January 2017 Running Challenge

Mari33a

04/01 3.11 miles
07/01 3.07 miles
10/01 3.14 miles
17/01 3.14 miles
18/01 3.13 miles

@skippygirlsmom - Poor Skip, but at least it's not fractured

MobyCarp

@skippygirlsmom - That's great news! No doubt Skip won't see it that way now, but in a couple decades she'll be a smarter runner for having been through this.

skippygirlsmom

MobyCarp wrote: »

@skippygirlsmom - That's great news! No doubt Skip won't see it that way now, but in a couple decades she'll be a smarter runner for having been through this.

@mobycarp LOL I'm sure a few weeks will feel like a few decades to her. I agree with you though, she is too young to set herself up for life long problems.

I forgot he also said she needs to start taking vitamin D. He was really happy to hear she drinks whole milk and gets outside and isn't in the house playing on her phone. When she was a baby she had rickets from being inside an orphanage for the first year of her life getting little sunshine and outside time. He said things like that stay with you. He was going to do blood work but he said I can guarantee you she is D deficient so take the vitamin D.

louubelle16

Just a quick check in after club run. It was a bit of an annoying run actually, one girl kept going on and on that I run funny because one of my feet sticks out at an angle (it does). But no matter how many times I told her that it's fine, it's a skeletal abnormality that I've had since a baby so it isn't a problem because my muscles have adapted etc and even my PT is happy with it, she kept going on and on. "Why don't you just concentrate to land straight?" Oh yeah, I'll get right on that, you can definitely just concentrate to move bone. Or "maybe you should take supplements for your joints to help". OHH YES, that's the solution that a whole team of paediatric doctors and PTs didn't suggest, THANKS

Anyway, rant over.

@JessicaMcB Sorry to hear about your BIL. Wishing you and your family strength and love.

January Running Challenge

1st - 12.66 miles inc 5km PB 25:05
3rd - 3.11 miles
4th - 6.17 miles
6th - 3.03 miles
7th - 3.11 miles
8th - 12.04 miles
10th - 3.09 miles
12th - 4.35 miles
14th - 9.12 miles
16th - 3.10 miles
18th - 6.12 miles

MTD - 65.90/100 miles

Upcoming races:
5th February - KFL XC Blean Woods
19th February - Bramley 20
12th March - North London Half Marathon
9th April - Brighton Marathon

kristinegift

1/1: 5 miles
1/2: 2.4 miles
1/3: Busy day
1/4: 4.5 miles (am), 4.5 miles (pm) + lifting
1/5: 6 miles
1/6: 4 miles + lifting
1/7: 4.2 miles trails
1/8: 10 miles +0.6 (Cocoa Classic 10 miler)
1/9: Sick day
1/10: Sick day
1/11: 4.5 miles
1/12: 6 miles
1/13: 5 miles + lifting
1/14: Lazy day
1/15: Lazy day
1/16: 4 miles + lifting
1/17: 8 miles
1/18: 4.5 miles + 4.5 miles

If my legs were toast this morning, then this evening they were jelly. I really thought that a second run would be easier but my legs were still wrecked from that speedwork yesterday. However my pace was about 45 seconds/mile faster than it was this morning, so my legs can't feel ALL that terrible



Catching up on all the posts but here's a few replies!

@skippygirlsmom Glad to hear that Skip doesn't have fractures!! Keep her off those running legs and healing up! It's good that she has you to keep her seeing the long term, because as a kid it's so easy to get caught up in the right now. And that doc sounds like a keeper; very frank and straight forward is a good thing, and he seems to understand runners, so A+!

@Orphia I want just once for a happy dog to follow me on a run, but I always get stuck with the yippy ones that hang around underfoot waiting to trip you!

@JessicaMcB Sorry to hear about your BIL. My condolences to you and your husband and his family.

@greenolivetree I missed what was happening with your husband, but I'm glad to hear that things are going okay now!!

Winter/Spring 2017 Races:
1/8: NYCRUNS Cocoa Classic 10 mile 1:21:37 (10th AG)
2/18: FebApple Frozen 50 - 10 mile (trail)
3/12: E. Murray Todd HM
3/18: Looney Leprechaun 10k (trail)
3/26: Philly Love Run HM
5/14: Delaware Marathon Running Festival HM
5/21 or 5/28: Cleveland or Vermont City Marathons (maybe)
7/1: Finger Lakes Fifties 50k (trail)

_nikkiwolf_

@ddmon0811 The session with your new trainer sounds really interesting! Maybe I should look into "neuromuscular activation exercises" - I can always use anything that promises to improve my balance.
And the toe-to-butt compression thingy sounds really weird

@dkabambe Congratulations on the new 10k PR, that's a really great time!

@Orphia What a happy-looking running buddy :-)

@RespectTheKitty I hope strength training helps against the depression! Regarding beginner programmes, "Starting Strength" and "New Rules of Lifting for Women". I think NRoLfW is more complicated, whereas the other two start with a very small number of exercises. Starting Strength is the same workouts as Strong Lifts with power cleans instead of bent rows and 3 sets of 5 exercises instead of 5 sets of 5. In any case, you'll need a barbell, and you should also have a trainer who's willing to show you how to the exercises correctly the first times.
The one kind of strength training I really enjoyed was a class called "TRX bootcamp" - training with suspension trainers. It was in a group, took place outdoors in any kind of weather, and by adapting the position in the slings you could adjust the difficulty to your training level and make it as hard or as easy as wanted.
Well, and then I moved to a new city and couldn't find a TRX class anymore, and the only gym around here doesn't have barbells, so now I'm doing body weight exercises. I'm currently doing Mark Laurens "You are your own gym". I only (re-)started it four weeks ago, so I can't say much yet about how effective it is.

@7lenny7 Great trail photos! I can see where that kind of running requires a lot of stability muscles. Amazing that the pickle juice helped against the cramps so fast! I guess I need to buy a jar of pickles for emergencies.

@skippygirlsmom It's good to hear that Skip doesn't have a stress fracture. Although tendinitis and shin splints also don't sound very good! I'm glad that you have found a good doctor, I hope she'll be back to running soon.

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I broke my five-day-no-running streak today. Finally! I had a really horrible cold since last Thursday/Friday. I don't remember the last time I was so sick I couldn't even think about running, but this time it was defenitely that bad.
Until today, were I was tempted to go out for a short test run as soon as I noticed that I could breath through my nose again (at least most of the time). First I resisted - I took a sick day at work today, so I didn't thing I should be out and running. After dinner I decided that since I'll be back to work tomorrow, a little test run should be allowed, so I headed out for a short run (under cover of the night ). Three slow and careful kilemetres, and apart from some coughing fits I was okay. I won't do the speedwork on my training plan tomorrow, but the trail race on Saturday should be fine. It's across snow and in the dark, so I won't be racing fast in any case!

katharmonic

kellybea73 wrote: »

Thanks for the welcomes! Looking forward to getting to know yall and getting some great running advice! I have a half coming up in April and am determined to break 2:30. I did my 1st half November 2015 and it was awful. Did not prepare well at all and barely finished in under 3 hours. My gf introduced me to the Galloway method and in 2016 I did 6 half's. I slowly improved from 2:44 to 2:32, but have yet to break that 2:30.

Hi @kellybea73! I am in a similar boat as you - I have done two HMs but they were just 3 weeks apart this fall. I did 2:45 for the first and 2:39 for the second. I really want to get under 2:30 too and closer to 2:15. I'm not sure when my next race will be, but I've been working with a running group through the YMCA for a little over a year and did their HM training last spring/summer/early fall. I'll probably do that again this year - I think I'm in much better shape and will benefit more from it now - last year I was just trying to survive!


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
01/17/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 50.7
01/18/17 :::: 2.5 :::: 53.2

Work-related issues turned yesterday into an unplanned rest day. Then I forgot to bring my running clothes with me today, but managed to get out a bit early so I could still get a run in before dark outside after work. I will try to be a little better about planning for the rest of the week but I'm still getting into the swing of being back at work.

kellybea73

@katharmonic Good luck on your runs this year! I totally get the just surviving. When I first started it was to get in shape and just finish a half. Now I have goals. haha! I just started a 12 week plan for getting a sub par 2:30. I joined a gym, too. I run 3 days week, barre once a week and spin class once a week. My half is in April and has one killer hill. It's the Oak Barrel in Lynchburg, TN.

T1DCarnivoreRunner

Went out for a run around town today:

KeepRunningFatboy

01.01.17 - 15 m. LR
01.02.17 - 10 m.
01.03.17 - 9.1 m. TM 6 M + 5K.
01.05.17 - 9 m. TM w/ incline.
01.06.17 - 10 m. TM. 9:10 pace.
01.07.17 - 8.1 m. TM 5 M + 5K.
01.08.17 - 8.8 m. incl 2x5K's.
01.09.17 - 11 m. TM @ 8:35 pace.
01.10.17 - 8 m. TM. EZ pace jog tonight.
01.11.17 - 11 m. TM @ 8:27 pace.
01.12.17 - 6.4 m. EZ. Anticipate a LR this weekend.
01.13.17 - 19 m. TM. LR.
01.15.17 - 10 m. 9:33 pace. Next weeks goal - 65 miles.
01.16.17 - 11 m. TM. 8:18 pace.
01.18.17 - 11 m. TM. 8:11 pace. #WorkingHarder

MobyCarp

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
1/17 – 8.02 warm up, speed work, cool down
1/18 – 7.04 group run

January total to date – 131.87

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 – At 38º F (3º C), a couple guys wore shorts. This is the group that dropped me last week; this week they again accelerated late in the run, but I'm healthy now. The last mile averaged close to my marathon pace, and was a tad faster than that for some stretches; but it was okay. HR never got into Zone 3. I have some tempo work tomorrow, but it's not intense like yesterday's repeats were. I'll be rested enough for tomorrow's assignment.

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)

Virkati

I GOT THE JOB!!! I start THIS Saturday! Thank you so much guys for your well wishes and prayers and finger crossing and whatever else you did that helped this to happen. After a few weeks of training, I might have a schedule that allows me to put my life back together and come back to this group like I was before. I'm really excited about the prospect of getting back here and back into running. I miss everything about this group and running. I'm walking on air right now!

Elise4270

Congratulations @Virkati ! We miss you too!

katharmonic

@kellybea73 good luck on your training. I hope you smash your goal! Better get a little hill training in there too

@Virkati - way to go! Congrats on the new job.

This is way back but @mmteixeira thanks for the local trail running tips. I ran at Beaver Lake last summer - great little trail but it was so hot when i was there. I'll have to go back and enjoy. I look forward to some more trail running when winter is over.

KusiQuyllur2015

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
1/17- 3.0..... 22.9
1/18- 4.0..... 27

vanpilly

Hi there! Im new to mfp. Hope its not too late for me to join this challenge. My goal is 10km.

ereck44

kellybea73 wrote: »

@katharmonic Good luck on your runs this year! I totally get the just surviving. When I first started it was to get in shape and just finish a half. Now I have goals. haha! I just started a 12 week plan for getting a sub par 2:30. I joined a gym, too. I run 3 days week, barre once a week and spin class once a week. My half is in April and has one killer hill. It's the Oak Barrel in Lynchburg, TN.

I am also trying for sub 2: 30 half....goal is under 2:20....there is a plan to get there? My best was a 2:36.

louubelle16

Congratulations @Virkati

Orphia

7lenny7 wrote: »

@orphia, I read this article and thought about you. Be careful out there with the 'roos! Looks like you had a great running partner today.

@7lenny7 I had a feeling that might make the news over your way! Yep, those big daddy roos can be MEAN!

@skippygirlsmom Glad it's not a stress fracture! Sympathies to Skip for her enforced rest. Maybe she can think of is as a taper. She could come back stronger!

@Virkati Yay, well done on the new job!!

@vanpilly Welcome! You found a great MFP community here! How long have you been running? Good luck with your goal.

@lissadecker Love your running in puddles! I did that one parkrun after the spring floods, and yes, it's lots of fun!


My right calf was feeling crampy this morning during Body Balance. I just downed a shot of pickle juice. I HATE pickles. I blame you all! And endorphins.

NikolaosKey

Aim: 100k

8/1: 5.7K
12/1: 2.6k
14/1: 10.4k
15/1: 1.6k
16/1: 5k
18/1: 3.3k

28.6/100k


Treadmill run at gym yesterday

Stay free of injuries!

Joanna2012B

It was a beautiful morning for a run 0 degrees C with a little mist!! A much needed early morning run with some of my Sole Sisters!!

ddmom0811

@skippygirlsmom - glad it's not too serious. He sounds like a great doctor and good he checked her for Vit D. I started taking Vit D a few years ago. When my husband was in a bad car wreck and had back pain I was at the Drs. office with him and he asked me if I was taking Vit D. It was kind of odd because I was not the patient but he said women in their 50s and older NEED to be taking it. So I started it! That's all I take except something for nail/hair every since my thyroid went wacky.

@orphia - you drank pickle juice and you hate pickles?! Wow! I'm impressed.

re: Pickles - my daughter hates them too. But then last year some time she informed me that although she hates pickles and pickle juice she like "pickle backs". I had no idea what it was. So she and her friend explained it. A shot of whiskey and then pickle juice. Forget which is first, because I had no interest.

@virkati - awesome news! Running on air!

@louubelle16 - why in the world does something think that they can just diagnose someone else's gait unless they are a coach or doctor?! That is annoying.

@mobycarp - 38 with shorts! ha! @7lenny7 posted that it was it was 43 when he ran in shorts and I told him in Orlando that means winter puffy coats, gloves and hats!


Enjoying my new strength training and the compression leg thing.
Didn't have much time to run this morning because I spent too long on the balance exercises, but I'll get faster. I just can't set that alarm for earlier than 4:07.


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
1/17 - 4 miles + neuromuscular activation (lol)
1/18 - Strength training
1/19 - 3.77 miles

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

Elise4270

ereck44 wrote: »

kellybea73 wrote: »

@katharmonic Good luck on your runs this year! I totally get the just surviving. When I first started it was to get in shape and just finish a half. Now I have goals. haha! I just started a 12 week plan for getting a sub par 2:30. I joined a gym, too. I run 3 days week, barre once a week and spin class once a week. My half is in April and has one killer hill. It's the Oak Barrel in Lynchburg, TN.

I am also trying for sub 2: 30 half....goal is under 2:20....there is a plan to get there? My best was a 2:36.

I'd just keep adding weelky/monthly miles.

I would run Xx distance, walk x distance for Y miles. Then once every week or two double/tripple the run segment and push the distance to a long run. That's my plan and I'm stickin' to it

But that's just my 2¢.

Happy running!

Stoshew71

Date Miles today - Miles for January
1/1 REST DAY
1/2 9 miles - 9
1/3 10 miles - 19
1/4 5 miles - 24
1/5 10 miles - 34
1/6 3.1 - 37.1 <<< Treadmill
1/7 15 miles - 52.1
1/8 REST DAY
1/9 9.5 miles - 61.6
1/10 10 miles - 71.6
1/11 5 miles - 76.6
1/12 10.15 miles - 86.75
1/13 5.25 miles - 92
1/14 16 miles - 108
1/15 REST DAY
1/16 8.25 miles - 116.25
1/17 7.35 miles - 123.6
1/18 5.25 miles - 128.85
1/19 7.5 miles - 136.35



Upcoming races:
UAH 8K - 3/6 <<< 34:33 3 in AG
Oak Barrel HM - 4/2 <<<< 1:38:00 3 in AG
Bridge Street HM - 4/10 <<< 1:36:33 3 in AG
PEO-AVN Team Day 5K - 5/4 <<< 19:10 (2.9 mi) 1 in AG 5 OA
Cotton Row Run 10K - 5/30 << 44:57 PR
Firecracker Chase 10.2 miler 6/25 << 1:20:22 1 in AG & 15 OA
Huntsville Half Marathon - 11/12 << 1:35:55 2 in AG & 25 OA
Rocket City Marathon - 12/10 << 2:44:41
Elkmont Hound Dog Half - 1/21
Kentucky Derby Marathon - 4/29

Stoshew71

@kellybea73 I did Oak Barrel last 2 years but did not sign up this year because I have the Kentucky Derby Full at the end of that month. I plan to go up there tho. it's a great race and lots of fun. yes, you got the big hill at ~mile 4 but then it's all down hill after that pretty much. WeRunHuntsville puts on a big potluck picnic afterwards in the pavilion and we usually have about 20-30 runners that end up going.

@skippygirlsmom Glad that Skip doesn't have a stress fracture and that you know what to do from now on.

@Elise4270 Glad to see you running again.

Welcome @vanpilly

Congratulations @Virkati

Good luck @7lenny7 next weekend. My first of the season is this weekend but not sure if I am actually gonna race it or just do it for fun. It's not really a PR course for me. It's up in Elkmont where a lot of it is a rails to trails (converted RR bed that turned into a running track). I did taper this week but it just so happen to coincide with a cutback week that I desperately needed.

MNLittleFinn

Good morning RunFriends! Ugh,....today is an optional XT day, so I slept in and helped my wife get the Little Man up and ready, before heading to work. I'm just not really feeling like going to the gym and hitting the elliptical today, so it might not happen. Thing is, I'm OK with that....I'm pretty tired from yesterday, the Progression Run hit my legs pretty hard, and I have my PT follow up this afternoon, so I'm thinking I might just do the assigned IT Band Routine and call it good for the day....

.....is it a sign of maturing as a runner that I'm thinking about taking today as a rest day, or is it laziness for not wanting to hit up my XT???

Elise4270

MNLittleFinn wrote: »

Good morning RunFriends! Ugh,....today is an optional XT day, so I slept in and helped my wife get the Little Man up and ready, before heading to work. I'm just not really feeling like going to the gym and hitting the elliptical today, so it might not happen. Thing is, I'm OK with that....I'm pretty tired from yesterday, the Progression Run hit my legs pretty hard, and I have my PT follow up this afternoon, so I'm thinking I might just do the assigned IT Band Routine and call it good for the day....

.....is it a sign of maturing as a runner that I'm thinking about taking today as a rest day, or is it laziness for not wanting to hit up my XT???

Laziness, because you could always do upper body.

MNLittleFinn

Elise4270 wrote: »

Laziness, because you could always do upper body.

HAHAHAHA....training plan just said option elliptical or stationary bike.... I guess I could do some upper body though..... We'll see how the kiddos are today, I might need to hit the gym tonight depending on how my day is...tomorrow is only a 4 miler plus strides, so it shouldn't be too hard to get in a shorter workout tonight and still be OK for tomorrow.

AdrianChr92

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
January 16- 6.0 km
January 17- 10.0 km
January 18- 13.4 km
January 19- 10.0 km

melaniefay82

I totally fell and hit HARD this morning. Already sore as hell. Bruises are already showing. Brought my heating pad to work and am all over it like a lizard on a hot rock. Glad tomorrow is a rest day! Basically I was blowing snot rockets and took my eyes off of the sidewalk just long enough to trip over some jacked up uneven part. Oops. That happened about mid run. Got 4.5 in. Takes me to 22.

@louubelle16 Ugh....that girl on your run.... I wasn't even there and I want to trip her.

@skippygirlsmom Glad Skip has such a thorough and athletic minded physician! And thanks for the VitD reminder. I'm always deficient of it, doc said that's common for people with autoimmune disease. I've been out for a week and keep forgetting to pick some up.