December 2016 Running Challenge
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Ok I'm now at 47.9/50 miles for December. Part of my workout tomorrow is running so I should be able to finish the last 2.1.
Saturday is supposed to be my long run but I'm planning on switching that to Sunday to get some extra mileage in for January.
Happy new year everyone!3 -
December Goal: Trim my Thanksgiving turkey thighs and mashed potato/pumpkin pie paunch
12/1 rest
12/2 4.25
12/3 3.05
12/4 2.40 + strength/core training
12/5 rest
12/6 3.80
12/7 6.42
12/8 2.20 + core/strength training
12/9 snorkel 2 hours
12/10 rest
12/11 6.17
12/12 4.10
12/13 lazy
12/14 snorkel 15 MINUTES!
12/15 3.60
12/16 1.25 + core/strength training
12/17 3.80
12/18 rest
12/19 6.40 (1/10th mile for each birthday....)
12/20 lazy
12/21 3.50
12/22 I'm very sorry, I am behind my times. I was making vey merry today
12/23 3.35 + core/strength training
12/24 4.00 Mele Kalikimaka!
12/25 busy
12/26 busy
12/27 3.10
12/28 Pre-resolution pary
12/29 3.25
Total: 64.64
Ticker is my goal for 2016 and total to date:
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3 Days of Christmas Festivities/Work Demands = No Running
= 3 days of Rest 
Actually lost 2 Running Days this week, the demands of work kept me from getting home at a decent time and its hard to be motivated to go for a run when you just want to climb into bed and Sleep.
-10C/Wind chill -15C = 14F/Wind chill 5F. Had a really good run tonight
Got home at 7:30pm and hit the Trails at 8:00 pm for a 11.5 km circle of the River Bank Trails and an easy pace of 6 min/km. Legs felt amazing after the 3 rest days. Will need to duplicate this run over the next two days to meet goal - will be a difficult task due to time limitations/life events.
December Running Goal 140km
12/01–0.0 km –140km – 0 km – YTD 1210.5 km
12/03–8.0 km –132km – 8 km
12/04–5.0 km –127km – 13 km
12/05–12.0 km –115km – 25 km
12/07–7.0 km –108km – 32 km
12/10–5.0 km –103km – 37 km
12/11–4.0 km –99km – 41 km
12/14–8.0 km –91km – 49 km
12/16–6.0 km –85km – 55 km
12/17–2.0 km –83km – 57 km
12/17–9.0 km –74km – 66 km
12/18–6.0 km –68m – 72 km
12/18–5.0 km –63km – 77 km
12/23–10.0 km –53km – 87 km
12/25–11.5 km –41.5km –98.5 km
12/26–7.0 km –34.5km –105.5 km
12/29–11.5 km –23.0km –117.0 km – YTD 1327.5 km Dike 11.5 km 69 mins
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@MNLittleFinn Haven't done a Marathon but on my Trail Runs or HM's I start with a Honey Stinger Waffle minutes before the start, Honey Stinger Energy Chews, Sport Beans ( Orange & Lemon Lime ) & Huma Chia Energy Gel ( Apples & Cinnamon, tastes like Apple Pie
) during the event. I can take the Sport Beans at any time without water but the Gels I take coming into a Water Station so I have a little water to wash them down. There is the concept that you want to train using what ever Gels are provided by the Event Sponsors, the Gu Gels are the most common at the events I go to, unfortunately they don't agree with me so I don't dare take them in an event.
@Orphia Great Goals and amazing success in 2016. 50 km Strava Challenge
@kristinegift looks like you have the December Daily Run Challenge aced.
plus Strength Training ! ! !
Sorry to hear about the Dental Visits, 2400 miles for the year- amazing.
@lissadecker I really understand your comment about "when everything falls into place and you just go make all the suckier times worth the effort." That's what keeps many of us Addicted to this Habit
@dkabambe Great success on the new 5K PB and monthly distance, 4 minutes faster than me but I don't do any speed work in the winter - just Distance miles to keep my conditioning.
@_nikkiwolf_ Adjust your goal based on the lost time and all is good. Loved the Picture with the Fallen Tree. There is a series of races in a neighboring community and it seems like part of the tradition is having trees blow down across the trail the morning of the race or even during the race. Nothing like going outbound and on the inbound circuit find new trees down across the trails.
@Elise4270 WoHo She ran29---1.93 "running" I'm a runner again. A funny looking loopsided runner, but a runner nonetheless.3 -
Dec: 30 miles running.
Planned Races
Rudolph Red Nose 5 - Dec 24th : 1:01:58
16th: 0 miles - MTD
17th: 3.01 miles trail run - MTD 24.94
18th: 0 miles - MTD
19th: 4.26 miles - MTD 29.2
20th: 5.39 miles on my clubs' Tinsel Trail through our neighbourhood - MTD 34.59
21st: 0 miles - MTD
22nd: 0 miles - MTD
23rd: 0 miles - MTD
24th: 5.06 miles Rudolph's Red Nose 5 - MTD 39.65
25th: 0 miles - MTD
26th: 0 miles - MTD
27th: 2.25 miles - MTD 41.9
28th: 0 miles - MTD
29th: 4.94 miles - MTD 46.84 (club record for LV60 in handicap!!)
30th: 0 miles - MTD
31st: 0 miles - MTD
2017 Running Goals
2000 miles walk/run
Run 500 m
Sub 30" Park run
Complete C210k
Club Handicap (3.5m) to 36"
Run 5 m sub 60"
Run 5 x 10K
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@dkabambe Woo Yay Hooplah on your 5K PB! Jealous of your sub-26 time!
Will be aiming to run flat out at parkrun tomorrow now. I broke 220 km for the month today too!juliet3455 wrote: »@dkabambe Great success on the new 5K PB and monthly distance, 4 minutes faster than me but I don't do any speed work in the winter - just Distance miles to keep my conditioning.
Thanks both. Must admit the sub-26 came as a complete surprise to me. When I'd finished I thought I had beaten my old time and thought I may have gone sub-27. Unfortunately the app doesn't tell me so wasn't until I got home in the evening and looked at the website I saw the actual time.
We've been really lucky so far in that we've not really had proper winter yet where I live. Only once have I been out running in sub-zero temps (only -1C), and yesterday was the first day it was properly icy - but only on one side of the road (where the sun hadn't gotten to it hence very easy to avoid), so I haven't had to change my routine. I aim for one long run, one fast run and one hilly run every week then the rest I pretty much make up as I go along to get to my weekly distance aim. Aiming to follow a bit more structure from next week though.2 -
01/12 3.12 miles
02/12 3 miles
03/12 3 miles
13/12 3 miles
14/12 3 miles - there was a full moon tonight, it was lovely
16/12 3.25 miles
17/12 3 miles
20/12 3 miles - start of the stormy weather
21/12 3 miles
22/12 3.18 miles
24/12 3.11 miles
27/12 4.6 miles
28/12 4 miles
30/12 4 miles
@MNLittleFinn - Thanks for you comment earlier, I can almost tough my target for the month, be a shame to miss it now.
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@dkabambe -Congrats on the 5K PB!! And not even going all out. I am sure you will smash that time again soon!
@_nikkiwolf_ I am in awe of your elevation achievements! Fantastic!
@Elise4270 - Woo hooooo!!!! Runner girl!
@Orphia- Way to go on completing the challenge!
I might be the only person here that has to work today. Ugh! And I packed my running bag then forgot it. I was hoping to get out early and hit the bike path. Looks like I will be in for another dark and hilly run. Boo. I have not yet uploaded yesterday's run to Strava or Garmin Connect, but I am 9 miles away from monthly goal. Between today and tomorrow, pretty sure I will hit it.
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@juliet3455 thanks for the input. I know, in retrospect, that one of the major factors in my HM troubles was not fuelling enough before the race. Trying to ensure that does not happen for the full.0
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@elise4270 go girl!!!!
We are off to Skip's first indoor meet of the year....well and the last of the year ha ha since the next one is in 2017. She's only running the 800m, this is an unattached meet and she wanted to run in it because she hasn't run in an official meet all season. It's what they are calling a sprint meet so nothing over 800m is being run. So we are driving 90 miles one way for her to run for under 3 minutes This meet is so competitive that in her age group (15-16) she has the slowest 800 time at 2:47. Yipes. She said I don't care if I finished last, I just want to get my feet on the track so I'm ready to qualify for State over the next 2 meets. Good enough.
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12/1- 7.04
12/2- 4.01
12/3- 10.01
12/4- REST
12/5- 5.32
12/6- 5.01
12/7- 3.01
12/8- 8.04
12/9- 5.0
12/10- 11.0
12/11- Rest
12/12- 5.21
12/13- 5.01
12/14- 5.4
12/15- 4.0 after a 30 min eliptical workout.
12/16- 6.03
12/17- 12.06
12/18- REST much needed rest
12/19- 5.01
12/20- 6.17
12/21- 6.7
12/22- 3.0 plus 30 minute elliptical workout
12/23- 6.27
12/24- Rest Christmas eve activities
12/25- 4
12/26- rest day 20-40mph winds decided that. more time with family
12/27- 6.09 then a 4 hour car drive home
12/28- 8.01
12/29- 5.03
12/30- 5
Total: 151.47
Nominal mileage goal: 100 miles
Real goal, get into the swing of Marathon training, and get used to doing 3 days a week of some strength/core while running 35+ MPW
Today's notes: Went totally off script today. Training plan called for an XT day, doing a Burpee Death Drop. I may do it yet, but I really wanted to run. Ran 5 mile progression run with splits of: 9:39, 9:38, 9:34, 9:31, 9:16. First 2 miles were really just to get into the run, so they were basically the same, but I really tried to up my pace for the second half. Run felt very good, despite the roads being a mixture of loose, fresh snow and ice.0 -
Date Miles today - Miles for December
12/1 6 miles - 6
12/2 4 miles - 10
12/3 12 miles - 22
12/4 REST DAY
12/5 5 miles - 27
12/6 4 miles - 31
12/7 REST DAY
12/8 3.5 miles - 34.5
12/9 REST DAY
12/10 26.4 - 60.9
12/11 REST DAY
12/12 REST DAY
12/13 REST DAY
12/14 REST DAY
12/15 4 miles - 64.9
12/16 REST DAY
12/17 REST DAY
12/18 REST DAY
12/19 6.5 miles 71.4
12/20 6.2 miles 77.6
12/21 4 miles - 81.6
12/22 8 miles - 89.6
12/23 5 miles - 94.6
12/24 11 miles - 105.6
12/25 REST DAY
12/26 8 miles - 113.6
12/27 10 miles - 123.6
12/28 4 miles - 127.6
12/29 10 miles - 137.6
12/30 3.15 miles - 140.75
Upcoming races:
UAH 8K - 3/6 <<< 34:33 3 in AG
Oak Barrel HM - 4/2 <<<< 1:38:00 3 in AG
Bridge Street HM - 4/10 <<< 1:36:33 3 in AG
PEO-AVN Team Day 5K - 5/4 <<< 19:10 (2.9 mi) 1 in AG 5 OA
Cotton Row Run 10K - 5/30 << 44:57 PR
Firecracker Chase 10.2 miler 6/25 << 1:20:22 1 in AG & 15 OA
Huntsville Half Marathon - 11/12 << 1:35:55 2 in AG & 25 OA
Rocket City Marathon - 12/10 << 2:44:41
Kentucky Derby Marathon - 4/29
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Hey fellow runners!!! I'll be back to running on January 3rd after 8 weeks postop. I can't wait!!! I'm happy that I have been able to do a lot of walking during my recovery at least.
Hope you all had a wonderful Xmas and Happy New Year!!!!5 -
@elise4270 - yay!!!
Only 3 days more of streak! I will have to do a mile tonight when I get home. Was going to do it this morning but I was just too busy. No, it wasn't my fear of DVT.1 -
Forgot to update with yesterdays run. It was a sad 2 miles. I went from layers to tshirt in the span of a week. I got overheated yesterday & my nutrition and water intake has been off.
78.40/100
I should hit 90 between today (if I can get out after work) and Saturday.1 -
Woo hoo! I'm getting out of work early today and going for a run in the afternoon! Between today and tomorrow I'll definitely get to 90, yay! At least I won't have to do all 7.35 miles I need in one go.
In order for me to get 1,000 total miles for 2017, I'll have to average 83.3 miles per month. This is totally doable, providing I don't get injured. Bring it on!3 -
@Orphia Great job on completing the NB festive challenge!
I don't know how to find the elevation numbers in the app, but on the web site you get to your profile with the stats if you click on your own profile picture in one of your activities, and then there's a column with numbers on the right.
@dkabambe Congratulations your 5k PR - a sub-26 time that didn't even feel like full 5k effort is awesome!
@Elise4270 Yay! Although you weren't really gone, you were still a runner in spirit But still: Welcome back!
@MNLittleFinn Even if you are happy with gels so far, maybe take something else with you when your runs start getting longer, just in case. I'm fine with my homemade honey-lemon "gel" mix up to a certain point, but I found that for the really long runs (3.5-4h in my case), I started craving something that I could actually chew. Not that the calories from the gel stuff weren't enough, I just wanted to have the feeling of really _eating_ something, not just swallowing sweet liquid stuff.
... if my training plan had "Burpee Death Drop" written on it, I'd prefer a run too
@lporter229 I didn't have to work today. But I still had to get up early, because my sister had "invited" me to accompany her to her office and fix some computer problems for her. Does that count? It was way to early to run before work, and now it's dark and cold and foggy outside, ugh.
@TattooedDolphinGirl78 Great to have you back soon, happy new year to you too!
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I'm thinking of pulling the trigger on a Garmin Forerunner 225 in the next week or so. Does anybody have one? Recommend it or not?
I've been using the pretty basic Forerunner 110 for almost 3 years now. I don't need something super fancy but am looking forward to having a watch with a few more bells and whistles.0 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »Question for the experienced marathoners...I don't think I've asked this yet.... at what distance LR did you start practicing/experimenting with fueling? I saw that I have my first "longer than HM" run coming up in a couple weeks, and that got me to thinking about the additional things I need to do for marathon training/running, that
I didn't have to do for HM training.
Later, I followed the example of a more experienced marathon runner I was training with, and switched to taking a gel every 5 miles. That subsequently got compressed to shorter distances at race pace; my ideal half now has a gel at mile 5 and a gel at mile 9 or so. I used 7 gels in each of the marathons I completed; I can't claim to have found the timing I like best for them. Certainly they come more frequently later in the race.
I'm a little late to responding in this, but this is generally what I follow as well for a marathon or longer training run. Sometimes I will stretch out the gels to about every 8 miles but have a chew or two halfway inbetween that. I've found that you need to find the right balance between not having too much fuel that you're overdoing it but not waiting too long to fuel that you're hitting a wall before the nutrition kicks in. I think this area is highly indivualized for everyone, so you just need to experiment and see what you like and how often works best for you.
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7 miles, 61 minutes and 18 seconds. Dec - 182 miles.
And a shout out to the young lady posting above - Love that username! Go Buckeyes.0 -
12/2: .5; chest/arms
12/3: 10
12/4: .5; back/shoulders/core
12/7: 2
12/8: 4
12/10: 10
12/14: 2
12/18: 8
12/25: 3
12/30: 2
42 of 80 miles; 2 of 7 XT sessions.
Back in the office today after a whirlwind trip to San Diego for the Holiday Bowl. My son is in the Gopher Marching Band and this was his last performance as he'll graduate before next season. It was great to be there with the whole family to enjoy the bowl festivities and a bit of that beautiful city.
A quick couple of miles yesterday -- it was very windy! Wow, I really haven't been running much! I'm so far off of my schedule it's not even funny. Lol.
I'll maybe sneak into the gym this afternoon/early evening, and then I'll aim for a slow 12 miles tomorrow (as per my nearly-forgotten schedule).
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On the topic of testing fueling strategies during training runs, I am not suggesting by any means that this is the right thing to do, but I do not test my fueling strategy on my long runs. I rarely fuel on runs shorter than 16 miles. On my 16-20 mile runs, I usually only fuel once toward the end of the run. I'm not sure why, but I guess I sort of go with the theory that training fasted teaches your body to use its fat stores better. I don't know, it's just what I've always done. If I want to test out a new fuel, I do it on a mid week medium run, about 6 miles in. That way, if it makes me sick, I have not ruined my whole long run for the week. For marathons, I fuel every 45 minutes with 100 calories of fruit chews or shot blocks. I have not yet experienced the dreaded "wall". *knocks on wood* (and was almost too superstitious to even type that).
Also on the topic of fueling, I had never before this last October fueled during a half marathon. I did two halfs on back to back weekends in October and it was the first time I was really all out racing a half marathon. On my first one, I did not think to fuel, and I really started dragging near the end, so I thought that maybe some fuel might have helped with that. The next weekend I took a gel at mile 10 in hopes that it would get me through to the end with some extra pep. I did not notice one bit of difference. I was still dragging at the end. I finished the second half marathon one second faster than the previous week. Who knows, maybe I should have taken it earlier?
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »@juliet3455 thanks for the input. I know, in retrospect, that one of the major factors in my HM troubles was not fuelling enough before the race. Trying to ensure that does not happen for the full.
You will need to experiment to find what works best for you, as there is wide variation in what works best for different runners. THBS, I started with the GU advice of "15 minutes before," and discover that gels (GU in particular) taste much better mid-race when my body needs them than 15 minutes before. My ultimate solution to that was to go with Sport Beans for the 15 minutes before dose. They taste like jelly beans anyway, and 15 minutes before I don't have the in-race issues of too bulky to carry a lot and too dry to eat on the run easily.2 -
skippygirlsmom wrote: »@elise4270 go girl!!!!
We are off to Skip's first indoor meet of the year....well and the last of the year ha ha since the next one is in 2017. She's only running the 800m, this is an unattached meet and she wanted to run in it because she hasn't run in an official meet all season. It's what they are calling a sprint meet so nothing over 800m is being run. So we are driving 90 miles one way for her to run for under 3 minutes This meet is so competitive that in her age group (15-16) she has the slowest 800 time at 2:47. Yipes. She said I don't care if I finished last, I just want to get my feet on the track so I'm ready to qualify for State over the next 2 meets. Good enough.
Have a great day everyone.
Ah, youth. I could only dream about that kind of time for an 800, but I like Skip's attitude of doing it even knowing she isn't terribly competitive with her peers. And good for you, supporting her efforts!1 -
KeepRunningFatboy wrote: »And a shout out to the young lady posting above - Love that username! Go Buckeyes.
Go Bucks!
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Oh, by the way, I got the P90X3 videos for Christmas. Has anybody done these? Any advice on how best to work them in with marathon training? I was thinking to maybe stick with the pilates and yoga until after my marathon.0
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »@juliet3455 thanks for the input. I know, in retrospect, that one of the major factors in my HM troubles was not fuelling enough before the race. Trying to ensure that does not happen for the full.
You will need to experiment to find what works best for you, as there is wide variation in what works best for different runners. THBS, I started with the GU advice of "15 minutes before," and discover that gels (GU in particular) taste much better mid-race when my body needs them than 15 minutes before. My ultimate solution to that was to go with Sport Beans for the 15 minutes before dose. They taste like jelly beans anyway, and 15 minutes before I don't have the in-race issues of too bulky to carry a lot and too dry to eat on the run easily.
Thanks @MobyCarp Experimentation is part of why I'm getting started looking at fueling 5 months before the race, so I can, Hopefully, have something of an idea of what to do on race day. Only thing other than water/Powerade, I know that the mile 17 water stop has Cliffshot bloks, so I might try those out just so I can see if they are something I can handle, so I can take what they offer and hopefully carry one less gel or beans or whatever.1 -
Timely topics of fuelling here! I've noticed struggling to get past 7 1/2 miles and that I'm flagging at 5miles, so want to experiment with some fuel. I run fasted mostly, and don't want to take on water, so will start with some dried fruit and go from there. Blackberry season worked well as I plucked berries as I ran!
My last run of the year this morning, meant to be 5 miles but got bored of the tow path and headed up into the woods making it 7miles. Thing is, I'm at a swing dance workshop all weekend so pretty much killed my legs and had to bail early for a test this afternoon.
Total miles for the month 38 ish.
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girlinahat wrote: »Timely topics of fuelling here! I've noticed struggling to get past 7 1/2 miles and that I'm flagging at 5miles, so want to experiment with some fuel. I run fasted mostly, and don't want to take on water, so will start with some dried fruit and go from there. Blackberry season worked well as I plucked berries as I ran!
Try this. Instead of swallowing your sugar sports drink, just swish it around in your mouth and spit it out.
http://running.competitor.com/2014/05/nutrition/study-rinse-spit-out-your-sports-drink_98691
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