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January 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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I posted a link to an article on the Facebook group recently (https://www.bodyforwife.com/the-willpower-myth-how-identity-and-values-are-the-true-regulators-of-behavior/). I've been working on reframing my self-image and I think it's really helping. I find myself repeating (internally so people don't think I'm weirder than I already am) phrases like "I am a woman who is training for a half marathon" during those moments when getting out the door is a struggle (because I'm also a woman who can be lazy at times), or "I am a woman who is fuelling for a half marathon so I don't take more than one serving of dessert" when the temptation arises to have a couple extra cheesecake bites.
It seems to be helping, both with training and with regulating my intake.
I think on Tuesday, when we are predicted to have a high of -19C, I will repeat "I am a woman who embraces the suck."
I'm so impressed that you'll even consider going out in those temps. Even w/ great gear I can't get below about 20 F (~ -6 c).
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abowersgirl wrote: »I think I'm going to do my jog outside, it is unseasonably warm (almost spring weather rather than January weather)
So I noticed that I am fine running as long as I have head phones and music to listen too (even if it gets annoying) or watching tv while I am indoors...keeping my mind off my body has really helped with the longevity of the run. I have tried without but my mind concerns itself with What my body is doing and it seems I quit a lot sooner and give a lot less effort or too much effort all at once. I was wondering how other people keep their mind off their body while running?
I like to run with friends that like to talk a lot (bonus, they help keep me accountable to even get out the door)...or music when I'm by myself....4 -
albryce744 wrote: »I posted a link to an article on the Facebook group recently (https://www.bodyforwife.com/the-willpower-myth-how-identity-and-values-are-the-true-regulators-of-behavior/). I've been working on reframing my self-image and I think it's really helping. I find myself repeating (internally so people don't think I'm weirder than I already am) phrases like "I am a woman who is training for a half marathon" during those moments when getting out the door is a struggle (because I'm also a woman who can be lazy at times), or "I am a woman who is fuelling for a half marathon so I don't take more than one serving of dessert" when the temptation arises to have a couple extra cheesecake bites.
It seems to be helping, both with training and with regulating my intake.
I think on Tuesday, when we are predicted to have a high of -19C, I will repeat "I am a woman who embraces the suck."
I'm so impressed that you'll even consider going out in those temps. Even w/ great gear I can't get below about 20 F (~ -6 c).
I had a lot of fun running in the cold last year. I even raced in -22C! (Below picture is from a training run though.)
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1st run for me of 2019! My last 3/3 interval set and next week I will start 4/2. The new section of our trail is open finally! They are still working on it and we went less than halfway on it but it looks great! They use a surface of recycled tires so it starts out soft and springy.
Question for you Strava experts out there... how do you measure intervals? I was just kind of running and walking and not really measuring the amount of time. Today I tried using the timer on my watch but it kept switching back to the Strava screen. Is there a way to actually time them in the Strava app?
Date........Miles.......Total
01/01......0.00.......0.00
01/02......0.00.......0.00
01/03......0.00.......0.00
01/04......3.65.......3.65
My completed and upcoming races. Let me know if you will be running them too.
02/03/19 - Surf City Half Marathon (iffy)
05/11/19 - Santa Barbara Wine Country Half Marathon8 -
@HonuNui - Thanks for asking... he was visiting with a pitty on Monday and all was happy tail wags until he tried to go into a play bow and she attacked him. She ended up grabbing his ear and fortunately didn't tear it just roughed it up good. Now he is afraid of all dogs - today even the ones that barked behind fences. We took him to doggy daycare on Wednesday because he knows it is a safe place that he loves and he pretty much clung to all the staff and barely played. I think it is going to take some time to get him back to his normal social self and I think I will be even more cautious with him meeting other dogs.21
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abowersgirl wrote: »I think I'm going to do my jog outside, it is unseasonably warm (almost spring weather rather than January weather)
So I noticed that I am fine running as long as I have head phones and music to listen too (even if it gets annoying) or watching tv while I am indoors...keeping my mind off my body has really helped with the longevity of the run. I have tried without but my mind concerns itself with What my body is doing and it seems I quit a lot sooner and give a lot less effort or too much effort all at once. I was wondering how other people keep their mind off their body while running?
I usually listen to music when I run, especially longer runs. I usually go without on my shorter runs. Though for me it has more to do with helping to keep me focused. Without the music, my mind just wanders and I have a harder time keeping track of my pace and tend to slow WAY down! When I first started running, the music was definitely a way to keep my mind off the discomfort of running. Now I find myself focusing on my body more, not trying to ignore it. In fact, I like that I can hear my own breathing and footfall in my head with my headphones in. It becomes almost meditative.2 -
1/1 = 10 miles & FB Strong Day 1
1/2 = FB Strong Day 2
1/3 = 3 miles and FB Strong Day 3
1/4 = 18 miles
The sun was out!!!!
Half of the trail was closed due to flooding so I had to run 18 miles by doing a loop over and over. Only the hilly part of the green belt was open. Ugh, I hate hills. I tried to detour into the suburban neighborhood behind the park for a few miles but that got boring too.
I felt like a deranged hamster on a wheel making the same loop several times. I kept passing some kids playing and they started asking what I was doing. 😂
You know what else I have on my schedule today? Fitness Blender Strong day 4 - lower body strength training. Ha! Let me tell you how much that is NOT going to happen today.
January goal miles = 75 / Miles to date = 31
Upcoming Races:
1/26/19 = Miami Tropical 5K
1/27/19 = Miami Marathon
3/10/19 = ZOOMA half
4/6/19 = Wanderlust half
5/4/19 = Wisconsin Marathon (mittens challenge part 1)
5/5/19 = Kalamazoo Marathon (mittens challenge part 2)
Run the Year 2019. GO Team B! 1,550 yearly miles pledged. Join us : https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10710465/2019-run-the-year-group#latest14 -
1-1 2km
2-1 3.2km
3-1 5km
4-1 5km
Jan goal - 31km
Total so far - 15.2km5 -
@martaindale : I climbed, I climbed! It was awesome! I have a feeling I'll return there soon
Would've not even considered it if it weren't for you! 10 -
January Running Totals (miles)
1/1 – 10.09 warmup + 7.5 mile race
1/2 – 6.28 easy w/fast finish
1/3 – 6.76 warmup, intervals, cool down
1/4 – rest day
January running total to date – 23.13
Nominal January mileage goal: 200 miles
Real Goals: Train well toward Boston. Work the January races into the training plan smoothly. Remain uninjured, even if it means cutting back on planned mileage or races.
Today's Yesterday's notes – Yesterday evening was the first organized club practice on the indoor track. The marathon training plan called for 1 x 800 at threshold; 2 x 1600 at threshold; 1 x 800 at threshold; and 2 laps of stride the straights. But goal #1 is to remain uninjured, I ran a 7.5 mile race on Tuesday, and I have a half marathon on Saturday. So I asked Coach how much I should tone down the workout. He said do 4 x 800 at threshold, no more. (This implied a standard 2 mile warmup and 2 mile cool down.)
I've done more than Coach told me to in the past, and lived to regret it. So I dutifully ran my 4 x 800. Goal for the 800s was 3:16; I brought them in at 3:06, 3:12, 3:10, 3:14. Not perfectly controlled, but not terrible. Throw in the warmup and cool down, and the Garmin estimate by cadence (no GPS indoors) was 6.76 miles. That is reasonably close to the known distances from running laps, though some splits were long and some were short compared to lap computation.
After the workout, Coach asked how it went. I said it felt like I hadn't done any work, but perhaps that was the point. He said, "Before a race, less is more."
Rest day today. I have a leak in the kitchen sink. The plumber was supposed to be here between 10 and noon to fix it. Got a call at 11, had to delay to the 1 to 3 PM period. Called back at 3:15; where is he? Tech reported not getting voice mail when calling me. I had my phone with me continually, and it never rang. Now I'm waiting for the 5 to 7 PM time period, with a promised 10% discount for the inconvenience.
Waiting for appointments tends to preclude running or any significant intentional walking. Good thing today is a rest day. After the first call, at least I had time to get to packet pick up for tomorrow's half. Winter Warrior gives out hats instead of shirts; this year I got my fifth hat for this half:
I feel like I'm well prepared for the half. Tomorrow I'll find out if I'm right.
2019 Races:
January 1, 2019 Freezeroo #2 (Resolution Run 7.5 mile) (Mendon, NY) finished in 50:55
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)15 -
@martaindale : I climbed, I climbed! It was awesome! I have a feeling I'll return there soon Would've not even considered it if it weren't for you!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!! It is just so much fun!2 -
@MobyCarp Have fun at your half tomorrow! Hope you have a great race!! I think it's cool that they do hats instead of shirts!2
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Today is a rest day according to my plan, so I guess my year-long running streak comes to an end finally. I did walk almost 4 miles at lunch though. 11
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Should anyone care...the soba noodle bowl with edamame at Panera Bread is awful.5
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So much to catch up on. I will offer a general welcome to all the new participants in the thread - love to see you here, jump right in! And welcome back to @skippygirlsmom, @kristinegift and @lporter229! And anyone else I've missed who said hello again in these busy first few days of January. Hoping for a great running year for all and a lively and supportive discussion here as always.
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
01/01/19 :::: 4.0 :::: 4.0
01/02/19 :::: 5.3 :::: 9.3
01/03/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 9.3
01/04/19 :::: 3.6 :::: 12.9
Yesterday was a rest day, which also put to rest (ha!) any idea of a streak for me. So pressure is off and I can go about my normal plan shooting for 6 days a week. Today I ran on the treadmill before circuit training again. Run was fine, circuit training was all good - upper body stuff today for the most part. And a 5-minute plank series to end things with the abs on fire. I also completed day 3 of 30 days of yoga and walked the dog.
I should really have run outside today, it ended up being a beautiful day here. At least I got to enjoy that with the dog and see a lovely sunset. I was happy to note I took this picture (under spoiler) at 4:59 pm so the days are very slowly getting longer and soon it will NOT be dark before the end of the work day!
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Morning/afternoon/evening all. I went to my local park run this morning for the first time in 2 years. My goal was to slowly run the whole 5k which I did apart from one steepish incline. As an experiment for the next one I’ll run/walk it and compare times. An older gentleman did that and finished ahead of me so I’m curious to give it a go. I might sneakily hover behind him next time and copy his pace. I may even chat to him if I can shuffle and talk ha ha. It’s fun reading everyone’s achievements you are an inspiring bunch 😀
Jan goal 50km 13k done ✅9 -
Kimtrooper wrote: »Second run this morning of 4km & 4 kangaroos hopping past. Faster than me of course lol. [...] 😀
Wow, fantastic! I thought this was just possible in the movies (with special effects and all). Nice for you!
So... are you still in 2018?
I hate to break it to you but Australia is ahead of almost everyone else (NZ wins there) so technically @Kimtrooper is in the future
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@dewit it’s definitely not movie magic lol. I live in a rural area and roos are everywhere. I start singing (badly) so they know I’m coming and aren’t a threat to their little joeys and the big ones know I’m not looking for a fight!
@Avidkeo is correct. I’m typing from the future wooooooooooo!! 😀
I hope I’ve tagged you peeps correctly, bit of a tech Luddite here!9 -
Use case: A VO2 Max test can give you a much more accurate view of how many calories you can expect to burn at given heart rates (both carb calories and fat calories).PastorVincent wrote: »If you want to ACCURATELY know your heart zones, you will need a lab and like $100 or $200 dollars, something like that. There are sports medicine places that will give you a full workup, including VOMax and so on. I am skeptical at the use case, but if I wanted to know accurately I would do that.
The fat calories I couldn't give two kittens about (unless I'm trying to reduce body fat percentage), but the carb calories is extremely useful for endurance events. If you know approximately how many carb calories you expect to burn per hour, you can then figure out theoretically how long you should be able to maintain a given level of effort before burning through 2000 carb calories (and start hitting "the wall"). To me, that's valuable info to have for setting realistic expectations for a marathon or beyond.5 -
Yesterday I did a treadmill run at the Y and enjoyed a soak afterwards as legs were a bit heavy. I took my clothes with me to work with plans to run at the Y again today. I was pleasantly surprised when I got done that it was close to 40F out, so drove home and changed and ran outside. It was so nice to run outside and there was a little bit of sun in the beginning. It did drop off, but used that as motivation to keep going.
1/1 - Zumba (XT)
1/2- rest
1/3- 3.16 miles
1/4- 3.13 miles
6.29 miles/40 goal5 -
Excited to see so many new members (welcome all), and also several returning members (looking at you @skippygirlsmom, @kristinegift, @louubelle16, and @lporter229)!
Today's long run had to be cut short...it was cold with a biting wind, I was soaked, and my running gear felt heavy; I found it hard to maintain pace towards the end. I had planned on running 22 miles, with 2 miles of warm-up, 14 miles withing 20% of MP, and then a final 6 miles within 10% of MP. By the time it came to the last six miles, I was already miserable, and decided to call it a day after just two miles of running into a headwind. I don't usually quit so readily, but yesterday's run was a freezing soak-fest as well, and I was just plain fed up...I may have hurled one or two kittens at the weather, along with some single-digit gesticulations.
Of course, later in the morning, it was all bright blue skies and sunshine, lol.
01 - 11.28
02 - 15.66
03 - 15.76
04 - 18.35
Total: 61.05 / 250 miles15 -
Wait, what, do we actually have another Australian in here after all these years?
(I'm 25 pages behind!!!)
Jan 01 – 10.8 km inc parkrun 29:23
Jan 05 – 05.0 km parkrun 29:08
Upcoming:
Jan 06 – Surf to Surf 10 km
Jan Goal:
Ease out of my downtime and run a HM, or a 30 km would be nice (Last HM was Dec 2, last 30ish was 11 Nov).
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January Totals: Goal 35 Miles
1/1/19: 4.55 Miles: Total Miles to Date: 4.55 Miles
1/3/19: 3.985 Miles: Total Miles to Date: 8.535 Miles
Thanks everyone for all the info on heart rate and HR Zones. I guess I will just keep on keeping on until I have a concern to re-evaluate. For me when I see that my heart rate recovers as quickly as it does I don’t think there is a problem, I just think I am pushing my body further to improve it.
Today, I just walked, but did some hill work. On a 12% incline my heart rate climbed to over 160, but as soon as I was back on the flat surface, my heart rate plummeted back to under 130 within a minute or two, sometimes as low as 122.
Tomorrow is my next run day. I am going to try to keep the mileage lower than I have been because I feel like I have been doing a little too much. I had original estimated 35 miles for the month because I was expecting to run 2-3 miles a day, but have been doing 4 or more. I have noticed a little twinge in my left shin when I stand for a long period while at my desk, so I am going to back off on the run mileage. That is not to say I won’t still try to get in a lengthy walking workout after my 2-3 mile run tomorrow.4 -
Day January
1 2.3
2 0
3 2.6
4 2.85
Total: 7.75
Goal: 115
Today was my tempo run. Had a goal of 800m x 4 at 9:30 pace. I think I got fairly close. Tomorrow I let my SIL talk me into a small resolution run (my SIL works for a tribe and they put them on for different occasions). In February I placed 2nd in my age group. Maybe I'll do that again! LOL They are super low tech. You are handed a piece of paper with a number on it and you fill in your name and age and that's how they determine placement.
Then Sunday I have a more competitive Resolution Run 5K. I once was 4th in my age group but it has grown in the few years since I did that one.
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I am new to Strava, so I was messing around with the route builder function to try out some new loops in my neighborhood. I built a 6 mile route and when I ran it, I was almost a mile short! I had to do some doubling back to finish out the last mile. I tracked the run in Strava too, and when I went back and checked the GPS map, I did the run as planned, so I'm not sure why there is such a discrepancy. A tenth or two wouldn't have surprised me, but a mile on a total distance of only 6 miles? Has anyone else had this happen with the Strava route planner?
Otherwise the run was fine. Weather was good. Went nice and slow since 6 miles is a long run for me. It felt long, but I think that was mostly because I had a finish line in mind and it moved on me!
Jan miles: 8.7 miles
Jan goal: 45 miles
2019 Races:
Piney Woods Trailfest 5k - 2/2/2019 registered
Rodeo Run 10k - 2/23/2019 registered
Run Houston! Minute Maid Park 10k - 3/23/2019 registered
Brazos Bend 50 10k - 4/6/2019 registered
Galveston Island Wine Festival Champagne Fun Run 5k - 4/27/2019
Women's Quarter Marathon - 5/2019
El Chupacabra de Houston 10k (night trail run) - 8/2019
TWRC Run WIld Run Free 5k - 9/2019
10 for Texas 10 Miler - 10/2019 registration opens Jan 2019
Wine and Dine half marathon - 11/3/2019
Also doing the team challenge for Run the Year 2019 - Team Five for Nineteen3 -
January goal: 75 miles
1/1: 3.11 miles
1/4: 4.6 miles
7.71/75 miles completed
I had a great run today! 4.6 miles in perfect running weather! I didn't run yesterday or Wednesday because of the weather. I did run on Tuesday when it was 30F feels like 22F, but Wednesday and Thursday were even colder and wet/wintry mix so I didn't even try to run. Today started out pretty chilly, but by afternoon it was 62F, sunny and very little wind. It was so much better running in shorts and a tank top today than Tuesday's run when I wore 2 pairs of socks and two pairs of gloves and my feet and especially my hands were still like blocks of ice. The weather should be nice tomorrow and Sunday too so I am looking forward to it. I'm not sure if I will get to run tomorrow. Saturdays are usually rest days and we have tentative plans with friends, but Sunday is my usual long run day and I am really looking forward to it. If I have an opportunity to run tomorrow I may take advantage of the nice weather, but if not that is ok. At least I got a good run in today.
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01 - 4
02 - 1.25
03 - 4.25, slow, but it was one of those runs that just felt good.
04 - 2
January Total: 11.5 miles
January Goal: 60 miles
Upcoming Races:
Rhody Run 12k (5/19)5
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