December 2016 Running Challenge
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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 - very dark tonight and met 8 cars. I have to stop and step to the side as the road is quite narrow and the car lights put me off balance when passing.
Must go back a few pages and catch up on all the posts.
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Dec: 30 miles running.
Planned Races
Rudolph Red Nose 5 - Dec 24th
16th: 0 miles - MTD
17th: 3.01 miles trail run - MTD 24.94
It was lovely, bright, sharp day today. The trail wasn't too boggy ...
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Went to REI to look at trail running packs. Sales person had a genius idea about my bounce issue... look in the cycling section! I looked at and tried on several packs. Settled with the Osprey Raptor 14. Going to swap out the hydration bladder for the Camelback I already have with an insulated tube / bite valve. I won't take it out tomorrow in -20 to -30 F wind chills, though.
In fact, I am falling behind goal too much due to the cold and darkness. I need to get and punch pass for my local fitness center so I can use it on days when I have the need to run, but don't want to deal with darkness or temps. I had better do that tomorrow and get some miles in.1 -
Just managed to pop out at 9:30pm in 50m visibility due to heavy fog which was interesting! Had my high vis cycling jacket on so I felt safe enough from cars etc - more worrying was at times I could hardly see my feet let alone the surface in front of me. Did a short loop around my local shops (i.e. the best lit place near my house!) which equated to 2.37km. Whilst I had given up on my streak earlier in the day, opportunity arose and whilst I was thinking about early night I knew it'd probably backfire as I'd lie in bed thinking that I should have gone for a run, so decided to go for it!
Good news is streak is still on and at moment have no reason why I can't at least get to Dec 30th, (when I have the same problem as I thought I'd have today in that my 3yo and I may be alone all day).
1-Dec: 6.2k easy run
2-Dec: 11.5k - 10k tempo plus warm up/cool down
3-Dec: 2.1k TM
4-Dec: 5.3k easy run
5-Dec: 21.7k long run
6-Dec: 8.3k 'tired' run
7-Dec: 3.1k TM
8-Dec: 5.3k easy
9-Dec: 12.6k easy
10-Dec: 2k short run
11-Dec: 11k - 10k tempo plus warm-up
12-Dec: 8.2k easy
13-Dec: 1.8k streak run
14-Dec: 12.5k hill circuit (4 laps; 295m climbing total)
15-Dec (AM): 5.2k treadmill (5k fast)
15-Dec (PM): 6k inc 5k fast
16-Dec: 5.5k easy
17-Dec: 2.3k streak run2 -
This morning a shorty 3km - 19 mins of hiding from the wind in the trees.
The ambient temp was a balmy -22C but with a nasty West wind 25km/h so the wind chill factor was -42C.
This afternoon -20C and wind has dropped to -15km/h so wind chill is a mild -29C.
Second run as planned for 9km to give me 11 km for the day.
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 –72km – 66 km – YTD 1276.5 km
I have to get my shoes laid out for the Shoe Thread and My Cold Gear for a picture- its in the wash right now.1 -
juliet3455 wrote: »This morning a shorty 3km - 19 mins of hiding from the wind in the trees.
The ambient temp was a balmy -22C but with a nasty West wind 25km/h so the wind chill factor was -42C.
This afternoon -20C and wind has dropped to -15km/h so wind chill is a mild -29C.
Second run as planned for 9km to give me 11 km for the day.
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juliet3455 wrote: »This morning a shorty 3km - 19 mins of hiding from the wind in the trees.
The ambient temp was a balmy -22C but with a nasty West wind 25km/h so the wind chill factor was -42C.
This afternoon -20C and wind has dropped to -15km/h so wind chill is a mild -29C.
Second run as planned for 9km to give me 11 km for the day.
You win!
Yup. My run was nothing compared to that!1 -
@louubelle16 Wow, I'm so jealous of your HM PB!!
Fantastic job. xx
@bmelb1 Awesome and insightful post about your cold weather running gear. I'm so selfish, it makes me very glad to live where I do.
@juliet3455 O.M.FlyingSpaghettiMonster.
01 Dec – 6.2 km Lake Wendouree
03 Dec – 5.4 km including Albert Melbourne parkrun with my nephew
04 Dec – 21.2 km Carman’s Women’s Half Marathon 2:07:59.4
07 Dec – 5.8 km
08 Dec – 4.3 km jog to Body Balance
09 Dec – 4.2 km
10 Dec – 2.6 km
11 Dec – 10 km
12 Dec – 6.8 km
13 Dec – 7 km
14 Dec – 9.2 km
15 Dec – 8.3 km
16 Dec – 1.7 km testing new Garmin
17 Dec – 7.6 km including parkrun
18 Dec – 14.8 km
Total: 115.4 km
Someone stop me. I've run 12 days in a row. I'm not supposed to be on a streak till December 25!
But today just felt like a long run day. I ran with a friend, on a route I hadn't run before, and it was a beautiful morning for it. It was awesome.
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@louubelle - congratulations on your HM PB!! That is an awesome time!
I am at the hotel for my half tomorrow and it is going to be cold here (for us) at the start. Weather is saying low 30s and they were handing out gloves for free at the packet pickup. I know this can't compare to what so many of you are experiencing but for those of us not used to it, it will be cold! I am also hoping to meet up with @mom3over40 and her husband at the start!2 -
Good luck tomorrow @shanaber!!!1
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December Running Totals (miles)
12/1 – 8.08 warmup + speed work
12/2 – rest day
12/3 – 10.13 warmup + 5K race + easy 30 minutes
12/4 – 8.07 easy
12/5 – rest day
12/6 – 5.96 warmup, speed work, cool down
12/7 – 6.00 easy
12/8 – 3.78 easy
12/9 – 3.80 course preview
12/10 – 5.01 USATF Club Nationals Masters 8K
12/11 – 2.57 easy
12/12 – 10.15 easy
12/13 – 6.21 hills
12/14 – rest day
12/15 – 5.25 with wind and snow
12/16 – 6.27 easy
12/17 – 6.40 warmup + Reindeer Run 5K
December total to date – 87.67
Nominal Challenge Goal – 150 miles
Real Goals: Finish transition to healthy running. Use Club Nationals as a learning experience on managing air travel to a race. Build a base toward Boston training. Avoid re-injury
Today's notes – Today I ran the Reindeer Run 5K, to benefit the Strong Museum of Play. I didn't run in temps as cold as some of the hardier members of this group. It was 19° F (-7° C) for my warmup and 21° F (-6° C) for the race, with wind not a major factor. That having been said, today had its running challenges.
It was a late decision to sign up for this one. I wanted to wait until after Club Nationals and see if I felt healthy enough to run a race on my fourth consecutive weekend (assuming Thanksgiving Day counts as the start of a long weekend). Went online to look Wednesday, and found that the price went up at midnight. And the forecast was for wintry weather. What the heck, this one is fun. I signed up.
There was snow overnight. Yesterday evening the radio was full of the "no unnecessary travel" message. Got up this morning to snow in the driveway, snow in the air, and roads that were not yet plowed. As I was driving into town for the race, I wondered what made me think it was a good idea to go out *driving* in this nonsense.
Weather concerns aside, I arrived safely and parked in a garage that the city leaves open to the public on weekends. I didn't want to have to scrape my car after the race. About time for the warmup, I found a friend who wanted a 2.5 mile warmup while I wanted to preview the course. So we previewed the course, though he omitted the last 600 meters or so.
There was snow. It was on the ground, it was in the air. Where roads were plowed, it was a light slippery cover. Where roads were plowed less recently, it was an inch or two. Good footing was rare. Got to the turn around, and found that the Riverway Trail was unplowed for the second half of the course. There were tire tracks to run in, apparently from the truck that hauled equipment for the water stop. Then there was a totally unplowed sidewalk with fences on both sides before we got back to the not recently enough plowed streets. It looked like a stretch of over a mile where it would not be possible to pass anyone.
The warmup was as hard as I've ever worked for an average pace of 8:21 per mile.
Got to time to line up. I lined up right at the front, because I wanted to be ahead of anyone foolishly wearing flat shoes. (I was wearing my trail shoes, which I use to run on snowy roads.) Of course, the young runners at the front took off faster than me; but I didn't see anyone slip or fall down, so I must have stayed ahead of who I wanted to be ahead of.
For an idea of the conditions, I found myself in two of the pictures posted online. The first one is not even a quarter mile from the start, and I'm kind of off to the side; but it shows the weather nicely:
The second one is on the Riverway Trail. I'm having some fun at that point:
I kind of sort of raced the first half of the course. The idea was to survive the second half. It turned out that the Riverway Trail got plowed before race time. Under the snow there was bumpy ice, from people walking on earlier snow. The footing was marginally better where the plow didn't scrape down to the ice, and much better for 6 or 8 steps at a time in a few places where the edge of the plow uncovered grass. Then came the unplowed sidewalk, then some snow-covered roads.
Near the end of the course, an access road to the museum was unplowed. But volunteers had shoveled a path for a finish line sprint. By that time, I wasn't really racing, just running. Ended up finishing the 5K in 23:27, my slowest 5K race ever. But most runners were 3 to 5 minutes slower than a normal 5K in these conditions, so that was good for 29th of 1105 overall finishers and 1st of 30 in the M 60-64 age group.
I was told before the race that over 1500 people registered for the 5K. I don't know how many were no-shows and how many just missed the timing cutoff in the poor footing.
Got a friend to take a mug shot, on the assumption that certain people wouldn't believe I ran in antlers without a picture. (This was before I knew I could find an action shot online the same day.)
A text message told me my finishing time. An email notification provided a link that let me know I'd won the age group. So I wandered over to the awards, to look at the trophies. I was pleased to see that this year, I recognized all the toys on the age group winner trophies:
The tradition is that the age group winner picks which trophy he/she wants. Some of the "more mature" runners had complained to the race director that the picking were slim by the time they were announced; so this year the age group results were announced from "maturest" to youngest. As a result, I had a tough choice between characters. I decided I was more of a Linus type of guy than a Charlie Brown. Oh, and there was nut butter:
This is the fourth consecutive year I've done Reindeer Run, with 3 age group wins and one age group second place. The trophies are getting to be a bit of a collection:
Came home, took a nap, fixed lunch, and got out to shovel the driveway at quarter till 3. Two weeks ago, I ran a 5K and felt the need for an additional half hour of running when I got home. Today, I am content with shoveling snow instead of adding another four miles of running.
I'd like to say I ran this race smart, and deliberately chose not to work all that hard. That was part of the plan; but the reality was simply that the weather mostly beat my competitive instincts out of me. Most of the last half of the course, I was just running to run and not particularly trying hard to finish as fast as possible, or even to run fast enough to not get passed. It was good enough for this race. The weather made up for the lack of winter weather for the Freezeroo 5K two weeks ago.
This is my last race of 2016. I'll take the next two weeks off, before running Freezeroo #2, the 7.5 mile Resolution Run on New Year's Day. During this period, I'll make a decision on going to Bend, OR for the 2017 USATF Cross Country Championship on February 4, 2017. There is some pressure from the club to go, but I need to be comfortable with the budget and the travel time. If I can make the numbers work, I'm inclined to commit to Bend.
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) finished in 20:06
December 10, 2016 USATF National Club Cross Country Championships 8K (Tallahassee, FL) finished in 33:38
December 17, 2016 Reindeer Run 5K (Rochester, NY) finished in 23:27 in the snow
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)
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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 Planned a rest day today...but DH surprised me with my birthday gift 2 days early: a new treadmill (yep, nearly wore out the old one!)....so I had to baptise it (with perspiration, of course....)
Total: 40.04
@MobyCarp and @louubelle16 :awesome races!
Upcoming Races:
12/7/16: Races For Awareness Virtual 10k for Outrun The Sun Skin Cancer Awareness
Ticker is my goal for 2016 and total to date:
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patrikc333 wrote: »Got measured and bike will be set up according to builders guidelines according to my sizes initially, then I'll see how I will cope and make adjustments accordingly
Super excited, will also buy clothes on Friday, I don't think I can recycle running clothes right?
But.... It's been 11 years since my last ride! You think I'll still be able to cycle? My plan is to come home, lock in my garage and try it first without locking shoes, then try the locking mechanism, then go out and hope really hope I won't fall down in front of people
Looks nice! You can do it! The falling will happen when you first start out with the locking shoes. At least it has with everyone I know. It usually happens when you are stopping, starting or just standing waiting to go. That's because it is just hard to get used to unclipping them. After a few weeks, you don't even think about it. Hopefully you are in a bike-friendly city.
Enjoy!
@patrikc333 I be fallen several times on my bike. It's always in front of people. Just try to fall in the grass and not hurt your bike!
I think I'm going to die if I ride the road bike on grass! 1 -
Miserable day, fog, 1C constantly, frozen ground, mobile dead at 10km from home, completely frozen hands (and I even wore cycling gloves that are supposed to go to - 15) and finally leg cramps. And still not received my new shoes after 2 weeks. What a nice day! I decided I'm not going to run tomorrow, need a break after today miserable awful crappy 17 mils (just realised I run 17 miles, my bad luck number, this explains everything)
On the other hand, Im still able to cycle! I had to lower the saddle, not ideal but even if i lost my dignity at the same time I must take it easy, it's incredible how our brain works and needs to be re train for doing stupid things. Or other option is that I'm a wuss
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12/1: 6 miles with Pacers crew +lifting
12/2: 2 miles
12/3: 8 miles with the Saturday crew
12/4: 5.3 miles on trails +lifting
12/5: 6 miles
12/6: 2 miles + lifting
12/7: 6 miles
12/8: 6 miles + lifting
12/9: 1 mile
12/10: 13.1 miles
12/11: 4.6 miles on trails
12/12: 2 miles + lifting
12/13: 6.1 miles
12/14: 6 miles + lifting
12/15: 6 miles
12/16: 6 miles + lifting
12/17: 4.6 miles
12/18: 6 miles
Today was much nicer than yesterday. It went from 41F when I left at 7 am to 50F at 8 am, and it's not yet raining, so yay! Yesterday's snow is now wet pavement and/or slush which made for some challenging footing. My hip flexor was not at all a fan of the slick crap so I had to stop at 6 miles instead of running my planned 8. But a running group friend who moved to Ohio was back in town so it was really lovely to see her and get coffee afterwards!
Winter/Spring 2017 Races:
1/8/17: NYCRUNS Cocoa Classic 10 mile
2/18/17: FebApple Frozen 50 - 10 mile option
3/12/17: E. Murray Todd HM
3/18/17: Looney Leprechaun 10k (trail)
3/26/17: Philly Love Run HM
4/1/17: NJ Ultra Fest HM (trail, maybe)
4/9/17: Rutgers UNITE HM (maybe)
5/14/17: Delaware Marathon Running Festival HM
5/21 or 5/28: Cleveland or Vermont City Marathons (maybe)
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Missed a lot staying off the internet yesterday!
I meant to do 10 miles this morning but it was the first real cold day here (39 when I left) and it was a shock to m asthmatic lungs. I got in 3.4 before I gave up. I used my Headsweats ultra band to cover my nose and mouth but the issue was my chest. The spot between the top of my sports bra and the neck of my t-shirt. I didn't wear my vest but I think that will help. I've been back for like an hour and my lungs are still burning a bit.
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@orphia - wow, beautiful pictures! Love that motorcycle Santa too. I had the same problem when I started my streak. I was supposed to start it on Thanksgiving, but there was perfect running weather for several days prior... so I just kept going.
@mobycarp - love all your pictures and the trophies!!! So cute! Charlie Brown!!! I am a Snoopy lover myself.
Yesterday I felt sore in so many places. Knee, lower back and on and on. Started thinking I guess I've overdone it (no, not me!) Then I woke up around 2am and felt a really bad sore throat -- like that kind you get the day before you get a cold. So when the alarm went off at 6:30 to get ready for bike ride, I thought I'd be telling my husband... can't do it. However, I got up and it was so weird. I was completely fine. Throat, back, knee, etc. On the bike ride and run I was fine. Both bike ride and run were very slow so maybe that helped. We were just chatting and having a great time.
Reading about you all running in negative temps... I guess I am lucky after all. Until May-October are here.
12/1 - 3.2 miles
12/2 - 1.5 miles
12/3 - 45 miles biking + 1 mile run
12/4 - 27 miles biking + 1 mile run
12/5 - 4 miles
12/6 - 4 miles
12/7 - 1 mile on treadmill for streak (after strength training)
12/8 - 4.47 miles
12/9 - 1 mile on treadmill for streak (after strength training)
12/10 - 77 miles bike and 1 mile run for streak!
12/11 - 27 miles biking and 1 mile run for streak
12/12 - 4 miles
12/13 - 5 miles
12/14 - 2.1 miles - day 21 streak + strength training
12/15 - 4.5 miles
12/16 - 1.5 miles
12/17 = 44 miles biking + 1 mile run (streak)
12/18 - 27 miles biking + 1 mile run (streak)
Upcoming races
2/5/17 - Daytona Beach HM
2/26/17 - Disney Princess HM Orlando
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