January 2023 Monthly Running Challenge
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@shanaber Nice shoes. I'm glad they felt good. Great running too. It's funny what you said about the temps and what we wear. Had the wind been blowing, I would have needed more. Also, on the stroll I took with mom a little earlier, I had on sweats and a sweat shirt and was a little chilly at times, especially my hands. Why I decided shorts would do for the run is beyond me, but it turned out to be the right call.
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@eleanorhawkins @Scott6255 @shanaber - thanks for the tips guys! 😊
Think I might go for a fourth gel.
I tried jelly babies - don't like chewing while running and then they get stuck in your teeth. Might try a small sucky sweet on this weekends run.
@quilteryoyo - haha, no worries. Not really a geography thing at all. A district within London. Like, I dunno? Same as Flushing is to Queen's to NYC. (Trying to think of an American example there!)
Where are you from again?1 -
Actually on that note...
Where's everyone from again?
Ok let's see if I got this right based on Strava maps and last 6M worth of messages on threads...
@SummerSkier @Scott6255 @kgirlhart @martaindale - Quadruple Texan? (Sounds like a drive thru Burger, that! 😊)
@shanaber - California?
@AlphaHowls - TN?
@eleanorhawkins - Brit in Spain?
@polskagirl01 - American in Poland? (Obviously)
@Laurz9191 - American in Germany?
@quilteryoyo - ??
@Teresa502 - ??
Think that's all the regulars...
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We need to make sure @tarun_yadavA doesn't take rest days. 😇😂😎 Idle minds.... We have a bunch of other "regulars" I think from as far away as NZ. Of course when I say regular I mean folks are not always active every month but we can "feel" their presence somehow.
ps - you can't group all the Texicans together because some of us are as far away from each other as you and polskagirl. 🤪🤣😂
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1/28 - .6 miles
I took three years off and started back yesterday.6 -
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Still moving slow and not going very far. I'm thinking I will try to do two "longer" (for me) runs over the next two days to hit my monthly goal of 50km. We'll see if I get there.
A lot of you mention using treadmills. How do you keep yourself from getting bored before getting your miles in?
@tarun_yadavA - I am from New York (Long Island); used to live very near Flushing, per your US example. Moved to the suburbs to find a better school for my special needs kid.
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Cold front came overnight. Extremely cold all week. Treadmill is going to get a workout ☺️
5 miles today.
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AlphaHowls wrote: »
Virginia girl here. But I work in Tennessee. I'm in the southwest part of the state that is close to TN, WV, KY and NC.4 -
Yesterday I met some friends for a 6:00 am run. Early for a Saturday but two of them needed to get finished early for other things going on. I ran 8 miles but I was really on the struggle bus. Today it is rainy and cool (42F) so I did a very slow run on the treadmill for 3.1 miles. Rain and a wintry mix is in the forecast for all week but it looks like we will have an open window in the morning for a run.5
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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
1/26: 6.02 miles
1/29: 8.09 miles
119.8/100 miles completed for January
I ran 8 miles today. It was really cold. 34°F at the start feels like 24° and 32°F at the end, feels like 23° plus 14 mph North winds. It wasn't the best running weather, but once I got going it wasn't too bad. I should have run yesterday when it wasn't as cold, but I went home from work Friday morning with a stomach bug, so even though I felt better yesterday I didn't feel like running. I did do some yoga though and that was nice. Today's run was a little shorter than I usually run on Sundays, but between the weather and not having felt well I think 8 miles was good enough. I am not really sure about the rest of the week. We are supposed to have freezing rain starting tomorrow night and maybe lasting through Thursday morning. I won't run if it is icy. I feel like running in the dark by myself on icy roads is just not safe. I should run tomorrow before it gets icy, but 27°F feels like 17°F does not sound appealing. Plus since I missed most of Friday at work, I kind of feel like I need to go in early. I guess I will see how it goes in the morning.
Love the new shoes @shanaber!
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A lot of you mention using treadmills. How do you keep yourself from getting bored before getting your miles in?
I have an ifit subscription for my treadmill. The guided runs with scenery, a little history, and the automatic elevation and speed changes let me focus on the run and not the fact that I'm on a treadmill. I have watched TV shows too, but that only holds me for so long. Treadmills are just boring and I try not to use it unless I have too, so mine mostly sits idle until the heat of summer ticks back up.5 -
@tarun_yadavA I live in upper East Tennessee, in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. Not flat terrain around here unless you are on a school track.
Welcome @chris_in_cal . Nice job starting back after 3 years.
@spl8 You are doing great. You should be able to meet your goal, but don't hurt yourself doing so. As for the treadmill, mine in in my basement where I can watch TV or listen to music. Game shows work well, since it occupies my brain trying to figure out the answers. I also count my steps during the commercials. LOL And, I have a hard time running the same pace for long periods on the treadmill, so I will vary the pace. If I watch a movie or TV show, the older ones seem to work out better for me - like Perry Mason, or Matlock.
Great job on the treadmill @Scott6255 . I know that is not your preferred "place" to run.
@Teresa502 Sorry you struggled on Sat. I don't think we are supposed to get a wintery mix here, just rain. It's going to be a dreary week though.
@kgirlhart I'm glad you are feeling better. The stomach bug is awful. I think you did great to get in 8 miles. And, yes, running by yourself on icy roads is NOT safe. Do you have a treadmill available somewhere?
After church today, mom and I went to my Aunt's church to help with a lunch fundraiser they had. We brought our lunch home, so I didn't eat until 2. It was a rainy, dreary day, so after I ate too much, I spent most of the afternoon on the couch watching TV and napping. I did make myself get up and do a 2 mile walk on the treadmill for my "rest day" exercise.
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Jan 1 – 7.02 miles
Jan 2 – 3
Jan 3 – 5.1
Jan 5 – 3.02
Jan 7 – 8.01
Jan 9 – 5.48
Jan 10 – 4.21
Jan 12 – 5.16
Jan 15 – 5.03
Jan 17 – 3.10 (treadmill)
Jan 18 – 5.16
Jan 21 – 10.10
Jan 23 – 5.16
Jan 26 – 5.16
Jan 28 – 8.01
Jan 29 – 3.10 (treadmill)
Jan 30 – 4.30
Total – 90.12 miles
I was able to get in a 4-mile run in between the rain this morning bringing my monthly total to 90 miles.
@spl8 – I usually watch You-tube videos when I am on the treadmill. I follow a few couples who travel the world. I’m planning my vacation this year for Portugal so I’m currently fascinated with watching videos of people who have visited the Azore Islands and the different activities they do. Sometimes, I listen to music to distract me.
@kgirlhart - Glad you are feeling better.5 -
@spl8 I’ve listened to lots of audiobooks in the past on the treadmill before. That works well if you keep your heart rate low enough to focus on the book and don’t pick too complex of a book that it would be hard to follow while multitasking. My gym doesn’t have tvs that show anything other than advertisements for the gym I am at (I don’t know why this make sense). So I just look at the window (view is of the parking lot and Mc Donald’s of all things) and try to only do shorter runs on the treadmill. At the moment, these runs are a special treat because the weather outside is always so grey and cold.
@tarun_yadavA Yes, Californian living in Germany. But also strong ties to Va @Teresa502 and Long Island NY
@spl8. What about you? True Londoner?
I got two great workouts in on the weekend. Saturday was a 13.7 km tempo run and yesterday was a giant 18.5 km loop run. I did the loop run in 2 hrs with 1 gel and no hydration. It felt much harder than with easy access to water but was still definitely doable. When it warms up I am sure I will miss having water much more, but it was freezing on Sunday.
Today I am taking a rest day and tomorrow I want to get about 7 warm-indoor-short wearing-artificially lit but much brighter than outside-treadmill kms in, so I will finish the month 50km over my goal at 200km/125 miles
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Great running @Laurz9191 and @Teresa5022
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@Laurz9191, you're 50km over your goal of 200km, and I'm straining just to get to 50km! Wow! Something to strive for, I guess. I hope I can get over 100km in a single month before the end of this year.
Thanks, everyone, for your tips for combatting boredom on the treadmill. I just have to get over the hamster wheel dread on inclement weather days.3 -
January total: 93/80 miles run
20.4/20 miles walk
113.4/100 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
1/26: 2.7 miles
1/27: 6.5 miles
1/30: 7 miles
My husband went running today!! I’ve been trying to get him out the door for a while. He had started taking a walk more days of the weeks than not but over the holidays that sort of fell apart. But, he keeps talking about wanting to start running again and today I talked him out of all his excuses and we went out together. We did a mile of 2 min run/3 min walk together, then he turned around and did the mile back to the house and I continued on. We got so much rain here Saturday that some of my usual routes were still flooded so I winged it and it happened to be exactly 7 miles! I love it when I go out without a route planned and it all comes together.
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Here’s February. Now to go figure out what I’m doing next month!4
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@martaindale Awesome that your husband went running with you today! I hope it sticks. Thanks for setting up February.2
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No run for me today. I was going to go. It was 23°F feels like 15° when I got up. But I decided to go ahead and get a run in before the bad weather hit. But when I went outside it was misty. And the mist was icy and the roads were slick so I decided to go back inside and do yoga instead. It really wasn't that bad today. But they canceled school and most of the city offices were closed. It is supposed to be worse in the morning. I'm not sure when I will get a chance to run again. It may not be until Friday. I don't have a treadmill. I don't really want one, but it would be nice when the weather is like this.
Thanks for setting us up for February @martaindale .4 -
I got in a short walk this morning in the cold drizzle and got home just as it started to rain again. Agility class got cancelled because of the rain too unfortunately. But that means I have no excuse not to get out tomorrow for at least a short run to wrap up the month. It is supposed to be cool but gorgeous out.5
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Morning everyone!
First run for the week! Got in a 4.
Speedwork run tomorrow. Probably the last run of any consequence before the big day...
@Laurz9191 ich bin Londoner!
Born in the East London-Essex suburbs. Now living in zone2 London in Canada Water!
How about you? What's your story?
What made you swap the sunny climes of Cali for the snow in Germany?... Are you/your husband in the military? A lot of Americans in Germany tend to be military4 -
tarun_yadavA wrote: »Happy New Year everyone! 😊
2023 goals... 1700.... and maybe run a Full Marathon?
January - 150 Miles.
Welllll.... That escalated fast 😳
146 for January. But only from 17 runs. Been plenty of rest days, given training/Long runs.
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January total: 100/80 miles run
20.4/20 miles walk
120.4/100 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
1/26: 2.7 miles
1/27: 6.5 miles
1/30: 7 miles
1/31: 7 miles
It was a chilly one this morning, my favorite. We didn’t get as cold as @kgirlhart ’s area, so no ice here. It is super cloudy and dreary with intermittent rain basically all week though. I don’t mind the clouds when I run but after a few days of full cloud cover, I crave some sunshine. We have sun over 300 days a year so it’s rare for us to not see it for several days in a row. I don’t think I would fare well in the NW or places with near total dark months.
Anyway, I attempted a progression run this morning. I did well for the first few miles, then sort of locked onto a pace. I realized it at mile 5 so picked it up for a faster mile 6 then a purposeful slower cooldown mile.
I sorted out a plan for next month yesterday. I am basically doing the tail end of a HH HM plan (intermediate 2). The intermediate 1 is more of an endurance plan. I’ve got that covered with the recent marathon training. Int 2 focuses on speed, which is what I need right now. I’m hoping a few weeks of targeted work will remind my legs how to run that pace. I have 5 weeks until my possible HM so I figure I’ll see how the pace work goes the next few weeks then make a decision about whether to sign up or not. If this doesn’t work out, I will shoot to race a fall HM this year.5 -
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
1/25 13.43 miles, Crazy Laps! Sore and UGH weather!
1/26 13.52 miles, Crazy Laps! Sore and UGH weather!
1/27 14.25 miles, Crazy Laps! sour mood; weather, windy chilly
1/28 17.42 miles, Running Partner A & E
1/29 15.44 miles, 1735 days on the run, 917 days HM+ Streak, Crazy Laps!
1/30 15.6 miles, Crazy Laps! cold, drizzle
1/31 15.51 miles, Crazy Laps! encased in ice!
480.28 miles for January 20234 -
So, I got my treadmill run in this morning. It was nice, boring, and warm. I definitely met my monthly goals. January was a good month for me. I hope the same goes for February!
@spl8 I am very new to predicting how much mileage I will get in per month and had also thought I would do more cross training this month (hardly did any), so maybe I wasn't good at estimating what my goal should be. I also thought from a mental standpoint it would be better to set my goal a bit low than too high. It looks like you almost reached your goal as well! I have been running regularly again since last April, but I never considered how far I was going until joining this group.
@kgirlhart I hope the weather gets running friendly again soon!
@tarun_yadavA No military here. Military are/were mostly in southern Germany. I think most bases that were here are no more though. Actually, I studied abroad here and liked it a lot. Not crowded like California, more paid vacation, seasons, very bike friendly, loooooooooooonnnng paid maternity leave. Forests, bike paths, rivers all around. What's not to love?
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Good decision making this morning @kgirlhart . Treadmills are nice to have when the weather is horrible.
@shanaber Nice job working around the weather.
@tarun_yadavA Vey nice run. Great mileage for the month. And, yes, that did escalate fast!
Glad you enjoyed your running weather @martaindale . You've recovered really well. Good luck with your plan and "possible" HM in 5 weeks.
@AlphaHowls How's the body recovering from the fall. I would think crazy laps would not be good for healing....too many turns. You're a real trouper.
Great running @Laurz9191 ! Congrats on exceeding your monthly goal.
I had my cardiology appointment today. They said all of the tests didn't really show anything and the murmur doesn't sounds like it has progressed, but, thankfully, they are taking my word for it that something is/did happen. I am scheduled for a stress echocardiogram on Feb 16. I already had a CT scheduled for the 24th before I see the surgeon for a follow up on 2 March. The cardiologist said we will see what those show and, if they all look good, will discuss a 30 day telemetry heart monitor.
After my appointment, I went to see my cousin and discuss a couple of issues with the nurse at the assisted living facility. Then, I ran errands - I think I made 8 other stops before I got home, including mom's where I stayed a few minutes. I was worn out when I got home, but went on down for my treadmill workout. Fortunately, the plan called for 35 min easy run or cross training, so I took it at it's word. I walked a total of 0.9 miles for warm up and cool down and ran/walked for 2/2/1 min at 4.5/4.2/3.8 mph for 28:10 min, when I reached 2.0 miles. My avg pace was 14:05 min/mile. Avg HR was 128 with a max of 143 bpm. As tired as I was, that was enough.
I had 50.12 miles fast walking and 44.88 miles of running. I'm happy with how January went.
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Whew! Just made it to my goal! This group definitely was an important motivator. Thanks!8 -
Way to make your goal @spl8!
@quilteryoyo hope you can find an answer from your CT and stress tests.
Stuck inside for the past 2 days with ice. Probably another 2 after today. So did 8 miles on the treadmill to finish January.
Hope all of you getting this ice stay safe!
See you all in February thread!6
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