 - oh my gosh, -11! WTG!
@runner_girl83 - I have a FB charge also. I like mine. But... I use the app Endomondo when I run or bike to track the mileage. I had the FB One for a couple years but I wanted to know my resting HR so I upgraded to that. Yeah, I know I should have been able to figure out my resting HR on my own, but I just never did. I never even look at the mileage that Fitbit says I did. I do look at steps but on the days I run or bike, I'm way over 10K. The days I don't run/bike, I'm way under. The complaint I have about the FB is the charging. It kept running out of battery. I finally figured out that I should charge it when I'm in the shower.
I really like Endomondo (also owned by Under Armour apparently, like this app). It will show your friends exactly where you are when running. The data you can get by the month/year,etc. I'm sure Garmin does the same thing. But I've got enough apps going while running! My husband has a Garmin for biking but it was around $500 and it tells you everything.
Hoping to get a run in today!
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01/02 3.5miles
01/04 3miles
01/06 4miles
01/09 3.5miles
01/13 3miles
01/16 3miles
01/17 3.75miles
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Finished my half-marathon this morning: Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins). Chip times are not yet posted, but Garmin says 2:29:21, and that with a couple seconds before crossing the line, and several seconds after (forgot to hit pause/save). 11:16 average moving pace, so slower than I'd intended, but I finished. Took it easy the rest of the day, 'cause I was feeling pretty sore/achy earlier, but now that's all passed. Not entirely sure whether I'm gonna do that distance again - I'm good for 10, 11 or so, but those last couple miles this morning were ugly.
OTOH - PB time!
My first two half marathons, the last 4 miles were a huge mental challenge on race day. Training, running easy, 13 miles was no problem. On race day, trying to run for time, big mental wall to climb. Then I started running longer easy runs in training, with the idea of an eventual marathon. Didn't make it to marathon training distance the first training cycle I did this, but I had a few easy long runs of 16 miles.
Next half marathon, those last 4 miles weren't a mental challenge any more. They still had the physical challenge aspect, as I couldn't run the last few miles as fast as I ran most of the race; but the mental challenge was gone and the race didn't beat me up so much.
So . . . maybe your distance is shorter than a half, or maybe you just need to go a bit further on easy runs to get used to the half distance. Take some time to think about it, then go for whatever you decide you want out of running.0 -
My experiences with the last miles of half marathon were similar to @MobyCarp. Once I started doing 16 mile training runs the next HM I did I ran the entire distance (first time I had done that) and had no issues mentally those last few miles. FWIW.
If you don't wish to run that sort of distance in the future and maybe hope to do 10k's or 5k's, no worries. But if you are thinking about still training regularly with 8 to 10 mile long runs, you might consider just continuing on with your training, maybe even growing it to longer distances and the HM will not be that challenging any more. I hate saying that because I don't wish to make HM seem easy. It's still a piece of work for anyone. But you can get to a point within just a few months after doing a HM of making it through feeling rather comfortable, comfortable enough to maybe even do another the next week...or even next day.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
January to date total - 143.52
Goal - 51 to 62 miles per week, per training plan
expected January total - 245 to 251 miles
Today's notes - The training plan called for 8-12 easy miles. The mileage target for the week is such that I wanted 12 to get my weekly mileage in. I think the idea is to run a medium long distance on tired legs from yesterday's hill run. I hope that't the training idea, anyway; I had tired legs for this morning's run. It was no particular challenge to keep the pace consistently in my easy range; averaged 8:14 per mile, with mile splits ranging from 8:05 to 8:29 versus a target range of 8:00 to 8:30.
30° and snow flurries was great running weather, not so great walking weather for my cool down. If I didn't have a training plan, I think I would have stopped a bit short of 11 miles today. But right now, I'm in the mode of trusting the training plan.
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)0 -
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
Last weekend run before training starts next Sunday, so I thought I'd do a "short" long run and take it easy. Plotted a scenic, hilly route and then ended up pacing 15-30 seconds per mile faster than planned. It was just too fun flying on the downhills! Toe felt great so gonna consider that healed up. Ended up being a really great run and a fantastic mood booster, especially considering that I didn't want to get out of bed this morning, let alone run 10 miles.
Upcoming races:
4/3: Caesar Rodney HM
5/1: New Jersey Marathon
6/12: Race and Ride Cedar Point HM (maybe)0 -
@karllundy think I need your order and address too. Pretty please. :-)
@moyer566 I need an address.
Oh @Stoshew71 I'll need your address too.
Back to your regularly scheduled running chats...
Nevermind @moyer566 , duh, second page of messages.
Anyone else interested in a group shirt.
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Whew! Y'all owe me a dinner... LOL!
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3.3 miles today, 23.3 miles in total
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I will get caught up at some point, I will!
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. Six months ago, I would have never imagined walking, let alone running, in a windchill weather like this one!
55/70
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Brrr. -21C ( -8F ) very light wind so -26 C ( -15 F ) with Wind Chill.
6.5 km Run/Walk with 4 members of our Winter Warrior's. One of the ladies was really struggling today so when she dropped into a walk I stopped and kept her company. No one Left Behind especially in Cold Weather.
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
@moyer566 Good luck at your race and Have some fun
@skippygirlsmom and @kristinegift - glad to see both of you able to get back out while recovering from Injury.
@MobyCarp - 3 1/2 Hills - great description.
@Elise4270 - Chaffing - OUCH!!!!. Ladies or Guys Chaffing is no fun. I now use a Long Undershort that stops about 3 inchs above the Knees for that very reason.
@9voice9 PB great job. Don't give up on HM's. They get easier or at least that is what everyone tells me..
@MorningGhost14 I guess that is a problem for Ultra Runners (" My Garmin seems to be fading.... wants to die after 4 hours.... so I just ordered a new one with a 10 hour battery life. That should be sufficient.') but not for us mere mortals.
@rune1990 WoHo welcome to the World of Outside Runners. " inspiration just swept me away and I ran outside for the first time since my shin splints healed!"
With the right Clothing it is a very enjoyable adventure. Positive attitude helps.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
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)
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@9voice9 Congrats on the half marathon! And in less than 2:30. that's awesome!
@juliet3455 "Misery Mountain" sounds scary, and in -24C even more so! Do you have to run up the mountain on snow, or is there some kind of cleared trail?
@Miffylou Agree, running on holidays is really nice - you aren't exshausted from a long work day before you even get started, or have a long to-do-list of things to look forward to, you can just enjoy the run... Makes me want to have holidays too...
@rune1990 great outside run! I hope you hopped into the shower or bathtub to warm up after finishing, sounds like you more than earned that
@kristinegift Glad the toe is fine, and your run sounds like fun. I used to live in the flatlands until last November, so on the rare occasions I came accross a tiny slope, I was intimidated. Now I moved to a hilly area, and since I came up with the new years resolution to search out hills rather than avoid them, I've come to realise that indeed, scenic hills are great! No little thanks to those downhill parts ;-p
@snha Kudos on braving the cold! Now you can call yourself a member of the "more miles than degree fahrenheit" run club.
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Nice frigid run! And kudos for hanging back with the struggler... that's what is so great about the running community...juliet3455 wrote: »@MorningGhost14 I guess that is a problem for Ultra Runners (" My Garmin seems to be fading.... wants to die after 4 hours.... so I just ordered a new one with a 10 hour battery life. That should be sufficient.') but not for us mere mortals.
As for my Garmin... at my age it is much easier for me to get a watch with a longer battery life than it is to figure out how to run faster... lol0 -
This week, the weather alternated between snow and thawing.
Wednesday I could still drive up a bit into the mountains to run some nice slopes after work. Thursday I hardly made it to work at all, bought snow chains for my car and did a really, really careful run in a flat area. (I wasn't yet willing to do the unmentionable with my shoes, so icy ground calls for extra amounts of caution).
I was quite happy to wake up on Saturday and see that the ground was nearly free of snow, nothing left to impact my long run. Apart maybe from the fact that I tried out new running pants. Some super-special windbreaking adidas pants, which look much more sporty than my usual sweatpants. However, unlike my loose sweats, they fit skin-tight, and I ended up really freezing at the thighs. Once I came home the skin turned red and started iching
I'm officially switching back to my comfy sweats for the rest of the winter!
Today was supposed to be "30 min crosstraining" according to my HM training plan. But when I woke up, there was a fresh layer of snow that was just begging me to run across (fresh snow=much nicer than the slippy icy mess on Thursday), so I grabbed my shoes and went out for an easy run. Shame on me! At least I still did a few balance board exercises afterwards, but I'm not sure if that makes the day count as a crosstraining day...
this week:
11.01.2016 rest / some yoga
12.01.2016 treadmill 2.2 km + strength training
13.01.2016 hill run, 5.0 km
14.01.2016 4.9 km
15.01.2016 strength train
16.01.2016 13.5 km
17.01.2016 easy 4.6 km
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72.6 km (of 110 km) done0 -
@9voice9 Congrats on finishing your first HM! I remember during my first one having very negative thoughts around the 10-11km mark (that's only half way), thinking "why on earth am I doing this? I can't do this", etc, etc. Then I had something to eat and finished it anyway. My mind set in my 4th HM was much different. I remember at the 16 km mark thinking, "wow, only 5 km to go!" and being happy, because I knew I could do it.
@Miffylou Agreed. Running on holidays is the best. Glad you had a good break.
@juliet3455 I love the "no one left behind" ethos. Great job!
@kristinegift Glad your toe is better!
6.16 km this morning @ 7:30 min/km; Av HR 127; max HR 138.
1 Jan 13.4 km
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
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
Total: 97.26 / 150 km
All my training is slow and easy because increasing mileage for my first marathon in July.
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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
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
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2/1 - 5k
3/1 - 7k
5/1 - 1k walk
6/1 - 3k
7/1 - 2.5k
9/1 - 7k
10/1 - 5k intervals
12/1 - 2k walk
13/1 - 1k
14/1 - 5k
16/1 - 7k
17/1 - 5k
50.5/80
Really hard today. Same last Sunday. Don't know if it is because I had no breakfast (prefer to eat after) or because I do a bit longer on a Saturday. Doing both weekend days is a must - it's when I am most motivated.
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@Amandajs232 ... those hard runs are really good for you... learning how to run on tired legs. It will get easier.0
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