February Running Challenge

here are a few pics from this morning's trail run…very foggy, with dew all about

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2/2 3.94 miles, 142 feet
2/3 3.03 miles, 232 feet
2/4 3.12 miles, 145 feet
2/8 4.09 miles, 233 feet

Feb 1--- 5 miles
Feb 2--- REST DAY
Feb 3--- 7 miles
Feb 4--- 6 miles
Feb 5--- 6 miles
Feb 6--- 6 miles
Feb 7--- 14 miles
Feb 8--- 5 miles

Total: 49
Goal: 170

I had to push out my Saturday run to today due to being really ill with a stomach bug Thursday night through Saturday. Was a lot better last night and woke up refreshed so I ran today instead. By pushing things out a day though I may not hit my original February goal, but I'm going to leave it as is since I will just be a few miles short.

There is good news though, I finally got to use my new Wahoo Tickr X! So I have some cadence data now, which I never had before. It's kind of funny though...now that I have it I have no idea what to do with it.

I did have one issue with the Tickr though (or the Wahoo Fitness app). When I stopped at the 4.2 mile mark to rehydrate it stopped my workout. So I only received data for that first 4.2 miles. I had no idea however because my phone kept ticking up the mile announcements as I passed them all the way up through the 9 mile mark. Once I was well past 10 miles I checked my phone to see why I had not heard anything and my phone screen did not come on, making me think my battery had died. Turns out my phone just got all sorts of hung up or something and I had to reset it by removing the battery. So I hope this thing gets easier to use as time goes on because that is 0/3 so far at recording a run.

2/3 - 4.1 mile (tempo run)
2/5 - 4.02 miles (treadmill - icy roads)
2/8 - 11 miles (long run)

grimmeanor wrote: »

There is good news though, I finally got to use my new Wahoo Tickr X! So I have some cadence data now, which I never had before. It's kind of funny though...now that I have it I have no idea what to do with it.

Sounds like me and the "recovery pulse feature" of the running watch I got in December. After each run, I look at the display to see what it'll be, but I don't really get anything useful out of that information...

On the cadence, I recently read this article: http://sciencebasedrunning.com/2011/07/the-basics-cadence/ . Aparently, increasing your cadence can reduce injury risks, or so a study claims. As a follow-up on that reading, I found that: http://running.competitor.com/2014/09/training/3-ways-to-increase-running-cadence-for-speed_112765 , where it also sais increasing your cadence can increase your speed (which actually doesn't sound all that surprising to me ).

2/1 - 7.1
2/4 - 3.6
2/5 - 4.1 (a cold 29* over lunch when I ran. But the forecast this weekend is mid 70s!)
2/6 - 3.8 (34* warmer than yesterday's run!)
2/8 - 7.5

After a cold beginning to the week, the temps were up to a sunny 76* for my long run this afternoon. Warmer temps and maybe a few too many cocktails on the golf course yesterday afternoon and at home last night left me way more dehydrated than normal. I had to make a quick pit stop at the grocery store to use the water fountain 5 miles in.

But it was nice to run in shorts and a short sleeve shirt instead of layering up!

Added another 5 miles today
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http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/wrT7JYj/exercise.png

No ticker picture.
Just starting this challenge.
Feb.7- 2.5 miles
Feb.8- rest

February Goal 75 miles

2/1: hostess to 30 people at my house for some big tv thing. I won't call it rest day!
2/2: rest from being hostess to 30 people.....
2/3: 3.61 run and 1 hour of snorkel in rough water
2/4: snorkel 2 hours
2/5: 6.17
2/6 rest
2/7 4.52
2/8 3.35

Total: 17.65 miles


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

2/1 = 6.5 miles
2/3 = strength training
2/4 = 6.5 miles
2/5 = strength training
2/6 = 6.5 miles
2/7 = 5.5 miles
2/9 = 6.5 miles

Happy Monday, everyone!

@pofoster21 It took me several attempts to master posting tickers and pics on these forums, you are not alone

2/3 = 1 mile
2/7 = 1.3 miles
2/8 = 1.3 miles


I did to 1.3 mile runs in the forest but I also ran around with the horses in the field at our barn. So, I got a bonus fun run in!

italysharon wrote: »

@gabbo34‌ … what is the app you use? Sounds interesting! Did you actually count your steps in a minute? I now wonder how far off I am from 180.

@Lesleycali‌ … beautiful. I love trail running. Did a few of the southern california x terra races when we lived there. I need to find a running partner for the spring to start going out again. Do you run alone? Makes me nervous on trails!


2/1: Superbowl Sunday! no run
2/2: 6 miles on treadmill… struggled with this one but got it done
2/3: 3 miles treadmill
2/4: 3 miles… hopping between the ice on the road…and hills, ugh!
2/5: 3 miles treadmill
2/6: rest… full day of really resting…ahhhhh
2/7: 3 mile treadmill… really wish I had time to go longer….
2/8: 3 miles treadmill…. celebrated my twins birthday today 6y.o.! Fun but glad it is over!

I really need a long run. (still)

...heading on the the treadmill for 3 this morning… had a little too much wine last night so this will be interesting.


Total miles in February: 21
Miles to goal: 49
Goal: 70 miles

I use the 'Metronome' app by Peter Deelstra. You can start the metronome app, then start your music. You can adjust the metronome volume so it's just loud enough to hear behind your music.

Before I used it, I was at about 150-155 steps a minute. It definitely made me shorten my stride.

Happy b-day to your twins, I hope they had a great one.

Hopefully your run after a night of wine wasn't too painful.

For anyone having issues with their tickers below is some step-by-step instructions that @_nikkiwolf_‌ posted in January that might be helpful:

You can create the ticker on the website given in the first post of this month,
on the tickerfactory webpage:

- you first pick a background image (e.g. I took the waves this month)& click on "next";

- then you select a picture for the slider (e.g. a fish) & click on "next"

- then you get to a settings page, where you chose a password (you'll need this for updating your miles), what you are tracking and what your goal is. After filling out these forms, click "next" again

- Then you get to a page which sais "Done", shows your ticker, and gives some code snippets. You are interested in the "bbCode" field. The bit between the "img-tags" is what you want to copy in here when you post something. This will look like:

[img]http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/wCGWc43/exercise.png[/img]

Note from shanaber - if it is easier you can just copy everything in the "bbCode" field and it will work too

Another bit of information from the bbCode field you will want to store for yourself is the link to the ticker you just created - that's the bit in the url tag, e.g.

[url=http://www.TickerFactory.com/exercise/wCGWc43/]

If you go to that address in your browser and enter your password, you can change the ticker, for example to add a few miles.

This week started off with a snow storm and ended with a beautiful weekend with Temps in the 40's! I also picked up my very first pair of real running shoes (Brooks Ravenna 4) this weekend and I can definitely jump higher and run faster


1 Feb snow=rest
2 Feb ice=P90X3
3 Feb– 3.1 miles on ice/slushy streets.
4 Feb snow storm=P90X3
5 Feb ice=P90X3
6 Feb rest day
7 Feb– 4.14 miles
8 Feb–4.13 miles
9 Feb–2.19 miles

Feb 1--- 5 miles
Feb 2--- REST DAY
Feb 3--- 7 miles
Feb 4--- 6 miles
Feb 5--- 6 miles
Feb 6--- 6 miles
Feb 7--- 14 miles
Feb 8--- 5 miles
Feb 9--- REST DAY

Total: 49
Goal: 170