November 2018 Monthly Running Challenge
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Sitting in the car waiting on my partner in crime.... headed to the turkey trot.
I would complain that it is 29 degrees, but most of you are running in snow.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!!4 -
Good luck to all the turkey trotters!4
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Sitting in the car waiting on my partner in crime.... headed to the turkey trot.
I would complain that it is 29 degrees, but most of you are running in snow.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
It's supposed to be beautiful here today, almost 60 degrees. Right now it's 32! Good luck at your Turkey Trot! I'm heading out to mine now.
I'm not used to morning running, this is hard for me!3 -
PastorVincent wrote: »
Sorry, should have explained. Gluten and spicy meat are two things. So... yes we have a dish that is made of (almost) entirely gluten.
Thing is before this moment I never, ever put two and two together and said, oh! so that's what everyone can't eat! Gluten always struck me as a tiny part of a whole, not something that one can steam, chop up and stir fry. Heh.0 -
PastorVincent wrote: »
Sorry, should have explained. Gluten and spicy meat are two things. So... yes we have a dish that is made of (almost) entirely gluten.
Thing is before this moment I never, ever put two and two together and said, oh! so that's what everyone can't eat! Gluten always struck me as a tiny part of a whole, not something that one can steam, chop up and stir fry. Heh.
Oh, you can buy cans of gluten here, used mainly as a protein additive in exercise shakes but I guess you could eat it by itself if you wanted?0 -
Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow US peeps.
I will not make goal this month as I have hamstring tendonitis following my HM a bit back. I had registered for a 5 miler today. I went. I ran 2 miles stupidly then walked 3. Ouchie. Back to no running for six weeks (at least).
November goal: 75 miles
11/1: recovery
11/2: recovery
11:3: recovery
11/4: recovery
11/5: recovery
11/6: 12 miles
11/7: 6 miles
11/8: lazy
11/9: lazy
11/10: 4 miles
11/11: lazy
11/12: planned rest
11/13: 3 miles
11/14: lazy
11/15: 13 miles
11/16: 2 miles
11/17: 3 miles
11/18: 3 miles
11/19: planned and much needed rest
11/20: rest
11/21: no run
11:22: 2 miles
TOTAL MILES RUN: 48
UPCOMING RACES
December -
COMPLETED RACES
January - Frosty 5k
February - Run for the Chocolate 5k
March - Penguin in the Park 5k
April - Lake Sara Dam 5k
May - Run Through the Jungle 5k
June - French Fried 5k
July - Firecracker 5k
August - Happy Birthday to Me virtual 10k
September 7th - 5k Glow Run
October - Illinois Homecoming 5k
November - 5 mile Bare Bones Turkey Trot11 -
Yum. Pecan Pie Truffles sounds delicious. I do Oreo Truffles and had to sample both the Oreos and Truffles last night too. Let the binge begin. LOLkatharmonic wrote: »I've just sampled the pecan pie truffles that I made to bring to my friend's house tomorrow and I feel like I've opened the floodgates of my Thanksgiving binge a bit too early.
Have a good Thanksgiving tomorrow everyone! Stay warm, pace yourselves, and enjoy!
I missed lots of posts from the last couple of weeks. Hope you are all doing well. I am, once again, not going to meet my monthly goal for running - probably not even close since I haven't run at all for the last two weeks. Yes, I have excuses - working late, company for a few days, getting ready for said company, cleaning up after said company left, taking my dad to the doctor, yada, yada, yada. In the end, it is just excuses. I have to get my head back in the game and figure out how to get my runs/exercise in regardless of how my week is going. I think part of my problem is that I have no set schedule. I'm "retired, but do a lot of volunteer work and have some part time jobs. Subbing at a local daycare is the one I do the most. Most of the time I am scheduled to work for people who take off, but the shift could be anywhere from 6:30-3:30 to 8:45-5:45. I love it, but it does make it hard to get into any kind of a routine. If the weather is nice enough, I'll take a 30 min run or walk during my break. But, that doesn't always happen either. I know a lot of you have full time jobs, family, and other things going on and still manage to get in lots of running. How do you do it?
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September Total Miles: 55.51 (50 mile goal)
October Total Miles: 39.08 (65 mile goal)
November Goal: 50 Miles
Nov. 1st - 6.73 miles - set a new pr for fastest 10k! 1:01, so close to getting it under one hour!
Nov. 5th - 1.55 miles - Been feeling under the weather again after my first month.
Nov. 9th - 6.4 miles - 10K PR - 59:18!
Nov. 18th - 2.6 miles
Nov 19th - 3.1 miles
Nov. 22nd - 6.3 miles - 10K PR - 53:46!! 8:47/mi pace
Total: 25.68 miles
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@Machafin Congrats on the PR!!
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Another hotel treadmill morning. I decided to get my run in before going to family Thanksgiving because, let’s be honest, it wouldn’t happen after!
I learned a valuable lesson this morning. Before exercising in a hotel fitness room, find and check the thermostat. When I got there, it didn’t feel bad. Probably because I had just woken up and it was below freezing outside so even the lobby was a little chilly. Hopped on the treadmill and started warming up. I started sweating before my walking warmup was even done but it still didn’t register how warm it was in there. I had an easy 25 minute run planned for today - should be no big deal. About 1 mile in I am dripping sweat and feeling way too warm. Of course, I can’t see a thermostat or a fan anywhere so amidst my cursing I slow way down and try to finish. At about 20 minutes I am now feeling light headed and sweating like a pig so I call it.
Went to lie down on the floor to keep from passing out and notice the thermostat tucked in a corner. It was set with the heater on and at 75F, so basically blowing hot air into a tiny room! No wonder I am dying!! Turned it onto AC and turned the temp down while I stretch and make sure I’m not going to pass out.
Ultimately only ran 1.9 miles. So, I will redo that training session to keep up with my 10K trainer and make sure the heater isn’t on if I have to do it in the hotel gym again.
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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
11-17 7k easy
11-18 10.5k slow
11-19 7k recovery
11-20 Rest
11-21 7k intervals
11-22 7k easy
November total: 122.5k
November goal: 150k
Fun easy run today: 22 degrees F with a northwest wind.
@bubblegum2fitness Good luck for your race today, and good luck to all those who get to race today as well.
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Long run of 17.7k on my plan. Struggled to motivate myself to get out in the cold on my day off, but eventually got out at lunch time when had at least warmed up to about 4C.
Queued up a random running playlist from spotify and went off on a route Google Maps said was about 17.6km. I took a diversion mainly to avoid running next to loud main road for too long, which meant when I turned around I estimated the route would actually be about 19k. For some reason I then decided that I may as well just stretch it out to HM distance, so in the end I did 21.2km - the first 10k very easy then 10k at the fastest end of my easy range, (so a touch slower than MP), plus 1.2k cooldown. Overall not too much to report - run went fine and though legs were a bit jelly like when I stopped, they were fine after a stretch and long shower. For last few days middle toe on right foot feels bruised when I walk, but ironically don't feel it at all running so have ignored so far - if still like it after weekend I'll pay it a bit more attention.
I'm still a way short of what I wanted to do over this week/month and unlikely to do much over weekend either but definitely feel better about my training overall. Hopefully weather/illnesses/injuries will cooperate and allow me a full winter training programme,. With 20 weeks until my marathon and already running HM distance again I feel confident I should be able to go into the marathon in much better shape than I was for London this year, and have some slack time-wise if it's needed.
Lastly, happy Thanksgiving to those of you in the US (or elsewhere that celebrate).
5/11: 16k [Easy long run with hills]
6/11: 7k [Difficult - coming down with cold]
11/11: 16.7k [Long run, with last 7km at MP]
14/11: 12.6k [7km easy followed by 5k at MP]
15/11: 7.3k [Easy commute run (with backpack)]
16/11: 7.2k [10km planned but cut short as tired]
21/11: 3.5k + 3.4k [Run to/from work]
22/11: 21.2k (Long run)
Total: 94.9km (Target: 185km)
Recent Races
07-Oct: Southend 10k Classic [50:07 - PB]
Upcoming Races:
14-Apr-2019: Brighton Marathon7 -
PastorVincent wrote: »
Sorry, should have explained. Gluten and spicy meat are two things. So... yes we have a dish that is made of (almost) entirely gluten.
Thing is before this moment I never, ever put two and two together and said, oh! so that's what everyone can't eat! Gluten always struck me as a tiny part of a whole, not something that one can steam, chop up and stir fry. Heh.
Is the gluten mochi? I found that in ice cream. The dough lover in me really enjoyed it.0 -
Whose streakin'?
I wanna do it. But think three days is where i falter. So. I declare that I'm streakin' and plan on making it past 3 days.
Its the perfect time to recommit to the" better me" goals.3 -
Whose streakin'?
I wanna do it. But think three days is where i falter. So. I declare that I'm streakin' and plan on making it past 3 days.
Its the perfect time to recommit to the" better me" goals.
I think I'm going to aim for 1st Dec - 1st Jan since I'm UK based - obviously not because I've got a big night out tomorrow and wouldn't be fit to run on Saturday
Not sure how I'll manage it on the weekends I have my daughter staying with me, but hopefully grandparents can come to the rescue and I'll keep those days at the bare minimum. 3 -
Whose streakin'?
I wanna do it. But think three days is where i falter. So. I declare that I'm streakin' and plan on making it past 3 days.
Its the perfect time to recommit to the" better me" goals.
How does a streak work. Simply run every day? What's the shortest distance you count, like 2k/1 mile?0 -
Morning everyone. Happy thanksgiving to all the people celebrating. No run today but going to the pools with my daughters. Tomorrow I'll be doing a Parkrun, never done one so am looking forward to it. Then Sunday I'll do 10k to work of a portion of what ever I eat at the wedding tomorrow. Should be fun!6
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Whose streakin'?
I wanna do it. But think three days is where i falter. So. I declare that I'm streakin' and plan on making it past 3 days.
Its the perfect time to recommit to the" better me" goals.
How does a streak work. Simply run every day? What's the shortest distance you count, like 2k/1 mile?
Its a mile per day from Thanksgiving to new years. But i say set your own steak goal if you need to.1
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