January 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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Jan 1 2.5 kms
Jan 2 2.5 kms6 -
@rheddmobile Great accomplishments for 2019! Here's to an injury free 2020!
@Teresa502 I'll register later today.2 -
Camaramandy648 wrote: »@Elise4270 !!!! I SAW THOSE AND I WANT THEM! You'll have to keep us posted on how they are! And how the stability is!
@PastorVincent - YES. I've seen over and over the Gel Kayano recommendation, all over the internet. I may have to get those next for road running but I will need to exercise some self control before I just go out and go nuts on shoes. Plus. I need new socks too. Bombas or Balegas are where I'm headed for that, but I can only get like A pair or two at a time.
@Avidkeo @shanaber and everyone else - So if I was last fitted and had my feet scanned in 2017 - is that good enough? Does gait change? I'd assume it probably does because the more we run, the better we get - our form and technique and stride and pace change as we progress within the activity.
Also - interestingly - I read an article yesterday that people who overpronate don't actually NEED stability shoes because the body adapts to the rolling on the ankle anyway. I also read that the problem is more with form and technique than it is with the feet, so controlling those things is more effective. Like with everything else, there are arguments for and against this school of thought, all backed by research, so I'll just have to go with what works for my body specifically. Funny how I got online to find new shoes yesterday and now I'm a textbook for how the feet and legs and knees move when women run....
Did not run yesterday - had to go to a friend's wedding. Won't run tonight - ice skating with the kids. Won't run tomorrow - taking the kids to their dad's after work.
So Saturday it is!
The simple shoe truth is, and this is backed by research, the shoe that is most comfortable when you run - regardless of style, cost, etc - is the best shoe for you and will do the best job to prevent injury. Does not matter if that shoe is a major brand that costs $$$$$$ or brand-x blue light special that is funny looking and smells a bit off.
But, as many have said, the only way to get there is to try shoes on and go run. Expert shoe store employees can sometimes help speed the search, but ultimately you have to wear the shoe.
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I guess I am going to jump in, my goal is definitely small to begin with. Aiming to get 20 miles in January.
I started jogging back in 2013 while losing weight and had gotten half way (?) through C25K and found out I was pregnant. I didn't stick with it during pregnancy but did a little after she was born. Did a Color Me Rad 5K, but did more walking than anything bc I was doing it with another new mommy. Baby #2 was born in Sept 2016 and I have done a little jogging off and on since.
Lost 45 lbs last year and have been in my goal weight range for the past couple of months. I have decided it is time to work on toning and get back to jogging.
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I guess I am going to jump in, my goal is definitely small to begin with. Aiming to get 20 miles in January.
I started jogging back in 2013 while losing weight and had gotten half way (?) through C25K and found out I was pregnant. I didn't stick with it during pregnancy but did a little after she was born. Did a Color Me Rad 5K, but did more walking than anything bc I was doing it with another new mommy. Baby #2 was born in Sept 2016 and I have done a little jogging off and on since.
Lost 45 lbs last year and have been in my goal weight range for the past couple of months. I have decided it is time to work on toning and get back to jogging.
I'm a running mom too. Decided to have a baby at 41 1/2 in 2018. Hard to believe he'll be two this year. One of the best purchases I've ever made was a running stroller...7 -
Excited to join the challenge this month.
I had a lot of races last year, including three marathons. I am proud of all I ran, but I wasn't as fast I as would have liked. My goal this year is to make my miles higher quality, with more attention to hitting specific goals during my training runs. Currently I've got marathons planned for June and October, with a good variety of shorter distance races spread throughout the year, including two half marathons and one trail 20 miler.
1/1: 1.5m
1/2: 3m13 -
5k, half with a new recruit. Legs and hip in particular felt v.tired. I am not sure if this is due to the break or new stregnth training, I suppose I will see this weekend when I am meant to be hitting 14k.
Jan Goal:
1. Ttl 130km...............................5km
2. Long run10 miles...................Not yet
3. 17 runs....................................1
4. Help someone start C25K.....1/1 2.6k
5. Strength training x14.............1
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January Goal: 100 Miles
1/1: 6.41 miles
1/2: 6.10 miles
12.51/100 miles completed for January
12.51/1000 miles for Run the Year Team Pavement Pounders
I ran 6 miles this morning. It was mostly nice, but still very windy. I am not a fan of running in the wind, but at ~50°F I can't really complain too much. I'm still fighting this cold, so I think my nose ran faster than I did, but all in all it was a great run. Tomorrow and Saturday will be rest days so hopefully I'll be over this cold by Sunday so I can enjoy my long run.
Welcome to the group @ajhouse and @janejellyroll and any others I missed!
2020 races:
5/16/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon7 -
My goals for 2020 are to stay injury free and healthy. I am also possibly going to try again for my first half marathon.
January goal is to run 50 miles. I am running 4 days a week now but I know my plan bumps me up to 5 days a week this month.
2/2 - Scheduled for 2 miles today but GPS said 2.47 miles.
Monthly total - 2.47 miles
Races:
March 14:
St. Malachi 2 mile and 5 mile
May 16:
Cleveland Marathon Half and 5k
June 13 - 14:
Run and Ride Cedar Point 5k and Quarter Marathon
September 20:
Cleveland Hero's Run 5 miler
December 5:
Santa Hustle Cedar Point 5k
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@hamsterwheel6 @greenolivetree and @quilteryoyo thanks for the welcome back!
@Scott6255 it's great to hear you had a pain free run!
@Tramboman congrats to Mrs. Tramboman!
@kimlight2 glad to see you back!
@katharmonic that's a great start to the year!
@rheddmobile a late response, but that is a great photo of you and your husband. You had a great 2019, in spite of your Achilles!
@ajhouse and @janejellyroll welcome!!Camaramandy648 wrote: »Also - interestingly - I read an article yesterday that people who overpronate don't actually NEED stability shoes because the body adapts to the rolling on the ankle anyway. I also read that the problem is more with form and technique than it is with the feet, so controlling those things is more effective. Like with everything else, there are arguments for and against this school of thought, all backed by research, so I'll just have to go with what works for my body specifically. Funny how I got online to find new shoes yesterday and now I'm a textbook for how the feet and legs and knees move when women run....
@Camaramandy648 I've read both sides of that debate, but being a "neutral", I can't comment on my experience. The one position that I tend to believe in, and which applies to everyone, is to judge a pair of shoes by what feels most comfortable when you run. Everything in running is so interconnected it's hard to say definitively, unless one is an expert, what might cause a particularly injury or pain and what it takes to correct it. Shoes, stride adjustment, physical therapy, strength training...all play a part in fixing things, and I'm probably missing a few other factors. In that same line of thought I just read an article in running magazine that a new study shows that you should just run your natural stride and not worry about cadence or what type of foot strike you have (heel vs. mid. vs. forefoot).
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My intentions of an early run yesterday didn't happen, but I did get my run in and it was a good one. 9 miles for Kody and I in the afternoon. It was much warmer than the day before, about about 34F and sunny. I was uninspired in my route creation and we just ran 4 laps around the local pond, plus getting there and back. Kody smiled the entire time.
I was the second run in my new Saucony Peregrine 8+ Ice shoes. During my winter road runs I usually just use the same shoes as I do all year round, but put duct tape on the toe box when it's really cold, to cut down on the cold air flow. I contemplated wearing trail shoes to avoid that but most of my trail shoes have a more aggressive tread pattern than I like to wear at pavement. I found these on clearance, though, and since it looked like the tread was fairly flat, I gave them ago. They're designed for running on ice and snow and supposedly they slip less on ice. While I find that hard to believe, they do a great job of blocking the wind and are water resistant. I have no desire for waterproof shoes so this is a good compromise. The more aggressive tread works well on packed snow, though really that's never been an issue even in my road shoes.
A great start to the new year
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Camaramandy648 wrote: »@Elise4270 !!!! I SAW THOSE AND I WANT THEM! You'll have to keep us posted on how they are! And how the stability is!
@PastorVincent - YES. I've seen over and over the Gel Kayano recommendation, all over the internet. I may have to get those next for road running but I will need to exercise some self control before I just go out and go nuts on shoes. Plus. I need new socks too. Bombas or Balegas are where I'm headed for that, but I can only get like A pair or two at a time.
@Avidkeo @shanaber and everyone else - So if I was last fitted and had my feet scanned in 2017 - is that good enough? Does gait change? I'd assume it probably does because the more we run, the better we get - our form and technique and stride and pace change as we progress within the activity.
Also - interestingly - I read an article yesterday that people who overpronate don't actually NEED stability shoes because the body adapts to the rolling on the ankle anyway. I also read that the problem is more with form and technique than it is with the feet, so controlling those things is more effective. Like with everything else, there are arguments for and against this school of thought, all backed by research, so I'll just have to go with what works for my body specifically. Funny how I got online to find new shoes yesterday and now I'm a textbook for how the feet and legs and knees move when women run....
Did not run yesterday - had to go to a friend's wedding. Won't run tonight - ice skating with the kids. Won't run tomorrow - taking the kids to their dad's after work.
So Saturday it is!
Regarding form and technique, I spoke with a podiatrist friend about that and she said you don't have a lot of control over your feet and ankles. You can alter your gait to land mid foot, or forefoot, or heel, but that's about it.
For me I have flat feet. That's the main reason I over pronate. Not much you can do about that except stability shoes - and my podiatrist friend said that the Gel Kayano are the best for that situation. It was nice to have a foot expert confirm what the shoe experts were telling me. Reading and researching is excellent, and encouraged, however don't make the mistake of thinking your research can replace the experts advice who actually study in depth and work with people every day. You will also find research that can convince you that running barefoot is absolutely the best and only way to run, and it's what humans were designed to do, but that research is for a very specific person, ignores what a lot of the population find (pain and actual disability if they follow it to the letter). If I ran barefoot and thought I just needed to harden up, I would actually eventually rupture the ligament in my foot, and never be able to run, or walk, properly again because it can't be repaired.
So yeah your sentence about doing what works best for your body is so accurate.4 -
I love seeing the lists of planned races!
Here are mine:
2/8 - Valentine's Day TC 5K
3/21 - Hot Dash 10m
5/2 - Willow trail 20m
5/7 - TC 1m
5/17 - City Trails Half Marathon
6/20 - Grandma's Marathon
7/4 - Red, White, & Boom Half Marathon
9/19 - Surly Trail Half Marathon
10/4 - TC Marathon
12/5 - St. Jude's Half Marathon9 -
janejellyroll wrote: »I love seeing the lists of planned races!
Here are mine:
2/8 - Valentine's Day TC 5K
3/21 - Hot Dash 10m
5/2 - Willow trail 20m
5/7 - TC 1m
5/17 - City Trails Half Marathon
6/20 - Grandma's Marathon
7/4 - Red, White, & Boom Half Marathon
9/19 - Surly Trail Half Marathon
10/4 - TC Marathon
12/5 - St. Jude's Half Marathon
@janejellyroll based on your race list, we're practically neighbors! Here's mine:
2020 Races
01/11/2020 - St Croix Winter Ultra (Volunteer)
01/25/2020 - Securian Half Marathon - St. Paul, MN
02/22/2020 - Pyscho Wyco 50K - Kansas City, MO
04/10/2020 - Zumbro Endurance Run (Volunteer)
07/11/2020 - Eugene Curnow Trail Marathon - Carlton, MN
07/25/2020 - Riverboat Days River Run 10K - Wabasha, MN
09/05/2020 - Outrun Homelessness 5K - Savage, MN
09/12/2020 - Superior Fall Trail Marathon
09/26/2020 - In Yan Teopa 10M - Frontenac, MN
10/04/2020 - Medtronic TC 10 Mile - Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
10/10/2020 - Heartland 100M - Cassoday, KS
10/17/2020 - Wild Duluth 100K - Duluth, MN
10/24/2020 - Glacier Hills Ultra 50K - Sioux Falls, SD or Surf the Murph 50M - Savage, MN
12/05/2020 - Alternate Chili 10M Trail Race - Kansas City, KS
Registered
Planned but not yet registered
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janejellyroll wrote: »I love seeing the lists of planned races!
Here are mine:
2/8 - Valentine's Day TC 5K
3/21 - Hot Dash 10m
5/2 - Willow trail 20m
5/7 - TC 1m
5/17 - City Trails Half Marathon
6/20 - Grandma's Marathon
7/4 - Red, White, & Boom Half Marathon
9/19 - Surly Trail Half Marathon
10/4 - TC Marathon
12/5 - St. Jude's Half Marathon
@janejellyroll based on your race list, we're practically neighbors! Here's mine:
2020 Races
01/11/2020 - St Croix Winter Ultra (Volunteer)
01/25/2020 - Securian Half Marathon - St. Paul, MN
02/22/2020 - Pyscho Wyco 50K - Kansas City, MO
04/10/2020 - Zumbro Endurance Run (Volunteer)
07/11/2020 - Eugene Curnow Trail Marathon - Carlton, MN
07/25/2020 - Riverboat Days River Run 10K - Wabasha, MN
09/05/2020 - Outrun Homelessness 5K - Savage, MN
09/12/2020 - Superior Fall Trail Marathon
09/26/2020 - In Yan Teopa 10M - Frontenac, MN
10/04/2020 - Medtronic TC 10 Mile - Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
10/10/2020 - Heartland 100M - Cassoday, KS
10/17/2020 - Wild Duluth 100K - Duluth, MN
10/24/2020 - Glacier Hills Ultra 50K - Sioux Falls, SD or Surf the Murph 50M - Savage, MN
12/05/2020 - Alternate Chili 10M Trail Race - Kansas City, KS
Registered
Planned but not yet registered
We're absolutely in the same neck of the woods! Glad to know I'm not the only person training in the snow. 0 -
hmm...RunningWarehouse wrote:Vincent,
We have exciting news - a Running Warehouse shipment is on its way to you!
I wonder what that could be? *whistles innocently*9 -
Camaramandy648 wrote: »@Elise4270 !!!! I SAW THOSE AND I WANT THEM! You'll have to keep us posted on how they are! And how the stability is!
I have a pair of them now. They are a few years old always hold up to yard work, mud, puddles and machine washings. I like them, other than the pods collecting rocks and acorns. I have some hip impingement that makes it difficult to get to the bottom of my shoe. I put up with it because do like them. They make me cuss though. Dang rocks.
I have narrow feet. I have a pair of A width boots that I can still put on and take off without unzipping, so I'm probably an AA width. I have high arches and the aforementioned hip issues. My nice tennis shoes, all birds, cause me to catch the toe occasionally as if they were to big. But I think its the fit and my hip issues, er tendency to turn my foot inwards. No such problems in the On’s. I hate now expensive they are, but they appear to be my shoe.
Dh has 2 pair, I don't think he liked them and went back to his adidas.2 -
@Teresa502 I signed up and requested to be on your RTY team. I'm not real computer savvy, so it wasn't intuitively obvious how to do it, but I did, I think.2
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I finally sat down and wrote out my goals for 2020.
2020 GOALS
1. Run 1300 miles. I ran 1295 in 2019 so I should be able to get this one.
2. Run the HM distance at least 3 times either in races or on my own. I am already signed up for one HM this
year.
3. Find a 10K race to run. There are never any around me so this one may be difficult.
4. Continue to do yoga at least 5 times a week.
5. Maintain my weight. I am mostly maintaining, but still losing very slowly. I am maintaining at around 114, but
my maintenance range is 115 - 120. I don't mind where I am, but don't want to go lower.
5. Be more patient with myself and others. This is always hard for me.
6. Do not let stress overwhelm me. This is hard for me too.
7. Clear out the clutter and have a garage sale. We tore down our free-standing garage in 2019 so I guess it will
have to be a "yard sale". We have so much junk and we keep saying we will have a garage sale. I am ready to
either have the sale or just dump it all into the trash dumpster.
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I just accepted your request to join the team! Yay!quilteryoyo wrote: »@Teresa502 I signed up and requested to be on your RTY team. I'm not real computer savvy, so it wasn't intuitively obvious how to do it, but I did, I think.
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Injury update - I ran today again with my 4:1 walk:run intervals. Still a little tightness in the hamstring but definitely improving and no pain. It felt good and I was tempted to run further than planned. But I stopped myself to make sure I don’t overdo it. If all goes well I should be back to continuous running for February.
2.18 miles for my current January total.
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janejellyroll wrote: »I love seeing the lists of planned races!
Here are mine:
2/8 - Valentine's Day TC 5K
3/21 - Hot Dash 10m
5/2 - Willow trail 20m
5/7 - TC 1m
5/17 - City Trails Half Marathon
6/20 - Grandma's Marathon
7/4 - Red, White, & Boom Half Marathon
9/19 - Surly Trail Half Marathon
10/4 - TC Marathon
12/5 - St. Jude's Half Marathon
Welcome to the thread! It’s funny, I’ve been reading your posts for ages and never realized you were a runner. At the St Jude’s you’ll be in my neck of the woods!0 -
That's good to hear, @emmamcgarity ! Are you doing anything else for your hamstrings, such as stretching or strengthening?
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According to my training plan my target for Jan is 135 miles - ha!
Back to back 10ks mean at least I am off to a reasonable start
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Yes! I’ve been doing strengthening exercises in a PDF I found online specific to hamstrings. I’ve followed the progression with those prescribed plans. I’ve also added general strength training from HASfit 3 times per week and I’m doing Leslie Sansone walk aerobics (just the 15 minute ones 3-4 times per week to include lateral movement. My pain was in the upper inside thigh where the hamstring meets the pelvis on the same side where I had the hip injury before. But this was much worse and I considered seeing a doctor at some point if no improvement happened.That's good to hear, @emmamcgarity ! Are you doing anything else for your hamstrings, such as stretching or strengthening?
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So this might be fun. I will try to update occasionally with my coach has for me to do - verse what I actually do.
This is my "light introduction week"
Reminder: Goal is BQ in Spring of 2021.
DAY :: PLAN :: ACTUAL
Monday :: REST :: REST
Tuesday :: Easy 8 Miles :: Easy 10 Miles
Wednesday :: REST :: REST
Thursday :: Easy 9 Miles :: Easy 10 Miles
Friday :: REST :: TBD
Saturday :: Easy 11 Miles :: TBD
Sunday :: Recovery 5 Miles :: TBD
Not formated great. Not sure how to do it better. Hopefully legible.10 -
January goal is to finish the 2 marathons for which I'm registered... that sounds easy enough, but with how my injuries have been going, I'm not so sure it is.
1/11/20 - Charlotte Marathon - Charlotte, NC
1/19/20 - Louisiana Marathon - Baton Rouge, LA8 -
I did it! I hit the submit button and am now officially registered for the Air Force Half Marathon in Sept! They asked for an estimated finish time. I have no idea, as I have never run further than 7.25 miles before. So, I guessed a hopeful 3 hours. I'm nervous, but excited.
I also joined one of the RTY teams today. I ran/walked 500 miles last year, so hopefully I will be able to do that, if not more, this year. I just need to stay as consistent as possible with my inconsistent life schedule.
Today, I had intended to run outside, but, after the horrible eating yesterday, my tummy was giving me all sorts of trouble. I'm surprised if you all didn't hear it grumbling this morning. It also started raining and I wasn't ready to be a beast yet this year. So, I did a treadmill run. I did 3 miles @6.0/5.5/5.0/3.8 mph for 3/3/3/1 minute intervals. Time required for said run was 33:23 minutes for an overall pace of 11:08. That's not bad for me. I have been mostly running for 4 minutes and walking 1 minute. I thought I would try running longer, especially on the treadmill. I figure 9 min/1 min run/walk doesn't completely blow the Jeff Galloway method out the door, even though he advocates less running before walk breaks. I'm sort of adopting his method to what seems to work for me. Outdoor running may still need to be somewhat closer to the 4/1 min intervals, at least for the near future. What today did show me was that I can run faster and then slow down so that I can run longer, and then slow down some more, walk, and repeat.
With the warm up and cool down walks, the total miles moving forward were 3.75.
On the Ninth Day of Christmas,
My workout let me see,
Nine minutes running
Eight hours with family
Seven thoughts of quitting
Six children sleeping
Five hills to run
Four falling leaves
Three black cows
Two tractor tracks
And a sweet bouncing boxer puppy.
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Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
01/01/20 :::: 4.3 :::: 4.3
01/02/20 :::: 4.9 :::: 9.2
Another two-part run today. A little over a mile warm-up on the treadmill before a class at the gym, then a run outside after work. It was supposed to be almost 50 degrees today, and I guess it was close to that but it was kind of windy and damp-feeling so not as nice as I hoped. Still, I'll take it for a January day.
A really terrifying thing happened at the gym this morning - a woman I know collapsed during her workout and was unresponsive. I witnessed them doing CPR and intubating her and that she was not conscious still when they transported her. I had just talked to her a few minutes before and I am just stunned that this happened and so very worried for her. I haven't heard any updates, I checked with my trainer and he hasn't heard anything either. It's just unreal and really scary.
That experience along with some quickly ramped up work stress has me not quite feeling the new year and I'm putting off my goal setting for a couple more days.14 -
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