December 2018 Monthly Running Challenge
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No run yesterday, was planning to go to a drive-through Christmas lights show, but traffic was a big snarl, so we stayed in and baked cookies instead. Pretty sure that counts as running.11
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@PastorVincent HAHAHAHA They really do need to add a "love" and "laughter" button to this thread. If baking cookies don't count as running, it should.2
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1/12-5.5
2/12-rest
3/12-4.1
4/12-8.5
5/12-rest
6/12-Cross training (Ript in 30 level 1)
7/12- 6.6
Total - 24.7/100 Miles
Was pouring with rain on todays run, there is something really quite nice though about running in the rain though8 -
12/1 = sick
12/2 = sick
12/3 = sick / 3 miles
12/4 = 10 miles
12/5 = 3 miles
12/6 = 3 miles
12/7 = thunderstorms
Normally, I like running in the rain. However, the temps were in the 40s and just recovered from a 2 week death-like respiratory illness. I also have a 1/2 marathon next weekend. I can’t run it with pneumonia.
It doesn’t help that I read this horror news story before going to bed last night: https://www.health.com/heart-failure/man-coughs-up-lung
My sensible brain prevailed over my runners brain this morning. I stayed in my warm bed drinking coffee and snuggling with my puppy instead. I only work a 1/2 day tomorrow so I can make up the run Saturday afternoon.
December goal miles = 150 / 19 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)11 -
PastorVincent wrote: »No run yesterday, was planning to go to a drive-through Christmas lights show, but traffic was a big snarl, so we stayed in and baked cookies instead. Pretty sure that counts as running.
@PastorVincent Well, you “ran” to the store to get cookie ingredients. You “ran” your mixer to mix the dough. You “ran” your timer to make sure the cookies didn’t burn. See, it does count!7 -
Happy belated @shanaber and @Scott6255 !
i did 3 last night. a really easy comfy pace. i really wish i could take the puppies with me but hermie the westie thinks running and leashes are dumb. i could see him doing agility. and grizzly is to young. grizzly could totally use the exercise.
redid math. old girl is a year younger than i thought. she is tenish instead of 12ish.
i think speed demon is worn up from the puppies. i'll try to get her out for a run soon. she has ended up being the puppy sitter. old girl is too tired to deal with the insanity of the puppies.
dog photos below
look at the trauma in speed demon's face
hermie likes snuggling and if he is very still, old girl will tolerate it
i can haz spatula? (had spatula in my empty hand full of pancake batter)
these two are very tolerant. speed demon is all scratched up from puppy claws. the little puppy think old girl's tail is a toy-it's so fluffy11 -
PastorVincent wrote: »No run yesterday, was planning to go to a drive-through Christmas lights show, but traffic was a big snarl, so we stayed in and baked cookies instead. Pretty sure that counts as running.
did you wear your garmin whilst baking cookies and is it on Strava? If not, it does not count.6 -
@mbaker566 please stop. Or tell me that you have close-up pictures of centipedes or millipedes behind that spoiler tag and then I won't click on it (I'm okay with other creepy crawlies, and gory pictures with blood in. Not so keen on pink fluffy sickly sweet stuff)
I am totally in love with Grizzly. I am clawing at my computer screen just to get at it . And the others too. I love the expressions on Speed Demons face - tells it all!!1 -
girlinahat wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »No run yesterday, was planning to go to a drive-through Christmas lights show, but traffic was a big snarl, so we stayed in and baked cookies instead. Pretty sure that counts as running.
did you wear your garmin whilst baking cookies and is it on Strava? If not, it does not count.
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girlinahat wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »No run yesterday, was planning to go to a drive-through Christmas lights show, but traffic was a big snarl, so we stayed in and baked cookies instead. Pretty sure that counts as running.
did you wear your garmin whilst baking cookies and is it on Strava? If not, it does not count.
Actually, I did wear my Garmin, and it does track my steps/etc and pushed it up to Garmin Connect, Apple Health and MyFitnessPal4 -
girlinahat wrote: »@mbaker566 please stop. Or tell me that you have close-up pictures of centipedes or millipedes behind that spoiler tag and then I won't click on it (I'm okay with other creepy crawlies, and gory pictures with blood in. Not so keen on pink fluffy sickly sweet stuff)
I am totally in love with Grizzly. I am clawing at my computer screen just to get at it . And the others too. I love the expressions on Speed Demons face - tells it all!!
grizzly is the size of a grapefruit while sleeping and a solid 12 lbs mystery mutt. he makes getting up early and running pretty darn impossible
i have a picture of a spider and a banana slug someplace2 -
12-1 7k easy
12-2 10.5k slow
12-3 7k recovery
12-4 rest
12-5 7k easy
12-6 7k recovery
12-7 rest
December Total: 38.5k
December Goal: 100k
Next year when you pop in here claiming your December 2019 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
Run at least 4 5k races.
Get under 30:00 and a PR for 5k.
Average at least 135k per month, which would put me over 1,000 miles for the year.
Scheduled rest day today. Keeps me from running through the two inches of fresh snow we got overnight.
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Rock n Roll AZ released their medals yesterday and the half and 5k are so freaking awesome! 100% happy to have signed up for both lol6
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I had my final (hopefully) appointment with the surgeon yesterday.
Good news: There is no more pain. The swelling is nearly gone. Everything is healing quite well. Doc is happy with the strength in my toe. I'm no longer hobbling when I walk. Best of all, I no longer need to wear a boot!
Bad news: The surgeon really put the kibosh on my plans to ramp up my walking so aggressively for the next 6 weeks before I can run. As he said, "That right, you do crazy things like run obscenely long distances. I need to rephrase my recommendation". He says I need to take it easy for at least the next two weeks, then I can start one hour walks, and two weeks later, two hour walks. He didn't say how long I had to wait between walks, so there is that loophole
Rough terrain is out during that time, so there goes my plan to hike the hills in the park nearby. I was really hoping I could start training by hiking the trails. KITTEN!!! He did say that at 12 week post-op everything will be healed up as much as it's ever going to be, so that will open up what I can do. When asking him about how I'll know how aggressively I can ramp up the distance and terrain, he said what I already suspected...Listen to your body. What that tells me is no long out & backs. I'll need be able to bail out if I start getting pain.
As far as my 50 mile race in April, he didn't know what to tell me. He said he can't know what will happen to my tendon (obviously). Of course, going from 0 to 50 in 3.5 months is an aggressive proposition even without the injury. I told him I was more then prepared to DNF, which I am. It's a two pronged out & back so I just want to be able to get through most of the trails at least one way. 21.8 miles is the end of the first prong but to get to the end of the second prong is 37 miles, with options for bailing out at 27 and 32.
To add to that bad news, I've been organizing old photos in my down time and that's been hard one me...going through pictures of our kids when they were little and knowing those days are long gone, and going through pictures of my dad, oldest brother, and oldest sister, and missing them like crazy.
I was pretty down last night, but today's a new day. I'm going to try to make the most of it.19 -
hugs your way @7lenny7
sorry the doc is holding you back still, but at least you have a bit more of a timeframe. really really listen to him - what's the worst that could happen? Oh, the tendon could snap again and you'd need more surgery with no guarantees they could repair it well. Let that be your doomladen pendulum hanging over your head. It sucks, but let's get you healthy.
It's okay to miss people and feel sad. The way I see it, by feeling sad and thinking about the past like that, you are honouring their memory some. It makes us better humans. hugs anyway6 -
I did something to my left hip running on Tuesday and had pretty bad pain radiating into my back Wednesday and yesterday, but I can tell it's improving today so I should be able to run tomorrow. This happens to me 1-2x per year whether I'm running or not and typically lasts less than a week. Frustrating though.
Can this awful injury-plagued fall be over with already?10 -
I had my final (hopefully) appointment with the surgeon yesterday.
Good news: There is no more pain. The swelling is nearly gone. Everything is healing quite well. Doc is happy with the strength in my toe. I'm no longer hobbling when I walk. Best of all, I no longer need to wear a boot!
Bad news: The surgeon really put the kibosh on my plans to ramp up my walking so aggressively for the next 6 weeks before I can run. As he said, "That right, you do crazy things like run obscenely long distances. I need to rephrase my recommendation". He says I need to take it easy for at least the next two weeks, then I can start one hour walks, and two weeks later, two hour walks. He didn't say how long I had to wait between walks, so there is that loophole
Rough terrain is out during that time, so there goes my plan to hike the hills in the park nearby. I was really hoping I could start training by hiking the trails. KITTEN!!! He did say that at 12 week post-op everything will be healed up as much as it's ever going to be, so that will open up what I can do. When asking him about how I'll know how aggressively I can ramp up the distance and terrain, he said what I already suspected...Listen to your body. What that tells me is no long out & backs. I'll need be able to bail out if I start getting pain.
As far as my 50 mile race in April, he didn't know what to tell me. He said he can't know what will happen to my tendon (obviously). Of course, going from 0 to 50 in 3.5 months is an aggressive proposition even without the injury. I told him I was more then prepared to DNF, which I am. It's a two pronged out & back so I just want to be able to get through most of the trails at least one way. 21.8 miles is the end of the first prong but to get to the end of the second prong is 37 miles, with options for bailing out at 27 and 32.
To add to that bad news, I've been organizing old photos in my down time and that's been hard one me...going through pictures of our kids when they were little and knowing those days are long gone, and going through pictures of my dad, oldest brother, and oldest sister, and missing them like crazy.
I was pretty down last night, but today's a new day. I'm going to try to make the most of it.
Blech, that stinks. Glad it's healing well, at least!I did something to my left hip running on Tuesday and had pretty bad pain radiating into my back Wednesday and yesterday, but I can tell it's improving today so I should be able to run tomorrow. This happens to me 1-2x per year whether I'm running or not and typically lasts less than a week. Frustrating though.
Can this awful injury-plagued fall be over with already?
STOP IT, AWFUL INJURY-PLAGUED FALL!
Off to pick up my race packet for the 10K + 5K tomorrow. The pickup is on one of my 5K routes so I'm going to see how running with a small backpack under my windbreaker works. It's a balmy 18-feels-like-6 but the sun is currently shining, so maybe that will keep up for a little bit!3 -
Morning all! I managed to get in 5k this morning. It's a beautiful morning and going to be a wonderful day! That brings my total to 46.5/60 - I had to drop down from 90k sadly.
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Today I will be doing something crazy. Gonna meet up with Don (forget his MFP handle...) from this thread and do a short run. Think he said 11 miles.
This will be the first non-race I have run with another human being in umm a 5 years? Something like that... Not sure I know what is protocol, should I turn up my audiobook so he can hear it too, or just pretend I am listening to him and not the book?14 -
Hi All. I haven't been checking in here but I thought this was a nice big group of runners so hopefully it's ok for me to ask a question here. Recently (within the last 5 days or so) the bone on the outside of my foot under my pinky toe (so the opposite side from the bunion?) has been sore and it's protruding more so than it normally does? The bump is a lot bigger than it is on my other foot. Does this sound like anything to any of you? Could it be from running? I don't really want to go to the dr. for it if it's like, no big deal. just thought I'd ask.0
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