December 2018 Monthly Running Challenge
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12/4 - 3.01 km
12/11 - 3.00 km dreadmill
12/15 - 4.07 km windy & icy
12/18 - 4.06 km icy
12/22 - 5.31 km dreadmill
12/25 - 4.09 km blizzard
18.23/?? Km
Real goal: be ready to start half marathon training in January.
Did an out and back under the power lines and around the 2 storm ponds. I like that route be sure it's almost exactly 4 km so I can run it without worrying about distance and just focus on the other stuff I'm working on right now. Managed to reduce my walking intervals a bit - either that or my running is a bit faster. I just decide that I'm running from point A to point B and then when I get to point B I check my heart rate and I drop to a walk if I need to. Then run again once it's below a certain point.
On the way out it was a nice gentle snowfall and on the way back it was a blizzard .
2018 Races: (italics means not registered yet, only pondering)
1/1/18 Resolution Run 5K ~38:00 (no official times)
3/4/18 MEC Road Race #1 10K 1:30:57
3/17/28 St Patrick's Day race 10K 1:24:53
4/7/18 Jasper Half Marathon 3:05:55
4/22/18 MEC Trail Race #1 5Kish 1:00:00? (Or 48:45...)
5/20/18 MEC Trail Race #2 10Kish 1:56:15
6/24/18 MEC Trail Race #3 10Kish 2:03:15
7/1/18 Canada Day 15K 2:03:04
7/28/18 Idaho Peak 10K Trail Race 1:30:16
8/18/18 Edmonton Marathon (Half Marathon) 3:12:something
8/25/18 MEC Trail Race #4 4Kish 39:49
10/7/18 MEC Trail Race #5 5Kish 1:02:11
2019:
1/1/19 Resolution Run
5/5/19 BMO Vancouver Marathon (Half)
8/17/19 Edmonton Marathon6 -
As expected no run today. So hopefully get like 10 or something in tomorrow.5
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End of month question?
What awesome swag did you get this year? And how is it adding value to your life?
Well. This year i got a dental implant screw and am patiently waiting for the new year/fresh benefits for the crown. I got my ITB and a nasty bursa fixed, which keeps me upright and on a mission to run. I suppose the implant will allow me to eat to fuel those runs
Oh alright, i got an iPad. I'm diversified in electronics now. I suppose that helps me understand the apple-nation mentality which must make me a better person or at least provide the potential to be one.
I think I bought 1 pair of running shoes this year? No 2 and the sandals.
Most importantly i have you. You add value to my life.
Keep running.
(Now I'm just stalling. If i sleep then i gotta go back to work... )6 -
My husband and I gave each other lots of running swag for Christmas! I gave him a double medal rack, and he gave me a picture frame with photos of us running and a PR chalkboard that fits over it. We also got each other a leather bound folder for our race bibs. So no more shabby pile of bibs stuck in his desk drawer. He got Merrell synthesis flex trail shoes, cold weather running gloves, and a buff with the Black Rabbit of Inle on it. I got merino wool / bamboo glove liners, two Brooks Juno sports bras, and a pair of Oiselle pocket jogger tights (which did not make it here yet.)
Value added: It will be nice to have a visible reminder of our achievements. My hands get cold and then sweaty when it's just a little chilly, so the liners are good as really lightweight gloves, and they can be worn under the flip mittens on my jacket for extra warmth. Having three bras will be three times as nice as having only one - right now I have to wash my one stupid bra and hang it to dry every time I run! And my long tights from last year don't fit any more, they are too loose. I've been wearing capris since it hasn't gotten really cold yet, but winter is coming.
Also, my mom went, "Awww," over the medal rack/PR board combo and said we were so lucky to have found something we love to do together. So that was sweet.
In other news, Christmas is the deadline I set all my New Year's goals for - when I make New Year's resolutions, they are in the form, "By next Christmas, my goal is to..." so today was my day of reckoning. I'm pleased to say that I met all my fitness-related goals: continue running three times and lifting at least twice a week, run a sub 30 minute 5k, run a sub 8 minute mile, become competitive in my AG category in local 5ks, maintain my weight under 150 lbs, deadlift my bodyweight, squat my bodyweight, and bench over 100 lbs. Some of these I just barely squeaked by, and some I exceeded my own expectations, but I have met all these goals despite being derailed by an injury in March.
Now I have a week without having to worry about goals, and then I get to set my goals for next year!8 -
1225-5.0k total-44.3k, goal-60k
Intervals last night, very windy. Not much to be said about it. New knots holding up well, even on short and slippery laces. Here if anyone needs them.
Christmas isn't really a thing around here, but it's pretty good fun watching you guys talk about it. Our biggest holiday, the Spring Festival, is coming up in about a month. Will take stock and make resolutions then.8 -
@noblsheep aw darn it. I may have gone with the Samsung had I had just one person not use/love the iPod! Ah well. Sending virtual high five on the German lessons. There maybe a way to add friends. I had one person try to add me as a friend or something and I emailed tech support telling them I didn’t want any friends. Hahah, there’s no way yet to be unfriendly. Maybe we can find one another. Somehow.
@Orphia I’m taking nutrition and developmental psychology. Easy peasy stuff I like.
I'm way behind on posts again but wanted to comment on this too... I also love my iPad and my iPhone and my Apple Watch!
I was a Windows gal forever and when I retired in April my daughter gave me her old MacBook Pro... I was able to get the MS Office Pro suite for Mac through work before I left so I can still use OneNote, Excel, Word, etc... Like others I have all my Apple devices synched too! It is awesome to start something on my Mac in my office and pick it up on my iPad in the family room. I haven't yet really learned all the fun apps and things I can do with it but I am working on it!
@elise4270 - Developmental Biology was one of my favorite classes in college - I took it and some others then mostly just for fun and ended up with a Minor in Biology and one in Chemistry and one in Computer Science... I really just liked taking all kinds of classes4 -
Dec 25 - Xmas parkrun! 30:22
Dec 26 - Walked 51 km (31.7 mi) in 9 hours 20 minutes. Walking PB!8 -
@garygse since I cocked up making the January thread, maybe my thread starter privileges should be revoked? You wanna re start it? Or give it a day and see if the mods change the title for me?
@shanaber I’m not keen on windows. I call it microshit turd just to be onry. I love excel and have replaced that with the google sheets. I like the iPad. I don’t know why Swype isn’t a thing with iPad. I’m such a lazy speller, I like the ability to half try ETA I’m taking developmental psychology. I have a minor in environmental health science, math and bs in chem. I suppose I can transfer these additional credits in to my bs and get a bs in biology, if I continue to take classes. Not sure what purpose I’ll serve me.
Thanks goodness it’s Wednesday. I have work dread.2 -
@shanaber I’m not keen on windows. I call it microshit turd just to be onry. I love excel and have replaced that with the google sheets. I like the iPad. I don’t know why Swype isn’t a thing with iPad. I’m such a lazy speller, I like the ability to half try
Pretty sure it is a thing: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/swype-keyboard/id916365675
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PastorVincent wrote: »@shanaber I’m not keen on windows. I call it microshit turd just to be onry. I love excel and have replaced that with the google sheets. I like the iPad. I don’t know why Swype isn’t a thing with iPad. I’m such a lazy speller, I like the ability to half try
Pretty sure it is a thing: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/swype-keyboard/id916365675
Wow! Thanks! I am going to try to stick out typing and continuing to learn to spell. I’ll keep the link for if/when I give up on the English language (which I’m sure happened when I was about 8). You are are a wealth of. Information!
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So the end of the month/year/whatever it was question... I got:
Money - will put this in my savings so guess that betters me
Amazon Gift Card - books or workout equipment (makes me smarter/fitter)
Stuffed Marshal from Paw Patrol (my 4-year-old nephew wanted to buy gifts for his family. We all got things he wanted LOL) - It makes him happy so therefore it makes me happy.
DH bought a two-person inflatable Kayak about a week ago as it was a lightning deal on Amazon and called it our Christmas gift. Hah (It's been on our wishlist for a while) - We will have a new outdoor activity and an excuse to go to lakes. May take it with us on Yosemite trip as well.5 -
I just bookmarked January's thread.
I totally fizzled out in December. Seasonal Depression hit me pretty hard, and I also lost my Grandma this month, too.
I am so ready for January and a fresh start. I have a training schedule taped to my desk, my bathroom mirror, and my refrigerator. I can't wait to start marking off miles!!! I am just not counting until January
Meet y'all in 2019!!!15 -
@Beka3695 I am so sorry for your loss.0
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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
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Good morning, running friends. Hope you all are enjoying a nice post-holiday run or lazing around or whatever you have on your agenda.
I went for my last Lake Placid run this morning, same loop around the lake, followed by stopping at my favorite brunch place. Which of course meant a bloody mary. I consider it a traditional must-do now every time I come here. I was a little stiff from yesterday's hike and the run was cold - my phone died on me at the end. Fortunately it perked back up after being in the warm restaurant for a bit. Must remember to keep it more wrapped up and cozy.
Time to pack up in a little while and head back home. I'm glad to have my run in for the day. I'm only 11 miles from my goal of 100 for the month so should reach that pretty easily.
Have a great day.6 -
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
December Total: 140k
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.
Interval training today -- warmup; followed by 5 sets of 3 minutes hard/1.5 minutes easy; followed by cooldown for the remainder of the 7k. Cloudy, cool, and little wind.
@Beka3695 Sorry about your grandmother.4 -
Our daughter found out there wasn't a Santa early on. I am not sure she ever really believed in it but she loved the traditions, even as an adult she wants the traditions. We had a little tree with a box for every day in December. The boxes were tiny so could hold a Hershey's Kiss or something like that. We also opened a present on Christmas Eve when I grew up and my BILs birthday is on the 24th and they opened all the presents on Christmas Eve - terrible for him as a kid to never have his 'special day'. My DH and I kept to opening just one gift on Christmas Eve.
@ddmom0811 - that is so funny about the dog eating the cookies. Hobbes would definitely eat the carrots too!
@elise4270 - I guess I really wanted it to be Developmental Biology - that's how I read it until just now! Hope Developmental Psychology is just as interesting!
What awesome swag did you get this year? And how is it adding value to your life?
Well thinking over the year as a whole...
I got to retire (is that swag? well not really but has had huge value) and that has made my life SO much less stressful
We bought a new car so I no longer have to worry about fitting all of Hobbes agility/travel gear into my little Jetta.
For my birthday earlier in December my DH got me a new MacBook Pro that I love, love, love!
For Christmas specifically I got all fun Vizsla related gifts - a pillow that says 'All you need is love and a dog named Hobbes', a Vizsla calendar that includes pictures of his brother and another friend's Vizslas, these magnets:They all make me smile every time I look at them!
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PastorVincent 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. It usually involved running out to the mailbox, upstairs, out to the car, etc. And someone always had a gift in the dryer. Makes the process take a little longer and burns some kid energy! We do the same for my daughter now and she looks forward to it every year!4 -
@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.0 -
Well this month got away from me and I haven't updated my runs in awhile. We got a new billing program at work so I've been really busy and it didn't help the start date was 12/1 so with the holidays it's been crazy. I have been running though so I'm happy about that!
12/1 - 3 mile Treadmill run
12/4 - 2.85 mile run
12/6 - 3 mile Treadmill run
12/8 - 3 mile Ugly Sweater run
12/10 - Bike
12/11 - 3.7 mile run
12/12 - Bike
12/13 - 4 mile Treadmill run
12/15 - 2.2 mile trail run
12/16 - 2 mile Scavenger Run Hunt
12/19 - 4.2 mile Treadmill run
12/22 - 4 mile Treadmill run
12/23 - 4 mile trail run
12/25 - 4.5 mile Treadmill run
Total 40.45 miles/Goal 40-45 miles
Upcoming Races:
2/9 Steve Cullen 8k
3/16 Lucky Leprechaun 7k
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Last night I *really* didn't want to go out for walk. I was tired, and full, and just wanted to take a nap. What finally got me out the door was that I realized it would be a lot easier to walk yesterday night rather than today after work (which I might do anyway). I tempered my goals and decided to just do one lap around the 'hood, but of course...after getting out there...I kept going and finished with two laps for 1.25 hours of walking.
December Progress: 8.25 out of 15 hoursEnd of month question?
What awesome swag did you get this year? And how is it adding value to your life?
My wife gave me the trekking poles I wanted, the Black Diamond Distance FLZ poles. Earlier this year at the Zumbro 50 mile I used my old poles for the first time due to crazy *kitten* blizzard/snow/ice conditions and even though I had never trained with them, they helped out immensely. Those had their issues for trail running though, so I wanted to get a new pair. I don't think I'll use them often, but when I do, they'll be a Godsend. I also thing it will be helpful to use these when I get back on the trails, particularly in the winter, as I recover from foot surgery.
My father-in-law gave me the HitchSafe, a lockable compartment which fits in the hitch receiver of my truck. This means I can stash my key securely in there when I'm run trails instead of carrying them with me and being paranoid I'll lose them on the trail.
@Beka3695 very sorry to hear about your loss.
@martaindale awesome that your daughter came out to run with you!
We were all in on the Santa thing. I loved it when I was a kid and our kids loved it. As the older ones came to find out he wasn't real, they kept it going for the younger kids because they loved being in on it.
The only cookies we made were Swiss bratzelis. They are very similar to the Italian pizzelis. They may even be the same, I don't know, but I'm Swiss so I call them bratzelis.
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