January 2018 Running Challenge

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  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    @juliet3455 as much as I tried to enjoy skiing when I lived in the North I just couldn't, but sounds like you had a great time.
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    KeepRunningFatboy wrote: »
    @katharmonic - Thank you. And I also seen you mention Monumental. It's a great flat and fast course and is usually perfect running weather! I've done it a couple times since it's close by. If you think you want to run it, and you want that BQ - I would be willing to pace you.

    @KeepRunningFatboy What a nice offer! That's so awesome, thank you. I will keep it in mind (not the BQ part) if I don't get in to the NYC marathon.

    Congrats on your race @kevaasen!

    @amymoreorless that sounds like a really wise decision. Live to race another day!

    Good job @BruinsGal_91 on your 10k! Crazy about the "corner" cutting.

    Good to see you back @ereck44. Sorry to hear about the ankle, hope you will be able to get back to more running sometime soon.

    @PastorVincent just saw that video - LOL, love those dogs and their trickery.
  • penko47
    penko47 Posts: 236 Member
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  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
    One of my club mates from the Great White North was in @HonuNui area of the world recently and represented the frozen Great White North quite well.
    https://www.facebook.com/jon.babiy/posts/472545989807382?notif_id=1516037696120925&notif_t=nf_comment_story&ref=notif
    Now if I could count my Ski Km's as running Km's it would look like I was really kicking it.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    sarahthes wrote: »
    Strength day for me today, as well as wrangling the old washer & dryer away from the wall & disconnecting it. New one delivered tomorrow and then I gotta call an electrician to move an outlet and maybe swap out a plug as well.

    Possibly will need to hop over to a friend's tomorrow night to wash running gear, or maybe laundromat, if the electrical is complicated.

    @sarahthes when I got a new dryer they switched the power cord on the dryer not my wall. Took a few minutes. I've been lucky my washer has been working fine. I think a hose might have leaked because of the cold.
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    oh @Orphia that IS a good blog...... :D
  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,881 Member
    @PastorVincent - loved that video! So cute.
    @elise4270 - thanks Elise- My shoes all have the top level of padding and only one has mileage over 200. Opposite of minimalist shoes. :wink:
    This used to happen to me years ago, before I was a runner - if I walked >5 miles. Weird it came back after all this time. My socks are all no cotton, but now that I think about it I haven't bought new socks in a while. Yay a reason to shop for running stuff!

    Rest day for me today. At least I think so unless I go crazy and go to the gym after work. But I have to run a club after school and I think that will prevent me from going.

  • BrookeRunningMom
    BrookeRunningMom Posts: 156 Member
    i m confused, do I just post a goal for how many miles I'd like to run for January on here?
  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    sarahthes wrote: »
    Strength day for me today, as well as wrangling the old washer & dryer away from the wall & disconnecting it. New one delivered tomorrow and then I gotta call an electrician to move an outlet and maybe swap out a plug as well.

    Possibly will need to hop over to a friend's tomorrow night to wash running gear, or maybe laundromat, if the electrical is complicated.

    @sarahthes when I got a new dryer they switched the power cord on the dryer not my wall. Took a few minutes. I've been lucky my washer has been working fine. I think a hose might have leaked because of the cold.

    @skippygirlsmom I'm hoping that's all we need to do for the dryer. There isn't any plug at all for the washer on that side of the room - old unit was a 2 in 1. I'm hoping that temporarily it will reach the outlet on the other side of the room (maybe 5 feet away? small room) but the cord will be a tripping hazard in the meantime.
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    BrookeRunningMom wrote: »
    i m confused, do I just post a goal for how many miles I'd like to run for January on here?

    yes. It's a self-managed goal - you set whatever you would like to achieve and let us know how it's going. Some on this thread have goals in the hundreds of miles/kilometres, some in the tens, some just want to be able to run continuously for a mile. Some are beginners, some are at the stage of getting sponsorship deals. All are amazing people to be around.

    This thread is addictive, and busy. Miss a day and you may find three pages of posts to wade through. But there is a TON of advice to be had here, plenty of support, and no judgement.
  • BrookeRunningMom
    BrookeRunningMom Posts: 156 Member
    girlinahat wrote: »
    BrookeRunningMom wrote: »
    i m confused, do I just post a goal for how many miles I'd like to run for January on here?

    yes. It's a self-managed goal - you set whatever you would like to achieve and let us know how it's going. Some on this thread have goals in the hundreds of miles/kilometres, some in the tens, some just want to be able to run continuously for a mile. Some are beginners, some are at the stage of getting sponsorship deals. All are amazing people to be around.

    This thread is addictive, and busy. Miss a day and you may find three pages of posts to wade through. But there is a TON of advice to be had here, plenty of support, and no judgement.

    ok thats wonderful thank so much for the info !!
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    BrookeRunningMom wrote: »
    i m confused, do I just post a goal for how many miles I'd like to run for January on here?

    That's exactly it @BrookeRunningMom. Tell us your goal and update us on your progress along the way. See the first post of this thread for some more details on how you can use a ticker if you want, but any method is fine. Welcome to the monthly running challenge thread! It's a very friendly and helpful group, so jump right in and chat, ask questions, whine, brag, whatever!

  • BrookeRunningMom
    BrookeRunningMom Posts: 156 Member
    katharmonic wrote: »
    BrookeRunningMom wrote: »
    i m confused, do I just post a goal for how many miles I'd like to run for January on here?

    That's exactly it @BrookeRunningMom. Tell us your goal and update us on your progress along the way. See the first post of this thread for some more details on how you can use a ticker if you want, but any method is fine. Welcome to the monthly running challenge thread! It's a very friendly and helpful group, so jump right in and chat, ask questions, whine, brag, whatever!

    wonderful thank you, I just write down in my journal how much I do every day and add it all up at the end of the week, but will look into that ticker thing ! :)
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    BrookeRunningMom wrote: »
    my goal is to do 85 miles this month, Im not training for anything, I did set a goal to do 4- 5ks this year but thats it lol,

    Welcome aboard! :D
  • hjeppley
    hjeppley Posts: 230 Member
    Welcome @BrookeRunningMom!

    The 50K discussion is really interesting to me as well. I just signed up for my 50K in mid March so it is all starting to look real now. One of my issues is going to be getting ready for the hills. I need to make some field trips to get some better hills than I can get at home. I did one 50K 4 years ago but the terrain was pretty easy for that one.

    Decided to go with my plan of water walking today and give my hamstring another day to recover. It is feeling a lot better today though after lots of foam rolling and some ice yesterday. I am doing a check in visit with my PT today so I’ll get her opinion on how long I need to back off and what I can do to keep this new problem from setting my training back.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    sarahthes wrote: »
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    sarahthes wrote: »
    Strength day for me today, as well as wrangling the old washer & dryer away from the wall & disconnecting it. New one delivered tomorrow and then I gotta call an electrician to move an outlet and maybe swap out a plug as well.

    Possibly will need to hop over to a friend's tomorrow night to wash running gear, or maybe laundromat, if the electrical is complicated.

    @sarahthes when I got a new dryer they switched the power cord on the dryer not my wall. Took a few minutes. I've been lucky my washer has been working fine. I think a hose might have leaked because of the cold.

    @skippygirlsmom I'm hoping that's all we need to do for the dryer. There isn't any plug at all for the washer on that side of the room - old unit was a 2 in 1. I'm hoping that temporarily it will reach the outlet on the other side of the room (maybe 5 feet away? small room) but the cord will be a tripping hazard in the meantime.

    @sarahthes I gotcha!
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    But I pulled a muscle in my back sleeping last night some so not sure I *can* run. Ugh.

    that's some strenuous sleeping you went through there!!

    hope it tweaks back into running zone soon!

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