December 2018 Monthly Running Challenge
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December goal. Yeah. Move.
12/1 3.05
12/2 rest
12/3 2.50
12/4 rest
12/5 4.40
12/6 rest
12/7 3.05
12/8 rest
12/9 2.40
12/10 rest
12/11 4.00
12/12 rest
12/13 life
12/14 4.00
12/15 2.52
12/16 life
12/17 more life
12/18 2.00
12/19 worked, band practice/choir practice/band practice reprise...... No run
12/20 work
12/21 3.96 Obviously should have been paying closer attention to GPS.....
12/22 work. work. work. work.
12/23 1.50
12/24 nada
12/25 cooked. The aftermath:
12/26 3.10
Total: 36.48
Upcoming races:
January 4, 2019 Hilo to Volcano Ultra 50k Relay. In memory of @keeprunningfatboy
Ticker is my goal for 2018 and (obviously deficient) progress to date:
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LOL! @HonuNui . It looks like you had a wonderful Christmas! I’m a bit jealous.
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December 2018
1---2.01
2---2.0 TM
4---1.0 TM barefoot for form
9---3.0 TM
11---2.0 TM
14---2.0 TM
15---4.0 intervals
16---5.0 intervals
19---2.0 TM
22---5.11 intervals
23---5.69 intervals
24—4.13 walk
26—2.17 TM
40.1/45 miles <—
Upcoming races
January 5 BIRR Ultra relay. 50k. Hawaii. For @KeepRunningFatboy
March 31, 2019 A2A 5k. Ardmore OK
April 28, 2019 OKC Memorial Marathon (half)
Run the Year team A 400+ miles
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10710465/2019-run-the-year-group#latest5 -
December goal. Yeah. Move.
12/1 3.05
12/2 rest
12/3 2.50
12/4 rest
12/5 4.40
12/6 rest
12/7 3.05
12/8 rest
12/9 2.40
12/10 rest
12/11 4.00
12/12 rest
12/13 life
12/14 4.00
12/15 2.52
12/16 life
12/17 more life
12/18 2.00
12/19 worked, band practice/choir practice/band practice reprise...... No run
12/20 work
12/21 3.96 Obviously should have been paying closer attention to GPS.....
12/22 work. work. work. work.
12/23 1.50
12/24 nada
12/25 cooked. The aftermath:
12/26 3.10
Total: 36.48
Upcoming races:
January 4, 2019 Hilo to Volcano Ultra 50k Relay. In memory of @keeprunningfatboy
Ticker is my goal for 2018 and (obviously deficient) progress to date:
That's how the kitchen is SUPPOSED to look after cooking...7 -
@elise4270 - is there a way to edit the title? I couldn't see it but I know in other groups I have been able to.
I was also going to repost the link in the challenge 'announcement list' to add 'January 2019' but forgot to add that and just reposted the link.... it won't even let me edit the post there.
Ya I thought i could edit the title and its contents indefinitely. Something may have changed or i made that part up.
Grrr! And i tried so hard no to goof it up!
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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
12/6 - 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
12/14 - 12 miles
12/15 - 0 KM
12/16 - 10.5 miles
12/17 - 13.1 miles
12/18 - 0KM
12/19 - 8 miles
12/20 - 7.5 rainy miles.
12/21 - 0 KM
12/22 - 6.5 miles @ 4% grade
12/23 - 12 miles
12/24 - 0 KM
12/25 - Christmas!
12/26 - 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.3 -
December Running Totals (miles)
12/1 – 18.15 partly paced run
12/2 – 8.24 easy
12/3 – rest day
12/4 – 6.51 easy with a few fartleks
12/5 – 6.31 easy
12/6 – Life Happens
12/7 – scheduled rest day
12/8 – 12.28 paced run
12/9 – 8.37 easy with a few pickups
12/10 – rest day
12/11 – 7.09 warmup, speed work, cool down
12/12 – 8.01 easy
12/13 – 5.56 easy
12/14 – rest day
12/15 – 11.53 warmup, 5K race, easy run
12/16 – 8.04 rolling hills
12/17 – rest day
12/18 – 8.77 warmup, speed work, cool down
12/19 – 7.06 easy
12/20 – 6.91 warmup, speed work, cool down
12/21 – rest day
12/22 – 18.07 paced run
12/23 – 7.31 easy
12/24 – 5.02 Egg Nog Jog
12/25 – sedentary day
12/26 – 10.00 easy
December running total to date – 163.23
Nominal December mileage goal: 160 miles
Real Goals: Recover from the strained hamstring. Work back to running faster only as the hamstring allows. Run Freezeroo #1 as allowed by my physical condition on race day, with a blind eye toward age group standings. Have a solid base of 40 miles per week by the end of December to start Boston training.
Today's Holiday notes – Well, I got busy and didn't check in here. Christmas Eve morning, the local Fleet Feet sponsors the Egg Nog Jog. In past years, there were 2, 3, or 5 mile routes to run; and when you get back to the store, you drink a cup of egg nog. This year, there were only 2 and 3 mile routes. They were out of the 3 mile tic sheets when I got there. The 2 mile route was very familiar, I didn't need to look at the sheet. Looked at a friend's 3 mile sheet; there was only one street name I really had to remember to make a left hand turn, the rest was very familiar. So I set out, and it turned out that no one was using me as a pacer. I kind of deliberately missed that left turn to add distance, and got it to where a little OCD in the parking lot made 5 miles. My friend (normally a 9:00 to 9:30 pace runner) told me I missed the turn; I assured her that was planned.
Christmas Day, my daughter invited me to her place to watch Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and work on a 3-D jigsaw puzzle. Lots of fun, very sedentary. I got only about 3000 steps Christmas Day, and no running. But I managed not to overeat, so there is that.
Today I used the daylight hours to do a bit of grocery shopping and work on understanding 2018 tax law in preparation for volunteer work doing VITA tax prep. Got out to run about 6, in the dark. Given the light mileage so far this week, I wanted 8 to 10 miles. Managed to run a route that I adjusted on the fly to get right to 10 miles when I got back to my driveway. That felt pretty good, after just having a short run Monday and no run at all yesterday.
December goal check-in: As of today, I met my nominal monthly mileage goal; and I have 3 running days left in December. The strained hamstring is all better. I ran Freezeroo #1 fast, but not kill myself fast, and avoided re-injury. And I have a pretty solid base of 40-42 miles per week. Technically, Boston training started on Sunday; but the speed work is kind of disrupted until January 3. That's okay. And I need to think about goals for January, particularly since that thread is up already.
Month End Question: I didn't pick up any new running bling over the holiday, and that's okay. I pretty much have what I need for running.
2018 races:
February 17, 2018 Freezeroo #5 (Valentines Run "In Memory of Tom Brannon" 8 Mile) (Greece, NY) finished in 54:48
February 24, 2018 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY) finished in 28:46
March 17, 2018 USATF Masters 8K (Shamrock 8K, Virginia Beach, VA) finished in 31:55
March 24, 2018 Spring Forward 15K (Mendon, NY) ran at MP, finished in 1:10:47
April 16, 2018 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA) finished in 3:28:43
April 29, 2018 USATF Masters 10K (James Joyce Ramble, Dedham, MA) finished in 41:33
May 20, 2018 Lilac 10K (Rochester, NY) finished in 42:21
May 26, 2018 Sunset House 5K (Rochester, NY) finished in 20:12
June 3, 2018 USATF Masters Half Marathon (Ann Arbor, MI) finished in 1:34:42
June 9, 2018 Ontario Summit Trail Half Marathon (Naples, NY) DNS - injury
June 17, 2018 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY) short course, 18:04 for ~2.9 miles
June 30, 2018 Charlie's Old Goat Trail Run 5 mile (Victor, NY) 4.89 miles by Garmin, 43:15
July 14, 2018 Shoreline Half Marathon (Hamlin, NY) finished in 1:45:54
July 28, 2018 Battle at Bristol 10K (Naples, NY) survived in 1:28:33
August 1, 2018 IEXC 5K #1 (Rochester, NY) finished in 22:17
August 8, 2018 IEXC 5K #2 (Rochester, NY) finished in 22:10
August 15, 2018 Pound the Ground 10K (Mendon, NY) finished in 43:11
August 22, 2018 IEXC 5K #3 (Rochester, NY) finished in 21:59
August 29, 2018 IEXC 5K #4 (Rochester NY) finished in 22:00
August 29, 2018 IEXC TDP 1 mile (Rochester, NY) finished in 6:07
August 29, 2018 IEXC TDP 400m (Rochester, NY) finished in 1:14
September 2, 2018 Oak Tree Half Marathon (Geneseo, NY) finished in 1:36:41
September 9, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #1 5K (Newark, NY) 2.9 miles finished in 20:50.9
September 23, 2018 USATF Masters XC 5K (Buffalo, NY) finished in 20:03
September 30, 2018 Wineglass Marathon (Bath, NY to Corning, NY) finished in 3:18:02, PR with negative splits
October 7, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #2 6K (Akron Falls, NY) finished in 24:41
October 13, 2018 Finish Strong 15K (Hilton, NY) finished in 1:03:27
October 21, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #3 6K (Mendon, NY) finished in 24:17
November 4, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #4 6K (Trumansburg, NY) finished in 22:48
November 11, 2018 Syracuse Half Marathon (Syracuse, NY) finished in 1:40:21
November 18, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #5 8K (Syracuse, NY) DNS - injury
November 22, 2018 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY) finished in 47:49
December 15, 2018 Freezeroo #1 (Don Curran Memorial 5K) (Gates, NY) finished in 19:46
2019 Races:
January 1, 2019 Freezeroo #2 (Resolution Run 7.5 mile) (Mendon, NY)
January 5, 2019 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY)
January 12, 2019 Freezeroo #3 (Pineway Ponds 5 Mile) (Spencerport, NY)
January 26, 2019 Freezeroo #4 (Hearnish 5 mile) (Victory, NY)
February 2, 2019 USATF XC Championship, Masters 8K (Tallahassee, FL)
February 9, 2019 Freezeroo #5 (Tom Brannon 8 mile) (Greece, NY)
February 23, 2019 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY)
April 15, 2019 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA to Boston, MA)5 -
Well, I left without my hand warmers. Dummy me. Temp was 46 to start, and knew I would need heavy gloves, but thought I could get away without burning a handwarmer set. Temp fell to the thirties by the time I got back though. Fingers where soooooooo cold.
Pulled them out of the glove/mitten combo and yep. Stark white. I mean I am "white boy" but this was way white. Like white paint white. Tried to take a picture but could not get my fingers working enough. Till they warmed up and were not nearly as white. Hurt though.
So I guess that is the final confirmation. I can add Raynaud's to the list of things wrong with me. Yay!9 -
PastorVincent wrote: »Well, I left without my hand warmers. Dummy me. Temp was 46 to start, and knew I would need heavy gloves, but thought I could get away without burning a handwarmer set. Temp fell to the thirties by the time I got back though. Fingers where soooooooo cold.
Pulled them out of the glove/mitten combo and yep. Stark white. I mean I am "white boy" but this was way white. Like white paint white. Tried to take a picture but could not get my fingers working enough. Till they warmed up and were not nearly as white. Hurt though.
So I guess that is the final confirmation. I can add Raynaud's to the list of things wrong with me. Yay!
Well the good news is you know what it is now. Instead of just being the guy who has to use hand warmers you are a guy with Raynaud's, a condition with a name!1 -
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me... this medal rack and chalkboard which we hung today. Now I have to fill in our PRs!
It's supposed to be stormy tomorrow and I won't run in lightning, plus my legs were crying out for a low impact day, so we took a walk tonight and looked at lights. And we saw this bizarre scene, Snoopy seems to have become a lynching victim! I can only assume they hoisted him up because he wasn't visible behind their other stuff, and weighted his feet so he wouldn't blow sideways, but it really looks bad!7 -
martaindale wrote: »We are not German, but my family does this too. My parents set up a clue trail for each kid to find their Christmas Eve gift.
We have something similar except it can be Christmas eve or Christmas Day depending on when the greatest number of kids will be around. The Scavenger Hunt is a set of clues for each kid or family group where what ever color the first scrap of paper is will be the color of all the clues for them and they don't all have the same clue so they aren't traveling in one big pack. On the bottom of the pieces of paper will be a single letter which they will need to open the combination lock on the mystery box when they find it, so they need to keep all the pieces of paper and remember what order they found them in. We do a lot of this outside to burn off some sugar energy ( and give more hiding spots ) with most of the clues hidden outside they have to run around the Farm yards or country acreage looking for the next clue. Usually good for an hour of running around outside after the meal. The most common item in the mystery box - books - nothing like a tired kid grabbing a book for a read and falling a sleep before they can get a second sugar - goody high.December goal. Yeah. Move.
12/25 cooked.
Upcoming races: January 4, 2019 Hilo to Volcano Ultra 50k Relay. In memory of @KeepRunningFatboy
@HonuNui Yes it looks like the remnants of a good evening with family and friends. I think I will have to hit the Trails on Jan 4 for a few km's in memory also.
@MobyCarp Accidentally missing a turn well done.
@PastorVincent At least you know it's Raynaud's and can make adjustments and allowances in your activities/clothing for it. We have a friend in our little club who has it and on the really cold days he just says nope not doing it - Like you he also uses the hand warmers - he got some light weight polypropylene wicking gloves modified with a little pocket on the palm and back of the hand where he can insert the chemical hand warmers - as he would say its a 2 pack day for the cold days. They are inner liners for his main glove. I believe he said he bought 2 pairs and took them to a lady who does sewing/repairs and she cut the one pair up and sewed it onto the other one with a chemical pack as a size model. I think someone posted a link or picture to gloves that actually had a pocket in them.2 -
I've been lurking and wallowing since Monday, when I tried to run and my knees hurt again. Pretty much come to terms with the fact that I've no hope of meeting my goal for the month now. I suspect IT band issues as per Dr. Google, but am seeing a physio this evening so will hopefully know more after that. If she tells me not to run it will be very upsetting, but then again every time I try to run it hurts afterwards so stuck between a wall and a hard place. We are signed up for a fun run/race on Saturday evening, in a very hilly village up in the mountains. In fact so hilly part of the course is a stretch of 200 stairs. It's only like 3.5km though. I'm undecided as to whether to just not bother, or go and walk, or what. Again, guess after I get some professional insight I can see.
The only positive is that this second time round it (maybe because I rested it more) the pain came on quicker after running but went away again quicker. By yesterday I was hardly feeling it and managed to walk on the treadmill for an hour. Guess if I can't run I'll just have to walk walk walk to try not to loose too much condition. Still not looking at all good for the HM I am signed up to run in March though, I should have started training for it on Monday. Pfft.
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PastorVincent wrote: »@elise4270 - is there a way to edit the title? I couldn't see it but I know in other groups I have been able to.
I was also going to repost the link in the challenge 'announcement list' to add 'January 2019' but forgot to add that and just reposted the link.... it won't even let me edit the post there.
Ya I thought i could edit the title and its contents indefinitely. Something may have changed or i made that part up.
Grrr! And i tried so hard no to goof it up!
Did you contact the mods? What did they say?
I didn’t hear back, or if I have I haven’t noticed yet. All day I kept checking my email and mfp messages. Least it’s done!0 -
PastorVincent wrote: »Well, I left without my hand warmers. Dummy me. Temp was 46 to start, and knew I would need heavy gloves, but thought I could get away without burning a handwarmer set. Temp fell to the thirties by the time I got back though. Fingers where soooooooo cold.
Pulled them out of the glove/mitten combo and yep. Stark white. I mean I am "white boy" but this was way white. Like white paint white. Tried to take a picture but could not get my fingers working enough. Till they warmed up and were not nearly as white. Hurt though.
So I guess that is the final confirmation. I can add Raynaud's to the list of things wrong with me. Yay!
Well, you have plenty of company with it. Last 2 years was the worst I’d experienced. I think with surgery it was exacerbated. They had to stop several times because my temp dropped too low. I didn’t feel cold though. I remember waking up to shoving the warmed blanket off complaining it was hot. Must have been the anesthesia . Luckily this year it’s rarely been a problem. It’s still been rather warm here though. Maybe come February I’ll retract that statement. So here’s hope that it’s something you can recover (slightly) from. Just make sure you don’t get cold Consider a move to Florida perhaps. I bet there are no cold fingers there!
ETA @eleanorhawkins So sorry to hear about the knees. Keep us update on the physio results and your prognosis. Knee pain is horrible. I have one that’s been slightly bothersome the last few years. It now wants to be cranky and try to swell a bit. I suspect mine is a hip issue that’s caused, hopefully just a bakers cyst, and will magically line out.0 -
juliet3455 wrote: »@PastorVincent At least you know it's Raynaud's and can make adjustments and allowances in your activities/clothing for it. We have a friend in our little club who has it and on the really cold days he just says nope not doing it - Like you he also uses the hand warmers - he got some light weight polypropylene wicking gloves modified with a little pocket on the palm and back of the hand where he can insert the chemical hand warmers - as he would say its a 2 pack day for the cold days. They are inner liners for his main glove. I believe he said he bought 2 pairs and took them to a lady who does sewing/repairs and she cut the one pair up and sewed it onto the other one with a chemical pack as a size model. I think someone posted a link or picture to gloves that actually had a pocket in them.
That was me These...
The are $20 on Amazon
I have them. When I put the warmer in they work great. At least down to the 20s F. Had not considered putting 2 in at once. That is a good idea.
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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
12-8 7k easy
12-9 10.5k easy
12-10 7k recovery
12-11 rest
12-12 7k intervals
12-13 7k easy
12-14 rest
12-15 7k easy
12-16 3.5k slow
12-17 7k slow
12-18 rest
12-19 7k easy
12-20 7k easy
12-21 rest
12-22 7k easy
12-23 10.5k easy
12-24 7k recovery
12-25 rest
12-26 7k intervals
12-27 7k easy
December Total: 147k
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.
Sunny and cool with a gusty wind out of the southeast. SO thankful the weather has been good.
Awesome swag this year? Nothing, really. Got a phone holding belt so I could listen to music while I run, but I very rarely listen to music anymore when I run.5 -
Two miles of laps up and down my driveway this morning. Not the most interesting route, but I was trying to squeeze in a run before the rain came it - this will probably be my last chance to run outside for over a week. We're supposed to get six straight days of flash floods and severe thunderstorms. Yuck.
30.5/38.0 miles for December so far8 -
I just typed and deleted a post about ending 2018 strong and how that meant that I AM GOING TO RUN TODAY even though I'm currently in the hospital waiting to hear if my mom can get a cardioversion today to try and reset her irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation) [ETA: Not today, bah], and the weather outside is legit frightful - three inches of snow last night followed by steady rain today, followed by temperatures expected to drop to single digits this weekend. Grosssssss. So instead of making a promise I might not keep, I'm going to say that I will do my best to get at least one more run in this year, but if I don't, I'll still feel good about everything I accomplished in 2018 and head into 2019 looking forward to whatever accomplishments there are to come.12
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Time to take stock of my 2018 goals and see how I did. In the January 2018 thread I stated the following goals:
2018 Goals- 1500 total miles - Fail - I'll finish with about 1000 miles, my lowest total yet in a full year of running.
- 500 trail miles - Fail - I came close at 468 miles.
- Run every road in town (about 250 miles of running) - Fail - I had this broken down into 33 runs. I completed 25 of them. I started out great, getting those 25 runs done by April 21st, then just got out of the habit. Oh well, this wasn't a huge goal.
- First 50 Mile race - Zumbro 50, April 14th - Fail - I got my first DNF, completing 34 out of 50 miles in a nasty blizzard, due to multiple reasons, after ITB syndrome hampered my training. This was probably the most devastating fail and I went into a running funk for while after this.
- Three ultramarathons - Psycho WyCo 50K, Zumbro 50M, Superior 50K - Fail. ITB issues forced me to do the 20M race at Pyscho Wyco (which went very well), then the aforementioned DNF at Zumbro, but I ended it with a solid successful run at the Superior 50K. My 43.8 mile finish at Loopet Loppet does count, so in the end I finished with 2 ultras.
- 5K road PR (currently 23:44) - Fail - The closest I came was 24:24
- 10K road PR (currently 1:03:42 - beating this is a gimmee. Current PR was set 3 months after I started running) - Fail, but only because I never ran a 10K in 2018.
- Distance PR of 50 miles (currently 31 miles) - Fail, but I did set a distance PR of 43.8 miles in the Loopet Loppet in October....which led to my major injury of 2018.
- Avoid running breaks of 7 days or more - Fail
- Avoid injury - Fail
So, if my math is right, that's 0 goals met, 10 goals failed. hmmm...I don't feel like that much of a failure. Oh well, the only way forward is forward.18 -
Time to take stock of my 2018 goals and see how I did. In the January 2018 thread I stated the following goals:
2018 Goals- 1500 total miles - Fail - I'll finish with about 1000 miles, my lowest total yet in a full year of running.
- 500 trail miles - Fail - I came close at 468 miles.
- Run every road in town (about 250 miles of running) - Fail - I had this broken down into 33 runs. I completed 25 of them. I started out great, getting those 25 runs done by April 21st, then just got out of the habit. Oh well, this wasn't a huge goal.
- First 50 Mile race - Zumbro 50, April 14th - Fail - I got my first DNF, completing 34 out of 50 miles in a nasty blizzard, due to multiple reasons, after ITB syndrome hampered my training. This was probably the most devastating fail and I went into a running funk for while after this.
- Three ultramarathons - Psycho WyCo 50K, Zumbro 50M, Superior 50K - Fail. ITB issues forced me to do the 20M race at Pyscho Wyco (which went very well), then the aforementioned DNF at Zumbro, but I ended it with a solid successful run at the Superior 50K. My 43.8 mile finish at Loopet Loppet does count, so in the end I finished with 2 ultras.
- 5K road PR (currently 23:44) - Fail - The closest I came was 24:24
- 10K road PR (currently 1:03:42 - beating this is a gimmee. Current PR was set 3 months after I started running) - Fail, but only because I never ran a 10K in 2018.
- Distance PR of 50 miles (currently 31 miles) - Fail, but I did set a distance PR of 43.8 miles in the Loopet Loppet in October....which led to my major injury of 2018.
- Avoid running breaks of 7 days or more - Fail
- Avoid injury - Fail
So, if my math is right, that's 0 goals met, 10 goals failed. hmmm...I don't feel like that much of a failure. Oh well, the only way forward is forward.
Your failures are bigger than most people's goals! Here's to a healthy and non-injured 2019 with lots of running.9 -
rheddmobile wrote: »Time to take stock of my 2018 goals and see how I did. In the January 2018 thread I stated the following goals:
2018 Goals- 1500 total miles - Fail - I'll finish with about 1000 miles, my lowest total yet in a full year of running.
- 500 trail miles - Fail - I came close at 468 miles.
- Run every road in town (about 250 miles of running) - Fail - I had this broken down into 33 runs. I completed 25 of them. I started out great, getting those 25 runs done by April 21st, then just got out of the habit. Oh well, this wasn't a huge goal.
- First 50 Mile race - Zumbro 50, April 14th - Fail - I got my first DNF, completing 34 out of 50 miles in a nasty blizzard, due to multiple reasons, after ITB syndrome hampered my training. This was probably the most devastating fail and I went into a running funk for while after this.
- Three ultramarathons - Psycho WyCo 50K, Zumbro 50M, Superior 50K - Fail. ITB issues forced me to do the 20M race at Pyscho Wyco (which went very well), then the aforementioned DNF at Zumbro, but I ended it with a solid successful run at the Superior 50K. My 43.8 mile finish at Loopet Loppet does count, so in the end I finished with 2 ultras.
- 5K road PR (currently 23:44) - Fail - The closest I came was 24:24
- 10K road PR (currently 1:03:42 - beating this is a gimmee. Current PR was set 3 months after I started running) - Fail, but only because I never ran a 10K in 2018.
- Distance PR of 50 miles (currently 31 miles) - Fail, but I did set a distance PR of 43.8 miles in the Loopet Loppet in October....which led to my major injury of 2018.
- Avoid running breaks of 7 days or more - Fail
- Avoid injury - Fail
So, if my math is right, that's 0 goals met, 10 goals failed. hmmm...I don't feel like that much of a failure. Oh well, the only way forward is forward.
Your failures are bigger than most people's goals! Here's to a healthy and non-injured 2019 with lots of running.
I second that opinion. Aim for the stars, and be satisfied when you hit the moon.7 -
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
12/14/18 :::: 3.6 :::: 43.6
12/15/18 :::: 6.0 :::: 49.7
12/16/18 :::: 8.4 :::: 58.0
12/17/18 :::: 3.8 :::: 61.9
12/18/18 :::: 2.3 :::: 64.1
12/19/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 67.2
12/20/18 :::: 4.2 :::: 71.5
12/21/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 71.5
12/22/18 :::: 7.5 :::: 78.9
12/23/18 :::: 4.0 :::: 83.0
12/24/18 :::: 3.0 :::: 86.0
12/25/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 86.0
12/26/18 :::: 3.0 :::: 89.0
12/27/18 :::: 3.8 :::: 92.7
Outside run today, it felt warmer than the 18 degrees recorded. I warmed up a mile on my own and then met a friend and we did 30 minutes more. We had a quick coffee and then I went to circuit training. I feel very disoriented about what day/time it is in this in-between holidays week.
@7lenny7 those were some impressive goals, and regardless of not meeting them some impressive accomplishments. Sorry about your injury derailing many of your plans. Hoping for a good 2019 for you.
After seeing your post, I looked back to see if I set any goals for the year last January. Doesn't look like I set anything more than a monthly goal. Running a marathon was not on my radar at the time and I was concentrating on an upcoming half in Key West, which I had signed up for kind of late and not specifically trained for more than a few long runs.
I'm going to work on my year 2018 summary and setting some goals for January and for 2019 and post those in the January thread.7 -
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Time to take stock of my 2018 goals and see how I did. In the January 2018 thread I stated the following goals:
2018 Goals-
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- 1500 total miles - Fail - I'll finish with about 1000 miles, my lowest total yet in a full year of running.
2 - 500 trail miles - Fail - I came close at 468 miles.
- Run every road in town (about 250 miles of running) - Fail - I had this broken down into 33 runs. I completed 25 of them. I started out great, getting those 25 runs done by April 21st, then just got out of the habit. Oh well, this wasn't a huge goal.
- First 50 Mile race - Zumbro 50, April 14th - Fail - I got my first DNF, completing 34 out of 50 miles in a nasty blizzard, due to multiple reasons, after ITB syndrome hampered my training. This was probably the most devastating fail and I went into a running funk for while after this.
3 - Three ultramarathons - Psycho WyCo 50K, Zumbro 50M, Superior 50K - Fail. ITB issues forced me to do the 20M race at Pyscho Wyco (which went very well), then the aforementioned DNF at Zumbro, but I ended it with a solid successful run at the Superior 50K. My 43.8 mile finish at Loopet Loppet does count, so in the end I finished with 2 ultras.
- 5K road PR (currently 23:44) - Fail - The closest I came was 24:24
- 10K road PR (currently 1:03:42 - beating this is a gimmee. Current PR was set 3 months after I started running) - Fail, but only because I never ran a 10K in 2018.
4 - Distance PR of 50 miles (currently 31 miles) - Fail, but I did set a distance PR of 43.8 miles in the Loopet Loppet in October....which led to my major injury of 2018.
- Avoid running breaks of 7 days or more - Fail
- Avoid injury - Fail
So, if my math is right, that's 0 goals met, 10 goals failed. hmmm...I don't feel like that much of a failure. Oh well, the only way forward is forward.
1 & 2 with your injury, this wasn't a full year of running
3 Wouldn't the 34 at Zumbro count as your third ultra?
4 a PR is a PR
Definitely not a failure!
This year, add some "B" goals to your plans!
3 - 1500 total miles - Fail - I'll finish with about 1000 miles, my lowest total yet in a full year of running.
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polskagirl01 wrote: »(See #s I added above)
1 & 2 with your injury, this wasn't a full year of running
3 Wouldn't the 34 at Zumbro count as your third ultra?
4 a PR is a PR
Definitely not a failure!
This year, add some "B" goals to your plans!
That's a good question, and one I've contemplated often. It really depends on how you define the goal I guess. I certainly ran an ultra distance, and given the conditions, I'm actually quite proud of what I did that day (There was only a 25% finish rate for the 50M, and only a 17% finish rate for the 100M). But...I didn't finish. I didn't get the medal. In my mind it does not count as an ultra finish.
And really, other than getting injured, I don't feel like the year was a failure. I set high goals, I didn't see any of them through, but what I did, I'm proud of. Avoiding injury will be the top goal for 2019 and I'll gladly trade away any other goal in pursuit of that one.
For those who weren't around last April, the weather conditions for that Zumbro race were epic. The 50M race started at midnight. Just before the race there was a thunderstorm, which turned into sleet and just about race time, turned into heavy snow. We had 10 inches of snow during the night and next day, along with hellacious winds, gusting to 70 mph. There was one ridge in particular where it was blowing in so hard that you could not see the tracks of the runners ahead of you. The 100 mile racers had it worse as they had to start 17 hours earlier in very wet, muddy conditions. While it was one of the most ferocious races I've ever experienced, it was also the most magnificent run I've ever had. I'd gladly pay $1000 to run that again in the same conditions if the weather could be guaranteed.
One of the more serene parts of the trail that day
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@7lenny7 My husband wants to know, when you DNF 34 miles out in a snowstorm, how do you get back? Do they have a snowmobile or something to take you to the starting area?0
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polskagirl01 wrote: »(See #s I added above)
1 & 2 with your injury, this wasn't a full year of running
3 Wouldn't the 34 at Zumbro count as your third ultra?
4 a PR is a PR
Definitely not a failure!
This year, add some "B" goals to your plans!
That's a good question, and one I've contemplated often. It really depends on how you define the goal I guess. I certainly ran an ultra distance, and given the conditions, I'm actually quite proud of what I did that day (There was only a 25% finish rate for the 50M, and only a 17% finish rate for the 100M). But...I didn't finish. I didn't get the medal. In my mind it does not count as an ultra finish.
And really, other than getting injured, I don't feel like the year was a failure. I set high goals, I didn't see any of them through, but what I did, I'm proud of. Avoiding injury will be the top goal for 2019 and I'll gladly trade away any other goal in pursuit of that one.
For those who weren't around last April, the weather conditions for that Zumbro race were epic. The 50M race started at midnight. Just before the race there was a thunderstorm, which turned into sleet and just about race time, turned into heavy snow. We had 10 inches of snow during the night and next day, along with hellacious winds, gusting to 70 mph. There was one ridge in particular where it was blowing in so hard that you could not see the tracks of the runners ahead of you. The 100 mile racers had it worse as they had to start 17 hours earlier in very wet, muddy conditions. While it was one of the most ferocious races I've ever experienced, it was also the most magnificent run I've ever had. I'd gladly pay $1000 to run that again in the same conditions if the weather could be guaranteed.
One of the more serene parts of the trail that day
Hats off to you, sir. 34 miles in those conditions sounds brutal. That is a beautiful picture, though.2 -
rheddmobile wrote: »@7lenny7 My husband wants to know, when you DNF 34 miles out in a snowstorm, how do you get back? Do they have a snowmobile or something to take you to the starting area?
@rheddmobile this particular race has 16.7 mile loops, the 17, 50 and 100 mile races are 1, 3, and 6 loops, respectively. I completed 2 loops and had time for a third, but I decided to quit. Had I quit at one of the aid stations out on the course, they had an ATV that they could use to get me back to the finish if I couldn't take the 2 or 3 mile short cut hike. That's one of the reasons I quit. The race folks were having a hell of time getting around in the wet, sloppy mud and I felt they had their hands full just with normal race logistics that I didn't want to burden them with potentially having to get me out if I couldn't finish the third lap. I know one person who quit out on the course had to wait over 2 hours for lift back to base camp. The 17 mile race was canceled after the county sheriff told the RD that they couldn't guarantee that they would be able to get any emergency vehicles in the valley if an emergency occurred.That keep nearly 500 racers out of the valley and off the roads. As it was, the RD paid a private contractor to continually plow and sand the county-owned gravel road into camp.
You know, I've never come out and explained why I quit that day.
I had volunteered at an aid station the night before while the 100 mile racers were out. I made the mistake of standing all that time, about 6 hours, while wearing 22 year old boots with the original insoles. My knees and feet were killing me. I only had two hours between finishing my shift and starting the race.
Because of the rain>sleet> heavy snow, the tree branches were weighed down so much that I had to run the first several miles hunched over to avoid getting slapped in the face by branches. This was hell on my back, especially after standing for hours at the aid station.
My first loop sucked for being in pain and being uncomfortable, but the beautiful course, lit up by my headlamp, kept me going. My second loop started great and I was in great spirits. It turned bad half way through which is when the weather really got serious and my body started to rebel.
I had one fall on a steep and slippery portion of the trail and bumped my head hard enough to be dazed for a moment. Only the fact that my head hit my trekking pole first kept it from hitting a sharp rock. I had to sit there for a couple minutes before I could move on.
The slippery trail made my support muscles seriously cramped, to the point of almost being in tears a couple of times.
The aid stations were operating with a bare bones crew since the morning shift couldn't even get to the place. All the aid station volunteers remaining were either working way past their assigned, overnight shift or were other runners who had already quit. I felt really bad making them stay out there in this misery, even though my quitting wouldn't help them.
Due to the worsening weather there was a strong potential I couldn't get out of the valley that day after a third loop, having to spend a night, with no cell coverage while my teenager was home alone not knowing where I was in the storm. Even when I did leave I had no idea what I would be faced with. As it was a drive home that normally takes an hour and a half took nearly 4 hours. There were times I literally could not see the front end of my truck. There were times hitting my brakes had no impact. I couple of times I had to adjust my planned route because certain highways had been closed.
Through all that, had I been able to contact my son, I would have continued. Had I known that getting me out wouldn't not be a big burden on the race crew, I would have continued. It took a long, long time to come to terms with this DNF but what finally made me at peace with my decision was realizing that I had quit mostly out of consideration of other people.
Sorry for the long answer to a short question.14 -
ETA @eleanorhawkins So sorry to hear about the knees. Keep us update on the physio results and your prognosis. Knee pain is horrible. I have one that’s been slightly bothersome the last few years. It now wants to be cranky and try to swell a bit. I suspect mine is a hip issue that’s caused, hopefully just a bakers cyst, and will magically line out.
Thanks @Elise4270.
Just back from the evil pain-inducing physio woman aka sadistic *kitten* whose verdict was that it's just extreme muscle overload in pretty much everything between my ankles and my hips. She beat me up, pummelled me into submission (omg one thigh it felt like she was rubbing over marbles), lectured me on the perils of overtraining, overdoing it and not resting enough "in women my age who haven't been running long", scared me shitless with predictions of "if you run again before we sort this out you'll probably tear something up bad enough to never be able to run again" and ordered me to go back on January 8th and do no more than 10-15 minute walks on flat surfaces in the meantime, and to stretch.
So that's Saturday's race out, the March HM out, my chances of not feeling hungry out for the foreseeable future... yeah, if anyone asks I'll be in a corner somewhere feeling sorry for myself. It's my birthday on Tuesday. Think I'm going to go hide out in the countryside and be miserable.
Having said that, I know this isn't a serious injury (for which I should be grateful) and it will pass. Damn my legs hurt now though!
I haven't been here long enough to have set any goals in January, but somewhere during the spring I decided first to get back into running (I had started the year before but then Christmas happened followed by a vacation followed by flu and I basically had to start over after all that) and then early summer had the crazy idea to sign up for and complete a half marathon. I did do both, even if I managed to upset my leg muscles a lot while I was at it. Still don't understand why. I followed a training plan, I stretched religiously, I didn't miss a run OR a rest day in 12 weeks, I had good shoes with few miles on them, hell I even ended up adding in walk breaks to avoid injuring myself. I wasn't 100% with strength training but I did as much as I could. Only thing I didn't do at all was get a massage. Feel like stomping my feet and throwing a tantrum... Not fair!!!! I won't though, cause my legs hurt.11 -
@7lenny7 That's quite a "failure" to be proud of! I'm sure there are a lot of mixed emotions for you, but I'm guessing everyone here thinks what you did was amazing.
It's raining today and yucky, but we spent the morning sightseeing /scavenger hunting in a nearby town, and had some family fun
12/24 - run 21.2 km
12/25 - recovery and cookies
12/26 - swim 650 m
12/27 - run 6 km, swim 1000 m, 1 hr bowling (counting as 15 minutes)
The run was in the afternoon, in the rain, and it was a flat route, after 2 days of no running, but it went very well pace-wise and felt great.
I'm not posting anything other than my goal in the January thread, as I fully intend to meet my December goals before the year ends. Y'all started too soon over there! But I get it, it's not a bad thing to catch all of the resolutions and start encouraging people who are getting started!
SWIMMING/CYCLING/ETC:
RUNNING:
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