November 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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11/3 – 5.03 miles
11/4 – 4.08 miles
11/5 – 4.06 miles
11/7 – 6.25 miles
11/8 – 4.60 miles
11/9 – 5.07 miles
11/11 – 6.22 miles
11/12 – 5.08 miles
11/14 – 12.05 miles
11/16 – 5.32 miles
11/18 – 5.39 miles
63.15 of 120 miles
Coldest morning so far this Fall (27F) but I was dressed ok for it and didn't get cold at all once I got out of the warm car and started moving.
@quilteryoyo – I don’t think I have ever dreamed about running. Definitely not a chariot race! Did you watch Chariots of Fire recently? 😊 My recurring dream theme always involves the cleanliness (or lack thereof) of bathrooms. I don’t know what that says about me but I do like a clean restroom!
Loving all your pictures @polskagirl01!
@Avidkeo – No medal for me either. @Camaramandy648 – have you received any shipping updates?
Welcome to the group @62Rich!
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Hahaha @Teresa502 . I have no idea why I would have dreamed about a chariot race. I saw Chariots of Fire in 1982, I think. Not since then. No Roman movies or anything. Funny that you dream about bathroom cleanliness. In my dreams, I seem to always be losing things...hats, shoes, clothes, my way to someplace familiar, etc. I'm sure there is some deep psychological thing there somewhere.2
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11/1 – 5 miles
11/2 – 10K Monday
11/3 – 3 miles with Champ
11/4 – rest day
11/5 – 10K
11/6 – 1.6 miles
11/7 – 9.25 Cathedral Caverns 15K trail race
11/8 – 4 miles – with Champ light recovery
11/9 – 3 miles – more recovery quads are screaming
11/10 – 5 miles
11/11 – 7 miles
11/12 – 3 miles with Champ
11/13 – 7 miles
11/14 – 2 miles
11/15 – 6 miles
11/16 – 10K Monday
11/17 – 3 miles
11/18 – 6 miles
82 (85.55) of 120 miles
Wow I earned my 7th Anniversary badge with MFP. I didn’t know they did that, kinda cool.
Few days behind, I'll try and catch up.
I had my yearly physical yesterday and happy all my blood work was good, she told me I lost 25 lbs since last year, which is good since I gained a bunch of weight before that. Slowly going in the right direction.
One of our local race directors decided to hold a high school “nationals” here since the “real” one was cancelled. There are over 900 runners entered from all over the country including quite a few of the top seeds in the country for the boys. I’m taking off Friday from work and have volunteered to do packet pickup all day Friday and Saturday morning, sell shirts and anything else he can find for me to do. Skip is coming home tomorrow for this so she’ll be helping out too. Excited for it.
Been chilly the last few days in the morning, today was 32F, had to get out my capris, so sad.
@camaramandy648 our schools go virtual with one in a district doing it and not another – depends on what is going on at the school. I haven’t seen my brother since 2018 and then only because Skip had a meet near him. I used to go to Florida all the time, but that was to see my Mom (he lived with her), after she died and I sold the house (he moved somewhere smaller) I have no reason to go. I work, he doesn’t, so he has all the time in the world to come here, he chooses not to.
@brittanystebbins95 the leash is something to look into.
Ha ha @HonuNui you are so right
@marisap2010 Garmin is rude.
@rheddmobile yipes not a good day for him at all
@mbaker566 glad you tests negative. Bob is a hoot!!
@polskagirl01 ah looked at your pictures, I hope you are wearing orange, isn’t that a deer tree stand?
Hi @62Rich
Races:
89.6 of 250 miles Yuletide MadnessMother’s Day Virtual 5K – done
Retro Run Virtual 5K – done
Rona on the Run - Virtual for St. Jude benefit - done
Keep Moving Huntsville - at least one mile a day 1 - 31 May - done
The Big Run - June 3 - done
NEGU virtual run - June - Team NEGU helping support kids with cancer - done
Big Foot Wild Thangs Trail Race 5K/10K – June 20 on the trails…all together like a real race - done
Run 4 on the 4th – Virtual 4 miles on 4th of July - done
ISS Virtual 5K in July – done
Jackalope Trail Run 4 miler – done
Flora-Bama 600K - Virtual race from Huntsville AL to the Florida Alabama state line in Orange Beach – done
Scooby Doo Virtual 10K - done
Skunk Ape 5 miler August 1 trail race in person – done
Pirate Challenge – 10 weeks mile challenge June – August – done
Chupacabra 10K/HM – August 22 - done
Running of the Bulls Virtual 5K – 9/14 – 30/2020 - done
The Pinhoti Trail Challenge 335 miles virtual – 1 Sept to 31 Dec – done
PinkPumpkin 10K – completed 10/30
2020 Liberty Road Challenge WWII soldiers journey from St. Mere Eglisde to Bastogne, Belgium – charity virtual run for the WII museum in New Orleans 716 miles team event 4 July – September – our team has finished
Space Race 400K Challenge 12 weeks running 248.5 miles to the ISS – August to November – done
Bridge Street HM Virtual – 10/24 – 11/7/2020 – virtual done
Halloween 5K virtual with Fleet Feet – 10/31/2020 - done
Yuletide Madness Oct 31 – Dec 31 2020
Oak Barrel Half Marathon – October – running virtual - done
Cathedral Caverns 15K trail race – in person - done
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Congratulations! I also had my yearly physical yesterday! I don't have my blood work results yet though and I definitely did not loose 25 pounds!skippygirlsmom wrote: »I had my yearly physical yesterday and happy all my blood work was good, she told me I lost 25 lbs since last year, which is good since I gained a bunch of weight before that. Slowly going in the right direction.
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Congratulations! I also had my yearly physical yesterday! I don't have my blood work results yet though and I definitely did not loose 25 pounds!skippygirlsmom wrote: »I had my yearly physical yesterday and happy all my blood work was good, she told me I lost 25 lbs since last year, which is good since I gained a bunch of weight before that. Slowly going in the right direction.
ha ha. I still need to lose the other 30 I found
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All!
Shipping Update:
The medals go out in the mail TOMORROW, 11/19/2020.
WHOOP WHOOP!
@Contrary_MaryM hahahahah I wish there was something to be on that would be longterm and safe, rotfl.
So yesterday. Run am, run pm (hill repeats), then lift.
I was beat, but I finished all of it.
Longer run this morning. Kinda slow because super freaking tired legs. But today is only 1 run, which means dinner with my non-crew (hahahaha) tonight and kids. Maybe a movie. Running once feels like a rest day.
But yes. The medals. They go out TOMORROW! Just a little bit longer now!8 -
@skippygirlsmom Yeah for the good bloodwork results AND losing 25 pounds. That's fantastic!
Thanks for the update @Camaramandy648 !1 -
11/1 Ran 3.0 miles – Walked 1.0 mile - Treadmill
11/2 Ran 3.0 miles – Walked 1.0 mile – Treadmill
11/3 Rest day – 11,626 steps
11/4 Ran 3.0 miles – Walked 1.0 mile – Treadmill
11/5 Helped saw wood – 11,266 steps
11/6 Ran 3.0 miles – Walked 1.50 miles – Field and Driveway laps
11/7 Roan Mountain 10K – According to Garmin, I actually did 6.33 miles
11/8 Rest day – 11,555 steps
11/9 Ran 3.0 miles – Walked 1.5 miles – Field and Driveway laps
11/10 No Run Day - Worked in the leaves
11/11 Rest day – 9,273 steps
11/12 Ran 3.5 miles – Walked 1.0 mile – Driveway laps
11/13 Rest day – 11,408 steps
11/14 Ran 3.6 miles – Walked 1.5 miles – Driveway laps and worked in the leaves again
11/15 Rest day – 11,484 steps
11/16 Ran 3.0 miles – Walked 0.75 miles – Treadmill and sawed wood
11/17 No Run – Walked 3.0 miles – Treadmill – 11,551 steps
11/18 Ran 4.0 miles – Walked 1.0 mile - Treadmill
I did get my steps in yesterday. So far, only one day under 10K.
Today, I did another easy treadmill run. I know you all probably think I am crazy because it was 50°F, sunny, with a light breeze outside and I chose the treadmill. Some days it's just easier.4 -
November Goal 63ish miles
11/1 off
11/2 lazy
11/3 4.12
11/4 4.08
11/5 snorkel 1 hour
11/6 2.85
11/7 3.68
11/8 off
11/9 off
11/10 3.57
11/11 3.39
11/12 off
11/13 4.00
11/14 off
11/15 heavy gardening
11/16 4.00
11/17 off
11/18 5.00
Total 34.69
Upcoming and current races:
Asics World Ekiden Virtual Relay (5k leg) 11/11/20
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quilteryoyo wrote: »@ContraryMaryMary I hope you are feeling better today.
@kgirlhart Super run. I love it when I'm not even trying and wind up with a faster pace than expected.
Welcome @62Rich !
@Avidkeo I've been wondering the same thing about the medals. It hasn't made it to E. TN yet. And I've only heard of the one that received theirs too. I'm glad your calf is better!
@polskagirl01 That's such a pretty place for a bike ride!
I have very vivid dreams. Last night I dreamed that I was running a marathon, which was part of a triathlon. The other two legs were swimming and a chariot race, with horses and chariots.
My goal was to finish the marathon in time to watch the chariot race. I had to stop to potty twice during the first mile - which took me more than 17 minutes and they were only counting moving time. Then, my dog had been running around and gotten covered in cockleburs and other sticky seeds. I had to spend some time getting the worst ones off so they wouldn't hurt her. When I started to go back to run again, I couldn't find my shoes and they had decided my timer wasn't working properly, so were going to change that. I looked and looked for my shoes and never did find them before I woke up.
Does anyone else have weird dreams about running?
Yup - should have been a sign I was stressing about my last race, I kept having dreams about it. In one I got to the start line to notice I was wearing my gardening shoes not my running shoes! Chariot racing sounds like a way better dream!5 -
48.7/90 miles
11/2: 5 miles
11/3: 3.1 miles
11/6: 5 miles
11/7: 6.5 miles
11/10: 5.1 miles
11/11: 3 miles
11/12: 5.2 miles
11/14: 7.6 miles
11/16: 5.1 miles
11/17: 3.1 miles
Logging 2 runs again. The weather here has been amazing this week. Upper 40's in the morning with highs in the mid 70's. It is my favorite weather! Got going a little too late for my run this morning, so I'll do it tomorrow after work.
There is a trail I run for easy runs and I see the same guy and 1 of his dogs when I do it in the morning. He has 2 - Hank and Maggie, both yellow labs. They are both really friendly and generally ignore me even though he has them off leash. He always says good morning because we are in TX and that's what we do here! Anyway, I ran into him yesterday out for the morning walk with Maggie and a woman I am assuming is his wife. I ended up passing them twice on my out-and-back and on the way back he says "We were just talking about how effortlessly you run." I told him thanks, but it doesn't feel very effortless! It made me feel good though. I often feel like I'm struggling and slow, but apparently to someone who doesn't run I appear effortless! I'll take it. 9 -
@quilteryoyo I have had a few dreams about running. Usually it feels like running on the moon with supper long floaty strides and none of the pain. And I'm usually in the woods. Oddly enough, I don't dream about running when I'm actually running regularly. The dreams have always popped up when I stopped for some reason.
@polskagirl01 You always seem to run/ride in the prettiest places!
@62Rich Welcome!
@Avidkeo I'm so glad to see you back to running without pain! Awesome!2 -
@Teresa502 let me know there was a good picture of me from the Roan Mountain 10K. First picture I have seen of myself with both feet off the ground - barely. So, I bought it.
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Awesome picture, I have that shirt @quilteryoyo
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quilteryoyo wrote: »@Teresa502 let me know there was a good picture of me from the Roan Mountain 10K. First picture I have seen of myself with both feet off the ground - barely. So, I bought it.
Being in a chariot race is fine, as long as you're Ben Hur. It's not so good if you're Messala.
I've never seen a race picture of me smiling. There's always a grimace of pain on my face.3 -
11/4: 1.6 miles
11/6: 1.5 miles + back and shoulders workout
11/9: 1.6 miles
11/14: 1.6 miles
11/18: 1.7 miles
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@quilteryoyo great picture! No, I don't have running dreams. Most of mine are about school, and I never know my schedule. EVERY DREAM I am lost and have no idea what class I am supposed to go to next. Yeah, subliminal messages there for sure.
@skippygirlsmom Yay for good blood work and losing the 25 lbs.
@martaindale that is an AWESOME compliment! I sometimes feel like I am running effortlessly, but in reality I know I look like Jerry Lewis
Thanks for the shipping update @Camaramandy648!
@avidkeo so glad to hear you are doing so well on your recovery!
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@Teresa502 I have the bathroom dreams, too! Like I need to use one but there is something wrong with it (co-ed, no doors, weird shapes or unstable when you try to sit on it, unclean in the grossest ways imaginable). Typically it happens when I really do need to get up and go, so I guess it's good that they aren't operational in the dream or I might go for real!
@skippygirlsmom it might be... but I seriously doubt anyone was hunting then, with the logging work going on, and the guys with chainsaws not far from the stand. Also hunting is not very popular here, and is highly regulated. But I did just go online and found all the dates and locations for all of the group hunting days for the rest of this season (they have to be approved in advance and published by the local government). It's at the most 2 days a month, spread across different locations, so avoiding it shouldn't be a problem. And I won't take the side paths anymore anyway because they aren't runnable. The main paths have enough people passing through that individual hunters are not likely to set up base near them.
@quilteryoyo the chariot race sounds awesome. Yes, I've had race dreams, too. My standard bad dreams have either tornadoes (started when I was a teenager, after a tornado destroyed a bunch of buildings in my boyfriend's town) and planes falling from the sky (you can guess when those started). Actually though, at this point either of those things now makes me realize I'm dreaming. When I'm stressed or in transition, I have more strange dreams. And sometimes I have really meaningful dreams, too.
@Camaramandy648 cool on the medals! I can't wait!
ETA @Scott6255 Oh man, I hate the school dreams. Usually I'm lost and realize I've missed a class all semester or something.5 -
quilteryoyo wrote: »@Teresa502 let me know there was a good picture of me from the Roan Mountain 10K. First picture I have seen of myself with both feet off the ground - barely. So, I bought it.
THAT is a great race picture!1 -
@martaindale That is a great compliment.
@Tramboman Maybe that's why I wanted to watch the chariot race and not be in it.
@polskagirl01 @Teresa502 and @Scott6255 I have all of those dreams too - needing to pee and can't find a workable/open bathroom, and school dreams where I am either lost and can't find my locker or building and realizing that I've missed a class all semester. And yes, I think stress is a factor in weird dreams. I had some really meaningful and helpful dreams after my husband passed away, once I analyzed them.
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