January 2021 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • eleanorhawkins
    eleanorhawkins Posts: 1,659 Member
    @katharmonic the podcast is 'My dad wrote a porno'. Not for playing to young or sensitive ears though!
    We're runners, of course we're not tired of pee talk. In fact I really want to know what you think about the device, I've been thinking about getting something along those lines.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,547 Member
    @polskagirl01 That sounds really tough. You did great and good for you not worrying about being in last place! Hope you get to join the group and make some new running buddies.

  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,211 Member
    Re shewee or other female urinal devices
    They are an excellent idea - in theory. In practice the act of trying to pee while standing is incredibly difficult. I do urodynamics at work every month or so which we do ask women to pee while standing while taking xray images of them, and very few women can do it. We just aren't used to it. Realistically you need to squat a little to let the pelvic floor relax enough. Not to say it can't be done, it just requires practice and a bit of meditation.
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,211 Member
    ContraryMaryMary wrote: »
    January is done for me. Clocked 300.7km. My first 300km month ever. Stoked!

    Wow well done!
  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,873 Member
    January Goal – 100 miles
    1/1 – 3.1 (New Year’s Wake Up and Run 5k)
    1/2 – 10.07
    1/3 – rest + yoga
    1/4 – 5.12
    1/5 – weights
    1/6 – 5.35
    1/7 – exercise bike (12 miles)
    1/8 – weights
    1/9 – 10.03 miles
    1/10 – exercise bike (16 miles) + yoga
    1/11 – 5.11 miles
    1/12 – weights
    1/13 – exercise bike (11 miles)
    1/14 – 5.11 miles
    1/15 – 5.19 miles
    1/16 – 10.01 miles
    1/17 – 6.21 miles + exercise bike (13 miles)
    1/18 – 5.18 miles + weights
    1/19 – yoga + exercise bike (9 miles)
    1/20 – 5.03 miles + weights
    1/21 – 3.1 miles + exercise bike (8 miles)
    1/22 – rest
    1/23 – 13.39 miles
    1/24 – 5.01 miles
    1/25 – weights + exercise bike (8 miles)
    1/26 – 5.03 miles
    1/27 – 5.17 miles
    1/28 – weights + exercise bike (11.25 miles)
    1/29 – 5.13 miles
    1/30 – 10.03 miles
    Total – 122.37 miles

    Thanks for starting the February thread @Avidkeo!

    I joined a couple of friends at 7:00 am this morning when the temp was 22F. No wind and no snow. My fingers were cold the first couple of mile but they warmed up. The sun was nice once it popped out.

    @eleanorhawkins – I love listening to a good podcast. Laughter really is a great medicine.

    @Scott6255 – Big hugs to you for your life struggles. My work has been chaos but thankfully I have running water!

    Kudos to your @polskagirl01 for posting your run and putting yourself out there. Sounds to me like you did great just getting out there on those trails. Awesome half marathon streak!

    @quilteryoyo – as someone else said, it’s much easier to run in the cold than to walk. You’re doing a great pace on your walks and I love that your mom is getting out.

    @kirstymn - Interesting trail attire. And perfume? Ugh!

    Wahoo @ContraryMaryMary – great mileage!

    @kgirlhart – glad you are still able to get your morning runs in with the new job. Are you liking it? I know you wanted a bit more of a challenge.
  • martaindale
    martaindale Posts: 2,333 Member
    Some great runs the last few days everyone!

    @Avidkeo Seems like you are well on track for your HM.

    @Scott6255 Sorry to hear your plumbing issues are still dragging on. It sounds very stressful! I hate dealing with house problems.

    @quilteryoyo Your recovery seems to be going well and your mom is getting in on it too!
  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
    January Goal: Hike/Run the "A's" *

    1/1: 3.39 Afghanistan, Albania
    1/2: 2.41 Algeria, Andorra
    1/3: 2.05 Angola
    1/4 off
    1/5 3.25 Antigua (and Barbados)
    1/6 gobsmacked by events
    1/7 4.02 Argentina
    1/8 2.11 Armenia
    1/9 post covid vaccine: tired and achy
    1/10 4.05 Australia
    1/11 3.75 Austria and Azerbaijan
    1/12 2.00 Bahrain and Bangladesh
    1/13 off
    1/14 snorkel
    1/15 4.10 Barbados
    1/16 off
    1/17 4.60 Bermuda, Belarus and Belgium
    1/18 off
    1/19 3.25 Belize, Benin
    1/20 2.10 (no travel)
    1/21 off
    1/22 4.10 Bolivia
    1/23 off
    1/24 lazy
    1/25 4.10 Bhutan and Boznia/Herzegovina
    1/26 3.00 Botswana
    1/27 off
    1/28 2.80 Brazil
    1/29 snorkel 1.5 hrs
    So I was looking at this school of yellow tang....
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    ...and when I looked up I was stunned to find myself surrounded by a 30+ pod of spinner dolphins (a first for me in 20 years of snorkeling......)
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    1/30 3.50 Brunei and Bulgaria

    Total: 58.58
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    *So, my 2021 resolution is to hike/run all 193 (or 195 depending on your source) countries of the world this year. This could be difficult, since I don’t have a passport. But YouTube to the rescue! I have been using the site to take train “trips” recently, and have found them strangely motivating. Why not the world?

  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,188 Member
    @HonuNui Wow! That is awesome!
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    @ContraryMaryMary - Congratulations, awesome mileage!
    @Avidkeo - I have never thought about peeing standing up. I think it would be difficult to do!
    @kirstymn - I hope I am never that lady! Yikes I can't even imagine!
    @HonuNui - That is so awesome! Wow!! Just love your scuba pictures!

    Date..........Miles........Total
    01/01.......0.00.........0.00
    01/02.......6.26.........6.26
    01/03.......0.00.........6.26
    01/04.......4.40.......10.66
    01/05.......0.00.......10.66 - Peloton Full Body HIIT and Strength Training for Runners
    01/06.......0.00.......10.66
    01/07.......6.26.......16.92 - Peloton Fun Walk/Power Walk
    01/08.......3.36.......20.28 - Recovery Walk
    01/09.......6.44.......26.72 - Peloton Power Walk
    01/10.......0.00.......26.72
    01/11.......5.66.......32.38 - Run/Walk
    01/12.......0.00.......32.38
    01/13.......5.82.......38.20
    01/14.......0.00.......38.20 - Upper Body
    01/15.......0.00.......38.26 - Hot, Dry and Windy
    01/16.......3.76.......41.96 - Vaccine!!
    01/17.......0.00.......41.96
    01/18.......5.24.......47.20 - Hot and getting Windy
    01/19.......0.00.......47.20 - Peloton Pilates and Stretching
    01/20.......0.00.......47.20 - So hot and windy (again)
    01/21.......5.82.......53.02 - Ugh...
    01/22.......6.01.......59.03 - Almost perfect
    01/23.......0.00.......59.03 - + Strength Training at Home
    01/24.......5.05.......64.08 - Even more perfect
    01/25.......0.00.......64.08
    01/26.......5.73.......69.81
    01/27.......4.55.......74.36
    01/28.......0.00.......74.36 - nope
    01/29.......0.00.......74.36 - nope
    01/30.......7.08.......81.44
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    2021 Run the Year Team - LeftRightLeftRepeat 81.48/1256 miles (running and walking)

    2021 Planned and Completed Races
    09/11/21 - Surf City Half Marathon (rescheduled)
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,188 Member
    @Teresa502 So far I have been able to get my runs in before work. I have to get up earlier, but I am getting used to it. I do like the new job. It is a lot busier than my old job, but I am getting used to that too.
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    8 miles on Friday, a little faster than usual for a long run, otherwise nothing notable. Saturday was a lifting day so I should get one more run in for the month.

    The photos from the in-person winter series 3k are up and I am so glad we didn’t do it. Just too many people in the same place at the same time. Only one woman wearing a mask, runners spaced out about 10-20 ft, crowded check-in tables. Just gotta be patient a little bit longer until we get the vaccine!
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,547 Member
    @Teresa502 That's cold for a run. Glad you got some sun. It was cloudy all day here yesterday and we even got a surprise snow shower around 4 pm. Crazy weather. I'm glad mom is walking with me too. I used to tell her she needed to get some "intentional" walks in. She would laugh and say all of her walks are intentional - like she just didn't accidently walk into the kitchen or out to the barn to help feed the cows. I think she can tell a difference already. I know I see that she is getting faster, not that that is the intent, and going further before she has to rest.

    @martaindale Congrats on making your goal! Heat and humidity will slow you down. You did great! Good luck with the rock climbing. I have zero upper body strength, so that is not something I would attempt. Sort of wish I could.

    @HonuNui Great snorkeling pictures and love that you got to swim with the dolphins. Did any of them approach you? Was it scary? I think I might have been a tad bit terrified and awe struck at the same time.

    @marisap2010 You did great, considering all that life threw at you this month.


  • swenson19d
    swenson19d Posts: 789 Member
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    Re shewee or other female urinal devices
    They are an excellent idea - in theory. In practice the act of trying to pee while standing is incredibly difficult. I do urodynamics at work every month or so which we do ask women to pee while standing while taking xray images of them, and very few women can do it. We just aren't used to it. Realistically you need to squat a little to let the pelvic floor relax enough. Not to say it can't be done, it just requires practice and a bit of meditation.

    or fart right? cuz that's the way guys do it. :) Just popping in to stalk @shanaber a bit and see if she mentioned that book she's listening to, because I am procrastinating on everything else today. @Avidkeo Honestly, I pee in the shower just fine, no squatting required. Yes I know- I'm told that is a disgusting thing to do but honestly it's the rear germs that I think are worrisome, on soap, on the shampoo bottle, under my feet... I gotta go and am not getting back out to pp a tiny bit. Ya'll feel free to convince me otherwise, I'm open to being corrected.
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    101 and some change for January. On to February!
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,211 Member
    swenson19d wrote: »
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    Re shewee or other female urinal devices
    They are an excellent idea - in theory. In practice the act of trying to pee while standing is incredibly difficult. I do urodynamics at work every month or so which we do ask women to pee while standing while taking xray images of them, and very few women can do it. We just aren't used to it. Realistically you need to squat a little to let the pelvic floor relax enough. Not to say it can't be done, it just requires practice and a bit of meditation.

    or fart right? cuz that's the way guys do it. :) Just popping in to stalk @shanaber a bit and see if she mentioned that book she's listening to, because I am procrastinating on everything else today. @Avidkeo Honestly, I pee in the shower just fine, no squatting required. Yes I know- I'm told that is a disgusting thing to do but honestly it's the rear germs that I think are worrisome, on soap, on the shampoo bottle, under my feet... I gotta go and am not getting back out to pp a tiny bit. Ya'll feel free to convince me otherwise, I'm open to being corrected.

    Lol yeah true, I pee in the shower too. No shame haha. But that's with running water, and something I've always done. Pelvic floor muscles are notoriously shy (per the urology dr) and put them in a situation they aren't familiar with, and the clamp tight.
  • polskagirl01
    polskagirl01 Posts: 2,024 Member
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    swenson19d wrote: »
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    Re shewee or other female urinal devices
    They are an excellent idea - in theory. In practice the act of trying to pee while standing is incredibly difficult. I do urodynamics at work every month or so which we do ask women to pee while standing while taking xray images of them, and very few women can do it. We just aren't used to it. Realistically you need to squat a little to let the pelvic floor relax enough. Not to say it can't be done, it just requires practice and a bit of meditation.

    or fart right? cuz that's the way guys do it. :) Just popping in to stalk @shanaber a bit and see if she mentioned that book she's listening to, because I am procrastinating on everything else today. @Avidkeo Honestly, I pee in the shower just fine, no squatting required. Yes I know- I'm told that is a disgusting thing to do but honestly it's the rear germs that I think are worrisome, on soap, on the shampoo bottle, under my feet... I gotta go and am not getting back out to pp a tiny bit. Ya'll feel free to convince me otherwise, I'm open to being corrected.

    Lol yeah true, I pee in the shower too. No shame haha. But that's with running water, and something I've always done. Pelvic floor muscles are notoriously shy (per the urology dr) and put them in a situation they aren't familiar with, and the clamp tight.

    Has this urology doctor ever accidentally peed herself/himself while out running? No squatting necessary. I'm wondering whether someone who needs the device really has shy muscles. 😆
  • eleanorhawkins
    eleanorhawkins Posts: 1,659 Member
    polskagirl01 wrote: »
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    swenson19d wrote: »
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    Re shewee or other female urinal devices
    They are an excellent idea - in theory. In practice the act of trying to pee while standing is incredibly difficult. I do urodynamics at work every month or so which we do ask women to pee while standing while taking xray images of them, and very few women can do it. We just aren't used to it. Realistically you need to squat a little to let the pelvic floor relax enough. Not to say it can't be done, it just requires practice and a bit of meditation.

    or fart right? cuz that's the way guys do it. :) Just popping in to stalk @shanaber a bit and see if she mentioned that book she's listening to, because I am procrastinating on everything else today. @Avidkeo Honestly, I pee in the shower just fine, no squatting required. Yes I know- I'm told that is a disgusting thing to do but honestly it's the rear germs that I think are worrisome, on soap, on the shampoo bottle, under my feet... I gotta go and am not getting back out to pp a tiny bit. Ya'll feel free to convince me otherwise, I'm open to being corrected.

    Lol yeah true, I pee in the shower too. No shame haha. But that's with running water, and something I've always done. Pelvic floor muscles are notoriously shy (per the urology dr) and put them in a situation they aren't familiar with, and the clamp tight.

    Has this urology doctor ever accidentally peed herself/himself while out running? No squatting necessary. I'm wondering whether someone who needs the device really has shy muscles. 😆

    Accidentally... well I must admit I've had to start using a just in case pad recently for long runs. For some reason I can hold it in while running but as soon as I finish and slow to a walk I'm in trouble.
    I have never ever been able to pee outside. The thought that someone might see me makes it impossible, no matter how desperate I am. So I thought maybe one of those devices would mean I could stand against a tree with my back to the world or something. Probably still wouldn't be able to. I'll probably end up having to run in nappies lol
  • TheMrWobbly
    TheMrWobbly Posts: 2,541 Member
    Needing the loo mid-run is my biggest fear. I always do a loop near to where I live for the first 3/4 mile as it seems to... force the issue!
  • Teresa502
    Teresa502 Posts: 1,873 Member
    January Goal – 100 miles
    1/1 – 3.1 (New Year’s Wake Up and Run 5k)
    1/2 – 10.07
    1/3 – rest + yoga
    1/4 – 5.12
    1/5 – weights
    1/6 – 5.35
    1/7 – exercise bike (12 miles)
    1/8 – weights
    1/9 – 10.03 miles
    1/10 – exercise bike (16 miles) + yoga
    1/11 – 5.11 miles
    1/12 – weights
    1/13 – exercise bike (11 miles)
    1/14 – 5.11 miles
    1/15 – 5.19 miles
    1/16 – 10.01 miles
    1/17 – 6.21 miles + exercise bike (13 miles)
    1/18 – 5.18 miles + weights
    1/19 – yoga + exercise bike (9 miles)
    1/20 – 5.03 miles + weights
    1/21 – 3.1 miles + exercise bike (8 miles)
    1/22 – rest
    1/23 – 13.39 miles
    1/24 – 5.01 miles
    1/25 – weights + exercise bike (8 miles)
    1/26 – 5.03 miles
    1/27 – 5.17 miles
    1/28 – weights + exercise bike (11.25 miles)
    1/29 – 5.13 miles
    1/30 – 10.03 miles
    1/31 – 4.13 miles
    Total – 126.5 miles

    And that’s a wrap for January. I set my goal on the low side since it was January, but my Desert Storm Challenge motivated me to run on days that I may have otherwise ditched due to the cold.

    Oh wow @HonuNui! How neat those dolphins are – the fish too!

    @quilteryoyo – Our snow hit about 7:30 last night. We only got about an inch or so and it was a very wet snow. The rain today has washed most of it away.

    Congratulations to everyone for meeting goals, healing and tackling life head on!

    Upcoming Races/Challenges:
    CRAW (Circumpolar Race Around the World) – in progress
    Run the World Challenge – in progress
    Desert Storm 218 Miler Challenge (Jan 17 – Feb 28) – in progress
    Peyton’s Wild n Wacky 50k (March 13) - training
    Cooper River 10k (Sept 25)
    Marine Corps Marathon (Oct 31) – virtual again????
    Cade’s Cove Loop Lope (Nov 14)

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,547 Member
    @Scott6255 Congrats on your Jan mileage PR! That's fantastic! You did great getting in 10 miles in those conditions!

    @AlphaHowls You're running distances never cease to amaze me. Here's hoping that Feb will be less eventful.

    That is so cool @HonuNui !

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