December Running Challenge

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
12/23 = strength training
12/24 = 6.5 miles

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
12/24 3.28

Total: 65.05
(ticker is my goal for 2014 and accumulation to date)

_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 at 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
Dec 12 __1.3 snow again
Dec 13 __1.4 clear finally
Dec 14 __7.6 beautiful 36F & sunny- I pulled out the shorts!
Dec 15 __1.3 + hike up/run down Cannon Mountain-Lovin' this winter hiking!
Dec 16 __7 fun easy miles in 56:08-kinda happy bout that one!
Dec 17 __3.6
Dec 18 __1 for the streak on a back to back party day
Dec 19 __7.4
Dec 20 __4.1 + hike up Monadnock
Dec 21 __5.9
Dec 22 __5.1 *** 1,700 miles in 2014!!! ***
Dec 23 __1.1
Dec 24 __1streak
Dec 25 __1streak

Thinkin' I'm content with 1,700 for 2014 & I'm going to rest at 1-3 miles a day til January.

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
12/14.......7.00......53.00
12/15.......5.25......58.25
12/17.......3.25......61.50
12/18.......5.25......66.75
12/19.......6.00......72.75
12/20.......7.00......79.75
12/21.......4.00......83.75
12/22.......2.50......86.25
12/25.......3.25......89.50

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
Dec 23 - 25 mile bike ride
Dec 24 - 4 miles

Merry Christmas everyone! Thankful for finding this challenge because it definitely helped me get moving this week.

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
12/23... 2.25..20.6
12/25... 2.2... 22.8

Only 1.2 miles to go to make a goal I was so unsure about at the beginning of the month .

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
12/24 3.28
12/25 3.88 after a carbo-heavy Christmas breakfast of crepes and juice from oranges I picked this morning! (Merry Christmas to all!)

Total: 68.93
(ticker is my goal for 2014 and accumulation to date)

Hope everyone had a great Christmas time!

I helped move some furniture around on the 24th, (to make space around the tree) and ended up with the couch sitting on my toe. Ouch!
Nothing broken or otherwise serious, but putting on shoes (and running) hurts. Today I decided that since it's only one toe out of ten, it might not be too bad, and went out anyway. But no, one bruised toe is enough to ruin a run - wasn't any fun at all. I'll try a short run again on Sunday. Let's see if I can still reach my goal... There aren't many days left in December, but there's also not that many km missing.

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
22.12.2014 - 11 km
26.12.2014 - 3.7 km

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85.2km (of 100km) done

Getting there - won't meet my December goal, but if I keep the same goal for January, I will DEFINITELY meet it:

09/12 - 5.02km
20/12 - 4.27km
24/12 - 5.53km
27/12 - 5.09km

Did a slow 2.5 miles with my 32-week pregnant daughter - two runs in one day.

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and is ready for the new year! Wow!!

Date.......Miles.......Total
12/01.... 6.40....... 6.40
12/02.... 4.40......10.80 Wet, Wet, Wet Rain run in the AM/Strength training in the PM
12/03.... 0.00......10.80
12/04.... 3.38......14.18 Quick run between meetings; Strength Training
12/05.... 4.03......18.21
12/06.... 0.00......18.21
12/07.... 0.00......18.21
12/08.... 0.00......18.21
12/09.... 6.92......25.13 Beautiful run; Strength Training
12/10.... 5.98......31.11
12/11.... 6.77......37.88 Run and Strength Training
12/12.... 0.00......37.88
12/13.... 9.93......47.81
12/14.... 0.00......47.81
12/15.... 7.66......55.47 Once I got going I didn't want to stop!
12/16.... 4.31......59.78 Run and Strength Training
12/17.... 0.00......59.78
12/18.... 5.79......65.57 Run and Strength Training
12/19.... 4.15......69.72
12/20.... 8.45......78.17
12/21.... 0.00......78.17
12/22.... 4.36......82.53
12/23.... 0.00......82.53 Strength Training
12/24.... 4.43......86.96
12/25.... 0.00......86.96
12/26.... 4.45......91.41 Run and Strength Training




Heading to San Diego in the morning for the final half marathon for this year on Sunday! I am so looking forward to it. Going to be clear and cold (for CA) at the start - around 40 and in the 50s at the finish at the beach.

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
Dec 23 - Rest
Dec 24 - 3.1 miles (5k)
Dec 25 - I ate too much to run...meh!
Dec 26 - 4 miles

36 miles to go - which should be doable with a short run planned for today, a final pre-marathon 20 miler tomorrow, then 2 short runs mid next week.

Dec 25 - 5 miles
Dec 24 - 8 miles
Dec 23 - 5 miles
Dec 21 - 12 miles
Dec 20 - 10K (6.2 miles @ 7:35 pace) + 1.8 mile jog
Dec 18 - 5 miles
Dec 17 - 5 miles
Dec 16 - 5 miles
Dec 14 - 20 miles
Dec 13 - 5 miles
Dec 11 - 5 miles
Dec 10 - 8 miles
Dec 9 - 5 miles
Dec 7 - 13 miles
Dec 6 - 8 miles
Dec 4 - 5 miles
Dec 3 - 5 miles
Dec 2 - 5 miles

Total: 132 miles (5.1/day)
Goal: 168 miles (5.4/day)