December 2017 Running Challenge

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  • LaurenFOB2301
    LaurenFOB2301 Posts: 84 Member
    edited December 2017
    12/1 – Rest
    12/2 – 2.4 miles (11 min pace)
    12/3 – 2 mile
    12/4 – 1 mile
    12/5 – 1 mile
    12/6 - Rest
    12/7 – 2 miles (11:52 min pace; off day)
    12/8 - Rest
    12/9 - Rest
    12/10 - 2 miles (10:40 pace)
    12/11 – 2 miles
    12/12 - Rest
    12/13 – Rest
    12/14 – 2 miles (10:40 pace)
    12/15 - 2.3 miles
    12/16 - 2 miles (9:53 pace)
    12/17 - 1 mile (9:53 pace)
    12/18 - 3 miles (10:50 pace)
    12/19 - 3.2 miles (Total time: 34:24) First test run for upcoming 5k. My race-day goal is to run it in under 33 minutes.
    12/20 - 1 mile (10:27)
    12/21 - Rest
    12/22 - Rest
    12/23 - Rest
    12/24 - Rest
    12/25 - 3 miles (10:59 pace)
    12/26 - Rest
    12/27 - 3.4 miles (11:16 pace)
    12/28 - 3.2 miles (Second test run for upcoming 5k) Total time is 33:14. Argh! You have no idea how disappointed I was being unable to run this in under 33 minutes. I pushed hard. I think my big mistake was I decided at the 2-mile mark that I suddenly wanted to try to run a 5k AND beat my race-day goal! Hah! Not the brighest idea when you were going at a comfortably hard pace to start. I quickened up the pace in the last 1.2 miles to no avail.
    12/29 - 1 mile (10:19 pace)
    12/30 - 3.2 miles (32:42!) I DID IT! First-ever 5k under 33 minutes!
    12/31 - 2.75 miles (Took my time with this one. Focused on the music and controlling my breathing rather than speed.)

    Total: 43.45/50 miles for December. Fell a bit short, but I definitely made some strides with speed, pacing and my breathing. Praying the weather breaks a bit this upcoming weekend (For Chicago, I'd be happy with temperatures in the 20s right now) so I can get back to running outside.

    Some major milestones for me since since I started running in mid-September:
    1) I can now run more than a block without getting severely out of breath! :)
    2) My average 1-mile pace is down from 14:40 to about 9:50-10:30, but apparently when I push myself, I've found I can maintain a 10:12 pace for a 5k. How in the heck does THAT work?
    3) About two years ago, my husband and I trained together for a Chicago 5k and I struggled a lot -- it was mostly mentally because he was faster than me, having started training about a month before I joined him. That year, I ran the 5k in 38 minutes. This year, I'm training on my own after a two-year hiatus and ran 3.2 miles the other day in 32:42. Progress!
    4) Self-confidence. Before September, I would not step foot on a treadmill at the gym before now. And I hated running outside, terrified someone in my neighborhood would SEE ME. Lol.

    As a Christmas gift, my dad signed me up for three races! Two 5ks in January and February and my first-ever 10k in April! A little nervous about that one.

    Goals for January and the rest of 2018:
    - Lose weight so my running speed goes up (it's one of the barriers, I think, to my breathing.)
    - Control my pacing (but mostly, have patience) to run longer distances daily versus constantly trying to increase my 1-3 mile speeds.
    - At the same time, I would be overjoyed if I could run a sub-9-minute 5k. In high school, I could run a mile in about 7 minutes to 7:30. Maybe it's wishful thinking, but a girl can dream. :)
  • abutcher2122
    abutcher2122 Posts: 175 Member
    katharmonic wrote: »
    abutcher2122 wrote: »
    And December closes with a bang. I wasn't going to go running today but I realized I had signed up for a challenge and I needed to run a 8 minute mile or less. I swear if someone was watching they probably thought I was running for my life. I was pumping along so hard that when I hit the one mile mark (7:45) I didn't notice that the trail I was coming up to was closed and I tripped over the small, pretty much at ground level, "invisible" chainlink fence. Not gonna lie, I totally crawled away as low as possible. So glad I go out so early. Lol

    Oh, @abutcher2122 hope you are OK, but that was a great visual of you running like your life depended on it, BAM, and then slinking away hoping no one saw that. Great effort on your mile!

    -10 F real temp out there right now. Think it's going to be the treadmill if anything today. Tomorrow is much the same, which makes for a tough Resolution Run. Yesterday it warmed up to almost 20 degrees F and it felt so much better, the dog and I were loving it. I was hoping we were on an upward trend but no.

    Be back later with today's numbers, if any. Happy last day of 2017!

    @katharmonic I'm okay. Luckily I busted my butt the on so many Lego pieces lately, that fall was like going down memory lane.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    edited January 2018
    @ddmom0811 sorry about your cycling problem

    So I was just reading that Emma Coburn ran 3280 miles this year along with winning a gold medal AND managed to get married. Go girl!
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    @ddmom0811 I switched to a noseless saddle. It seems to help with some issues. Although I don't ride enough to say I even ride. Hope it resolves quickly. Way to go this month and year! You've really kicked kitten!
  • LaurenFOB2301
    LaurenFOB2301 Posts: 84 Member
    dreamer12151 wrote: »
    My December goal: 25 miles

    12/1: 2.11
    12/2: 2.12
    12/4: 2.11
    12/7: 2.19
    12/8: 2.12
    12/11: 2.12
    12/13: 2.19
    12/16: 2.10
    12/18: 2.28
    12/20: 2.28
    12/22: 2.17
    12/29: 1.60- 25.39 Total miles run for month - GOAL ACCOMPLISHED!!!!!

    True I didn't SMASH it down, or do the CT10K for last week, but I DID accomplish the goal I set. I'm feeling kinda proud of myself, if I so say so myself!

    And, the last run I did was a turn on the tunes, and just run. Ok, I did still take a few 30 second walk breaks, but I still had no agenda other than making my 25 mile goal. I get home to find that my over all pace time has improved! Ready to start again in the new year....

    Elise4270 wrote: »
    end-of-month question?

    What are your goals for this next year?
    Where do you want to be a year from now?
    How do you see your training evolving?

    This has been rattling around my head for the past week or so. Still formulating plans & goals, but now that I've accomplished this "little" goal, I think I'm back on track to setting some more for the coming months.

    Congrats!! Really nice work. :)
  • Ralphone
    Ralphone Posts: 1,863 Member
    Ok hope it ok just going day by day. Jan 2 4.1 miles
  • fithealthygirl
    fithealthygirl Posts: 290 Member
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  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    Ralphone wrote: »
    Ok hope it ok just going day by day. Jan 2 4.1 miles

    Always ok. Good job getting the miles in today.
  • Ralphone
    Ralphone Posts: 1,863 Member
    Thanks :)
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Just reminder we are all over in the January thread now:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10625700/january-2018-running-challenge/p1
  • Ralphone
    Ralphone Posts: 1,863 Member
    3.2 miles 35 min. Last mile sub 9 min .like 850 that's good for me lol
  • Ralphone
    Ralphone Posts: 1,863 Member
    No run today but shoveled snow. Dose that count lol
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Ralphone wrote: »
    No run today but shoveled snow. Dose that count lol

    Come join us in the January thread... no one is over here anymore.

    Thread: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10625700/january-2018-running-challenge/p1

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