February Running Challenge

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
2/9 2.15
2/10 rest
2/11 4.4: my route took me past Rainbow Falls today:


Total: 24.20miles

gabbo34 wrote: »

2/1 - 7.1


Bad run today. I had to squeeze it in after work but before taking my son to a game. Could only squeeze in two miles..but it felt like 10. Just one of those days where you don't feel it at all.....

....It always amazes me that the same route/weather/environment can be fabulous one day....and torture the next!

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

Feb 1 - 27 mile bike ride.
Feb 2 - 3 miles
Feb 3 - strength training
Feb 4 - 4 miles -
Feb 5 - rest
Feb 6 - 3.3 + strength training
Feb 7 - 34 mile bike ride
Feb 8 - sore from biking, so only did a 5 mile walk, not on ticker
Feb 9 - 4 miles!
Feb 10 - Strength training
Feb 11 - 4.5 miles
Feb 12 - 4.52

Saw a shooting star! That's the 3rd one of seen since I started running. I don't know why that excites me so... but we barely see any stars as it is where I am, so to see a shooting one is just fun for me.

@HonuNui‌ - it would take me an hour to run 2 miles if I ran where it is so beautiful. Wow.

@ddmom0811 - I love shooting stars too. I'm a bit out in the country so you can really see the stars at night, sometimes I just lay on my deck and look at them. So peaceful.

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
2/11: 3 miles treadmill…
2/12: 3 miles treadmill … half way to goal now! yay! 2 days ahead of schedule!

A week off from school starting this weekend. Ahhhhh! ;-)

Total miles in February: 36
Miles to goal: 34
Goal: 70 miles

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, +3mi
11 - 10mi, easy
12 - 6mi, pyramid speed day*

*Warmup, 200m@mi pace, 400m@5k, 800m@10k, 1600m@AT, and reversed it and cooled down - 6mi total, fun workout

Feb Goal: 200mi

Total: 92.2mi

10/02 - 6.07km
11/02 - 6.08km
13/02 - 6.09km

Date.......Miles.......Total
02/01.... 4.60....... 4.60 - Trail run with hill repeats
02/02.... 5.75......10.35
02/03.... 0.00......10.35 - Strength training
02/04.... 6.00......16.35 - Sore from ^ so 6 miles easy
02/05.... 3.92......20.27 - Intervals + Strength training
02/06.... 9.14......29.41 - Long run for the week
02/07.... 0.00......29.41 - Rest
02/08.... 2.06......31.47 - Dog Beach!
02/09.... 5.53......37.00
02/10.... 6.64......43.64 - + Strength training
02/11.... 0.00......43.64
02/12.... 6.83......50.47 - + Strength training




@HonuNui‌ - Beautiful picture! What a wonderful place to run! I am with @skippygirlsmom‌ though, it would take me hours to complete a short run!
@gabbo34‌ - glad you got 2 miles in even though it was rushed and didn't feel great. Just think how wonderful the next one will be!
@ddmom0811‌ - I don't get to see many stars, certainly not when I run but I get so excited when I see the hawks or ospreys! One soared over me today and just made my day (stopped in my tracks to watch it)!
@SonicDeathMonkey80‌ - your speed pyramid run sounds like fun. Do you run it on a track? I would love to try it but don't have access to a track so wondering how I would measure the distances...

Strength training in an hour then I am going to have my body fat measured in a BodPod - should be interesting! I have lost 7lbs since the last time I had a dunk test so hoping to have a better result, even though I don't think I can really compare the results.

shanaber wrote: »

Date.......Miles.......Total
02/01.... 4.60....... 4.60 - Trail run with hill repeats
02/02.... 5.75......10.35
02/03.... 0.00......10.35 - Strength training
02/04.... 6.00......16.35 - Sore from ^ so 6 miles easy
02/05.... 3.92......20.27 - Intervals + Strength training
02/06.... 9.14......29.41 - Long run for the week
02/07.... 0.00......29.41 - Rest
02/08.... 2.06......31.47 - Dog Beach!
02/09.... 5.53......37.00
02/10.... 6.64......43.64 - + Strength training
02/11.... 0.00......43.64
02/12.... 6.83......50.47 - + Strength training




@HonuNui‌ - Beautiful picture! What a wonderful place to run! I am with @skippygirlsmom‌ though, it would take me hours to complete a short run!
@gabbo34‌ - glad you got 2 miles in even though it was rushed and didn't feel great. Just think how wonderful the next one will be!
@ddmom0811‌ - I don't get to see many stars, certainly not when I run but I get so excited when I see the hawks or ospreys! One soared over me today and just made my day (stopped in my tracks to watch it)!
@SonicDeathMonkey80‌ - your speed pyramid run sounds like fun. Do you run it on a track? I would love to try it but don't have access to a track so wondering how I would measure the distances...

Strength training in an hour then I am going to have my body fat measured in a BodPod - should be interesting! I have lost 7lbs since the last time I had a dunk test so hoping to have a better result, even though I don't think I can really compare the results.

I've been having a better experience with managing my speed on the treadmill. I just do pace conversions, so 200m (.13mi) at 11.3 (5:0X pace)rest at 6.4 for .12mi, etc.

@Lesleycali & @HonuNui It is so beautiful and green where you run! You are so blessed to live near such wonders. @shanaber I'm so glad you shared your river, It's not at all what I pictured in my head. It's less wild than I envisioned as river but less structured than what I had imagined as a channel or canal. We have Canada geese that return to us every year to hatch their young, but our flock is just 2 mated pair and their young usually 11-14 hatchlings. That small brood can be aggressive & makes a huge mess. I can't imagine what it must be like when all of those geese start families.

@Autumnblade75 See, you already know what went wrong. You're used to running 12 miles a week, you ran 33 and your body said no way girlie- not doing this for you. The whole, I'm going to miss my goal if I don't run an insane number of miles this week sounds exactly like something I would do. The good news is you're probably not broken sounds like overuse. Rest a few days and recover then start back in at around 10-12 miles you were used to doing instead of going all the way back to zero.
I agree with you about the expense of PT. Skippygirlsmom made a great suggestion about internet searching strengthening and stretching exercises for runners. Out of curiosity I did a quick image search and found several great reference sheets. If you want to run keep running. I promise it won't be this hard forever. One day everything is just going to click into place for you and you'll realize, hey I'm running- this is so easy and nothing hurts. Wishing you a pain free run:)

@dfnewcombe Your arms in your profile pic are enviable! Girl your hard work shows!!

@HealthyFocused715 I saw your post about the next storm and I said to my man, 'I thought we were expecting a dangerous cold snap. You know high winds and below zero temps we're not expecting more snow are we?' I must have blocked out the winter weather advisory- you're right blizzard conditions and more snow in addition to the brutally cold temps. Well, at least you warned me.

_Date___ Miles
Feb 1 ___17.3 __long first run to start February off right
Feb 2 ___ 3.5 __8°F another snowstorm
Feb 3 ___ 5.2 __5°F
Feb 4 ___ 3.1 __24:41 no where near a record but happy with it just the same.
Feb 5 ___ 1.4 __streak high winds and snow
Feb 6 ___ 3.1 __
Feb 7 ___ 6.2 __ snowing again
Feb 8 ___ 11.4 __12°F & more snow
Feb 9 ___ 3.5 __ even more snow
Feb 10 __ 8.1 __28°F here's that heat wave Lonewolfrunner promised
Feb 11 __ 3.6 __
Feb 12 __ 6.1 __snowing again
Month total= 72.4miles __77.6remaining



Current Streak: 172days = 1093.3miles