January 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    edited January 2019
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    @MegaMooseEsq you bad kitten! I'd been waiting for your report. You really did well in those tough conditions! Didn't you get a fleece jacket or pullover as well? Second year in a row I've missed it. Hopefully next year I'll be healthy.

    Here's an article and several photos of the race from MPR

    https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/01/26/runners-brave-cold-snow-twin-cities

    Ooh, thanks for the link! I wished I'd gotten pictures along Shepard Road but I don't like to run with my phone even when it's not so cold that I worry about the battery. And we did get a very nice technical pull-over which I promptly forgot in the trunk of the car and have been too much of a baby to go get it since then. I'm planning on waiting out the cold snap but looking forward to a snowy run later in the week.

    ETA: That hill at the beginning/end of the race was a monster! I can't believe no one fell - at least not while I was watching.
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,555 Member
    @MegaMooseEsq you really are a bad *kitten*! Great job running a 10K in those conditions. I don't think I would have attempted it from the looks of those pictures. Nice trophy case too!
    @ddmom0811 sounds like a good vacation, and glad you dodged the virus!
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,206 Member
    _nikkiwolf_ wrote: »
    I can sorta do two pushups, but with horrible form (elbows out to the sides and not really a straight line from head to toe); or 8~10 knee pushups. I just downloaded an app that follows the programme from hundredpushups.com and set training reminders to do the training Mon/Wed/Fri morning before work. I'll do incline pushups on the coffee table. At the end of the February running challenge, I can hopefully do at least 20 coffee-table-pushups, then I'll try real floor pushups in March.
    I'm tempted to try @katharmonic 's pull-up challenge at the same time, but I don't have a pull-up bar and cannot install any in my apartment (or at work - I even checked the door trims there). So push-ups first, that would already be a success :smile:

    I did a whole heap of reading on the "proper" pushup about 6 months ago because I was doing my own pushup challenge at home. And guess what - there is no "right" way. The ones in the video are also known as "tricep push ups" because they use your triceps more. Other forms use different muscles. So you do your elbows out to the side, they are still push ups!!!

    I'm going to get back into this, because I got up to about 12 or 13 pushups (elbows out) but stopped and now cant do 2 again lol. tempted to try the pull up challenge as well because we have a pull up bar at the gym I've joined - though no other tools to help
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    edited January 2019
    @MegaMooseEsq - Nice race report. I ran a PR 5K in similar weather . . . the slowest 5K race I ever ran.

    @7lenny7 - To a certain extent, pull-ups are like running. If you want to be able to do them, you have to keep doing them regularly. I couldn't do any before I became able to do 2 or 3 when I was 56 years old. I've done some pull-ups or chin-ups every day I haven't been traveling or sick ever since. People who don't do pull-ups might be surprised at how hard it is to find a pull-up bar or anything that can substitute for one in a hotel.

    I have no idea how I became associated with the Sally push-ups. They look way too tough for me. I'll settle for 2 sets of standard push-ups and one set of either decline push-ups (feet on a chair, hands on the floor) or Bosu push-ups (curved side down, hands on rim of flat side) each day. Except when I'm sick or traveling; somehow I don't ever seem to do push-ups when traveling, even though it's possible to do them just about anywhere.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    MobyCarp wrote: »

    I have no idea how I became associated with the Sally push-ups. They look way too tough for me. I'll settle for 2 sets of standard push-ups and one set of either decline push-ups (feet on a chair, hands on the floor) or Bosu push-ups (curved side down, hands on rim of flat side) each day. Except when I'm sick or traveling; somehow I don't ever seem to do push-ups when traveling, even though it's possible to do them just about anywhere.

    Moby is the artist responsible for the “sally” song, named “flower”-just to add to the confusion :smiley:
  • hoshaugh73
    hoshaugh73 Posts: 255 Member
    01 - 4
    02 - 1.25
    03 - 4.25
    04 - 2
    05 - 4.5
    06 - 1.75
    07 - 2.25
    08 - 3.75
    09 - 2
    10 - 3
    11 - 2
    12 - 1.5
    13 - 9.25
    14 thru 21- Vacation, didn't track milage.
    22 - 0
    23 - 1.75
    24 - 4.5
    25 - .75
    26 - 0
    27 - 2.5
    28 - 2.75
    29 -
    30 -
    31 -

    January Total: 53.75 miles
    January Goal: 60 miles

    Rhody Run 12k (5/19)
    Scramble XXIV - 6-Mile Scramble (6/30)
  • noblsheep
    noblsheep Posts: 593 Member
    0128-3.7k total 66.2k, goal-100k

    Dreadmill last night at the gym because I was bored. Might or might not have had a slight breakthrough with dreadmill running. We shall see.

    Say, if my plan calls for a 30min pace run and an 8km easy run this week, would a 30min easy run plus a 8km run with 30min at pace have the same effect?
  • Lazy_Bones_1985
    Lazy_Bones_1985 Posts: 49 Member
    7lenny7 wrote: »

    @Lazy_Bones_1985 have a great time skiing!


    Thank you. Always my favorite week of the year!!!
  • workaholic_nurse
    workaholic_nurse Posts: 727 Member
    polskagirl01 wrote: »
    polskagirl01 wrote: »
    polskagirl01 wrote: »
    1/1-6 Totals: Run 47.6 km
    1/7-13 Totals: Run 39.4 km, Other Cardio 115 min
    1/14-20 Totals: Run 39.2 km, Other Cardio 60 min
    1/21-27 Totals: Run 26.2 km (+9.3 km nordic run-walk), Other cardio 116 min

    1/28 - 22.7 km (2 runs) +weights&core
    1/29 -
    1/30 -
    1/31 -
    2/1 -
    2/2 - planned night 10k race!!!

    THE SUN IS SHINING!!! I didn't have time for my long run this a.m. due to other appointments, so I'll either run again later (not highly likely) or do it tomorrow. Looks like my January goals have been met :)

    OTHER CARDIO:
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    RUNNING:
    exercise.png

    Exhibit 1 of being a crazy runner. Who does their run, goes to appointments, then just feels like doing it again so they can check off the week's long run instead of doing it tomorrow? In my defense, Monday is my usual long run day.

    Ha! It dumped another layer of snow on us overnight, and I don't have to worry about my long run today. Score!

    @polskagirl01 Haha NICE!

    @noblsheep Soooooo dreamill breakthrough?

    @Elise4270 and I finally am wearing an interesting enough pair of socks for a pic
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    Reflectoes running socks, first time I have worn them.

    5.9 and change per strava, endomondo said 6 but whatever. Run felt really nice. Had to step back inside the house and grab a base layer top for the drizzle(didn't want to get cold). Sure glad I did because the drizzle stopped at mile 2 and the temperature started dropping with the wind, that had been nonexistent, picking up.

    This song hit just as I hit mile 5 😍

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcaL-N0AiDw
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    edited January 2019
    @workaholic_nurse Some “see me” socks there! I’d wear those everyday. Don’t you just love when every song is running inspiration!

    ETA @shanaber @garygse I’m not making February’s thread. I’ve done two and they’ve both been mayhem.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    Thanks for sharing that with thar pull up bar @Scott6255 ! I may get one. Im sure i can hang it in the kitchen doorway and remember that if im snacking, it'll cost me a few pull up tries.

    Way to put a dent in Sally! 2:18 is the current record.
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    1-1 Rest
    1-2 7k intervals
    1-3 7k easy
    1-4 Rest
    1-5 7k slow
    1-6 5.5k slow
    1-7 7k easy
    1-8 Rest
    1-9 7k slow
    1-10 7k slow
    1-11 Rest
    1-12 7.5k easy
    1-13 7k slow
    1-14 7k easy
    1-15 Rest
    1-16 7k slow
    1-17 7k easy
    1-18 Rest
    1-19 10k slow
    1-20 Snow Day
    1-21 Snow/cold day
    1-22 7k slow
    1-23 Pouring rain on top of slush
    1-24 7k slow
    1-25 Rest
    1-26 7k easy
    1-27 10k slow
    1-28 7k recovery
    1-29 Rest

    January Total: 131k
    January 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.

    Run the Year Team: Five for Nineteen.

    Rest day today. Depending on the weather (doesn't look good), January might be finished.

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