December 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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@eleanorhawkins that is awful, I’m so sorry. You have so much to deal with right now. I really hope those results come through faster for you and that all is ok. Sending you lots of strength. X0
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@eleanorhawkins ...and breathe! Your daughter is lucky to have a great Mum to look after her. The sad state is as a race we are surrounded by way too many selfish, idiotic, brain-dead, hypocritical, dumb-*kitten* morons and your MIL merely part of the majority that continue to drag us down as a species. We can't worry about their contribution because stupid can't be taught. You can and I'm sure will make a positive difference today and everyday and the more we focus on sending positivity the more chance we have to overturn the muppets. Stay awesome!
On my side no running as all the routes flooded or just a muddy bog for the last couple of weeks so out on the bike when I can.7 -
2/12 - 1.84
4/12 - 1.84
6/12 - 1.74
8/12 - 1.88
10/12 - 1.94
12/12 - 2.08
14/12 - 2.2
16/12 - 1.86
17/12 - 2.59
19/12 - 2.26
22/12 - 3.19
23.42/ 30 miles for December
On track towards my goal and it looks like I might exceed!
My 1st 5km ever today and I'm brimming with confidence.
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@eleanorhawkins That is a really terrible situation you and your family have been put in. Huge hugs going out to you 😢0
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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
12-9 7k easy + resistance bands
12-10 7k easy-ish + yoga
12-11 7k moderate-ish + resistance bands
12-12 5k treadmill + yoga
12-13 7k slow
12-14 7k slow + resistance bands
12-15 rest + yoga
12-16 6k slow + resistance bands
12-17 5k treadmill + yoga
12-18 rest + resistance bands
12-19 7k slow + yoga
12-20 5k treadmill
12-21 7k easy + resistance bands
12-22 rest + yoga
December Total: 112k
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 total for 2020: 2065k
Regularly scheduled rest day today.
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 - Completed 12-12
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 4:47:014 -
Thanks everyone for all of the support. I'll try to comment more later. Mom and I, and my brother, are doing as well as can be expected. Mom is actually doing a lot better than I expected she would. I'm not sure it has totally hit her yet.
@eleanorhawkins I am so sorry that you are having to go through all of this. I do want to caution you though that the rapid test, at least here in the United States, is not very accurate. When we got ours we were told if we were showing symptoms and it showed positive, we definitely had it. If we tested negative, it didn't mean we were negative. I have heard anywhere from 60% - 80% false negatives with the test. I'm sure your daughter isn't going to be out and about without you anyway. Just wanted you to know. The other test is a lot more accurate. I really hope you all stay well and don't have it. My heart goes out to you and I wish I could bring you some food. Will your grocery stores deliver? Order takeout delivery? Friends bring things over and leave at the door? I will be praying for you. I can't imagine not being able to get out of your apartment for days. I'm so lucky to live on a farm where, even in quarantine, I could be out and about.
@Avidkeo I'm glad you are feeling better and didn't have IT. Hope you continue to heal.
I have skimmed all of the posts. I will try to comment more later. You guys are the best!
Oh, I almost forgot. I talked to the surgeon yesterday. The plan is for me to have my surgery on 8 January.14 -
03/12 2.68 miles
06/12 2.35 miles
15/12 3.12 miles
19/12 2.68 miles
22/12 3.18 miles
14.01 of 30 miles
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When I was looking at the Great Conjunction last night, I was thinking about @PastorVincent and how I would love to see the pictures he would have taken. I was able to see it, but no pictures as the trees blowing in the breeze kept getting in the way.12
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December Goal: 100 Miles
Revised Goal: 40 Miles
12/1: 6.08 miles
12/2: 6.21 miles
12/3: 3.76 miles
12/12: 2.51 miles
12/15: 4.07 miles
12/16: 3.21 miles
12/17: 3.02 miles
12/20: 6.51 miles
12/22: 5.15 miles
40.51/40 running miles completed for December
1322.40/1000 miles for Run the Year Team Pavement
I ran 5 miles this morning. It was a good run. I feel like my hip is finally better. It was a little cooler than I usually like, but it was a pretty and clear morning and there were lots of stars. I thought I might need a jacket, but I couldn't find my running jacket so I just wore sleeves and I was really perfectly dressed. I really was only planning 4 miles, but I was enjoying mysel so much I didn't turn around soon enough. I felt like I could run forever, but I had to get ready for work. It was nice to have a good run. And I made it to my revised goal. I won't make my original goal, but resting the hip was more important so I am still pleased.
@eleanorhawkins I am so sorry for all you are going through.
@quilteryoyo I'm glad your mom is doing ok. And glad you got the surgery scheduled.
2020 races:
11/7/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon6 -
Oh, @eleanorhawkins I'm so sorry for what you're dealing with. I hope you all are negative and stay healthy. Please ask for help from people, I'm sure there must be someone who can pick up some food and deliver? I can imagine how anxious the whole thing would make you feel. Sad to hear about your dad not understanding his diagnosis, I wonder if he doesn't remember being told? In any case, hugs to you.
@quilteryoyo glad to see you stop by and that you are all holding up ok for the most part. I hope things proceed smoothly towards your new scheduled surgery date now. More hugs to you too. Oh, and I'm glad you got to see the Great Conjuction, we had clouds here so no chance. Yes I can imagine PastorVincent sharing some photos of that.
@Faebert sorry about the lockdown there, it is so scary that's where things are again. But yet the vaccines are starting to roll out, so it's hard to know how this is all going to play out over the next months.
@avidkeo glad you are feeling better.
@rheddmobile I know I thought it, but I don't think I said congratulations on your last 5k of the year, with a PR! Yes, for sure this was not the year that any of us planned for racing or much of anything else. I hope that 2021 will see some happier things for everyone.
@polskagirl01 I think I missed that you are moving? Sorry about a stressful search for housing right now and I hope it works out quickly.
I keep getting lost in the thread so I'm sorry not to comment on everyone's updates. Thinking of you all.
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
12/09/20 :::: 1.9 :::: 34.1
12/10/20 :::: 1.8 :::: 35.9
12/11/20 :::: 5.5 :::: 41.5
12/12/20 :::: 5.3 :::: 46.7
12/13/20 :::: 3.3 :::: 50.0
12/14/20 :::: 2.2 :::: 52.3
12/15/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 55.3
12/16/20 :::: 4.1 :::: 59.4
12/17/20 :::: 3.0 :::: 62.4
12/18/20 :::: 8.1 :::: 70.5
12/19/20 :::: 5.2 :::: 75.7
12/20/20 :::: 4.5 :::: 80.2
12/21/20 :::: 2.2 :::: 82.4
12/22/20 :::: 4.5 :::: 86.9
Another treadmill run today. I forgot my watch so had to just rely on the treadmill data. I did 1.5 miles before yoga and then decided I should do a little more after. I ended up doing 3 more miles by talking myself into running for just one more song a few times. Hamstring seems to be pretty well recovered, thankfully.8 -
I learned a vital running lesson this week: if you decide to skip a scheduled 7km tempo test because it’s hot and humid and you’ve been super busy with school things and Christmas things and work deadlines and generally can’t be arsed as a result, your sadistic coach will simply reschedule it for three days later!
The test was supposed to be Saturday, and I did want to run, just not fast (tempo is not race pace, but a steady fast pace that you can maintain for a good amount of time). Instead I went for a longer aerobic (able to chat pace) run - 1:25 (14.5k) completely forgetting that Sunday is long run day so had to do 1:30 (15.3k) again the next day. I got Monday off but the dratted tempo test reappeared in my schedule for yesterday. I thought I best just do it and get it over with, even though I still didn’t really want to.
Unfortunately, my husband had to go to work early, and as it’s school holidays, that meant I couldn’t run in the cool of the morning. I didn’t want to run in the heat and sunshine when he got home at two, so headed out at 6:30pm. It was still pretty warm and really humid but there was good cloud cover so it wasn’t too bad.
The run comprised 15 mins warm up, 7km at tempo pace, then 15 minutes cool down for a 12km total in 66 minutes. The tempo part was hard. And slow. But no surprises there.
Today was another 1:30 aerobic run and because we were heading away on holiday mid-morning, I went out at 6:30am. Two runs of this size 12 hours apart was hard mentally (I consequently cut it 10 minutes short but still clocked up 13k.) Legs were much better than expected, and there’s probably another lesson in there somewhere.
I’m now cosied up in a bach (holiday house) at Waihi Beach (a tiny town, unsurprisingly, on the beach). I have yet another hour’s run tomorrow but I’m really looking forward to it - it’s nice to be somewhere different. At the beach. On holiday.
Happily, evil trainer has scheduled a rest day on Christmas Day, which I will duly spend replenishing all those spent carbs with champagne and trifle.12 -
I haven't said a lot about it, but it's been a long process of deciding and visiting potential locations all summer, and working out details. Same country but different city, a 6-hour drive from where we are now. We've been searching for months and thought it would take a miracle to find what we were looking for in the current market... but we went yesterday and came back with a signed rental contract for the one available house we'd found. It seems like a perfect fit for us. It's a huge relief, but also is basically the start line for a lot of things I now need to get done. My mind is racing with excitement and planning out how to make the space mine. But first, I need to enjoy Christmaskatharmonic wrote: »@polskagirl01 I think I missed that you are moving? Sorry about a stressful search for housing right now and I hope it works out quickly.
I had planned a long run, but it didn't take long to realize that just wasn't happening today. Combined travel stress, lack of sleep, etc resulted in the 5k I did being half running, half hiking through the woods. Just getting some movement and time outside was perfect for today.8 -
@ContraryMaryMary enjoy your holiday! Love running somewhere new, especially with a beach! Post some pics so we can live vicariously on a warm beach with you.
@polskagirl01 so fantastic that you found something perfect, what a huge load off before Christmas and the new year. Enjoy your holiday and then your new place!
I'm feeling pretty mixed about the holiday. I'm happy to take some time away from work responsibilities for sure. It's funny because every year I stress about not really wanting to travel to visit family at the holidays and this year I would sure do it if I could. I have no real plans or anything for Christmas or new year's, but I hope to do a couple of fun things at some point - one of them being to take my first downhill skiing lesson! I skiied one time in high school which I think went pretty terribly so I'm really nervous but excited.
On today's agenda though - making my own salted caramel vodka 7 -
@katharmonic that sounds good. i hope to make some ginger pear jam and maybe some coffee syrup to use as gifts.
i missed yesterday's run. and i was planning on running this morning. but it was thundering. speed demon doesn't do thunder. so we didn't go. which is good because there was a robbery/shooting where we would have been running at the time of our run. 2 people were shot. kinda thankful for the cruddy weather.9 -
@kgirlhart Glad you had such a nice run!
@rheddmobile Congratulations on your PR for the 5K. That's fantastic.
@katharmonic Great run. When I run on the treadmill, I always rely on it for the distance, but my Garmin for calories burned. Enjoy your skiing lesson. I haven't skied in years, but really enjoyed it when I did.
@ContraryMaryMary Wow! That's a lot of running. So glad your coach is giving you Christmas Day off. Isn't that special.
Enjoy your vacation at the beach!
Congratulations on finding the perfect house @polskagirl01 !
@mbaker566 Wow! Glad you didn't go. That could have been disastrous! I hope those who were shot are okay.
Not sure what Christmas is going to bring here. Mom and I were planning to go to my niece's for our family Christmas, but if the weather prediction is accurate, we won't be going anywhere. They are calling for rain Thursday, with falling temperatures, turning into snow and a low of around 12°F. That will mean a layer of ice with about 3 inches of snow on top. If that happens, I am going to try to walk to her house so she/we won't have to spend the entire day alone. Normally, I would be excited about a white Christmas. But, not this!9 -
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
12-9 7k easy + resistance bands
12-10 7k easy-ish + yoga
12-11 7k moderate-ish + resistance bands
12-12 5k treadmill + yoga
12-13 7k slow
12-14 7k slow + resistance bands
12-15 rest + yoga
12-16 6k slow + resistance bands
12-17 5k treadmill + yoga
12-18 rest + resistance bands
12-19 7k slow + yoga
12-20 5k treadmill
12-21 7k easy + resistance bands
12-22 rest + yoga
12-23 7k slow + resistance bands
December Total: 119k
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 total for 2020: 2072k
Mostly cloudy, mid 30s F, and a good breeze from the south. Hate running in the wind ALMOST as much as I hate intervals -- not that I've run any intervals lately.
@quilteryoyo Not sure if you're sharing your weather with us or we're sharing our weather with you, but either way, it's not good weather. Don't know if I mentioned it, but my older daughter lives in Murfreesboro.
@polskagirl01 Happy you were able to remove a significant stressor before the holidays.
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 - Completed 12-12
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 4:47:015 -
12/1 – 6 miles
12/2 – 10K day
12/3 – 4 miles
12/4 – 4 miles
12/5 – 7 miles
12/6 – 6 miles
12/7 – 3 miles
12/8 – 4 miles
12/9 – 7 miles
12/10 – 5 miles
12/11 – 9 (4 road and 5 trail)
12/12 – 3 miles
12/13 – 7 miles
12/14 – 1 mile – ugh
12/15 – 10K day
12/16 – 0
12/17 – 10K
12/18 – 5
12/19 – 6
12/20 –7
12/21 – 10K day
12/22 – 0
12/23 – 4 miles
112 (115.38) of 125 miles
Falling off my running at bit, back in the office, so back to 4 am wake ups to run, but my knees have been hurting, sore. I know it’s tendinitis because Skip has had it before. I finished my Yuletide challenge so I figured the next week or so I’ll back off alitte and give them some rest and love.
@Faebert sorry about the lockdown. Try to enjoy your holiday, it’s very scary.
@Avidkeo glad you are feeling better, sorry it took so long to shake it.
@eleanorhawkins wow when it rain it pours huh? I just can’t tell you how sorry I am with everything that you have going on. Your poor dad what the hell. Do you have a home delivery service you can use for shopping? I know it’s not ideal but might help. Hang in there, I know it’s easy for me to say. Hugs.
@quilteryoyo you are always in my thoughts. Glad your surgery is back on.
Great job on the yearly mileage @kgirlhart – you made me to look at mine. I’m at 1,172 for the year which I’m really proud of since the first 3 months I ran like 60 total.
@polskagirl01 moving is without a doubt one of the most stressful things you have to do. Is it very expensive to live there?
@ContraryMaryMary ha ha mean coach.
@katharmonic funny you said that, it’s so true, now that you can’t go you want to go. Last year we spent Christmas just Skip and I in New Orleans and it was great.
OMG @mbaker566 everything happens for a reason right. Glad you were home and safe
I don’t know if I told you all a sex offender moved on the next street. I run passed his house every day. Turns out Skip knows him, ugh, he was the resource (cop) officer at her school. OMG just give him access to the kids. He actually had a “consensual” relationship with the high school girl (just no!) but when that came out, relatives came out and his had abused younger children in the family WTF! Anyway the other day it looked like things were gone off the front porch and I thought I wonder if he’s moving. He did. The killer is when he got out of jail he moved in with a woman with 3 young kids. WTF woman!
Races:Mother’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
Virtual Turkey Trot 5K – done
Downtown HSV Charity run 5K – done
Rudolph Run 5K – 12/17 - done8 -
50 posts behind, but I got caught up!
@quilteryoyo It's been such a hard few weeks for you guys. I hope your family is feeling ok and I'm glad to hear you got a new surgery date.
@rheddmobile Great race and PR even in the slippery conditions.
@polskagirl01 So glad to see you found a new place! This time of year is hard to get anything done, even moreso this year with holidays plus COVID.
@Camaramandy648 ouch! Hope you heal up quickly.
@shorkster You're doing great!
@kgirlhart Glad your hip is feeling better
@Teresa502 Congrats on your AG finish! Re: the bonk run. What exactly is the point of doing that on purpose? Did the challenge give any insight into why you would do that to yourself?
@eleanorhawkins I'm so sorry to hear about your family struggles. This year sucks. Unfortunately so many people fall into this trap of thinking people they know are ok/safe and then the people around them end up paying the price. I'm hoping you and your husband test negative and the rest of your family recovers ok.3 -
@Tramboman I did not know that your daughter lives in Murfreesboro. That's cool. Yeah, the weather is going to stink I'm afraid.
@skippygirlsmom That's scary about the sex offender. I'm glad he's moving. I don't know what women think whey they let someone like that move in with them and their children. I guess they believe his story when he says he either didn't do it, it was consensual, or that he won't do it again. It's sad all the way around.
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The guy running the challenge (Jason Greene) is an ultra runner. He said the goal is to train your body to use alternate fuel sources. He said "Mixing this type of run has helped me feel better in those 50Ks that take me way longer than they should."martaindale wrote: »@Teresa502 Congrats on your AG finish! Re: the bonk run. What exactly is the point of doing that on purpose? Did the challenge give any insight into why you would do that to yourself?
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