December 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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quilteryoyo wrote: »@polskagirl01 That's a beautiful sunrise!
Yes!0 -
username301 wrote: »Woke up late so wasn't going to run. After a little while decided that I would be in a funk all day if I didnt. So did a quick 5k around the local park, it was quick (usual caveats apply). I am becoming more relaxed about it being the daytime and peope being out ahd about when I run.
In short, running is an emotional positive now?? I mean, its a theory.
For many runners it is.
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Good luck @Kaitie9399 and @T1DCarnivoreRunner .0
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12-1 7k easy
12-2 7k slow + resistance bands
12-3 rest
12-4 7k slow + resistance bands
12-5 rest + yoga
12-6 7k slow + resistance bands
12-7 7k easy + yoga
December Total: 35k
December Goal: 135k
January Total: 131k
February Total: 159.5k
March Total: 183k
April Total: 126k
May Total: 128k
June Total: 161.5k
July Total: 151k
August Total: 133k
September Total: 135k
October Total: 115k
November Total: 155k
2019 Total through November: 1,578k / 978.36m
Monthly average: 143.45k
Next year when you pop in here claiming your December 2019 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
Run at least 4 5k races - Completed 8-31.
Get under 30:00 and a PR for 5k - Nope...
Average at least 135k per month, which would put me over 1,000 miles for the year - Completed 12-7.
Run the Year Team: Five for Nineteen - Completed 9-28
Partly sunny and high 20s F today. A little tightness in my upper back, but all else felt well. Made it to 1,000 miles for the year. A bittersweet day to reach that milestone, especially based on some of the previous posts -- today would have been my mom's 90th birthday.
Good luck, racers!!!
2020 goals:
Continue a 5k regimen.
Train better.
4-13 Shine the Light 5K - 31:12 chip time; First Place male 65 and older
6-30 Strides for Starfish 5K - 31:34 chip time; 31/77 overall; second male 65 and older (no official category)
7-27 Solon Home Days 5K - 31:11 chip time; 95/141 overall; 4/6 age group (male)
8-31 Race for Freedom 5k - 31:39 chip time; 32:00 Garmin time; Third Place male 60 and older
10-13 Haunted Hustle 5k - 31:22 chip time; 47/74 overall; First Place male 60 and older11 -
December goal: 30 miles
12/2 - 2 miles
12/4 - 1.5 miles
12/6 - 2.25 miles
December total 5.75 miles
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It’s been the strangest week. We were in Nashville for the holiday where on Saturday a week ago, my son tore his paraspinal muscle by not bending his knees for a landing at the trampoline park. He’s been invalid all week. I did manage to squeeze in a run on Tuesday night and ran the whole 22 minutes!
So far today I’ve done 25 minutes non stop/ just under 3 miles, with seven to go to make my long run.
I came home because I was supposed to go with a friend on a road trip to get an antique ceramic Christmas tree but that isn’t going to work out because I need to get my headlight fixed. I got pulled over for it IN MY DRIVEWAY last night.
So now I have more time to lift and finish the seven miles and get my headlight fixed.
Today has already been so abnormal, as has this week, so I’m trying to mind over matter myself into finishing well.
Happy running today, everyone!9 -
Kaitie9399 wrote: »Wahoo! Today’s the day! I’m running in my first 5K!
Good luck - how exciting!0 -
T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »Today is the St. Jude's Memphis Marathon... I hope I can get through this.
Good luck!0 -
@ Pastor Vincent, Thank you.0
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@Kaitie9399 & @T1DCarnivoreRunner Good luck to you both!!
@mbaker566 Had I known you and Speed Demon were going to be in my "back yard" this morning, I would have brought my girl to cheer you on! Sorry. Hope you had fun anyway.0 -
T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »Today is the St. Jude's Memphis Marathon... I hope I can get through this.
Oh man, I meant to ask you for your bib number and forgot! Tell us all about it! There is literally nothing on their results page except a message to refresh the page, last year it was a week before any results were visible.
This is my first year not running the St Jude Marathon Weekend 5k, just didn’t want to deal with the logistics and all the people. Instead I have today as a rest day, spent the morning looking at my Christmas tree and drinking coffee with cacao powder and vanilla. But my thoughts are with the rest of you struggling out there!
@Kaitie9399 Have a great race!2 -
Hi all thanks for the supportive messages and a special mention and hug to @LoveyChar.
So I managed two runs and a interval training class in the five days I had in December pre surgery! Didn’t quite get to 15m but close enough.
Had the surgery yesterday and it’s all gone well although it’s very painful and will take a while to recover. I’m definitely going to stick around to keep me motivated and stay in touch. Have a good few days running and I’ll pop back on soon x
12/2: 6.3m
12/3: 2.2m
12/4: 6.2m
December total: 14.7m
November total: 44.8m
October total: 64.1m
September total: 82.2m
August total: 85m
July total: 90.1m
June total: 86.1m
May total: 67.6m
April total: 71.5m
March total: 42.9m
February total: 30.2m
January total: 31.7m
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Goal: 30 miles
12/2 - Ran 2.02 miles
12/3 - Ran 3.05 miles
12/5 - Ran 1.55 miles
12/7 - Ran 4.11 miles (10.73 done, 19.27 miles remaining)
Not my best effort, I've had better runs, I've had worse. I did half road, then finished up on the trails in the state park. At one point, about 2.75 miles, I was running at a pretty good clip (eh, for me, anyways) in a good mind space, then Mother Nature threw a monkey wrench at me. There was an underground root I didn't see, my left foot rolled, I thought I split my shoe (I didn't), but the outside of my foot was sore the rest of the way. So my right hamstrings (they have been tight for a while, but been getting better) decided to shoot some sympathy tightness. Yet, I finished, even going over (Ok, by a little, but still..).7 -
Thank You and Race Report (from my first race ever!)
@greenolivetree, @rheddmobile, @polskagirl01, @dreamer12151, @kgirlhart, @eleanorhawkins, @Avidkeo, @shanaber, @quilteryoyo, @noblsheep, @username301, @LoveyChar, and anyone else I may have missed, thanks for your supportive responses to my post from a few days, when I felt so demotivated.
I decided to run only a couple times this week prior to today, because I had a race on the schedule for earlier this morning, and convinced myself I was tapering. So, minus the race time, I was running at about 60% of my usual time/distance this week.
The race was held in south Durham (NC) today and was sponsored by Race13.1, an organization that a racing buddy of mine calls a McRacer. Not sure what he means, except that Race13.1 seems very corporate and sponsors a lot of races. However, this race was pretty small. They ran an HM, a 10K, a 5K, and a kid's race. 143 people participated in the 5K, which was much smaller than the HM. The 10K looked like the smallest adult race.
I felt kind of like an anthropologist. There is this whole other culture in my community I knew nothing about previously.
The day before the race I picked up my bib at Omega Sports, a little store tucked in a large strip mall. I had never seen it before. So now I have a new place to shop for shoes, besides the regular, better known stores. With my bib they gave me a Santa hat and a green Christmas-themed technical shirt. (BTW, there is no finisher's medal for the 5K.)
I couldn't really sleep last night so I got up a little earlier than intended and was down at the race venue about 50 minutes before the 5K race started. So much was going on at 7:30 AM. The little kid's race (more on little kids later, or at least one particular kid) was ending, people were cheering them on, and there was a lot of really loud music blasting from the "runners' village." I made a note to look for Mr. Peanut after the race. For some reason the Planter's truck was there and they were handing out peanuts. But really, the draw was seeing Mr. Peanut. Mr Peanut, it turns out, has some moves. When he got there, he spent the whole time dancing to the music blasting out of the loudspeakers. The Santa, OTOH, was just kind of hanging out in his tent, looking lonely. Santa definitely needs to up his game if he is going to compete with Mr. Peanut for attention.
It was such a clear sunny morning, about 40F but felt cooler, and dry, just perfect, the exact weather I like to run in. My friend David, who is mostly an ultra/trail runner, signed up for the 5K just so he could run with me. After we met, though, he said he might also try to see if he could get first place in his age category and I told him I was fine with that. I told him going in that my training pace was averaging around 10 minutes per mile, depending on how far I was running, and that I planned to stick close to that pace. Then he asked me if I had a watch (meaning a Garmin like his) and when I said no, he asked how I was going to keep track of my pace. I had not really thought about it. Since I got all my pace information from my b210K app I had not planned on how to run without it, except to not run so fast it was no longer fun.
Anyway, David really helped me; the first mile and a quarter he stuck by me (or I stuck by him.) After that first 1.25 miles, he informed me that we were running at 8:30 and I almost fell out. I told him I didn't think I could keep up with that and that it was fine if he broke away from me, so he did.
As it turns out, my final pace was 9:12/mile. And since it was my first race it was, by definition, a PB. :-)
About that kid... So at a little over 2 miles it was clear that everyone was so spread out that no one was going to lap me any time soon, and I had passed a few people who were too close to me (I thought) but there was this little kid about 2 yards in front of me who I *could* *not* *pass*. I am not good at judging ages but I would say he must have been around 11 or 12 or so. He looked like he stood at about 4 and 1/2 feet tall. And for some reason the sound of his feet just became louder and louder to me. I realized why, and it was because I was in complete awe of his turnover. That boy was flying. To run at that pace with those short legs, it was very humbling to me. And man did I want to pass him.
And, with a *lot* of effort I finally I did. And then we came to a hill and I walked. And I thought, walk breaks are OK and that is that. So the little kid lapped me. But then we came down the hill and I lapped him, lol. I think I finished just in front of him. It was so ridiculous feeling that competitive that I had to laugh at myself. It also made running more fun.
So yay for walk breaks. And yay for good friends to run with. And yay for little kids who can lap me. I had a great time today.
ETA: The race took place on the American Tobacco Trail: https://race131.com/races/race-13-1-durham-nc/course-maps
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@durhammfp Way to go!! That is awesome for you! I can't even imagine running at those paces, so you are laping even me, my friend, and at your 1st 5K to boot. Proud of you for beginning to recognize running your own race, too.
Do you listen to podcasts at all? If so, there is a motivating runner, Kelly Roberts, who has some brilliant podcasts to motivate and make you think. "Run Selfie Repeat".
And what about your friend? Did he place in his AG?4 -
dreamer12151 wrote: »@durhammfp Way to go!! That is awesome for you! I can't even imagine running at those paces, so you are laping even me, my friend, and at your 1st 5K to boot. Proud of you for beginning to recognize running your own race, too.
Do you listen to podcasts at all? If so, there is a motivating runner, Kelly Roberts, who has some brilliant podcasts to motivate and make you think. "Run Selfie Repeat".
And what about your friend? Did he place in his AG?
Thank you!
Yes he did! There were only two people in his category though, lol. Although when looking at the stats it did occur to me that, even though there were fewer people >50 years old, the old folks can be pretty serious about training. They're some of the fastest people in the race.
ETA: As far as podcasts I usually listen to wonky things like https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/. I need to get a few podcasts that, mmm, give me a little more pep.3 -
@durhammfp well done! Congrats!2
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PastorVincent wrote: »@durhammfp well done! Congrats!
Thank you sir!1 -
Congratulations @durhammfp on your 1st 5K race! You really went into race beast mode to crush that PR pace!
Yay @Faebert! So glad to hear the surgery went well 😊
7 miles for me this afternoon. This is considered a long run these days. Was slow, but negative split each mile (except 1). Still didn't feel easy. Can't believe taking off only two weeks loses so much fitness.
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@durhammfp Great race report! Congratulations on a great race and PB!
@Faebert So glad the surgery went well. Hope your recovery is smooth.2
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