February Running Challenge

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  • terricherry2
    terricherry2 Posts: 222 Member
    edited February 2015
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    Upped my distance and pace yesterday and felt great!


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  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
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    Date Miles today. Miles for February

    2/1 REST DAY
    2/2 6.2 miles - 6.2
    2/3 7.16 miles - 13.36
    2/4 REST DAY
    2/5 7 miles - 20.36
    2/6 6.2 miles - 26.56
    2/7 15 miles - 41.56
    2/8 REST DAY
    2/9 9.5 miles 51.06
    2/10 8 miles 59.06

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  • jessupbrady
    jessupbrady Posts: 508 Member
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    Nasty icy rain last night; hoping tonight will be clear for me to take the dogs out for a quick mile run around the neighborhood. I'm very impressed with how many of y'all can run in the cold weather. I'm learning - but wow; my lungs miss the warm dry desert for running. Although, I must admit they don't miss the dust.
  • kimlight2
    kimlight2 Posts: 483 Member
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    I hit my goal of 25 miles last month, actually hit 27, so I will up it a little this month and go for 30.

    2/4/2015 - 1.25mi
    2/5/2015 - 1.67mi
    2/6/2015 - 0.63mi
    2/7/2015 - 1.83mi
    2/10/2015 - 1.75

    Total so far 7.13 so I am a little behind. I will try to make it up this weekend.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    2/1 - 2/6 no running
    2/7 - 2.1 miles
    2/8 - 2.1 miles
    2/9 - PT day so I didn't run
    2/10 - 2.1 miles (amount allowed by PT)

    6.3 miles out of 40

    If I run 3 more days before Friday pain free I can run 3 miles starting on Saturday :-) My injury is pain free but my hamstrings are talking to me. I'm in love with my foam roller the past 2 days. I'm actually running 2.14 (to be exact lol) PT said 2 and no more when I told him I ran 2.14 he said what happened to 2 and no more I said well I had to get back down the street to my house. He said did you consider walking? I just looked at him and said "honestly that thought never crossed my mind". He's a big time runner so he just laughed and said okay only 2 days of PT this week because I KNOW you'll do your exercises at home. He has a new guy working with him and said "I love runners you know they will do their exercises you never have to get on them." Then he looked at me and said "Kathie how many sets of clam shells are you supposed to do" I said "2 sets of 10", he said how many are you doing "I smiled and said 3 sets of 10". He just smiled and said "I rest my case".


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  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
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    _nikkiwolf_ wrote: »
    @SonicDeathMonkey80‌ : Wow, that's some climb in the beginning! Are those stairs or an uphill path?

    I totally mis-paced my long run today. Today was really great weather, 40F warm and sunny, and I enthusiastically took of way too fast. I noticed that at the halfway point, where I had to climb a set of stairs (~90 feet altitude in 0.3 miles), ended up walking more than half of those. The rest of the way home was real slow after that...
    It took me 33:30 for the first 5km; then 41:00 minutes for the next 5km. Guess next time I should check my pace a few times during the run!


    1.2.2015 - 9.0 km
    4.2.2015 - 3.8 km
    6.2.2015 - 5.2 km
    7.2.2015 - 3.6 km
    8.2.2015 - 11.4 km
    33 km (of 100 km) done

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    It was a 200ft street hill, 13.5% grade. It was as nasty as it looked on the chart :)
  • harpere87
    harpere87 Posts: 142 Member
    edited February 2015
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  • briebee7
    briebee7 Posts: 224 Member
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    Feeling better and ready to get in some more runs this week. Hill run today.

    Date Miles Total
    1-Feb 8 8
    5-Feb 4 12
    7-Feb 16 28
    10-Feb 6 34

    Total of 34/120 goal. A little behind since being sick last week.
  • bellesb2015
    bellesb2015 Posts: 14
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    Awesome!! Glad I found this forum. I'm training for my first half marathon so I have some serious miles to get in this month! My goal is 80miles!


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  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
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    1 - 5mi, race/pacing
    2 - Birthday, rest day
    3 - 8mi, fast finish
    4 - 10mi, easy
    5 - 9mi, 8x800m (Yasso 800s) at 6:40min/mi
    6 - 8.2mi, easy
    7 - 19.7mi, long/last 8 w/girl
    8 - Rest
    9 - 5mi, easy
    10 - 8.3mi, easy

    Feb Goal: 200mi

    Total: 73.2mi
  • jskhd
    jskhd Posts: 4 Member
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    Starting late, but here we go!
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  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
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    2/3 - 4.1 mile (tempo run)
    2/5 - 4.02 miles (treadmill - icy roads)
    2/8 - 11 miles (long run)
    2/10 - 4 miles (tempo run)

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  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    edited February 2015
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    I worked on upping my cadence today. My last run averaged 162 strides per minute. This one averaged 167.

    It was pretty harsh on my shins at first. Heck, it was somewhat harsh keeping that cadence the whole way, but it became easier after the 2nd mile.

    My "Running Smoothness" suffered though. That is some measure from this HRM/App about your movements along all 3 axis as you run, evaluating your form. I averaged a 57 today...despite trying to focus on my stride and form the whole way! :D

    I honestly do not feel any worse for the change, and towards the end I began feeling how it was more efficient. I think I will definitely continue working on this.
  • italysharon
    italysharon Posts: 195 Member
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    @Lesleycali‌ - I was living in Italy when I first signed up for mfp, but now we are in New England… we lived in SoCal for a couple of years also, I know exactly what you mean about the drivers… those crazy on/off ramps to the highway and forgetabout rainy days!


    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!
    2/9: 6 miles treadmill… much better than expected, love that!
    2/10: 3 miles treadmill…snooze

    Kids are back in school at least but the roads are too slushy (for me) to run on.

    Total miles in February: 30
    Miles to goal: 40
    Goal: 70 miles
  • bexable
    bexable Posts: 343 Member
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    Feb 7 - 3 miles
    Feb 9 - 2 miles

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  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,878 Member
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    skippygirlsmom wrote: »

    If I run 3 more days before Friday pain free I can run 3 miles starting on Saturday :-) My injury is pain free but my hamstrings are talking to me. I'm in love with my foam roller the past 2 days. I'm actually running 2.14 (to be exact lol) PT said 2 and no more when I told him I ran 2.14 he said what happened to 2 and no more I said well I had to get back down the street to my house. He said did you consider walking? I just looked at him and said "honestly that thought never crossed my mind". He's a big time runner so he just laughed and said okay only 2 days of PT this week because I KNOW you'll do your exercises at home. He has a new guy working with him and said "I love runners you know they will do their exercises you never have to get on them." Then he looked at me and said "Kathie how many sets of clam shells are you supposed to do" I said "2 sets of 10", he said how many are you doing "I smiled and said 3 sets of 10". He just smiled and said "I rest my case".
    Haha - too funny. Never crossed your mind to walk and you did an extra set!

    I love my foam roller too. I usually have my iPad with my Kindle book on a table near by and I read something and that keeps me foaming (or rolling?) longer than I probably would.

    3 miles on Saturday! Woot!

  • cowgirlslikeus86
    cowgirlslikeus86 Posts: 597 Member
    edited February 2015
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    Feb 2....2.25
    Feb 3....6.33
    Feb 5....1.86
    Feb 10..5.85

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  • Lesleycali
    Lesleycali Posts: 236 Member
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    2/1--- 10.1 miles, trail
    2/2--- 6 miles, trail
    2/3--- 5.2 miles, street
    2/4--- 5.8 miles, trail
    2/5--- Rest
    2/6--- 6.4 miles, trail
    2/7--- Rest
    2/8--- 13.5 miles, trail
    2/9--- 6.2 miles, trail
    2/10-- 6.1 miles, trail

    59 miles done/ 130 goal
  • ShortMrsN
    ShortMrsN Posts: 177 Member
    edited February 2015
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    09/02 - 6.07km
    10/02 - 6.08km

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  • Abakan
    Abakan Posts: 361 Member
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    1.5 miles to add so 27.5 done 42.5 to do. Really need to push myself into doing some longer runs.

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