December 2016 Running Challenge

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  • Ohhim
    Ohhim Posts: 1,142 Member
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    Got in a few runs while visiting family (including one with the niece today), so made it over my "run the year" goal yesterday.

    Eating way too much w. family this week, so I won't be crushing my half marathon relay planned for the 7th, but ok with that. Likely going to try for an April marathon to give me time to get back into PR weight shape as I think I can finally squeak under the 3 hour mark if I can get down to 150lb for the start of a race and it'll take a few months to safely get to that number.

    12/2 - 7 miles
    12/3 - 5 miles
    12/4 - 4 miles (warmup + 5K race)
    12/6 - 7 miles
    12/7 - 4 miles
    12/10 - 15 miles
    12/11 - 3 miles
    12/12 - 5.5 miles
    12/14 - 7.5 miles
    12/16 - 7 miles
    12/17 - 8.5 mil
    12/18 - 7 miles
    12/19 - 5.5 miles (Monday night intervals @ 5:50 pace)
    12/21 - 4 miles
    12/23 - 10 miles
    12/25 - 10 miles
    12/27 - 5 miles
    12/29 - 8.5 miles
    12/30 - 3 miles

    Total: 126.5 miles
    Goal: 180 miles
    Remaining: 53.5 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 (1:40:14 HM)
    Pittsburgh Marathon - May 1 - 3:08:25
    Ironman 70.3 Augusta - Sep 25 - 4:43:56 (1:35:30 HM)
    Chicago Marathon - Oct 9 - 3:04:57
    Ironman Florida - Nov 5 - 10:21:27 (3:38:20 marathon time)
    Chase the Dreidel 5K - Dec 4 - 18:13
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
    edited December 2016
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    Decided to end the year with a trail run tomorrow :# Hoping I can run more than 30 min because I seem to have hit a 30 min wall lately. Not been the best circumstances but once you run that short for awhile 5 miles seems overwhelming :/
  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
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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
    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 party
    12/29 3.25
    12/30 4.11

    Total: 68.75

    Ticker is my goal for 2016 and total to date:
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  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
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    Made December goal after a late start:

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  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
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    7.0 km along the River Bank in a light snow fall. So quiet with the snow muffling my steps and all vehicle traffic.
    It was a very tough run as my legs were dragging after yesterdays run where I pushed pretty hard.
    Tomorrow promises to be a challenge as it is normally our Clubs Long run day and I plan on hitting the Ski Hill after the run for a day in the new snow. Probably won't make Goal as I don't believe my legs have 17 km in them tomorrow.

    2015-12-31 Total of 638.4 km's. So in 2016 I have doubled my 2015 km's. Which explains why I retired 2 pairs of shoes this year, with 2 more mature pairs in my rotation approaching retirement.

    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
    12/29–11.0 km –23.5km –116.5 km
    12/30–7.0 km –16.5km –123.5 km – YTD 1334.0 km

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  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
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    OSUbuckeye906 wrote: »
    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.

    @OSUbuckeye906 @garygse pretty much covered everything.

    I've had mine for 2 weeks and love it.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
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    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
    20 Dec – 10.1 km
    21 Dec – 5.1 KM
    22 Dec – 7 km
    25 Dec – 12.4 km
    26 Dec – 8.1 km
    27 Dec – 10.1 km
    28 Dec – 8 km
    29 Dec – 6 km
    30 Dec – 7 km
    31 Dec – 5.1 km parkrun


    Total: 226 km

    Goals:
    Merry Fitmas Exercise Challenge: 30 minutes of exercise every day in December. DONE!

    Brooks North Pole Run Club Challenge (Strava): Run 6 hrs over 12 days from December 5 - December 16. DONE!

    New Balance Run Festive (Strava): Run 50 km from December 24 to December 31. DONE!
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,410 Member
    edited December 2016
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    @greenolivetree - so glad you are home and back to running the trails!
    @skippygirlsmom - that Skip! Wow - I am just amazed at her speed and her determination! I suspect she won't be coming in last!
    @ddmom0811 - I hope your husband is feeling back to normal and that you are still doing ok (food poisoning and not contagious!). Good job getting in that streak mile when I am sure you were tired from traveling!
    @RunTimer - love the picture looking back on the bridge! Makes me wish I was still up north to run there!
    @Elise4270 - YAY!! Congratulations on being back on the trail or road or...whatever... back running again!
    @_nikkiwolf_ - love the picture and can just imagine the effort to get over that tree with tired legs!
    @lporter229 - I was working too! Not very busy but got a bunch of training out of the way and fit in my run!
    @TattooedDolphinGirl78 - Welcome back! Hope the recovery is going well!

    If it isn't pouring tomorrow morning I will get in a good run to end the year. Otherwise I will run on Sunday morning to kick off 2017! Either way it's a win!
  • OSUbuckeye906
    OSUbuckeye906 Posts: 315 Member
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    garygse wrote: »
    OSUbuckeye906 wrote: »
    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.

    I really like the Forerunner watches; I have the 235 and love it...it does everything that I need it to do, and does it rather well. The 225 is a very similar watch, minus the Connect IQ apps and some data as far as I can tell (recovery advisor, training effect); for general running, you won't go far wrong with the 225. Not being able to use Connect IQ is no big deal as the available apps aren't that great. There are some good ones though...the Accuweather MinuteCast widget is great for predicting precipitation over the next couple of hours, and Text Watch is my all-time favourite watch face.

    The lack of an altimeter may or may not be a concern to you. As I live in the very flat Dallas area, this was no real loss, but I can imagine that it would be a more useful feature to want to have if you tend to go running in hilly areas.

    Battery life is fairly reasonable I think, with the real drain coming when using the GPS; I can usually get three good 2-hour runs in over the week before the battery's down to around 20% or so, and that's when I charge it back up for a couple of hours.

    The watch is also very comfortable...I wear it 24/7 and it's light enough for me to sleep with it on and not be bothered by it.

    The HRM is decent enough for running given the usual caveats that go with wrist-based monitors. For colder weather when I want to bundle up but still see my watch, I pair it up with a Scosche Rhythm+ armband instead so that I can wear the watch on the outside of my clothing.

    Thanks for the helpful review! I think I'll probably go ahead and order the watch sometime next week. Garmin actually has some certified refurbished (w/warranty) watches on Amazon and, because they're not brand new, they are pretty reasonably priced. I got my Forerunner 110 for dirt cheap this way 3 years ago and it still works almost as well as when I got it. So, I guess I'm not too worried about the possibility of wanting to upgrade after I've had the 225 for a little while since I won't be paying full price. Too bad they don't have all their watches available as refurbished.

    Also, I just was able to upload all my runs from the past few years to Garmin Connect tonight via my mom's computer. For some reason my computer had a problem recognizing my watch, so I've only had them stored in my watch this whole time. I was like a kid in a candy shop pouring over all the info for a few hours. I also was able to finally answer some pace and elevation questions I've always wondered about in what I like to call "The Great San Diego Marathon Catastrophe of 2014".

  • 9voice9
    9voice9 Posts: 693 Member
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    Quick note: got to run today in Tokyo. Long day (30.7 K steps and counting so far!) but we were taking a respite before heading to my birthday supper of sushi and I took a few moments for a quick 1.5 miles. I'll post a couple pics later (yes, I actually stopped to take some!) 'cause I can't figure out how to add them now on my phone.
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,138 Member
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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
    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
    31/12 3miles - YAY I made it!

    Happy New Year Everyone!





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  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    Gonna go for my last run of 2016 in about 12 hours. Decided that, since I'm going to be hungry after the run, I'll go at 2030 so I'll be done around 2230 and have time for pizza and a Not Your Father's Root beer to ring in the new year
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    @Marissaxzxzxz yay! congrats, you made it!
  • patrikc333
    patrikc333 Posts: 436 Member
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    Am I the only one that started training properly drinking and having gels and then feeling uncomfortable stopped doing that?

    I hydrate a lot before and after but not during, I bet this is considered stupid by the most but after many times of feeling sick I got used to have nothing (in normal condition, in Athens we run with 26c mid October! and I had a few sips of water after 30k just in case)

    Just curious to see if there are others that are doing similarly

    Goodbye 2016, worst year of my life. My last run was yesterday, today was cycling day, left home with 2c and sunny and when I reached my dad's house there were - 4c and was foggy, really tough

    No idea of 2017 targets, prob 40 miles running and 70 miles cycling per week during no marathon training. Will see, tomorrow I'll start with my usual 16-17 miles Sunday run, hope it won't be frozen
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    @patrikc333 if that works for you, then go with it. When I'm running, unless it's hot out, I run fasted and without hydration. That's only changing with marathon training because I know I've had fuelling issues on my shorter races and I don't want to bonk when I get to my race.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    @shanaber she wasn't last but close ha ha!!! The girl who won her division ran it in 2:17, she came in at 2:57. She came off the track and looked up and me and started to laugh. She sat down and said I have no clue what I just did, I said me neither that really sucked. She said I know she said I felt good my first 400m (which she was at like 1:17), she said I heard the bell and didn't even speed up. I said what was the deal? She said I don't know it was just like my head wasn't in run mode so I didn't. Okay easy enough. She has a lot of fun though, there were teams from Texas to North Carolina so she was meeting lots of other runners. She was chatting with a girl in her race while they were waiting and the girl told her what high school she was from, Skip said my cousin goes to school there he's a great baseball player and the girl "Josiah?" Skip was like yes yes! Small world.

    Happy New Year everyone, I wish you all the best in the coming year.

    @9voice9 happy birthday, hope you are having a great time
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
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    @patrikc333 my first race (a 7.5k) I drank as much as I could at the start of the race, and some during. I ate a big bowl of porridge about two hours before.

    I felt awful.

    Since then I have read up on the subject of hydration, particularly Tim Noakes book 'waterlogged' and can fully appreciate that the whole 'you must drink lots' can come from dubious sources. I don't buy the idea that the body fails to realise when it is dehydrated, because, evolution.

    the last 10k race I did, I had a sip of water (maybe 100ml) at the halfway point and poured the rest over my head. I also had some jelly babies. Fuelling I think is probably more important, and I am noticing that around mile 5 or coming up to an hour out, I need something to make my legs feel lighter. I guess whether that is a gel or something depends on what my digestion can cope with while I'm out.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    @kristinegift awesome!

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