January 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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@RunsOnEspresso great job on your 5K! Good luck tomorrow with the HM!
@workaholic_nurse fantastic you got your distance PR today!4 -
1/01/2019 - 10.5 miles
1/02/2019 - 10.5 miles
1/03/2019 - 5 miles @ 7mph w/ 5% incline
1/04/2019 - Planned Rest day
1/05/2019 - 15 miles
1/06/2019 - 0KM
1/07/2019 - 0KM
1/08/2019 - 8 miles
1/09/2019 - 9.4 miles
1/10/2019 - 6.5mph for 1 hour @ 5% grade
1/11/2019 - 0KM
1/12/2019 - 10 miles
1/13/2019 - 15 miles
1/14/2019 - 0KM
1/15/2019 - 7MPH for 1 hour @5% grade
1/16/2019 - 0KM
1/17/2019 - 7MPH for 1 hour @5% grade
1/18/2019 - 0KM
1/19/2019 - 11 rainy miles
Upcoming Races
Steel Challange 5k - May 2019
Pittsburgh Marathon - May 2019
Glacier Ridge 50k Trail Race - May 2019
2021 - Disney World Dopey! (if can raise funds)
2019 GOAL: Knock a full hour off my 50k time at Glacier Ridge.4 -
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OSUbuckeye906 wrote: »Hello MRCers! I know it's been awhile, but I wanted to pop in and ask a random question...does anybody have experience with popping/snapping hip syndrome? I'm not sure if that's what I have, but I've noticed for the last few years that sometimes my right hip will click or pop. It will always do this when I am lying flat on my back with my right leg extended straight upward and I slowly lower it to the floor. It's not painful, however I've had a lot of minor (and a few larger) injuries on my right side the past few years due to weak hips and I am wondering if the two are likely related.
Mine does this sometimes and I've been told it's due to temporary muscle and tendon swelling making one tendon snap over the other, and isn't harmful. It comes and goes.3 -
A little town about 45 minutes from me took a direct hit from a tornado this afternoon. Makes my grumbling about the weather rearranging my running schedule feel very petty.
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Update to my earlier post: Someone posted in another FB group I'm in that the ambulances were attending to a runner that looked to maybe be in his 60s. I hope he's ok.8
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PastorVincent wrote: »
Our bodies are pretty darn good at adjusting our composition and the like on the fly to match our lifestyles. Constant scale watching just makes us panic which is why many "gurus," say not to weigh yourself every day despite the fact most of us will do just that when we are actively seeking to loose
I take issue with the gurus. I get that they are trying to keep novice weight loser from despairing, by keeping the weigh-ins far enough apart to show a loss every time in spite of fluctuations. But for me, weight measurement is data. Strip off the emotions, and more data becomes good. Because I weigh myself every day, and I've looked at some of the causes of fluctuation, I can tell you:
- I will weigh more after a rest day. This doesn't mean I added fat because I didn't burn all the calories I ate; it primarily means I added water as it binds to glycogen, replenishing my stores so I can run well the next day.
- My weight will fluctuate by 3% to 5% intra-day. I try to make my "standard" daily weight as consistent as possible; but it's less consistent in retirement than it was while I was working.
- Common advice to distance runners is to weigh yourself before and after a long run to quantify water loss. I have a marathon-running friend who says he routinely loses 5 pounds on a long run. (I estimate he's around 160 base weight.) I can't tell you how much I routinely lose, because I'm lousy at remembering to weigh myself before the run. Doesn't really matter long term; it comes back when I re-hydrate.
- I will lose 2 to 3 pounds over the course of a marathon training cycle, even though I'm trying to maintain. I'll put on 3 to 5 pounds in the 3 days before a marathon, by abandoning food discipline in favor of building glycogen. And if I don't get injured while running the marathon, that mini-spike will come right off the next week when I return to food discipline.
- And I would be oblivious to most of this if I only weighed myself once a week.
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PastorVincent wrote: »
Our bodies are pretty darn good at adjusting our composition and the like on the fly to match our lifestyles. Constant scale watching just makes us panic which is why many "gurus," say not to weigh yourself every day despite the fact most of us will do just that when we are actively seeking to loose
I take issue with the gurus. I get that they are trying to keep novice weight loser from despairing, by keeping the weigh-ins far enough apart to show a loss every time in spite of fluctuations. But for me, weight measurement is data. Strip off the emotions, and more data becomes good. Because I weigh myself every day, and I've looked at some of the causes of fluctuation, I can tell you:
- I will weigh more after a rest day. This doesn't mean I added fat because I didn't burn all the calories I ate; it primarily means I added water as it binds to glycogen, replenishing my stores so I can run well the next day.
- My weight will fluctuate by 3% to 5% intra-day. I try to make my "standard" daily weight as consistent as possible; but it's less consistent in retirement than it was while I was working.
- Common advice to distance runners is to weigh yourself before and after a long run to quantify water loss. I have a marathon-running friend who says he routinely loses 5 pounds on a long run. (I estimate he's around 160 base weight.) I can't tell you how much I routinely lose, because I'm lousy at remembering to weigh myself before the run. Doesn't really matter long term; it comes back when I re-hydrate.
- I will lose 2 to 3 pounds over the course of a marathon training cycle, even though I'm trying to maintain. I'll put on 3 to 5 pounds in the 3 days before a marathon, by abandoning food discipline in favor of building glycogen. And if I don't get injured while running the marathon, that mini-spike will come right off the next week when I return to food discipline.
- And I would be oblivious to most of this if I only weighed myself once a week.
I lose 2 pounds most nights just by sleeping. I only record a couple-few times a week, first thing in the morning after emptying my bladder, before eating and drinking but I watch a lot more often. I think most people that are trying to lose weight do.
To compare to your buddy, 5 pounds is approaching what I lose per hour during a summer run. A bit less in winter. 3 -
debrakgoogins wrote: »Lessons learned from my first 4 mile long run which happened to be in 18 degree weather:
It wouldn’t be unreasonable to strap a roll of paper towels to my back considering how much my nose ran.
I may not like chapstick but I need chapstick.
3 miles is my max before I need water. Note to self, buy water bottles for my flipbelt.
Listening to stories instead of music makes the time go faster for me.
Sub 20 degree weather doesn’t suck for running. Who knew?!
I’ll be warm enough while I run but the chill will set in after I get home. Cold feet on my napping, unsuspecting hubbie’s belly is great fun!
Hot soup is a perfect after run meal.
You'll know you're a veteran winter runner when you can fire a perfect snot rocket.7 -
Forgot to put this up with my earlier post: today is new shoe SaturdayBrooks adrenalineandnew New Balance 860's
/Happy dance 🤯🎉14 -
OSUbuckeye906 wrote: »Hello MRCers! I know it's been awhile, but I wanted to pop in and ask a random question...does anybody have experience with popping/snapping hip syndrome? I'm not sure if that's what I have, but I've noticed for the last few years that sometimes my right hip will click or pop. It will always do this when I am lying flat on my back with my right leg extended straight upward and I slowly lower it to the floor. It's not painful, however I've had a lot of minor (and a few larger) injuries on my right side the past few years due to weak hips and I am wondering if the two are likely related.
Yes. But it could be as @rheddmobile suggested. Nothing to be concerned about. But, In my experience, with too many hip related issues, is that you should find someone reputable to evaluate you, especially if you are having chronic injuries.
Both of my hips do it too. Although, I do have ongoing issues. My right is worse and I have (not to scare you, but as an example) a labrum tear and rotational irregularity where to align the femur into the hip socket, I have to turn my foot inwards. (Increased femoral anteversion). Nuff about my woes... haha! Anyway, see someone great. PT may help and prolong your running enjoyment.
Good luck!
ETA not a doctor. Just gimpy6 -
Eye surgery done and I'm recovered enough to go run. Got on the treadmill for some intervals today, 7 miles. Slow overall, but intervals were fast. Unfortunately, low BG towards the end didn't help.
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I'm signed up for a marathon Apr. 13 and thinking about a 50K on Apr. 20 and another marathon on Apr. 6. If I keep having slow days like today, that will teach me not to sign up for any more than the Apr. 13.
I'm also signed up for the Chicago Marathon in Oct. as a fundraiser entry.11 -
@dreamer12151 - I can't use NUUN either and I have a bunch of it. I have tried various others including Tailwind and GUs (which I can't stand at any point in a run/race). My nutritionist recommended SKRATCH Labs and it has worked the best for me. I like the Lemon Lime Sports Hydration the best. I also use their energy chews for long runs and racing. I was able to get them at REI here to try before I ordered a bunch of it.
@Scott6255 - GO! GO! GO! You've got this!! Hope the marathon is amazing and that all the hotel issues work themselves out!
@workaholic_nurse - Congratulations too on your new distance PR! Also thanks on the sweet comments. Being injured sucks and I definitely have my really down moments but staying connected with you all and all the running and racing, helps keep me focused on getting back to it as soon as possible (never soon enough though!).
More on that injury topic... I saw the sports ortho doctor last week. He thinks I may not have an actual stress fracture but a stress reaction (precursor to fracture and like a severe bruise). He also doesn't think it is fully healed so I am out another 6 weeks minimum. He wants me to go to PT with a therapist whose specialty is feet and is also a runner. They will do a gait analysis and new orthotics. He wants to get to the underlying cause of the injury so it doesn't just keep recurring. I am hoping to get started with that next week if at all possible (waiting for them to call back to schedule). There is no chance of running or run/walking my HM in February so I will likely defer my entry to next year. I would like to talk to the therapist first though, part of me is sure I could just walk it but I am not sure why I would even want to do that.
Yesterday I hit the gym for more cycling. I was planning to go back to cycle tomorrow morning before the football games but we took Hobbes the Vizsla to watch an AKC Lure Coursing trial today and it looks like so much fun I entered him to run it tomorrow morning.
I also bought a water running belt yesterday and convinced DH to heat the pool so I can run in it on Monday. Should be interesting at the least and maybe fun, I think...11 -
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
1/7 – rest day
1/8 – 8.64 warmup, speed work, cool down
1/9 – 11.08 easy
1/10 – 8.25 warmup, speed work, cool down
1/11 – rest day
1/12 – 15.94 warmup, 5 mile race, post-race easy run
1/13 – 12.46 easy with hills
1/14 – rest day
1/15 – 8.19 warmup, speed work, cool down
1/16 – 10.01 easy to MP
1/17 – 9.82 warmup, speed work, cool down
1/18 – rest day
1/19 – 15.12 with snow and wind
January running total to date – 147.38
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 – The local media is all excited about a major winter storm this weekend. I figured I needed to get out early to run today, before it got bad. So I planned to go to a paced group run (not the group I pace for) at 7:30 AM.
It snowed during the night. I almost rolled over and went back to sleep, but I looked and it seemed reasonable to just drive over the snow in my driveway; so I did that. Got onto clear roads, got to the store. Temperature at run time was 18° F (-8°C), with allegedly 12 mph W wind. Set out with the 8:30 group because of the iffy surface, but caught up to the 8:00 group early because they slowed down more for the snow covered sidewalk early on than I did.
There was a southerly component to the wind making the initial SSE leg cold before I warmed up. Then we turned west into the teeth of the wind. Cold, but manageable, and eventually I warm up. Ended up running the first 6 mile loop with another guy whose natural pace was about the same as mine; then he dropped off. There was another 3 mile loop, for a total of 9 sponsored miles; but I wanted 16.
Got to a point early in the 3 mile loop where I couldn't figure out the tic sheet directions. Of course, I was alone. If I'd been with regulars from this group, they would have just told me what it meant and then I'd know. Decided it didn't really matter, because I needed to add distance anyway; so I took what I knew was a divergence from the route farther north, and ran a familiar road back south. Took an alternate route further south to go through Genesee Valley Park; the park roads were snow covered but had almost no traffic. Got out of the park, and estimated I'd added 2.5 miles to the route. Well, I need more. Turned the wrong way on East River Road, and ran an out and back for about 1.3 miles. The westbound out was quite pleasant, and I began to see pretty snowflakes in the air. Only difficulty is that I don't like Garmin measured out and backs, they're psychologically longer than running to a landmark.
Turned around, and you guessed it. Now I'm eastbound into a wind that has picked up, and it's blowing snow in my face. That wasn't too bad getting back my 1.3 miles, but another major fraction of a mile also featured snow covered surface and traffic. I estimated I'd get back about 14 to 14.5 miles, and on that stretch I was ready to quit.
After a mercifully brief northbound stretch on a major road, with the wind having shifted to have a serious northerly component, I turned west. That let me recover enough to stretch the route with one more adjustment before I turned back north on a lesser road, the east into that wind while running on snow-covered sidewalk. Ended up getting past 15 miles, and that would have to be good enough.
I should have predicted that northerly wind as soon as I saw snow flakes. When it's 18° F, and you're 6 miles south of Lake Ontario, a northerly wind and snow just go hand in hand.
I think I had a fairly impressive ice beard, but I wasn't willing to unpack my phone to take a picture. I know when I took my glasses off, there was ice on the bridge of the glasses. I wish I'd got that selfie. And there was ice rattling around in my water bottle when I took a gel at 7+ miles (about 72 minutes into the run). I blew into the bottle to clear the valve in the hope of not having the valve freeze up like they did at the 2015 Winter Warrior Half; but it turned out I didn't need more water and my Nuun didn't freeze. There were still a few flakes of ice in the water when I emptied it into a glass after I got home.
The training week came in at 55.6 miles, compared to a target of 56 miles. Close enough, given the conditions this morning. Tomorrow I'd like to run 8 miles, but I haven't seen any plows come past since I got home. I conjecture that the town is saving budget in expectation of the serious snow this evening, and there is a significant chance it won't be practical to run on the roads tomorrow. Yes, I could run with a bit of snow on the roads; but it isn't safe to run when the plows are active.
Shoveled the driveway about 3:30 PM; that wasn't bad. I expect I'll need to use the snowblower tomorrow, then I should be able to handle it with the shovel for the 2 or 3 days of lake effect snow after tomorrow.
Even with the nuisance of the snow, running 15 miles outside was a lot more satisfying that running 7+ miles of speed work inside. But maybe that's just because I'm not fond of speed work in general.
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) finished in 33:10
January 26, 2019 Freezeroo #4 (Hearnish 5 mile) (Victor, 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 13, 2019 BAA 5K (Boston, MA)
April 15, 2019 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA to Boston, MA)
November 3, 2019 TCS New York City Marathon (New York, NY)7 -
I weigh myself *almost* every other Monday. It's about the only time I remember. Mornings aren't my strong suit.4
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newbie here
Jan 1 : 1.5 =1.5/30 miles, walking 5.6 miles (after run) note: run took 19.13 min
Jan 2: 3.02= 4.52/30 miles, walking 11.13 miles (after run): run took 37.02 min 👍improvment
Jan 3: rest day= 4.52/30 miles, walking 4.11 (after run) I think I pushed myself too hard too fast for a non seasoned new runner the day before. My legs were sore up until last night.
Jan 4: 1.91= 6.43/30 miles, walking 4.22 (after run): no time improvement
Jan 5: 1.5= 7.93 miles, walking 7.47 (after run)
Jan 6: 1.5= 9.43/30, walking 4.5 (after run)
Jan 7: 2.90= 12.33/30, walking 11.19(after run) run took 20.17 👎 today I was lethargic and not feeling it, i consider it a win that I did it at all.
Jan 8 1.5= 13.83, walking 10 (after run)
Jan 9 1.5= 15.33, walking 8.19 (after run)
Jan 10 1.5= 16.83/30, walking 3.97 (after run)
Jan 11 1.5= 18.33/30 walking 7.37 (after run)
Jan 12 rest day
Jan 13 0/18.33 rough weekend, back at it today
Jan 14 1.5= 19.83/30
Jan 15 non. Haven't been feeling well I will be back at it again Today!
Jan 16 1.5= 21.33/30 walking 11.98 (after run)
Jan 17 1.5= 22.83/30 walking 9.14 (after run)
Jan 18 1.88= 24.71/30 walking 5.35 (after run)
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midwesterner85 wrote: »Eye surgery done and I'm recovered enough to go run. Got on the treadmill for some intervals today, 7 miles. Slow overall, but intervals were fast. Unfortunately, low BG towards the end didn't help.
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I'm signed up for a marathon Apr. 13 and thinking about a 50K on Apr. 20 and another marathon on Apr. 6. If I keep having slow days like today, that will teach me not to sign up for any more than the Apr. 13.
I'm also signed up for the Chicago Marathon in Oct. as a fundraiser entry.
Glad to hear your ready to run again! That race schedule April 6,13 and 20th sounds insane. I hope it pans out for you!4 -
workaholic_nurse wrote: »Forgot to put this up with my earlier post: today is new shoe SaturdayBrooks adrenalineandnew New Balance 860's
/Happy dance 🤯🎉
Does that say “14D” on that shoe box? Definitely happy dance when you find shoes in your size! My dd wears 11-12 women’s and just gave up and buys men’s shoes. She’s a girly girl too, so it terribly hard to find nice shoes for her.4 -
1/7: 3.5, 13.5/50
1/9: 4.0, 17.5/50
1/10 2.0 19.5 / 50 (treadmill)
1/11 3.7 23.2/50
1/13 3.1 26.3/50 (treadmill)
1/14 3.3 29.6/50 (treadmill)
1/18 3.3 32.9/50 (treadmill)
1/19 3.0 35.9/50 (treadmill)
A little behind on keeping up with the challenge.9
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