December Running Challenge

KylaDenay wrote: »

12/6 - Twisted bad ankle/foot. Its bruised pretty bad. Need it to heal
12/7- 12/9 RICE on ankle/foot
12/10 - 2 miles walking on treadmill (limped badly, so stopped)
This totally sucks!! My first month doing a challenge and I can't even get any miles in. I tried to walk last night and my foot/ankle was not having it. I'll just have to do what I can if anything.

I know you want to run, but your ankle is so much more important than this goal.
One of my daughters sprained her ankle several times one year. Each time she gave it less time to heal leaving it vulnerable to a sprain again. The last one was so severe the doctor told her she'd never have 'normal' strength and flexibility in the joint again. Years ago she used to run with me- the repeated injuries make that impossible now.
Give your body time to heal- it is worth the wait.

@skippygirlsmom & @Shanaber- I never intended to run twice yesterday, but when my friend showed up to run in the rain I was not about to say no. I warned him I was already spent & off we ran. My spits were all over the place- flying down hills & staggering up. I felt fine except for my fingers and toes because my shoes & gloves were soaked through. The right gear makes a huge difference. And before you decide I'm invincible or crazy, that 2nd run should have been 10.5 miles, but around 8 miles I actually called my man to say I cannot stay out here in this any longer, please come rescue me.
_Date___ Miles
Dec 1 ___7.1am+6.4pm (& a hike up Monadnock too)
Dec 2 ___1.3 streak -snowing again
Dec 3 ___10.4am -icy w\freezing rain (No pm run)
Dec 4 ___4.1 beautiful clear night skies forgot I was only going out for 1 mile
Dec 5 ___3.5
Dec 6 ___10.4 snow & rain mix
Dec 7 ___3.1 @12F
Dec 8 ___1.5pm too cold/tired for more after AM hike up/run down Mt. Tecumseh
Dec 9 ___4.2 another rain/snow mix
Dec 10 __12.9am+9.3pm both in cold rain -at least it wasn't snowing
Dec 11 __3.5 snow again

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2.12.2014 - 5.0 km
6.12.2014 - 4.2 km
7.12.2014 - 10.5 km
10.12.2014 - 3 km
11.12.2014 - 4.1 km ... on a dark and stormy night... ;-)

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26.8km (of 100km) done

DATE...DISTANCE...TOTAL
12/1........3.00.........3.00
12/2........Weight training
12/3........4.50.........7.50
12/4........6.00.......13.50
12/5........Weight training
12/6.........6.50......20.00 >>>>Hit 1,700 miles for the year
12/8.........6.50......26.50
12/9.........7.25......33.75
12/10.......6.25......40.00
12/12.......6.00......46.00

46/120... 74 miles to go

fabnine wrote: »

@skippygirlsmom & @Shanaber- I never intended to run twice yesterday, but when my friend showed up to run in the rain I was not about to say no. I warned him I was already spent & off we ran. My spits were all over the place- flying down hills & staggering up. I felt fine except for my fingers and toes because my shoes & gloves were soaked through. The right gear makes a huge difference. And before you decide I'm invincible or crazy, that 2nd run should have been 10.5 miles, but around 8 miles I actually called my man to say I cannot stay out here in this any longer, please come rescue me.

Nothing wrong with a little rescue! You are still my hero

12/3: 3.25 miles (5.23 km) @ 7:50/mi. 3.25 miles for the month. 46.75 remaining for my goal.
12/5: 3.25 miles (5.23 km) @ 7:56/mi. 6.5 miles for the month. 43.5 remaining for my goal.
12/7: 3.50 miles (5.63 km) @ 7:38/mi. 10.0 miles for the month. 40 remaining for my goal.

(That was a low-volume week.)

12/9: 3.76 miles (6.05 km) @ 7:43/mi. 13.76 miles for the month. 36.24 remaining for my goal.
12/11: 3.75 miles (6.04 km) @ 7:49/mi. 17.51 miles for the month. 32.49 remaining for my goal.

Keeping it on track. My knees are still hangin' in there. I've started drawing pictures with my runs on the map using my Garmin GPS watch. Heh.... It makes extending the run distances a little more interesting. Big mall parking lots make a nice canvas, but it's a lot harder to visualize and implement than I though it would be. I wonder if I'm the only weirdo that does this.

12/3/2014 - 3.33 Miles - Cumulative 3.33 Miles.
12/4/2014 - 4.12 Miles - Cumulative 7.45 Miles
12/6/2014 - 3.14 Miles - Cumulative 10.59 Miles (Set a 5K PR on this one of 27:23)
12/8/2014 - 2.13 Miles - Cumulative 12.72 Miles
12/9/2014 - 4.08 Miles - Cumulative 16.80
12/11/2014 - 4.28 miles - Cumulative 21.08

GOAL: 50 Miles

1 Dec - 7.2mi, easy effort
2 Dec - 5.2mi, 12x hill repeats
3 Dec - 8.1mi, midweek long, easy effort + 3.2 trail
4 Dec - 6mi, fartlek/Strava bashing
5 Dec - 8.2mi, easy/rain
6 Dec - 6.1mi, easy w/the girl
7 Dec - 3.3mi, easy
8 Dec - 10mi + 6.4mi, both easy
9 Dec - 6mi with 2mi @tempo (6:25, 6:15)
10 Dec - 8.3mi, midweek longish, +3mi w/the girl
11 Dec - 5mi, easy
12 Dec - 7mi, 4x Yasso 800s (3:18, 3:18, 3:17, 3:16)

Total: 93mi
Goal: 250mi

Current Streak:
35 days (281 mi)

SLHysell wrote: »

Keeping it on track. My knees are still hangin' in there. I've started drawing pictures with my runs on the map using my Garmin GPS watch. Heh.... It makes extending the run distances a little more interesting. Big mall parking lots make a nice canvas, but it's a lot harder to visualize and implement than I though it would be. I wonder if I'm the only weirdo that does this.

I've never heard of that. But I just bought myself a GPS watch this week (yay!), and I'm definitely going to try that. Sounds like fun

skippygirlsmom wrote: »

When I asked why she didn't tell me what really happened while we were there, she said "Momma you would have gone all Jersey on the girl" LOL so true!

So funny! I laughed out loud at this!