We are pleased to announce that as of March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor has been introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!
November 2018 Monthly Running Challenge
Replies
-
ContraryMaryMary wrote: »Simple inexpensive sport bahaha.
Did a gentle 5k this morning with a good stretch and roll. No real sore spots. Calves were a little tight but I'm all good. This time tomorrow I'll be standing around the start, jumping around to keep warm and fight off nerves! Weather is supposed to be clear, a little cloudy with light breezes. OMG im so excited!
All the very best tomorrow Kim. You’ll have such a great day. I’ll be thinking of you while I slog it out in Waihi - not looking forward to mine; it could be a looooong day.
Thanks! And I'll be thinking of you, I know you will be hating but loving every second of it!1 -
@Avidkeo Go get 'em!!!!! Enjoy yourself and rush back to tell us all about it :-)
2 -
November Running Totals (miles)
11/1 – 7.58 warmup, speed work, cool down
11/2 – rest day
11/3 – 12.08 paced run
11/4 – 9.43 warmup, 6K XC race, cool down
11/5 – rest day
11/6 – 10.10 commute, warmup, speed work, cool down
11/7 – 6.30 easy
11/8 – 7.42 warmup, tempo intervals
11/9 – rest day
11/10 – 9.20 paced run
11/11 – 14.21 warmup/commute, Syracuse Half Marathon
11/12 – rest day
11/13 – extra rest day
11/14 – extra rest day
11/15 – 3.13 easy
November running total to date – 79.45
Nominal November mileage goal: 160 miles
Real Goals: Avoid injury. Run well in the Pete Glavin XC series. Have fun at the Syracuse Half and Race with Grace 10K. Build base toward the start of Boston training.
Today's notes – The hourly weather forecast called for snow late this afternoon and this evening. It’s November. While I don’t mind running in the snow, I detest driving in the snow in Christmas traffic. I’m always pleased when the serious snow doesn’t show up until December 26 or later; but this week we’re in the middle of the first Lake Effect Snow event of the season, and it’s early in Christmas traffic season. Bleah.
With that backdrop, I decided to get out and run before lunch. There were a few flakes in the air, no big deal. The roads were clear. The idea was to run 5 easy miles. Less than a mile in, it seemed prudent to alter the route to give myself and option to bail early. The sore hamstring didn’t hurt; but it let me know it was there. Ran a loop that turned out to be very close to 5K, with an option to add distance closer to home. Ended up not adding any distance. I told myself I’d go to club practice this evening and just run the 2 mile warmup, if the leg felt good.
Well, at time to leave for club practice it had started snowing. I thought about driving across town in rush hour traffic and snow, leaving my car sitting in an uncovered parking lot for a couple hours, dealing with snow on the car, driving back home, and dealing with snow tracked into the garage. Decided to stay home and give the hamstring more rest. So about a 5K was it for today.
I did commit to the 8K of XC on Sunday via email. Told my team captain I think I’ll be up for the distance, but probably not in shape to finish ahead of Syracuse’s lead runner. Now he’ll declare the team however he sees it to give us the best chances. Realistically, even hurt I’ll probably be our team’s second scorer. Sigh.
We’re supposed to get more snow tomorrow. I may get out and see if the hamstring is better tomorrow than it is today, or I may not. Friday is normally a rest day, and in theory I should be pacing 10 to 14 miles Saturday morning; Saturday may be a late scratch to give myself a better chance of doing well on Sunday.
Now if I can just survive one little 8K cross country race, and rest or run easy between Sunday and Thanksgiving, maybe I’ll survive all my scheduled races without extended couch time.
2018 races:
February 17, 2018 Freezeroo #5 (Valentines Run "In Memory of Tom Brannon" 8 Mile) (Greece, NY) finished in 54:48
February 24, 2018 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY) finished in 28:46
March 17, 2018 USATF Masters 8K (Shamrock 8K, Virginia Beach, VA) finished in 31:55
March 24, 2018 Spring Forward 15K (Mendon, NY) ran at MP, finished in 1:10:47
April 16, 2018 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA) finished in 3:28:43
April 29, 2018 USATF Masters 10K (James Joyce Ramble, Dedham, MA) finished in 41:33
May 20, 2018 Lilac 10K (Rochester, NY) finished in 42:21
May 26, 2018 Sunset House 5K (Rochester, NY) finished in 20:12
June 3, 2018 USATF Masters Half Marathon (Ann Arbor, MI) finished in 1:34:42
June 9, 2018 Ontario Summit Trail Half Marathon (Naples, NY) DNS - injury
June 17, 2018 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY) short course, 18:04 for ~2.9 miles
June 30, 2018 Charlie's Old Goat Trail Run 5 mile (Victor, NY) 4.89 miles by Garmin, 43:15
July 14, 2018 Shoreline Half Marathon (Hamlin, NY) finished in 1:45:54
July 28, 2018 Battle at Bristol 10K (Naples, NY) survived in 1:28:33
August 1, 2018 IEXC 5K #1 (Rochester, NY) finished in 22:17
August 8, 2018 IEXC 5K #2 (Rochester, NY) finished in 22:10
August 15, 2018 Pound the Ground 10K (Mendon, NY) finished in 43:11
August 22, 2018 IEXC 5K #3 (Rochester, NY) finished in 21:59
August 29, 2018 IEXC 5K #4 (Rochester NY) finished in 22:00
August 29, 2018 IEXC TDP 1 mile (Rochester, NY) finished in 6:07
August 29, 2018 IEXC TDP 400m (Rochester, NY) finished in 1:14
September 2, 2018 Oak Tree Half Marathon (Geneseo, NY) finished in 1:36:41
September 9, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #1 5K (Newark, NY) 2.9 miles finished in 20:50.9
September 23, 2018 USATF Masters XC 5K (Buffalo, NY) finished in 20:03
September 30, 2018 Wineglass Marathon (Bath, NY to Corning, NY) finished in 3:18:02, PR with negative splits
October 7, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #2 6K (Akron Falls, NY) finished in 24:41
October 13, 2018 Finish Strong 15K (Hilton, NY) finished in 1:03:27
October 21, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #3 6K (Mendon, NY) finished in 24:17
November 4, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #4 6K (Trumansburg, NY) finished in 22:48
November 11, 2018 Syracuse Half Marathon (Syracuse, NY) finished in 1:40:21
November 18, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #5 8K (Syracuse, NY)
November 22, 2018 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY)
December 15, 2018 Freezeroo #1 (Don Curran Memorial 5K) (Gates, NY)
2019 Races:
January 1, 2019 Freezeroo #2 (Resolution Run 7.5 mile) (Mendon, NY)
January 5, 2019 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY)
January 12, 2019 Freezeroo #3 (Pineway Ponds 5 Mile) (Spencerport, NY)
January 26, 2019 Freezeroo #4 (Hearnish 5 mile) (Victory, NY)
February 9, 2019 Freezeroo #5 (Tom Brannon 8 mile) (Greece, NY)
February 23, 2019 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY)
April 15, 2019 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA to Boston, MA)
6 -
No run today. Ditsy teenager missed his bus home from school. I was informed I had to go get him, and that telling him to walk home the 13 miles in the snow was not acceptable. Bah kids these days are so babied.13
-
2---2.24 intervals
3---5.24 walk with DD
4---5.49 walk with DD
6---2.29 intervals
11---2.0 tm
15---2.05
19.4/65
Upcoming Maybe Races
December 1st Dinosaur Valley Endurance Run. 5 Mile Glen Rose TX
January 5 BIRR Ultra relay. 50k. Hawaii. For @KeepRunningFatboy
March 31, 2019 A2A Undecided distance. Ardmore OK
April 28, 2019 OKC Memorial Marathon (half)4 -
@Avidkeo Best of luck in your race!
@MobyCarp We got snow here yesterday. I can't remember ever getting snow here in November, in forty years.
Lifted heavy stuff with my upper body yesterday and lower body today - it was icy and cold, and the rest of the week is supposed to be warmer, plus I have been giving my lifting short shrift lately while I was upping my mileage. Now that my half is over I need to get back to a more balanced program.5 -
@Tramboman @eleanorhawkins @mbaker566 and @rheddmobile
thank you! I will definitly let you knwo how it goes. Might even get a couple of pics!
oh and I managed to raise $360 for the Cancer Society!11 -
-
@Tramboman @eleanorhawkins @mbaker566 and @rheddmobile
thank you! I will definitly let you knwo how it goes. Might even get a couple of pics!
oh and I managed to raise $360 for the Cancer Society!
Yay! you go! And if someone tries to pass you... check, if they look like they are in your age group, TRIP THEM! (no not really... but...
) 7 -
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
11/01/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 0.0
11/02/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 0.0
11/03/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 0.0
11/04/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 0.0
11/05/18 :::: 3.0 :::: 3.0
11/06/18 :::: 3.2 :::: 6.2
11/07/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 6.2
11/08/18 :::: 3.0 :::: 9.2
11/09/18 :::: 3.0 :::: 12.2
11/10/18 :::: 5.5 :::: 17.7
11/11/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 17.7
11/12/18 :::: 1.2 :::: 18.9
11/13/18 :::: 1.4 :::: 20.3
11/14/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 20.3
11/15/18 :::: 4.6 :::: 24.9
Had time for a run this morning in Boston before my conference responsibilities started. It was pretty cold and I hadn't packed quite what I wanted for that temp, but enjoyed the run. I felt good and my ankle did not hurt at all, either during or after. Now it's snowing here and supposed to turn to rain overnight. I don't think I'll have time to get a run tomorrow at all, unless I skip out on something as I've got events from early am through the evening. But hoping that Saturday will offer another chance before I leave.
7 -
Have a great race @Avidkeo 😆.1
-
November 2018
Goal 1: A 30 km run.
Goal 2: 2 blog posts.
Goal 3: No shopping for myself.
Goal 4: Handstands/stretching daily.
Goal 5: Draw every day.
Runs:
Nov 04 – 21.1 km 2:09:45
Nov 06 – 08.3 km
Nov 07 – 10.0 km
Nov 11 – 27.7 km + 3.8 km walking (I’m calling that 30! LOL)
Nov 14 – 09.0 km
Nov 16 – 13.0 km
Total: 89 km / 55 mi
My goals are all going well!
Haven’t spent any money on myself except for food.
Race registrations don’t count, right?
8 -
November goal. ?
11/1-11/5 preparing for travel. travel. recover from travel. In Arizona visiting MIL
11/6 8.25 at Rio Vista Park....slow/DRY warm miles
11/7 played cards. Ate. Played cards. Did chores for MIL. Ate
11/8 2.0
11/9 more travel
11/10 3.24 (plus a whole he!! of a lot of walking in Vegas to get to and from the race site...)
11/11 6.08 (?short course. There weren't THAT many tangents to cut distance on....)
11/12 more travel
11/13 snorkel 4.5 hours
11/14 screaming glutes needed another recovery day
11/15 3.30
Total: 22.87
Upcoming races:
Nov. 11, 2018 Las Vegas Rock 'n Roll 10k
January 4, 2019 Hilo to Volcano Ultra 50k Relay. In memory of @keeprunningfatboy
Ticker is my goal for 2018 and progress to date:
9 -
Oh @HonuNui - love the turtle!!
Good luck @avidkeo! By the time I am up you will probably be finished and enjoying a post race chocolate milk and/or banana. Great job on the fund raising too!
While I am off from running, my trainer is moving me to lifting heavy with less reps. After the 1st of the year when I can start running again we will drop back to more reps and lighter weights. I am also to put together a training plan for cardio and additional workouts at home for the next 6-8 weeks along with a plan for re-entering the running world. I don't have a race on the schedule until May (thank goodness I hadn't signed up for my normal Legacy races) so I am thinking of starting back with something along the lines of a Couch to whatever... and build up to my HM training plan. He wants me to have a very well defined plan that I am strict with adherence so I don't over do it and re-injure myself.10 -
@shanaber sounds sensible! You have plenty of time to do it without rushing anything and putting yourself at extra risk.
I had a lightbulb moment this morning on my way home after my run. I've been beating myself up for a few runs now about the fact that I seem to be running faster than my very conservative (self-imposed so I shouldn't hurt anything) HM target pace and can't slow down. I really do try to make myself go slower but it just doesn't happen. Then it suddenly dawned on me..... maybe all this training is just making me faster? I think I prefer that theory to the "I'm so useless I can't pace myself" one!
2/11: 7km
4/11: 11km
6/11: 7km
7/11: 5km
9/11: 7km
11/11: 13km
13/11: 8km
14/11: 5km
16/11: 8km
November goal: 125km. Completed so far: 71km9 -
Hi all - I did hang around here a couple of years ago when I first started running but found I couldn't keep up with the volume of messages especially given the time difference, (I'm UK based so found majority of messages were posted whilst I was asleep!). Anyhow, I'm back to join in again.
In the meantime I managed to complete the London Marathon in April this year - the most amazing experience! Just a few weeks before the race I lost my two opportunities for 20mile+ runs due to snow, so my longest run pre-marathon was 30km (~18.5miles) - not ideal preparation as was effectively a 5-week rather than 3-week taper! It then turned out to be the hottest London Marathon on record at about 25C, so I was just pleased to complete it though I had to take some walking breaks. 5h03 was my official time - I reckon 4h20 was on the cards if conditions were favourable.
I backed right off from running since then until last month when my bike broke and started to run commute. For some reason that inspired me to enter another marathon next year, (Brighton in April), to see what I can really do - assuming weather cooperates. As such, I'm back in order to try to keep myself on track. As with all my running to date I'm using self-devised training "plans" - i.e. a list of distances I want to cover in each week but not tied to days of week or run-types. At the moment I just try to ensure I mix in some hills, trail runs and some faster pace running when I can. I'm also hoping to get a half scheduled, likely February, to practice running MP in race conditions. Assuming all goes well between now and Xmas, after that I may try some more formalised workouts as there is no real method to what I've been doing so far in my running.
My distance aim was for November is 185km and I'm at 59.6km right now having been ill for the first week of the month. I'm still hoping to get to that number though it might be tight.
November: 59.6km / 185km (MTD/Target)
Upcoming Races (Confirmed)
14-April-2019: Brighton Marathon17 -
06/11 3.15 miles
07/11 3.13 miles
08/11 3.20 miles
15/11 3.45 miles - I'm a bit slower running in the dark, suppose my brain is bring more cautious
7 -
@dkabambe welcome back. If the reason you left a few years ago was due to the volume of posts in this thread, well uh, I'm afraid to tell you, they are probably 2x that now
But we still are all supportive and willing to help. Good luck with your training (and keeping up with the posts)4 -
Thanks @Scott6255 - I had noticed there were a lot more threads. I have to be honest and admit whilst the volume of threads did get on top of me, getting into a new relationship and thus losing my "free" time was the underlying reason.
NB: That relationship still going strong, but I've recently ditched facebook and other soul-sucking social media sites so can spend time places like here which actually have positive effect!12 -
Count me in as well, working on c25k challenge at the moment 👍😀8
-
Thanks @Scott6255 - I had noticed there were a lot more threads. I have to be honest and admit whilst the volume of threads did get on top of me, getting into a new relationship and thus losing my "free" time was the underlying reason.
NB: That relationship still going strong, but I've recently ditched facebook and other soul-sucking social media sites so can spend time places like here which actually have positive effect!
I deleted Facebook about 3 years ago. BEST DECISION EVER!4 -
@shanaber - that's great your trainer has you mixing up your lifting while off running. I cannot believe how addicted I am to lifting at the moment. And running. And cycling. And eating.
Awesome temps in FL this morning. We are supposed to have a nice week.
I'm off school next week! Tomorrow I take students to a programming competition all day so I'm going to have to take a rest day. It's too far away to run before hand and afterwards I'm busy. Oh well, since I'm off all next week I'll make it up.
Love the two cartoons! (marathon map and our inexpensive sport)
11/1 - 4 miles
11/2 - rest day
11/3 - 44 miles cycling + transform app - deload week, arms
11/4 - 3 miles + transform app - deload - legs
11/5 - 4 miles + transform app - deload - back
11/6 - 4 miles + transform app.- deload legs
11/7 - Transform App - Chest, arms
11/8 - Transform App - Glutes and legs
11/9 - Transform App - back/arms
11/10 - 44 miles cycling
11/11 - rest day
11/12 - 5 miles + Transform App - arms/abs
11/13 - 5.2 miles + Transform App - Legs/glutes
11/14 - Transform App - Arms/Back/Delts
11/15 - 4 miles + transform App - Legs/glutes
11/16 - 4 miles + tbd
11/17 - rest day
6 -
With 18 degree weather yesterday, I attemped a treadmill run again. I was more successful this time. I found a speed and incline that worked for me during both my run and walk intervals. I would still rather run outside but a few more tries and I think I will be ok.
8 -
@katharmonic welcome to snowy Boston! I'm working from home right now but am about to head into the city for a meeting.
If you fancy a run tomorrow, the parkrun crew at Jamaica Pond are very friendly (it's a weekly 5k with a 9:00am start, followed by coffee and chat at a local coffee shop). I won't be there because I've got a race tomorrow morning. Gonna be a cold one.5 -
First of all -- I am so glad I found this thread. I feel such accountability here. Secondly, I must confess a non scheduled rest day yesterday and a scheduled no run tonight.
Tomorrow is the EARLY BIRD TURKEY TROT 5K. It will be a balmy 35 degrees, not looking forward to this... I'm from the South, we don't handle cold well My running partner has developed strep throat, so looks like I will be solo. Not a huge deal, but I do enjoy the commute with her -we actually run apart.
After tomorrow, I have nothing "OFFICIAL" scheduled until 12/01. Is it just me or does anyone else feel more active when you run stuff you have to pay for... Maybe it is the satisfaction of crossing the finish line.
Hmmm... wonder if my neighbors would mind if I put one of those blow up arches on our street?
EVERYONE HAVE AN AWESOME DAY!!!
10 -
11-1 Rest
11-2 7k intervals
11-3 7k easy
11-4 10.5k slow
11-5 7k recovery
11-6 Rest
11-7 7k intervals
11-8 7k easy
11-9 Rest
11-10 7k
11-11 10.5k slow
11-12 7k recovery
11-13 Rest
11-14 7k intervals
11-15 7k recovery
11-16 Rest
November total: 84k
November goal: 150k
Just another scheduled rest day; so I don't get to run in the snow.7
This discussion has been closed.
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 391.5K Introduce Yourself
- 43.5K Getting Started
- 259.7K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.6K Food and Nutrition
- 47.5K Recipes
- 232.7K Fitness and Exercise
- 392 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.4K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.6K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153.1K Motivation and Support
- 8.1K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.4K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 4K MyFitnessPal Information
- 16 News and Announcements
- 1.2K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.3K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions