December Running Challenge

ddmom0811 wrote: »

The 5K on Saturday was bizarre. It was SO dark! I came in 2nd in my age group but my time was the worst I've ever run -31 -- mainly because it was so dark. Also, my app said it was 3.3 so not sure if my app is off or they were. My daughter is home from college and she ran it and got 3rd in her age group - she doesn't run a lot but after running the turkey trot with me and now this one, she now is looking for others for us to run. About 5 minutes before the race started they said "this is not the race to run your personal best .. it is very dark ... there are many wild animals and if you see one you need to stop!" We were panicking that the road was going to be uneven we would fall, etc. There were luminaries (bags with glow sticks in them) along the route but that did nothing to really see the road. It was fun once it was over and we were safe, but not sure I'd do it again. https://www.facebook.com/SommerSports/timeline is the company that did it and there is a little video on that page that shows how dark it was. Crazy!

Great job on placing both of you!

My daughter and I ran one of this night time races a few weeks most of the path was gravel and it was dark. Not sure I'd want to run it again, I was never sure what my foot was going to land on. I had a small flashlight and it was a run through a Christmas light display but it was still dark.

Dec 1 - 3.5
Dec 2- strength training
Dec 3- 3.4
Dec 4- strength training
Dec 5 - 3.5
Dec 6 - 3.5
Dec 7 - 32 mile bike ride
Dec 8 - 3.5
Dec 9 - Strength training
Dec 10 - 3.5
Dec 11 - rest
Dec 12 - 3.5 AM and strength training PM
Dec 13 - biking 28 miles
Dec 14 - 3.5, then 12 miles biking.
Dec 15 - strength training
Dec 16 - 3.5
Dec 17 - rest - trainer cancelled. I needed to clean up house anyway for lots of company coming.
Dec 18 - 3.5
Dec 19 - going to rest - got a Santa’s 5K on Sat night.
Dec 20 - 3.1 - Santa’s 5K
Dec 21 - 18 mile bike ride
Dec 22 - 3.5

Stoshew71 wrote: »

ddmom0811 wrote: »

The 5K on Saturday was bizarre. It was SO dark! I came in 2nd in my age group but my time was the worst I've ever run -31 -- mainly because it was so dark. Also, my app said it was 3.3 so not sure if my app is off or they were.

A few things. If it is a certified course, chances are they are right and you are not for a couple of reasons.

#1, phone apps depends on the phone's gps which is not the most accurate measurement.
#2, you may have ran a little extra without realizing it. (especially if there are a lot of turns and curves).

Certified courses are measured by straight lines of the shortest path legally possible. Unless you are "running the tangents", you are most likely running a little extra.

This link gives you a more detailed explanation of what running the tangents mean:

http://www.runninginjuryfree.org/2008/10/run-tangents.html

Thanks - that makes sense! I usually do try to always get on the inside curve on a turn at a 5K but I never thought about it in such detail as that tangent site explained. On that particular run in the dark, there was no way to get yourself at the best position because you had to worry about running into people or animals.

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
13.12.2014 - 5 km
14.12.2014 - 12 km
16.12.2014 - 6 km
19.12.2014 - 6.1 km
20.12.2014 - 11 km
21.12.2014 - 3.6 km

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70.5km (of 100km) done

12/2 = strength training
12/3 = 6 miles
12/4 = strength training
12/6 = 7 miles
12/7 = 7 miles + 1 miles with the dog
12/8 = 7 miles
12/9 = strength training
12/11 = strength training + 6.5 miles
12/13 = 6.5 miles
12/15 = 7 miles
12/16 = strength training
12/18 = strength training
12/19 = 6.5 miles
12/20 = 6.5 miles
12/21 = 3 miles, easy run/walk with my dog. Active rest day!
12/22 = 6.5 miles

12/1, 4.5 miles, treadmill
12/2, 4.5 miles, treadmill
12/3, 4.5 miles, treadmill
12/4, Zumba
12/5, 4.5 miles. treadmill
12/8, 1.5 miles, treadmill (&Zumba)
12/9, Zumba
12/10, Zumba
12/11, rest
12/12, walk
12/13, 4.15 miles, treadmill
12/14, 4.12 miles, treadmill
12/15, 3 miles, treadmill
12/16, hot yoga
12/17, 4.12 miles, treadmill
12/18, 4.12 miles, treadmill (&Zumba)
12/19, rest
12/20, 5.2 miles, outside!!!!!!!!!!!! So nice!!!
12/21, 3.0 miles, treadmill (&Zumba)

47.21 total; 70 goal

Dec 1 - 2 miles
Dec 2 - 1.1 miles
Dec 3 - Rest
Dec 4 - Rest
Dec 5 - 3.1 miles (5k)
Dec 6 - 3.1 miles (5k)
Dec 7 - Rest
Dec 8 - 3.1 miles (5k)
Dec 9 - Rest
Dec 10 - 4 miles
Dec 11 - Elliptical (not taken off of ticker)
Dec 12 - 4 miles
Dec 13 - 2.15 miles
Dec 14 - Christmas Shopping
Dec 15 - 4 miles
Dec 16 - 4 miles
Dec 17 - Rest
Dec 18 - Rest
Dec 19 - 5 miles
Dec 20 - Elliptical (not taken off of ticker)
Dec 21 - Rest
Dec 22 - 2 miles am plus 2 miles pm = 4 miles

12/1... 1.75...1.75
12/3....2....3.75
12/5...2... 5.75
12/10...1.75...7.5
12/12... 2.25...9.75
12/15...2.25... 12
12/16...1.75...13.75
12/18... 2... 15.75
12/21... 2.6...18.35

I got in 2.08 miles this morning.

I felt good tonight, and was able to pick up the pace for a few miles.

12/1/14 3.3 miles, a large portion of which was uphill, one of my better runs in a while
12/3/14 3.0 miles
12/6/14 6.1 miles
12/9/14 4.3 miles
12/11/2014 3.05 miles
12/13/2014 8.5 miles
12/16/2014 5.0 miles
12/21/2014 9.0 miles
12/23/2014 2.08 miles

Total: 44.33 miles

12/03: 3.25 miles (5.23 km) @ 7:50/mi. 3.25 miles for the month. 46.75 remaining for my goal.
12/05: 3.25 miles (5.23 km) @ 7:56/mi. 6.5 miles for the month. 43.5 remaining for my goal.
12/07: 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.)

12/09: 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.
12/13: 5.75 miles (9.25 km) @ 8:03/mi. 23.26 miles for the month. 26.74 remaining for my goal.

12/16: 3.75 miles (6.04 km) @ 7:55/mi. 27.01 miles for the month. 22.99 remaining for my goal.
12/18: 3.76 miles (6.05 km) @ 8:00/mi. 30.77 miles for the month. 19.23 remaining for my goal.
12/21: 6.51 miles (10.48 km) @ 8:07/mi. 37.28 miles for the month. 12.72 remaining for my goal.

12/23: 3.25 miles (5.23 km) @ 7:53/mi. 40.53 miles for the month. 9.47 remaining for my goal. (This is another low-volume week: 6K planned for Christmas, and 5K on Saturday).

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), +3.1mi easy
13 Dec - 7.1mi, technical trail, +5.3 easy
14 Dec - 12mi long (new PR of 74 MPW)
15 Dec - 8.2mi, easy
16 Dec - 6.5mi, hill repeats/Strava bashing
17 Dec - 7mi, easy
18 Dec - 7mi, easy w/hills
19 Dec - 6.5mi, easy, + 4mi w/the girl
20 Dec - 8.3mi, easy w/hills
21 Dec - 5.9mi, easy w/the girl
22 Dec - 8.6+3.3mi, easy
23 Dec - 3mi, easy w/the girl, +6mi easy, w/the boss

Total: 195.4mi
Goal: 250mi

Current Streak:
46 days (383.3 mi)

Goal for December: 80 miles

12/1 root canal in the morning, and 5.18 in the afternoon.....what a day!
12/2 3.53
12/3 3.45
12/4 rest
12/5 3.85
12/6 I. Could. Not. Just. Could. Not.
12/7 3.88
12/8 3.5
12/9 3.68
12/10 3.15
12/11 rest
12/12 bike
12/13 4.2
12/14 4.18
12/15 snorkel day (and too rough to enjoy....)
12/16 2.57 miles that I struggled through..
12/17 3.57...a much better day!
12/18 rest
12/19 3.12 (and a rainbow) for my birthday!
12/20: 3.45
12/21 4.07
12/22 rest
12/23 6.39

Total: 61.77
(ticker is my goal for 2014 and accumulation to date)

12/1 -
12/2 -
12/3 –
12/4 -
12/5 -
12/6 -
12/7 -
12/8 – 2.1 miles
12/9 -2.1 miles
12/10 – 1 mile
12/11 –
12/12 –
12/13/ - 2 miles
12/14 –
12/15 –
12/16 – 1 mile
12/17 – 2 miles
12/18 – 1 mile
12/19 –
12/20 –
12/21 –
12/22 –
12/23 – 1 mile

Goal: 25
Completed: 12.2