December 2018 Monthly Running Challenge
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@mbaker566 One of them reminds me of Gizmo from Gremlins.2
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RunsOnEspresso wrote: »@mbaker566 One of them reminds me of Gizmo from Gremlins.
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And newbies don't forget if you use Strava, come join us there too!
Monthly question number 2
Next year when you pop in here claiming your
December 2019 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
If you missed the first MQ, it was: who inspires you as a runner? courtesy of @rheddmobile
I have one more question....
With the cold dry air my face is so dry. I need to use lotion. Which seems to cause a small amount of pimples. I've used Vaseline but it too seem to cause some blemishes. Any go to products, a face friendly favorite?
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Monthly Question #2 - hopefully be healed and healthy and back to running my normal amount and distances. Maybe see some time improvements too.
Lotion question I use Clinique products only. Otherwise I have terrible issues with my skin as it is very sensitive to pretty much everything else. I like the Moisture Surge lotion for my face in the winter and I get it online when it is 25 or 50% off... For body lotion I use Hempz or Aveeno fragrance free lotions and they seem to work ok.
I am following along with what everyone is doing. Lots of great racing and PBs happening as well as tons of running!1 -
Run the Year team
Yay! Let's do this! Looks like we sign up as individuals, choose an awesome team name and go from there.
I hope y'all have fun with this. I just can't do it as a formal challenge, for a variety of reasons. I expect some of these won't matter to a lot of people, but they matter to me.
1. If I have a committed goal out there, I'm going to go for that committed goal. But I have a history of injury, where the best thing is to back off, stop pushing, and live to run another day. Having an aggressive goal gives me the wrong incentive when the most important goal is to avoid injury or recover from injury, depending on my current status.
2. I didn't look as far as the cost, which I'm sure wouldn't be a big deal. I got as far as medals and a shirt; I don't need a medal and a shirt to motivate me to run. I have a closet full of tech shirts, and in another few weeks I'll box up a year's worth of non-marathon medals and start over on the "current year" medal rack.
3. If I was on a team, it would be very hard for me to think about only running my assigned part of the 2019 miles. Run the year looks very attainable for me as an individual . . . if I stay healthy. Gotta remember what the most important goal is.
4. I think it was late 2015 when I first showed up here; I was concerned about setting monthly mileage goals and making the goal at the cost of making injuries worse. That hasn't happened, because I've managed to think of the mileage goal as simply an estimate of how much I'll run if everything goes well. In good months, I've been within 2 or 3 miles of my goal. In bad months, I've been well under the goal. In mediocre months, I've blown the goal away . . . which just means I did a bad job of estimating how much I'd run. I don't know if I could translate that mindset to an annual mileage goal, and the down side of failure is pretty extreme.
OTOH . . . I did sign up for a run/walk a mile every day challenge from December 1 to Christmas Eve, donating $1 to charity for each day. This came through my local FF training group, and it's a slam dunk because walking counts and I only need to walk a mile on my rest day to keep the streak alive. I don't even think of that one as a challenge; it's an excuse to haul $25 to the Egg Nog Jog social run the morning of Christmas Eve and chat with some running friends.
And in totally unrelated news, today I ordered another pair of shoes. Saucony Peregrine 7 ice+ from Amazon. My current pair of Peregrines went over 500 miles on last Saturday's run. They look like they still have a lot of life left, but the long range forecast is for a cold winter. Don't want to be without trail shoes if the time to retire my current Peregrines comes before we're done with winter snow. In theory, a pair of running shoes is supposed to have a time limit as well as a mileage limit; I channel @PastorVincent on the time limit. I put the current Peregrines into service in March 2015, and they only have 500 miles because the last 3 years haven't had all that much snow and I haven't done all that much trail running.9 -
Ok! I got it this month! I'm only 2.5 days (10 pages) behind. l
Works not as busy and I have some time off coming up so I'm going to try to maintain a presence in this forum. I'm in for 200 miles this month. I'm currently training for a March marathon and I've cut my races way back for the beginning of 2019 to give training my full attention. I'll try to slowly read back and see how everyone's doing.
@ctlaws44 nice to see I'm not the only one with a geeky spreadsheet for race data. Mine goes back to 2008 and has got all my times, PRs, finish positions, upcoming races etc etc. Plus graphs so I can see how my pace has improved over the years.5 -
I might join in on a run the year team. There is no way I could run the year in miles by myself. I might be able to run the year in kilometers, but that would still be a challenge for me. So far this year I'm at 1010 miles.
I don't know what my goal for 2019 is yet. I'v been thinking about it, but not sure yet. I do know that I definitely want to be coming here in Dec. 2019 and setting a running goal.7 -
I'm going to go with a goal of 100-125 miles this month... hit 90 last month with almost a week of no running (recovering from a small foot procedure on both feet) and we have an extra weekend in Dec, so I think I will be towards to high end of that range.5
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PastorVincent wrote: »
Jeez. No way am i embracing any sucker.
Lets get signed up. Then i suppose we could guess at our miles, add an additional person and perhaps even compete against each mfp team.
So after we get signed up.. start with 2-3 team captains? (I hate picking teams, last kid picked- sorry to whomever gets me. I'll try hard).
Unless someone had an easier way to go about it???0 -
saw this and thought it was something the group might enjoy
monarch-butterfly-ultra-run1 -
@BruinsGal_91 - I think many of us are data geeks! I have tracked my activities, weight and calories since I started working out with my trainer and losing weight in 2010. I didn't start running until 2012 so have data (daily) on miles run, pace, steps, weight, HR (min, max, avg) and shoes. I have charts too so I can see where I have had issues and when I was at my best with the most miles and fastest pace (2015 so far and the only year in the last 4 without some kind of injury or surgery). I am hoping 2019 might replace it!BruinsGal_91 wrote: »Ok! I got it this month! I'm only 2.5 days (10 pages) behind. l Works not as busy and I have some time off coming up so I'm going to try to maintain a presence in this forum. I'm in for 200 miles this month. I'm currently training for a March marathon and I've cut my races way back for the beginning of 2019 to give training my full attention. I'll try to slowly read back and see how everyone's doing.
@ctlaws44 nice to see I'm not the only one with a geeky spreadsheet for race data. Mine goes back to 2008 and has got all my times, PRs, finish positions, upcoming races etc etc. Plus graphs so I can see how my pace has improved over the years.
@elise4270 - I can't complete the Run the Year on my own either but might be able to do half if I have a better year this year. Not working will help and hopefully not being injured will too! I will check out and let you know.1 -
saw this and thought it was something the group might enjoy
monarch-butterfly-ultra-run
Dang a 4,200KM ultra... even as a relay that is a LONG run.0 -
So far:
1/12 - 5.5
2/12 /- Rest
3/12 - 4.1 (1 mile warmup & 5k temp)
Total - 9.6/90 Miles
I found todays run really hard mentally. I have struggled a lot in teh past mentally with running, thinking I cant do it, which then of course leads to me not being able to do it! The plan today was a tempo 5k at about 8:35 minute miles. I did a 10K at 8:26 minute miles recently so clearly I can do it but even on the way to my run I was having negative thoughts about it and so it translated into the worst run I have had in a long time....need to get these demons out of my head8 -
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I already posted this to the Facebook group, but look what I get to run in today! I'm definitely running in my Goretex trail shoes! (The new ones.)
Gonna try to push distance a bit.
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Hoping today is start of my holiday streak. Started with a short double - run to work via a shop and back home after work. Nothing much to report on either run.
03-Dec: 4.5k + 3.3k (Commute to/from work)
Total: 7.8km (Target: 225km)
Upcoming Races:
14-Apr-2019: Brighton Marathon7 -
12/1 = sick
12/2 = sick
12/3 = sick / 3 miles
I attempted to do a short easy run this morning but ended up walking some of it. I started wheezing halfway through. At least I got outside and moved. It felt good not to be laying around feeling like death.
December goal miles = 150 / 3 miles to date
Upcoming Races:
12/15 = Stars at Night Half
1/26/19 = Miami Tropical 5K
1/27/19 = Miami Marathon
3/10/19 = ZOOMA half
5/4/19 = Wisconsin Marathon (mittens challenge part 1)
5/5/19 = Kalamazoo Marathon (mittens challenge part 2)6 -
PastorVincent wrote: »
Jeez. No way am i embracing any sucker.
Lets get signed up. Then i suppose we could guess at our miles, add an additional person and perhaps even compete against each mfp team.
So after we get signed up.. start with 2-3 team captains? (I hate picking teams, last kid picked- sorry to whomever gets me. I'll try hard).
Unless someone had an easier way to go about it???
I am already signed up for the 2019 Run the Year Challenge.
They don't have the tracker page up yet. 0 -
Charlene____ wrote: »12.2: 4.5 @ 9:10/M (4.5) Easy Run
Goal is 120.5M. 117 to go.
Apparently I was too tired this morning after my flight to Germany to do math.
12.2: 4.5 @ 9:10/M (4.5) Easy Run
12.3: 4.0 @ 9:05/M (8.5) Easy Run
8.5 of 120.5 complete.
Was supposed to do some speed work but I’m getting a lot of discomfort on my right hip bone that extends up my side, especially when I lean or twist left. I can’t massage it our stretch it out so I ran an easy run today. Could a tight IT band give me pain above my hip bone? I feel it’s inflamed and it feels like little knots around my hip bone. Weight doesn’t bother it but it stiffens up even after a few minutes of sitting.
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Starting off with 75 miles this month6
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