February 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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fitoverfortymom wrote: »I've spent most of 2017 doing fitness blender and a deficit - using mindful eating for the first 6 months. I only picked up Mfp in about June when I hit a plateau, figured out why I hit a plateau (snack creep) stopped using mfp and went back to mindful earing. I lost 20kg (about 45lb). In 2018 I started running in earnest, and that's when my deficit fell apart. I also had a contraceptive implant put in at the end on 2017 and the combination caused my appetite to skyrocket during 2018. Over eating was definitely the hard part then. Exercise was easy - because I had things I loved doing and ligetally got up early for. I basically maintained in 2018 gaining and losing the same 5kg (10ish lb).
I took the implant out late last year - too many side effects - and my eating overall is better and has got back under better and easier to control - except for Christmas (sigh). I've now lost the Christmas weight fairly easily, and am now concentrating on my ultimate goal weight this year. I got so close early last year, within 2kg (4.5lb) but lost it as the hormones got worse and worse.
I had my IUD removed for overeating purposes, also. I was out of control ravenous!
i don't need a iud for that. my hormones do that all on their own2 -
Today the weather outside was gorgeous! Started my run at 62 degrees and ended at sunset with a nice breeze. I overheat quickly and got a little warm about halfway through, but then the breeze kicked in and I was fine. In fact, I was so fine I did 4.3 miles instead of 3.5. It was one of those runs that remind me why I love running so much.
February runs:
2/1: 3.5 miles
2/2: 5 miles
2/5: 4.3 miles
Cumulative total for February: 12.8/55 or 63.5 miles7 -
I'm late posting again, so congrats to @martaindale, @marisap2010, @MobyCarp, @kgirlhart, @polskagirl01, and @hanlonsk for each of your races (although sorry to hear about your race experience @hanlonsk).
I'm now in the final week of taper, and so mileage has dropped off significantly; there's just 6 miles planned for tomorrow, and then 3 miles each for Thursday and Friday. Tomorrow sees the start of carb loading, I fly out on Thursday, go to the expo on Friday to pick up my race packet, and then Saturday is the big day.
In the meantime, I just have to get through another 1½ days of work, which has been completely hectic, and then I can relax and focus on just the race.
01 - 15.35
04 - 10.30
05 - 8.06
Total: 33.71 / 120 miles14 -
No runs for me yesterday (got too busy) or today (didn't have one scheduled due to a late meeting). I'm going to try to do an early morning treadmill run tomorrow before I leave for an out-of-town speaking engagement. I had planned to keep the miles low this week anyway, since I have a 5k on Saturday morning, so I'm not too upset over missing yesterday's run. Hoping to do an easy 3 miles tomorrow and then 2.5 on Thursday, rest Friday, and be ready to run on Saturday.2
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The good news is that I get to avoid a treadmill run tonight!!
The bad news is it's because I'm stuck at work and will be here too late to do anything tonight.15 -
Trail Tuesday strikes again! I haven't made it out to the trails on a weekday (or at all...) in about a month due to weather, but today was perfect. 65-70F and sunny, and the trails were in decent condition. Everything was a bit muddy, but the sticky, goopy kind that has decent traction rather than slippery, slick mud.
I felt a bit bonky the last half mile or so, where the mud was the most churned up and difficult (closest to the trail parking lot), and I'm not sure if I felt the bonk because I didn't eat/drink enough during the run (had brunch 2 hours beforehand, then had half a Clif bar and 18 oz plain water during the run) or if I'm still feeling fatigue from the weekend. Either way, it was good to get back to my car and head home!
Upon reviewing my Strava, I saw that I paced 20 seconds/mile faster today on the same trail than I did 4 weeks ago when I ran it last, so I'm pretty pleased with that improvement. I felt much stronger with all the elevation change than I did previously as well. Not sure how I'm going to do 20+ more miles after 10 trails miles for my 50k in July, but that's a problem for FutureKristine to solve
February miles:
2/1: 10.5 miles
2/2: 8 miles
2/3: 16.2 miles
2/4: 3.3 miles
2/5: 10 miles
February total: 48 miles
2019 Races
March 24: Caesar Rodney Half Marathon (Goal: PR)
April 7: Cherry Blossom 10 Miler (Goal: Sub-75)
April 28: New Jersey Marathon (Goal: BQ)
July 6: Finger Lake Fifties 50k (Goal: Finish)
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amymoreorless wrote: »Group question: On Sunday, I had a conversation with a personal trainer and member of the group I run with. I was complaining about recently regaining some weight and having to cut stupid calories again. I REALLY struggle with not eating all the things.
I mentioned how I could happily exercise all day long. Running is the easy part. She disagrees with me. She said for most of her clients, exercise is the hard part and dieting is much easier (although still hard). Thoughts? Am I the only crazy one who who finds dieting SO MUCH HARDER?
@amymoreorless Total agreement. I can't stick to a diet for more than a couple weeks. I'd much rather make small modifications to my diet (stop buying ice cream, potato chips, etc.) and run more than try to restrict my diet into a deficit.girlinahat wrote: »@kristinegift I have a confession to make.....I have been WAITING for my TomTom to die just so I can buy a garmin!!!
Is that so terribly wrong?
@girlinahat Sometimes you just need Thing A to kick the bucket so you can get Thing B!
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Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
02/01/19 :::: 2.3 :::: 2.3
02/02/19 :::: 10.0 :::: 12.3
02/03/19 :::: 4.0 :::: 16.3
02/04/19 :::: 3.8 :::: 20.1
02/05/19 :::: 3.6 :::: 23.7
Pre- and post-circuit training treadmill run this morning added up to 3.6 total.
Pull-up challenge: Technically day 9 of the 31-day challenge. The plan called for a rest day today, but I swapped that for yesterday and of did some of the things that were on the challenge from yesterday today - which included push-ups max reps and weighted squats. During circuit training we did trap bar deadlifts, various kinds of squats, sled drag and push, and high-low kettlebell farmer carries. Tonight at home I did a little fitness assessment for Spartan training in which I had to see how many push-ups and burpees I could do in 2 minutes each. Yikes. They also wanted to know how many miles I ran last week and what my longest run was, so at least I figure those answers might make up for some slack on burpee end of things. Maybe?7 -
Feburary Goal: Just keep trying
2/1: Well, there is this football game, see,
2/2: that is always on the 1st Sunday of February and we always invite a few
2/3: friends over for a Superbowl Luau (pig and turkey and 'taters and breadfruit in the underground oven, Maitai and potluck....)2/4: and this year there were 65 friends watching on 4 outdoor and 3 indoor tv's....
2/5: so I couldn't muster running gumption till today: 4.00
Total: 4.00
Ticker is my goal for 2019 and progress to date:
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midwesterner85 wrote: »@amymoreorless I have a massive appetite and have found that I can cut calories a bit more easily by cutting carbs... to zero. At one time, my high calorie days were around 30,000. Now that I eat a carnivore / zero carb diet, my high calorie days are around 10,000-12,000. I still can't out-exercise my diet, so I still struggle. But it is a smaller struggle.
If I did not have to work and such, I might be able to out-exercise my appetite. It would take a little more than 100 miles per day of running.
Just noticed that you have several woos on this post and wanted to give some background for people unaware of it. @midwesterner85 is a type 1 diabetic, which means his body doesn't produce insulin and the amount of insulin he has to inject is directly related to the food he eats, carbs in particular. Injected insulin is well known to cause hunger - in fact, insane asylums used to use injected insulin as a form of discipline because patients who were given insulin but not food were in agony from hunger. If someone with a chronic and permanent inability to digest food normally has found a way of eating that helps, probably it's not woo. Very low carb diets have been proven to be beneficial for type 1 diabetics.14 -
rheddmobile wrote: »midwesterner85 wrote: »@amymoreorless I have a massive appetite and have found that I can cut calories a bit more easily by cutting carbs... to zero. At one time, my high calorie days were around 30,000. Now that I eat a carnivore / zero carb diet, my high calorie days are around 10,000-12,000. I still can't out-exercise my diet, so I still struggle. But it is a smaller struggle.
If I did not have to work and such, I might be able to out-exercise my appetite. It would take a little more than 100 miles per day of running.
Just noticed that you have several woos on this post and wanted to give some background for people unaware of it. @midwesterner85 is a type 1 diabetic, which means his body doesn't produce insulin and the amount of insulin he has to inject is directly related to the food he eats, carbs in particular. Injected insulin is well known to cause hunger - in fact, insane asylums used to use injected insulin as a form of discipline because patients who were given insulin but not food were in agony from hunger. If someone with a chronic and permanent inability to digest food normally has found a way of eating that helps, probably it's not woo. Very low carb diets have been proven to be beneficial for type 1 diabetics.
@rheddmobile Thank you for the history lesson... I honestly didn't know that. I do know that type 1's make neither insulin nor amylin, so we digest very very quickly (except type 1's who also have gastroparesis, which seems more common for type 1's). I know that I was a healthy weight - technically a little bit underweight - until I got type 1. Granted, I was 9, but my weight increased by 20 lbs. in a month, doubled in a year, and was more than triple within a few years. While I was young and growing, it was much more growing out than up. As I got older, I always knew diabetes had some effect on appetite. It does seem to be a bigger problem for me, though, even compared to many other type 1's. Nonetheless, I know people don't believe a person can have that big of an appetite, but I do. This is also part of why I gain weight even eating zero carb. And that is why I spend a couple months every year not running and instead focusing solely on trying to quickly lose at least a part of what I have gained that year. The woos don't bother me. I know people find it hard to believe that I can eat so much. I wish it were not true, as many people believe.
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4.5 miles treadmill tonight.
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This ##!!. has been a very bad 2 weeks.
February Km's 0.0 and not looking good for another 3-5 days.
-37C to -46C Windchill.
At least the UV Index is low
Even our swimming pool and rec center closed due to the temperatures causing problems with the Air Handling-Heat exchanger system's.12 -
2/1 - rest
2/2 - 8.05 km
2/3 - rest
2/4 - rest
2/5 - 3.35 km
11.40/68 km
It was really cold today so treadmill at the gym. My bad ankle is reacting a bit to Saturday's long run (it was fine Sunday, perversely) so I kept to the shorter end of today's assigned distance.
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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10k easy on trails - had a nice run - I'll come back to that.
What's mainly on my mind though is that I'm worried about a young lady from the girls' high school track team. We passed her and some members of her team running in small groups several times out on the trails, and as we were walking the boardwalk back to the parking lot after running, we passed her and a friend and noticed she could barely walk and was trying to hobble along to the trail-head (which is .7 miles from where they were) with what looked like a serious dislocation of her ankle - bones separating and bulging outward every time she attempted to put weight on it. I remarked that it looked bad and asked if she wanted us to go and get help for her, since there was a groundskeeper driving around in a cart who could have extracted her, but about that time the rest of her team arrived and she said she was fine. No sign of the coach, who is a person I know and have exchanged pleasantries with in the past.
I feel like she and the other young people were probably unaware of how serious the injury appeared to be and thinking she had just sprained her ankle, and in retrospect I think I should have insisted on staying with them until they contacted an adult. I hope she made it out without making things worse. She smiled and me and said, "You're making great time!" one time when we passed each other, which makes me feel even worse for her.
Anyway it was another beautiful day, 70 F and overcast, almost muggy, and since the park we were running is a wetland preserve, there were singing frogs everywhere! I miss them so much in the winter, I forget what summer sounds like! I was absolutely soaked with sweat by the time we finished, these rapid swaps in temperature are hard to adjust to.
This is the same park where we recently did a trail race in the mud, and today the groundskeepers were out tamping down the fresh dirt they hauled in to fix the damage from the race. It was such a nice change running on soft, even, packed dirt with no ruts and most of the roots buried.
I think I'm trying to come down with something, felt a little urpy the first mile or so, my throat feels touchy, headache and a stopped up nose. Started feeling better after running, so maybe I can shake it off.
It's supposed to pour down rain for the next 48 hours and then freeze again, so I'm glad we got a good run in during the nice spell.11 -
Headed out to Lake Wainamu this morning with my running group - it's a public holiday here and a scorcher so we all got there at 7:30 to beat the heat. Not a long run, nor particularly difficult, but it did begin with crossing a massive sand dune so the first kilometre was very soft sand. Hard work and my calf is not thanking me for it. Amazing scenery though. Then a pleasant single track around the lake (very small and mostly hidden from view). When we got back to the sand dune we opted to run around it, which meant a kilometre or so of running in a river - only ankle deep and with a sandy bottom so fairly flat underfoot - which was heaps of fun and really refreshing. A few people scaled the very steep side of the massive dune but my calf wouldn't permit me to participate - it was at least 150 metres and probably a 75 degree slope. They said it was incredibly hard and they all had jelly legs when they got down again. Kinda happy I couldn't do it...
Running challenge
1 Feb: 6.9km
2 Feb: Yoga
3 Feb: 10.2km
4 Feb: 7.54 km + yoga
5 Feb: Rest
6 Feb: 6.8km trail, plus 1km on-road warm up
32.44 of 120km for February18 -
No run today, not planned, but not a surprise either. Too much to do and not enough hours on the clock. It is okay, I ran yesterday in anticipation of missing today.7
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amymoreorless wrote: »Group question: On Sunday, I had a conversation with a personal trainer and member of the group I run with. I was complaining about recently regaining some weight and having to cut stupid calories again. I REALLY struggle with not eating all the things.
I mentioned how I could happily exercise all day long. Running is the easy part. She disagrees with me. She said for most of her clients, exercise is the hard part and dieting is much easier (although still hard). Thoughts? Am I the only crazy one who who finds dieting SO MUCH HARDER?
Hmmm. 🤔 Everybody should have a place they can go to brag about their running accomplishments. Wait. Am i the only one that runs to brag (and get swag)?
No bragging in "oh i ate a salad and some rabbit poo poo"... 🧚♂️5 -
Feburary Goal: Just keep trying
2/1: Well, there is this football game, see,
2/2: that is always on the 1st Sunday of February and we always invite a few
2/3: friends over for a Superbowl Luau (pig and turkey and 'taters and breadfruit in the underground oven, Maitai and potluck....)2/4: and this year there were 65 friends watching on 4 outdoor and 3 indoor tv's....
2/5: so I couldn't muster running gumption till today: 4.00
Total: 4.00
Hey. I know that guy in the hat. Looks like an absolute blast!3 -
rheddmobile wrote: »midwesterner85 wrote: »@amymoreorless I have a massive appetite and have found that I can cut calories a bit more easily by cutting carbs... to zero. At one time, my high calorie days were around 30,000. Now that I eat a carnivore / zero carb diet, my high calorie days are around 10,000-12,000. I still can't out-exercise my diet, so I still struggle. But it is a smaller struggle.
If I did not have to work and such, I might be able to out-exercise my appetite. It would take a little more than 100 miles per day of running.
Just noticed that you have several woos on this post and wanted to give some background for people unaware of it. @midwesterner85 is a type 1 diabetic, which means his body doesn't produce insulin and the amount of insulin he has to inject is directly related to the food he eats, carbs in particular. Injected insulin is well known to cause hunger - in fact, insane asylums used to use injected insulin as a form of discipline because patients who were given insulin but not food were in agony from hunger. If someone with a chronic and permanent inability to digest food normally has found a way of eating that helps, probably it's not woo. Very low carb diets have been proven to be beneficial for type 1 diabetics.
@rheddmobile ❤️ 👊5
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