November 2021 Monthly Running Challenge
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re: Forum changes.
1. I've been through a handful of similar changes. Nobody likes everything, you get some cool new features and everyone forgets about the old format after about a month.
2. Android has 73% of the worldwide market share. How can you not test on that platform before you go to production?
Saturday: I did 6 miles through the Crabtree woods. I think those trails are becoming my favorite. Unfortunately, the park doesn't open until 7:30 or 8:00 (can't remember which), so it's not a viable option for weekday running.
Sunday: I put 13 miles on my schedule for today, but decided I should go ahead and do 13.1 cause...well, duh. Nice out and back on the ATT which is relatively flat and relatively straight. It was in the low 30s at the outset. Nice chilly run. I really enjoy cold weather running. The trail was pretty empty. The cyclist seem to stay away when it's cold, so it is just a few runners and walkers.
13.1 miles @ 9:25 pace. My longest run since December of 2016 when I did 13 miles at 8:25 pace (still have some work to do!).
42.3 miles for the week
83 miles out of 165 for the month11 -
I did a 2 mile time trial yesterday. The first mile I couldn't settle into a pace and it was 10:39 by the second mile I was at 10:02. Coach sent me all my paces, which are about where I have been in the past.
November: 40 / 80ish I would guess?
2021: 969 / 10008 -
14 Nov total 91.65 out of 150 goal. 192.71 left for run the year so need to avg 4.1 the rest of the year to complete on time. I am slightly ahead planning to coast to the end in Dec hopefully with about 3 per day required to meet it. I was pleasantly surprised today that my legs were not falling to pieces after doing 9 total miles running yesterday. They did feel a little sore in the middle of the night but were ok for my run today which I took very easy. Hard to believe Nov is almost halfway thru already! This is maybe the first time I have made a conscious effort to keep up with this thread. I dont comment as much as I maybe should but I do enjoy reading about everyone's adventures and runs!
1-Nov 5.03
2-Nov 8.23
3-Nov 5.15
4-Nov 5.03
5-Nov 6.01
6-Nov 8.18
7-Nov 5.01
8-Nov 7.18
9-Nov 7.11
10-Nov 5.00
11-Nov 8.22
12-Nov 7.17
13-Nov 9.11
14-Nov 5.22
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@katharmonic, Hope your half marathon went well today!
Today's training run was 60 minutes at 11:13-12:13 pace. It is such a pretty day with no clouds in the sky, so I decided to go run at the park by the river. There were a ton of people out. It was in the mid 40s when I started. With warmup and cool down, I ran 5.67 miles.
Miles for month: 25.288 -
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
11/01/21 :::: 1.0 :::: 1.0
11/02/21 :::: 3.1 :::: 4.1
11/03/21 :::: 3.2 :::: 7.3
11/04/21 :::: 2.1 :::: 9.4
11/05/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 9.4
11/06/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 9.4
11/07/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 9.4
11/08/21 :::: 3.1 :::: 12.6
11/09/21 :::: 1.8 :::: 14.3
11/10/21 :::: 3.0 :::: 17.3
11/11/21 :::: 3.3 :::: 20.6
11/12/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 20.6
11/13/21 :::: 3.1 :::: 23.7
11/14/21 :::: 13.2 :::: 36.9
Race report: One NY Half Marathon
I should apparently sign up last minute more often. Except for how expensive it was, it worked out well. It was a well done race, with lots of easy parking right by the start. The weather was overcast and a little chilly at the start, at about 39 degrees. I wore leggings and a long sleeved shirt over a short sleeved one, thinking I'd probably take of the long sleeves at some point, but I never did.
I ran with a good friend who had planned all along to do this race. When I texted her that I was doing it, I asked if she was planning to race to get a good time or she wanted some company and run together, she immediately said she would LOVE some company. She and I ran the Mountain Goat 10 mile race together 3 weeks ago and we've run many other races together so we know we are about the same pace, but she also pushes me a little more than I probably would run it myself (if not going for a PR or something). We had a lot to catch up on as the last 3 weeks have been pretty eventful so we chatted and filled each other in the whole time.
It was a good course, looping around Onondaga Lake which has only recently been possible to do because of the completion of the paved trail system on one side. It's still not 100% trail around and we had to go on some road on one end of the lake, but this is the first time I've actually looped the whole thing (even though I've run 3/4 of it back and forth more times than I can count). On the east side of the lake the wind across the lake was so cold, which it always is, that I had to put my gloves back on and was regretting not having something a little warmer. But then when we turned around the top of the lake and back down the west side trail out of the wind it was a lot better.
Our pace was surprisingly good for chatting constantly, and I realized in the last two miles that this was probably going to be my best half of the 2021 half marathon a month challenge. Not saying a whole lot because many of those were very slow, especially when I hurt my back in March, and most were not races but just running the distance. We kicked it a little at the end and my time was 2:19:34, so I was very excited to get in under 2:20. This is not close to a PR for me, but it is the best I've done in two years so I am very happy with that.
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7.1 mile trail run, average pace of 9:32 min per mile with 686 feet of elevation. Ran 5 of those miles running at 8 minute miles, as I'm trying to incorporate some speedwork into training.
Also, tested out my new trail shoes: Saucony Peregrine 11 which are nice, sturdy and comfortable.
November cumulative:
48.9 miles & 3,493 feet of elevation
Sorry to hear your legs are not back to normal @Scott6255. I've had a couple of months due to me falling ill/stress where I've not made my monthly goal of 100 miles and I lost my 2.5 year streak of doing 10,000 steps a day. I was of course disappointed and gutted, but it made me realise that sometimes I just need to slow down.
A forced rest due to injury is very difficult for us runners, but being forced to rest means I now have no knee problems at all.
Hope you get back to normal soon and you will be fully recovered in time for the New Year.8 -
Well my first night out in 18 months didn't work out and I got pinged to go and get a PCR test which is done and now to await the result! Oh well, I didn't want to go out really anyway
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@CarsonSurfs Nice running and congrats on your longest run in 5 years!
Nice @RunsOnEspresso !
@SummerSkier Glad your legs felt okay today after 9 miles yesterday.
@katharmonic Congrats on what sounds like a fun race and your best time in 2 years!
Nice run @sweetdaisy13 !
Oh no @TheMrWobbly ! I hope the test comes back negative.
I don't know if I'm being lazy or smart, but I didn't run again today. I did walk a mile on the treadmill at 3.9 mph pace. My HR remained low, so only burned 48 calories. Hardly seems worth the effort.
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November Goal: 100 Miles
11/2: 4.03 miles
11/4: 4.04 miles
11/6: 13.18 miles
11/9: 5.10 miles
11/10: 5.10 miles
11/11: 5.10 miles
11/12: 3.14 miles
11/14: 8.18 miles
47.87/100 miles completed for November
I am not really liking the new forums yet. I still need to go back and get caught up on the reading I've missed the last couple of days.
I did have a really nice run this morning. The weather was perfect. I ran 8 miles. I saw a deer standing on the side of the road. He just stood there for the longest time watching me approach and then he ran across the road and over a fence. I ran by to see Sunny the Donkey and I had a dog join me. This was a really pretty female blue pit bull. Luckily she only ran with me for a couple of blocks. I was really glad because I was fixing to cross the highway and I didn't want her to follow me. All in all it was a really good run.
2021 Races:
4/24/21: Run For The Children - 10K PR 55:46:28.
11/6/21: Run For 57th AHC Half Marathon - PR 2:07:11 and 1st in AG8 -
Sorry @Scott6255 about your shin pain. That really sucks 😞
@katharmonic great job on the race, sounds lovely.
I rode my bike to the school and back, and actually counted it as exercise. Not quite ready for running, but getting there 🙂7 -
@kgirlhart Glad you had such a good run and got to see Sunny! I was wondering about him the other day.
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11-1 7k easy
11-2 7k easy
11-3 7k slow
11-4 4k slow
11-5 7k sleasy (between slow and easy)
11-6 7k measy (between moderate and easy)
11-7 7k measy
11-8 7k sleasy
11-9 7k measy
11-10 7k sleasy
11-11 11k slow
11-12 7k sleasy
11-13 7k slow
11-14 7k slow
11-15 7k slow
November Total: 106k
November Goal: 180k
Mostly cloudy, mid 30s F, with a gusty southwest wind driving the occasional snowflake. Had about 2 inches of snow yesterday, so I got to see deer tracks and otter tracks. Legs are not liking this no rest November stuff. Wait until they find out they're going to be running daily until golf season starts up again in April!!!
@katharmonic Great job on your half!!!
When you pop in here claiming your December 2021 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
PUT THE FUN BACK IN THE RUN!
Return to a good running weight of 175 lbs (second attempt)
2021 Races:
6/26 Direction Up 5k, Solon, OH 31:48 chip; 31:59 Garmin; 53d overall; 2d male 65 and over
7/17 Run of the Ox 5k, Mantua, OH 32:19 Garmin; 44th overall; 3d place male 60 and over6 -
Happy Monday!
I had a crazy week last week as my youngest kiddo had to stay out of school and get tested due to being a close contact. Thankfully everyone is negative and healthy.
I'm plugging along still trying to reach my 1000 (176.4 to go) miles for the year. This will be my lowest mileage total in 3 years but I am finally feeling injury free
November 57.6/130
11/1 - 3.2
11/3 - 3.2 treadmill
11/5 - 5
11/6 - 2.6 + 8.5 trail run as part of my Rhode Island NST segment run
11/7 - 5 treadmill
11/9 - 5 pushing my kiddo in the stroller
11/10 - 3.2
11/11 - 3.1 treadmill (started a run streak for at least 10 days for the don't hug a runner yet challenge)
11/12 - 5 treadmill
11/13 - 7.7 trail run as part of my Rhode Island NST segment run
11/14 - 6 treadmill
Stay healthy everyone
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Got out this morning for a walk. My car was back in working order after about a month to get it fixed so I went into town so I could walk my favorite trails along the canal. I parked my car at the Cancer Center because when I got back from my walk I needed to drop of the crocheted afghans I made for the cancer patients. It’s a ministry I do. When I get through with the afghans I package them in a storage bag and put in a laminated 8 X 10 card with an uplifting scripture verse to bring them some hope and that they can also frame it.
Mileage for November:
11/11 2.0 miles walk
11/15 6.4 miles walk
Total miles walked 8.4 with my goal being 30 miles this month. I don’t like this new format
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Heart rate was all over the place this morning, despite an easy, controlled pace. I have no idea why.
11/1- 4 miles
11/2- 7.8 miles
11/3- Rest
11/4- 4.8 miles
11/5- 6.55 miles
11/6- 4.15 miles
11/7- 16 miles
11/8- 4.65 miles
11/9- 6.59 miles
11/10- 4.56 miles
11/11- 6.83 miles
11/12- Rest
11/13- 3.64 miles
11/14- 10 miles
11/15- 4.45 miles (40:00, 8:59/mile)
November To-Date: 84.02 miles
November Target: 158 miles
Percentage Complete: 53.18%
On Pace?: 5.02 miles ahead of pace
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I ended up missing my Friday and Saturday runs in favor of painting our downstairs family room. Seems my old body can't handle 6 hours of edging and painting ceilings on top of running. LOL. Back on the trail today.
November mileage:
R: 23.5/60
11/1 - 3
11/3 - 4
11/5 - 3
11/6 - 1.5
11/8 - 4
11/10 - 4
11/15 - 4
Total shoe mileage: 975 -
11/2 – 7.03
11/3 – 6.21
11/5 – 7.02
11/7 – 4.21
11/8 – 7.03
11/9 – 5.03
11/10 – 7.63
11/12 – 3.01
11/13 – 4.28
11/14 – 7.53 Battleship 12K
58.98 of 100 miles
So far behind on the posts!
Sunday Skip and I ran in the Battleship 12K in Mobile right near her college. We had a great time, this was without a doubt the straightest route I have ever run, pictures in spoiler. I got down to Mobile Friday night, we spent the day doing stuff together, like lunch picking up our packet etc. The weather said 37F at the start but sunny, I was okay shorts and short sleeve shirt, then someone told me over the water it’s really breezy on the bridge, okay shorts and long sleeve, wish I had the short sleeve, but I was still good. We started on the main street and went downhill about a mile going the opposite way on an off ramp to the “causeway” aka old 98 bridge to the Battleship Memorial Park. As you entered the park they gave you a small American flag to carry in, lots of American flags everywhere, great crowd support and they announced your name as you came to the finish. As usual I was running alone, Skip finished 30 minutes ahead of me. I was happy just running a long at my whole pace, lots of people who started out faster were walking so I passed bunches of people. I thought I’d finish in 1:45, I thought 1:30 would be a miracle, my watch said 1:36, but my chip time they sent me was 1:30.30. I did start my watch before I got to the start line when the starting cannon went off but don’t think it took me 6 minutes to get there. It’s all good, Skip’s time was weird too. She finished 5th is her AG and was happy with that, I was like 25th in mine, I was happy to finish good and run the entire race so win for us.
Races:
Spooktacular 5K – Oct 30th
Battleship 12K in Mobile – Nov 14th
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@skippygirlsmom great race!!!
@julieannegannon I love the afghan! When I lived in PA I was part of a group of ladies who gathered to make knotted blankets that mostly went to the Ronald McDonald House. I was in a separate group that hand-quilted quilt tops people brought to us. We had a long waiting list, and people had to pay a donation for our work, so we basically funded the materials for the blanket group. I was - by far - the youngest lady in the group, and they taught me so much about quilting and other things. I got good at it too and sometimes took on commission pieces on the side (like Grandma passed away and her kids brought me her old quilt tops and I'd get to finish them in the antique style). So many fun memories with those ladies.
Sorry I'm not talking about running 😝 Wednesday will be 2 weeks since my last run. Unless you count the almost 400 meters I did today before getting in the water at Polar Bear Club. Maybe I'll try a longer walk tomorrow.9 -
15 Nov total 98.17 out of 150 goal. 186.19 left for run the year so need to avg 4.05 the rest of the year to complete on time. I am slightly ahead planning to coast to the end in Dec hopefully with about 3 per day required to meet it. Trying to make sure I post every day to keep up a little... Really loving the pictures!
1-Nov 5.03
2-Nov 8.23
3-Nov 5.15
4-Nov 5.03
5-Nov 6.01
6-Nov 8.18
7-Nov 5.01
8-Nov 7.18
9-Nov 7.11
10-Nov 5.00
11-Nov 8.22
12-Nov 7.17
13-Nov 9.11
14-Nov 5.22
15-Nov 6.527 -
Short 4 mile run whilst eldest Son was at Karate training, very slow pace of 10:40 min per mile and 319 feet of elevation. Just 'not feeling it' today where every step from the start felt like hard work.
Also, now that it's dark at 4:30pm I hate running in the evenings. Just can't seem to get used to it and it just feels a lot more difficult. Doesn't make any sense as I can run the rockiest of trails, be ankle deep in mud etc, but there's just something about night running that I dislike.
Hopefully tomorrow's run will be better.
November cumulative:
52.9 miles & 3,811 feet of elevation.8 -
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@Scott6255 @quilteryoyo Thanks for your nice comments and sorry about your ailments.
30 minute run today on a cool and still morning. *Nearly* 4 km. Even a couple of little hills! Yay!
This was the last workout in Couch to 5K and I'm now supposed to be able to run 5 km but I'll do some intermediate runs before that.5 -
@skippygirlsmom @katharmonic great job on your races!
@julieannegannon very nice afghan, and such a nice sentiment.
Thanks for the hugs and suggestions. I've tried zero drop shoes before, but I didn't like them I know it takes awhile to acclimate to them, but I don't think they are for me.5 -
Nov total: 30.6/70 miles
11/2: 2.2 miles
11/3: 3.1 miles
11/5: 2.1 miles
11/7: 14 miles
11/10: 2.2 miles
11/14: 3.5 miles
11/15: 3.5 miles
My family went out to our hill country house this weekend. My kid had a climbing competition on Saturday in a town only 35 mins from the house, so it worked out perfectly! We got to see some friends that live out that way as well. My last 2 runs were on the hills, which I haven’t done in about a month. Yesterday’s was hillier and my calves reminded me that they were still a bit tired from the race last weekend. Today, I drove to a different part of the neighborhood that has more long rolling hills than short steep ones. It was gentler on my legs. It’s a nice change when I am running back to back days out there.6 -
@Tramboman I won't tell your legs if you won't. Nice consistent running.
@run_sara_run Glad everyone is healthy. Also glad you are injury free. 1000 miles for the year isn't anything to sneeze at. You've done great.
@julieannegannon Glad you got your car back and had a nice walk. That afghan is really pretty. We have a group at our church that crochets prayer shawls. I got one when I had my surgery. It's a great ministry.
@johnisrunning My HR can be all over the place too. Sometimes I think it may be my monitor, but when I check it manually, it is usually pretty close. I often wonder if it is due to not drinking enough water or something. Nice run though.
@mshawski Yea. You don't want to overdo and get injured. I'm sure the family room looks great.
Congratulations to you and Skip on your race @skippygirlsmom . You both did great.
@polskagirl01 I think I would have been running away from the water, not into it. LOL I think I must have missed something. Are you injured?
You're doing great @SummerSkier !
@sweetdaisy13 Way to get through a tough run. I think you did great, faster than I can run on my good days.
@Orphia Congrats on finishing the C25K!
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I wasn't supposed to work today, but one of the ladies was sick, so I went in from 10 - 3:30. I was in the 2-3 year old class today. They are very energetic. Fortunately, it was warm enough for us to take them to the playground this morning, so they ran most of their wiggles out. LOL After I got home, I did a run on the treadmill. It was supposed to be speed play today, but since I didn't run much last week, I decided to switch with tomorrow and do a foundation run - easy pace. I did run 4/1 minutes at 5.0/4.5 mph. I was pleased that it didn't feel hard, but I could feel my back tighten up. I'll be glad when I don't have to worry about that anymore. I ran 2.50 miles and walked one for warm up and cool down, total, at 3.8 mph.6
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Thank you @marisap2010, @quilteryoyo, @polskagirl01, @Tramboman and @Scott6255
@polskagirl01 I can't remember what you are recovering from? Hope you are back to running soon.
@scott6255 I couldn't get used to zero drop shoes either and had a lot of calf pain from them when I wore them for a longer run after I thought I'd adapted to them. I've struggled some with shin pain on and off but I'm not sure what triggers it or what helps. I had a bout of it a few months ago. Not terrible pain but very persistent and then it just went away. So I have nothing to offer but sympathy.
@skippygirlsmom great race. That is a very straight route. Glad you and Skip had a good day!
@quilteryoyo glad your run didn't feel hard today. Hopefully worrying about your back will be a thing of the past very soon.
I didn't run today - no time to get one in before strength training today. This week is crazy before I leave Thursday morning for DC. I'm not hopeful about getting much running in all week.5 -
Thanks @katharmonic . I hope so too. I hope you are able to have a fun trip to DC. Is it work related or fun or both.0
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quilteryoyo wrote: »Thanks @katharmonic . I hope so too. I hope you are able to have a fun trip to DC. Is it work related or fun or both.
@quilteryoyo it's for work - the presentation I mentioned I was throwing together, for a national convention. The presentation is *almost* done. Hopefully I will at least have some good food while I'm there! And relax in my hotel after the presentation is done.4 -
11-1 7k easy
11-2 7k easy
11-3 7k slow
11-4 4k slow
11-5 7k sleasy (between slow and easy)
11-6 7k measy (between moderate and easy)
11-7 7k measy
11-8 7k sleasy
11-9 7k measy
11-10 7k sleasy
11-11 11k slow
11-12 7k sleasy
11-13 7k slow
11-14 7k slow
11-15 7k slow
11-16 7k slow
November Total: 113k
November Goal: 180k
Went from partly cloudy to cloudy, low 30s F, with some ice that needed to be dodged. Only saw a couple of squirrels but a bunch of geese.
When you pop in here claiming your December 2021 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
PUT THE FUN BACK IN THE RUN!
Return to a good running weight of 175 lbs (second attempt)
2021 Races:
6/26 Direction Up 5k, Solon, OH 31:48 chip; 31:59 Garmin; 53d overall; 2d male 65 and over
7/17 Run of the Ox 5k, Mantua, OH 32:19 Garmin; 44th overall; 3d place male 60 and over6
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