January 2017 Running Challenge
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I'm still on a running hiatus due to home project commitments. I think I can get that project done tonight, hopefully with some time to spare for a run.
I have my Wisconsin weekend run picked out. I'm going to intercept the Ice Age Trail about 35 minutes west of Milwaukee and run as long as my schedule allows...hoping for 10 miles, minimum. If we go on Saturday I'll bring my headlamp and try to get my 20 mile run in. I'm excited to run some new territory. So far neither my wife nor son have figured out that the reason I want to leave so early is so I can fit in a run and still avoid an overnight stay.
You are so funny Lenny.
@Orphia Congratulations on your big interview. I had to read it on my phone since work is blocking the jpeg.0 -
Ok, my plan calls for 30 minutes tonight. I am going to attempt it and take it VERY easy. HAH I am only take cough medicine at night to help me get through the night without coughing and I am not blowing my nose every other minute anymore. Energy level is back to normal (worked all day yesterday, picked up stuff from Target AND went grocery shopping without any fatigue!) Oh, and my appetite is back. I am hungry approximately every 5 minutes again.
For now I am telling myself I am running 26 point freaking 2 on Sunday. We shall see how tonight goes.
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RunsOnEspresso wrote: »Ok, my plan calls for 30 minutes tonight. I am going to attempt it and take it VERY easy. HAH I am only take cough medicine at night to help me get through the night without coughing and I am not blowing my nose every other minute anymore. Energy level is back to normal (worked all day yesterday, picked up stuff from Target AND went grocery shopping without any fatigue!) Oh, and my appetite is back. I am hungry approximately every 5 minutes again.
For now I am telling myself I am running 26 point freaking 2 on Sunday. We shall see how tonight goes.
Glad you're feeling better and hoping your recovery progresses. Being sick is not fun, especially so close to an important event like a marathon. Best wishes to you.2 -
RunsOnEspresso wrote: »Ok, my plan calls for 30 minutes tonight. I am going to attempt it and take it VERY easy. HAH I am only take cough medicine at night to help me get through the night without coughing and I am not blowing my nose every other minute anymore. Energy level is back to normal (worked all day yesterday, picked up stuff from Target AND went grocery shopping without any fatigue!) Oh, and my appetite is back. I am hungry approximately every 5 minutes again.
For now I am telling myself I am running 26 point freaking 2 on Sunday. We shall see how tonight goes.
Glad you are feeling better. I would do a short run tonight and plan taking tomorrow off to recover just in case anything in lingering. Then maybe a short run on Friday and a shakeout mile or two on Saturday if you are feeling well. Good luck!!!!1 -
January Running challenge
Goal: 50 km
Ran: 14.4 km/50 km
11/1/17 6.4 km
5/1/17 5 km
3/1/17 3 km2 -
For those who have gone to PT before, is there anything I should know? I wasn't asked to bring anything with, but I was thinking about bring shorts to wear, and packing one of my pairs of running shoes, just in case.1
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Ugh! Forecast is calling for freezing rain and ice on Saturday AND Sunday. 16 miles on the schedule. Has anyone done that on a treadmill? Tips on how to cope? I generally listen to music. I have a TV in my basement, but it's offset from my treadmill and kind of hard to watch while running. I have not tried to hook my Kindle into the treadmill. I know for certain I can't read while running. I am not sure about movies on the Kindle.0
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lporter229 wrote: »Ugh! Forecast is calling for freezing rain and ice on Saturday AND Sunday. 16 miles on the schedule. Has anyone done that on a treadmill? Tips on how to cope? I generally listen to music. I have a TV in my basement, but it's offset from my treadmill and kind of hard to watch while running. I have not tried to hook my Kindle into the treadmill. I know for certain I can't read while running. I am not sure about movies on the Kindle.
I have never gone that far on the TM, but when I go longer, I find varying pace really helps, like make switches every 0.5-1 mile go as fast as HMP for like a half a mile, then switch back to E, then go GMP, something like that, to occupy your mind maybe?1 -
@MNLittleFinn - That is how I generally make it through a treadmill run, but I am trying to avoid anything faster than MP+10 seconds for my long run this early on in my training. I can vary the speed, but it won't be much variance. LOL0
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lporter229 wrote: »@MNLittleFinn - That is how I generally make it through a treadmill run, but I am trying to avoid anything faster than MP+10 seconds for my long run this early on in my training. I can vary the speed, but it won't be much variance. LOL
maybe set the incline to 10% for a half a mile and slow down. Making hard hills then going to 0% elevation worked well for practicing going up and down hills.1 -
lporter229 wrote: »RunsOnEspresso wrote: »Ok, my plan calls for 30 minutes tonight. I am going to attempt it and take it VERY easy. HAH I am only take cough medicine at night to help me get through the night without coughing and I am not blowing my nose every other minute anymore. Energy level is back to normal (worked all day yesterday, picked up stuff from Target AND went grocery shopping without any fatigue!) Oh, and my appetite is back. I am hungry approximately every 5 minutes again.
For now I am telling myself I am running 26 point freaking 2 on Sunday. We shall see how tonight goes.
Glad you are feeling better. I would do a short run tonight and plan taking tomorrow off to recover just in case anything in lingering. Then maybe a short run on Friday and a shakeout mile or two on Saturday if you are feeling well. Good luck!!!!
That is pretty much my plan!lporter229 wrote: »Ugh! Forecast is calling for freezing rain and ice on Saturday AND Sunday. 16 miles on the schedule. Has anyone done that on a treadmill? Tips on how to cope? I generally listen to music. I have a TV in my basement, but it's offset from my treadmill and kind of hard to watch while running. I have not tried to hook my Kindle into the treadmill. I know for certain I can't read while running. I am not sure about movies on the Kindle.
Although I didn't go long, I watched Netflix on my phone when I used my parents treadmill over Christmas. I tried music at first but after years of no treadmill I needed the distraction of netflix. It was much easier once I swtiched over.0 -
@greenolivetree I'm glad I'm in good company. I try to keep things hidden but they randomly pop out.
1/4-2.48
1/5-2.39 miles & Pilates
1/6-Pilates
1/7-Rest day
1/8-Pilates
1/9-Pilates & 2.5 miles on the treadmill
1/10-Pilates
1/11-Pilates & 2.87 miles outside(no knee pain but it was a challenge. I burn so bad)
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@lporter229 You might try an Audio Book. They are much longer than a movie and they keep us entertained on long road trips. I did 10 miles on a Zero Runner and 11 miles (1hr, 45 minutes) on an elliptical back when I was dealing with my hamstring strain. It was very tough, mentally. I just listened to music, but could have used something else. I was at the gym and wasn't sure how well Netflix would work on their WiFi.1
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@MNLittleFinn yes. Wear shorts or loose pants. There's likely to be an exam and exercises. If your lucky, massage! Hot packs! TENs! Haha!0
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »For those who have gone to PT before, is there anything I should know? I wasn't asked to bring anything with, but I was thinking about bring shorts to wear, and packing one of my pairs of running shoes, just in case.
I just wear what I would to exercise in. Gym shoes, shorts/leggings, dry fit tee or tank. On my 1st visit, they had me run and did various things to determine where my pain was. Then my therapist did a hamstring rub down and this thing to help with hip flexor mobility, assigned me with exercises and showed me how to do them.0 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »For those who have gone to PT before, is there anything I should know? I wasn't asked to bring anything with, but I was thinking about bring shorts to wear, and packing one of my pairs of running shoes, just in case.
@MNlittleFinn I usually wear running capris only because for my therapy there was a lot of leg in the air and him twisting and laying on me. I didn't want anything to show
I wore old running shoes, though most of the time I had my shoes off, but it's good to have them. Just be comfortable that is a main thing. 0 -
This weather. Wind gusts of 40mph. And 70F! It's nuts. Less than a week ago it was 12F with a windchill of -2.
We've decided we have to leave 2 days early to beat a stupid ice storm going through Missouri, so more days coming in a hotel. Hopefully Fri/Sat I can get on the treadmill - maybe even Sunday. Oh! I should bring my Enduracool towel this time! That would be so much better than those thick, rough, white hand towels they have in the fitness center. Maybe help with the cooling situation since I was so hot in there last time.
Once my husband has surgery Monday, I don't know how much time I'll spend at the hotel vs. hospital. I have a hard time leaving him there
But if I go to the hotel for a shower and free breakfast, I might as well run, right? LOL We'll see how that goes.
@MNLittleFinn Wear some boxer briefs under your shorts
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@MNLittleFinn - I concur with the others on what to wear. First time to PT, I got a description of what to wear - comfortable clothes that you could work out in, essentially. If you dress like you're going to the gym for a not particularly strenuous workout, you'll be about right. In the winter, I'd wear warmup pants over my shorts and take them off before doing any of the assigned exercises in the PT's office. Then put them back on for the drive home.0
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01/01/17 - 5 miles
01/02/17 - 5 miles
01/03/17 - 3 miles
01/05/17 - 6 miles
01/07/17 - 10 miles
01/08/17 - 3.25 miles
01/10/17 - 6 miles
01/11/17 - 5.5 miles
I am sick. My husband has been sick for the past 2 weeks, so it's about time I caught it, too. Whatever this bug is, it manifested as bronchitis for him, and seems to be an ears and sinus thing for me. He's been to the doctor, and they said it's probably viral, so no antibiotics - so I probably won't go to the doctor at all, either. Funny enough, I felt REALLY GOOD while I was running, even though I was miserable at work. Weird.louubelle16 wrote: »@autumnblade75 When I run with a sinus-based cold, I feel loads better after too. It clears the system out!
I wasn't surprised to feel better afterwards, but it was jarring to realize how good I felt DURING my run. So, of course I did it again, today.
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Date.......Distance
January 1 - 12.1 km
January 2 - 7.0 km
January 3 - 12.9+5.3 km
January 4 - 11.5 km
January 5 - 7.0 km
January 6 - 3.8 km
January 7 - 9.45 km
January 8 - 9.8+6.0 km
January 9 - 5.2 km
January 10- 10.0+6.0 km
January 11- 8.0 km
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lporter229 wrote: »Ugh! Forecast is calling for freezing rain and ice on Saturday AND Sunday. 16 miles on the schedule. Has anyone done that on a treadmill? Tips on how to cope? I generally listen to music. I have a TV in my basement, but it's offset from my treadmill and kind of hard to watch while running. I have not tried to hook my Kindle into the treadmill. I know for certain I can't read while running. I am not sure about movies on the Kindle.
I'm good for up to 18 miles on the treadmill. That's pretty much my limit running. That marathon I completed? Yeah, the last 8 miles were not what I would call running. And I pretty much stare down the timer the whole time, too. I play with the buttons at the 30 second marks - tap the speed up by 0.1, then back down, or maybe tap an incline button. I use Zombies, Run! for shorter runs, too. The TV is a little bit offset from my treadmill, too. It makes me run a little to the left when I try to watch TV. I'm pretty sure I was watching a zombie movie during my last 18 miler on the treadmill, too. There might be a theme to my running habits...
Yeah - it's in my NetFlix "Watch it Again" list - "Kill Zombie!" I have an ...unrefined taste in movies. It kept me entertained. But I'm not sure I'd go so far as to recommend it.0 -
I have my Wisconsin weekend run picked out. I'm going to intercept the Ice Age Trail about 35 minutes west of Milwaukee and run as long as my schedule allows...hoping for 10 miles, minimum. If we go on Saturday I'll bring my headlamp and try to get my 20 mile run in. I'm excited to run some new territory. So far neither my wife nor son have figured out that the reason I want to leave so early is so I can fit in a run and still avoid an overnight stay.
@7lenny7 If the weather is good (for WI in January), you should try and catch that trail north of Milwaukee in the Holy Hill area. Maybe you can see the Goat Man of Hogsback Rd!! Lol! 0 -
lporter229 wrote: »Ugh! Forecast is calling for freezing rain and ice on Saturday AND Sunday. 16 miles on the schedule. Has anyone done that on a treadmill? Tips on how to cope? I generally listen to music. I have a TV in my basement, but it's offset from my treadmill and kind of hard to watch while running. I have not tried to hook my Kindle into the treadmill. I know for certain I can't read while running. I am not sure about movies on the Kindle.
If you are planning on 16 miles on a treadmill, my first thought was a .357 Magnum. In case after mile 5 it wasn't going so well.
Jokes aside, the most I ever did on a TM was I believe 6 miles (only once). What made it not so dreaded as I thought it would have been was that I made it a progression run. Started out somewhat slow and every half mile made it go .2 MPH faster.
When I first started running, I almost exclusively did the treadmill and ran with music. I had My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Fall Out Boy) & Thunderstruck (AC-DC) on repeat to help me get through the first set of miles.
Last week while I was on travel, I had the rare occasion of using the hotel treadmill after the "Snowmageddon 2017" hit the South. It would have been a perfect time to test out screw shoes, except that I wasn't home. I was on travel and didn't have what I needed to make screw shoes (including retired shoes). So I opted for the treadmill and made it through 5K while watching Fox news.
I am not sure if much of this is of help to you tho.4 -
1/1-1/3 - sick
1/4 - 3.1 miles and yoga
1/5 - circuit training and yoga
1/6 - 3.5 miles
1/7 - rest
1/8 - yoga
1/9 - 3.2 miles and yoga
1/10 - 40 min stationary bike, weight machines
1/11 - 3.2 miles
13 miles / 40 miles (32% of goal)
We'll if we get this ice tomorrow night I probably won't run on friday. Guess we'll see what happens!1 -
I am not "planning" to do 16 miles on the treadmill, I am just worried that it may be my only option! I will do whatever I can to avoid it though. I know there are worse types of torture, but I can't really come up with many at the moment. However, I just not realized that I am off on Monday for MLK day, so I could always do it then too. Sounds like a MUCH better plan B!2
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lporter229 wrote: »I am not "planning" to do 16 miles on the treadmill, I am just worried that it may be my only option! I will do whatever I can to avoid it though. I know there are worse types of torture, but I can't really come up with many at the moment. However, I just not realized that I am off on Monday for MLK day, so I could always do it then too. Sounds like a MUCH better plan B!
That sounds MUCH better!0 -
lporter229 wrote: »I am not "planning" to do 16 miles on the treadmill, I am just worried that it may be my only option! I will do whatever I can to avoid it though. I know there are worse types of torture, but I can't really come up with many at the moment. However, I just not realized that I am off on Monday for MLK day, so I could always do it then too. Sounds like a MUCH better plan B!
Yes...I'd change my plan to MLK Day!!0 -
Date :::: Miles:::: Jan MTD (goal = 70)
01/01/17 :::: 4.3 :::: 4.3
01/02/17 :::: 2.9 :::: 7.1
01/03/17 :::: 3.1 :::: 10.3
01/04/17 :::: 3.6 :::: 13.9
01/05/17 :::: 3.3 :::: 17.2
01/06/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 17.2
01/07/17 :::: 6.9 :::: 24.2
01/08/17 :::: 2.5 :::: 26.7
01/09/17 :::: 2.8 :::: 29.5
01/10/17 :::: 2.5 :::: 32.1
01/11/17 :::: 2.6 :::: 34.7
Overnight we had freezing rain and high winds, so this morning everything was coated with a sheet of ice and all kinds of debris. I took Stella for a hike and the trail was just littered with branches and crunchy coated. It was beautiful how shiny everything was. It wasn't that bad to walk with my yak trax on because the icy later was thin. We went downhill in one part though that was shiny smooth and Stella was racing after the ice chunks that skittered across every time I took a step. She was wiping out all over the place and having a ball. So funny.
Anyway, the sun came out and it warmed up to be a spring like day. I took Stella for a run after work and it was okay on the streets but some sidewalks are still slushy. So many other dogs out that it was a like an obstacle course and a workout for my arms to keep Stella on track.
I think I can officially rule out the possibility of snowshoes for my 5k race this weekend.0 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »For those who have gone to PT before, is there anything I should know? I wasn't asked to bring anything with, but I was thinking about bring shorts to wear, and packing one of my pairs of running shoes, just in case.
Definitely shorts. They'll want to SEE your muscles and the way your body moves. Anything too loose fitting and they won't be able to make a decent assessment. (I wasn't given instructions on what to wear and it was a mistake).0 -
Thanks! I'll plan to bring a pair of shorts to work and put them on before the drive to the clinic....-15F temps be damned.girlinahat wrote: »Definitely shorts. They'll want to SEE your muscles and the way your body moves. Anything too loose fitting and they won't be able to make a decent assessment. (I wasn't given instructions on what to wear and it was a mistake).
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