November 2016 Running Challenge

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  • RunRachelleRun
    RunRachelleRun Posts: 1,854 Member
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    Thanks @shanaber for the words of encouragement. It's not perfect running weather for me . . . yet. I need to figure out how to enjoy getting cold and wet lol
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
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    8 km run in a minor snow fall -14C = 7F. Fine outbound - inbound was into a very slight NW wind and straight into the snow = Frozen Eyelashes. Between the snow hitting your face and perspiration I had to stop twice to but a bare hand on my eyelashes to melt the ice = Frozen together = no vision. Between Swim Club and running it has been a very busy week - legs were heavy today.

    November Running 140km Goal 160km Stretch
    11/01 –00.0 km – 0.0 – 140.0 km – YTD 1071.0 km
    11/02–9.5 km – 9.5 – 130.5 km
    11/05–26.0 km –35.5 – 104.5 km
    11/12–12.0 km –47.5 – 92.5 km
    11/13–5.0 km –52.5 – 87.5 km
    11/14–10.0 km –62.5 – 77.5 km
    11/16–5.0 km –67.5 – 72.5 km
    11/19–8.0 km –75.5 – 64.5 km
    11/20–9.0 km –84.5 – 55.5 km
    11/21–14.0 km –98.5 – 41.5 km
    11/25–10.0 km –108.5 – 31.5 km
    11/26–5.0 km –113.5 – 26.5 km
    11/27–8.0 km –121.5 – 18.5 km – YTD 1186.5 km

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    Now to watch some darn Crazy Canadian Football game.
  • BeeerRunner
    BeeerRunner Posts: 728 Member
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    louubelle16 wrote: »
    @Orphia Congrats on a new PB and making it to 50 parkruns!

    @Elise4270 Glad to see you beginning to get back to things, even if you haven't been officially cleared yet. Feels like it'll be really soon for you now.

    Went for a gorgeous long run this morning. This new 'Saturday morning long-run including parkrun' routine is my new favourite thing, I look forward to it more than anything else in my diary. Helped that I finished right outside the village bakery so bought myself a coffee and a little treat. Also had some extra treats mid-run because today was our local parkrun's 250th event so there was cake and jam tarts and chocolates for the finishers. If only someone would always be there halfway through a long run with cake...

    Anyway, I do have a stupid story to go along with this run that may amuse you all.

    When I was running to parkrun, I was conscious of the time to make sure I got there for the start, so had the screen on my watch set to show the clock time instead of my pace like it usually does. I then forgot this while I was running parkrun, which I had decided to try and run at goal HM pace (which is 9:05). Because parkrun starts at 9:00am, my brain thought that what I was seeing was my pace instead of the clock time! So basically, as I was running, all I thought I could see was my pace dropping bit by bit even though I was pushing harder and harder to try and get up to, what I thought was, HM pace. This started off working well, because I was obviously running way slower and thought "THIS IS SO EASY!" but by 9:20am I was pretty devastated, convinced that I couldn't run this hard and maintain it so I was never going to get a sub-2hr HM in 3 weeks - all because I was convinced that, even going all out, I was only running 9:20 pace :flushed: When I realised what I had done at 9:50 on the run home, I laughed so hard I had to stop at the side of the road to catch my breath :sweat_smile: MORON ALERT.



    November Running Challenge

    2nd - 4.05 miles
    3rd - 4.27 miles
    5th - 4.60 miles
    6th - 7.28 miles
    7th-12th - injured
    13th - 5.37 miles
    15th - 3.20 miles
    16th - 3.40 miles
    18th - 3.08 miles
    19th - 8.38 miles
    20th - 4.03 miles
    22nd - 3.01 miles
    23rd - 5.50 miles
    24th - 3.07 miles
    26th - 10.03 miles

    MTD - 69.27/80* miles
    *Adjusted down due to injury

    Upcoming races:
    17th Dec - Lee Valley VeloPark Half Marathon
    9th April 2017 - Brighton Marathon

    @louubelle16 Too funny!! I've done something similar. I've programmed some Tempo Runs into my watch, and for some reason, it shows me AVERAGE pace on the main screen instead of my current pace. However, I didn't realize this. I'm at the part where I'm supposed to be picking up speed and the pace isn't changing much on my watch. So I try going faster, running my *kitten* off, and I'm thinking I lost my speed or something because the pace is not changing very much. It wasn't until I got home and saw my lap times to see that my watch was showing the average pace, not current pace, like I thought it was. Then, the same thing happened on my next tempo run when I finally remembered my watch shows average pace on the 1st screen. Switched screens and was happy to see I still had my speed. (I had at least a month between tempo runs due to some international travel for work.)
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
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    November Running Totals (miles)
    11/1 – 1.77 easy
    11/2 – 2.09 easy
    11/3 – 2.43 (1.67 + 0.76) easy
    11/4 – rest day
    11/5 – 2.60 easy
    11/6 – 3.19 (2.60 + 0.59) easy
    11/7 – rest day
    11/8 – 2.15 easy
    11/9 – 3.10 easy
    11/10 – 2.04 easy
    11/11 – rest day
    11/12 – 3.70 easy
    11/13 – 3.64 easy
    11/14 – 3.05 easy
    11/15 – 3.38 warmup + easy speed work
    11/16 – rest day
    11/17 – 4.76 warmup + easy speed work
    11/18 – 4.25 easy + one stride
    11/19 – 5.18 easy + one stride
    11/20 – 5.00 easy to moderate
    11/21 – 5.05 windy
    11/22 – 5.26 warmup, easy speed work, cool down
    11/23 – rest day
    11/24 – 6.91 Race with Grace 10K + cool down run
    11/25 – 5.65 Black Friday Waffle Run
    11/26 – 7.21 easy with fast finish
    11/27 – 5.35 easy

    November total to date – 87.76

    Nominal Challenge Goal – 30 miles
    Real Goals: Continue recovery. Complete Race with Grace 10K on Thanksgiving without setting recovery back, even if I have to walk most of it.

    Today's notes – This morning's hallway jog while the eggs cooked turned up a novel sensation, tired legs. Not hurt legs, just the familiar tired from distance training. Thought about making today a rest day, went to church, felt pretty darn good when I got home, and went out with the intention of running 5 to 6 easy miles. Took a route that I didn't know the precise distance on, just because I felt like running that route. Kept the pace easy, and pretty steady. Averaged 8:10 per mile, with mile splits ranging from 8:07 to 8:15. No true hills on the route, which helped keep things easy. Look at the HR data afterward, and I see an average of 134 with 44% of the time in Zone 1. That sounds about right for running on a day that I seriously considered making a rest day.

    After spending what felt like forever just running whatever a hurt leg allowed, I was a bit surprised to notice I've run 35 miles this week. And I'm feeling maybe 85% to 95% healthy. Now I just have to be cautious enough to get the rest of the way healthy and figure out how to stay healthy.

    2016 races:
    January 1, 2016 Resolution Run 7.5 mile (Mendon, NY) finished in 53:58
    January 9, 2016 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY) finished in 1:30:59
    March 12, 2016 Johnny's Runnin' of the Green 5 mile (Rochester, NY) finished in 32:32
    March 26, 2016 Spring Forward Distance Run 15K (Mendon, NY) finished in 1:05:24
    April 18, 2016 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA) finished in 3:23:01
    April 24, 2016 Flower City Challenge Half Marathon (Rochester, NY) finished in 1:36:50, targeting MP
    May 15, 2016 Highland Hospital Lilac Run 10K (Rochester, NY) DNS - injury
    June 19, 2016 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY) DNS - recovering from face plant
    July 16, 2016 Shoreline Half Marathon (Hamlin, NY) finished in 1:31:11
    August 13, 2016 Bergen Road Race 5K (Bergen, NY) finished in 19:07 (5K PR)
    September 4, 2016 Oak Tree Half Marathon (Geneseo, NY) finished in 1:31:37
    September 18, 2016 Rochester Marathon (Rochester, NY) DNF a mile from finish
    October 15, 2016 Finish Strong 15K (Hilton, NY) DNS – Achilles tendonitis
    October 22, 2016 Scare Brain Cancer Away 5K (East Rochester, NY) DNS – Achilles tendonitis
    November 24, 2016 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY) finished in 42:38, First Senior (60+) Male
    December 3, 2016 Freezeroo #1 (Don Curran Memorial 5K) (Gates, NY)
    December 10, 2016 USATF National Club Cross Country Championships 8K (Tallahassee, FL)

    2017 races:
    January 1, 2017 Freezeroo #2 (Resolution Run 7.5 mile) (Mendon, NY)
    January 7, 2017 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY)
    January 14, 2017 Freezeroo #3 (Pineway Ponds Park 5 mile) (Spencerport, NY)
    January 28, 2017 Freezeroo #4 (Hearnish 5 mile) (Victor, NY)
    February 11, 2017 Freezeroo #5 (Valentines Run "In Memory of Tom Brannon" 8 Mile) (Greece, NY)
    February 25, 2017 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 10K) (Webster, NY)
    April 17, 2017 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)
  • OSUbuckeye906
    OSUbuckeye906 Posts: 315 Member
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    11/1: 3 miles
    11/2: rest
    11/3: 4 miles
    11/4: 3 miles
    11/5: 7 miles
    11/6: 5 miles
    11/7: 3.6 miles
    11/8: 4.4 miles
    11/9: rest
    11/10: 4 miles
    11/11: 5 miles
    11/12: 9 miles
    11/13: 4 miles
    11/14: 4 miles
    11/15: 6 miles
    11/16: 4 miles
    11/17: 3 miles
    11/18: rest
    11/19: 10 miles
    11/20: 4.6 miles
    11/21: 4 miles
    11/22: 5.5 miles
    11/23: rest
    11/24: 9 miles
    11/25: cross-train
    11/26: rest
    11/27: 5 miles

    TOTAL: 107.1/70

    5 mile run in 47:43 (9:33 pace). Definitely could tell I was a bit dehydrated courtesy of tailgating all day yesterday. Wind picked up quite a bit the last half and my pace slowed the last mile or so.
  • 07KatieP13
    07KatieP13 Posts: 220 Member
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    1/11 C210K W4 D1: 3.1
    2/11 Rest
    3/11 C210K W4 D2: 2.3
    4/11 Rest
    5/11 C210K W4 D3: 3.7
    6/11 Rest
    7/11 C210K W6 D1: 3.2
    8/11 30 mins Elliptical Trainer
    9/11 C210K W6 D2: 2.7
    10/11 30 mins E/T
    11/11 C210K W6 D3: 3.2
    12/11 30 mins E/T
    13/11 30 mins E/T
    14/11 C210K W7 D1: 3.7
    15/11 30 mins E/T
    16/11 C210K W7 D2: 3.1
    17/11 30 mins E/T
    18/11 C210K W7 D3: 3.8
    19/11 30 mins E/T
    20/11 Kids Virtual Run: 1.0
    30 mins E/T
    21/11 C210K W8 D1: 3.6
    22/11 Rest
    23/11 C210K W8 D2: 3.8
    24/11 Rest
    25/11 Rest
    26/11 Rest
    27/11 C210K W8 D3: 4.6

    Total 41.8 miles

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  • tartanhibee
    tartanhibee Posts: 63 Member
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    I ran another 3 miles this morning it was a great run and great conditions. Hamstring seems better so glad I took my time off.

    32 mtd

    40 miles goal
  • louubelle16
    louubelle16 Posts: 579 Member
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    @BeeerRunner I'm glad it's not just me having a dumb moment with my watch!!

    @RespectTheKitty Well done on smashing 10 miles today :smiley:
  • mrtrel
    mrtrel Posts: 8 Member
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    Nov 1: 2 miles
    Nov 3: 2 miles
    Nov 5: 2 miles
    Nov 7: 2.2 miles
    Nov 19: 2.2 miles
    Nov 25: 3 miles
    Nov 27: 2.2 miles
    Nov 29:

    Total: 15.6 miles
    Goal: 50 miles
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,493 Member
    edited November 2016
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    10.1 road miles today, with Kody, puts me over my goal for the month. Amazing when I considering that there was an 11 day stretch with only a single 2.4 mile run.


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    Upcoming Races & Events

    12/03/2016 - Donut Day 25K <- 25k run with stops at 5 donut shops along the way
    01/28/2017 - Securian Winter Half Marathon - St. Paul, MN
    02/25/2017 - PsychoWyCo Run Toto Run 20 Mile Trail Race - Kansas City, KS
    04/29/2017 - Chippewa 50K Trail Race - New Auburn, WI
    06/??/2017 - Dan Patch Days 5K - Savage, MN
    07/04/2017 - 4th of July Road Race 10K - Red Wing, MN
    09/??/2017 - Outrun Hunger 5K - Savage, MN
  • garygse
    garygse Posts: 896 Member
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    I thought with me taking some time away from work, I'd be running less...strange how that hasn't worked out! I'm taking even more time off over Christmas, so I think maybe next month's goal is going to need to see an increase.

    04 - 13.25 miles
    07 - 10.53
    09 - 10.53
    11 - 11.18
    14 - 11.01
    16 - 11.02
    18 - 12.30
    21 - 12.42
    23 - 13.72
    25 - 7.89
    26 - 5.28
    27 - 5.29 (AM) + 5.32 (PM)

    Total: 129.74 / 100
  • ereck44
    ereck44 Posts: 1,170 Member
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    ereck44 wrote: »
    November running challenge.

    Still working on my base....going to increase to 10 miles per outdoor running....and, for treadmill...rolling hills with intermittent speed drills.

    November 1st.....Moody Blues concert
    November 2nd....9 miles at average max heart rate of 77%. Temperature was in the 70's, head wind on mile 4, started going faster instinctively, then remembered that these were to be slow miles working on my base. Noted sore hamstrings and glute muscles at miles 6 onward.
    November 3rd....rest day (dentist)
    November 4th...rest day
    November 5th..rest day...Breeder's Cup racing on TV
    November 6th...9 miles at average max heart rate of 77%.
    November 7th...work
    November 8th....4.04 miles on the treadmill, rolling hills...max heart rate of 79%. Still training in the zone...3 hours of sleep after working all night. 50 minutes of weight lifting session.
    November 9th....6 miles outdoors.
    November 11th....4.54 miles, rolling hills at max heart rate of 81%. Only 4 hours of sleep after working all night. May be my last run for the week due to family coming to Indiana, then busy work week afterward.

    November 18....So unable to run for a week. Had a great visit with my mother and sister, and I bought a new student flute (at an antique shop). Woo hoo! Then 3 nights at work. 8 miles. Left leg with tightness and steady ache...felt wooden.

    November19...rest day....still walking with a limp, tightness in left leg.
    November 20...rest day....Tylenol didn't work. Still with a lot of aches in both hips. Tried ibuprofen....much better.
    November 21....3 miles...left leg started tightening again on mile 3....only had time for 3 miles after my dentist appointment.
    November 22.....4 miles....a little warmer day...43 degrees. Just running by "feel"....running fast enough to sing America the Beautiful...with some vibrato, think Burt Lahr of miles"The Wizard of Oz".
    Legs felt much better...attributed pain with inflammation.

    November 23.....6 miles.....ran it in steady rain and light drizzle....left leg tightened mile 3, better by mile 5. Feet were wet the whole time, wet soggy socks and shoes. Unpleasant experience.

    May not make goal. Running out of time.

    53.58 total miles
    Goal....80 miles
  • ereck44
    ereck44 Posts: 1,170 Member
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    November running challenge.

    Still working on my base....going to increase to 10 miles per outdoor running....and, for treadmill...rolling hills with intermittent speed drills.

    November 1st.....Moody Blues concert
    November 2nd....9 miles at average max heart rate of 77%. Temperature was in the 70's, head wind on mile 4, started going faster instinctively, then remembered that these were to be slow miles working on my base. Noted sore hamstrings and glute muscles at miles 6 onward.
    November 3rd....rest day (dentist)
    November 4th...rest day
    November 5th..rest day...Breeder's Cup racing on TV
    November 6th...9 miles at average max heart rate of 77%.
    November 7th...work
    November 8th....4.04 miles on the treadmill, rolling hills...max heart rate of 79%. Still training in the zone...3 hours of sleep after working all night. 50 minutes of weight lifting session.
    November 9th....6 miles outdoors.
    November 11th....4.54 miles, rolling hills at max heart rate of 81%. Only 4 hours of sleep after working all night. May be my last run for the week due to family coming to Indiana, then busy work week afterward.

    November 18....So unable to run for a week. Had a great visit with my mother and sister, and I bought a new student flute (at an antique shop). Woo hoo! Then 3 nights at work. 8 miles. Left leg with tightness and steady ache...felt wooden.

    November19...rest day....still walking with a limp, tightness in left leg.
    November 20...rest day....Tylenol didn't work. Still with a lot of aches in both hips. Tried ibuprofen....much better.
    November 21....3 miles...left leg started tightening again on mile 3....only had time for 3 miles after my dentist appointment.
    November 22.....4 miles....a little warmer day...43 degrees. Just running by "feel"....running fast enough to sing America the Beautiful...with some vibrato, think Burt Lahr of miles"The Wizard of Oz".
    Legs felt much better...attributed pain with inflammation.

    November 23.....6 miles.....ran it in steady rain and light drizzle....left leg tightened mile 3, better by mile 5. Feet were wet the whole time, wet soggy socks and shoes. Unpleasant experience.

    May not make goal. Running out of time.

    November 27...Opted to not run....only 4 hours of sleep and legs feeling very tight. Stretching planned for tomorrow.

    53.58 total miles
    Goal....80 miles

  • NikolaosKey
    NikolaosKey Posts: 410 Member
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    @juliet3455 You push the acceleration pedal big time :smiley:
  • _nikkiwolf_
    _nikkiwolf_ Posts: 1,380 Member
    edited November 2016
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    @9voice9 I've been in Kyoto twice - such a beautiful place! I don't think I could have done any running while visiting it, though. Not because there wouldn't have been places to run, but because my feet already hurt after all the walking around - don't know about my first visit, but the the second time I went there I took a step counter, and it showed more than 35,000 steps when I got back to the hotel at the end of the day. Soaking in the hotel's onsen seemed like a much more attractive way to spend the evening than running after that :-)
    If you need any suggestions on what to see while you are there, let me know.
    Where else are you going while you're in Japan?

    @kristinegift those trail look like a lovely place to run.

    @RespectTheKitty Congrats on your 10 mile run, great :smile: :smile:

    @7lenny7 Sounds like you had some very nice runs over the weekend. Love the pictures!

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    Yesterday was perfect running/outdoors weather - cold and sunny. I spontaneously changed my planned route when I passed through a forest, rather than just going through it in to reach the fields on the other side as I usually do, I decided to stay inside the forest to kick up some more leaves and jump some more branches. Fun! :p

    The weather was so nice that I even went back out for a bike ride right after my run. That was less fun at first though - had a flat tire after 1.5km, put in my spare inner tube, but I overlooked the responsible glass shard and had the next flat tire another km later. No more spare tubes with me, so I had to walk all the way home and fix the bike there before I could make another attempt at a ride. That's one of those things that never happens while running...


    I've only two running days left and am still missing 24km towards my goal. I was a bit puzzled when I realised it when I updated my ticker this morning, because I'm sure I ran all the distance I had planned. Finally I figured out that I summed up all five weeks of Hal Higdon's "Post Marathon Intermediate" to calculate my goal, but the month will already be over halfway through the last week of the plan (which isn't all that surprising if you look at a calendar, which I obviously didn't until know...).
    Not sure what I will do - follow the plan and come up 10km short, or try to make the goal by ignoring the fact that today is supposed to be a rest day?

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  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
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    Knelt on tile floor last night to dig in a cabinet. Right knee hurting ever since. Aargh. Currently icing it. I really thought I'd sleep it off but I felt it through the night when I'd toss and turn. Will probably do some KT tape and hope I can run after work.
  • Joanna2012B
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  • dkabambe
    dkabambe Posts: 544 Member
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    A little tired on day 6 of my running streak - hoping to do the holiday challenge, but have some practicalities I need to work out if I'm to do the whole period, (specifically how I can get out for a run when my 3yo is staying with me!).

    Anyway, today was 8C and sunny so nice for running, though there was a killer headwind which knocked me on my behind between about 10k and 11k - my route had been pretty sheltered until that point so it came out of the blue when I hit an open park. Deliberately mixed up my route with some decent elevation changes (133m climbing total) and mix of surfaces (pavement and grass mainly, but a little trail section thrown in as well), just to keep my muscles guessing and keep it interesting.

    Had a twinge in both knees at different points in the run - the right one persisting, which is why I halted the run at 11.7k rather than continued to 20k which is my planned long run for this week. 11.3k is what I had in the plan for Wednesday anyhow, so I'll do the minimum one mile tomorrow and aim to do the long run Wednesday all being well (though I'll have to be creative with my diary to fit it in!). That should see me hit my November target on the last day of the month!

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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 (HM pace)
    26-Nov: 5.3k easy (actually nearer HM pace than easy)
    27-Nov: 5.8k over three seperate starts when attempting a long run :(
    28-Nov: 11.7k mixed run, (some trail, some hills, some road)
  • OSUbuckeye906
    OSUbuckeye906 Posts: 315 Member
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    11/1: 3 miles
    11/2: rest
    11/3: 4 miles
    11/4: 3 miles
    11/5: 7 miles
    11/6: 5 miles
    11/7: 3.6 miles
    11/8: 4.4 miles
    11/9: rest
    11/10: 4 miles
    11/11: 5 miles
    11/12: 9 miles
    11/13: 4 miles
    11/14: 4 miles
    11/15: 6 miles
    11/16: 4 miles
    11/17: 3 miles
    11/18: rest
    11/19: 10 miles
    11/20: 4.6 miles
    11/21: 4 miles
    11/22: 5.5 miles
    11/23: rest
    11/24: 9 miles
    11/25: cross-train
    11/26: rest
    11/27: 5 miles
    11/28: 4 miles

    TOTAL: 111.1/70

    4 hilly miles in 38:26 (9:35 pace). Might actually have been a bit faster since I did quite a bit of fumbling with the watch and headlamp at both ends of the run. I did NOT want to get out of bed this morning but told myself I probably wouldn't end up running if I waited until this evening. I'm definitely going to need a few more cups of coffee to make it through the day.

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