January 2018 Running Challenge

MobyCarp

January Running Totals (miles)
1/1 – rest/injury
1/2 – rest/injury
1/3 – rest/injury
1/4 – rest/injury
1/5 – rest/injury
1/6 – 1.59 test run
1/7 – rest day
1/8 – 2.01 easy
1/9 – rest day
1/10 – 3.00 easy

January running total to date – 6.60

Nominal challenge goal: No specific distance

Real goals: Start January getting back to running regularly. Finish January in base building mode, giving myself a chance to start and complete Boston 2018.

Today's notes – I procrastinated long enough to miss the sunshine, but still had daylight with overcast skies and 45º F (7º C) temperature when I got out to run this afternoon. Wind was not a factor; Garmin says 7 mph. The plan was to run no more than three miles, and give myself the opportunity to bail at two.

The hurt quad still isn't right, but it's better than it was on Monday. With a reasonable running temperature, it actually felt a bit better after I warmed up. Ran a twisty route around my neighborhood to not be very far from home if I needed to quit at any given point; ended up doing a short out and back from my driveway to get to 3 miles even. For how I felt, I could have kept running; but I got into this mess by overdoing it, so I'll be content with an easy 3 today.

I'm not feeling as much aftereffects of running on a still recovery quad as I did on Monday, so I'm happy to be making progress. Now I think I'll take both tomorrow and Friday as rest days, then attempt the 5 mile race on Saturday. Except I don't intend to race it, just run it easy. Yeah, right. The race environment will probably tempt me into running at MP; but I definitely don't want to run at a hard 5 mile race pace.

2018 races:
January 13, 2018 Freezeroo #3 (Pineway Ponds Park 5 mile) (Spencerport, NY)
January 27, 2018 Freezeroo #4 (Hearnish 5 mile) (Victor, NY)
February 17, 2018 Freezeroo #5 (Valentines Run "In Memory of Tom Brannon" 8 Mile) (Greece, NY)
February 24, 2018 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY)
April 16, 2018 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)

KeepRunningFatboy

01.01.18 - 10 m. TM @ 8:30.
01.02.18 - 9 m. TM @ 9:15.
01.04.18 - 8 m. TM @ 9:22 / Bike Trainer for 60 minutes.
01.05.18 - 8.1 m. TM @ 9:10.
01.06.18 - 9 m. TM @ 8:40 / Bike Trainer for 60 minutes.
01.07.18 - 7.4 m. @ 8:31. 51.50 running miles for the week.
01.08.18 - 8 mm. @ 9:00 pace. / Bike Trainer for 45 minutes.
01.10.18 - 11 m. 8:31 pace

January Goal - 220 total running miles. Begin IM 70.3 Bike Training program.

Tentative Race Calendar:
1.27 or 1.28 - Scheduling.
3.4.18 - Little Rock Marathon
4.7.18 - Yakima River Canyon Marathon
5.6.18 - Flying Pig Marathon
5.20.18 - IronMan 70.3 Chattanooga
7.14.18 - IronMan 70.3 Muncie

hanlonsk

MobyCarp wrote: »

@NikolaosKey – Condolences on being hurt. Couch time is no fun. Don't feel too bad about getting there. Your statement, "I was very stupid on this, my body sent signals and I ignored them," could have been written by just about any runner. We all seem to be in denial until we swing into hypochondria.

I actually believe the line I used that caused a PT to snort water out his nose, and a new one laughed at me today for it, was “I was pretty sure I knew what a doctor would tell me, so rather than run AGAINST medical advice, I chose not to seek medical advice until I was done with the half marathon.”

Like probably not my smartest move to have been in a spot where I was more concerned with pre run ibuprofen than pre run fueling.

So yeah... definitely not alone on ignoring those signals... I wish you a speedy recovery. On the groupy bit we have a whole thread of us gimpy folks if ya need some non running venting.

kat_ontherun

Went on a short recovery run of just 1.6 miles today (after my longest run ever yesterday) - I didn't even break a sweat. Looking back, last spring during my distance class I was able to run 3-4 slow miles. I would be sweating after the first mile and very tired by the end, but not in terrible shape. It was, after all, the first time I had done any distance running. Then life caught up to me and I was doing only 0.75 miles this last fall. It's weird to think my recovery runs are more than twice as long as my "hard" runs from a few months ago!

I've been reading everyone's posts on this forum and wish I had time to respond to all of them - because you are all so inspiring! Just the sheer amount of mileage you all are putting on really motivates me to try just a little harder everyday. So thank you for posting! Keep being awesome!

kgirlhart

January goal: 75 miles

1/3 - 4.4 miles
1/4 - 4.1 miles
1/5 - 4.1 miles
1/7 - 9.1 miles
1/9 - 4.3 miles
1/10 - 4.3 miles


30.3/75 miles completed

Great run today. A little windy, but not too bad. It'll be cold tomorrow, but not wet so I am not going to complain about it.

MNLittleFinn

Looking forward to this year: http://teachertrailrunner.blogspot.com/2018/01/2018-year-in-preview.html

JessicaMcB

Great post @MNLittleFinn - the master of hills is coming for you Zumbro

@hanlonsk that is kind of classic...I might steal that for future PT lectures!

So I'm still alive, just inundated with sick children and a disaster zone house and a husband who is on the road yet again. I should be doing dishes right now but...priorities . Got the letter today that I'll be one of the first out the gate at the invitation only. Now to continue to work neurotically on my trail speed when I am not being relegated to the mechanical cage

January 1- 18
January 2- 20
January 3- 19
January 4- Ran but I'm not counting it because slow
January 5- Off
January 6- 62
January 7- 21
January 8- 18
January 9- 5
January 10- 16


179/550

179/6000

2018 Races
*Gord's Frozen A** 50K, February 19
*JAJA Trail Marathon, April 1
*Red Deer Marathon, May 20
*Lone Wolf Last Man Standing Race, June 17
*Eddie's Half Marathon, TBA June
*Run in the Buff 120km TBA August
*Lost Souls 100 Miler, September

sarahthes

Woke up this morning with a mild niggle in my lower back and by the time I got home from work the thought of lifting my almost 3 year old filled me with dread. It's not awful but not comfortable either. Going to blame my almost 6 year old climbing all over me while I was sitting awkwardly yesterday.

In any case, did my scheduled strength workout anyway, just lowered my weights a bit from wimpy to pathetic.

Gym tomorrow, hoping to get there a bit earlier so it's not as busy but that all depends on how organized we all are in the morning. The earlier I get to work the earlier I can leave...

penko47

another 5k

Ericsmi

Jan 7 - 2.62 mi
Jan 9 - 2.07 mi

HonuNui

January Goal....do something

1/1 gobsmacked
1/2 3.35
1/3 3.20
1/4 couldn't
1/5 3.27
1/6 2.50
1/7 wouldn't
1/8 3.58
1/9 4.16
1/10 6.19

Total 26.25



Ticker is my goal for 2017 and progress to date:




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

Orphia

@HonuNui I keep meaning to ask... why were you gobsmacked?

@7lenny7 It's all very easy to say you shouldn't have stepped out there between cars even if the crosswalk was blocked. But you are so right, we need eternal vigilance to protect ourselves!! So hard when you're trying to run places!

@NikolaosKey Kudos on your insight. I wish you patience and wisdom in your recovery.

@sarahthes Hope you're not off sick for long. You too, @RespectTheKitty .

@fe45tv You might be able to run further for the year if you don't run every day, but rest in between runs, and build up your distance per run gradually.

Healing is just as important as training when it comes to results.

Orphia

January 2018 runs:

01 Jan – 5 km parkrun 28:08
02 Jan – 21.2 km half marathon 2:12:33
04 Jan – 6.7 km
06 Jan – 5 km parkrun 29:09 so freaking warm!!
07 Jan – 18 km
10 Jan – 13.1 km
11 Jan – 11 km

Jan goal: 170 km
Jan total: 80 km

Doing well so far for the month.

Another lovely run this morning.

My schedule for the past month or two has been 4 runs per week. Seems to be the right combination of running/resting, and I've been getting faster and with lower heart rate.

Saw this today:

Ryokat

@7lenny7 I am probably the 100th person to say I’m glad you & Kody are okay, but I still mean it. I have done almost the same but worse. Running with traffic in daylight, I waited until the car I could hear coming passed me, I went to cross the road not paying any more attention. I almost got hit by the car following closely right behind. That was definitely my fault, and that was in regular daylight. Thank you for your link to a reflective vest. I need one.

HRKinchen

@7lenny7 - So glad you're OK!

Took a rest day yesterday and hated it. By the end of the day I was feeling so cranky and anxious, but I know my body needed it. Didn't get to bed as early as I would've liked, but the thought of another day of not running made it relatively easy to get up at 4 and run this morning. My easy runs are getting even easier, so I'm thinking about pushing my long runs further this weekend. My first race of the year is in a couple weeks, and my goal for that one is only one walk break.

MTD: 16/45
1/2 - 3.0
1/3 - 1.25
1/5 - 1.3
1/6 - 1.5 + 2.0
1/7 - 2.25
1/8 - 1.5
1/9 - 1.7
1/11 - 1.5

*****

Goals for 2018:
- Run 500 miles
- Run a nonstop (no walking) 5K
- Run/walk my first 10K
- Run 3+ trail races
- Run in 3+ states

Races to Consider:
1/27 - Mississippi Blues Marathon 5K (Registered)
2/18 - Q50 Trails Extravaganza 5M (Registered)
3/10 - Hammond Shamrock Run 5K (First race I ever ran, in 2017)
3/18 - Shamrockin Run 8K in NOLA
4/20 - Star Wars Dark Side 5K in WDW (Registered)
5/12 - Q50 Cinco de Mayo Trail Race 5K (First trail race I ever ran, in 2017)
6/21 - Summer Solstice 6.21M

*****

ddmom0811

@7lenny7 - oh my gosh - just read about your scare. I appreciate you telling us about it. We all can get too confident the more experienced at running we become and forget to look properly. SO glad you and Kody are okay.

Nothing exciting to report - intervals at 4:30 in the morning.
I finally figured out my pattern of running. When school is out -- I run faster! When school is in -- I run slower!

1/1 - 4.5 miles #RWRunStreak Day 40!!! I’m done!
1/2 - REST day!
1/3 - Strength training - glutes/arms
1/4 - 5 miles
1/5 - strength training - glutes/arms W4C
1/6 - 8 miles
1/7 - strength training - arms only
1/8 - strength training - gluten
1/9 - 4 miles
1/10 - REST day
1/11 - 4 miles

cburke8909

5 days in a row no running. sick and sick of being sick.

Southpaw1958

I Have lost 125 pounds since September 2014. Running/walking and trying to eat right have become an essential part of my life.

Gonna try and get in 75 miles this month.

January Total so Far - 25 miles

BruinsGal_91

Four miles on the treadmill in the gym last night. Was planning on six, but I just wasn't feeling it (I was quite surprised I actually made it to the gym rather than going straight home). My legs felt heavy and my head wasn't in the game. I thought about giving up at three miles but managed to go for another mile before giving up and going in the sauna instead.

But four miles is better than no miles.

katharmonic

@Southpaw1958 welcome and congratulations on your amazing transformation. Great goal and you are right on target.

@Orphia you always have such nice pictures, but this one is really gorgeous and sweet. Love they are all looking at the camera

Sorry for those who are feeling sick and/or sore. Rest up today!