January 2018 Running Challenge

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  • dreamer12151
    dreamer12151 Posts: 1,031 Member
    1/8 - 2.22
    1/9 - 2.23
    1/13 - 2.21
    1/15 - 2.00
    1/22 - 2.22
    1/25 - 2.28
    1/27 - 2.30
    1/29 - 2.15 - 17.61

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    RACE: Gasparilla 5K - 2/24/18

    2018 year goal: 200 miles: 17.61 run, 182.39 to go!
  • Link2Life
    Link2Life Posts: 102 Member
    sarahthes wrote: »
    @Link2Life I finished C25K back in August, then started the Bridge to 10K program. Once I was done that I did a 15K program to build my mileage, and now I've started HM training. I liked the B210K program quite a bit, personally.

    Awesome! Thank you for your suggestion and congrats on your accomplishments!!
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
    1/1 5.9miles
    1/2 5miles
    1/3 13.1miles!
    1/4 5miles
    1/5 8.4miles
    1/6 4miles
    1/7 rest
    1/8 6.67miles
    1/9 5miles
    1/10 6miles
    1/11 13.1miles!
    1/12 8.09miles
    1/13 4miles
    1/14 rest
    1/15 5.75miles
    1/16 6.15miles
    1/17 9.17miles
    1/18 5miles
    1/19 13.1miles!
    1/20 5miles
    1/21 rest
    1/22 6.42miles
    1/23 6.14miles
    1/24 7miles
    1/25 8.18miles
    1/26 5miles
    1/27 13.1miles!
    1/28 rest
    1/29 6.6miles

    Interval Monday on the treadmill due to wet, rainy, windy, cold miserableness outside.

  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    MobyCarp wrote: »
    So... I may have just signed up for 3 races on the same day... umm.

    Ambiguous grammar alert: If you mean that today you committed to run 3 races in the future, that's okay. If you mean that you committed to run 3 races on the same future date, that could be an issue.

    Actually, both are true. I did register for multiple races, on the same day where the race occurs on different days and I also registered for three races that are all on the same day. :) So Ambiguous Grammar was perhaps a bit clearer than you think. :)
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    girlinahat wrote: »
    OKAY So it is official. I have registered for the 50k Ultra that is six days after my PR attempt at the Pittsburgh Marathon. So I am guessing seven days after the Pittsburgh Marathon you will find me in ICU. :open_mouth:

    yup. bonkers. no other word for it.

    but hey, what's another 8 kilometres? Plenty of people do marathon a day challenges, why should YOU be anything special? ;)

    So that is not the worst of it. I will finish the Marathon at least 90 mins, if not 2 hours ahead of my wife. I will then get a banana or three, some water, run back and find her on the course and finish with her. That is our tradition at every race... though 10 miler is the longest race I have done that for so far. Full marathon will be ummm interesting to attempt that. :)

    @PastorVincent take longer to get that banana and you won't have to run as far with the Mrs.

    Eh, cept I want to run with my wife so that would be counterproductive. :)
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    MobyCarp wrote: »
    OKAY So it is official. I have registered for the 50k Ultra that is six days after my PR attempt at the Pittsburgh Marathon. So I am guessing seven days after the Pittsburgh Marathon you will find me in ICU. :open_mouth:

    Not to scare you (okay, deliberately to cause you concern), but I once ran a half marathon 6 days after Boston. It was a Big Mistake that required some noticeable couch time and physical therapy for recovery, even though I didn't think I was running the half very hard.

    It's one thing if you're running the marathon at a pace you could sustain for an ultra. It's quite another thing if you're pushing hard for a PR in the marathon.

    YMMV. Recovery times are variable among runners, and some recover much better than I do.

    Another guy had run Boston in 3 hours and run Flower City half 6 days later in 2015, smoking me in the age group by 4 minutes at Flower City, which gave me the idea to run Boston then Flower City 6 days later in 2016. I found out I'm not that other guy. He was inducted into the GRTC Hall of Fame last Saturday; one of the factoids mentioned was that he has run 82 marathons in 15 years, and was sidelined by injury for the *first time* last year. Consensus opinion is that he's a natural runner and somewhat of a freak of nature.

    After my first Marathon, I could not step up on to the curb after the race. The Race People were trying to get me into the medical tent, and I was on the verge of collapse. 36 or so hours later DOMS hit me hard enough that I was considering an ER trip (no one had warned me about DOMS). But by the following weekend, I was already rebuilding my running.

    After my second Marathon, I was walking around fine. Tired, but climbed the steps to my truck in the parking garage and drove home. No DOMS at all. Forced myself to take a rest day that I did not feel I needed. By 3 days after the race, I was running my normal schedule.

    Both years were run at the same pace (took longer the second time though cause I picked up over a mile extra in tangents).

    Based on that I think I will be okay. But we will see! The Ultra has a 20 min/mile cut off, so I can walk large sections of it if I need to. If I have overcommitted, then the ultra will take an extra hour or something over what I could have done. I am committed to the PR attempt, and the ultra is more to see what that world is like.
  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,843 Member
    HonuNui – Ouch! But, I love the finisher’s shirt and medal – beautiful!

    So close to my January goal. Working at home today so I got on the treadmill before work and then at lunch I went out to hit the hills for 3 miles.

    Upcoming Races:
    February 3 – Strawberry Plains Half Marathon
    February 24-25 – Gasparilla Amber Challenge (15K & 5K on Saturday; Half Marathon on Sunday)
    May 6 – Pittsburgh Half Marathon
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  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    HonuNui wrote: »
    1/28 6.32 at Phoenix Women's 10k---my fall didn't hurt me too badly as I took 2nd place in my age group!
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    Sorry about your fall, and congrats on the race! But why does the shirt say half-marathon if it was only 10k?
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    HonuNui wrote: »
    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
    1/11 4.62
    1/12 scheduled rest day
    1/13 non-exercise aerobic workout (incoming ballistic missile warning=elevated heartrate!
    1/14 watched football
    1/15 5.60
    1/16 didn't
    1/17 snorkel 3 hours
    1/18 exhausted...don't know why-I just had 5 days off!
    1/19 5.50
    1/20 3.51
    1/21 unmotivated
    1/22 5.60
    1/23 life
    1/24 5.39
    1/25 work/packing
    1/26 travel
    1/27 3.56 went out for a little shakeout run before the Sunday 10k race, and managed to (again) fall
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    ....wasn't really trying to emulate @MobyCarp, who I am sure faceplanted with much more grace than I did!
    1/28 6.32 at Phoenix Women's 10k---my fall didn't hurt me too badly as I took 2nd place in my age group!
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    @RunsOnEspresso ...feel better soon
    @sarahthes ...adorable kiddie pic!
    @HRKinchen ...so sorry to hear about your friend's son. There are no words to describe the pain of losing a child.....

    Total 66.35

    Ticker is my goal for 2017 and progress to date:


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

    I just realized that this was a Phoenix area race. LOL We had great weather this weekend for a race!

    Thanks everyone for the well wishes. Gonna take the next few days off from running. I'll miss my goal but health is more important, right?
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member

    Yeah, we have been laughing about that here. There is a great thread on twitter where people are posting the bases and etc they find. Not just American bases either. At least some were Chinese, and even some NK border patrol routes.
  • HRKinchen
    HRKinchen Posts: 202 Member

    Saw that! I guess I had just assumed that people on "secret bases" wouldn't telegraph their locations by sharing GPS data. But maybe I'm missing something about Strava (which I don't use) or its map. Is it supposed to be publicly searchable?
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    edited January 2018
    HRKinchen wrote: »

    Saw that! I guess I had just assumed that people on "secret bases" wouldn't telegraph their locations by sharing GPS data. But maybe I'm missing something about Strava (which I don't use) or its map. Is it supposed to be publicly searchable?

    @HRKinchen here's the Strava heatmap. I use this to help me find new running routes, particularly trails, when I'm in a new area. I hadn't thought about looking near military bases.

    https://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#2.79/-19.15017/34.51975/hot/run

    Apparently some of the privileged class are keeping fit in Pyongyang

    https://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#12.30/125.63585/39.01694/hot/run

    The heatmap is detailed enough, and updated recent enough, that I can see where I leave and turn into my driveway, as well as the garbage cans at the park where I toss Kody's poop bags.

  • HRKinchen
    HRKinchen Posts: 202 Member
    edited January 2018
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    HRKinchen wrote: »

    Saw that! I guess I had just assumed that people on "secret bases" wouldn't telegraph their locations by sharing GPS data. But maybe I'm missing something about Strava (which I don't use) or its map. Is it supposed to be publicly searchable?

    @HRKinchen here's the Strava heatmap. I use this to help me find new running routes, particularly trails, when I'm in a new area. I hadn't thought about looking near military bases.

    https://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#2.79/-19.15017/34.51975/hot/run

    Apparently some of the privileged class are keeping fit in Pyongyang

    https://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#12.30/125.63585/39.01694/hot/run

    The heatmap is detailed enough, and updated recent enough, that I can see where I leave and turn into my driveway, as well as the garbage cans at the park where I toss Kody's poop bags.

    But Strava users can choose not to share their data, right? I mean, I get how that would undercut the usefulness of the map for other users, but is there a way to track your activities on Strava without publicly sharing them?

    ETA: I guess what I'm asking, as a non-Strava user, is whether the public map is the whole point of the app or if it has utility for an individual to track progress privately?
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    edited January 2018
    Dubai lights up pretty well
    https://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#13.22/55.16367/25.09124/hot/all

    Lots of folks tracking their Hajj at the Grand Mosque in Mecca as well
    https://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#16.14/39.82510/21.42199/hot/all


    @HRKinchen I would guess that you could opt out of having your data included in the heatmap or not. Most users don't even know the heatmap exists. Yes you can track your activities without sharing them with other users. You can set that up as a default, or decide on a per run basis if it's public or private.

    The main point of Strava is to allow individuals to track their progress, be it private or public.

    This is what an individual run would look like. This is my run last night
    https://www.strava.com/activities/1380690578

  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    HRKinchen wrote: »
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    HRKinchen wrote: »

    Saw that! I guess I had just assumed that people on "secret bases" wouldn't telegraph their locations by sharing GPS data. But maybe I'm missing something about Strava (which I don't use) or its map. Is it supposed to be publicly searchable?

    @HRKinchen here's the Strava heatmap. I use this to help me find new running routes, particularly trails, when I'm in a new area. I hadn't thought about looking near military bases.

    https://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#2.79/-19.15017/34.51975/hot/run

    Apparently some of the privileged class are keeping fit in Pyongyang

    https://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#12.30/125.63585/39.01694/hot/run

    The heatmap is detailed enough, and updated recent enough, that I can see where I leave and turn into my driveway, as well as the garbage cans at the park where I toss Kody's poop bags.

    But Strava users can choose not to share their data, right? I mean, I get how that would undercut the usefulness of the map for other users, but is there a way to track your activities on Strava without publicly sharing them?

    ETA: I guess what I'm asking, as a non-Strava user, is whether the public map is the whole point of the app or if it has utility for an individual to track progress privately?

    Yes, Strava uses can hide their data. It is an option. The default is that your data is public. So if you download the app, do the basic setup and go run, your data is public. There are extra steps you have to take to hide it.

    BUT Strava is a SOCIAL tool, so the big thing the push is the public data part. See who is running near you, see their times, share photos about your run and so on.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    @HRKinchen

    MFP even has a "club" on it and you can see how everyone in the club is doing:

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    Strava is very much a social network kind of fitness app.
  • HRKinchen
    HRKinchen Posts: 202 Member
    @7lenny7 and @PastorVincent - Gotcha. Since it's both social by design and an opt-out, I can understand why the problem with bases happened.

    @girlinahat - Scary. And also a reminder why I wouldn't get much benefit out of a social running app: I do most of my non-race running in, around or near my home.
  • HRKinchen
    HRKinchen Posts: 202 Member
    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    Caught the flu this weekend, so I have been resting, no running. Horrible month too. I will post Feb's challenge in the next couple of days.

    Ugh. I'm sorry. Hope you're feeling better soon!
  • MichelleWithMoxie
    MichelleWithMoxie Posts: 1,817 Member
    Is there a February running challenge thread up yet?
  • MichelleWithMoxie
    MichelleWithMoxie Posts: 1,817 Member
    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    Caught the flu this weekend, so I have been resting, no running. Horrible month too. I will post Feb's challenge in the next couple of days.

    Oh! just saw this! Sorry you're feeling under the weather!