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November Goals
timeasterday
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It's a new month! I liked the previous post about October goals so I thought I'd carry it on. What are your goals this month?
For November, I'd like to:
1) Continue building up my mileage to a 12-mile long run 2 weeks before my first half marathon
2) Add a weekly speedwork session at the track (with the running group)
3) Complete my first half marathon on Thanksgiving in less than 2 hours
4) Focus on core work, hips, glutes, abductors, etc.
5) Stay injury free
For November, I'd like to:
1) Continue building up my mileage to a 12-mile long run 2 weeks before my first half marathon
2) Add a weekly speedwork session at the track (with the running group)
3) Complete my first half marathon on Thanksgiving in less than 2 hours
4) Focus on core work, hips, glutes, abductors, etc.
5) Stay injury free
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Continue to build my base
Safeguard against injury with a sustainable cross training program and stretch routine
Run the Marietta gobble jog in thanksgiving0 -
Be running 10k in training by the end of the month which means having a working knee. So continuing water aerobics, stretching, strengthening, and icing when appropriate.
Sign up for the half marathon in April 2014. It opened for registration yesterday.0 -
Tim - I'm pretty sure you will get that sub-2 unless you get injured. You already run faster than that.
I will continue working on speed. (This will be hard to do since I've been released to get back into the pool. WaHooo!!)
I need to decide if I'm going to run a 5K or a 12K mid-December. A bunch of us from the gym were going to do the 12K (it's the same race/day, just have options), but about half of them are switching to the 5K due to injuries. So I can do either one. The 5K is appealing since this is the place where I've run my other 5K's so it will be a good gauge of progress. They are always different routes, but similar on the hills. OTOH, I already run nearly 10K on my long runs, so it would be a fun goal to up my distance a bit.0 -
Goals...
First 5K this Saturday!
Thanksgiving Day 5K
Keep base building and preparing for a half on May 10, 2014
Sign up for the Run With The Wind 25K that is set for February 15th
Remain injury free
stay reasonable warm
consider how to attach deer whistles to my shoes to discourage wildlife from getting within close proximity0 -
November goals (not necessarily in order of greatest importance):
1-Stop eating Halloween candy (Note to self: Candy is NOT fuel.)
2-Stick to my running plan despite single parenthood for most of the month while my husband travels for work.
2b- Continue building out my base and run 8 miles for long run by the end of the month.
3-Maintain or lose not gain despite the Thanksgiving holiday (also see point #1)
4-Maintain an attitude of thankfulness despite challenges at work and at home (see point 2)
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November goals (not necessarily in order of greatest importance):
1-Stop eating Halloween candy (Note to self: Candy is NOT fuel.)
2-Stick to my running plan despite single parenthood for most of the month while my husband travels for work.
2b- Continue building out my base and run 8 miles for long run by the end of the month.
3-Maintain or lose not gain despite the Thanksgiving holiday (also see point #1)
4-Maintain an attitude of thankfulness despite challenges at work and at home (see point 2)
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Beth - you are the BEST! I love your goals. (And I might copy them down.)0 -
November Goals
1 - Finish 10k training plan (this Saturday)
2 - Start 12 week 15k SmartCoach training plan
3 - New training plan brings tempo runs and speedwork (new for me)
4 - Run 50 miles this month
5 - Bike 50 miles this month (at this point it's a stationary bike, I don't have a real one)
6 - Lose at least 3 more pounds so my BMI is in the overweight category and no longer obese
I'm stretching out the 15k training plan to 12 weeks because my goal is to do my first half marathon in July. This will give me 24 weeks after the 15k plan to train for the HM. I know that's a long time, but it will help me build my weekly base and hopefully help keep me injury free.0 -
Tim - I'm pretty sure you will get that sub-2 unless you get injured. You already run faster than that.
I will continue working on speed. (This will be hard to do since I've been released to get back into the pool. WaHooo!!)
I need to decide if I'm going to run a 5K or a 12K mid-December. A bunch of us from the gym were going to do the 12K (it's the same race/day, just have options), but about half of them are switching to the 5K due to injuries. So I can do either one. The 5K is appealing since this is the place where I've run my other 5K's so it will be a good gauge of progress. They are always different routes, but similar on the hills. OTOH, I already run nearly 10K on my long runs, so it would be a fun goal to up my distance a bit.
Hmmm...difficult choice. But I think I would be tempted to go for the PR and run the 5K. You could do the 12K on your own, but how cool would it be to see your apples to apples progress on the 5K?0 -
In November I'm trying to learn to be flexible with my running. Since I started C25K in May I've religiously stuck to a schedule and honestly that messed with my brain when outdoor running became more challenging. I will continue to run 3x a week, but the distance and specific workout is going to vary. I have a few promising looking treadmill workouts to try out when getting outside isn't an option. I just need to get over this cold first so I can actually run again.
I'm also contemplating doing a 5K on Thanksgiving. I hadn't been planning on it but now that it's getting close, and seeing other people talk about theirs, makes me want to do it.0 -
My goal to be injury free may be short lived. But technically I hurt myself in last month's race. So now I just need to see if I can get past this latest issue. During my race I got a sharp pain at my left iliac crest at mile 8 and it got slightly better after a mile. Since then I still have pain there. Last week I skipped one of my shorter weekly runs and during my long Sunday run the pain was tolerable until I hit 10 miles. Today I still have pain there with every step so I think I will skip today's run and do some elliptical & bike at the gym (which does not cause any pain). I'm going back to see my doctor next week. The pain seems to be at the point where the tensor fascia lata and gluteus medius attach to the pelvis. I suspect a weakness in one is causing the other to get overworked.0
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Inspiring goals! Mine are going to look a bit timid in comparison but here goes
1: Run 50miles. This is linked to a UK running website I visit and they're getting people to post updates on Twitter with the tag #noexcuses every time they run with the idea being we all inspire each other to get our shoes on ... we'll see!
2: Increase longest distance to 7.5miles by month end (this will help with the above too).
3: Move my one of my two short runs to the evening. It's dark either way but I'm not good at running after work and I'd like to match my morning time for an evening 5k.
4: Run a mile in less than 10mins. Fastest so far is 10.17 so this should be do-able but I'd like to be doing it consistently rather than a one-off wonder lol
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Trying to keep my knee healthy enough to run a 10k on Nov. 23rd. Also ramping up my cycling in prep for the MS 150 ride in April- Houston to Austin, TX.
I'm about 1.5 lbs from my ULTIMATE goal weight, would like to hit that before the end of the year.
Trying to figure out how to get exercise time in, since it's dark when I leave for work and dark when I get off work. :-/0 -
Trying to keep my knee healthy enough to run a 10k on Nov. 23rd. Also ramping up my cycling in prep for the MS 150 ride in April- Houston to Austin, TX.
I'm about 1.5 lbs from my ULTIMATE goal weight, would like to hit that before the end of the year.
Trying to figure out how to get exercise time in, since it's dark when I leave for work and dark when I get off work. :-/
Good luck with the 10k and the bike ride - that's real sore bum territory lol
When I started trying to lose some weight I used a Cyclops fluid trainer (www.cyclops.com) with my mountain bike - set it up in the dining room and away I went. It uses the bikes own gears and creates very good resistance to mimic proper riding. That particular one was quite expensive - about £300 (I borrowed it from a colleague) but if you're seriously into cycling and are going to get lots of use out of it over the winter it might be worth looking at. If you do, get a slick training tyre to cut down the noise as treaded tyres create a bit of 'road' noise that drills into your brain after a while 0 -
Trying to keep my knee healthy enough to run a 10k on Nov. 23rd. Also ramping up my cycling in prep for the MS 150 ride in April- Houston to Austin, TX.
I'm about 1.5 lbs from my ULTIMATE goal weight, would like to hit that before the end of the year.
Trying to figure out how to get exercise time in, since it's dark when I leave for work and dark when I get off work. :-/
Good luck with the 10k and the bike ride - that's real sore bum territory lol
When I started trying to lose some weight I used a Cyclops fluid trainer (www.cyclops.com) with my mountain bike - set it up in the dining room and away I went. It uses the bikes own gears and creates very good resistance to mimic proper riding. That particular one was quite expensive - about £300 (I borrowed it from a colleague) but if you're seriously into cycling and are going to get lots of use out of it over the winter it might be worth looking at. If you do, get a slick training tyre to cut down the noise as treaded tyres create a bit of 'road' noise that drills into your brain after a while
That is very tempting! I live in a tiny house and don't really have anywhere I could set that up. (Thinking about what piece of furniture I could do without!)
BTW it's www.cycleops.com0 -
BTW it's www.cycleops.com
Doh! Hope my misspelling didn't send you to some dodgy website lol0 -
My goals for November are:
1.) Build mileage for my half marathon in January
2.) Stay injury free while building up my mileage.
3.) Complete my 9k Turkey Trot in under 1:40:00.
4.) I want to get my longer runs into a 13: m/m time range. I'm good with anything 3 miles or less but once it starts to go past there I climb into 14/15 minute miles.0 -
I've already changed my November goals. I still want to up my running distance and will through the month, but I'm not going to sign up for any of the races I was thinking of. I was going to do an Iron Girl half marathon in April and then two Iron Girl sprint tris in August and September. The reason was because by doing all three I would get another acknowledgement of completing them all. I have also been planning a special vacation for two weeks at the end of August. It's been being planned for five years. I'd have to do one Tri (in the heat of August), fly out the next day for a long plane ride, not be able to do much for two weeks, return and then almost immediately do the other Tri. In addition, I am happier increasing my mileage as my knee allows rather than on a half marathon schedule for April. I want to run for years.
While I still would like to do these three, and probably will in 2015, next year I'm thinking about commiting to one Sprint Triathlon in the late Spring/early Summer, if I can get my biking up to where I'm comfortable, and a half marathon in the Fall and/or another Sprint Tri. I already feel better taking the pressure off. I'm loving being in the water and really enjoying my running.
So by the end of November I will:
- run 10k and do a 10k in December. I was so so close before I started taking it easy.
- start swim classes
- swim freestyle 150m without stopping. I can do 50m now doing freestyle only and 200m if I switch up my strokes and do back and breast strokes to rest.
- get out on the bike again and at least get an idea on where my starting point is as far as mileage.0 -
Let me revise my goals:
I would like to be able to breath and to stop coughing by the end of the month. If anybody wants to celebrate, I'm having a pity party at 2:30. There will be cake.
PS - you all are so inspiring. This is the best group on MFP!0 -
Let me revise my goals:
I would like to be able to breath and to stop coughing by the end of the month. If anybody wants to celebrate, I'm having a pity party at 2:30. There will be cake.
PS - you all are so inspiring. This is the best group on MFP!
I am happy to see you posting. I am not happy to hear that you still can't breathe and that you're coughing.0 -
Let me revise my goals:
I would like to be able to breath and to stop coughing by the end of the month. If anybody wants to celebrate, I'm having a pity party at 2:30. There will be cake.
PS - you all are so inspiring. This is the best group on MFP!
Sorry to hear about your chest, Varda. Is this an infection or to do with your asthma? Either way pretty miserable and I hope you feel tip top soon!
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Let me revise my goals:
I would like to be able to breath and to stop coughing by the end of the month. If anybody wants to celebrate, I'm having a pity party at 2:30. There will be cake.
PS - you all are so inspiring. This is the best group on MFP!
I should have checked earlier. I had cals for cake today.
I think you can reach your goal by the end of the month. Doesn't sound likely by the end of the week, though.0 -
This talk of bikes and swimming amidst all the running goals makes my heart beat faster.
Laura - Having some treadmill run workouts will be a great idea. Saves time when you are already at the gym, good for bad weather. I really have to mix it up, though. I have no idea how some of the ladies at the gym run for an hour or more with a fairly constant pace on that thing. I still need to get outside.0 -
YAY! Goal #1 accomplished-"To run 8 miles before the end of the month." I did it tonight in the rain at a 12 min per mile pace, and all but the last mile felt wonderful! I was only going to run 7 again, but I felt good, so I thought why not stretch it out to 7.5. Then 7.5 came, and I thought, why not eight? The last 1/2 mile my butt and outside right leg started to hurt, but nothing too serious. It did that the first time I ran 10K too. Hooray! I still feel a long way from 13.1, but I'm getting there bit by bit.0
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YAY! Goal #1 accomplished-"To run 8 miles before the end of the month." I did it tonight in the rain at a 12 min per mile pace, and all but the last mile felt wonderful! I was only going to run 7 again, but I felt good, so I thought why not stretch it out to 7.5. Then 7.5 came, and I thought, why not eight? The last 1/2 mile my butt and outside right leg started to hurt, but nothing too serious. It did that the first time I ran 10K too. Hooray! I still feel a long way from 13.1, but I'm getting there bit by bit.
You are going to be there before you know it! Did you settle on a plan?0 -
Sort of settled on a plan...
As much as my schedule will allow I am following the FIRST method. ( I need to order the Run Less, Run Faster book, which I believe uses the FIRST plan.) I am using it to target my pace and distance for 3 runs a week- Speedwork or hills on Thursdays, Tempos on Friday, and long runs on Sunday. I also do strength/cross training with my trainer on Wednesday. I wish I could put a day between the Speedwork and the Tempo, but my schedule won't allow it. However, I am adjusting the suggested mileage a bit to make sure I don't ramp up too fast and hurt myself. So instead of running a 10 mile long run next week, I will repeat the 8, then back off the new distance back down to 6 for a week adding to the tempo run distance, and then back up to 8 for the long again...and so forth.0 -
You should be fine. I did get advice about doing speedwork after a long run, but doing the intervals before the tempo I think shouldn't be as much of a problem.0
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A little over halfway through the month and I am on track for most of my goals.
I ran 13.1 miles three weeks before my race. Last weekend I did 10 on one day and 3.8 on the other. Good enough.1) Continue building up my mileage to a 12-mile long run 2 weeks before my first half marathon
This one is going great. I love the speedwork!2) Add a weekly speedwork session at the track (with the running group)
Should be on track for that one.3) Complete my first half marathon on Thanksgiving in less than 2 hours
Three times a week.4) Focus on core work, hips, glutes, abductors, etc.
Still dealing with an injury from last month.5) Stay injury free0 -
Go, Tim!!!0
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Awesome goal attainment, Tim!
I made my eight mile goal, but I'm still working on the others.
I stopped eating Halloween candy -today- but I had wine and hot chocolate (not at the same time!) and ice breaker mints instead. Ack...
I am having to be flexible with my running plan, but so far so good on keeping mostly to plan.
I am grateful when I stop whining long enough to look around me and realize how blessed I truly am. So that "attitude of thankfulness" goal is a work in progress.0 -
My November goal was to become more flexible with my running. The first part of that was adapting to the change in seasons and what that meant for my schedule. The other part of it was backing away from a training schedule and just enjoying running for now.
At a minimum I'm out of the funk I was in. I was blaming the shorter days but I now realize it was a combination of things. Loss of daylight definitely threw me for a loop, but it also was the new training schedule. When I finished the 10K training & moved to 15K it dropped me way back. In the first 4 weeks it had 1 - 4 mile run, 3 - 3 mile runs, and 8 - 2 mile runs. After spending so many weeks building up distance, that was a real letdown. The past few Saturdays I've been building up my long runs again and that satisfies me enough that I can deal with the shorter treadmill runs during the week. The 6 miles I ran on Saturday was the furthest I've gone since September 21. I finally feel like I'm back to where I had been. I don't feel the need to build much over the winter months given how much of my running will be on the treadmill, but I'd like to generally maintain my base.
I'm finally more comfortable on the treadmill. I've accepted that I'm going to be slower. I've accepted that it's going to be boring. Some days I run for a set period of time. Some days I run for distance. Monday I did "whichever comes first." I plan to try to work in some treadmill hills runs. I plan to try to work in some speed intervals. It's going to be a long winter so I have time to experiment.0
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