February 2017 Running Challenge
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2/01: 3.75 miles & Pilates
2/02: 1.32 miles & 60 min of Pilates
2/03: 3.16 miles
2/04: rest
2/05: rest
2/06: 3.4 miles on treadmill
2/07: Pilates
2/08: 4.08 miles on treadmill
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Upcoming Races(Not complete-still waiting on MRTC)
FedEx St. Jude Classic Fairway 5K - 4/8/2017
Bluff City 10k - 5/13/20171 -
Just a few more easy runs the past few days including a treadmill run, a mid-long-ride brick run, and a hot humid 10 mile run to/from lunch.
Slightly behind schedule, but given I'm ahead of my biking/swimming goals, I'm OK with shifting time in the next few weeks to more running.
2/1 - 5 miles
2/4 - 13.1 mile (paced best damn race 1:50 group)
2/5 - 1 mile (lifting warmup)
2/6 - 6 miles (treadmill)
2/7 - 5 miles (mid century ride brick run @70 mile mark)
2/8 - 10 easy miles (to/from lunch)
Total: 40 miles
Goal: 180 miles
Remaining: 140 miles
Recent Races:
Oct - Chicago Marathon (3:04:57)
Nov - Ironman Florida (10:21:27)
Dec - Chase the D 5K (18:13 - 1st overall)
Jan - Chilly Willy Duathlon 5K/10M/5K (1:07:48 - 1/23 AG)
Upcoming Races:
May 7 - Pittsburgh Marathon
June 4 - Ironman Raleigh 70.3
Aug 27 - Ironman Coeur D'Alene2 -
A nice run with the club last night, and a slow, cold run this evening. Nothing exciting, but getting those miles in. Just the small matter of 17 miles to do on Saturday morning... ahhhhhh!
February Running Challenge
1st-2nd - Sick
3rd - 6.15 miles
5th - 5.19 miles XC Race
7th - 4.06 miles
8th - 6.49 miles
9th - 5.02 miles
MTD - 26.91/100 miles
Upcoming races:
19th February - Bramley 20mile
12th March - North London Half Marathon
9th April - Brighton Marathon1 -
Got in a nice run this morning. My legs are feeling better although they were tired towards the end of my run today. I am looking forward to a rest day tomorrow especially since we are expecting another big storm.
@ritzvin - love the picture!
Date........Miles........Total
02/01......4.63........4.63
02/02......0.00........4.63 - + Strength Training and Rally
02/03......2.35........6.98
02/04......0.00........6.98 - Race Expo
02/05....13.36......20.18 - Surf City HM
02/06......0.00......20.34
02/07......5.23......25.57 - + Strength Training
02/08......5.97......31.54
02/09......5.27......36.81
My completed and upcoming Races - Let me know if you will be running too!
02/05/17 - Surf City Half Marathon
07/23/17 - San Francisco 1st Half Marathon3 -
Date Miles today - Miles for February
2/1 5 miles - 5
2/2 10miles - 15
2/3 5 miles - 20
2/4 18 miles - 38
2/5 REST DAY
2/6 10 miles - 48
2/7 10 miles - 58
2/7 5 miles - 63 << Daily Double and leg workout in the gym
2/8 5 miles - 68
2/9 7.5 miles - 75.5
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 (unofficial) - 1/21 << 1:46:48 2 OA
Elkmont Hound Dog Half (rescheduled) - 2/18
Kentucky Derby Marathon - 4/29
I did run this morning but just didn't log it until now. It was a very slow run for me tho and not my usual 10 for a Thursday. My legs are still beat up and I should start tapering for my half coming up next Saturday.
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Date :::: Miles :::: Feb MTD (goal = 70)
02/01/17 :::: 2.6 :::: 2.6
02/02/17 :::: 3.1 :::: 5.7
02/03/17 :::: 2.6 :::: 8.3
02/04/17 :::: 6.8 :::: 15.1
02/05/17 :::: 4.0 :::: 19.1
02/06/17 :::: 3.7 :::: 22.8
02/07/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 22.8
02/08/17 :::: 3.3 :::: 26.1
02/09/17 :::: 2.6 :::: 28.7
Another treadmill run today, the cold is getting to me. I started a new audio book and the time went by pretty well. Added a few more flights on the stair master as well to finish up that for a challenge, thank goodness.
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February Running Totals (miles)
2/1 – 7.00 easy
2/2 – 2.63 easy shakedown run
2/3 – travel day, didn't get a run in
2/4 – 7.99 warm up on road + 8K cross country
2/5 – travel day, didn't get a run in
2/6 – travel day
2/7 – 9.26 warm up, speed work, cool down
2/8 – 7.02 group run
2/9 – 12.03 MP intervals
February total to date – 45.93
Nominal Challenge Goal – 225 miles
Real Goals: Survive travel to and from Bend. Train well toward Boston. Avoid injury.
Today's notes – Got out to run in the heat of the day at 3:30 PM, 21º F (-6º C) with 15 mph NW wind. The revised training plan called for 10 miles today, structured as 2 easy, 3 MP, 2 easy, 2 MP, 1 easy. Because I missed too much running with the travel to Bend, I tacked on an extra 2 easy miles at the end. Then I had to go run a hilly route. The idea was to target 7:30 for MP, based on my flaming out during marathons while trying to run a more aggressive pace. The first MP interval was okay, though mile 5 looks slow because I hit a stoplight with unfavorable cross traffic. Mile 6 looks close to MP, as I wasn't good at slowing back down to easy. Mile 7 was more of an easy pace, and during that mile I realized I was supposed to pick it up to MP right at mile 8, which is the geographically most challenging mile on this route. Geared myself up for it, and ended up running miles 8 and 9 faster than the target on average. Like, 7:19 and 7:16. Oops. Trying to run that kind of pace at Boston will get me into trouble. The good news is, after that I didn't have any trouble slowing down to an easy pace for the last 3 miles.
It would be nice to get out for an easy 5 miles tomorrow, but my best guess is that I won't be able to fit that into the schedule. Oh, well. It won't kill me to keep the scheduled rest day tomorrow and bring the week in below the training plan's target mileage. Next week should be a lot easier on the schedule.
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) short course, finished 4.88 miles in 32:50
February 4, 2017 USATF Cross Country National Championship Masters 8K (Bend, OR) Finished in 35:39, team won the 60+ Men's cross country championship
February 11, 2017 Freezeroo #5 (Valentines Run "In Memory of Tom Brannon" 8 Mile) (Greece, NY) will sit out due to training schedule
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)
March 18, 2017 USATF Masters 8K Championship (Virginia Beach, VA)
April 17, 2017 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)
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Treadmill run tonight 4.5 more miles:
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2/1/17----7.2miles
2/2/17----7.8miles
2/3/17----7.7miles
2/4/17----8.7miles
2/5/17----5.1miles
2/6/17----6.5miles
2/7/17----9.1miles
2/8/17----6.75miles
2/9/17----7.8miles
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February goal: Lose 3 pounds
2/1: rest
2/2 3.16
2/3 3.60
2/4 busy
2/5 really busy
2/6 exhausted from being busy
2/7 4.02
2/8 snorkel 3.5 hours
Pic of the day is......I don't know. Some say a nudibranch, but I can't find anything similar in any of my references. Octopus-like in movements, but with at least 9 (maybe 10) arms without suckers. About a foot long. Any marine biologists in the crowd?
Here is a video for anyone who might help with an id:
https://player.vimeo.com/video/203396512
2/9 4.10
Total: 14.88
Ticker is my goal for 2017 and total to date:
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My plan had been to run Fri/Sun/Tues and ended up running Fri/Tues/Thur....so still 3 runs in the same 7 day period. Only 11 miles total :-/
I think I need to stick to 3 days a week and low mileage. I ran 16 miles the week before and felt like I could be bringing on shin splints already (ugh, I've barely ran!) Today I had some sharp shin pain and had to walk a minute. I've also had some random sharp shin pains when I'm just sitting around?
So I'll probably do Saturday then Monday or Tuesday and keep evaluating. I don't think I'll get more than 40 miles this month
Just trying to play it safe.
@HonuNui Creepy creature!1 -
Pretty excited that I've been invited for a group trail run on Sunday. I'm looking to do lot more distance than the host is so I'll hang back after and finish solo but should be interesting. I really want running friends in real life! Haha
February 1- 15km
February 2- 11km
February 3- 11.1km
February 4- 22km
February 5- 10km
February 6- 15.1km
February 7- 5.1km
February 8- 14km
February 9- 11km
116.3km/200km
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KatieJane83 wrote: »01 Feb – 10.1 km
02 Feb – 7.5 km + Body Balance
04 Feb – 10.7 km including parkrun
05 Feb – 13.3 km hilly run
06 Feb – 2.6 km + 1150m swimming
07 Feb – 9 km + Pilates
08 Feb - swimming
09 Feb – 10 km
Goal: 100 miles / 160 km
Total: 63.2 km
Upcoming:
25 Feb - 16.4 km Farm to Pub
Ran 10 km this morning, and Garmin sent my run to Strava, but Garmin didn't save the activity in Garmin Connect.
I've synced it at least 10 times, logged out and in of GC, updated on Garmin Express, and synced some more, but it's still not showing as a run in Garmin Connect.
I've lodged an error report.
Pretty happy, though, that all is well in Strava. Strava is my life.
This happens to me occasionally with my Garmin as well. If you physically connect it to your computer (like when you need to access Garmin Express if you want to add or update an app on your watch) you can import it directly to Garmin Connect. In Garmin Connect click the big white plus sign in the top right corner and select 'Import Data'. You can then hit Browse, or open your File Explorer to drag and drop, and browse to your watch (it should show up as a storage device on the left, see first image below). Open the GARMIN folder, then ACTIVITY, and then pick the most recently-dated file. If you are good with computers and this is an insult to your intelligence I humbly apologize!!! Lol. I only stress how to do this because one time this happened to me, and not even Strava caught it, and Strava is my life as well!
Woo Yay Hooplah! That worked!
@KatieJane83 Thank you so much for going to all that trouble to explain it for me. That's such a nice thing to do.
I really, really appreciate it! xxoo
My run, that once was dead, now lives! Zombie Run!
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01 Feb – 10.1 km
02 Feb – 7.5 km + Body Balance
04 Feb – 10.7 km including parkrun
05 Feb – 13.3 km hilly run
06 Feb – 2.6 km + 1150m swimming
07 Feb – 9 km + Pilates
08 Feb - swimming
09 Feb – 10 km
10 Feb – 8.3 km + Body Balance
Goal: 100 miles / 160 km
Total: 71.5 km
Upcoming:
25 Feb - 16.4 km Farm to Pub
Second week in a row I've swum twice, done Pilates and Body Balance, on top of my running. Happy, and feeling in good form.4 -
@HonuNui - My first thought was octopus too. Whatever it is I think I am in love! It is beautiful and I could just sit and watch the video over and over. I also love nudibranchs - studied them extensively in college and they are beautiful. This doesn't really look like one except in the body.0
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Tough run with the club last night - enjoying my rest today. Bit of a niggle in my ankle, which I am hoping will be fine for Parkrun tomorrow & then long run Sunday (although not as long as you marathon-ers!).
Feeling a lot more into a routine with my running, so hopefully I will start to see some improvements.
Next Race: Resolution 10K - 26th Feb
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2.1.17 - 11.5 m. TM @ 8:00 pace.
2.2.17 - 7.5 m. TM RH Lvl 1 9:25 pace.
2.4.17 - 19 m. TM 9:22 pace.
2.5.17 - 1.1 m. Need recovery day.
2.6.17 - 9.9 m. Nice day in Ohio.
2.7.17 - 7 m. 8:00 pace.
2.9.17 - 8 m. 8:40 pace.1 -
Nice little 4 miles this morning. Beautiful cool, clear morning.
2/1 - strength training
2/2 - 4.30 miles
2/3 - rest day(5)
2/4 - cycling 34 miles
2/5 - Daytona HM - 2:22.01
2/6 - Strength training
2/7 - 3.5 miles
2/8 - Strength training + 3.1 miles with running group
2/9 - rest day (6)
2/10 - 4.1 miles
Upcoming races
2/5/17 - Daytona Beach HM
2/26/17 - Disney Princess HM Orlando
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@KatieJane83 Hope you survived the snow! How much did you get? Seeing all your zumba makes me want to do that again. It's so much fun!! Maybe I'll tty to make some classes after the marathon.
@OSUbuckeye906 Loved the trail pics with the trees lining the path! So pretty!
@HonuNui Loved the video! My husband and I used to scuba on vacations, but it's been years!! We loved it though. Thanks for sharing with us.
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@HonuNui that looks fascinating!!!
I'd say anemone - it looks fixed in position and it almost looks as though the arms are floating rather than putting into a mouth. I really don't think it's an octopus and it's certainly not a nudi.
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February Running Challenge:
2/1 10 miles
2/2 2.2 miles
2/3 Rest day
2/4 10 mile pace run
2/5 20 mile run
2/6 5 mile very slow run
2/7 2 mile run with Spotty
2/8 8 mile run: 1 w/u with Spotty, 6 pace, 1 c/d
2/9 4 mile run
Goal: 61.2 of 135
Upcoming Races:
Cowtown Marathon (Full) Feb 26 (Registered)
XTERRA ATX Trail Run (21K) Apr 23 (Tentative)
XTERRA Rock Dallas Trail Run (HM at night) May 27 (Tentative)
XTERRA Jurassic Trail Run (HM at night) Jul 8 (Tentative)
La Sportiva Vail Half Marathon: Jul 22 (Tentative)1 -
2/1 - 3.4 'mill miles and a quick weight session. The scale was ugly today.
2/2 - 4.1 treadmill miles.
2/3 - Rest day.
2/4 - 2.3 'mill miles and then Bodypump class
2/5 - Super Bowl = no run AND way overeating.
2/6 - 4.01 miles.
2/7 - 4.25 miles.
2/8 - Shoveled in lieu of running. I hate snow.
2/9 - 5.3 treadmill miles. Trek class with a lot of "tempo".
Planned Races
2/11 - Red Flannel Run 5 Mile
4/8 - Beer and Bagel "Off Road"
5/13 - Market to Market Relay
6/3 - Dam to Dam HM
10/15 - IMT Des Moines HM3 -
KatieJane83 wrote: »01 Feb – 10.1 km
02 Feb – 7.5 km + Body Balance
04 Feb – 10.7 km including parkrun
05 Feb – 13.3 km hilly run
06 Feb – 2.6 km + 1150m swimming
07 Feb – 9 km + Pilates
08 Feb - swimming
09 Feb – 10 km
Goal: 100 miles / 160 km
Total: 63.2 km
Upcoming:
25 Feb - 16.4 km Farm to Pub
Ran 10 km this morning, and Garmin sent my run to Strava, but Garmin didn't save the activity in Garmin Connect.
I've synced it at least 10 times, logged out and in of GC, updated on Garmin Express, and synced some more, but it's still not showing as a run in Garmin Connect.
I've lodged an error report.
Pretty happy, though, that all is well in Strava. Strava is my life.
This happens to me occasionally with my Garmin as well. If you physically connect it to your computer (like when you need to access Garmin Express if you want to add or update an app on your watch) you can import it directly to Garmin Connect. In Garmin Connect click the big white plus sign in the top right corner and select 'Import Data'. You can then hit Browse, or open your File Explorer to drag and drop, and browse to your watch (it should show up as a storage device on the left, see first image below). Open the GARMIN folder, then ACTIVITY, and then pick the most recently-dated file. If you are good with computers and this is an insult to your intelligence I humbly apologize!!! Lol. I only stress how to do this because one time this happened to me, and not even Strava caught it, and Strava is my life as well!
Woo Yay Hooplah! That worked!
@KatieJane83 Thank you so much for going to all that trouble to explain it for me. That's such a nice thing to do.
I really, really appreciate it! xxoo
My run, that once was dead, now lives! Zombie Run!
Yayyy!!! I'm so happy my directions made sense and were helpful! I'm a total nerd, lol, I enjoy it. I'm not in IT or anything, but am pretty decent with computers, so often ended up being the person people would ask for help at work, haha. I like doing it! And most importantly, I wanted to save you from the panicky feeling I went through the one time it didn't even pull through to Strava! I was so sad thinking I'd have to manually enter it and lose all the actual data (HR, elevation, pace, etc)
BeeerRunner wrote: »@KatieJane83 Hope you survived the snow! How much did you get? Seeing all your zumba makes me want to do that again. It's so much fun!! Maybe I'll tty to make some classes after the marathon.
@OSUbuckeye906 Loved the trail pics with the trees lining the path! So pretty!
@HonuNui Loved the video! My husband and I used to scuba on vacations, but it's been years!! We loved it though. Thanks for sharing with us.
Hi, thanks for asking, I did survive! Only got 7 inches, booo (yes I'm weird, but I like snow and they were saying 8-12 inches! haha). Will be doing today's run on the dreadmill though, because the temps have stayed really low so the roads are still not in good condition, and I still have no special shoe equipment for dealing with ice/snow. And yes to zumba! I grew up with dance as my sport (ballet, jazz, hip hop, tap, etc.) and also taught it for a number of years, so zumba is my dance fix now. I'm really bummed because my Wednesday class just got a new teacher and, no offense to her, but for me her routines and choreography are really slow, and repetitive, and boring. I always look for the classes that are the most challenging, but I burned about a 1/3rd the cals I normally do for Wed zumba with her class. Ugh. But you should totally do it, it's so much fun!1 -
A long slow one today, to help take my mind off the 5ft x 6ft hole in my bedroom ceiling caused by the kids and their apparent desire to turn the upstairs bathroom into a giant paddling pool.
03 - 2.24 miles
04 - 9.30
06 - 11.67
07 - 7.25
08 - 12.43
09 - 7.61
10 - 16.13
Total: 66.63 / 1250 -
My local running store is promoting these Bambooty products. Has anyone tried them? I like the supposed anti-bacterial properties. just wondering if they are worth the $.
https://bambootyheadgear.com/why-bambooty/0 -
@ritzvin- That's a bad *kitten* photo. Looks like a band promo or something!
@garygse- Holy cow! Sounds like definite cause for a run! Good luck with the clean up.
@BeerRunner- Your running path looks almost identical to the one I run along near my work. Unfortunately, I haven't gotten to spend much time there recently because I don't feel safe to run in the dark there, but now that it is staying light later, I should get some runs in soon.
@Katiejane83- Wow! Totally jealous of your running territory! Beautiful!1 -
5km on the dreadmill last night and 7 chilly km this morning!!0 -
2/1-5.2 miles +1 mile with Stella
2/2-1.2 miles with Stella +6.9 miles solo
2/3-1 mile with Stella+2.3 shakeout miles
2/4-6.2 miles Cyclones Frozen 10K-PR!
2/5-14 miles
2/6-rest day
2/7-5.7 miles
2/8-7.5 miles
2/9-6 miles
Pretty, frozen moonlight run yesterday evening. 5 easy, peaceful miles after a 1 mile warm-up with Stella. This morning was supposed to be speedwork on the treadmill. I am still experiencing some tightness in my hamstring and glute and decided to skip the speedwork. The logical side of me says to take a rest day in preparation for my 20 miles this weekend. But I packed my bag and am hoping to get out of work with enough daylight to maybe hit a short, easy run on the bike path. I am hoping that getting some flat terrain in might help balance things out. Maybe it's wishful thinking. I am just going to play it by ear based on how I feel. I know that maybe I am being stubborn, but 4 flat easy miles can't hurt, right? Right?
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@karllundy Thanks! The insulation has been ripped out so that the dehumidifiers and blowers can be more effective and dry things out before mold has a chance to add to the problem. I think this beats the time when another kid (not even one of mine) attempted to set fire to the kitchen by microwaving a pot of instant macaroni cheese without adding any water first. She got to discover that dry pasta's pretty damned flammable!0
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