January 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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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
1/8: 3.11 miles
23.05/75 miles completed
Today I ran 3.11 miles. It a was surprisingly good run. I wasn't really feeling it. I've been feeling kind of tired and stressed lately. I think part of it is the weather. Plus I think I need new shoes. My feet have been kind of achy. I'm wearing Saucony Ride 10's, but I'm wondering if maybe I should try something different. These are the shoes they put me in when I went to the running store, but I seem to only get 250-300 miles before my feet start getting achy. I feel like I should get a little more wear from them. I wish there was another shoe store close by, but the nearest one is about 60 miles away. So my feet have been tired and I haven't slept well the the last few nights and I have been busier than usual at work so my mood has not been good. But the weather has been nice so I decided that I was just going to do it. I actually felt better after the run. I only had time for 3 miles, but I was so glad that I did it. Hopefully tomorrows run will be even better.
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lisaloumn2 wrote: »@7lenny7 - yep another Minnesotan - live in Edina currently but moving this spring to a TBD burb
Hiya! I'm in south Minneapolis, probably on the same bus line!5 -
6 miles on trails today. We drove up to Stanley Creek, which is the site of the third race in our off-road series, to test out the course.
We hadn't run there before, but had been warned that the Stanky Creek 8k is the most technical of the four trail races in the series. The park is basically a bunch of dirt bike trails through dense woods in and around a creek bed (which was, at least in the middle of January, not particularly stanky.) We encountered our first obstacle before we even reached the park: no facilities! Since it's more than a half hour drive from my home, I needed to find a place to pee, preferably one that wouldn't get me arrested for public indecency. There's nothing but residential within several miles, but my mom had given me the name of a not-too-distant restaurant to stop at after running, so we stopped before running as well.
The course starts off on the road outside the park, about half a mile of road, then veers into the woods and twists around for a while before emerging at the parking area. (Which has room for about twenty cars - no idea where I'm supposed to park on race day.) Everything is pretty much unmarked, so we spent a lot of time standing around at crossroads comparing mapmyhike to the official race map on my phone. Thus we averaged about fourteen minute miles. It looks like when we were actually running, easy pace, we were doing about eleven in the woods. This race is listed as 8+ K, and the "+" appears to be substantial, since even accounting for getting confused and backtracking, I don't think we added more than about half a mile, and it was 6.1 by the time we got back to the parking area.
It turns out the info we heard was correct, it is more technical than the other three areas. A lot of gullies and washouts, one or two creeks to wade across, and a lot of tree roots. A LOT of tree roots. Like, five miles of unrelenting tree roots to hop over, on a twisting single track. Apart from one or two downhills nothing about this course is that difficult taken individually, but taken as a whole it's quite a workout compared to what we're used to, and if you make a mistake you faceplant into a tree. By the last mile I was tired and making mistakes more often, having to really concentrate on picking up my feet. My husband claims he started counting times he rolled an ankle and got up to nine. I never actually wiped out, but came close twice, once almost pitching into a creekbed and only saving myself by hugging a nearby tree, and once cutting up my leg by catching a pine branch under my other foot. Note for race day: wear long socks.
Speaking of long socks, I wasn't wearing them today because it was HOT! mid-seventies. It's supposed to return to more normal temperatures tonight. This time last year we had ice.
Altogether a very rewarding and useful day, even if it wasn't necessarily encouraging. We know now what to expect and what to work on.
Re: the race series. Being the obsessively-competitive person I am, I googled the four women ahead of me in my AG in the series. All four instantly popped up with online running blogs when I googled their names. The leader is someone I know - she's the coach of a track team which runs at WC Johnson and we have spoken to her at some length. Had no idea she was in my AG, she looks about thirty. Second place is a pro trainer for Fleet Feet. Third and fourth are trail ultra runners. So.... I may not win this one, guys! BUT am hugely honored even to be allowed to hang with these cool women.
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Jan2 (3.1mi run) (4.1mi walk)
Jan 6 (3.8mi run) (1.2mi walk)
Jan 7 (1mi run) (.5mi walk)
Jan 8 (3.1mi run) (.5mi walk)
(11mi/30mi) (6.3mi walk)
I ran extremely slow today. Didn’t dress quite right for the weather either. I expected it to feel colder and ended up having to strip a layer and carry it along.
I've been struggling with overdressing this winter, too. I think I'm so nervous about being cold that I go too far in the other direction. Have you tried sleeves? Sometimes they can be a little tricky to remove on the run, but they're easier to carry than a shirt, and easier to remove than most mid layers.4 -
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, five and a half minute plank, day three on squat challenge
07 - 2.25, six minute plank & day 4 of a 25 day squat challenge (25 squats)
08 - 3.75, almost didn't run because it's so cold and windy, thankfully my dog guilted me into running with her sweet puppy dog eyes. I had a great run, felt strong and healthy.
January Total: 23.75 miles
January Goal: 60 miles
Upcoming Races:
Rhody Run 12k (5/19)
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0109-5.3k total-26.2k, goal-100k
Was supposed to be 8km but got up late and ran out of time. Slow run but somehow slogged it out.
Air quality is supposed to take a downward turn this afternoon. I guess that means dreadmill for the rest of the week.
Upcoming races:
04.15 Beijing International Running Festival (HM) (registration not open yet)
05.13 Beijing Tongzhou Half Marathon (registration not open yet)9 -
1/1 - 5.05km
1/2 - rest
1/3 - 3.00km
1/4 - rest
1/5 - 6.05km
1/6 - rest
1/7 - rest
1/8 - 3.56km
17.66 / 62 km
The plan for today was 2-4 km easy, but I'm only sort of good at following directions so I decided to see if I could minimize my walking breaks, with the thought that as long as I made it to 2 km I was good.
So it went like this:
0.2 km walk
0.8 km run because math wasn't happening
0.05 km walk
1.2 km run (to fix my math)
0.1 km walk
0.6 km run (I think)
Walk the rest, around 0.55 km.
Anyway, I'm pleased I was able to run without stopping that long. I might have been able to go longer if I wasn't on a treadmill. Did I mention that I was at the gym? I was at the gym because we are in a cold snap. The gym was crowded but not too bad because the pool at that location is closed for renovations.
2019 Races:
1/1/19 Resolution Run (51:54)
5/5/19 BMO Vancouver Marathon (Half)
8/17/19 Edmonton Marathon
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Day January
1 2.3
2 0
3 2.6
4 2.85
5 3.1
6 3.1
7 11
8 2.5
Total: 27.45
Goal: 115
I did not want to run today. I did not want to strength train but I put in the miles and hit the weights. I did just completely collapse on 11 of 12 on my 3rd set of bench dips. Tomorrow is another day.18 -
MegaMooseEsq wrote: »I've been struggling with overdressing this winter, too. I think I'm so nervous about being cold that I go too far in the other direction. Have you tried sleeves? Sometimes they can be a little tricky to remove on the run, but they're easier to carry than a shirt, and easier to remove than most mid layers.
I just added those to my list of “running/walking/biking gear I want to buy”, which is getting ridiculously long at this point. I think I’m still trying to dress like a walker and minimizing in my head how much extra heat running creates. That and the humidity throws me off as to how I’ll feel in a quarter hour.6 -
Got my run (aka run/walk in my world) in today! 4.5mi
My ticker will not update for some reason, but I'm up to 9mi for Jan so far.
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So on rest days, you use kilometers, and on run days it's miles?PastorVincent wrote: »1/1/2019 - 10.5 miles
1/2/2019 - 10.5 miles
1/3/2019 - 5 miles @ 7mph w/ 5% incline
1/4/2019 - Planned Rest day
1/5/2019 - 15 miles
1/6/2019 - 0KM
1/7/2019 - 0KM
1/8/2019 - 8 miles
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1/1-6 Totals: Run 47.6 km
1/7 - recovery
1/8 - run 23.2 km +45 min easy swim/core
1/9 - run 9.2 km +weights
Had to retrace my steps after losing a glove during school drop-off. Didn't find it (might be mixed in with the kid's scarf etc) so grabbed another one at the house and tried again on the run. It was hard to get traction with the snow, should've worn screw shoes. What are screw shoes? See here: http://skyrunner.com/screwshoe.htm
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Jan 2: bike 30 km (18 miles)
Jan 4: run 7.8km (4.8 miles)
Jan 7: bike 20 km (12 miles)
Jan 8: bike 20 km (12 miles)
Waving at y'all
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Today is my last day of being on call (thank goodness), and I am soooo ready to be able to get out and run. There have been a lot of emergencies over the last week, and during the one time when things got quiet and I attempted to run, I got a call 1.5 miles in. The weather has been beautiful, but I’ve been stuck inside with paperwork and trying to coordinate crisis beds.
However, I did sign up a couple of nights ago for the Publix Savannah Women’s Half in April. My best friend and I are going to run together. We ran our first few halfs together before she moved, but now she’s back, so we can race together again!
Congratulations to everyone who has raced recently. I’ve peeled at the board here and there over the last few days but didn’t have time to comment.
Alrighty, off to work!8 -
polskagirl01 wrote: »
So on rest days, you use kilometers, and on run days it's miles?PastorVincent wrote: »1/1/2019 - 10.5 miles
1/2/2019 - 10.5 miles
1/3/2019 - 5 miles @ 7mph w/ 5% incline
1/4/2019 - Planned Rest day
1/5/2019 - 15 miles
1/6/2019 - 0KM
1/7/2019 - 0KM
1/8/2019 - 8 miles
I have been doing that for months now and you are the first to call it out.
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rheddmobile wrote: »
Re: the race series. Being the obsessively-competitive person I am, I googled the four women ahead of me in my AG in the series. All four instantly popped up with online running blogs when I googled their names. The leader is someone I know - she's the coach of a track team which runs at WC Johnson and we have spoken to her at some length. Had no idea she was in my AG, she looks about thirty. Second place is a pro trainer for Fleet Feet. Third and fourth are trail ultra runners. So.... I may not win this one, guys! BUT am hugely honored even to be allowed to hang with these cool women.
Now you know who to trip at least... 5 -
@sarahthes - OMG - -26C! It’s not safe to even walk to your car in that! But -12C wouldn’t be safe for this Florida girl either! I am going to Minneapolis in Feb for a conference and I fear I won't be able to leave the hotel! I don't own clothes for that type of weather.
@Honunui @Elise4270 and your team! I wish that time of year would work for me and a trip but first week back to school I can’t take off, darn it.
@_nikkiwolf_ - I never knew there were any duathlons around here, so maybe you can find one. Going to sign up!
1/1 - 1.5 miles - #RwRunStreak Day 41 - Last day of Holiday Streak!
1/2 - Transform - Arms Deload week!
1/3 - 5 miles
1/4 - rest day
1/5 - 44 miles cycling + Transform App - Arms
1/6 - 5 miles
1/7 - 4.5 miles + transform app - legs
1/8 - 4.5 miles
1/9 - 3 miles + transform app - Back
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katharmonic wrote: »We also did box jumps and that is such a mental challenge for me. I have to get over that voice that says "what if you don't make it" every time.
Box jumps scare me so much!! Especially those wooden boxes with the completely sharp edges. I just can't. Huge mental block there. The padded ones at least don't conjure up images of all the skin on my shins getting scraped off. Instead I think about face planting. Man, I hate box jumps...3
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