January 2017 Running Challenge
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@skippygirlsmom Cute pics! We had similar weather. 12 with -2 windchill Friday morning, then 72 on Wednesday
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midwesterner85 wrote: »I'm going to update my ticker tonight when I get home, but wanted to say that I did a trail run today to scope out the park where that challenging run is on 4/1. I now definitely believe it is difficult. There was a lot more walking than running and I'm sure I did not follow the exact course of the run (I didn't, but there are a lot of trails near each other, so that was tough).
I am convinced I can't do the half now. But I still think I can do the 12K. It won't be easy and my time won't exactly be that great, but I still want to shoot for it.
Only one way to find out! In my training runs, no way I was convinced I could do the race. But come race day I always surprised and impressed myself.
Getting to the starting line and finishing the race (or best effort) is a win!
Definitely agree!
@Orphia -Do you have any idea how cool those kangaroo pictures are to those of us outside of Australia???? #speechless
@MobyCarp - Thanks so much for the helpful insight! I knew you guys would help put things in perspective for me. Oh, and congrats on the great race today!2 -
midwesterner85 wrote: »I'm going to update my ticker tonight when I get home, but wanted to say that I did a trail run today to scope out the park where that challenging run is on 4/1. I now definitely believe it is difficult. There was a lot more walking than running and I'm sure I did not follow the exact course of the run (I didn't, but there are a lot of trails near each other, so that was tough).
I am convinced I can't do the half now. But I still think I can do the 12K. It won't be easy and my time won't exactly be that great, but I still want to shoot for it.
Only one way to find out! In my training runs, no way I was convinced I could do the race. But come race day I always surprised and impressed myself.
Getting to the starting line and finishing the race (or best effort) is a win!
I can finish the 12K. I did more than the race distance today in the same terrain in half the cut-off time. If I kept the same pace, I could do the half in about 1 hr. less than the cut-off time. But I'm not sure I can do the distance of the half in that terrain. The possibility of a DNF is too scary for me, so I'll do the 12K. I just don't want to be last, and I'm going to continue training.2 -
@RunsOnEspresso Oh, well that's just...really strange lol.RunsOnEspresso wrote: »@RunsOnEspresso Have you tried Spot Hero or a similar app? It allows you to purchase parking fare and guarantees you a spot in a lot ahead of time. In 2014, we took the train into Chicago for the Chicago Marathon. as advised. After the long walk back to the train station and almost passing out on the train back due to standing room only, we tried out Spot Hero the next year and it worked great! Have used it since then.
Oh, all the paid lots were completely empty. They literally blocked them off so no one could park in them. You couldn't get to other lots because all the streets were closed due to the run.
I had planned to park in my work garage because I should have had access to it according to what streets they said would be closed but they had more streets closed than they said online or in the emails. It was just a really weird situation.
@katharmonic Sounds like the race was quite a mess but great job sticking it out!
@Orphia So cool to see kangaroos in the wild on your run! Is that pretty common or does it just depend on the area?
@MobyCarp As always, very nice race. Congrats!
@9voice9 Congrats on the PR!
@skippygirlsmom Great pic! Jealous of the 70 degree weather, however it's supposed to be back up in the 40s and 50s next week here, so not too bad.
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@hootmom109 Come over to the January 2017 Challenge.0
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January Mile totals
1/1 rest. Colds suck
1/2- 5.23
1/3- 4.03
1/4- 4.01
1/5- 5.0
1/6- 4.0
1/7- Rest calf/achilles pain
1/8- recovery from calf/achilles pain
1/9- rest/recovery from calf/achilles pain
1/10- 2.01 YAY!
1/11-Rest, want to be careful before PT clearance
1/12- Rest- Saw PT, got clearance to run!
1/13- 4.02-first run after cleared
1/14- 6.11 test run-can I run a normal training distance? Yes, yes I can.
Total: 34.41
Monthly goal: stay healthy and continue base building to start marathon training at the end of the month.
Nominal mileage goal: 70 (revised down after injury).
Today's notes: After wife was home from her 8 hour OT shift, and little man was in bed, I finally got my run in for the day. Got in 6.11 miles at 9:43 pace, which was too fast but that's partially because I wanted to see how my calf/Achilles would take it. I'm happy to report that I felt fine the whole run.
Side note 1. Roads the last few days haven't been great, so I decided to wear my trail shoes today. This proved to be an interesting experience because they are both my heaviest, and lowest drop shoes. I could feel the drop difference effecting my running, and I'm now tempted to get a pair of road shoes with the lower drop, not for every day type running, but to do like short 3 milers in, just to get the benefit of running with less underfoot.
Side note 2. I was using this run to gauge how I felt, and to decide if I wanted to start marathon training 2 weeks early. I felt good enough that I'm now confident in starting "formal training" on Monday, knowing that the 2 week "cushion" it provides me for completing the training plan will give me the ability to either make up for lost time because of life happening or, ideally, give me an additional 2 weeks so I can add a 22 miler, and a third week of taper.
So, in the words of Bender, I'm back baby!5 -
@juliet3455 We have my inlaws in from Calgary during the CW for my middle girls' 3rd birthday or I totally would. I want to go to GP already!
So today was a good day. Tomorrow marks one month since my appendix tried to murder me (lol), so tonight I did my HM length in 2:04:34. Slower than I wanted but I'll take it given that my surgeon told me *maybe* I'd be able to run by six weeks post op...in intervals...maybe for 10 or 15 minutes. Our post op check on the 27th will be fun lol
January 1- Travel Day
January 2- 8.1km
January 3- 8.1km
January 4- 8.1km
January 5- Rest Day
January 6- 10km
January 7- 15.1km
January 8- 6km
January 9- HIIT Day
January 10- 10.1km
January 11- Rest Day
January 12- 10.1km
January 13- 7.1k
January 14- 21.1km
103.8/160km
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Date,,,,,,,,,,Miles,,,,,,,,,,Total
1/1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2.0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2.0
2/1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2.3,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,4.3
3/1,,,,,,,,,,,,,Rest,,,,,,,,,,,,,,4.3
4/1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2.3,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,6.6
5/1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2.6,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,9.2
6/1,,,,,,,,,,,,,Rest,,,,,,,,,,,,,,9.2
7/1,,,,,,,,,,,,,Rest,,,,,,,,,,,,,,9.2
8/1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2.6,,,,,,,,,,,,,,11.8
9/1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2.9,,,,,,,,,,,,,,14.7
10/1,,,,,,,,,,Rest,,,,,,,,,,,,,14.7
11/1,,,,,,,,,,,,3.0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,17.7
12/1,,,,,,,,,,,,2.3,,,,,,,,,,,,,,20.0
13/1,,,,,,,,,,Rest,,,,,,,,,,,,,20.0
14/1,,,,,,,,,,Rest,,,,,,,,,,,,,20.0
15/1,,,,,,,,,,,,3.4,,,,,,,,,,,,,,23.4![exercise.png[\img]](https://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/wg0CHq8/exercise.png[\img])
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@JessicaMcB awesome come back and great race!1
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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
01/12/17 :::: 3.5 :::: 38.2
01/13/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 38.2
01/14/17 :::: 3.4 :::: 41.6
01/15/17 :::: 5.5 :::: 47.2
Long run today cut a bit shorter than intended. My running buddy cancelled on me due to a stomach bug but I was already getting ready so I took Stella out with me. I thought I might do a loop with her and then bring her back and continue on my own. She was doing pretty well though so we just kept at it and ended up doing a little over an hour, which is her longest run yet. She's wiped out now and so am I! After yesterday's trail run my legs didn't have more in them any way.4 -
@katharmonic nice run with Stella! I have no doubt that you're legs are trashed after yesterday's run. Getting that run in today was awesome. Great job!0
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Date Miles MTD ------ ----- ------- Jan 02 6.5 6.5 Jan 07 4.3 10.8 Jan 09 4.3T 15.1 Jan 12 6.1T 21.2 Jan 14 7.5 28.7 Jan 15 6.6 35.3
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Nice going @vandinem1
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It's 15 Jan already, a little bit behind goal from all this snow that made it hard for me to get runs in but so far so good
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
January 12- 7.0 km
January 13- 7.0+7.4 km
January 14- 10.0 km
January 15- 13.1+6.1
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »
8 inches of snow on his doorstep, but it doesn't even reach his ankles in the photo. I love my treadmill, but I'm not a track star - so what do I know?1 -
skippygirlsmom wrote: »
If I had easy access to a track I might do thr same thing. PT thinks the treadmill was the cause of my calf/achilles issues2 -
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Thanks @MNLittleFinn , it's been a crazy week (potty training the middle kid
). Really hoping that by marathon time my times are a lot better because I've stayed consistent. Rest Day today though haha! 0 -
JessicaMcB wrote: »Thanks @MNLittleFinn , it's been a crazy week (potty training the middle kid ). Really hoping that by marathon time my times are a lot better because I've stayed consistent. Rest Day today though haha!
You'll do great. I'm just hoping to finish when my marathon comes around.0 -
Hi all!
Went for a 15k today but burst wind was so strong and I was so unprepared (clothing failure) so I only did the warm-up, 1.6k and left home. I made 12.2k elliptical and 20 min dumbbell HIIT exercise but those don't count here right? Right!
Aim: 100k
8/1: 5.7K
12/1: 2.6k
14/1: 10.4k
15/1: 1.6k
20.3/100k
Stay free of injuries!1 -
Argh! The urge to to run is strong. It's 30°f and sunny. If I was on plan, today would be a 3 mile day. But plan technically starts tomorrow, and I told myself I'd take it easy today. This stinks.0
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@MNLittleFinn Go for a walk then, active recovery is better2
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AdrianChr92 wrote: »@MNLittleFinn Go for a walk then, active recovery is better
yeah....did that this morning....LOL, may have to take another. Drank too much coffee and now have too much energy0 -
Jan 1 - Nap
Jan 2 - Nap/4 mile run/.8 walk/ 20 min strength
Jan 3 - nothing really
Jan 4 - uh....
Jan 5 - 30 min walk
Jan 6 - 2.9 mile freezing cold run, 10 min hip workout
Jan 7 - 3.1 mile run
Jan 10 - 1 mile (asthma issues)
Jan 11 - nope
Jan 12 - work&travel day
Jan 13 - travel day
Jan 14 - 3.5 miles treadmill run (intervals switching been 5mph and 6mph)
Jan 15 - 5 miles treadmill run (pyramid working from 5mph to 7mph and back down)
Goal: Run 50 miles I guess? 19.5 done.2 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »JessicaMcB wrote: »Thanks @MNLittleFinn , it's been a crazy week (potty training the middle kid ). Really hoping that by marathon time my times are a lot better because I've stayed consistent. Rest Day today though haha!
You'll do great. I'm just hoping to finish when my marathon comes around.
You absolutely will finish it- you are training smart! I really want a good time at Banff because the race honestly means more to me than the 90lb loss- it is 100% something I never would have even thought about doing a year ago...or ever. Banff is about change
. My super secret hope is that I just might be able to train myself down to a Boston qualifying time. Very unlikely obviously but goals never killed anyone...hopefully 
I feel you on the desire to run today btw. If I hadn't promised my husband I wouldn't I'd do a 10k easy today since my legs aren't feeling yesterday at all. Maybe a 9 or 10PM run when he's gone to bed if I'm still feeling it. He's gone all week anyway so I'm relegated to late night runs for a while1 -
JessicaMcB wrote: »You absolutely will finish it- you are training smart! I really want a good time at Banff because the race honestly means more to me than the 90lb loss- it is 100% something I never would have even thought about doing a year ago...or ever. Banff is about change . My super secret hope is that I just might be able to train myself down to a Boston qualifying time. Very unlikely obviously but goals never killed anyone...hopefully
I feel you on the desire to run today btw. If I hadn't promised my husband I wouldn't I'd do a 10k easy today since my legs aren't feeling yesterday at all. Maybe a 9 or 10PM run when he's gone to bed if I'm still feeling it. He's gone all week anyway so I'm relegated to late night runs for a while
The fact that it's even in the realm of possibility for you makes you a fantastic runner. Being in that position on top of a 90# loss is simply amazing. Secretly, I do have a time goal for my marathon (about an hour slower than your BQ goal), but I'm so far out that I don't want to jinx anything by believing I could do it. Keep up the training and you'll make your goal. The hard work will totally pay off!
If it weren't for the fact that I'm 90% of the time a morning runner, I'd head out for a run after wife and little man are asleep tonight, but 0430 comes far too soon, and I have 5 miles to get in to start "real" training!
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