December 2020 Monthly Running Challenge

mbaker566

someone snapped her collar and broke her tags, so i got the old girl a new collar but found these tags.

Speed Demon has a new tag coming too, got it thru her microchip company.

kgirlhart

@quilteryoyo I am so sorry to hear your results. You and your parents are in my prayers.

skippygirlsmom

@mbaker566 great tag

ContraryMaryMary

24 degrees Celsius, 78 percent humidity, wind gusts up to 50kph. Not my favourite kind of running weather.

Sky is all kinds of moody. Thunderstorm coming methinks.

mbaker566

ContraryMaryMary wrote: »

24 degrees Celsius, 78 percent humidity, wind gusts up to 50kph. Not my favourite kind of running weather.

Sky is all kinds of moody. Thunderstorm coming methinks.

very foreboding looking

martaindale

mbaker566 wrote: »

ContraryMaryMary wrote: »

24 degrees Celsius, 78 percent humidity, wind gusts up to 50kph. Not my favourite kind of running weather.

Sky is all kinds of moody. Thunderstorm coming methinks.

very foreboding looking

This is some of my favorite weather. Even the temp would be pretty good for Houston - that's fall!! I love the prestorm time. It feels electric.

Kimbeers

12/1: 2.3 miles- much easier without the jogging stroller and baby
12/3: 2 miles- discovered today that my jogging stroller has very flat tires
12/7: 2 miles- what a difference with air in the tires! I went from running about 11’30”-12’00” miles to doing 10’45” average per mile today.

skippygirlsmom

@Kimbeers that is a huge difference in pace, I wonder if I need air in my tires

quilteryoyo

Love the new tags for Moose @mbaker566 . Speed Demon is going to be jealous until his gets there.

@ContraryMaryMary Those skies do look ominous, but cool.

I'm wiped out. Went with mom and dad to the urgent care today - in separate cars so I wouldn't expose them. I was able to help with their paper work. There was a 3 hour wait, that turned into 4 hours. We really couldn't go anywhere because if you weren't there when it was your turn, you got skipped and we couldn't "go" anywhere since I knew I was positive and they had been exposed to me. So, we sat there. It was hard. Once they were called in it only took about 10 minutes for them to come back out. They both tested positive too. Mom is pretty much asymptomatic. I'm just feeling a little out of sorts and wouldn't think anything about it if I didn't know I had CoVID. Dad is having some chills and breathing issues, but not severe. He's going to keep watch on his oxygen levels and go to the hospital if it drops too low. I hope we all survive the next 10 days relatively unscathed.

kgirlhart

Oh @quilteryoyo I am so sorry. I hope your mom stays asymptomatic and you and your dad don't get any worse.

katharmonic

@quilteryoyo I'm so sorry and sending all the positive vibes and virtual hugs to you and your parents. Did you talk to your surgeon today too? You are all in my thoughts.

@ContraryMaryMary great race and fantastic pics. That looks beautiful and the heat looks kind of inviting right now too, but I'm sure it was tough. Great job.

@marisap2010 hope that you weren't exposed at work.

@mbaker566 that's a great tag. Love it

@skippygirlsmom thank you! $15 shipping is reasonable for all of that. I'm going to think about it seriously. Love that as a goal for the year, when we don't know what's going to be happening in terms of races for some time yet I'm sure.

And my coach definitely agrees with the philosophy of working on distance to increase speed, but speed will not increase distance. He always says he'd much rather never see us at speedwork and know we're out there running consistently and with long runs once a week than see us at speedwork and we aren't doing the daily base runs or keeping up the long run.

Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
12/01/20 :::: 2.2 :::: 2.2
12/02/20 :::: 3.7 :::: 5.9
12/03/20 :::: 3.5 :::: 9.5
12/04/20 :::: 9.1 :::: 18.6
12/05/20 :::: 5.0 :::: 23.6
12/06/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 26.7
12/07/20 :::: 3.6 :::: 30.2

I took Stella out for a run for about 2.2 miles in the late afternoon. Poor girl, I rushed her along a little more than she wanted (a lot more actually, she would stop a million times if I let her). Then i headed to the gym for strength training, I had a little bit of time to warm up so I did another 1.4 miles on the treadmill.

quilteryoyo

@katharmonic Thanks. I forgot. I did talk to the surgeon, and, as expected, the surgery is off. They were going to reschedule it for 30 Dec, but when I got back from Urgent Care with mom and dad they had left a message and said they aren't allowed to schedule anything further than 2 weeks out, so will have to wait until next week to schedule it. I may just have them wait until the first week of January, even though I am getting anxious about it and every little pain I think is going to be an issue.

Tramboman

@quilteryoyo Praying everything turns out well.

HonuNui

December Goal Do something every day....

12/1 2.50
12/2 3.05 and deep mucked the chicken coop
12/3 1.35
12/4 4.06
12/5 1.00
12/6 4.05
12/7 1.50

Total 17.51
@quilteryoyo You and your parents are in my prayers.

shorkster

2/12 - 1.84
4/12 - 1.84
6/12 - 1.74
8/12 - 1.88

7.3 / 30 miles for December

Morning guys, hope you're smashing it! Literally freezing here today but I still went out before sunrise.
Thanks everyone for the words of encouragement, you have helped me enormously. Ran for 3 mins longer, got a little further, I'm happy I'm nearly a quarter way through my goal.
Slow and steady wins the race as they say, 4mph seems to be my comfort zone so I'll stick to that until I've finished the app. Then I need to try and run as far as 5k.!!

marisap2010

@quilteryoyo I am so sorry to hear that your parents tested positive as well. I hope for a quick recovery for all of you.

It seems that my COVID work fears were all gossip. The officer who was spreading the news did give me the side eye yesterday, so I am wondering if someone higher up confronted her - I sure hope so.

Tramboman

12-1 rest + yoga
12-2 7k treadmill + resistance bands
12-3 7k treadmill + yoga
12-4 7k slow + resistance bands
12-5 7k slow + yoga
12-6 7k slow
12-7 7k easy + resistance bands
12-8 rest + yoga

December Total: 42k
December Goal: 170k

January Total: 161k
February Total: 167k
March Total: 181k
April Total: 191k
May Total: 200k
June Total: 156k
July Total: 180k
August Total: 172k
September Total: 176k
October Total: 189k
November Total: 180k

2020 Total through November: 1953k

LIVE countdown to 2020k in 2020: 25k remaining

Cloudy, low 30s F, with patchy freezing drizzle. Good day for a rest day!!!

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 - Completed 10-11
Stretch goal: If I can average 169k per month, I can run 2020k in 2020
Run the Year Team: Pavement Pounders -- Completed 9-29

2020 races:

9-8 to 9-13 "Virtual Boston with Vincent" Time goal 5:15:00; actual time 4:47:01

mbaker566

if you already have a blister on the back of your heel, how do you protect the area when you run again?
a rock got in my shoe and now i've got a broken blister.

polskagirl01

mbaker566 wrote: »

if you already have a blister on the back of your heel, how do you protect the area when you run again?
a rock got in my shoe and now i've got a broken blister.

I'm not sure, but if it was me, I'd probably try to get some sort of bandage on it, and only run if I could do so without pain or messing up my gait.

@marisap2010 that's great news, for you, the inmates, and your coworkers (except maybe the gossipper, but we can hope a lesson was learned).

@shorkster keep going! The first few (maybe 8?) weeks were the hardest for me. I had told myself I just wanted to get through C25K and then could decide whether to continue or not. Once I got through it and realized I really could run 5k, I was hooked.

Today was long run day. It was cold, and I was fine the first half, then got colder as time went on. The buff pulled up over my nose doubled as a mask and a face warmer. Some guy literally stopped to see if I needed a ride. I said no, I'm running, on purpose, and the look on his face was priceless. He thought I was absolutely crazy. Maybe he was right. I did have an extra hat, gloves and a light jacket in my hydration pack, but never did stop to get them out. I know this is only the beginning; it's going to get colder. But I'm glad I could get the whole run in today at one time. Ended up with 29 km and felt good other than being ready to be out of the cold.

December Goal - 100 Miles

katharmonic

@mbaker566 moleskin is supposed to be good for that. I would bandage or tape over it with KT tape myself (although that might hurt to remove).

@quilteryoyo the ups and downs of this waiting game and the worry must be so hard for you. I hope you can concentrate on some rest and recovery for you and your parents right now. Hope everyone had a good night and is breathing easy.

Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
12/01/20 :::: 2.2 :::: 2.2
12/02/20 :::: 3.7 :::: 5.9
12/03/20 :::: 3.5 :::: 9.5
12/04/20 :::: 9.1 :::: 18.6
12/05/20 :::: 5.0 :::: 23.6
12/06/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 26.7
12/07/20 :::: 3.6 :::: 30.2
12/08/20 :::: 2.0 :::: 32.3

Treadmill warm-up before yoga today.

Ugh, I'm having some high hamstring pain again. I think the running I did on Friday and Saturday, faster than my usual pace, kind of irritated things and then Saturday's strength class added to it. I've been kind of in denial about it but last night and today things are painful, especially the start of a run and any stretching of the back of the leg. I'm foam rolling it and I just scheduled a massage for tomorrow, hoping that helps.