November 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • Camaramandy648
    Camaramandy648 Posts: 711 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Did packet pickup! Loot:
    A nice seeming 1/4 zip!
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    OOHhh wow! That is so cool! You got a whole jacket! There's a cool "Rock n Roll Marathon 2020 In Training" shirt I thought about buying but then I thought...... nah they got enough money out of me already.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    Camaramandy648 wrote: »
    I had posted this in October but then realized..... today is November....

    Good morning! This week has been so busy!!!!!!! Work has been nuts, kids have been nuts, prepping for Halloween for kids has been nuts - I haven't run since last Saturday! Technically, I did not meet my October goal and it is because this week killed me, but if you go by averages and the other weeks where I went over my goal by adding additional runs each week, then I smashed the October goal. It's a matter of perspective and I'm happy with the outcome. I'm going to stick to my current 1 indoor/ 1 outdoor run per week for November and adding a long run each weekend.

    The past two days I have had SIGNIFICANT problems with my insides. I honestly have no idea what's happening - nothing like this has ever really happened to me before - but yesterday and the day before it felt like my insides were on fire in my abdomen and I swelled up like a balloon. Both days I ate a ton of sugar. Yesterday, I woke up fine and it started after I ate a bunch of mini almond joys. Then I had chili for lunch. Nothing helped - I have tums, rolaids, pepto, and NOTHING was working. I even walked for miles with the kids to trick or treat last night and that didn't even help.... My fiance says, "Oh well it could be an ulcer," while I'm thinking, "actually let's just hope it's indigestion???" Any thoughts or insight? Today, all I've had is coffee and a gluten free multigrain sandwich, one slice of cheese, 1 tablespoon of mayo, and 2 oz sliced turkey. My guts feel like they want to start burning, but so far so good.

    also - - - - -- - - I REGISTERED FOR THE 2020 ROCK N ROLL MARATHON IN NASHVILLE! So funny and annoying how I get all amped up and say, "i'm doing this thing," but then when it is time to actually put money toward it and commit to it, I start thinking, "wellllllll 26 miles in another city DOES seem really FAR and like A LOT of work......"

    I decided to stop second guessing myself, commit to the thing, and just do it. :) Here's to hoping I don't actually have an ulcer...

    Here's to the RNR!

    Tummy: Maybe it's a bug. Is your diet out of whack? Potentially all of those food could bother my guts. And you mention GF, perhaps something got you?
    If I ate that, it could be soy, sugar causing bacterial growth, more soy, or nuts. But honestly, my money is on a bug.
  • Camaramandy648
    Camaramandy648 Posts: 711 Member


    Here's to the RNR!

    Tummy: Maybe it's a bug. Is your diet out of whack? Potentially all of those food could bother my guts. And you mention GF, perhaps something got you?
    If I ate that, it could be soy, sugar causing bacterial growth, more soy, or nuts. But honestly, my money is on a bug. [/quote]



    Well I really hope it's not a bug. I honestly don't have time for a bug. But I ALSO have ZERO energy. But that's not uncommon for a Friday afternoon or for a single mom of two the day after Halloween after a long drive, etc.

    I SHOULD run this evening because I will have time but I'm also telling myself all the good reasons I have not to. I COULD ALSO take the evening to rest or do strength training and do all the running tomorrow. I don't know. I feel like I barely made it through the day with no gut issues so I'd really like to just relax.

    But then here's this. I won't always feel motivated to run or work out but does that mean I shouldn't? Doesn't discipline have to override motivation sometimes?

    bleh. Maybe I'm too tired to even consider this right now
  • ContraryMaryMary
    ContraryMaryMary Posts: 1,786 Member
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    Morning all! Slept really bad last night but feel OK.

    Met up the team now at 4am, who started at 8pm last night, and have lost a team member! So I'm starting with 6.7k walk, then will have an hr rest, then 9.4k run, then another hr rest, then 6.6k walk/run.

    Pumped!

    Yay @avidkeo, I hope it’s went well and you’re enjoying the after glow (and all the food).
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    edited November 2019
    Camaramandy648 wrote: »

    Well I really hope it's not a bug. I honestly don't have time for a bug. But I ALSO have ZERO energy. But that's not uncommon for a Friday afternoon or for a single mom of two the day after Halloween after a long drive, etc.

    I SHOULD run this evening because I will have time but I'm also telling myself all the good reasons I have not to. I COULD ALSO take the evening to rest or do strength training and do all the running tomorrow. I don't know. I feel like I barely made it through the day with no gut issues so I'd really like to just relax.

    But then here's this. I won't always feel motivated to run or work out but does that mean I shouldn't? Doesn't discipline have to override motivation sometimes?

    bleh. Maybe I'm too tired to even consider this right now

    Gut issues, if they are a bug usually pass in 48 hours. If they are bad food usually pass in 48 hours. If they are gluten-related may take 2 weeks.

    So I would say if you know for sure that it was NOT gluten (you said you are GF so I am assuming gluten is an issue for you) and its been 3 or 4 days... see a doctor.
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    @Teresa502 @mbaker566 @PastorVincent Thanks for the ideas. I had been looking at Running in the USA already and was having some trouble with the states I need and travel distance. There are 4 states I need to figure out that are closest (and a 5th that I am not yet registered for). Part of the challenge is that I already have the nearest states done or registered. I may end up doing NCR in Maryland. It is an all day drive (14-ish hours), but I could go up on Fri. and return on Sun. I just feel a bit silly spending more than a day on travel alone... though I also would rather drive than fly and this is within the realm of possibility.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    Hey all. Relay still going but thought I'd check in.

    The first leg was harder than I expected. I don't usually walk distance so walking 6.7k was tough but it was lovely. I started out at 4:45am so it was still dark. We had to have headlamps on, fortunately, because it was pitch black. The sun started to make an appearance at the end of the walk, and sadly the mountain covered with cloud (what I could see of it). I did my 6.7k in 56:50, which I'm really stoked with!
    Handed the torch - literally amd figuratively - off to the next guy and got breakfast, which was provided. It was coffee, milo (a malty chocolate drink), cereals, pancakes, toast, fruit. A help yourself buffet. I knew I was doing a running leg in about an hr, so I had a really small serve of cereal, a coffee and one pancake.

    Then I jumped into my car and drove to the next checkpoint. As I drove the clouds around the mountain cleared. It was stunning!
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    ujb27o1y7ndr.jpg obligatory cheesy shot!

    At handover, I launched into a run, which immediately felt better! I got to 6k no major issues, but then my hips started aching. At 7.2k I walked for 200m but since tgat didn't improve anything, I picked up the pace again and did 9.4k in 55:52!

    I then had to leave the team due to a family engagement.. I'm about to take the kids down to the finish line so the whole team can cross together. Should be fun!

    Awesome photos and great job!
  • emmamcgarity
    emmamcgarity Posts: 1,594 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Goals for my race tomorrow:

    Primary Goal: Finish well. If I run well and accomplish nothing else, still a win
    Base Goal: Beat 1:27 (PR from 5 years ago, last time I ran a 10 miler)
    Stretch Goal: Beat 1:20 (All things fall perfectly, this is possible)

    We shall see what happens!

    I’ll be rooting for you and thinking warm thoughts in hopes you can stay warm enough at the start
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,532 Member
    Thanks @shanaber , @Elise4270 , @PastorVincent for the thoughts on my training plan. You are making me think about where I want to go from here and what I really want to do. I am pretty competitive, so would love to have a PR, but, it's been so long since I have actually ran a 5K, I can't recall what my PR is. :wink: I might be able to find it somewhere in my mini-hoard. It's probably been at least 5 years since I have been in an organized race. In the long term, I would like to continue to increase my mileage, but also my speed. Humm. So many decisions. I was thinking that I haven't really had a cut back week, so the taper weeks would be okay. (I looked at the plan and it only cuts back on the long run, not the rest of the weeks runs.) Then I looked at my spreadsheet for last month and saw that I had an unintentional cut back week 2 weeks ago, when I went to W. VA. I only ran 5 miles that week! Life does seem to get in my way sometimes. So, I may just play it by ear and, if I have the time and energy to run more than the plan states during the "taper" weeks, I will. If not, I'll at least try to stick to the plan. After that, I will probably look into a 15K plan. Adding more mileage will have the unintended benefit of making shorter distances faster. Right?

    @simcon1 Sorry you have been side lined. Hope you are cleared to run soon!

    @PastorVincent Good luck on your race tomorrow. I hope your Raynauds isn't too bad during the race.

    @Avidkeo Sorry you lost one of your teammates for the race. You'll do great!.....read on and sounds like you DID GREAT! The mountain is gorgeous. Hope you get a picture of the team crossing the finish line together. Sounds like fun!

  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    Go get it, @PastorVincent !
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    @Avidkeo Your fab photos had me zoom in on your Strava to see where that stunning mountain is.
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,569 Member
    polskagirl01 wrote: »
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    I made a group thingy on Strava for the weekend miles for @MobyCarp (I think). Sent invites to those I'm hooked up with on there but here's the link (I think) for anyone who didn't get an invite and wants in to click!

    Just joined the club but I have a question. Can everyone in the club now see all of my activities? My recent half marathon and "Botaniczna Piątka" are set to public, but is anything else (or maybe everything else) showing up there, too? What can y'all see? I have another account I can join with if needed, that I use for more "public" stuff.

    I'll add I didn't sign up for a slot but would like to run something in Kevin's memory at some point during the day :)

    Since your profile is private, none of your activities are shown. Just your statistics are viewable.
  • Camaramandy648
    Camaramandy648 Posts: 711 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Camaramandy648 wrote: »

    Well I really hope it's not a bug. I honestly don't have time for a bug. But I ALSO have ZERO energy. But that's not uncommon for a Friday afternoon or for a single mom of two the day after Halloween after a long drive, etc.

    I SHOULD run this evening because I will have time but I'm also telling myself all the good reasons I have not to. I COULD ALSO take the evening to rest or do strength training and do all the running tomorrow. I don't know. I feel like I barely made it through the day with no gut issues so I'd really like to just relax.

    But then here's this. I won't always feel motivated to run or work out but does that mean I shouldn't? Doesn't discipline have to override motivation sometimes?

    bleh. Maybe I'm too tired to even consider this right now

    Gut issues, if they are a bug usually pass in 48 hours. If they are bad food usually pass in 48 hours. If they are gluten-related may take 2 weeks.

    So I would say if you know for sure that it was NOT gluten (you said you are GF so I am assuming gluten is an issue for you) and its been 3 or 4 days... see a doctor.
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Camaramandy648 wrote: »

    Well I really hope it's not a bug. I honestly don't have time for a bug. But I ALSO have ZERO energy. But that's not uncommon for a Friday afternoon or for a single mom of two the day after Halloween after a long drive, etc.

    I SHOULD run this evening because I will have time but I'm also telling myself all the good reasons I have not to. I COULD ALSO take the evening to rest or do strength training and do all the running tomorrow. I don't know. I feel like I barely made it through the day with no gut issues so I'd really like to just relax.

    But then here's this. I won't always feel motivated to run or work out but does that mean I shouldn't? Doesn't discipline have to override motivation sometimes?

    bleh. Maybe I'm too tired to even consider this right now

    Gut issues, if they are a bug usually pass in 48 hours. If they are bad food usually pass in 48 hours. If they are gluten-related may take 2 weeks.

    So I would say if you know for sure that it was NOT gluten (you said you are GF so I am assuming gluten is an issue for you) and its been 3 or 4 days... see a doctor.
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Camaramandy648 wrote: »

    Well I really hope it's not a bug. I honestly don't have time for a bug. But I ALSO have ZERO energy. But that's not uncommon for a Friday afternoon or for a single mom of two the day after Halloween after a long drive, etc.

    I SHOULD run this evening because I will have time but I'm also telling myself all the good reasons I have not to. I COULD ALSO take the evening to rest or do strength training and do all the running tomorrow. I don't know. I feel like I barely made it through the day with no gut issues so I'd really like to just relax.

    But then here's this. I won't always feel motivated to run or work out but does that mean I shouldn't? Doesn't discipline have to override motivation sometimes?

    bleh. Maybe I'm too tired to even consider this right now

    Gut issues, if they are a bug usually pass in 48 hours. If they are bad food usually pass in 48 hours. If they are gluten-related may take 2 weeks.

    So I would say if you know for sure that it was NOT gluten (you said you are GF so I am assuming gluten is an issue for you) and its been 3 or 4 days... see a doctor.
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Camaramandy648 wrote: »

    Well I really hope it's not a bug. I honestly don't have time for a bug. But I ALSO have ZERO energy. But that's not uncommon for a Friday afternoon or for a single mom of two the day after Halloween after a long drive, etc.

    I SHOULD run this evening because I will have time but I'm also telling myself all the good reasons I have not to. I COULD ALSO take the evening to rest or do strength training and do all the running tomorrow. I don't know. I feel like I barely made it through the day with no gut issues so I'd really like to just relax.

    But then here's this. I won't always feel motivated to run or work out but does that mean I shouldn't? Doesn't discipline have to override motivation sometimes?

    bleh. Maybe I'm too tired to even consider this right now

    Gut issues, if they are a bug usually pass in 48 hours. If they are bad food usually pass in 48 hours. If they are gluten-related may take 2 weeks.

    So I would say if you know for sure that it was NOT gluten (you said you are GF so I am assuming gluten is an issue for you) and its been 3 or 4 days... see a doctor.
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Camaramandy648 wrote: »

    Well I really hope it's not a bug. I honestly don't have time for a bug. But I ALSO have ZERO energy. But that's not uncommon for a Friday afternoon or for a single mom of two the day after Halloween after a long drive, etc.

    I SHOULD run this evening because I will have time but I'm also telling myself all the good reasons I have not to. I COULD ALSO take the evening to rest or do strength training and do all the running tomorrow. I don't know. I feel like I barely made it through the day with no gut issues so I'd really like to just relax.

    But then here's this. I won't always feel motivated to run or work out but does that mean I shouldn't? Doesn't discipline have to override motivation sometimes?

    bleh. Maybe I'm too tired to even consider this right now

    Gut issues, if they are a bug usually pass in 48 hours. If they are bad food usually pass in 48 hours. If they are gluten-related may take 2 weeks.

    So I would say if you know for sure that it was NOT gluten (you said you are GF so I am assuming gluten is an issue for you) and its been 3 or 4 days... see a doctor.

    I haven’t had bread in months except the two times I ordered pizza. I am starving all the time so I added some GF bread to my diet just to feel more full.

    I had bone broth last night because I didn’t want everything to flare up again. Saturdays are always a big running / gym day for me and I don’t want anything to mess it up. I am feeling much better this morning!
    Today is your race! Can’t wait to read your race report!

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