December 2018 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
    edited December 2018
    PastorVincent wrote: »
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    Adding to the awesome discount list:

    Mizuno 15% off (plus they have some awesome clearance deals right now. I just got 2 pairs of Wave Rider 21s for the price of 1!) : code IOPM-15B

    25% off a pair of FlipBelt crops using code BIBRAVE

  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    Hey all. I'm feeling a lot better for having had a couple of sleep ins this week. I think im run down and am looking for to a month off work starting next week. I plan on having another day off again tomorrow, and don't expect any running over the weekend. But I'll be getting runs in most days on holiday, I'm travelling around the country and have arranged runs with others I've met in a Facebook group, and a couple of park runs. I'm really looking forward to it!

    I've kinda given up on all other goals for the year. I'll start again fresh on 1st Jan. Its just too challenging the next 2 weeks.

    @Avidkeo Great plan. You've done brilliantly this year, and it's time for your off-season.

    You may have just inspired me to plan mine.
  • mustb60
    mustb60 Posts: 1,090 Member
    December Running Challenge
    Goal: 100 km
    Done: 24/100

    13/12/18 Run 6 km
    10/12/18 Run 6 km
    5/12/18 Run 5 km
    3/12/18 Run 7 km
  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    edited December 2018
    Spreadsheets! The first tracks all my workouts while the second tracks running only. I've been using google sheets for ages but am slowly transitioning to numbers. The codes in orange on the first spreadsheet are how I track FitnessBlender videos. The hyperlinked dates on the first spreadsheet go to the videos while the links on the second spreadsheet go to updates here.

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  • greyparks206
    greyparks206 Posts: 165 Member
    I'm not sure that I added my monthly mileage correctly in my last post...finals week brain is real...

    2 quick-ish miles on the treadmill at lunch today. It was a much-needed stress relief break in the middle of the day. Scheduled for 4 miles on Saturday - eek!

    15.5/38.0 miles total for December so far
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    @Orphia and @MegaMooseEsq thanks for sharing the spreadsheet screenshots! I cant wait to go home and nerd binge!
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,426 Member
    dewit wrote: »
    A bit like me writing all appointments in the family wall-calendar and just forgetting to check every morning what is scheduled for the day? It turns out however, that the mere thing of putting it all down helps it fix better in my brain. :smile:
    That's how my brain works too. I figured out I am a visual learner in college. I'd take notes in class, go back to my dorm room and copy them neatly into another notebook, read over them once again before the test, and I was good to go. Now, I live by lists. I don't always look at them when I need to, but it really does help me remember stuff if I just write it down.
  • workaholic_nurse
    workaholic_nurse Posts: 727 Member
    edited December 2018
    amymoreorless wrote: »

    Ha! You people are so much more organized than I am! I don't have a spreadsheet. I only kind-of have a cobbled together training plan. I have to put my races on my phone calendar to remember when they are. Strava keeps track of most stuff for me. I think I must be the most unorganized runner on this thread!

    Not even remotely ma'am. I let my apps keep track of my running distances for the month and have never really followed a training plan for any of the races I have run. I know I need to incorporate more speed work so I guess I need to read up on beginning speed work, suggestions anyone?

    Have been running in the 32F weather when there has not been any rain/icy road patches(because car vs runner). Averaging about 5 miles per run at just over 12 minute miles, sometimes negative splits, sometimes not. Next years goal is to improve speed wise.

    Note on the cotton stuff for running: When I started this journey back in 2013 all I had to run in was cotton, they didn't make running shorts big enough for me. Body Glide quickly became my best friend, but it also encouraged me to work on form with hips and shoulders in alignment, feet pointed straight and all that. These past 6 months have been better as far as chafing(thanks for the NipEaze suggestion :D ) but I believe my form has suffered because I have not had to worry about chafing as much in other places d/t having "running shorts and tech shirts". just my couple of pennies worth.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    @MegaMooseEsq
    I noticed you're considering the dc half in may. I'm signed up. I enjoy the race. It's the weekend before summer season starts but still fun.

    And you might be able to meet the Old Girl and Speed Demon
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    katharmonic wrote: »
    Oh, you better believe I have a spreadsheet too. I have one organized by year to keep track of steps, miles run and walked, other exercise, etc.
    I have monthly miles graphed as well. For half/marathon training I take the plan from our coach and put it into my spreadsheet with the speedwork plan and the long run goal for the week, and then enter what I actually did. I love seeing all the data. During marathon training I really liked seeing how the plan laid out for me each week and counting down how many long runs were left. I consider myself my own research subject so the data is so interesting to look at over time.

    Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
    12/01/18 :::: 7.7 :::: 7.7
    12/02/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 10.8
    12/03/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 10.8
    12/04/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 10.8
    12/05/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 10.8
    12/06/18 :::: 3.0 :::: 13.8
    12/07/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 16.9
    12/08/18 :::: 3.2 :::: 20.1
    12/09/18 :::: 5.3 :::: 25.4
    12/10/18 :::: 4.9 :::: 30.3
    12/11/18 :::: 2.3 :::: 32.6
    12/12/18 :::: 2.7 :::: 35.2
    12/13/18 :::: 4.8 :::: 40.0

    Snuck out of work a little early today - the sun was out and temps were a little warmer. At it seemed warmer although it was just still below freezing. I met a couple of friends, one for the beginning and the other for the end so the time went quickly. By chance it sums up to 40.0 miles for the month so far. That puts me just slightly behind for my goal of 100 miles but I'm catching up.

    Ooh, I need to record monthly steps / kms run in mine over the years. It's a pain opening the Garmin Connect app or Strava website and looking them up. Something to do on 31 December, which appears to be the one day Garmin gives you a figure for the calendar year's totals.
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    Today I got to run 5.61 miles around Lake Harriet. Although I’ve run a route past the lake a couple of times since moving, and the Reindeer Run last weekend was on the road around the lake, I haven’t actually run the path around the lake from my new place yet. It made for a nice loop, though I needed the Peregrines to get there as the sidewalks along the cemetery have never really cleared - too much shade and not enough foot traffic, I’m guessing.

    Today I did the sleeves + racerback + tech shirt + windbreaker combo and it worked fine, though it was almost 30 degrees out without much wind - practically summer! I think the variable that hit me yesterday and today was the humidity. Usually winter is very dry here, but we're having an odd stretch of freezing fog right now. The fun never ends!

    I ordered another pair of sleeves and two mid-weight shirts with higher collars - no cotton this time! I think I thought that so long as it wasn’t next to my skin it would be okay, and to be honest they did work fine a couple of times, including the race last weekend, but I can see how I was pushing it in the damper weather like yesterday. And I guess didn’t really want new glasses that bad, since I keep spending money on running stuff. One day I’ll have everything I need, right? Right?

    December Total: 31.31 miles

    2018 Races!
    July 4: Red, White and Boom! 5K Chip time: 0:32:20
    August 25: Glo Run Night Race 5K Chip time: 0:30:40
    September 8: Helen Gold 10K DNS - trip postponed
    September 9: City of Lakes Half Marathon Net time: 2:28:25
    October 6: Twin Cities Marathon Weekend 10K Chip time: 1:05:14
    October 21: Mankato Half Marathon Chip time: 2:29:25
    November 24: Mustache Run 10K Chip time: 1:04:56
    December 8: Reindeer Run 10K + 5K Chip time: 1:03:57 / 0:32:34

    2019 Races! (italics under consideration)
    January 26: Securian 10K
    February 16: Half Fast 10K ($20 price jump 1/30)
    March 23: Hot Dash 10Mi
    April 27: Get In Gear Half or 10K ($5 price jump 12/31, 1/31)
    May 4: Door County Half Marathon, Peninsula State Park, WI (if no half in April and no WY trip in June) ($5 price jump 12/31, 2/28)
    May 22: ESTRS Lebanon 10K (registration open 1/1/19)
    June 1: Hospital Hill Half Marathon, Kansas City OR Grand Teton Half, Jackson WY
    June 12: ESTRS French 5K
    June 29: Lift Bridge 10K
    July 10: ESTRS Lebanon 7Mi
    July 17: Torchlight 5K
    July 27: St. Croix Crossing Half
    August 3: Minnesota Half Marathon 10Mi OR
    August 7: ESTRS SLP 5Mi OR
    August 10: Gopher to Badger 10K
    September 8: Sioux Falls Half Marathon
    September 21: Surly Trail Loppet 7Mi
    October 5: TCM 10K or 10Mi
    November: Undecided Half?
    November 28: Turkey Trot St. Paul 10K
    December: Undecided 10K

    Right!!!!!!!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    2/1 - 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
    12/6 - Cookies
    12/7 - 12 miles
    12/8 - Christmas Party
    12/9 - Game Night
    12/10 - 7 miles
    12/11 - 7 miles
    12/12 - Work Dinner
    12/13 - 12 miles


    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.
  • LadySaton
    LadySaton Posts: 500 Member
    juliet3455 wrote: »
    juliet3455 wrote: »
    10 km Riverbank trails in the dark.
    //30kph made it an interesting challenge - definitely a much harder workout than normal.
    30 kph wind. No way i could run at 30kph.

    @LadySaton Hope you recover from the aches and fever.
    I have so much running specific gear that I picked up a old beatup dresser from the Eco-Recycle center for $15.00, gave it a $5.00 paint job and now have it sitting in the laundry-utility room area as a running specific dresser for my gear. In season gear in the top 2 shelves - out of season in the bottom shelves.


    I think I could have run today, but I’m being extra cautious and hoping I get time to run tomorrow before my niece and nephew come over for the evening.

    I have an empty drawer from finally getting rid of my too-big clothes and soon another empty drawer when i can transfer the just-a-bit-too-small clothes into my closet. They really want to be filled, but other than a couple of safety minded purchases and smaller leggings as needed I’m going to make myself wait and make sure I want to do this long term. I’m going to run a 5k with a friend in April and if I still want to keep running after that I’ll let myself buy some fun gear. 😁
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    edited December 2018
    LadySaton wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    It was 48 degrees for my run. I have obviously completely forgotten how to dress for such a heat wave as I was pouring streams of water off me by the time I got back after 12 miles.

    Due to the tilt of the Earth and all that it is now full dark when I am on my return run through the park. There are no lights, plenty of shade trees, and lots of potholes and other trip hazards plus bicycles racing down the trail. So I run with flashy armbands and a waist lamp. Yet I am constantly coming across walkers and runners dressed in all dark clothes with no lights at all.

    Please do not be stupid like them. They are asking to get hurt. Light yourself up so that you have a chance not to get hit at the very least.

    I have been doing laps on well-lit streets when it’s dark, but my husband runs in the dark like that and I hate it. I track his run on my phone to make sure he doesn’t suddenly stop moving because I’m seriously worried he’ll get hit one day and he just doesn’t think it could possibly happen.

    My headlamp flips down at the ground, which i love so much (he won’t wear it for whatever reason). If it’s dark I also wear my reflective leggings and Winter Soldier hoodie, on which the entire left arm is reflective in such a way that is blazes with the power of a thousand angry suns if headlights hit it.

    I saw someone with what looked to be a lit up vest walking their dog, not just reflective. I totally want one of those. Getting tired of washing my hoodie as it needs special prep and as nice as reflective wear is I’d like a couple more blinky lights. 🤣

    The Nox vests are well liked:

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    $50 on Amazon.com

    Probably what I will buy at some point.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    edited December 2018
    Great article...
    No, I Don’t Want to Run With You. Here’s Why.
    http://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a25422964/running-solo/
    ;)
  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    edited December 2018
    mbaker566 wrote: »
    @MegaMooseEsq
    I noticed you're considering the dc half in may. I'm signed up. I enjoy the race. It's the weekend before summer season starts but still fun.

    And you might be able to meet the Old Girl and Speed Demon

    That would be really neat! It looks like a great race, I just don't know if I can manage two trips out of state next summer, even if one is fairly close to home. We will see, though. I'd love to meet you and your team!

    LadySaton wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    It was 48 degrees for my run. I have obviously completely forgotten how to dress for such a heat wave as I was pouring streams of water off me by the time I got back after 12 miles.

    Due to the tilt of the Earth and all that it is now full dark when I am on my return run through the park. There are no lights, plenty of shade trees, and lots of potholes and other trip hazards plus bicycles racing down the trail. So I run with flashy armbands and a waist lamp. Yet I am constantly coming across walkers and runners dressed in all dark clothes with no lights at all.

    Please do not be stupid like them. They are asking to get hurt. Light yourself up so that you have a chance not to get hit at the very least.

    I have been doing laps on well-lit streets when it’s dark, but my husband runs in the dark like that and I hate it. I track his run on my phone to make sure he doesn’t suddenly stop moving because I’m seriously worried he’ll get hit one day and he just doesn’t think it could possibly happen.

    My headlamp flips down at the ground, which i love so much (he won’t wear it for whatever reason). If it’s dark I also wear my reflective leggings and Winter Soldier hoodie, on which the entire left arm is reflective in such a way that is blazes with the power of a thousand angry suns if headlights hit it.

    I saw someone with what looked to be a lit up vest walking their dog, not just reflective. I totally want one of those. Getting tired of washing my hoodie as it needs special prep and as nice as reflective wear is I’d like a couple more blinky lights. 🤣

    Shaking my head at why your husband would think being hit by a car couldn't possibly happen. On the list of things most likely to physically injure a person, it's pretty high up there. I've been hit once myself and I bet I'm not the only one in this group who has. I have friends who've been hit, and friends of friends who've been hit and killed. I've never been a driver or a passenger in a car that hit someone, but I can think of a couple of very close calls.

    All that said, I love the sound of your hoodie!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    debrakgoogins wrote: »
    Coldest run yet but I survived. Your trick of keeping my phone close to the heat of my body worked @PastorVincent.


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    Yay 😀
  • LadySaton
    LadySaton Posts: 500 Member
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »

    Shaking my head at why your husband would think being hit by a car couldn't possibly happen. On the list of things most likely to physically injure a person, it's pretty high up there. I've been hit once myself and I bet I'm not the only one in this group who has. I have friends who've been hit, and friends of friends who've been hit and killed. I've never been a driver or a passenger in a car that hit someone, but I can think of a couple of very close calls.

    All that said, I love the sound of your hoodie!

    It’s more he doesn’t think it can happen *to him*. Which, he has actually been hit by a car years ago to boot - thankfully he was uninjured - he was simply mad because he spilled his Mountain Dew when he landed and then the car sped off. He seriously boggles my mind, but I think he believes he can be careful enough to avoid it (while in my opinion not actually taking any precautions to avoid it).

    Yes, though, it’s a great hoodie. Sub par zipper but I swear I could help bring planes to the runway in it. 🤣

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