November 2021 Monthly Running Challenge

sweetdaisy13

5 mile run yesterday with running club. Did a sprint work session and had an average pace of 8:20 min per mile, but was mostly running 8:06 during the efforts. I don't like sprinting, but I enjoyed it and sometimes I need to go out of my comfort zone.

November cumulative:
80 miles & 5,830 feet of elevation

SummerSkier

@rheddmobile check in please!

polskagirl01

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate!

We did an easy version of Thanksgiving this year - mostly pre-made store-bought stuff, and split the preparation work with hubby so neither of us had to stand around in the kitchen for too long. No guests - son's entire class is now under quarantine orders anyway. The food was good and it didn't wear us out making it. Perfect. Hubby is still tired but getting better. I'm feeling alright, tired and somewhat sore, but mostly just paranoid that every single [perfectly normal] movement I feel in my digestive system could be the stone moving. I have an appointment in a week, so will hopefully know more then.

I did go to Polar Bear Club today and the water was colder than last week (1 or 2°C) but felt good, and actually maybe helped with the soreness. Did my first warmup by dancing in place, then ran in circles a bit after my first few minutes in the water, and felt fine. So I may try a treadmill walk/run tomorrow, if I feel like it. No hurry, but if it feels good, maybe it will help.

katharmonic

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
11/15/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 36.9
11/16/21 :::: 3.0 :::: 39.9
11/17/21 :::: 2.2 :::: 42.0
11/18/21 :::: 6.1 :::: 48.1
11/19/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 48.1
11/20/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 48.1
11/21/21 :::: 4.1 :::: 52.2
11/22/21 :::: 2.3 :::: 54.5
11/23/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 54.5
11/24/21 :::: 3.2 :::: 57.7
11/25/21 :::: 3.2 :::: 60.8

I did an unsanctioned turkey trot with a few friends this morning and then went to the Turkey Burn class at the gym. It was a tough class with 4 different stations that had 3 exercises each. Each station was 8 minutes long and you had to do as many rounds as possible during that time. One of the hardest was doing sandbag burpees, as if I didn't hate regular burpees enough.

After that I mostly have been relaxing, took a nice nap, and then took the dog out for a long walk. Now I'm getting ready to eat back a lot of those calories.

rheddmobile

SummerSkier wrote: »

@rheddmobile check in please!

Not dead yet! Haven’t run since I’m unable to get an appointment until the holiday weekend is over but I did a lifting workout and my heart rate stayed normal.

polskagirl01

Did my little 15-minute weight machine routine today, and 2 km on the treadmill. Felt really good. Now I'll take a nap to balance things out.

Tramboman

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
11-17 7k sleasy
11-18 5k treadmill
11-19 7k sleasy
11-20 7k slow
11-21 7k easy
11-22 7k slow
11-23 7k easy
11-24 7k sleasy
11-25 4k easy
11-26 4k slow

November Total: 175k
November Goal: 180k

Cloudy, low 30s F, with a little light snow driven by a gusty west wind. I'm thinking Thanksgiving food accompanied by wine is not particularly good running fuel.

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 over

quilteryoyo

@skippygirlsmom I hope you are enjoying your time with Skip - alone. I totally understand how you feel. Sometimes, you just need some alone time with the ones you love.

@Teresa502 Sorry the booster got you down. Glad you are feeling better now.

@rheddmobile So sorry to hear about your ER visit and how awful it was. I pray that you are doing better and this is a one time event. I feel so bad for that family and everyone who was in the ER that day. It's crazy how "bad" they have become.

@martaindale Sounds like you found a great place for speed work. You are doing great. Hope you are enjoying your time in the hill country.

@WhatMeRunning What the doctor told you is scary.

@kgirlhart Your encounter with the cat is funny...and scary. Glad you and it were both okay in the end.

@shanaber Sorry the free shoes aren't you favorite, but, they were free! I like the color. Hobbes and Beaux are too cute. Glad neither of you were hurt in the fall. I think that is what we are all exercising for this month.

@Tramboman You are doing great. Have your legs gotten used to the idea of running everyday? Black squirrels? Is that the norm in your area. Most here are grey. My red fox jumped across my driveway right in front of my car the other day, then I saw a coyote zooming across the neighbor's field at the end of my driveway. That same day, mom almost got run over by two deer who ran across my driveway right in front of her as she was walking up here to take care of Tippy when I was at work. It's that time of year, I guess. Hahaha about Thanksgiving food and wine not being good running fuel. It is good sleeping fuel though.

Glad to see you are on the run @AlphaHowls . I was just thinking that I hadn't see a post from you lately. Hope all is going as well as it can be at this point.

@Scott6255 Running in those winds on Thanksgiving......I'm sure you did get a good workout. I would have opted for the treadmill cuz I'm a wimp.

@polskagirl01 I'm glad your DH is feeling some better and that you aren't having any pains from the kidney stone. I know what you mean about thinking every "normal" feeling isn't normal. That happened when I knew I had the aneurysm. It's hard to not have those thoughts. I hope the stone passes without pain. Polar Bear Club - you're a beast. Is it every week?

My back is still not allowing me to run much. It's better, but not normal. I did walk 5K yesterday on the treadmill. I'm beginning to really need some exercise for my mental stability. Walking one mile isn't really doing it. I'm going to try running a mile today and see how it goes.

You all are doing great and I am thankful for each and every one of you. Your friendship and support mean more to me than you will ever know.

SummerSkier

Black Friday 26 Nov. I hit 1900 miles today for Run the Year. At 163.4 for the month out of 150 so going to have a really pretty decent month.

I have also challenged myself to see if I can get all the rest of my splits under 10 min miles. If I do that I will have almost exactly 50% of my miles at that pace. It's funny the little challenges we present to ourselves.

Pretty chilly but the winds were light today and I was dressed for it. I still cannot imagine running more than a half every single day. wow... Many years ago I began to realize I always felt crappy on my next day runs after drinking or over eating at Thanksgiving or other celebrations. Alcohol specifically seems to effect me and dehydrate me. Plus honestly it makes me mopy. So I don't drink. LOL. I like the special holiday foods like cranberry sauce etc but I work to fit it all in to my calorie goals for the day.

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 6.52
16-Nov 5.21
17-Nov 7.09
18-Nov 4.62
19-Nov 5.01
20-Nov 7.2
21-Nov 6.04
22-Nov 5.08
23-Nov 6.58
24-Nov 5.06
25-Nov 8.27 (amended with 2nd run)
26-Nov 5.21

polskagirl01

quilteryoyo wrote: »

@polskagirl01 I'm glad your DH is feeling some better and that you aren't having any pains from the kidney stone. I know what you mean about thinking every "normal" feeling isn't normal. That happened when I knew I had the aneurysm. It's hard to not have those thoughts. I hope the stone passes without pain. Polar Bear Club - you're a beast. Is it every week?

Thanks - I'm glad I'm not the only one with every little thing potentially being something serious. Hopefully I'll feel better after my appointment.
Polar bear club is twice a week. Meetings aren't very long - most people do 2-3 minutes at a time with jogging/dancing before and in-between to warm up, maybe 3 sets, then they run back to the lockerroom to get dried off and changed. There are all ages, but most are older than me. I've only been 4 times this season though because of how everything has gone this month. Not the best for getting acclimated, but everyone else reacted to the colder water yesterday the same way I did, so I guess I'm not doing too bad. The kids love it, although daughter spends more time on the steps with just feet in the water. That hesitation actually makes it harder IMO - you've just got to go into the water in one confident movement. It definitely gives you an endorphin boost!

kgirlhart

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
11/15: 3.14 miles
11/16: 5.25 miles
11/17: 5.3 miles
11/18: 5.05 miles
11/19: 3.32 miles
11/21: 9.50 miles
1123: 5.28 miles
11/24: 5.60 miles
11/25: 5.02 miles

95.33/100 miles completed for November

I knew I probably wouldn't get a chance to post yesterday and I didn't.  But I did run.  There are never any Turkey Trots around here, and traveling for a race on Thanksgiving doesn't work for me. But I did get out and run 5 miles before starting the day. It looked pretty outside,  but it was cold and extremely windy.  So I both enjoyed and didn't enjoy it. 🙃 I did run by and see Sunny the Donkey.  It was nice to be able to sleep in a bit and run when it wasn't dark. I had a nice Thanksgiving. I ate way too much, but enjoyed the day with my kids and my mom and all of my sisters and some of the nieces and nephews. I think we ended up with about 25 people.  I also got to see my "granddog", Ein the Corgi. So all in all a great holiday.  And I am off until Monday so looking forward to that. I should be able to get the last 5 miles in and meet my goal of 100 miles for November. 



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 AG

quilteryoyo

I hope you will feel better after your appointment too @polskagirl01 . I agree, if you are going to jump in cold water, do it all at once. Easing into it makes it easy to just say no. LOL

Yeah for a great Thanksgiving @kgirlhart . Excellent running too and seeing Sunny is a bonus!

Teresa502

November 1 – 7.32
November 3 – 5.30
November 5 – 5.60
November 6 – 3.06
November 7 – 7.5
November 8 – 7.1
November 10 – 8.02
November 12 – 5.06
November 13 – 3.51
November 14 – 10 (Cade’s Cove Loop Lope)
November 17 – 4.97
November 20 – 3.1 (YWCA Turkey Trot)
November 21 – 6.04
November 24 – 5.12
November 24 – 5.03
November 25 – 8.52
Total – 95.26

I ran with a friend to celebrate her birthday today. We ran 8 ½ miles to the Pinnacle Fire Tower (elevation gain 3781 feet). It wasn’t too cold when we started – around 34F but at the top of the mountain the wind was blowing and it was at least 10 degrees colder.

@katharmonic – 8 minutes is a long time to be doing burpees! Sounds like a burner indeed!

Glad you are feeling better @polskagirl01 and glad your heart rate is behaving @rheddmobile.

Hope you had a great birthday @AlphaHowls!

Congrats on 1900 miles ytd @SummerSkier!

Did you get to run @quilteryoyo?

quilteryoyo

I did get in a treadmill run today to test out the back. I walked half a mile warm up and cool down and ran a mile at 4.5 mph. It felt ok. I did feel a bit of a twinge while running, so it's probably good that I stopped at 1 mile today. I also did the exercises the chiropractor wants me to do. I find that the "bird dog" pose "hurts" my back, but only when I raise my left leg. I say hurt, but it isn't a stabbing pain, more like a dull ache. Hopefully, I'll be okay in the morning. If so, I may try for a little bit of a longer run and see what happens. I really need to burn more than 140 calories, or fewer, when I exercise. The calorie intake certainly isn't waning these days.

polskagirl01

@quilteryoyo I hope your back will behave and you'll soon be able to run as much as you want.

Someone mentioned squirrels 😁 In PA we always had grey squirrels, and then I moved to Poland and at some point my preschooler needed a squirrel costume. So I made one, using a grey furry piece off of an old coat for the tail, and cute grey ears. Oops. Apparently they thought it was a cat costume, because here squirrels are orange. Sometimes they're black. They have cute furry ears.

picture from Google
Just like the illustrations in the Squirrel Nutkin book.

Tramboman

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
11-17 7k sleasy
11-18 5k treadmill
11-19 7k sleasy
11-20 7k slow
11-21 7k easy
11-22 7k slow
11-23 7k easy
11-24 7k sleasy
11-25 4k easy
11-26 4k slow
11-27 7k slow

November Total: 182k
November Goal: 180k

Cloudy, low 30s F, with just a little wind. The geese were flying around; the squirrels were back out foraging; and I even saw a small flock of robins.

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 over

quilteryoyo

@polskagirl01 That's funny about the squirrel costume. Love the picture. The red ones are definitely prettier than the grey one's we have here.

martaindale

@polskagirl01 The red squirrels are so cute! I love their fluffy ears! We also have the grey ones and when we were in DC I remember seeing a lot of black ones that are quite a bit smaller than the ones we have in TX.

@shanaber I also think of the movie The Holiday every time I hear about Santa Anna winds. I’m not sure I knew they were a thing until I watched that movie.

@SummerSkier Sounds like a nice challenge you have set up for yourself. I know where most of the mile and half mile markers are in my neighborhood but quarters are a little tougher. Doing shorter speed work in the past has usually meant paying more attention to my watch than I really like while running.

Glad to hear everyone enjoyed their holiday. We did not do a traditional Thanksgiving this year because no one in my family loves the traditional food and it’s a lot of work for me if no one is dying to eat it. Maybe next year things will work out better to have the whole family together. This year it was just the 3 of us plus a friend from work that doesn’t have any family in town. I have made some delicious food this week and plenty of dessert!

Nov total: 65.4/70 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
11/17: 4.8 miles
11/18: 3.1 miles
11/20: 7 miles
11/22: 4.1 miles
11/23: 4.5 miles
11/25: 3.3 miles
11/26: 8 miles

Thanksgiving day I had a short easy run. Like a couple others mentioned the winds were crazy ahead of a cold front. Why does it always feel like 20 mph winds are in your face on uphills and behind you on downs? Like an 8-10% grade hill isn’t hard enough without a stiff wind in your face!? I ran this without my phone and the GPS tracking was nonsensical, estimating over 8 miles and then 35 when I “corrected” it in strava, so I just deleted the run and put in a manual entry. At least I had it plotted out before I took off because I was really running blind. I don’t know the distances very well out here yet and I’m still trying to explore some different routes to figure out what I like.

I moved my Long run to Friday because the weather today is lows in the low 40s and rainy all day long. Generally, I like running in the rain, and I like running in the cold, but I’m not sure I want to run in the cold rain. It was beautiful yesterday and my husband needed to run as well, so we went to a part of the neighborhood he hasn’t run much and did the first 4 miles together and then I wrapped up the second 4 alone. His pace is significantly slower than mine, and that works out well for me here, because I think if I tried to do my long runs at their usual pace, the hills would really kill me. Running with him forced me to slow down significantly, and I actually felt pretty fresh at the end of the 8 mile run. Compared to my home neighborhood, there are very few runners here. Even with what seems like pretty minimal efforts, my husband and I are gaining placement in the all time Strava time records because there are so few people that run out here! Also, despite there being very few runners, drivers out here seem really considerate and actually veer to the other side of the road to make sure that I know that they see me and they are nowhere close to hitting me.

SummerSkier

RAINY and COLD today. yucko. Had to wear my "I dont care if they get soaked shoes" which are definitely not as fast. 169 of 150 miles for Nov so just plugging away now at run the year. Have to avg 3.4 to make the last 115 miles. My Dec goal is going to be a "faort" on. (fast and short) a la @Tramboman

@martaindale I love that you are faster than your hubby. Whenever I ran with people in the past (BF, ex etc) they were always faster than me. I have PTSD from the military runs so when people try to "pace" me by running slightly ahead of me it stresses me out to the point I will stop and just wait for them to get way ahead and do my own thing.

@quilteryoyo I still think it's the treadmill or your shoes which are making your back hurt. I always felt like I was pounding away whenever I was on a treadmill in the past. Glad you are experimenting with it and hopefully it will get better soon.

@polskagirl01 it's funny about the red squirrels. Glad you are feeling better and no more "stone" activity so far. I wonder if the squirrels are that color because of your flora being more red there?

@Teresa502 I am in AWE of your elevation 8 miler! WOW. Here I am whining about 100 or so feet.

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 6.52
16-Nov 5.21
17-Nov 7.09
18-Nov 4.62
19-Nov 5.01
20-Nov 7.2
21-Nov 6.04
22-Nov 5.08
23-Nov 6.58
24-Nov 5.06
25-Nov 8.27 (amended with 2nd run)
26-Nov 7.24 (amended with 2nd sprint)
27-Nov 4.06

katharmonic

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
11/15/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 36.9
11/16/21 :::: 3.0 :::: 39.9
11/17/21 :::: 2.2 :::: 42.0
11/18/21 :::: 6.1 :::: 48.1
11/19/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 48.1
11/20/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 48.1
11/21/21 :::: 4.1 :::: 52.2
11/22/21 :::: 2.3 :::: 54.5
11/23/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 54.5
11/24/21 :::: 3.2 :::: 57.7
11/25/21 :::: 3.2 :::: 60.8
11/26/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 60.8
11/27/21 :::: 5.1 :::: 65.9

It was cold this morning and I didn't think about the paved trails having snow/ice on them so I didn't wear my trail shoes. I am not yet winter run ready! Fortunately the sun was quickly melting most of the light snow cover so conditions quickly improved. My mood about running in the cold and wind, however, did not improve too much so I cut it short. I was just not feeling this as a long run day.