December 2017 Running Challenge

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  • hjeppley
    hjeppley Posts: 230 Member
    edited December 2017
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    So the end of year goals thread got me moving on planning my races for the upcoming year. I may need to scratch a few and may add some shorter races with my family, but here is the starting plan:

    Night Trail Half Marathon Jan 20 (registered)
    Spring Fling 10K Feb 3
    Bound the Mound Half Marathon Feb 24
    OP 50/50 50K Mar 24
    DINO Eagle Creek 15K Apr 7
    Glacial Esker 20 mi Apr 28
    DINO Muscatuck 15K May 5
    DWD Gnawbone Marathon May 19
    DINO Brown County 15K Jun 2
    8 h @ Brown County Jun 16-17
    DINO Griffin Park 15K Jun 23
    DINO Potato Creek 7K July 14
    Eagle Creek Trail Marathon July TBA
    Half Moon Half Aug 18
    ITR 50/100 50 mi Oct 13
    Tecumseh Trail Half Marathon Oct 24
    Angry Turkey XC 5K Nov 17
    HRH YMCA Gobble Gallop 5K Nov 22
    Dirty Santa XC Dec TBA
    Jackson 50/50 50 K Dec 1
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
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    12/01 - Intentional rest day
    12/02 - Run Santa Run 5k - 22:11 PR!
    12/03 - 13.5 miles @ 9:24
    12/04 - unplanned rest day
    12/05 - 10.1 miles @ 9:21
    12/06 - 10 miles @ 9:24
    12/07 - Strength + 7 miles @ 9:14
    12/08 - Nada
    12/09 - Nada
    12/10 - Nada
    12/11 - 11 miles @ 9:53
    12/12 - 9 miles @ 9:53
    12/13 - Nada
    12/14 - 10 miles @ 9:17
    12/15 - Nada
    12/16 - 11.5 miles @ 9:08
    12/17 - Nada
    12/18 - Nada
    12/19 - 12 miles @ 9:33
    12/20 - 13.1 miles @ 9:05
    12/21 - 15.1 miles @ 9:43
    12/22 - 8.25 miles @ 9:47

    Big Hairy Audacious Goal: Sub 4 hours in Pittsburgh 2018!

    Official Marathon PR: 4:11:28

    Next Races (more as I find them):

    02/10/18 - Valentine's Day 15k
    03/17/18 - Shamrock Shuffle Half Marathon
    05/06/18 - Pittsburgh Marathon - aiming for sub four hours.
    05/12/18 - Glacier Ridge 50k Trail Ultra (I must hate myself)

    2020 - Disney World Dopey! (if can raise funds)
  • Ralphone
    Ralphone Posts: 1,836 Member
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    12/22 3.6 miles 49 mins sorry wrong date on fist post was for 21 . Bet it nice and warm in Phoenix. Getting cold here now.
  • Ralphone
    Ralphone Posts: 1,836 Member
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    https://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/wSGMvTG/exercise.png
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
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    Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
    11/01/17 :::: 3.0 :::: 3.0
    11/02/17 :::: 9.1 :::: 12.1
    11/03/17 :::: 4.3 :::: 16.3
    11/04/17 :::: 3.0 :::: 19.4
    11/05/17 :::: 4.0 :::: 23.4
    11/06/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 23.4
    11/07/17 :::: 4.5 :::: 27.9
    11/08/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 27.9
    11/09/17 :::: 3.0 :::: 30.9
    11/10/17 :::: 8.8 :::: 39.7
    11/11/17 :::: 5.1 :::: 44.8
    11/12/17 :::: 3.4 :::: 48.2
    11/13/17 :::: 2.0 :::: 50.2
    11/14/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 50.2
    11/15/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 50.2
    11/16/17 :::: 7.2 :::: 57.4
    11/17/17 :::: 3.0 :::: 60.5
    11/18/17 :::: 2.5 :::: 62.9
    11/19/17 :::: 3.0 :::: 66.0
    11/20/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 66.0
    11/21/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 66.0
    11/22/17 :::: 4.0 :::: 70.0

    I lost a couple of days this week for medical test related reasons but am back up and running and all is well. A nice even number for the cumulative after today's treadmill run. 70 out of a goal of 93 miles for the month. Which means I'm 75% to my goal and the month is 71% over, so I am on track.
    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?

    Training wise, this is my year to kick *kitten*. I'm going to take advantage of getting stronger and more confident and more dedicated to training and self-improvement.

    Great questions @Elise4270, and I like to adopt your goal too!

    My first goal is to figure out what I want my goal to be. I feel like this is a big year. I turn 50 this year, in November. That inspires me to do *something* big. My workload for the spring semester is very reduced this year, so I will have flexibility and more time to dedicate to myself. The timing is good. Do I want to:
    a) train for a marathon, to be completed close to or even on my 50th birthday (which falls on a Sunday so it's possible)
    b) train just for half marathons, and improving my average pace and fitness. Travel to destination races where possible (already have 3 likely ones schedule for 2018).

    I honestly can't decide what I want, but I'm giving myself the first couple of months of the year to start figuring it out. Once I get through the winter, maybe it will become more clear to me whether a marathon is really something I'm committed to, or if I just like the sound of saying "I ran a marathon".

    Either way, I also want to kick *kitten*!

    Love hearing all the goals and will look forward to seeing everyone work on these over the next year!
  • Ralphone
    Ralphone Posts: 1,836 Member
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    Tryed ticker thing .I messed it up lol
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
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    Ralphone wrote: »
    Tryed ticker thing .I messed it up lol

    @Ralphone - That's okay. I looked at some of the issues people had with tickers before I started here, and never tried to add one. It was just too much potential busy work if it didn't work right easily the first time. And I understand how to post text.
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
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    Non-running update: Got an email from the sports doc today. x-rays were negative, no signs of a stress reaction. Plan is 7 (more) days of no running, stretching, and self-massage; then test no more than 2 miles on Saturday December 30. Definitely won't run the year in miles in 2017.

    And on the subject of CICO tracking . . . I don't track calories out. I track calories in, and I watch the scale. Extended periods of no running require me to be strict about compliance with calories in; currently I'm maintaining, but at a level 2 to 3 pounds higher than where I would be maintaining if I were running. Yeah, I haven't always been as strict as I should be about calories in; and mistakes are harder to overcome when I can't run.
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,394 Member
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    @Elise4270 - Those are great questions... I started thinking about 2018 goals on my way home from San Diego after the HM last Saturday. They evolved a bit more this week after a not great check in with my nutritionist. All that travel the last few months was not inconsequential to my overall health or my running. So my goals are much more focused on health which leads right into the running goals too...

    What are your goals for this next year? Get back to eating more regularly (not skipping meals and eating/cooking healthier foods. Reduce my BF% as close as possible to 25% and increase my muscle mass. I think this will help my overall strength as well as make me a stronger runner and reduce susceptibility to injuries.
    Where do you want to be a year from now? 1) I will be retired by this time next year so I will have lots more time to run, train and plan. 2) I want to have my BF% down, be feeling strong and run a HM PR!
    How do you see your training evolving? Definitely more interval training and easing back into runs of 5-6 miles for my normal day to day tempo and easy runs. This will hopefully get me back to regularly running 100+ mile months. Retiring should give me the time to do this without meetings and travel getting in the way. In the mean time, until retirement I am setting out plans for running and training when I am traveling.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
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    heh, I Guess Strava does some year-end thingy:

    https://2017.strava.com/en-us/videos/997e6757b97aa5c04c9335f444e4ea37646cf9e4/

    I have no idea whose Strava names matches what names in this thread, but thanks all you that got mentioned in it! :smiley:
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
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    Happy 65th, @HonuNui :heart:
    shanaber wrote: »
    @Orphia - loved the candy cane! did it take a lot of planning?

    Hi @shanaber I spent about 20-40 minutes mapping out a route on milermeter.com the day before and then went back to it before my run the next day to get it straight in my head.

    I'm sure there are ways of getting a route onto one of my apps or maybe my Garmin, but I didn't want to take that long to work it out.

    @dreamer12151 Great work on your consistency! I'm sure it's a good feeling.

  • hist_doc
    hist_doc Posts: 206 Member
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    Ran 3.5 very cold Canadian miles today. We’re in New Brunswick for the holidays.

    Goals for 2018:
    Run sub 2 hour half marathon
    Run first full marathon in November.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    edited December 2017
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    I missed @HonuNui 's birthday? Happy birthday!!!
    Love everyone's goals!!!! Y'all don't forget this time next year that you can look back at what your aim for 2018 was! Or journal it.

    I did better today. I did forget my 30 minutes of activity a day... Oops. Yesterday was 75, today was 35. Bleh.. bike trainer :wink:
    I had a salad, fresh veggie juice, pomegranate juice, tuna, mayo, and a grilled cheese today. I can live with that.
  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
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    December goal: 95.71 miles

    12/1 3.51
    12/2 5.00
    12/3 rest
    12/4 4.25
    12/5 5.87
    12/6 4.30
    12/7 3.25
    12/8 rest
    12/9 6.01
    12/10 3.13
    12/11 rest
    12/12 5.20
    12/13 4.94
    12/14 ...more ornaments...
    12/15 5.10
    12/16 4.20
    12/17 Christmassytheaterconcertstuff
    12/18 helped dh "make" my birthday/Christmas gift: painted the kitchen/dining/library
    12/19 6.5 for my 65th
    12/20 4.25
    12/21 4.18
    12/22 3.18

    Total 72.87

    Thanks @Elise4270 , @shanaber , @Orphia

    My goals for 2018....keep moving---"will run for wine." Try for a sub30 5k.

    Ticker is my goal for 2017 and progress to date:

    exercise.png


    Upcoming races:
    Phoenix Women's 10k 1/28/18

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