The February 2016 Running Challenge
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kristinegift wrote: »2/1: 6 miles with Joe to Go crew
2/2: 5 miles
2/3: 7.5 miles
2/4: 8.2 miles (am)
A decent 8 miles today. 2 miles warm up, 2 miles marathon pace, then two miles off because I was going uphill against the wind and I'm tired, then the last 2 miles were at half-marathon pace. Felt much easier than yesterday, but I'm definitely still recovering my energy. Hoping my evening run tonight will be 100%! A day's worth of coffee should help with that
This morning felt like pure springtime though. It was 52 degrees, foggy and drizzly, some weak sunshine starting to come through at the end of the run. Birds chirping, squirrels darting across my path..... so very spring-ish! It felt like a March or April morning today, not one at the beginning of February! But little ol' me in shorts and a t-shirt was not complaining!
Upcoming races:
4/3: Caesar Rodney Half Marathon
5/1: New Jersey Marathon
@kristinegift 8 this morning and more to come?
You really need to move to northern Alabama after garduation. I need a good partner to push me.
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Date Miles today. Miles for February
2/1 7.55 miles - 7.55
2/2 7.4 miles - 14.95
2/3 4.5 miles - 19.45
2/4 7 miles - 26.45
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
Continueing my cutback week. Body is feeling much better this morning for the first time this week. I was even able to get in a tempo pace for a couple of miles. It also helped that Jimmy (one of the guys in my PPounders group) decided to go fast today and that pushed me a bit.0 -
2/01: 3 miles, easy, 8:36 pace + 45 min x-training + core
2/02: 5 miles, tempo, 8:22 pace + 40 min x-training
2/03: 5 miles, speedwork (4x800m at 5K pace) + 45 min strength training + core
2/04: Off (bad held cold -_-), 45 min x-training
Total: 13 miles
Training plan called for 4 easy miles today and off/cross training tomorrow. I started feeling sick yesterday and woke up feeling super awful this morning so I decided to switch the two days.
Upcoming races:
2/20 - Mardi Gras Chaser (5K)
3/12 - Leprechaun Leap (5K)
3/20 - Excalibur 10 Miler
3/26 - Chicago Quarter Marathon
4/09 - Chi Town Half Marathon
5/28 - Soldier Field Run (10 miles)0 -
Newbie welcomes to @DCKgirl03 @sleepigrl @telepneff (As others have said, plenty of people are using metric measurements here but if you really want to know “What’s that in mileage?” it’s pretty simple…For every 5KM, count it as 3 (it’ll be slightly off but pretty close). If you want to be exact, 5K=3.1 miles)
Actually we supposedly eat something like 10 spiders a year in our sleep IIRC. Pleasant dreams.1---6.10
3---6.25 A+ run. Ate my first bug of the year.
@dennie24: WTG on getting in the 5 despite Old Man Winter
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@kristinegift: You make me tired just reading about 8 miles plus more
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DATE...............MILES...............TOTAL
2/1.....................REST..................0.00
2/2.......................6.50...................6.50
2/3.......................5.00.................11.50
2/4.......................5.00.................16.50
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 100M (Pine Mountain, KY)0 -
Goal of 70 Miles for February
2/3 – 3.58 Mi
2/4 – 3.63 Mi
Progress toward Goal 7.21/ 70
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Tempo run this morning consisting of a 1k warmup then an attempt at a 5k PR. Did it in 32:21 which beats my prior 5k PR by 46 seconds. Woo-Hoo!
2/1 - 4 miles
2/2 - 4.3 miles
2/4 - 4 miles
12.3 of 100 miles
Upcoming races:
4/9 - Rock the Parkway half marathon (Kansas City, MO)
4/16 - Garmin Wickedly Fast half marathon (Olathe, KS)
4/30 - BattleFrog 8k obstacle course run (Kansas City, MO)
5/14 - Running with the Cows half marathon (Bucyrus, KS)
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@WhatMeRunning -Congrats on the 5K PR! Have you run an actual 5K race recently? I can't imagine running a 5K PR on a solo run. Something about that race environment propels me! If you haven't done one recently, maybe you should. You will probably surprise yourself!0
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I haven't been in a 5k event for some time. Last one was October 2014 when I was still quite new at running. I may sign up for one so I can get a better feel for my real 5k pace since events always give that certain boost.lporter229 wrote: »@WhatMeRunning -Congrats on the 5K PR! Have you run an actual 5K race recently? I can't imagine running a 5K PR on a solo run. Something about that race environment propels me! If you haven't done one recently, maybe you should. You will probably surprise yourself!
Truth be told my real focus is getting my HM pace up and the 5k pace is just sort of a bonus side effect. I'm having one hell of a hard time improving my HM pace from last spring despite all of the miles I built up to run 3 fulls last year. I'm actually a little slower on my HM times at the moment than I was a year ago at this time. Everything in the 10k and below distances though show a lot of improvement though.
I suspect it is because my training all of last year was basically high mileage base building and no speedwork. So I started off training this year with just speedwork as often as I could at first and adding in everything else as I feel strong enough to. One thing that kept me from speedwork previously was injuries because adding speedwork in with the long runs and easy runs was just too much for me. This way I have the speedwork first and add in everything else over time, and should be HM ready this Spring with a PR (I hope).0 -
GBrady43068 wrote: »Newbie welcomes to @DCKgirl03 @sleepigrl @telepneff (As others have said, plenty of people are using metric measurements here but if you really want to know “What’s that in mileage?” it’s pretty simple…For every 5KM, count it as 3 (it’ll be slightly off but pretty close). If you want to be exact, 5K=3.1 miles)
Or just let google do it for you. If you google "1 km to miles" it will take you to a page where you can adjust the number of km's and it will give you the equivalent miles. Or vice versa.
1 KM = 0.621371 Mile
1.5 KM = 0.932057 Mile
1.60934 KM = 1 Mile
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5 KM = 3.10686 Mile
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I haven't done a 5K yet. I am afraid if I signed up for one, I would be under the pressure to attempt to sub 20 (or close to it) which I never tried to do. That would suck real bad. LOL Plus I haven't done any speedwork to prepare for a 5K.0
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@Stoshew71 While I'm not looking at Alabama I am browsing jobs in Georgia! I'll be your virtual training buddy in the meantime!
@GBrady43068 I do doubles 2x a week usually (this week is an exception). I prefer doing multiples rather than running every day. But trust me, I am really happy tomorrow is a rest day. My legs are just as tired as one might think!
@WhatMeRunning Congrats on the PR! Glad the focused training is paying off already!0 -
Made an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine. I'm told he works with a lot of runners, so hopefully he can get me some answers and let me know how realistic my marathon is at this point. Annoying to get injured so late in the game (6 weeks out)--and not even on one of my long or fast runs.
The appointment is on the 15th, so I'll be hobbling around until then, getting in as much exercise as I can without aggravating the injury.0 -
I haven't done a 5K yet. I am afraid if I signed up for one, I would be under the pressure to attempt to sub 20 (or close to it) which I never tried to do. That would suck real bad. LOL Plus I haven't done any speedwork to prepare for a 5K.
I'm kind of in the same boat. It's been well over a year since I've done one and my 5 miles race PR pace is actually faster than my 5K by over 20 seconds. I think I am going to focus my current training on my 5K pace. Hoping maybe I can run a spring 5K at sub 7 pace. That would be pretty tough for me at this point. I am just hoping that the focus on speed will not be a recipe for injury. Need to be smart about it.0 -
Glad to find a good running group. I used to run a lot many years ago and last summer started up again and ran my first 5k in 12 years. This year I have started to take everything serious, I quite smoking, try to eat better and run as much as I can. I have set my first goal to run a 5k in March and am working on my time.
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pippishortstockings wrote: »
I go 20 if its calm and sunny. But I'll run shirtless at 45. Windy conditions I'll dress for the real feel. Each layer I add equals 5-10° depending on the conditions. Gloves add 15°. Ear cover is a must at or below 40. Toy with it long enough and you'll get a good feel for it.
When in doubt i make sure I'm running a loop to lose a layer if needed. Ive even left clothes in the brush to come back for. And I find I run faster if I'm slightly underdressed, which is hard for me to embrace since I loved hot days. But running has ruined that. I'm now dreading temps above 60. Just my 2¢.. I think you'll find you acclimate to cold temps quicker. But cold here is 20-40.
I bet lots of men follow you while you are running @elise4270
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Glad to find a good running group. I used to run a lot many years ago and last summer started up again and ran my first 5k in 12 years. This year I have started to take everything serious, I quite smoking, try to eat better and run as much as I can. I have set my first goal to run a 5k in March and am working on my time.
Welcome aboard @cbro70 Welcome to the nut crowd... I mean fun happy runners.
I grew up on athletics (played football and wrestled in HS) and tried out for my college wrestling team (with very little sucess). After college during my early career years, I played in pick-up basketball games and the beer softball league. Then got real lazy. I picked up this running stuff in October 2013 after meeting some runners right here on mfp. 14 months later I ran my first marathon. it was history after that.0 -
skippygirlsmom wrote: »pippishortstockings wrote: »
I go 20 if its calm and sunny. But I'll run shirtless at 45. Windy conditions I'll dress for the real feel. Each layer I add equals 5-10° depending on the conditions. Gloves add 15°. Ear cover is a must at or below 40. Toy with it long enough and you'll get a good feel for it.
When in doubt i make sure I'm running a loop to lose a layer if needed. Ive even left clothes in the brush to come back for. And I find I run faster if I'm slightly underdressed, which is hard for me to embrace since I loved hot days. But running has ruined that. I'm now dreading temps above 60. Just my 2¢.. I think you'll find you acclimate to cold temps quicker. But cold here is 20-40.
I bet lots of men follow you while you are running @elise4270
Nah, my trails have little to no company.
@cbro70 welcome to the group!0 -
ceciliaslater wrote: »Made an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine. I'm told he works with a lot of runners, so hopefully he can get me some answers and let me know how realistic my marathon is at this point. Annoying to get injured so late in the game (6 weeks out)--and not even on one of my long or fast runs.
The appointment is on the 15th, so I'll be hobbling around until then, getting in as much exercise as I can without aggravating the injury.
Hey that's great news! I have occasion issues with a subluxed cuboid. Wouldn't possibility be what's going on with you?0 -
Thanks, look forward to getting to know everyone and motivation to run more
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UPDATE ON SHIRTS: I just got a call from Jessica at Customlink. 1 of the shirts (the medium woman's power orange) came back from the printers with a stain on it. So Jesicca wondered if it was OK to ship the 43 out today and then the last orange shirt a day later. I said that should be fine.
@Elise4270 You will receive 43 shirts on Monday the 8th and 1 more on Tuesday the 9th.
Jessica also told me that they will also send a $25 voucher along with the order since stuff like this doesn't happen very much.
So I am not sure what to do with this voucher now. lol ...and the extra money. hahahaha
@Elise4270 I still owe you money for shipping and need to give you my address. Maybe you can PM that paypal info?0 -
Or another trick for all math fans: just take the next numer in the Fibonacci sequence. Totally straightforward, right? ^^GBrady43068 wrote: »As others have said, plenty of people are using metric measurements here but if you really want to know “What’s that in mileage?” it’s pretty simple…For every 5KM, count it as 3 (it’ll be slightly off but pretty close). If you want to be exact, 5K=3.1 miles
Or, you know, just use @Stoshew71's google method. That sounds a bit easier
@WhatMeRunning 46 seconds off the 5k PR is quite a bit chunk of time less. Congratulations!
@ceciliaslater All the best for your doctors appointment, hopefully he'll be able to help you!
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I spontaneously did some interval training yesterday at the gym. When I went in, I was only planning to use the dumbbells. I went really late to avoid the crowds, and it was almost empty, only three guys in the weight area. But two of them were the ones I've come to call "that pyramid training pair" (okay, I admit, usually I attach some colorful adjectives to that description...
). They always hoard a huge stack of dumbbells in their corner :-/
Since I couldn't use any of the weights I needed, I decided to do run until they were done, and long slow runs on the treadmill aren't my thing. If I have to use the TM, I might as well spend my time madly dialing up and down the speed controls, to keep things from getting boring! With Tuesdays tempo run, that makes two speedwork sessions in one week! Never did that before, so I'm swapping my training plan around some more and having tomorrow's rest day today, to make sure I'm not overdoing things.
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@WhatMeRunning Great job!0
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ceciliaslater wrote: »Made an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine. I'm told he works with a lot of runners, so hopefully he can get me some answers and let me know how realistic my marathon is at this point. Annoying to get injured so late in the game (6 weeks out)--and not even on one of my long or fast runs.
The appointment is on the 15th, so I'll be hobbling around until then, getting in as much exercise as I can without aggravating the injury.
Hey that's great news! I have occasion issues with a subluxed cuboid. Wouldn't possibility be what's going on with you?
I had to look that one up. What's a cuboid? LOL. My pain is farther back, just behind the fibula, so I'm thinking no. But it's weird how problems from one area can manifest themselves elsewhere. Who knows what the root cause of the problem is at this point.0 -
@_nikkiwolf_ - I do the same thing on the treadmill. Vary speed, then elevation, then speed and elevation, then gradual increase in speed to the end, etc. Also...I hate it when people hoard weights! Only slightly less aggravating than people who grunt/groan/drop weights to emphasize how much they are lifting / exerting themselves.
@WhatMeRunning - 46 seconds! Wow! That's a lot of time off a 5k! Good job!0 -
Posting before I catch up on the *135* messages, lol!
1/31 Rest
2/1 6.25 @ 12.00 on the treadmill
2/2 3.5 (3 @ 11:50 and .5 walking) and strength training
2/3 Rest day--drove several hours to have coffee with a friend. Couldn't squeeze in a run, but the heart is happy!
2/4 10.25 @ 11:46 on the treadmill. Fast and Furious (not to be confused with The Fast and the Furious. Or 2 Fast 2 Furious. Or Tokyo Drift.)
2/5 Planned rest day--taking my daughter on her first college visit!
2/6
(20/25 for the week)
Upcoming Races:
Feb. 14 Run Your Heart Out 5K, Reston, VA
Feb. 22 Disney Princess Half Marathon, Orlando, FL
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Hydeel6582 wrote: »Hi everyone, I'm new here. My story: I started running when I turned 50. I ran for about 3 years doing 5K's and 10K's. My Dad found himself with brain cancer and he needed my care and support, it was a tough road and he died in less then a year. It's now been almost 2 years since his death and I decided I needed to take care of me. So I have signed up for a free half marathon to help my home town recover. I have about 60 lbs to lose and I need to be fit to run my first ever Half Marathon by December of this year. I am currently doing 2-3 Miles in a walk jog combo... I need your support as I begin a new journey, I need to be methodical, plan well, eat right, stay injury free! I'm really happy to be running again and I love goal setting. I've set a goal of 35 Miles for February and a 10lb weight loss
Those are awesome goals!
I also lost my dad to cancer. I'm so sorry for your loss. I frequently feel like my dad is with me when I run--he wasn't a runner but he power walked for miles a day. I know he'd be so proud of the changes I've made in my life to get healthy.0 -
UPDATE ON SHIRTS: I just got a call from Jessica at Customlink. 1 of the shirts (the medium woman's power orange) came back from the printers with a stain on it. So Jesicca wondered if it was OK to ship the 43 out today and then the last orange shirt a day later. I said that should be fine.
@Elise4270 You will receive 43 shirts on Monday the 8th and 1 more on Tuesday the 9th.
Jessica also told me that they will also send a $25 voucher along with the order since stuff like this doesn't happen very much.
So I am not sure what to do with this voucher now. lol ...and the extra money. hahahaha
@Elise4270 I still owe you money for shipping and need to give you my address. Maybe you can PM that paypal info?
Let wait on the shipping until I know where the balance is. I can use the "extra" for shipping cost. I'll let everyone know if we're significantly short.0 -
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Actually, I find it even more aggravating. When somebody screams like the killer from psychos is out to get him on each lift, I might look over there once, then roll my eyes and ignore them.Also...I hate it when people hoard weights! Only slightly less aggravating than people who grunt/groan/drop weights to emphasize how much they are lifting / exerting themselves. ...
The weight hoarders actually mean I can't do my planned workout. They don't only hoard two sets of dumbbells or something. They always do "bizep curl pyramids" where they do 5reps with 6 kg, 4 reps with 8 kg, ... up to 1 rep with 14kg, and then down again. Right in a row, so you can't borrow one of the weights in between, and they are alternating their sets - when one is doing that pyramid, the other stands by and hands him the weights, and vice versa, so you also can't work in.
Considering my gym is really small and has only one set of each dumbbell weight, that is a serious problem. If one pair of dumbbells is taken, I'm willing to do e.g. "5 reps with 12kg" or "12 reps with 8kg" instead of "8 reps with 10kg". But when those guys work out, the next closest available weights are 4kg and 16kg. Grrr.... [/rantmode]
If I didn't believe some strength training is a good idea for injury prevention, I'm not sure I'd put up with that.
That's what I love about
running : nobody is going to steal my running shoes or hog all the streets around my place.
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