November 2022 Monthly Running Challenge
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@tarun_yadavA I hope we do beat Iran. It's lots of fun to watch. Looks like you are ready.
@AlphaHowls Happy Belated Birthday!
@quilteryoyo I am about 3.5 hours north of @SummerSkier . We've been getting rain, but not cold enough for snow.
I did manage a drizzly one mile walk with my collie yesterday and I am hoping the rain will clear up this afternoon so I can get a nice mile in. I would hate to lose the streak this late in the month. It should be really nice tomorrow for my long run.7 -
No running today. Three days in a row is enough. Today I walked into town and visited a UNESCO World Heritage site spread over two nearby properties.5
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tarun_yadavA wrote: »SummerSkier wrote: »they have costco in England?! who knew?
We do indeed Ma'am 😊
I have mayonnaise and ketchup to last through to 2024! 😊
If it is not Hellman's mayonnaise you might as well throw it away.....
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SummerSkier wrote: »tarun_yadavA wrote: »SummerSkier wrote: »they have costco in England?! who knew?
We do indeed Ma'am 😊
I have mayonnaise and ketchup to last through to 2024! 😊
If it is not Hellman's mayonnaise you might as well throw it away.....
@SummerSkier Do I dare ask what your views on 'Light Mayo' are?!? Lol 😂3 -
Hey guys. (I'm not really back, just had a question for y'all and then saw @eleanorhawkins talking about poles, which I do have an opinion on that might be helpful...)
Trekking poles are great in the mountains. In my experience they're great for going uphill, and it gives your arms something productive to do. You can stow them going downhill, carry at your side, or hold them ready to assist with balance (hands OUT of straps going downhill, so a fall doesn't result in a broken wrist). Definitely get ones that fold up small enough to attach to your pack though. The cheap Decathlon "collapsible" set I got first really only collapse in half, so they're still way too long and are annoying to deal with even when it's my kid that is using them. I've tried so many different ways of attaching them to a pack. It's useless. You need poles to fold up at least into three sections. Also there's a difference between "nordic walking" poles and trail running "trekking" poles, so get ones marketed for trail running.
I love these - Viking Kettera Pro poles
I know, it's hard to see them in these pictures. They collapse, then fold into 3 sections, and fit nicely on the outside of my pack. They also come with a carrying bag.
My question: for those of you with strap HR monitors, can you use them for 24-hr monitoring? And does it record everything so that you could go back and see all of your stats? I've heard good things about the accuracy of the Polar H10 but am not sure if all these strap-sensors are geared more towards just workouts, or if a person trying to recover from a chronic-fatigue-like illness could use it to monitor all the time. I get annoyed having a watch on my wrist, and optical sensors aren't as accurate, so I'm looking for something a little better.3 -
56.60/70 mile goal
Cleaned house this morning, waiting for the temp to warm up so I would run outside. I really had hoped to run out the road today, where it is relatively flatter, but since Tippy hasn't had much chance to run around the last two days, I opted to run on the driveway so she could run around too. (If I ran out the road, I would tie her out so she wouldn't follow me. If I run on the driveway, I just let her loose and she runs some on the driveway, into the neighbor's field, and who knows where else before she decides to lay in front of the garage door and watch me with a judgmental eye as I make my rounds. LOL) It was 57°F to 61°F while I was out. Had gotten cloudy, but not bad.
I ran/walked 5.0 miles in 1h8m38s for an average pace of 13:44 min/mile. My best mile was the first one at 13:25 min and the slowest was the 4th at 14:12 minutes. Avg HR was 141 bpm. Max was 152 bpm at the end when I kicked the finish. Otherwise it was at or below 149 the entire time.
When I finished, I rested a few minutes and then mom and I took our neighbor's dog for another walk since it was so warm.When I came home, I cleaned out the gutters and blew/swept off the porches again. I didn't turn my Garmin on for that, because I really had not intended to do as much as I did. Now.....I'm beat.
Waiting patiently for a treat.
Watching the water go by.
Glad to know you are at least checking in every once in a while @polskagirl01 ! Sorry I can't help with your question. I had a check strap when I got my first Garmin, but only used it when running. I hope it will do what you want it to.
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Checking in and catching up on everyone. Still no running but I did a workout and foam rolling yesterday and went for a walk around our property today. Swelling is basically gone and I can stand on full tiptoes today without pain. Tomorrow I will go for a longer walk and do another workout. It's hard but I'm resisting the urge to run.5
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@quilteryoyo Tippy is so cute!
@martaindale I'm glad the swelling is down and there is no pain. Good job on being strong and waiting until after Tuesday to run.2 -
@tarun_yadavA - I had the same reaction as @SummerSkier - no idea there were Costco in the UK.
I am not a huge beer fan well certainly not of the 'popular' name brand beer like Bud, Coors, Miller, etc. and I think your general description is accurate. I tend toward dark beers, loved the black and tan when we were in England and some of the local beers at the smaller pubs out in the countryside. I love a good stout and some of the dark Mexican beers and yes we also have so many small microbreweries here too but most have IPAs which I don't care for.
Mayo - I don't eat it any longer if I can avoid it (use avocado in most cases instead) but I have found avocado oil based mayo to be really good.
@polskagirl01 - the poles I had were the trekking variety and also folded into 3 parts like yours. They were actually my daughters that she let me borrow. She got them when she worked at REI and they were so nice!
Regarding the chest strap HRM... I don't think there would be anything keeping you from wearing it for long periods. I have/had the Polar H10 and liked it. The biggest limiting factor will be battery life and you have to have something, watch or phone, to pair it to where the data is kept. I had mine paired to my iPhone before I had the Apple watch and all of the data was available to view on my phone. I am not sure about other phones and any limitations on the amount of data. The battery lasted for at least a year but that was wearing it only for workouts and runs. I wore it for a while along with my watch and the values were comparable so I stopped wearing the chest strap. Also it was very evident when the battery was getting low - the HR values it recorded were really out of bounds of anything I had ever had.
@quilteryoyo - your neighbors pup is beautiful! Is that the one that had the puppies a while ago?
I took Hobbes out for a long walk today. It was finally nice again and the humidity was up to around 25% - so much better. We got in 6 miles and really enjoyed it. Stopped to take a picture of this egret that was hanging out in the shallow water. It was finding something to eat... I keep wondering where all the fish go when it was all dried up. They seem to come back - I see them jumping in the deeper water and the birds are going after them. One of those mysteries I guess.
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Good morning all.
This was a struggle!
Feel like that Danny Glover character from Lethal Weapon "I'm getting too old for this *kitten*".
@shanaber not a huge Avo fan. I like it in Guac/Tex MEX, and thinly sliced over a salad... But not in my burgers, and definitely not as a substitute for mayo!
Have a nice Sunday everyone!3 -
@martaindale I'm glad the swelling has gone down and you can tippy toe with no pain. Also glad you are resisting the urge to run. Wait and see what the doctor says. Hopefully he'll say you're ok to run as much as you want, but I wouldn't until after your appointment.
@kgirlhart That picture is of my neighbor's dog, Esther. They are out of town and I am helping to take care of her, so felt she needed some good walks. Here is a picture of Tippy.
Tippy and her upside down empty peanut butter jar she just licked clean. It reminded me of someone doing shots and turning the shot glass upside down.
@shanaber Yes, that is the dog that had the puppies a little over a year ago. Love that you had such a long walk and saw the egret. Does that body of water connect to another? Maybe the fish manage to migrate down when it is dried up?
@tarun_yadavA You did great for having a hangover. At least you go ahead and run and don't use it as an excuse. The world cup will be over soon and then you can get back to normal.
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@quilteryoyo thank you! I try and force a run the day after drinking... Just takes a good 2-3 days to get back in the zone!
Also - what a handsome dog! 😊3 -
@quilteryoyo that really is a most handsome pup your neighbor's have! Love the photos. And great job getting your running in. Are you counting down the days until your race in Dec? I wonder if Scott's marathon is the same weekend?2
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01.11 Tue 12°C 4.0km 33min 8:09/km
02.11 Wed 10°C 6.4km 51min 8:00/km
04.11 Fri 10°C 5.5km 45min 8:13/km
05.11 Sat 7°C 7.5km 65min 8:40/km
06.11 Sun 10°C 3.7km 30min 8:06/km
08.11 Tue 12°C 6.0km 48min 8:07/km
10.11 Thu 11°C 5.4km 46min 8:35/km
12.11 Sat 7°C 10.2km 88min 8:40/km
14.11 Mon 8°C 3.8km 30min 7.59/km
23.11 Wed 5°C 3.0km 25min 8:19/km
24.11 Thu 6°C 5.5km 47min 8:31/km
25.11 Fri 7°C 7.2km 60min 8:20/km
27.11 Sun 5°C 8.0km 67min 8:24/km
total: 76.18/80.5km (3.3km ahead)
Went well until about 40 mins in, and then a very strong wind came out of nowhere and drained my energy. No, running against wind is not for me. This was all that was possible today.4 -
@tarun_yadavA I have to say that light mayo is OK (I have some in my fridge right now!) as long as it is Hellman's.
My running is FINALLY back on track after almost 3 months of struggle. And not really just the weather. I think that I had a long reaction to the bivalent shot which I got in early Sept. Nothing specific except my RHR which is normally mid to high 50's (57 avg) was staying up about 5-6 points and I just never felt in a good groove. It started dropping again these past few days and all of a sudden I can put the afterburners on better. So strange. I think I might have taken my last covid shot based on very little evidence but a gut feeling that it effected my heart and system. And no don't think it was a microchip.
Anyway the weather was FINALLY perfect after almost 2 weeks of cold and drizzle and general Nov Tex weather. It was high 40's clear and little wind and warmed up to the 50's by the time I was done. I did order a set of sleeves because I think they would be perfect instead of a jacket for this type weather.
7 miler today total 134.7 for the month out of 120 goal. 41 day streak and only about 92 miles left to hit my 1500 goal. I did sign up for run the year for next year because I think it really did encourage more activity for me in 2020 even if the mileage was a little much to do as just running. I think I will include the walking next year.
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@quilteryoyo does Tippy have one blue and one brown eye! Very beautiful pup!
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@quilteryoyo - the water the egret is standing in is our (channeled) river. There is a reservoir a ways north of us so I suppose they could come down from there but they let so little water out at a time, especially with the drought that IDK...🤷🏻♀️
No run for me today. I had planned to go but just have too much to get done today and tomorrow. Hoping to get our tree and decorations up before we leave on Tuesday.4 -
@martaindale very glad to hear the swelling is down and you have no pain on tip-toes. That is a good sign.
@SummerSkier great that your running mojo is back. You will certainly hit your 1500 mile goal for the year, and I'll bet you can hit the Run The Year next year.
Like @SummerSkier said, the two week cold, rainy weather in Tx finally broke today. It was in the lower 60s and sunshine this afternoon, so I got in a 12 mile run. I was a little amped up since I haven't run outside since Tuesday, so I ran a little hot. But since this is the last double-digit run before the marathon, I wanted to see what it felt like to go a little faster than race pace. I wouldn't have made 26.2 at this pace, but it didn't feel like an all-out effort. So hopefully with a 2 week taper I'll be ready.
I didn't post yesterday's treadmill run, but I did easy miles. Oh, and MFP told me that I have logged 2000 days in a row as of yesterday. Dang.
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Thanks @tarun_yadavA .
Thanks @SummerSkier . Both the pups are girls, btw. I think my race is the same day as @Scott6255 's marathon. Only 13 days away!
@yirara Great job doing what you could do. Running in the wind is hard.
@SummerSkier You have been doing great with your running, esp. if you were feeling "off." You amaze me. And, yes, Tippy has two different colored eyes. That's the thing that drew me to her and not her sister, who were both at the Humane Society.
@Scott6255 Great job on the 12 mile "faster" run and congrats on 2000 consecutive days of logging into MFP! You're going to do great on your marathon!
I did my normal Sunday mile walk between church and lunch today. I had considered running some, but mom wanted us to go visit an elderly friend...she's 92 yo, so we did that this afternoon. I'm so glad we did. She is lonely and was very appreciative of us coming to see her.3 -
November Goal: 100 Miles
11/1: 5.26 miles
11/2: 5.26 miles
11/4: 5.55 miles
11/6: 11.15 miles
11/7: 2.11 miles
11/8: 5.26 miles
11/9: 5.31 miles
11/10: 6.01 miles
11/11: 3.30 miles
11/12: 3.20 miles
11/13: 10.12 miles
11/14: 5.12 miles
11/15: 3.15 miles
11/16: 5.31 miles
11/17: 5.31 miles
11/18: 4.07 miles
11/19: 3.15 miles
11/20: 9.35 miles
11/21: 1.02 miles
11/22: 5.26 miles
11/23: 5.51 miles
11/24: 6.23 miles
11/27: 11.51 miles
127.52/100 miles completed for November
The weather was perfect this morning! It was 45°F when I started and 53°F when I finished. The sky was blue and the sun was shining. After the gloomy rain of the last few days it was really nice to be able to enjoy being outside. I ran 11.5 miles. I started out in shorts and a t-shirt with sleeves and gloves and then put the gloves and sleeves in my pockets about 3 miles in.
@quilteryoyo I should have realized that wasn't Tippy. They are both adorable.
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Good morning everyone! 😊
Got in my 5!
And that one brings up the 1500 for the year!
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CONGRATS @tarun_yadavA on a speedy run and also hitting the 1500 for the year. Now you can cruise the rest of the year.3
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SummerSkier wrote: »CONGRATS @tarun_yadavA on a speedy run and also hitting the 1500 for the year. Now you can cruise the rest of the year.
@SummerSkier
Thank you so much bON 😊1 -
This morning I got out for 5 miles. We did a one mile warm-up, then three miles of hill repeats, with a fairly flat mile back to the beginning. The temp was 50F but it was pretty breezy. I had not run since last Thursday. After Thanksgiving, I was out of town for a bridesmaid in a friend's wedding this weekend and was busy decorating and drinking champagne. Totally exhausted yesterday plus I wanted to spend some time with my parents and celebrate my mom's birthday.
Me and a couple of other bridesmaids before the wedding. (I'm in the middle.)7 -
@Teresa502 looking nice 😊2
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Yay, reached my goal for November despite being out due to minor foot surgery
01.11 Tue 12°C 4.0km 33min 8:09/km
02.11 Wed 10°C 6.4km 51min 8:00/km
04.11 Fri 10°C 5.5km 45min 8:13/km
05.11 Sat 7°C 7.5km 65min 8:40/km
06.11 Sun 10°C 3.7km 30min 8:06/km
08.11 Tue 12°C 6.0km 48min 8:07/km
10.11 Thu 11°C 5.4km 46min 8:35/km
12.11 Sat 7°C 10.2km 88min 8:40/km
14.11 Mon 8°C 3.8km 30min 7.59/km
23.11 Wed 5°C 3.0km 25min 8:19/km
24.11 Thu 6°C 5.5km 47min 8:31/km
25.11 Fri 7°C 7.2km 60min 8:20/km
27.11 Sun 5°C 8.0km 67min 8:24/km
28.11 Mon 5°C 4.4km 35min 7:58/km
total: 80.53/80.5km (5.0km ahead)
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November Goal: 100 Miles
11/1: 5.26 miles
11/2: 5.26 miles
11/4: 5.55 miles
11/6: 11.15 miles
11/7: 2.11 miles
11/8: 5.26 miles
11/9: 5.31 miles
11/10: 6.01 miles
11/11: 3.30 miles
11/12: 3.20 miles
11/13: 10.12 miles
11/14: 5.12 miles
11/15: 3.15 miles
11/16: 5.31 miles
11/17: 5.31 miles
11/18: 4.07 miles
11/19: 3.15 miles
11/20: 9.35 miles
11/21: 1.02 miles
11/22: 5.26 miles
11/23: 5.51 miles
11/24: 6.23 miles
11/27: 11.51 miles
11/28: 1.02 miles
128.54/100 miles completed for November
Just a quick mile this morning for the streak. It was cold so I ran instead of walking. Tomorrow should be nice and then it is supposed to get cold again, but I don't think we are expecting rain. I need a few days of sunshine.
@tarun_yadavA Congratulations on hitting your goal!
@Teresa502 You all look beautiful! 4 -
@kgirlhart thank you 😊0
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Thanks @kgirlhart and @tarun_yadavA!1
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@kgirlhart That's okay. Thanks. Glad you had great weather for a wonderful run! Sunshine is always nice after a few days of gloomy weather.
@tarun_yadavA Great run and congratulations on reaching 1500 miles for the year! That's amazing.
Nice running @Teresa502 ! Love that picture. You look great! Did you get a hair cut? I love the way it looks. Happy Birthday to your mom !
I got up early this morning to get in a short run and walk before going to play tennis. Unfortunately, about 5 minutes after my cool down walk, tennis was cancelled due to wet courts. Had I found out a few minutes sooner, I could have ran further. But, instead I showered, ate and went into work earlier than planned. I walked a total of 1 mile for warm up and cool down and ran 1.10 mile. I ran at 5.0/4.2/5/5.1 mph for 5/2/6:25 minutes. Not bad for me - a 12:12 min/mile pace. Average HR was 134 and max 150 bpm.
I'm up to 59.7/70.0 mile goal. Don't think I'm gonna make it.
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