January 2017 Running Challenge

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  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,878 Member
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    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    Now here is a running streak for you:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/01/30/the-longest-running-streak-ever-ended-saturday-at-19032-days/?utm_term=.77ab4d0d1cb1

    Wow! And I was so proud of my holiday streak! LOL
  • snowyne
    snowyne Posts: 268 Member
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    1/30 - 4.3
    Jan total = 98.1 Goal: 90
    :):):)
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    ddmom0811 wrote: »
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    Now here is a running streak for you:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/01/30/the-longest-running-streak-ever-ended-saturday-at-19032-days/?utm_term=.77ab4d0d1cb1

    Wow! And I was so proud of my holiday streak! LOL

    @ddmom0811 I thought that too! I thought I was so cool for my Memorial Day to 4th of July streak. Skip's XC coach and his wife have run a mile a day for over 3 years. They also make sure they run at mile no matter where they are. When they did a cross country trip one summer they made sure they ran at least a mile in every state they went through.
  • OSUbuckeye906
    OSUbuckeye906 Posts: 315 Member
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    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    @MNLittleFinn What kind of stretching are you doing? Persoanally, this video did wonders for me when my shins were bothering me.

    @Stoshew71 Thanks for posting this. I watched the video and I'll most likely be referring back to it in the future. Also, regarding the KDF, it looks like the course is the same when I ran it in 2014. I remember the few miles before/after the HM point in Iroquois park having the most noticeable hills, specifically the hill heading into the park. However, pretty much the rest of the course felt very flat and was enjoyable. Only complaint was that I wish they left Churchill Downs for near the end but I understand why they do it before the HMers split.
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    Now here is a running streak for you:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/01/30/the-longest-running-streak-ever-ended-saturday-at-19032-days/?utm_term=.77ab4d0d1cb1

    Wow! :o

  • OSUbuckeye906
    OSUbuckeye906 Posts: 315 Member
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    General question for everyone: do you prefer to run with a buddy/group or by yourself? I know that this is more of a personal preference, but am wondering what most of you prefer?

    I always run by myself but have become more interested in joining a running group lately. I don't really know anyone local that consistently runs and around the same pace but I haven't really wanted to dole out money for a group training program just for the social aspect. One of the running stores has free runs about once a week, so I might check that out. I've also been a little weary as I have asthma and a deviated septum, which makes talking hard but I can work around that.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    I have only ever resince run alone, except races. I imagine it must be nice to have someone to run with.
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
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    OSUbuckeye906 wrote: »
    General question for everyone: do you prefer to run with a buddy/group or by yourself? I know that this is more of a personal preference, but am wondering what most of you prefer?

    I always run by myself but have become more interested in joining a running group lately. I don't really know anyone local that consistently runs and around the same pace but I haven't really wanted to dole out money for a group training program just for the social aspect. One of the running stores has free runs about once a week, so I might check that out. I've also been a little weary as I have asthma and a deviated septum, which makes talking hard but I can work around that.

    There may be Meetup groups near you for that too. Personally, I prefer to run alone because of pacing reasons.
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
    edited January 2017
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    Last Run of January and last run before my HM on Sunday, Taper Anxiety begins.
    A short 6 km along the River Bank Trails. End the month with 120/140 km, missed too many days due to work conflicts and this has also meant that I didn't quite get all the long runs in that I wanted to.
    Run to finish Injury free, not to PR.
    Now for a little quality time with my Foam Roller. Launder all my Running clothes and start packing a travel/overnight bag. Shoes, shoes, shoes - which ones to take, main and a spare set. The weather forecast is all over the place from -8 to -20C so that makes for a wide range of clothing options to pack.

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    01/04 8.0 km –8.0km –132.0 km – YTD 8 km
    01/06 7.0 km –15.0km –125.0 km
    01/07 8.0 km –23.0km –117.0 km
    01/08 6.0 km –29.0km –111.0 km
    01/13 12.0 km –41.0km –99.0 km
    01/14 10.5 km –51.5km –88.5 km
    01/16 8.0 km –59.5km –80.5 km
    01/20 11.0 km –70.5km –69.5 km
    01/21 11.0 km –81.5km –58.5 km
    01/22 4.0 km –85.5km –54.5 km
    01/25 18.0 km –103.5km –36.5 km
    01/28 10.6 km –114.1km –25.9 km
    01/30 6.0 km –120.1km –19.9 km – YTD 120.1
  • KeepRunningFatboy
    KeepRunningFatboy Posts: 3,055 Member
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    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.
    01.13.17 - 19 m. TM. LR. 9:14 pace.
    01.15.17 - 10 m. 9:33 pace.
    01.16.17 - 11 m. TM. 8:18 pace.
    01.18.17 - 11 m. TM. 8:11 pace. #WorkingHarder
    01.19.17 - 7.4 m. EZ run.
    01.20.17 - 18 m. TM. LR. 9:10 pace.
    01.21.17 - 1.1 m. Not feeling it today.
    01.22.17 - 14.2 m. 9:40 pace. 61 degrees in Ohio!
    01.23.17 - 9 m. TM. 8:27 pace.
    01.24.17 - 3 m. TM. No energy today :(
    01.25.17 - 10.2 m. TM. 8:27 overall pace.
    01.26.17 - 5 m. 9:00 pace. Again, no energy :(
    01.27.17 - 13 m. TM. 9:25 pace.
    01.28.17 - 7 m. TM.
    01.29.17 - 13.1 m. ONU Polar Bear Indoor Half Marathon. 9:04 pace.
    01.30.17 - 8.5 m. TM. Added some incline for resistance.

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  • JessicaMcB
    JessicaMcB Posts: 1,503 Member
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    @OSUbuckeye906 I like the idea of running groups in theory but I would get annoyed having to adjust pace to someone else pretty quickly I think. Thankfully very few people seem to run in this town so it'll never be a huge dilemma for me ;)

    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
    January 15&16- Off
    January 17- 16km
    January 18- 5.1km
    January 19- 12.5km
    January 20- Travel Day
    January 21- 16km
    January 22- 7.5km
    January 23- 4km
    January 24- Off
    January 25- 10.4km
    January 26- 10km
    January 27- 8.4km
    January 28- Travel Day
    January 29- 24km
    January 30- 8.6km

    226.2/160km
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    edited January 2017
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    Did a treadmill run tonight with some inclines. Not sure if I'll run tomorrow or not... but I should.

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  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    edited January 2017
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    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    I'm starting to think I have the mother of all cases of shin splints. My shin hurts off and on when I'm NOT running. After a few minutes of running, there is no pain, but, when I'm concentrating on how it feels, I think my shin feels tight, though I did notice a TINY bit of pain when I had to run on thick ice a few times, to avoid cars. When I stop running it hurts for a little bit but goes away and comes back off and on again. I'm going to risk a slow 6 miles tomorrow so I can kind of get back/stay on training schedule....

    @MNLittleFinn What kind of stretching are you doing? Persoanally, this video did wonders for me when my shins were bothering me.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc3haRNn-5I



    @Stoshew71 Nice stretches!

    She says to do those before your run, but they don't seem like dynamic stretches, are they?
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
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    @lporter229 Thanks! The lake is often misty when I'm there. I've got loads of pics, and never get tired of seeing it.

    @OSUbuckeye906 Hahaha, I'm really getting into the swimming. Did it again this morning, this time for 1250 metres.

    My aches and pains aren't too bad, and my February birthday present arrived today (new Kayanos!) so tomorrow I will go for my first run since Sunday's 27 km.
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
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    @JessicaMcB and @OSUbuckeye906
    I do both Group and Individual runs. With the group runs we break into mini pace groups and away we go.
    I am usually one of the " Middle of the Packers" so not a speedster but not a snail. But as a group we do have an un-official " Sheep Dog" rule for when new people come out to join us, no newbie left behind. Quite often on Long Run Days I will sneak out 15-20 mins early so that we are finishing at about the same time. I do most of my long runs by myself so I don't get Pulled out at a pace that is just to fast. Looking back 2 of my calf injuries came on a downhill leg letting myself get pulled and over striding causing a BooBoo. Personally I have really enjoyed the group runs/activities as they have introduced me to training concepts and new trails that I would never have found by myself. Also the post run social :) .
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
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    did a 10k off-road on Sunday. It was wet and miserable starting out and didn't get any better....

    The race began at a local riding centre for the disabled, through a few of their horse fields, where the 'mud' was concentrated on the gate opening so plenty of wet feet to start. When I say 'mud' I don't quite mean mud, I mean mud mixed with a location where horses have been......

    The route was diverse. At one point we went under a motorway along an access road, which is also where people take their motorbikes to give them traditional Viking send-offs. through brambles, along very narrow rocky paths, and at one point the only thing separating up from the motorway was a fence. Sadly the drone of traffic spoilt the terrain somewhat.

    And we even had a police helicopter hovering overhead for a while. Not sure if it was actively looking for us or just bemused by the stream of people randomly in the countryside.

    the highlight was running up a gentle slope, at the side of a hill, through the mud and freshly chopped down trees. What I mean is, we ran ALONG a slope, and you could see all the tread-scrapings where people had tried to run a bit higher, but then slid sideways down the hill. awesome.

    all in all a great race, along a very strange route. I came, predictably, 92nd out of 108.

    a nice long hot bath after (shower first to get the mud off).

    am tempted to sign up for another one even hillier at the end of February.

    The good news is I made my January target and over it - total run miles 51 out of a target of 40.

  • _nikkiwolf_
    _nikkiwolf_ Posts: 1,380 Member
    edited January 2017
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    I won't make my goal of 200km. Thanks to that stupid cold I missed two long runs (and a lot of shorter ones inbetween). If I skip dinner, I should have enough time for a run between work and going to cinema with friends, then I might at least make it to 140km.
    Not an ideal start into 2017, but at least there's lots of month left in the year in which to do better :wink:

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    lporter229 wrote: »
    Also, opinion question. My training plan is calling for the first of three 20 milers next weekend. I have a 10K on Saturday. I want to run it hard because it is my first ever 10K and it is part of a race series for my running group. Do I race the 10K and still try to do my 20 on Sunday? Or do I re-arrange my schedule and take a cut back week, which should be scheduled for the following weekend?
    @lporter229 I think doing your 20 mile run the day after the 10k should be possible.
    At least the Hal Higdon plan I was following last autumn always put hard runs on the day before the long runs on purpose, to simulate tired legs. On the days before my three 20mi runs I did one 10.6km run at marathon pace, one 16.6km run at MP, and the third time I did 10km with hill repeats, all of those with less than 20 hours recovery before the 32km long run the next day. None of which is quite the same as a 10k race, but the general idea of starting the long run with sore & tired legs would be the same. Of course you'll have to see how you feel after the first 14mi, but at least I wouldn't exclude the possibility yet.

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    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    Now here is a running streak for you:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/01/30/the-longest-running-streak-ever-ended-saturday-at-19032-days/?utm_term=.77ab4d0d1cb1
    Wow, crazy! Although the "seven marathons in seven days on seven continents" challenge linked at the end of the article might just be even crazier!

    @OSUbuckeye906 I've never run with a group. There aren't any near me, and I don't want to spend more time driving to some meetup and back than actual running. I'm also not sure if I would do it if there was a group nearby; I enjoy running alone.

    @katharmonic congratulations on winning the training season :smile:

    @zipsterj Great month of running!

    @girlinahat Sounds like a great race! And congratulations on reaching your goal.

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