February 2018 Running Challenge
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Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
02/01/18 :::: 5.0 :::: 5.0
02/02/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 5.0
02/03/18 :::: 7.4 :::: 12.4
02/04/18 :::: 3.2 :::: 15.6
02/05/18 :::: 3.8 :::: 19.4
02/06/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 22.5
02/07/18 :::: 3.3 :::: 25.8
02/08/18 :::: 3.4 :::: 29.2
02/09/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 29.2
02/10/18 :::: 8.1 :::: 37.3
02/11/18 :::: 3.6 :::: 40.8
02/12/18 :::: 3.2 :::: 44.0
Another San Diego run. Having trouble with being exhausted and sore feet/knees/calves so I went out 2 miles and then on the way back decided to stop and walk at just over 3 miles. Between the mental exhaustion of this conference and the soreness from the worn out shoes, I'm feeling beat. Even so, it was nice being outside in agreeable weather.
One more full day here tomorrow. Plan includes sitting in the hot tub at some point and/or looking into a massage.
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@HRKinchen - love how the race director for Q50 races describes them as -ishes and not exact distances.
Yes! Embrace the -ish! I really want one of the new "Just Do ISH" shirts. So perfect.3 -
Where is our favourite female Canadian ultra runner these days? (JessicaMcB)4
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Feeling good today, was frustrated with the icy sidewalks slowing me down in places, but overall a good run of just over 10k. I'm looking forward to a 10k night race this weekend.
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easy run for 7.1, intervals tomorrow
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Has anyone every done one of the inflatable 5ks?
A few years back I did a Dirty Girl 5K in Alabama that had obstacles and some of them were inflatables. It was after I just started running and I did it with a couple of friends who were also beginner runners. We just had fun with it. It was in February and it ended up being a chilly day -especially going through the mud pit that was waist deep!3 -
Logged 3.5 miles on the treadmill yesterday, alternating speed every minute between 4.0 (15:00/mi) and 7.0. (8:34/mi). Whew! Great workout.
My running goal is 3 "runs" each week, of at least 3 miles in length. For this week, I walked 10 miles (and, yes, counting it as a run) on Sunday and then yesterday ran intervals workout of 3.5 miles on the treadmill.
Am pleased to have accomplished yesterday's workout, as it was super tough to leave the office for the lunch-time gym outing.5 -
Oh dear, no time to catch up with you busy posters!
Good news - 5 miles before work! Hasn't happened in a while. Usually can only get 4 in.
Bad news - that happened because I couldn't sleep -- so I got up and did a lot of stretching and hit the road.
Going to Baltimore next week Tuesday-Saturday for a conference on comp sci education. Hoping the weather is nice for some runs! Been looking at running routes and it looks like there is a nice run along the Inner Harbor which is where I am staying.
2/1 - Strength Training - S3-A
2/2 - Rest
2/3 - Rest
2/4 - Daytona Beach HM 13.1
2/5 - strength training S3-A (repeating it)
2/6 - strength training S3-B + 2.89 miles treadmill
2/7 - 4 miles + Strength training S3-C (arms)
2/8 - 3.5 miles
2/9 - Strength training S3-D Glutes
2/10 - 44 miles cycling
2/11 - 51 brutal miles cycling
2/12 - strength training S4-A
2/13 - 5 miles! + TBD
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So, I may or may not have (*totally did*) signed up for another race between now and my April vacation. Which means if I run all planned races, I'll be racing four out of the next five weekends... and maybe even five of the next seven.
But I'm supposed to be doing weekly long runs of (mostly) these distances anyway, so I might as well have a little fanfare and excitement, right? Oh, just shut up and take my money, and have my t-shirts waiting for me. 
Rest day today. Hills tomorrow. Time to start really digging in for Sunday. It's supposed to rain on those hilly trails just about all day Friday and into the night. Then come the first 100 or so runners, making loops totaling anywhere from 13ish to 52ish miles on Saturday. Then on Sunday, we 5- and 10-milers take to the same trails. Might be a slog, but oh boy is it gonna be fun!!
MTD: 9.75/45
YTD: 57.35/500
2/1 - 2.75
2/6 - 2.0
2/11 - 5.0
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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
Stretch Goal: Run/walk a HM
Races:
1/27 - Mississippi Blues Marathon 5K (Registered) - DNS
2/14 - Luv 2 Run 2.14M virtual (Registered)
2/18 - Q50 Trails Extravaganza 5M (Registered)
3/3 - Rock'n'Roll Marathon Series 5K in NOLA (Registered)
3/10 - Hammond Shamrock Run 5K
3/18 - Shamrockin Run 8K in NOLA
3/31 - Crescent City Classic 10K
4/20 - Star Wars Dark Side 5K in WDW (Registered)
5/12 - Q50 Cinco de Mayo Trail Race 5K
6/21 - Summer Solstice 6.21M
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Hahaha. I try and limit myself to one race per month, but sometimes I just can't help myself.
2018 races completed
1/21/18 Dreamfar 10k (age-group 5/23)
2/10/18 Cupid's Chase 5k (age-group 4/24)
2018 registered races
3/10/18 Medway Shamrock Shuffle 5k
4/8/2018 Holly Club Hustle 5k
5/13/18 Strivers Mothers' Day 5k
5/19/18 Martha's Vineyard Half Marathon
Potential 2018 Races
June - J P Morgan Corporate Challenge 3.5m
June - BAA 10k
July - Tonneson and Co. 5k
August - Book it! Dedham Library 10k
9/16/2018 Louisa May Alcott Orchard House 10k
September - Stride for Healthy Communities 5k
10/8/2018 Tufts Women's 10k
10/28/2018 Bill's Pizzeria 5k
11/17/2018 YMCA Metro North Half Marathon
11/22/2018 Turkey Trot (TBA)
12/2/2018 Newton Holiday Hustle 5k
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3.5 very slow miles this morning. Woke up about 10 mins late (4:25am instead of 4:15am, lol) and debated even going. But then I remembered how much I'd hate myself for not going because I don't know what's happening after school today. So I cut my stretching routine short and headed out. You never regret exercise!
Great Job for getting up and out the door!!2 -
2/1 - 4 treadmill miles at Trek Class. First three-day streak in ~4 weeks. I'll take it!
2/2 - Rest day. After streak, thought it was a good idea.
2/3 - 5.1 miles outside. Nice!
2/4 - Unplanned rest day - church activities + Super Bowl + sick kid = no workout / run
2/5 - Another unplanned rest day - sick kid is worse. Doctor visit, etc.
2/6 - Kid still sick and I'm feeling pretty lousy too.
2/7 - 4 treadmill miles and a nice upper body weight workout. I feel OK, kid a little better. Thanks for all the good wishes!
2/9- Kid back to Doc as strep test was negative. Influenza
Missed any chance to run.
2/10 - 4 treadmill miles and a quick weight session.
2/11 - Spent morning digging out this week's snow.
2/12 - 4 treadmill miles.
2/13 - 5.05 treadmill miles at Trek Class, then upper body weights.
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Feb 2018 running goals: 3x/wk with 3+mi/run (36 total mi/Feb).
Date.....Miles....Cumulative.....Notes
2/11 .....10.0......10.0.............with dogs in rain
2/12........3.5......13.5.............alt pace 4.0/7.0 every minute, treadmill
13.5/36!4 -
February goal: Keep kicking at Zumbro training
Nominal mileage goal: Let's say 140? I really don't know. Real plan is to follow training and coach's advice well.
2/1- REST
2/2- 5.5
2/3- 16.6
2/4- 4.2
2/5- REST
2/6- 9.1
2/7- 6.7
2/8- REST
2/9- 5.5
2/10-10
2/11- 9.8
2/12- RESR
2/13- 6.8
Total: 74.2
Today's notes: Woke up with a sore throat... yay... Decided that today was the day I was going to switch my hill repeats over to trail. Got to the ridge and started running, Got to my chosen hill and did my 10x2min hill repeats and ran back to the truck. I was kind of bummed. I ended up power hiking a little on some of my reps I NEVER power hike. Then I got to work and checked out the stats... yeah... Normal hill rep hill was a 3% easy grade.... In switching to trail I bumped up to 8%.... That may have made it a bit harder...LOL.. Pretty tired and kind of sick now, will have to see if I make it through the day.
2018 races
3/28- END-SURE 50k
4/13- Zumbro Endurance Race 100 Mile
7/28- Minnesota Voyageur 50 (coach brought up this one)
9/8- Superior Trail 50 mile
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BruinsGal_91 wrote: »So, I may or may not have (*totally did*) signed up for another race between now and my April vacation. Which means if I run all planned races, I'll be racing four out of the next five weekends... and maybe even five of the next seven. But I'm supposed to be doing weekly long runs of (mostly) these distances anyway, so I might as well have a little fanfare and excitement, right? Oh, just shut up and take my money, and have my t-shirts waiting for me.
Hahaha. I try and limit myself to one race per month, but sometimes I just can't help myself.
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Where is our favourite female Canadian ultra runner these days? (JessicaMcB)
@Ryokat I know that @JessicaMcB is in the dreaded Taper right now
so she might be staying away from the temptation zone that this group is.JessicaMcB wrote: »Love you guys, *kitten* hate taper. 2018 Races *Gord's Frozen A** 50K, February 193 -
2/1 - 3 miles
2/2 - 0 miles
2/3 - 3.1 Mardi Gras 5K
2/4 - 0 miles family stuff
2/5 - 8 miles
2/6 - 3 miles
2/7 - 0 miles
2/8 - 6 miles
2/9 - 3 miles
2/10 - 4 miles 5K and some extra
2/11 - 8 miles
2/12 - rest day
2/13 - 5 miles have hill repeats tonight with my running group
43 of 110 miles
Seems I might have found myself a cold. Of course everyone coming to work coughing with fevers probably helped. Nose is a bit runny and throat a bit scratchy taking my vitamin C.8 -
I’m jealous of those who are using treadmills or dreadmills as a lot of y’all call it. Lol. I woke up extra early this morning to get in some good stretching before going out but it was pouring so I did a little stretching then decided to watch Netflix. If I had a treadmill I could definitely do 100 miles every month since I rarely sleep, would definitely be safer than going out at 1 or 2 in the morning.5
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HILLS!
I haven't run Sunday's trails before, and I'm not sure exactly what to expect. I've seen an elevation profile (below), which looks more like molehills than mountains but will be challenging to a girl used to running flats. So I'm basically making up my TM hills workout as I go. Today was 1.75 miles running at quarter-mile inclines of 2, 0, 3, 0, 4, 3, and 0. All at my training standard 4.0mph. Not sure that approximates what I'll face on Sunday, but it was enough to be challenging without killing my legs. So I'll take it.
MTD: 12.0/45
YTD: 59.6/500
2/1 - 2.75
2/6 - 2.0
2/11 - 5.0
2/13 - 2.25
*****
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
Stretch Goal: Run/walk a HM
Races:
1/27 - Mississippi Blues Marathon 5K (Registered) - DNS
2/14 - Luv 2 Run 2.14M virtual (Registered)
2/18 - Q50 Trails Extravaganza 5M (Registered)
3/3 - Rock'n'Roll Marathon Series 5K in NOLA (Registered)
3/10 - Hammond Shamrock Run 5K
3/18 - Shamrockin Run 8K in NOLA
3/31 - Crescent City Classic 10K
4/20 - Star Wars Dark Side 5K in WDW (Registered)
5/12 - Q50 Cinco de Mayo Trail Race 5K
6/21 - Summer Solstice 6.21M
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PastorVincent wrote: »BruinsGal_91 wrote: »So, I may or may not have (*totally did*) signed up for another race between now and my April vacation. Which means if I run all planned races, I'll be racing four out of the next five weekends... and maybe even five of the next seven. But I'm supposed to be doing weekly long runs of (mostly) these distances anyway, so I might as well have a little fanfare and excitement, right? Oh, just shut up and take my money, and have my t-shirts waiting for me.
Hahaha. I try and limit myself to one race per month, but sometimes I just can't help myself.
Exactly!abutcher2122 wrote: »I’m jealous of those who are using treadmills or dreadmills as a lot of y’all call it. Lol. I woke up extra early this morning to get in some good stretching before going out but it was pouring so I did a little stretching then decided to watch Netflix. If I had a treadmill I could definitely do 100 miles every month since I rarely sleep, would definitely be safer than going out at 1 or 2 in the morning.
I never thought I'd want to run on the treadmill, and I still prefer outside, but some days it's a real lifesaver!2 -
I finally heard back again from Active.com and they said the premium subscription is not available to residents of IA or VT for legal reasons. They did not explain what the legal issue is specifically, and I know they have races listed here in IA. Hmm... oh well.0
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