The January 2016 Running Challenge
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »5BeautifulDays wrote: »ceciliaslater wrote: »
Have you tried an anti-chafe balm? I use Body Glide, and it works really well, both for prevention and for protecting and comforting existing chafed areas.runner_girl83 wrote: »
And Vaseline/ Petroleum Jelly (not sure what you call it over there!) Its all I use and its cheap
On my list! I've been using vaseline (ouch! it stings!) but need to get something preventative, so I'm going to try the body glide.
A good cheap alternative for anti-chaffing is underarm deoderant. Just go to the dollar store and rub on the cheap stuff (after you buy it - offcourse lol).
It would be even cheaper if you took it off the shelf used it and put it back --- just sayin'
Remind me to not shop at Dollar Stores in your neck of the woods.0 -
Date Miles today. Miles for January
1/1 4 miles - 4
1/2 13.5 miles - 17.5
1/3 REST DAY
1/4 10 miles - 27.5
1/5 9 miles - 36.5
1/6 5.5 miles - 42
1/7 10 miles - 52
1/8 6.05 miles - 58.05
1/9 15 miles - 73.05
1/10 REST DAY
1/11 9.5 miles - 82.55
1/12 11.15 miles - 93.7
1/13 6.2 miles - 99.9
1/14 10 miles - 109.9
1/15 5.75 miles - 115.65
1/16 15 miles - 130.65
1/17 REST DAY
1/18 10 miles - 140.65
1/19 10 miles - 150.65
1/20 5.75 miles - 156.40
1/21 10 miles - 166.40
1/22 4.6 miles - 171 <<< may do a double in a little bit.
Upcoming races:
UAH Spring Road Race 8K - 3/6
Oak Barrel HM - 4/2
Bridge Street HM - 4/10
Cotton Row Run 10K - 5/30
Firecracker Chase 10.2 miler - 6/25
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@MobyCarp -Thanks for the info on the gloves. I have never heard of that brand. I don't know why I never thought of wearing my ski gloves or anything heavier than gloves made marketed specifically for running. Duh. Maybe that is my problem. Question though...are they bulky or uncomfortable when you run? I would imagine it might take some getting used to.0
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Ahem...I hereby announce that I got out and put 2.75 miles on my poor wearing out shoes and I didn't die! I did have to hit the second inhaler when I got back, but I sorta expected that. I did a walk/run, which really means a lotta walking with a little running thrown in, but at least I finally got out and did it. I am going to pound out 5-6 miles tomorrow and I don't care how long it takes or how I have to do it, but it's gonna get done!!0
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »5BeautifulDays wrote: »ceciliaslater wrote: »
Have you tried an anti-chafe balm? I use Body Glide, and it works really well, both for prevention and for protecting and comforting existing chafed areas.runner_girl83 wrote: »
And Vaseline/ Petroleum Jelly (not sure what you call it over there!) Its all I use and its cheap
On my list! I've been using vaseline (ouch! it stings!) but need to get something preventative, so I'm going to try the body glide.
A good cheap alternative for anti-chaffing is underarm deoderant. Just go to the dollar store and rub on the cheap stuff (after you buy it - offcourse lol).
It would be even cheaper if you took it off the shelf used it and put it back --- just sayin'
Remind me to not shop at Dollar Stores in your neck of the woods.
Ya, dont buy the deoderant that has the inner cap removed.
I've also hear ChapStick works in a pinch. 0 -
lporter229 wrote: »@MobyCarp -Thanks for the info on the gloves. I have never heard of that brand. I don't know why I never thought of wearing my ski gloves or anything heavier than gloves made marketed specifically for running. Duh. Maybe that is my problem. Question though...are they bulky or uncomfortable when you run? I would imagine it might take some getting used to.
The gloves I described are made and marketed for running. I bought them in the local running store, and they cost more than gloves from Walmart; but they are quite comfortable, and they wick moisture, mostly. The sweat does build up inside the warmest mittens; but it might not for someone whose hands are naturally colder than mine are.
The warmest mittens are bulky. The other gloves are not. I need to peel back the wind shell to open a GU, but I don't need to take the composite gloves off. Probably the most important thing to me is, I can throw them in the washer with the rest of my running clothes. I think the directions said to lay flat to dry, but I run them through the dryer on medium with most of my running clothes. (I hang dry caps with bills and the expensive CWX running shorts.)
Best advice I can give you is, find people local to you who run in the winter. Find out what they wear, and what they like and dislike about it. You may find fine points I would miss that matter for your particular local climate.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
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
Chilly run! Not as cold as you Midwest/up north folks have been getting, but I had to take a couple walk breaks because my knees got cold and achy, so then my sweat chilled and got me all cold again
It was weird to do a long run on a Friday afternoon, but given we're supposed to get 10-14 inches of snow between tonight and Sunday morning, I thought it would be best to do my long one today. I can do 6-7 miles on a treadmill if I have to.... but 14? No thanks!
Upcoming races:
4/3: Caesar Rodney HM
5/1: New Jersey Marathon
6/12: Race and Ride Cedar Point HM (maybe)0 -
I have my long run tomorrow... looks like the storm is skittering south of me so I may not have too much to contend with. I truly cannot abide winter and snow.
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Goal: 100km
1st 5k treadmill
2nd 5k park run
3rd 12k run
4th 5k walk
5th gym
6th 7k run
7th rest
8th gym
9th 5k park run
10th 10k run
11th 6k walk
12th gym
13th 7k run
14th rest
15th 8km run
16th 11km run
17th 6km walk
18th rest
19th 5km run
20th rest
21st rest
22nd 6km walk morning 5km walk evening
23rd1 13km run
Total 110 km Goal accomplished woohoo!!
Upcoming races
21st February 10 km dolphin run
3rd April HM Claire run
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »skippygirlsmom wrote: »
Oh my heck, between you guys and @GBrady43068 I am laughing so hard. Thankfully I have my own deo to try first, before I take to deo-n-ditchin' at the CVS!
1/1 5 @ 10:36 on the treadmill
1/2 4.75 @ 10:42 on the park trail (20.75/20 miles for the week)
1/3 5.25 @ 11:14 (5.0 @ 10:51, .25 walking) on the trails near my house. It was a beautiful, blustery day!
1/4 10 @ 12:00 on the treadmill. While running from Indominus Rex.
1/5 3 @ 11:14 on the treadmill and strength training
1/6 Rest Day and feeling fairly sore from yesterday's PT (and maybe Monday's run?)
1/7 4.75 @ 11:53 on the park trail.
1/8 3.5 @ 10:07 (3 at 9:48 and .5 at 12:00) plus strength training
1/9 3.5 @ 12:22 (3 at 11:26, plus .5 at a walk) loping around the neighborhood with St. Woolos the Barbarian, aka The Poopinest Dog in the East, aka Woogie the Worst Running Partner Ever. It's a good thing he's cute!
(30/30 for the week)
1/10 Rest Day/Family Day
1/11 10.75 at 11:46 around the park trails. My heart was light, but my legs felt every centimeter of the last two miles. "Gently rolling terrain" feels a lot like "stinking big hills" after 100 minutes or so...
1/12 3.25 @ 11:27 on the treadmill. Plus strength training.
1/13 Rest Day due to dental work...revising the weekly goal down a little, since I won't have quite as much time on my "regular" rest day to make up for this one.
1/14 5.0 @ 12:47 around the lake trail with my dog, who may be toking behind my back--pokey puppy was slow, paranoid (that stroller--it tried to eat me! those loud lady joggers!--they tried to eat me! that nice old man with a cane!--he tried to beat me from 12 feet away!), and generally disinterested in actually *running*.
1/15 6.0 @ 11:00 (and .25 at a walk) on the treadmill...I didn't feel up to strength training since my head was hurting this morning (running seems to make headaches better, but not lifting; it's weird)
1/16 Rest Day
(25/25 for the week)
1/17 Rest Day
1/18 5.25 (8K race) at the lake @ 11:14 for the run part. A balmy 17F and 20 mph winds. Brrr. I've never run in conditions like that. I started out fearing hypothermia and wound up sweating *through* my stupid muppet-fur jacket. I was the last person in who didn't walk part of the way, but it wasn't a bad showing for a trail run for me. Certainly not a PR, but my asthma doesn't like these low temps and I didn't want to push it.
1/19 3.25 @ 10:44 on the treadmill and strength training
1/20 12.5 @ 11:45 on the treadmill. Sucker Punch. Bra chafe. Dying. Need painkillers. And food. Lots of food.
1/21 Rest day. Not on purpose, but I couldn't bear to put on a sports bra and feared putting out someone's eyes otherwise. Surprisingly, though, my legs feel great. I'm hoping to get 4 miles in tomorrow before the snow comes.
1/22 2.5 miles @ 13:00 around the neighborhood with the pokey little puppy ahead of the snowzilla storm...gonna tune up the tready in the basement for the rest of the storm and the ensuing days of being trapped with my darling husband, 5 wonderful children, this dumb dog that is already selecting books from the shelf to eat them, and more junk food than you can shake a stick at.
1/23
(23.5/25 for the week)
Upcoming Races:
February 14: Run Your Heart Out 5K, Fairfax, VA
February 21: Disney Princess HM, Orlando, FL
(Can't do my March races because I need to have surgery March 4.
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MorningGhost14 wrote: »I have my long run tomorrow... looks like the storm is skittering south of me so I may not have too much to contend with. I truly cannot abide winter and snow.
Meanwhile I'm jealous. I'd love to get all that snow here.
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Big thanks to everyone here for keeping me motivated. As a newcomer I don't reply to the many topics but I do read through everything and keep up with what's going on. It's really inspiring to see people from different age groups, climates, fitness levels, etc, put in effort day in and day out and take the time to post about it.
That motivation has taken me from someone that had to resort to walking a half mile down the road on December 18th to a running crazy fool that just knocked out a 10k! Feels good. I'm going to go eat a feast to celebrate!
I was hoping to go a bit faster but some early morning snow and sub-freezing temps left the trail a little slippery. This was my first run on snow and my mind was focused on safety first.
Anyway, looking forward to continuing this thing and setting some new goals. Thanks again!
1-2: 3 miles
1-4: 3 miles
1-6: 3 miles
1-7: 3 miles - 25 minutes of stairs
1-8: 4 miles
1-10: 3 miles - 30 minutes of stairs
1-12: 3.5 miles
1-13: 3.5 miles
1-14: 3.7 miles
1-15: 5 miles
1-17: 3.5 miles
1-18: 3 miles
1-19: 3.1 miles
1-22: 6.3 miles
Goal: 51.9 of 700 -
I am not caught up on the thread, hope everyone is doing great. I may have more time later, but first I need to sort out all the kids' school books for back to school next week. My daughter (she is 9 and can't wait for school to go back) has been hanging out to do this for weeks, and was on me as soon as I came back from my run.
Week 4 of my marathon training completed: 18.28 km this morning @ 7:40 min/km; Av HR 141; max HR 154.
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)
Total: 137.9 / 150 km
All my training is slow and easy because increasing mileage for my first marathon in July.
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Date Miles today. Miles for January
1/1 4 miles - 4
1/2 13.5 miles - 17.5
1/3 REST DAY
1/4 10 miles - 27.5
1/5 9 miles - 36.5
1/6 5.5 miles - 42
1/7 10 miles - 52
1/8 6.05 miles - 58.05
1/9 15 miles - 73.05
1/10 REST DAY
1/11 9.5 miles - 82.55
1/12 11.15 miles - 93.7
1/13 6.2 miles - 99.9
1/14 10 miles - 109.9
1/15 5.75 miles - 115.65
1/16 15 miles - 130.65
1/17 REST DAY
1/18 10 miles - 140.65
1/19 10 miles - 150.65
1/20 5.75 miles - 156.40
1/21 10 miles - 166.40
1/22 4.6 miles - 171 <<< may do a double in a little bit.
1/22 3.75 miles - 174.75 << with light falling snow (can't believe work ended early for this)
Upcoming races:
UAH Spring Road Race 8K - 3/6
Oak Barrel HM - 4/2
Bridge Street HM - 4/10
Cotton Row Run 10K - 5/30
Firecracker Chase 10.2 miler - 6/25
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Ch1psNQueso wrote: »Big thanks to everyone here for keeping me motivated. As a newcomer I don't reply to the many topics but I do read through everything and keep up with what's going on. It's really inspiring to see people from different age groups, climates, fitness levels, etc, put in effort day in and day out and take the time to post about it.
That motivation has taken me from someone that had to resort to walking a half mile down the road on December 18th to a running crazy that just knocked out a 10k. Feels good. I'm going to go eat a feast to celebrate!
I was hoping to go a bit faster but some early morning snow and sub-freezing temps left the trail a little slippery. This was my first run on snow and my mind was focused on safety first.
Congratulations! Enjoy your feast!0 -
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.
69.72/70
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January 2016
02/1 – 13.02 – 1:50:10
03/1 – rest
04/1 – 5.06 – pram
05/1 – rest
06/1 – 5.01
07/1 – 6.01 – 34:46
08/1 – rest
09/1 – 10.02 – New Yr 10K – 1:11:58
10/1 – rest
11/1 – 5.01 – pram
12/1 – rest
13/1 – 7.02
14/1 – 5.05 – shins very tender
15/1 – rest
16/1 – 5.07 – in the rain
17/1 – rest
18/1 – rest
19/1 – 4.00 – pram
20/1 – rest
21/1 – 4.06 – 24:53 – Day 11 HM Training
22/1 – rest
23/1 – 10.51 – 1:16:55
TOT: 79.84 km / 90 km
Great run today. Used Galloways 4:1 run/walk ratio. Was intending on doing 5k Parkrun this morning, though my dad is really unwell, so did 10.5k around home and then drove up to visit him.
Humidity was high, though glad I set out early. A lady in the running group I’m in did 30km this morning using the 4:1 method… She has blown me away! I am in awe! Makes me want to get back out there lol
Races:
9 January – New Year (virtual) 10K DONE! 1:11:58
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Ch1psNQueso wrote: »Big thanks to everyone here for keeping me motivated. As a newcomer I don't reply to the many topics but I do read through everything and keep up with what's going on. It's really inspiring to see people from different age groups, climates, fitness levels, etc, put in effort day in and day out and take the time to post about it.
That motivation has taken me from someone that had to resort to walking a half mile down the road on December 18th to a running crazy fool that just knocked out a 10k! Feels good. I'm going to go eat a feast to celebrate!
I was hoping to go a bit faster but some early morning snow and sub-freezing temps left the trail a little slippery. This was my first run on snow and my mind was focused on safety first.
Anyway, looking forward to continuing this thing and setting some new goals. Thanks again!
1-2: 3 miles
1-4: 3 miles
1-6: 3 miles
1-7: 3 miles - 25 minutes of stairs
1-8: 4 miles
1-10: 3 miles - 30 minutes of stairs
1-12: 3.5 miles
1-13: 3.5 miles
1-14: 3.7 miles
1-15: 5 miles
1-17: 3.5 miles
1-18: 3 miles
1-19: 3.1 miles
1-22: 6.3 miles
Goal: 51.9 of 70
That's the best bit about a long run.. You can eat.... and eat some more! Mwahahaha .. 0 -
Goal: 100km
1st 5k treadmill
2nd 5k park run
3rd 12k run
4th 5k walk
5th gym
6th 7k run
7th rest
8th gym
9th 5k park run
10th 10k run
11th 6k walk
12th gym
13th 7k run
14th rest
15th 8km run
16th 11km run
17th 6km walk
18th rest
19th 5km run
20th rest
21st rest
22nd 6km walk morning 5km walk evening
23rd1 13km run
Total 110 km Goal accomplished woohoo!!
Upcoming races
21st February 10 km dolphin run
3rd April HM Claire run
Congrats on making your goal! And with plenty of days to spare. Bump it up next month?!?!0
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