February 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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My running goals for 2020 are to build up endurance and speed while staying healthy. Strength goal - lose body fat and gain some muscle and work on flexibility.
February goal : 60 miles
Race: Cap 10K in April
Date/Distance:
2/1 - Yoga/strength day
2/2 – 7.1 miles
2/3 – Slow Flow Yoga
2/4 – 4.2 miles
2/5 – Walked 1.5 miles, Strength Circuit
2/6 – Ran 2.5 miles on treadmill, cycled at gym
Monthly total – 15.3 miles
Stayed inside today due to the cold. Hip is pretty uncomfortable – not sure if it’s the flexor, tendonitis, bursitis, psoas, yada yada yada. Really don’t feel like spending $1000s for a diagnosis – just hoping its overuse (? – don’t run that much) or tightness or new strength routine. Trying to roll, stretch, ice, advil. I will need to deal with it if gets worse. Do I get the Debbie Downer award or what lol?
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My running goals for 2020 are to build up endurance and speed while staying healthy. Strength goal - lose body fat and gain some muscle and work on flexibility.
February goal : 60 miles
Race: Cap 10K in April
Date/Distance:
2/1 - Yoga/strength day
2/2 – 7.1 miles
2/3 – Slow Flow Yoga
2/4 – 4.2 miles
2/5 – Walked 1.5 miles, Strength Circuit
2/6 – Ran 2.5 miles on treadmill, cycled at gym
Monthly total – 15.3 miles
Stayed inside today due to the cold. Hip is pretty uncomfortable – not sure if it’s the flexor, tendonitis, bursitis, psoas, yada yada yada. Really don’t feel like spending $1000s for a diagnosis – just hoping its overuse (? – don’t run that much) or tightness or new strength routine. Trying to roll, stretch, ice, advil. I will need to deal with it if gets worse. Do I get the Debbie Downer award or what lol?
How old are your shoes? Might be time for new?
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@emmamcgarity
Pretty new unfortunately - 2 months. Wearing Asics Gel Kayanos - found them when I had plantar fasc. and they really seemed to do the trick. I also have orthotics. But have thought about maybe some Hokas. I only trail run so no road time. But good idea to think about.1 -
Blizzard 2020, central Texas
As a Northern we would call that a Dusting not a blizzard. And the cloths on the line would be like sheets of plywood - frozen solid. But for people who don't live in a winter environment I can understand the sentiments.
Yes I am still lurking around. Plantar Fasciatis healed up = 5 months of frustration/torture.
Now the struggle ( 90% mental ) to rebuild.
Of course any time I get a twinge below the knee I go on High Alert ready to bail out of activities.
I used to be HM ready now a 5k is a slog at 37-39 minutes when easy train pace was 30-32 mins.
Great goals and support from everyone as always.
Now to head over to the pool for Adult swim club.13 -
@emmamcgarity
Pretty new unfortunately - 2 months. Wearing Asics Gel Kayanos - found them when I had plantar fasc. and they really seemed to do the trick. I also have orthotics. But have thought about maybe some Hokas. I only trail run so no road time. But good idea to think about.
I’m also not a fan of spending $1000 for a diagnosis. Does your gut say overuse? Have you increased mileage recently?0 -
@emmamcgarity
Pretty new unfortunately - 2 months. Wearing Asics Gel Kayanos - found them when I had plantar fasc. and they really seemed to do the trick. I also have orthotics. But have thought about maybe some Hokas. I only trail run so no road time. But good idea to think about.
Take the orthotics out of your kayano. They are not designed to wear with them, and are supposed to do the job of the orthotics. It may be that the stability of orthotics on top of the stability of the shoes are causing your issues. The timing would fit that as well.4 -
juliet3455 wrote: »I used to be HM ready now a 5k is a slog at 37-39 minutes when easy train pace was 30-32 mins.
I really, really empathize with this. Most of the last year has been wanting to get back to half marathon shape but being stuck struggling with the 5K.6 -
I got sleeted on! We had an easy 5k on the schedule, ended up pushing it a little harder than we should have (and learned we are really sadly out of shape, my husband has my strep throat now) and were walking afterwards when ow ow ow right in the face like a bunch of little stinging needles! So we ran back to the car.
It’s probably not going to stick since it’s 33 degrees but it’s currently snowing.
We ran at the Wolf River Greenway and saw a deer family right next to the road. At rush hour! I hope they have enough sense not to play in traffic. We also saw a lunatic. When we arrived it was just us - Memphians are not into running in winter weather unless you count emergency runs to the grocery store - and one other car in the parking lot. We wondered who it would turn out to be. We were about halfway through our second mile and I was saying, “It’s not bad out here except for my face, this damp freezing mist with the wind is a little much though,” and my husband was saying, “I’m good except that my gloves are wet and my fingers are freezing,” and here comes an older gentleman wearing nothing but running shoes and tiny shorts, with his long-sleeved shirt tied around his waist, running hard in the opposite direction! I don’t know if he had recently arrived from a much colder climate (maybe Skyrim?) and Memphis felt warm to him, or if he had lost his mind due to hypothermia, or if he had just decided the heck with it, if I have to be out here I’m going all in! Like those guys who do the ice jumps.8 -
Hi...I don't know if I'm doing this right or not but I would like to join, please. Thank you.11
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rheddmobile wrote: »I got sleeted on! We had an easy 5k on the schedule, ended up pushing it a little harder than we should have (and learned we are really sadly out of shape, my husband has my strep throat now) and were walking afterwards when ow ow ow right in the face like a bunch of little stinging needles! So we ran back to the car.
It’s probably not going to stick since it’s 33 degrees but it’s currently snowing.
We ran at the Wolf River Greenway and saw a deer family right next to the road. At rush hour! I hope they have enough sense not to play in traffic. We also saw a lunatic. When we arrived it was just us - Memphians are not into running in winter weather unless you count emergency runs to the grocery store - and one other car in the parking lot. We wondered who it would turn out to be. We were about halfway through our second mile and I was saying, “It’s not bad out here except for my face, this damp freezing mist with the wind is a little much though,” and my husband was saying, “I’m good except that my gloves are wet and my fingers are freezing,” and here comes an older gentleman wearing nothing but running shoes and tiny shorts, with his long-sleeved shirt tied around his waist, running hard in the opposite direction! I don’t know if he had recently arrived from a much colder climate (maybe Skyrim?) and Memphis felt warm to him, or if he had lost his mind due to hypothermia, or if he had just decided the heck with it, if I have to be out here I’m going all in! Like those guys who do the ice jumps.
It snowed supposedly where I live too, but was gone when I left work. So basically it didn't snow... I had heard when I moved here that it doesn't snow here. And so far that has proven true. If I ran yesterday, though, it would have also been in shorts and maybe long sleeves. It gets just as hot here in the summer, but there are no winters here apparently. Meanwhile, my co-workers in southern VT (another facility in same division of company) are supposed to get a big winter storm. Back where I am from in Iowa, it sounds like they are having a mild winter relative to location.2 -
2-1 7k easy + yoga
2-2 11k slow
2-3 7k easy + resistance bands
2-4 rest + yoga
2-5 7k slow + resistance bands
2-6 7k slow + yoga
2-7 rest + resistance bands
February Total: 39k
February Goal: 140k
January Total: 161k
Snowing today. Good time for a scheduled running rest day.
Next year when you pop in here claiming your December 2020 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
Return to a good running weight of 175 lbs
Run at least 4 5k races
Get a 5k PR
Average at least 138k per month, to meet my Run the Year pledge of 1,020 miles
Run the Year Team: Pavement Pounders6 -
@rheddmobile
lol. we always a few of those up here in wisconsin.
@jmuriel13 welcome. of course, it's the right thing. there is a lovely depth of experience and knowledge here. and we don't bite.
got home from teaching last night and went straight to bed. 4 or 5 miles tonight4 -
T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »rheddmobile wrote: »I got sleeted on! We had an easy 5k on the schedule, ended up pushing it a little harder than we should have (and learned we are really sadly out of shape, my husband has my strep throat now) and were walking afterwards when ow ow ow right in the face like a bunch of little stinging needles! So we ran back to the car.
It’s probably not going to stick since it’s 33 degrees but it’s currently snowing.
We ran at the Wolf River Greenway and saw a deer family right next to the road. At rush hour! I hope they have enough sense not to play in traffic. We also saw a lunatic. When we arrived it was just us - Memphians are not into running in winter weather unless you count emergency runs to the grocery store - and one other car in the parking lot. We wondered who it would turn out to be. We were about halfway through our second mile and I was saying, “It’s not bad out here except for my face, this damp freezing mist with the wind is a little much though,” and my husband was saying, “I’m good except that my gloves are wet and my fingers are freezing,” and here comes an older gentleman wearing nothing but running shoes and tiny shorts, with his long-sleeved shirt tied around his waist, running hard in the opposite direction! I don’t know if he had recently arrived from a much colder climate (maybe Skyrim?) and Memphis felt warm to him, or if he had lost his mind due to hypothermia, or if he had just decided the heck with it, if I have to be out here I’m going all in! Like those guys who do the ice jumps.
It snowed supposedly where I live too, but was gone when I left work. So basically it didn't snow... I had heard when I moved here that it doesn't snow here. And so far that has proven true. If I ran yesterday, though, it would have also been in shorts and maybe long sleeves. It gets just as hot here in the summer, but there are no winters here apparently. Meanwhile, my co-workers in southern VT (another facility in same division of company) are supposed to get a big winter storm. Back where I am from in Iowa, it sounds like they are having a mild winter relative to location.
Oh, but this was the "snow" we got overnight. And that is the most I have seen all year, and not even enough to be able to say it actually snowed.
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192 posts behind.... Lord.
I'll have to be quick here - work is crazy, new girl has the flu, so instead of doing the extra work of training, I'm just doing all the work. It's fine in that it means a lot of extra hours, but it doesn't leave a lot of brain power for much else.
I managed some strength training this week, but no running. My hip has been driving me crazy with pain (inflammation, I think) and my ankle has been tender all week. I'll get back out tomorrow and see how it goes.
I've done mostly fantastic with my diet this week. I haven't eaten a lot of junk - not nearly as much snacking - my breakfasts have been rolled oats, kefir, blueberries, cinnamon, toasted almonds and coconut, and a tiny bit of organic maple syrup. Lunches have been chicken thighs, rice, asparagus, sweet potatoes, and a little bit of butter for the rice.
By the time dinner hits, I am not even that hungry!
In that regard, it's been a good week. I checked my plan to see just how far behind I am with training and it looks like if I stay on track right now, I'll still be done with the plan two weeks before my marathon. So I'm going to stop beating myself up over missed weeks and things that didn't get done.
I can't wait for warmer weather. I walked the dog in 23 degrees this morning and it wasn't awesome.7 -
@emmamcgarity
Yes....just started going 7 miles on Sundays in the past couple of weeks - could be that although hip didn't hurt until this week.
@Avidkeo
Actually have had orthotics for 10 years (big pronator)- these ones for 3 and podiatrist checked them and my shoes recently. He's a marathoner. And have been running with this set up for 2 years so not sure I can blame them. Thinks its probably new strength routine and added mileage my gut tells me, coupled with "aging sucks" lol. I will keep icing, resting, stretching, rolling along.....4 -
2/1 - C25K week 4, day 2 complete
2/2 - walk/rest
2/3 - C25K week 4, day 3 complete
2/4 - walk/yoga
2/5 - walk/rest
2/6 - C25K week 5, day 1 complete
2/7 - walk/yoga
Into week 5 of the program, and I can't believe how good I feel as the runs slowly get longer! My joints seem to be acclimating really well. Through the first few weeks, I could feel some soreness in my knees for a day or two after running, but that is pretty much gone now. I'm almost to the first long run with no walking, and I can't wait to try it!13 -
Welcome @jmuriel13
2/1: 6m
2/2: 4.25m
2/3: 2.25m
2/4: 3.25m
2/5: 6m
2/7: 4m
I'm going into my 5k tomorrow with no specific goals, mostly because I'm not quite sure what the ice situation is going to be (I'm hitting some icy patches on my regular route). I'm struggling to remember the last 5K I even ran, it's been more than a year, I think.10 -
So we've had some excitement yesterday. Major thunderstorm with tornadoes, heavy rain and wind. Enough that they closed school early. A lot of people lost power, fallen trees, flooding etc. Some still don't have power and high winds today again, and schools are closed.
No run today as it was a rest day anyway.
The race is tomorrow, but I wonder what condition the course will be in as it starts on soccer field and then on the dirt trail (not technical) around the soccer park. The ground is really saturated, and like I said many fallen trees and limbs.
I'll know more at packet pick up this afternoon then I guess.
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