January 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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Missed a couple of days due to feeling a bit rough. Set off this morning aiming to do 4 miles, but settled for 3 slow but steady and better than none!
Jan 1 - 3 miles
Jan 6 - 3.25 miles
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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
1/5 – 16.65 warmup, Winter Warrior Half
1/6 – 8.09 easy
January running total to date – 47.87
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 notes – After yesterday's beautiful weather, today we got 15-17 mph WNW wind. On the way back from church, I drove through wind-driven graupel rattling on my windshield. That had let up by the time I got home, but instead of going for a run I had lunch. Then instead of running after lunch I took a nap. Then I needed a snack. Finally got out to run maybe 3:30 PM or so. By then the clouds had blown over and we had some rare winter sunshine. Still had that WNW wind, and it was still 33° F (+1° C), but once I got moving it was quite pleasant.
Today's training assignment was one hour easy. I'd already adjusted yesterday's 13-16 mile long run to be warmup + half marathon, so I made up my mind that today I'd just run 8 miles. I've never liked time assignments anyway. My pace started toward the fast end of my easy range, then got faster. Time was, 7.2 miles would be an hour; I happened to look at my watch as I was approaching home, and it ticked over an hour at 7.92 miles. Hmm. Ticked past 8, and I finished with a stride. Average pace came in at 7:34, but the HR looks easy once it got past the fake spike early.
The past two training cycles were mostly injury rehab and base building. I had conservatively targeted a 7:30 marathon pace. Now, I'm hitting 7:30 on parts of my easy runs without intending to run that fast. I'm thinking I'll target a 7:20 marathon pace this training cycle. If it gets harder to run fast when the weather gets warmer, I can always go back down to 7:30.
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) finished in 1:30:48
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)
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1/1 – 0
1/2 – 4
1/3 – 0
1/4 – 4
1/5 - 4
1/6 - 5 (trail run)
17 of 60 miles
Went up to Monte Sano today to do some trail running, somehow I managed to sign up for a trail HM ha ha. Skip is also signed up. I did 5 she was supposed to do 10, the owner of Fleet Feet was there and teased her that 10 wasn't a long run, 20 was a long run. Off she went, when she came back she was at almost 12. Most of the trails she ran are not technical, but she wanted to see how she felt after that many miles on a trail, how she'll work more on the technical trails. I asked the RD if there was a cut off time for the race and he said there was a 50K the same day so I had to finish before that last person. Okay I can probably handle that, probably. I do have the option to drop to the 5K up to race day too.
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January goal: 75 miles
1/1: 3.11 miles
1/4: 4.6 miles
1/5: 4.21 miles
1/6: 8.02 miles
19.94/75 miles completed
Today was my long run. I ran 8.02 miles. It was windy and I was tired. This run seemed really tough and I felt really slow. Maybe it was the wind or maybe it was because I missed my runs on Wednesday and Thursday so I ran them on Friday and Saturday which are usually rest days. Either way, I am looking forward to a rest day tomorrow. Other than being so windy the weather was pretty nice. I was a little chilly starting out, but I knew that it was going to warm up during my run so I wore shorts and a t-shirt with my new sleeves I got for Christmas. They were perfect for my run. It was partly cloudy, but the sun was also out some so a jacket would have been way too much and a long sleeve shirt would have been appropriate for about the first 45 minutes but the last half of the run I would have been too hot. I was already feeling tired and slow dealing with the wind so being able to take the sleeves off when I was warm was awesome. So all in all it was a good run, just kind of a tough one.
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Yesterday I got to run 9.1 miles. It might have been a little bit much after not running that far in a couple of months but it sure was fun (mostly) and I felt awesome afterwards. Exhausted and hungry, but awesome. The weather has been unusually beautiful for the last couple of days, but I was still sore on Friday so I did an upper-body workout instead of running. But when I saw it was going to be above 40 and sunny yesterday, I knew I had to get out there.
What “beautiful” looks like in Minnesota in January
I ran around Wirth Lake, which is part of the park system where @7Lenny7 had his tendonn injury a couple of months ago. Thankfully I avoided that fate, although I did end up tiring myself out on hills and snow. Foolishly I assumed that I wouldn’t have to deal with ice because of the couple of days of nice weather and little snow recently. This was not an accurate assumption.
Could be more clear
My Ghosts performed much better on the ice than expected, though I still would have preferred having my trail shoes. I also ended up running into some pretty bad puddles on my way back and I’ve got to say that getting one’s feet soaked in melted snow doesn’t feel as good two miles away from home as one might think. That said, my socks did a great job keeping the moisture away from my toes - I guess there really is something to this “wicking”.
My legs more or less gave up on me about a mile from home and I had to walk for the first time in ages. I’m pretty sure that the last time I felt the need to drop to a walk was during the last 5K of my first half marathon back in September. I think that the distance was part of the issue, but the bigger problem was tiring myself out on the snow and hills - I’m just not as well conditioned as I was the last time I ran this particular route.
And on that note, I’ve decided to go for a trial class at the gym and assuming nothing really weird happens have decided to join. I’m pretty excited to get my lift on, and knowing that it will help with those hills is a nice bonus.
MORE PHOTOS! (I tried to duplicate the photos I took the first time I ran this lake. What a difference four months makes!)
January Totals: 11.23 miles
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 10K ($5 price jump 1/31)
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 OR
July 17: Torchlight 5K
July 27: St. Croix Crossing Half OR
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
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runner_girl83 wrote: »
Damn even again lol4 -
@HonuNui ❤❤❤ loved this story!!
I am beginning to really enjoy reading everyone's race recaps, they are so exciting and get me pumped up to keep going7 -
Hello everyone! Skimmed posts again. Still on holiday with my mum. Home tomorrow, actually at the point where I am looking forward to it! Still have the rest of the week odd work. Starting to look forward to going back...
I decided on a plan of 4 runs a week, Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sat. So as its Monday I went out. The weather was perfect, slightly drizzly, no wind, and temperate. Wonderful. I was aiming for around 7-8ks and thought I'd do 10 depending how I felt. I did a circuit, and got to the point where I turned off for home, or keep going for a bit longer,and had done 8.2k. I was still trying to decide what I wanted to do, when my feet turned up the path to keep going. I guess something wanted me to keep going lol. So I completed 10k. Been a month since I've done that distance.
going over one bridge. Hard to believe its the middle of a city!
Today is also day 3 of the decathlon challenge - shot put. The idea is to grab an object and "put" it as far as you could. I chose to do my shoe, I thought it was appropriate for a running decathlon challenge. It went 16 paces lol
Posed shot
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January Totals:
1/1/19: 4.55 Miles
1/3/19: 3.99 Miles
1/5/19: 2.14 Miles
1618: 3.46 Miles
Total Miles Month to Day: 14.14 miles
Goal 35 Miles
Just a quick post this evening. The day got away from me.6 -
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
01/05/19 :::: 10.4 :::: 23.3
01/06/19 :::: 4.3 :::: 27.6
I had a lazy morning - convinced the dog that the early morning potty was NOT time to be up for the day and we went back to bed. It felt so good to sleep in! Eventually took her for a nice walk and then lazed around some more. Finally went to the gym late this afternoon and did some stretches and strengthening for my foot/ankle using the bosu ball. Then hit the treadmill with a plan of at least 3 miles, and managed to talk myself into a little over 4.
Also practiced a few pull-ups. Getting closer! Probably my best result so far in actually getting up over the bar.11 -
lisaloumn2 wrote: »so week one was a bust - I would say about a total of 3 miles - all intervals during my regular workout classes. I need to figure out the best way to working running in to what I am already doing.
Right now I am doing bootcamp classes 4-5 days a week and two yoga classes (all mornings 5:30 weekdays and 7:30 weekend). I was thinking I could run evenings of the yoga classes but that just did not happen this week. I think in another week it will be easier once my daughter goes back to her afternoon training program, then I will have some time between coming home and having to start dinner right away. My issue then will be trying to go slow so I can build up and not burn out.
I have enjoyed reading everyone's posts and reports - reminds me of the old Training Peaks forum I as part of years ago training for my first Chicago marathon.
Serious question: are you sure about trying to add running on top of 4-5 days of bootcamp and 2 yoga classes? You're probably getting a lot of cardio out of bootcamp already and that just seems like a recipe for burnout.6 -
SOOOO I had on my plan to do a pace run today. Like 5-7 miles. It was clear skies and sunny, but I sat at my computer to take care of some paperwork real fast and sortakindof fell asleep. Ops. So I guess today was a rest day on my plan, and I just read it wrong.
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Today my husband and I ran our first trail race! And also our first race which was part of a series. The Memphis Winter Off-Road series starts with 3k, then 5k, 8k, and finally 10k, at four different venues in the Memphis area, making it a perfect way to ease into trail racing.
This was also the first time I've used a timing chip that had to be tied to my shoe. The organizers explain that you use the same chip for the entire series, and then return it - or else pay 30 bucks for it. Since my trail shoes are Salomons with quicklaces that can't be threaded through the chip, the chip is zip-tied on.
There are no medals or awards for individual races, just for the whole series, which is scored by points accumulated during the different races. There is also a shirt for the series, which I quite like - choice of tech or cotton long-sleeved shirt, and the tech shirt is a nice bright safety yellow.
Fortunately we had an incredibly beautiful day for it - the temperature was in the mid 60s, so warm that I actually dug one of my summer racerbacks out of the stash of clothes I had put away for winter! Also fortunately, my husband and I had gone down to Overton Park, and explored the course to see what conditions were like. It was bright and sunny today, but a couple of days earlier, it had poured down rain for three days straight.
This race consists of about a half mile out and back on grass, some gravel, more grass, then about a mile of what I like to call the slip-and-slide: a convoluted dirt single track through the Old Forest, thickly carpeted with wet leaves, muddy in the low spots, with plenty of huge roots to jump up and down. Then a final sprint on grass. Since 3k isn't really enough to get properly warmed up, we trotted around the park for a while before the race, as did most of the "serious runner" crowd - mostly people wearing Fleet Feet gear, and local track teams. It was fun to people watch - there were all levels of runners there, and the dress of choice was a running event t-shirt. But you could really tell who had done this before from their shoes. There were a lot of very nice pristine road shoes. I run roads in Brooks Adrenalines, and lemme tell you, they are not a good shoe in wet conditions, and we saw a lot of them on ladies' feet. One guy was wearing massive Hokas with essentially smooth tread. "I would not want to run this in those shoes," my husband remarked. "I think some first time trail runners are about to get a rude awakening."
This was also the first race I've been at where the organizers were serious about corrals and pacing. Since much of the race is single track, they had a staggered start, with actual pace signs for the different corrals. I've been in big, little, and medium sized races locally and never encountered this before - fancy! What was more the announcer explained the purpose of the corrals and even told off some walkers with small kids who had put themselves in front and made them move back. "If you are less than three feet tall you do not belong on the starting line. We don't want anyone to be flattened."
Having run this course before easy, we knew we could do 10:30 pace easy, and we knew we could do better than 9:00 race pace over the same distance on roads. But we had no idea what pace we could manage going fast on trails. We put ourselves midway back in the 8 - 10 corral and hoped for the best. That turned out to be just about perfect. The first sprint on a wide expanse of grass spread the crowd out nicely. Then everyone hit the first soggy, wet patch. My husband was not mistaken about rude awakenings! There were audible squeals. Some runners completely stopped and others slid. I was wearing Salomon Speedcross 4s which are sort of like big rubber cleats, so I just scooted to the inside and plowed on by.
At the entrance to the woods, a race official was making people stop and go single file into the woods. Although it's possible to pass back in there, it's tricky. My husband and I had discussed tactics before the race and decided that since it was difficult to pass in the woods, we should blast all out at the beginning, then allow ourselves to recover on the slower going. Anyone who wanted to pass us could work for it. As it turned out, very few people even tried to pass us. We had seeded ourselves just about right. In fact we found ourselves going faster than the people in front of us.
Usually I lead when we run together - I'm slower, but my husband has exercise-induced asthma which likes to strike when he runs fast, so moderating himself to my pace works for both of us. I had warned him that I didn't know how well rushing through technical bits would work with my wonky knee, which does not like shocks and twists, and that I might be slower than he would like. However he saw an opportunity to get past some folks and took it and ended up in front of me. Then he slowed down to wait. "I'm good," I said, "Go go go." So off we charged. I stayed upright. He slipped and went down on one hand and one knee in the mud, but bounced right up.
Final finish - 18:08 which is about 9:43 pace. Placed 5th of 25 in AG. The first 6 AG places get extra points so yay! My husband ended up 18 of 33, so respectable for a man despite pacing me. We had no idea what to expect being total newbies at trail and are delighted to have finished so well. Next race in the series is the 5k, on our home turf at WC Johnson where we run trails all the time, January 20.
After finishing we went out for a cool down run to get a couple more miles in (can't really go out for a celebration lunch on less than two miles) then headed over to the newly gentrified Crosstown building for a meal. This giant Art Deco building - monstrosity or masterpiece depending on how you feel about Deco - was once upon a time the area headquarters for Sears. When I was a child you could buy literally anything there. I bought my first saddle, bridle, boots, and riding jacket there. On a slightly later day I bought grain and a bucket. I bought my first formal dress there. It was like a strange magical paradise to a child. Then it closed, and sat unused for decades, with hobos living in it. No one wanted to tear it down but it was a public danger and would cost too much to restore for anyone to went to take it on. Fast forward to today, when it has been transformed into... a Model Urban Village. What that means is artsy apartments, artsy shops, a doctor, credit union, nail salon, etc. I hadn't been down there before today, and honestly it's cool. We ate at a lunchroom which has stalls manned by women from different countries, so under the same roof you can get Syrian, Nepalese, and Sudanese food. My husband had Syrian food, and I had Sudanese beef stew, lentil wraps, and Nepalese tea, which tasted mainly like turmeric and milk I think? It was delicious and we're going back. Also, my blood glucose when I got home was 81! Gotta love running.
The filthy shoes of victory:
Lunch:
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rheddmobile wrote: »
Today my husband and I ran our first trail race! And also our first race which was part of a series. The Memphis Winter Off-Road series starts with 3k, then 5k, 8k, and finally 10k, at four different venues in the Memphis area, making it a perfect way to ease into trail racing.
Well done! And that sounds like a great race series to start with!4 -
@rheddmobile Great race report!! Sounds like a lot of fun! And a really good AG finish!
Also makes me realize I should really get some trail shoes! I don't really run on trails much but I signed up for a trail 5k this year and I definitely don't want to be sliding around!!3 -
martaindale wrote: »@rheddmobile Great race report!! Sounds like a lot of fun! And a really good AG finish!
Also makes me realize I should really get some trail shoes! I don't really run on trails much but I signed up for a trail 5k this year and I definitely don't want to be sliding around!!
If you are going to run trails regularly you will want a pair of shoes made for it for sure. As a bonus trail shoes often work on snow far better than road shoes.
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January Goal: Do more than last month
1/1 1.25
1/2 2.20
1/3 rest
1/4 carb loading dinner pre relay to remember @keeprunningfatboy
1/5 7.75
1/6 1.35
Total: 12.60
It occurred to me this morning that we had the perfect relay team for yesterdays ultramarathon:
1. a doctor in case anyone was injured
2. a lawyer to sue whoever injured us
3. a chemist to concoct some elixir to soothe injury pain
4. a therapist to help us thru the emotional part of the injury
5. a coffee farmer to offer us a nice cuppa while we recover. Fortunately, none of our services were needed!
Ticker is my goal for 2019 and progress to date:
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I wish I had contacts I can compare my progress wig3
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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
05 - 4.5 plus a five minute plank today & two hours of roller skating!
06 - 1.75 plus a five and a half minute plank!
January Total: 17.75 miles
January Goal: 60 miles
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Gone another 2 miles.
Jan to date: 4
Jan goal: 25
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Not running related but wanted to share the beautiful view from our agility trial venue this weekend. We had rain here and snow in the mountains so it made for a beautiful morning! An hour or so later the mountains were covered in clouds again.
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@skippygirlsmom Glad to see you and Miss Skip getting out for some fun and relaxation. Enjoy the Trail HM - I find them very relaxing compared to a road HM.
@rheddmobile I like the sound of that race series - especially that the organizers were solid on pace corrals and keeping little ones out of harms way.
@martaindale Yes get some Trail Shoes - you won't regret them. I have 2 differant styles of trail shoes - Saucony Peregrine 8's ( they are in between road shoes and hardcore trail shoes ) and the men's version of the Salomon that @rheddmobile used for her race. I actually find that I use the Peregrine's more than the Salomon. Don't forget mandatory photo's of said shoes must be posted.
5.57 km Real Estate run this morning, -11c and 30km/hr NNE wind so we tried to hide in the residential areas to have some shelter. Was painfully slow due to hidden ice, unstable footing, extremely rough due to ice ridges. Just not a lot of fun. Was truly an Embrace The Suck day.
A bit of a strange distance but by the time we got back to the coffee shop no one had any OCD motivation to round up to an even 6.
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It occurred to me this morning that we had the perfect relay team for yesterdays ultramarathon:
1. a doctor in case anyone was injured
2. a lawyer to sue whoever injured us
3. a chemist to concoct some elixir to soothe injury pain
4. a therapist to help us thru the emotional part of the injury
5. a coffee farmer to offer us a nice cuppa while we recover. Fortunately, none of our services were needed!
Hahaha! That’s ono! I think we are more sore today after revisiting the Kilauea park trails. Eric and I waked from where the road to the ocean is blocked off, parking towards jagger museum to where you can walk no further. He was determined to get to an overlook of the caldera. Walking along to jagger I said, “looks like the cracks in the road are from the recent activity activity”, he replied, “all roads crack”. I shrug, still convinced the cracks look like they have a pattern and are rather recent. I resist the urge to further explain, no, I think this is related... walk, walk, walk, look here, look over there... walk walk... “oh look! All roads crack”
I’m at 21,000 steps today.
Yes. I said “told you so” all the way back, every step for 1 miles... hahaha!
Tomorrow is something easy, submarine/whale watch in Kona, some sitting time. Then later in the week, if you (@HonuNui )want company perhaps a beach trip and lunch is on us, if Eric hasn’t lost his wallet for good between now and then. He’s the one with all the money on this trip. I get to say “yes dear all week”. I’ll holler at ya. Or you me.12 -
runner_girl83 wrote: »
Damn even again lol
Oh, no, sorry, I'm going to offend someone here for forgetting them, but who else is a Kiwi other than you and @ContraryMaryMary ?0 -
runner_girl83 wrote: »
Damn even again lol
Oh, no, sorry, I'm going to offend someone here for forgetting them, but who else is a Kiwi other than you and @ContraryMaryMary ?
She doesn't post very often but @emmab0902 is kiwi too3 -
Hi everyone. I want to prioritise running a bit more this year. I started running about 3 years ago with C25K. I completed the program and was still running regularly but without really any goal in mind. Usually I'd do about 3-4K round the block in the morning 2-3 times a week.
My friend then got me in to Parkrun (a free weekly timed 5K at the local park on a Saturday morning) and I decided to focus more on time. I really wanted to achieve at sub 30 minute 5K (probably quite slow for a lot of you but a real challenge for me) so I upped my running frequency and distance. I also signed up for a 10K last February where I astounded myself by completing it in 1:04. Spurred on by this I finally got my sub 30 minute 5K the following week. However, I have not been able to achieve this since and during the latter half of the year I was running less frequently and my time was creeping up until I was regularly coming in at around 33 minutes. Parkrun was becoming the only time I was running, and I found it really hard to motivate myself to run during the week.
I am determined to get back to sub 30 minutes so I will be upping my frequency to 3 times a week (2 weekdays plus Parkrun). I am also looking at doing another 10K later in the year because having a goal to work towards motivated me to run more regularly. I might also join a local running group because running with other people is what motivates me to do parkrun every week so I would love a chance to do this during the week. I just need to find one with slow people like me! So I want to use this group for accountability for my weekly runs and also to record my parkrun times and hopefully get a bit faster.
This is my January so far:
01/01/18 – New Year Parkrun – 5K – Time 32:19 – Pace 6:33/km
05/01/18 – Parkrun – 5K – Time 32:04 – Pace 6:24/km
@jesspen91 Welcome back!! I really love your plan, it's excellent! What country are you in?
LOL, don't get me started about how awesome parkrun is!!!
#loveparkrun #DFYB (don't forget your barcode) #smallpalloneword #itsarunnotarace
I've only missed going on 4 Saturdays in 169 weeks.
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Hi everyone. I want to prioritise running a bit more this year. I started running about 3 years ago with C25K. I completed the program and was still running regularly but without really any goal in mind. Usually I'd do about 3-4K round the block in the morning 2-3 times a week.
My friend then got me in to Parkrun (a free weekly timed 5K at the local park on a Saturday morning) and I decided to focus more on time. I really wanted to achieve at sub 30 minute 5K (probably quite slow for a lot of you but a real challenge for me) so I upped my running frequency and distance. I also signed up for a 10K last February where I astounded myself by completing it in 1:04. Spurred on by this I finally got my sub 30 minute 5K the following week. However, I have not been able to achieve this since and during the latter half of the year I was running less frequently and my time was creeping up until I was regularly coming in at around 33 minutes. Parkrun was becoming the only time I was running, and I found it really hard to motivate myself to run during the week.
I am determined to get back to sub 30 minutes so I will be upping my frequency to 3 times a week (2 weekdays plus Parkrun). I am also looking at doing another 10K later in the year because having a goal to work towards motivated me to run more regularly. I might also join a local running group because running with other people is what motivates me to do parkrun every week so I would love a chance to do this during the week. I just need to find one with slow people like me! So I want to use this group for accountability for my weekly runs and also to record my parkrun times and hopefully get a bit faster.
This is my January so far:
01/01/18 – New Year Parkrun – 5K – Time 32:19 – Pace 6:33/km
05/01/18 – Parkrun – 5K – Time 32:04 – Pace 6:24/km
@jesspen91 Welcome back!! I really love your plan, it's excellent! What country are you in?
LOL, don't get me started about how awesome parkrun is!!!
#loveparkrun #DFYB (don't forget your barcode) #smallpalloneword #itsarunnotarace
I've only missed going on 4 Saturdays in 169 weeks.
I've really enjoyed doing Parkrun the last couple of weeks. Looking into getting it started at home. Problem is finding a suitable venue3 -
runner_girl83 wrote: »
Damn even again lol
Oh, no, sorry, I'm going to offend someone here for forgetting them, but who else is a Kiwi other than you and @ContraryMaryMary ?
She doesn't post very often but @emmab0902 is kiwi too
Wow, cool! Thanks!
@emmab0902 The incredible swimmer? I keep admiring her more and more, but it looks like now we are mortal enemies. 4 -
Hi everyone. I want to prioritise running a bit more this year. I started running about 3 years ago with C25K. I completed the program and was still running regularly but without really any goal in mind. Usually I'd do about 3-4K round the block in the morning 2-3 times a week.
My friend then got me in to Parkrun (a free weekly timed 5K at the local park on a Saturday morning) and I decided to focus more on time. I really wanted to achieve at sub 30 minute 5K (probably quite slow for a lot of you but a real challenge for me) so I upped my running frequency and distance. I also signed up for a 10K last February where I astounded myself by completing it in 1:04. Spurred on by this I finally got my sub 30 minute 5K the following week. However, I have not been able to achieve this since and during the latter half of the year I was running less frequently and my time was creeping up until I was regularly coming in at around 33 minutes. Parkrun was becoming the only time I was running, and I found it really hard to motivate myself to run during the week.
I am determined to get back to sub 30 minutes so I will be upping my frequency to 3 times a week (2 weekdays plus Parkrun). I am also looking at doing another 10K later in the year because having a goal to work towards motivated me to run more regularly. I might also join a local running group because running with other people is what motivates me to do parkrun every week so I would love a chance to do this during the week. I just need to find one with slow people like me! So I want to use this group for accountability for my weekly runs and also to record my parkrun times and hopefully get a bit faster.
This is my January so far:
01/01/18 – New Year Parkrun – 5K – Time 32:19 – Pace 6:33/km
05/01/18 – Parkrun – 5K – Time 32:04 – Pace 6:24/km
@jesspen91 Welcome back!! I really love your plan, it's excellent! What country are you in?
LOL, don't get me started about how awesome parkrun is!!!
#loveparkrun #DFYB (don't forget your barcode) #smallpalloneword #itsarunnotarace
I've only missed going on 4 Saturdays in 169 weeks.
I'm in London so out Parkruns are supqr busy. We had a record turn out of 625 people last week!
I'm very impressed with your dedication. I've been doing parkrun for over a year but have missed a few due to being away/hangovers/random circumstances (a few weeks ago i forgot to put my phone on to charge and I didn't feel comfortable leaving the flat without it). On weekends I know I will be hungover I usually try to volunteer. I'm on 34 runs so well on track to get my 50 t-shirt this year.5 -
Just skimmed through all of the posts!
I was away for work all weekend but managed to run both mornings. Yesterday the slushy wet snow had frozen into a glass-like surface, and honestly I wouldn't've run without screw shoes if I was at home. But I had a goal of making it to a monument I saw on the map, so an icewalk/run it was. Where the sidewalks had been cleared the night before, or where I didn't have any traffic and could go on the road, I ran fast. Where it was ice, I slowed way down. The traffic lights seemed longer there, too. I think it ended up being a decent workout.
1/1 - run 21.1 km
1/2 - run 6.3 km @track
1/3 - rest
1/4 - run 8.5 km +weights&core
1/5 - run 5.4 km
1/6 - run 6.3 km+weights
I'm taking my rest day today. Feels like I need it from all of the travel and stress.
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