November 2016 Running Challenge

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  • NikolaosKey
    NikolaosKey Posts: 410 Member
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    Hi all

    TARGET: 140k

    My effort:
    1/1: 7.4k
    11/3: 6.3k
    11/4: 6.1k
    11/5: 18k
    11/7: 10k
    11/8: 3k
    11:9: 2k
    11/10: 9.5k
    11/11: 2k
    11/12: 9.2k
    11/14: 3.2
    11/15: 10.4k
    11/17: 8.8k
    11/18: 2.1k
    11/19: Rest
    11/20: 21.2k
    11/22: 8.3k
    11/23: 2.5
    11/24: 6k
    11/26: 6k
    11/27: 21.2

    Up until now: 163.2k
    Left:-23.2k


    My firsh H/M race is over and I did well. @Orphia @dkabambe @lissadecker @juliet3455 thank you for your support and comments. The best is yet to come.

    Cheers all, stay free of injuries!
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
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    RespectTheKitty wrote: »
    Sigh.

    My Garmin will no longer pair with my phone. I have tried everything I could find online, including power cycling both the watch and the phone, turning bluetooth off and on, removing the device from Garmin Connect, you name it. Nothing works. The app keeps telling me it can't find the watch.

    Has anyone else had this issue? Is there anything else I can try? If I can't figure it out soon, I guess I'll have to contact Garmin tech support.

    I had this happen before and literally spent hours turning Bluetooth off and on, uninstalling/reinstalling the app, powering off the watch and phone. It finally reconnected but I don't know why. I had continued problems for awhile where my texts wouldn't come through. I think an update to my phone software actually caused it and when I got another update all the problems finally went away.
  • dkabambe
    dkabambe Posts: 544 Member
    edited November 2016
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    Didn't sleep very well at all last night. Decided would try long run (20k) anyway, but wouldn't beat myself up if I just didn't have it in me.

    When I first set out my GPS just wasn't working, even after trying to turn it off and on a couple of times. I was heading out on a new route for me so had no idea about distances so eventually I stopped after about 2.7k (at the point I was diverting from a previously used route) whilst I completely rebooted my phone to try to get GPS working again. Unfortunately made the mistake of drinking too much whilst I was stopped, so when I set off again had lots of liquid bouncing about in my stomach with inevitable consequences. Managed 1.2km before having to walk for a few minutes. I decided to divert via a nearby wooded area just in case (and because it took me back in the direction towards home), and when things had calmed down again I tried to run again. Got another 1.9k before I had to give up running completely and walked the last ~2k home. Typically by time I got home I felt fine but obviously motivation completely gone. Frustrating but I'll rest up this afternoon and try again tomorrow. I'm just focusing on fact I still managed 5.8k running (plus a fair bit of walking) so can't be too upset!

    Another plus side to todays run is I the wooded area I found seems like a fantastic hilly trail running spot, so I'll definitely be investigating more on future runs!

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    2-Nov: 13.1k - 3 laps of hilly route.
    4-Nov: 6.26k - Planned 11k easy, but cut short as very stiff/tired.
    7-Nov: 11.25k long run.
    9-Nov: 6k fast
    12-Nov: 18k long run [Distance PR] Very wet.
    14-Nov (AM): 5.1k easy. Wet and sluggish (no warm-up)
    14-Nov (PM): 10k as 5k tempo + 5k intervals
    16-Nov: 8.3k - 2 laps of hill circuit
    19-Nov: 7.4k trail run at approx HM pace.
    20-Nov: 11.5k - planned 19.5k long run but cut short due to tight left achilles.
    23-Nov: 21.2k HM pacing practice [Distance PR]
    24-Nov: 4.4k (30 mins) recovery run
    25-Nov: 6.3k "tired" run
    26-Nov: 5.3k easy (actually nearer HM pace than easy)
    27-Nov: 5.8k over three seperate starts when attempting a long run :(
  • Oberon21
    Oberon21 Posts: 13,235 Member
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    Day 4 Runners World Challenge

    Day 1 11/24 3.2 miles
    Day 2 11/25 6 miles
    Day 3 11/26 3 miles
    Day 4 11/27 4 mile trail run

    Beautiful day for an early trail run.
  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
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    greenolivetree wrote: »
    RespectTheKitty wrote: »
    Sigh.

    My Garmin will no longer pair with my phone. I have tried everything I could find online, including power cycling both the watch and the phone, turning bluetooth off and on, removing the device from Garmin Connect, you name it. Nothing works. The app keeps telling me it can't find the watch.

    Has anyone else had this issue? Is there anything else I can try? If I can't figure it out soon, I guess I'll have to contact Garmin tech support.

    I had this happen before and literally spent hours turning Bluetooth off and on, uninstalling/reinstalling the app, powering off the watch and phone. It finally reconnected but I don't know why. I had continued problems for awhile where my texts wouldn't come through. I think an update to my phone software actually caused it and when I got another update all the problems finally went away.

    I uninstalled the Garmin Connect app and reinstalled it. My watch connected again. However, it's now having issues with syncing. It won't sync everything, just the activities. So my sleep isn't on there. Not that I care about that, I don't particularly need to know that I sleep too much.

    So I'm mostly back up and running, just got one little kink to work out.
  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,878 Member
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    @RespectTheKitty -- glad it's working now. So frustrating. But Garmin tech support is very good.

    Nice run with my daughter today. She flies back to NYC today and I'm on a four day field trip starting tomorrow. Students presenting a project they wrote using HTC Vive. I always love the convention but it's so hard getting everything planned for the rest of my students.

    11/1 - 4.3 miles
    11/2 - strength training
    11/3 - rest day
    11/4 - 4.5 miles + strength training
    11/5 - 34 miles biking
    11/6 - 9 miles
    11/7 - 3 miles
    11/8 - 4.1 miles
    11/9 - rest/mourning day
    11/10 - 5 miles
    11/11 - 4.1 miles + strength training
    11/12 - 4.1 miles
    11/13 - 51 miles biking
    11/14 - 4.1 miles
    11/15 - 5 miles
    11/16 - strength training
    11/17 - 5 miles
    11/18 - rest day
    11/19 - 44 miles biking
    11/20 - 27 miles biking
    11/21 - 4.1 miles
    11/22 - 4 miles
    11/23 - 4 miles
    11/24 - streak starts 51 miles biking and 1.1 mile run
    11/25 - 3 mile run
    11/26 - 54 miles biking + 1 mile run for streak
    11/27 - 4.17 miles
    11/28
    11/29
    11/30 - 5K

    Upcoming races
    11/30/16 - I/ITSEC 5K
    2/5/17 - Daytona Beach HM
    2/26/17 - Disney Princess HM Orlando



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  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
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    Date:: :::: Miles :::: Nov total (goal = 75)
    11/01/16 :::: 5.7 :::: 5.7
    11/02/16 :::: 2.9 :::: 8.5
    11/03/16 :::: 2.2 :::: 10.7
    11/04/16 :::: 2.0 :::: 12.7
    11/05/16 :::: 6.4 :::: 19.1
    11/06/16 :::: 2.5 :::: 21.6
    11/07/16 :::: 0.0 :::: 21.6
    11/08/16 :::: 0.0 :::: 21.6
    11/09/16 :::: 2.4 :::: 24.0
    11/10/16 :::: 0.0 :::: 24.0
    11/11/16 :::: 2.4 :::: 26.5
    11/12/16 :::: 7.2 :::: 33.7
    11/13/16 :::: 3.1 :::: 36.8
    11/14/16 :::: 2.8 :::: 39.5
    11/15/16 :::: 5.6 :::: 45.1
    11/16/16 :::: 2.7 :::: 47.9
    11/17/16 :::: 0.0 :::: 47.9
    11/18/16 :::: 2.2 :::: 50.0
    11/19/16 :::: 7.3 :::: 57.3
    11/20/16 :::: 3.0 :::: 60.3
    11/21/16 :::: 2.6 :::: 62.9
    11/22/16 :::: 0.0 :::: 62.9
    11/23/16 :::: 5.7 :::: 68.6
    11/24/16 :::: 3.1 :::: 71.7
    11/25/16 :::: 3.4 :::: 75.1
    11/26/16 :::: 7.3 :::: 82.4
    11/27/16 :::: 3.4 :::: 85.7

    Finished out the week in Iowa with a chilly run this morning. I had to go back in the house and get more layers as it felt colder than the temp indicated. Rain is headed in pretty soon so I'm glad to have gotten the run in. All my runs this week have felt really good, and I ended up with 25.5 miles for the week. According to Strava, I haven't done that much in a week since the week of September 5, which was before I did my half marathons (the trail one and my goal one in Oct). I'm happy with my progress because I felt pretty beat up after those races and now am running pain free. Who knows, maybe I will be crazy enough to do another one someday. :)

    Tomorrow I head back home on an early flight, so I plan to take it as a rest day. I'll have to see how the rest of the week pans out. I know there will be snow on the ground at home but not sure what the forecast is shaping up to be. I haven't wanted to look yet.

    Upcoming races:
    11/24 Turkey Trot 5k, Cedar Rapids IA - new PR of 31:19
    12/3 St. Nick Shuffle 5k, Syracuse NY
    1/22 Chilly Chili 5k, Cazenovia NY
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,129 Member
    edited November 2016
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    01/11 3 miles - lovely bright morning, long may it last
    02/11 3 miles
    03/11 3 miles
    11/11 3 miles - I've missed a whole week! I caught a heavy cold in my chest where I could hardly get a sentence out without coughing never mind trying to run. It was totally self inflicted as I didn't dress properly for the huge drop in temperature when running the week before. Plus I was mental busy workwise so could read the posts I did see @5BeautifulDays is back so Welcome Back!
    27/11 3.5 miles - 1st run in over 2 weeks, too busy with work, I need to manage my time better cos its the same every year.

    @RespectTheKitty - Glad ur feeling a bit better.




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  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
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    RespectTheKitty wrote: »
    greenolivetree wrote: »
    RespectTheKitty wrote: »
    Sigh.

    My Garmin will no longer pair with my phone. I have tried everything I could find online, including power cycling both the watch and the phone, turning bluetooth off and on, removing the device from Garmin Connect, you name it. Nothing works. The app keeps telling me it can't find the watch.

    Has anyone else had this issue? Is there anything else I can try? If I can't figure it out soon, I guess I'll have to contact Garmin tech support.

    I had this happen before and literally spent hours turning Bluetooth off and on, uninstalling/reinstalling the app, powering off the watch and phone. It finally reconnected but I don't know why. I had continued problems for awhile where my texts wouldn't come through. I think an update to my phone software actually caused it and when I got another update all the problems finally went away.

    I uninstalled the Garmin Connect app and reinstalled it. My watch connected again. However, it's now having issues with syncing. It won't sync everything, just the activities. So my sleep isn't on there. Not that I care about that, I don't particularly need to know that I sleep too much.

    So I'm mostly back up and running, just got one little kink to work out.

    Glad you got it back working. I recall once my watch wouldn't sync with the phone. I tried a bunch of stuff, including deleting the watch as a known Bluetooth device and repairing. I got it working again, but I don't know which things I tried were irrelevant and which fixed it.

    One thing I've noticed and been annoyed by is that Garmin Connect on my phone refuses to talk to my watch unless it has an internet connection. So the morning my ISP went down, I couldn't sync my watch to the phone until I turned off WiFi on the phone and let it use network data at home. I think that's an incredibly dumb way to design an app, but that's what it does.
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,493 Member
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    @louubelle16 that is a great story! Totally something I would do!
    @NikolaosKey way to hit smash the goal! Don't leave us hanging, how did the HM go???
    @Stoshew71 I love the kids in the photo, with the blackout under their eyes. Sounds like a great time!

    Lots of great running this weekend, great job folks!
  • Ohhim
    Ohhim Posts: 1,142 Member
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    PC wasn't happy so had to swap hard drives. Getting tight as time is winding down, but should make my goal with a few mid-distance runs the next few days.

    11/1 - 5 miles
    11/3 - 1 mile
    11/4 - 2 miles
    11/5 - 27 miles (26.2 plus two very long runs through transition)
    11/9 - 3 miles
    11/13 - 22 miles (10K race + 2 miles of re-positioning + 14 miles of marathon pacing)
    11/17 - 5 miles
    11/18 - 6 miles
    11/21 - 12 miles
    11/22 - 7 miles
    11/24 - 8.5 miles
    11/26 - 5.5 miles

    Total: 104 miles
    Goal: 140 miles
    Remaining: 36 miles

    2016 Race Schedule:
    Disney Marathon - Jan 6 - 3:29:09
    Gasparilla 15K - Feb 20 - 1:01:59
    Ironman 70.3 Florida - Apr 10 - 5:07:51
    Pittsburgh Marathon - May 1 - 3:08:25
    Ironman 70.3 Augusta - Sep 25 - 4:43:56
    Chicago Marathon - Oct 9 - 3:04:57
    Ironman Florida - Nov 5 - 10:21:27 (3:38:20 marathon time)
  • RunRachelleRun
    RunRachelleRun Posts: 1,854 Member
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    With this gloomy weather and getting a year older again (sigh), I found myself in a funk and got behind. Sorry, I won't try to catch up on the hundreds of missed posts, but I hope you have all been doing great. There's no way I'm going to make my goal this month, but I made a new plan, am back at it, and feel (somewhat) more motivated.

    11/1 - 3.06 miles
    11/2 - 3.04 miles
    11/4 - 2.76 miles
    11/6 - 6.81 miles
    11/9 - 2.74 miles
    11/11 - 2.30 miles
    11/13 - 3.73 miles
    11/18 - 1.96 miles
    11/19 - 1.70 miles (ended up mostly walking)
    11/22 - 1.45 miles
    11/25 - 2.81 miles
    11/27 - 5 miles

    Total: 37.36 miles / 80
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,493 Member
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    I couple of things I forgot in my previous post:

    Black Friday Purchases:
    • Registration for my first ultramarathon, the Chippewa Moraine 50k ($15 off)
    • 10 packets of Hammer gels
    • 2 pair of On Running Cloudventure trail shoes
    • 1 pair of Altra Lone Peak 3.0 trail shoes <- going to try out zero drop shoes
    • 1 year renewal to Trail Runner magazine.

    A few other running related purchases recently:
    Garmin Vivosmart HR to replace my Fitbit Charge.
    Patagonia capilene short sleeved shirt for running
    Arm sleeves

    I'm also on the lookout for some good deals for summer running socks. My main socks are now 2 summers old and should probably be replaced.
  • vandinem
    vandinem Posts: 550 Member
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    Date     Miles      MTD
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Nov  5     6.2        6.2 
Nov  6     5.0       11.2 
Nov  7     2.0T      13.2 (+20M Bike @15)
Nov 15     3.2T      16.4 (+10M Bike @15)
Nov 16     3.3T      19.7 (+10M Bike @15)
Nov 19     6.5       26.2 
Nov 21     5.2       31.4
Nov 24     3.1       34.5 Hingham Turkey Trot
Nov 26     5.0       39.5
Nov 27     6.5       46.0

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  • NikolaosKey
    NikolaosKey Posts: 410 Member
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    @7lenny7 I improved my time by 10 min, but since it was my second time I do this distance (once in training) my time isn't something to brag about, just 5 min above 2 hours. But hey I felt my body break at 15k and it was fun, fun, fun. Great job for your trail run, awesome pics mate
  • lissadecker
    lissadecker Posts: 220 Member
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    November goal: 75 miles
    11/1: 3 miles (m)
    11/2: Rest Day
    11/3: 3 miles
    11/4: 3 miles (m)
    11/5: 3 miles
    11/6: 2.75 miles
    11/7: 3 miles (m)
    11/8: 3 miles
    11/9: Rest Day
    11/10: Rest Day
    11/11: No running per Doc
    11/12: No running per Doc
    11/13: No running per Doc
    11/14: No running per Doc
    11/15: No running per Doc
    11/16: 4 miles
    11/17: 4 miles
    11/18: 4 miles
    11/19: 4 miles
    11/20: 5 miles
    11/21: 5 miles
    11/22: 5 miles
    11/23: Rest Day
    11/24: 5 miles (m)
    11/25: 5 miles
    11/26: 3.15 Miles (m)
    11/27: 5.1 miles

    My Total/November: 70 miles
    Mike's Total: 17.15 miles

    Weather was perfect for a nice run with Fergus this morning followed by brunch with Mike. Now it is time to do some holiday decorating!

    Upcoming Races:
    12/3 Snowball Run 5K, Kingwood TX
    1/22 Choco Loco 10K, Houston, TX

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