January 2023 Monthly Running Challenge
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martaindale wrote: »@teresa502 Sorry to hear that your dad is back at the hospital. I hope his Hb stabilizes and you can get him home soon.
Oh no, @Teresa502 I missed this! Hope he is stable and doing better now!
@shanaber would an airhorn scare them off if they decided they wanted to attack me? Because the issue is that these dogs are either wild or just roaming loose a LONG way from wherever they live, and making noise to get help would be no use in that particular area because there's literally nobody out there for miles. I wondered about one of those whistles, but they seem to just be to stop dogs barking... looked at battery operated gadgets that are meant to scare them away but reviews aren't good. Hence the thought I should just take my poles, if not to whack the bloody things at least to wave about around myself to try and stop them getting near enough to bite. Ugh. Dogs (ok, and steep descents) are probably the only thing that really worries me about running alone in the middle of nowhere.
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@eleanorhawkins - We had some dogs that were jumping their fence/wall and going after people on our trail and I was really frightened of them. In conversation with the animal control folks they recommended the air horn for exactly that reason. It will frighten away the dogs and even coyotes that are as much a problem here and there is nothing to blow back into your face like with pepper spray. I can't really use it around Hobbes though because it terrifies him. It is really loud.eleanorhawkins wrote: »@shanaber would an airhorn scare them off if they decided they wanted to attack me? Because the issue is that these dogs are either wild or just roaming loose a LONG way from wherever they live, and making noise to get help would be no use in that particular area because there's literally nobody out there for miles. I wondered about one of those whistles, but they seem to just be to stop dogs barking... looked at battery operated gadgets that are meant to scare them away but reviews aren't good. Hence the thought I should just take my poles, if not to whack the bloody things at least to wave about around myself to try and stop them getting near enough to bite. Ugh. Dogs (ok, and steep descents) are probably the only thing that really worries me about running alone in the middle of nowhere.4 -
Love the egret photos @shanaber . I hope you and Hobbes enjoy the agility class. I might need to get an airhorn to carry with me when I run out my road. There are some new dogs that I have heard can be aggressive, if you are on their property. I don't know what they would do if I were just running past the property. You said yours is little. What brand is it and where did you buy it, if you don't mind me asking?
I was supposed to be gone all day today. I had appointments and errands starting at 10 and was supposed to have a training for daycare from 6 - 8 this evening. I didn't want to have to exercise after I got home at 8:30 tonight, so I got up at 6:15 so I could get in a short run before leaving the house. Turned out that the training got cancelled due to illness of the presenter, so I got home about 4. Still, I was glad that I forced myself to be a semi-morning person today.
I only had about 30 minutes, so I walked 1 mile for warm up and cool down. For the run, I did 2 min each from 4.5 - 4.9 mph, then 5:39 min at 5.0 mph. That turned out to be 1.25 miles in 15:39 min. Avg pace was 12:31 min/mile. Avg Hr was 133 and max was 146 bpm. Not bad for me and I felt good.
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January total: 69.8/80 miles run
20.4/20 miles walk
90.2/100 miles total
1/1: 5 miles
1/2: 4.2 miles
1/5: 3.2 miles
1/6: 6.4 miles
1/7: 13.3 miles
1/8: 27 miles
1/11: 3.9 mile walk
1/12: 4.8 mile walk
1/14: 1.3 mile walk
1/15: 3.4 mile walk
1/17: 2.2 miles
1/18: 2.5 mile walk
1/20: 3.4 miles
1/22: 5.1 miles
1/23: 4.5 miles walk
I started typing this up yesterday then apparently got distracted and didn't finish it.
It was beautiful here the last couple of days. Basically my perfect weather. Yesterday I ran the trail in my neighborhood. Legs are feeling good. By the time I got home from work today I just didn't have it in me to run. So, I went for a walk. It was nice.6 -
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
1/15: 10.6 miles
1/17: 5.51 miles
1/18: 6.01 miles
1/19: 5.25 miles
1/22: 11.51 miles
1/23: 5.51 miles
100.18/100 miles completed for January
I ran 5.5 miles this morning. It was cold, but not windy so it was pretty good, and I hit my goal for January. I ran today since we are supposed to have wintry weather tomorrow. Now it is looking like we may just get rain. But if we do it will be cold, wet and windy. So I am glad I ran today. Tomorrow I will just do an hour of yoga before work.
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Hello Everyone!
Today was my long run. I went out just a little over 2 hours for 18.5km. The run was really nice. I had 1 gel for fueling and a sip of water every 20 minutes or so. I felt really good out there today, even though the conditions were far from ideal. I chose a long run on what used to be the train line, which is now just a dirt biking path. The first half is always uphill and back is always downhill. However, it snowed here a bunch on Sunday, and parts of it were covered in mud, parts were covered in snow, and parts were covered in ice. So it was definitely a bit of a zig zag to always find the safest and easiest part of the path to run on.
It's just kind of cold, dark, and snowy out on the trail today...
Yesterday I got a quick 6.7km run in between work and picking my son up from school. I went around our local lake, but it was really icy, so there was definitely some added difficulty there as well. There's not usually that much snow here, but sometimes I do wish I had little spikes on my shoes....
I am already over my kms for this month. I figure I'll just keep on going as I have been and maybe see if I need to up my goal a bit next month.
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Morning everyone! 😊
Baaaackkkkk!! 😊
Tune-up 4!
So, week1 of a 3week Taper....
Going to do no more than 75-80% of last ("Big") week's mileage.
Got 44M in last week (including that 26.2) so will keep to around 34 this week.7 -
For that situation, I recommend something like this that you can take off and carry in a pocket.There's not usually that much snow here, but sometimes I do wish I had little spikes on my shoes....
There are more "spikey" versions you can upgrade to if you're going to be doing snowy/icy trails.
Decathlon might be stretching a bit calling any of these "crampons", as they are quite different from the big spikes people wear while climbing icy mountains. I think we had this discussion a year ago here, and I ended up calling what I use "hiking crampons".2 -
@martaindale You are doing great with your recovery. Glad you are having your perfect weather.
Nice running @kgirlhart . Congrats on meeting your 100 mile goal already!
@Laurz9191 Great running. Glad your long run was a good one and congrats for exceeding your monthly goal already too. That's a pretty, snowy route. Be careful out there.
Nice, speedy recovery run @tarun_yadavA .
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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
1/13 15.34 miles, Crazy Laps!
1/14 15.41 miles, 1720 days on the run, 902 days HM+ Streak
1/15 15.29 miles
1/16 15.47 miles, Crazy Laps!
1/17 15.6 miles, Running Partner A
1/18 15.17 miles, hip/muscle pain, I really thought I would not make it (277 miles so far)
1/19 15.32 miles, 1725 days on the run, 907 days HM+ Streak, Running Partner A
1/20 16.62 miles, hip still tender
1/21 20.21 miles, Running Partner A & E
1/22 15.52 miles, Crazy Laps!
1/23 15.19 miles
1/24 15.25 miles, 1730 days on the run, 912 days HM+ Streak, Running Partner A, fall/knees
Long drawn out scenario of this morning's run!It is cold!
27°F but it was pervasive! I thought maybe by mile, 3 I will warm something up. I did not. I was already sore from yard work on Saturday. Keep up with pep talk, don't give up.
@0545 I got blinded by light from oncoming car, I moved over and sure enough, another car coming. Took evasive action, thought I knew approximately where I was. Step down jarred me, but successfully made the ditch without falling. Only to not navigate the lip back to the road and down I went. Got both knees, but Thank you God! I did not smash my face. I was able to pull my head back at the moment of impact! Not only am I cold, I am hurting. I get up immediately, cause you know asphalt is cold! I am limping/running down the road now. One mile from home, but in my head I have to wait to tell my running partner I am done. Pain eases as I move on, she comes out, but you know me, off I go with her to the hills! I told her I was not going to stop. Once I stop, I would be done. So, we ran and we griped about the cold for another hour!8 -
@AlphaHowls NOTHING keeps you down!!!!!! 💪3
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@AlphaHowls that is scary when you have traffic like that. Were you wearing any lights? at least with it being so cold you probably had some layers on so you did not skin your hands/ knees up. Hope you are not hurting too badly tomorrow.0
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@AlphaHowls I don't know how you do it? I am glad that you weren't hit be a car. So sorry about the fall and hope you aren't too sore/painful later.
I did a treadmill session. The plan called for an easy run. It wasn't as easy as I had hoped and I had to slow down after the first mile, but not horrible for an easy run, I guess. I did a run/walk for 4/1 min at 3x4.5, 4.2-4.4/3.8 mph then 2/4:13 min at 5.0/4.2 mph. Average pace was 13:56 min/mile. Avg HR was 133 with a max of 150 bpm.
I think this is the first time I've exceeded my goal this early in the month. I don't have a snowballs change in.......of making 100 miles, but may make 90.4 -
@quilteryoyo wrote: »@AlphaHowls I don't know how you do it? I am glad that you weren't hit be a car. So sorry about the fall and hope you aren't too sore/painful later.@SummerSkier wrote: »@AlphaHowls that is scary when you have traffic like that. Were you wearing any lights? at least with it being so cold you probably had some layers on so you did not skin your hands/ knees up. Hope you are not hurting too badly tomorrow.@Scott6255 wrote: »@AlphaHowls NOTHING keeps you down!!!!!! 💪
I have a reflective vest and I was wearing my Nox gear lights. Traffic is rare on this road at that time, maybe one or two. They both just happened to come at the same time. I am also not usually on that road at that time, but I was cold and considering going home. I wear my compression leggings, long sleeved fleece shirt and jacket, as well as heated gloves. IT was SO cold! The humid air made it worse.
I am sore, but really not bad. I have not 'limped', just walking carefully. Left shoulder is sore this evening just because of impact I imagine.
*dew claws up*
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Got in 7 miles on the treadmill this evening (cold and rainy here all day.
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Morning all.
Midweek Speedwork. Got 8 in, at pace.
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WOW! Maybe you need to run a marathon everyday if you are going to have such a speedy day later on @tarun_yadavA ??✅✅✅ Nice work @Scott6255 have you changed your mind about your mileage goals again. You are putting in some long runs! Hope that tornado did not effect you...0
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Nice job @tarun_yadavA 8.08 miles @ 8.08 pace @ 9:08am Sooo close 🙂4
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@SummerSkier haha, thanks!! 😊
@Scott6255 - LOL! Love it! Channeling your Inner 'Rain Man' on that one2 -
January total: 73.8/80 miles run
20.4/20 miles walk
94.2/100 miles total
1/1: 5 miles
1/2: 4.2 miles
1/5: 3.2 miles
1/6: 6.4 miles
1/7: 13.3 miles
1/8: 27 miles
1/11: 3.9 mile walk
1/12: 4.8 mile walk
1/14: 1.3 mile walk
1/15: 3.4 mile walk
1/17: 2.2 miles
1/18: 2.5 mile walk
1/20: 3.4 miles
1/22: 5.1 miles
1/23: 4.5 miles walk
1/24: 4 miles
We had a front blow through with some really high winds and rain most of the day. About 5pm it finally calmed down and the sun came out. Still chilly though, so better weather than I usually get that time of day. I went out for a quick 4 miles as I figured I could get that in before it got too dark. Targeted HM pace, which I haven’t tried to hit in quite a while. Felt pleasantly hard.5 -
Doing 7 miles on the treadmill is hard! You did great @Scott6255 .
Very speedy @tarun_yadavA . Pace and distance exactly the same. Do they have the lottery over there? Maybe you should play. It didn't work for @Scott6255 , but it might for you.
Nice run @martaindale !
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I like reading everyone's posts. They're so positive and supportive. At some point when I'm used to the rhythm here, I'll start responding more regularly and specifically.
At this point, I'm going to make sure I hit 40 km before the end of the month and try for 50 km next month.
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January total: 76.8/80 miles run
20.4/20 miles walk
97.2/100 miles total
1/1: 5 miles
1/2: 4.2 miles
1/5: 3.2 miles
1/6: 6.4 miles
1/7: 13.3 miles
1/8: 27 miles
1/11: 3.9 mile walk
1/12: 4.8 mile walk
1/14: 1.3 mile walk
1/15: 3.4 mile walk
1/17: 2.2 miles
1/18: 2.5 mile walk
1/20: 3.4 miles
1/22: 5.1 miles
1/23: 4.5 miles walk
1/24: 4 miles
1/25: 3 miles
I was planning on a longer recovery run this morning but forgot I had a meeting this morning. Luckily I remembered but I had to cut it a little shorter than intended. Maybe I'll head out for a second short run or a walk later if the mood strikes.
My husband and I are finally taking down Christmas decorations today. One or the other of us has been out of town most of January. So we are those people with trees still up at the end of January.5 -
05/01 2.54 miles
07/01 2.55 miles
21/01 2.55 miles
22/01 2.55miles
25/01 2.56 miles
Total 12.75/20 miles
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@martaindale don't feel bad...we still have neighbors (more than 2) with nativity scenes and Christmas inflatables in their front yards
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@spl8 You can do it. You're doing great. Just jump right in if you have something to say.
@martaindale Great running. I'm glad you remembered your meeting in time. Hahaha about the Christmas decorations. Sometimes you just have to do what you can do and not worry about what other people think.
@Mari33a You've been very consistent the last week. You're doing great!
My plan called for another easy run today. It felt a lot better than yesterday's did. I walked a total of one mile for warm up and cool down. I ran/walked for 4/1 min at 6 x 4.5, 4.2, 4.3/3.8 then finished with 3/1:50 min at 5.0/4.2 mph. Ended up with 3.25 miles in 44:50 min. Average pace was 13:48 min/mile. Avg HR was 126, with the max at 144 bpm. It didn't get above 140 until I started running at 5.0 mph. So, not too bad today.
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Carbon copy of yesterday (7 treadmill miles) 4
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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
1/15: 10.6 miles
1/17: 5.51 miles
1/18: 6.01 miles
1/19: 5.25 miles
1/22: 11.51 miles
1/23: 5.51 miles
1/25: 5.51 miles
105.69/100 miles completed for January
I ran 5.5 miles this morning. It was cold, but at least it wasn't raining. It is supposed to be colder tomorrow. I am really ready for spring.
@alphahowls You really are unstoppable. I am glad you weren't seriously injured and I hope you aren't too sore.
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I hope anyone in the Houston area or has family there, is safe from the storms that went through!
@alphahowls - I am so glad you were able to dodge the cars and weren't hit! I hope the injuries from the fall though aren't too bad. Amazed that you were able to get up and keep going!
@martaindale - we left ours up until the weather cleared. It was just so cheery to have the tree and lights up when it was so cold and stormy outside. Like @Scott6255 we have neighbors with nativity scenes and some with lights still up. I suspect though with the winds we are getting today and for the next few days they will be forced to take them down or have them blown away!
@quilteryoyo - you are so consistent yourself! You always seem to manage to get in a good walk and at least some running everyday no matter what you have going on!day.
I had a really good run today after not feeling well yesterday. I literally did nothing and barely got out of my jammies all day.
It was warmer (mid to high 60s (F)), dry and windy and so incredibly clear. I did a fast walk to the trail then 60/40 intervals for 3.72 miles and then another fast walk for cooldown home. The wind was in that 'should be helping' direction but always felt like it was blowing into me. At some point it must have been helping though because my overall pace for the run was faster than it has been for a while (12.5). I do need to remember to try some remedies to keep the dry air from hurting my nose though. Had a bit of a bloody nose when I stopped to blow it at the trail bathroom and again at home.
Now we are having really high winds again - seems so strange to have Santa Anas now. They used to be primarily in the fall, late August - October. We are having 25-40mph winds sustained with gusts to 65mph through tomorrow. So glad I got my run in today!
I have surpassed my goal for the month and am on track to make the 100 mile club! Excited to start the year with some great mileage!5
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