January 2023 Monthly Running Challenge

quilteryoyo

@tarun_yadavA I'm so sorry the sickness is sticking around and that your son now has it. I hate to ask, but did you go to the doctor or get tested for CoVID? It almost sounds like that may be what you have. Glad you have found some food you can start eating before longer runs.

@Teresa502 Big hugs to you. I hope your dad's surgery is minimally invasive and he does well. Glad you were able to get in a nice run this morning.

@martaindale It's good to hear that your legs aren't sore/tired. Great job getting some walks in. You deserve to revel in your accomplishment and take it easy for a few days.

@eleanorhawkins I think I missed the post about your race. What distance are you running on Sunday? You can worry about the extra pounds after the race. You can't do much about it in a few days anyway.

@Avidkeo So glad to see that you are enjoying running again and seeing such improvement!

Mom and I had a "new year" celebration lunch at the Assisted Living with my cousin today. On the way home, we drove through some torrential ran and wind and had to stop and get a big limb out of the road so we could get through. The temperature dropped 10 degrees in about 30 minutes.

When I got home, I was full and it was raining, and I was tired, so I laid on the couch for a while. When I got up, I did go down for a treadmill run. I wasn't sure what I would feel like doing and considered only one mile run and one mile walk, but once I got going, it felt pretty good. So, I did a run/walk of 4.5/3.8/4.4/3.8/4.3/4.2 mph for 9/1/9/1/9/5:39 minutes. That was 2.5 miles and I only walked for 2 minutes. That's pretty good for me, even if I was running slowly. The average pace was 13:52 min/mile. My Avg HR was 140 and max was 149bpm. I also walked a mile total at 3.8 mph for warm up and cool down.

AlphaHowls

1/1 15.5 miles, 1707 days on the run, 889 days HM+ Streak
1/2 15.34 miles New Shoes, Crazy Laps! Did manage 2 miles outside, IBS
1/3 15.21 miles New Shoes, Crazy Laps! Thunderstorms, tornado watch
1/4 15.45 miles, 1710 days on the run, 892 days HM+ Streak
1/5 15.5 miles, Running Partner A
1/6 15.43 miles
1/7 15.17 miles
1/8 15.53 miles, Crazy Laps!
1/9 15.88 miles, 1715 days on the run, 897 days HM+ Streak, Crazy Laps!
1/10 15.25 miles, Running Partner A
1/11 15.24 miles
1/12 15.22 miles, Running Partner A

eleanorhawkins

@quilteryoyo it's the race that's 'only' 13km up and down a mountain 🤣 I'm not really treating it as a race, it will be my new running buddy's first trail race so we've done the route a couple of times... but it took us 2 hours and her bf keeps telling her we can race it in 1h45. Somehow I think not LOL! The thing about it is, it's the shorter length of the 23km race I ran this time last year on my own and suffered, the day my husband came down with Covid. So I have bad memories of it. At first I said no way would I go back, but then thought maybe doing the shorter one just for fun would improve my relationship with it. We'll see.
I'm turning down chances to sign up to loads of cool races this spring and feeling a little resentful towards my April marathon right now. Once this weekend is over I need to sit down and work out a plan for that and commit to it.

tarun_yadavA

quilteryoyo wrote: »

@tarun_yadavA I'm so sorry the sickness is sticking around and that your son now has it. I hate to ask, but did you go to the doctor or get tested for CoVID? It almost sounds like that may be what you have. Glad you have found some food you can start eating before longer runs.

Mom and I had a "new year" celebration lunch at the Assisted Living with my cousin today.

@quilteryoyo
Thank you! We're all Med-ed up over here. Haven't had to call in sick from work thankfully (I work remotely from home and rarely need to go into the office), but has been struggle bus and procrastination this week. Just about done the bare minimum and got through the week so next week will probably be busier. I think it's just irritating and just lingering. 10 days! Ugh. On its own, cough/cold -irritance; eating only soup/ramen/spicy foods (that you can taste/make you sweat) and skipping things with subtle tastes/ice cream. - irritance. I think the impacting on my daily routine and running is the big pain. Oh, and now the whiny 8 year old. Lol.
It very well could be Covid. My sister (the Doc) is convinced it is - the new variant. Me: (over the last week)

We had 1 lateral flow test kit lying about. Wife tried it - negative. But it was nearly a year old and those things arent particularly accurate anyways. Not paying for a PCR.
I don't know about your State in the US, but Covid Testing stopped being 'free' about 6-12M over here.

Anyways... I am resting up today. Tomorrow is very wet and windy. So thinking Sunday for a run. 🤞

Anyways...
I hope your mother enjoyed her lunch with you and your cousin! ☺️

quilteryoyo

@eleanorhawkins I remember that now. I hope doing the shorter distance for fun will improve your relationship with the race/mountain and maybe even let you be less resentful about the April marathon.

@tarun_yadavA I'm so sorry that you have had all of those symptoms for so long. Here in the south we say, "Bless your heart." I'm really in awe that you have been able to run what you did not eating much too. I hope you start to feel better soon. People I know who have had the new variant have been sick for a couple of weeks. So, hopefully you are on the home stretch, which is good since you now have a whiny 8 year old with it. I don't blame you for not paying for a test if you can work from home. I haven't had a test in a while, but I think they are still free here. Since I work at a daycare, if I'm sick, I will have to be tested to make sure.

eleanorhawkins

@quilteryoyo thanks, yes, I hope so too. Running buddy has been sick all week, so I may still end up going on my own. We'll see.
She's also talking me into signing up for our provincial mountain race series. This would make the marathon in April just another one on the list, with a few more miles but a lot less climbing.
We're talking 6 races: 22 January: 25k 1600m elevation, 25 February: 28km 1250m elevation, 18 March: 24km 1200m elevation, 21 October: 24km, 1700m elevation, 12 November: 26km 1400m elevation and 19 November: 28km 2100m elevation. In theory, places for the first in the series sold out months ago, and it's only a week away, but her boyfriend is the president of a big running club and thinks he can get us bibs as long as we commit to running all six.
Apart from the one in February these are all races I've looked at in the past and rejected because of the elevation. I guess if I survive the first one, the next 2 aren't too bad, and then I'll have all summer (after the marathon) to train for the other 3...
I know, I'm crazy LOL.

shanaber

@tarun_yadavA - Hope you feel better soon. I have heard that there is a non-covid virus going around that takes several days, weeks really, to get over and knocks people flat, literally unable to function for a few days. Covid tests are still free here and in fact the government will send each person 2 for free for the asking. We haven't had covid that we know of and our DD (also doc) wants to make sure we have tests on hand in case we start feeling bad and of course before/after we travel anywhere.
@eleanorhawkins - just sign up for the series - it will be fun! You don't have to 'race' them all. Actually love doing race series. Somehow it makes them all more interesting, especially if you see a lot of the same runners, kind of like a community.
@martaindale - Again great work on the Dopey Challenge. I don't think I realized it was your 1st marathon! Wow! Way to do it in a big way!!
Also note - I read that Disneyland (here in CA) will be restarting the Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend as well as the Coast to Coast Race Challenge in 2024. Plenty of time to start planning for it now 😊

quilteryoyo

@eleanorhawkins Sounds like you already have your mind made up. It should be fun, esp. if you and your friend run them all together.

I didn't have a lot of energy today, so decided to do a treadmill walk at 3.8 mph. I walked 2.25 miles in 35:32 minutes. I'm hoping for a longish run tomorrow.

Ticker Factory has lost it's mind tonight. So, I'll just say that I am now at 34.62/70 mile goal so far.

kgirlhart

January Goal: 100 Miles

1/1: 10.50 miles
1/3: 6.01 miles
1/4: 5.11 miles
1/5: 5.60 miles
1/8: 11.03 miles
1/10: 6.02 miles
1/11: 6.26 miles
1/13: 5.26 miles

55.79/100 miles completed for January

I decided to take yesterday as a rest day and run today instead. It was about 45°F yesterday, but the wind was 16-18 mph. Today it was about 32°F, but there was no wind. I was glad I switched days. It was cold today, but it was still more pleasant outside and I ran 5 miles.

@Teresa502 I hope everything goes well for your Dad.

@tarun_yadavA Hope you feel better soon.

@eleanorhawkins Good luck on Sunday!

Scott6255

Just a quick check-in. Got 10 miles in before dinner. Packing for Austin now.

Mari33a

@elenorhawkins U should definitely go for the series races. U have them in u! Good luck on Sunday

polskagirl01

Mari33a wrote: »

@elenorhawkins U should definitely go for the series races. U have them in u! Good luck on Sunday

I wholeheartedly agree. It's totally what I would do, if I could.

eleanorhawkins

polskagirl01 wrote: »

Mari33a wrote: »

@elenorhawkins U should definitely go for the series races. U have them in u! Good luck on Sunday

I wholeheartedly agree. It's totally what I would do, if I could.

It's complicated... they've talked the organisers of next week's race into opening up 50 slots at 9pm tomorrow, so it'll be a case of the person with the best internet connection wins. Also, friend is starting to wonder if it's a good idea. So of course now I want to do it, lol. We've agreed to discuss tomorrow while we're climbing up the mountain, if that doesn't put us off, nothing will!
There's a 'cold front' moving in, so they insist on windbreaker things with hoods tomorrow. I have 3, none have hoods, so now I need to go buy one.

eleanorhawkins

@kgirlhart @Mari33a thanks!

SummerSkier

@eleanorhawkins I wonder why they insist on the hood and not just a hat. hmmm. Well it's a good idea and I am sure they are worried about what race was that where the ultra runners got frozen? 🥹😩

Doing pretty well with mileage this month. 65 plus out of 120 goal. Not including my walks which I am trying to do some more intentional ones during my lunch breaks.

Like @kgirlhart said Thursday was a really ugly day with the north wind really biting and I was pretty tired out from Wed workouts but it was too cold to just walk so I did a REALLY slow 5K. Yesterday was a lot colder in the morning but it was a lot calmer so it was a nicer run. It is starting to get to the time of year where my running coincides with close to sunrise so esp on the weekends I am seeing some beautiful skies. Except for aerobically my tennis workouts do not seem to use the same muscles as I do for running so they are a nice contrast .

@Scott6255 I will wave at you this weekend here in Austin! Have a great visit.

1-Jan-23 10.06 10.06
2-Jan-23 6.25 16.31
3-Jan-23 5.35 21.66
4-Jan-23 5.53 27.19
5-Jan-23 5.51 32.7
6-Jan-23 1 33.7
7-Jan-23 5.33 39.03
8-Jan-23 6.3 45.33
9-Jan-23 3.14 48.47
10-Jan-23 5.31 53.78
11-Jan-23 4.06 57.84
12-Jan-23 3.27 61.11
13-Jan-23 4.32 65.43

quilteryoyo

Nice running @kgirlhart , @Scott6255 , and @kgirlhart !

@Fit2btied Sounds like a couple of stressful weeks. I'm glad your DHs surgery went well. I hope you have a great run in your new speedy shoes today. The pups are adorable.

@eleanorhawkins Of course you want to do it now that your friend isn't sure. I hope you enjoy your race and new windbreaker and get a slot for the first race of the series.

eleanorhawkins

@SummerSkier oh yes, don't get me wrong I'm all for as much safety gear as possible... I generally carry an emergency blanket, whistle, first aid kit and food and water with me if I hit the mountains. BUT we're talking as south in southern Spain as you can go, it's a pretty easy course with plenty of emergency access and the race doesn't even start until 9.30am. I would say the chances of anyone freezing are like 0.00000000000000001%. Plus, they gave everyone a Buff with the bibs and shirts, they could just say wear a jacket and take that for your head. But, there are cheap ones at the store down the road and as they're often on gear lists I might as well just get one and call it an investment.

eleanorhawkins

quilteryoyo wrote: »

@eleanorhawkins Of course you want to do it now that your friend isn't sure. I hope you enjoy your race and new windbreaker and get a slot for the first race of the series.

Lol yep of course. Tell me I can't do something and watch me want to!

quilteryoyo

That's true for a lot of us @eleanorhawkins ! That's one reason that I don't "diet" anymore. If I tell myself I can't have a certain food, that's the only one that I want to eat. LOL At least with exercise, it's a good thing.