November 2016 Running Challenge

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  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,493 Member
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    I meant to get up early and run before work today but...it didn't happen. Too bad too, because it was snowing and I love running in that. I'll get in my miles tonight. Unfortunately it will be mid 30's and raining but I gotta get those miles in!

    @skippygirlsmom congrats to Skip and great photos! I know what that's like, going through the house, getting stuff sorted out and picked through. Tough times for sure.

    @BeeerRunner glad to see your back to running and congrats for the new job AND the bonus PTO!!

    @HeatherMN some more observations on the Vivosmart HR...It definitely credits me with less steps than the Fitbit but on a 4 mile run, they were very close to being equal. I think the Garmin may have a better algorithm to figure out what is a step and what isn't so it's more accurate. Walking and counting steps, both match perfectly, so it must be in the extraneous movement. In addition to getting extra steps by grinding coffee, I also get extra steps from the vibrations of mowing the grass and blowing snow with the FitBit. One thing I haven't worked out yet is how the calories credited compare between the two. Still working on that. Initial impression is that Garmin is telling me I've burned more calories for a given number of steps, which is not what I want. I'll let you know when I figure that one out. I also want to compare the HR with the Vivosmart with the HR from my Forerunner with chest strap.

    @Elise4270 Forget the violin, learn the fiddle!
    @_nikkiwolf_ tissues for a run? Snot Rocket!!
    @shanaber, how's the hamstring feeling?
    @MobyCarp I find it amazing that in a month of recovery from a serious injury, our miles are about the same. A testament to your discipline in the recovery process!
    @juliet3455 sounds like a nice, neighborly run! I have a few neighbors that run, I should see if they're interested in running some time.

    Lots of folks making or crushing their goals, well done!
    To those who didn't, great effort getting in what you could. As someone who has missed a lot of monthly goals, I know how things can get in the way.
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
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    Well, I had just caught up 2 weeks of missed logging and we blew a fuse at work and I lost the whole thing so I'm not typing it all again. After I run today I will have 50 miles running for November, and I usually walk a mile or two each day and do a little strength training when I can. So there ya go. I need 2.15 miles tonight to hit 50. My goal was 60 but shin pain caused me to take 6 days off. woews2jm695v.png

    I was really disappointed last night when I hit stop and saw my 4 mile run averaged 10:04 pace because I felt like I'd really pushed it. But the first half was 21:43 and second half 18:32. I ran up a decent size hill in mile 1 and mile 3. The second time up the hill was like 2 mins faster pace than the first time up. So it was a good run. I've been running some short slow miles to see how my shin holds up and try to do the RW Run Streak. So far, so good.
  • trudyschmidt
    trudyschmidt Posts: 8 Member
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    Didn't make my November goal by 2 miles but I'm looking forward to December's goal. After my run this morning I was in tears because I couldn't feel my fingertips and my right thumb was in pain. I thought I dressed warm enough including hat & gloves. Today I will do some research on what I need to wear to make my runs more enjoyable. Happy running!
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,493 Member
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    trudyschmidt wrote: »
    Didn't make my November goal by 2 miles but I'm looking forward to December's goal. After my run this morning I was in tears because I couldn't feel my fingertips and my right thumb was in pain. I thought I dressed warm enough including hat & gloves. Today I will do some research on what I need to wear to make my runs more enjoyable. Happy running!

    @trudyschmidt when I start to feel my finger tips get numb I start shaking my hands as I run. Not as in handshake, but as if I'm trying to flick the water off them when there's no towel in the bathroom after I wash my hands. Not super hard, just enough to get the blood flowing, and in rhythm with my strides. It doesn't help immediately but if i do that at for 15 or 20 seconds every few minutes it seems to help. When it gets really cold, though, I use those cheap chemical handwarmers inside mittens.
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
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    trudyschmidt wrote: »
    Didn't make my November goal by 2 miles but I'm looking forward to December's goal. After my run this morning I was in tears because I couldn't feel my fingertips and my right thumb was in pain. I thought I dressed warm enough including hat & gloves. Today I will do some research on what I need to wear to make my runs more enjoyable. Happy running!

    do you get Raynauds? I do, although I haven't yet noticed it when I run (it's bad daily at the moment when I leave work to get into my car, and I have no feeling in most of my fingers for about fifteen minutes) It can be due to the sudden shock of change in temperature, Try wearing extra layers of gloves or handwarmers as you start your run.
  • untermrad
    untermrad Posts: 24 Member
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    Didn't even come close to my goal this month. I've had a major job interview coming up and went through two rounds of phone interviews this month as well, so I've been devoting nearly all of my time to preparing for that. I haven't checked this thread at all (sorry), but I'll join the December challenge.
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    11/3 7 miles (7 MTD)
    11/5 7 miles (14 MTD)
    11/6 6.2 miles (20.2 MTD)
    11/9 6.5 miles (26.7 MTD)
    11/11 5.8 miles (32.5 MTD)
    11/12 6.5 miles (39 MTD)
    11/14 6.6 miles (45.6 MTD)
    11/17 6.5 miles (52.1 MTD)
    11/20 10 miles (62.1 MTD)
    11/22 6.5 miles (68.6 MTD)
    11/24 3.1 miles (71.7 MTD) -- inconsistent with Strava because I forgot to start recording until 1/2 mile in... :confounded:
    11/25 8 miles (79.7 MTD)
    11/29 6.5 miles (86.2 MTD)
    Upcoming races:
    9/10 - Louisville Pure Tap 5k 25:03
    10/1 - Norton Sports Health Great Pumpkin 10k 51:12
    10/15 - Stampede for VIPS 5k 24:16
    10/22 - Urban Bourbon Half Marathon 2:00:04
    11/24 - Hungry Turkey 5k 25:00
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    Skip says thanks all! Yeah it's been a rough time, actually a lot worse than I thought, but it's all a part of life.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    Skip says thanks all! Yeah it's been a rough time, actually a lot worse than I thought, but it's all a part of life.

    You've had a really rough month. I hope that December can be a month of renewal for you, leading into a new year that is full of awesome.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    @MNLittleFinn thank you. Without boring everyone with my family drama, part of the problem is my brother, he lived with my mom and she babied him so he had no reason to adult. Well I'm not his Momma and he has to adult now and it doesn't make it easy, especially when he bad mouths me to the rest of the family and I keep getting nasty grams from my Mom's sisters. Just added stress on top of all the stress of the situation as it is.
  • 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
    11/29: 7 miles
    11/30: rest

    TOTAL: 118.1/70

    Taking today as a rest day and ending the month with 118.1 miles...48.1 miles over my 70 mile goal! I really wasn't sure what to set my goal as for November, but pretty happy to be almost 50 miles over. I still have to plan out my December running calendar (will probably do that tonight) but I'm probably going to set my goal around 110. Ideally, I'd like to be running a few more miles but between the way my shin has been acting up and some holiday traveling, I may be taking more rest days in December.
  • NikolaosKey
    NikolaosKey Posts: 410 Member
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    Hello

    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: 21.2k
    11/29: 2.5k
    11/30: 6k

    Up until now: 171.7k
    Left:-31.7k

    Lets move to December running challenge.
    Take care everyone!
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,104 Member
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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.
    28/11 3 miles - a bit sluggish as I ate my dinner before run. I've had good day today, started this morning with a full back massage as my shoulders and neck very really tight and stiff, did a little bit of work and then ordered a new pair of Brooks Adrenaline's online.
    29/11 3 miles- that's second evening running in the dark. It felt very peaceful and relaxing as there was no wind or rain.
    30/11 3miles


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  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,493 Member
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    NikolaosKey wrote: »
    Lets move to December running challenge.
    Take care everyone!

    Not so fast! I still have one more run in me this month!

  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
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    7lenny7 wrote: »
    NikolaosKey wrote: »
    Lets move to December running challenge.
    Take care everyone!

    Not so fast! I still have one more run in me this month!

    Ditto!
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
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    lporter229 wrote: »
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    NikolaosKey wrote: »
    Lets move to December running challenge.
    Take care everyone!

    Not so fast! I still have one more run in me this month!

    Ditto!

    Me three! I am going after work.
  • Calvin2008Brian
    Calvin2008Brian Posts: 1,024 Member
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    RunsOnEspresso wrote: »
    lporter229 wrote: »
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    NikolaosKey wrote: »
    Lets move to December running challenge.
    Take care everyone!

    Not so fast! I still have one more run in me this month!

    Ditto!

    Me three! I am going after work.

    Ha! There's a lot of that going on! I'm running 4 after work to get to goal. Happy to have so many virtual last-minute running partners!
  • louubelle16
    louubelle16 Posts: 579 Member
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    DONE. Club run distance could hardly have been more perfect today, I thought I might have to do a few laps of the car park after we got back to meet goal but I didn't need to. Goal met!

    Also, I got a HUGE but unofficial 5km PB when we ran 3.1 miles back as a time-trial. My time was 24:30, which is down from 26:09!!! I know it doesn't count, even Strava doesn't count it (not really sure why?) so now I just need to emulate it at Parkrun for an official time. It's good to know what I can push to though. A sub-25, who knew I had that in me?! AMAZED by that! Over 1 min 30 improvement in 5 months!!! :smiley::smiley::smiley: So obviously I got back to the club house and picked up my membership form, as if I needed any more convincing!

    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
    28th - 4.61 miles
    30th - 6.14 miles

    MTD - 80.02/80* miles
    *Adjusted down due to injury

    Upcoming races:
    17th Dec - Lee Valley VeloPark Half Marathon
    9th April 2017 - Brighton Marathon
  • NikolaosKey
    NikolaosKey Posts: 410 Member
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    Hahah @7lenny7 I am several hours forward mate, Europe time, so I am fast!
  • Ericsmi
    Ericsmi Posts: 128 Member
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    Goal: 50 Mi Run / 50 Mi Walk
    11/01 3.28 mi run 3.28 mi run total
    11/01 1.57 mi walk 1.57 mi walk total
    11/03 4.44 mi run 7.72 mi run total
    11/05 3.71 mi run 11.43 mi run total
    11/05 1.08 mi walk 2.65 mi walk total
    11/06 5.26 mi run 16.69 mi run total
    11/06 0.71 mi walk 3.36 mi walk total
    11/09 3.59 mi run 20.28 mi run total
    11/10 4.01 mi run 24.29 mi run total
    11/10 1.54 mi walk 4.9 mi walk total
    11/12 3.23 mi run 27.52 mi run total
    11/15 6.05 mi run 33.57 mi run total
    11/17 4.51 mi run 38.08 mi run total
    11/20 6.48 mi run 44.56 mi run total
    11/20 3.19 mi walk 8.09 mi walk total
    11/22 3.22 mi run 47.78 mi run total
    11/28 4.01 mi run 51.79 mi run total ==> Goal
    11/29 3.81 mi run 55.6 mi run total
    11/29 0.53 mi walk 8.62 mi walk total < Goal
  • tartanhibee
    tartanhibee Posts: 63 Member
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    So finished with 33 miles for the month missing my goal by 7 miles but will be back in December trying again.

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