November 2017 Running Challenge
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katharmonic wrote: »@Elise4270 I hate the headphone cord but I'm always forgetting to charge my wireless ones and they are kind of awkward and uncomfortable, so I end up reverting back. I'm tempted to try the bone conduction kind but I'm afraid they will be uncomfortable so I haven't invested. Anybody use those?
I did in a demo. The leave your ears open so you hear 100% of everything around you. The sound more like background music that the clear and foreground sound of regular headphones. I did not like them but if you want your ears open to the environment there is no better option.1 -
@ddmom0811 my goal in life is to be able to do a pull-up. I have no idea what to do with the rest of my life once I achieve that, but it's a while away anyway.....
With push ups, better than girly ones are doing elevated ones - so in traditional push-up pose you might start against a wall, and then as you get stronger choose a step and do that, gradually aiming to get closer and closer to the floor with each round. It will strengthen your core better than girly push-ups on the knees, and teaches the right form all the time.4 -
girlinahat wrote: »@ddmom0811 my goal in life is to be able to do a pull-up. I have no idea what to do with the rest of my life once I achieve that, but it's a while away anyway.....
HA! I feel the same way. Been working on it for a while now. With the "pull up assist" machine I need 35 pounds of help. Getting there!
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@JessicaMcB that letter is awesome, and your before/after is AMAZING! Now do you see why I say you are an inspiration?2
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@JessicaMcB and @7lenny7 , Amazing progress pics! Jessica for about 30 seconds there I thought you were trying to pull one over on us, and that was a photo of your child or a younger sister!
@Teresa502 I thought everybody here look like an elite athlete when I first joined. But of course we all just look like normal people! My alter-ego definitely looks like Shalane Flanagan though
Post PT update: I slept very very well for the first time in months. Of course we got the new washer and dryer in, the washer is impossible to keep it from cavitating. So I'm afraid I will be schlepping to the laundromat unless we reinstall the old washer, for the weekend. Boo. Dd did all her laundry in the old one, I waited for the new one like the dumb dumb I am.3 -
PastorVincent wrote: »girlinahat wrote: »@ddmom0811 my goal in life is to be able to do a pull-up. I have no idea what to do with the rest of my life once I achieve that, but it's a while away anyway.....
HA! I feel the same way. Been working on it for a while now. With the "pull up assist" machine I need 35 pounds of help. Getting there!
I had never heard of pull up assist until recently, but my small gym doesn’t have one. Earlier this year I decided I wanted to work on pull ups and used the Zen Labs app that uses the same philosophy as C25K does for running. I started at being able to do 3 and got to the end where it had me doing 13. By the end I was supposed to be able to do 20, but I was disappointed that the program stopped at 13 and was to big of a jump to get to 20... plus, I have some arthritis in my elbows, so the pain wasn’t worth it to keep going.
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October goal: Not chicken out and Register for Zumbro. Start training for Zumbro and figure out real mileage
Nominal Mileage goal: 100 miles???
11/1- REST
11/2- 3.1+ 20 minutes shoveling
11/3- REST
11/4- 7.8
11/5- 4
11/6- REST
11/7- 5.8
11/8- 4.1
11/9- REST
11/10- 4.1
Total: 28.9
Today's notes- Got up at 0415 and saw the text that my running buddy was not going to be able to join me this morning. Bummer. Then I got a good look at the thermometer...6F, OK, that's pretty normal... wait, what's that thing in front of the 6? Oh! it's -6F (-21C), Now this is going to be a good run!
Got layered up. 2 layers on bottom, 3 layers on top, balaclave, hat, gloves, light and drove to the ridge. As I approached, I could see the snow fog... yup, the snow machines were going.
Run was about a minute slower than last time. The cold and the snow slowed me down. My footing wasn't great, I'll probably have to put my Yak Tracks in the near future. I couldn't find my chest strap HRM today, so, I have no clue how my Garmin got HR data through a sweatshirt and a turtleneck. Oh well. Run was good.
2017 Races Scheduled
6/16- William A Irvin 5k
6/17- Grandma's Marathon 4:24:06
7/15- Eugene Curnow Trail Marathon 7:22:23
8/12- UMTR FatAss "Not Quite" 50k DNF, too darn hot out
8/19- Rampage at the Ridge 5k OCR
9/23- Ely Marathon 6:24:36
10/21 Wild Duluth 100k 18:15:51
11/23- TBD 5k Turkey Trot???
2018 races
4/13- Zumbro Endurance Race 100 Mile
5/19- Superior Trail 25k (Lottery)
7/8- Afton 50k???
9/8- Superior Trail 50 mile (Lottery)
10/xx Wild Duluth 50k? 100k?
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »@JessicaMcB that letter is awesome, and your before/after is AMAZING! Now do you see why I say you are an inspiration?
This.1 -
girlinahat wrote: »As to finding trails - my sister has a rule with hiking/canoeing in the wilderness. Make sure the activity you are doing takes longer than the drive to get to it. Other than that, anything is fair game. Mind you, she camps in the snow so she's bonkers anyway.
@girlinahat I like your sisters mojo/attitude. Unfortunately some of the truly epic Canadian adventures are the Balanced, 3 days driving for 3 days of hiking/canoeing etc.
Not sure if this is going to link/post properly but A very short Video Clip Teaser from one of my friends in Grande Prairie with a Trail Trekkers group doing an evening Headlamp Trail Run For those who have never ran at night in the snow with a headlamp it gives a good view of how magical it is.0 -
girlinahat wrote: »As to finding trails - my sister has a rule with hiking/canoeing in the wilderness. Make sure the activity you are doing takes longer than the drive to get to it. Other than that, anything is fair game. Mind you, she camps in the snow so she's bonkers anyway.
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juliet3455 wrote: »girlinahat wrote: »As to finding trails - my sister has a rule with hiking/canoeing in the wilderness. Make sure the activity you are doing takes longer than the drive to get to it. Other than that, anything is fair game. Mind you, she camps in the snow so she's bonkers anyway.
@girlinahat I like your sisters mojo/attitude. Unfortunately some of the truly epic Canadian adventures are the Balanced, 3 days driving for 3 days of hiking/canoeing etc.
yeah. She lives in Winnipeg......last year she did an epic explore of the Yukon, the sort of trip where no one really has a proper map for..
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Last minute work trip to Chile, not too disappointed about this but now I've got to wake up @JessicaMcB early to get my run in before I broad planes for the next 24 hours. It will make for some fun impromptu elevation training though (I'll be going from 4200' to 12500') so I'm hoping that doesn't kill me. If my recovery/endurance can handle it I should be able to get all my running in around work and I'm really hoping I'm allowed to go run out in the Atacama desert (the mine is on the edge of it) but we will have to see.8
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11/01 - REST
11/02 - REST
11/03 - 1.95
11/04 - 8
11/05 - REST
11/06 - 4.7
11/07 - 2.5 (uggg, treadmill)
11/08 - 5
11/09 - REST
11/10 - Cross training: Bodypump and CX Works + 10 minutes on treadmill walking with steep incline.
Back to my bodypump class this morning for cross training. Looking forward to my long run tomorrow. 9 miles this time, and if my schedule cooperates, I'll do it on part of the HM course. It's a bit of a drive north for me to that path, but it really helped my head in the last 10k to have been on the course before. Plus, it's something different to look at!
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@katharmonic I have a pair of "true wireless" headphones by Sound Peats. I have had them a month or so and really like them. There is a piece for each ear, but I only use one so I can have one ear free, but there is no cord connecting them, so it's just a single piece. They weren't expensive or fancy and get the job done. They have the ear hook thingy so I don't worry about it falling out, and they are easy to pair to my phone.
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PastorVincent wrote: »@JessicaMcB ...that before & after...wow! I didn't know which button to click at the bottom of your post. I wanted to click them all! Very impressive and inspiring! (I picked inspiring).
You actually can click them all btw...
You certainly can but since it only logs the last one you click there's not much point... ;-)
At least that's the way it works on my phone and computer
@Azercord I am very jealous! I'm looking forward to pix!4 -
JessicaMcB wrote: »
And this is why we should do the right thing, even when we could ignore it and just go win.
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PastorVincent wrote: »girlinahat wrote: »@ddmom0811 my goal in life is to be able to do a pull-up. I have no idea what to do with the rest of my life once I achieve that, but it's a while away anyway.....
HA! I feel the same way. Been working on it for a while now. With the "pull up assist" machine I need 35 pounds of help. Getting there!
I had never heard of pull up assist until recently, but my small gym doesn’t have one. Earlier this year I decided I wanted to work on pull ups and used the Zen Labs app that uses the same philosophy as C25K does for running. I started at being able to do 3 and got to the end where it had me doing 13. By the end I was supposed to be able to do 20, but I was disappointed that the program stopped at 13 and was to big of a jump to get to 20... plus, I have some arthritis in my elbows, so the pain wasn’t worth it to keep going.
Well if I could do 3 to start, I would not use the machine, but without a jump I can not even do one. I like to get to the point I can do 2 - 3 sets of 8-10 but that might take more dedication to the goal than I can muster. Right now, target is 1. Baby steps.4 -
I have so far completed 38.6 miles since November 1st.
1st - 3.1 Completed
2nd - 1.0 Completed
3rd - 5.0 Completed
4th - 14.1Completed
5th - 1.5 Completed
6th - 1.1 Completed
7th - 3.3Completed
8th - 1.5 Completed
9th - 3.0 Completed
10th - 1.5 Planned 5 Completed
11th - 1.5 Planned
12th - 16 Planned
13th - 1.5 Planned
14th - 5 Planned
15th - 3 Planned
16th - 5 Planned
17th - 1.5 Planned
18th - 1.5 Planned
19th - 12 Planned
20th - 1.5 Planned
21st - 3 Planned
22nd - 3 Planned
23rd - 1.5 Planned
24th - 2 Planned
25th - 1 Planned
26th - 26.2 No choice. Firenze Marathon
27th - 1 Planned
28th - 1 Planned
29th - 1 Planned
30th - 1 Planned
Accidentally did 3.5 miles more than planned today - Not going to complain it was actually pretty quick (for my current fitness) 5 miles in 35:47
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@Dazzler21 nice running. your 26.2 on the 26th looks cool, all I can think is location!1
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I can't wait.I am happily terrified - I know I can do the distance, just not sure if I'll get the time I have been training towards.4
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