December 2018 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • ctlaws44
    ctlaws44 Posts: 182 Member
    @BruinsGal_91 Yes, I'm a little geeky with the run tracking spread sheet though I've resisted the urge to graph the data. :D

    Did a track workout yesterday and felt my right hamstring and upper calf twinged after 2 miles of warming up. I've had off and on trouble with the hamstring when I try to do speed work but the right calf is a new thing.


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  • polskagirl01
    polskagirl01 Posts: 2,024 Member
    Another trick for tracks is to carry pennies. Drop a penny each lap, and when you run out stop. Though 177 pennies would be a lot to deal with :)
    I've never run on an indoor track (and am pretty sure that none even exists anywhere nearby), so I won't have to try. But I was just thinking that an alternative would be candies like jelly beans. You take the right amount with you, and eat one for each lap. Counting and carb fueling in one! :wink:
    I did this in a race with a multiple-looped course once. Worked great!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Big sale on Under Armour right now, big enough that some of it is actually reasonably priced. :) This article has the links and coupons:

    https://9to5toys.com/2018/12/03/under-armour-december-sale/
  • ctlaws44
    ctlaws44 Posts: 182 Member
    edited December 2018
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    ctlaws44 wrote: »

    Whaaa? The only reason to use a spreadsheet is to look at trend data. I love graphs and charts!

    Hope the hamstring/calf is nothing! Id hate to see it ruin a perfectly good spreadsheet/graph. :wink:

    :D Thanks @Elise4270! I know but I already get my fill of spreadsheets at work. If I graph it I know I'll get trapped into an analysis/manipulation vortex and then it wouldn't be as fun. My race results are where I really track my progress.




  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    Happy Birthday @Scott6255! Hope it was a good one!
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    Scott6255 wrote: »
    Easy 8 miles this evening. Only after 6 did it truly feel easy. Temp felt good when I started (sun was up). Colder than *&^% about half way through when the sun went down.
    Happy birthday to me. :D
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    Happy Birthday!!!!!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    @Scott6255, Happy Birthday!!!
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    Happy Birthday @Scott6255 ! I must have been channeling your birthday celebration today because i ate donuts, cookies and a chocolate bar! Hope you had a great day with great food!
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    12/1 4.37 Saguaro 7k
    12/2 8 Hot Chocolate 15k

    12/3 cold/tired/depression/grieving
    12/4 2 & upper body strength
    12/5 3.49 Tempo (10:00 min goal)

    Total 17.86 out of 100

    I did the same as last night. I came home, changed, ate, had some Nuun caffeine, then went for my run. I had a tempo workout with 400m x 6 at 10: 00-minute mile pace. By number 6 I was tired! I got nothing else. LOL
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    12/1 - 7mph for 1 hour @ 4% grade
    12/2 - 7 miles
    12/3 - 7mph for 1 hour @ 4% grade
    12/4 - 0 KM
    12/5 - 12 miles


    12 miles with temps in the upper 20sF and plenty of flurries.

    Upcoming Races
    Steel Challange 5k - May 2019
    Pittsburgh Marathon - May 2019
    Glacier Ridge 50k Trail Race - May 2019

    2021 - Disney World Dopey! (if can raise funds)

    2019 GOAL: Knock a full hour off my 50k time at Glacier Ridge.
  • Charlene____
    Charlene____ Posts: 110 Member
    Elise4270 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.

    Could be IT band. But I'd focus on the TFL and medial glute. Maybe even massage out/stretch the psoas too.

    Thanks for the tip. I've tried self-massage since my massage therapist couldn't really pin point anything that was troublesome to his touch with no luck. It seems to flare up more around my time of the month when I look back at my running app "notes". I still get a lot of pain around the front part of the pelvic bone and when I lean to the lift, in the motion resembling the start of a cart wheel. It hurts much worse AFTER my run than during.
  • Charlene____
    Charlene____ Posts: 110 Member
    12.2: 4.5 @ 9:10/M (4.5) Easy Run
    12.3: 4.0 @ 9:05/M (8.5) Easy Run
    12.5: 4.5 @ 9:19/M (13) Easy Run

    Still dealing with some pain around my right hip and some inflammation I can feel with my bare hands. I still can't massage it out or stretch it out. Will try some ice tonight before I go to sleep. Pain is much worse after I run and then again after I stand after sitting for a bit. I haven't gone to the DR at all this year, so I'm trying to wait until Jan 1st in case it is an "issue", I'll be working towards 2019's deductible.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,166 Member
    Happy Birthday @Scott6255 !
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,206 Member
    Happy birthday @Scott6255
  • zeesparrow
    zeesparrow Posts: 348 Member
    Scott6255 wrote: »
    Easy 8 miles this evening. Only after 6 did it truly feel easy. Temp felt good when I started (sun was up). Colder than *&^% about half way through when the sun went down.
    Happy birthday to me. :D
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    Happy birthday!