February 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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@garygse omgoodness awesome race, congrats!
@greyparks206 @ddmom0811 @MobyCarp @JulieS3103 and anyone else I missed you all rock, well done!
Hike and evening walk and life added up to almost 20k steps yesterday so I went to bed not knowing if my legs would be up to that lovely c25k 20 minute run this morning. Woke up early, didn't want to wake anyone up so I lay in bed considering options. The dirt road I wanted to run is by the river at the bottom of the hill this village is at the top of, and I've bonked a few times in the past walking home up it after runs. So in the end I decided to break my principles and drive to where I wanted to run. For some reason it feels wrong to me to do that, but following my promise to be gentle on my legs it was the best option. Beautiful sunshine, had to take my jacket off before I was even done with my warm up walk. Couple of loose dogs but they were friendly, got chased by a chicken and yelled at by a goat. Really love these country runs. I started to think I might need to slow down even more to finish right before the woman with the annoying voice told me I was half way, so I turned round (always feels like it gets easier on the way home) and my random playlist started making Steve Tyler ask if it was over in my ear, followed by a bunch of guys telling me they're just suckers for pain. Made me laugh all the way home.
Finally I feel like I'm running again. Also think now I've done the driving to run thing I might try driving out to the beachside boardwalk and running that some time, which that silly principle has always stopped me doing before.15 -
Thanks to all the advice and support from you lovely people. Went out for jog this morning. Went back to couch to 5k, well tried to but the app dropped out after 5 mins. Fortunately I had also set Runkeeper going so I had a notification of every km. This helped, and I jogged over 3k without stopping, which is more than I have managed recently. In total 4 miles covered this morning which brings the months total to 14 miles.
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Yesterday, I ran a local 15K that has been put on by our local running club for the last 35 years. I had never run it before, but it starts and ends less than 5 minutes from my house, so I thought it would be convenient and fun.
The route is pretty hilly. The running club jokes about the “gently rolling hills.” It is so big of a joke that they put the elevation change on the shirt this year.
The 15K didn’t start until 9:00, so I slept in until 7:00, ate and dressed, and made it over right before the 5K started. I realized after i arrived that I had left my headphones at home, but hubby was kind enough to drive them over before my race started.
It was about 40 degrees with clear skies when we started. My whole goal today was to try to do better than my time of the one other 15K I had run. I didn’t expect a huge change considering this route was so hilly. If nothing else, it would be a fun training run for my half.
I ended up getting first in the 35-39F age group, and I shaved off 13 minutes from my last 15K race! I was really surprised that I had improved so much.
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Congrats to @garygse, @greyparks206, @ddmom0811, @JulieS3103, and @MobyCarp on your races! I hope I didn’t forget anyone else!5
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Wow, congratulations @marisap2010 on first in your age group and a huge PR!
@MobyCarp missed your report yesterday, congratulations!!
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@garygse Congratulations! I keep thinking that there ought to be someone in this group faster than a 63 year old dude with arthritis in his right foot; now you are officially that someone. Way to go, and maybe I'll see you in Boston on Patriots' Day 2020. Most likely you'll start 25 minutes before I do.
I would love to be faster than you but I doubt I am capable of that. So I proudly rep the mid-packers.5 -
@marisap2010 wtg! I dream of an age group place but as I'm a total turtle I may need to wait until I'm 90, organise my own race and not let anyone else enter it 😂12
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PastorVincent wrote: »girlinahat wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »
Must be supper time, the first two times I read that as barbeque and I was trying to remember if he was the one smoking bacon or not...
Think it’s @7lenny7 taunting us with his dry-cured smoked deliciousness. Is it okay to hate him for it?
It is never okay to hate... but if he holds out on share bacon that might be cause for a very strong dislike.
@PastorVincent I'll make the same offer to you and everyone else here. Come run with me in Minnesota and I'll bring the bacon! I'm just frying up some now before I head to the trails on a very snowy day.
For anyone who wants to try curing and smoking bacon at home, it's pretty easy. Here are the two main sites I've used as reference.
https://amazingribs.com/tested-recipes/pork-recipes/how-make-smoked-bacon-home
https://randomlyedible.com/2014/10/25/cure-your-own-bacon/
I think our favorite so far is the Asian cure in the first link.7 -
@marisap2010 WTG! That's awesome!4
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@marisap2010 13 minutes off and with hills to boot...what an all-star PR!😛5
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@marisap2010 Great job and congratulations!!!
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
February Total: 54k
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
Another day in the high teens F. Yesterday's sunshine had pretty much taken care of Friday night's snow.6 -
6.2/10. Hadn't planned on running today, but I found an old pair of my son's Altras. They fit and I always wanted to try them out. Very cushion-y and like that there's no removable insole. Heavier shoe, though.5
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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
02/06/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 23.7
02/07/19 :::: 3.3 :::: 27.0
02/08/19 :::: 4.2 :::: 31.2
02/09/19 :::: 10.1 :::: 41.3
02/10/19 :::: 5.5 :::: 46.8/ 100 mile goal
Slept in this morning and woke up to some fluffy snow but less wind and a bit warmer temps. A friend needed to do her long run today (one who fell yesterday in the icy condition and warned the rest of us not to try the trails) so I met her for the second hour of it. The sun was out by then and it was so much better than yesterday that it felt much warmer than the temps said. I woke up with a stiff lower back but it mostly worked out during the run. Overall a nice morning out.
Two weeks out from my next HM and four weeks out from my Spartan race. I'm feeling pretty good about the first after getting a couple of 10-mile runs done. At least I should be able to last the distance unless the weather is spectacularly awful (that's not a challenge, weather!). The Spartan race is another story, I just get more nervous about that one. It's a team thing and supposed to be all for fun though, so let's just hope that it really is fun.12 -
Thank you @katharmonic @PastorVincent @simcon1 @kgirlhart @7lenny7 @Scott6255 @noblsheep @eleanorhawkins @marisap2010 (hopefully I didn't miss anyone) and Congrats to @MobyCarp @ddmom0811 and @marisap2010 There were so many great race reports this weekend!
2/2 - 4 mile run
2/3 - 6.3 mile run
2/5 - 5 mile Treadmill run
2/7 - 4 mile Treadmill run
2/9 – Steve Cullen 8k race (5.08 in Garmin)
2/10 – 3 mile Treadmill run
27.38 miles so far/Goal 75 miles
Upcoming races:
3/16 - Lucky Leprechaun 7k
4/27 - Brown Deer 10k
6/9 - Manitowoc Half Marathon
8/3 - Arbor Ridge Trail Run 8k
8/17 - Madison Mini Half Marathon7 -
Congratulations @marisap2010 on your 1st place AG and a monster PR!3
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On topic for our discussion of shoe mileage:
Beware of Sudden Catastrophic Shoe Failure Syndrome (SCSFS)
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Congratulations to all for your great runs this weekend! Extra congrats to those with races, including the PR's and BQ. You're ALL so motivating and inspiring. You were all on my mind in the middle of my run today. Thanks for joining me.
It was about 9F (-13C) with a 'feels like' around 0F (-18C) due to the wind. Because we'd had a decent amount of snow the past couple days, and our walk yesterday was rough, I debated taking the dogs for a short walk beforehand and just running alone. I changed my mind when they saw me changing my clothes and figured I could bring them back and finish up if needed.
They plowed the roads overnight! WOOT!
My plan was to run the same 4 miles I did last week, but at 3.5 miles I decided to push just a little farther. We ended up with 4.5 miles in 1:08. That puts me at 13 miles for the week (because I postponed my long run last Sunday to Monday). Came back and showered, then went out and dug out our and the neighbors driveway.9 -
eleanorhawkins wrote: »@marisap2010 wtg! I dream of an age group place but as I'm a total turtle I may need to wait until I'm 90, organise my own race and not let anyone else enter it 😂
Find a very small race, good chance you’ll AG there!
@7lenny7 and everyone else that can eat bacon, I'm sooo envious ! The nitrates give me a migraine. Enjoy it for me!
When I was a teenager lunch meat was a treat to have. I thought “I’m going to live on lunch meat when I’m on my own”. Remember Al Bundy? There was an episode where Kelly moved out and her fridge was stocked with lunch meat... hmmm, yep that’s my SES right there... but, the universe is humorous with cruelties and I can have no lunch meat with out payment of pain. Why! I must have been naughty in a past life. I wanna run, but have hip issues, I wanna be smart but have brain issues, I wanna have friends but am “broken” and don’t like people.... haha haha! Oh I’m just rattling on this AM to give you something to laugh at... 😹 enjoy your friends, preserved meats, and runs! Oh and that ball of fat that’s so awesome!9 -
@marisap2010 well done! Congrats! Love the shirt!0
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60 posts behind. I'll go back and ready but atm I'm anxiously waiting in hope that my new shoes arrive today. They should have been here Friday but nope, and its now Monday. There is no information available on the tracking (typical for NZ post really) so I'm not feeling overly confident but hopeful? I want my new shoes damn it! I dressed appropriately so I can take them for a treadmill run at lunchtime if they do show.
I hate living rural sometimes. Everything takes longer to get to you. I'll know in an hour7
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