February 2017 Running Challenge
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Made it through my 10k today (need to update my ticker) and added an extra mile so I only have 1 left to do in Feb to meet my goal.
Struggling with a sore hip, should be seeing the physio this week to find out the cause.
Having this challenge has really helped keep me on track and get out when I was feeling lazy. I have enjoyed reading about all your runs & successes and sad to hear some of the trials and tribulations.
Thanks guys
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That sounds like a great workout @MobyCarp you definitely earned your rest day tomorrow!0
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This weekend I learned that apperantly five month of winter were enough to lose any mountain running fitness I ever had... We've had freakishly little snow this year, so I decided yesterday that it was time to check out if the mountain trails where already accessible. They (mostly) were, but sadly, I had to walk not only on the crazy steep parts of the trail, but also on some of the steep-but-not-crazy parts.
Add in more walking on the trails along the top of the mountain when the snow got too bad, and I ended up really pressed for time for a work appointment in the afternoon. I scrambled back down as fast as possible, focussing only on speed and not on form. My quads are feeling it today! I went for a Sunday run anyway, but it took at least half an hour of running until my legs started to feel normal again. And I'm still making funny noises whenever I have to stand up or sit down ^^
But it was still a great run! I started with sunshine and temperatures warm enough to run in short sleeves. Further up I had to put on jacket and hat, but it was still sunny - so the snow looked very pretty and sparkly
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This weeks running:
21.02.2017 - 6.4 km
22.02.2017 - 5.7 km
(23.02. skipped the run, went cycling instead)
25.02.2017 - 20.3 km
26.02.2017 - 12.8 km
-->195km of 200km February goal6 -
7---2.45 mile walk
10---same 2.45 mile walk
11---3.79 walk
16---3.00
18---3.32
20---3.39
21---2.85
23---3.24
26---3.25 walk
26.83/something
Maybe races
March 26th 2017 A2A 5k Ardmore, OK3 -
Quick update on my 1st marathon. Finish time was 3:54:06 with a face plant into the concrete included with less than 1 mile to the finish line!! Aaaggghhh! But I made it to the finish in under 4 hours so it all worked out.
I started out with the 3:45:00 pace group. After 16 miles, I couldn't keep up . I was ok though, knowing it was a stretch goal. I felt good about being on track to finisg in well under 4 hours. My were my legs getting so tired. Over 20 miles is no joke! I felt good though that my paces were still under 10, mostly around 9:30. Cardiovascular wise, I was fine. It was my legs getting so tired.
Then, I'm on the home stretch...less than a mile to go!! And I tripped over some railroad tracks. I saw then, but I guess since I was tired I didn't pick up my feet high enough. I initially thought I was seriously hurt. I knew my face was bleeding but didnt know where. After the shock wore off, I assessed my pain level. I didnt feel that hurt. Yeah...i was bleeding and my knee hurt a bit, but I got up and started walking. I felt ok and started running again. I could still make <4 so I went for it. As soon as I crossed the finish line, the medics got me. I got my finishers medal on the way but it was uneventful since I was bleeding profusely. None got on my shirt, but some did drip on my race bib! I had a team of people working on me. No concussion, no joint damage, no broken bones...just lots of blood and scrapes to clean up. My face, shoulder, hands, and knee. I think the worst soreness was from not being able to properly stretch. They gave me Tylenol, but I thought I needed morphine. Once the Tylenol kicked in, I got some fluids and food in me, and the blankets warmed me up, I felt much better and could live without morphine.
Afterwards, i got some food and actually skipped the post race beer. I figured drinking probably wasnt a good idea with all my wounds. I walked gingerly to get my gear bag and my car.
I'm super sore and have a sports massage scheduled for tomorrow. I am so glad I booked it.
Well, I have an interesting 1st marathon story to tell.17 -
@BeeerRunner great job on your first marathon! That's quite a story! I hope my first isn't that eventful...lol.....glad you're ok.2
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This Week:
2.20.17 - lazy/lacked discipline.
2.21.17 - 10.4 m. 9:30 pace.
2.22.17 - 8 m. 8:40 pace.
2.23.17 - 8.5 m. Slower than a turtle.
2.24.17 - overcome by depression, its been a difficult week.
2.25.17 - 12.2 m. 8:55 pace. Feeling much better today.
2.26.17 - 9 m. 9:13 pace. Was hoping for more, but I will take 9 and move on.2 -
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 miles
2/8/17 - 6 miles
2/10/17 - 12 miles
2/11/17 - 4.5 miles
2/12/17 - 7.5 miles
2/14/17 - 7 miles
2/15/17 - 7.2 miles
2/17/17 - 14 miles
2/18/17 - 3.25 miles
2/19/17 - 7.5 miles
2/20/17 - 2 miles
2/21/17 - 3.25 miles
2/22/17 - 8 miles
2/24/17 - 15 miles
2/26/17 - 8 miles
If you guys pin down a date for Hawaii before November, I can request vacation around it for 2018. My 2017 vacations are already all scheduled. I'm sure my hubby would be more interested in that one than this year's Alaska trip!2 -
@BEERRUNNER You are my hero!!!!!1
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@BEERRUNNER You are my hero!!!!!
Totally agree with this1 -
@BeeerRunner I've been checking back all day to hear about your race. Fantastic time!!!!! OMG I'm so sorry you fell, glad you weren't hurt worse. Who puts railroad tracks at the end of a marathon
Super time!!!!
@_nikkiwolf_ the trail looks beautiful3 -
@BeeerRunner - Congratulation on having the fortitude to finish. You have now joined the group of less than 1% of the American population that has run a marathon. Well done!
The open question is whether you want to do it again. Don't try to answer that question for a few weeks. You'll need some time for the reality to sink in.4 -
@BeeerRunner _ Congrats on the first marathon! Great time, that sucks about the fall but way to persevere.2
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@BeeerRunner Simply an awesome result!1
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Too many days off from running in the last half of the month, so I will not make my goal. Tonight, I did a 4.5 mile run on the treadmill.
I'm going to try to see the positive side... whatever I end up with will be higher than Jan., which had 3 more days. It is progress. I need to make more progress in Mar. and be ready for the 12K trail race on 4/1.2 -
After 2 weeks off and in physiotherapy I was able to try running today. Just 15 minutes very slow, 2 minutes running/1 minute walking. My shins are a bit sore but my left ankle only bothered me when I was stretching out my calves after the run and the right ankle isn’t bothering me at all. Definitely making progress, but it looks like I will be mostly walking the St. Patrick’s Day 5 km race in March.
Date Km Today - Km for Feb.
2/1 3.05 – 3.05
2/2 7.05 – 10.1
2/3 3.2 – 13.3
2/5 5 – 18.3
2/10 2.18 – 20.48 run/walk
2/12 4.96 – 25.44
2/26 1.5 – 26.94
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Upcoming Races:
St. Patrick’s Day 5 km - 3/18
Ottawa Tamarack 10km - 5/27
Scotiabank Canada Day Road Race 10 km – 7/1
Pure Protein Night Race 10 km – 8/12
Canada Army Run HM - 9/17
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Thanks @MobyCarp , I hope you are right! Thinking of setting March to 250km to force myself to get my butt in gear 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
February 10- 10km
February 11- Rest
February 12- 18km
February 13- 6km
February 14- Rest
February 15- 11km
February 16- Birthday from hell
February 17- 11.1km
February 18- Rest
February 19- 18.2km
February 23- 5.2km
February 25- 5.3km
February 26- 10km
211.1 km/200 km
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Haven't been able to totally catch up on the thread (and not sure I will at this point) but wanted to make sure I congratulate @BeeerRunner on an awesome job done on her first marathon, especially after that fall! Way to go!1
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@BeeerRunner - you are amazing getting up and going after a fall like that. I am pretty sure I would have sat there and cried. I suspect you are going to be pretty sore in the next few days!
@Elise4270 - I will buy you Moscow Mule AND nachos!
@_nikkiwolf_ - Beautiful pictures!
@ddmom0811 - Hope you feel better!
After sitting in the airport/plane all day I checked into the hotel and headed to the gym, which is actually very nice for a hotel gym - lots of treadmills and ellipticals and weights. I had it all to myself and managed just under 4 miles. If I had realized I was so close to my goal I would have kept going just a little bit longer!
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 - + Strength Training and Rally
02/10......0.00......36.81
02/11......9.30......46.11
02/12......2.00......48.11 - Dog Beach Sunday!
02/13......5.00......53.11 - + Agility
02/14......4.42......57.53 - + Strength Training
02/15......0.00......57.53
02/16......4.39......61.92 - + Strength Training and Rally
02/17......0.00......61.92 - Monster storm
02/18......6.50......68.42
02/19......9.09......77.51
02/20......0.00......77.51 - + Agility
02/21......3.00......80.51 - To Dallas - Hotel Treadmill
02/22......4.05......84.56 - Treadmill Intervals
02/23......0.00......84.56 - Home from Dallas + Rally
02/24......2.75......87.31 - Fast walk with Hobbes
02/25......8.39......95.70
02/26......3.44......99.14
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 Marathon2 -
Although, its very possible I'll have surgery again this year...
@Elise4270 Wait, what?
Do tell us more. xxoo 0 -
Although, its very possible I'll have surgery again this year...
@Elise4270 Wait, what? Do tell us more. xxoo
My surgery side (left) is doing great. Weak, uncoordinated, still some nerve pain, but I'm like 87.9% better on that side.
My right appears to have the same thing going on. A fibrous band (3 on the left) is tethered from sciatic nerve to something, not allowing free movement. It gets painful. Butt, the right is no where near as bad as the left was. So I anticipate it'll be a cake walk with lots of violin practice and cake.
Steroid shot planned in a month. He wants me to work on stretching it out daily. Consertive care first. Figure I'm probably 6-9 months from surgery, if it goes that route. Steroid shots are awesome, so I'll be banging out some miles as soon as that gets started.
ETA. He said I can run, just don't heel strike- pulls the nerve.
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@BeeerRunner congratulations on your first marathon! And overcoming what sounds like a painful bad fall and still making it under 4 hours. Incredible. Hope you aren't too horribly sore today. Ouch.1
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@BeeerRunner - Congratulations! what an amazing race. I'm so amazed at you going that last mile with blood streaming down! What a bad@ss you are girl!
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@BeeerRunner Great job on battling to the finish line! I echo the "You're my hero" comment. I hope to one day have the courage to train and run a marathon.
@MobyCarp Wow! You're killing it this month. That's a lot of miles at a great pace!
@_nikkiwolf_ Thanks for the pics. That would be amazing to have that to run.
@Elise4270 Sorry to hear you have to get surgery but happy you can still run and know what to expect from the surgery.3 -
BeeerRunner wrote: »...
I got my finishers medal on the way but it was uneventful since I was bleeding profusely.
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@BeeerRunner That is soooo not my definition of 'uneventful'! Congrats again on a great run!
@_nikkiwolf_ Nice trail pics!
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With one day to go, I made my revised goal for the month; bring it on, March!!!
03 - 2.24 miles
04 - 9.30
06 - 11.67
07 - 7.25
08 - 12.43
09 - 7.61
10 - 16.13
11 - 5.60
13 - 13.46
14 - 6.83
15 - 13.40
16 - 6.64
17 - 17.01
19 - 5.63
21 - 10.92
22 - 13.35
23 - 10.93
24 - 17.16
27 - 13.39
Total: 200.95 / 200
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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
02/10/17 :::: 3.1 :::: 31.8
02/11/17 :::: 7.6 :::: 39.4
02/12/17 :::: 2.5 :::: 41.9
02/13/17 :::: 2.6 :::: 44.5
02/14/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 44.5
02/15/17 :::: 3.5 :::: 48.0
02/16/17 :::: 3.0 :::: 51.0
02/17/17 :::: 3.3 :::: 54.3
02/18/17 :::: 7.4 :::: 61.7
02/19/17 :::: 3.1 :::: 64.8
02/20/17 :::: 3.6 :::: 68.4
02/21/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 68.4
02/22/17 :::: 2.7 :::: 71.1
02/23/17 :::: 4.4 :::: 75.5
02/24/17 :::: 3.6 :::: 79.1
02/25/17 :::: 8.3 :::: 87.4
02/26/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 87.4
02/27/17 :::: 3.4 :::: 90.8
A bit of a slog this morning with Stella but still - made it to my revised goal of 90 miles for February! Not sure if I'll get any more miles as tomorrow is my long work day. Then Wednesday I'm off to Scottsdale to hopefully start March running off with some beautiful runs along the Arizona canal!3 -
2/1- 8.1
2/2- REST
2/3- 4.23
2/4- 14.11
2/5- 3.16
2/6- 6.16
2/7- REST
2/8- 8.09
2/9- REST
2/10- 4.04
2.11- 14.01
2/12- 3.04
2/13- 6.06
2/14- 3.16
2/15- 8.15
2/16- REST
2/17- 4.66
2/18- 15.04
2/19- 4.03
2/20- 6.06
2/21- 3.66
2/22- 8.15
2/23- REST
2/24- 4.66
2/25- 15.12
2/26- 4.15
2/27- 4.07
Total: 151.92
Monthly goals:
Mileage goal: 150
Real Goal: Stay healthy enough to get into the swing of real marathon training.
Today's notes: First run of cutback week. Got my 4 miles in, but I really wan't feeling it this morning. Ran with average pace of 9:52. I shouldn't complain, since stretch goal MP is 9:55.
I'm just really in a grumpy mood because my left leg is bothering me again. pain when walking (but not running??) especially going up and down stairs. Glad it's a cutback week because of that. I have an appointment with my GP for Friday morning. Hoping the fact that I only have 2 runs (6 miles & 3 miles) between now and then, means my leg gets better, but I'm in freak out mode again since this definitely seems to be a bone issue and not a muscle issue, though that calf is sore again too.....
Oh, I guess I should be happy, I made my mileage goal.....1 -
7---2.45 mile walk
10---same 2.45 mile walk
11---3.79 walk
16---3.00
18---3.32
20---3.39
21---2.85
23---3.24
26---3.25
27---gym stuff.
26.83/something
Maybe races
March 26th 2017 A2A 5k Ardmore, OK
Hope for a bike ride today!!! Although I caught myself giving runners the stink eye today at the gym, I wanna run the trails. Today's gonna be rainy... Aww muddy trails, how I miss you. I miss stopping every half mile to kick 4 inches of mud of my shoes, I miss tromping through every single water puddle, I miss singing "I wanna be an air born ranger.." loudly....and I almost miss snorting gnats.4 -
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".
2/10 - 3.4 treadmill miles, then upper body weights.
2/11 - 4.33 miles. Red Flannel Run. Was supposed to be a 5 mile course! Someone sure missed on that. I was very happy with my pace and would have finished the 5 in under 40:00, so I was a little disappointed with that.
2/12 - 2.3 treadmill miles and Bodypump class.
2/13 - 4.1 miles.
2/14 - Impromptu rest day. Woke up with significant pain in both feet and some discomfort in my right hip. Not sure what's going on, but thought it best to rest a bit.
2/15 - 4.47 miles. (I think it was more like 4.62...GPS waited a block or so to start, weird).
2/16 - 5.17 treadmill miles. Trek class.
2/17 - 4.25 miles.
2/18 - 5.75 miles. Longest run in a while, starting to stretch out. Felt good!
2/19 - Rest Day.
2/20 - 4.51 miles. 58° F at 4:45 a.m. in February? Yes, please!
2/21 - 4.47 miles.
2/22 - 4.52 miles. Again, nearly 50°! I could get used to this!
2/23 - 4.20 miles. The nice weather is ending today.
2/24 - My plan called for a rest day. Not feeling it. May run later.
2/25 - 1.7 treadmill miles and Bodypump class.
2/26 - 3.11 miles. Slow, easy 5k with my son. GOAL!
2/27 - 4.55 miles.
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@BeerRunner- I know I posted this on your feed, but SUPER impressive first marathon. Especially with the injury. Stupid railroad tracks! I know @Mobycarp asked if you were thinking about another one. Pretty sure I know your answer when you are that close to a BQ!
Speaking of Boston, my road there just took a sharp turn backwards. I am currently on day 4 of no running and waiting patiently for my PT appointment on Friday morning. I am pretty convinced (with the help of Dr. Google), that I have high hamastring tendinopathy. I am totally bummed about this. I have not run since my 1 mile jaunt with Stella on Friday morning and am planning on taking the rest of the week off until I have my appointment. I had a massage on Saturday and did some P90X pilates yesterday, neither of which seemed to help much.
I am just so frustrated because I have done everything I can to dial my training back and take care of myself for the last year and a half since qualifying, and then this happens NOW!!! Ugh! Trying not to imagine the worst, but even one weekend of no running smack in the middle of marathon training can put you in a panic, as many of you know. On the plus side, I do feel like I am pretty well conditioned, having maintained a regular schedule of weekly runs over 10 miles for the past year and a half and I do have one 20 mile run in this month. One of my MFP friends who is an incredible runner told me that several years ago she was sidelined with a stress fracture at this time leading up to Boston. She ended up getting one long run of 18 miles in two weeks before the race and still had a great race, so I am trying to focus on that inspiring story.
Well, looks like I will be closing out the month with 118 miles, well shy of my 180 mile goal
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