February 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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Good luck @Avidkeo! You've got this!!
So I have a HM in May that I will hopefully be healthy enough to run but other than that I have not looked or even considered any other races... until yesterday when an email hit my inbox for this:
https://jackjillid.com
It just so happens that we are planning to be in Boise to watch a BSU football game that Saturday so of course I am going to sign up for the race!! There is no start time for the game posted so I am hoping it will be a midday game and I can get to bed at a reasonable time. Have to catch the bus at 4:30 or so up to the race start. I am already excited and it is months away!
Now to get running! PT said I can walk further and run some, starting very slowly... I am planning a 5 min walk 1 min run for 2 miles tomorrow assuming no rain! We'll see if I can keep to that interval.9 -
Well my 100 mile challenge is.... Going anyway!
I'm still not half way through the distance but not too far behind! The lap I do is quite hilly, not steep but just continuous slight gradient so I still have not conquered w5 d1 of c25k! Annoying as I managed it last Saturday and Sunday, but that was on a much flatter course!
I'm using "first day to 5k" program on www.podrunner.com
2nd - 10.44km (w4, w3, w2)
3rd - 10.31km (w4, w3, w2)
4th - 1.84 km (short due to leggings being too big!)
5th - 3.84km (w4)
6th - 4.08km (w4)
7th - 4.11km (w4)
8th - 4.18km (w4)
9th - 11.12km (w4, w3, w2)
10th - 11.18km (w5-1, w4, we)
11th - 4.08km (w5 d1)
12th - took the morning off... After 10 days straight my body needed a rest!
13th - 4.15km (w5 d1)
14th - 4.00km (w5 d1)
15th- 4.18km (w5 d1)
Total so far - 77.5 km/ 161.93km (48%)
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Planning on a 10km on 11th may, trying to aim for <75 mins. (Best so far was 1 18 so 3 mins off is doable right?)
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Finally, I saw a tip today a runner shared for marathon runs. They hand out $5 coffee/restaurant gift cards along the way to thank a volunteer, child or person cheering. Comment was it provides a bit of motivation and energy uplift as you give thanks as well as shifting focus to the next “winner” vs on any challenges as you knock down 26.2. Good luck on your race!!
Oh that is an awesome idea! I probably could only give out 3 or 4, but still will have to consider this for Pittsburg in May.6 -
Ran 5 today - first run after the shots in the feet. No burning!!! I was feeling the burning at 4 miles approx. So I'm thinking it worked. However, I still have the tingly/sleep feeling in the feet. But I think that is normal.
Cycling weekend for me, weather dependent. Have a great running weekend everyone!
2/1 - Rest Day
2/2 - 37 miles cycling
2/3 - 48 miles cycling
2/4 - 4.5 miles + strength training - upper body
2/5 - 5 miles! + strength training - glutes/abs
2/6 - 4.5 miles
2/7 - strength training - upper body
2/8 - rest day
2/9 - Duatthlon - 5k, 20K bike, 2.5K - that was tough!
2/10 - rest
2/11 - 4 miles + shots in feet from podiatrist
2/12 - rest day
2/13 - strength training - upper body
2/14 - strength training - quads/glutes
2/15 - 5 miles
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rheddmobile wrote: »My thingy for placing 2nd in AG at the St Jude Marathon Weekend 5k in December finally arrived in the mail today! I never won a thingy before!
Nice thingy!!!4 -
2-1 7k easy
2-2 7k easy
2-3 Rest
2-4 7k easy
2-5 Rest
2-6 7k slow
2-7 7k intervals
2-8 Rest
2-9 7k slow
2-10 12k slow
2-11 7k recovery
2-12 Rest
2-13 7.3 k slow
2-14 7k intervals
2-15 Rest
February Total: 75.3k
February 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
Scheduled rest day. Very windy out.
2019 Races:
4-13 Shine the Light 5K
6-1 Freedom 5K
6-30 Strides for Starfish 5k3 -
rheddmobile wrote: »My thingy for placing 2nd in AG at the St Jude Marathon Weekend 5k in December finally arrived in the mail today! I never won a thingy before!
That is a GREAT thingy.4 -
rheddmobile wrote: »My thingy for placing 2nd in AG at the St Jude Marathon Weekend 5k in December finally arrived in the mail today! I never won a thingy before!
oh shiny
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rheddmobile wrote: »My thingy for placing 2nd in AG at the St Jude Marathon Weekend 5k in December finally arrived in the mail today! I never won a thingy before!
That is super cool! As a side note, we are first-name twins, but I don't think that I've ever met someone with our name born before 1980. I was born in 1983, i.e. peak Thorn Birds era. It took me a long time to appreciate what a nice name it is given how common it was when I was growing up.5 -
Milwaukee marathon has had issues with execution and distance.
Idk if they had it last year. But new management or something along those lines. Yay. I think I will try to sign up tomorrow.
Lakefront is on my list but i want to be looking more at a 50k around that time. If it fits, i might run it.
Via has a new 10k this year. Maybe I'll try that.
Thanks all for the input. (I didn't even think about the shoes @7lenny7 )
@mbaker566: Facebook just told me that if you sign up for the Milwaukee Marathon by today you can save 20% on any distance entry fee with the code VDAY19.0 -
Now I want a thingy.
Also, going back to the sock game, I've just noticed that the socks I thought had palm trees on actually have marijuana leaves on. And I wore them to the physio 2 weeks ago. Wonder what she thought about that LOL. I think I've officially turned into my grandmother.
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MegaMooseEsq wrote: »Milwaukee marathon has had issues with execution and distance.
Idk if they had it last year. But new management or something along those lines. Yay. I think I will try to sign up tomorrow.
Lakefront is on my list but i want to be looking more at a 50k around that time. If it fits, i might run it.
Via has a new 10k this year. Maybe I'll try that.
Thanks all for the input. (I didn't even think about the shoes @7lenny7 )
@mbaker566: Facebook just told me that if you sign up for the Milwaukee Marathon by today you can save 20% on any distance entry fee with the code VDAY19.
that was what started the whole thing. i saw it was on sale but then i started looking around at the others. and they sounded nice.
thanks for the looking out
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MegaMooseEsq wrote: »Milwaukee marathon has had issues with execution and distance.
Idk if they had it last year. But new management or something along those lines. Yay. I think I will try to sign up tomorrow.
Lakefront is on my list but i want to be looking more at a 50k around that time. If it fits, i might run it.
Via has a new 10k this year. Maybe I'll try that.
Thanks all for the input. (I didn't even think about the shoes @7lenny7 )
@mbaker566: Facebook just told me that if you sign up for the Milwaukee Marathon by today you can save 20% on any distance entry fee with the code VDAY19.
that was what started the whole thing. i saw it was on sale but then i started looking around at the others. and they sounded nice.
thanks for the looking out
Ah, that makes sense! I'm going to keep this one in my back pocket for a possible first marathon (most likely not this year, though). I've heard that the Twin Cities Marathon isn't a great one for first-timers on account of difficulty, and while Chicago has been recommended a couple of times it's so freaking HUGE that's a bit overwhelming. I've never been to Milwaukee and it looks like a nice place. Plus, it's closer than Chicago.3 -
MegaMooseEsq wrote: »MegaMooseEsq wrote: »Milwaukee marathon has had issues with execution and distance.
Idk if they had it last year. But new management or something along those lines. Yay. I think I will try to sign up tomorrow.
Lakefront is on my list but i want to be looking more at a 50k around that time. If it fits, i might run it.
Via has a new 10k this year. Maybe I'll try that.
Thanks all for the input. (I didn't even think about the shoes @7lenny7 )
@mbaker566: Facebook just told me that if you sign up for the Milwaukee Marathon by today you can save 20% on any distance entry fee with the code VDAY19.
that was what started the whole thing. i saw it was on sale but then i started looking around at the others. and they sounded nice.
thanks for the looking out
Ah, that makes sense! I'm going to keep this one in my back pocket for a possible first marathon (most likely not this year, though). I've heard that the Twin Cities Marathon isn't a great one for first-timers on account of difficulty, and while Chicago has been recommended a couple of times it's so freaking HUGE that's a bit overwhelming. I've never been to Milwaukee and it looks like a nice place. Plus, it's closer than Chicago.
lakefront is a bit bigger and better established. Milwaukee marathon looks nice. i've heard mixed reviews.
Milwaukee itself is nice. we have a great lakefront. awesome food. lots of history and unique architecture. state parks within an hour. a good county park system in mke and the neighboring counties (i like waukesha county parks the best). We have issues like big cities. But overall, i really like it here. thus, me being here and not in OR or WA4 -
MegaMooseEsq wrote: »rheddmobile wrote: »My thingy for placing 2nd in AG at the St Jude Marathon Weekend 5k in December finally arrived in the mail today! I never won a thingy before!
That is super cool! As a side note, we are first-name twins, but I don't think that I've ever met someone with our name born before 1980. I was born in 1983, i.e. peak Thorn Birds era. It took me a long time to appreciate what a nice name it is given how common it was when I was growing up.
It was rare when I was growing up (born 1968) but curiously my best friend in high school was another. And there were a sprinkling earlier than that, since I was named for my mom's partner in her birthing class, who was from Scotland, where maybe it was more common.
Since it was rare when I was little, I had a whole different set of experiences from yours - I was always annoyed that those name plates for kids' bicycles didn't come with my name, and no one could pronounce it!4 -
MegaMooseEsq wrote: »MegaMooseEsq wrote: »Milwaukee marathon has had issues with execution and distance.
Idk if they had it last year. But new management or something along those lines. Yay. I think I will try to sign up tomorrow.
Lakefront is on my list but i want to be looking more at a 50k around that time. If it fits, i might run it.
Via has a new 10k this year. Maybe I'll try that.
Thanks all for the input. (I didn't even think about the shoes @7lenny7 )
@mbaker566: Facebook just told me that if you sign up for the Milwaukee Marathon by today you can save 20% on any distance entry fee with the code VDAY19.
that was what started the whole thing. i saw it was on sale but then i started looking around at the others. and they sounded nice.
thanks for the looking out
Ah, that makes sense! I'm going to keep this one in my back pocket for a possible first marathon (most likely not this year, though). I've heard that the Twin Cities Marathon isn't a great one for first-timers on account of difficulty, and while Chicago has been recommended a couple of times it's so freaking HUGE that's a bit overwhelming. I've never been to Milwaukee and it looks like a nice place. Plus, it's closer than Chicago.
@MegaMooseEsq There are also qualification requirements to sign up for Chicago, as with Boston, New York, etc. I'm not fast enough for any of them, but was able to sign up for Chicago by fundraising for charity. It's a charity that is working on a cure for type 1 diabetes, so it actually is perfect for me anyway.4 -
Oi vey..... three days and 10 new pages? I don't think I can catch up... whoops!
After my weird feeling run Monday, I ended up taking two days off because of ~*~LaDy PrObLemS~*~ and then went out yesterday around 5:30 after work to do 7 easy... instead I ended up doing 8 miles vacillating between marathon and half-marathon paces while setting new PRs on all the hills on the paved trail nearish my house. It felt amazing. The paces were good-hard; I felt strong and could have kept cruising at that effort even with a HR north of 160 bpm. Since I already decided this would be my cutback mileage week, what with the two rest days, I also decided that yesterday was my cutback week workout
Today I set out for 10ish miles and did a challenging, hilly route in the reverse direction I normally do. Won't be making THAT mistake again! There's one hill I've run down and it felt crazy steep...... running up it was obviously worse. For the first time in ages, I had to walk up a hill on a road run. Then I checked Strava and the hill was between 10 and 17.5% grade, which is freaking STEEP, so I don't feel quite so bad now. This weekend has more miles, but I'm going to endeavor to actually keep them at an easy HR/recovery pace so I can go into the next training block (3 more hard weeks) as fresh as possible.
Hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend! Good luck to everyone racing!
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
2/6: 7 miles
2/7: Rest day
2/8: 18.2 miles
2/9: 10.2 miles
2/10: 2.3 miles
2/11: 5 miles
2/12: Rest
2/13: Rest
2/14: 8 miles
2/15: 10.5 miles
February total: 109.2 miles
(300 for 2019 already... wowza!)
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)12 -
lakefront is a bit bigger and better established. Milwaukee marathon looks nice. i've heard mixed reviews.
Milwaukee itself is nice. we have a great lakefront. awesome food. lots of history and unique architecture. state parks within an hour. a good county park system in mke and the neighboring counties (i like waukesha county parks the best). We have issues like big cities. But overall, i really like it here. thus, me being here and not in OR or WA
I LOVE MKE!! I had never been there until my son started going to Marquette. So much to offer as you mention. I love running along the lake shore, downtown, or the MKE river. Whenever I visit him without my wife I also run the Ice Age trail on they way back. I can't wait to get back there it probably won't be until summer. I'd really like to charter a sailboat and go sailing on the lake.
@MegaMooseEsq I hadn't heard about Tri Fitness getting out of the race business. That explains why I had a hard time finding any info when I briefly considered signing up for the half fast HM. I'm glad someone else picked it up . It's kind of strange though. TriFitness drops the races "due to liability and safety concerns", and apparently they state that no one else is authorized to hold them, and to contact Judi if you're already registered. I did find that Judi is (was?) a co-owner and CEO at TriFitness with Vicki. By further digging around the depths of the interwebs I also find out that Judi & Vicki are (were?) life partners.
Then we find out that Judi started Midwest Multisport Races and picks up the race rosters and will be directing all the former TriFitness races. TriFitness comes out and says:This sounds like quite the racing soap opera!! Now I'm really interested to hear about your race experience. I feel a lawsuit coming on. It sounds like Judi had a quite the falling out Vicki, which is too bad.
No running yet this week for me. Monday through Wednesday I was working late every night to get a project out the door. Yesterday I had planned an 8 miler but my wife asked me if I wanted to meet her after work for dinner. She said if I had a run planned I didn't need to skip it, but I knew better...
So tonight I'll go out for 4, then get go for 24 or more over the weekend (over two runs)9 -
Ready to go!
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lakefront is a bit bigger and better established. Milwaukee marathon looks nice. i've heard mixed reviews.
Milwaukee itself is nice. we have a great lakefront. awesome food. lots of history and unique architecture. state parks within an hour. a good county park system in mke and the neighboring counties (i like waukesha county parks the best). We have issues like big cities. But overall, i really like it here. thus, me being here and not in OR or WA
I LOVE MKE!! I had never been there until my son started going to Marquette. So much to offer as you mention. I love running along the lake shore, downtown, or the MKE river. Whenever I visit him without my wife I also run the Ice Age trail on they way back. I can't wait to get back there it probably won't be until summer. I'd really like to charter a sailboat and go sailing on the lake.
@MegaMooseEsq I hadn't heard about Tri Fitness getting out of the race business. That explains why I had a hard time finding any info when I briefly considered signing up for the half fast HM. I'm glad someone else picked it up . It's kind of strange though. TriFitness drops the races "due to liability and safety concerns", and apparently they state that no one else is authorized to hold them, and to contact Judi if you're already registered. I did find that Judi is (was?) a co-owner and CEO at TriFitness with Vicki. By further digging around the depths of the interwebs I also find out that Judi & Vicki are (were?) life partners.
Then we find out that Judi started Midwest Multisport Races and picks up the race rosters and will be directing all the former TriFitness races. TriFitness comes out and says:This sounds like quite the racing soap opera!! Now I'm really interested to hear about your race experience. I feel a lawsuit coming on. It sounds like Judi had a quite the falling out Vicki, which is too bad.
No running yet this week for me. Monday through Wednesday I was working late every night to get a project out the door. Yesterday I had planned an 8 miler but my wife asked me if I wanted to meet her after work for dinner. She said if I had a run planned I didn't need to skip it, but I knew better...
So tonight I'll go out for 4, then get go for 24 or more over the weekend (over two runs)
Yeah, I didn’t have time to go into the whole thing earlier, but it sure sounds like a messy breakup might be at the heart of this. In any case, according to the emails from Judi she is being represented by my husband’s law firm (totally different department from his) and have the all-clear for tomorrow. I haven’t received anything directly from TriFitness to contradict that. We will find out tomorrow I guess?
Also, good call on dinner last night. 5 -
February Weekly Miles
GOAL: 130 miles
02/02 - 17.44 (40.45 total for week)
02/09 - 21.80 (long run got moved to Sun)
02/16 - 34.21 (posting early bc w/ snow prob won't run Sat again)
02/23 -
02/28 -
TOTAL: 73.54 miles
Boy oh boy, my training has been all over the place. My wife had surgery last Friday and we expected a 1 night stay, but she had some heart issues during surgery and recovery, landed in the ICU for a day and then a normal room for a couple more, so didn't get released until late on Monday. I was able to get a long run in on Sunday when the kids came up to visit with her for a few hours, but the rest of this week has felt off. Probably just because I am working remotely at home this week and so some of my runs have been in the afternoons, which is really rare normally.
Temps have been all over the board as well... start of yesterday's afternoon run was 52F and was down to 38F with strong 20 mph wind that took my breath away by the end (really should have started about an hour earlier and would have avoided that cold blast at the end). Today my run was 16F w/ wind chill of 2F and snowing at the end... which was bad because the light snow was covering the icy patches on the path and almost went down a couple times. First HM of the year just 2 weeks away, so hoping we can get some spring like weather by the time that rolls around.
Have a great weekend and good luck to this weekend's racers!04/21/18 - 4:20:27 - Marathon (My 1st) - Garmin Marathon, Olathe KS
2018 RACES
06/02/18 - 1:10:12 - 7.7 mile - Hospital Hill - Kansas City MO
08/18/18 - 23:04 - 5K (PR) - Gardner KS
10/06/18 - (Rained Out) 5K - Jared Coones Memorial Pumkin Run - Olathe KS
10/20/18 - 1:57:04 Half Marathon - Kansas City Marathon - KC MO
11/22/18 - 27:59 - 5K - Turkey Trot - Overland Park KS (1st race with my son)03/02/19 - Liberty Hospital Half Marathon - Liberty MO (Heartland 39.3 Series #1)
2019 RACES
04/13/19 - Rock the Parkway Half Marathon - Kansas City MO (Heartland 39.3 Series #2)
05/11/19 - Running with the Cows Half Marathon - Bucyrus KS (Heartland 39.3 Series #3)
06/01/19 - Hospital Hill Half Marathon - Kansas City MO
??/??/19 - Garmin OzRun Half Marathon - Virtual Run (Date conflicted with Heartland #2)
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eek. i did it
time to get back to serious training again-as i woke up to an ice covering the sidewalks and roads11 -
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Feb 1st: 1.5/30
Feb 2nd: rest day
Feb 3rd: rest day
Feb 4th: 2= 3.5/30
Feb 5th: rest day
Feb 6th: rest day
Feb 7th: 1.5= 5/30
Feb 8th rest day
Feb 9th rest day
Feb 10th .40= 5.40/30
Feb 11th 2= 7.40/30
Feb 12th rest day
Feb 13th 2= 9.40/30
Feb 14th rest day
Taking more rest days then last round, blaming the weather
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How about a monthly question?
What are your current running goals? Do you have a PR your chasing?
And maybe tell me something about you, others may not know.4 -
I don't have any running goals currently. I'd like to break that sub 2 half I left unfinished.
Something about me you probably dont know. Im right handed and can write with my left, backwards more legible than with my right forward. Odd? Or can you?5 -
Current running goals - finish 4 marathons or ultras this year.
Current status: Signed up for 4 races...
4/6/19 - Hogeye Marathon (Springdale, AR)
4/13/19 - Flint Hills Trail Marathon (Manhattan, KS)
4/20/19 - Double Chubb 50K (St. Louis, MO - I think closer to Eureka, MO actually)
10/13/19 - Bank of America Chicago Marathon (Chicago, IL)
I'm a pretty open book usually... if there is something you don't already know about me, it's because I want to keep it that way. Chance are, you either already know or can find out pretty easily.4 -
How about a monthly question?
What are your current running goals? Do you have a PR your chasing?
And maybe tell me something about you, others may not know.
@Elise4270
My number one current goal is to finish my first 50 mile race
The PR I most want to break this year is the 10K. That should be easy since my last 10K was in 2015 and my current easy pace would get me a new PR. I just have to find one that fits my schedule. I'd also like to break my 5K PR. I'm saving my effort for a new HM PR for 2020.
Something about me....I have my amateur (ham) radio license and at one time I could transcribe Morse code.
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