January 2017 Running Challenge

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  • kellybea73
    kellybea73 Posts: 12 Member
    1/3 3.25 miles
    1/13 6 miles

  • BeeerRunner
    BeeerRunner Posts: 728 Member
    January Running Challenge:

    1/1: 19 miles
    1/2: 5 miles
    1/3: BodyPump and 30 minutes of stair stepper
    1/4: 5.8 miles of a 10 mile planned run. Cut short due to knee pain
    1/5 Unplanned rest day
    1/6 2.2 mile walk, 30 minutes elliptical, Strength: upper body and core
    1/7 8.2 miles
    1/8 20 miles
    1/9 45 minutes light strength and 45 minute walk
    1/10 15 minutes of stationary bike, 20 minutes of Elliptical, 45 minutes strength
    1/11 57 minutes of walking (3.5 miles), 52 minutes of strength
    1/12 48 minutes of stationary bike, 30 minutes of strength
    1/13 Planned rest day
    1/14 6 mile run, knee felt so much better
    1/15 12 mile run

    Goal: 76 of 170

    My knee felt almost normal during my run yesterday. I was a bit worried since this run would be on a paved trail with a few hills. I just didn't want to do the longer drive to my flat long run trail on crushed gravel. Fortunately, my knee felt even better on this run. Yay!!

    Now, I've just gotta figure out if I should pop this water blister on my big toe. It doesn't hurt, but it sure is ugly. It starts on the left side of my right big toe and extends around to the top. To pop or not to pop...that is the question!! Lol
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    @BeeerRunner It's awesome to see your knee is doing better! That was a great run!

    on the blister thing. I normally pop then cover with mole skin for a day or 2.
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    Having said that - I'm living on borrowed time. Everyone around me has been sick, with one of the worst colds and coughs I've seen in years. I'm hoping the nausea I've had the last couple of days and the lingering headache is just a migraine. Can't be many times I'd be HOPING for a migraine!!!!

    I can't tell you how many people have had bronchitis that I know. I swear it's like every other person either has it or knows someone that has it. Hopefully you just have a migraine (even though those suck too)
  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,881 Member
    @kellybea73 - welcome!
    @girlinahat - hope you don't get it. At the high school where I teach it has been so bad. So many kids/teachers sick. I've still got a cough/congestion but it's on the tail end of it ...although I've been saying that for days now.

    Going to a new trainer today. I've been with the same trainer for 2.5 years and although I really have enjoyed it (no thinking on my part - just do what he says), it is very expensive. Forget if I've said this here... but going to a bike shop that specializes in training triathletes but anyone can do it. There is a whole gym there and I can go as much as want (still will just be 2-3 times a week though). I'm going to just do the general strength training that I like from the book Younger Next Year exercise program. It seems to have kept me healthy - which is the goal of that program. Anyone over 50, if you've not read those books, I recommend them. But you can do it at any age. He says cardio 4-6 days a week and 2-3 days of strength training. This will keep you from getting those aches that old people get.

    1/1 - rest day (recovering from stomach virus)
    1/2 - 40 mile bike ride
    1/3 - 4 miles
    1/4 - 4.1 miles
    1/5 - rest day
    1/6 - 5 miles
    1/7 - 4 miles
    1/8 - 5 miles
    1/9 - 4 miles
    1/10 - 4.1
    1/11 - rest day
    1/12 - 4.1
    1/13 - 4.0
    1/14 - 34 miles biking
    1/15 - 56 miles biking - hills! felt like 100 miles
    1/16 - 4 miles + strength training

    Upcoming races
    2/5/17 - Daytona Beach HM
    2/26/17 - Disney Princess HM Orlando



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  • ashcky
    ashcky Posts: 393 Member
    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 and yoga
    1/12 - 35 min stationary bike, full body weight machines
    1/13 - yoga
    1/14 - yoga
    1/15 - yoga
    1/16 - 4.31 miles

    17.31 miles / 40 miles (43% of goal)

    It has been a bit crazy around here. Schools and daycare were closed Friday due to the impending ice storm... which never happened for our area. So we were all stir crazy! Lol Then my daughter spiked a fever and has a possible respiratory infection. We just discovered she has headlice so I've gotta check my son when he gets home and inform the daycare and school. She's currently mad at me because I had to bag up her stuffed animals. Also, tomorrow is my first day of school and I will be missing it and quite possibly the rest of the week.

    Bright side? I actually got to run outside today. 52°, a bit windy and wet but it was glorious.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    January milege
    1---0.50 walk
    2---3.47 w
    4---5.37
    6---1.39
    8---1.0
    9,10 ---nada
    11--- swam
    12-15--- nada (work gets in the way)
    16---2.93

    10.69/30 running miles
    3.97 walking miles

    Hopefully races:
    March 19th 2017 RNR Half Dallas, TX
    March 26th 2017 A2A 5k Ardmore, OK
    April 30th 2017 OKC Memorial Marathon, Half



    @BEERRUNNER I always pop them after a day or so with a sterile syringe. I like to draw out the fluid to relieve the pressure... :smiley:
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    @Elise4270 it's great to see you running again!
  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
    Another weekend down the drain.

    Saturday was a scheduled rest day after having run five days in a row. No big deal there. But I slept horribly on Saturday night which made me exhausted all day Sunday, so no running. This stupid depression is really taking its toll on me and my running. To top everything else off, I've lost my appetite almost completely so my fueling has been bad as well. No wonder I'm so exhausted.

    The psychiatrist gave me an emergency prescription to add to my regimen... unfortunately, four days into taking that one and my anxiety spiked really badly. So, had to discontinue that and now we're back to square one. My next appointment with the psych is on the 23rd. Not sure what's going to happen then, but it's obvious something has to change because my current meds just aren't cutting it anymore. The big challenge is finding something that won't aggravate my anxiety, because IMO, anxiety is even worse than depression for me.

    Man, I dunno. Everything was going pretty well for quite a while and now BOOM, everything's back to sucking.

    Anyway, I brought my gym bag with me today and I'm going to hit the gym by work later today. I haven't seen what that one's like during the after-work rush, so this is an experiment.
  • OSUbuckeye906
    OSUbuckeye906 Posts: 315 Member
    1/2: 5 miles
    1/3: 3 miles
    1/4: 4.3 miles
    1/5: 3 miles
    1/8: 60 mins swim
    1/10: 45 mins swim
    1/14: 45 mins bike
    1/15: 47 mins walk, 45 mins bike
    1/16: 45 mins swim

    I had a nice chat with a woman at the gym today who had just got done swimming laps when I was about to start. She used to be a runner as well, but had to stop when she had surgery so she took up swimming. Said she doesn't miss it one bit. I explained I just started swimming again due to a stress injury from running and miss it a lot...can't wait to get back. She then told me that I may not feel that way after swimming for awhile. Nope! No way, lady.

    @RunsOnEspresso and @HonuNui Thank you. It was a pretty scary accident and I think my car will end up being totaled, but the most important thing is that nobody was hurt.

    @Orphia Wow, that's pretty cool. It seems like seeing a kangaroo is just as common for you as seeing deer is for me...that's crazy!

    @7lenny7 Sorry that your run on Sunday was roughly the equivalent of trying to run on a slip n slide! Glad to hear you got in a good run on Saturday though.

    @BeeerRunner Great news about your knee! As for the blister, I know you're not supposed to pop them but mine always heal faster when I poke a small hole in it and drain the fluid.

    @RespectTheKitty I'm sorry you're having such a tough time. I hope they are able to do something for you at your next appointment to help.
  • banana742581
    banana742581 Posts: 26 Member
    It's been a few days since I posted my progress. Alot has been going on! I did run 5 miles on wednesday and 4.5 yesterday. I'm going out again now so will update afterwards! =]

    Ran: 14.5 out of 60 miles for January!
    Only 45.5 left! I got this!
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    Good luck @RespectTheKitty . Hope the gym is just what you need.
  • kimlight2
    kimlight2 Posts: 483 Member
    Missed my run yesterday but made it up today with a total of 5 miles. Did 2 miles easy, 1 mile is strides and 2 more miles easy. I struggled a little with the last 2 so I think next time I will do 3, 1 and 1. It was my first time doing strides and it was fun. I tried to focus on faster turn overs and keeping good form. I try to run 3 days a week now but I think I need to add a fourth day before my long runs get over 6 miles.


    Date. Run. MTD
    1/2 - 2 miles - 2 miles
    1/4 - 4 miles - 6 miles
    1/7 - 3.6 miles - 9.6 miles
    1/13- 2.5 miles - 12.1 miles
    1/16- 5.0 miles - 17.1 miles

    5/21 Cleveland Marathon Half
    6/11 Run and Ride Cedar Point Half (back up plan) otherwise...
    6/10-11 Run and Ride Cedar Point 5k and 10k
  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
    I've also been thinking a little, which is never a good thing. :persevere:

    I've been getting a little bored with treadmill running, so I was thinking about saving up a little money to get a couple of personal training sessions so I can learn how to strength train better. Right now, the idea of strength training makes me want to run away screaming, but maybe if the trainer can show me some things that I like to do, it won't be such a chore. Then I could mix up my workouts a bit until it's time to log some outdoor miles.

    Does anyone here know of a good beginner's strength program that I might check out?
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    RespectTheKitty wrote: »
    I've also been thinking a little, which is never a good thing. :persevere:

    I've been getting a little bored with treadmill running, so I was thinking about saving up a little money to get a couple of personal training sessions so I can learn how to strength train better. Right now, the idea of strength training makes me want to run away screaming, but maybe if the trainer can show me some things that I like to do, it won't be such a chore. Then I could mix up my workouts a bit until it's time to log some outdoor miles.

    Does anyone here know of a good beginner's strength program that I might check out?

    I did new rules of lifting for women for awhile. It's a book you can find on Amazon. Strong curves is another book based program but I haven't tried it yet. I've also done you are your own gym (app) which is all body weight stuff. I prefer lifting heavy stuff + body weight over just body weight.

    I am currently doing jessie's girls home edition (ebook but comes with access to a facebook group/jessie hilgenberg - shes a competitor). It's a bit more expensive than the options above.
  • BeeerRunner
    BeeerRunner Posts: 728 Member
    RespectTheKitty wrote: »
    I've also been thinking a little, which is never a good thing. :persevere:

    I've been getting a little bored with treadmill running, so I was thinking about saving up a little money to get a couple of personal training sessions so I can learn how to strength train better. Right now, the idea of strength training makes me want to run away screaming, but maybe if the trainer can show me some things that I like to do, it won't be such a chore. Then I could mix up my workouts a bit until it's time to log some outdoor miles.

    Does anyone here know of a good beginner's strength program that I might check out?

    Not sure if your gym offers BodyPump classes, but I like them a lot. It's a full body workout using primarily barbells, sometimes hand weights or plates. With this class, it's also about endurance so you aren't doing super heavy lifting. Therefore, I like this class in support of running. Just start out light and work your way up.
  • tdbernrd
    tdbernrd Posts: 510 Member
    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)
    1/12-Pilates
    1/13-unintended rest day
    1/14-Rest
    1/15-Rest
    1/16-2.6 miles outside


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  • NikolaosKey
    NikolaosKey Posts: 410 Member
    Hi all!

    Treadmill run at he gym today.

    Aim: 100k

    8/1: 5.7K
    12/1: 2.6k
    14/1: 10.4k
    15/1: 1.6k
    16/1: 5k

    25.3/100k

    Stay free of injuries!
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    louubelle16 wrote: »
    Treadmill run with a killer fast finish today, which gave me a fix for a fast run without actually doing one. Marathon training is boring and repetitive without any speedwork! I ran my fastest ever 1km at the end though and it felt great. I even enjoyed my cross training today, which I normally dread.

    January Running Challenge
    Great job today! What's the plan you're doing for your marathon training?
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    January Running Totals (miles)
    1/1 – 10.39 warmup, 7.5 mile race, cool down
    1/2 – 2.12 easy cross country
    1/3 – 8.58 warmup, tempo intervals
    1/4 – 5.01 easy
    1/5 – 5.99 warmup, speed work, cool down
    1/6 – rest day
    1/7 – 16.59 warmup + Winter Warrior Half Marathon
    1/8 – 7.62 easy on indoor track
    1/9 – 6.51 easy
    1/10 – 6.02 warmup + MP
    1/11 – 6.20 mostly easy
    1/12 – 9.01 warm up, speed work, cool down
    1/13 – rest day
    1/14 – 15.88 warm up, 5 mile race, post-race easy run
    1/15 – 10.06 easy with hills
    1/16 – 6.83 easy plus 4 strides

    January total to date – 116.81

    Nominal Challenge Goal – 225 miles
    Real Goals: Train toward Boston, working 3 Freezeroo races plus Winter Warrior Half into the training plan. Avoid injury.

    Today's notes – Today's assignment was a typical Monday in the marathon plan, "easy plus 4 strides." I worked it out to aim for 6.5 miles, and I estimated that 4 strides measured between the fire hydrants on my street would be a half mile, so I ran 6 nice easy miles ending on my own street, then my 4 strides. Total distance came out at 6.83 miles, oops. Working backwards from where I started, I guess those fire hydrants average about 160 meters apart.

    FWIW, strides in my program are slightly different from what @Stoshew71 and @MNLittleFinn talk about. In the program I follow, a stride starts from an easy run (either the end of a long easy run like today, or the end of a recovery interval of speed work), then accelerates to R pace (about 1 mile race pace, or 95% of maximum pace), and hold R till the end of the distance. At the end of the stride distance, you back off to an easy run for the same distance as the stride, then go into the next stride. Mentally, you focus on some aspect of good form to hold or improve; what you work on can change over time as you see the need for improvement in one area or another. Maybe one week you focus on good posture, another week on good foot strike, and so on. I've seen assignments like 4 x 50m uphill strides (obvious going downhill between), 4 laps of the track striding the straights, etc. Today's assignment left the stride length up to me, and the fire hydrants are convenient markers.

    Weather was gorgeous, 42º F (6º C) and sunshine with a light W wind. I'm acclimated to winter now, so I ran in light gloves, a long sleeve tech shirt, and a summer weight cap. Wore light tights, but probably could have got by in shorts. Couldn't ask for better weather in the middle of January.

    2017 races:
    January 1, 2017 Freezeroo #2 (Resolution Run 7.5 mile) (Mendon, NY) Finished in 50:45
    January 7, 2017 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY) Finished in 1:32:40
    January 14, 2017 Freezeroo #3 (Pineway Ponds Park 5 mile) (Spencerport, NY) Finished in 33:42
    January 28, 2017 Freezeroo #4 (Hearnish 5 mile) (Victor, NY)
    February 4, 2017 USATF Cross Country National Championship 8K (Bend, OR)
    February 11, 2017 Freezeroo #5 (Valentines Run "In Memory of Tom Brannon" 8 Mile) (Greece, NY)
    February 25, 2017 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY)
    March 11, 2017 Johnny's Runnin' of the Green 5 mile (Rochester, NY)
    April 17, 2017 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)

  • KusiQuyllur2015
    KusiQuyllur2015 Posts: 35 Member

    1/11- 2.4..... 2.4
    1/12- 3.4..... 5.8
    1/13- 3.8..... 9.6
    1/14- 2.7..... 12.3
    1/15- 4.3..... 16.6
    1/16- 3.3..... 19.9
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    @MobyCarp that's a good writer up on your strides. While most terms seem fairly universal, It's always interesting seeing how different coaches/programs define things.
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    2 miles today. 6.18 for the month.

    I think I might be getting a form of vertigo while running. Right around the two-mile mark I get dizzy and feel like I'm looking at a funhouse mirror. I stop to walk and I feel like I'm drunk, wobbling all over the sidewalk. I sit down and once the feeling passes I can walk normal again (I don't attempt to run). I may have to take a break until I can get into the doctor. :'(
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    edited January 2017
    RunsOnEspresso wrote: »
    2 miles today. 6.18 for the month.

    I think I might be getting a form of vertigo while running. Right around the two-mile mark I get dizzy and feel like I'm looking at a funhouse mirror. I stop to walk and I feel like I'm drunk, wobbling all over the sidewalk. I sit down and once the feeling passes I can walk normal again (I don't attempt to run). I may have to take a break until I can get into the doctor. :'(

    This happened to me... It was easy to fix (if it's the same thing). I'll google it can come back. Of course it could be sinus issues too. BRB

    http://www.swedish.org/blog/2013/04/dizziness-from-loose-crystals-in-your-head

    I found the procedure once. Bet it can be found again. It amazingly fixed it in 10 minutes. BRB

    I know it sounds like hokum!

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epley_maneuver?wprov=sfla1

    If that doesn't help, some dramine might. Or try both. I still get car sick. My inner ear is sensitive I guess.
  • OSUbuckeye906
    OSUbuckeye906 Posts: 315 Member
    edited January 2017
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    I wanna be one of those cases that was told not to return and be a real bad kitten by time I hit the 50-55+ AG and RW is gonna do a write up on me, and y'all can say "I knew her when she couldn't put one foot in front of the other..." :wink:
    @Elise4270 Haha, I believe with your determination you will get there someday! I want to be one of those cases as well, except I don't want to have the bad injury to get me there. Actually, I had a back injury in high school where I chipped a vertebrae and was told I shouldn't play any sports that involved running for long periods of time. I actually had kinda forgotten about that when I started running because, surprisingly enough, I don't really experience back pain when I run just when I'm practicing bad bending mechanics while bending at the waist a lot during daily activities. The injury was in 2005. I completed my first marathon in 2014.

    @MobyCarp Thanks for the explanation on the strides. I had intended to start incorporating them into my marathon training before I was injured. I'll get to it at some point this year.

    @RunsOnEspresso You mentioned you had a sinus infection, right? I wonder if some of the pressure hanging around may be a factor in what you're experiencing as I believe vertigo deals with the inner ear. Just a guess. Or what @Elise4270 said as she is probably more knowledgeable than me.



  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    @OSUbuckeye906 Thanks for that inspirational story!

    @RunsOnEspresso sinus pressure will definitely do it. I don't like to drive at night because all the lights and movement in the dark makes me wobbly.
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    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
    01/16/17 :::: 3.5 :::: 50.7

    Run group workout tonight - 1 minute hard intervals x 9 (1 minute recovery between). Good lord, my lungs were burning. Then 4 sprints. With warm-up and cool-down of 10 minutes each. I also hiked with Stella today for a little over 6.5 miles, so I'm just about to have some ice cream to celebrate all that.

    I'm track to go well over my goal for January buuuuut, tomorrow starts a new busy semester and I have travel coming up at the end of the month. I may need this cushion. I'd really like to finish out the month strong though!

    This Saturday is another 5k and the weather is promising to be pretty good. The race is followed by chili tasting so you can't beat that.
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