The February 2016 Running Challenge
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01-Feb: 8.61 miles
02-Feb: 4.26 miles
03-Feb: 3.11 miles
04-Feb: 4.32 miles
05-Feb: 4.75 miles
06-Feb: 9.28 miles
07-Feb: <Life Day>
08-Feb: 4.78 miles
09-Feb: 7.48 miles
10-Feb: 3.47 miles
11-Feb: 0.00 miles but 2.12 miles (walk)
12-Feb: 4.69 miles
13-Feb: 7.62 miles
14-Feb: <Life Day>
15-Feb: 6.74 miles
16-Feb:
17-Feb:
18-Feb:
19-Feb:
20-Feb:
21-Feb: <Life Day>
22-Feb:
23-Feb:
24-Feb: <Surgery>
25-Feb: <Recuperation>
26-Feb: <Recuperation>
27-Feb: <Recuperation>
28-Feb: <Life Day>
29-Feb: <Maybe a little walkie-poo?>
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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
2/5 REST DAY
2/6 16 miles - 42.45
2/7 REST DAY
2/8 10.5 miles - 52.95
2/9 7.5 miles - 60.45
2/9 3.2 miles - 63.65
2/10 6.4 miles - 70.05
2/11 7.5 miles - 77.55
2/12 6.3 miles - 83.85
2/12 3.3 miles - 87.15 <<< Daily double
2/13 16 miles - 103.15
2/14 REST DAY Happy Valentines Day
2/15 8.1 miles - 111.25 << First run of 2 today
2/15 4 miles - 115.25 << Second run of the day. I hate cold rain.
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
I got my shirts. Thanks @Elise4270
I also got 3 books from Amazon Prime that were on my wish list. Born To Run, 80/20 Running, and Running The Lydiard Way.
Jennifer also got us a couple of DVDs for us to do together that came in today as well. The Iron Strength Workout for Runners.
@kristinegift Your slacking today allowed me to barely catch up to you. Just saying.
@moyer566 I took a peek at your blog but will have to look at it more when I have more time.0 -
Is icing an injury a good idea? What about the RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) protocol?
My son's soccer club posted this link to an article that questions this tried and true practice, including comments from the doc who coined the acronym, "RICE".
http://www.macleans.ca/society/the-end-of-the-ice-age/0 -
@7lenny7 - Rest is always good. Elevation is always good for swelling. Ice, heat and compression are where you have to be careful. Sometimes yes, other times it can make it worse.
I'm personally of the mindset that in most cases my body is reacting in order to facilitate healing. If something is broken or torn though then help is needed to facilitate healing. A lot of these techniques were developed to get an athlete back on their game quickly, and that can come with a cost later if things did not heal fully or properly.
I imagine it can be controversial. This is my unprofessional, recreational runner opinion.
Tendons take a long time to heal. If it is minor though you may be fine with just a few days total rest. I did that last year with a minor achilles issue. Not pain really, but it was not happy. Hope yours is similarly mild.0 -
I see that!! Too bad I'll be making it up tomorrow :P Still getting in a solid 60 for the week (which is apparently commonplace in my schedule now?).0 -
...and now after reading that I question "rest".
Fascinating.0 -
Yeah! @Stoshew71 ! I'm checking everyone off that got shirts.
@7lenny7 @WhatMeRunning On the topic of ice- I read a bit about a pro basketball player that fell asleep on the plane home with an ice bag on his knee and suffered permanent nerve damage. Personally, I use it sparingly. I agree with @WhatMeRunning - your body knows what to do, swelling has a purpose.(argh- I screwed up my post- it got truncated).
Edit post reading article! Yea! That means I've been doing the right thing with my knee! I wraped it last night/ today with an ace bandage to keep it warm, increase blood flow. Love that article @7lenny7 !0 -
instantmartian wrote: »
One does not truly hate his/her life until one is subjected to running 10+ miles on a gym treadmill. I watched a movie on my phone (until my ear buds pissed me off), watched some TV with closed captioning, played sudoku, tried to listen to some of the music playing in the weight room behind me, counted cars, people watched, and completely zoned out for a while. Then there was the power walker who got onto the treadmill next to me for my last few miles - she overpoweringly smelled like cake and her exaggerated power-walking movements in my peripheral vision annoyed me enough for me to hustle through the last mile and a half so I could get away from her. (Side note: I'm sure the power walker is a very nice lady, and it's great to see people getting in any sort of physical activity, especially on a day where most people wouldn't even leave their house due to the weather.)
Oh my goodness...cake lady! Lol! We have a cinema in my gym; it's dark and has good sound. I don't think I could tolerate trying to run that far with just a phone screen to keep me occupied.
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Is icing an injury a good idea? What about the RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) protocol?
My son's soccer club posted this link to an article that questions this tried and true practice, including comments from the doc who coined the acronym, "RICE".
http://www.macleans.ca/society/the-end-of-the-ice-age/
That is fascinating. My trainer was always on me about icing, but I didn't like it and tend to treat with heat myself. I also think that nothing makes something hurt worse than sitting around doing nothing with it. Movement is good, just nothing crazy.
@ceciliaslater I'm sorry about your fracture!
@MorningGhost14 That is one beautiful hill!0 -
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
2/4 10.25 @ 11:46 on the treadmill.
2/5 Planned rest day--taking my daughter on her first college visit!
2/6 5 @ 10:35 on the treadmill
(25/25 for the week)
2/7 Rest
2/8 5 @ 11:23 on the treadmill. Knees were giving me a little trouble at the beginning but warmed up ok.
2/9 3.25 @ 10:46 on the treadmill and strength training
2/10 11 @ 12:00 on the treadmill. Dear goodness golly that was awful.
2/11 Rest
2/12 6.25 @ 11:23 on the treadmill.
2/13 Rest
(25.5/25 for the week)
2/14 No race day.
It was 7 degrees with a wind chill that made it feel like -5. I just couldn't do it. Last time I ran in temps like that I had painful lungs for days after, and I don't want to risk being ill or hurting next Sunday.
2/15 5 @ 12 ish on the treadmill-saurus in my basement since we're having another stinking snow day
2/16
2/17
2/18
2/19
2/20
(5/20 for the week)
Upcoming Races:
Feb. 21 Disney Princess Half Marathon, Orlando, FL
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@ceciliaslater - Ouch. I've had a stress fracture of the metatarsals put me in a boot for 3 weeks. It seemed like forever. I got so tired of people asking what happened that I took to saying I parked in the wrong place . . . and they put a boot on me.
It sounds like the fibula isn't as serious, from what you say. That's not what I would have guessed, but I am not a medical professional. I wish you swift healing and all the patience you need to keep from making it worse.0 -
February Running Totals (miles)
[1/31 – 14.01 easy with hills]
2/1 – 6.08 easy + 4 strides
2/2 – 9.73 warm up, speed work, cool down
2/3 – 6.30 group run
2/4 – 11.04 long speed work
2/5 – scheduled rest day
2/6 – 15.00 long speed work
Weekly total 62.16 vs. target 62
2/7 – 11.35 easy 1.5 hour
2/8 – 5.96 easy + 4 strides
2/9 – 11.08 warm up, speed work, cool down
2/10 – 6.01 easy
2/11 – 11.75 warm up, speed work, cool down
2/12 – scheduled rest day
2/13 – 22 on inside track
Weekly total 68.15 vs. target 68
2/14 – 12.64 easy 100 minutes
2/15 – 6.06 easy
February total to date – 135.00
Goal – 62 or 68 miles per week, per training plan
Expected February total - 262 to 265 miles
Today's notes – I ran in the lull before the winter storm is supposed to arrive. 24° F (-5° C) for 6 miles was downright comfortable after yesterday's 12+ miles at 9° F! Tomorrow I expect to have a lot of white cross-training equipment delivered to my driveway; with luck, I'll be able to deal with it and still get to the indoor track for speed work.
Upcoming races:
March 12, 2016 Johnny's Runnin' of the Green 5 mile (Rochester, NY)
March 26, 2016 Spring Forward Distance Run 15K (Mendon, NY)
April 18, 2016 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)
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@ceciliaslater I smacked my fibula head a few years ago on a bike fall (clips, hill, intersection, cars, inexperience) and suffered a bone bruise. My doc said it wasn't a big deal, non weight bearing bone, it took about 8 months to clear up. I don't think I made and concessions. Good luck with it!0
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@ceciliaslater - Ouch. I've had a stress fracture of the metatarsals put me in a boot for 3 weeks. It 1seemed like forever. I got so tired of people asking what happened that I took to saying I parked in the wrong place . . . and they put a boot on me.
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That's funny!0 -
2/6 Sat 1.57 miles
2/7 Sun rest day
2/8 Mon 2 miles
2/9 Tue 2 miles pace 13:03
2/10 Wed rest day
2/11 Thurs 2 miles pace 13:00
2/12-2/14 many rest days
12/15 Mon 2.25 miles pace 12.74
9.82 down, 10.18 to go
I seemed to have to fight for each step of my run today. But I pushed through and I'm glad I did. I really need the serotonin levels up
. I took some pictures of the aftermath of the crazy wind storms we had last fall:
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10 m. TM. 5 m at 8:20 pace, then 5 m at 7:54 pace.0
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kristinegift wrote: »
I see that!! Too bad I'll be making it up tomorrow :P Still getting in a solid 60 for the week (which is apparently commonplace in my schedule now?).
Shall we say game on? But in a friendly supportive way.0 -
February goal 80 miles
2/1 3.8
2/2 4.17
2/3 bad life day
2/4 4.00
2/5 3.82
2/6 preparing a Superbowl Luau
2/7 hosting a Superbowl Luau
2/8 sick
2/9 4.02
2/10 10.00
2/11 rest
2/12 snorkel 3 hours
2/13 3.25
2/14 3.52
2/15 3.34
Total 39.92
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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Congratulations @runner_girl83 on completion of 10k
@nhenryoliver Thank you
Updating.....
Date.................KM...................Total
2/7....................1.19.................1.19 (Run)
2/10..................1.85.................3.04 (Walk)
2/11..................1.88.................4.92 (Walk)
2/12..................8.8.................13.72 (Bird Count Exercise)
2/13..................4.2.................17.92 (Walk)
2/15..................5.27................23.19 (Run)
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_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »
@_nikkiwolf_ I LOVE this! Thank you.juliet3455 wrote: »
@juliet3455 LOL sharing that too for sure!0 -
kristinegift wrote: »
I see that!! Too bad I'll be making it up tomorrow :P Still getting in a solid 60 for the week (which is apparently commonplace in my schedule now?).
Shall we say game on? But in a friendly supportive way.
To quote our wonderful t-shirts... Challenge accepted!0 -
2/1: 6 miles with Joe to Go crew
2/2: 5 miles
2/3: 7.5 miles
2/4: 8.2 miles (am), 6 miles (pm) with the Thursday crew
2/5: Rest day (hallelujah!)
2/6: 9.5 miles with the Saturday crew
2/7: 18 miles LR
2/8: 6.1 miles with Joe to Go crew
2/9: Rest day
2/10: 7 miles speedwork (am), 10 miles (pm)
2/11: 6 miles (am), 6 miles (pm) with the Thursday crew
2/12: Rest day!
2/13: 14 miles with Saturday crew
2/14: 7 miles
2/15: Rest/lazy day
2/16: 5 miles
Another treadmill run. Went out and did a quarter mile outside before turning back to trade my long-sleeve for a tank top and head into the apartment gym. While it was a humid and warm 45 degrees, our snow-sleet-rain from yesterday was just a super slippery, slushy mess this morning, and no fun to run on at all. The campus-owned bits of sidewalk were horrible, so I knew the residential areas would be even worse, so I threw in the towel. Still got 5 easy miles in on the 'mill, though I was really sad to miss out on such warm morning weather.
Oh well. I should be able to tough it out outside tomorrow and Thursday for my big 17 and 14 mile double-run days (fingers crossed!).
Upcoming races:
4/3: Caesar Rodney Half Marathon
5/1: New Jersey Marathon0 -
1-personal training episode. so sore
2-nothing, not feeling well
3-slept in. still not feeling great
4-see above, and then transmission cracked
5-car hunting
6-car hunting
7-4.75 miles. I added hills to my treadmill work out. oh the suck
8-nothing
9-i was on the way to the gym. because it was icy i didn't want to run outside. so icy, i hit a parked jeep with my 2 day all new to me car. no gym for me
10-yoga tonight. a little sore from the accident, but i'm really concerned about the race this weekend. I've not been able to train like I'd like to due to flares and accidents. I'm not sure how I'll do
11-no run. fell asleep by 7pm
12-slept like a rock thru my alarms
13-8k race day. freezing 1F. but i did get a PB and after not finding any particularly friendly people, i did find a few to chat and run with.
15-went to the gym and did a 10k virtual run. it was hard physically but I was proud I did it
RACES:
Jan 16-Frosty 5k-33:43:123 (gun time-don't have chip time)
Feb 13-Steve Cullen Run 8k 53:37
Feb 15 Puppy Love Virtual Run 10k 1:13:20
?Mar 14-Great Pi Run?
?Jun 11-Rock n Sole 5 or 8k? honeymoon might interfere
June 19th through Sunday, July 10th SHE Power Virtual Half
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »@instantmartian LOL you had me rolling here with your treadmill story, that is me looking all over, playing with the headset and watching this channel on the TV and then that channel, looking at people coming in, trying to figure out why the person in front of me is running in a hoodie when it's 74 degrees in the room ha ha! Anything to take my mind off the treadmill.
I'm glad I could add some humor to your day! I literally count, sometimes. Like start at 100 and work backwards to try to keep my brain occupied. I'm pretty pathetic, sometimes.5BeautifulDays wrote: »instantmartian wrote: »
One does not truly hate his/her life until one is subjected to running 10+ miles on a gym treadmill. I watched a movie on my phone (until my ear buds pissed me off), watched some TV with closed captioning, played sudoku, tried to listen to some of the music playing in the weight room behind me, counted cars, people watched, and completely zoned out for a while. Then there was the power walker who got onto the treadmill next to me for my last few miles - she overpoweringly smelled like cake and her exaggerated power-walking movements in my peripheral vision annoyed me enough for me to hustle through the last mile and a half so I could get away from her. (Side note: I'm sure the power walker is a very nice lady, and it's great to see people getting in any sort of physical activity, especially on a day where most people wouldn't even leave their house due to the weather.)
Oh my goodness...cake lady! Lol! We have a cinema in my gym; it's dark and has good sound. I don't think I could tolerate trying to run that far with just a phone screen to keep me occupied.
Cake lady is definitely a much better option to the person who used to come to my gym a few years ago - he smelled like tacos and would always plant himself on the treadmill next to me. Again, I like tacos, just not when I'm running. Then there is the guy who walks at a super-slow pace, but he walks to the front of the treadmill, then stops walking until it takes him to the back of the treadmill, then he walks to the front, and then stops until he's at the back, then forward, then back. I call him "yo-yo man." I had to keep myself from yelling at him a few times.
The treadmills at my gym have screens on them. You can access the web, play games, watch TV, etc. They have hookups for iPods, though I'm not sure what that does, as I've never owned an iPod. I considered trying to log into my Amazon Prime account to watch some shows/movies from the machine, but I'm not sure if it would actually work and I'm weird about logging in to accounts on public computers, especially since I don't know how to wipe out the browser history. My phone screen isn't too bad, though. I just prop it up. Actually, I think the concentration it takes to follow a movie on the teeny screen helps keep my mind off the monotony of the treadmill. I wish we had a cinema! That sounds awesome! My gym is very bare bones, but it meets my needs. In order to access a decent gym, I'd have to drive about 30-45 minutes.0 -
Good morning all. Had another good little run, just 2 miles, but I can feel the difference of getting back in shape. The runs are getting easier. Hope everyone has a great day!
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C25K training: I have completed W2D2. 4.71 miles completed so far.0
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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
2/5 REST DAY
2/6 16 miles - 42.45
2/7 REST DAY
2/8 10.5 miles - 52.95
2/9 7.5 miles - 60.45
2/9 3.2 miles - 63.65
2/10 6.4 miles - 70.05
2/11 7.5 miles - 77.55
2/12 6.3 miles - 83.85
2/12 3.3 miles - 87.15 <<< Daily double
2/13 16 miles - 103.15
2/14 REST DAY Happy Valentines Day
2/15 8.1 miles - 111.25 << First run of 2 today
2/15 4 miles - 115.25 << Second run of the day. I hate cold rain.
2/16 10 miles - 125.25
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
Today's run is actually closer to 10.5 since I forgot to start my watch until I got about a 1/2 mile away.
But if GC doesn't catch it, you never ran it.0 -
@Stoshew71 and anyone else that has insight. I have a training question:
I love having my regular runs up to 7+ miles. I know every other week I need a long run. But I've added a group run 3 out of 4 weeks, which is at a faster pace for me, probably wouldn't be inaccurate to say about race pace.
Should I abandon my long run? Or use it the one week I can't make the group until I get conditioned? What are my option here? I think I'm in a good spot, taking it up a notch, but don't want to over do it.
I'm shooting for 25-28 miles a week this month, March is scheduled for 150, ~34 miles a week (will prob add lots of walking in the transition). I'm considering adding a day (5 days) and splitting the mileage where a 7 miles run is now 2, 4-5 mile runs easy pace. (Speed work is hit and miss with my hip, not pushing it.)
Thanks. I am here -->7miles x 3days plus group run 6-8 miles, increased pace.
Before group run... 6*3, and 1 long run (last one was 11 miles, adding 2 miles every other week). Be 13 or 15 this week.. Per HM training.0 -
2/1 - 0
2/2 - 4 miles outside
2/3 - 0
2/4 - 2.75 miles outside
2/5 - 0
2/6 - 4.75 miles treadmill
2/7-10 - 0
2/11 - 4 miles treadmill
2/12 - 0
2/13 - 3.2 (5K race) with 1 mile warm up
2/14 - 15 - 0
2/16 - 4 miles outside
23.7 out of 80 miles
Knee started to feel a little sore around mile 2.5 by 3.75 it was hurting. Felt okay when I stopped. Now I'm sitting at my desk and I can't walk on it. UGH! Got some ice out the machine to ice it.
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