February 2017 Running Challenge
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Here's an example of the area I'm running. Depending on time of day there's more or less parked cars, but there's never much traffic. Only when I cross one of the higher speed roads do I need to stop for traffic. I just try to avoid running at higher traffic times, like I notice the traffic picks up around 6:45am.
@Stoshew71 I gravitate back to the street vs the sidewalk for the same reasons as you. Although at barely 5 ft tall, it takes a pretty low branch :-D
@midwesterner85 Yes, that's the sort of thing you have to watch for! Drivers that want to cut in front of you like you have eyes in the back of your head.
@lporter229 I only run about 1/10th mile on a 2 lane no shoulder road and even that freaks me out :-p I just stop and stand in the grass if anybody comes by. But I try to just wait and time it with no cars.
My husband has mysterious vomiting and no real answers so I dunno. He had pancreatitis again but that cleared up so it's possible he caught a virus but it's been going on a week. We've dealt with unexplained vomiting before though, so I guess we'll just have to tough it out and go back to the ER for fluids if necessary.
I'll try to get at least a short run in today. It's currently 71F and tomorrow's low is 24F
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Here is the road I am talking about. The path is on the other side of those farm silos. I would not otherwise run on this type of road. It's not a very high traffic road at the times that I usually run it. On average, I have to deal with 3-4 cars between points A and B.1 -
@lporter229 That's not bad. I'd rather run a road like that than through town where cars are not only on the road but coming out of a business driveway every 50 ft. THAT really scares me because we had a lady killed a year ago by a truck making a right turn out of a pizza place
Our whole county is working on pedestrian safety but I'm not sure that calling an 8ft wide sidewalk that goes past every business in town a "trail" is safe. 0 -
2/1/17 - 6 miles
2/3/17 - 12 miles
2/4/17 - 7 miles
2/5/17 - 7 miles
2/7/17 - 7.5 miles0 -
The main commercial road in my immediate neighborhood (sidewalk mostly usable).
The main residential road with bike path
Side streets (residential, many one-way)..
Runs longer than 4-5 miles usually include downtown which is a mix of usable sidewalk and not.
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Streets I mainly run on:
local, residential streets, mostly no sidewalks, but not a ton of traffic, and speed limit is around 25
busier residential street with a double yellow line. I still run on the street here, since there's hardly any on-street parking, and I hate running on sidewalks for reasons expressed by previous posters
center of town. Only street I run on the sidewalk because of the pull-in parking
more commercial road. It has a sidewalk that comes and goes and is not well maintained, lol. I'm fine running in the street here though, because there's a pretty good shoulder
I have to say, I'm really enjoying seeing everyone's streets, it's always fun to get a glimpse at other locations around the country/world2 -
2/1 – cross-training – zumba
2/2 – run – general aerobic – 7 miles
2/3 – run – general aerobic – 6 miles
2/4 – cross-training – zumba/weights
2/5 – long run – 6 miles
2/6 – rest
2/7 – run/cross-training – general aerobic – 6 miles/weights
Total: 28/116
Totally enjoyed my run in the rain! Was right around 36 degrees F, so a little chilly, and I forgot to pack long pants so my calves were a little cool in my capris, lol, but otherwise it was all good!
Lifting tonight, so I already included that above in my summary3 -
@greenolivetree Speed limit through residential is 50km, everywhere else (which is most of the runnable territory) is 110. I only run wooded trail for this reason. People in this town drive like they are on something at the best of times though (the number of times I've almost been hit at a marked intersection with the stroller I can't even count). I also find on the off time I'll run roads in the summer that guys get creepy and/or aggressive and I prefer to avoid that as well.
So imagine this only covered in a hell of a lot of snow because I haven't taken a picture of trail in forevaaaa:
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Totally agree, it's great!KatieJane83 wrote: »I have to say, I'm really enjoying seeing everyone's streets, it's always fun to get a glimpse at other locations around the country/world
Most of my running is done in places the google streetview car didn't visit (it's seems it mostly covered the large roads), but still, I found a at least a few of mine:
Country road, speed limit 100km/h (~62mph), although people usually drive a bit faster. There isn't really a shoulder, so I avoid it if there is too much traffic. And I don't run here at night.
Another country road, speed limit 70km/h(~43km/h) - or maybe also 100km/h, not entirely sure just now - but it has a useable sidewalk. Which is good, because there's usually a lot more traffic than on the one above.
City (village
) centre. There are sidewalks, but I pretty much never run in this direction. Too many cars/people/whatever.
This is as close as I usually go to the village centre - that would be straight, but I turn right. The sidewalk ends just around the corner for a hundred meters or so, then it starts again.
Residential street I - speed limit 50km/h (~31mph), no sidewalk, but it's single lane, so people usually drive careful since they have to be able to react to oncoming traffic.
Residential street II - one of those fancy new ones. Speed limit 30km/h (~19mph), side walks on both sides - though I usually run on the street here, because theres cars parking on the sidewalk, or stairs, or potted plants, or stupid "decorative" rock spheres - most of it looks nice, but running on the street is just easier, especially since there usually isn't any traffic at all.
Residential street III - again 50km/h speed limit, but peole usually drive slower than that. Occasionally with sidewalks, but not always.
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Ooh ooh... I wanna play too
Here's the medium traffic street. 25mph but more cars than most residential streets in the area.
This one's in front of my mom's house. 25mph and very few cars.
And finally, the high traffic street. Sidewalks only on this one. 35-40mph.
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This is part of the residential road I run to get to the small park by my house.
This is the only portion of the road that has a sidewalk and it is only about .25 mile. Around that corner/hill is a highway overpass and everyone flies around it even though the speed limit is 25 MPH.
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I live in London, so there is traffic everywhere and I hate it. Your wide open streets are making me incredibly jealous, we have nothing like that here! I think that's why I love running on trails and through fields and parks so much, it's the only time you're not feeling suffocated by buildings and traffic. I'm lucky that I live on the very edge of London and at least have that option. I often wonder if I lived in central London, where the traffic is awful, if I would ever have fallen in love with running in the way that I have. I don't think I would. Does anyone else ever feel that way? I feel that way about my hometown too, but only because of the hills. I don't think I ever would have taken up running had I started there!
Thank you for all your kind words after my bad week. Definitely smashing it this week though, but I have a lot to catch up on at work after having done so little last week. Serves me right I guess, but could not have been helped. Got my run in today, keeping it very slow this week though to keep my legs happy
February Running Challenge
1st-2nd - Sick
3rd - 6.15 miles
5th - 5.19 miles XC Race
7th - 4.06 miles
MTD - 15.40/100 miles
Upcoming races:
19th February - Bramley 20mile
12th March - North London Half Marathon
9th April - Brighton Marathon3 -
Feb: 55 miles running.
Planned Races
11th February : Mid Lancs Rossall Cross Country 4 miles :
26th February : Stanley Park 10K :
18th March : Cartmel 5K trail race :
1st: 0 miles, - MTD 0
2nd: 3.42 miles - MTD 3.42
3rd: 0 miles, Pilates and strength training- MTD
4th: 3.12 miles Park Run - MTD 6.54
5th: 0 miles - MTD 6.54
6th: 0 miles, Pilates and strength training- MTD
7th: 5.15 miles club run - MTD 11.691 -
louubelle16 wrote: »I live in London, so there is traffic everywhere and I hate it. Your wide open streets are making me incredibly jealous, we have nothing like that here! I think that's why I love running on trails and through fields and parks so much, it's the only time you're not feeling suffocated by buildings and traffic. I'm lucky that I live on the very edge of London and at least have that option. I often wonder if I lived in central London, where the traffic is awful, if I would ever have fallen in love with running in the way that I have. I don't think I would. Does anyone else ever feel that way? I feel that way about my hometown too, but only because of the hills. I don't think I ever would have taken up running had I started there!
Whilst I totally agree, what I find so amazing is it's quite difficult to find roads without pavements (sidewalks) around here so I rarely feel in danger from vehicles. However, I hate london and other really built up areas as you have to stop every few hundred feet to cross a road and they're so busy takes forever so you can never build up any rhythm. From a running point of view probably even worse than running on the road! Living just outside of London (about 30 miles east) is great - avoid both traffic and constant road crossing, but still have pavements when you are running road routes!0 -
@Stoshew71 @lporter229 and @_nikkiwolf_ Thank you so much for the marathon tips. @Stoshew71 That website was awesome with some great info!!1
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7---2.45 mile walk
Whoo! Did something finally!9 -
So, it's going to be somewhere between -4f and -6f when I'm running tomorrow morning, with windchills -2-f to -22 f. I was going to run a loop. now I'm thinking about running an out and back with the wind in my face on the way out. Since it's a progression run, I feel like I'm cheating a little, but with those temps and windchills, I don't feel too bad. Winds will be in the 5mph range.0
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Stuck at work late tonight so my trail run will have to wait. Maybe I'll take a break and walk up and down the stairs.0
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