January Running Challenge

Declaring 65 for January.

Date.............Run.............Total..........Remaining....Pace
01JAN15 – 03.08 miles/03.08 miles/61.92 miles/11:13
03JAN15 – 06.02 miles/09.10 miles/55.90 miles/10:45
05JAN15 – 03.04 miles/12.14 miles/52.86 miles/10:23
06JAN15 – 03.38 miles/15.42 miles/49.48 miles/11:04
08JAN15 – 01.50 miles/16.92 miles/47.98 miles/10:00 – treadmill… hate them, but it’s too cold to be outside.
09JAN15 – 07:02 miles/23.94 miles/40.96 miles/11:16 – eating greasy popcorn and heading out for a run was an insanely bad idea.
11JAN15 – 02.36 miles/26.30 miles/38.60 miles/09:47
13JAN15 – 01.50 miles/27.80 miles/37.10 miles/10:00 treadmill again. Still hate them.
16JAN15 – 03.84 miles/31.64 miles/34.54 miles/10:32 Been slacking this week. But it’s COLD, darnit!
18JAN15 – 08.00 miles/39.64 miles/26.54 miles/11:07

Goal for January: 75 miles
1/1 rest
1/2 unplanned but very productive rest
1/3 5 miles
1/4 3.18
1/5 rest
1/6 6.25
1/7 very unsatisfying snorkeling day +2.1
1/8 3.12
1/9 4.4
1/10 bike
1/11 3.12
1/12 leisurely 3.45 walk (not counted in total)
1/13 2 hours of snorkeling in rough water=leg workout!
1/14 6.51
1/15 3.15
1/16 rest
1/17 3.08
1/18 4.51

Total 44.35miles

(ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date)

DATE...................... MILES...............TOTAL
1/4...........................11.25...............11.25
1/6.............................6.25...............17.50
1/7.............................6.00...............23.50 (Cold one... -7F windchill)
1/8.............................7.00...............30.50 (Colder one... -17F windchill)
1/10...........................5.00...............35.50 (Even colder... -2F, -19F windchill)
1/11...........................5.00...............40.50
1/13...........................7.00...............47.50 (10F, 0F windchill)
1/15.........................10.00...............57.50 (9F, 4F windchill)
1/16...........................6.00...............63.50
1/17...........................7.50...............71.00 (15F, 3F windchill)
1/18...........................3.75...............74.75

1/14 2mi
1/16 2mi
1/18 2mi
6 down, 14 to go

1/2 - 3.48 miles
1/12 - 3.16 miles
1/16 - 3.19 miles
1/19 - 3.71 miles

I ran a loop around the airport today. I got lucky and was able to see a V-22 Osprey do a vertical takeoff. It was pretty amazing.

01/01/2015 - 5.02 Miles - Cumulative 5.02 Miles
01/04/2015 - 6.53 Miles - Cumulative 11.55 Miles
01/06/2015 - 6.70 Miles - Cumulative 18.25 Miles
01/08/2015 - 4.50 Miles - Cumulative 22.75 Miles (Brrrrr...it was cold!)
01/11/2015 - 7.35 Miles - Cumulative 30.10 Miles (Big dog scared the crap out of me)
01/13/2015 - 7.55 Miles - Cumulative 37.65 Miles (New route with actual hills)
01/15/2015 - 3.26 Miles - Cumulative 40.91 Miles
01/16/2015 - 3.21 Miles - Cumulative 44.12 Miles
01/18/2015 - 8.01 Miles - Cumulative 52.13 Miles


GOAL: 75 Miles

tdbernrd wrote: »

I know I'm very late, but I would like to join. My workout buddy wants to run a marathon. I'm cool with being about to do a few 5Ks and at least one 10K this year. I'm setting my goal at 10 miles for now. I need to walk my neighborhood to see if it is safe to run there. I'm terrified of dogs. I do have a gym membership but it's difficult to get a treadmill right now.

I once had to square off with a large dog that I thought was going to attack, but luckily it changed its mind at the last minute. After that, I went out and bought a key-chain sized can of mace. I run with that in one hand at all times now days. Fortunately, I haven't had to use it yet. I can't express how PO'd I get at irresponsible dog owners.

SLHysell wrote: »

I once had to square off with a large dog that I thought was going to attack, but luckily it changed its mind at the last minute. After that, I went out and bought a key-chain sized can of mace. I run with that in one hand at all times now days. Fortunately, I haven't had to use it yet. I can't express how PO'd I get at irresponsible dog owners.

I am making a note of the key-chain sized can of mace. I will be checking Amazon for it.

1/1, 2.0 miles, outside
1/4, 4.34 miles, treadmill
1/5, 4.34 miles, treadmill
1/10, 5.2 miles, outside, cold but sunny!
1/12, 3.37 miles, treadmill
1/13, Zumba
1/14, unplanned rest day - life (work) got in the way
1/15, 4.0 miles, treadmill
1/16, 6.22 miles, treadmill
1/17, 3.2 miles, treadmill
1/18, 7.2 miles, outside!!!!!!!!!!! 34 and freezing rain - but was awesome to be out there!!
1/19, 3.0 miles, outside! 43 degrees! Felt like spring!

42.87 miles total; 70 miles goal

@shanaber - Fun and great job! I had a cople of friends that ran that half as well and enjoyed it.

@ohhim - amazing PR!

I am feeling a better as long as I am very careful about what I eat. I ran a nice, easy 5 miler this morning. Tapering for the half!

Date Miles Total
1-Jan 10 10
3-Jan 10 20
4-Jan 10.5 30.5
6-Jan 7 37.5
7-Jan 5 42.5
10-Jan 13 55.5
13-Jan 8 63.5
15-Jan 7 70.5
17-Jan 7 77.5
18-Jan 5 82.5

@shanaber Congratulations!!!! That's a great rank in your age group What's next for you?

SLHysell wrote: »

I ran a loop around the airport today. I got lucky and was able to see a V-22 Osprey do a vertical takeoff. It was pretty amazing.

Very cool

shanaber wrote: »

Had a fun race at Disneyland today. Lots of people running in costume; no clue how you run 13 miles in a wookie costume! Weather was a perfect 50 and overcast for almost the entire race. I didn't PR but did well and I am happy with my time. I ended up being 20th in my age group out of almost 200 women!
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That's great! It's very hard to PR at any Disney event, I've heard. The 5K I did on New Years was called "Flamingo race" and there were people dressed like flamingos and one guy had on pink tights, tutu, pink shirt with feathers glued (somehow!) all over his pink shirt and he had a pink flamingo mask. I kept wondering how he ran the whole way in the mask but he did. But a wookie costume ... they had to have walked!

SLHysell wrote: »

I ran a loop around the airport today. I got lucky and was able to see a V-22 Osprey do a vertical takeoff. It was pretty amazing.

and ...
I once had to square off with a large dog that I thought was going to attack, but luckily it changed its mind at the last minute. After that, I went out and bought a key-chain sized can of mace. I run with that in one hand at all times now days. Fortunately, I haven't had to use it yet. I can't express how PO'd I get at irresponsible dog owners.

I had to look up what a V-22 Osprey was. In Florida we have a lot of the Osprey birds around so I thought maybe it was a special type of bird. Duh.. I'm not too much into cars or aircraft.
I carry mace too. It's not very handy where I'm carrying it but I have it, more in case of bears than dogs because I'm usually running from 4:30-5:30 am and surprisingly I never see dogs. Sometimes a cat will scare the *** out of me though.


@fabnine - That's so amazing you run more miles than your son bikes! My daughter ran a lot with me when she was home for her winter break and now we are keeping up with each other on endomondo and texting. We are doing a 10K together when she comes home for spring break. She is 21 and played sports growing up, then played two years in college, but quit after two years (it was just too much time) so running has been a new thing for her. She seems to be loving it, as am I.

Jan 1 - 5K on the beach;
Jan 2 - rest
Jan 3 - 34 mile bike ride
Jan 4 - 4.5
Jan 5 - Strength Training
Jan 6 - 4.0
Jan 7 - rest
Jan 8 - 4.1
Jan 9 - strength training
Jan 10 - 4.5
Jan 11 - 3.4 and 24 mile bike ride
Jan 12 - 3.3
Jan 13 - strength training
Jan 14 - 4.4
Jan 15 - rest day
Jan 16 - strength training
Jan 17 - 34 mile bike ride.
Jan 18 - 52 mile bike ride. Hope I can run tomorrow, or even walk, lol.
Jan 19- 4.5 - one sore calf from biking, but not too bad.

Ohhim wrote: »

First 15 miles of today's marathon went perfectly, next 5 were on pace, but ran into a headwind and too much sun/heat on my last 6 to crack the 3:45 mark and bonked a bit at the end. Finished in 3:52, a 55 minute PR over my last marathon, so I'll take it. Looking forward to improving at my next one in May (Pittsburgh).

Back to bed now to curl up and die for a few hours before I think about moving my legs again.
January 18 - 26.2 miles (@ 8:48 pace)

Well you didn't make that 3:44 but a 55 minute PR is pretty awesome and so is an 8:48 pace! Congratulations! Hope your legs are moving better today!

@HealthyFocused715‌, @Abakan‌, @Lesleycali‌, @ddmom0811‌, @Runningmischka‌ - Thanks! The race was fun and a little crazy. One of the Wookie runners definitely ran it, he finished not too far behind me. I was surprised that there were all kinds of places set up in the parks where you could stop and have your picture taken with the Star Wars characters and even more surprised at how many people were lined up to get their pictures taken. The lines were longer for the pictures than the porta potties! There was also one section around mile 8-9 that was really boring - just running through the streets in a so-so neighborhood with no entertainment or anything. For me it was a point where you're starting to get tired and I really could have had something fun going on to distract me.

I have nothing more scheduled until July when I will be running the 1st half of the San Francisco Marathon (you can run the 1st half, the 2nd half or the full). I am excited because the part I am running goes out and back across the Golden Gate bridge!